The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, March 14, 1871, Image 1
VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1578.
CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1871.
EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR.
.ALL QUIET IN CHESTER.
GOTERSOR SCOTT DISARMS TME
NEGRO MILITIA.
The Fetling Amerns thc Whites ?nd
Blacks- Another Incendiary Attempt?
[SPECIAL TEL5GRAM TO THE NEWS. ]
O?ESTER, March 13.
Pursuant to; the order of the Governor
the disarmament off the negroes progresses
rapidly. It ?a-g?nerally regarded as the only
prudent course that could be pursued to settle
tho trouble. At Rossville aineiy arms were
delivered to-day.
The colored people appear to fully realize
that th.ey have been deceived, and if their
protestations are to be believed, they mean
peace henceforth.
The whites are determined to protect them?
selves in life and property, and only ask or?4
the other hand obedience to law anr" order.
In this they will be sustained by both the crvli
and military authorities. (
Ai-attempt was made last night to fire the
house of Dr. Davega.
The ciliaens are still guarding the town;
every one?is on the-alert, and there ia no pro
babib'ty-oi further disturbance.
WHAT CONGRESS 18 DOING, j
?_
A Kush of Free Trade "Legislation, in
the Howe.
WASHINGTON, March 13.
In the Senate, Sumner asked his successor
to take kindly charge ol the French spoliation
bill and press it to a passage. Cameron
thought it hardly (.air to expect the new com?
mittee tb accomplish in ofte*session what the
late committee had failed to 'accomplish In ten
sessions. .
Questioned credentials were referred to.4he
committee on elections and privileges. . The
names referred . wero Ya*rrce, .Gofdthwaite,
Blodgeti, Hamilton. Reynolds und Abbott.
The Cincinnati a*hd Southern Railroad bill
was read a second time and referred to the
committee on commerce.' Adjourned.
HOUSE.
A- vasTnurnher ?f bills"havebee?i Introduced,
most of them old acquaintances.
A joint resolution to adjourn"*on Wednesday
noon was passed By-af?teot 125 to* 67." Tie
bill placing salt on the: free list, passed bjra
vote of lis to 46. Tbe bill placing coal on the
free list passed by a vote of 132 to 57. The
bill placing ??'a and coffee on thejree 1,1st pass?
erby a vote of 111 to id. Th'es? bills wet?
passed nuder a suspension* of the rules, and
take effect upon their be?oartng-exts.
TBE SAN DOMINGO EXPEDITION.
KINGSTON, JAM., Marsh IL
The Tennessee and Nantucket are herc; ail
well. The Tennessee sails in four day3 vht
Key West for New York. Bac*i commissioner
ls prepared to draft a separate report. Ali
are favorable to annexation.
TBE STATE OE TBE WE ATMER.
WASHINGTON, March 13/
Clear and fair weather has prevailed siirce
last evening south of Pennsylvania and Ohio
valley. Clouds with occasional light rains
have moved from Illinois to Western Pennsyl?
vania. The 6torm which on Sunday evening
prevailed ia Connecticut and eastern New
York has moved to the northeast beyond our
stations. The barometer has risen rapidly on
Lake Ontario. It ha3 been variable on the re?
maining lakes and in the Southern States. A
very sudden fall in the barometer, with great
Increase ot temperature and brisk southerly
winds, are reported from* Hie western plains.
Fair weather will probably prevail on Tues?
day in the south, anti middle Atlantic States,
with threatening weather on th? Gu?f and in
the Eastern States. The storm now approach- j l
lng froud Nebraska will probably be felt on
Lake Michigan on Tuesday.
f
SPARES EROM TME WIRES.
WASHINGTON, March 13.
Captain McDonald, firsc officer, and Bavls,
the third officer, were washed overboard from
the Sarona on the 4th. A fearful sea preven;*
ed the launching ol a boat to rescue them.
Secretary Fish, rn a letter to the New York,
Post, denies the ?ported interlerence of Eng?
lish diplomata in Sumner's removal. v,
The failure of a New ?ork dry gooda house
for half'a million dollars is reported.
Princess Leopoldlra, the 'daughter of the
Emperor of Brazil, and tire wife of ?lie Duke"
ol Saxe Coburg, is dead.
The proceeds of Wend?ll Phillip's lecture lor
the reliel ol Hie French was over $1400..
Colonel George Brown has been appointed
treasury agent, vice Major James Beiger, re
signed in consequence of his restoration to
the army. .
A New Orleans Times' special reporta the
burning of the steamboat Lightwood on Bayou
Bartholomew, with 567"bales of cotton.
TBE BOWtN BIGAMY CASE.
David Dudley Field, thc Eminent Vi w
York Lawyer, Offers ?his Services to'
Defend C. C. Bowen-A Card from Mrs
S. Petlgra Bowen.
The loliowing Jetter atjd card a?e published
NEW YOBK, February 22, 1871.
My Bear Mrs. Boioen^-Yaar appeal met my
ti$e lust evening, andi hasten tb answer lt
by saying that yon may count on m? to do
everything In my power for you or Mr. Bowen
Tell me what I cun do ?
Are there not lawyers lu Washington Who
will volunteer to defend your husband from
persecution? Are there not other gentlemen
who will interest themselves to defeat a per?
secutor and slanderer ?
Of course I know nothing ol' th* merits of
your husband's case, but so far as he has rights
to be defended, he shall not want a defender,
for I am at your service. Your friend.
DAVID I?UDLET FIELD
Mrs. C. C. BOWEN. . .
CAKD FROM MRS. 8. PSTIGBO BOWEN.
Editor National Rejmblicah-The attention
of the public ls respectiully and ea -estly
called to the following Picts and questions:
A man named Mackey, not a resident of thfs
place, arrested Mr. Bowen, of South Carolina,
on a charge of bigamy. The United States dis?
trict attorney. Fisher, required and insisted
upon a bail of $5000 in.real estate. Mackey
was himself arrested within the same day^ on
a cbargcof suborning witnesses, upon the affi?
davit of one George M. Smith, and was re?
leased on his own recognizance lu the sum of
$1000. ' Last Friday was set for the Investiga?
tion of these, charges against the said Mackey,
and when Mr. Smith and the other witnesses
appeared, th?>y were informed that Mackey
was in Georgia getting witnesses to appear
against Mn. Bowen tn March.
.IdeBire to know if the district attorney is
appointed to expound and euforce the law, or
If he bas the liberty to usc it as lt suits his in?
terests ?
Mackey, although of low birth, without
credit or character in his pative city, and with?
out visible means, has uulimlted command ol
{boney. Who supplies this monev ? And to
what purpose is it applied ?
T- ui . " . S- FETIGKU BOWEN.
Washington, D. C., Match 1,187!.
Tl'.STERDA T IN EUROPE.
France Settling Dwn,
? PARIS,-March 13.
Versailles li evacuated by the,Germans, and
the French are installed. The convention ior
a return of all French prisoners in Germany ls
signed.
