The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, May 26, 1870, Image 1
VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR.
j TBE FENIANS.
" A WAJt CZOXTD ON THE CANADA
BORDER.
HEAVY FIG?TLNG NEAR ST. ALBANS.
The Raiders on the Rall-Activity in
BufTulo, Boston and other Places-A
Conflagration at <Anebec.
WASHINGTON, May 25.
The Fenians are quite active in Buffalo.
Several hundred left Boston going North.
TORONTA, CANADA, May 25.
The Globe has a dispatch that a conflagra?
tion ls raging in Quebec, but as the Fenians
have cut the wires, it is Impossible to get
details.
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, May 25.
To-day several car-loads of Fenians, ticket?
ed jfcir Malone, passed through here from the
West A company of thirty men, nnder com?
mand of Captain O'Neil, left this city last night.
More leave to-day. All ls excitement in
Fenians circles.
[NIGHT DISPATCHES.]
The Latest ?fews from the Front
Contradictory Report*-An Engage?
ment Progressing.
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, May 25.
Thirty Fenians, under Captain O'Neil, left
to-day. More will go.
DETROIT, May 25.
It ls reported that two brigs, towed by a tug,
departed last night.
CINCINNATI, May 25.
General Starr, Colonel Tourney and Major
CKeefe departed North last night ?'
OSWEGO, May 25.
The company of Federal artillery at Fort On?
tario have been ordered to move immediately.
No movement of Fenians is reported here.
NEW YORK, May 25.
The evening papers have special telegrams
stating that General O'Neil had crossed at St.
Albans, saying that bo would never recross
the lines unless victorious or dead.
The troops move In two columns, one upon
St Johns, and one In the direction of Rich?
mond.
The utmost consternation reigns in Canada
owing to the utter lack of preparations for re?
sistance.
SYRACUSE, N. Y.T May 25.
Three hundred Fenians left to-day, and
thsse hundred last night A squad of two hun?
dred went previously.
ROCHESTER, May 26.
The British steamer Norseman, departed
this morning, fearing a seizure.
OTTAWA, CvN A DA, May 25.
The United States have 150 soldiers on the
way to Ogdensburg.
.Four hundred Fenians were left behind at
Rome for lack of transportation.
Fifteen men of the garrison, with two guns,
leave to-day for Prescott.
MONTREAL, May 25.
Further news indicate that the Fenians are
determined to make a movement AD the east?
ern frontier, A large number oT men, who
are parading close to the lines, are said to be
Fenians. They have cut the wires at White?
hall, and the latest advices ar? that they have
crossed the frontier In force.
: A considerable force of troops left here yes?
terday for the frontier.
...._-- - :- ?0DES8B?RG, May 25.
It la reported that the Fenians will attack
Cornwall.
PRESCOTT, May 25.
-. A large force ol volunteers, including artil?
lery; ls under arms.
TORONTO, May 25.
The Canadian, Government appears to be ad?
vised of the Fenian movements, and It Is pre?
pared for any attempt at invasion.
' ST. ALBANS, May 25.
Three o'clock. All quiet here.
ALBANY, May 25.
Dispatches dated St. Albans, 4 o'clock P. M.,
report that heavy fighting was going on near
tire-frontier. The contending forces were the
Fenians, led by General O'Neil, and the Cana?
da militia.
PHILADELPHIA, May 25.
James Gibbons, the president of the Fenian
Brotherhood, says that the present movement
against Canada ls the work of irresponsible ;
parties. .
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EUROPE.
. T>. Por tug?ese Cortes.
- " LISBON, May 25.
The Cortes has dissolved after all the depu?
ties swore to defend the independence of Por?
tugal. It will reassemble oh the 29th of June.
* Saldanho declares that he will maintain the
autonomy of the kingdom.
The Social Evil.
LONDON, May 23.
The House of Commons bad a secret debate
last night upon the question of the social evil.
Tbe adoption of the Continental system for
the prevention of disease was urged.
More Brigandage.
LONDON, May 25.
Dispatches announce that the brigands near
Gibraltar have lour English captives, whom
they hold for ransom.
The Mowen.
PARIS, May 25.
Tbe judges of the English and American
mowers at Bourges pronounce the English
the best.
?THE RICHMOND MAYOR A TTY.
RlCHMtN'D, y *fi&
Both the Republican and Conservative
parties held, meetings to-night. That of the
latter was addressed bx both white and color?
ed speakers. The bar-rooms have been closed,
and the Mayor has taken steps to insure a
peaceable election for to-morrow. The feeling
between the two parties regarding this elec?
tion la very bitter.
SPARKS PROM TSE WIBE8.
In New York yesterday ?he bids for govern?
ment gold amounted to nearly aeven millions
of dollars.
Vessels from Savana and other infected
ports, to New Orleans, will be quarantined
after June 6. *.
The grand Fenian proclamation at London
gives great satisfaction. ? .
BEATY FIEE AT 8T.Z0U1S.
- ' Sr. Lons, May 25
Tbe dally Republican office has been destroy?
ed by fire. Loss $160,000. A small sheet waa
Issued to-day. tte "pub li cati on will be re?
sumed as^usual at an earijjaj&y.
