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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. ? WliVlUU Al.-11U1UUJUU Mt v THE HANGING OF R?LL0FF. HOW THE MODERN EUGENE ARAM MET HIS ESJD. Thc Career or thc Learned Murderer Dc tull? of Uti Last Hours-The Felon Firm to thc Last-Scenes at the Scaf? fold-Startling Incidents. The New York papers print Very full ac? counts ol the iast hours and execution of Ed? ward H. Rulioff, the extraordinary criminal who as already brierly announced by -tele? graph, paid the penalty of his crimes at Bing hampton, N. Y., on Thursday last. We make some extracts: The last uwelve hours of the life oi tiiis mon? ster were symmetrical with ail its preceding years of infamy. At 12A o'clock this morning, when the gallows was only twelve hours dis? tant, he turned to his dictionaries-but Thom? as Johnson, one of his keepers, saw that his at? tention to them was a mere pretence, as he observed1 ttat Rulloff.had a book wrong side up, which he had seemed lo be carefully ex? amining for some Ump. Upon making this discovery, he was emboldened to ' break in upon the meditations ol the learned outlaw by asking him il bis business in this world had all been?fesed. He answered in the affirmative, and thenceforward made but few attempts to convince bis watchers that he was engaged in those studies of language by which he so per? sistently sought to. delude the world. He turned with ihe facility of his unbalanced mind lrorn philology to obscenity, and endeav? ored to beguile the night with vile anecdotes. Next this mau of magical mind sought to push the Impeuding horror from him by stale de? vices, and occupied himself by the old puzzle of arranging figi'">s so that added they would make filmen eil r way. Ho made several failures at this. bu. finally succeeded with this example : . 2 9 4 7 5 3 ? 1 8 With these tri?es the morceuts were wasted. The clock in the parlor of Sheriff Martin strik? ing ? in the morning, the condemned, wbo was at the moment walking nervously up and down the corridor, which was used as a cell for bis benefit, suddenly stopped and listened in? tently. Evidently he bad not been able lo count the strokes, for he turned to lils keep? ers and asked the hour. Being told that it was 5 o'clock, be said, with more of true feul Ini* in his tone than had been before noticed. "My time is getting short,'' and turned to his dictionaries attain, but his ^reoccupation "With them was more evidently a sham than before. At 7 o'clock In the mornfug he was removed from the cell, where he liad lived so many months, lo a room on the second floor, where he would be out of tue way of thc last prepa? rations for the ex?cution which would soon commence. He easily divined the change, but made no remark "upon it, and stepped lightly and firmly from the corridor wnich he knew he wonld never enter again except lo pass through it on his way to bis doom; and he seemed really interested in his new quarters. For a time he was alone with the two watchers, but even in this privacy he ISept up the ghastly farce of jocosity, walk? ing up and down the room, kicking out his J feet, saying, not once, but often; "Look out- | this torse will kick." Presently Patrolman. Sears, of the Bingham pion police, entered the room upon an errand, and Kui; o ff approached him in the .most lxiendly manner, and alter shaking bands look the officer's belt and club from bim. Brandishing the latter, he said with a laugh, "Ive a notion to whack you over the bead with it," but the laugh was one Sears will remember, with pain, as it seemed to him like the wail of a hyena baited lo Its dealb. After the officer went out, this man ol brutish cal? lousness happened to see a copy of tlie"Book of j Martyrs lying on the table, aud picking it up he turned o"er the leaves ior a few minutes with some interest, but his consuming vauity cropped out again when he laid .dpwji the book with the remark : "You see' I'm not the tim of the martyrs." After lils asceut to the room where the last three hours ot his Hie were spent, philology, as a lubjrreal or Eretended, departed lrom him. Atter that he ad no more resort to lexicons, and Jotted down no more of those vagaries wilh whicli be has am zed the ignorant and amused thc learned world. Whatever lie might be doing it was plain that every L omeni was now in? tensely employed by a desperate struggle to maintain that control of himself which he bad established. Once bis attendants had seen his knees shake, aud great drops of the sweat ol atrony start out upon his lorebead, and he ap? peared himself to be conscious ol and fright? ened by these symptoms of coming collapse. But he was to crowd these awful moments witb exhibitions ol'what is called, lu the home? ly, energetic words of the people he wronged, his "cussedness." He had eaten no oreuklast, but bad not declined a large bowl of coffee which was left with him, and.from which be drank a small quantity at short intervals, thus keeping up his physical strength. Sheriff Roots, of Tompkins, In whose hands the prisoner bas been more tractable than in those of any one else, at about 10 o'clock en? tered bis room, and, telling bira it was time to. dress himself to go out, tendered his assist? ance. 'Rulioff declined lt, saying that he could arrange it himself, and proceeded to prepare bis toilet, with no-more appearance of tremor than he would bave shown if he had been pre? paring himself for a fosli val. First tnkinzoff| his garments, be put on the new shirt which had been provided bim, and ibu new black pantaloons also at band. He arranged his necktie with more care and lils hair with mor?