Six Raiical papers of this city have been
suppressed. The ??ty is qnjet, with no signs
of a renewal of recent agitations.
It is reported that France intends to tax
imported raw material. The tax on ironnlone
is<xpected lo yield eighty millions. ?
.All.the French prisoners io Belgium have
gon? home." ... , *l
Montmartre is perfectly tranquil.- A Traction
oithe National Guard, however, still hold, pos?
session of a nunrbt. ?? cannon and refuse to
deiiver them to the -authorities. The Debata
denounces the pfacafds circulated by tho Hells
as isettiDg the army to revolt.
Reports from London,
LONDON, March 13^
Marshal McMahon has reti :aed to France.
The Black Sea"Conference is in session to-day;
all wea? present and all matters were arning-1
ed. This probably wrll be the last meeting.
Thc Emperor of Germany.
The Emperor ' William is qnite sick. He
leaves on Tuesday direct ?pr home. Fils health'
forbids the proposed visit to the German
Princes on bis route. ' *.
Trouble in Spain.
A serious disturbance has ocouwed in the
province o? Allano, Spain. The mob fired on
the mayor and other officers. . Severarpersons
were killed. ' .
GWBMAXY Alfi* AMERICA
A Letter from the Emperor WI ll Win to
Pre? ttl? ii J. Grant-Its Presentation and
Remark* hy tnt President and Baron
Grrodt, .
Baron von Geroit, the minister of the North
German Union, called at tire White House on
Friday last, anti presented a letterfrom tire
German Emperor to President .Grant. Baron
Gero1* said : ' "
Afr. President-I feel most happy to be the
bearer of a letter from my most gracious Sjov*
ereign to.your Excellency, conveying the-noti
ficatton that, at the unanimous request ol-the
sovereigns of the German State*, and ol the'
ires eitles of Germany, to assume the ancient |
titfe ol' Emperor, afterth? German Empire had
been re-established by the un]orr of the Ger?
man States under oneconstlttitlon, my august
Sovereign has considered it asia duty to the'
connon Fatherland to.accept thankfully thia
dignity conferred by the confidence of his Ger?
man confederates upon his Majesty and Ids
successorale-the throne ol Prussia.
In having the honor to presentr-hls Majesty's
lette* to youTEx^ellency, it needs no new as-1
sunnceitom me that the Emperor?nd Untied {
Germany desire to-maintain, as, heretofore,
their friendly relations with tte .g?vexauioat
and the people of the United States, for whose
happiness and welfare they have<ai ways enter?
tained their most sincere wishes. .
The President replied:
Baron Geroli- The notification which yo?,
have conveyed to- me relates to cn event ot
great historical rmportance. The States of j
this Union, which severally bear a relation to
the others similar to that which- Prijssia bears
tp the other States ol Germany, have recently
mad-;such sacrifices and efforts towards main?
taining the integrity of their common country'
for general purposes in peace and war, that
they cannot fail to sympathize, in similar pro?
ceedings for a like objectelse.where. The new
title which has been accepted by your Sov-1
ereign may be regarded as ihe symbol and the
fulfilment on its part by Germany of that high
purpose.
The disposition wbieh you express on behalf
of therEciwror of United Germany to. maio
lain unimpaired ?ts friendly relatfftnp with m
jroveromt-ut and people of the United States,
is heartily reciprocated.
' .- ? i irs? ?. ? ' " -
TUE SAN DOMINGO JOB.
Thc "Failure of Grant * Pet Scheme
Admitted.
A Washington dlspatcVoi the nth inst. * to
,he New York Tri?me, says:
It is now agreed, on all hands,, that there is
io longer any hope for the success of the San
.0 Domingo annexation project. Its friends* I
iBandoneu, some flmfc since, the Ldeaofbrlng
ng annexation about by the passage ot a Jotnt
resolution, fe-flowing the precedent made lu
:he case ot the adrn-ieeiou of Texas. They
round that the. Democrats would vote in a body
igalnst the proposition ia any shape*, and that
JO great a number of Republicans would take
the same course, Including ?feveral of the
eldest and most prominent members, that lt j
was hopeless lo expect to get a majority'vote.
Tha only other course retnaiuiug is to accom
)lish (fae annexation.bj.the .ratliication .of al
ireaty oy the Senate, Which requires a two
bird's vote ot that body. The Senate is com
)osed'oi seveut5'-fouc members, so that it will
eke fifty votes to constitute two-thirds. ] ne-1
iepubllcan strength is lifly-seyen, uud the |
democratic. is seventeen? AH the Democratic
lenalors except Mr. Blair are opposed to au
lexution. It will,-therefore, only be neoeseury
hat nine Republicans, shall vote with the sis?
een Democrats to defeat the confirmation of I
he annexation treaty; and more than thai .
lumber declare lu positive terms that theyar.?'
ipposed to aunexalion in any form, and that,
.hey will vote against it from, first to last,
heir Opposition being iuteutdtled by the
?ction ol the caucus lo-day. It is not certain
that- all- of -the twenty-one senators who
ipposed the removal ol' Mr. .Sumner from
ils chairmanship win oppose annexation,
mt all but flw or six make no secret ol their
?position. The plan of the auuexatiouisu
las heretofore been to bring the treaty b?for6
he Senate, convened in~seeclal-executive ses"
lioa, alter the ndjourument of Congress, when
io adverse influence could be*broi??ht to near
rom the House, and when ?ts c ju?rnmtRtn,. |
bey thought, could be insure i. Then, thai
luuexatlou might be considered to be fully ac
lompllshed In the long Interim b?-ore the De
?ember session, trooos were to be sent to oc
iiipy the island. It was thus Intended to carry
lie matter soiar that lt wotdd be Impossible
o tecede, a?td the Hoi?se woulfl be forced to
rofe the appropriation. To-day there aro lew
teople so sanguine as to think there ls now
iny possibility uf success iu thc first?atep ol'
his pian.__
-Some of the French and English journals,,
n commenting on the treaty of pvace just
igned between France and Germany, which
:edes ^teace and Lorraine, argue that the
ioundaries-of France were established in 1815
ty a treaty sign?d at a congress composed of
cpresent'atives of the several powers'ot Eft
ope, and that consequently these boundaries
annot be changed except by another Enrc
ieaa Congress. It is further argued that the j
reatles of 1815 -established an equilibrium of
he respective nations of Europe which Ger- f
nany has no moral right to disturb. In an
wer to these-positions, It may be replied that]
he treaties of 1S15 have been so often vlohu
d, and in sa many particulars, that they cajr
iOt now be considered as binding. lu tact,
Tapoleon III announced, about the lime of the
tallan war, that the treaties of 1815 were so
inch -waste paper. ' It .is certainly rather late
o ?et np these-^flquated agreements as for
iddlng the spoliation of France, when not the
lightest attention has been paid to them by j
hat country for the last twenty years. Hud
tance succeeded in extending net-frontiers col
tie Rhine, the treaties ol 1815 would not have
iterposed the slightest obstacle to the carry.
lg out of that project.
