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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. SCENES AT THE DERBY. OX THE ROAD TO EPSOM DO WjfS. . Graphic Description of thc Rare Splendid Contest Between Seventeen Horses-Rothschild's Chestnut Coll the Winner. . The following telegram, dated London. May 24, gives an Interesting account ol the Derby day, and many particulars of the race, omitted in the brief dispatches already published: Derby day has come with Its usual spirit and incident. The House.of Lords is ernpiy; the House ol Commons adjourned. Business generally, in London, is suspended, and the city is emptied ol so much ol* it? population that a stranger might imagine it smitten with the plague The weather is delightful. Never? theless, everybody is armed with Maointosh, or umbrella, as a precaution ag.iinst the rain, so proverbially an incident ol the occasion, while veils about the hats guard against the absolutely certain dust. At an early hoar we take the northwestern turnpike, and ar? on the road in an endless procession of carriages, private and public, ot stages? ol' busses, ot vans, of carts-from the aristocratic six-la-hand, with a nuble marquis handling the ribbons, and delicately and skil? fully touching with his lash the flank of the off leader^o the donkey-cart, with motive Dower equal to a medium dog and a. freight of six se? lect costermoDgers. Dust ! We caunot see, we can hardly breathe for it. It darkens ihe lovely English landscape; turns the hawthorn hedges and their perfumed blossoms into dreary earth? works: lies like volcanic ashes on ihe turf for a hundred yards away; fills the lungs to suffo? cation; irritates our eyes; vexes our tempers. The long'cavalcade is-suddenly arrested. The matter ? A buss ls vfpset, or ihe wheel is off a costermong?r'8 family coach. Who cares ? The debris ia cleared* awav, and on goes tho flying procession. A HtUe less dust: we have simck sand; our weary nags drag heavily through it. Hurrah ! the grand stand, with Its' slan dard and streamers. Gomes Into sight over the plain. We are on Epsom Downs. ""Greatly, .fa? vored* we have a place lor our turn-out within the ring; and having quarrelled for it, and ex Eerienced much blasphemy In gaining it. we ave leisure and composure to brush off the upper strata of dust irom coat and hat, and look about us. The horizon is, it must be owned, narrow. Between us and the winning post ls a family carriage filled with a remarkably :all family ol' Yorkshire folks. If we are to see at all we must make our way to the Grand Stand. This vast structure is already rilled. The front seats, reserved for the lamilies of the mem? bers ol the jockey club, are overflowing with the bluest blood ot the three kingdoms. At the outer door Policeman X tells "us that the last inch overhead ls occupied. Through much suffering and perspiration, nevertheless, we press onward, until forcibly ejected, so to speak, into ihe upper air, where, though much flattened and altogether exhausted, we can at least breathe and see. And what a sight ! All England is here. Who cen doutt it ? Royalty and nobility are close under our noses; the crush and flutter of aristocracy about us; we care nothing for these things, but gaze in wonder at the picture be fortrns. A natural amphitheatre1, a mile, per? haps, In diameter, "he slope ls alive with dense masses ol' humanity. Estimates 01 .crowds always err, but see the thousand acres taken up as a bivouac for horses and ''traps.'' See yonder gipsy camp; foptune-ielling ls the order of the day. Hear, foryou cannot choose bul hear, the clamor of men and women sell? ing yo;i the -'card" or programme of the race. Hear, also, those other respectably dressed gents who stun you with offers ol' the "'correct tip of the Derby/' or those other spectators who stand ready to give or take ruinous odds on every event ol the day That man lu u white bat and duster, speaking with the Mar? quis ol Gaunt, is a Cabinet minister; they have their betting books In hand, having just re? corded their.wager. Yonder is H. R. H. the Prince of Wale?, a broad contrast with ihe 8triDling who made the grand tour of th.e New World. Spw comes the more discordant clangor of a bell, and the cry oP "clear the course"-pre? cedes the coming of a double platoon of police? men, truncheon In t^iiul, who. sweep the rab? ble of peers and people beyond the ropes, and .e ihe ground clear for the array of horse fcriestinedTo dispute the honors ol the day. Rbody diligently consults his card to iden pne colors of the Jockey and the owners, ascertain ihe latest odds. Everybody bends over to see them return>galn and again from false starts lo resume Wt