TBE METHODIST CONFEB&fCE.
* . .'. ' '9T~'- .
. * MEKPHIS. May 25.
^The Methodist G?n?ral Conference bas
adoptetfthe report of the Committee on Epis?
copacy In reference to the veto power of
bVshope.
WASHINGTON.
[FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.!
WASHINGTON, May 25.
The revenue to-day ls $700,000.
The report of the committee regarding the
trade between Mexico and Texas, alleges that
from two to five millions have been smuggled;
accuses the Mexican Government of favoring
this illicit trade, and asserts Juarez was dis?
loyal during the "rebellion," in allowing con?
traband goods to reach the Confederates
through territory which he controlled.
The New York Tribune, of to-day, says:
"Governor Bullock reads somewhat too lite
rrily. He has written us a letter, for which
we regret we have not space, in which he
urges merely technical objections to our re?
marks on his late communication relative to
the Georgia troubles. We are aware, though
he does not seem tc think it, that his term as
Governor of Georgia will not expire until 1872.
no matter what Congress may do with the
Bingham amendment to the Georgia
bill. But we also know, and so does
he, that if that measure is adopted and a new
Legislature Is elected this tall, Governor Bul?
lock's official existence, as we intimated, will
speedily terminate. And if there is any basis
of truth in the revelations of fraud and at?
tempts at bribery contained in the report of
the investigating committee, willfpovernor
Bullock have just reason to complain of his
fate, or to charge, as he does in the letter we
have received, that we don't 'tote fair ?' "
SENATE.
In the Senate, the bill giving Wilberforce
College (colored) $25,000 from the Freedman's
Bureau fund passed.
The report of the conterence committee
upon the Ffteenth amendment bill, was add pt- . i
ed by a party vote-yeas 48, nays ll. The dis?
cussion upon the Appropriation bill was re?
sumed. Drake's amendment regulating the
rule of evidence as to the loyalty of claimants
in the Court of Claims was debated. It pro?
hibits the admission of a pardon or amnesty
as evidence in the .Court of Claims to estab?
lish the loyally of a claimant. It requires that
the proofs of loyalty specified In the former
acts of Congress be adhered to, Irrespective
of such pardon or amnesty, and directs all
judgments heretofore rendered in favor of
claha^u*3 upon any other proof to be reversed
by the Supreme Court, and that pending suits
based upon such pardons be dismissed A tele?
gram giving the particulars of the murder of
State senator Stevens, of North Carolina, was
read.
HOD8C.
The bill for the. revival of American com?
merce was resumed. No action. It comes up
again to-morrow.
The bill to revive navigation and commerce
was taken upland, after much discussion, the
substitute agreed upon by the committee was
offered by the chairman. The Northern Paci?
fic Railroad bill was reported back without
amendment. Amendments were offered to
protect the rights aud interests of actual set?
tlers and to prohibit the guarantee of bonds of
the1 company by the United Slates. After a
bitter discussion thc main question was order?
ed, upon which tho vote stood: Yeas, 107;
nays, 66. Several amendments were voted
upon and all rejected. The House, however,
adjourned without disposing ol all o? the
amendments.
TUX PXESBYTJEBIJLfTS.
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.\orthcrn Assembly.
PHILADELPHIA, May 23.
In the Presbyterian Assembly, this morning,
the Joint Committee report was considered.
Much debate ensued on the boundaries of Che
synod of New York and Long Island. They
were finally passed as reported by the com?
mittee. Pending a motion to amend the boun?
daries of Albany Synod, the Assembly adjourn?
ed to afford the commissioners opportunity to
confer on the subject and expedite matters.
In the Presbyterian Assembly, In the after?
noon, the boundaries of the sfhods of Alban;'
Utica, Geneva and Genesee were ratified.
Various Pennsylvania synods were changed
somewhat from the report of the committee.
The synods of New Jersey and Baltimore we re
ratified as reported by the committee. Wednes?
day and Thursday evenings were set apart for
the reception of delegates from foreign
churches. Invitations were received for ex?
cursions to Atlantic City and Cape May, and to
a social reunion at the Academy o n Friday
evening. Adjourned.
Southern Assembly.
LOUISVILLE, May 23.
On Saturday thc Presbyterian General As?
sembly held only a morning session. The first
order of the day was thc consideration of a
scheme for a great Presbyterian University.
The Rev. Dr. Lyon, of Mississippi, made a long
and able speech in favor of it, after which the
whole subject was referred to a committee, of
which the Rev. Dr. Palmer, of New Orleans, is
to digest the subject and present it in a ungi?
?le.form for the consideration of the body.
LOUISVILLE, May 25.
The Presbyterian Assembly had an interes?
ting discussion upon the subject of lay exhort?
era. Rev. Messrs. Wilson, of Augusta, Ga.,
Leferre, of Baltimore, and Franklin, of Ten?
nessee, were nominated Ifr the chair of pasto?
ral theology of the Theological Seminary at
Columbia, S. C.
