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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. A li RA CE OF PUBLIC DISAPPOINT? MENT S . Tribulation in Fifth Avenue-Til? Grant! Dake Alexander, of Kassia, not Coming-Lamentation In the ?ivc Points-Fizzle of the Prize Fighters The Mercantile Library Rowdies-The Brooklyn Bridge Becoming Visible Thc Mystery of \\\? Unknown Suicide Solved. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, May 13. Hung be the avenue in biack-the Russian Grand Duke is not coming. What visions of banquets and balls have the fashionable peo? ple not had in anticipating the visit of the Czar's second son ? What dreamt of flirta? tions and conquest did not the belles af our west end sutler themselves to indulge in ? The disastrous news conies over from the banks of the Neva that the Muscevitish monarch ho* "decided to keep the young man at home, or at least put a'.veto upon his journey across the Atlantic. The ??ason ol this sudden change of programme is not definitely Known. All we do know ie that Alexis was* coming, and that Fifth avenue was in a fever; that the fashion papers gushed ' with loyal enthusiasm; that numerous com? mittees, formed out of the wealthy classes, were orgauized to see to the reception, and now-that we are doomed to disappointment. Some ascribe the Czar's inconstancy to his a: ?er because he was not named one of the arbitrators in the treaty ol Washington;others to the dismay with which, he received the in? telligence that all New York above Madison Square wa? agog to torture and harass his child with fulsome attentions affr he should arrive. There is na calamity, however, that has not its corresponding compensation. If we are not to behold the prince, we are at least spared the infliction of a season ol toady? ism on the part o? our shoddy aristocracy, which promised to be almost without parallel in social, history. It never rai ?bu t it pours. One disappoint? ment is follower! by another. No prince and no prize fight. One hundred and sixty thou? sand citizens of New York bought the little penny News on Friday afternoon (that was the number sold) in eager expectaiion of readlDg ail about the pounding which Mace was to give the other.ruffian over the border in Canada. The other evening papers also had enormous sales. ButCoburn danced all around the ring, and Mace did not deliver a blow, and after an li our and a quarter of this foolishness, the Canadian authorities broke Into the ring, and the bruisers put on their coats and came home.to New York. Coburn is swaggering around the low tippling houses in the neigh? borhood or the City Hall, boasting how be . could have beaten his antagonist, and Mace may once more be 6een in his shirtsleeves be? hind his bar at the Capita! Saloon, dealing out . fisll oil to crowds ol'excited customers. It is hardly worth while railing at prize fightlDg-as long as a pugilistic encounter ex? istes the whole commuuity, SB that ol Friday did. When people in stages and horse cars, on the ferry boats and railroads, in the gold board and produce exchange, at the dinner table and family hearthstone, talk of nothing else than the meeting ot the gladiators in the ring, lt is evidence that the moral tone oi so? ciety is scarcely better than it was sixty years ago, when a personage so exalted as a Prince Regent iavored the exhibition oi finie science with his presence. Our grandfathers had a little the advantage of us iu one respect. They honestly expressed their admiration oi the "sport," while we secretly .gloat over lt and pretend openly that we are disgusted. The Srlze fighter, like the man who ls goii.g to be anged, ls a sweet boon to tbe New York newspapers. The publishers know trie public taste and get out their largest editions. The care and space given to the entrancing sub- i ject are not confined to the sporting press. All ? the "respectable" newspapers, SUCH as the World, Herald, Times, ?c., sent special cor? respondents to Canada to report the Mace Cob urn controversy, and the agent of tbe As? sociated Press was on the. Bpot aud telegraph? ed a long detailed account. It is a mistake to suppose that our only dis? orderly classes are the professional ruffians: and the Republican local politicians. On the contrary, there are a class of young men who give the police almost as much trouble us Reddy the Blacksmith's gang, and Charley. Spencer's gang. The Mercantile Library rooms are their rendezvous, and the annual election for o Ulcers the occasion of their exhibitions ot . bad-temper. For years these riot? have taken place. The young men are Just those irom whom the community has a right to expect oraerly and respectable