The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, June 02, 1871, Image 1
" ?/,>,I:MP YT VHMRFK ifiQ7 " " CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 2 1871. _ EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR."
THE SOUTHERN VULTURES.
HOW THE VXCL?AX BIRDS BICK
THE BOXES OE THE TAXPAYERS.
A Healthy Corpse Discovered in South
Carolina??Uncle Joe Crew?, Parker,
Neagle, Patterson, and Other Bare
Necked Buzzards Go for IC--The Men
who Wann il Grant's Ku-Klni 8111.
[Correspondence of the New York San.]
COLUMBIA, May 25.
The whole political ?atmosph?re m South
Carolina is sosurcharged with fraud and cor?
ruption that it would be a little singular i: now
and Ihen the sky did not darken and burst
forth in electric flashes o? crimination and're
crimination. These flashes always reveal the
pathway to a den of thieves, and your corres?
pondent, ever on the alert, has availed him?
self of the last of these outbreaks, and is now
prepared to give to the world a brie! sketch ol
one of the many swindles by which the people
of thi&State are bein" impoverished.
TUE CARCASS.
The Columbia and Greenville Railroad leads
from Columbia to Greenville, and ls 1-fO miles
in length. The financial condition o? the road
has from its completion been bad. and its
stock, the par value of which was $20 a share,
almost valueless. Dividends of course were
out of the question, and the bondholders
groaned in spirit as they looked at their un
proc clive securities. Dead carcasses always
attract vultures, and the delunct railroad com?
pany formed no exception to this rule. In the
summer of 1869, when the corporation was
seemingly in Its death throe?, the air became
blackened wiih these birds of prey. Hover?
ing about eager lor the final dissolution were
Parker, the State treasurer, who is a bird ol
most ravenous propensities; honest John Pat?
terson, whose talons are deep in everything
foul; the Hon. Timothy Hurley, a vulture ot
hue the blackest; the Hon. C. P. Leslie, a bird
whose plumage has ofttimes been besmeared
with public tilth; Dr. J. L. Neag'.e, the comp?
troller-general ol' the State, who has the keen?
est scent lor prey " ol any ol' the voracious
birds, and Uncle Joseph Crews, the great
poker player, who is always among the "very
first to light on a carcass, and who smiles com?
placently as he picks its bones.
THU FEAST OF THE VULTURES.
Besides these birds there were others who
came to the feast and watched eagerly for an
opportunity to gorge their maws from the Bul
. ferlcg corporation. Tue first effort ol the vul?
tures to obtain possession of the railway car?
cass was made in September, 1SC9. Ageuts
were appointed throughout the State lo buy
up from the discouraged and impoverished
widow and orphan the lew shares of the depre?
ciated stock each might hold. To avoid a sud?
den rise in thc shares, which might prevent
the consummation ol' the vultures' schemes,
these agents were selected with a view to their
respectability and position in the community
in which they resided. For the northern part
ol the state were chosen ex-Governor (now
judge) James L. Orr and the Hon Jacob P.
Reed, and as the greater portion ol' th*? stock
was held in thal section, the gemlemen-named
were made the principal agents. In the course
ol a month every available share of the- Green?
ville stock was in the hands ol the Statehouse
Ring, at prices varying from 75 cents lo $3 a
share. The stock so purchased was paid for
with funds raised by the hypothecation ol
South Carolina bonds in the New York banks,
and the amount paid in <he purchase was
about $240,000. The floating stock thus pur?
chased, ihe vultures began to think ot' a divi?
sion of the prey, and a turning over of the car?
cass for a new feast, i. e., the reorganization of
the Greenville Company with ihe darkest ot
the birds In the directory of the road. To their
consternation they lound that
THEY HADN'T EATEN ENOUGH
ol' the available side to enable ihem to turn it
over. They had not secured a controlling in?
terest in thc stock. What was to be done?
The money already borrowed from the State
must be made good or exposure was sure to
follow. This could not be done without the
consummation ol' their plans. In this junc?
ture a happy thought struck the Hon. Niles G.
Parker. Mr. Parker croaked and the other
vultures flapped their wings and gathered
around to hear it. The State owned 10,000
shares ol the stock, which by existing law it
was not empowered to sell.
"The State must sell her stock, and she
must, ol course, sell it to us," said the Hon.
Niles G., to which ihe other vultures again
flapped their wings in token of assent. .
"Bur," said an innocent-looking bird In the
background, "how are we io make the State
sell the stock when she ls iorbidden by law to
do it ?''
"pshaw ! you're green," said the Hon. Niles
G.? "Don't we own the Legislature, and can't
we bribe it to pass a law for onr benefit ?"'
The birds again flapped their wings and
croaked their delight at this strategy. Before
going further, however, the new company
was organized In -twelve shares ol ?20,000
each, o; which Parker took 24 $50.000; Les?
lie. 2i; Uncle Joseph Crews, 1"; i> eagle, 1; and
olhefs in like proportion. Some vt the vul?
tures came near being
LEFT OUT IN TUE COLD
by the rapacity of ihe others, and had to be
content with filths and tenibs of shores. Of
course thia organization was but informal, and
was only put forth as the basis upon which the
Anal divvy should be made.
And now for ihe Leglslaiure. Leslie and
Whittemore, the cadetship bird, look charge
ol ibis part ol' Ihe programme. They drew up
what they cailed a "Funding Mir lo enable
the State lo dispose of certain securities held
as a k.nd of collateral for advances made years
ugo to different corporations. Ol'course in ihe
pteamble Ihe comparative worthlessness ol'
ihese stocks was duly set forth, and the great
advantages to accrue Irom their sale were, ex?
patiated upon by the sleek Wbittemere, and
were received by the mystified nestor's with
months open and eyes lolling. Broad black
palms were rubbed on blacker knees in loken
of the legislative approval, as ihe noble sena?
tor lrom Darlington resumed his seat, and the
bill went to its second reading without a mur?
mur. Alas! when it came up lor its final pas?
sage ii was discovered that
SOMEBODY HAD PEACHED.
The legislative negro had discovered some?
thing akin io himself in the lenee. He straight?
way resolved that the bill musl be killed un?
less he was seeu-although by whom he was
expected to be looked at was u mys ery.
There was money in the bill, and it couldn't
go through-unless he had his stake, and ii
didn't go through that day at least. '1 hut
night the vultures gathered In their nest and
sat in solemn conclave. The A. I>. Barber
(who, by the way, is a neirrc.) ol'the South
Carolina Legislature was sent lur.
"Mr. Purvis," said the Hon. Stale Treasurer,
"this bill must go through."
"So I suppose," said the antitype of the great
Barber.
"How much will it cost ?" said Niles.
