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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1578. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE STATE CAPITAL. ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE VERNOS'S CIRCUIT. Unfavorable Reports on Martial Law And Insurrectionary Propositions Goods News for Teachers-The Luxu? rious Trappings of the House Under Discussion. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOS NEWS.] COLUMBIA, January 24. Montgomery Moses Is mentioned as a prom? inent candidate to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation ol Judge Vernon. In the House, the committee on military af? fairs reported favorably on a bill to prohibit disguises, and unfavorably on a Joiut resolu? tion declaring various counties in a state of in? surrection; and a joint resolution authorizing the Governor to call out the militia In Abbe? ville. A Dill providing for an appropriation to pay lor the services rendered In Charleston by the teachers in the public schools waa report? ed favorably; also a bill to enforce the pay? ment o? the poll tax. Notice was given by Wilkes, of Anderson, of a bill to regulate pro? ceedings in the removal of officers by impeach? ment, and the removal of officers otherwise thandy Impeachment. A resolution regarding the enormous expense of fitting up the hall ol representatives was discussed at length and passed. The vote was then reconsidered, and the matter is now pending. In the Senate, most of the session was oc? cupied with the business of impeachment. Mr. Whittemore introduced a Join resolution relative to selling of State lands in Darlington at four dollars and thirty cents an acre. Resignation or Judge Vernon. Judge Vernon tendered his resignation to the House, and it was accepted both by the latter and the Governor. The proceedings were quashed. The Court of Impeachment then adjourned sine die. THE AS8ASSINATIOS PLOT. STRONG AFFIDAVITS FROM MESSRS. CREWS AND HAGUE. Another History of the Plot-Joe Crews Denounces Martial Law - Secretary Hague Gives Kerrigan Si Co. the lite Direct-The Divorce Bill. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.J COLUMBIA, January 23. MORE IN REGARD TO THE KERRIGAN AFFAIR. The Kerrigan charges have created a con? tinued excitement here. The attempt in the House to "dispel the fabulous reporter of THE NE?S from tue sacred precincts of the hall,'' on account of the charges copied from the New York Sun, fell to the ground harmless, of course, the speaker, with his accustomed good sense, declaring it cut of order, as the House could not reach a "fabulous" object. Crews and Hague have been interviewed by your correspondent, and deny in toto the statements made in regard to them by Co'onel Kerrigan and Mr. Hoggett. They admit, how? ever, that the men came here and were sworn in as constables. Mr. Crews makes the following affidavit, the original of which is in our possession: | ( STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA : COLUMBIA, S. C., January 23, 1871. Personally appeared before me. Gil Dixon 11 Fox, a notary public in and for the Slate atore-1 ' said, Joseph'Crews, of Laurens County, State aloresald, who, being duly sworn, declares, on oath, that the following statement ls true E in all respects : ?* I deny ever authorizing or attempting to p employ any means to assassinate any persons v In Laurens or any other county. I never did J seek an interview with any of Hie men belong- 1 lng to Colonel Kerrigan's band. I was sent p lor by them, in Columbia, immediately after 0 their arrival. They proposed to me tb assassi? nate any one that 1 would say I wanted put out of the way, provided they could get ?ny I money from tho party they should assassinate, a They did not expect me to pay them, as they o said; but their object was to gee money. They , said they would kill any men I would desig- tJ nate. I stated to them that I expected to ap- h ply to the clvii'law to punish asy parties who had committed any offence to me or to any of my party. I Immediately left their room. I 1 then took good care to have no more couver- g satioa with them unless witnesses were pre- i sent. In a few days they weat to Union, and wbflh they returned Colonel Kerrigan came to me and .asked me to prevail upon the Gov? ernor to pay them some more money (or their services as constables. I went with Colonel Kerrigan to see the Governor, and he left Gov? ernor Scott perfectly satisfied so far as he was concerned. Next, one of the men who first approached me with the assassination scheme I tl said he had not got what he ought to have, d and asked me to use my influence with the ' Governor to get him and some three or four others about twenty dollars each, which I Je-1 a dined doing, saying to them that they must 0 go to the Governor and see him lor them selves; that I had done all that I felt lt was my duty to do. as I had nothing to do with the I e bringing of them here, and I did not wish i to have anything to do with them now. In a 1 short lime aller they departed irom here, I met some of them in New York, and one of I r them stated to me that he would publish a card | r. against myself and others unless we gave them some money, which I declined lo do, saying to them that no communication that they could publish would effect me in any way. During my stay in New York, I was visited by some of the party and culled on lor money, and to use all the influence I could to help them izet ; more mone}-. Ali of which I declined to do. This embraces ali the connection I have had i with the affair. Some of the men whom they charged me with wanting to assassinate, I would do an}-11 thing in my power to ttccomodate at any time, if I was to see them in trouble. As for Messrs. Kyle and McCurley, I have nothing in the world against them. Tnis man Ford ?hat they speak of I don't know as being In the county. If I had any chartres against them, I should certainly resort to the civil law to have them punished, as 1 AM OPPOSED TO ALL LAWLESS? NESS AS WELL AS MARTI Vi. LAW, OR MILITARY INTERFERENCE WtTU TUE RIGHTS OK CITIZENS. Jos::ru CKBWS. %worn to and subscribed before me this, the 2Ia dav of January. 