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irr^T TTUff IT_N?TMRER 1259. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. WASHINGTON. [FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] WASHINGTON, March 21. Thc Senate is in executive session on the ap? pointment of Bradley for one of the Judges of the Supreme Court. In the House, on regular call, there was nothing important from committees. A canvass of the Senate shows thirty-five senators averse to the ratification ot the San Domingo treaty. The Senate remained in executive session over an hour, confirming General Pleasanton, vice Bailey, coUector of the Wall Btrcet dis? trict, New York, and Joseph P. Bradley, Su? preme Judge-afterwards varions petitions were presented. A bill was introduced transferring the ap? pointment of revenue supervisors to the Pres? ident. The bill distributing arms or their equivalents in ordnance stores to the Southern States, due from 1SC1 to '65, was passed. The Georgia bill was resumed. Drake's amendment, anthorizing the Federal govern? ment to suppress disorders and assess the ex? penses from the people, was diseussec, but no action taken, when the Senate adjourned. In the House bills were introduced incorpo? rating the Indian territory and Gu'i' Railroad, authorizing water guages on th e Mississippi and its tributaries; it provide? for a regular system of observations. Also, a bill to pro? mote commerce and amity between Mexico and the United States, by encouraging citizens of the United States to aid Mexico in develop? ing the country. A resolution was Introduced that the South and West was entitled to more circulation. It was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. The roles were suspended, and the bill ap? propriating twenty thousand dollars to the Sis? ters of Mercy of Charleston, to rebuild their orphan asylum, was passed. The Tariff bill was resumed, and it will be debated to-night. Governor Holden, of North Carolina, tele? graphs the President to suspend the hab?as carpus in that State. Holden telegraphs a senator: "We have Federal troops, but we want power to act. Is it possible the govern? ment will abandon its loyal people to be whip? ped and hanged ? The habeas corpus should be suspended at once.*' The Democrats voted in a body for Bradley to-day. Thc vote was 42 to 9. Th? Supreme Court decides the tender of nay ment of taxes before sale for taxes, under the law of 1862, was equivalent to payment. Subsequent sale by commissioners conveyed no title. The court disclaims Jurisdiction in the Flori? da claim of Commodore Meade, it having been adjudicated in the Spanish court after the treaty of 1819. A CHANCE EOE THE AMBITIOUS. The Magnificent Silver Vage that was -tl ii dc for Grant, but > ever Presented. "Mack" writes from Washington to the Cin? cinnati Enquirer : Happening in Gait's jewelry store, on Penn? sylvania avenue, the other day, my eyes were dazzled by a magnificent silver vase, decidedly the finest in style and workmansnlp I have ever seen. I was curious enough to ask its history, and ascertained it to be this : It was made to order, some time ago, for presenta? tion by a number of Philadelphia politicians to General Grant. That this was its purpose was manifest from the designs with which it was ornamented-a beautiful medallion of Grant on one side, and a list of the battles and sieges he had gone through on the other. Yet, ir so Intended, why was it for sale ? '.Well," said the clerk, UI don't know about that. AU I know is that it is for sale here, at $1200, though it cost $1500. It's very cheap at what is asked for it. There must be nearly a thousand dollars worth of silver in it." The result of inquiries made since has been to find out tbat the generous Pennsylvanians wanted the control of a certain office, and didn't get it. Hence they put their intended gift in tbe market, where it now invites a pur chaster. It offers an excellent chance to those still anxious to take a chance in the Great American Gift Enterprise. At a rough guess I should say it ought to command a very good consulship or a first-class postoffice, though the market for the latter has been rather dull lately, since an interior order of bull pups has been taken at par. Persons thinking of such an investment will get full particulars at the jewelry store referred to. I take a deep in? terest in the gift enterprise, and hence I give this first-class advertisement for nothing. TBE CONTEST IN RICHMOND. RICHMOND, March 24. Governor Walker and General Canby exchang? ed letters to-day. Nothing new transpired; it was mere elaboration of previous letters. The city was quiet until this aiternoon, when Ben Scott, colored, leader of thc Chahoon police, was captured. It was in front of Scott's house that special policeman Bush was killed last night. As the police approached the City Hall with Scott an excited crowd of whites rushed in, but, after a street fight, Scott was safely landed in the City Hall. Chahoon has but six adherents in the third station-house. TBE WE AT BER AT NEW TORE. NEW YORK, March 21. The weather seaward is very foggy. TELZOW FEVER AT RIO. Rio DE JANEIRO. March 21. The%omlto still prevails, but Its ravages are confined to foreigners. SINKING OF A SBIF. LIVERPOOL, March 21. The ship Michael Hutchinson, just from Cali? fornia, has sunk in the harbor. NEWS FROM CUBA. HAVANA, March 21. Captain-General DeRodas will visit Neuritas and Puerto Principe, accompanied by the late rebel General Napoleon Arrango, who will as? sist DeRodas in restoring peace. MATTERS IN GEORGIA. Grain receipts are very heavy at Chatta? nooga, but in consequence of thu prohibitory freight tariff on the State Road, ic is being stored in the warehouses there, The Atlanta Era says that tte mayor of Fort Gaines recently adiourned a session ol the council by knocking two alderman and the clerk under the table. Mr. James McFarlin, one of the oldest citi? zens of Troupe County, died at his home in that county, on Wednesday last, where he had lived forty years. He was in the seventy-first year of his age. A negro named George Manning 6hot him self badly in Savannah on Tuesday, while at? tempting to cock a pistol to shoot a man who was about to arrest him. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Columbus Industrial Association, Thursday, John P* Iverson was elected as secretary, and John King as treasurer. Twenty five per cent, of the stock subscribed was ordered to be called. FROM COLUMBIA. Death of Judge Dawkins. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOE SECTS.] COLUMBIA, March 21. Judge T. N. Dawkins, one of the former cir? cuit judges and a lawyer of some eminence in this State, died at his home, in Union, on Sun day night. His death was caused by apoplexy. THE WOES OF WHITTEMORE. A Great Speech at Camden. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONl'i-NT.] CAMDEN, March 19. The resignal ex-representative, B. F. Whlt temore, attempted to address his constituents in this place on Monday night last, but, as re? lated by telegram in your paper of the 17th In? stant, was interrupted by John A. Chesnut, a representative from this com.'; to thc Gen? eral Assembly, who said, "You sold your ca detship," to which "Wicked Ben" replied, "No, sir, I did not;" and added that if he was allow? ed to proceed and finish he would answer any and all questions that might, could, would or should bc put to him in relation to the sale of the cadetships aforesaid; but the leaders of the colored people, fearing the effect of Ben's elo? quence, refused, and, a fight taking place about that Lime, the meeting adjo. me j In great disorder. The doors and windows were both used as means of exit by the excited and frightened crowd of women who were present. On the following morning he spoke to an audience, consisting in great part of women. There was an attempt to interrupt him a sec? ond time, but the person was gagged. Whittemore's speech has caused a division in the ranks of the party, the most intelligent and influential of whom were not deceived by his reverence. Some of the white Republicans hold him in? nocent, as far as the sale of cadetships ls con? cerned, or, they believe that, if he did sell them, he applied the money to educational and charitable purposes. It is remarkably strange though, that, if he did so apply the money, he did not produce the men who were acquainted with its appli? cation before the committee on his trial. He says that Logan told him that the House would noe have expelled him, and that be acted hastily in resigning, and the committee had concluded that they also had been too hasty in their report. Does it not seem strange that he did not ^pro? cure General Logan to put that statement in writing, duly attested ? From what I learn, Whlttemore will neither be the nominee of the party to Congress, nor will he be elected from this Congressional District. On the 6th of April, proximo, an election for intendant and wardens of thc Town of Camden will be held. Last night a caucus of the Republicans was held, at which they nominated J. F. Suther? land for intendant, who is a white man, and Carduza, the county auditor. Carter and Con? way for wardens-the two latter are colored merchants. I learn that the party are not pleased with their nominees. The resolutions adopted by the press confer? ence meet with the general approbation of our people. KERSHAW. THE NEW CODE. What the Leader of thc Ncvr York Bar Says About lt. LETTER FROM CHARLES O'CONOR. The Columbia Guardian publishes a very interesting letter lrora Charles O'Conor, the. acknowledged head of the New York bar, on the new Code. Messrs. Pope A Haskell, of Columbia, to whom the letter was addressed, In a note to the Guardian say : In our trouble about "the new code" of practice which hos so completely upturned all of our previous habits of thought, and with it the wisdom and learning of ages, we took i the liberty of writing a short letter to Mr. O'Conor, of New York, asking the advice of him, as a gentleman of great learning and ability, what books of practice tinder the New York Code (of which ours is a mere copy) he would recommend to us for usc. Wo could not rely upon the recommendations of pub? lishers, and we were profoundly ignorant of the first step and the first requisite to the commencement of a suit-we beg pardon, "an action." Mr. O'Conor lias kindly Bent us a us a letter, which is so suggestive to the to the profession throughout the St:ite, that we submit it to you for publication. Mr. O'Conor's letter is as follows: NEW YORK, March 14, 1870. Gentlemen; Your letter of tko 9th instant reached me in my chamber, just recovering from a spell of illness. 1 am obliged to answer through an amanuensis, and without recourse to any books. It is probable, however, that memory will suffice as well as if I could have recourse to books. Our Code was adopted in the year 1818. It has been added to and amended or varied at nearly every session of our Legislature since that time. One natural consequence of tiiis continual fluctuation is, that iu looking at de? cisions of our courts, giving a construction to any part of lt, close attention must be paid to chronology and the state of the Code at tho time the decision was made, or that the ques? tion arose must be closely attended to, else the comment may be a source of error instead of a useful guide. I say this, because I pre? sume your copyist copied the last edition of our Code, though, indeed, this may bo an un? warrantable presumption, and your first step in the pursuit of exact knowledge on the com? plicated subject referred to should be to ascer? tain precisely what edition he did transcribe. We have t hirty-three judges, each authoriz? ed to hold a Supreme Court of original jurisdic? tion. We have eight District Supreme Courts, called General Terms, sitting for larger sec? tions ot territory, having appellant jurisdiction from the single judge courts sitting in their re? spective districts; hence, of course, a multi? tude of jarring decisions on poiuts of practice. No interlocutory appeals are allowed to the court of last resort, and consequently mere questions of pleading and practice rarely come in review in that court. So we have no com? mon arbiter to reconcile conflicting determi? nations in the