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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. PARIS A HEAP OF RUINS. _ ? THE LUXEMBOURG RAL JLCE RLOWN UP. Conlirmation of tile Destruction of th?: Tuileries-Continued Fighting at the Hotel De Ville-The Streets of Paris Strewn with Corpses-An Easterly Wind Threatens the Destruction of the Whole City-Insurgent Leaders Shot. LONDON, Maj 25. Dispatches from Paris say that the Luxem? bourg Palace was blown up. The Palais Royale is still buming. Only a third ol the Louvre has been saved. Fightiug. continues at the Hotel.de Ville and the terminus of the North? ern Railroad. VERSAILLES, May 25. Thiers has to-day Issued a circular of in lormation to the provinces as follows: >*We are masters of Paris, except a small portion which will be occupied to-day* The Louvre is saved. The hotel of the minister of finance is partially burned. The Tuileries and Palais du Quai D'Orsay, In which the Council of Slate held its sessions, are wholly destroyed. We nuvj^already twelve thousand prisoners, and shall have twenty thousand. Thc soil^if Paris is strewn with insurgents' corps*"?: o.ur loss is small. The army behaved admirably. Jus? tice will soon be satisfied, and France will be happy in the midst of her misfortunes." OUTSIDE, PARIS, May 25-Morning There was furious cannonading and firing of musketry during the whole of last night, The insurgent batteries in the Arrondissement des Buttes Cbaumont still hold out. The con fagratione are decreasing notwithstanding the fact that the engines, many o? which are arriving from the provinces, accomplish but little. m The Latest. VERSAILLES, May The government troops have occupied Fort Bicetre. Roaur and Rigaalt, two prominent leaders of the Commune, have been shot. . A cloud of smoke covers Paris, and lresh con? flagrations are teared. OUTSIDE PARIS, Thursday. P. M. Since noon a strong southeasterly wind has prevailed, which blows the flames towards the Place de la. Bastille, threatening the entire city with destruction. The government batte? ries are bombarding Belleville. Communica? tion with the interior of the city is still closed. NEWS PROM WASHINFTON. Ratification of the New English Treaty. * WASHINGTON. May 25. The Senate, last evening ratified the new English treaty by a vote of fifty to twelve. Grant made a short speech to the Young Hen's Christian Association. The Senate authorized the committee on levees to be continued during the recess. ? vice-President Colfax is improving. Grant has signed the treaty. The Senate was engaged al! day on the con? tumacious witnesses. Messrs. Tinker and Kir? by, ol' the Telegraph office, were presented to the Senate, and their contempt will be certi? fied to the district attorney. There was a long contest over Gra^v nomi? nated judge- for Texas. His confirmation ls improbable. The Senate will certainly adjourn to-morrow. STATE OF THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON*, May 25-4.47 P. M. i = i-; ci X i <?~ il illi i I fi Place of Sr iii--: - 9 I ?, Observation. : S ls|: e j. ; 5-, : s 1 : : ."3 .* : I 15 : c g ! : Z Augusta.i 30.1fl!?ljSE j Fresh. ?Clear. Baltimore.! 30.21,82 SB Fresh. Fair. Bostou.I 30.11 Irais Fresh. iHuzy. Chicago.I 30.01 T4|W ?Flesh. Lt Kain Cincinnati.; 30.19 ssi.sw iftesh.* 'Fair. Kt-y West, Fla...! 30.04 83?B :Bil8k. ?Fair. Motile. 30.13 ?|S iBrralt. ?Fair. Nashville.j.:. New Orleans_ 30.10 84-iR 'Fresh. ?Fair. Ne* York. 30.18 H) SE :Fre>h. ?Clear. San Francisco.. 29.88 t?o. W ?Brisk. ?Fair. Savannah. 3I).26 8U;SE 'Fresh. ?Fan-. St. Louis. 29.98I8S?S ?Brisk. Fair. Washington,D.C. 30.11183 SR ?Fresh. Hazv? Wilmington.N.C. 30.33 83146 ?Fresh. Fair. Norfolk.-.. 30.23 ? SE ?Brisk. Fair. GalveJton. 30.n 69?SE Gentle. H. Hain lt is probable that the barometer will fail very generally east of the Mississippi, with partially cloudy weather (rom Virginia to Maine and occasional light ruins. Cloudy weather wjth light rains are prob tble for Ahe lower lakes and Ohio and the Mississippi Val? ley, but no extended disturbance is appre? hended. * -. ..??? M % ' THE FREE-LOVE QUEEN. Tictoria Woodhull's Cretd and Dcfen e. - r Mrs. ex-Dr. Woodhull, now Mrs. Blood, the acknowledged leader of the Woman Right's movement at the Noni), publishes a card in the New York papers, iu which .me says : One ol Wie charges made against me ls that I lived in the 8?,me house with myformer hus? band. Dr. Woodhull, and rn v present busband. Colonel Blood. >Tne fact is a fact. Dr. Wood, bull being slclwailing and incapable of self support, I felt Wmy duly to myself and to hu? man njtture that lie should be cared lor. al? though his incapacity was "in no wise attribu? table to me. My present husband, Colonel Blood, not only approves ol this charily, but co-operates in it. I esteem it one of the most virtuous acts of my llfV. But various editors have stigmatized me as a living example of immorality and unchastity. My opinions and principles are subjects of j us? criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily. I know full well that the public will cruise me and my motives and actions In their own way und at thuir own lime. I ac? cept the position. I except to no fair analysis and examination, even ii the scalpel be a little merciless. Bul let him who is without sin cast his stone. I do not lutend to be made the scapegoat ot sacrifice, to be oQVred up as a victim to socie? ty by those who cover up the foulness ol their lives and the feculence of their thought-s willi hypocritical mouth Of lair profession?, and by diverting