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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. THE WAR IN EUROPE. FAIL URE CF THE EFFORTS TO PRES 8ERVE PEACE. FRANCE WILL NOT ADMIT THE NEU? TRALITY OF THE BALTIC THE NORTH GERMAN STEAMERS. Diplomacy Falls to Slake Peace? LONDON, Joly li-Midnight, The Paris correspondent of the London Times closes his telegraphic dispatch last night with the following conclusion.: "Diplomacy ls: makings final effort to prevent the armed disruption of peace by appealing to the terms of the protocol 011856. The success of these amicable efforts is hopeless.'" War Offlclally Declared. PARIS, July 19. Count Wimpfen, the late commander of the Fjrench army operating against the Algerian insurgents, bas left this city for Berlin, con? veying to the Prussian Government, the official declaration of'var by France. Official notice of the declaration, of war by France against ? Prussia was ?ot yesterday to the European powers. PmsstaTs mnwwto the French Dec lura <ttost. La Libert? lays the official declaration of | * war win net lie communicated to the Cham hen until an answer has been returned from Prussia, the Cabinet ef Berlin having received notlneatieaef 4he declaration. Deputy Dreollo, it ls said, intends to move that the Chambers , ' during the war may be represented by a per? manent committee ol senators and deputies. Neutrality. France has 'communicated to the powers a notification that she has entered into recipro? city engagements with Belgium and Holland ensuring their neutiwy. France is also In active negotiation with Russia to obtain her formal promise of neutrality. - The London Gazette publishes the proclama? tion of the neutrality of the "government of j Great Britain during the war between France [ aa 1 Prussia. Sondbig oft* the German Ambassadors. . The .Corps L?gislatif yesterday adopted the projects of law submitted and credits asked by. ' . the government, and to-day the Senate con curred in* the action of the Corps. The Nancy Journals protest against the law for the regula? tion of the press in time of war. There are rumors that Denmark ia, giving way to the influence of England. Russia so far has shown no signs of swerving from her j attitude of neutrality. It Is reported that the j Ambassadors o ' Baden, Saxony, Hesse, Bava- J ria and Wu rte m burg have been ordered to quit Paris. Patting Holland on the Batest. - The Journal Officiel to-day has a significant article on the altitude of Holland, with which it professes to be pleased, and continues : But no one can Ignore the ambitious designs of Prussia against the Independence of Hoi- < . land. Bismarck wished to make that gener- I o us ?nd illustrious little nation submit as the Danish Duchies were forced to submit He wished to render Holland a naval State of the North German Confederation, and, under the pretext of esta!)] ts hing closer commercial rela? tions, tried to place Prussian customs officers at Amsterdam. The patriotic emotions arous? ed in the.Netherlands at the time.Of the Lux? embourg affair win also be remembered; nor wu! lt be forgotten that without the firm stand taken by France then, Pruaalan policy would hej-e had results fatal to the independence and autonomy of the Netherlands. The Cabinet of the Hague is on Its guard, and will not fail to maintain the real Interests of,the country. Switzerland ?nd Denmark: Good Fel? lows, The same paper has the following on the relation of Swi tzerland to France : We learn from several Swiss cantons, and particularly from NeufchateL, that the military measures of th ? Federal Government are not directed against France, but are Inspired by a friendly neutrality. Switzerland knows she hasTnothing to fear from France, her natural ally and firm friend. The measures taken by Switzerland to secare the respect Of Prussia for her neutrality are in oar ?vor, as by her geographical position she protects an impor? tant portion of our frontier. The friendly feeling of the Spanish people toward France is also pointed out by the Jour? nal, which says : We hear front Spain that all notice how care? fully, in the present conflict, our government and chambers have avoided any act of expres? sion of unfriendliness toward that pow er. This results from the tee!ings of sympathy between the itwo nation*;. Germany XaJceu by Surprise. The Berlin correspondent; of the London Times says: The declaration of warby France took Ger ' many by surprise. The French Government ' has lor a long L me been secretly armin?, and was ready soon ir than expected to Invade the German frontier In several columns before a sufficient defenje had been prepared. Thanks to the excellent organization of the German army, this advantage did not last long. The special ^rrespondent of the Times at Pe8th, Hungary, declares that the popularsym- j path/ of Ausjrii. is .with Prussia. Austria and Hungary unanimously demand peace and non- j interference. JiC ? "Pacts ?ni Ka ra o rs. - The Catholics of the South German States are reported to be opposed to Prussia. Eight Prussian officers have been seized in Strasbourg as sjrtes. One hundred thousand, volunteers have en rollA-their names in Paris and" the depart? ments. Admiral Wellaumez will take general com? mand of the French fleet, and Admiral Dela? tors vieri of the .Rhine gunboats. France has notified Prussia that she will not I use explosive bullets if Prussia will not. After the first battle has been fought all the po weis of Europe will make another effort to atop the conflict. . ;~ ? King William, in addressing a toW2 council of Prussia, Bald, feelingly : ,lGod knows I am not answerable for this war. The dem ands sent are such as; I was forced to reject." The City of Cologne has been placed in a state of siege. ?? The greater portion of the troops garrison? ing the City of Alx la Chapelle have been with? drawn. The Prussianfi now In Paris and elsewhere in France will not be expelled from the conn