A LEX ANDER H. STEPHENS.-A letter from
Crawfordsvllle, Ga., thc home of Hon. Alexan?
der H. Stephens, says :
' I spent the day recently with Mr. Stephens,
i at his resWencewhere, (Liberty Hall.) This ?F
an unassuming country house-a white frame
building, erected with an eye to comfort and
convenience, which end its proprietor has
most successfully attained. It ls the cosiest,
coolest, most inviting bachelor's retreat I ever
visited-opening upon a grassy lawn, unusual
In this State, ana shaded by a number of pretty
oaks, locusts, &c. I found Mr. Stephens look?
ing very pale and emaciated, reclining in his
invalid chair, and intently discussing some law
?oints in a murder case witii a legal friend,
hough extremely feeble, when interested or
excited he would sit up erect, his remarkable
eye would sparkle with its cjd fire, and he
would address his hearers in arfanimated and
always convincing strain. It is his custom,
when the weather is fine, to sit in ,hlB easy
chair in his verandah, and, as he converses,
wheels himself slowly back and forth by a con?
venient arrangement which costs him but lit?
tle effort, and, as he says, exercises and
strengthens his anns and chest. When the
sun gets low he calls for his crutches and hob?
bles slowly over the'lawn and through his
well-kept garden, in which he seems much in?
terested. Having but a partial use of his legs,
Mr. Stephens walks with difficulty o? his
crutches. He says his hip is dislocated,'and
thinks he will never be able to lay his crutches
aside.
FECHTER IS a very troublesome actor to his
managers. Lately he has only been playing
three times a week, for he declares that he
willmot act on the night of the day when he
has/a rehearsal. He ls also very exacting
about the scenic and stage appointments. His
"Hamlet".this season was a conspicuous fail
ore. It was brought out at a heavy expense,
and in pretty gooastyle, but it did not draw
one paying house, and, after two or three
nights, was quietly withdrawn.
TH IX G S IN BARNWELL.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL ELLIOTT AND TUE RE?
FORM PARTT.
Celebrating tile Fifteenth Amendment
-A Sensible Speech-The Weather and
the Crops.
[PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ]
BLACKVILLE, May 25.
Saturday last was a day of general jollifica?
tion among our sable fellow-citizens. The pro?
ceedings were a celebration of the Fifteenth
amendment, or, as a darkie expressed it, "De
celebration of de Fifteen Commandment, to
show when freedom come." At early dawn
the sound of fife and drum resounded far and
near, and soon our quiet town was astir with
hundreds of gaily dressed negroes, hurrying
to the spot from whence came the sounds of |
martial music. At an early hour a procession
was lormed with banners floating to the breeze,
and moved forward to a grove in the suburbs,
where preparations had been made for the
speakers.
Arriving pn the ground at a late hour, I thus
lost the opportunity of noting tfce manner,
style and address of a'majority of the speakers.
I was there in time, however, to hear a portion
of the speech of R. B. Elliott, whom I now saw
for the first time in the capacity of an orator.
The gist of his remarks seemed to be lnop
fositlon to the Reform party, and I imagined
perceived something like an uneasy expres?
sion ot bis features when he informed his Rad?
ical friends that the coming campaign would
be the most important that has ever taken
place in this State-the fight would be a des?
perate one, and enjoined upon them to ad?
vance in unbroken phalanx. I must confess
that I was rather disappointed in the oratori?
cal powers of this luminary of a corrupt fac?
tion. He seldom raised his eyes to a lull front,
and hung his head as if conscious that he was
not acquitting himself with too much honesty
?bf purpose in a good cause.
The next speaker was a colored minister,
by the name of Middleton. Although a native,
andoi'course possessing much fewer advan?
tages than his predecessor, his manner and
elocutionary powers far surpassed him. His
language was temperate, forcible, and deliver?
ed in Buch style as Impressed every one, that
while he adhered to the Republican party
"simply because its principles, as he interpre?
ted them, of equal justice Before the law to all
men, bestjsuited him," still, li tbe time should
come when he saw that it tailed to carry out
these principles of justice and honesty, he
would no longer affiliate with lt.
There was one white man who delivered an
Incendiary harangue, and whose sole aim, I
am informed, seemed to be to excite in the
breast of his colored bearers an antagonism to
the whites, by recounting to tbem all of the
evils they and their great grandfathers ever
suffered during slavery-all of the manufac?
tured barbarities Inflicted on colored prisoners
during the war; and there ls no telling. If he
had not told all he knew and all he had heard
and read of, when he woi'id have come to a j
close. His name ls Boone, and I believe he |
holds the office of State detective.
Ample preparation had been made for a din?
ner, the citizens conf-lbuting to aid the color?
ed lolks, and after tho speeches the crowd re?
paired to the tabl?s, where universal good hu?
mor seemed to prevail amid the rush for "de
bittles." Throughout the whole day our col?
ored people comported themselves in an or?
derly and quiet manner.
The farming interests in this section are very
backward, we have bad in this locality little
or no rain in six weeks. Many farmers nave
only a part of their cotton up, some have bad
stands, while the fewer number have had the
crood fortune to have up their full crop.
Wherever a stand has been obtained the cotton
ls doing well, and many farmers are now thin?
ning out, and walting for a rain to plant and re?
plant where previously sown seed have failed to
germinate. Thc corn crop is generally very
good, though suffering from the drought. The
gardens, with lew exceptions, are things that
were, but are now "gone up," so far as early
vegetables are concerned.
jDhe courthouse muddle waxeB thicker, and
a most uncertain degree of uncertainty at?
taches to this long mooted and vexed question.
