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^?gfetLUE XL-NUMBER 16?2. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. ffy&k TAI^0|3LQC I ?^GBIX JDISCZOSITRE BT G ? Another Trae Story of the 3 ? I Colonel White-C. C. Bowen . fe .. ?he Cools-A tfacltey-avellls I tive-Great Commotion a rx I \ Pol'tlclang. J From the^moment that Mr. C. cJ WL.peared in the Reconstruction Convenn ^Kgate from Charleston, 'and -was s HJ-graph?c style In the columns of the < Hf that Interesting individual has conti H tract to himself a considerable share ol H tent?on. To begin with, i: was said 1 B dismissed the Confederate service for d H pay more frequently than the arm j : ? ajlowed.' Then, again, unkind rumor B he was unpleasantly Implicated in the c< B murder of Colonel White, In 1864, (ti B stances of which form the basis of. t H article,) and fer alleged complicity tn B^ Vuslness the pei sec ut ed Bowen was an B mgit have'oame to grief but for tb ^f_^paeaval" Im^frfieSx./wliteh; brought_ Wm- many a joyous heart und an anexpec: BB to many a trembling crimina!. A little |BT< J- Mackey, hi msc if a Radica? politic Hfted a catalogue or charges against th Bate Bowen. Slr. Mackey said that E Bpo'.en raro checks; had misappropriated mm the Union League; that he was a big Hicendiary, a robber of dry goods, amJ Nevertheless Mr. Bowen was elected BKes-s, and, at the time or the ?SP 1S70' lhe circumstances made ic in IB?) array against him the "grand, gie U^ctfiar'1 facts connected wdth this pers Bry. There has been, howwer, an undi BL excitement in the Wifmunlty. ^feen^'.aened by revelations in connect Br manipulatory proc^jgej^or Cong ^^Hctions. which, as a patt or the history ^Ballot Box" In America, are prlntln, ^Holumns of THE NEWS. Yesterday th ^Baent reached its heighth when the re nfconi Line street to the Battery, and wa3 BP^1 from courthouse to curb stcne, B" bloody viilai?" who murdered Colonel w |B ma'ie a cleaaLraastllRlild crtmo, anri-'pr B^ noose big enough to encircle his own n B. tba tor the tender-hearted Co wen. ' Hj Tile sblqaltocs reporter of THE NEWS B, hastened to the centres of criminal inter B learned that oner Eli J. Grimes (not thoora M Grime "wita bmws down behlnd'^Ha Bflh affidavit before Trial Justice Caul?eJd, B'-sing tiier murder of Colonel White, Ind m was ins Uga: ed thereto by Mr. C. C. we H ceding to the T. J. c., our reporter vns.li I that .Sheriff Mackey was in possessio o? ^^apers. Knocking at his official occippt fi Jpourreporterwasreferod to Jfc Thbrhu I son. Mackey (as a dlsmte^fltjd pers I further Information, and thaU mlid-mi ? mali, being properly interv.e^fr*,, fnrnis I substratum of the curious narrai ve, v B given below- s?^-** B "' THE PRELTOE TO TUE DHAKA. B ' lt appears that on Saturday last, G B Scott, on the application of Mr. Stephen M I White, of Savannah, issued a requisition B Governor of Georgia for the person of on I Grimes, charged with being the muMerei B one-1 Wm. Parker White, of tho Twenty-flr H tallon of Georgia Cavalry, then encamped fl Waccamaw, opposite Georgetown, in th i B H10 murder took, place or the night of th ? March, 1864. It may be here remarked tl K S. MCA. Whites thejio^r the murdered Bj i 711E rUKSUlf-VN D ARREST. Bj Armed with t?jgjpaper, Office.- s. J. Cc |B tne State constabulary, started at once t ^? mission, and, after visiting several points I Btsia' succeeded In tracing Grimes to S BBcoagty, Ga., where the arrest-was mail BPprisoner was in a boase with five or six ?B though for what purpose they were gatliei E^B not state I, and on being inforrned.by the c B the object of his arrest, promjpiy iiurr< himself, not even demanding ipsee?he w ?V As proof ot the extraordinary?onflgetit2 B in him by Officer Crates, the prliwflor was n ^fl restrained by handcuffs, but madAls Jos |B a genteel, peaceable and voluatary^nannei Hfcwere accompanied rrom Georgia~by Mr. I^Bmore, airl-nd of the prisoner. J ARRIVAL IS CHARLESTON. HS The parry arrived in Charleston on* T B evening by the Savannah and Cbarlesto BB road, and yesterday morning Grimes was ^9 before Trial Justice Caulfleld, and made confession of all the circumstances attend! |D? CONFESSION OP THE PK ISON EH. B He states that his name was Eli G. Grimi Wa be waa boraap?raised In Lte County, a B but at pws^nt was a resident of McDuffle C I Georgia. That he was present at the ki Bl Colonel Wm. Parter White, on the night of Bf or March, 18.64, nearOeongitfan. s, c., EM so by Captain Christopher C. Boweu^T. I was ll rat approached by said Bowen lutt? ? part of February, 1864, and told to kill Colo Ba4ihe_2rst opportunity, That Bowen tuei S A TURKEY ?iJf.lf;'^*" |BBa P'ace icom which turkeys are shot,) o fl^Boad which the Colonel wfs in the habit of fl^ftlng on his visits to certain lady friend; Branded prisoner a rifle, wlYioh he (Bowel Moa clea. .^Iha: prisoner a^fi/gt rejected .th Boslticu^,'"but subsequently rearing that I BiWi^ him, (Grimes,) he did enter the ^^B&owev$vCtl ioT his vlctitu- That substqu SH au! broke*x?ner removed the lock rrom rh WS the latter w^?sluspringt Informing Bowe. H the rm> Ti.ar ?^Ktr.^'^ Vhe act qr co Kr-,euSa^^0f'Tt was da, |H'lmrTo? the road ie^Zf, ^ bu:)f :1 se ?Boat ?anding and? 8 ?m tb<3~ C3n,P ??.used to km colonel l^L m*?Det a' ?(.'?iMfoo, aaa T 1 <m 6?'?. ' mar, atr?T????e, fonT B^^t???y?^ ?h?shln?t?6hoot him eil?TI*here ei?e' bu? n W?e s'de of the 'hoaseVan77 PfiS??er T ?that fn wfl-cfi he be ievi Z ^ 'fc* <T ??hg; that the . ?C^S? be * Blegeorcolonel wm e . Whils . ack one of * Band infficted a wound o7whlcH BtT*Chea ont ? fays; that prisoner, b* ? into a ditch, una passed ! L, D' ?re,r 1 Ue eau .?jh? and the ueTmoT nSCrab;e ^ 00^?y I That Cotoaei^D?D MAN'3 Onsto^ I "^mgtmmSSBgSS? ****** I B0nel *6?* ?Poke to mSffPCtiae- TJlat Co'- J I ?Peak to .a ^ ^**frT ? toner would i Daring the coasenu^ce,' ?rte0ner' afterwards while taey were ?S?r^*? ftom that time has SJ * t0 ^?estoa, and He^has sutrered c??2 IA ??SI*T?? suit or the crime S&?f '^H'&Wfr' , gently, S'005- 'n^?