-Some disreputable and profane savage has
itroduceJ the "Nilbson brand" of cliewhi<r
THINGS IN NEW TOR?'
The Sumner Excitement-?itriinm l?e
(livtvas-Death of a Fiat ist-A New
York EIL; nt ion-Tilt Nathan Murder
Again.
'FI!0:J"0TR OWN CORRESPONDENT.'
. ' NEW YORK, March ll,.
The'downfall of Sumner creates a greater
sensation-in political circles here than any
event which has. happened at Washington for
a year past. The friends of-the ousted chair?
man ,of the committee of foreign relations,
while they declare that his removal is an out?
rage on the people, and- will prove ct most se?
? ri'ous loss.to the government, say that, after
all, it wilt redound to the ultimate benefit of
Sumner. Already cliques are forming here
and in New England, which look to his eleva?
tion to the Presidency. : * ' ?
? it Is curious to note, by the way, that no.
President of late years ever enters the White
House with a view to remaining there.a single
term only. Grant is busily at work scheming
for his re-eleclloh. We see this ia New York
by the recent formation or numerous' Grant
clubs," and similar organization*, which are
intended simply to keep In power the present
incumbents ol office.
The Tammany Ring is busily at work.
Their' programme, as I have lt from Inside
sources, ls to Conciliate the Republicans as
much as possible, to win over the Republi?
can press by judicious disposition gt Wie
advertising spoils, and to make a sudden bid
for local popularity by retrenching our mu?
nicipal expenses, and coming out as the cham?
pions of an economical svstem of city expendi?
ture. Ai to the candidate Tammany wjll bring
forward for Hie Presidency, it- ls of course
premature to speculate much. I may say,
however, that in the opinion ol many of the
leaders, Hoffman is hardly strong-enough; and
besides this, the candidate at the last election
was a New York *man. Hoffmwn, however,
would make ah available V ice-President, and
ll t he ticket for 1S72 should be Chase and Hoff
! man, it-would ereate no very great ijarprjse. I
Qf course, this.w^pild depend upon the men?fl 1
and physical health of the distinguished Cbjei
Jus?o?.
BARNUM'S LATEST.
In a few days Barnum, the great showman,
will issue a manifesto to the Uuited States
and to the universe generally. It will detail
the faets about his triplo shew, which he wHl
open this fall in Brookrvo, and which will In-1
cluden museum, a circus1 and a menagerie, in f
three separate lents, all to bc accessible .to the
public ai a* general admission price ol nfly
cerus a head. Bardum* Secured some valuable
animais in Europe, and chartered a special
steamer to convey them to this country. The
vessel wan at sea over a month, and -Barnum
had well nigh given lt up, and was bemoaning
espeolaUy thc fal e. of a lovely girafrc and a
peoullarjy noble lion and lioness, when newe 1
.came that the Steamer liad put inl? a lVes.t In?
dian port'for provisions.
Barnum is tired of the easy jog-trot ol re?
tired Hfe, and so goes into the show busines"?
again,-simply for excitement, aa he needs*no
farther wealth. He cannot bring his nevf es?
tablishment into New York City,* for be.ls-un
der bqnds to the proprietor of Wood's Musetfm
to abstain In New York from the exercise of
his talents in the show business.
DEATH OF A FLUTIST. //
John A..Kyle, the celebrated flutist, is dead, j
He came lo tills country' with Jenny Lind,
many years ago, and.ba**- remained here eyer
since. He was-a superb player on a rather ih- i
significant instrument, and used to accom- j
pany Jennv Lindora he*r bird song in the j
scenas from "Lucia*' and "L'Etoile du Nord,-"
ami in other passages where the voice and the ,
flute blended harmoniously. For several years |
past he was engaged In mercantile business ja i
this city, having left the ronica of the musical ,
profession. For thc last twelve months of lils j
life he has been a confirmed invalid. \
The death Ia also aonpuueed In this city of i
an aged lady in whose funeral advertising no- <
lice it is stated that she was "aunt to thc aele- \
braced vocalist, Cathariuc Hayes."'( I
- EXECUTION OK A MUlCUERER. ' a_ il
The telegraph ha3 probably announced ere I
this to the Southern papers that John Thomas, >
a negro, murderer, was hanged yesterday at i
the Tombs. He died li ard. owiiig to gome i
bungling mismanagement ol' tlife scaffold ar- i
rangements. He had made a singular request 1
that no negro save his "barber should be allow- j I
e'd to witness Ms execution, and his request j ]
was compiled willi so thoBoughly .that no coi- 1
oreti* person was allowed lo pass'lbrough the j t
streets' bordering ou the prison during the 1
hour of the final eccue. i
fHB NATHAN VURDEIt . j.
lshgaln discussed, as it ls alleged that the d?- J
teen ves are now absolutely on the track ot the j
assassin. A well dressed and' well educated :
woman ls implicated. It was her custom to !
gain access to lash louable houses as a friend j
ur acquaintance of the inmates, and willie lhere 1
to make sketches and diagrams of the house J
tor the benefit ol her'buu-iaribus sponse. One
of the morning papers goes so far as to ?live 1
na alleged portrait of this very mythical fe
male. ** . TKOVATOR. '
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HARDY CAIN'S LAST BLAST.. . j
Thc Work or the <?e nem I Aseemtltly aol)
Seen Through u. Blade Mu? ?) ?perta-T :
elf?. I '
Parson Cain, who ls an .ex-senator, and one j
of.the '-original Jacobs" o'f the Radical party i
in the Slate, thus^avagely reviews the action j '
of his former colleagues In au article publish- j
ed in the last number ol' the Missionary ,
Reeord: i
The present session ha< cost tile State S2G0.-1 '
OOO actual-outlay in two appropriations Cor perl '
diem and inile.ige and attaches ol' the two 1
houses, beside the printing and State house 1
swindle, and all the other rascalities which ure 1
perpetrated on a limited scale. There has been J
Several free fights, and some threatenings j
which did not cost the State much honor.,,The 1
passage of u number of bills ol- mlnop imp'or- y
tarnee, with a large number ol small pomonal 1
bills, comprises tue sum total ol ihe york done. I '.