Judge Platt arrived to-day, I understand, to
meet In conference some legal gen'Jemen from
Barnwell, who, it seems, are of the opinion
that it remains with the afojesaid Judge to de?
termine peremptorily where the courts for
this county shall be held. It is rumored that he
bas designated Barnwell as the place now and
henceforth. This action, if such be the result,
Illustrates practically the adage "if you want
a thing weil done do it yourseltand I may add'
the best way of doing it werris- ? la Barn?
well. But this unfortunate complication is too
serious to Joke about, and it is the desire of all
to have it settled definitely, as it seriously im?
pedes business and incommodes the public.
Leslie will, doubtless, discover another "cleri?
cal error" In the reported action of Judge
Platt, and stralghthen out matters once more
in favor of Blackville.
I saw a gentleman yesterday who informed
me that in his neighborhood, about twenty
miles from here, In this county, there was a
hail storm on wednesday last which literally
cut up the crops. The earth was covered with
ice, and in some hollow placea along the road
there were piles of hail that reached to the
floor ol the buggy. In sheltered positions he
saw it until Saturday.
Weather hot, with no signs as yet of rain.
MEDICCS.
FRIGHTFUL PHENOMENA.
The Mysteries of thc San-How our
Earth is Afr* < t< d-Thc Greatest of all
Future Possibilities.
The sun is beginning to be an object of great
anxiety to many scientific men. Spots on thai
orb are not at all uncommon, as may he ascer?
tained by any one who will take the trouble to
look at it through a bit of smoked glass. But
these phenomena have of late assumed an ap?
pearance which astonishes astronomers,
and is calculated to alarm that class
which fancies it can detect portents
of the future in thc heavens. There
are great gulfs now to be Been in the sun,
each much larger than this earth which we
think of so much consequence in the universe.
They increase at a prodigious rate, and some?
times seem destined to work a convulsion
similar to that which has undoubtedly over?
taken other solar systems. Suns as vast as
that which lights and warms this world have
been shattered to pieces, or disappeared, and
only the philosopher in his roving glance ovep
the sky has detected the change. The inhabi?
tants of other planets would not notice the
disappearance ol' the planet wc inhabit, any?
more than we can see a spec!; of sand carried
off by the wind on the seashore.
It is not a mere theory, but an ascertained
fact, that the sun is always in a highly fluid
condition-as one recent writer describes it,
"a hurricane of flame the disturbances of which
might, perhaps, be best represented to our im?
aginations by the occasional explosion ot a
placet or two ol* nitro-glycerine." It is, more?
over, subjected to "magnetic storms," produc?
ed, as many suppose, by the movements of the
planets around it. The great disturbance
which ls now going on was predicted long ago
by scientific men. That welt* much more
concerned in the event than many people sup?
pose, ls quite certain. Self-registering mag?
netic instruments have revealed the fact, that
whenever a spot breaks out on the sun,
the earth thrills under 'a mysterious
magnetic influence. In one case, a few.)
years ago. it is upon record that tele?
graphic machinery was set on fire, and the
"pen of Bain's telegraph was followed by a
flame," at the "Very instant a sudden burst of
light showed itself in the sun. "In the tele?
graph stations at Washington and Philadel?
phia, the signal men received strong electric
shocks." In fact, the electric condition of the
earth was changed, though by what precise
agency, none can fulls explain. We are at
once lost in a region orconjecture. and can
only feel that the fate which was foretold of
old for the earth may at any moment over?
take it. The force's are all in e.itstence by
which, In the solemn language of Holy Writ,
the "heavens shall pass away with a great
noise, and the elements shall melt with Ter
vent heat; the earth also, and the works that
are therein, shall be burned up."
Once in every eleven years the sun exhibits
the stupendous phenomena which are at pres?
ent engaging the attention ot philosophers.
In 1859 "chasms and abysses," similar to those
which are now reported, were seen by many
observers. Their recurrence was predicted for
1870. Great disturbances In the world have usu?
ally accompanied these outbreaks, though why
it should so happen ls another of he unfathom?
able mysteries of the universe. In 1848 there
were magnetic storms, and we had the French
revolution. Again in 1859 they occurred, and we
saw wars and rumors of wars in Europe. Th e
electrical condition of the atmosphere is
.thought to exert a greater Influence upon the
minds of men and nations than many are will?
ing to believe, or than any one is able to ex?
plain. The telegraphs denote the changed
condition of the earth, but they cannot indi?
cate the extent of the change. In the language
of the astronomer whose description of tne
sui? we have just quoted, "the pens of a" our
telegraphic wires may some day trace in dame
a handwriting more ominous of human destiny
than was the nandwrltlng which, during Bel?
shazzar's feast, traced a warning on the wall
of the fall of the Babylonian dynasty.'*
TO VR Ii A. HE HT AT BROOKLYN.
TUE FIRST TILT EVER BEHELD AT THE
KORTI!.
Greeley*? Spiteful Comment*.