^subse. ? < J. '" . ' - ~ UM**)*. ^stances to Mr. Lumpkin, Mr. Joba L. Larrlmore and several other respectable citizens of Georgia. That he ls nowtwenty-fonr years of age and was seventeen at the time of the murder. That he would have given himself np long ago, and in? formed the relatives of Col?nel White, that as soon as Bowen was arrested, he would appear against him In evidence, but did not dare do so while Bowen was at largevirom fear that Bowen would kill him. THE CONFESSION CORROBORATED. Mr. W. P. Larrimore, who was present at the above confession, corroborated, the foregoing statement In an ai?davi'-fty himself, and gave Grimes a high character. He oi'jred to gp on his bojidind obtain ball for bim tojiny amount. ? (lt*was 'also remarked that ti; gan was after warda fourni ia th? ditch, whare tt\e prisoner de? clared' it to have been thrown, and the bullet hole was discovered In thesreatherboardlng at the point described In the cowesslon. Bowen was in Charleston at thc time the |nurder was commit? ted. The prisoner states that Captain William Law, or Savannah, Captain Russo'.!, and Lieu'.en? an t W. Platte, or Angosta, were present when he made the confession to Colonel White, the morn lngafter the fatal shot waa fired} <^It maj'be parin as - A COU.vTER-STATBMENT to the foregoing that wehave been Informed that at the time of the Investigation, In 1SC1, by the military court, bf the facts connected with the murder, this same EU Grimes made an affidavit that Bowen did not Instigate him to commit the murder, and had nothing at au to do with it. THE COMMITTAL operas PRISONER. Grimes was Committed tb jail by Trial Justice Caulfield. It ls understood that he will be kept in strict seclusion, and that no person whatever will te permitted to interview him. ^LiolWiltJi UAL Ale ASSOCIATION.-The re port'of this association for the month or January shows thie receipts to have been $136 72, and the expenditures $S5 50-leaving a balance or $5122 on band." The association would call attention to the salesroom at the Depository, N'o. IT Chalmers street, which ls now wen provided with genUe men's, ladles' and children's clothing, a: the most mo ler?' e prices. Orders tor all kinds of needle and rancy-worlt'wiil be promptly executed. A good assortment of .preserves ls kept constant? ly on hand. \_ THE BALLOT-BOX..-After aa interim of two days In the publication of our nport or the trial now pending m the United states Courtk bet?re JnOR? Prjao, TSAgam Bud a. r-Uce for tb? curi? ous story or the ad ven tures or the ballot-box la the recentgener.il election. These articles have ^excited general icterest, because, under oath, the inv most Identified with the success of. Republl caul; m in South Carolina have testified to Irregu? larities, yea, to political abominations that may well make every lover of his country stand aghast " The trial is still In progress, and the defence are occupied in establishing their case. Tula is the 'fourteenth day, %nd three more will probably be occupied before the. trial will be concluded. Judge Bryan, m administering the duties of hts Joffloe nnfe~ rtha--s'offl?what vexations ? circom st aace? Which ?dst ajeeswsr ily attend a poll t ipa; eontest of this character, has exhibited .patience, (forbearance and d^altled courte-y to a degree Ithat deserves the warmis: praise. Tire GERMAN FIRE COMPANY.-The thlrty fchlrd anniversary meeting or this compeny f&& peld yesterday afternoon, at the engine-uoos?la ^balmers stree'. ATcr the'usnal business had f&en dispatched, at flve'o-'elook an election -for jfflcers was held, and the ?ollowiug gentk-men. If ere chosen to. serve ror the ensuing year : Ccr ijard Rlecke, president," Pto?J. H. Atbera, declined; Braning, first vice-president; H. Wolken, sec. ""vice-president, vife U. H. Ton Eitzen, de? ed; M. Be'itz-r, secretary .^-?cc O. Riecks, pro ted; Wm. Br?nges. treasurer; G. Marjenhoff, t director; G. II. Schr?ge, second director; J. ar:enhoff, third director; L. 'Sonwabe, fourth di ctor; EL II. Sturckeu, fifth director; H. F. Haes |? H. F. BittersoUn, i. D. Graver, J. H. Neigh ' r, axmen. After the election thc hall waa ired, and in a'short time the fairer portion of eton came thronging In. A* fine bond or c was speedily putin reqal-itlQU',and amid rascinatl?g varittyor waltzand quadrilhKhe ant red-coats were so m oblivious of thc storm jraln without. u 8 J y a M s s o. x i ? xs. TALTADLE FERTILIZER.-The attention of itton planters is Invited to the "Cotton Food' ' iftctured In Baltimore by the Maryland Fer id Manuracturlng Company. The article \ been held in high favor by practical nd well deserves the high reputation it hushed Tor Itself at the South during the ison. -Messrs. J. R. PrUigle * Son are the for the fertilizer In tills city. A-knsTiCAL FACT.-If all the bedbugs, ?ats, c^ and coaches that have been slain by Isa? ?2E "Sore Pop'' were laid ont ia single file, 1 folcuiated that the line would be.twlce as long tfei Atlantic Cable. Sold by au drogglsts. 8w? Goons.-Messrs. Furchgott, Bene? dict io. announce an unusually fine opening ol Bprinjgoda, of their own Importation. Ladiei admirable stock from which tb make d graceful selections for the toilette. ss. R. M. MARSHALL A PRO. will sell liming at auction, the desirable residence, I Pit: street. See their auction advertise ON'SEDISTO OTSTHRS are considered the ysjers' in the world. Try thom and be satis i.tc!?' Broiled, stewed, roast?'., or in the shell. rrebi-1* ? ' . '; M j SEA KLA^D BAGGISG will be sold 'to-day ai * Luctlon by J. A. Ehabjw & Co.: See. advertise id nenr. ie -? " e, RED ASH COAL, $8 75, delivered*, by J. A n Euslow ic Co. Sec advertisement. e -? ? ' BE convinced of the merits of a most vam voie medicine, by trying the Old Carolina Bitters 10 f PHOTOGRAPH ALpOMS CHEAPER THAN EVE* Jj In Velyet aud Leather bindings, " cents; ?4 ,, price 90 cea ts. In Yely>*nd Kathe:- bind**' , s5.c*ts;old pr^iTrrt velvet and i^;"er ibiriding?, $i^y^ric-" ?1 r* VFt?t?tf* L<? e kh-Siu?