The taxes have been raised to ten mills, and j I
ihe State's Interest lhrown*iiwuy by the con- 1
Solldattoa bill bf raiiroafis, enabling them to 11
sell the Stale's interest at whatever price they '
please, finish lira road if they want, ?nd let if 1
alone If they choose. At all events, the com- I )
pauy has the mHtious ol bonds, with the 1
State's endorsement, and are released from the 1
obligation .of Beliing, th? bonds "dollar for dy!- 1
lar," but can sell at such prices as they ?lau
get and apply the-moncy as they" please. ' jj
That body adjourned on Tuesday night at 3
low twelv?. After a long "setting" tliey^have J
hatched, more fraud, and perfected more cor- \
ruption in that brief tithe thau the first mern- 1
bera perpet rated"!u two yeai^. They returned rI
home to their constituents more bitterly rle- c
nounced than auy os?5iof men who tver sat c
lu the General Aseemoly. The people are fast 1
learning wliat ar? polities, and a few more ic
years will bring them up standing. . , J '
? ??.ii (
-A special dispatch from Columbia to the s
New York Sun, dated on Wednesday last, de- 1
scribing the adjournment of the "Legislature, J
says: "The scene on the iloor ol the House of. I (
Representatives just before the adjournment J1
was disgraceful. Drunken members, the ma- j 1
joriiy ol ihem negroes accompanied by color- ?
ed women of the lowest class, appeared on the '
Hour and outraged the decency of tue House 1
by ribald song-j and indecent jokes. The ap- \
proprialion bill for paying the legislative ex- I
penses ol' the' session, and which called for I
$265,000, was vetoed by Governor". Scott, and j
contrary to expectation, the veto was sus- t
tained; consequently the State treasurer can-. "?
not pay the members their salaries and mile- *l
age. To-day Governor Scott's bank is crowd- ;
ed with the uegro members, who are having 1
their claims shaved at from Ave to ten per J
cent, discount. Thle is regarded here as a
huge joke on the members, and -as a bit ol' 1
sharp financiering on the part of the patriotic 1
Governor."
-The following are ages ol' several promi?
nent New York millionaires: Wm. B. Astor is
nearly 78; Alexander T. Stewart, 6G; Cornelius
Vanderbilt, 7C: Dunrel Drew, 71*Pe;er Cowper,
iii; George Law, 7-3.
THE F?TDRE OF. COTTON. '
CAUSES OF TIBE DECLINE INFEICES.
I m cretins; View? and Speculations
Tue Prospect of Production-Effect of
Emancipation-Will Prices Advance J
-What the En?li-iU Spinners Th ink
About It-Thc True Policy for thc
Planters.
The New York Journal of Commerce pub?
lishes the following interesting and carefully
prepared communication, prelhclnfr lt, how?
ever, with a distinct editorial caution to.-the
public against pinning its faith too closely to
the writer's theory, or any oth?irjheory in re
gard to future prices: . .
To the Editor o/tl'ie Journal of Commerce :
May I ask the privilege of a small place in
your columns to express some views-uppn a
subject of Importance, directly to aJargtj num?
ber of people In this country, and indirectly irr
the civilized world? This request has not open-,
sooner preferred, because the writer badend
wish.to he classed.among those who avail
themselv.es ot press privileges for purposes of
private gain. But as the Drice of cotton has
now'aearly reached'a miiamum. neither of -qs
can be reasonably accuseddf viola&irrg duty-'
I, in expressing, nor you. In allowing your.
journal to become the vehicle of my opinions.
The very gradual decline In cotton since thet
opening o'f the present season ls due princi?
pally to the readiness shown by -English ship?
pers to taite it frejely at the prices current
from day to day. It ls also partially dye to a
peculiar condition or affairs among ourselves,
and the conflict of opinion arising therefrom.
Early In the season, operators here arraved
themselves iuto two parties. On one* side
were those who, through interest or convic?
tion; or both, operated tor a rise in prices, or
fdr a steady market "at figure's remunerative to
tne planters. On the other, w.ero the purely
speculative, those*wbo, haying no relations
with planters,, bought and* sold on their own
account. Anitas a rule the latter have be?
lieved In a declining market, aud operated ac?
cordingly. We all know now to whom the
victory belongs, but the ground has teen
fought inch by inch, ami planters certainly
have BO just grounds of complaint against
those to whom their interests were Intrusted.
The decline has been by ' sixteenths and
eighths; now and again a steady market, ana*
sometimes even a rally. And during tftls lime
the planters have availed themselves of the
opportunity oTpushing off their crops at re?
munerative prices-as the receipts to date will
abundantly show..
N'ow that the result ls no longer doubtlul, it
well behooves us to take a glance at the situa?
tion, and endeavor to mark ont a -wise course
for the future.
That cheap cotton isa great desideratum to
the civilized worid at large, perhaps no one
will cjeuy; and that the workings of Proyl-.
dence aiid Nature is In the direction of In?
creasing the comforts of mankind, has come
to be a maxim among economists. That
those who, lu this country, are engaged in the
production of cotton should endeavor to im?
pair the bounty ot'Nature, by cramping pro?
duction, is, to say the least of it-anomalous.
Yet we find many who advise such a course.
The late civil war so crippled production,
that prices had advanced out of all reason;
and capital and labor, tempted by the prospec?
tive reward, were largely diverted to Increas?
ing production". Now, that production has
reached, if not exceeded, all previous limits,
and prices have gone back to ante-bellum
Ugures-lt becomes us to Inquire about the
[inure.
Many say that production this year will be
contracted by several causes; by the actton-of
the planters, who will devote more attention
[?-?ood-raising; by the want of means to buy
?iiauo, mules, Implements, pork, Ac,, through
die unwillingness of capitalists to make ad- .
rances;-by the weather, which they say cannot
je expected to continue favorable for four suc?
cessive years, ile, ?tc. They therefore flatter
hemselves that our crop this year will fall be
ow 3,000,000 bales, and UMfeeonsttqitently we
may look for a return to.much higher prices
han those now prevailing. There ls much
bree In all this; bul I have serious doubls
ibo?rthe correctness of som? of the premises;
ind I know-that the conclusion, even If a'cor
rect one, Is um desirable. The history of Cot
ou production lor the few years previous io
.ire war Is full of valuable information on this
Dolnt. Cottdn planters did then what they are
ikwly to do again, they proved that they pos?
sessed ? trait common to all human nature
,vhen the price per pound was reduced, they
ncreased the number of the pounds.
And lu this connect ion: permit me to remark
hat the real test of -the character of the ne
rr?es-?laves no longer-ls now about to be
ipplled. Before the war, the white owner ol
loth negroes and plantation was the judge of
be measure ol economy allowed by the income
rom his crem. He regulated uot ouly his own
;xpenses, but those of his negroes, and their
lours of laoor. Since .the war, the negroes
lave been able, by half work, to earn full sub?
sistence. The -high price ol' ootton endbled
hem to obtain belter returns for the same
mount of labor than perhaps any other peas
intrj in the world. As a consequence we
lave found them very active In polillos; ?8'cle
des" of all kinds.were numeroua.m each dis
.rid; the half grown boys and girls divided
[heir time between the horn spelling books
md .the idleness so industriously circulated
md inculcated by the "Bureau;", a lively trade
ima iluurislied iu ginger cakes, cheap trjjiu
,i?ry, ys'ciety" badges, cheap caudy, mar?
ges, and tvhiskey; the political, religious
ind moral outcasts pr our Northern'society
lave reaped rich harvests from the tem?
porary prosperity of the new-made freedmen;
mr professional philanthropists have cacjiled
md crowed us almost deaf with their sell
uudutlons aud "we-told-you-so*s;" while those
,vho looked below the surface have , waited
tod dreaded the condition of affairs which is
low at our doors. Whether or not the lre??
uen will accept the situation In the right
spirit romulus to be seen: But it is certain
hat it will require more labor and economy to
ive uuden present prices, Hum under ufo se
vhich have prevailed since the war. Aud'fiif
her, Hie economical producer of cotton is too
tertaln ot'abundant reward to allow us. to sup-'
lose l'or a moment that other labor will not
ie forthcoming, should the negro not prove
?qu?l io the occasion Let us nope* that the
.xampltf of their former owners, In adapting
heir conduct to a severe and sudden change.