The North has a new sensation for the sum?
mer season. The "Virginia Tournament" has
been introduced Into Brooklyn, and the pros?
pect ls that the sport will become very popular
througheut that section. The staid Journal of
Commerce finds space In its editorial columns
"for an earnest commendation of the tilting
which was announced to take place at Pros?
pect Park Fair Grounds last Saturday. Refer?
ring to Southern tournaments, it says:
There is no part of the United States where
skilful horsemen more abound, nor where po?
liteness and tenderness to women are more
widely inculcated than in the South. Whether
the mimic sports of thc tournament are the re?
sult or the cause of these facts, lt ls not worth
while to inquire. The tournament ls a natural
Institution of the South as much as base-ball is
of the Non h, or cricket of England; and lt ls
only a provincial and narrow-minded jealousy
that could lead people of other sections to cari?
cature and decry it. * * * Since the war eques?
trianism in thc North is generally becoming
one of the lost arts again to the mass of young
men. Now, if the Brooklyn tournament can
do anything towards popularizing It, that exhi?
bition ls highly worthy of encouragement. We
are, therefore, perfectly serious and in earnest
when we express the hope that the day will be
fl ne, the riding bold and brilliant, the con?
course of lookers-on numerous, that the best
maa may win, and that the Queen of Love and
Beauty may wear her blushing honors with a
sweet dignity that will command the allegiance
of all hearts.
THE COXTKST.
The New York Sunday papers have full ac?
counts ol* the tournament on Saturday. We
copy the following from the Herald:
There were fifteen contestants for. the hon?
ors of the day, and were proclaimed and
known on the ground as follows: Knight of
Virginia, Horace Balley: Knight of Westmore?
land, A. Brockenbrough; Knight of Prospect
Park, W. G. Balley; Knight of the Old Domin?
ion, Dr. C. A. Fox; Knight of Shannondale,
Eddie Gallagher; Knight ol' Hereford, R. H.
Hereford: Knight of Alabama, J. J. Harrison:
Knight of Marlboro', W. A. Jarboe; Knight of
the Blue Ridge, J. N. Gallagher; Knight of
Montgomery, William Knox; Knight ot Wyo
ming, J. Rldgeley McBlalr; Knight o? the
Highlands. Theodore Molser. Jr. : Knight of
Maryland, W. Marshall: Knight of New York
City, S. P. Maury; Knight ol' the Black Plume,
James W. Walsh.
Previous to the commencement of the "tour?
nament," Mayor Kalbfleisch poked his lolly
nose over the race-track and said he had pleas?
ure In introducing Colonel A. H. Dawson, and
retired smiling. Colonel Dawson then made a
speech welcoming the Southern knights and
glorying over the prospect of the revival of
the noble Bport of tilting. Then the knights,
dressed in all the colors of the rainbow, march?
ed pass in review, an obese German blew a
blast from a trumpet, thc- fiery steeds snorted
in chorus, the crowd cried "Bully," and the
final arrangements were made tor the trial of
skill. Shortly after 2 o'clock the tilting com?
menced and continued without intermission
until half-past 5 o'clock. With varying suc?
cess the knights contended, and finally declar?
ation was made that the Knight of Shannon?
dale, Eddie Gallagher, bad won the first prize;
a horse; the Knight of Westmoreland, A.
Brockenbrough, the second prize, a gold
watch, and the Knight of Alabama, the third
prize, shirt studs.
There could not have been-less than three
thousand persons present during the day, in?
cluding many ladies, and the general verdict
was that the tournament was a most enjoyable
affair, and a very welcome substitute for dull
trotting matches and other equally uninterest?
ing out-door sports.
''CH ("VALRY AND SHIRT STUDS."
Under this head the New York Tribune
pokes fun unmercliully at the whole affair. It
says :
If lt were not absurd for a mere newspaper
writer to question the discretion of a live
knight, we should be tempted to ask whether
the fifteen gentlemen in fancy dottles who
have been exhibiting themselves in Brooklyn
as amateur circus ridera do not copy the rueful
cavalier who crowned his head with the bar?
ber's basin rather than the doughty champions
who used to smash skulls with real battle axes.
The sport ol' tilting at a ring, while lt ls nei?
ther so manly as a hurdle race, nor so useful
as a target excursion, ls doubtless a very
pretty game in its way-better in many re?
spects than base-ball, cleaner than quoits, and
exempt from emotional dangers which beset
croquet. We do not see the connection be?
tween doing battle in defence of the innocent,
and catching a little iron circlet on the point
of a make-believe lance; but the colonel who
presided over the Brooklyn tourney ap?
parently sees it, for he addressed the motley
heroes in a strain ol high-toned exhortation
such as Don Quixote used to employ for the
edification of his gallant squire. "Slr Knights,"
?eaid the colonel, "the institution you propose
to revive is over thirteen centuries old. It was
ushered into existence by the oppressions of
those dark ages in the past in which the light
of civilization began to struggle Into the por?
tals Of the breast, but had not yet reached the
temples ol the intellect." Alter which exhibi?
tion of eloquence on stilts, and a declaration
that the proclivity ol tournaments as now con?
ducted is to "augment the dignity of human
nature and the sum of human happiness." the
ring was hung up, and the Sir Knights went
for lt.