public attention from meir own ini quiiy?und pointing the finger a: me. I Know that many of my sell-appointed judges and critics are deeply tainted willi the vices they condemn. I live in one house with one who was my hus? band; I live as lue wife wi; h one who is my husband. I beiieve in spiritualism; I advo? cate free love in the highest, purest sense, as the only cure for the "immorality, the deep damnation by which men corrupt and di figure God's most holy institution of sexual relations. My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly Their coward seeming ls fair; Inwardly they are lull of r-dead men's bones and all manner of uncleanness." For example, I know of one man, a public teacher of eminence, who lives in concubinage with tiie wife of another public teacher of almost equal eminence. All three concur in denounc? ing offences against morality. '-Hypocrisy is the tribute paid by vice to virtue." .So be il. But I decline to stand up as "the frightful ex amplnP I shall make it my business to aua lyzeafcpe of their lives, and will lake my charmKin the matter of libel Faits. I have no faith in crillee, but I believe in public justice. VICTORIA C. WOODOCLL. New York, Saturday, May 20, 1871. . T A BOTTES STATE OE AFFAIRS. Presentment of thc Grana Jury of New? berry County. , The grand Jury for the May term of court in Newberry County have made their present? ment-a well considered and able document: They pronounce the jail insecure, as not being In such a condition as to prevent the escape^!' prisoners. The other public buildings were found all ri{;ht. The probate office was not ac? cessible. Mr. Leahy, tile present judge, being absent from town. Treasurer's olBce all ri<rlit, books " properly balanced." Trial Justices Furman's and Peterson s books and papers, upon ?lamination, proved all right. From tn? following p';n picture. Trial Just ice Long seems to be a candidate for the championship in South Carolina. The grand Jury says: "As *.o Trial Justice l ong, the keeping ot his books, and his ability t-o an officer, it is with the deepest humility tlmt they are constrained to make such an unfavorable report. As an officer, they unhesitatingly pronouuce him ut? terly incompetent in ?very respect. He can neither read nor write sufficiently to be intelli? gible to any orre but himself; and, as a natural consequence, his books are in no order, or, In other words-, are not kept ut all. They find that he has received lines, but .has neither turned them uver to the county treasurer nor other? wise accounted ior the same. They, therefor?. unhesitatingly, for the peace, dignity and pros? perity of the community, recommend lils spee? dy removal.*' , "Bad a3 this 's. the arand jury does not reach. tile climax lill they get to the "county commis? sioners. Ul ali the offices inaugurated by Hie new regime, this, would se"em to bethebest. Here is unlimited opportunity for stealing, and we feel In all candor bonne! to say that these opportunities clo not always remain un? improved. The grand jury says: -In tte present board of "county commissioners they lind, alter lt careful investigation, a system of corruption, bribery.and theft stupendous to behold-a system of wholesale robbery which was to them almost preposterous. In exam? ining the bopks, papers, 4c.,' ol the old board of county commissioners they found indubita? ble evidence of perjury on the part of one Samuel Po-ran and Thomas M. Jenkin?, by probating s ud paying the same account twice. Dognn has sold lli? proceeds of the poorhouse farm and has never uccounted for lue moneys arising frota such sale, and also sold a horse be? longing to i fie samelnslitutlon.and has likewise hot uccouuled for the proceeds ol sitch sale. And as to the new board, they And that they Indu:ge in ill species of fraud and corruption, and, aa tho grand jurors are informed, this board of commissioners have never visited the poorhouse to examine Into the condition ot itsaintoi t?nate inmates, as has always here tolore'beet the custom. Simeon Yorng, one of the aforesaid board, has had himself elected superlntenilencof the poorhouse, wi?i a "salary of live hundred dollars, and sub-lets the some for two hundred dollars OD- his own account, the same being paul by the treasurer of the couuty, on recommendation of Young. They also lound t check for one hundred and twen? ty-five dollars in favor of Simeon Young, passed and approved by the board of which fie is chairmai. ; said-check was gl/en,for no con? sid?ration." And so on, ad infinitum. Tire presentment goes on to ?say: "Finding such corruption, venality and rot? hery lo exhit In the aforesaid board JO( com? missioners, the grand Jurors fed it their privi? lege, and their sacred duty, to denounce th? same, and respectfully recommend to this honorable court that such speedy measures be taken, that this gross and manifest C7il may? be foriwith removed. The poorhouse the grand jurors find in a dilapidated condition, the fences down, inmates dissatisfied, badly clothed, and a general discontent prevalent. Astoihe roads and highways in the county., the gland jurors And them, with a few excep? tions, in a very bad condition. They would likewise say that they regret to find thar their county has been the scene ol violent disturbances, by disguised parties, commonly called Ku-Klnx. That they raise their voices against all violence by whomsoever committed. Wrong <an never restore riirlit. And they hold Hint it is the duty, of all good Citizens to rebuke alTwron?;. expose all corruption, and endeavor