^^*1 *w? 0I<? Prtee *i ?O. r.'t-s t ?""JI'HASKl.sr. BAZAAH, A:>Di?o l?yKiMG 6T? ( y-?- - , 'ALL sufferers from Miasma^?, complaints, C Dyspepsia and Debility, Hud teiief .?>d?are in the : (use of-the Old Carolina Bitte?. PAPER HOLLS J PAPER BOILS. .USdld at.3, 6, fr an0"i2 cents each; former prices, s, io, 16 and 120 cerit? ^ v* " . ' Ko. isl lii.NQ ST., A .VD? Ll A & EI. ST. BAZAAR'. SMALL. CHROMOS ! ;3MALL .CHROMOS Chro 'mos in Walnut Frames'at ?cents each; formerly i ,soid at $1 5o. _JSo. isl Riso 'STREET. . Tjr> CXT?E Dyspepsia, us? ' the Old Carolina Bitters, A remedy y Southern origin, composed qr Southerp hetbs of rare efflcacv. Test lt; it can. not 'all. . ATTENTION, TOURISTS.-Stereoscopic views jOX Charlestonaud'viclnrty, at So. 161 King stre?t, ^'orat the Hasel ?treet Bazaar. novia BrsTTc GOODS ! "Rustic GOODS !-A reduction jot twenty per cent, on Side and Corner Bracket*, flijook Racks, ?c., at our stores. J CHAS. C. RIGHTER ? CO., . Ha?el street Bazaar, and No. lei King"street. AT ?OST ! AT COST l-Large size Chromos. * HASEL STRBET BAZAAT? . " ' ** - * 5 "* : " ? FUSS MB FEATHERS. JAW ABOUT BOTS IN BLUE. Whipper's Last Exploit-Thc Forma? tion of Alktn County. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THU KETTS.] ? COLOMBIA, February 8. A hot debate occurred In the Senate to-day on the passage of a concurrent resolution to call oil the Federal Government for protection against domestic violence, it finally passed by a vote of 15 to 8-Leslie and Rose, (Reps.) "voting with the Reformers In thc negative. Whipper, in the House, introduced bills to provide for the support of the widows and orphans of Dill, Martin and Perrin, and to grant them a pension of Ave hundred dollars annually, to be paid from a special tax to be ?levied In counties where they were killed, and ; to appropriate two thousand dollars for monu? ments for Randolph and Perrin. The Boase passed a bill establishing liken County, and a bill compelling county treasu? rers to collect toe poll tax at the polls. WOBK OE TBE LEGISLATURE. j That Lund Scrip-Joe Crews an Noll" cst ."Man-Kim pt on to. the Fore. [FROM otra owx CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, February 7. HOUSE. The chief topic In the House to-day wai the1 schooljbill. The debate thereon waslengthy", complicated and uneatistactory. Various new amendments were offered, and the chlei bone of contention seemed tb be. the powers vested in trustees; Hurley thought that the regula? tion of teachers* fees should bo left with trus? tees, while several other members thought lt should not. Crittenden opposed the school terms ?aid down lu the bili. He held that in the country the school season should com? mence when the crops were laid by, other wise poor children, both white and colored, could not attend. Speaker* Moses, In view of the Importance of the bill, permitted a larger latitude to the discussion than he would have consented to In malters ol' minor importance. The bill was finally recommitted, and when it next appears it will be probably lu a more ac? ceptable shape. THE LAND COMMISSION. - y Attorney-general Chamberlain submitted the following communicatlou, which was. ra? ce i ved as inlormatlcn: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNET-GENEKAI* / \ COLUMBIA, S. C., February c, 1671. j Bon. F, J. Mosts, Sr., Speaker House of ' Representatives: DEAR Sin-I have the honor to say. ja re? ply to the re so la tion of the House ol Repre? sentatives ol the 31st ult, requesting me to in? form your honorable body, what legal, seeps are necessary to obtain a mil and completfere .port of the transactions ot' Che land commis? sion', that, in my opinion, the most speedy, and effective means lo accomplish this purpose would be the appointment of a Joint cornmit tee of the two houses of the General Assembla with power to send for persons and papers. Very respectfuHy. Your obedient servant, D. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Attorney-Genei^I The fallowing resolution, offered by Jami? son, was laid on the table: Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring,- That the special com? mittee appointed to Investigate the transac tiona of the land commissioner be Instructed to report on Monday next, at 2 V. M. ' * CHARLESTON COUNT! COMMISSION. The commit tee appointed to investigate the transactions ol' the county commissioners ol Charleston County, consists of Messrs. Hayne aud Leslie,.on the part-of the Senate; and Messrs. Boseaion; Singleton, Yocum, Ster? land and hivers, on the part of the House. TUE CONSTABULARY*. The House struck out the enacting clause ol' the Senate bill to abolish the- act creating the State constabulary, and sent word thereof to the 8eD?te. REPORTS. . f j The committee on railroads recommended the passage of : A bill to Incorporate the Tngaloo and Chat? tanooga Railroad, of South Cirolina; t>blll to regidate passenger fares on railroads; a bill to charter the Yemassee and Millen Railroad, In South Carolina; a bill to amend an act entitled '.An act to amend the charter ol the King's Mountain Railroad Company; a bill to incor? porate the CooSawhatchle Railroad Company; a bill to Incorporate the Columbia, Walterborb and Yemassee Railroad Company; a bill to. In? corporate the Columbia Horse Railroad Com? pany. MORE RAILROAD BILLS. Two more bills for the Incorporation o? rall' load companies were Introduced to-day. jThe first ls the Northweatern Railroad Company, whose road will run from Aiken, South Caro? lina, to Charlotte, North Carolina. The second will be named the Cheraw, Lancaster, Uni?n and Greenville Railroad, and wt* extend Irom Cheraw to Greenville, In the- dlreotion of the counties mentioned. i i SENATK-WHAT BBCAME OF THE LANI? 