General Terms. I mt'st add to this that we have three cotem poraneous sets of reports; the samo case is therefore often reported 'wice, or even thrice. Two ot these series of reports are called "Practice Reports," and profess to devote themselves to reporting decisions on practice only. The third is regarded as our "General State Reports," ami as giving ull decisions of the Supreme Court deemed proper to be re? ported. I think this only means all the deci? sions of the Supreme Court that this particu? lar reporter happens to have got hold of. These three series are: Barbour's. Supreme Court Reports, 54 volumes; Abbott's Practice Reports, 19 volumes, N. S. C; Howard's Prac? tice Reports, 37 volumes. Besides these courts and reporters, wc have had in New York a city court, of much respec? tability, consisting of three judges, called the Court of Common Pleas, and another, of equal respectability, consisting of six judges, called the Superior Court. Strictly speaking, there ls no appeal irotn either of these two courts on points of practice; each has its own reporter, and I do not know that the decisions of either are less respected or respectable than those of the Supreme Court. Should you desire the volumes containing their decisions, it would extend your purchase alone twenty-five vol? umes. The books that may be called books of prac? tice under the Code, or rather the only oues I ever have used, are Abbotfs Annotated Edi? tion ol the Code, and Howard's Annotated Edi tiou of the Code. In ordering them, or either o: them, you should be careful to call for inc latest edit If you order ?nly one of them, you sh< probably prefer Abbott's. This gentleman i active practice; therein, I think, differing f Mr. Howard. And bc has published other works, Indicating especial attention to li subjects on bis part, say, "A Digest of 1 York Reports," in six or seven volumes, what he calls "A National Digest," not completed, but which has reached its foi volume. "Abbott's Forms or Precede: would bc lound useful. There are some two or three publican called "Books of Practice under the Coi framed upon the book-making ideas, wi dictated such books of practice as "Sell Impey, Tidd," &c. It has always seemci me that a book of this sort could scarcely useful where all the details of practice dowi the length ol a notice of trial were cxprei regulated by positive statute. I do not c any of them, have never looked into one them, and imagine that their value musl slight indeed. Ido not remember the nat of the author. It may bc that a copy of our "Session Lav from 184. to this time, would conduce to m lng your library perfect; it would facilitate vestlgations in thc matter of chronology, fore suggested. Whether you procure th or not. I would advise you to order a copi the small pocket edition ol' the Code with' notes. All the law booksellers herc have It is useful in prescribing the Code alo without the enormous mass of notes which cumber thc annotated editions; and it conta this very useful leature : At the commen ment of each section which has been at i time altered, it states thc date of each alte tion. The Code purports to be framed by th: commissioners appointed for the purpo Common fame asserts, and without contrac tion, that I am aware of, from any quart that Mr. David Dudly Field, who was one them, drew the whole instrument, and n properly be regarded as its sole author, have reason to believe that a very large p portion of the subsequent amendments w< trained by him. or at least were passed nf consultation with him by the respective co mlttees, who from time to time reported thi amendments to the Legislature. Mr. Fl< was. when the Code was adopted, ever sit has been, and now is, a counsellor at law full and active practice in this city. It woi seem highly probable that to him numere Inquiries must have been addressed, similar those coming from yon, to which I am now spondlng. F think II not unlikely that he) long since prepared a full and instruct] form of answer to all such inquiries, and i this reason, and because he must necessar understand the subject much better than I c lt might be well that you should address h on the subjeat. No harm or inconvenlec can result, for you will at least receive courteous reply. The Code hos elicited, and ls now the si ject of much conflict in opinion. As fur os can at present recollect, all the judges w have thought fit to commit themselves on t subject, have manifested, in a greater or le degree, a lack of respect lor the design, t execution, and the effect. One ol' the mt able and temperate of them has stated th much of the Code was framed for the me purpose ol change in modes and of gratifyli Its author's fancy, even where the form mode itself could not be changed by making change in thc name, an achievement wild of course ls never Impracticable. I think i careful and weil -Informed investigator wou be likely to disputo this. When the Code was adopted, our constit tion required that the trial by jury in all eas in which it had been theretofore used shoo remain Inviolate. When the Code mingle or allowed to be Joined In ono pleadln claims theretofore cognizable at law only wil claims, cognizable In Equity, it followed th the case must be tried by Jury-; the first bram because the constitution required it, and tl second because there was no constitution Impediment; and however inconvenient, r actual Impracticability in submitting an Equli case to a jury. You will see by looking at tl Code that it does not in terms provide for th express case ot mixture, but it does in tere quite sufficient for the purpose of obeying tl constit utional rule, designate the coses whlc must be tried by jury, unless parties otho wise consent. The courts, by decision, ha\ dealt with the cases of mixture In conformli with my suggestion above statcd,-and I thin the effect ol the decisions is that where, at tl close of the testimony, in a case brought b fore a Jury, there ls no common law case, tt judge may dismiss the jury, and assuming tl office and duties, of a Chancellor, may deck anp Eqully case that ls presented by tl evidence. My personal views as to the value ol til Code are of no Importance, and need not t stated. All the lawyers who have been adm! ted to practice in this State for the last twenl years are conversant with the Code, and i course are not experts in the old common la' practice and pleading. Most of them are et tl rely Ignorant of it, and you may weil imagln that the Code could not easily be displaced b any attempt at reaction. The Courts of th United States do not recognize the Code, bu adhere to the old practice, with its settled dh Unction between law and equity. This eil cumstance often leads to much confusion, a you may see Illustrated In some reported dec! Bions of the United Slates Supreme Court. 