by pecc? able means lo achieve that restorationto puri? ty, economy and an honest and equal adminis? tration ol the laws, which is essential to the security ami prosperity of tlielr beloved Slate. And they further distinctly declare that their findings and investigations have not been die- . tated by any partisan spirit, and they can show ample and plain proof of all their Kudinga, whether iigalnst crime, lratui or corr-upliou." The above ls a mere ouUiue oi the present? ment. Tin: grand Jury have done their work thoroughly, and we hope whey the Con? gressional" committee comes to this State to investigate " outrages." they will not pass Newberry by. Tliey'shouldiby all means siitn mot'. Hiis ss me grand Jury, who could enlighten thein on sundry facts which the committee ought by all means io know. FOSTER CONVICTED. NEW YORK, May 25. i The Foster jury ' brought, in a verdict of murder in the first"degree, with a recommen- . dallon to rrercy. BIO THING IN BONDS. I NEW YORK. May 25. It is stated that Jay Cooke, on behalf of a : cdmbinatioi of American and forei?n bauk- ! ers, has niaJe a proposition lor $130,000,000 of i new five per cent, bonds, or the remainder of 1 the H,rst.$200,000i00? loan, alter June 1st. '. J RICHMOND MUNICIPAL ELECTION. I RICHMOND. May J?. Tile electfon for. council was held to-day. ? The ballot has not beeti Counted, yet it is sup- i posed that'the Conservatives carried fifteen ' out ol twenty members. Two colored men are supposed to be elected^Everything passed , offriuletlv. * . < -1-.- *. . i FROM^ENGLAXD. I Treaties in Parliament . ?Sinister'al i Caution. LONDON, May 2:>. i ? In the Louse ol' Commons. Rylands gave i notice of his Intention to move a resolve lliat ! treaties mi"St?be submitted to Parliament be- { fore ral'trlciiilon. Gladstone opposed any imm?diate expr?s- 1 sion of sympathy wi-h. France lor outrages ia ! Pari3. The government had as yet received no official information, and the accounts In the public-prints were doubtless exaggerated. NAPOLE'JS IN ESG LAND. Tlie Englts?. Protestants ami th? EX? 'S na perot*. The ibllc-ing address, sigued by Pr. Lee. the Protestant "Vicar of All Saluts, Lambeth, many other clergymen, and a largo number of laymen, has been sent to Napoleon at Chis elhurst: To M.-i Imperial Majesty thc Emperor of :?ic French, K. ti.: MAY IT PLKASH Toca "MAJESTY-We. th? unclersimied, while tendering the expression ot our sincere and hearty sympathy with your Imperial Majesty, take ihc liberty ol'respect? fully welcoming you to England. Our earnest hope is tlmt your Majesty, with the Empress and the Prince Imperial, may speedily be re? called to France to resLOFe once again social order and religious li|t?rty. and to protect the peaceably :iispused of^bur country from the Inroads o:" a barbarous socialism, and Hie curse and despotism ol' au autl-Chrlstkm re? public. Thc subjoined is the reply ol the Emperor: C'AMDBN PLACE. CHLSELHDRST, May C. Qentlerru-n-h' the grief which the misfor? tunes of my country cause me could possibly be alleviaied, the heanleli sympathy- which I have me; with ever since my arrival in Jingi and would have been a consolation to me. The add re H which you have see: ht? given me a new pruol of devotion that toucties me deeply: I thank you for it, gentlemen, ns also for yo ir good wishes in behan of France, and beg ol von ti? believe in my sentiments of esteem and friendship. NA'OLEOS. AT GHISELHUfiST. A. DISXEK CHAT WITH EXT LED IX P Eli IA LIS TS. Til? Bonapartes Sanguine of Kc tn ru? ing to Power- Napoleon to Abdicate In Favor of His Son-The Prussians to Restore the Empire-Home B*fe of the lmp.ryil Exiles-Billiard Play? ing, Mcitic, Outdoor and Indoor Re? creations-The Empress Becomes Nervous a ntl Sliarp-Temperetl-Fin'au eial Resources bf thc Emperor. . 'Correspondence o' the New York Herald.} LONDON, May ll. The International Exhibition brought to London, from, their retreat in Chiselhurst, a conple of the most '.levered Imperialists. As a rule, they flo not leave Chiselhurst at all. They Jive there in perfect -seclusion, and those I had the chance of seeing the other day avowed lo me that since they put their foot on English soil they had only been twice in Lon? don, and then only for a couple ol hours. Yet, when they came this time they wanted to dine, Ind I took advantage of the circum? stance, expecting that 1 -should get some in? formation Irom thom regarding (he schemes of the imperialist parly. IMPERIAL RETICENCE AND CONFIDENCE. It appear?, however, ihat the Imperialists are now more reticent than ever. No politi? cal information could bo pumped out ol these gentlemen, the only thing perfectly plain be-, ing that they are quite confident. lhat In less than a month the Emperor will bo again in France-abdicating his rights in favor of his son and such a regency as th?! Assembly, a fresh one, or that still existing, mny i-elept. They avow, however, that this wjll he the work bv nu means of the Imperialist party, ?which is noi strong enough for such a pur? pose, although lt is still t'ne mosi considerable ol all the existing panie.?,, either Republican. Cohimttiiist. Lesitimist or Orleanlst. The res? toration will simply be carried out by the Prussians, and the supposition bf ihe exiled courttu Chiselhurst is lhat neither the Commu? nists nor the Versailles Government are at Ihe present moment sufficiently popular or sufficiently strong to enforce anything like peuce or order in France. The expected as? sault, whatever its result may be, will never bring back France to a normal