"Don't know," was the response; "haven't
canvassed yet. Guess they'll want a thousand
apiece though."
"Find ouC will you ?" said the great. Parker,
and the fugleman withdrew.
J/EATHERING TUE LK.G1SLAT1VE NEST.
This was near the close ol the session ol'
69-70. The leg?K!stive maw hau'nt been well
lided. It craved spoils, and the maw offered
itself cheap. "Foriy-flve ihousund dollars
would secure the passage ot the law," said the
sub-canvassers ol the two huii?es, and so re?
ported the Lobby Klug to ihe vultures.
Next day the Hon. Niles G.Parker started
for New York. Telegrams were >enl lrom New
York to this place asking delay IQ the adjourn?
ment. Every effort was made to raise Hie
money, and "finally, after weeks of doubt and
anxiety, the cash was secured and safely lodg?
ed In Parker's carpet-hag. Pending this, how?
ever, the Legislature became clamorous. The
members threatened lo adjourn without pass?
ing the bill unless Parker hurried up with the
money. Finally, while on his way with the
greenbacks, to appease the wraih of the im?
patient members, he sent telegrams over lue
assumed name ol E. Perkins from almost every
station: "For God's sake don't adjourn."
"I'VE GOT TUE MONEY !:'
They didn't adjourn, and finally Parker
redbed this eily. $18.000 were raised lu New
York upon the hypothecation ol' Stale bonds;
$45.000 were paid to th? Legislature, and dis?
tributed the night before the adjournment,
and $;:000 were paid to Parker fur his truuble
in coing to New York. Of course the landing
bill went through flying. By its terms, the
State was authorized to sell all its securities
in certain corporations. The Governor, the
comptroller-g?ueral and the State treasurer
were appointed a board tc effect their sale.
The board was to exercise its own judgment
as to whether the securities should be sold at
public or private sale, and also as to the terms
ol pavmeut; 2.cd, by a singular omission, noth?
ing was said shout the price to be exacted for
these securities. The board could seil them
tor what lt pleased, and lt did. It pleased the
board to sel the 10,000 shares o? Greenville
Railroad stocii the first thing for S-l 0? a share,
when it was then bringing in Charleston,
owing to bull influences, over S7 a shure. lt
didn't please the board to sell the stock ol any
other corporations just then, and indeed lt
never ha? sin :e, thus proving that the whole
object of the celebrated funding bill, which
was bribed through thc Legislature, was noth?
ing more thaa a scheme to enuble a gang ol
thieves to possess themselves of the stock of
one corporation. .Of course the sale of this
stock was ?
A DUMMY SALE.
or a sell on the taxpayers. Not a man in
South Carolina but believes that. The $405,000
supposed to Lave been received from the sale
of the State's stock, where is it? Eveil echo
cannot answer where. When the vultures had
to borrow from the Slate herself to raise the
money first expended, it ?9 not likely that
they would be particular to pay for ber own
stock. This part of the transaction, however, .]
still remains in darkness, und it will probably
be lelt to a anare taxpayers7 convention to
fathom. Noihing now remained bu: to com?
plete the swindle by proclaiming the new or?
ganization. The board ot directors were ihe
original man pulators of the scheme. A stool
pigeon name:! Busn, imported to give respect?
ability to the new regime, was made presi?
dent, honest John Patterson, vice-president,
Niles G. Parter, secretary, and G. W. Water?
man, representing Governor Scott's interest,
was.made treasurer. The directors were the
above, and Tim Hurley, of Hurley ville on
Congarce, Uncle Joseph Crew?, J. L. Neagle.
the compiro.ler, the Hon. C. P. Leslie, e? Ul
nmne genus. Being thus secured in full pos?
se ;slon ol thu roud, without a dollars expense
to themselves,
TUE VULTURES,
?with a depth of gratitude rarely attained by
birds ol thai strip?*, sci about rewarding the
faithful. The lobby agents, for their ac?
tivity in securing the p-issage ol' the funding
bili, were awarded places in the uew company
with large salaries mid little work. Other
friends ot the scheme were rewarded in mate?
rial ways, and everything thenceforward went
on serenely except the road Itself. That paid
no better tin 1er the new management than the
old. This made no difference, however, to the
rauiority ol'the stockholders. They didn't get
hold of. the stock for dividends. Their game
was higher. Last winter the spotless directors
asked the Legislature to grant
. A LOAN TO TUE ROAD OF TWO MILLIONS.
It waa too much. The House bolts every?
thing at one gulp, and so it bolted this; but
the Senate shrank aghast. Even Whittemore
and Leslie turned pale when they saw the con?
templated fraud. Everybody understood why
the money was wanted, L e., to pay off the
[ amount already borrowed from Hie treasury
and pocket whatever might remain-a sort ol'
borrowing 1 rom Peter to pay Paul process,
particularly interesting to taxpayers. That
swindle did not go through, although it passed
the House and came to its second rvading In
the Senate
BEFCiRE IT COULD BE KU LED.
Since then matters have been going from
bad lo wors?, until now the directors aro ne?
gotiating for the sale of the entire concern to
the South' Carolina Railroad Company, at rt
handsome p rout of course over the original
investment.. It is estimated that twelve "men
will divide not less than two millions of dollars
when this sr.le shall.have been effected, uud.
all on a capli al ol $0000. Such is earpet-bag
gery. . A. P.
GR A NT A ND GOVERNOR SCOTT.
Thc Govt-mot's Interview with the
Offitc-Ho.de r's Candidat e- Winn
Grant Wanted And What Grant
Didn't Get-Governor Scott'* Opinion
of the Pitsident.
[Correspondence of the Sew York Sun.]
WASHlNGTO.v,"May 28.
In view ol the President's recent proclama?
tion dedaring South Carolina In a state of In?
surrection, Lnd warning the insurgents to dis?
perse wiihiii twenty days, the interview be?
tween (taverner Scott of that State and'the
Pi -?slddont, whiChtookr *ce on Saturday, had
a peculiar nlgni?cance. The Governor said
the e had beeu no disturbance of the public
peace in South Carolina, and mildly insinuated
that the blood and thunder proclamation was
as unnecessary as it was ineffective.
GR;.N7 AIDINO THE KU-KLUX.
What the Governor said he needed to insure
obedience to the laws was a Detter class of men
in the Federal offices In the State. For in?
stance, he wauled a new United States mar?
shal appoicted-one who would seel hat the
laws were obeyed,.and who would arrest all
offenders. The Governor said he did not wish
martial law. but he thought the presence of a
few troops might be well to aid the marshal In
arrestlugIllicit whiskey men and other offen?
ders against, the Federal laws. The Governor | n>
told the President that everybody in South
Carolina tangoed at his proclamation, for the
simple reason that it was based on a state of
affairs thai did not exist. There was no in?
surrection in that State, nor wus there any?
thing iike un organized movement to create a
breuch ol the peace.