try, so long as tbey observe a strict neutrality. It is announced that the belligerents will respect the neutrality ? o? Luxembourg, and; will avoid taklnj" advantage of her situation as ! a base for strategic operations. France has' complied with Hie demand of j Spain, that Don Carlos be removed beyond ; French territory, and has ordered him to leave. A grand dinner was given by the Emperor at sr.ftond, on Monday, after the council ol war. The principal officers of the regiments ; of the line and ?; e Imperial Guard, who are on lhe eve of leaving Paris, - were pr?sent. T?i .y testified ia a most enthusiastic manner tb devotion to the Emperor. The band play the Marseillaise. Tbe Western Germans. CINCINNATI, July 19. The Germans held a very largi. and entt elastic meeting last night, at Turner Garde to give expression to their feelings on the sn ject of the war in Europe. Resolutions we adopted, in strong terms resenting the inst . by the French Minister to the German nalii through King William. A committee was a ' pointed to collect money for the benefit ot tl , wounded and relief of the orphans and widoi [ made by the war. A considerable Bum w \ pledged on the spot. Dr. Brae hi pledged hil f self to give $100 a week during the war, ai like liberality was displayed by others. . EVANSVILLE, July 19. A large and enthusiastic meeting ot Ge mans was held to-night. They pledged the money and sympathy to a united Germai against tyrannical France. LOUISVILLE, Jnly 19. A mass meeting of Germans was held he: last evening. Resolutions were adopted t the effect that ?0,000 Germans of Loulsvil express their admiration of Count Blsmari for the course he has pursued in opposio French usurpation. A committee to receh subscriptions to aid Prussia was appointe Three thousand five hundred and tend? lars was collected in the hall. Thc mee tit was largely attended, and tho greatest enthi slasm prevailed. j CHICAGO, July 19. The Intelligence from the seats of tho li pending conflict in Europe continues to exe! a lively Interest in this city, particularly arnot the German population. The various dal journals have to employ their utmost capaolt to supply the demands for their issues, ac huge numbers crowd around the balletic boards to gain the latest intelligence. Theil terest and excitement are scarcely less tba during the inauguration and progress of oe war. In response to a dispatch sent by th Germans of Chicago, on Sunday last, to Kin William of Prussia, the following telegran was received last evening: BERLIN, July ie, 1870. To Edmund Jossen, and others? I thank you, and feel convinced that Gei many will answer the hopes of her couotrj men beyond the sea. (Signed) WILLIAM, Rex. Prussians in Paris to be Protected b; A mer lem. PARIS, July 19. : The American Minister, Mr. E. B. Wash burne, consents to extend the protection o: the flag of the United States to the Prot slan subjects sojourning in this city. Th Fronen Government has consented to thl step, as the Germans are deprived of diplc matte appeal in the absence cf Baron Werther OSE BAT LATER. Ueetlng of tne North German Parlla : ment-Speech . f King William-Th? ' German Loa.-. BERLIN, July 20. The North German Parliament met yester? day afternoon. The Grand Duke of Mecklen? burg-Schwerin was chosen president. Vehe? ment cheering followed Count von Bismarck'! announcement of a declaration of war by France. The Sing then opened the session with a speech, which was greeted with the wildest enthusiasm. The King said: ' "Prussia bas no Interest in .the selection of the Prince of Hohenzollern lor the Spanish throne, except that he might bring peace to a friendly people. It had, nevertheless, furnished the Emperor of the French with a pretext for war unknown to .diplom?is, and, Boorning peace, he had indulg? ed In language to Germany which could only have been prompted by miscalculation of her strength. Germany was powerful enough to resent such language and repel such violence. He said so in oil reverence, knowing the event was bi God's hands. He had fully weighed the responsibility which rested on the man who drives Into war and havoc two great and tranquil nations yearning for peace and the enjoyment of common blessings, Christian civilization and prosperity, and lor contests more salutary than those of blood. Those who rule France have shrewdly studied the proper methods of hitting tbe sensitive pride of that great neighbor nation, and to promote selfish interests, have misguided lt." The King concluded: "As our lathers before us have done, let us fight for our liberty and rights against wrongs inflicted by a foreign conquer? or, and as He was with our fathers, so God will be with us in a struggle without which Europe can never enjoy lasting peace." In the North German Parliament, after the King's speech had been delivered, a loan of a 120,000,000 thalers was carried unanimously, amid the wildest expressions of enthusiasm by ail parties. ' Announcement mt the Declaration.. PARIS, July 20. In the Corps L?gislatif to-day Duke de Gram mont announced that war had been de? clared with Prussia and her allies in the follow? ing words: "ifessieurs-An expos? presented to you on the 15th instant, made known the causes we have for war against Prussia. Ac? cording to the rules and usage of nations, and by order of the Emperor, I have requested the charg? d'affaires at Berlin to notify the Cabi? net of Prussia of our resolution to seek with arms the guarantee we could not obtain by discussion This has been done, and I have the honor to make known to the Corps L?gis? latif that in consequence thereof a state ol war exists since the 19th instant, between France and Prussia. This declaration applies to the allies of Prussia who give her armed assis? tance." American Sanitary Commission. PARIS, July 20. A meeting ol citizens of the United States was held at the residence of Dr. Evans lost night, to take measures for the organization of a sanitary commission, lt is proposed that the commission shall co-operate with the in? ternational and French societies in aid of the wounded. Dr. Evans placed at the disposal ol the new organization the report of the American sanitary commission, and a collec? tion of modes of ambulances, stretchers, hospi? tal t?