We regret that the dignity of human nature
did not suggest to the dashing horsemen the
propriety ol appearing in the ordinary Cos?
tume of Christian gentlemen, and avoiding the
somewhat incongruous mixture of masquerade
tunics, white shirts, felt hats, sashes, and base* '
pantaloons, which contributed so much to
render the spectacle showy if not picturesque.
It is a small matter, perhaps, but lt would also
have been a satisfaction to common minds if
Eddie Gallagher, instead of calling himseli the
Knight ol' Shannondale, had been content with
the respectable patronymic by which he ls
known in his father's printing office; and if the
Knight of the Black Plume had either adopted
a?esR romantic title, or concealed the humbler
appellation of Jim Walsh, by which he ls known
at home. Sir Brockenbrough sounds well
enough, perhaps; but Sir Jarboe won't do at
all, and "Sir Dr. C. A. Fox" would have driven
Froissart crazy. ?
The first prize of the lists was a fine mare;
the secondhand third prizes w?regold watches:
the fourth-firlze-shade of Ivanhoe and Cour
de Lion ?-was a pair of shirt Btuds. We should
not omit to add that the winner ol the mare
has also the privilege of placing the crown of
beauty to-morrow upon the "head of her whom
he esteems beyond all other women." Any?
body, therefore, who may be curious upon the
subject of Slr Eddie Gallagher's affections, will
have an excellent opportunity ol acquiring
valuable knowledge without the risk of asking
impertinent questions. Probably the dignity
ol human nature will not bc materially ad?
vanced by the ceremony, but that Sir JEddle'a
choice will illustrate "the proclivity of tourna?
ments to augment the sum of human happi?
ness," there can be no manner of doubt.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BEAD.
[From the New York Sunday News, May 22.]
Tuesday's Democratic victory was the water?
loo defeat of Republicanism. It was not mere?
ly the sign of weakness; it was the signal ot
collapse, the foreshadowing of approaching
dissolution. The great Republican party
shrinks after that blow, from the proportions
of a formidable giant'to those o?a sickly
dwarf. Its race ls run; Its mission is fulfilled,
and in the shadow of its discomfiture on Tues?
day last, we see it lag superfluous on the politi?
cal stage. Born of unnatural events, heaved
to prominence by national convulsion,with the
passing away of the circumstances that created
it, it passes away itself. Brilliant and even grand
its career has been; but it possessed none of the
elements of permanency, and its ephemeral
existence now draws to a close.
We doubt if there is vitality enough in its or?
ganization to keep it together until the next
Presidential campaign. It is more than nro
bable that its leaders will quietly turn it into
the grave that yawns to receive it, and will
seek new issues and build a new party with
which to enter the Presidential struggle. The
symptoms of its decay, as exhibited in last
week's election, are too palpable to be ignored
by even its most sanguine partisans, ft there
had been any fight in thc organization it
would certainly have been brought out In a
contest so Important as that which involved
the selection of the Judiciary of this great
State. But there was not breath enough to
fan even a fitful flame of enthusiasm; theheart
that had throbbed so fiercely in the day o? its
pride and strength seemed nerveless, and the
sun went down upon the decisive battle that
seals the fate ol Republicanism, not in this
State alone, but throughout the Republic.
What an unanswerable attestation of the in?
nate strength, the vitality, the recuperative
power of Democracy ! It has passed alike the
ordeal of>triumph and defeat, handing down
from generation to generation Its unalterable
principles, and from the cloud of disaster em?
erging as strong, as healthful, as hopeful, as if
the flow of its sunshine had been unbroken.
Other political parties have been born, have
flourished and have died; new doctrines
have been preached and abandoned, but
through all, In calm and tempest, with the
wind and against the wind, tbe Democratic
ship has held Its course, steering to-day
by the same light that guided the Demo?
cratic helmsmen a half century ago. The
republic can have no better proof of the virtue
and value of a political creed than this stabili?
ty, this unfaltering adherence throughout all
the vicissitudes of partisan warfare. While
other organizations, strong In their day, when
their work is done, slink silently into the past,
the Democratic party, yielding nothing to
Time, identifies itself with the national exis?
tence, and witnessing to-day thc- dying agonies
of its latest and most formidable foe, feels its
own life-blood as vigorous as ever, leelB no
symptoms of weakness, weariness or decay.
Clo tiling ano -furnishing ?000s.
OW IS THE TIME.
GEORGE LITTLE & CO.,
No. 213 KINO STREET.
Is the place to find the largest and best selected
stocK of Men's. Youths' and Children's CLOTH?
ING ever offered in this market, and at prices to
suit the times. Having determined to sell our
Goods as low as can be purchased elsewhere, we_
would respectfully solicit an examination of our
Stock.
(mr Stock or CHILDREN'S CLOTHING com?
prises the latest styles In Linen and Cassimcre.
Also a tine and well selected assortment of
FURNISHING GOODS.
GEORGE LITTLE A CO.,
No. 213 King street, below Martel.
apr30-6 Btnthg_
gPRING CLOTHING*.
No. 2 19 KING STREET.
CORNER OF WENTWORTU.