A BIO IITXT TO GOVERNOR SCOTT.
The President listened to all these things
with a looc of ihe most stolid Indifference.
When the Governor had finished speakiug he
asked him what he wanted him (thePresident)
to do. Wilh a look of surprise, Scott said :
"Why, ye ur Excellency, I have just been tell?
ing you. J waul you to make a new set of ap?
pointments in South Carolina. 1 want men
who are capable of enforcing the civil law, and
who have nerve enough to arrest offenders
ugainst the same.
"Humph !" remarked bis Exce?encv, "I
hardly kut.w what to do. Have you' seen
these ?" And the President drew from his
drawc-r a copy of resolutions passed by the
Republican State central commut?e, endors?
ing President Grams administration, aud de?
claring in favor of his renomination.
The President read them over willi a slow,
drawling accent, while Scott, who knew just
what they were and what lt all meant, squirm?
ed in his seat ?ike an impatient schoolboy.
When he had got through, the President said :
"Now, what did you say you wanted me to
do ?"
Utterly disgusted with the (rifling nature ol
this question, Scott reheated his views,
"Humph !"' said t President. How do
your people feel down lhere in regard to the
next Presidency !"
"Well, sir.'-- said Scott, "to tell yon the
truth, we iaven"t thought much about lt We
have hard a hard time to keep the party from
going to pieces. You see the party in South
Carolina is so.filled up with thieves that we
have to keep our eyes opeu or the whole Stale
would be carried off."
THE PRESIDENT SMILED
at this and asked if the thieves were not all
driven om. yet. Alter some .arther conversa?
tion the Governor withdrew. Coming down
Pennsylvania avenue, Scott met a lrleud wno
knew ol the errand he had been on. Said the
latter:
"Well, Governor, how did you make out ?"
"Wby,': answered Scott, "I didn't make out
anything. Do you know that I begiti lo think
thal the reports 1 have heard about thal man's
want ol capacity are all true ? Why, 1 tallied
foran hair trying to make him see a eenuin
point, and I'll be hanged it' I could beal lt into
bis head to save me. The truth is, the poor
fool don't think ol anything bul renomination.
Thai's lh?; burdeu of his thoughts by day and
nis dreams by night. If thu realization of his
dreams depended upon South Carolina, he
would stand about as much chance ol bein"
President again as I do. He read over a lot of ni
resolutions there, and evidently wanted me to sc
promise I bat the South Carolina Republicans ru
would puss a similar set. They'd see him in iv
Tophet first. My whole interview wilh him
was j!;st so much time throwu away. I might
as well have lalked lo a stick."
And with this the Governor stalked off in
diguuully.
A MODEL "'REPUBLICAN.'
TUE HERALD INTERVIEWS EX-GOV?
ERNOR ORR.
What Kind ol a Republican Ide Judge
ls-Kn-Klnx Outrage? and Carpet
bag Rule-Thc Lost Cause of Andy
Johnson-Uncle S?m'? Regulars no
XTseJn llic Paltheiio State--Sherman*?
Chancea for Hie Presidency-The Dem?
ocratic Party and its Policy.
[From t!-.3 New York Herald.]
The condition ot" the Southern States under
Lhe rnie of the Radicals being the absorbing
jueslion of horne policy, and the utterances o
Southern men of position and influence con
leming ihe future of those Sta'es being espe
:ia!ly impoitantat.thisjunclure, a Herald re
nortel was yesterday dispatched to the Grand
Botel, on Broadway, where Mr. Orr, Governor
?f South Carolina under Andy Johnson, was
?toppin::, for the purpose of gelling h?3 views
m the political situation. Mr. Orr was acc?s
?ible after dinner, and was pleased to meei a
representative di the Herald. He arrived here
>n Saturday for lhe purpose ci transacting
tome private business, and will leave for An
rcapolls this morning. He is one of ihe visi
:brs to the Naval Academy. The ex-Governor
s a stout, rosy-cheeked, good-humored gen
>man about sixty years orage.
After some preliminary talk Mr. Orr said^ In
inswer to a question put by lhe reporter, that
ie did not think much wovdcl come ol' 'iendlnir
United States soldiers into the South at this
.line.
Reporter. They will be able to pitt down
aw'essness in the South. Governor, will they
io: ?
TUK =OJ.I>IFKS USELESS,
Mr. Orr. No; and I will tell you why. The
awlesa persons don't commit crimes where
here are armx'd forces; il is only in wild and
inirequented places that they operate. It
akes some time l'or a messenger to reach the
)luce where the soldiers are stationed, and a
onger lime for the latter to reach Hie scene
)i' the distiirbat.ee. Ol' course when they
jot there they Hud nothing io suppress and
?obodv lo arrest.
Rep?rter. Then yoii-cdmlt that lawless
mnds exist in the Scuih ? ' '
Mr. Orr. Indeed I do; at least in South
karolina. I doa'i know hov? it may be in other
itates, but we have gol them. They are poll
tea) bodies, too. Can't say what they nre
[riving al; bm. undoubtedly, they are actuated
iy hatred of the Yaukees. They are a trouble
nd a nnlsuuc? to a l citizens who are j
DESIROUS OF PEACE AND QUIET,
nd these are the majority of the people cd the
Hate. Most ol'them are'soldiers-bad ones.
10 doubt-ol" our i Confederate) army; but ol'
bis I am not certain. I suppose Ku-Klux
rould be the proper name for them.
Reporter. It' they ure troublesome to the
eacel'ul citizens ol'" the State, why don't the
ltizens suppress them ?
Mr. Orr. That's just ii. I wish they would
undress Hiern, li' Wade- Hampton and ihe
ther generals of the State, who have the cod
dence of the people, would only declare thera
tdves against the Ku-Klux and their damned
ranks, there would be peace at once. "But
ou see they won't. They are sore. They have
lelr backs up because they were not enfraa
liised Had they been pardoned and given
le franchise, the Ku-Klux wpuld have no had
xlstence, in our Slate at least. They are s?jjen
ow, and let the niggers, earpe^aigersr
wags and Ku-Klux send the Stale io the'jBS?l
lelr own way. It's a pity that a different
ollcy had not been pursued. If the recon?
duction of Johnson bud been given a lair trial
lere woi?d be a different slate of aflalrs lo Hie
outh lo-dny. 1 was !n favor of Johnson's poL
:y all along; but now I see where he made a
ilsiake; he should not have tiled to run the
hole business himself, but have called Con
ress together and submitted his programme
f action lu them. I believe Congress would
ave snppuried him, and all would have been
fell, ll was
A PERSONAL FIGHT
etween Lira and Congress; indeed, old Ste?
ens (Thad) said to me one day In Wasliing
>n, Governor Orr, this ls entirely a personal
ghi between us aud thc man at Hie other end
11 the avenue."