-nts and other appliances used by the commission during the late war. Adonation of 10,000 francs was also made by the. doctor as a nucleus for a sanitary fund. French Enthusiasm. PARIS, July 20. The warlike enthusiasm in France ?B un? abated. A rich manufacturer of Mulhouse has offered to equip 5000 volunteers and supply them with rations during the war. The depu? ties in the Corps L?gislatif sign liberal sub? scriptions for the wounded. Schneider gives 10,000 france. Arrest of Swiu Officers. BASLE, July 20. A general of the Swiss army and several other officers of high rank have been arrested 'n Germany, it is believed Prussia purposely retards her answer to Switzerland's declara? tion of neutrality. Belgian \cutralit j -Spanisl Hostility. LONDON, July 20. The Belgian official organ says that France misconstrues, as evidence of hostility, the de? struction of the bridge near Blandain, which was merely the result of a misapprehension of orders, and declares that Belgium remains loyally neutral. The Spanish papers unanimously-con dem J: Napoleon for declaring war. Tbe Opposing Armies LONDON, July 20. A gentleman just returned from a trip up the Rhine, tells his experience to the Times this morning. He says the German army is quiet, grave, anxious and resolute. On the other hand, the French are yelling, drinking' swaggering, and literally "spoiling for a fight." He says norther, that for every one German soldier he Baw one hundred French. Russian Scandal, ?ic. BERLIN, July 20. It ls said here that the failure of an Intrigue by the Empress Eugenie to marry her neice, the Duchess of Alba, to Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern, ls the real source of the present trouble between France and Prussia. The father of the Duchess ls now in Madrid, drowned In debt and generally despised. All Germans In service In France have been ordered to return forthwith. The War not a National One. FRANKFORT, July 20. The Gazette, In an editorial, asks bow the cause of the war concerns the people ot France or Germany, and Intimates that the question is one between the monarchs of tho respective countries, and one that the people do not fee1 at all interested in. -, German Harmony, BERLIN, July 20. The most perfect harmony exists in th e government of all North German States. In the Saxon Chambers yesterday, Baron de Friesen, Minister of Finance, made a speech, telling the deputies France was anxious for war, and that she should have it as sharply and severely as possible. His remarks were i greeted with enthusiasm. Alliances. PARIS, July 20. La Libert? asserts that Ylmegrate has gone to Florence with a treaty of alliance between France and Italy The same poper says in case Denmark jr _i& France in tbe war, the Prince of Orleans will serve in the Danish army. No Fighting Yet. PARIS, July 20. . No fighting on sea or land has yet been re? ported. The deputies from the department of the Upper and Lower Rhino, Moselle and Meurthe, are kept well informed by telegraph of the movements of the army, and they state that no important conflict hos yet taken place between the hostile forces. There have been some skirmishes between patrols and customs officers, but no blood bas been split and not a gun fired. The Emperor did not come to Paris to-day. He received ministers and an? swered dispatches at St Cloud. .-?Prussians on the border say. Bismarck is much troubled at the slowness'of the Land? wehr In coming forward. The Empresa Eugenie ls delighted that the Prince Imperial will now see his first cam? paign with his father. M. Olllvier avows bis entire confidence In the lavor&ble result of the war. > A Newspaper Correspondent in a Tic h Place-T h e Prussians Retire their Lines-?Half a million Hen In the Field-A French Estimate of the Prus? sian Troops. WASHINGTON, July 22. The following is a summary of the latest ca? ble dispatches: The correspondent of the London Times was arrested as a spy at Metz. He spent the night In Jail and was then expelled from the French lines. A collier arriving at Newcastle, England, reports that she was ?hot at by a French croiser. It is reported that the Prussians have re? tired from their position between Luxembourg aud the Palatinate, and are now massing be? tween Coblentz and Mayence. The German Lloyds announce a suspension of the American steam servie?. Austria is not arming. The belligerents will begin with about a quarter of a million of men on a side; but Eu? ropean journals say the French have been made soldiers by recent service in Africa, while the Prussians are mere militia. France puts an army In the field-Prussia only an armed people. Napoleon ls 111. PARIS, July 22. Tbe Emperor is ill at St. Cloud, and will not join the army for some days. The Bavarian Army in the Field. BERLIN, July 22. Sing William assumes control of the Bava? rian army, placing it in the Third Army Corps. No Bloodshed Yet. WASHINGTON, July 22-1 P. M. The latest dispatches Bay there has been no bloodshed yet, nor ls battle Imminent THE LATEST. France and th* North German Steam ?rs-The Funeral of Paradol. WASHINGTON, July 22. Official advices have been received that the French Government refuses to exempt the North German steamers from capture, except? ing only those ignorant of the war entering French ports. In response Lo au invitation from the French Minister, through Secretary Fish, to attend the funeral ol Prevost-Paradol, Baron Gerolt, the Prussian. Minister, said : "Certainly; there ls no war alter death." A Significant Meeting-Thc Successor of Paradol. PARIS, July 22. Its is reported that General Prim and the Prince ol Hohenzollern have met on the Franco-Spanish