1871. GIL Dncos Fox, Notary Public. Mr. Hague make3 his affidavit in regard to' the affair as follows-: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA : Personally appeared before me. Gil Dixon Fox, a notary publtc in and for the State afore? said, W. F. Hague ol' Columbia, -State afore? said, who, being duly sworn, declares, on oath, that the following statement is true In all re? spects: I deny all the statements made in the letter published in THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS, irom Colonel Kerriiran, concerning my? self. I know nothing whatever of the charge in that communication concerning the assassi? nation ot any parties. I hart no conversation with any ol" Colonel Kerrigan's men on any such subject. I was posted a? to their char? acter upon their arrival here. W. F. n'Af?U5. . Sworn to and subscribed beiore. me this-23d day ot January, IS71. GIL DIXON Fox. Notary Puubllc. ? TOO MUCH OF A JOKE. Yourcorrespondeut. allowing himself some little latitude, attempted to perpetrate ajoke on the impeachment business by sending you anltem rega ding the disposal of tickets of admission. As lhere seems io be but one per? son wno can see the Joke, and that is your correspondent himself, the conclusion must be that be somewhat failed in bis intention. Parties here treat it as a serious matter, and hence the correction. The fifteen hundred douars voted will, of coarse, go to the pay? ment of witnesses and other necessary ex? penses. We say now the impeachment la not a ioke. Judge Vernon's friends have advised him from the start to fight lt to the last. "UNLAWFUL ARMS." Some time since we had a bill introduced by some one of the untevrided, providing lor a "lawful" fence. Mr. Mobley, Mobley-llke, now gives us notice of a "Bill to prohibit the car? rying of unlawful arms by persons not author? ized to carry them." The penalty lor this grave offence is to be one hundred dollars fine and six months imprisonment. UR. CORBIN'S DIVORCE BILL. Mr. Corbin bas gone Into the divorce bill business, and presents a bill drawn up under his personal supervision, which he hopes will cure'dlssatlsfled pairs ol sundry heartaches. The grounds for separation are as follows: Fr iud in the contract, impotency, imprison? ment lor Hie in the penitentiary, gross nod in? human Gruelty, adultery. HOW'S THIS FOR mon ? The following appears in the Union this morning: "We have received a note from Hon. J. H. Ralney, representative in Congress from the First District in this State, asking us to call attention to the iact. that he bas a West Point cadetshlp at his disposal, which he will be re? quired to fill verv soon." . The Union omits to state that the vacancy ls caused by the dismsial of Whlttemores' ap? pointee for Incompetency. Both thu boy's father and W. agree that it was a bad specu? lation. MILITIA LAW. This exhausted subject will come up again Wednesday to be rehashed, when the oppo? sition are confident that they will defeat the bill. It is but justice to say thal the defeat ot the measure has been in a great measure due to the persistent efforts of the speaker, F. J. Moses, Jr. ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS APPROVED. Up to date the following have been approved: Act making appropriation for per diem and mileage of members. Act providing for the public printing. Act incorporating the Stonewall Fire Com? ps ly of Sumter. Joint resolution authorizing the attorney general to employ assistance In certain cases. Joint resolution authorizing the county com? missioners of Williamsburg and Oconee Counties to levy a special tax. Joint resolution authorizing the indexing of volume 14 of the State statutes. Act extending the time for officers to qualify. Joint resolution authorizing the State audit? or to cause to be levied certain taxes. Act vesting the title to certain land In Orac!?eburg County. Act anthorlzing the State auditor to suspend proceed!.igs for the collection of taxes in cer tain cases. Act incorporating the Pumpklntown turn? pike, in Plckens County. Act authorizing administrators executors and other fiduciaries to sell in certain cases, and in others to compromise; and an act to in? corporate the Hedge3 Light Guard, of Edlsto Island. _______ THE COTTON MOVE31ENT. NEW YORK, January 22. The cotton movements for the week show n marked increase In the receipts and exports, and the figures indicate a very rapid move? ment of the crop toward the seaboard, and thence to Europe. Receipts, this week are over 14,000 bales in excess of last week, while exports are more than double of the corres? ponding week last year. Notwithstanding the Increased exports this year, the shipments represent much less value in consequence of the decline in prices, thc natural result ol the European war. Receipts at all the port3 tor the week were 146,387 bales, against 135,535 last week, 139,C31 previous week, and 124,250 three weeks since; total receipts since September 2,048,821, against 1,025,139 for the ;orresponding period of the previous year, showing an increase of 422,885 in favor of the )reseut season. Exports from all Hie ports or the week, 119,349, against 6I,08G for Hie ame week last year; total exports for expired lortion of cotton year, 1,219,548, against 838. 15 for the samo time last year. Stock at all Orts, 546,470, against 436,725 this date last ear. Stocks at interior towns, 117,179, against 01,045 last year. Stock of cotton in Liver col, 545,000. against 341,000 last year. Amount f American cotton afloat tor Great Britain, 90,000, against 141,000 last year. Amount of ndian cotton afloat for Europe is 88,000, gainst 87,000 last year. The weather at the Outh was less favorable for picking opera Ions during the week. In some sections rain as fallen, and in others the weather bas been nsettied. It is proper to remark, however, nat in many parts ot the cotton growing re ion the weather has been quite pleasant for lie season. SPARKS FROST THE WIRES. Thirty-five cars, loaded with silks and teas, re coming from California. There ls considerable uneasiness felt about rio ship Lookout, one hundred and eight;." ays out from New York for San Francisco. The liberated Fenians continue to decline rrangeraents for courtesies until the arrival f their comrades. The Ney Jersey Legislature yesterday elect? j d Frellnyliuysen United States senator by a oint vote ot 42 against 32 for Randolph. General Albert Pike has withdrawn as com nlswner to superintend the drawing ol the ?rantl Diamond Gift Concert. David Lyman, of Hartford, president of the Ur Line Road, is dead. A house was burned In Bergen, N. J., by the explosion of a lump containing Desoto oi!. A vornan and child were badly burned. The cable between Placentia and St. Pierre las failed, but it will not interiore with E tr? opean business that goes direct from St. 