1 is truly laughable to one conversant with bot systems lo see the blunders into which lawyer of great ability, who have come to the ba withing the last ten or fifteen years, some times fall into framing u declaration, plea, o subsequent pleading ut common ?aw, in th Circuit Court of the United States. There ls very little In the Code which is nev in principle, or in respect to which, as a sub stantial novelty, the authors could claim tin doubtful merit of invention. The notion o mingling legal and equitable claims or defence inonu stilt, tn order to prevent the suitor iron being turned out of the temple of Justice mere ly because ho had entered at the wrong door had shortly before been very broadly and dis tlnctly developed in a high place, and was ii fact the seed trom which sprang the Code-th? commissioners merely executed it. I think the Code contains, as 1 best recollect at this mo ment, only one thing which can be called new In principle, and this is an attempt utan abso lute impossibility in prescribing the rule o pleading. It declares in substance and effect that you shall not plead, as in the old system the conclusions in law or in reason from tilt tacts of the case, and at the same time it pro Iiibits you from stating or detailing the evi dence merely on which you rely. You ure re quired to state the "facts" which that evidence conduces to prove. Herc, under the name ol "facts," we find some things require to bi stated which are neither in the vulgar sense ol the word the mere fact, or trausactiou, or event, which did occur and can be proved by direct evidence, and arc not the genera!, ra? tional or legal conclusions from such fact, transaction or event. Now, according to my conception, it requires somebody much moro wise or more subtle than myself, or any special pleader 1 have ever been acquainted with, to define or lind out what it is that should be stated in a regular pleading drawn in compliance with this requi? site ol' thc Code. I am not aware that any one hos ever attempted to do it. Tho common practice in this State is to tell your story pre? cisely as your client tells it to you, just aa any old woman in trouble for thc lirst lime woulil narrate lier grievances, and to annex by way of schedules, respectively marked A. B. C, Ac, copies of any paper or documents that you may imagine would help your case. This is most emphatically a fair description of all the pleadings which como from the office of the chief codifier himself. A demurrer to unij pleading under the Code is a very dangerous step, because it is utterly Impossible lor the keenest investigator to determine in most cases what any other reader than himself will understand to be the import ol' the pleading If it be demurred to. You may well imagine under these circ'tm Stances that, except in tho very commonest and very simplest of cases, lhere are no pre? cedents which would be of use to one begin? ning to draw pleadings under the Code. Ks idea seems to be that every vulgar ignoramus, upon reading them will, from their conformi? ty to his own helter-skelter manner of think? ing and writing, think them quite sensible and intelligible, and Hutt a person of opposite char? acter and habits shall always be unable to com? prehend what they mean, and consequently be forced to conclude that lie must suspend judg? ment on their merits until the trial, and that if thc parties then make out a case or a de? fence, th? pleadings may then and there or afterwaids be amended, as occasion may re? quire. I do not know that I can add any useful sug? gestions, aud am, gentlemen, yours truly, Cn WILKS O'COXOB. To Pope fe Haskell, Esqs., Attorneys at Law, Columbia, S. C. P. S. There are four volumes, issued at an early period, called "the Code Reporter." I think you ought to have this book, n I recol? lect aright, Yt was issued prior to the com? mencement of either Abbott or Howard, and ls the sole record of the earlier practice cases arising under the Code. A law periodical, dis? continued some years back, but which extend? ed to several volumes, called "The New York Legal Observer," may probably contain prac? tice decisions under the Code not elsewhere to be found. There ls now a daily law journal or newspaper, called "The Transcript," which has been published for some years: it contains numerous decisions under the Code not else? where to be found. Ii I was advising for a public law library In your State, I would re? commend the purchase of the last two publi? cations. I do not know that I ought to advise such a purchase to a single individual or firm. I have the "Observer" In my library, but do not even take the "Transcript;" still, it ls to be observed that I have ready access to all the back numbers of the latter, as they aro in our "Public Law Library," ana the daliy issue is there to be found. A ORR AT JP ULT*XT ORATOR. A Tribute to thc Late R. S. Baker, D. D. The Brooklyn Catholic, in the course ot a well written article on the death of this learned and eloquent divine, says : As a pulpit orator, he probably had no supe? rior in his day in the English-speaking world. This ls a bold assertion, but lt is not a reckless one. We venture to say, that, of the thousands who have known Dr. Baker, and have heard his discourses at any time within the quarter of a century now past, there is hardly one who will not unhesitatingly endorse this Judgment. Every one, perhaps, has his favorite preacher, whom he regards, and would have others re? gard, as the