frontier. M..Berthemy will remain at Washington as the French Minister. Spain Stands Neutral-The Neutrality of the Baltic. The Moniteur says it is not true that Spain has mode au alliance with France; Spain re? mains neutral. The Moniteur, discussing the demand of Prussia for the neutrality of the Baltic Sea, says that any support of that demand will be treated as an act or hostility to Fran ee, as the Baltic Sea ls destined to play an important role in the war. The Imperial Government will guarantee a loan for-the construction of the Canadian Paclflo Railroad, from Montreal to British Col? umbia. TUE ADVENT OE WAR. How Prim and Bismarcks Intrigue was Kept a Secret from Napoleon. [Correspondence of the New York Tribune.] PARIS. July 8. I little thought-almost as little aa the gov? ernment-when I la9t wrote you, that, before the week was out, the political excitement in Paris would be at such fever heat as it ls to? day. Men's minds are, or were, yesterday, for sleep has brought reflection, almost as hot as their bodies In these days when the dog-star rages. Even while I am writing,. you know all that bas happened, but yon should be on the spot to see the effect that has been pro? duced by Marshal Prim's last extraordinary proposition to make a Spanish Xing out of a Prussian Colonel ! It reminds nie of a, recipe In an old cookery book, "To dress a leg of mut? ton to eat like venison," and the very notion of the dish has whet ali our appetites to that gol nt that we are fuming with impatience lo ave it set on the table. I think, it once the two chefs of the cuisink. -Prim and Bismarck, do make up their minds to serve this new plat, the eating'.-'of lt will go far to curing, or killing, the sick man of St. Cloud. And, Just now, all the signs are that he will have to eat the leek, and digest lt as he may. It is hardly a figure of speech to say that the news came upon France like a thunder-clap out or a clear sky. It is only niue days ago that M. OUI vier, in the same speech In which, with his accustomed want of tact as well as of politeness, he called the pkbisciwm "the French Sadowa,-' and the following words, so often thrown' into his teeth during the last two days, and likely to be thrown at him for many days to come: "On the morrow of the day when the people, rising like one man. proclaimed anew their trust in the name of Napoleon, do you think the world did not know a great event had taken place P I wish you could bear "?ad the' dispatches of our ambassadors. I . ish you could have heard the words of our diplomatists. All of them expressed themselves proudly in the same terms: "Henceforth ali negotiations will be easy for the French Government:'' and, fur ther-on,after he had stopped to throw a few In? solent speeches at some objectors, he said : "Since we came Into power we have had to deal with no disquieting affair;. our only im? portant negotiation-the only one with regard to which lt will be necessary tb explain our conduct to the Chamber, ls that relative to the Council /" Three days after this pompous dec? laration, the French people are informed by a telegraphic dispatch published by the Gazette de France, that Marshal Prim had offered the Spanish throne to Prince Leopold, of Hohen zullern-Slgmaringen, brother to Prince Charles of Roumania; and this telegraphic dispatch, at first read with general incredulity, gave ac? tually the first intimation to the French Gov? ernment ol' what had been going on between the Provisional Government of Spain and the Prussian Minister. The French Minister at Berlin, M. Benedetta, knew no more about what Bismarck had been at than you or I, and the Minister at Madrid, M. Mercier, knew just as little. Neither ot these offi? cials wa-? at bis post, M. Benedeitl, who receives a salary of 200,009 francs and perquisites, was at one watering-place, and M. Mercier de Lostende, who gets 250,090, was at another, both enjoying themselves on their money as well as they could, and leaving the bore or writing dispatches to their agents, who could not be expected, of course, to Know more than their masters of tbe trick that was being played. So clever and secret were the ! players, that the Prussian Minister M. Werther, in recounting bis sorrows to M. de Grammont. declared that he had been in no way consulted about the matter, and as for M. Olozaga, the Spanish Minister, he flew about, day before yesterday, like a parched pea-now to Olli vier, now to Grammont, declaring that he was as innocent of knowledge on the subject as a new-born babe. Yet it would seem that ail parties might have been on their guard, for lt 1B not the first time that the candidate In ques? tion has been brought forward?- In Prim's fa? mous speech, made on the l itu of June, in the Cortes, describing his search for a King, he spoke of one whom, he said, he could not nonie, but who united lu his person all the requisites for a monarch, being a mau of full age and a Catholic, married and having children, and who would have fulfilled all their desires if he could have been brought to accept the throne. Now, at the time this speech was reported there were several English journals, and at least one or two French ones, Le Temps among them, which put their fingers on this mysterious Prince atone and named him-that ls, culled him-a Prince ot Hohenzollern, whic'a was quite enough, If they did get his first name wrong, and mistook him for his younger brother Frederic. One would have thought that diplomatists would have had too keen a scent to be led away by Marshal Prims manouvres; but they were, and none of the government Journals had any suspicion that it , would be worth while to find out who thia un? named candidate might be, and keep au eye on him. Edmund About has written In Le Soir a scathing review of the situation, In which, after doing lull justice to the im? becility of the diplomatists, he turns full upon the Emperor, and charges the whole blunder to the