'ierre to Brest, Frau*.?. "WHAT'S IN A NAHE?" 1 Question of Parentage-Spicy Corres? pondence. To .the Editor of the Tribune: Sm-Will you" allow rae, through the medi? um ol' your columns, to ?rive the following de? cisive anster tu un inquiry with which I am Irequetuly troubled ? The*actor at the Globe Theatre, Boston, calling himself Charles H. Vandenimff, ls not a member of my family; his real name is Murray. I cannot prevent nnv one using any naine as a norn de theatre, but I can and do repudiate relationship. Your obedient servant, GKOKUE VANDKNJJOFF, No. 15 Washington Place. January 14, 1S71. To the Editor ot' the Tribune: Sn:-I plead guilty to being the natural son of an iranaiur.il father-that fattier being George Vandenhoff-which I can prove, unless he eau deny Iii- hand and seal. To Hie charge ol imposture my lite gives the lie. I am guilt? less lu the transac ititi whfoh euables a cruel man lo insult ami injure moas he lias injured the lady who bore me. I ara threatened wi. li a publication ol my history If I Insist upon clai.nitig relationship with this unconverted Christian, tty history must be. the history of George Vanden hoff; and if in giving it to the world his memory should prove treacherous or his pen false, I shall clo myself Hie right of supplying his omissions and correcliug his error- lam. heuoeforth and forever, your obedient servant. CHARLES H. VAVDENUOKK, No. 2 Bulflncn Place, Boston. January 18,1871. MARE TWAIN says: " I have seen slower people than I am, and more deliberate people than I am, and even quieter and more listless, and lazier people than I am; bul they were de?d." NATIONAL AFFAIRS. TBE OUTRAGE COMMITTEE IN ZUCK A Georgia Member Seated-The Domini? can Mission-Butler Voted Down-Con? gressional Affairs-Death of .Senator N.irton. WASHINGTON*, January 24. In the Senate, the territorial bill was referred to a committee of conference. Blair's credentials were presented. Forty thousand dollars were appropriated to defray the expenses of the outrage committee. The bill to aid the Atlantic and Great West? ern Canal was referred to thc committee on public lands. The death of Norton was annonnced. In the House, S. A. Corker, from Georgia, was seated afler debate; Butler leading the op? position, and alleging outrages. A motion to refer was lost by a vote of 41 to 148. A protest from the Cincinnati underwriters against the Cincinnati and Newport Bridge was presented. A bill was introduced to make Shreveport, Louisiana, a port of delivery. The House went into committee on thc ap? propriations. An amendment tbaL no part of the secret service lund be used for thc Domini? can commission failed. Adjourned. Collector Murphy has not been a3ked to re? sign. The outrage commiltee will examine North Carolina before entering upou a general inves tlgation. The nomination of Leroy Tuttle as assistant treasurer, and several Indian agents, were made in executive Eesslon. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. The !Vew Game of Reconstruction-No Army at Hand to Carry it Out-Radi? cal Responsibilities Increased-Gab in the House of Representatives-Sena? tor Elect Vance-Unhappy Paris-A Word of Gladness from Connecticut Thc Repeal of thc Income Tax-Pleas, santon vs. Boutwell-South Carolina Assessments-Anna Dickinson and the French Fair-The New Government Here-Forrest, Richings, &c. [FROM OUR OWN cc..RESPONDENT.] WASHINGTON, January 21. i Another week has rolled on, bearing on the- 1 pages of its history one more feature of Radi- j cal tyranny and national shame. This, like ? previous usurpations and exhibitions of despo? tic power, received its support from the Sen? ate, but is characterized with the mark of Executive approbation. Singular it is that it 6hould be so, when hardly four weeks ago the ? President was explaining that ho did not recommend general amnesty in his annual message because he forgot the good Intentions he had formed In that'direc tion. Now, this resolution of Morton's, prised to replace the South under mar? tial law, ls so perfectly antagonistic to any .s thing like amnesty that it must be at once 1 perceived that Grant, who was consulted con- 5 ceraing the political necessity of such planning, has given np altogether any idea of recom- r mending it. With this the Radical party in c Congress have shirked their duty, and thus In ' the place of the absolute demands for lt which the leading Republican Journals representing 1 popular sentiment, as well a3 Republican Con- r pressmen, actuated as well, perhaps more, by c motives of policy as by the Inducements of " :ommon justice, have repeatedly enunciated. Upon the topic of excluding all Southern J ?"tates from repr?sentation in Congress who Jo not send mercenary carpet-baggers or ne irroes, wnicb this resolution contemplates and which the investigating committee appointed under it will endeavor to effect, there ls ab- r whitely no ground for uneasiness. It cannot t avail to stop the rush of Conservative victories, _ und the endorsers of it, who, in their eagerness lo grab it as another weapon ol offence, did ?' not stop to count the cost, or to bestow a sin orle thought upon tbe responsibility incurred i)y its adoption. The committee must paint the Southern States blacker than ever before; they must rack their imagination for stories yet more diabolical than any that have been n uttered to give their resolution its proper dig? nity, and they have the men to do it with. Ii Senator Wilson, who has Just returned from Massachusetts, can search the records of out- u rages back from the days of Stanton's adminis? tration, while Chandler will be a host lu him? self, and can detail speculations enough to J1 frighten the peaceful Senate out ol its '.seven 1 senses." Now here is another thing to be taken In o consideration. There must bo an army to t take charge of these States wherein the game il of reconstruction ls to be played over again, a That is. if the Intents ol the new measure are v are to be acted upon in their fullest extent. I But if the military force ls depleted or Its strengtl), and If "wrong and outrage'' are so I rampant as the Radical party will persist in as- t serting, there must needs be an Increase in the c army, which has employment enough already c upon its banda without being posted in reg?