behavior-the clerks and salesmen of large mercantile houses, and financial institutions. While en-' gaged in business they certainly ap? pear to respect themselves and the decencies af society, but as members of the Mercantile Library, R seems tc -be mu? tually conceded among them that they shall , be blackguards. There are two putties wit b tickets for library officers in the field, and the contest is waged with all the virulence of po? litical wai S in the Sixth Ward. The young men makea point to crowd into their oppo? nents ratification meetings tor the purpose of breaking them up by violence. These strug? gles generally end by the turning off of the gas, and some broken heads, and a rush of the police into the arena. Nearly two thousand young men-oar future bankers, and' merchant princes-belong to the Mercantile', and most ol them take part in these feuds. They are even adepts In ballot-box stuffing, bribery aud in timidetion of youthful voters: Just now the -j excitement ls at the highest pitch. , Let scoffers bang their heads. Those face- ' Hons people who have been making weak 1 jokes about the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, and those ocular individuals who have been in the habit of remarking, "We won't live to see It in our day, my boy," have but io look to the Brooklyn side, just above the Fulton Ferry House, and behold Che majestic tower of stone*slowly aud surely ribing. It is already fifteen leet above the level of the ground, while lt rests on a bed fifty feet be? low. In less than a year it will be finished. The work on the N?w York fide has begun. . The wooden lramework, inside of which the masons will lay tho foundation, ia to oe sunk next week. The completion of the bridge, which will be the greatest suspension bridge in the world, is as certainly assured as any future event can be. It the statement ot a correspondent of a mornlorr paper can be believed.tue mystery sur? rounding the life and sad ending of the beau? tiful unknown who killed herself at the- Ste? vens House, a few days ago, is eolved. The name of Harrington was assumed. The lady waa from Georgia, and ten years ago. was a be?re in one of the principal cities in that Slate. She married a lawyer ol some ability and re? markable personal attractions. Wheathe war broke out, the husband entered the Confede? rate Slates army with' the rank ol colonel, while she retired to a plantation In the upper part ot Georgia. In 1864 he wa*s taken pris? oner, and she obtained permission to come through the lines to visit him. She found bim llvlng"at the North unfettered, and learned ts her shame that insiead ol' being captured he had deserted to the Federal lines. Though she could not help de.-pisiog the man, she loved him too much-or, perhaps, it is belter to fay she was too much infatuated with him-, to leave him. Since the close ol the war he has been a hard drinker, and in his drunken fury lins oiteu beaten her. She luis attempted suicide before, but lias been prevented. lu me depths of despair she ended the tragedy the other day. NT? TUE CROP PROSPECTS IN GEORGIA.-The Ma? con Telegraph says: "If a cotton crop is to be grown this year in Georgia, we may say the work is, io a very great extent, commenced. Much of what is tip is in so sickly and perish? ing a condition, and so obstructed by grass and weeds, that it will have to be ploughed un. This is particularly true on low level lands. Ou drier localities it is badly lashed, aDd the stand everywhere is exceedingly poor. We have never known a more un? promising prospect at this season ot th? year, and come to the conclusion that 1871 will probably witness enough of a cotton (allure to produce, in connection with tae great cotton years ol 1869 and 1870. a general average. With so poor a start, and so much ol tiie growlDg season lost, the deicit. as compared with last year, must necessarily be grear. A mi'.ij*?n bales will hardly cover it. Corn is better, but all plantation work is sadly behind hand. In the past fortnight more than hall the working time has been lost." VANDALISM RAM/ ^ST. Destruction of the'Column in the Place Ven dome-The Moderate Citizens Em? bittered Against thc Commune-Ex? plosion of a Powder Magazine-The Circle Na rr owing, ?fee. PARIS. May 1G-Night By two o'c'ock che Place Vendome was thronged. Three bands played while the work men were chipping the base of the column Engineer Abodie arrived. Rochefort followed. The people cheered Rochefort. The arrange? ments being all completed, the bugles sound? ed, aod the cables were stretched. The column stood firm, but a windlass gave way. Abodie wanted two hours to repair this ac? cident. At 5 o'clock it was announced that