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irr^T TTUff IT_N?TMRER 1259. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. WASHINGTON. SECRETARY FISH. FLAYS A NEW FART. SPATS MOST PAY OR FIGHT. The Texas Congressmen-Troops. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] WASHINGTON, March ll. Secretary Fish bas demanded of Minister Roberts the immediate release of the dispatch boat Aspinwall, which was seized and carried into port by a Spanish frigate. Mr. Fish also demands an ample apology and a full indemnity. Minister Roberts has not yet replied to the note. Both of the senators and all the members of the House of Representatives from Texas are here, and there is no reason for delaying their admission. The Cabinet decided to-day that troops should not be sent to Tennessee, unless they were called for by Governor Senior. [FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] WASHINGTON, March ll. The President has pardoned two negroes sentenced by a military commission at Man? chester, Va., to imprisonment for life, for the murder of Addison Sorer. Several Georgia legislators have protested, by telegraph, through Senator Revels, against Bingham's amendment. In the Supreme Court, on motion of Phillips, who advised the court that Yerger was turned over to the civil authorities, the habeas corpus in thc case was discharged. LATER_Revenue $345,000. A delegation oT national bankers is here lob? bying against the Funding bill. CONGRESSIONAL. The Senate Foreign Committee considered the San Domingo treaty. General Babcock and Commodore Porter addressed the com? mittee in explanation and support of the treaty. No action. The House is considering patents; the Senate, Indians. LATER.-In the House the Deficiency bill was taken up and $2,500,000 appropriated, Including cost of repairs of customhouses, viz: Savannah $15,000, Mobile $15,000, Richmond $25,000. In the Senate the protest of the colored legislators of Georgia was presented. They claim that they represent 90,000 colored voters who, by the passage of Bingham's amendment to^he Georgia bill, will be delivered over, bound hand and foot, to their most bitter enemies; also that the colored voters will be driven away from the polls. On motion of Trumbull, the Georgia bill was made the special order for to-morrow. A motion for a joint committee on Indian af? fairs was defeated by Col ia x's casting vote. . The Fundings bill was passed, 36 to 10, and the Senate adjourned to Monday, when the Georgia bill will be the special order. EUROFE. Thc Trial of Prinec Pierre. PARIS, March II. Louis Noir, whose brother was killed by Prince Pierre Napoleon, claims that thc prose tlon seems directed against his dead b: Oiaer, rather than against thc Prince. The Pope and France. ROME, March ll. Thc Pontifical Court contests, in strong terms, the claim of the Frcuch Government, to be represented in the (Ecumenical Council. Another Way of Patting 1*. BERLIN, March ll. The North German Gazette says the claim of the Pope to infallibility only shows how liable he is to error. ARRIVAL OF ONE OF THE MISSING SHIES. NEW YORK, March ll. The steamer Smidt, from Bremen, January 28th, given up for lost, is now coming up the LATER.-The Smidt ran south of Bermuda, in consequence of having broken her engine. She encountered a succession of hurricanes. RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAY? MENTS. ST. LOUIS, March ll. The Mechanics' Bank has resumed specie payment. Circulation $50,000. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Alcorn was inaugurated Governor ot' Missis? sippi yesterday. The bill giving the Louisiana Sulphur Mining Company $300,000 passed thc Louisiana House. Ben Godley, a negro, was hung at Waynes? boro', Ga., yesterday, for the murder of Ad? kins Laris last summer. The cholera has entirely disappeared from Santo Spiritus, Cuba. Thc Cuban Masons arc still in limbo. A fire at Oil City, which threatened the whole city, was extinguished after burning a railroad train and a number of tanks. THE NIHILISTS. A Great Conspiracy in Russia. The Russian correspondent of thc Nord Esl writes as follows of the socialistic conspiracy In Russia, the members of which are called Nihilists. The conspiracy has several times been mentioned in thc cable dispatches. The writer rays:. The affair of the revolutionary proclamation, which, it was at first believed, was the wv^rk of young enthusiasts, has assumed alarming pro? portions. A serious eonspiracy has been discov? ered, having men of ail ages'and classcsasits members. The alarm ls very great among the conspirators, who are called Nihilists, and the government ls equally disturbed, lhere are. lt la said, only two members ol" thc go\ ernment. who oppose a reaction against thc late reforms. These are Prince Gortscnakoff and Count Pab? len. The police, who have always shown great skill in discovering polil leal lntrigues,are at pre? sent less fortunat-s or are under t he influence of the fear which dominates every one. Thc chief of police at Elizabothgrad escaped being assassina? ted for thc over-zeal he had shown in discover? ing the conspiracy. Already seven hundred ersons have be?i arrested, among whom are igh public officials, professional men, many students and political leaders. In a,new revo? lutionary document which has appeared since the assassination ol' Ivanoff, his assassins are exculpated on the ground that he belonged to the phalanx of ''popular justice." and the con? spirators declare ! hat they consider their lives of no account provided they can realize the happiness ol thc people. Tn assassinating Ivanoff they simply got rid of an agent who did not fulfil thc required conditions, and they further declare that more will be put aside In the same way the moment it is found that they are not faithful to the cause. This document gives the organisation which the Nihilists propose to establish If they succeed. There is, they say, to bc no more family gov? ernment nor religion; the State ls to bc su? preme