* neatness than bis custom bad been, and in a few momento was ready, except as to bis lett. A new pair of boots-had been furnished him, and they being tight, bis first attempt to pull them on was a failure. Hethen lay down ' upon the bed and held his feet high above his head. The wondering attendant asking what lie was doini: that for, be answered that it was to let the swelling out of bis feet, and that be was often compelled to do it. The crowd having been arraused in the yard by Chiei Flynn, of the Binghampton Police, and all being in readiness at ll ?. Sheriff Mar? lin, with ins assistants, entered the room of j RuiloiT, and announced to him thai Hie time bad come. The prisoner declared that he was ready, and not only did not flinch from Hie noose and strap, but inclined his head lor the one and arrauged hts arm? for the other. Tile noose being placed closely about bis neck, his arms were plnloued tlghily to his side, but the lower arms being left free, he" immediately obeyed the oictates of habit by thrusting Ma bands Into his pantaloon's pockets. Walking Slightly bent forwart, in his natural posture, be Stood at the door of his room. Turning lo those present, he said: ''Let us shake bands here, for I shall do nothing of tb ;t kind down stairs." He went through the ceremony with all, and after it was over thrust bis bands Into his pockets again. Then, turning to Sheriff Mar? tini "You won't have any cleruytn.au bellowing down there, will you, sheri AT and Marlin as? suring him hi3 wishes iu this respect would be observed, he said lr. a perfectly natural voice, "Let's go." Walking between two deputy sheriffs, but entirely unsupported by either, and with Sheriff Marlin before, at 11.20 A. M. the condemned entered 'he yard willi bis eyes cast upon the ground, as was his custom, and stepping naturally and firmly, be walked In a moment across the short space, and stood without Ihe quiver of-a muscle under the rope. He was not moved by the surging ol tile spec? tators toward bim, nor by the shouts ol" -down in from" from lue more indecent in the rear. He yielded passively to be moved ?bom by the deputy sheriffs, so thal lie should daliel in Hie proper snot under Hie rope, and did not. show the least tremor when ihe noose, having been attached to Hie rope, was fitted to bis neck. Nor did he sink under ihe must trying of ihe ordeals to which be was next subjected. This was the reading of Hie death warrant, which was'done in a distinct, loud-voice by Deputy Sheriff Osborne. The rendlug occupied ten minutes, and du? ring all this time the condemned, trussed as be was for death, never faltered even for an instant. Occasionally his body swayed slight? ly, but lt was plain that rhc motion was due io tue fact that bis feet were piuloned. When the protracted read i an was concluded. Sheriff Martin said, in a voice slightly liemu lous. "Mr. Rolloff, b?ve yon anything to say wliy ihe sentence of the law should rot now be executed ?" The prisoner answered in a low, but perfectly natural voice, "Notinng at all." A pause of a moment entitled. Sheriff Martin was evidently disconcerted by ihe reply, as his programme contempla'.cd"giviu2 the pris? oner ample Ume for any remark be might wish to make. He stepped around near the signal line, ?.nd froni this position said : "Mr. Rulloff, it now lacks twenty-six min? utes of the time fixed in my mind lor carrying out the sentence ol the law. Have you noth? ing to say to this audience V The answer was a negativo motion Ol the head. The Sherill". Do you desire any lurther delay ? Another negative motion, and as ne made it, the prisoner Baid to S. R. Brown, the depu? ty, upon his right, "I can't stand still " That instant the white cap was drawn over his head ant face. Sheriff Marlin gently shook the rope, and the slack was drawn in. He gave the signal cord a slight pull, then a stronger oue; there was a slight thud-heard behind, and Edward H. Rulloff was jerked upward into space at ll :35 o'clock, A. M. Then was witnessed the strangest spectacle ever afforded in hanging a felon. When jerked np, he had his hands ia his pantaloon pockets, but the violence of the shock ol the body set? tling down upon the rope pull-ed out tie right hand. Eye? ulmost started from their sockets to see that hand move backward three or moro inches and thrust Itself int? the pocket just as it vas before. Human imagination would neve:- have dared such a startling prool of "the ruling passion strong in death." But this was thc onlv movement ol' the body after lhe ascent. There was no struggling what? ever, not even the contraction of a muscle visible to the nearest observer. The eyes and 'mouth were partlv open, but there was uoth lnc repulsive in the dead felon as he lay in his coffin, except the memory ol bis thirty years of lawlessness, of his many crimes, of his de? fiance in Iiis last moments ol' the laws of God and the faith of maa. SKETCH OF KA'LI.OFF'S CAREER, Rn'iioff was in the filiieth year ol his age. and was a native of New Brunswick. After several years' schooling, he was placed^ in a lawyer's office, where he studied Oreek and Latin, aud ?..iso familiarized himself with bota? ny and chemistry. Here he took up his linguistic. I hobby-the idea of discovering the "rudi? ments of philology." He was subsequently a merchant's clerk, then studied medicine, mixed up with metaphysics, and not some ac? quaintance with divers modern languages. He seems to cave given up business at home, however, some time later, and turned up lu 1S42, twenty-two years of age, at Dryden. Tompkins County, New York, as a canal driver, but subsequently became a schcol teacher, and married one ol Iiis pupils, a girl of sixicen, daughter ot well-lo-do people. He next set up for a priysiolan, and though lie had every encouragement to become a good man,- he made his home unhappy by ill treatment c f his wii?, and it has been rendered .morally certain that three months alter his first child was born he murdered it and his wife, placed their bodies in a chest; and sunk them in Cayuga Lake. .He escaped conviction for their murder because the bodies could not De found, but was tried for the "abduction of | his wife,'* md sentenced to ten years' hard la? bor, which term expired iu 185G. While in Tompkins Oounty Jail he corrupted Albert T. Jarvis, the jailor's son, who subsequently ac? companied him In hi3 wanderings and assisted him in his nilaules. In 1S01 Rulloff was sent to Sing Sing lor burglary in Duchess County, where he became acquainted with Wm. T. Dexter. RiillofT, Jarvis and Dexter subse? quently made their headquarters in New York city, committing various crimes and assuming various names and characters. During all ima time lie was working away on his -great phi? lological discovery.'' On the '"th ol* August, 1S70, about two. o'clock in the morning, the three men broke Into the dry goods store o? Halbert Brothers, at Blnghampton, and were removing goods lo the yard, wneu the two clerks Gilbert S. Bur? roughs and Frederick A.