state. Suppos? ing even that chaos af Paris should cease; Hie' discontented provinces will rise-al one place in favor ol' Red Republicanism.; in another, like Brittany, for Instance, lor iheLegilimists. Briefly slated, the expectation ol the Impe? rialist party is that the Prussians will have to Interfere, and that having to do so they will support the young Prince Irflperial, the "new Emperor-King, as well as Bismarck, being thorough partisans of unlimited monarchy, and having apparently already given promises of support lu this direction. NAPOLEON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH FRANCE. How rv all this be correct events will prob? ably speedily show. Bul al .all events lhere are a few other facts which seem to show lhat the hopes ol the Imperialists are not quite de? void of loundatlon, tor there ls a conenintin? terchange ot communication between various parts of France and Chiselhurst. The corres? pondence carried on with Ihe Emperor through ihe French embassy is orte of them. The number, of communications-. daily-received lrom France seem? to be something labuh/ps; and the messenger of the emboss; starts every? day from Albert Hate by the live minutes to nine tram, aud abouta quarter to luo'cloCk Ibo Emperor opens the correspondence thus brought to him. Such Imperialists as are no,w residing In Lindon-or, i mtier, in the panics and theatres of London-are also showing the most profound confidence in ' tho speedily foi'ihcoiniug restoration of the Imperial dy? nasty. Cory yesterday oue of them was starl? in!: fur Brussels to settle some affairs with his bankers there, and .When he look leave ol mo and said his nn revoir, I asked him. "au re IX) ir-where-In London ?" "No,"'- said he, ..in Paris. Atall events, I am making all my arrangements accordingly." TUE IMPERIAL FAMILY IN CHISELHURST. But, if my dinner companions did not give me any nlore information'regarding political affairs, they gave me some regarding llierlm perlai lamlly at Chiselhurst. lt would take too much space to brlug lu every detail o? the pictures drawn over a glass 01 wiue, but a general aspect ol the life of thal couple who once occupied the greatest European th roue may be of soaie Interest on the other side ol Hie Atlantic. About the Empress herself very little can be said at the present moment, eje cepl that she is not quite well, haviug cattght a severe cold, aud that she remains In her apartments, invisible to visitors, attended colely by Madame Lermioa, the only lady lu - walling she still retains. Besides lids temporary illness, however, the- Etnprcs* seems also to have completely chauged In lier disposition of miud. She ls very, uer PQiiF, and constantly discontented with every? thing lhai happens around her, so that lier temper at the present moment begins lo be the subject of general complaint at Chiselhurst, and the Emperor hlmseil seems. lo suffer from it more injin any one else. Sven the little Prince does uol seem to see sis mother as much as previously. The great? er part ot the dar he spends with ihe Emperor. When they both rise In the morning ihe$ feo for a walk until the messenger arrives from London, when the Einperor goes to open his :orrespondence. Alter this lhere comes bil? lard play, which the Emperor himself teaches the Prince,, RS he ulso does fencing and riding. Then wines breakfast and in? daily prayer of .he whole house; tiien the young Prince "lakes iis music lesson, in which, li? seems daily :to inprove, and in which his fainer greatly en? courages him. notwithstanding hie" owu well Knowu indifference to music. 1MPEKUL SECLUSION'. When the weather is somewhat tolerable,' which has been very seldom this year lu Lpn Jon, both father and son speud a great deni of lime in walking round their park, which ls full 31 sheels and presents tho most pieaeanc walkin* ground. These sheep are tue out? living beings to be met with in the park, lt being so guarded a6 Hot to allow any one to interfere with flie solitude of their fallen majesties, M. Pietri 'not the prefect of police, hut his cousin, Hie secretary) and two or three other gentlemen of the household watch? ing every oue that enters the residence, and having most strict orders noi to allow auv one Lo approach the Emperor. Full baskets of letters, containing applications for help, or soliciting interviews, are torn up or burued by these geutlemeu without being submitted to the Emperor. The work of thus guarding the imperial conple is entrusted lo very few per? sons. The whole body ot courtiers consists, us far ns I know, ot M. Conti, chlel of .ihe Em? peror's Cabinet; M. Pie.lri, the Emperor's pri? vate secretary; Colonel Lepic, the Emperor's aide-de-camp:Count DuvUllers, the equerry; M. Duperre, (captain in the navy) aide-de-camp Lo Hie Prince Imperial; M. Coonoon, the Em? peror's surgeon, and his son by his tir.