and will establish labor communities, to which every one must belong or be ex? cluded from all rights. Every one will be bound to engage In manual labor, but permis? sion may be obtained to pursue professions ad vi(5ntageous to the people. There are to be provincial syndicates formed of delegates from the communities, who will attend to the dis? tribution of the products ol labor, according to the needs of the different localities. FROM THE STATE CA PITAL. Medical Association, Second Day-Elec? tion of Officers-Papers Rca d-Ad? journment- Supper. COLUMBIA, March io. The State Medical Association resumed its labors this morning at eleven. The leading socletj business was tho election of officers for the ensuing year. This resulted in the follow? ing: Dr. Thomas T. Robertson, of Winnsboro, president; Dr. Samuel Fair, o? Columbia, first vice-president; Dr. R. A. Kinloch, of Charles? ton, second vice-president; Dr. J. J. Wardlaw, of Abbeville, third vice-president; Dr. J. Somers Buist, of Charleston, recording secre? tary; Dr. F. Peyre Porcher, of Charleston, cor? responding secretary; and Dr. Francis L. Parker, of Charleston, treasurer. Dr. Robertson is one of the most successful practitioners of medicine in thc upper portion of this State. Educated in an American Col? lege, he completed his studies in Paris. But the most honorable diploma he has received or ail. is an eminently successful practice of twenty-five years. And, In medicine as in war, success is thc criterion by which the as? pirant should be tried. Dr. Fair is so highly appreciated, and so widely known, that none of your readers need be told who and what he is. He, also, is from the schools o? Paris, and has served thc profession even longer than Dr. Robert? son. Drs. Kinloch, Buist, Porcher and Parker, all of Charleston, are too well known to your readers for mc to more than mention their Dantes. Dr. Porcher, however, as an author, is per? haps the most widely known at thc capital of this delegation. He ls the author of six works, thc most widely known of which is his "Re? sources of the Southern Fields and Forests" a work of immense value, especially at this juncture when our State is moving forward in the development of all her resources with an energy unknown in the past. Dr. Wardlaw is a rising man from the upper central portion of the Slate. Five papers were read before the associa? tion; by Dr. Darby, on the silicates of soda and potash (soluble glass) as splints; Dr. Fair, on a surgical case; Dr. Kinloch, on a case of tumor; Dr. Porcher, on certain new principles of med? icine; and Dr. Gibbes, uterine hemorrhage. Dr. Baruch exhibited a sponge tent-holder. The first Wednosday in April, 1871, was fixed upon as the time for the next meeting, which is to be held in Charleston. The association adjourned late in the after? noon, and finished off the evening with a hand? some supper at Nickerson's Hotel. The whole affair of the association was quiet, bm earnest and successful. CORSAIR. ALL ABOUT THE STATE. Whit tc inure Burned. The Sumter News says : "We extract thc following from a private letter from Timmons ville, dated the 1st instaul : On Friday night last an effigy of B. V. Whitemore, with carpet? bag in hand, was hung by thc neck and after? wards burned, just as thc train rolled up. Cards were pinned to Cte figure, having in large letters such inscriptions us Hie following: 'West Point,' 'The end of a carpet-bagger,' ' i o what an end I come at last.' $5000 stolen,' Ac. Not a single descendant of Ham was to be seen, nor a wlutowashod one.'' A Gross Outrage. Thc Greenville Mountaineer says : "A white man, while passing a party ot colored school children yesterday, fired into thc group with a pistol. Inflicting a serious wound upon thc per? son ol'Louisa Waddill. This brutal act, we un? derstand, was committed entirely without pro? vocation. Two parties have been arrested, but it is uncertain whether either of them was thc perpetrator of Hie deed." The Whisky Raiders. Thc Greenville Mountaineer says: UA short time since a small bod?- of government troops, accompanied by thc revenue assessor and other civil officers of the government In this county, made a trip towards thc mountains, and suc? ceeded in a short lime in discovering and de? stroying between thirty and forty stills, four ot which were in the adjoin! ug county o? Pickens. Several of the parties charged with distilling were arrested and held to answer at thc next court. No resistance was offered to the opera? tions of thc officers." Lund Sales. In Greenville, on Monday, the following real estate was sold: Real estate of Robert Whit? lock, deceased, sold for partition, purchased by C. G. Garrison fur $80. Real estate of James Ponder, deceased, sold for partition, lot No. 1, for $175,und lot No. 2 for $425-both purchased by A. J. Ponder. City lot. property of estate ol James P. Earle, deceased, purchased bv S. J. Douthlt for $2005. Tract of 108 acres, part? ly wooded, purchased by Alexander Payne at $1099. Tb ore were no sales by Hie sheriff. In Darlington, on Monday, the attendance was not large. Few sales were made by the sherill', but those few brought good prices. One sale ol' 200 acres of land brought $12 per acre. Burnell to De.ith. The Augusta Chronicle of yesterday says "A distressing and fatal accident occurred in: the Town of Hamburg, ?. C., on yesterday morning. It appears that a colored woman, named Jennie Ford, had been staying for some time past on the premises owned by Mr. Robert Philip, situated a short distance beyond the bridge. The woman was subject to fits, und W03 allowed lo remain at Mr. Philip's more as an act ol charity than for any ser? vice which she performed. On yesterday morning, the woman was taken with ? flt, and, ofter the paroxysm was over, lay down on abed near the fire In the room"which she occupied. Nothing more was seen or heard of her until nearly 12 o'clock, when a colored boy was sent to her room to see how she was getting along. Upon opening thc door he