line. At last they tire off. The excitemenFis almost uneii r durable. The favorite is clearly out of the ra,* ? before three hundred yards are traversed. The dark blue of Baron Rothschild, the colors of Mr. Cartwright, and the yellow of Mr. Merry, kcrowd steadily toward the front; nervous bet gers who ?.plunged" heavily on the favorite ?fe eagerly ?.hedging." The horses are at Tnt |Buham curner, homeward bound, dark blue, who has hung on the flank ol scarlet and yel? low, gets the whip, and gains steadily arevery striate. The judges in the box stand like a pillar bf Iron, firm and observant. The dark blue passes the post, and Baron Rothschild's name is enrolled on the long roll of .Derby winners. The Derby stakes of fifty sovereigns each, half forfeit, for three year olds; coirs, 122 lt; fillies, 117 ft; the owner of the second horse io receive 300 sovereigns, und the third 150 sovereigns out ol the stakes. Mile and a half; 200 subscribers. Baron Rothschild's ch. c. Favonius, by Par? mesan onto; Zephyr. 1 Mr.Cartwright*! ch. c. Albeit victor, by Man; yas-out or Princess or Wales. 2 Mr. Merry's b. c. King or the Foresr, by Scot ti.-li Cluer, out of Liuuess. it Seventeen ran. There was a dead heat for second place between King of the Forest and Albert Victor. The winner "belongs to Baron Rothschild, who has, alter twenty years' fruit? less endeavors, at last attained his great ob? ject of ambition, the winning of the coveted Blue Riband of ihe turf. The winner, which is better known as the Zephyr Colt than by his newly-given name of Favonius, never run as a two-year old; his first appearance being in the Biennial slakes, at the New-Market Craven me-etlug ihis sj. ring, where he ran second, and was beaten a.head only by Albert Victor. His grand apnearance and perlect action gained him a host of lriends after tlrnt perlormance, because it was knoivn he could be vastly improved for the Derby, and the ?ioweiful and influential stable to which he be ongs backed him to win a very large stak*\ and which has been safely landed. Wells was the jockey of Rothschild's colt. Morris of Albert Victor, and Snowden of the King of the Forest. The betting just previous to the start was 9 to 1 against the winner, 4 io* 1 against Albert Victor,' and 12 to 1 against King of ihe Forest. King ol ihe Forest, who run a dead heat for second place, is a bay colt by Scottish Chief, (alf Ascot cup winner) out of Lioness, winne? of the Cresarwitch, and belongs to Mr. Merry. Last season, as a two-year-old, he won S19,1C5 in stakes, being only beaten twice in the races. His first appearance was at Epsom, lu the Stanfield Stakes, where he was beaten a head by Bicycle, eight starting. He won Ihe Queen's Stand Plate, at Ascot in a canter from Perfume, at a difference of thirty-two pounds for the year, with Digby Grand third, ami the Triennial Stakes ut me same meeting. At Newcast!e-on-Tync he won the Seaton D?livrai Stakes from lour other?. Al Stockbridge he won ihe Biennial Slakes lroni seven opponents by a neck, Cricklade beiug second, and tw > days afterward was beaten by a neck by Digby Grand for the Motlisl'oril Stakes, Hie latter receiving seven pounds. At Goodwood he won ihe Findon Stakes, bealing Kipponden and Ave others, and the next day won the Bentwick Memorial Makes lrom three others. At Stockton he won the Lambton Plate by u head only lrom Mlle, de Mallloc. At Don? caster lie won the Champagne Stakes by a head only from Ripponden aud three others. This was his last appearance as a two-year old. This year he suited the first favorite for lh<* 2000 guineas, but could only gain third place to Bothwell (the winner) and Sterling. Albert Victor ls a chestn'it colt by Marsyas out ol Princess of Wales, and belongs to Mr. Cartwright. He run three times asa two year old, winning twice. On his first appear? ance, In the Reaalug stakes, he was beaten by three-quarters of a length, in a field of seven, by Lizzy Cowl, being then raw and unprepared. At the Mew Market second October meeling. he won the Middle Park plate from a field ol sixteen opponents, among which were Both? well, the 2000 guineas winner; Hannah, the 1000 guineas victress, and others. He won nt lbj? New Market Houghton meeting, the houie bwcl slakes, beating Kipponden a:ul three others, and then retired for the season. This spring he has only run once, for the biennial stakes at tho New Market Craven meeting which he won, the Zephyr colt, who has now reversed -their positions, being second lo him,, beaten by a heiid only. AX EArtTB QUAKE IS SEW TO BK AND CASADA. A shock ol an earthquake was felt in New" York State on Sunday morning, at half-past 1 o'clock, ut Rochester, Syracuse, and other