'SCRIP. The Senate -received a message from the Governor, in answer to a resolution adopted by that body oh December 22, 1870, requiring i him to Inform them what disposition had bren. made of the,donallonaof lands to the Stat* of i South Carolina, for the endowments ot agrUul ? tural colleges, from the Federal Government. He replies that the correspondence iipor the subject had been conducted by the Bon. .V-L. . Cardozo, Attorney-General Chamherlali and himself, who were empowered by the Legisla? ture to receive, sell or assign thu wiora or any part of the land scrip, comprisiru eleven hundred and twenty-five pieces, coustetiajj of one hundred and eighty thousand acres.- That t the same were duly received.- tr ora, the . United . States Geve'inaent and . transferred to thc i financial asentf by whom tbev wtre sold and the precis Invested in South Carolina State eli p>r<*Q? stock; The. prices are nrftfknown, .. but wi be. communicated when /epprted by . tt^inancial agect. * ' . fr/ THE CHARLESTON FREfe SCHOOLS. . j A petition lrom the guabinas ot the free nacinolstof Charleston wa?received lu the Sen I a(e, praying that the li\w le so amended as tu Iffrve the board power to levy a tax to make up .T any deficiency that may arise - from the State appropriation, the annual'tcost ($40.000) being more than their apportionment; ulso, td give .t?ie board power to electitsown ohairmanand superintendent, and to allow ide latter to seleet text books. THE $17,500 MYSTERY. The consideration of the report of the special committee to investigate the moneyed trans? actions of the committee appointed'to investi? gate the electoral affairs .of Hie Third Congres? sional District came- up under the head of special orders. Whiitemore. moved-to post? pone till to-morrow. Leslie said the report was not complete-Joe Crews had not been sworn-he knows more about it thau anybody else, and he (Leslie) believed the' committee" did not want . to see Crews. Nash said that the committee had -summoned hid* in writing and he disregarded it Leslie thought this was merely an excuse, and insisted that '.Joe'must be found, "alive or dead."' He, in conclusion, moved that Hie report, be re? committed with Instructions to compel Crew's to testify. At lost accounts the sefgeant-at arms was in quest ol' the refractory individual; REPORTS. : The committee on the judiciary recommend? ed thai the bili to authorize the county com? missioners to assume and pay obligations con? tracted under tue late township act do not pass. The Senate rejected the same. The committee on Incorporation reported favorably upon tho bill to incorporate the Savings, Building and Loan Association of South Carolina, an . the bill LO amend an act to Incorporate Hie Enterprise Railroad Com? pany of Charleston, approved Mareil 1st, 1870. The committee on finance recommended that the bili to amend "An act to provide for the conversion" of State seourities," and a "Joint resolution directing part of a certain tax to be devoted to the erection of a ceirrt house and Jail in Manning," do pass. The re? ports were made the special order fdr to-mor? row. . i ACTS RATIFIED. An act to renew and extend an act. to pro? vide a mode by which to perpetuate testimony in relation to deeds, wills, choses In action add other pipers destroyed or lost during the recent war. AD act to relinquish all the righi:, title and interest of the State of South Caro? lina In and to certain real estate of one Napo? leon B. Pouncy, of Horry. An act to incorpo? rate the Logan Fuslleers, of - the Parish ol St.% Thomas and St. Denis, Charleston County. 'An act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish a State orphan asylum. BILLS ISTROOUCED. Mr. Whittemore introduced a bill to Incorpo? rate the Patton University. The corporators are Wilson Cook. IX T. Corbin, B. P. Whitte? more and W. B. Nash, j Also, a bill to enlarge and define the powers of the Charleston City board oT school commissioners. The bill gives ?j thc commissioners the power to levy a special I tax of thirty per cent, of the general tax on all ' the taxable property lor school purposes. ,Mr. Greene gave notice ol a bill tu incorpo- j rate the Union Gold Mine Company.. j CONFIRMATIONS. . I The iollowing trial justice appointments,^ .made by the Governor, were confirmed: York? i County-Messrs. M. O'Connell, Port Mills; R. j L. Simmons, Mount Carmel; li. L. Crook'. Hock a Hill; W.-W. Gaffney, Cherokee Ford; W. B,!! Williams, Torkvllle; J. C. Bride, Rock Hill; H. J ?h Blair, Blalrsvllle. BarnwellCountv-John" Cone, Buiord's Bridge G. E. Miller, Millers^ ville. i? ARRIVALS. . j Klmpton was looked for last Friday or Sat>?? urday by tue'.finaacial bodies here. In his, stead came^Bls Tight-bower, Judge Porter,: whelsnowt?r?rlhg here, and win. probably show his hand ?hortly.. L. E. Johnson, United States marshal, 1st also m the citv, in attendance on the United i States Circuit, Court. He is confident of hold-. ing bis position, the various rumors to the-, contrary notwithstanding. EXTEND IX G THE ARMISTICE. ; Q,ueen Victoria'? Speech-A Peaceful. Solution of tile Kusteru Question-In? side Pai l?-Longing for Peace. NEW YORK, February 8. The World's London special sends a synop? sis o? the Queen's speech before Parliament; to-day. She congratulates Parliament upon peaceful relations, and the prospect of a satis? factory settlement of American questions. She bcUevea the Conference will result satis-' factorHy to the Signatories, hopes Che armistice will result in peace, and ls anxious to render friendly offices to that end. LONDON, February 8. The Euxine Conference met yesterday pur? suant to adjouanment. Assurances were given of a peaceful solution of the Eastern question.. ?A Turkish army of observation ls watching .the disturbances In Boumanla. The Telegraph has .an account ol the pro? ceedings Inside Paris to the 3d. Deleschurze, at a meeting', declared that the government was composed of twelve bandits who sold Paris. Disarming proceeds slowly, and will not be completed before the close of the armis? tice. The walls of Paris are placarded thus: "A 'bash's Democrats." The ultra-Radicals repudi? ate Victor Hugo, Louis Blanc and Kollin, and favor Pyatt, Deleschurze and Tcmalcli. German I officials In France have been ordered to ab I stain from a rigorous censorship over the i press during thc elections, Many suspended Journals have resumed publication. Theboin ! i*"???mnt nt* nellort continues. A decree wa3 published at Bordeaux, on the 6th, appointing KmtRim,! i , j, m?u>- -rf wt Interior. Fifty railway wagons entered Paris, on the 3d} with the Inscription, "London gifts-to Paris." The road via Dieppe ls open. Pariste quiet, butth?rerls gr?at Buffering. Theelcc tionh will probably result m the return of petce candldfttee. in insurrection In Algeria Is reported. LONDON, February. 