- MirriQk, who were asleep'oa the premises, suddenly awoke, and instantly a siruggle took place. Neither ol i he clerus vras over twenty years ot age, but ihe disfigured and hardly recognizable bodies ( f two ol' me burglars, who afterwards were lound dead In tue Chcnango River, which flowed near the store, showed how terribly well they fought. In the struggle Mirrick mastered one ol the burglars and was choking him, wlieu another, afterwards shown to b?' Rulloff. crept oin.behind him and blew his.) brains out. The three then retreated, and Burroughs, rushing Into the street, gave the alarm. According to Rulloff"s statement, his accom? plices were drowned attempting io swim the river. He escaped. Un Iiis ilrst arrest, some days after, he maiulained his innocence and was dismissed by the coroner. He was sub? sequently arrested, tried and convicted, and admitted' the deed, bul denied the responsi? bility of the murder. In person Rulloff was five iect eight inches in height, broad shoulders, thick, bull neck, compactly built, square jaws, thin lips, dark grey eyes, small aud wide apart. His face was llaoby, dull and heavy-looking, rather cunning in exuression, aud out slightly intellectuaf. He hud a powerful constitution, which bas kept him up well lu his long cuiitlnemeu:. (JIB S UFE EME BENCH. What a Republican Corresponde nt Thinks ot it? Black Occupant. [Columbia letter to the Cincinnati Commercial.] Now, I hive no prejudice whatever against a negro simply because he is a negro. . They cannot hel;i their color any more than we can help ours, 'jr Adam could "help his, whatever it was. But I do say that lt is utterly impos? sible for a man to read law two or three years, practice two or three years and iheu be fit lor the position of supreme judge. I .don't care what his color is or how smart he may be. AH for Wright he is not overly smart. If he were white and 'Ived in Ohio he might stand some chauce of being justice of tho peace, lt is said, but I don't know how-true it ls, that lie has never delivered but one opinion, and that was written for him by Attorney-General Chamberlain. I give the report as I heard it. though I hope he bas delivered a dozen and written thurn himself. I confess to feeling a Vague sense of something wrong tflien 1 go imo the Supreme Court room and see this young and inexperienced negro presiding over some"ol the first legal minds of the South. lu Iront of him I see a row of white-headed vete? rans, some ol whom were giauts before ho was born. Mea who had occupied high positions on the bench and rendered decisions honor? able^ themselves and oeaccu-lighls in juris? prudence, look out of place standing below this young negro and addressing arguments to him which in many instances it is clear., lu Hie nature of things, he does not understand. He lacks age ?.nd experience, two essential quali? fications tc- a poslliou on the bench, no matter how brilliant a maa may bc by nature. Bril? liancy is not learning, and keenness is not dept!. There is no royal road to legal leaning. There is but one way that it can ije obtained, and lliat is by plodding and to plod takes lime. Take ?he case hume to Ohio. What young man is there in that Stale who was ad milled lo the bar in lSo'5, and who has been mixed up iu politics lo such au extent siuco that lie hus had little experi? ence in ucl ive practice, who is now fit ior the position ol supreme judge? J think an n'.ierapt 10 hoist such- a man upon the bench lhere would mei I with a breeze of rebuke not easily trotten over. If he was a negro, I am Ccrtalu 11 would. Now. the lawyers and property holders ol" South Carolina ure just as anxious to have a competent Supn-me Court as they ate in Ohio. Why should they not have it? Is a negro pm wer them to make them led their j degradation and cause them io lose their self respect? Do they not feel it ten times more keen than Ohio would, and would il noL touch Ohio io lin quick? TUB NEW ENGLISH TEE.ITT. WASHINGTON',"May 21. The S?cate committee on loreign relations have sper.t twenty hours in considering Hie treaty. Ii was considered yesterday as in a committee or the whole, and by Monday will be report* d to the Senate without amendait.:!. Several amendments will theu be offered, but lt is thought they will be rejected, and the treaty as a whole adopted on Tuesday. The court preacher this morning, in the presence of Grant and several senators, prayed for the ratification of the treaty. Earl De Gray in? formed stvcral senators that the ratification oi the treaty in England was an affair of Hie Crown, aud was only submitted to Parliament for information to '.hat body. GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. THE EA EE P F A "MIL T OF WOODHULL AND CLAFLIN. Gratuitous Advertising-A Kicc Case An Amicable Arrangement-Spicy-Ev? idence-The Foster Trial-rVewcpaper Gossip. ?5?c. . IFBOM'OVB OW.V C0K11E9P0NDHXT.j NEW YOKE, May li Owing to the stringency of the law w?:;?f?ex? cludes from the jury box people who are in thc habit of reading newspapers and expressing their opinions upon current malters, the trial of Foster, the ruffian who murdered Mr. Put? nam as he was stepping from a street car, ls making very little progress. Five hundred citizens were summoned ?sy the sheriff, and up to this morning, though two-thirds of them had been examined, but five were found fit, by reason of their ignorance, t o sit upon the jury in this case. As jury duty is generally irksome to the American citizen, ta say noth? ing of its interference with business, ail who are called are nor particularly anxious to be chosen. There are some, however, who like the notoriety of serving on a well advertised case, and their eagerness to satisfy the court and co :nsel on both sides, that they