places. . la Syra:use persons were' awakened from sleep by the rattling of doors and windows, the swaying of beds and jarring of crockery. The Journal says it was a milder visitation ot this somewhat rare phenomenon in thie part Df the.world than that of last, year, or the one cf about three years ago. there was a succes? sion of tremors and quaking?, perhaps a dozen in number, which, in their effects upon loose window sashes, produced noises somewhat like the dicking of telegraph operators. In some instances~whole (amines were aroused by what was supposed ta botl?e jarrim: of floors, window and dcors by the walking ol a heavy person, and in some cases it was sup? posed that a sudden gust of wind bad rattled the window,, untii it was discovered that not a breath of air was stirring. The shock was also felt at Hie village of . Charlotte, on Lake Ontario. It lasted several seconds, ind was so distinct as to leave no doubt ot its character. Several persons were aroused from their slumbers by the shock. Doors swung on their binges and sashes rat? tled in their lrarnes. One uenlleman, a well kuown lake captain, was awakened by the dis? turbance. He describes the sensation he ex? perienced as he was aroused like that of being on his bjat in rough water. A door to his room swung on Its hinges. A son who slept in a chamber was awakened by the noise. The captain repaired to Stuts?n's hotel in the morniug and said- nothing there about the earthquake till one after another came in and repoued it. There is no doubt whatever of the correctness of the statements iuade. The Ro? chester Union says the shock was felt at Mount Hope anil vicinity. Houses and .everything in them were shaken so violently as t<> awaken persons who were asleep. A lout! noise, like the flrln:;of%distant artillery, accompanied the convulsion. The movement; was seemingly horizontal-a swaying from right to Iel'. The shock waa also felt in Buffalo.and in varioio towns in Wayne County. The earthquake also passed through Canada. The Toronto Globe says: . The duration of the shock varied from a few seconds to two minutes, apparently in-1 creasing in intensity as it travelled eastward that being the direction it took-Judging from the time at which the disturbances are re? ported to have occurred. No serious conse queuces followed the earthy rocking in any place. The shock appears to have been most severely felt in part'ol the Niagara District, and about the ancient capital; though in some other to?fns the affrighted people "for a few minutes expected to instantly witness the de? molition of their homes. The quakimr is gene? rally described as having been accompanied by a noine resembling the sound of rushing waters, cr of a lightning express train. In Montreal the earthquake was lollowed by some curious phenomena, the thermometer rising to eighty degrees, and the next day bel?ir dark and gloomy, aa if there was an eclipse bf the sun. In Hamilton the shock was felt about 1 o'clock, ttnd a writer in the Hamilton Times, who was lying in bed reading at the moment of the tr<;mor, says he was astounded to find the bed shaking under him, the doors and windows convulsively agitated, while the paper he held in his hand shook like the aspen leaf. A loud, rumbling noise, as of the pass? ing ol a heavily laden wagon, was heard, and indeed the house shook as it a violent storm raged without. Gelting up and putting his heud out of the window, he was astonished lo find that scarcely a breath ol' wind prevailed. The shock, he says, lasted nearly a minute. Looking at his wiitch, be lound it was 1.05 o'cock. Much alarm wa?! excited in Ottawa. The Free Press describes the shock and its effects as follows: "The motion was so violently felt that houses trembled and windows rat? tled to such an extent as to alarm a great many persons. Along the north shore of the Ottawa, extending northeastwardly, the shock was even mor eviolent than in the city, and it awakened the soundest, sleepers by the trembling of the earth. We have not heard any person say that the shock was accompa? nied by the rumbling noise that is usually heard on such occasions/' SEW TOXK SE Wa. NEW YORK, May 29. The cas-i against General Jordan for the vio? lation t)f the neutrality laws has been indefi? nitely postponed. TBE DENTISTS OF SEW TOBK. Gossip about their Practices, * C'liuri;es, ?ve. ..The Hermit in New York" writes lo the Troy Titree: There are about four hundred practicing deutlsts in New York, and one-quarter of that number in Brooklyn, allot whom find employ? ment, while some are driven by their engage? ments. "The Parmlys are the most noted Inmi lies in this profession, and consists ol Eleazer, lin: oldest, and four brothers. Eleazer (now retired) is the richest dentist io America, and is worth i million, most of which he made iu real estate. He is now about eighty, and is a man, of great piety and benevolence. The Parmlys ire all Yankees, and have the fresh manners, as well as the virtues ol New Eng? land. Thirty years ago, when the writer vi as a poor cterk, he went to Eleazer Parmly to get his teeth repaired. The benevolent dentist said frankly, ..Youngman, my ternis are too high for you, but go to my brother Samuel, he will do the work for hall my price, and dy it justas wcll."T followed the advice, and am uow using a tooth which yoting Parmly filled with gokl in 1841. One of the leading men in the profession is Dr. E. J. Downinir. He has practiced thirty years, and ls now at the aile of fifi y io Ute fullness ol'success, and probably makes an income of $30,000. Another is Dr. W. H. Atkinson, who is about forty-seven, and has i nacl iced twenty years, reaching an in? come which may be estimated at $15,000, He is now a professor of dental science. One ot the veterans of the profession ls Dr.. John. Allen. He reached success in Cincinnati, aud came ?rom that place twenty years ago. He is now about sixty, and probably makes ?l 5.000 a year. His chief tlislinction is the discovery ol gum work, and he has spent a fortune iii cotitestirg the claim with Dr. Hunter. Dr. W. H. Dwlnaell is another distinguished man. He is now in the neighborhood of fllty-five, thirty ?ears of which nave been spent in practice. He enjoys an iucome of $20,000, and has a number iif opulent patieuls who are reads to pay him any price that he may suggest. 'Dr. Dwinnel. has probably received heavier fees ihan any other operator. His price for filling a tooth in lroin $20 to $140, which he considers reasonable when Hie value of his time is reck? oned, hie has been paid ?2000 for cleaning ami Gllitg a set ol' teeth, which probably in? cludes subsequent attention il required. He lins been paid $;">0p0 lor performing the same service en two persons, but then tiivse charges aie trilles lo those who pay Un m. When I mild Samuel Parmly $10 in 1841, ll took an en? tire mom h's WHges, but there ai e men here whose incomes are from ?2000 to ?GO'.'O. lier day. These ate the men of Dr. Dwinnell. These first-class dentists do not us a con? sequence gel very rich. Indeed, they are not to be considered mouey-making men. Next to Eleazer Parmly, in'point of wealth, stands Dr. J s. Dodge, who ought to be worth a half rrllllun, most ol which has been made in speculation. Dr. Main bas made $100,000 in bis profession, which, is as high a mark as any one oas reached. The dentists spend their money freely, and seem to have no ambition to rival the money lords of this city. Of the Tour htin-ired dentists in this city, about thirty may be considered first-class, with lurge in? comes. There are six hundred and fifty ol' second e'ass, who charge from $5 to $20 for tilling a tooth with gold, and who make from $3000 to iWOOO a year. To these mav be added a large r.umber of skilful German operators, j who wo -k very chenp. as the Hermans gpne ? rally clo. After these maybe mentioned the , quacks, ns they may be called, men who pick I np the trade and inflict injury on all who come I beneath iheir hands. GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. TBE CONDEMNED MURDERER-B2 REPENTS TOO LATE. Pugilism Under Difficulties-Beginning of the Viaduct Railway-The Wood <? r ful Future of tftw York-What Hell? gate will do for It-Curious Facts About, the Spiritualists-Extraordina? ry Iucreasc in. Converts-One-third of tile Northern People Believers-Postal Communication With thc (Ttlur World. tFR0M OUR OVT.N-CORKBSr >'DEX7.] NEW YORK,-May 27. - Foster, the murderer, lies at hist in? the condemned cell in the Tombs, weeping and wailing over the fate which, until th's time, he has not seemed to realize. While sentence was being pronounced his stoicism gave way, and he sobbed piteously, unnerving the.judge himseli,and throwing the kind-hearted lawyer, who defended the case Into a paroxysm of tears. The wile ol the condemned man sat by his side, aod bunted when the solemn lnvoca -tion to Heaven-''May God have mercy .ca your soul"-was pronounced. Foster's only words were: "I was very drunk that night, and I did not know what I was doing. I did not intend to kill Mr. Putnam." When he was being removeoVfrom the court? room to a carriage, the immense mob which bad collected around the door hissed, and there were cries of -'Lynch him !" The impressive ?lesson is not to be-io&t on the lower strata of society. One ol the Father Matthew Total Ab? stinence, Societies issues a call for a