7. . Tie Post publishes a Calais dispatch o? the Cih, saying that the Prussians show a de ter? ni ira C. on to retard the revlctiialling of Paris. Nim provision trains have been detained by UH Prussians at Amiens, though the line 1B eitlrely clear. The Post says the British war ance and admiralty are actively assisting el ftrts to re vi ct; ial Paris, and a largo number of frltlsh transporta will sail In a few days with provisions. The Telegraph has the following fr ra the inside of Paris, the 3d Instant: Al? li'..ugh the elections occur on Wednesday . nert, up to the present lime everything ls in ' coiualon, with every tendency to reject mem bet of the National - Defence. . Meetings j bel in various halls are becoming more i demonstrative. Some speakers demand the 1 arest'and trial of those who surrendered Pris. The Liberal Republican conrmlUee de? cked the government of the 4th of Septem? ber should be arraigned by'the National As? sembly to account for their conduet In defend hg.Paris, and give reasons lor agreeing to he armistice. The committee also declares .hat no treaty ratifying the cession of Alsace and Lorraine should be signed. Paris should continue her defence and refuse to capitulate. At a meeting In Salle de la Reine Blanche one orator declared that France -demanded a Robespiere, and the guillotine alone could save the country. This statement was re? ceived with enthusiasm by the audience. Dep? uties who favor a continuation ol the war are loudly applauded at ail meetings. Trcchu has declined a.candidacy. NLG BX DISPATCHES. An Extension of thc Arm Ut Ice-A Long? ing for- Peace-I inpossibility - of Ar? ranging Terms Before Concluding Ar? mistice. * - LONDON, February 8. The commissioner of delence from Norman? dy has resigned. General Vander Tann's army occupies the most of Burgundy. General Pel 'liseer evacuated Loins Lesaunler on the 5tb. FLORENCE, February 7. The government insists upon the satisfac? tion ot just demanda from Tunis and guaran-, tees for the future. LONDON, FebrnarsJL Odo Russell has been Instructed to sustain the French demand for an extension of the armistice. An extensi?n ls expected.' " The Times, in an editorial on the situation, says that information received from Purl?In? dicates a longing for peace. The News Jsays the Parisians will vote to-day in entire de-' pendence upon t?ie go?d ?a?h oCGennany. It. is impossible to complete the"terms of peace between the assembling nf -the-assembly and. the expiration of the armistice, when fighting may be resumed. It is said (continues the News) that in that event the Geriban power to overrun France will bc most formidable. TUE E.VD OF A FREE FIGHT.-Joseph, Jerry* and Jane Cohen, and Washington Grant, ware brought beror? Trial Justice McKinlay, yesterday afternoon, and tried for the stabbing.aajl Ugbrtng I fracas, which occurred about a weak aga aft the comer of Line aud 8eara streets.' The whole batch wei e found guilty, and tho men sentenced to pay a Hue of sfi ami costs or go to J%u for ten days, while Jane was let oiT with a One or 12 and costB or Aye days In jail. ' , \" .'* " '" . . . '.' . . : -w r CORN AND CAPITAL THE SOUTH AND SEE WANTS. How Planting Slay Profit Both Hf aster and Alan. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. Iii a previous article I submitted the pro . position that the pressing want of the South ! was capital, aud not labor. It will not be de? fied that, outside o? the staple production of .the South, her present industries are not suf? fer! ng for want of employees. Tue mercan? tile and professional pursuits very surely have -no complaints in this respect. We hear ur .gent appeals made in the furtherance of manu .raetures. If there was any positive deficiency of labor here,' to be employed In these facto? ries, this would be a grave difficulty in their iestablishment. ' Tho, fact ls that the erec . Hon of factories throughout the South, in ? our present condition,' would -be an act of positivo charity to a large class of indigent whites1,' mw without erich . employment as ' their former method of Alie renders practicable. Une mechanical ; class are complaining of want of employment. 'So that the broad fields of agriculture seem to be the'only fruitful source of complaint. 'Tnis, in the face of 3,600,000 bales made in "the fhtfi year of the most "devastating war ?now?lo civilization. We say this not unad? visedly. For, with every dollar of bank capl jtal destroyed; railroads worn out or torn up; .river transportation In a great measure dissl pitod;$3;000,ooo,OQQ of mortgageable or sale > able slave property wiped out; the whole organi? sation of industry disrupted by drum-head re . organization, or a. "John Brown's spirit, march? ing on;" the value bf real estate suck from 60 *to 95 per cent; political reform-revolutionary, radical, rapacious, ignorant-crowning the fearful aspect of affairs, it is a wonder that one 'tone standeth on another. That we are vouchsafed this much, we owe to no mau or man-maker, but to God, to the habitude of accustomed liberty, to the wide wilderness of territory we occupy, and to the physical hindrances afforded thereby, to the scrutiny and