-t mar riage-a young narai officer-the Emperor's oruerly. THE HOUSEHOLD. Tiie household is still more modest. TIM; gatekeeper ol'Camden Hou:e is still the Eug lish one, and ihe whule change in his life is mat he has flie Emperor and Empress' por? traits on ihe walls ol his lodge-as indeed they aro to be.found in all corners ol Chiselhurst. hawked by boys all over thu place. -The at? tendants or servants ol the staff ol Camden House itself consist ot the old cah'. de chambre of the Emperor, of one lady's muid ol' Hie Em? press, ol one footman, taken from Hie Tulle ties, of one Euglisli oue, and ol one female cook in thy kuchen and a couple of Kitchen maids. The Emperor dines oulte cn famille with the Empress and thc Prince, anil noue uf the courtiers are present either at dlnuer or in the evening, except occasionally. Both he and the Empress were always very supers?Uons, and now consullini: their fortune in the cards seems to be the chief occupation in the even? ing. How Titile the means bf recreation are eau bc seen from the iact that in front of Cam? den House there is a small spot under some trees where a table and a few iron chairs are placed, and the whole court is looking out for a fine day, upon which lt has been promised limb coffee shall be-Berved after dinner for the whole court. And this day is still expected and does not come on account of the unbear? able weather. ECONOMY. Thc mot d'ordre of the Chiselhurst ex-Court seems to be strict economy, and ihe most thorough impression upon the minrls of the outside world that the Imperial family, as well aa the whole ol' the representatives of the fallen regime, are in the greatest need. So, for instance, all the courtiers constantly speak of a million francs which Napoleon has bor? rowed ol an English banker, and without which he would not be able to carry on life even upon [he economical scale upon which it is going now. Even the few couniers who are mentioned here are all more or less rich men, not to speak ol those who have tem? porarily withdrawn into private life and only occasionally visit Chisel hurst. 'Yet the former as well as the latter show the greatest modesty of appearance ami talk constantly ol therr being in the greatest possible monetary want; so far, in? deed, that M?dame Conneau, the wife of the Emperor's surgeon, has even entered the pro? fession of a singer, and ls to be seen now upon almost all concert placarda in London, and sang lately at the opening of the International. .Exhibillon. But to those who have some Idea ol what the position ol the Imperialista really is there need be no alarm as to what this as? sumed need really is. Whether the courtiers have or have not money ls o? no very great importance, for almost all of them are young peuple and can work, should it really bo-true that they have no means of their own, which is not the case, especially as all ol them car? ried away from Franoc anything they hart there which was in any way movable. MONIST RESOURCES OF TUE EMPEROR. As lo the Imperial couple themselves, their : late must be consideredas a very secure one, for the bankers at Madrid, Frankfort. Brus? sels and London must be In possession of over 180,000,000 francs belonging to the Emperor and HIM Empress. The Mediterranean and 1 Transatlantic companies have also a sufficleat. amount of Imperial iuuds in their possession to provide the Imperial couple with a very com? fortable living. And if there was even nothing ol all this in the hands of the Napoleonic dynas? ty the winding up of the iBBurance company of the Sol'il, a few days bel'ope the war began, would alone show a sufficient quantity of mil? lions belonging lo the Empress, and paid over to her nearly six weeks before she left the French soil. THE PROSPECT EOE COTTON. The Growing Crop. . ?From the Macon Telegraph.] We have come to one of the years when cot? ton will be cotton. The accounts from . -ery part ol the cotton belt are as unfavorable as they could well be. The dry weather of lust i week gave the planters a lillie bit ot morai, as t well as material sunshine, and no doubt the i colored troops and all their white leaders ami allies fought the grass nobly; but another spell of rain, imminently threatened this Monday morning, will hopelessly deliver many a broad acre to grass which might perhaps be eaved. Su far as we can learn, there ls hardly any such riling to "be seen as a promising stand of cot t?n. The whole crop ls more or less sickly and feeble. Many a deld. ls succumbing lo disease and death before nu toe more po tent'than the wei, cold rains and cool nights and generally unpropitious weather. Add lo these facia, thai the whole cotton crop is about a mouth behind last year, and we make up our minds at once that we ure upon a lean ' aud unproductive cotton yeur-a your likely to ? be- as signally unfruitful as last year was un? commonly productive-a year which will pro? vide very completely for that t.oublesoine sur? plus whlcTh the financial men dread so much to carry over the summer, and give the world pretty clean books to oiien the lull ol' 1872. Thc Crbp In Mississippi. A correspondent writes from Columbus, Mis? sissippi, under dat? of tile 17th Jnstant: The present condition of the corn and cotton ' crops ls decidedly unpromislngt-in lact a great part ls not yet visible above ground. From all the inl'oruiulion I can gather (and my chances ure not Untied) from planters in this utid the adjoining counties, fully uno fourth less land Will be plunted iu colton as compared with mst year, and the same Quantity more will beplant ed.iri corn. I use Hie wofds?'will be planted,'' because a great many have no: yet putin any coll?n seed, and many have .td replant. The coll?n now up in and around this county "is very sick,"' us Ute farmer says, caused by " con? tinuous co:d and wei. weather: lt luis a sickly, yellow appearance, us th?ugli it would like very much lo die and not have to ''worry"' through the bot, dry summer thatIs Inevitable. Corn ls about five Inches high on an average, and ls anything but healthy lu appearance. 