meeting, in the morning papers, with these startling head lines : ''Another Triumph Over Rtfm Take the Pledge and Avoid the Doom of Fos? ter." Although the jury compromised with their feelings by recommending Foster to mer? cy, it ls not probable that the Governor will heed* the appeal. Something must be done to strike terror iuto the nrffl?ns of New York: They are so seldom punished that they laugh at justice. Foster will be banged on Friday, July lxth. Onr criminal classes have been enjoying another piize fight sensation, but unexpected misiortu ,e has oome upon' the feliows who undertook to entertain them. One of the pugilists was an Englishman, the other an irishman. They wem out upon Long Island, attended by several thousand thieves and rowdies, and pitched a ring, but they had been so closely followed by the New York police tina th?y Just bad time to scamper away and hide themselves. Havinggiveu the police the slip, they met in the alternoon, aud for several hours they pounded each other until their heads and bodies were almost shapeless. Night closed inion an undecided contest, and it was resolved! lo resume it lu the morning. The-iighters came slyly to the city to get their wounds dressed, but ?be- indefatigable police were aller them again, and they were both arrested, with their trainers and backers, at low drinking dens. To-day they are to be Hr'tetl at the Tombs Court, and as they will be convicted, they will go to the Slate prison for a year. This ls short work; at the trainers' quarters, in the ring, and cracking stoues in. the prison garb, ^il inside ol three days. While the fight was in progress on Long Island, hourly bullelins were posted in front'of many of the afternoon newspaper offices, and exciled greater luterest than the tidings of the burning and slaughter in Paris. ? One newspaper boasts ot having sold one huh I tired and sixty thousand copies'to the news I boys 4o the course of four hours. Another stupendous enterprise for the im? provement ol New York is to be inaujturaied on Monday. The directors of the viaduct rail? way wid meet In the Governor's room at the ' Cily Hall and organize. Plans will be adopted and the work given out. The viaduct road will run from the Dalt cry to Harlem; there will be several tracks, and fast and slow pas? senger trains will be propelled by steam. The calculation is to take a passenger from the City Hall to Harlem in fifteen minutes, the actual time now consumed in the transit being an hour. Twenty millions of dollars will be ex? pended in constructing the road and buying the right-of-way. Among the directors are one ot ihe Astor?, Alex. T. Stewart, Moses Taylor, and the tour chiefs of the Tammany ting: Tweed, Sweeny, Connolly aud Hall So the successful completion of the enterprise ls as? sured. By the year 1880 the metropolis will almost be transformed. The great stone docks along the North aud East Rivers will be under way; the Viaduct Railway, the .Erial Railway ou the west side, the Brooklyn Bridge and the bridge lo New Jersey, will be finished; the tunnels nuder the two rivers will probably have been commenced; Central Park, in New York, and Prospect Park, in Brooklyn, will have received the projected improvements; the new boulevard and porks at the upper end ol the island will be laid out, and the magnifi? cent new postoffice, and' possibly the new courthouse, both in tne City Hall Park, will be completed for business. In addition to this, the clearing away of the ugly rocks at Hell Gate may have a marked effect unoo the topographical character ol the city. Ir the ingress ol vessels by way of the sonnd can be made sale, all the European and Eastern shipping can save oue hundred mile-! by laking that route over the other by the way ol' Sandy Hook and the Narrows. The consequences wouhf-be Unit the tipper eastern end ot the island, from Harlem down, would become the depot for the lmmetiB? foreign business ot New York, and the quiet dwellings of Ulai quarter, would have lo give place lo warehouses. It is a mailer of speculation about the etTect that these changes would have on the lower part of Hie city. Possibly the nabobs might return to thc Battery to live. Broadway, as of yore, might again be lined willi resiliences, ?iud Wall street become the fashionable promenade. . The spiritualists Ol New York.and vicinity are preparing lor a mammoth picnic, tg come (?If next month in a retired part, of Westches? ter County. Believers In the flesh ?s well as every one in ihe spirit who chooses to come, are respectfully invited to be present and par ticlpate in the* festivities. One who sees bul the surlace of Northern society, would be as? tounded lu know how wide-spread