)f circumstance?, will not" be without Its el?
ect; and that the teachings-ol. the letf earnest
nlssionaries among them- may Induce their
ninds to a proper appreciation" of their duty.
To return to the subject in hand. It ls not
ipparent lo the writer, how, even with,a
i,000,000 bale crop this year, we can look for'
my marked Increase in price. Stocks have
icen, and are, accumulating in India. Crops
H Egypt and South America ure reported us
iromlsiug well. Tile consumption ot our best
iustumers on contiuenul Europe ie seriously
nippled. European polilicaus openly admit
heir inability much mnger to avoid u'war
iver the Eastern question. And that some ol ?
hese reason, or all ol them, or others, are
?perallng iu the same direction ou the minds
>i others, is made apparent by the course par
raed by the spinners ol England. They pro
lably look as closely after their own Interest a-3
my other class of.people in the world. And, as
i rule, they act in concert. No channel
if inibrmatiou is closed to them, uo means
eft unemployed to procure it. Among
heni ' we find Cabinet ministers; for
dgu ambassadors, members of Parliament,
fcc., aud perhaps uo other Industry in the
vorld bas a greater proportion ol its thinking
munbura, travelling abroad. In one capacity
md another, each contributing lils quota Lo
he geiieral stock of information. Now if they
lelieved in higher prices we would see them
jutting away heavy slocks of raw and manu
aclurod goods for future use. On the contra?
ry, we lind them working barely enough
mindle* to supply their current trade, keeping
heir stocks of raw and uiauulaclured goods
lowu to a in'riiimuui, and allowing the capital
)f th? consignees of our cotton iu Liverpool
md Loudon lo bear the burden of carrying it.
It ts fair therefore to conclude that as a class
hey believe In low prices lu the Immediate
"ulure.
Those who have been planting as a specula
:ion,-without the requisite experience, and
without devollug to the business that care
md economy so necessary to success, except
luring periods ot inflated values,-will either
nave to mend their ways or betake themselves
Lo o; irer pursuits. Those who make plautiug
lotion the business of their lives will endeavor
oy economy ot resources, increased exertions,
lower rates of wages, a judicious use ol' man
ares and strict attention to their business to
make up lor Jew prices, by m'creasing the
amount they wm have for sale. And tt does
seem to me that such a course will.he la the
end more beneficial than a pursuance bra
! loose way of doing thins*, througTi expecta?
tions-delusive, I fear-of a return -to high,
prices.
If, in writing about cotton, I have, rn this
instance, avoided the usual concomitants of
long rows of figures, it ls because I believe
that mistakes are. sometimes made by "those
who view a subject Inthe concrete, as wulla*
by those who consider Hin the abstract.
- V'** "J*-:
PLANTING IN GEORGIA.
A Later Season flinn "USual-The Far?
mers Returning To Old Customs-A
Smull Cotton Crop Probable-Home
flatted Meat-Sheep liaising-Poverty
and -Dullness or Business.
? The shrewd and well informed Georgia cor?
respondent of the New York~Times, writing
from Fort Valley, Houston County, under date
'5r the 20th ult., says:
\ The heavy rains during the past forttrlgirt
have- so saturated the ground, swelled the
rivers and streams, and injured the roads as to
interrupt completely all farming operations"
The consequence ls that planting this year will
, be later than usual. - Very few have been so
fortunate as to have broken up their fand "n
tt?e fall, and Blnce Christmas, what with- the
.unperformed work ot' picking the cotton crop,
land the difficulty- in hiring laborers, and in?
ducing Ute m., when hired, lo go to work, the
preparation of me soil fer the crops 1B lo a very
great extent still to be dene.
THE FARMERS MOVING BACKWARD.
The great discouragement-the ruling low
price ot cotton- and the severe monetary de?
pression which has followed, hare tended- in no
small degree to make farmers abandon the Im?
proved system ol' agriculture, which they Were
generally beginning to adopt, and not only have
they resolved not to use any commercial ma?
nures this year, bul they have also gfven up
the use of the subsoil plough and the careful
preparation ol the ground, which In 1870 con?
tributed quite as much, lu. my opinion, to the
.abundant yield as the fertilizers which they
used so liberally. It necessarily Involves con?
siderable labor, trouble and expense, and a
very large increase of mule power to subsoil
the corn and cut toe fand even partially.
This labor and expense many cannot afford.
Even though satlsjfed bf ks advantages-, they
are unable lo do* lt. Jrist'as a ccristttrtptrve
pauper, whose physician recommends bim to
spend the winter in Madeira, may be satisfied
that a residence In Funchal would restore" his
health, but he is obliged, ex necessitate rei, to
make up his mind to -die ia the poorhouse.
TnenT again, ethers who were induced to try
the fertilizers and subsoiling last .year, in the j
belief that chev would make a big crop and-be?
come rich by the sale of their cotton, nave"
fonndjfcat they made the crop,"birt are poor,
and now attribute all the blame to the. ex?
pensive fertilizers and preparation of the soft,
and are determined to return to the '?old way-"
-scratch ploughing and no manure-believ?
ing that "more money ls to be m ade'at it" than
in the new w av. - Di cooese, t lus. fallacy ol' this
reasoning ls apparent, and can be exposed by j
any one who wiil take time to think coolly;
but it is not the less tnve that th?re are very
many who are trying to make themselves be?
lieve that they are wise ia returning to the
scooter plough, and in refusing to return to
the earth a single particle of the fertilising
properties ol'which lt has been deprived by. a
succession of crops.
TUE PROBABLE COTTON YIELD.
. Ali this together, late season, imperfect
ploughing, no subsoiling and no manure, will
necessarily diminish-materially the ?creable
yield. The number o'f acreB planted mayne
equal to that of last year,-and the amount of
labor may be the same, but the crops will be
smaller and less remuneran ve. My observa?
tion and intormulion confirm me In the belief I
that the cotton area wilt be from a third to a
hali less than that ol' 1870, and it is a-modera; e
calculation that the cotton crup of Georgia,
even if the season is propitious, will be. at j
least a third less*than this year. My own
opinion" ls, that Hie use of fertilizer.-! and sub?
soil ploughs doubled* the natural*production
lu 1870. Curtail the area of this year, use no
manure- and scratch t]ie ground, mid it is easy
to see what the result must be." Here and
there I find a plauter who has bought.good
manures, and ls determined to subsoil every
acre he plants, but the votaries of improve?
ment are "like angels' visits, few and far be?
tween."