are stern? ly impartial, is amusing. The pilling process, Instead of securing an intelligent Jury, is more likely to fill the box witb practical know-noth? ings or notoriety loving busy-bodjes. Many ol our "most distinguished iellow-be ings owe their fame to ihe gratuitous adver? tising they get from the newspapers, and they . arc continually striving to do some unusual thlDg to keep themselves in this way before the public. George. Francis Train understands this. Tiie most frightiul torture you can in? flict upon him is to make no allusion to him in your paper. The most persistent seekers-for giatuilous advertising here ure the women brokers-Woodhull and Clniiin. They certain? ly have reason to be rejoiced at the measure ot success they have achieved this week. ' For two days the internal squabbles of this family circle have occupied columns ol the dally papers. The occasion of this new outbreak was the appearance in one of the police courts of the venerable Mrs-. Claflin, the mother of the bro? kers, with a complaint against Colonel Blood, one of the husbands ol Mrs. Woodhull, fool threatening her life. The examination ol' j Blood reveals an extraordinary phase Ol New York life. In a first-class brown stone front, on Eist Thirty-eight street, lhere have been living together fora lung lime Hie Claflin lam By, comprising old Mrs. Claflin, her daughter Mrs. Sparr, willi her husband and four chil? dren, her daughter. Mrs. Miles, with lier hus? band and four child reu, lier daughter, Tennle C. (lormerly calleo>Tennessee) Clallin, and her daughter, victoria Woodhull, with her ttoo husbands. Dr. Woodhull and Colonel Blood. Victoria, it ls hardly necessary to mention, ls the candidate of Ute Woman Suffrage party for President of the United .States in 1S72. Her name appears In this oonuecliou at the heud ol her paper, Woodhull A ClufHn'a Weekly, and it is understood that she has the supjrort of Miss Anthony and Mrs. Cady Stanton. Of course thc most curious feature of this family olia podrida is lue amiable fraterniza? tion of. two husbands ol' one woman in the same bouse. Il appears that Mrs. Woodhull obtained a divorce from ibu doctor*about six years ago, on the ground ol iucumpatability of temper, and* shortly afterwards married Colonel Blood, of the Missouri Volunteers. (U. B. A.,) but the doctor has continued' to reside lu the family, anti is on the best of terms with the lady who still bears his mime. He-ap? peared In court as one of the witnesses in be? half of his friend and successor. Colonel B ood. The evidence developed Hie iact that the firm Of Woodhull ?fe Claflin have supported this huge family out of tho earnings-ol the busi? ness in Broad street, and thai the. Sparrs, .\Iilese3 and even the cood doctor have not been dolug a stroke 01" work for themselves. Thu Jinn siaggexeti under lite burden nulli, patience was exhausted, and iheu tumbled the Sparrs and Mitoses out into Urn street. This ?ave rise tu u tremendous lamlly feud, which has culminated lu the arrest of Colonel Blood on the charge of threatening to kill his moth er-lu-law. Thc trial attracted a creal crowd. The lady brokers wert: present, dressed willi exquisite laste and in tho height of ihe fashion. Colonel Blood and Ins friend Dr. Woodhull entered linn in arm. Tho mother-in-law ol'these gen? tlemen-a sharp-visuged but somewhat dried [dd German lady-and Mrs. Sparr, thc mis? chief-maker, likewise sharp and thin, occupied conspicuous seats by the side ol the counsel lor the prosecution. Thc old lady gave her evidence with such extreme volubility that the Indue, the lawyers and {he officers of the conn ?'ere frequently obliged to exert their united furce to hold her. Her picture of the Wood? hull Claflin family1 circle was not a flattering one, and her disposition to wander to other topics than th? issue- before eouri was rather bewildering to the hearers. She was succeed? ed by her daughter, Mrs. Sparr. who gave a bad accouut of her sisters and brothers-in-law. The gallant colonel appeared in lils u\rn de? fence, aud told how he won bailies against the "reueln" lu the civil war. He admitted that he hail formerly practiced the healing art ander au alias. Alter the colonel lhere came to the witness staud the other husband, Dr. Woodhull, and following her two lords was. the woman suf? frage candidate for the Presidency. Mrs. Wood? hull, who is a smart, good looking womau, told a straightforward story about the machina Lions of the Spurrs, admitted and defeud id thc matrimonial duality, aud wound up Ih 1 flood of tears. The crowning sensation was reserved lor Hm last, Miss Tennessee Claflin, a charming young lady. Hie junior of the'Wull ?reel firm, and a widow ol eigln years stand ing.uppeuivd. She was wildly .excited, lier cheeks were crimson, and her eyes were Hames, all of which helped to set off her per? sonal beauty to advauiagg. She told ol' Hie diabolisms ol' the Sparrs, of her love for her motlier, ot the insanity ol' tbs same, of Hie goodness of Blood and of the falseness of the charges against him. She alsu Interpolated her evidence with tears. Thus ended this re? markable trial, and the court reserved ita de? cision. Il ls probable that Ihe charge will be dismissed. But, mark you, how admirably ihe affair has served to advertise the broker? age business ul No. ii Broad street, near Wal), and how it has directed popular atten 1 lon to the candidacy of the head ol' the house. Mrs. Woodhull's political platform ls loose and easy, aud ls. ul course, founded on social revu lutiun. Miss Tennle C. Claflin has openly an? nounced her Intention ol'laking the rostrum Shortly iu advocacy ol'the ubouilon ot all mar? riage. 