the column would not lall till seven. There was. a-general cry of disapprobation. Abodie was accused of complicity wfth the Ver saiiiisti an,d threatened with the guillo? tine. At half-past 5 the cables were again stretched. The column swayed, then swept magniiicently down, bursting inio fragments as it struck the earth. The crowd cried' uVive la -Cornrnune.'" The bands played the Marsailla'i3?. The statue ol' the Emperor was detached first from the column with tbe bead broken off by the fall. The Nationals spat on lt and struck at it with their rifles. Orators made till kinds of extravagant speeches, alter which the crowd dispersed and the soldiers moved off waving the red flag. VERSAILLES, May 10-Evening. Tradesmen from Paris say that many thou? sands of men, friends of order, are arftious for a fearf .il revenge on the Reds upon the entry of the Versaillists. They complain of being made to fight the Versaillists against their will. A corresponden' is informed that the Coinminists torture their prisoners to death. The troops swear vengeance. The grand as? sault is expected within a few flours. The As? sembly is now debating whether it can call itsell a Constituent Assembly. LONDON, yiay 1". Paria adrices report five papers suspended. Several persons were injured by the falling of the-eolumn in the Place Vendome. The Ver? saillists advanced their trenches within a hun? dred metres of the ramparts. The troops in the trenches are much annoyed by the insur? gent Are. Thirty of them were killed in one night. The Communists hold Montrouge. There ls nothing decisive from Paris. The CommmeT in order to avoid the chances ol dictatorship, are associating commanders Dombrowski and other generals have had as? sociates assigned them. A special to the Lon don Standard says the Versaillists will probably carry the city to-night, e\nd the Communists are leaving in dismay. The La test. LONDON, May 17-Evening. The Anteull and Versailles gates' have been c-.estroyed. The neighboring Commune bastions are silent under a terrific lire. Fort Issy, cow in the hands of the Versaillists, is bombarding Pete!, Vanvres, Grenville and Pont Du Jour. The position ls untenable, lt is believed the Versaillists are undermining the walls near Port Neuilly. Dissensions in the Commune continue. A terrific explosion took plaoe in the eastern portion o? Paris, tn the direction of Avenue Du Trocaden. It ls believed that a Versaillist shell from Neuilly has exploded a powder magazine within Paris. WASHINGTON NEWS. The lnity to Su ppr ss the Ka-Klux Uovreii'H Bicurny Trial-Thc New York Tribune Correspondents ^t:ri in Dar ance, Atc. WASHINGTON, May 17. It is stated that the President has ordered the military authorities to assist the civil au? thorities of South Carolina lu eniorcing the laws. Representative Bowen's-bigamy trial com? mences on Tuesday. Eastern banks have applied ineffectually for the balance of currency assigned to but not taken by the South and West. The organiza? tion of a national commercial bank at Mobile is authorized. Capital half a million. There was a meeting this morning ol the Senat? committee of twenty-one on alleged Ku-K ux outrages. The steamer Wabash relieves the Franklin as the (lag ship of tho European squadron. Edv/ard L. Stanton has been nominated sec? retary of Territory District Columbia. The subscription thus far to the new-loan is sixty-five miliious. The Senate was engaged all day with the reporters ol'the Tribune who refused to an? swer questions. A resolution was finally adopt ed by one majority, in effect confining the investigation to toe acts of senators, their clerke-, families, and to officers and employees ol'the S>-naie. TJlie prisoners have till noon to-morrow to prepare their answers. The Seuale then adjourned. TORNADO AT CBICAGO. CHICAGO, May 17. There was a tornado in the southern part of the'city. A number ol buildings, Including the Catholic Church, were demolished. A woman was killed and a man hurt. -Two dead boys 'vere lound on the railroad track. It is thought they sought refuge under some Ireight cars, which the wind subsequently put in mo lion, killing ihem. ' THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON, May 17. It ii probable that loeul ra?as will pass over the middle Gulf coast, and.that a storm 'of moderate dimensions, will pass over Georgia and South Carolina. A more extended rain is threatening the Ohio valley and Illinois. Clouily weather, with brisk northeasterly wind j, will ' probably be experienced from Lake Erie northwestward. Fresh northwest? erly winds' aro probable for the Middle and Eastern States._ -Tile Germans of Chicago, at their coming grand peace celebration, will