account of personal govern? ment. "They say," he begins, "that we have a diplomacy. It may possibly be so. I am too well-bred to deny it, lor I have many friends who wear the embroidered coat of Talleyrand. But, when I study our foreign policy as dispas? sionately as my nature will allow me; when I try lo range In order, and to reduce to some one principle the events that have taken place about us from 1849 to 1870, 1 ask myself, with a sort of impatience, what sort of diplomacy we have, and whether ii would not be better, on the whole, if v/e had none at all ? * * * Whatever my dislike may be to bring thc Chlel of Stale personally before the bar of pub? lic opinion, the loots of the case do not permit me to allow him to take shelter behind his ministers. It is too plainly demonstrated, too surely established, that the responsibility of our foreign policy for the last twenty-two years rests solely upon one head. A single mau bas planned everything, conducted everything, executed everything; our glories, our prosper? ities, our misfortunes, our dangers, are the complex work of one will." And M. About is right, and we are seeiog at thia moment acted before ou - eyes the most scandalous of farces, in which, whatever masks the actors may wear, one face, the Emperor's, peers out at the empty eye-holes; whatever the name of the puppets-Olllvier, Grammont, De Val drome-one hand, the gouty man's at St. Cloud, pulls the string that makes them play such fan? tastic tricks before high heaven, it is not easy to see how the government could have com? mitted the blunders that it has Bince the news first came to light. In the first place, lt ls only in the papers to-day that we get hold of any? thing taot looks like certainty on the subject ot the candidacy. It is now declared that Prim sent a dispatch to the Spanish Minister, Olozaga, informing him that the throne had been offered to Prince Leopold of Hohenzol? lern, and that he had accepted it In a letter written willi his own hand. This, however, is a mere story of the Constitutionnels, and may bc true or false; certainly we may as well believe M. Olozaga il' he declares that he never knew anything about it. But we know that the Prussian Ambassador, M. Werther, knew nothing, and the Prussian Government has replied to a dispatch sent by M. de Grammont that lt was a complete stranger to the candidacy of Prince Leopold. Whatever may be the situation, would it not have seemed ihe most sensible course in any country but France, and under any govern? ment but that of the Liberal Empire, to fud out. first, what the facts really were, before de? claring, as tho Due de Grammont did In the CorpsLegislatll, that on no account would the French permit a Prussian to ascend the throne of Spain ? Looked ai from the side of French supposed interests, there is, no doubt, consid? erable objection to the proposed arrangement; but was it not plain that, supposing it to be contemplated, it was an affair that demanded the most careful treatment ? Are the French so spoiling for a fight with Prussia that the mere naming of a candidate for the Spanish throne, who is an Independent Prince, and whose only connection with Prussia is the tact that he is a colonel in the Prussian army, should be seized upon as a cause of war ? French honor ls a ticklish thing, I know, and French patriotism, but I don't believe the French want lo go to war on such a silly pretext. Yet Dc Grammont's speech In the Corps L?gislatif has made war almost inevitable In case either the Prussians, or Prim, or Prince Leopold, cannot be bullied out of their position or in case the g punish Cortes, a body ot men desperately proud, and filled with dislike, if not hatred, for France, chooses to elect the king offered them by Prim, in defiance of the Tuileries. Aa for the Prussians, they say they knew nothing of tho manouvres of Prim, and aa Prince Leopold is an independent prince, they cannot pretend to control niR action, so they wash their hands ol the whole business. Now,, suppose the Cortes elect Prince Antoine Gustave Edouard Leo? pold Etiene Charles Thassilo of Hohenzollern (that 1B bis string of names, and you may choose the one you like best to call him by,) and the Prince accepts, by what right, human or di? vine, will the French interfere in the matter, and how can they pfek a quarrel with Prussia on the subject Yet, if all this happens and they don't fight with Prussia, where will the fovernment be ? I think there can be little oubt that such a fiasco would be the last feather that would break the back of this most patient came), the French people. APPROACHING EXECUTION OF JE? TEE PHILLIPS-HIS CONFESSION. RICHMOND, Joly 22. Yesterday the father of Jeter Phillips bade him farewell, when, for the first time, Phillips broke down and wept bitterly. Last night, the Rev. Mr. Woodward, Metho? dist minister, stayed with him till 10 o'clock. The jail guard went into the cell about 1 o'clock. Phillips slept an hour or two soundly, got up, bathed, and remained awake reading the Bible till daylight. This morning he sent his love to the chaplain of his old regiment. About sunrise a number of clergymen visited him. Phillips has made a confession that he took his wife out on Sunday, the 17th of February, walked her four miles from the city, and then walked her about in the woods until she was so tired that she had to sit down. He then fired on her, but failed to kill her, and she commenced screaming for help and struggling, which he ended by leaping on her and strang? ling her. He then returned to Richmond and stayed that night at a hotel. LATER.