persecution of venal and malignant tyranny. The boundless forests waive still their ban? ners of freedom (leap lt? martial Law, and chant their requiem over the graves of the fallen breve and the homes of the fallen free. The South ls free despite the ukase from Washington, the "orders" of satraps, the dogged sullenness of the "truly loll" harpies. Nature stands out against the ''nation" in all Its folly and might. Society proclaims ils sovereignty jure divino, and a de facto government, independent of legisla? tive hails, governs without sheriff.or Jail, pro? cess or pr*tor. In the condition through which we have travailed, that there "ls life In the old land yet," that she "lives and moves, and has her being," under God, discovers a vitality born of wide resources and a social grouping of civilized anti hardy manhood, which dares to be free so long as the sun shines and the ri vers run. That the South has thus struggled up to com? parative power 1B plain. When we behold her mighty railroads urging their way far and near over the face ol the country, tire fact 1B stri? kingly and irresistibly suggestive ol'what-the labor present in the South can effect, when utilized. . j . Every dollar that could be borrowed has : been sf rained to recuperation In this regard, anti, in ?ll the ?OWTI?' appliances of commerce. Agriculture, however, with ber 8300,000,000 or exports, mends no county roads, builds no fences, malees no larm improvements. She .struggles Irom baud to mouth, .from year to year,"trembling before every financial crisis. It Is only necessary .to go through thc fields und homes ol' the South to admit this shiftless hopelessness brooding over the country. Now, there ls a Btrange Incongruity here, the cause of which should he sought. Planters tn their distress see their crops swept away by the s wit t and costly Unes of transportation and no return made. The merchant, the raliway, the drayman, the storehouse, the wharf, the steamer, all must be paid; but the planter, bearing.them all on- lils mighty shoulders, groans in his agony and grapples again ano again with his cruel fate, his grotesque mas? tery. No less Is thia the case with the laborer, In the long run, than the employer. It ls im? possible to have an unsuccessful employer and a well paid and well housed laborer. The la? bor, inefficient and indifferent, may be costly even at low wageO It ls a comparison be? tween the pay afnrthe performance which rhakea labor ?Sear or cheap. Even when the planter complains of bis labor and the losses accrulngirom the .cost of production, lt does not appear that the laborer Is paid too much. It may be that be ls half paid, and hall-hear ?ed, and passes into a condition of indolent sell-dependence and vagabondage, which makes bim unwilling for work, and only a fourth ot a man In productive efficiency, whilst he must incur the expense of a whole man's food and raiment. Whatever this ex? pense must be, the employers must bear lt io some way or forego the labor. Let us illus? trate. Here are ten farms with available lands for a hundred hands. With efficient, willing, well fed, well clothed, well paid, first class labor, ready and willing to work, day In and day out, with appointed days of recreation and, merriment, with well appointed homes and ample comforts surrounding them, these laborers could cultivate from 1000 to 1600 acres of cotton, with ample pro? vision crops, manufacture the greater part of their clothing ol the most substantial and suitable kind, besides raising the utmost abundance of flesh, vegetables and fruits. Time and again this has been done in the South, on small as weil as large farms,, when well'conducted. All spare time was put to use; when the laborers worked they worked; when they played they played. Potent, profit? able earnestness stirred the blood of employer and laborer, and master and man, alike, felt the glow of industry, the gladness of success. Nature responded to every manly effort, and stretched wide her profuse bosom to her honest sons, to succor their wants and sweeten their labors with a thousand charming rewards, glittering from the dew-dipped floweret* to the bending fields of grain, Now, institute-euch industry as this, accom [illsh?ng 2500. acres of well-cultivated land, sl? owing each able-bodied laborer $1 per day, clothing and food to laborer and faintly being furnished from the farm at low rates. ? All the food, consisting of bacon, beef, syrup, wheat or rice (vegetables and fruits free) and pota? toes, could he raised on the plantation. This for a man, his wile and family, supposing them to consist in all of five, would amount to $25 per month; the clothing, made on the farm, of various domestic material, would amount to 100 yards to family, which at 36 cents average, would be $36, or $3 per month. Bent of .house, well appointed, with garden, $3 per month. All these items would amount to $31 In 26 working days of the month, and the pay of mau and wife to $52* .which would leave a cash balance la.their fa? vor el $21, or $10'. apiece. Now, with,ample provision crops for stock, ftc-., and family use, we are prepared to use the cotton-crop for pur cltese ol' comparative luxuries, making farm improvements, and developlngjhe system of plant DK to.its most profitable conduct. Now, let each farm plant, besides its other.Indus? tries, 120 acres cotton, cultivated In the most improved manner. The payment of hands calls for $1320; the deduction of $120 for lo-t time and sickness leaves $1200. * NOT, t h in 120 acres? at 250 pounds per acre,yield ns 60 bales, ot'.?OO 10s., widen, at 15c, gives $4500, leaving a margin of $3200 for other expenses and family use. ' By expending $1200 more of this towards other employees, repair*, &c, we have-Bill! left $2000. With half this crop lu bad seasons, we have 30 bales at 25 cents, $3750, and a mar? gin ol'$1350. At 20 cents, we have.$3000nand a margin.