Reporter. There were no lawless societies
bile you were the ExectiUve of South Caro?
na, Governor ?
Mr. Orr. No; uot even an arrest during Ihe
vo years and u half that I was Governor.- I
?ok good, safe measures against disorders. I
rgauized a secret police loree, and kept the
limes and whereabouts of ihe members of it
prolonnd sect et. The consequence was that
[me dared take the first step toward an untar .
il act tor lear ol Instapt arrest. A similar force
ow in Soul h Carolina would do more to sup
ress Ku-Klux outrages than all the army qi
ie United Stales.
Reporter. Then you don't see any way out
l your present difficulties ''
Mr. Orr. No; unless, as I said, the leadln
.?lierais taite the Ku?Klux in hand I don't see
aw outrages are to be stopped. A declare
on from Wude Hampton and the other gene
ils who have thc confidence of lhe people
lat they acquiesced In #
TUE ACTION OF' CONGRESS,
ggersuffrage and everything, and counselled
ibmissiou, and there would be no more out
ges to be reported. But why should ihev do
? It is nothing lo Hiern. Thev don't suffer,
isa difficulty.the carpet-baggers mude, fur
emselves, and ihey must bear it. Sir, the
ay the State ls now run is awlnl. The people
e robbed right and left, and ure being ruined
impletely by the swarm ul Northern locusis
?it have settled down in their midst, lt ls
men table, that outrages should be committed
; the citizens; bul the provocation ls Indeed
.eut. We have now a Digger majority ol 30,
i0, and against this we ure powerless, as ul
.esent organized. Tiley rule and ruin os
ey please, because we ure sinpld enough lo
siston being recognized as Democrats.
Reporter. Your ?Ire a Repurbllcuu Governor
e you not. ?
Mr. ?.rr. Well-yes: that is. I am n kind of
Republic m. The only Hope I see for the
ute ol South Carolina ls for all hands to de
are themselves Republicans. As mullers now
und the carpet-baggers und niggers have
rerythiug their own way. At. electiou time,
heu ti good man sincerely desirous'ol sup?
pling the government, healing the biller
'ss ot Hie hour and restoring Hie Stale to her
.oper condition, offers hiinsell ns a candidate
r office on the Democratic Hcket, he is im
ediately put down by
SOME ACCURSED SCALA WAU
: field hand, the tool of the scalawag, in this
?Ilion. "Who emancipated you ? The nlg
?rs ! Who enfranchised you ? Wno enabled
)ti to exercise your inalienable rieht to ride
i the cars willi the white folks ? Who shed
ieir bluod fur you and staud by you lo-day '
bc Republicans ! Who fought against vou in
ie wur tu keep you in slavery ? Who* want
i annul the emancipation proclamation and
ie laws, of Congress made lor you by vour
?ends ? Who want to re-enslave von ? 'The
eniocrtits." So the Democralic* gentleman
is to take a back seat. Hie 30.000 black ina
riry is rolled up lor the scalawag, carpet-bag
id nigger candidates, aud we are as before,
our people, sir. had the sense to go lu wilh
?t? niggers, declare themselves resolved to
ipport the amendments lo ilie constitu? ?on
ad ihe reconstruction acts of Congress, and
lat henceforward they would be Republicans,
would be all up with the carpet-baggers; ihe
ibdc offices would be filled with men o fre
lectubdity and Intelligence, and the State
ould speedily recover. That is my policy
T Suuth Carolina. We don't care anything
>wn lhere for Federal politics; our ardent de
re is to recover the Stale lrom the scoun
'els who are now running lt.
Reporter. But suppose the Democratic
irly wins
TUB PRESIDENTIAL FIGHT,
ould not that triumph be of benefit to South
troll na?
Mr. Orr. Not at all. There ls that 30,000
gger majority; we have gol to get rid of ihat
unehow. No maller what party wins In lhe
lllonal election lt will make no difference lo
Should the Republicans win we will be ns
e ?ire. Perhaps, indeed, we would have
not her army of unconscionable Radical
lilians quartered upon ns. ll'the Democrats
In they cannot help us. Tor the nullification I
f the amend me nts is uut of the question; the I c
infernal 30,000 nigger ..majority will be there
worse than ever. No, slr; we most all become
Republicans, and so take the wind out ol the
sails of the carpet-baggers.
Reporter. Yours is a bad predicament,
Governor. What about the other States ?
Mr. Orr. Of the other Slates of the South
and their condition I am not very well inform?
ed. Tliey are, however, better off than we
are. Ours is the only State where the niggers
outnumber the whites. I have ceased to be a
politician outside of my own State. I am a
philosopher
A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER,
ll von like..
Reporter. Governor. I amalad you told me
that. An American political philosopher who
does not care about affairs outside of his own
Slate is a rara avis. Your opinion on the out?
look for the Presiden;ia! conu'et in 1872 will be
of great value.
Mr. Orr. Well,, well ! I don't know much
about what Is going on up here. I suppose
Grant arti! be renominated by his party; in?
deed, J leel very certain of IL
Reporter. Why do yon think so
Mr. Orr. He has the inside track now, and
his war record ls not yet'threadbare. No
other general on that side can be put up
against him, and there is no civilian ot prom?
inence in the party who could shove him out
of the way. The Republicans could not suc?
ceed in electing a man who did not serve In
the war as a successful general. If they nomi?
nated a civilian they would have to part with
their heaviest pieces of artillery.
Reporter. But suppose.Grant is set aside in
tile convention and somebody else nominated?
WHAT TH EX \.
Mr. Orr. What then ? Defeat for the Re?
publicans, and, with moderation and wisdom,
an overwhelming victory fon the Democrats.
With Grant in the field the contest would be
doubtful, but with any other Republicanas the
slandnrd bearer of the party the Democrats
would win. But I have no failli in ihe Demo?
crats. They have no great men now; they arc
a lot of confounded idiots, that don't know
what they are about. It is aslikely as not that
in their nominating convention they will put
a fresh secession plank In their platform, put
up some old dummy ol' bygone days, and go
home to be licked like hell at the polls. They
had a fair chance lust time, and I among
others urged them to take advantage of lt. Ii
Instead ol nominating our fine old friend Sey
mour-with his draft riot reputation and the
absurd platform they give him to s'and on
they had put up Chase, Ihe country would have
been carried lor peace and Democracy. ?
voted lor Seymour and Blair myself, very un?
willingly, I confess, especially for Blair-I
went with the crowd. The Wue policy for the
Democracy Is to nominate for ihe presidency
some good-and tried Democrat wiih a sound
war record, not necessarily a soldier, if the
Republicans put up a civilian, but a prominent
general in case
GRANT TS IX TUE HELD.