An extensive Bupply of SPRING CLOTHING,
made up expressly for the trade of this city, ls
now offered at LOW PRICES, the Goods having
been bought since the decline m gold. The as?
sortment consists or all New Fabrics ror men's
wear, and made np equal to custom work. Thia
house will continue to deserve the wide reputa?
tion It has enjoyed for many years of "selling the
best made Clothing In the city." In thc stock
will be found the following:
SCOTCH CHEVIOT WALKING COAT SUITS
Scotch Cheviot Sack Coat Snits
French Batiste Walking Coat Suits
French Coating Walking Coat Suite
English and American Melton Coat Snits
Silk Mixed Coat Suits
Plaid Casslmere Coat Suits
Blue Flannel Coat Suits
French, Bine and Black Tricot Coat Suits
Oakes' Casslmere (all Wool) Coat Suits, at $15 50.
BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING.
The largest and beet assortment in the city, viz:
Walking Coat SDITS, Sack Coat Suits, and Fancy
Knickerbocker Suits, for ages from 6 to 17 years,
of Meltons, Silk Mixed, Blue Flannels, Mixed Cas?
slmere, Black Cloths, Ac, of all qualities.
FURNISHING GOODS.
in this department will be found every style or
Under-Garments Tor men's wear, auch as:
Ganze, Merino, Lisle Thread, Silk, Cotton and Per
kale Undershirts
Jeans and Linen Drawers
Silk Ties and Bows, Colored Silk Cravata and
Scarfs
French Kid Gloves, Beaver Gauntlets, Silk and
Thread Gloves
Patent Shoulder Suspenders, Eraces, Ac.
Also,
THE CELEBRATED
STAR SHIRTS AND COLLARS,
Introduced by me in this city twenty-five years
ago, and since then Beliing them to the satisfac?
tion of all purchasers.
S3* Prices as advertised :n Card.
TAILORING DEPARTMENT
Is supplied with French, EagllBh and American
COATINGS, Meltons, Batiste, Scotch Cheviot, Silk
Mixed and Cloths, of a variety of ehades.
CASSIMERES of the most select patterns of
the season, Plalda; Stripes and Pialo, which Goods
will be made np to order, in the we;i known good
style always displayed at this House, and at mod?
erate prices.
WHITE TURKISH HAREM VESTS,
A new and elegant Garment.
*y Purchasers are invited to call and make
their selections.
WILLIAM MATTHIESSEN.
Captain B. W. McTUREOUS, Superintendemt,
mays-imo
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ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
CLUBS OF TEN SUPPLIED AT $1 50 EACH.
CLUB 3 OF TEN SUPPLIED AT $1 SO EACH.
CLUBS OF TEN SUPPLIED AT $1 60 EACH.
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Shipping.
F
OR LIVERPOOL
The First Class British Brig " JOHN L. J3t*
PYE,'' of small capacity. S?K
For Freight engagements appy to
J. A. ENSLOW A CO., Agents,
may26_No. 141 EastBar.
TI/TERCHANTS LINE-NEW. YORK
1VJL SAILING PACKETS.
The regular Une Schooner N. W. SMITH, fl|
William A. Tooker, Master, having the 5SSE
bulk of her Cargo engaged, will take, what Ugh*
freight may offer, and sall forthwith:' Apply ta?
WILLIAM ROACH A CO.,
may24-3 _ Agents.
JP OR FORT SUMTER.
The safe, fast sailing and comfortably ap?
pointed Yacht "ELEANOR" will make two!_
trips dally to Fort Sumter and the other points i
historic interest in the harbor, leaving Souts
Commercial Wharf at 10 A. M. and 3 P. M. The
Yacht can also be chartered for private parties OB
reasonable terms. For passage or charter apply
next door south of the Mills House, or to the
Captain on board. mayl4
"pOR NEW YORK-T ?ESDAT,
The Al aide-wheel Steamship TFV _, r.filB
NESSEE, Chichester, Commander, Mli2&ttfiK
Ball ror New York on TUESDAY, May Slat, at
o'cloci: P. M., from Pier No. 2, Onion Wharvos-1
ccnnectlng with day Passenger Trains Irons Ot*
lumbla and Augusta, arriving at 4 P. M.
The TENNESSEE will -make close con nee Uno
with Liverpool Steamship COLORADO, of Messrs,
Williams A Onion's Line, sailing June 8th.
Insurance by the Steamers of this line X per
cent.
For Freight engagements, or passage, having;
very superior stateroom accommodations, all ap '
deck and newly furnished, apply to WAGNER,
HOOER A CO., No. 26 Broad street, or to WM. A,
COURTENAY, No. 1 Union Wharves. may26~g
BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, BOS?
TON, AND THE CITIES OF THE NORTH?
WEST.
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING GIVEN FOB
COTTON TO BREMEN.
The fine Steamship "SEA GULL?
Dutton, Commander, will sall for Balti?
more on SATURDAY, 28th May. at 6 P. ?
Making close connection with Bremen steamer
(Ohio) of the 1st June.
tGT Philadelphia Freights forwarded to ttort
city by railroad from Baltimore without addi?
tional insurance, and Consignees are allowed am?
ple time to sample and sell their Goods tram
che Railroad Depot in Philadelphia,
PAUL 0. TRENHOLM, Agent,
maye4-tnti)83 Na 2 Union Wharves.