is the be? lief in the spiritualistic pholosophy here. Judge Edmonds, ol New York, who is the most con? spicuous advocate of spiritualism in America, es! imales the number of, believers at eleven millions. As they are nearly all north of Ma? son's and Dixon's line, this estimate would in? volve one-lhird ol the inhabitants of the Norih. Of these but a smail fraction are open and pro I lessecl spiritualists. The judge claims that ! the vast majority who believe are pol disposed yet lo face ihe ridicule with which an avowal of their faith would be met by the world. . The spiritualists are most numerous io New England and the Western Slates. They have a number ol periodical publications, their prin? cipal organ being the B umer ol Light, which, is issued in Boston, und has au enormous cir? culation. One ol its features is the priming of messages lrom people ia ihe "spirit world" to their friends in tilt?. These messages usually beiMU in mis style: : "I died ol' rapid consump? tion In Boston yesterday afternoon, at. four o'clock, and I have been permitted to corni' back tu this circle to inform my (rienda that- I am all righi and perfectly satisfied willi my condition in this beautiful spirit world." These messages purport to come I rora ?ill manner ol people-from well known Biatesmen and di? vines to common laborers and servant girls, who are known only to a. few Irlends. The conductor of the Banner of Light seances on this side, is u Mr. William While, and on "Ihe other sido"' the late Theodore Plirlwr. who oc? casionally lakes au opportunity to rap the Boston ministers over the knuckles. Tlie advocates ol spiritualism admit that their faith has but lew adherents in the South, but ihey predict that it is going to spread with amflzing rapidity, now that the war and the abolition ol' "slavery"' have cleared the way. Whether -they are "bulling" a delusion ar not, it is certain "that some very prominent indi? viduals here and lu Europe have recently avowed their belief in ll, or rather in the theory that an intelligence exists outside of any known laws of nature, whioh is. proba? bly, that ol the spirits of disembodied human beings, and that these spirits have at last dis? covered a means ol making their Identity manifest to their Iriends and acquaintances who are yet in this life. Among the must re snectable American spiritualists are Judge Edmonds, Robert Dale Owen, iale Minister to Naples, and Proft-ssor Gunning; and among ihe English are William Howlti and his wife, Professor Varley, the electrician of Atlantic cable renown, and Proiessor*Wallace, the emi? nent scientist, who shares with Darwin the distinction of having given to the world the new theory about the origin of man. ..Thesales of spiritualist books foot np* roil .Jions of copies annually. "The leading writer 'in this department is Andrew Jackson Davis, who lives but a lew miles from this city, and who "reels off reams of the most idiotic trash. He has actually succeeded in locating the spiritual heavens, which, according to his ac? count, begin a short distance lrom our south pole ?nd extend beyond the sun. He also lurnishes a map of the "Summer Land," as he calls it, with its rivers, mountains and cities, accurately laid down. Davis's income from his books must be $100.000 pei; annum. All our larger Northern cities swarm with jne diuijs, clairvoyants and spiritual doctors, who do a thriving business. A medium orr Sixth avenue has opened a postofflce, through which leite rs may be sent to people In the spirit-world and answers received, the post? age is $5.* and the business, luckily ior the postmaster, very heavy. ' NTH. ' WASHINGTON NEWS. WASHINGTON, May 29. The fallowing correspondence has been pub? lished : LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, April 29. To the Honorable Horace Greeley: DE Alt Sm-Your many friends in Kansas de? sire to have your views, in relation u> your name being brought before, the next National Republican Convention lu 1872 lor nomination for President. Without any disrespect to General Grant, we believe no living American statesman has the claim ol yourself lor Presi? dent. Very respectfully, your lriend, (Signed) Wrr.UAM LARMOK. TRIBUNE. OFFICE, ) NEW YORK. May 4,1871. f MT DEAR SIR-I have received yours or the 29th asking pointed questions with regard to our political future. I must report in great haste. I trust never henceforth to be an aspirant for any office or political position whatever; but I freely purpose also never to decline any duty or"responsibility "which mv political triends shall see lit to devolve upon me. and of which I shall be able to fulfil the obligat ions without neglecting none of