1 have talked u guod deal " with many cotton growers in our cuunty during the last three ur lour weeks, and lind them heartily sick and ? tired of making ihre.e bales to the acre, having lazy, good-for-nothing negroes to 'depend upon for labor, and then get only 12? ceuts a pound lor Hie cotton. Planting la just about live weeks hiter than last year. A great immy are no'w engaged lu re-preparing Ihe ground that was under waler for some time to re? plant the com and colton that was destroyed, aud fliiyiy others are commencing lo put in seed lor the first Urne this season. They will not realize moni than half a crop, for several reasons: colton should have been lar enough advanced by this to have been .chopped out ?wo weeks siuce. und under good growing headway; Hie August-ruins, that we never es? cape, will rot the young bolls, besides templ? ing Hie dreaded boll worina und Hie early frosts we are sure to have next fall will cut oil" u great deul lhat would have matured had li Wu planted a mouth ago und had half u chunce. I have to day learned that hulf the lund in the "prairie" that was un? in cotton, hus been plowed up and put in corn lu con? sequence ol the cotton being in a dying con? duin cuused byline wet weather, ?ud not hull u . -stand ai iii ut. I notice there ls a dis? position umong Hie planlers who have large tracts of land-under cultivation to divide it into small lois and let them oui to freedmen. In facti ihn tendency is to ?arm "un a suiajier scale than they ever did. COTIO y JUAStUEACTURE OS O'HE PACI EIC COAST. The experiments now making in California c. cotiuu culture, on an extensive seule, have been attended witta such sulisfuclory-re.sults as to excit? mitch'Interest among the capitalists of that Slaie?lu the. question oj undertaking the manulacture of the staple Into labrics for which a ready und pruiliable. local market can oe found. Already we hear ol' u project, for the establishment of cotton nfllls in Kern County, on the very spot wlwre the best quali? ty Ol'Cotton ls raised lo supply them. Withlu the area of Kern Island-a large "Tulley-district, inclosed by lukes and their outlets and feeders -the Boil is a rich, sundy loam, slightly a ha? irnets ure also portions ol the lake waters, tho summers ure lung and hot, the ch?nale equable, the atmosphere breezy, the dews heavy, the draiuage good, the facilities for irrigation, ii necessary, abundant and cheap. These conditions ure highly favorable'to the production of cotiuu ol'a tine quality, and the location ls considered the beat Hint could be found for the establishment of Hie proposed mills. t . In San Francisco much interest is l< it in the Project, and a number ol'prominent capitalists propose to curry it Into effect by orgauizuig % coilou planters' and manufacturers1 associa? tion, willi a cu?ilu! sufficient to plain and lill 1000 acres of col ton on Kern Island Hie iirst yeur, and by the time the colton ls gathered to have a factory erected in the cVirts, where, at first, certulu specialties should be manufac? tured, und to whioti the oi lier geuer.il depui ! tueiits of colton manufacturing would oe ufter wu.'.is added, os Increased capital should be lound sufficient to provide additional facilities ! and machinery; Tue authors of this project Invite donnions of lauds asan offset to their I original outlar, and say the company would wain lo use on the lund about $10,000 worth' of lumber; would require lo keep about sixty work-horses, aud would employ irom sixty to seveniy banda Hie enure year; would coutract' to erect the necessary buildings, and sow one thousaud acres of cottou on the land deeded during the spring of 1672, aud, as soon as prac? ticable and convenient after making Hie deed, commence to erect their buildings, und pro? ceed with the other necessary and proposed improvements. The plan seems to be a good one. and may be carried Into eflect in several districts besides Kera Cuuuty, where the chief wealth of the people consists in richly fertile lands, and where new industries are needed to muke these lauds available. The Chesapeake ond Ohio Railroad Company huve subscribed $2,500,000 to the Lexington and Big Sundy Road, which is snfficieut to complete it. POSTSCRIPT. F IR E. *A fire broke ?ut about 1 o!ck?ck this morn? ing in the saloo'n or Mr. Fehrenoach, on East Bay. near Broad street, which out for thc ear? ly alarm and the timely arrival of the fire en? gines, bid fair to be a very serious conflagra? tion. Mr. Fehrenbaclr's stock ol liquors, Ac, were entirely destroyed. The Are was soon controlled by our energetic Are department, and was confined exclusively to the building in which it originated. Owing to the late? ness of Hie hour, we were unab'.e to learn any lurther particulars. TEE KU-KLUX MOVEMENTS. AnoUier Visit to Darlington-No Inter? ference willi the Orders o' Alie - Kian Operations in AViliiamsiiurg-Another Visit to Newberry- Fualkner, tuc1 Wounded Ku-Klnx, Reported .Murder? ed in lils Bed. [ From -the Coin m b's Union .]. It will be recollected, that on Monday last liiere was published an account of the recen.t visit of thc mysterious Ku-Klux to Darling? ton, where they lelt several of* their polite missives, commonly known as invitations to resign offices held by certain parties. It was also staled that Hui principal notice posted on, or uoar trie postofllce building,.was torn down early in the morning, before" many persons had the opportunity of reading it. Tnls action ? of disturbing such an important notice so en? raged the Klan, that another crder has been Issued, a copy of which will bo found below. . It will be seen that everythicg'Js done with military precision, and In perfect order. These organizations have their "general or? ders1' and their 'Special orders." From this notice it appears that fourteen "general or-* tiers" have been issued by the 51st "Division, K. K. K., which aj? o ws a moderate amount of business for that region of the country. Here are the notices: K. K. K. HEADQUARTERS MST DIVISION. General Orders AO. 14. L J. 0. Gar ll?, j. .s.Fillebrown. John Lenney, Jonathan Wright, J. If. Brown. Clayton Cannon, F. D. ??mitri. s J. Keith, Richard HumbirU, Jordan Lang, J. E. Wilson, P. c. Fluild.you ure each and. severally ordered to resign the offices you now hold Within thirty days. 2. Let one warning suince, for we repeat no orders. 