grand Ideal. Prejudice of lea does much In building up opinions of this sort. Ex? tensive travel and observation, which force men to look at things from others' point of view, will go far to modify their preconceived notions; yet, in matters ol this kind, people do not like to be disabused. They would leave the snell unbroken. It was so with ourselves. The more we had heard in praise of Dr. Baker's eloquence, before we knew him, the more rigidly were we determined to criticise him when we should see him. Ire had encased ourselves in a coat of mail, that no stray shalt might wound us; we had fortified ourselves on all sides, that no march should be stolen on us. But we Baw, and were conquered. Certainly no public speaker has ever im? pressed us as he did. We have listened to and admired world-renowned celebrities on either side of the Atlantic-In all the walks or pro? fessions, of various nationalities, of various Fiolltlcal shades o? thought, of dirVrents re Igious beliefs, and ot no religious belief but there is not a man among them we will except. He was the king of orators. You did not so much hear his words as see bis thoughts. And such thoughts ! His ideas were living thitigs that went forth at the be? hest of their master, and made captive the minds ol the hearers. In his sermons, Dr. Baker confined himself to the matter in hand. He rend the gospel ot the day. and elucidated that-ho never wan? dered off into devious ways. His remarks were at all times exactly in point; every dis? course had a consistency with, and took Its shape and symmetry from, the text Never al? lured by a flower, never straining for effect, every word had its proper emphasis, every Bentenco its true ring. He moved along, cap? ping each clamax, until he came to thc clos? ing peroration, when he blazed in the firma? ment of his glory Inspired by the firmest faith himself, he put the objections of the un? believer In thc Btrongest light-he proposed things to his auditors precisely as he would to his own mind, in the study, and solved the problems as much for his own satis? faction as for that of others. His style was that of a thoroughly honest man-simple, yet majestic. You looked In his fuce, and tell. lime, his great soul believed what his tongue gave utterance to. lie detested shams, and never set up a man of straw, to knock him down again. Descending from the region of dog? matic theology, he Blood on scientific ground, and fought tlc adversary from behind his en? trenchments. We see him now at the altar, his majestic form erect, bis head hosted with the snows ol three-score winters. He brings up the objec? tions, which he throws forward in the shape of interrogations. Every lineament ol his face is expressive; his eye ls lit up, and magnet? izes all within its circle. An exposition fol? lows-the exposition ls like a new revelation. Then, with head bent In thought, he slowly Ilaces the altar platform. In this way, evident y intent on his subject rather than on his con? gregation, he marshals his ideas in line of bat? tle. His forces massed, he stands and gives the charge. Ha ! one note from his clarion blast le worth ten thousand men. He ad? vances ! Defence after defence gives way be? fore bim; the field 1B swept; the enemy is pur? sued to his last stronghold; the citadel is storm? ed and carried. The retreat of the foe is turn? ed into a rout ! The red tempest that succeed? ed the lightning flushes was awful. The fitting stage for Dr. Baker's genuls was New York. Here the press would, willingly or unwillln rly. be brought to aid him and his work. The printing press is, so to speak, the renewal of the gift of tongues in our day. Il multiplies words a thousand fold. A man, physically, speaks face to face lo a thousand the newspapers make him speuk to a million. In thc Empire City, then, Dr. Baker could have addressed the country from a central position But that great man, that ever glorious priest, "The best of the good, So simple in heart, so sublime In the rest, With nil that Demosthenes wanted endued, And his rival or victor in all he possessed, sought not applause. His life was hidden in God; and he shrank from the gaze of au ad? miring world as from the eyes of thc basilisk. Born of Protestant parents, In the year 1807, in the C ; nty ol'Kilkenny, Ireland. Dr. Baker came over to this country and studied for the priesthood under Hie auspices of thc celebrated Dr. England, first bishop of Charleston; was made assistant at the cathedral; and, in 1847, became the successor ol' Dr. Lynch, the pres? ent illustrious bishop of that diocese, at St. Mary's Church. Afterwards, he was appointed vicar general and administrator of the diocese. He was also connected with the Very Rev. Dr. Corcoran in the editorial management of the United States Catholic Miscellany, pub? lished In Charleston-the first Catholic paper established in this country. These are the simple facts of his life. His studious cast, and his humility, which titled him more for the cloister than lor church honors, would allow him to accept no dignities except such as Hie imperative command of his superiors thrust upon him. Of late years, he was obliged to lead a very secluded life because of his ailing health; and lie could preach only at intervals. But his course is finished now. His work is done. Wo cannot close without a passing tribute to the few noble companions of Dr. Baker. We have already spoken or them-England, Lynch, Corcoran. Bishop England's name isa household word in every home at the South the negroes amid the canebrakes and on the rice fields have him in their traditions. Bishop Lynch is as widely known, aad as widely re? spected, as any American prelate of our day. Certainly none* has a greater or more deserved European reputation than he. Concerning him tile Catholic World-having had occasion to call up his name some time since, in reference to u certain weighty proposition under consid? eration-made use of these words: "The Judg? ment of the distinguished author just cited may be taken as a summing up of the verdict of a great bo.lv ol' scientific men, given on scien? tific grounds.'' Anything, in addition, from