discovered that both the woman and ber bed were on fire. Immediately giving Hie alarm he rushed out, and* procuring a bucket of water, returned, with several others, to lier assislance. The Water was poured upon the flames, and they were speedily extinguished; but it was soon discovered that help had come too late to save the unfortunate creature. The fire had done its work so rapidly that inc woman was in a dying condition wileri res cued, und expired a few minutes afterwards. It is supposed that alter being ion alone in the room Hie woman had aether fir, and, while in Ulis state ot temporary insanity, either fell in the fire herceir, or else her bed-clothtug caught, thus OaRslng her death." Shreds of State News. The Yorkvllle Inquirer learns that Thomas Berry, James Berry, William B. Stewart, and John T. Purseley, have beeu arrested on tho charges of burning McGill's store on Clark's Fork, and robbing his other store. The two Berrys acknowledged that thev burned the one store and robbed Hie other. The other prisoners had nothing to do with the burning; but they are accused by the Berrys ot aiding lu the robbery, by watching the approaches to Hie store, iu order to prevent interruption whil? they (the Berrys) robbed lt. Darlington has had delightful weather for the past three or four days, iu fact, very like spring. The fruit trees are nil in bloom, and the prospect is good for au abundant fruit crop this season. Davis Rembert, a son of Mr. James W. Rem bert, of Sumter, was painfully wounded a few days ago by the accideuta! discharge of his gun while out shooting. The Gaillard School building, in Greenville, caught fire on Friday. No serious damage done. Chester has an unpaid police. All citizens between the ages of sixteen ami sixty are re? quired to do auty. So lar the system works well. Mr. Edward Livingstone is commissioned as treasurer of Chester County. -The United States Marshal writes from Charleston, West Virginia, thal an organized band of armed Ku-Klux entered the town in open daylight on the morning of the 2d in? stant, and advancing to Lb? jail, released all Ute prisoners. I THE DOWNFALL OF GOLD. ITS EFFECT OX TRADE. The Price of thc Necessaries of Life-A Rough Time in thc Cotton Market? How the Spring Business is Opening. The New York Tribune shows that the cost of the necessities of life does not bear Its proper relation to thegreatindicatorofvali.es. In the case of such staple productions as coal, colton, flour, sugar, &c, they stand pretty near in their just relations to gold; but com? paring the present wholesale prices of butter, cheese, eggs, beef, mutton, potatoes, Ac, with those of December. 1864, when gold was quo? ted at 222i, it appears that they have not fallen, as a rule, over 30 per cent., and in some cases have not fallen at all. In thc retail trade, the disparity which should exist between thc prices ot the different dates Is still further lessened, and is less than 20 per cent, against a differ? ence of almost 100 per cent, in gold. The New York Express, of Friday, states that the gold decline unsettled trade in mer? cantile circles, and had avery depressing effect in the produce market. It says : On thc produce exchange, provisions of all kinds were lower; flour declined 10 to 15 cents per barrel; wheat was dull and almost unsale? able, notwithstanding the cable reported an advance of one to three pence in thc Liver? pool market. In the staple of cotton great de? pression was felt, and the marked difference in the views of buyers and sellers brought busi? ness very nearly to a stand still. Prices de? clined fully one half per. cent, pur pound, and there was a disposition to speculate on still lower prices In the future. Tne decline in cot? ton of late has entailed heavy losses on spec? ulators holding cotton In hopes or a spring rise, and the market is in that feverish condi? tion which might result in much lower prices If cotton on the spot waa thrown on the mar? ket freely. The Spring Trade. The Express, of Saturday evening, however, says : Meanwhile trade has been affected during thc past week by the decline in gold, and values have undergone a shrinkage, although thc decline generally hos not been very marked. The tall in prices, however, has had the bene? ficial result of stimulating trade, and thc amount of merchandise distributed from this point during the week is larger than for any previous week since the opening of the year. Buyers generally, who have been delaying their purchases in consequence of thc declin? ing tendency of gold and cotton, have taken hold more frceiy, and, os a natural conse? quence, business is steadily on the increase. The spring trade is now fairly opened. The principal interest has centred In the depart? ment of dry goods, where the "drives" In goods generally, offered by thc leading Arms, have had a tendency to stimulate trade. It is a remarkable leature of the trade thus far that the business has been concentrated chiefly In the hands ol' the prominent Jobbers. The com? mission merchants and importers,'especially the latter, have been slow to make conces? sions, and have attempted to ignore the "drives" offered by the leading Jobbers. These "drives'" however, in connection with the de? cline in gold and cotton, have had their effect, and prices arc generally lower. Thc EoVct on Cotton. A New York letter of Saturday 6ays: Those unfortunate individuals who have been sellers of colton the past week have gone through abouL as "rough-' an experience as has been ever recorded. In the first place, we started out with estimating the receipts of thc week at CO,000 bales, but on Tuesday it became evident that they would exceed 70,000 bales. This weakened Liverpool -.nu aitnont dostroyed what little confidence' tncre~w?H' Tea among our holders, and, of course, shut out nearly all demand except that for export. And here we come to an experience with our irredeemable currency which should not be lost upon any business man. lt Illus? trates with peculiar distinctness