- T menta aud brigades to carry out the work ol' changing the sentiments of the Southern pop- ( ululions. Sherman will not be able lo stand lt. , and though he ls quiet he condemns Invaria- s bly any such proposition, thinking there will , be work enough for his torces In i lie spring, i when the Sioux and the Apaches range again , upon the war path. 1 But these are minor to the great thing of all, y and that is Hie revulsion of sentiment which hos commenced and is goin^ on in (tie North and West. Il is tile skeleton in the Radical ' closet which grows larger and more repulsive . with each stroke of despotic enactments. Tue senate is not in session to-day, haviiur ' adjourned over so that senators might have ail j opportunity of transacting business wiLh the, ? President, who, in his turn, also takes boll- . day ami refuses to be interviewed, and "curses not loud but deep" attend his indifference. The House indulges iu Its usual Saturday "gab," and "revenue reform," -'land grants,"' , '.high taxes" and "low tarlfls," are lu order for any amount of impassioned oratory. < The anxiety in all circles over the situation | about unhappy Paris approaches the intensity i of suspense. Many have thought that ere this ' all would have been over, because of the ' strong German ally, starvation, which inn-t 1 be marching now with seven leagued boots. So strong has been this opinion, that specula- ' lions have beeu In some quarters rutnpaul ] upon the settlements to be made-and the pos- j siole divisions muong the brave I renell people concerning their own future. Bul of course ail must be the merest guesses, without ope I word ot substantial information. The govern- 1 ment rarely hears /'rom Washtuiine. Uioiigh the report is circulating to-day Unit th? Si?ie 1 Impartaient has official advices irom him, an? nouncing the desperate condition of affairs iu the beleaguered city, mentioning, tis au luci; 1 dent of the horrors, that horse meat is selling ; now for two dollars per pound. Governor and Senator-elect Vance, of North Carolina, is still in this city. It is very doubt? ful if lie. will be admitted to his seal in ibu Senaie. It seems a burning shame to write these words, but what else does the Radical warfare against the rights ol his constituency mean! The modest demeanor ol this gentle? man. In such niter com rust lo the carpet-bag element ot the North, has won for him golden opinions among the b'J er order of Itadicals, but, unfortunately, the '.worser half " occupy the p sitions of power. Advices from Connecticut, where the Democ-. racy have renominated Governor English, are most encouraging lor the success ol' the Con? servative ticket lu that State. Just now there is a little fever of excitement in official circles, as well as throughout the country, about the repeal of the Income tax, which has been recommended by tb? n*w com? missioner ot internal revenue, and (Ais time the impression ts quite general that Congress will accede to the demand whicn comes lu from all quarters that this odious and really unconsti tutiona?-but the last ls of little consequence here-law be rescinded. Mr. Boutwell has been opposed to it, and still ls, but so far has interposed no objection, although he thinks that it was his business, and not within the province of a subordinate officer of his depart? ment, to make the recommendation. This lead3 to thesusrgestlon that there will be "fun" in the Treasury Deparcment before lons. The military commissioner of Internal reve? nue is, in many respects, ignoring the right? ful dignities of the Secretary of the Treasury, and it looks as if, in so doing, he has the sup? port of the President. It looks very much as If Grant would be glad to have Boutwell re? tire, and as if, with his Internal revenue com? missioner, he ls working up for the secretary a ground upon which he may resign. The case of the carpet-bag representative from Tennessee, Mr. R. R. Butler, who has been indicted by the criminal court of this district for forgery, will come up for trial next week. He says he will disprove the charges. From a tabular statement which has been prepared at the Treasury Department, it ap? pears that the number of persons in South Carolina who were assessed taxes on income In 18C0, were 2118; while in the next year, tne returns showed an Increase of twenty-three on that number. The French fair which has been in progress for two weeks has been a success, and evinces fully the sympathy which exists here lor suf lering humanity. In addition to what has already been donated, Miss Anna Dickinson lias proffered her services to lecture for the benefit of the cause, and the offer has been thankfully accepted. Her subject will be "Jeanne D'Arc." The District of Columbia ls about to undergo reconsl ruction, as there is very little doubt but that the bill which passed the House of Repre? sentatives yesterday, providing for a territo? rial Corm of government, will pas3 the Senate. Then will come a rush for office unparalleled in the experience of these people. They are already guessing as to who will be governor, who secretary, and who elected delegate to Congress. The movement lor a change of I government was Btarted by citizens here a year ago. Edwin Forrest completed his first week's performance