-Phillips ascended the scaffold about 1 o'clock. The remarkable character of the murder drew a great crowd to witness the ex? ecution, but only a hundred persons were ad? mitted into the jail-yard. His confession was then read. In lt he acknowledges the justice of the sentence. The Rev. Mr. Jeter made a statement that Phillips bod never denied his guilt to his religious Instructors. After the prayer, during which he wept bitterly, Phillips embraced the minister, the officers of the jail and one of the witnesses against him. The drop fell, and Phillips, after struggling for four or five minutes, was pronounced to be dead. THE MILITIA OUTRAGES. ? RALEIGH, July 22. The Chief Justice will give his decision in the AJamance prisoners' habeas corpus cases to-morrow. The treatment of Mr. Willey by the militia? men when arrested was very cruel. Finding that he had no arms but a pocket-knife, the militiamen knocked him down with a fence rail, and otherwise abused him. A n effort ls making to Induce the Governor to order the Court of Oyer and Terminer to try the prison? ers which can be done as fairly in Caeswell as in any part of the United States. The United States soldiers are indignant at seeing Hie militia parade thc streets in full United States uniform. The militiamen are raked from the lowest and most abandoned classes of the pop? ulation. THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE, jg ATLANTA, July 22. The Senate refused to expel Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, and adjourned to Monday. In the House, the report of the Finance Committee recommending the use ol the school fund for other purposes was tabled. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. General E. Delea-jcy, foreign consul-general, is dead. A pleasure-boat was run down in Halifax harbor yesterday, and James and Martin Con? ner and their sister were drowned. Lieutenant-General Sheridan sails on the Cuba to observe the European war. THE UNION REFORM CANVASS. Tne Reform Meeting at Anderson. [From the Anderson Intelligencer.] We trust that the people are taking aa in? terest in this matter, and that there will be a general attendance of all classes of our citizens, lt is suggested that employers of colored voters will take pains to explaio the object ot this meeting to their employees andwillnot only give them a chance to attond and hear tbe Union Reform candidates, but w ll urge them to do so. We linow ibat Ju due Carpen? ter and General Butler will be able to convince many colored people ot their lolly in blindly adhering to thc men who have heretofore con? trolled them for selfish purpose*, an j we thins it is the duty of every farmer that they make an effort to bring along .that element of the vo? ting population. Good Signa from all Q,uarterg. [From the Cheater Reporter.] It is cheering to see from our exchanges toe UL atna; itv manifested ia evjry part of the State, on the part of the lovers of good govern? ment and an honest administration ot the laws, in favor of the scheme for Reform adopted by tne Jnne Convention, and ia favo- of the nom? inees of the Union Reform pany. From tue seacoast to the mountain* there bas been scarcely a murmur of oppoaition to the plat? form or to the candidates, except on the part of those who are fattening on the distresses of the State, and whose political days will be .numbered as soo u as the regime a? honesty and justice is established. From every quarter come unmistakable sums of the demoralization and disintegration of the Radical Ring. la Charleston, ia spite of tne persistent ap? peals ot tho pirty organ, the colorod elemant are nsiog in their might aod perfecting their plans to spew out from among them the while scoundrels who have u->ed them heretofore only to a baie them. In the Third CongresBiocalDisirictthe same state of affair j exist. H?ge is striving to bold his own against Elliott; but the seutimeut aroused in Charleston bas spread, and become too deeply imbeddid in tbe beatle of the De? crees to leave ht*n aoy hopo of success, j Elliott will get the nomi na ri oe ,\t tho Conven - i tton in Columbia on tbe 26th instant, tor the Third District, and Beuarge for tho tJecond. i or there will v>e a boret ap, to which tho split of ; the Democratic Convention in 1*360 wouldn't be a cir mm-itance. j Wiiittemore has already been nominated b?? same of tho Radicals in the First District, a's their candidate for the Poriy-socond Congress. Whether he gets the nomination regularly or not, he is determined to ba a candidate. Tue Radical party will either bo forced to sustain bim >r to mike a nomination against Irm. Iii the first ev3nt they would acagrer undera load of infamy which no party could carry and live; in the latter event they would ba divided, and consequently, easily beaten. And so it is in every quarter ol the State; our enemies are demoralized by quarrels over the picuings and stealings, and nothing is wanting for us to secure a complete and over? whelming triumph, but for every min who loves the State, every man who loves honesty, ever-, man who c hens hes the free institutions bequeathed lo ns by oar patriot fathers, to Or ?et tor a season bis privtte affairs, and dovote imselfwith an undivided ooei-gy to the re demi ion of the country. A colored woman named Polly Cannon, in the employ ol Mr. J. B. Fielding, who resides on the outskirts of Columbia, was struck by lightning Last Wednesday afternoon, while in the act of going to the well for a bucket of water. She died the same night about 8 o'clock. THE PHOSPHATE CASE. Trouble in the Radical Wigwam. [8PECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, July 22. Thc phosphate cases to-day were post? poned. Sampson, the treasury clerk, charged with forgery, was balled several days ago. The bonds are signed by P. F. Frazee, sheriff o? Richland District, and James Windsor. The amount of the bond ls $5000-$2600 for each of the two cases. . . The proceedings of the Republican County Convention to-day indicate much caucus work and dissatisfaction of individuals. The speeches were numerous, fiery and frothy. All tho indications are in favor of the re? nomination of Scott for Governor. Lee ls spoken of for Lieutenant-Governor. COLUMBIA. The State of the Crops-The Right Sort of M?n for Congre??