Perhaps it would be better In any case to no?
minate a civilian.
Reporter How would Sherman suit "you
:lown South as ihe nominee of the Democratic
parly.?
Mr. Orr. He would not suit us at ail. He is
?ot forgotten in .South Carolina. He is nn
jverrated man. We hear a good deal of his ex?
ecutive ability, and all that kind of thing, but
1 dou't lake much stock In those Etalements,
fl anybody took ihe trouble to inquire of cer
:aln people ol Louisiana,
WHERE .SHERMAN WAS
m business before the. wnr. as to his ability, he
ivonld probably be satisfied that he was not
?uite as great a man ss he is represented to be
jy his friende. I don:t think he will take In the
south anyhow, and ibai section ol'the country
will have to be consulted in the convention.
Hancock, in my opinion, would be a better
man If a military hero is to be nominated. But
lhere should be no more military rulers.. We
ill have bad enough ol them. God knows. The
?Tir is over now. and men of peace should be
?lected to high offices. Hendricks would
make a good man tor the Presidency.
Reporter. How aboui Hoffman ?
Mr. Orr. I dou'i know much about him.
Heudricks ls the man, I think. But as
AGAINST ANT RADICAL CANDIDATE.
?.xcppi Grant, lhere are a dozen Democratic
itatesraen. any one of whom would win in
he race by 500,000 majority. The Democrats
sill have to be careful, however. It will not
io lo put old planks In the platform, and old
ogles on lt. Only live issues and live men
viii win the day.
The ex-Governor here got back to the sub?
ed of the Som h Carolina troubles, repealing
vith more emphasis than before the opinions
riven above. The reporter listened to the
;!ose of his remarks, and then took his leave.
SPARKS FROM TKS WIRES.
-Hon. John McLeod Murphy died of para
yslsin New York, yesterday, aged 14.
-There has been a tremendous rain in
Southern Kentucky. The Knoxville Road
vas washed. Immecse damage has been
lone.
-It Is understood that George H. Mumford
akes the place ol George Walker, one of
he vice-presidents of the Western Union
.'elegraph Company.
-The wedding of Arthur A. McGIilnls, ol
lew Orleans, merchant, to the daughter of |
Villiam il. Tweed, in New York, was largely
ttended. The presents amounted to $700,000.
-Detective Christopher Troudfelter, of Bul?
lmore, was . fatally shot while preventing
'homos Goodrich if rom shooting his brother.
V'oshlngton Goodrich.
-Thc members of the New York Colton Ex
hange met yesterday, and decided to close
lie Exchange at 2 P. M. during the summer
nonlhs.
THE HOSTILE INDIANS.
ST. Lons, June 1.
A letter from Jacksonboro'. Texas, says I hat
nibo ISth of May aband of one hundred In
ians attacked Warner's train twenty miles
rom there, and killed seven men belonging to
he train and wounded one. General Sher?
man, who was aL Fort Richardson at the lime,
rdered lour companies cf cavalry in pur
uit, with instructions to drive the Indians to
'ort Sill, saying If he found they were Fort
iii Indians he would stop Indian trade In that'
luarter.
THE OHIO DEMOCRACY.
COLTML'CS, June 1.
The Democratic State Convention commu?
?e on resolutions, one irom each district,
ncluding Vallandlgham from the Third, Is in
es.-uon. A motion to exclude the fourteenth
,nd Glleenlh amendments from Hie commit?
ens consideration was tabled.
' THE WEATHER TUIS DJ.Y.
WASHINGTON, June 1.
It is probable that partially cloudy and
ileasant weather will be experienced on Fri?
lay from ilissuuri to Virginia and Northward,
t is.probable that rain and high wiuds will
irevail in the Gull we>l ol Florida during the
dght.
Yesterday's Weather Reports.
ttr.ee cf
Observation.
LURUSlft,.
?aitimore.
ioston.
marleston.
?hk'Bgo.
?lucilina: I.
C-y West, Kia..
lofile.
Casu vine.,
few Orlean*_
few York.
ian Francisco..
iavannah.
lt. Louis.
Va?-hingion,?.C.
Vilmin^ton.N.C.
iorfolk.
laivcston.
ll jl'H
:'e lili l\
29.98181 SE (Kre-ih.
30.t:.'77 SK Fie-h.
30.06?7i K Gentle.
30.oa|sa SE I Fresh.
29.39:83 E ir're-h.
29.9-i 86 iE 'Llgh'.
29.82 SUIB ,Knsk.
29.BR 83iSE -Gentle.
29.94 sejN'B Gentle.
29.86 S-ilSK Fresh.
30.01' '?S'S Fresh.
29.8" *'jSW ; Brisk.
30.00 ll SK -Kiesh.
29.94 '<3 -K ?Gentle.
3o.os 70 SK liientle.
30.oe -3 s ?Fre-h.
30.00 74 NE '.'entlr.
29.9:; SO NE 'Light.
s cs
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= c
iLt Rain
Cloudy.
Il-'alr.
?Fair.
?Clear.
IFair.
Cloudy;
Fair.
Fair.
?Fair.
'Cloudy.
Fair.
Fair.
Cloudy.
Cloudy.
Icioudy.
?Cloudy.
Clear.
THE WORK OF BLOOD ENDED
ANOTHER RE VOE UTION IM PENDING
The V.ersailllsts Becoming Unpopular
In Pari?-Numbers of Frenchmen and
Foreigner? Returning to lhe city
Thc Paris Journals-Thiers Bitterly
Anti - Bonapartfst - Executions have
Ceased - Four Hundred Barricades
Paris to be Open To-Morrow for In?
gres? and Egress.
LONDON, Juue 1.
The Times' special dispatch frota Paris says
lhe Versailles troops are not now as popular as
when they entered Paris, because of the se
vero, measures taken by them against the pop
ulatlon. Large numbers of Frenchmen and
lorelgners arc returning to Paris to resume
commercial and manufacturing operations. ' A
dispatch from St. Denis to-day says that two
regiments of the Guards have returned to
Germany, and their places will be supplied by
other troops.
Humors ol' agitation and a Carlist rising in
Spain are officially contradicted.
The Times has a dispatch from Bombay
stating that Herat fell into the hands of
Yakcoob Khan through treachery, and the
governor was killed.
VKRsan.u:s, May 31.