at Wall's Opera-House last night. He wisely relrains from performing on Satur? day nights, as he then takes the needed recre? ation to enable him to tread the boards In his older years. He ls also anxious to have it known that he will not abandon his profession until he is forced from before the footlights. The Richings Opera Troupe open at the Na? tional Theatre with "Martha" on Monday. It i3 a pity there ls not a better edifice than this unsightly trap; 'but the public within will give little heed to the surroundings without, where the scenes are bright and radiant, and the melodies entrancing. The delightful weather is worthy of a passing notice. It imparts new Joys to Hie gay recep? tions of the period, and if lt continues will render the great carnival to take place In Feb? ruary on. our new paved avenue most assur? edly a success, all other things being at the disposal ot a committee. There ls time enough, however, between now and then, and in all probability we shall have snow and hall md shine and shine, and hall and snow again. ELK RIDGE. FROM THE WEST INDIES. Tamalea a Naval Station-Thc Hornet Awaiting Arms for Cuba. KINGSTON, JAM., via Havana, ) January 24. j Thc Panama news at hand is unimportant. The West India nnd Pacific Company's steam hip Crusader was wrecked on the Ctn off Car hagena. The mails and passengers were aved. A telegram from the British Cubinet an lounces the erection of Jamaica Into the prln ipal naval and military station In the West ndlcs. Private letters confirm the fact that the lornet, with Colonel Ryan on board, had ar ived at Poi t-au-Prince, and was waiting for a argo of arms and amiinltlon from New York, "bree Spanish gunboats are watching her. mCi* JE.IV HUt EA'T^O F GOT. ito I. D XX. RALEIGH, N. C., January 24. Tlie board of managers Hied to-day their eplication to Governor Holden's answer to he articles of impeachment, and the case is egularly at Issue. The trial will commence a good earnest on Monday. THEATRICAL GOSSIP . -Bishop and the Chapmans are in Clncin Ati. -The Oates Troupe began an engagement n Savannah last night. -Forrest's audiences in Baltimore were 'very appreciative," but very small. -The New Orleans Varieties ls to be rebuilt, nd when completed will be one of the largest heatres In the United States. -Thc Savannah theatre will be opened, we re told, on Easter Monday, for a season of en weeks. Lester Wallack, Mrs. Scott Sid Ions, Walter Montgomery, E. L. Davenport md other celebrities will appear. Mr. Ark? wright and Manager Ogden have the matter n hand. -Nillsson was presented at her second St. jouis concert with a beautiful basket of flow T8. The Inner circle of the basket contained hoice camellas, and In the centre was a mon? drain, with Hie words "You Angel" worked villi violets on double white primroses. -Hrignoll, since his marriage with Miss Mc? culloch, Hie well kuown vocalist, has deter nhii'd to remain in this country and become LU American, and, to that end, has adopted the y hole Ol'the United Stales, ami remains firm ti the belie! Unit he shall leave his mantle, vhen he retires from the stage upon wliieli he ins achieved so many triumphs, lo a little tenor vorl hy to follow in his footsteps. -Tlie Woman's Journal, on the authority ol J i Boston indy lately relumed from England, ind who had" an opportunity of knowing Hie ?ids in Hie case, contradicts the painful and icandalous story that Jenny Lind is seeking a livorce on account ol' the Intemperance and .xtravaganeu ol her husband. A happier and Hitter matched pair, says the Boston lady, is lardlv to be lound In England, fhey reside lear London, In el<'iiant style, surrounded by ill the comforts ol'life. -Ot Miss Laura Keene, who arrived in New iTork on the lilli iuslant, a letter from thar, ?lty says: "The irritability and disharmony 5Q proverbial in Thespian circles find an amus? ing illustration in Miss Keene's misadventure ivith regard to her expected theatre. It had teen, us she maintains, clearly stated and nn lersiood that she was .to become the lessee of 'Lina Edwin's' on Hie 20i.h instant. For reasons best known to themselves, Miss Ed? win or her advisers suddenly telegraphed to lier in Hie South, some time ago, calling on Her tu take possession on Ute first of January', which slie, ot' course, declined io do. On ar? riving here a few days back, willi a large part af her company, she found, to her dismay, ihutlhe gentleman ?'ho acts as Miss Edwin's amiens curia' had taken on himselt lo let the mernie Lo Mr. .1. S. Clarke, ol ilils city, and her implied or Indeed (by letter) concluded cou iructwits utterly ignored. The spirited man? ageress is inking tho most active steps to get her own: ?indas she contemplates opening a season ol' really irood and high-toned comedy In Hie pretty "link: box which lias hithtrto been devoted lo calves, contortions and coini oaliiies, the best wishes ot' art-lovers will go willi her." ,-The old nobility or France li is numerous re? presentative-1 in thc Held. In Hie armies of the Loire are now H?hlung Hie fo lowing raemb TS of the old French nob?sse: Paul de Chevreuse, brother mine late Doc de Luyues, le Marquis dc Sabr?n le C 'inie de Cliareite, le Vicomte de Rou?c, Francois de Bastard, Roger de Mauui, Auirusie de t:oue*.-ln, lc Comte de Juleue. le Mar qtii de Castollane, le Vicomte de Montesson, An? io ne tie (imitant Biron, Contran de Montesquion, Hubert de M?nie*quiuu. Marquis de Brksac, M. de Hon Ile, M. de Vertamont. M. de Beannort, M. de PraC'iraial. Hoger de Terves, Vicomte de Sap naud, M. dc Con zun Matignon, Comte de Lentlihac, and Vicomte de Gironde. All the above named aie ser lng with the Gardes Mobile. There are besides In the Btandln* anny of France members or the family of Harcourt Rohan, Cha? bot, Ta?evrand, Po uga ac, La Toar, da Pm and of many other ancient houses. THE BATTLE TEMPEST. 