- in .Interesting Cotton Case. [rao ll OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.J COLUMBIA, July 21, The news from the up-country crops con? tinues very favorable. A gentleman who bas recently travelled ihron?h Edgefiald and Ab? beville Counties, representa crops as unusual? ly fine. The only drawback seems to be the grass, which, however, has > done but little damage. A friend ir om Fairfield inf?rmame that be has neverirnown in that county better crops of both cotton and corn; and his memory must extend back twenty-five or thirty years. There are farm ora, however, true to tbe tra? ditions of the past, w io are prophesying droughts, floods, rusts, worms and the plagues of ?gypt generally; but these are dyspeptio; and, all things considered, we have in the en? tire up-country of this State, if not ail over it, as fine a prospect of a larc e yield all round : s the country bas known at the corresponding date m twenty years. TEE NOM TN ATI ON OP MAJOR OAEY. The nomination of Major Wm. T. Gary, of iscUrcfield, for representative of the Third Congressional District, made recently in a Columbia paper, strikes oor community with favor. He is the kind of man for these times prompt, fearless, clear-sighted, and young. It is the day for energy, dodson and freedom from the leadership of a dead past. While some question the expediency of iodividual nominations for such posts, previous to tbe combined action of the party, ali agree upon the kind of men we want and our country wants. Major Gary is a man for lue times. ' AN INTERESTING COTTON CASE. The municipal case, argued Wedneeday be? fore Jad ge Melton, was one of interest to both sellers and huyere of cotton; and many cotton growers are said to be keeping back cotton in consequence of the muddle about weis bing it in Columbia. To all these the decision of Judge Melton will be of immediate interest. The facts ont of which this case grew are briefly these : In 1859. the City Council.of Co? lumbia passed an ordioanoe requiring all cot? ton, bought by merchants in Columbia, to be weighed by piblio weighers, who are elected by City Council. That ordinance continued in force, and the present Connell have endeavor? ed to enforce it aa their predecessors bad done; but a new difficulty arose in their election of public weighers who in soma way were not agreeable to a large number of the cotton bayera. This state of feeling is said to have interfered to some extent with the ootton trade of the city. Messrs. James E. Friday and J. M. Blakeiy, cotton buyers, recently refuse d to regard the ordinance of 1869. and weighed cot? ton for themselves. They were reported for that course and cited before the Mayor, wbo fined them for the refusal to comply with the ordinance. Messrs. 'Pope and Haskell, at? torneys for Friday and Blakeiy, proceeded with a writ of prohibition, restraining the City Council from enforcing tba collection of the fine. Tho oase was argued before Judge Mel? ton by .Messrs. Pope and Haskell (or the rela? tors, and by Jjmea D.- Tradewell, city attorney, for th o respondents; the oase being of tho State ez relation* James E. Fri? day and J. M. Blakeiy against the City Connoil of Columbia. His Honor Jadge Mel? ton ordered the prohibition to issue, holding that the City Council had no authority to pasB such ordinance. He held that the question at issue was ooe purely of law; and that while the city scales were established by law, the Council had no right to compel buyers or sel? lers to use them, and reference was to be had to them only when there was disagreement between buyers an 1 sellers about the weight of cotton offered for sale. The effect of this decision will bs to allow bnyeru and sellers or cotton to do the weighing of cotton as they please, so long as they acree abont it. The cotton which ia slid to ba held back from this market by reason of dissa tief lo? tion with weighers, will now come forward. lhere is a rumor this evening that the Oily Council inteni to appeal to a higher court. The cause of this boggle Hes with the old Council, and the occasion of it is in the charac? ter of the officers elected by the new. Professor James H. Carlis'e, of Wofford, is to deliver an address to-night bafore the Young Men's Christian association, of Colum? bia; and the reputation of the lecturer war? rants the expeclation of a capital lecture. CORSAIR. AX OTHES LAND SOB BEST. The Taxpayer* of Lancaster County Swindled ont of Six Thousand Dollars. [From the Lancaster Ledger.l The charges of theft, robbsry and fraud agiinst the "Scjtt Ring" aad their understap pers are eo frequent, that they have almost ceased to create surprise. Bat a few weeks ago the State wis robbed of $90 030 in on? transaction of the land commission. Now we are called upon to record aiother nearer home, and the facts of which all of oor people, both whi'e and black, are well acquainted with. Two tracts of lind, known as the "Jack Hood" and ' Rasser" places, have been pur? chased by tue land commission. The facts of the case are as follow.-: These two tracts (1004 acres) were pur? chased by J. F. G. Mittag, about eighteen months aso. for one dollar and fifty cents per acre. Repeated efforts to sell the land to the State by Mittag failed, and neediog the as sistance of other parties to carry out bis de? signs, he called to his aid one Middleton S. Gill and B. J. Donaldson, the State senator from Chesterfield. Mittag, to relieve himself from all further connection njth. the matter, arjparentlv, selle the 1004 acte? to Gill for $2000. but at the same time he signs the deed for three thousand-& suspicious circumstance to say the least. Mittag sold the land to Gill in April. 