1 am happy lo remark lhat Hies? mon? strous libels uu womankind, and the swarm of j uneasy silly females who lollow them, are not j (rom the land of thy Ku-Klux. They are wholly an out-growih ol'Northern Radicalism. There is nothing about New York more ap? parent thin thal there are more newspapers ind theatres in ii than ihe eily citu well sup? port. And yefthere are always people, with much money and [I!tie brains, whu are con? tinually stuniug new papers uno building new theatres. The last theatrical season has"been iimvniuneraUve, because the number ol' at? tractions exceeded the popular demand, but undeterred by this experience, the owner of Hie Union Place Hotel, ex-Iuternul Revenue Collector Sheridan Shook, is pulling down the building for Ihe purpose o! pulUug up a new, llrsi-clas* cumedy theatre. At nie same time Lhere is born Into tho newspaper world a new sheet called the Murnini:- Ruy. How unpropi? tious is this birth maybe interred from tue ci ra i in-dunce that last week iwu dully eve? ning pupers gave up tho ghost-thc Leader and Hie Democrat. Tho former started with a great flourish ot Irumpels six months ago, but as il supplied no want, nobody bought it, and it starve i to death. The Democrat has had a checkered career. When Brick Pomeroy, Unlined with the success of his weekly, remov? ed from Lacrosse to New Yurk, and imagined he was going lo t urn this city topsy-turvy, the Daily Democrat Issued ironi his office, ll was .<ygorous,. coarse, and, as he was ?leased lo l'-nn it, "red hot.'* But Brick was noi as creal a mon lu a city as he was In a village. People bungin, his paper at first from curi? osity, bul nouedy cares for a daily dish ol' vul? garity, and gradually Hie sales dropped off. Brick tried au evening edition, but it did no belter. He sank-$l?0,0?? trying to make the Democrat pay. When the disgust nt his lail ure had struck In. he gut rid of ihe elephant for a mere song to Mr. Lambert, nud the littler has succeeded in raunln? it into the ground at lust. There has never been but oue Democratic daily newspaper in New York that hus made money- and maintained a front rank in journal? ism, and that is the World. There are other successful daily papers which espouse De? mocracy, it is true, but tbey are not purely party organs. Few men get rich running Democratic papers. _ NTM. ALL ABOUT THE STATE. Anderson. There was a Ure on Thursday night last on the premises of Mr. John H.Clark, of Ander? son. Damages light. Chesterfield. Hon. James Chesnul delivered a lecture last week before the Cheraw Lyceum. His sub? ject, "Never Despair," seemed peculiarly ap? propriate to the present time. The Democrat speaks in the highest terms of the lecture. Georgetown. The Georgetown Times of May 19 says that on Sunday night, between the hours of 2 and 3 owck, the still and store ot Mr. W. T. San? ders, at Lower Topsaw, were set on fire and destroyed. Mr. k anders loses some $300. and Mr. King about $500. Ed ge fl eld. A correspondent of the Columbia Union, writing from Aiken, under dale May 18, gives an account of a Ku-Klux parly of twelve or filtoen visiting, at midnight, a colored man named Charles Johnson, twelve miles north' of Edgeileld Courthouse. But the party by the name of Johnson had concealed t?msell, and fired several stats into the K. K. K., fatal? ly wounding one of the paFty-a young man, the son of very respectable parent*, wno hith? erto had always bornean excellent churacteiv Laurens. . A correspondent ol the? Columbia Union, wrillDg from Laurens, states that, some time ago. a man named Watts threatened the in? mates . of Joseph Crews's house. Thomas Thompson, from New York, a Presbyterian minister sent out by the Missionary Society ac the North ta leach and preach to the colored people, and Mr. Kelly, from Indlaua, recently appointed jury commissioner, telling them Ikat it was the" determination of th-.- party to which he belonged that no man should occupy Joe Crews's house. On ihe Munday lollowlnsr, Kelly nnd Thompson, with their lam?iesl le?t for Columbia. Lancaster, in ihe Lancaster Ledger/of May 18. we find another pretty Ku-Klux story spoiled. Some tine ago ihe Columbia correspondent of a Rad? ical paper stated thal ihe members of the Leg? islature and county officers ol' Lancaster .had been warned to leave within live days; and that upon the expiration ol thai 'period they had all left and gone to Columbia. The Led? ger says: '-ASthe delegates to the General Assembly and county officers are slill here en Joying undisturbed peace, and the county gen? erally never was more quiet, we ar? Juslided from these circumstances in pronouncing the siatement/aise ll wonld seem, that some people, apprehensive lrom their own mis? deeds, are determined to misrepresent the good people ol'our county. li the parties re? ferred to in the ab^ve paragraph- have re? ceived such notices, we would be pleused to be Informed of the fact. Correspondents are too ready io publish statemcnis^f irresponsi? ble persons.n , Greenville. William H. Hovey. a native of Massachu? setts, but a resident ol Greenville,' S. C., lor over twenty years, died on the 11th Instant in his native State. The deceased was a mer? chant ol high character, and held In universal esteem. Tile county treasurer of Greenville lias dis? bursed school funds to the amount of $3000 lo the different teachers in that county, leasing a grput many claims still unpaid. Dr. C. L. Myers, ol' Charleston, Past Graud Master, was in Greenville last week lor the purpose of establishing cn Encampment In that town-the highest lodge of Odd Fellow? ship. This will be the first one of the charac? ter in the upper part of the State. A meeting of ihe citizens ol ihe lower por? tion ol Greenville and upper portion of Lau? rens Counties is to be held on the third Satur? day ol June next, at the si ore of Tandy Ball', Esq-., four miles below Futr VluW, wtrh'ti view : io the formntijii ol' a new county out of por? tions ol'both of said counties, lying between Saluda and Enoree Rivers. Union. Mr. D. B. Culp. Ute former auditor of Union County, has delivered his official charge into the hands of lils successor. Mr. W. F. M. Wil? liams. The Union Times pays Mr. Culp a high compliment for the manner in which he had discharged the dulles ol his office. ' "We regret to state," says tne Union Times of May 19, "that a diabolical outrage was com? mitted near Gist's Station, In this county, last Saturday night, lu wilton a peaceable and quiet colored mau was killed, and his step? daughter badly whipped, by a gang ol dis? guised men. The reponed circumstances which surround