Marshal McMahon, in a proclamation just
issued, divides Paris Into lour commands, viz:
East, north, centre and south. General VInoy
ls appointed to command of east, General l'Ad
nrirault to north, General Douai to centre, and
UenerarCissy to south. Civil power is trans?
ferred lo the military, and no Ingress or egress
is permitted.
lt is reported that Pyatt has escaped from
Paris. A million and a hair ol francs were
lound upon the person ol Matthieu, an officer
jf the Commune captured hythe Versait lists
Lroops. The corpse ol a member of lhe Com?
mune. Varlin, was searched and upon it dis
?overed four hundred thousand francs.
The adherents of the Duke d'Atimale and the
Bonapartlsls are very active, .ill foreigners
in Paris are requested to report at the Irend
?uarlers of thc army. There'are still a groat
lumber of unburied corpses in Belleville. It
s said that many of the Paris Insurgents were
Englishmen. The report occasions much bit?
terness towards Eugland on the part of the
French people. Some apprehensions aro felt
:hat the walls ol' the Tuileries and the Hotel
le Ville will fall. It ls* said that Cluseret has
been executed. The court-martial ordered
the use or mitrailleurs In the case ol whole?
sale executions.
Several war ships at Cherbourg have been
transformed into bulks for the imprisonment
sf the captured Insurgents.
The publication and circulation of newspa?
pers In the Department of the Seine are made
subject to the special authority cf Marshal Mc?
Mahon. Picard and Lefio will soon retire from
Lhe ministry. It ls not known who will suc?
ked them. Parts will remain for some time
ret under military jurisdiction, but communi?
cation with the city is now unrestricted, and
entrance and exit are free lo all. It is said the
number of prlsoners now In tho hinds of lite
?overr.ment exceeds' forty thousand.
The Latest.
PARIS, June 1.
The French journals are greatly divided In
sentiment as to the future ol' the country.
The Opinion, Bien Public, Si?cle and Constitu?
tionnel favor a continuance of the Republic.
The Temps, Nationale and Patrie are very
guarded in their comments upon the situation.
The Opinion thinks the withdrawal of Thiers
will be equivalent to revolution. The Si?cle
says Thiers is as energetic against the Bona
par.ists as the Reds. Figaro iavors a mon
irchy.
McMahon's authorization is requested lor the
jpening ofthe theatres. The sales of news?
papers in lhe streets is prohibited. The Si?cle
?vas seized this morning. Executions have
:eased. The prisoners are now on trial at
Versailles. The batricades tn Paris numbered
'our hundred.
LONDON, June 1.
The Standard, of this afternoon, contains a
lispatch lrom Versailles announclng the resig
latlon of Favre. Two more members ol the
Tommune. Franke!) and Fontaine, have been
.nested. The Marquis'Gabriace goes t o Ber
in on the .ld instant as French ambassador.
The interdlotion upon ingresi! to . and egress
rom Paris will be removed lrom the 3d in,
ttant.
Nt WS FROM WASHINGTON.
5 ra nt Gone to the Sensit!. - Debt State?
ment-Nominations-A Negro Strike
Thc Court of Claim...
WASHINGTON. June l.
Grant and family have gone to Long Branch,
devious to the President's departu*e iie noin
nated George Bancroft minister to lhe Ger
nan Empire; also. Wm* H. Parsons, of Tetas,
iommissioner to the centennial celebrad /nat
'hiladelphia: also. George W. Wood, cuueclor
if the first Texas district; and Alex. H. WoJ
ace, collector ot lhe ililli Texas dlstriit.
The following is the debt statement: De
trease nearly four and a half millions: coin in
reasury eighly-nine and three-quarter mil
ions; currency over eight and three-quarter
nlllions. The treasury has declined Jay Cooke
b Co.'s offer for one hundred and thirty aill?
ions of the new loan. The terms oi'their
?n>r are unknown.
N. Sargeaul is to be commissioner of cus
oms. N. H. Lockwood acts ad ?n?erim.
Judge Miller, collector of customs at Mobile^
emms home to-night. He retains his place,
iver which there has been udesperatc struggle.
The sub-outrage committee met to-day.
l?verai responses had been received from the
>oulh In answer to the committee's circular,
.'he examination of witnesse;: will commence
o-morrow. Abotit tliir:y have been summoned,
t is intended to take a general view ol affairs
n the South, and report to th^ full committee
n September.
The negroes were turbulent here to-day,
hrealenlng lo prevent laborers from working
il one dollar and a quarter per day. They
held a meeting lo-night. There is danger ap?
rehended to-morrow. The negroes want two
lollars and eight hours.
Tile Court ol' Claims considered the claim of
"yuisa Mellvay, an English woman, sojourn! Hg
n North Carolina during the war. Her cotton
pas seized and sold. She proved her loyalty;
iad furnished supplies io the Union troops,
.nd otherwise treated them kindly; but to?
wards the close of the war she wrole a letter
o Mr. Davis, in which she expressed, in warm
erms, loyally to him, with a view, il is sup
losed, to secure his assistance in gelling out
il the country. This letter was among the
?aptured Confederate archives, and defeated
1er claim. Judge Peck dissented. The court
id'ourned to November.
ALL ABOUT THE STATE.
Sumter.
Mr. John S. Richardson. Sr., of Sumter,
died near Macon, Ga., In the o7lh year ol' hm
age.
Edgefield.
The Advertiser says the taxpayers of Edge
I field County will' be delighted to learn that
I Governor Scott has appointed Mr. Robert A.
, Lynch county auditor.
Darlington.
The Iudex says: "We bad delighlfu! show?
ers day bei.jre yesterday and the following
night, which had an exhilarating effect both
upon the people and the crops. The streets
were becoming very dusty and disagreeable,
and those who are compelled to walk a con?
siderable distance In the sun complained that
the weather was already hot enough for July
and August, t he' growing crops look much
refreshed, as is evidenced by the smiling
features of those who come from the country.
The weather is still warm, and we may expect
more raiD. A little more will do no harm."
Aiken.
The Aikpn Journal, in speaking ol this new
couniy. says:
. "Tlie remarkable healthfulness of this 5ec
lion, and the facilities for transportation, ad?
mirably adapt Aiken County for manufactur?
ing purposes. Already we have the factorier.
ol Granlteville, Langley, Bath and Kaolin, and
it is more than probable that some other enter?
prises, which ure now being discussed, will be
ut in operation. Thirty-five miles of the South
arollna Railroad passes through this county,'
and about twentv-flve miles of the C. C. and A.
Railroad. The Port Royal jtoad will give In?
gress and egress to the southwestern portion.
and a charter has been granted for a road trott
Aiken to '9G, on the Greenville Road, and
which may be continued to connect with the
Poit Royal Road."
Darlington.