tho truth that all the apparent wealth and prosperity which has no other basis than a redundant currency, can bc compared to nothing more substantial than a Dead Sea apple, which, fair to thc eye, turns to ashes upon the lips. The decline In cotton brought in large export orders; shippers look In tour days about 18,000 bales. So large a movement of this character, with the cur? rency on a sound basis, by relieving holders and contributing to ease in the money market, would have exerted a very lavorablo influence and checked the decline. But thc effect, under existing circumstances, hos been Just the re? verse. No sooner did the large export of cotton become generally known than it was made the pretext for a raid upon gold. It waa declared thnt snell large amounts of exchange would be drawn against the cotton us would destroy all hope of an export of gold this spring. This produced a rush to sell gold, anu contrary to the wishes of the Treas? ury Department, or thc expectations of those who have been leading "bears," the premium was knocked down three per cent. In twenty four hours. This, in turn, contributed to thc uneasiness ot holders ol' cotton; and titus thc large export demand, which should have steadied thc market, hastened thc decline. Can there be a more forcible example of the truth that an Irredeemable currency is at war willi every honest pursuit? With respect to the furture of colton, the remark ol'Mark Anthony, when he was told of the effect of lils oration over the body of Caesar, will apply. ".Mischief's afoot;" and we shall be fortunate if the staple escapes a prolonged period ot depression and doubt, under the pressure of large stocks, not unlike which has prevailed many months In breadsluffu. s i'KC IK PAYMENTS. Our people have developed a furore for thc immediate return to specie payments; and if there were any confidence in thc integrity or capacity of the head of the Treasury Depart? ment, that event might be looked for this spring: it will not be tho fault of ihe people, or the si-.te of tho Federal finances, il the long agon.\ in our business malters is not soon tor mliiiited, and productive pursuits once more permitted to repose in the sheltering arms of a legitimate currency. Several ot' the princi? pal restaurants have adopted the expedient of giving silver change to their customers, as a means of Increasing their reputation. Small silver can be purchased at seven per cent, pre? mium. Thi3 sort ol' thing is not without ita slguitlcancc, and perhaps Indicates thal In this, as bas been so often Hie case in the past ten years, the people are ahead of their rulers. GOLD DOWN TO TEN AND SEVEN EIGHTHS. Thc New York Times ol Wednesday gives an interesting account of thc exciting scenes in thc Gold Room on the preceding day : THE COURSE OK GOLD. At tito opening of th? board thc price of gold was 121. Before ll o'clock it lind lallen lo 12. Between ll and 12 o'clock the price fluctuated between 12J and 12|. Immediately aller the hour of noon the premium declined again, and 12:52 il was Hi. Between 1. and 2 o'clock the fluctuations w?re between U| and ll j. Then it took another plunge, and went down to 112, and in a few moments to U?. It was now evi? dent that Hie "bears" were having an easy time of it, and that the "bull" interest hud abandon? ed the field. The spectators In the gallery were almost ready to cheer, but were apparent? ly walting for still more cheering results. An offer of $100,000 at ll{ was scarcely given be? fore it was accepted, and at the word "sold," down went Hie price to that Aguie. Some "bull" now shouted "I'll give | for $100,000," and finding his offer not accepted, changed his proposition to I "Sold" was yelled by stentorian lungs, and up went the price to 11? There then was a lull, interrupted by solllary offers to buy above $50,000 and $100,000 at ?. The absence of offers above i demonstrated the fact that no one was then disposed to ad? vance the price. Heavy operators trod the platform assigned to the loan market with ears on the alert tor any sound approaching an of? fer to borrow, but thc borrowers were few and far between. EXCITING SCENES. Those operators who had gone in for a specu? lation, and had secured some of the gold that was let out at 12?, tried their luck to unload at llj and but shouted themselves hoarse before they found purchasers, and even then were compelled to moderate their demanda a traction. When the price touched ll?, as it did about 2:20, there waa a rush to sell, and then the lots offered were In the neighborhood of $60,000 and $100,00*0. This! unloading carried thc market down again to 4, and then another $100,000 sent it to i again. Thi3 course was pursued until 2:28, when down lt went to ll, and then the spectators cheered vociferously. The "bears"manlfested their gratification by ap? plauding, which somewhat enraged the "bulls," who went In strong; and 'put up the price to Hf}, but it was held there for an instant only, and down lt wentagalp to the two single numerals, and then stuck for about two min? utes, when down I* plunged to 10/,. This was greeted with more applause from the galleries and the "bears." The former were apparently ready for anything, and were now Just in the humor to applaud at every decline of one eighth. The exasperated /'bulls" could not stand this, and. uniting their]horns for a grand effort, sent the price up td ll again. As if satisfied with their puny effort they backed out of the ring, and the excitement lulled for a few moments, while the spears" gathered breath and "ammunition.? -This was soon forthcoming, and down wen t the price' to "10* under the pressure of lots of.$100,000. OPERATING FOR i ?BISE. .This, however, was the lc frost figure reach? ed. The decline had been kjBuenced by vari rloti8 causes, the principal "pf which- was a rumor that the Currency bil had passed. -Trrls rumor was contradicted, angthe "bulls" gath? ered in force for another, Be. At 2:40 the price was 10?. The next m< Bent an advance was made to ll, then to ll; "sand so on. until at 2:57 the price was 11J. 