F?
R PHILADELPHIA.
THE REGULAR STEAM UNE-WEEKLY TO
PHILADELPHIA.
The Screw Steamship PROMETHEUS,
Grey, Commander, will sall for Phttaj
delphla, dlrect,on FUDAY, May 2Uh, at 4 o'clc
P. M., from Brown's South Wharf.
OS- Insurance by the steamers of this Line )6
per cent.
For Freight engagements, or Passage ?cabio
$16.) apply to
WM. A. COURTENAY, AgetT?.
may23-mtnthf4 No. 1 Union Wharves.
F
OR PALATKA, PLOEIDAr
(ONCE A WEEK,)
VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA, JACKSON?
VILLE AND LANDINGS ON THE
ST. JOHN'S RIVER.
The Steamer CITY POrNT, Captain
Fenn Peck, will sall for above points
every FRIDAY EVENING, at 8 o'clock, uni
notice.
Fare between Savannah and Charleston $3, in?
cluding Berth and Meals.
J. D. AIKEN A CO., Agent?,
may25-4_South Atlantic Wharf.'
TTESSEXS SUPPLIED WITH CABIN AN?
V MESS STORES ON SHORT NOTICE.
C?ptame and Stewards are respect-.
fully Invited to call and examine tba.
quality and prices of our GOODS. Full wei]
guaranteed. Delivered free of expense.
WM. S. CORWIN A CO.,
No. 276 King street, opposite HaseL
Charleston, S. C,
M3- Branch of No. soo Broadway, New York.
jan24_
?pOR BEAUFORT, VIA EDISTO, BOCK.
.VILLE AND PACIFIC LANDING.
Steamer PILOT BOY, Captain C.
CaroU White, will sall from Charlea-._
ton for above places every TUESDAY S3B3E i
8 O'clock
Returning, the PILOT BOY will leave Beaufort
early WEDNESDAY MORNING, touching at all tue
above named Landings on her root* to
Charleston. J. D. AIKEN A CO.
m ch 24_;_""^_
"pOR SAVANNAH, (INLAND ROUTE.")
VIA PACIFIC LANDING AND BEAUFORT
The steamer PILOT BOY, Captain 0.
Carroll White, will leave Charlea-,
ton every THURSDAY MORNING, at fil?T
above places.
RETURNING:
The PILOT BOY will leave Savannah every
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, at 8 o'clock, touching at
Beaufort and Pacific Landing, and connecting
at Charleston with SATURDAY'S steamships far
New York
The PILOT BOY will touch at Bull's lalaafl
Wharf every fortnight, going to and returning
from Savannah. J. D. AIKEN A co.
aprs
Jil OR EDISTO AND ROCK VILLE, VIA
ENTERPRISE, YOUNG'S ISLAND, B EAR'S
BLUFF, AC. INLAND ALL THE WAY.
The Steamer "ARGO," will con- _ .?JT**s
tlnne to receive Freight at Accom-JaESiUK
modatlon Wharf, THIS DAT until ll o'clock. SS
leave as above, at 12 precisely.
DOUGLAS NISBET. Agent,
Accommodation Wharf.
N. B.-Freight and Wharfage payable here.
may26-l
pOR GARDNER'S BLUFF,
AND ALL INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON FES
DEE RIVER, VIA GEORGETOWN, S. C
The steamer GENERAL MAN1
GAULT, Captain H. S. Cordes, lsnow,_
receiving Freight at South Atlantic
will leave as above on FRIDAY MORNING, ITQL
May. SHACKELFOF.D A KELLY.
may25-2 Agents, No. 1 Boyce's Wharf.
S
WEET QUININE
Is a recent improvement.
Replaces the use of the Bitter Sulphate Qu?un?,
with which all are familiar.
DOSE FOR DOSE,
it ls warranted fully equal in every way to Bitte
Qu mine, and, like It, is the one great, posi?
tive and unfailing cure for all
DISEASES OF MALARIOUS ORIGIN.
Fever and Ague, Intermittent Fever, ChUl Fever?
Remittent Fever, Bilious Fever, Dumb Ague,
and the long train of disorders following these
when neglected.
SWEET QUININE
is made solely from Peruvian Bark (so is Bitter'
Quinine.) thefore lt ls of vegetable origin, and no?
a mineral poison, bot, en the contrary, ls proves*
to be one of the elementa, fenid in the blood ol o?
healthy persons.
SWEET QUININE
acts as an antidote to, as well as a cure for.
rial or Miasmatic Poison, the absorption of fm*
by the langa causes Intermittent Fevers, AC IX?"
only advantage claimed for
SWEET QUININE
over the use of old Bitter S?S!g?!???2&kBr
sence of that Intense, S?ES?SWBBL5BST
in thp taner is an insurmountable obstacle to lt?
Sfs with most persons, and always with ehUdre?-.
SWEET QUININE
is in twoforms-in Powder, for the c i of Vhym
clans and druggists, and FluM for use il Uh?
family and for the general public;
STEARNS, FARR ? CO.,
MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS, NEW YORK
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