its im? perative duties. I have not yet lormed a de? cided opinion as to the man who ought to be our next Republican candidate for President, tut it seems to me advisable that he should be a steadfast^constant believer in the good old Whig doctrlue -ol one Presidental term.. (Signed ) " Ho RACK GREELEY. The commissioner of Internal revenue, in the case ol the New York Central Railroad, which claimed to be exempted lrom certain j taxation, has ordered the collecter to collect a ! tax ol one million one hundred and fifty-fight thousand dollars from the road, which is the full amount. The road ha3 been fighting the tax s long lime. A sen of Brigham Young has been nomi? nated for West Point. Passports are required to enler France. Delano has gone West, and Cowan, acts in his place. . .. The Court of Claims Bas decided in lavor of the government in a case of cotton seizure in Alabama in 18C-1. Tile claimants were Curlute and Henderson, British subjects, residing In Georgia during Hie war, but were engaged in making saltpetre, which trie court construes into giving aid and comfort lo the enemy; otherwise, the claim against the government was good. The court, allowed ihe claim of Francis J. Willes, of Savannah, foi $2G,W0, the proceeds of one hundred and thlrly-lotir bales o? captured cotton. 1 hroiighotit ihe rebellion he warmly opposed secession. Daniel Haas, a subject, ol France, residing in Charleston, has been allowed $12,000 for ninety bales ol cotton seized at Charleston In ft'Gft. The court allow? ed another claim, involving $12,345. Other claims were dismissed, owing lo the failure.ol' claimants iu establishing their loyalty. The court adjourns till Thursduy. THE COAL MINE DISASTER. PITTSTON, PA., May 29. Every man taken out of the pit alive is in imminent danger. Most ol them can live but a few hours. A few are dead this morniDg. Physicians assert, emphatically, that not one ol them can recover. DROWNED. ' HALIFAX, May 29. Captain Mathewson and Dr. McKean, o? the Jamaica sleamer City of Dublin, of Dublin, are supposed to have- been drowned. The boat they were lu had. been seen lo capsize, and neither boat nor bodies have been lound. THE NEGRO KV-KLUX. A Brutal ."tl ti rd tr in .Vorth Carolina. 'From the Chesterfield Benrt'jcr&t. ] ' Mr. James W. Redfearn, of White's Store. Anson County, N. C., was murdered Saturday night last, between 10 ami 12 o'clock, and ihe sioreol himself and partner robbed ol' a con? siderable amount' ot mouey. Mr. Redfearn was seen (about 10 o'clock; by one ol' his neighbors togo to tlif stable with a light to feed Iiis horse. As he was reluming to-the slore the light suddenly disappeared, and al Hie saiue spot his body was lound next morn? ing, willi his skuH crushed by a heavy blow In the back part ol' Ule hean". 'His pockels had* been filled, aud ihe key of Hie store obtained; the door unlocked, and ihe mom-y drawer robbed ol ils contents. Lewis Coppedge, a colored man. and lils brother are suspected ot haviug committed Hie deed. Lewis has escaped, but his brother is.nnder arrest. Lew? is robbed the same store, about a year ago, of several hundred dollars; was arrested and lodged in jail ai '.Vadesboro', but escapi d, and hii3 since been lurking In this comity until re? cently. Last Friday night he was seen near the sture'ol Mr. Redlearn, and on Salurday night the brutal murder was ooinmllted. On Mon? day, 22d, about noon or a lillie alter,"Lewis Coppedge arrived in lliis.iown and immediate Iv entered a slore and commenced irading, bining fine clothing, a walch, .fcc., spending seveuly-live dollars in a few minutes. He was soon suspected, identified anil arrested, and $187 laken from him for safekeeping. He seemed very much 'lightened, and told a num? ber ol different stories about lite money in his possessen. First, that his mother gave il to him; then timi he had fallen lu with a company ot Ku-Klnx. who commitled ihe murder, and gave him thu money to say noth? ing about it. When told (hat his brother was nuder arrest on suspicion, he is said io have cried, and asserted- Ih'at his brother knew nothing about Hie murder. On Tuesday, a parly ot citizens lrom VVhlte's Store, including ?lie partner ol' Hie murdered man, having been apprised ol ihe arrest of Coppedge, ar? rived here for ihe purpose ni taking him back lo North Carolina, They recognized several anieles laken trom the negro as Hie property of Mr. Hetlfearn. Also Hie clothes he wore into Cheraw, and a pistol willi some blood on it. They left in the afternoon, laking the prisoner back lor trial. A guard ot United states soldiers accompanied Hiern as tar as the Stale line, to prevent any attempted rescue. -A matron ol Moutargis; in France, recent? ly put a summary end lo an altempt made by four citizens ol' that town-one ol them being hex husband-to establish the Commvuse. These four, "flourishing their chassepots, plant? ed Hie red flag before the city hall, and pro? claimed the Independence of the village. Be? fore any acuve steps could be taken to sup? press Hiern by the authorities, the matron men? tioned stalked up to her warrior husband, took his gun from his hand, and threw.it away, hauled down the flag, and finally marched lier husband off by the ear. .This prompt, action caused ihe others to disperse, and the revolu? tion was effectually suppressed. THE CARNIVAL OF BLOOD. 