-of $1000, after paying wages .and $700 further expenses and repairs. At IS cents, we have a crop of $2250. allowing *pay ment-ofwages and $450 for other " expanses, leaving family margin of? $500. I don't state coat ol transportation, coinjaisslong, 4c., foi on a well conducted farm ol tare son ar. least this amount should be reached In sales of bat? ter, beef, pork, fruits, ?c., with.? batadsome margin for -family. Beat in mind au this has been done on the same sell and uuder the same sun. ? This ls the possibility to which I would strive. Now, with this system, bow would the ten (arma stand as to property and clear in? come at the end of a successful season or BO: Income from cotton, with wages, re? pairs, Ac, deducted. $20,000 From corn, beyond back nae of farms.... 6,000 From stock, tc. 3,000 - Total income..... . (28,000 Property, ten farms, 800 Obres each, 8000 acres at $10.Wi. $so,ooo 1000'cat tie, at flo..... 10.&00 1000 hogs, at $2..'.:. 7000 600 sheep,.at 14. 2,000 60 mules, at $150. 7,600 101.600 Increase brought. 28,000 129.?00 It is useless to recount the present planting operations. Tear after year rolls rowd with demoralized labor, little or no eera, stock worked down In the effort to cover the d?? ficiences of uuwiUInc and Indtfftffcu labor. The cost of producing til cotton, with?) to 36 uer cent, a year- tor advances, makes a crop 1 Indeed, but with no profit to planter, no mar? gin ol'income to laborers; so that'orre after another planter betakes bim to various shifts of contracts wltb laborers: in which neither derive either profit or comfort; The valu* of property becomes a myth, and the planter'be? comes a grumbling visitant of agricultural so? cieties, an earnest advocate of Immigration, without a dollar either to Jbxward the Immi? grant, surround him with the comforts neces? sary to his contentment, or the capital te make bis labor useful. Sere, too, visions o< the distant "Chinee" beset our unhappy ex? pectant,- and he grows enthusiastic over the golden promises awaiting the advent of the Asiatic who ie expected to swarm the land and display the marvellous feat of recuperating, without the free itself capital, the waste fields and swamps of proprietors who carry the bare titles.ol their broad acres but to be loaded with taxes abd to preserve the unenviable posi? tion or Southern landowners. Under such a condition the ten farms Just cited would stand at the ?nd o? the year's la? bor, anxiety and trouble Clear 1 ncome from cotton.$00 00 dear income from corn.v.. 0000 Clear income from stock.<. 00 00 $0000 Property-?m? acres, at $2 per acre.. $lo,eoo 60 mules, at $100. 6,000 / IOU head of cattle. 1,000' 100 head of hogs. 300 $?lw Against $28,000 income as above, aaa $130,600 money vaines. Ia thts exaggeration, or ls lt fact ? The his? tory ot the ease ls opes rc all. Let each one Judge lor himself. In'this dire emergency, 'men and brethren, wbat shall we do to be saved ?" It seems -to me I see the remedy, and the only one before us Ills found in the two words, corn and capital. Respond, then, to the emergency corn and capital! First, capital and corn 1 Second, corn and" capital ! Third, strive for these night and day ! .Let them stimulate our labors in the day, and prop our sleepless eyes through the night, A people who place before them an Idea axed as tate, have a sign In the heavens by which they must conquer, if God so wills lt. - Yours truly, JOHN W. R. FOPS. WASHINGTON NEWS. WASTIIN?TCW, February 8. The Senate concurred in the House amend? ment Increasing from $16, OW to $20,000 tte ap? propriation Jor the outrag? -comm'uee. A p?tition, with- fifteen, thousand signatures, against the removal ot Governor Vance** political disabilities, was reierreS to the re? construction committee, with instructions to verify the genuineness of the signatures, whole pages being in the same handwriting. Trumbull reported a joint resolution that sillier, from Georgia,, be seated ?upon'-taking i he oath administered to Hill, and asked ita present consideration. Edmunds objected, and it went over. A resolution that the South? ern outrage committee be increased by two members, and that it may sit during the ses? sion of the Senate and . report from time to time, passed! A bill to* pay Susan M. Shelby, of Mississippi, for cotton taken by the United States forces, was postponed. The balance of the day was consumed in District of Columbia business. The mixed schools question was discussed at great length. Sumner strongly advocated the mixture, and Carpenter advo? cated mixture.. The Cincinnati and Southern Railroad bill was defeated by a vote of 23 to 12. The Sen? ate refused to reconsider the vote by the same majority. Thurman argued, as a friend of the common schools, that their mixture 'would destroy tbem. Revels opposed any dteOTimlnation. He finds the prejudice on account of color very gr<-at in this country, and lears lt ls in? creasing. He sees no reason, therefore, and thinks lt the duty of the nation to discourage because lt was wicked and not approved, of by Heaven. . '<?? HOUSE. The' Brooklyn Navy Yard bli! was considered during the morning hour, and went over without action. The bill for the better protection of the Texas frontier, and authorizing the Secretary War to organize and employ citizens, and appropriating one hundred thousand dollars therefor, was considered. Logan opposed the bill as giving employment to gentlemen on the Texas frontier who had nothing else to do. It meant nothing more nor less than war with Mexico. The bul was tabled by a vote of 75 64. A Joint resolution wad passed remitting, the duty on articles sold at fairs for the benefit ol the French. The bili establishing a national av tem of ed? ucation was discussed without action. Ad urned. GENERAL NEWS. / There ls great: excitement over a canard that the Tennessee, bearing the Dominican commission, was lost. It is regarded as a hoax at .the Navy Department. Denard Rumley was nominated as Collector