UOM?-RAISDD MEAT.
Since the war, raising hogs enough to pro?
vide meat for the plantations has been almost
entirely given un as Impossible. Not one in a
hundred has- raised hi? own meat since 1865.
The reason generally given was that the dis?
honesty ol' the negroes rendered-it impossible
to-raise hogs profitably. Hired iu a majority
ol cases lor a share of the crop, and to pay
for their own provisions, some of them dimin?
ished their expenses by killing planters' hogs
wherever found. It has been the practice of j
planters to allow their hogs to range in their
woods and uncultivated lauds, and they are
seldom taken up and counted uptli the time
comes to put thurn pp to fatten. Tn this way,
ihoae who desired to steal had every opportu?
nity to supply their larders without having
any. butcher's* bill to pay. .Now that money
has become so scarce thal provisions cannot
be bought rn ilie Western markets, and now
fhat factors and commission merchants can no
longer make advances even at two and a half J
percent, a month, the only thing to be done is
lo raise meat at home, and already I find many
of my acquaintances taking steps to do so. It
will bc au. immense saving, and will cost but
little trouble.
SHEEP RAISING.
I dud also a growiug desire in middle and
northern Georgia to try sheep raising as an
industry. lam sure lt ?'Will be' immensely,
profitable, both In meat and wool. There are
thousands and thousands of acres of laud unfit
for cultivation in field crops which would give
abuudant pasture lor ?heep, ami which could
be thus so enriched, as in many connues in
England, as to be soon as fertile land us any
th tue Stat?: The attention of agriculturists
has been receutly drawn to this "subject by
em i neut writers, and steps aie being taken to
Introduce improved breeds ol'.sheep. The
merino seems the favorite.
UCilNESa WKETCMBULY DULI..
I never remember business so tluli and trade-1
so slack as il is now. Every one ls compulu
iug. There is little or no travel. The drum?
mers are in despair. The most artistic
display of the most tempting samples produces
no effect but a gruff announcement that there
is no mouey to buy goods. The quack doctors'
and itinerant venders ol patent panaoeas, wlio
generally find crowds of gulls who are ready lo
spend their last fractional sh inplanter to buy
some swindling "painkiller."''guaranteed to
cure cramp-colic, draw teeth, eradicate gout
and remove' bunions at one appllcallou, or
.'the money will be refunded," are disconso?
late, and are changing their quarters mysteri?
ously, leaving their hotel bills and accounts
lor printing ina worse.conditlon than the pur?
chasers ol their" nostrums.- Even a circus, with
a balloon attachment and an elephant, former?
ly the properly of the Imaum of Muscat, fails
to draw. Even the negroes are poor. But the
nioxi unhappy of all are the travelling agents
ol the much-smelling compounds culled tertl- I
lizers. They ate In despair. Even "extra-1
ordiuary inducements" and the ?nostr philan?
thropic efforts have tailed. Tile stoppera are
not removed from the beautiful glass bottles ol'
samples. Before the benevolent venders have
time to remove them, they are told "We don't
want no gounner," in tones which do not war?
rant argument or remonstrance.
ALL ABOUT TBE STATE.
Lancaster.
-Mr. J. Porter McAU.-er, a citize'n WLancaster
County, living a few miles north ol'the village,
was thrown from his horse on Monday lust
and Instantly killed. 1
Cher?w.
-Bishop Lynch lectured before the Cheraw
Lyceum on Wednesday evening last, on "The
World and the Poor." The next lecture before
the Lyceum will be by the Rev. Whitefoord
Smith, D. D.
Greenville.
-The City of Greenville, with 5000 inhabi?
tants, claims to be the Athens of South Caro?
lina, lt has six churches, two colleges, and
three theological seminaries.. Furmau Uni?
versity has added nearly $100,000 to ita en?
dowments within a few month*. The Baptist
Seminary bas five able professors-Drs. Boyce,
BToadd?s, T?undv, Williams arid Joy-and
fifty-eight stodeatB. "
Beaufort.
-"-P. E. Ezekiel, Seq., o? Beaufort, has been
. appointed postmaster ia place of Miss. J. M.
Lynch, removed. .
-Lymus Gr?en, a faithful colored man in
the empWy of J.- G. Nichols & Co., -on Sk
Helena Island, waa., kicked by a mule last
week, and died from the .injury received.
--The Beaufort Republican is quite Jubilant
over the establishment of telegraphic facilities
at that pointy Itsaysc "We congratulate eur
citizens upon this very, important step in ad?
vancement. If we could infuse Into that, r?fe?
les*, financially defunct corporation; known
here as a large-sized fraud, but in Columbi? as
the ?ort. Royal Railway, and have -^he road
.oompLeted before thia ceaAury hides'away, we
should have- bright visions'** ft?pe that Beau-'
fort would- assert her -miprewao*, and eause
Savannah and Charleston to shake io-their slip?
pers." - I
Columbia. *
-We get the-following Items from the Co-I
lu tr. bi ft Union : Secretary of State Card o zo [
was complimented in a substantial manner, on
Friday last, by th? presentation of sevejfal use?
ful" artlcfes.by the subordl nates In the emplov
of the 8tate. .
-Mr. JMoKinney, chiel clerk of the- State [
treasurer's office, was the recipient, on Friday T
last, of a beautiful stiver gohlej,*prese"nted by
the engrossing clerks, who have been engaged \
on the work rn the secretary's office. - -1
-At a.meeting,of tee Palmetto Fire Engine I
Company of Columbia, on Tuesday evening, a I
committee *yas appointed to- necotiare -with
parties, from whom communications have I
been received, looking to tue. purchase of a f
steam fire engine for the company.
-J. W. Thomas, reppesentative in the Gene?
ral Assembly from Golleton County, res~Wln"<r
on Hain street"" below tue Statehouse, was
robbed an Friday morning. The robbers were
discovered IR the room by the wi?e of Mr.
Thomas, but not in time to arrest them before
they had appropriated a thatch and what
money Mr. x. had in bis pockets.
York.
-The Postmaster-General has ordered the I
establishment o fa postoffice at Bethel, In York
County, and appointed Miss Rebecca Barnett
postmistress. . *-'
-There was a large attendance in Yorkville
on sales-day. The sheriff sold several parcels
of laud. Three tracts, belonging to the eetate
ot Geo. W. Wlllk.ms, deceased, were sold as
follows: The "Vard" tract, 176 acres, pun?
chased by the C"imty commissioners, at $7 W \
per acre; the "Ratchford" tract, 91 acres, by
W.. B. & J. B. Viillsms. at $6 per acrt; and
the "Miller" tract, by D. L. Black, at $5 75 per
acre. A tract of lahd belonging to the estate
ofW. A. Workman, deceased, containing 365 j
acres, was purchased by James A. Erwin, at 1
$i 10 per acre. Mrs'. E. E. Pagan, executrix,
sold the fellowing property belonging to th? .
estate of John Ulli,'deceased: "Stevenson".!
tract of laud, 148 acres, purchased by W. C. |
Kell, at $186 per acre; "Williams" tract, 117
acres, purchased by Samuel Love; at SI 60 per
acre; "Guston" tract, 221 acres, purchased by
John Miller, at $5 50. per 'acre; "Bradford"
tract, 146 acres, purohased by Thomas Loml-1
nack at $8 70-pec acra; "Roark" tract. No. 1, |
126 acres, purchased bv A. E. Gettys at $3 65
per acre; "Roark** ?act, No. J, 149 acree, par
cuasedby James Miller at U per acre; a va
cant lot in YorkvlUe, purchased by A. A.' L
McKenzie, at $44. * j
OrMgebur*-.