'CHE FR BSC H ISDIOS AST AT GAMBETTA. - Fa vIT Out of Paris-The French Army of the North Demoralized-Tidings from Garibaldi-Removal of Robin The Loss In the Sortie of the 19th TrocSin Complimentary. LONDON, January 24. The Prussians unsuccessfully attacked Dijon. The bombardment has nearly silenced St. Denis. , NEW YORK, January 24. A special to the Herald from Bordeaux says by a decree the houses of absentees will be searched, and the contents used for public purposes. SIGHT DISPATCHES. LONDON, January 24. Bismarck having refused on political grouuds to pass Favre, Favre applied to the military powers, who granted a pass, carefully worded, to avoid political significance. Favre has pro? bably already left Paris. The French army of the North ls arriving at Aoras, Douai and Lille, in a totally disbanded and discomfited condition. The citizens of Lille were indignant at Gambetta, whom they charge with deceiving them on the state of affairs. A dispatch from Lille, of the 23d, says the bombardment of Cambrai has commenced. Gambetta presided at a long council of war. General Robin, who commanded a division of the Army of the North, was dismissed. Advices from Paris to the 22d state that the French losseB In the sortie of the .19th were less than three thousand. Trochu issued an order of the day speaking in the highest terms of thc officers and soldiers. Garibaldi and F a i d h e r b e-Austria Awaiting a Favorable Opportunity. LONDON, January 24. A dispatch from Lille of the 23d says Gam? betta received a telegram that the Garibal dlans gained a victory on Sunday near Dijon, and the enemy abandoned a strong position. A large amount o? material and many prisoners were captured. The Cari ba'.diana were ac? tively pursuing the enemy. Fal d h erbe made a long report to Gambetta, covering the recent operations of the army ol the North. He says he lost no artillery, no prisoners In battle, at St. Quentin-the only persons captured were stragglers, (wibetta has gone to Laval to see Chansey. Twelve hundred Germans were expelled from Mar? seille. A semi-offi>ial declaration, received from Vienna, says that while the Austrian Govern? ment appreciates its duty to strive to restore peace, it. deems it advisable to await a favora? ble opportunity. Thc Conference. LONDON, January 24. Several members of the Conference have been instructed not to allow themselves to dis? cuss any question foreign to the programme. Longwy replies feebly. THE WAR OS THE OCEAS. Two French Gunboat? Sunk by a Prus? sian Frigate. NEW YORK, January 24. A Herald special reports that the Prussian frigate Medusa fought the French gunboats Cuvrieux and Brevlox In the Pacific, sinking both. ? Thc FrenchJjrjgate Cercel has left Mon? tevideo IO" Chase Of tlie'Meduoa. ? - THE ORB AV SIEGE. Inside Paris-The Kif,-ct of thc Bom. bardment-Sufferings of thc French Troops-Mortality In Hie City-Scarci? ty of Foti- Trocha?* and Ducrof* Plans to Avoid Capitulation-The Reds Plotting Again. [Correspondence cf the New York World.] PARIS, December 29. "The bombardment has begun." Every? body In Puris is shrieking, and, with the ig? norance characteristic ot those people, every? body is insisting the bombardment ls a sure indication that the "Prussians, despairing t* overcome the noble resistance ol the Parisians (which is the admiration of the whole world.) and terrified by the approach ol the invincible legions of the provinces, have determined to trv to end the matter at once." The fact ls the Germans have opened a hea? vy cannonade on Avron heights, which are seven miles from Paris, while the German bat? teries are three miles and a halt or four miles still further off. Mentally measure these dis? tances around your place of resldenee, and imagine your house bombarded by cannon ten or twelve mlle* off. The Germans have opened a cannonade at this great distance because it enables them to worry the French without exposing their own meu. They have opened the cannonade to force the French troops to keep the field in this severe weather, which ls not ouly killing or disabling the French by hundreds dally (three hundred men have been brought in frozen in ode night,) but is disheartening Hiern. The order for the rellim to Paris "Of the troops was given only under pressure ot offi? cers, who declared their men would not, and could not, stand the severity of the frost. They sleep on the frozen ground, with no covering but a very thin blanket. Tiley are Insufficient? ly and irregularly led. They ure miserably shod. One night passed in these conditions is more fatal than a pitched battle. Therefore the Germans, willi accustomed sagacity, have forced Hie French from the cover of Paris into the open field?" covered with snow and swept by cutting winds which penetrate the thickest ? garments. There needs no bombardment to end the siege. Its consummation is at hand. There were 9000 omnibus horses al the beginning of the siege; 'here are only 3000 left-not four days' supply. We have eaten so many hearse horses (you know funerals are a monopoly which is lar med to a company) Croesus him? self, were jhe to die, would be obliged to con? tent himself with one horse to lils hears-, though no Croesus ever yet quitted Paris tor Pere la Chaise except with lour or six horses' tails turned on him. i went lo Pere la Chaise yesterday-1 was there only three hours, during which time thirty funerals passed by me. Two thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight per? sons died here between the 13th and 24th inst. Typhus fever swept away 221 (last week 173 pei'tsh-'d by the same malady,) small-pox SSS (instead of 391.) and numerous cases of lock? jaw, gangrene, and purulent infection arc re? ported In the hospitals. The apothecaries' shops are gettiug as empty as the grocers'. Bands of thousands ol people go out at night to cut down trees ami tear down fences for fuel. It is impossible to do anything with .them, for there are no lights lu the most dis? tant streets. Petroleum oil alone is used in the street lamps. All tim gas is kept for-the balloons. So great ls the scarcity ol'fuel and the severity ot the weather, we are burning mahogany^ sandalwood, and all other precious woods heretofore reserved for cabinetmakers' use. The lecture-room (the old concert-room) ol'the Musical Conservatory, and some ambu? lances are healed with fuel of these costly tropical woods. Many poor familles are burn? ing their furniture. The