cHstoms'at Wilmington, N." C The health of Judge Chase ls Improving. He rides or walks out every flue day. WASHINGTON LETTES. Th? Ca hin et Speculations-Wh n t Gr ant Intend? f o Do wi tn the Repealed Test Oath Law-Bon t wc ll Urged to Resign Hall Route tn South Carolina-Break? ers Ahead. j [MU)!! OUR OWN CORRESTOiWBNT.] .. WASHINGTON,. February .5. Whenever a Btory Ja sprung upon the public Intimating Cabinet changes, lt ts met witt general-discredit add ..somewhat of ridicule This has been the case during the preseat ad? ministration until now, when, strangely mough, the reports that Grant intends a reor ganlzatlon of his Cabinet-," at the dissolution 0 present Congress, receive;-more than th? ?sual show of consideration. It is difficult however, to reconcile the broad assertions 0 ,members <>I the presen!; Cabine^ as well a officials more directly related to the President ;hat no.cha)lges;are' thought of by the Presi ??ni, with the statements of leading Radical both bouses of Congress that such change cid positively occur. The onry solutloaresti the probability that those who deny lt ar? merely evading questions propounded by euer fer ic newspaper men and anxious inquirers, arther than thia, lt ls hot nb^necewaiy'.fi. premisevlt ls not long before the adjourn? ment of the session, and the matter will toe 1 definitely solved". -? It ls not curious that there should arise an impression that the President will 'Teto tim bill just passed to repeal the test oath; ont the Durden of thought does not laver lt. - Grant has said he "win -have no poltey to enforce against tne wi ll-of the people,"1 sad the advo? cate* of the abolition of all dl^ranohSinfe I clauses consider that Congress expressed tha will in the repeal of the law Just consumma? ted. Should he veto lt, he wllk lose the ?ap? port of more already lukewarm Bepublicans. then he could gal?, and particularly;severs* Southern Republicans, including ewer who intends a permanent location 1 South. Jip tQ yesterday afternoon h?^t__ taken no action; but the time In which, under the law, he shall approve tt, If he intends to, does not. expire until Saturday -next, which will be tho tenth day after its passage. lei? considered by no means improbable that tho Presideut will .uelther sign fe nor retqm 'It with his veto,' but that he will let it bectr?re dperatlve - without assuming any responsibility whatever. ?. - .? * Personal friends of Secretary BontweO aro intensely aggrieved that he his.been ignored' by the President, in deference to ?be respect which is showered upon the nov milltary com? mission er of internal revenue, an ri the former ba* ?peen quietly advised to nW against tilt? MM he is-Meeiving. 4t ls nouew *' that Bo atwell, withal! the honors and ties that belong to the Secretary ol the I rr,-has, practically, never had coutrol over internal revenue office, a mborcHrmte b?reau o? ttw treasury. Mr. Delano, as commissioner, as well as Senator Pleaeanton, iguored the authority ol Mr. BoutwelL, the only.d' be JU that Pleasanton ls more open in regard for the superior legal author! Idea h ad been en tename^ to create s se patate department of that bureau, but Congress re? fused to endorse lt, and the chances of that [ ?vent are not so goon now as the probabilities oi'its abolition by rho next Congress. Bout? I well wTU not resigo., if he goes-rut, it wi ll be as- a manyj, whoa he- waT'taW pbvoe with Sumner, and resent Tue usurpations OT the Executive as vehemently as, in days gone by, he visited the displeasure of Kew. Eng? land, ?pon the devoted-head of Andrew John In the Senate, OB Friday. MT. Robertson pre? sented the petition "ot cftiaeas of Lancaster County, South Carolina, praying for the estab? lishment of a mall route between Rock ??I , and lAoc^ster Gourthorue Lj that State. The petition was daly referred to the committee on po8tofflces and poMtnads. Rumers are. broached relative to important action by the administration in connection with the quiescent foreign policy, which so far has characteiized it some of the leading; Radicals have thought tb save the party by hints ol bringing on a collis!cm with England, oaaoooant of the fishery question. ' While it would never receive .popular endorsement,^ la relied on by some of the visionaries who control the dominant pasty as at least wstrtb. trylpgon." ^ Eng Binon. C BEST BY? S CONTUMACY. WASHINGTON, February ft The Ecclesiastical Court, In session at Chicago, has rendered a verdict against Bev. Chadee E. Cheney as guilty of chargois und specifications contained in the presentment, and sentenced him to suspension unit! -fae shows contrition for the past abd prom.ses conformity tor the future satisfactory to his blshep. Cheney's offence was the omission of the word "regenerate", in. infant baptism, aa required in the common prayers of the Episco? pal Church. . . ., ^ tf ? ' ? SPARKS FROM THJB WIRES. . i The lower branch, of .the. New Jersey Legis? lature ratified the ffft?entn amendaient hy a vote of 34 to 24.. In the Massachusetts House, the bill opening - libraries on Sunday -was detested by a voto or 125 to 96. . Henry Steinway ls dead. I M A R K El TO BE DUCE STOCK, 5?E OFFER IHK BALANCE OF OUR WINTER GOODS. AT GREATLY REDUCED PRIC?S, NAMELT : BEAVER OVER SAGES, $38 and $40, to $36 BEAVER OVER SACKS, $36, to $28 BEAVER OVER SACKS, $30 sad $32, to $25 :.x BEAVER AND MELTON OVER SA0K3, $? aa* $28, to $20 BEAVER AND MELTON OVER SACKS, $li an* $22, ta $16 BEAVER AND MELTON OVER SACKS, $M an* $16, to $11 UNION BEAVER OVER SACKS, $10, to V ONION BEAVER OVER SACKS, $7, to $6 f BEAVER, KING WILLIAM, $38, to $20 , -' . -j BEAVER, KINO WILLIAM, $20, to $16 ; CHINCHILLA D. B, SACKS, $26, to $20 , '? - ? "': ? '\?rsl CHINCHILLA D. B. SACKS, $16, to $12 CHINCHILLA D. B. SACKS, $12, to $10 CHINCHILLAD. B. SACKS, $10, to $8. WE HAVE IN STOCK, ? i A FTTLL LINE OF GOODS, > - ..; . SUITABLE ; FOR MENS' ???L .'? *.f--' ?; J. H. LAWTON ft GO.. AC ADEMX OF MUSIC BUO?IS&.