this outrage are of such a character ihut we cannot, as yet, prudently publish them; bul we are free to slate tllat, if Hie report to us be true. Hie occurrence grew out ol a personal and privito difficulty, but avenged und.?r ibe convenient disguise of the Ku-Klux. We are pleased lo learn that the neighbors leel much incensed at the deed, and are making every exertion to ferret out the perpetrators." The editor ol' Ihe Union Times promises great improvements in. bis paper from this lime forth, having been presented with a sharp assistant editor m the form of a pair of new scissors. Barnwell. Tlie new courthouse at Blackville is being built nuder the supervision ol Dr. G. B. Lani gue. ind lu alt-probability wiil be finished in Luic for Hie lall term of court. It will be a handsome brick structure, forty by sixty feet, and will cost about 58000. The lowest esti? mate ou Hie plan and specifications proposed by the county' com missioner?, if we mistake nol, was forty thousand dollars. The citi? zens, being sensible, however, took thc Job out ol their hands, and engaged' Hie ser? vices of a gentleman of character and ex? perience, who, it is understood, is neting lot1 thu county, precisely as he would if he were bjiilding a house for his own private use. Tliis is highly creditable to the cillzens 'o? Blackville, although undoubtedly au unheard ol procedure under Hie new regime. In Hiis connecliou we would stute that there is a great dearth of lawyers at the new county seat. Barnwell Village has plenty aud tb spare; but whether ii is that they ure not yet reconciled to the change, still Indulging the hope that something would turn up that will lake ihe Courthouse back again to Barnwell, or whether il ls that they are loth to break up old and cherished associations, we know not. At all events they manifest LO disposition to remove to the new capital. Hence it comes that hiw is ut a premium at li hick vi Ile. The Barnwell Sentinel, speaking ol' Hie re? cent refusal of the Georgia Railroad to endorse the bonds ol' the Port Royal Railroad, think3 tue money necessury for the completion of Hie latter road can be obtaioed without any extra? neous aid. It suggests that the planters along the Hue ol the proposed route make liberal subscriptions ol land. The requisite amount might then be raised on the bonds the compa? ny," secured by .a mortgage of these land?, which the Sentinel says are moro prized by capitalists than Ibe llrsl mortgage bouds ol railroads, even wlieu they are secured by the Slate endorsement. Spartanbnrjr. The Carolina Spartan, ol Hie lath, has Ute loilowlng: "Titus Cooper, a colored man who lived in the neighborhood of Glenn Springs, was killed a few days ugo by a colored man named Geo. Williams. The cause ol'Hie homi? cide arose from a disputo about mal ters con? nected with their work on the plantation where they were employ??). Titus was ti negro of good .character, honest and industrious. Geo. Williams (or (Jeo. Cales) has not been ar? rested. He is supposed io have gon>- io Hay? wood County, North Carolina, where his brother is living " The Si-arian. speaking of the -murder ol Wally Fowler, about two weeks ago in the same* neighborhood, says: "It is proper to stale, thal in a conversation a few days since, two of the 6oiis ol' ihe deceased said that Ihe kiltttigof their father was lo gratily Hie re? vengeful feelings of some persons who enter? tained malicious feelings towards him; that il was not on the score of lils political views, nor | do they think it was done by ihe Ku-Klux." Charges of extravagante having been preferr? ed against the management ol'the South Caroli? na insulation for the education of the deaf, dumb and blin-.;, at Cedar Springs, a commit? tee, composed ol Messrs. R. H. Reid, William Irwin and Joel Foster, at the request of the superintendent, Investigated the muller, and publish their report In the Spartan. They state that they think the management of the institution, under its qualified and accomplish? ed corps ol professors, prudent and careful. The total expenditures from the reopening of the institution in September, 18(5'J, to Novem ber 1, 1870, was Sf "0 Cl; of which amount $2G72 was for salar.T in arrears and other ex penses, not coming properly under the head-of current expenses of the fiscal year ending No? vember 1. 1870, leaving ihe amount for real current expenses for that year only $0167 21. There were 2J pupils, giving an average outlay per pupil of $308. The report Ol the committee is quite long, contradicting in detail the sev? eral charges that had been preferred, but the foregoing ls alt that will interest the general reader. Beaufort. A meeting of property-holders was held at Beaufort on Tuesday last, to take info consid? eration the subject of land titles In that sec? tion ol'the State, ano; the adjustment of the question of remuneration lo former owners. After considerable discussion and reference to a committee, a report was adopted, to submit for signature to interested parties on boih sides a petition to the commissioner of in? ternal revenue., It sets forth that the petition? ers [owners, dispossessed, 'i3well as present occupants] desire to express their approval of theiollowingas the basis of settlement, that to .them under existing circumstances seems most practical and equitable. "Feeling a profound sense of gratitude for the Interest you have manifested lu this matter, we most respectfully solicit your aid in procuring such legislation as will lend to bring about such set-' | tiennent, "1st. Considering the present extremely re? duced and dilapidated condition of the lands. and tenements that have been sold by ihe gov? ernment for taxes, and the fact that so large a portion of them is held and occupied by color? ed people who have acquired title to the sam? from me government, in-smol! parcels, and im view of the very probable anarchy and blood? shed that would follow' their removal, as weil as the inability of the former.owners to make said kinds productive and remunerative with their present- resources for iabor, we believe the qm'stion of restoration, of said lands by their former boundaries to their former own? ers to be nQt only Impractical, but undesir? able. "2d. We believe the government should render to the former owners, their heirs or as? signs, on proof of title, a return of all pro? ceeds of tales ever and above all Just demands the government have had against such lands for taxes and necessary costs ol' collection, and that all of said lands now held or control? led by the government should be promptly sold so a's to realize the greatest amount lo swell the sum to be returned. Hie recipients in all cases to give .