have a historical division in their procession which promises to be both instructive and imposing. This divi? sion will commence with a representation of the overthrow ol' Hie Roman domination by Hermann and Thusnelda on horseback, lollow ed by about one buudred primitive Germans, in their aboriginal costumes ol' furs and hides. Theiesa of Barbarossa, and the CritsuJers, will be represented by Crusaders on horse 'and foot. The middle ages ol German history will be symbolized by GuUenburg uud his priming press, printers and engravers.' The arts will be remembered in Albrecht Durer, Haus Sachs and Lucas Cranach, a-jjompanied by Tjirich Von Hutten, aud Goetz Von Berlichingeu; and the oress trill be included among the highest arts. The entire history of the founding and development of the Prussian State, lrorn the time of the Great Elector, with his little prov? ince of dreary Brandenburg sand, to lUe days of vv.?liam Rex. will be characterized. 'AN HONEST WITNESS. THE GRIEVANCES OF O UR TAX-FA X ERS AS VIEWED ST A TRIBUNE MAN. Thc Venality of our Lawmakers- The State too Poor to Attora Good Pickings -Upstart Officials-The Land Com? mission Frauds-Feeling of Ute People on National Matters. [Correspondence or the N. Y. Tribune.] COLUMBIA, S. C., May ll. There can be no doubt that the prop? erty-owners ot South Carolina haye many real grievances of which to complain on account ol the manner In which the finances of the State havedpeon administer? ed, and a careiul Inquirv^faltefies me that the charges of corrupt .pracUces-rWhich they make against the State Legislature and many' ol" the State officers are, to some extent, true, although ' greatly exaggerated. All peopled from the Governor down to private citizens ol' Doth parlies, white men and negroes, agree that with few exceptions the members of the? Legislature were shamefully venal, and sold their votes with little ffi-eCence ol secrecy. This we may pass over as au admitted lad; but the amount ol really bad legislation of which they were guilty ls not y?ry great. The Slate ? of South Carolina, ls too poor to afford much plunder. There are no f owerlul railway com? panies or other rich and grasping corporations that tan afford lo pay roundly (or legislation to promote their interests; and the actual amount ol' corruption money used at the last session would appear ridiculously small to the lobby? ists who manipulate the Legislatures of New York and Pennsylvania. The measures for the passage of which money was most freely used were the phosphate bill (which gave to a" few person? a monopoly ot the right to take phosphate deposits, for leriillzlng purposes, from the rivers of the State) ana the Green? ville Railroad subsidy bill, which passed the House alter an expenditure ol $60,000, but which finally failed to pass the Senate over the Governor's veto. The chief sin ol' the Legisla? ture was the extravagance witli which money was spent for clerk hire, furniture and inci-. dental expenses. The cost of the lust session was nearly ten times as much as the average cost of the sessions before the war. As an Il? lustration of where the monev went to, lt Is related that one member bought a pair of horses nnd paid the owner by giving him an order on the treasury lor pay as a committ.ee clerk, and that others furnished themselves with gold watohesand chains In a like munner Inexpensive'to themselves. Bm it is against three or four of the State officers that the anger of tne taxpayers is espe? cially directed. When the State Government went into operation in 1668, the only capital of Its members we're their influence with tue negro voters, and they carried all their tangi? ble fortunes upon their backs. Now they live in fine mansions, drive last horses, buy rail? roads, establish banks, and give every sign of possessing great wealth. In commercial com? munities, where rich? are often rapidly ac? quired, such a sudden rise to fortuno would not attract so much attention or suspicion; bul to understand the effect it inukes upon the public temper here, lt must be remembered that the people ot Sc-IUh Carolina are very poor.that nearly all the fortunes once possessed oy them were wrecked by the war, that many who once lived In luxury are now reduced to actual'poverty, and that the old proud planters have nothing left but their barren' acres, which scarcely produce enough to feed them. In these pinching days of adversity, a throng of un? known men come out of the country of timir recent enemies to seize upon all toe places In ino government by the aid of negro votes. No' doubt a large share of the wealth of these men was acquired by what would belohKed upon In New York as legitimate