the writer of this would be simply impertinent. Dr. Corcoran towers up another pillar. For profound erudition, aud extensive theological learning, lie is, confessedly, net outranked in this country. At the second plenary council of the Bishops ol the United States, held in Baltimore, in 1807, he was made secretary to that august body. When the Holy Father, Borne two years ago, conceived the thought ol convoking an (Ecumenical Council, learned divines were looked out from among all nations and summoned to Rome to arrange prelimina? ries. Dr. Corcoran was the man chosen by the Bishops of America to repesent them as their theologiar. there. He is now acting as one ol the Pope's iheologtansin the council. As to numbers, the little diocese of Charles? ton is among the least of the princedoms of Judah-in point of fact, it is not equal to the half of one of mir huge New York parishes: but see the lights that shiue around that church ! GOLD AND BUSINESS. Prospects for the Spring Trade In New York-Wall Street-The Specie Pay? ment Spurt-Sacrifice of Dry Goods, ?fcc. A New York letter of the 17th instant says : Trade is recovering from the paralysis brought on by the decline in gold, and most of the large houses are now quite busy. Plenty of Southern buyers are on hand, and the West? ern men begin to flock in pretty fast. There ls not much likelihood of a really active spring trade, but it will probably be better than was expected when the gold crash came. Stewart and Claflin are turning ont an immense amount of goods dally, but I doubt if they are making money. There has been a great de? cline in prices and most of the sales now made afford no profit, while in many cases, as I am informed by wholesale men. goods are sold much below the prices at which they can be replaced. This means, of course, that when the new stock comes in prices will be higher. Wall street Is again comparatively quiet, the late whirlwind having blown over, and the bulls and bears being engaged in taking breath for another scrimmage. The excitement du? ring thc latter part of last week was quite as Bedlamlsh and bewildering as that witnessed when gold was kiting above 200, but lt has subsided, temporarily at least, and a stranger might go into the Gold Room now without imagining himself in a lunatic asylum. The specie payment spurt, started some ten days ago by a few enterprising saloon keepers, ls fast exhausting itself and may not hold out much longer. Fisk still keeps lt going at his Opera House-on a rather small scale, though, and at some other places small silver ls silll given out in change, but unless gold falls to par, or very near it, this specie payment move? ment won't last. Another correspondent writes : The sale of consigned dres3 goods by A. T. Stewart & Co., and of silks by Mr. Cow di a and Rutter, Luckmeyer & Co., through the auction house of Townsend, Montant & Co., ls the sub? ject of general comment by the trade as to the motives which prompted lt, and Its effect. There ls no difficulty in arriving at the precise motive. Dress goods were slow and difficult of sale by the ordinary methods, and extra? ordinary means were required. The ef? fect of the sale will unquestionably be to es? tablish a market rate and attract purchasers. The auction was well attended, and although the dress goods did not bring their cost, they brought more tnan was expected. The silks not the best-sold for as much, many of them, as they bring at some of the jobbing nouses. I should suppose that about four hundred cases of dress goods-German. French and English were offered, valued at from four to ?ve hun? dred dollars a case. The English and French descriptions obtained the best prices. The German, as they are the most Inferior in quali? ty and design, and have been imported in large quantities, were the least sought for. In the present condition ol' trade it ls not only desirable but necessary that the market shall be met boldly. The attendance of such an un? usually large number was due, In part, to the belief that the firm first mentioned was selling silks, but they never sell this article in that way, as their Bilks are ordered for a regular trade for which they have uncommon means of distribution. FOREIGN NOTES. -Adelina Patti is said to invariably wears necklace of raffled silk, with an immense dia? mond in the centre under the chin. -Thomas Carlyle pays only $125 for the ren' of his house, and has never seen his landlord. He is periodically directed by an attorney tc pay rent at such a place, and he suspects thai the cheapness of his tenement is brought aboui by the connivance of friends. -Another case of spontaneous combustion le reported by L'Union Med?cale, In an article from the pen of Dr. Bertholle. The subject o lt was a woman thirty-seven years old, whe was addicted to alcoholic drinks. She wm found In her room with the viscera and some of the limbs consumed, the bair and clothei having escaped. The very minute descriptloi of the state In which the deceased was fount shows that ignition could not have been com municated from without. -The other day a wealthy French country man, whose son was studying law in Paris paid a visit to his hopeful scion at the capital After dinner, father and son took a strol through the streets, looking at the various fim buildings. Finally, they stood still In front o a very remarkable and characteristic building "What building is this, my son ?" inquired tb father. "I don't know, papa," replied the son "but I will ask the Sergeant de Ville, who 1 standing behind us." The Sergeant de Viii informed them that it was the law school where the young man was believed to hav attended lectures for a year past. -A Paris correspondent of the New York Hei aid, has had a special Interview with Pierre Bi ?aparte, now in confinement in La Conciegerl Prison, in that city, for shooting the late Victo Noir. On entering he found the Prince sittln. neal- the larthest window, conversing with si: gentlemen. The scribe was cordially wei corned and immediately introduced to th Princess, who was seated on a sofa near by The Prince was dressed in a blue cloth Jacket buttoned to the