'She advance wa? observed with snouts of disapproval from thc gallery The excitement atcthis time was in? tense-the ring being filled with operators, and thc lobbies crammed Jifclth people, while the tumult was almost deafening. One broker rushed frantically Into the 'ring, and,'elbowing his way to the Iront, snouted, In tones loud enough to be heard {above thc din, his offer to buy large lots ft-i to 4 above the current price. Of course ne' was taken up, and rinding that he ?was successful hu grasped at other large amehnts until he had enough to sink any small mutt. He was not long in discharging cargo,jnowever, which ho was careful to do the mometit the price touch? ed i above the figure at walch he purchased. At 31 o'clock a decline ?commenced, and gradually the price fell tojllj, at which the oin subsided, and comparative peace reigned once more. The price refited for a few mo? ments, and then went down to 4, but was im? mediately "bulled" to }. fte next Instant it fell again to i, and scarce? had that figure been recorded, when up m went again to j). In this way the price fluctuated between ? and ? until late in the afternoon, when the oper? ators abondoned the field, and retired to their offices to reduce to Intelligible shape thc rude memorandums they bod mope during the day, calculate their gains or lotees, and then go home "to sleep, perchance^to dream" of the battle they must fight on the morrow. TUE BUSINESS. Thc clearances at the Gold Exchange Bank, as reported yesterday, were>$73,373,000-with? in about two millions of'the transactions of the day before. The business yesterday, Judg? ing from the large lots thrown out during the day, must have been very great. EFFECT OF THE DECLINE. Thc effect, of this downward plungo in gold la not regarded with any stjntlmonts of alarm, so far as can be ascertained^ Tl ie commercial classes have, In a measure, expected it for some lime, and are therefore prepared to meet it. as much now as they ever will be. Pricesofimported goods have been marked down In advance of the decline In gold, and those urliclcs which arc .sold on a gold basis, sucli as goods in bond, ?rc, will, ol'course, not bc affected. As soon ?a gold goes a few points lower, specie payments' can' be re? sumed, and then the public; must lund a hand to prevent any suspension ot them. It has been asccrtaim d that on Monday several specie brokers lu Wall street telegraphed to their cor resnondonta lr Canada, nrrlgrlnr jaw quanti. tics of small sRvcr ooln to Lc"prtttnSSK^&K&fi shipped to this city. Yesterday one broker took an order for hull a million dollars lu small coin, which liv agreed to deliver In three days. Others arc pursuing thc course advised by cbc Times on sunday, and are making arrange? ments for the importation of large sums lu sil? ver from Canada. It is very probable that In a very few days this city will nave all the coln that will be required by those who are desirous of effecting a resumption of specie payments. Then, with the aid which tho government is certain lo give, thc downward course of gold can be continued until lt reaches a point from which any considerable advance will bu Im? possible. _ _ TEE FAILURE OF GRANT. A LEADING REPUBLICAN JOURNAL'S OPINION OF THE ADMINISTRATION. Tlic Knell of Rndlcullsm. [From thc New York San, March 5.] General Grant has been in office just one year. What, lins his administration accom? plished In these twelve months, and how does lie himself toland to-day in the estimation of the party that elected him to thc Presidency ? We du not misinterpret thc public Judgment when we say that no man ever chosen to tho Presidential office stood so low at the close of the first year of his term, In the estimation of thc leading minds o? his party, as General Grant (loos. They perceive that he has a nar? row intellect, very good when backed by a rather linn purpose, or pushed forward by thc resolute will ol'others, to work doggedly along upon a plain, straight linc, but utterly incapa? ble of taking broad views of a subject, orris lug to heights where one may survey the ground all around him. and look far ahead into other fields, some of which ho may soon be re? quired to occupy. In a word, his supporters have learned that he has not a single states? manlike quality for meeting thc unprecedent? ed exigency which has overtaken thc Republi? can party. General Granta supporters have likewise found oui, alter a year of painful experience, that he possesses not the slightest sagacity or tact as a politician, und hhs not thc faintest idea ol' the mclhocl by which parties are to be kept together and stimulated to vigorous ac? tion. This total absence of skill as a politician ls. however, not surprising in one who, while In civil life, during thc stormy controversies of thc last twenty years, took so little interest in public affairs that lie never voted but once, and then Tor James Buchanan. Thc natural result of this all but unanimous verdict of leading Republicans is, that not one of them, except fie bo a recipient ol' thc Presi? dential bounty, con'em plates thc renomination ol'General Grant-a Judgment never before en? tered up against any regularly elected Presi? dent at Um close ol' his first year In office. So much for General Grant personally, nnd his aspirations and hopes tor thc future. And now, how fares it willi Iiis admluisiration ? Has it met tho just expectations ol' the people any better tl um he himself has? The recon? struction policy was clearly defined and near? ly consummated belorc lie assumed the ex? ecutive chair. With a plain path before it, thc administration has been vexatiously dila? tory and .shamefully remiss in completing the work ol' reconstruction. Every State in Hie Union voted for President In lacs except Vir? ginia, Mississippi and Texas. Thc Republi cans swept thc field; Congress assembled on tho fourth ol' Mareil, IBM, and yet, alter the lapse of a year, Virginia