provisional government meets daily to consider the policy to be adopted to end the siege. The majority of members are, it is ru? mored, thinking of leaving Paris in balloons to avoid signing the capitulation. General Du crot ls for massing the troops and for hewing their way through the German lines to Join the provincial armies. He declares lt treason to the republic to surrender 200,000 soldlere (reg? ular army and Gardes Mobiles,) to the Ger? mans, and swears he will neither Bign nor take part Ia any capitulation like Sedan and Metz. It was rumored yesterday in Paris he had gone off in a balloon daring the preceding night. This is a mistake, he Is still here. He will probably make his exit by this way, for he fights with a rope around his neck. Yon know he bas betrayed his parole, which be gave up at Sedan. General Blanchard is opposed to any such steps of desperation. He says there ls no plain in i he neighborhood of Paris sufficiently wide for 200,000 men to make saeh a dash; that the enemy's cavalry would make them prisoners: that the few *who escaped would perish of hunger and cold by the roadside^ moreover, where could they go ? The Garde Mobile would refuse to obey any such orders, and it Ia be? lieved the regular army would prove equally refractory to them. To attempt to carry out such a scheme would lead te tho disorganiza? tion ol the army and probably to frightful scenes In Paris. Conceive 200,000 men sud? denly released from discipline ana eager to make amendsln riotfor weeks of every sort of severe privation: The Radicals are in seoret conclave almost nightly, and lt is notorious they are plotting the renewal of the. attempt to overthrow the Provisional Government. When you'conslder the numbskulls who are at the head of affaire, does not our situation seem desperate ? The clearer heads are in favo? of the immediata capitulaci?n ef Paris (for some time, at least a J fon night-bow much longer nobody here knows, for we are absolutely Ignorant oj Che state of the provinces and of the'railway lines -rivers and canals are closed by ice,) and the signature for an armistice to bold elections 1er a national-assembly to negotiate a peace. General Trochu's views are not known to the public, but it is believed he stlll hugs the delusion of being able to break the line of in? vestment, and he is resolved' his name shall not be associated with the capitulation. WU! the same balloon carry off him and General Ducrot ? A "SELL."-We've all. got our little weak? nesses. Brown's little weakness is this: When he and Mrs. Brown go to a dinner party, they do it in style, and be naturally likes his enter? tainer's flunkeys to think that the equipage he has hired for the occasion is his own. Brown (in a loud voice:) "O-a-come for us at ll, John." The coachman (in- a louder:) "Hall right, sir! What name shall I bask for 7" [Punch. _jfangroi Noticia. WHITE.-Departed this life, January 24.1871, CLARA MAJUB, Intent daughter of Mr and Mrs. E. R. White. pSf THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIKNDS are Invited to attend the Funeral Services, at their residence, No. 63 Wentworth street, at 3 o'clock, Tnis AFTERNOON. Jan26 Sperittl JXotittB. par GETTING MARRIED -ESSAYS for Young Men on Social Evils, and the propriety or Impropriety of getting Married, with sanitary} help for those who feel unfitted for matrimonial happiness. Sent free, In sealed envelopes. Ad? dress Howard Association, Box P, Philadelphia, Pa._Jan2S-amos ?#- ANY BILLS DI E BY THE STEAM ER PILOT BOY must be presented for payment at onr office without delay. J. D. AIKEN & CO., jan23-mwf3 _Ko. 6 Central Wharf. jE?- DR, Wlf. O. E AVENEL HAS RE? MOVED his office 10 No. 96 BROAD STREET, sec ond door west ef Courthouse. jan23-mws3* ^-NOTICE.-ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE PALMETTO PIONEER CO-OPERATIVE AS? SOCIATION must be presented for payment on or before the 16A of February, 1871. The Corpora? tion has determined to closer thel r present business carried on at the corner or Meeting and Market streets, and no debts contracted by any person en their account from this date will be paid. J an 24_ /aerBATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE.-THIS SUPERB nAlK DYE ls the best in the world-per? fectly harmless, reliable and Instantaneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous tints or unpleas? ant odor. The genuine W. A. BATCHELORS HAIR ?TE propres IMMEDIATELY a splendid Black or Natural Brown. Docs not stain the SKID, OUT leaves the hair clean, soft and beautiful. The only Safe and Perfect Dye. Sold by all Drug? gists. Factory No. 16 Boi.d street, New York. Jan23-mwflyr WM. McKAY, AT NO. 140 MEET? ING STREET, will make advances on any and everything sent to him os consignment, j an 24 ^-CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.-C DNSIG NEES by British Bark VINCO, are hereby noti? fied that she lias been enured under the Five Day Act. All goods not permitted at the expiration of that period, will be sent to Customhouse Stores. jan24 RAVEN EL Jk OO. ZS- A MORNING VISIT.-MRS. GRA? HAM.-Kate, where is your mother, this morning? Kate.-Sh els In the kitchen making mince pies. Mrs. G.-Why, Kate, yon surprise mel Mrs. Crocker told me only a few'days ago that she was quite sick, and not able to be about. Kate.