throat, and voluminous trow sers of a lighter color; he also wore gloves an spurs. In the course of conversation th coming trial was but little referred to, an never with apprehension as to Its result Th only one of the party on whose brow could bi occasionally detected the slightest anxiety wa the Princess. The frank, open bearing of th Prince enlisted the sympathy of all. After lengthened visit the correspondent rose to dc part; the Prince took off lils glove, crossed th room, shook hands and thanked him for tai call. The Impression the Interview left upoi the mind of thc writer was that the Prince i more deserving of pity for the distressing pc sltiou in which he Is placed, than of thc vite peral ion and abuse which have been so uc mercifully heaped upon a man awaiting tria for a crime the punishment of which ls death -The reforms in the French electoral law projected by Olllvier, lt is asserted, will glv to the country a proper representation of al parties in the Legislature. The law provide that France shall be divided into electoral cir cumscriptions, containing about 25,000 voters but heretofore the government has been in thi habit of arbitrarily rearranging the district 60 as to secure majorities for Its supporters This system prevails to a moderate extent ii the United States; but as the redistricting onl; occurs at fixed interrals, the evils are not 8< great as if, previous to every election, the ex ecutive were to shift the precincts so as to se cure the return of official candidates. "Get rymandering," however, has failed to r?gul?t the elections in Paris, and, as a natural conse quence, that large city hos become the centr of the most violent partisans, and returns sud candidates as Rochefort. The new electora law, it is asserted, will return to the corree principle, and divide the departments int? electoral districts without regard to thc polttl cal predilections of the voters. But as ever new experiment may result unfavorably ti the wishes of the projectors, so Ollivler fear that the territorial electoral districts will ri turn members hostile to his administration and hesitates about sending to the Corps Leg islatif the draft of the law. It is asserted however, thal before a change can posslbl take place Ollivler will certainly hold ollie for eighteen months. THE OLD NORTH STATE. Bonds, Carpet-Baggers and Natives The Legislature Intervene. In the following letter a North Carolina cor? respondent gives a statement, in a nutshell, of the financial muddle in that State : Before the war there was a large number of men in this State who were Old-line Whigs. Among them was a speculator in merchan? dise named George Washington Swenson. After the war was ended, and when the State (North Carolina) Convention came up, "in the course of human events," Swepson gained no? toriety as a lobbyist. He cultivated the friend? ship of a man named Littlefleld, who had come from Philadelphia, and whose ancestors were among ihoee of the Pilgrims' ancestors who came from New England to the Quaker me? tropolis. Littlefleld had known W. W. Holden when he was In mediocre circumstances, and when Holden was the sole editor of the Raleigh Standard, a Radical Republican paper pub? lished In North Carolina. When Holden be? came Governor he ostensibly sold out to Lit? tlefleld. Holden, who controlled the State Legislature, secured the State printing for Lit? tlefleld, and Littlefleld and Holden went ''snacks" on the profits of the State printing, which was an agreeable proceeding for them. Swepson and Littlefleld embraced, and then they took in W. J. Hawkins. The trio formed a ring. Sixteen million dollars tn bonds were Issued for proposed railroad enterprises. The ring got control of the disposition of those bonds. Only $1,300,000 of the bonds has been accounted for satisfactorily. Swepson has fled the State. The State Legislature has issued the following : The Qentral Assembly of North Carolina do enact. That all acts framed at the last session of this Legislature making appropriations to railroad companies be. and the Bameare hereby repealed. That all bonds ot the State which have been Issued under the said acts now In the handB of any presidents or other officers of the corporations be immediately returned to the Treasurer. That the moneys in the State Treasury which were levied and collected under the provisions of the acts mentioned in section one of this act are hereby appropriated to the use of the State Government; and shall be credited to the counties of the State, upon the tax to be assessed for the year 1870, In proportion to the amounts collected from them respectively.. -It is in Wyoming Territory that women suffrage reigns In all its glory. There women sit on juries and administer laws. The last grand jury drawn at Laramie shows a clear majority of female names. A short time since the Governor appointed several ladles Justices of the peace, and they have entered upon the duties of their offices. The single miners seem to like their female Judges, and pay great re? spect to the court; but if a man li caught drunk, or aa erring sister arrested, both are pretty sure to be locked up as long as the law will allow. The "female courte" have no com? passion for masculine tippling or feminine lrallty. Railroads. ^TERSBURG RAILROAD. OFFICE PETERSB?RO RAILROAD CO., ) . MAKCH 12, 1870. ) On and after SOND?T, l?th instant, the Train; will ruu as follows:' PASSENGER TRAINS. Leave Appomattox Depot daUy (Sundays ex ceptcd,) at 6.40 A M. and 4.16 P. M. Arrive a Weldon dally at 8.20 A M. and 7.16 P. M. Leavi Weldon at 0.50 A. M. and 3.30 P. M. Arrive li Petersburg at 9.60 A. If: and 6.46 P. M. Only two Trains on Sundays, viz: Horning Ex press Train going North, and Evening Expr?s Train going Sonth. FREIGHT TRAIN.TO WELDON. Leave Petersburg forWeld?n daily (Sunday ex cepted.) at 11.30 A. M. Arrive at weldon dally a 6.25 P. M. Leave Weldon at 9.40 P. M. Arrive lt Petersburg at 3.45 A. M. FREIOHT TRAINS TO GASTON. Leave Petersburg for Gaston on WEDNBSDAYI and SATURDAYS, at 6.16 A. M. Arrive at Gastoi at 12.20 P. M. Returning the same day, leav Gaston at 1.16 P. M. Arrive at Petersburg at 7.1 P. M. The Depot will be closed at 6 o'clock P. M. N goods will be received after that hour. R. B. PEORAV, mch22 Imo General Superintendent. O' PENING OF THE SAVANNAH AN] CHARLESTON RAILROAD. rTTT nrn I ?lui nm i miu.im.nm ) rm u^jiuiufi SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, ) MILL STREET DBPOT. J CHARLESTON, March io, 1870. ). On and after FRIDAY, 11th March, there will h DAILY COMMUNICATION between Charlesto and Savannah. Passenger trains will run as fo lows: Leave Charleston.8.30 A. M. An ive in Savannah. 