\ quit claim or lull satisfac? tion of all demands aguiust the government growing out of such sale. "3d. We believe the most equitable basis of distribution of such surplus would be the val? uations expressed in the tax lists upon which such collections were made." ' GHEE-LET IS TUX AH. GALVESTON", May io. Hon. Horace Greeley arrived at C o'clock this morning hy the steamer City of Norfolk. He was met oh board by Mayor McKee and a committee of the city council. Colonel Thrash? er welcomed Him In behalf of the municipality, to which Mr. Greeley responded briefly. Th? committee were then Introduced, and aUAook carriages for thc Exchange Hotel. A large number of citizens called to pay lliei.r respects, j Mayor McKee doing the honors. At 3 P. M. ' ihe committee, with a- limited number of guests, among them the publishers of the News, (Democratic,) dined together. At sun-' sei the party took a .drive on the beach, and vislied notable places in the eily. After sup .per there was another reception at the Ex: change Hotel, during which a large number of Hie most prominent among the colored citi? zens were introduced, un<^a_serejiajde bi. an excellent colored band. Mr. Greeley being called cul, took a place on the balcony and spoke at some length, avoiding political topics almost entirely. Mr. Greeley spoke at some length In favor of general amnesty, suffrage, development, and ihe removal of all asperity from social and political Intercourse. TUE COTTON MOVEMENT. XBW York, May 21. The colton movement exhibits no new fea? ture. The receipts fall off slightly, while tue exports continue largely in excess of lost year. The receipts at all ol the ports have been 45,0G7 bales, against 4G.849 Inst week, 51,432 the previous week, and 50,0 35 three weeks since. The recepte since September have been 3,715,451 bales, against 2,719,023 for the corres? ponding time last year. The exports from all of ihe ports liave been 77,3*1 ba!e?j against 45,787 lor the corresponding week last year. The exports for the expired portion of the cotton year have been 2,-10,025 halos, against 1,884.938 for the same time last year.' The stock at all of the pons amounts to 335,702 bales, against 317,549 for the same lime last year. The stuck at the interior towns is 38,911 bales, against 59,320 for the same last year. The stock at Liverpool is 937,000 bales, against 590,000 same time last year. The American cotton afloat amounts lo 260,000 bales, against I 122,000 same time lnstyear. The Indian afloat amounis to 135,388 bales, against 197,000 samo lime lost year: There lias been a great change in the weather South during Ihe week. Hain is now tlie exception aud not the rule. Later advices conilrm the Impression that less cotton und more grain will be planted this year. PROSPECTS OECOTION. Alabama. The Mobile Tribune has a letter irom Tusca? loosa, wh'ich says that "the crops, under the most favorable circumstance?, will be one month too late. In (h's county, we think very little over three-fourtbs of a crop will be planted." Aud another? from Clinton reports that "not more than a third o; the coHoti crop ls plained in our neighborhood yet, Hnd all the low and bottom landa are to plant in corn." Upon the yhole, the Tribune concludes, willi reference to the reiterated advice to Southern planters to raise more corr. : "It is pretty certain that planters will be torced ilii* year to pUnt all Hie corn they eau, for they are likely tu have little cotton with which to buy it." Georgia, The prospects of a good colton crop around Hawklrfsrille arc reported poor. The Macon Telegraph & Messenger states that thousands ol'acres ol colton are being ploughed up anti will bc 'replanted with coitou or corn. Crops in Hie middle and hill counties of G< ornia are backward, heavy rains and cold wernher having retarded operations. The lil? lie colton that is up looks sickly. The Columbus Sun says a mnjorlty of the colton pinners of that section have ploughed up, reboddedand replanted their colton lands as the best, wav to- ill grass and get a good stand. A good deal ol' low Jami not yet planted. SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION*.-In the Southern BaplistCouveniiuii, Monday, Hie 15lh instant., 3. resolution was adopted recognizing thc Theological Seminary at Greenville, S. C., as won hy ol the highest approval, and pledg? ing Hie united and cordial support of the me robers and officers. A new board was nominated and confirmed. The allernoon ses? sion was mostly occupied in discussing an amendment lo ihe constitution offered by Kev. lt. H. Graves,' of Memphis, excluding all but members of their own denomination from sit? ting in convention. -It was finally laid over. On the following day the qpnveution conclud? ed Us sessions. The atteudtance was small; many delegates were sight-seeing about Hie city and suburbs, and some started lor? Chicago lo at? tend Hm convention ol' the Baptist Church North. The convention adjourned to meet in Kaieiyn, N. C., in May next. THE BLOODY COMMUNE. THE GERMANS INSIST UPON AN ARMISTICE. The Reign of Tenor In Paris-The Arch, bishop to be Sacrificed-Sacking the Churches-Terrific Fighting at trie Gate of St. Cloud-Arrest of Rochefort. LONDON*, May 20. The Daily News1 special says the report that the Prussians would attack Paris is unfounded. The Telegraph's special says that Favre an i Simon will leave the French Ministry. Pri? vate letters implicate Gambetta ID a consplro I cy against the Versailles Government. A flag o? truce from Paris has arrived ct Versailles. The occupants ot the corner houses of Paris have