and Mississippi are only Just restored to full fellowship, while Ueorgla has been partially thrust out of the Union, and Texas has not been admitted at all. Can thia be called success, or does it not ratti? er deeerve the name ot a conspicuous and ut? terly inexcusable failure of the administration lo carry through a programme so plain that a wayfaring man, though a non-political Presi? dent, need not err therein ? How stands the case in reirard to our foreign relations ? The conree of the administration bas brought the Republic into contempt botli in Europe and America. While the brave, thc generous, the sagacious Rawlins was alive, there was hope for Cuba; for ho had long been wont to exert great power over Graut. At his death the cause of Cuba lell into the hands ot the pusillanimous Fisk and the pompous Sumner; and since that disastrous hour we have witnessed naught but base bowing of the kneeofthi8 great Republic at the recto!' de? crepit Spain. As to the Alabama claims, they are further from settlement now than when Andrew Johnson left Hie White House, while England views thc dullness of thc administra? tion with surprise and its imbecility with con? tempt. As patriotic and high souled Ameri? cans contemplate the deplorable coudiiion of I our foreign relations, they are fain to cry out, I "Oh for one hour of Marcy or of Seward !"g And what is the policy of the administration on financial questions, the leading issues of the future? Has it got a policy ol' any sort? If so, do wc find it in the votes of the sixty Ite Enbllcans in Congress, who went with Mr. [arshall for a strictly revenue tariff, or in the votes of the eighty or ninety Republicans, who favored protection? Do we Und It In the votes of the large majority of the Republican mem? bers, who supported Mr. Lougnrldge's resolu? tion for the issue of fifty millions more of greenbacks, or in the votes of the Republican minority, who resisted his proposition? And what arc General Grant's opinions on these vital questions? Does be know any more about them than the veriest tyro in political economy? Has he got a financial creed ? If he has, pray what is it ? Can Schenck, can But? ler, can Corbin tell ? But there are loud and reiterated promises about the reduction of expenditures. Mr. Dawes informed the people of New Hampshire that General Grant was in favor of cutting the appropriations down- to the lowest possible figure, and that wherever he could see a chance to save a Bingle dollar lt should surely bc done; and the only result of this promise which the country has yet s?en, so far as the President personally ls concerned, is thc raising of the salaries of his two or three doorkeepers, and thc appointment of two or three needless sham secretaries on his official staff. When thc peo? ple begin to realize that their taxes are re? duced, they will begin to believe that unne? cessary expenditures have been cut off. and not till then. And even when that auspicious hour arrives they will bc apt to attribute this reform more to their own vehement outcries for relief, backed by the reiterated demands of the independent press, than to thc adminis? tration's skill or its desire for retrenchment. Thc public debt has been reduced, as lt cer? tainly ought to be in view of the enormous sur? plus in thc treasury, drawn from the pockets of the people byan exorbitant and remorseless system or taxation. When both the debt and the taxes are reduced, the public will begin to feel that the plan now pursued ls not merely a new application of the old scheme. of robbing Peter to pay Paul. The reduction of the debt, too, shows rather larger on paper than In fact; and thc credit of all the really valuable results In this behalf is due very much to Mr. Bout> wcll, and not at all to General O'rant. But, after all, one of the moBt marked and disastrous lallures of the administration, In its effect upon thc Republican party, and upon General Grant personally, springs from his distribution of official patronage. From the members of his cabinet and his foreign min? isters, all the way down to thc very tax col? lectors and tide waiters, no President ever made so many weak, incompetent, and, viewed from a party standpoint, utterly worth? less appointments. Thc great majority of them impart neither dignity nor strength to the President, his administration, or the Re? publican organization, while many of them bring all turee into disrepute. Nepotism, always dlsgracelul; fuvoritsm, admirably flited to excite jealousies and heartburnings; and In? capacity, which breeds contempt, have charac? tered u large class of General Grant's ap? pointments; while many of his most favored beneficiaries, though they have been able to accumulate fortunes, had not the slightest claim to thc rewards of the Republican party, never rendered it any services ere they took of? fice, and have been only a daraaae to lt ever since. And worse thnn all. the President has bestowed some of these offices for pecuniary considerations. No administration can survive such a waste, such a venal prostitution of its patronage as this. In short, General Grant has, at thc close of his first year, proved so lamentable a failure, both as a statesman and a politician, that no, well-informed and far-seeing Republican con? templates bis renomination as a possibility; while a large body of the party apprehend that his course must Inevitably break lt in pieces before tho next Presidential election. ILL ZQ (?ItQAXIZE. Darlington mid thc Citizens' Party. [From the Darlington Democrat.) . It ls cheering to notice the vigor and unan? imity of thc State press in their efforts to awake the dormant energies of a once defeat? ed but now hopeful and confident people. The bugle ring3 out clear for the charge, and this time the party whose dishonesty and falsehood has been fitly illustrated by Us leaders, must yield to the decree of fate, and our "reign of terror" al last have an end. We agree with TUE CHARLESTON NEWS that "our strength should bc