31'MAHON IS 31 ASTER OE PAEIS. The Dead Bodies to he Barned-The Fires Extinguished-Nu mbers of Com? inan lots St ll 1 Executed Every Day. VERSAILLES, May 28. Among the hostages shot, besides the Arch? bishop, were the Apostolic Pronotary, the President of the Cour des Comit?s, the Mexi? can banker Jecker, and ten nuns. There has been hellvy fighting all day. Pere la Chaise was recaptured from the Versailllsts. but sub? sequently bombarded and retaken. McMahon telegraphs' that Jie is absolute master of the city. Cremation is proposed as a sanitary measure. Trie Insurgents have hoisted the white flagon'lhelr last position. Vlnoy ls ap? pointed Governor of Paris. The Versailllsts los? during*the struggle ls'2895. PARU, May 28-Night. Firemen from Antwerp are entering the city. The fire at the Hotel Dieu Is extinguished. Priests and cabs again? appear . on the streets. Bystanders uttered no reproach aa the prison? ers passed, among them two ? thousands regu? lars who deserted, with their coats turned In? side obt. ' . . PAnis, May 29. Executions are progressing-at the Champs de Mars, Park de Moneaux a ad Hotel de Ville. Filty to a hundred are shot a> a time. Nearly every member of the Commune has been exe? cuted almost immediately alter capture. Exit from Paris requires McMahon's pase. ^ TEE MURDERED ARCHBISHOP. . A Sketch of his Career. . George ' Darboy, Archbishop o? Paris, who has been sacrificed to the Insane fury ol the Paris mob, was a prelate-of great eminence in the Roman Catholic Church. He was born In 1813, and ofter completing his studies at the Langres luminary, was or? dained in 183G. He advanced from the position of Curate to several positions of ecclesiastical distinction. In 184C he removed to Paris, where he was appointed .chaplain o? the Col? lege of' H?nry IV, and honorary canon of the see of Paris, by Monseigneur Afire, then Arch? bishop, whose official mitre tod whose crown of martyrdom it has been bli destiny, each rn its turn, to inherit. He wa3 appointed Bishop of Nancy in 1859. Feur years later he was transferred to the archiepiscopal -see of Paris. During his administration he observed a mod? erate and conciliatory pplicy. His pastoral let? ters were regarded by the ultramontanes as too tolerant in their tohe. His con? finement In the political uri son known as Ma? zas commenced on the 5th ult., when he was seized as a hostage by the Communists. He was visited by Minister '.vashburne on the k23d ult., who wrote to the fiecretary of State: "I was deeply touched at the appearance ol this venerable man, with his slender person, his iorm somewhat bent, his long beard, and his face haggard with ill-health." Mr. Wash burne's testimony makes lt certain not only thal the Archbishop was harshly and indecent? ly treated by lila captors, but that he bore him? self tinder the unprovoked indignities which were heaped upon him with singular patience, sweetness and nobility ot spirit. Archbishop Darboy was eminent both as a preacher and a writer. His chief works were an edition ot "St. Dionysius, the Aecppaglle," a very popu? lar book on ,;*Bhe Women ol' the Bible," a translation of the "Imitation," with Illustra? tions by -Overbeck, and, curiously enough,' a life of St. Thomas a Becket, the great English Archbishop, who fell' a victim so long ago to the passion of a feudal king, even as he him? self has now fallen a victim to the?madness ol afrevolutiouary mob. THE WEATHER TO-BAT. WASHINGTON', May 2ti. It ls probable that fresh southeast and north? east winds will be experienced on Lake Supe? rior, and threatening weather willi light rains south and east of Tennessee. No Important change ls Indicated from Illinois eastward to the Atlantic. Yesterday's Weathor Reports. Place of Observation. 5 i=l ? ss I xl-LS Augusta.. Baltimore. Boston_.-. Charleston. Chicago. Cincinnati. K>y West, Fla... Mobile. Nashville. New Orleans_ New York. san Francisco.. Savannah. Sr. Louis. Washington, B.C. wTlinington.N.C. N'trfolk. 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