-The following sales, of real estate took place j
on sales-day: The Fersner place, 1200 acres, to
Dr. J. A." Keller, fdr $3657; 21 acres in the vil?
lage, to S.-Dibble and T. K. Legare, for $240; \
490 .acres to Charles DaCosta, for $1800; 59
acres to Dr. Thomas Thomson, for $500; Tract I
No. 3 of Thomson's laud, 200 acres In swamp,
to W. J. DeTreville, for $20; 154 acres to P. K.
Cooke, for $2CCj 286J acres to J.? P. Mays, lor
$458; 124 acres to-J. prMays, for $462; 185 acres
tOtT. K. Sttfportas, fer $400. * I
-A valued correspondent writes to TUB f
NEWS from Oran^ebnrg on the 11th instant: I.
Another year is begun, and, with energy un?
abated, the farmer puts the old.years reverses
behbid. and turns his face hopelully to the
untried new. - Tbe.tempttog price of cotton In I
|?S. lnduce&hlin td invest largely In fertilizers;
Wi dl^tflirugmg price ff '70 determines him
to leave them nlone, and his plan? are divert-1
ed measurably from "King Cotton" to the less f
pretentious provision and stock" crop. The j
ntimbers of freedmen who are* farming on
their own account IS unprecedented: they pre?
fer a squatter sovereignty, and employ neces-1
sar fly tile rudest ot materiel, and crudest ot I,
brains in their work. The result will be a vast
diminution pf the products ol the district, and
unusual mortality among them. We are fot-1
t?nate that the peace of our commmunity is not
disturbed os In some of the upper districts; no
violence nor apprehension excites our people,
and i he report o? a "dead head" unhinging
his craiduLu. and haadlng it to a negro to
hoid, wiiile he adjusted his collar bone tii>r
was broken at Uettysburg, ls not credited, j
Our rampant Radicals have subsided lately to I
a gentle docility; something has induced this I
change. May they stay changed, and employ
their energies to better use than fomenting I
strife.
Chester.
-By an advertisement In another column of
TUE NH VS, it will be seen that the type, presses
and material ot the Chester Reporter are to be
sold at public auction on the 3d of April.
-Simon Jacoby, who was convicted oA grand
larceny at the last term of the Court of Ses?
sions, has been pardoned by the Governor,
though the sentence of the court has never
been published. His petition was signed very I
generally by the leading men of the commit-1
nity.
-MIohael McCormick, a citizen of Chester, I
was found dead in his bed on Friday morning
last. In the absence of Colonel Daniel W-fth-L
erspooti, the- negro who was elected coroner I
last laiL-TxiaT Justice M? Donald .earned an
honest penuy by sitting on the body. The
"crowner's 'queel" ?3ald- lt was heart disease
tha*. occasioned the death. The deceased re-J
tired to b.ed the night previous in good spirits. 1
and apparent good health. His epitaph'should
be that he was an honest man, and a good
shoemaker.
-We make the following.extracts ?rom al
Chester letter ol the Otb instant, published in
the Yorkvitle Enquirer: The National Bank of I
Chester completed Its organization on Thurs?
day last by. the election of Johu J..McClure,
Esq., president, and John L. Harris, cashier
and-teller. Mr. Harris notified the Boafed ol
directors of his acceptance of the position.
Hardly anything could be a source of more
sincere gratification to the people of Ches- j
ter tiran the return-o? Mr. Harr is. to his
old iii?inc among them. Four years ago he
accepted the position bf teller in tte Atlanta
National Bank, of Atlanta, Georgi, and he
therefore brings lp the discharge of his duties
here a business experleuce sharpened by con?
tact with the adventurers who make up ? large
portion of the population of that abnormal
City. The board ol directors of the u?w bank J
ls composed of the soundest hud best meu IR]
this community. Banking operations will
begin in about a fortnight, or us soon as the
necessary requisites can be obtained from the j
office or the comptroller ot the. currency at
Washington. Tue capital stocli is uow $50,
000. Books ofSubSCripfioa are to be re-open?
ed, and it is expected lo increase the capital
to $100,000 bvJulv next.
J U ti L O I. O li K D COA'VMESSJ&EJV.
Pea Picture? from Hie New York
. Tribune.
Tiie Washington correspondent .of the New
York Tribune, speaking of the colored mem?
bers ul the Forty-second Congress, says :
Mr Ralney's personal appearance has bee n
described -before. Having held a.seat in the
last Congress, lie is well kuowu to the habi?
tues of the galleries; and is credited with good
looks and manners by a majority ol them. .He
is aieacher by profession, a man of excellent
education, and evidently possessed of ?
proper share of self-respect aud. confi?
dence. His colleagues, DeLarge and El?
liott, are both men of more distinct types.
The first has a dark, oiive-hued complexion,*'
oval face, weli-iormed features, and moderate
Btature. He has the broad "Southern pronun?
ciation, and, If not looking, it might readily be
supposed thal one was listening to an old
sch?oi Palmetto representative. On Ms moth?
er's side Mr. BeLarge ls Of Hayt lan descent.
He also writes himself a teacher. Since the
war closed he has been an active Republican
politician, serving In the State Legislature.
Elliott, his colleague, is credited with consid?
erable ability, espeoially as a parliamentarian
and speaker. He appears to be a full-blooded
negro. His lace ls dull and heavy in repose,
buttTtrhts up well wh?tfhe is engaged In'con
versatron. In manner fte weft ss ability, South
Carolina's colored representatives appear to
be fully-the equals.?! those faff . whom they are
surrounded. The Alabama ;e prese ntatl ve. Mr.
Ta-xner,is a large man? athletic and flue propor?
tioned. -He ls ol a deep brown complexion,' and:
wiirnofbe mistaJien.fdr other than what he I?
-a mulatto. Hb also wrltes-Mmself a teacher.
Mr. Wal*, from Fterlda, woy birth.? Northern
ma?,'of-a*xed-Woo,d, brown complexion, tall
and slender. He appean?? be a young' man
of fine, intelligence, and certainly bears him?
self wltfiTribdeBty. He is a teener also, arid
has been so engsgerHtefsweral years under
the direction of the* Burea** DelArge and.