reserved for the last charge," but on nil sides let us hear the note of prepara! ion-let our battle-cry bc equalrights and equal taxation-a standard around which all good and true men can rally; let us re? deem our loved State from the clutches of thc Infamous reptiles who dare to pollute the name of South Carolina by falsely assuming to represent her. Good God! Just think of it the seat once occupied by a Calhoun, a Haync, a McDuflle, holding the rotten mass- of moral corruplion which, affecting the livery ortho gospel In order to serve the devil more secure? ly, has at last met Its deserts, In being deem? ed even too corrupt for the Forty-first G'o?i gress. There never was a lime when the chances for a successful contest were more favorable. The idols-of the poor deluded colored people have been shown lo be false-thc many prom? ises made them to better their condition have melted Into air. Where is the mule aud thc forty acres? Where is tho "home for the home? less, nnd land for the landless?" And Is the colored man in more comfortable circumstances ' to-day than ho was four years ago? Their nuked and shivering bodies give a living answer to that question. How lares lt with the men whom they have put Into office? They have grown rich lo repletion, by every imag? inable mode ol stealing known to human de? pravity. We think it time that there should bc a change. Suow us AX UONEST MAX OF CAPACI? TY, AND WE WIM. SDPPORT uiM. Parly lines are entirety obliterated, and thc only issues involved are honesty and rascality. Let the lines be drawn, and the battle marshalled. Let the knaves come out in the light of day that wc may know them by their company. We say to ali good people, come forward and save your humes and little ones from anarchy and vio? lence, and let us drive the last Yankee, ped? dling "carpet-bagger" from the State, before they have stolen thc last morsel ol*bread froui our famishing children. Wc call on black and white to repudiate thc wretches who conic here to steal. Meet to? gether, exchange views ami opinions, treat each oilier willi confidence;for your political rights can never bo in danger. The white lias not Hie power, if he lind the wish to injure tho colored man. Lo! us all be south Carolinians, and send buck to Massachusetts the vile, cant? ing hypocrites who attempt to disgrace oar proud and honored Slate. LET TUE ''CITIZEN'S PARTY" HE ORGANIZED AT ONCE IN KV Kit Y COUNTY. TOWN, A XL) NEIGHBOR? HOOD IN TiiK STATE; use every influence to in? duce success; animate your neighbors, and above all, let the poor and Ignorant colored man know that we have not forgotten our boyhood together-that we still have an inter? est in him, and wish to save him from those whom he has esteemed his friends. . THE MORDAUXT DIVORCE CASE. Thc Prince of Wales In thc Witness-box -His Testimony In Full. Thc Pall Mall Gazette of thc 23d ultimo says : Thc Inquiry into the sanity of Lady Mor daunt was resumed this morning. The en? trance to the court was thronged for a consid? erable time before the opening of the doors, the increasing interest in the case having at? tracted even a larger number of persons to the hull in tiie hope ol gaining admission to the court than on thc preceding days of the inquiry. lu consequence of tho instructions issued by Lord Penzance, but few persons were admitted to the gallery. Among these were Sir Charles Mordaunt, General Arbuth not, the Rev. Mr. Cadogan and a number of ladies. The Prince of Wales then entered the court and went into the witness-box. ARer he had been sworn, Lord Penzance said: Before Dr. Deane asks his ROMl Highness any questions, it ls my duty to point out to his Royal Highness his position under the act of Parliament passed last ses? sion. It provides that no witness in any pro? ceeding, whether a party to the suit or not, shall be liable to be asked, or be bound to an? swer, any question tending to show that he or she has been guilty of adultery. Now, from the course which the case has taken, I think It r,ght? to point this out to'lite Boyal Highness, and to tell him that he te not bound or required by law to submit to any interrogations on that subject. . . His Boyal Highness was then examined by Dr. Deane as follows: I believe your Highness has for some time been acquainted with the Moncroiffe family? I have. - Were you acquainted with Lady Mordaunt before her marriage? I was. On her marriage, did your Royal Highness write to her and make ber som? wedding pres? ents? I did. Previous to. her marriage bad she visited at Marlborough House when tour Royal High? ness and the Princess of Wales was there ? She had. And bas she gone to the theatre with both your Royal Highnesses ? She has. W? are told that she was married at the end of 1866. In 1867 did you see much of ber ? I did. And the year 18C8 ? I did also. Were you acquainted with Sir Charles Mor? daunt ? I was. .. . Have you frequently met him ? I have. And with Lady Mordaunt ? With Lady Mor? daunt. Your Royal Bigness knows Huriingham ? I do. Have you been In the habit of meeting Slr Charles there ? I have. On one occasion, I think in June, 1868, there was a pigeon match there between Warwick? shire and Norfolk ? There was. I believe your Royal Highness and Sir Charles were captains for each county ? I be? lieve so. tfcas. Lady Mordaunt there ? She was. Wno her husband ? With her husband. Does your Royal Highness remember the date ? I think it was about June. Did Lady Mordaunt score for one side ? For both sides, I think. And in .thc - course of that match did you speak to Lady Mordaunt at times when Slr Charles was' by ? I believe so. We have heard in the course of this case that your Royal Highness uses Hansom cabs occa? sionally. I do"not know whether ids so? It is BO. Mr. Deane. I have only one more question to trouble your Royal Highness with. Haa there ever been any improper familiarity or criminal act between yourself and Lady Mor? daunt ? His Royal Highness (In a very firm tone) There has not. There was' here a burst of applause, which was at once suppressed. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine. I have no question to ask bte Royal Highness. The Pi&ice then bowed to his Lordship and retired, asild another attempt at applause, which was, as before, promptly suppressed. Remarking on the evidence, ol' tho Prince, the London Times concludes an article as fol? lows: Thc case of his Royal Highness stands by it? self. It is evident that the Prince's error was simply this-that he had been too careless of | his rcDntation. He had acted as a young man who tibes not understand the passion too many have for scandal, and. has given occasion to misconstruction through simple heedlessness. It te, indeed, not easy for the young, even though they may be next the Crown, to re? member aud guurd against "the Acree light that beats upon the throne." Those who know Marle-Antolnettc as we have now the power of knowing ber, through all thc relations of her checkered life, know how baseless are the calumnies which were persistently heaped upon her name when living; but she-gav, brilliant charming, the radiant vision treasured in Burke's memory recked n?tblng of the. malice of thc base, and her indiscretion accelerated at least the catas? trophe which caused her own unhappy death and tlie destruction of the French kingdom. The Prince of Wales has learnt by a painful experience how watchfully he must walk whose life te the property and study of the world. If Royalty bus many privileges, it must suffer not a few privations, and the charm of ["Til1 An\S??Tr^j4j-iairLihatL must h?-ftWost Qenfeu to UiertfinenEon ororawS J Be PrTncrr has had, indeed, before him the pattern of a lifo, not surely devoid of innocent pleasures, yet so carefully regulated that it was, iii the eyes of ail men, dedicated to domestic purity. Tile life of tho Prince Consort was marked by the nicest regard to the conditions under which it has passed. Every one will remem? ber the rules ot social conduct the Prince pre? scribed for himself, and how faithfully they were observed. We do not doubt that the lu ture years of thc heir apparent will show, by their fidelity to this example, the influence of thc lesson he has to learn, and that English? men will see exemplified, in their King that is to be, a life purified from the semblance even of levity. -Governor Holden, of North Carolina, has issued a proclamation declaring the county of Alamance to be in a state of Insurrection, be? cause of various ontrages committed by bands of men armed and disguised, among them the banging of a negro at Graham. -Washington corrrespondents say thc lead? ing men In diff?rent parts of the country, as well os some of thc banks, are urging the Secretary of the Treasury to make arrange? ments at once for resuming specie payments; the matter is to bc discussed in cabinet session immediately. fertilisers. ?JROASDALE'S SUPERPHOSPHATE, Manufactured by WATTSON A CLARK, Philadelphia. Trade mark, W. A C. This stand? ard Fertilizer ls made of the Phosphate Rock of South Carolina, and is prepared under the Imme? diate supervision of Professor JAMES C. BOOTH, CnIted States Chemist. Each cargo ls analyzed upon arrival by Professor SHEPARD. For sale In lots to ?Ut purchasers, for cash or time, with approved city acceptance. Apply to W. GURNEY, Sole Agent for South Carolina, No. 102 East Bay and Accommodation Wharf. jan22 s tr. th A ND PL.iSI.EB. 500 bbls. LAND PLASTER, In store or delivered at Railroad Depot In this city. For sale by OLNEY A CO. metis_ -pERUVIAN GUANO. 50 tons No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, from Guan apc Island. Warranted pure. An analysis of same, uv Professor Shepard, can be seen at our ofllcc. For sale by R. M. BUTLER A SON. mehi _Foot Vendue Range. JTO: 1 PERUVIAN GUANO. 400 tons No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, from the Guiinapc Islands. According to analysis this Guano contains not quite as much ammonia, but is otherwise fully as Kood as the Chincha Island Guano. 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CORWIN & CO., WM. S., IMPORTEES and Dealers in Colee Whines, BrandlesjVreas and Groceries, Wholesale and Retail' 275 King at. CH AFEE & CO., WM. H., WHOLE? SALE Dealers In Groceries^ Wines, Liquors, Ac; Agents for Exton's Crackers, 207 East Hay. CHAFEE'S TONIC, THE BEST AND most pleasant Stomach Regulator extant. Chafee A Co., No. 207 East Bay. Manufacturers. DUVAL & SON, J, B., MANUFACTUR? ERS of Tinware, Dealers In Stoves. House Furnishing Goods, Ac, 337 King st._ AS9N IRON WORKS, ESTABLISHED ISLjsassau and Columbus streets-Steam ,-Sarinc. rortabie and stationery. Daners. FRENCH CHLNA, AT IMPORTER^ Cost, now sewing at R. H. MCDOWELL'S, corner of King and Liberty sta. EOLLLN, G., TOBACCO COMMISSION Merchant, Manufacturera' Agent for the sale of Standard Brands, No. 151 East Bay. FURNITURE WAREROOMS, ESTAB LISHED1838. D. H. Silcox, Nos. 175,177 and 170 King st. Goods carefully packed and shipped. p OLDSMITH & SON, MOSES, 4, 6 AND \JT 8 Vendue Range,Wholesale Dealers In Iron, Metals, Rugs, Paper Stock, Hides, Wool, Ac. ri URNEY, WM., FACTOR AND COMMIS VJT SION Merchant, 102 East Bay, and 1 Accom? modation Wharf. p OUTEVENIER BEOS., (SUCCESSORS VX to A Hiing.) dealers In Millinery, Fancy Goods. Toys, China, Glassware, Ac, 237 King at. TTENEREY. WM S., 3U MEETING ST., ll Machinist and Founder, Manufactcrer or Engines, and improved Agricultural implements. KINSMAN & HOWELL, GENERAL Commission Merchants, and Agents for Mapcs' Superphosphate of Lime, No. 128 East Bay. LYONS & MURRAY. WHOLESALE AND Retail Dealers In Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Ac, 78 Market st., near Meeting, Sign of "Big Boot.? LA CRI#LLA.-JOSE JARA IMPOR? TER and Manufacturer of Havana Cigars, Wholesale and Retail, cor. Meeting and Market s ts. LITTLE & CO., GEO., 213 KING 8T.r sell the eheapest and best Clothing and Far nishlng Goods In Charleston._ MERTENS, W. A., DEALER IN LA? 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