-Ob, yes; she has been quite sick; bat the day after Mrs. C. was here ma sent for a bottle of PLANTA? TION BITTERS, and ha,! taken it three times a day since. It worked like a charm, and ma says she ls better and stronger than she has been for yea s. She thinks it the best medicine lu thc world, and wants me to take some, hut lt ls so awful bitter 1 do not like lt. I have taken lt sev? eral times, but lt gives me such an appetite that I tell ma her mince pies will not last long. Mrs. G. -Good morning, Kate; give my love to your mother, and tell her she ls safe so long as she has PLANTATION BITTERS in the house. SEA ?U'033 FARINE, from pure Irish Moss, for Blanc Mange, Puddings, Custards, Creams, Ac, Ac. The cheapest, healthiest and most delicious food In thc world._Jan23-mwf3D&0 ?329-TIIE LESSONOF NATURE. -TOR? POR ls the characteristic of winter. Vegetation dies or rails into a state of trance. The whole aspect of Inanimate natures teaches us that there is a paralyzing influsncc In the air, and ought to teach as that our bodies require an lp crease ol vi? tal power to contend with it. Some of even the warm blooded animals bury themselves in the earth and remain In a state of partial stupefac? tion until the season is over, and the elixir of the spring sunshine stimulates their stagnant blood, and restores their vigor. But man although he feels the Influence of the season, can protect bim seir against Its Inclemency, ne has fuel to warm him externally, and can tone and strengthen his Internal organization and endow lt with the ex? tra amount or vitality which tbe circumstances require. Of all inv g?rants that have ever been recommended for this purpose, HOST KITER'S STOMACH BITTERS ls the purest and the best. Fortltlcd by the dully use of this wholesome vege? table tonic, the human system may defy ike chills ar-d damps or winter In any latitude, irs erreet ls to promote a brtek and regular circula? tion of the blood, and activity in all the secretive organs. Without ihe-lightest tendency to pro? duce fever, lt imparts a healthful glow to the sur luce, and stimula'es the exterior vessels to dis? charge, In the fi rm of gentle perspiration, the useless matter e lmlnated from the blood. Thus the system ls ke.u unclogged. Fever and ague, biliousness. Indigestion and colic, all of which are Hie common consequences of the searching damps and low emperature or winter, may be avoided (as well as cured) by a course of this genial tonic ' ami alterative._Jan2l-6pac ??" THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR those who drag their weary and disordered bod? ies into our company, when a few doses of AYE R'S SARSAPARILLA would cleanse their murky blood and restore their health and vigor. Ye muddy victims of billons disease, have some retard for your neighbors, ir not for yourselves. jan20-:mw5D?w TO THE CITIZENS OF CHA???&. TON.-The YOUNO AMERICA STEAM FIRE COM? PANY woola respectfully represent ?hat their pre-' sent financial condition compels them to make an appeal to your well-known Uberailty and pith Uc spirit. After five years' a? intermpted service oar appa? ratus, worn and injured by the faithful dnty per-, formed, bas been sent to the batidera for repairs. The pay from the city, having been greatly raV. duced, ls Inadeqaate to mee; oar carrent er penses and pay the debt incurred by the company for the necessary repairs now being made. The following gentlemen have been appointed to call on the citizens for donations : A. w. LEWTN,vioe-Prealdent,: p. FINN, j. MCDOUGAL, GEO. RE LYE J. ROSIS," * J. C. MAHER, JAS. QUINN, M. CAREY, M. KINO. " By order or the Company^ R. S. BRUNS, President. J. S. WESTE.SDOF.FF, Secretary. J? I cheerfully recommend the appeal of the above Company. M. H. ?ATEAN, Jaa23 Chief Fire Department. ?MT^SE GREAT MEDICAL WONDEBV DB. HASKELL'S ELECTRIC OIL kt Us all pain In" two minutes. Cancers, Boils, Tetter and 00 Sores, cured in 48 hoars by DB. HASKELL'S CAR? BOLIC CANCER SALVE. For sale at ratall by ? 0. W. ATM AR, COHEN'S MEL FOAL DB? DR. H. BAER, POT, A. O. B?BB?T, DB. O. 7. L?HN, ED. 8. BURNHAM, W. T. LITTLE A CO., ' M. H. COLLINS A 00., ALFRED RAOUL, M. D.y GRAMAN A SOB WAKE, Dm. W. A. BKRINE. E. H. KELLERS, UL D., And at wholesale by DO WIE, MOISE. A DAVIS, sole Agents for South Caromi a. novll-amosD?W c LEASING OUT SALE. "bp . FAT<L AJSfr> 'WISToisst' DRESS I?OQDS, AND BLACK CLOTH CLOAKS* A. K. STILLMAN'S DR Y'G 0 0 IS fl OG S fi', No. 3 8 1 KIMO B TBE K T, j FOURTH DOOR BELOW WSNTWOBTH STKBJT. PLAIN AND FIGURED DELAINES AND POP? LINS, 90 CENTS BLACK EMBROIDERED POPLINS, 25 CENTS S BRIGHT DOUBLE FOLD PLAIDS, ? CENTS . SATIN. MOHAIR AND REP POPLINS, M GENTS CORSETS, ALL SIZES, 50 CENTS. BLACK CLOTH CLOAKS; . Will be sold regardless of COST. A FRESH LOT OP LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEF.", AT 6* . CENTS EACH " ' DOMESTIC, FLANNELS, LINEN GOODS, Ac, ALL CHEAP FOR CASH, AT A. R. STILLMAN'S, jaB?-l ._No. 281 KING STREET. " IMPORTANx' "NEWS! TELEGRAM TO Fl MOTT, BENEDICT MO., Nos. ?44 and 437 ICING STREET, . CHARLESTON, B. C. PARIS, January 21st, 187L Sell off without regard of cost. Peat? will be concluded. GENERAL TUMBLE. ANSWERS Shall act accordingly at once. The following articles will convince yon of lt : S cases of 4-4 FINE LONGCLOTH, only IOC, formerly 12>?c 4 cases of 4-4 Fine Longcloth, only &xc, former? ly 10c . 10 cases or 4-4 Fine Longcloth, only 12 x to 20c, formerly 15 to 26c 3 capes 10 4 Fine sheeting, only 37)?c, formerly SOC 2 cases 104 Brown Sheeting, onlatfXc former? ly soc 2 cases 10-4 P How-case Sheeting, only i7#c, formerly 20c. 500 dozen. All- Linen, Hock Towels, $1 per dozen, worth $1 25 500 dozen, AU-Linen, Damask Towels, $125 and $4, worth $1 eo and $5 50 loo pieces 22 Inoh Diaper, $130% worth ?il 60. A large and well selected stock of TABLE DAM? ASKS, Crashes, Napkins and Doylies, at corres pondlngiy low prices._ J1TJRCHGOTT, BENEDICT ? CO. DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. 1 case of New Style "HENRIETTA" PLAID, only 37KC, worth 50c 1 case of Piala Color Mohair Poplins, 20c per yard, worth 30o 100 piece? Black Alpacas, 15 per cent, lower than formerly 20 pieces B>ack Silk?, from $1 60 to $4 lease Irish Sine . Poplins, $1 per yard, worth $1 50 60 China Stile Dress Patterns, all shades and colors, at $12, worth $15._ "T71URCH?OTT, BENEDICT & CO., NOB. 244 and 437 KING STREET. Fine 0-4 WATERPROOFS $1, worth $1 50 All-WOOl CASSIMERKS, 75c to $1 Jeans, all colors, from 16Jic Large variety or Black Cloths, Doeskins and Beavers, at a great sa rlflce._ JJOSIERY, NOTIONS, RIBBON AND GLOVE DEPARTMENT. All in want of the above articles wlii find lt to thelrowu advantage to examine them. They aro or our own importation; quality guaranteed, and can be round lower than anywhere else. To gam room for Matting, we are selling off our ran and complete stock of CARPETS, on ciotm, Rugs, Druggets, to suit every one in want ott* them. FiRfflGOn^ElflM&CO., 00212 NO, SM AUB 487 KINO STRUT.