speculation, but here Tew make such distinctions. The South Caro? lina planters know little about speculating; :heir fumines used to be in lana's and slaves. Wealth was slowly acquired, and was always - in evidence of respectability and good family; men who made money rapidly were suspected* ind-the sp?culative tnst.nct was .one of the Yankee traits, which they most "despised. These planters now t?nd themselves poor, their taxes enormously increased, their State debt much augmented, and the State officers sud? denly risen irom poverty to affluence. Their wrath rs naturally great at ali-1his. - the taxpuyers do nor. rest their case, how? ever, on general assertions ol' corruption, but they make specific charges against sbme of the 3laie officers, and these charges are repealed inc Indorsed by many respectable Republican? out of office. Perhaps rhe most serious of the charges refers to the public land. Bonds to the amount ol -$700,000 were sold, and the pro :eeds applied to .purchasing land lor the Slate, with the purpose of reselling it on long credit ' ind in small tracts to colored meo. as a chari? table undertaking. A land commissioner was ip po i u ted, with numerous deputies. It turns DUI that the utmost value of the h\nd purchased is not $200.000, and that all the rest ol' the. money went into the pockets of the commis? sioners and some of the membt re'of a super? visory board, consisting ol' certain State juicers. One man made $30,009 on a jingle purchase. He bought a tract of land for $30,000, agreeing with the owner < i hat the deed should be made for*120,000. drew the- money from the treasury, paid the owner ind pocketed the difference. In some cases * land was bought in which there were unsatisfi? ed mortgages, to its full value, and the money , ilrawn to pay the mortgages nae disappeared.. ? ll ls alleged thara systematic process has been 1 :arrled on by certain State officers ot "sweat- , mg" claims against the State-that is, refusing , md delaying payment until cia! m au iv, wearied JV the delay, . would sell their claims at a neavy discount to broker*, who divided the < profits with the efficlalsi Doubtful claims have , been bought up and subsequently made re? deemable ul pur by legislative enactments. The same persons also made a large sum by purchasing the bi J1?-ol' the old S.aie Bank for ilmust nothing, and then getting an act passed randing ihenf at par. In other places this transaction would be thought a legitimate speculation, but the South Carolina planter is not or this opinion, and Invariably character? izes lt as "a piece of d-d rascality." I do not wish to give the impression that all thc Stale officers are-bad men. There are some eminent exceptions-men whose motives' are pure and whose hands arc clean of bribes; but, as a' rule, the officers are "not of a class that would be trusted with official responsi? bility In any Northern community outside ol' New Yorft City. They came to Hie surface at a Hme when it. was on!.v necessary lor a whlre man in South Carolina to say he was a Repub? lican, and wanted an office, to get one. Such men were so scarce then th ut many were obliiied to hold two or three.offlces at once. In the taxpayers' movement, which has brought about the*convention now silling in this city, J do not believe the ichite people' are actuated in great part by hostility to thc Ilepublican parly. They care little about party names^bui ihey' arc determined to gel the power lu the State ont ol the hands of* the negroes. If Hie negroes were Democrats, the whites would be Republicans to-day. Indeed, it is surprising how little they are interested in parties in a national sense. They are*indif ftrtiit to all national malters, ami do not feel that they make a part of thc United Slates, except lu a sort ol dependent conquered pro? vince fashion. What party leaders say In Congress they reud, ?1 they read at all, willi about the sume interest ihey would take io the debates ol'the British Parliament; and the movements of President Grant are of lillie mme consequence In their eyes than those ol t he Emperor of Brazil. Bul they jire despe? rately In earnest about tbejr local affairs, and I believe they will leave no means untried, whether ol'persuasion or violence, to gel con? trol ol' ihe State. -One of the perils to which a submarine cable is subjected ls illustrated- iu the lact i hat a vessel at anchor lo Dover Straits recent? ly, when weighing anchor, pulled up a cable t hat crosses lira channel BC that point The people aboard the vessel curiously , examined it for a while, ami then dropped it without injury. In the meantime the news scrambled over ibe wire most volubly. Just as If nothing