3.00 P. M. Leave Savannah.11.00 A. M. Arrive m Charleston. 6.00 P. M. C. S. GADSDEN, mchll Superintendent. NORTHEASTERN EALL?OAD. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, ) NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, } CHARLESTON, S. C., March ll, 1870.) On and after SUNDAY next, the 13th instant, tr, following Schedule will be run by the Trains c this Road : DAY EXPRESS. Leave Charleston.9.30 A. 1 Arrive at Florence.3.00 P. ? Leave Florence.11.15 A i Arrive at Charleston.5.00 P. ? THROUGH NIGHT EXPRESS. Leave Charleston.6.30 P. 1 Arrive at Florence.12.00, Midnigh Leave Florence.1.46 A. J Arrive at Charleston.7.30 A. I Both of these Trains make close connectto with the Throuzh Trains to the Northern Cities. The Night Express will not run on Sundays. The Train* on the Che raw and Darlington Rai road conneet with the Day Express to and froi Charleston. S. S. SOLOMONS, mchll 10 Superintendent. s? UTH CAROLINA RAILROAI I GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, 1 CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. 16, 1869. j On and after Thursday, September 16, the Pa sengcr Trains cn the South Carolina Railroad wi run as follows: FOR AUGUSTA. Leave Charleston.8.30 A. : Arrive at Augusta.4.45 P. 1 Connecting with trains for Montgomery, Men phis, Nashville and New Orleans, vi&Montgomer and Grand Junction. FOR COLUMBIA. Leave Charleston.8.30 A. i Arrive at Columbia.4.40 P. 1 Connecting with Wilmington and Manches!? Railroad, and Camden train. FOR CHARLESTON. Leave Augusta.8.00 A. i Arrive at Charleston.4.00 P. 1 Leave Columbia.7.46 A. li Arrive at Charleston.4.00 P. I AUGUSTA NIOHT EXPRESS. (Sundays excepted.) Leave Charleston.7.80 P. J Arrive at Augusta.6.10 A. 1 Connecting with trains for Memphis. Nashvil nd New Orleans, via Grand Junction. Leave Augusta.4.10 P. 1 Arrive ai. Charleston.4.00 A. I COLUMBIA NIGHT EXPRESS. (Sundays excepted.) Leave Charleston.6.05 P. 1 Arrive at Columbia.4.45 A. S Connecting (Sundays excepted) with Gremvll and Columbia Railroad, and on Mondays, Wedne days and Fridays with Charlotte and South Car Una Railroad. Leave Columbia.5.50 P. 1 Arrive at Charleston.5.30 A. 1 SUMMERVILLE TRAIN. Leave Charleston.2.60 p. ] Arrive at Summerville.4.10 P. 1 Leave Summerville.7.10 A. 2 Arrive at Charleston.8.25 A. 1 CAMDEN BRANCH. Camden and Columbia Passenger Trains c MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS, and b tween Camden and Ringville daily, (Sundays e: cepted,) connects with up and down Day Pa sengers at Ringville. Leave Camden.6.35 A. 1 Arrive at Columbia.ll.oo A. 1 Leave Columbia.1.45 P. 1 Arrive at Camden.6.00 P. 1 (Signed) H. T. PEAKE, septie General Superintendent. gEloth,mg and irnmisrjing wooos. NNOUNOEMENT E??RAORD IN AR Y B?SINESS TO BE CLOSED \ : . ?.K . . -.. . : pa r.: THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIMK.1 , : .. . -aii ftu" Haring determined to close ont' our business In this city, we offer our stock, (which ls nearly an of our own manufacture) adapted'to the condos; spring and sommer, at lower prices than bare ever before been seen in Charleston for flrs?clai? goods. Below we give the closing ont prices: [ 200 pair ALL WOOL CHEVIOT AND CASH? MERE PANTALOONS at $4 each; sold at $5 tm $7 50. 300 pair AU Wool Light and Dark Colored Diagonal and Fancy Cassi mere Pantaloons, at ti each; sold at $6 to $8. loo pair All Wool Fancy Cassimere Pantaloons at $9; sold at $> to $12. loo E. W. Coats and Sacks at $8 each; sold at tu to $15. 100 E. W. Coats at $9 each; sold at $12 to $15. 76 E. w. Coats at $10 each; sold at sis to $n. 60 English Frocks an% Coats at $12 each; sold at $15 to $17. Black Dress and English Frocks at $16, $18 and $20; sold at $22 to $30. Lot or French?Cassimere-Sacks at $14; sold at $20. . Lot of Vests at $1 each; sold at $8 to $3 50. Lot of Vests at $2 each ; sold at $3 to $4. Lot of Vests st $3 each; sold at $4 to $5. Flannel, Alpaca, Drab d'Et?, and Linea Sacks, Linen Pants. Linen, Marseilles and Dues: Vests, all at naV their valne.' Entire s took of Par* nishing Goods marked down. Goods all marked In plain figures. ; > . ONE PRICE, AND NO DEVIATIOIt. MAC UL LAR, WILLIAMS & PARKER, NO. 297 KINO STREET, ,. mchS tun?simo CHARLESTON, S. 0. Cigars, Sobocar,"- &t. rp HE CHARLESTON; CIGAR MAN U FA 0 I ? EJf NO. 314 KING STREET, CORNER SOCIETY. ; CHARLESTON, BJ C. n*l j . '?' "vf ri CIGARS. LA CAROLINA, per thousand.......$20 M La Carolina, No. 1, per thousand............ 22 co Ls Corona de Espa?a, per thousand. U.25 co El Bouquet, per thousand.\C.. ; ..... SO 00 La Candeur, (smallcigars,) per thousand.... 86 ss Partages, (Havana Seed,) per thousand.40 St H. Upmann, (Havana,) per thousand......... 6S SS Figaro, (Genuine Havana,) per thousand. 76 SS. Jenny Lind, (Genuine Havana,) per thousand 8S 0S As ail these Cigars are made under my especial ? care and supervision, I can warrant that all win smoke well and give satisfaction at the prices. IMPORTED CIGARS OP DIFFERENT GRADES. LEAF TOBACCO FOR MANUFACTURERS.. I haves large and well assorted- stock of Bo mestic and Imported Leaf Tobacco, such as con? necticut, Pennsylvania and Ohio J Wrappers sai*' ! Filling at ail prices. Also, Havana, .from fl Hint at $120 upwards to wrappers (Prima) at $2 60 per ? pound. NEW CIGAR BOXES . :.' ll : a For Cigar Manufacturers, with labels ready for packing. SILE RIBBONS FOR CIGARS AT ALL PRICES. . ALSO, , . LARGE STOCK OF SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO AND PIPES. Merchants and consumers are respect fully so? licited to call before purchasing elsewhere.' 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