A meeting of citizens was held in Florence
on the 2.3d inst., largely attended, to publicly
denounce certain notices received in that vil?
lage by county officers and others, nurporting
to come lrom the K. K. K. We publish tho
concluding resolution, which will Bhow the
spirit of the meeting:
Jlesolved, That whether these are genuine
orders ol the K. K. K., or the work ol political
wire-pullers, doue to keep up excitement lo:*
political purposes or not, we condemn them,
and shall use every effort, as good citizens, to
assist the proper officers In maintaining thu
peace and rights of our citizens, under thes-j
or any oilier unlawful circumstances.
At the extra circuit In Darlington County,
Judge Rutland presiding, the notorious eas?
against the county commissioners was reached
on Friday. A .motion to change the venire
was sustained by the court.
TlramonsvHle ls to ? have a new Baptist
church.
Edgefield.
A correspondent residing in Abbeville, and
writing to the Edgefield Advertiser, says:
"In passing through your courtly a lew days
ago an opportunity was'afforded me of seeing
tlie crops along the road from Edgefield to
Ninety-six. There ls a much larger amount of
small grain planted than for many years here?
tofore, and the yield will be Increased in pro?
portion. . Oats ls looking very fine, and thu
earliest varieties are now being harvesteo.
Corn is looking remarkable well, and bas evi?
dently been well worked. The 'stand' bf co*
ton, too, ls good. It is true there ls notas
mueh destroyed In 'chopping out' as hereto?
fore, but the -?tand' is amply sufficient. We
have discovered that our planters are chronic
grumblers when the crop ls In its presen
stage, and we predict (thc grumbling ol many
to the contrary notwithstanding,) that unless
some unforseen misfortune befalls the crop,
the present will be one of the most prosperous
years since the war."
Williamsburg.
The Ringstree Star has the lollowing report
ol ihe homicide published In TUE NEWS seve?
ral days ago :
"A. J. Mulinax was committed to the cus?
tody ol the sheriff at this place on Monday last,
charged with the offence of killing J. D. Da?
vis. The circumstances as related to us by the
coroner are these : Mulinax and Davis were
guardsmen at the railroad bridge across San
tee River, and had been on .Intimate and friend?
ly terms until within a few days previous to
the fatal rencontre. Davis received a notice,
purporting to come from the Ku-Klux, order?
ing him lo leave thc State in ten days. Ee
accused Mulinax of writing and sending him
the notice, On Sunday morning iasf, about
daylight, as Davis was coming from the bridge
and Mulinax was going to lt, they met. Muli?
nax had a double-barrel gun. Some words
passed. Davis drew lils knife and 5nfHct-;d
three severe wounds on Mulinax, who dis?
charged one barrel of his gun, the contents of
which took effect in the breast of Davis, caus?
ing bis death almost instantly. Mulinax Imme?
diately returned to Gourdin's Depot and re?
ported what had taken place.'"
Beaufort.
The Beaufort Republican, speaking o? the
Ku-KJux, and the reason of its existence,
says :
"Men convicted of crimes, of depredations
upon society, after punishment.meted out, are
too easily pardoned, and sent back again to
Srey upon society. We doubt not ibat the
overnor acts from the purest of motives, tut
we are convinced that it ls a mistaken lenion
cy. and the increasing troubles in the coutty
are the legitimate results.
?We have personal knowledge of a ense
where a criminal convicted before a ]ury of
'assault with intent to kill,' and sentenced to
four years in tbe penitentiary, was back again
In six months, and in less than a year lrom
his ccnvictlOD, had plunged his knife into .he
body of his second victim, upon a mere quar?
rel ?f wotds. And those cases are numerous.
But yesterday we had a conversation wlih a
good citizen, about, a crime committed, when
ne remarked: 'There is no use doing anythlug
about it- you can never convict him, and if you
did he would be at once pardoned out.' "
Newberry.
The Herald, in speaking of the court, JuJge
Montgomery Mo^es presiding, says thai it is
gening along very well this week, dispatching
business In u most satisfactory manner. The
two county commissioners, presented by the
grand |ury for malfeasance' in office, and also
one trial justice, (Long.) have been arrested
by order ol Judge Mose?. The Herald re
i?arKs:
"For a long lime the courts nave been a
miserable farce, and tb tell a man 'Oh, let us
trust io the court, andal! will Joe rlghr.' would
be sure to bring the Humiliating response,
'The court be-.' Hampered by miserable,
ignorant trial justices aud magistrates, as, for
instauce, M. S. Long, now under indictment
and in prison, it really had become a bur?
lesque. We iook now for better things, and.
if there is stiel? an organization as Ku-Klux, lt
is to be hoped that it will give over Us assump?
tion of authority. Tnere is no need of any
action on their parr. Wrong will be made
righi without Hie aid ol violence or threats."'
The Herald says: "Mr. Knight exhibits this
early a stalk ol'cotton about len inches high.
willi two distinct shapes. Walt Boozer, color?
ed, larmiug on Mr. M. Buzhardt's place, also
sends a stalk about twelve inches high, with
two shapes."
Spart anbarg.
There has been a great deal said lately, f :om
almost every section of the county, of tile de?
struction of wheat by rust. We had wei! nigh,
says the Spartan, concluded that the crop
wouid be almost a failure, but we have, ina
few days past, heard larmers lrom different
sections remark that the wheat crop is a great
deal better than was anticipated-that the
ravages ol' the rust were not so great as was
expected. Harvest has commenced with us.
The wheal prospects in ihe western counties
of North Carolina at e said lo be excellent, jays
a North Carolina exchange.
We are iuformed, says the Spartan, that
during lost week several" soldiers of the garri?
son at this place were honorably discharged,
having served their lerms of enlistment. We
also learn that there were six desertions dur?
ing the same lime. Perhaps the last meni ton?
ed were not unmindlul of the anticipated re?
duction in pay, which is from $16 to $13 per
month for infantry and a corresponding re?
duction of $3 per month in other branches of
the service. This.we learn, is to take effect, the
30th Instant. We will, in this connection, lake
occasion to say that Colonel Myers ano bis
troop are the most intelligent, civil and well
disciplined body of soldiers that.have yet Deen
stationed among us. The universal exores
sion of our ciiizens coroborates this statement.
The gentlemanly bearing of officer?, and the
quiet demeanor of the soldiers, nave won the
good opinions of our people for both.
The next Teachers' Convention lor Spartan- j
burg County is to bc held August 23, 2<i and J
2J, In f.ew Prospect Church. The Spartan
publishes tho. order ol exercises-quite a
lenglhy programme-which looks like busi?
ness, and ls n ghlyjcxvdltable tc the zeal and
energy ol the gentlemen ;corinecu?d with the
instltuie.