strange were ?xoing on. -The question ol narrow gauge lor railways is attracting much attention among railway men, and steadily meets with more favor the oftener lt ls discussed. The Iron Age says that a comparison, which it gives in brief, of all the essential elements lu the .cost ol' con? struction and operation ol railroads will show that, the cost per mlle ol the narrow gausie, from three feet lo two feet, is from one-half to one-third that ol the standard gauge ol' lour feet eight aud a half inches. BLOODY AFl'RAY IS WINKSRORO*. X County' Treasurer Sh?. Mr. L. C. Carpenter, editor of the Columbia Union, who is now on a visit to Charleston, re? ceived a letter yesterday morning, apnounc ingthe shooting of Mr. John Vf. Clark, trea? surer of Fairfield County, Tuesday morning, at Winnsboro'. The particular? are briefly as follows: Clark accosted a delinquent tax? payer, named DuBose. saying that the time for collecting the delinquent tax was expired, and he would be obliged to .resort to legal measures. An angry altercation ensned, dur? ing which DuBose said he would not pay any more taxes. DuBose then knocked Clark down, and, as he fell, a cousin oT DuBose'Sj W. D. Aiken, drew his revolver and shot Clark through the bowels. The sheriff called on a number of citizens to assist him In ar? resting Aiken, but all refused, and" the mur? derer made his escape. Clark was living at last accounts, but the wound lasserions. All tlie county officers ol Fairfield had received Ku-Klux notices to leave bot Clark and the sheriff. TBE PHILOLOGICAL MURDERER. NEW Youl.'May 17. Rulloff, who claims it will take only six weeks to complete his system of.'philology, ls to be hanged to-morrow. Governor Hoffman declined to Interfere. FROM ES GLAUD Cold Weather-A Vessel Lo.t. LONDON, May 17. The weather is very cold; there is -mow in the north o? England. A French fishing vessel, with twelve of h?r crew, was mn down la lhe channel by an unknown vessel. . FROM MEMPHIS. Collision of Steamers-Cr.op Prospecto Bad. MEMPHIS, May 17_ The steamers Potomac and St. Francis collided; little damage was done. The crops are reported bad. The rain, cold weather and vermin destroyed the young cotton. Marjy planters are without seed to replant. SPARKS, FROM TBE WIRES. -The Adams's Express office at. Columbus, Ohio, waa entered by burglars, two persons sleeping in the office were drugged, and flity thousand ?ollans in current funds stolen. Nb clue. -At the Fleetwood Park, New York, on Tuesday, Thomas Jefferson won a purse for 2:29 horses. Heather Bloom won a purse tor 3-minute horses. -Half a million of specie was exported from New York to Europe, yesterday. -Dr. Daniel Watson, of Newport, is dead: -A dispatch lrom Paris reports the death of Auber, the great musical composer, at the age of 89. NIL8SOS AT SAS-nriLLB. How She A rr crt r, i a. Afc^spitper IWan The ''Queen of S mg," as the*papers have styled Nilsson, has honored Nashville with a concert. ''For weeks the Nashvillians have looked forward to this great event, and now it ls over," writes a correspondent of the Mil waukie News, -'aud it maybe years before they will ever see the like again, unless the 'Queen'.eau see two thousand dollars in the visit. I love music, and wanted to hear her\ but this concert was to be a Tennessee 'ova? tion,' and people were expected to come from far and wide to do honor to the Queen; and as these people are so demonstrative, under the influence of her dulcet notes, there is no know. lng what they might do. I attended, and was jammed into a large hall, with a stub of a t icket In my hand calling for a reserved seat, which I never reached, but se cu rod some one else's, and then tried lo comprehend the audience assembled. The Union says "the audience was a'bouquet of loveliness ( idled from the middle counties of Tennessee." So lt was. One bouquet right in front of me must have been six feet high. I had only onje glimpse of Nillson dunne the emir? evening-the bouquet obstructed the view somewhat. The ooncert was a great suc? cess, and every one of the performers was en? cored two aod.ihree times. Once the "Queen," after singing everything on the programme and halt a dozen ballads thrown in, came out aud shook her head in a nesatlve manner. But Middle Tennessee was relentless, they yelled like a set of Comanche Indians, and, as this was an ovation, the Queen came out once more, and gave "Home, Sweet Home,'' lu a heavenly manner. Bul the effect was lost, for ll touched one poor* fellow's heart so much j that lie lost lils balance sitting on the rall ol a j bench, and fell sprawling to the floor with a noise that was astonishing. After the concert a fine band serenaded the "Queen," who was a guest ?t the Maxwell. I fell asleep while the bund was playing ''Pat me in my Little Bed-" -At Hie close ol the Mace-Cobnrn fizzle In Canada, the former remarked, "Why, If I had. acted as cowardly as Coburn did to-day the crowd would drown rae In Lake Erie." On their return to Erie, Coburn sought Mace at his hotel and wanted to fight- in Canalla, de? claring that his friends could not go to Kansas City. "I have nothing to do with lt," said Mace; "see the referee." "You Ile,"' returned Coburn, "you've ' put up another Job on rae. 1 can lick you here, now. Get up and have lt out !" Mace told a .reporter, after his return, that lie wanted a fair light, but Coburn never once showed the wish to begin business. "I gave him several chances and attempted to close, but he each time jumped back into his corner, amid cries from his partisans of 'Bring him be**. Joe!' I suggested that a song or a slump oration would be an enlivenment to the monotony of foolishly beating Hie air. Tlie object in trying to get me into his corner was to harm me,,for it is well known that they had chloroform, vitriol, cayenne pepper and deadly weapons te assail- me with it they had a chance. I said, 'If you come out ot that corner and get into any other part of the ring I'll make you fight;'bul this made him hug lt still more.'" _ -Our foreign files furnish a vivid picture of the extraordinary condition of society under I "Red" rule in Paris. A noteworthy incident | is lhe seizure by the chief conspirators ol all Hie balloons they can lay their hands upon, as if, when the lime comes, to make their escape through thc air ! Belore it comes to that, how? ever, lhere are unmistakable indications of terrible work in the streets. In thc Champs Elysees there are four hundred torpedoes con? nected with each other.by conducting wire?. A great many furnaces are established in the Avenue ol'the Grand Anny. A trench, filled with petroleum, extends from the Palais Royale to lhe great' barricade in the Rue St. Florentin. This trench ia connected with tor? pedoes placed under the offices ol'the Minis? ter of Marine, in the Place de la Concorde. At the entry to the Rue Castiglione iwo hundred torpedo.es. are placed, and these endanger all 'the district, between the Seine aud- the Boulevards, the Place de ia Concorde, and the Place de Palais Royale. To conceal the posi? tion of these torpedoes the Commune have erected movable barricades, which will be shilled by and by, under color ol' a change in Hie plan of dele'nce. Whenever the govern? ment troops enter Paris, therefore, they will have to fight these most terrible of all unseen Clotljing ano inmisfjing ?ooos. Will. DRESS SXJITS. BUSINESS SUITS S il IBTS. C O Tj L A R S . NECK WEAK. OLOYES UNDERWEAR. CANES ANO UMBRELLAS, TMUTIUIiUBieS -0-- .. AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK OP TH* ABOVE GOODS IS THE LATEST STYLE, .AND AT PBICEE TO SUIT. J. H. LAWTON ft GO, ACADEMY OF KVm BUILlMNft, Shirts ano ?nxn: stung Qiocaa. THE PLAc'lf PC-* LOW PRICES.' "gj SHIRTS. Flt, Quality and Work Qoaranteed. SHIRTS. ? Lat e.r. New York and London Cuts'. . SHIRTS. H Order your shirt? now, ?efore the'hot season. Q SHIRTS. I Shine, Collars, Drawers, Night Shirts.* SHIRTS. Made to Orders and Ready-Made. j SHIRTS p At less price than any other first class hobie. p . SHIRTS. Men's Furnishing Goods at ? SHIRTS T . SCOTT'S SHIRT E.WORHJM, . SHIRTS. Meeting, street, opposite .Market. S ' SHIRTS._S .?ltUmsrp, Dressmaking, Uz. PARISIAN DRESSMAKER, No. 23S KINO STREET, EAST SIDE. BETWEEN MARKET AND HASEL STS., (UP STAIRS!) FINE FRENCH CORSETS MADE TO ORDER. PRICES REASONABLE. maris - . - Cigars, Sohacco, Ut. QIGABS, TOBACCO, I?FFFT&C. " the undersigned. Proprietor of "EMPEROR WILLIAM C1QAR EMPOKIlfM," NO. 31? King Bireet, three doors south o? Society street, respect? fully states to the Smoking, Cuewing and Snuf ling publia, that he has concluded to otTer extra inducements to Wholesale and Retail Coasumers of CIGARS, TOBACCO, SNUFF, Ac, by disposing of his Stock at such prices as to secure a large And reliaole tra?e. AQ extensive and complete aST-octmcnt of all articles in his linc of business la Kept constantly ou hand, glvluz a facility of lining, without delay, all orders extended to bim, accompalned with cash, or draft on responsible houses In the city. Purchasers are requested to examine his perfect Stock .before trading else? where. . WM. tsHRODEK, Proprietor of Emperor William-Cigar Store, decis-dmoe <fc P Spool Colton. .. COATS' SPOOL* COTTON. We have In Stock and will always Keep an as? sortment of COATS' THREAD for sale at New York trade prices. JOH S G. MILNOR A CO., febll stutnemos No.'136 Meeting