3. The sheriff anil clerk of coen we trust, yet they must beware I we respect all honest men. black or wtite, but arc bound to remove tn some way allvlOaruH. This ls the first notice, and must be.obeycd io the letter. By order or lt, -IL K., Commanding. 0. 1., A. A. G. K. ~?7 K. . EEADQUAHTEKS SIST DIVISION. Special Order. "> 1. Unscrupulous vlllu?v, hay in? torn down "General Orders, No. 14." which was posted up at the postofflce, it ls ordered that a copy of said order DC sent to the postmaster at Darlington, with ms; nui lons . to post said ont er Inside of his otllce, or to show it to nil persons mimed therein." 3. The piirty who tore down said order shall be visited with the cotseuueuces ott their damnable meddling a:id folly. By order of 0. 'L, A. A. G. R- II. K., Commanding. A few days since these night-riders posted noHces to several ol the ootrnty and other offi? cers of Williamsburg, among whom were P. U. Flood, Richard Humbert, Francis Smith and other?, ordering them lo. resign -their olllces under penalty ot being visited with thu vengeance of the Klan. Intelligence was brought to this city last night of another visi? tation to Newberry on Monday night. 22d in? stant, when Faulkner, the wounded Ktt-Klux in the late attack upon County Commissioner Young, was murdered In his bed by a ??arty of disguised men. We give this as If reaches ns from a source which we believe to be reliable. There are two theories to this last visitation, both of which may be perfectly consistent. One ls, that the mysterious visitors weru those of lim same gang who .snacked Young when Faulkner got his wound, and who took this method of" preventing rv dlvulgence of. the names of those associated with Faulkner. "Dead men tell no tales," is tho pirate's motto. The other theory is, that retaliatory meas-' uros have been inaugurated, and that Faulk? ner fell a victim lo the colored Ku-Klux. ; SFARKS FROM- THE WIRES. -The tugboat B. B. Jones exploded at Port Hiiron, Michigan, killing six persons. -Baron Rothschild -gave the Derby fitakes, six thousand pounds sterling, to Wells, who rode the winner. -A dispaich from Poughkeepsie, New York, says: "The fire at the Saandakeu Mountains is fearful. The flames In some localities run along Olly feet high. -They had the heaviest rain and hail in Quincy, Illinois, they have had for years. The crops are injured. Some of the hail stones weighed from two to three ounces. -The Greek Chamber ol Deputies at Athens voled t?a thousand livres to the widow Of Mr. Lloyd, who was killed by the Marathon bri? gands. -A 'Uspalch'from Santa Fe informs us that the whole of the mountain Apaches, in Ari? zona, have.deelared wnr against the whites. The cause ol' this hostile attitude is the recent massacrent Camp Cram. -Thc money recently stilcn from the Adams Express Company's, office, in Cincin? nati, has been recovered. The employee who was in Hie office, aud pretended to have been chloroformed, is implicated. A l.t. A ROUT TUB STATE. Clarendon. The Kingstrce Star of Wednesday says : "We learn from a geotlegiad just from M an? nlug that the jail at that place was broken open, on Sunday night last!, by the prisoners confined therein, who effected their escape. We very much regret that the villain who was urresled lu this district some time ago by Sheriff Ward, aud who was "under indictment for an attempt at rape on the person ol a white girl eleven years of age, ts among the num? ber who escaped. They effected their escape by overpowering the jailor and forcing their way out." Darlington.. The Darlington Index says: ''Farmors from every portion of the country represent that in consequence of the Cold rains of week before last,' Hie- cotton crop suffered considerable damage. Much of it has died out, and thal which remains looks unpromising, and will re? quire long and careful anent ion to recover nilly from the damage which it has sustained." The same paper has Hie following account ol'a murder: "We learn Ulai on Saturday or Sunday hist, near Carterville. William Sims was brutally murdered, and his sou and daughter-the latter the wife of the murderer -"badly wounded by one Sanders. It appears thai in consequence of a complaint made to him 'sims; by the wife of Sanders, that she did not have enough to ear, Sims and his son came to see her, intending to take her home with them. Notwithstanding the threats of Sanders, all three started lor Slms's house. When they had entered a field not far from the house Sanders .came un behind them and or? dered them to halt. lipon their refusing to do so he fired at them, instantly killing Sims, aDd badly Wounding his wife and brother-in law. A second shot was fired, b>ft it is not known whether it took effect or not. Sanders has not yet been arrested." Williamsburg. Speaking of.lhe crops the Star says: "From conversaiion with several of our planters we learn that the prospect for a. cotton crop at this time is exceedingly discouraging. The plant is dying from the effects of the late cool weather, and this mislbrlune, added to the general had stand, will totally destroy the 1 i crop in many instances. The information from all parts of the country conceruing the cotton crop ls,that the prospects for a crop is the worst that we hu ve had for many years. Corn is unusually small, but bear.