Turnes-hara both-been slaves. Raine v and
Wall were "born free, and*'contradictory
statements' are made as to -Mr. Elliott It is
claimed by South Carbllnl,,"fie*frabII(5ans that
Mr. Elliott will probably take the -leading po?
sition among the, itve eWewedrepresentatives
now In-Congress. ^ ,,. :;.. m
TBE MEJt&DLAN XBA6LDY.
Tha Treables m llAertaslnF?-Partien
lar? err OM Kilting ff .Tua?;. Btam
. lette and three Vegi oes-Atrocious In
can*l*ayrl?m. .. .
The Merld?-?-/Mississippi) Gazette of Tdes
day, March 7, gives the following details of the
violent seerfes at that place hr re tofo re noticed
In our fllspatcnes:
T?M?t?B?fCJ" A>T) AUSON.
Saturday afternoon Billy Clopton had his
thin "brigade of negro mill rta In arms and para?
ded the streets'M ueual. Billy was extremely,
abusive towards-the oloee of the militia, exer?
cises, and declared that with one hundred men
he could annihilate a thousand white men
that the wWt - . were afraid of the negroes and
he*WQnW have his way in. Meridian. He was
not Interfered with or molested. When tte
dre broke out, that same scoundrel was on
hand thanking God tue rebels'property was
burning, and praying that the ?ames would
consume every building In the city. He drew a
pistol on a-man who remonstrated and would
nave killed him, but tor the iasenference of a
friendly negro. While marching up the street
in front of (lie fire with pistol In hand, cursing .
rebels and gloating over their mislortnnes, he
was suddenly and very unexpectedly knocked
down, disarmed, and left to.colored comrades,**
who carried him out of the crowd, when he
beat a h a* ty retreat for home. About this
time, while the fire was raging; and our citi?
zen? struggling to arrest it- anti sa*? a little of
their property, the bell of the African anarch,
pealed forth the usual signal for toe; negroes*
to repair lhere. ' This was moretbau our -peo?
ple coekf stand-, and a compro^ was at om?
formed ana marched to tho .residence o? the/
sheriff, where a tender was made of the posse
and a request made lor tho arrest sf Bliiy
Clopton. The sheriff seat his -e*sputy. Mr.
Bela, ia charge of the posse and arrested Clo.p
ton and placed him under guard In the court?
house. The turbule?fthreata of th? negr??s
and their white allies called the citizens to?
gether agata Sunday afternoon and evening,
when one hundred men volunteered to . vln-ii
cate the majesty of the law and crash lawless?
ness, no matter whence It night coate. The
town was well nottoed on Sunday night and a
strong guard ol citizens kept over Clopton' to
see that he was neither rescued nor molesten.
Toe negroes did not carry out their threats; .
flie flrrMiend no .longer darted attn wart th?
sky, and-the constant and promiscuous shoot
?n?, which has alarmed women and children
for months,'ceased. One squad of arrflerl
negroes was dispersed ? ed sent home, and
the night, passed in maastahiae, balm and
peace, Yesterday morning there was an,
immense mass meeting at the court?
house to devise ways and means for
keeping peace and giving repose to the cc*m
munity. The meeting was large and enttmsi
asile, ?he largest probably ever held in Meri?
dian; over five hundred persons Were present;,
all classes' were- represented there, and all
crimes- Northam and Southern men clasped,
hands In the d?lib?rations. The speeches wef e
pacific and pointed, and arrowed that the white
people bi Meridian bave-at test determined to
cheek the mad and di-TtnifrlTf* wr-rs ti tjpa
bad negroes and their white Conleoerates..
Theauroceedings will be found elsewhere. In
the afternoon, the case of BlHy Clepton-, Aaron
Moore and Warren Tyler came beiere Justice
Bramlette. Captains Evans and Ford repre?
sented the State, and Mayor bturges his black
friends. The examination ls not concluded at
thts time. The testimony show? that these
negroes, in their -meeting on Saturday,'made
very lnfls*mmatory speeches. Warren Tyler,
in stepping upon the rostrum, placed his pis?
tol on tbe taine. Aaron rsnrmdecr his hearers
of the fate of Sodom and ?Gomorrah,. and
spoke of what might be the fate of Meridian.
Other negroes, spoke of the possibility of the
town being "reduced toasbes. That very rflprrit
the band of the Incendiary reduced to ashes
seventy-flve.tuousand dollars' worth of proper?
ty in Meridian.
. THE COyRTHOUSJ* TRAGEDY.
Meridian has been the .scene ot ohe of the
most horrible tragedies that ever occurred In
a civilized community. While the e*amlrra
tion-ot the witnesses in the case of the Staus
vs. William-Clopton and other negroes,' charg?
ed with riotous conduct on Saturday night at
the time of the fire, was progressing, ' Mr.
Brantley deposed as to some remarks Warren
Tyler had made about the white people. He
was interrupted in a very.rpde and ahgry
manner by tyler, who, lt appears, Was-arm?d
with two pistols, and who was one of tire de?
fendants in .the case. Tyler stated that he
would impeach Brantley's testimony, for wjilch
Brantley raised a cane and advanced to Within
eight or ten met of him. At thts Juncture
General Patten, city marshal, caught Brantley
and held him. While he was thus held Tyler
drew a repeater" and commenced firing at
Brantley. At the first fire Judge Bramlette
was shot through the head and ms tan tl y Kill?
ed. The room was crowded with white and
black, who were attending th? trial, and as
great excitement was prevailing, an indis?
criminate firing commenced, in which Winiam.
Clopton and a negro named Gus Ford were
killed, and several persons, white and black?
wounded.
Alter firing several shots, Tyler jumped wit
of the window of-the court-room, which,, was
lu the second story bf the Sheehan building,
and ran up Sydney street. As soon as it was
known that he had killed Judge Bramjette, he
was pursued, and, on refusing to surrender,,
was Instantly killed. Tyler fired-a number ot
shots at thu parlies in pursuit of him, and re?
sisted his capture until the very last *
Judge Bramlette was a -man universally
loved and respected. He had".bean Judge ot
probate, -and was at the time of his death Jus?
tice of the peace'and a member of the board of
aldermen. .
Clopton and Tyler were turbulent and disor?
derly negroes who have been-stirring up strlle
In this commuait,/ for thelast two years. Their
greatest desire seemed to be to stir np enmity
between the races and do- all the mischief In
tbeir.power.
i-Hifiu^lanxsTos.
QH, YES! OH, YES! OH, YES !
It becomes my pleasant duty to inform mvfrlends
and patrons, that the time has again arrived ror
them to commence cleaning and repairing their
Hotnehoid Furniture, Mattresses and Bedsteads.
Try aTemedy that never fatter send for the Dobtor
who keeps the Furniture infirmai? at No. 81
Queen street Having greatly enlarged my
Invalid Furniture Hospital; I am uaw prepared to
t peat patients in that line more successfully and
satisfactorily than ever. "Corm one, come aU."
JOHN.L. pUNSFORB, No. 31 Queen st.,.
Opposite Harrlsion's Pa;nt and Oil Store,
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