been ordered to vacate, as tte corner buildings will be loopholed ior musket? ry. The central committee has assumed WET power. Tue Commune has determined to take the oflen>.ive against the Versaillists. Another dispatch says the Communists are preparing), o explode the ramparts. All special dispatches lo the London news? papers concur tn representing that a complete reign of terror prevails in Paris. Many emi? nent citizens are dally, imprisoned, and the lives of those held as hostages are despaired of. Twenly-one members of tho Commune no longer attend Its sittings, but remain In their respective arrondissements. Four hundred Versaillists are said to l?ave deserted yester? day. Batteries have been established at the Dauphlne gate, which Has been strongly forti? fied with earthworks and new barricades. PARIS, May 20. . His said.the Germans demand that rm armistice be arranged around Paris to enable th? taking of aplcblscitum throughout France, to decide the future form of government, and bring the struggle lo a close. Officers of the Commune have seized the valuable sacrr-d articles in the Church of thc Trinit?. All Hie churchs of the city will be similarly del-It with and then-closed. The demolition ol the famous Chapel of the Expiation has com? menced. A court of impeachment was opened to-day to select hostages upon whom to ere cute retaliatory measures determined upon ay the Commune. The Communists claim that they repulsed yesterday and to-day attacks on Ncuilly, Clichy, Issy and Vanvres. Two spies were shot yesterday. Four per? sons have been condemned to death, charged with complicity in the recent explosion. The central committee is again the principal power in Paris, and ails in concert with the commit? tee of public safety. Journals of the Commune declare the Federal position strong. Their or? ganization has Improved and confidence is greatly strengthened. The Prussians are at Bondy and Aubervilllers, aod have been strongly reinforced. -Prisoners accused of causing the explosion will be shot to-night. The first hostages selected for execution ?re the Archbishop of Paris, and Abbess de Guerry and Croze. VERSAILLES, May 20. Hochciort was arrested while attempting to escape from the Commune and brought to Versailles. The Iratest. , PARIS, May 20-Evening At noon yesterday Die Versaillists attacked the gate of St. Cloud. At half-past 1 the com? bat raged at N*mUAy, ?ml ??;- '2-o>oloaJi iho-t rur? el' battle extended from Boi9 du Bologne to the gale of Ciiehy. There was no decisive result. Fort Montrouge still holds out. The gov? ernor of Fort Blethc has been arrested. The Versaillists in Bois du Boulogne, made seven distinct assaults upon the ramparts. Grvjat numbers of Federalists are concentrated at threatened points. The bastions facing the German positions are being rapidly repalrud. The minority party In the Commune and :,he military commission are being replaced by Communists of a more radical type, '-.'he church of Notre Dame des Victoires has bien sacked, and is now occupied by Federal troops. FRANKFORT, May 20. Bismarck, Ponyer, Qnerretier and Fevre arrived to-day for the purpose of exchanging ratifications ol a treaty of peace. All public buildings and a great many private residences are decorated willi flowers In honor of the oc? casion. MADRIB, May 20. The report of Prim's assassination Impli? cates Rogue Barcia, at present a member ol the Cortes. SPARKS EROM THE WIRES. -The Pennsylvania coal troubles are com? promised. Full work will be resumed on Mon? day. -A vigilance-Ku-Ktix committee basteen formed in Union, New Jersey, for the detec? tion of incendiaries. -An extensive swindle in counterfeiting railro?d tickets has been discovered. It is es? timated thal the companies have lost thirty thousand dollars. -The workshops and engineers" buildings at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., have been partially destroyed by fire. Loss $50.000. THE WIIflfSRORO' HOMICIDE A Case of Self-Defence. The Columbia Phoenix of Saturday say6: " Wm. D. Aiken, Esq., charged with the d-jath Ol Treasurer Clarke, of Fairdeld, on Tue.iday last.-was brought bul'ore Judge Melton, in chambers, yesterday, on appjkution for bal). A written petition was presented by J: B. Mc Cants, Esq., with affidavits of numerous wit? nesses, that the tutul shot was fired in sell-de? fence, and while Clarke actually had Aiken by the throat. Solicitor Talley, assisted by Messrs. Worthington and H?ge, insisted that it was a capita"* offence, and, consequently, was not bailable. Judge Melton, after summing up, decided that, in his Judgment, the | prisoner was entitled lo be released on j ba;', as it iras not a capita! ofl'euce. It was the dntv ol every good citizen to prevent a breach ol the peace, il possible, and Mr. Aiken had so attempted; hail placed bis hand softly upon ihe shoulder of Mr. Ciarke.and endeavor? ed lo nut a stop to ihe difllculty between Messrs. Clarke and Du Bose. Mr. Clarke se zed Mr ideen bv Ihe t hroat. and, although wat ned bv the latter to release lum, maintained his "iii?p when he received the fatal wound. The fad!? in conclusion, slated that he would re auire bail in tho sum of ?J?OO. which was promptly furnished, and Mr. Aiken was re? leased and Immediately returned home. The Union says: It appears from the examination yesterday that Mr. Clarke came to his death from a shot fired by Mr. W. D. Aiken, in the belief thai his own life was in danger. The prosecution failed to bring forward any witness to dis? prove or even deny the statements or affidavits of the deleuce. AU ol these were subKtan Hully Hie same, and were to the effect that ! Aiken was endeavoring to part the combat- j ant--, DuBose and Clarke, but, in his efforts to I do so, he was seized by the throat by Clarke, the deceased, and crowded down upon one knee, when, fearing lurther danger, he ^Irew his pistol and fired. There appears from this examination'to have been no premeditated attempt to attack Mr. Clarke. No politics seem to have been involved in this fatal quarrel. THE WEATHER THIS BAY. WASHINGTON*, May 21. 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