-: a health? color, and betokens a good crop.'' A special term of court is in session at Kingstree, Judge Green presiding. This is the flrst court that has been held in Williams? burg since last June, In consequence ol the illegal organization of the juries. During this long interval a large amount ot criminal buri ness ha? accumulated.- which will probably consume the entire time of the couft^Hnd no civil business-.viii be transacted. The Kings tree Star notes one good feature in connection with the court, at which we of Charleston a.-e perfectly amazed. It says : "There. ls the smallest number of persons in attendance up? on the court that we have ever seen at this place. No one is here except those that are compelled to be. The novelty of coming to court seems to b? wearing off with the ne? groes.'' Sumter. The Watchman says: "Several coolnigMs the past week were disastrous to the you: ig cotton plant. Many planters.are yet without .stands." und still replanting. " 1 The Watchman announces the death ni Mr. James II. Britton, Mrs. J. J. Ifennegan and Mr. John Dowling. A colored man captured last week in one ol the streets ol Sumter a Moloch lizard [Molp-ih liorridus) usually only found In Australia. We are not quite suce whether the Watchman in? tends this as a Joke, or to think that tie suucms of Snmter may' perhaps have "betm mistaken In their classification. The Sumter News, -, in order nottobejbe hind the Watchman. In chronicling the ad? vent of monsters.-hydraa and chimeras dite, has two big stories, one about the Bishop vi. le Slant, seen last in Clarendon, and another af a Bgro who saw an ox thirty-five feet [Inches ?] high; The horns were ten or fifteen feet in length. The negro plainly saw the switching of Its enormous- tall, and heard the rusbitig sonnd thereof. Be did not remain long in. that vicinity, as may well be supposed; but ac declares he ls willing to make oath of the truth of his statements. We know,* remar its the Sumter News very learnedly, that toe mammoth once frequented the swamps a.id forests of these regions; and Why should ie not agalu ? 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BASK, mario No. 131 Meeting atreeL Hailrofi?s. jgxcur?sio?To SAVA???JL SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON R. R. QFPICB, ) CHARLESTON, May 25, 1871. J To enable visitors to attend tue Regatta in Savannah, which takes place on May 30 and 81. and Jane 1st, Excursion Tickets over this Road will be -old from thc 28th to tue 80th May Inclu? sive, FOR ONE FARE, both going and returning. Hoi urn Tickers good Hil June 5. f C. S GADSDEN, F.nglneer and Superintendent. S. C. BOYLSTON, General Freight and Ticket Agent._may26-5 gUMMER SCHEDULE, SPARTAN BURG: AND UNION RAILROAD. On and after the 29th instant, the PASSENGER TRAINS on the SPARTANBDRG AND UNION RAILROAD wW run dully: Going down, leaveSpartacburg..'..5.30 A. M. Going ctowD. leav? UmonviUe. 7.50 A. If. Arrjveht Alston..-..H oo A. M. Refi ning, leave Alston.12.0 ' M. Returning, ?cave UulonvUle.....3 :5 p. M. Arrive at spartanburg....6.25 P. M. THOMAS B. JETER, President S. and C. R. R. Unlonvllle, S. C., May 22,1871.- may26-liao S O?TH CAROLINA RAILROAD VICE-PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, ) 1 . CHARLESTON, S. C., January 18,1871. \ . On and after SUNDAY, January 22, tbe Passen. ger ! rams on Mio soatr: -j. rjuna Ratlroad wm : it. as follows: yoa AUGUSTA. ..*avc Charleston..12.60 P. M. v rn ve at Augusta.8.15 P. M. FOE COLUMBIA. ..eave Cnarleston.*.;.8.20 A.M. arrive at Columbia. 3.40 P.M. FOB CHARLESTON. .... .cave Augusta.; 7.40A. M. Arrive at Charleston......_......... 3.20 P. M. Leave Colombia.........12.15 P. M. Ar rr i re at ChaVleston.7.60 P. M. Al GUSTA NIGHT EXPRESS. iSundaya excepted.) Leave Chariest on. 8.80 P.M. Arrive at Augusta.?.7.0S C. M. Leave Augusta.6.50 P. M. Arrive at Charleston.......6.40 A. M. COLUMBU NIGHT EXPKKsF. (Sundays excepted.) Leave Charleston. 7.10 P. M. Arrive at Columbia.6.00 A. M. Leave Columbia.,. 7.50 P.M. Arrive at Charleston.6.43 A. M. S?MMERVII,LE TRAIN. ''. Leave Charleston.rt..4.30 P. M. Arrive at Summerville.-.coo P. M. Leave Summerville..7.00 A. M. Arrive at Charleston..-i.... 8.16 A M. CAMDEN BRANCH. '.eave Camden.6.00A.M. ATrtve atGblnmbhi..U...:;...10.4OA. M. I Leave Columbia....'..L26 P.M. Arrive at CamftRn.6.00 P. M. Day and Night Trains make close connections at Augusta with Georgia Railroad and. Central Railroad. Night Train connects with Macon and Angosta Railroad; > Columbia Night Train connects with Greenville and Columbia Railroad. Camden Train connects daily with Day Passen? ger Trains. jania_A. L. TYLER. vice-President. NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COM? PANY. CHARLESTON, S: 0:, February ll, 1871. Trains leave Charleston Daily at Ci M. and P. M. Arri ve. at Charleston 7:30 A. M. (Mondays ex? cepted) and 3:30 P. M. Train d?es not leave Charleston c::o p. M.. SUN OATS. Train leaving at 12 M. makes through connec? tion to New York, via Richmond and Aconit Cr?ete only, going through in 42 hours, WITHOUT ITETENTION ON SUNDAYS. Passengers leaving by 6:30 P. M. 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