A writer In the Spartan speaks thus of the
route of the "Air Line Railroad" through Spar?
tan burg County, a distance of forty.flfe mues,
and ks relation to manufacturing interests :
"in thc first place, just apon Its eastern bor?
der, thc road crosses Broad ; Elver within a
mile of the Cherokee Iros worke: then cross?
ing on lt passe? through Limestone with tte
great lime and marble quarries, miserai wa?
ters and costly seminary; ibeu.ou over Paco
let River just above the Hurricane Shoals,
with Its extensive Iron works, rolling and east?
ing mills, nail worke. Ac; on again within a
few miles ol the large cotton factory at Biv
ingsvllle, and then by White's mills, through
the heart of Spartanburg CH.
?'Passing on to Greenville, Carver'B Ullis
are In sight, then Benson'? Mills on. Tiger,.
Crawfordsvllle Factory being four miles below,
and that ol Messrs. Morgan A Montgomery hat
a mlle or so above, then on by Chick Spring to
Greenville.. The cotton factories of- 'Gatesville
and Buena Vista are, "about eight miles, south
s of the line, and the one'at Valley Falls'ahout
three miles north. Thc cotton manufacturing
establishments of tne Messrs.- Hill oa Tiger,
and of the Messrs. Finger on Pacolet, the one
being in'the extreme, south and the other In
Hie extreme north or the county, will have
their nearest depot at Spartanburg Courthouse.
"Who knows.to what huge proportions these
enterprises may grow in the future ?. lt they
thrived in the past without facilities of com?
munication, how much more will they prosper
with' tills great road running by their very
doors, ready to carry , the products ot their
shops and looms to all the markets of the
world !"_ . .
BOWEN'S TB J AX. EOE BIGAMY.
The New York Divorce Probably Void.'
A Washington letter bf Tuesday to the Bal?
timore Sun says:
Thesecond bigamy case of CC. Bowen was '
tried to-day beiore Judge Olin; holding the
'Criminal Court. A jury was: promptly ob?
tained. D. Dudley Field, of New York, H. T.
Merrick, A. G. Riddle and Judge Moore, of
this district, appeared for Bowen, and Judge
Fisher and Hr. Harrington for the ' United -
States. -The prosecution proved Bowen's mar- .
riage to Miss Frances Hicks, in October, 1852,
at Augusta, Ga., and that she was living when
he married In August, 1870, in Washington. -
Mrs. Hlcks-Bowen was present, and was
identified by one ol' the wltneeses as the per?
son Bowen bad married. She is a sharp-fea?
tured lady, was dressed in gray, and wore
glasses. Some of the witnesses had not seen
Bowen for fifteen years, but Identified him.
Among the witnesses were the brother
of Mrs. Hlcks-Bowen, her aunt, the ordi?
nary of Richmond County, <}&.. who pro
duced his documents, ic The defence im?
mediately -offered a divorce from Hrs.
Bowen nee Hicks, obtained in New York. The
prosecntlon offered to show that at the date
oftbat divorce Bowen was In the Confederate
army or In prison, and exhibited a divorce
gotten by him from Mrs. Hicks Bowen, in
New Haven. Connecticut, two weeks alter his
last marriage. They also contended that un?
der recent decisions ot the Supreme Court a ;
decree made in New York during the war
against a resident within the Insurrectionary
States was void, unless notice of the suit was
brought home to the defendant. Before de?
ciding this question the court adjourned until
to morrow morning. Judge Olin thought if
the delendant was not a citizen of New York,
and ran away from this woman when the war
was going on and obtained the decree, that
the publication was void. He wished to be
satisfied on the points whether such publica?
Hon was void, and whether or not there was
fraud. A nolle pros, was entered In the Parks
Bowen case, which has been once tried.
{By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON, Thursday, June 1.
In the Bowen case, to-day, Judge Olin de?
cided that the New York record could be at?
tacked, first, for fraud, second, for want of
Jurisdiction. David N. Cooper, an expert,
swore there were erasures under Chris. C. and
Frances, and S. B. Cushlng, the witness, found
several other erasures, but no attempt to con?
ceal. Anson Herrick produced files of his
paper, but found no such advertisement as a
notice of C. C. Bowen to Frances Bowen. The
referee of the court swore no such case had
been referred to him In 1865, nor was there
any such case on Judge Barrett's docket.
THE PMOSPECT EOS COTTON.
The New York Financial Chronicle has tele?
graphic advices up to Friday night, 26th ult,
from all parts of the cotton country, as to the
extent of the present condition of the plant.
Summarized, these advices give the following
figures, showing the decreased acreage culti?
vated to cotton per cent, and In actual number
ot acreB:
-"ecr'd acreage.-.
States. Per cent. Acres.
Karto Carolina.-....12 64,000
South Carolina.20 . 130,000
Georgia.18 170,000
Alabama.15 215,000
Mississippi.12 197,000
Tennessee. 7 37,000
Arkansas. 8 60,000
Louisiana.? 88,000
Total decrease acres. 932,000
The second column la the above statement
of decreased acreage ls based on the total
estimate of acreage glvea out by the govern?
ment last year, aad showB that the falling off
reaches nearly one million acres. The total
Dumber of acres planted last year was in ronnd
numbers 7,500,000. This decrease amounts to
a trifle under 12J per cent Detailed advices
as to the oromlse of the plants establish also a
generally "unfavorable conclusion, On the 26th
inst, the visible slock ot cotton in Europe, the
United Siates ?hd afloat from all ports was
2,159.029 bales, against 1,594,148 bales at the
corresponding date last year.
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jg'S T A B L I S H BD 1844.
PHONIX IRON. WORKS..
JOHN F. TAYLOR ? CO.,
(Successors to Cameron & Co.,)
ENGINEERS, BCILE?-MAKERS, Ac, Ac
corner East Bay and Pritchard streets, near the
Dry Dock,
CHARLESTON. S. C.
MANUFACTURERS O?
STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS,
Marine, Stationary and Portable,.
RICE THRESHERS AND MILLS OF EVERT
DESCRIPTION.
COTTON PRESSES.
Shafting, Pulleys and Gearing
Iron rtonts for Buildings
Castings or every kind tn Iron or Brass
Forgings or every ?description.
es* Guarantee to furnish Engines and Bollen
of as good quality and power, and at as low rates
as can be had la New York, Baltimore or Phil?
adelphia.
AGENTS FOR
JUDSON'S CELEBRATED GOVERNOR AND STOP
VALVES, which are pnt on all Engines made at
these Works. ?
HS* Repairs promptly attended to.
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JUST- RECEIVED,
CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS,
(Helmbold's,}
" Bf DR. H. BABE,
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