1870; but we And, by reference to the clerk's office, that the sale to the land commission by Gili took plaea January 20, 1870-three months be? fore tbe titles passed from Mittag to Gill. If this is nota arrange proceeding in legal natters wo are at a loss to comprehend. The land commission paid QUI eight dollars per acre- $8032 for tho 1004 acres-a clear gain to Gill. Donaldson and Mittag of six '.?ousand dollars. The land is known' to be nt terly worthless, and there is not a colored or white man io this county who wov.ld accept it as a free gift trom rhe ?tate and be compelled to depend opon it for a suppert. We understand the colored oeople are ore parin?? a protest against the parchase, which will be presented to the advisory board. We think if the colored oeople wdl sift this and other matters thorough!;, in which these men hare been ejpeged for the last two years, they will arrive at a just appreciation oz then*' services lo the interest'of the colored Yoee. The above facts are without exaggeration, and received the assent of a nrominent colored Ridical before they were put in type. A POSES. Attorney-General Chamberlain will Please Reply. [From the Anderson Intelligencer.] Attorney-General Chamberlain represents the State In a legal capacity, but who has heard of any legal proceedings to feret out the cor? ruptions of the Land Commissioner ? There art some small transactions tn this section of the State, and it is said that Governor Scott has been directly interested in the profits. Woald a legal investigation bring to light any or all of, these transactions, and prove that the highest officials have speculated upon the State funds and improved their private fortunes ? It h? no wonder that a magnificent girt towards pur? chasing a school-house for the colored people of this town could be afforded, when the profits arising from recent land speculations are to be drawn from the deluded and deceived colored population, if they purchase these lands from the land commission. Why ls lt necessary that a piece of property has to pass through that office In order to become "eligible" lor the colored people to purchase ? Why do their benefactors buy land atti per acre and then sell it to the lana commission for$3, mak? ing the colored man pay the profit r These are important questions for the colored people to propound to their Radical leaders, and we think lt equally important that the Attorney General of the State should cause an investi fatlon to be made, no matter If the greatest ght of the Radical party ls exposed and made to wince at the result. In every portion ol South Carolina, these charges are rife: and we think lt due to the people and the officials that lt be placed beyond a doubt. ALL ATtOXTT TSE STATE. aa d iMimia.Baraffi.':Sfi."?T ??The Bennettsrille Journal says the negroes ot Marlboro' are organizing militia companies, and are having a ger-lorious time of lt in the village and other places, marching with fife and drum, and whooping and hollering, and raising all kinds ol unearthly noises. The col? ored women attend their turnouts at the col? ored academy, nearly every night, and render assistance by shouting and screeching and raising the wind in general. We understand they are to be furnished with arms by Gover? nor Scott. Fire tn Beunettsvllle. On last Monday night, the house occupied' by Mr. Kuker as a storehouse, at the'factory, about three miles from Ben nc tts ville, was burnt down, and the stock of goods totally destroyed. The house was the property of Sheriff Joel L. Easterling. The stock of goods, the property of Mr. Eliker, was insured for about $4000. The building waa not insured-a total loss to the owner. The fire was caused by the explosion of a' kerosene lamp, which fell accidentally from the bands of the clerk on the floor. When .the lamp exploded,'the buming fluid was scattered in every direction, and. reaching the powder can, caused another and louder explosion, and lt was Impossible to extinguish the flames. The Crops In Anderson. The Intelligencer says : "The crop prospect ls very encouraging. Cotton ls yet backward in some respects, but where a good -stand' was secured early the appearance ls Indeed grati? fying. Corn is growing vigorously, and the only regret In this connection Is that there is not more planted. We are inclined to think, however, from the best Information we can obtain, that the area planted in corn is greater than heretofore supposed, and that this county will produce an abundance of corn to supply Its'population, il there be no disasters. The wheat crop is larger than for several years,, and the oat crop turned out far better than was anticipated. Renee we Incline to the opinion that the farmers of Anderson will be independent, so far as supplies for man and beast are concerned." Dastardly Outrage. The Anderson Intelligencer says: "It has been a long while since the County of Ander? son was disgraced by one of those dastardly outrages, where a party of men, banded to? gether for evil purposes, make an attack upon defenceless and unprotected parties. It is our duty, however, to record such an occurrence as transpiring on last Saturday night, two or three miles north ol this place. It seems that a party of either colored or disguised white men visited the house of a colored woman named Mary Sloan, and bursting open the door, proceeded to administer a severe whipping to her, and after unmercifully beating her for nearly au hour, as ls alleged, they left her In . this terribie and dangerous condition. We learn that she did not recognize any of the parties, but believes that they were white men with their faces blacked. The proper au? thorities have charge of the investigation oi thia outrage, and will make every effort to ar? raign the perpetrators and bring them to jos- . tice. Medical aid was sent to the woman by one of our public officers, and it may be relied , upon that the utmost care and diligence have been exercised by the civil authorities. The outrage ls universally condemned by the citi? zens of this community, and there ls a general expression of indignation at this unwarranta? ble and unjustifiable conduct. ?a?roa? ?npphes. 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