street. JUST RECEIVED, . CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS, (U?imbold's,) By DR. H. BAER, mayis No. 131 Meeting street. $500,00 TO BE GIVEN AWAY! ii* T?IE SOUTH CAROLINA '.' The undersigned have entered into ai Association for the purpose of Introducing Immigrants into South Carolina and procuring homes for the same. They propose to establish Agencies lo tbe principal cities of Europe ?ai: the North and Northwest, and assist Immigrants in coming to our State, where they, will have homes provided, and'aid them in becoming permanent settlers upon the soil. > They will be able to offer the best Cotton, Quain and Truck Land in the healthy portion? of the State, at very low prices, ana cn long credit, enabling the purchaser to ?ay for the same ont of the crops raised. They will also assist Immigrants, when -necessary, to transportation and subsistence for the first year. * ' Circulars will be prepared and distributed, explaining our plans more in detail. Central Office, AGA DEMY' OP MUSIO, CORNER RING AND MARKET STREETS, Charleston^ South. Carolina. . ' ' . /BUTLER, CHADWICK, GARY & CO. Eeferences in South Carolina : General WADE HAMPTON, Hon, B. F. PERRY, Governor M. L. BONHAM, General JOHNSON HAGOOD, BOO. ARMISTEAD BD RT, DOD. JAMES CHESNDT, General J6HN S. PRESTON", Bon. W. Di SIMPSON, ANDREW SIMONOS, Efeq., Hon. G. A TRENHOLM, . ? Governor. J.L. MANNING, Hon. J. B. CAMPBELL. References in New York City : ; . . . . AUGUST BELMONT A CO., Bankers. MORTON, BL'SS A CO., Bankers. HOB. CHARLES O'CONOR^Counsellor-at-Law. Hon. JOHN E. WARD, Oounsellor-at-Law. Hon. ROG ea A. PRYOR, Couusellor-at-Law. Colonel RIOBARD LATHERS. f T. A HOYT, Esq., President Gold Room., - 3UNT, THOMPSON A CO., Factors. ANDERSON, STARR A CO., Merchante. ' PETTUS & CO., Merchants. ; F. ZOGBAUM A FAJU^ILD, Merchants. $500,000 TO BE AWARD ?0 TO THE TICKET-HOLDERS OF THE SERIES OF CONCERTS TO COMMERCE ON THE FIRST OF OCTOBER, 1871, AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, CHARLESTON, S. C., ON WHICH DAY THE DRAWING COMMENCES. THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAND AND IMMIGRATION ASSOCIATION, UNDER THE AUSPICE^ or the ,;S?uth Carolina State Agricultural and Mechanical Society," wUl give a series of Concerts at the ^Academy of Music, Charleston, S. C., commencing October 1st, 1871, for the purpose of raising a fund to enable Emigrants to settle upon lands selected by the Association for Homes of Northern and European Farmers and others, m the State of South Carolina, and for their transportation thither and soppyrt for the first year. 150,000 8E?80N TICKETS OF ADMISSION, AND NO MORE, AT FIVE DOLLARS EACH. . ALL THE PREMIUMS. INCLUDING DEED AND CERTIFICATE OF TI?LE TO ACADEMY OF MUSIC, will be deposited with th:; National Bank or the Republic, New York. #500,000 IN GIFTS! 1st Gift-ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Charletton, S.e., cost to build $230,000, having an annual rental of about $20,000, from 0?era House, Morea and Halls; the -building being about 230 feet by so feet, and situated corner or King and Market streets, in the centre of the city, and well kitown to be the finest building and most valuable property in Charleston, valued at.,.$280,009 -2d Qlft-^Caah....'.'.. 100,000 3d GKt-Casb. v'.'. 26,000 4th Gift-Cash. 10,000 8th Grit-Cash.!.?. 8,00*. 26 Girts-^-C&sh-each $ioco.:..,. 25,ooo 25Gifts-Cash-each $500..'... 12,660 350Gifts-Cash-each $100. 36,000 250 Gifts-Cash-each $50.'..."...'. 12,600 600 Gifts-Cash-each $25. 12,600 1250 Gifts-Cash-each $10... 12,600 2404 Gifts, amounts to.*.$600,080, BUTLER, CHADWICK, GABY & GO., ? Agents S. C. Land and Immigration Association, General M. C. BUTLER, ) . "amn" a n JOHN CHADWICK, Esq.. \ . CHARLESTON, S. C. General M. W. GARY. j AGENTS WANTED-LIBERAL COMMISSIONS ALLOWED. -0 Commissioners and Supervisors of Drawing : General?A. E. WRIGHT, of Georgia. General BRADLEY T. JOHNSON, of Virginia, Colonel B. W. RUTLEDGE, of South Carolina. Hon. ROGER A. PRYOR, o? New York. A. FAIR AND COMMENDABLE SCHEME ? CHARLESTON. S. C., May -, 1871. We take pleasure In certifying t.?at we are acquainted with General M. C. BUTLER, JOHN" CHADWICK, Esq., and General M. W. GARY, of the Arm of BUTLER, CHADWICK. GARY A CO., and know them to be gentlemen of Integrity, and we regard the object they have of assisting Immigrante to homes m South Carolina of great importance to the State as well as to the Immigrants, and we have every confidence thatthelr enterprise will be carried out with fairness ?nd honesty to ?ll par ties concerned. .. . GEO. A. TREN HOLM, h ^? ?Vu & MM PORN FR TH0S' ?' SIMONS, _ JJ?M?R PSLE. HENRY BUIST, ayi3-3mos WILMOT G. DESAUSSURE.