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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1698. CHARLESTON, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. TRIBUNE PICTURES. TBE NEGROES OFBOVTB ?JLBOZINA. Systems ot Plantation Labor-Are the Negroes Industrious ?-Why They do not Save Jtrcney-Harmony with thc White MeniWcedetWFears of a Massa? cre. V".-, - * _ [CorTesponu^nc? o? the New York Tribune^] COLUMBIA, S. C., May 27. One hears so many different opinions ex? pressed by planters about the pro2t of farming with free negro labor, and about the industry of the negroes and the amount of dependence to be placed upon them, that it ls not easy to1 come to a'ny settled conclusions upon these subjects. Careful Inquiry, however, will lead eventually to the conclusion that, where planters have failed to cover their expenses, as many complain to be their experience, the fault ls more with themselves than with their laborers. They have either tried to exercise the strict authority, to which they were ac? customed in the days of slavery, or they have gone to the. other extreme and have left the negroes to cultivate Uae land in their own way; without instruction or discipline. lu one case there would always be trouble with the workmen, and In the other the cultivation would be carelessly performed and the. crop | would be scant. "Another cause of failure, apart from the labor question, may be found in the fact that little improvement has been made in the old. shiftless and wasteful ways of farming, which would have been ruinous in the days of slavery, it the planters had not then been able to make up their deficiencies at the end of the year by selling a few negroes. Many failures ere to be attributed -to the at? tempts made to keep up the old style ofjiving. The planters and their families were unused to work, and had no wish to learn. They kept a retinue of servants about their houses, and tried to live in the idle, extravagant way they thought becoming to .gentlemen. Such men have got deeper in debt every year, and are beginning'to realize the disagreeable truth that there ls no profit in "gentleman farming." Wherever the planters have gone tow?rk themselves, and have practicad the industry and economy that iarmers every? where practice in the North, I believe they have been moderately successful, and >ave had no reason to complain of the Inefficiency of the negroes. A very sensible way ol managing negro farm-hands ls that practised by an ex-Confed? erate general, who is planting on a large scale near Edge?eld. He divides them into squads of three, and gives to each squad 30 acres of j land and a mule to work it with. The men feed themselves, provide half the mule's feed, and receive one-half the crop. The general stimulates them to work by getting up a rival? ry between different Equada, each of which endeavors to excel the others, keep its fields most free ol' weeds, and produce the largest crop. If all the squads appear to be growing Idle, and do not getrat work until late in the naprnlng, he gets a neighbor to ride over the place some day, and talk to the men some? what in thl9 way : ''How's this boys ? I hear that the weeds are getting a powerful start on the general's place, and that you fellows don't get to hoeing before 9 o'clock. Does look ?>retty bad, that's a fact. The cotton OR the ndge's place over there looks a heap better. 'Mustn't let 'em beat you that way, boys." Next morning the negroes will be up with the sun, determined that the reputation of the gener? al's cotton shall not suffer. Speaking of his success in planting, the general told me that no man need have any trouble with his negroes who would treat them kindly, and praise them when they did well. Their love if expressions ot approbation, he said, was very irreat, and they will work well ll* animat? ed by'a I kilo praise, now and then. He had never had the least difficulty with his hands, and thought no planter need have -any who understood the right way to manage negroes, viz : to gt-.in- their confidence, and deal justly with them. Another labor system is much practiced in the low country, and was described to me by a Northern man,, who has a plantation on the. Wando Kiver, in the vicinity of Charleston, where he raises sea island cotton. He pays his hands fifty cents a day, and requires them to hoe half an acre lor a daily task. Thia they usually ?oish by 1 or 2 o'clock, occupying the rest ol'the day In fishing, working their own gardens, or idling about ?their cabins. The planter said that be never could induce them to do more than one task a day, although they would frequently get through by noon, and could as w ill earn another halt dollar before night as not. It ls extremely rare that a ne- J Sro plantation laborer has. saved any money urlng his six years of freedom. The prevali - ing system of working the land for a snare of the crop does not conduce to economy. The laborer can realize nothing until the crop ls sold, and in the meantime be must get in debt toa food and clothing. His employer, the planter, keeps a small stock of lands at huge prices, Including bacon, stout cloth, shoes and other -necessaries, and plenty of gew-gaw.s, such os cheap jewelry, ribbons, and brilliant ' dress-paUe'rns, which take the fancy of the negro women. The laborer must buy of his employer, because nobody else would give him credit, and, as he ls able to get why t he wants without money, he buys many things he does not need, a fashionable bonnet and a pair of | gaiters for his wife, perhaps, or a gaudy neck? tie and oroide pin for himself, or other use? less articles, and when Ihe crop is shared and sold he Ands himself without a dollar, and in debt to the planter. The chief reason why the negroes do not accumulate property is. of course, because th?y are ignorant- and unthrifty, and have been reared"i n a condition ol absolute ' depen? dence upon their white masters, who always did their thinking and provided, for them. The colored men of tbe to vus. who work at trades, are much more intelligent and sell-reliant than the plantation hands, exhibit as much thrift a's white men of the same degree of in? telligence-. Many own comfortable homes and have deposits' In the Freedman's Savings Bank. They dress themselves and families well, support churches and schools, and ap? pear to oe os prosperous as working men gea . frillly ure In Northern towns. A large pro? portion ot this class show more or less admix? ture ol white blood. The negroes who inhabit the sea islands are the happiest and laziest of the race in South Carolina, It takes but slight exertion to sup? port life there. Game, fish and oysters abound, and a little scratching of the warm aoil pro? duces vegetables in abundance. Happy is the darkey who has a cabin, a boat, a corn-field . and a garden-patch on one of these fortunate isles. An hour or two of work In the morning will keep the weeds ont of bis Utile plantation and bring food enough trom the sou tor the dJy's ealing. The rest of the time he can lie in the shade and enjoy, as only a negro can, the perfect luxury of laziness. . A prominent lawyer la Charleston told me that he believed the negroes on the islands and along the coast, ' now that they are so much removed from the Influence of- the white?men, would soon drift back to barbarism were it hot for the mulat? toes, who form the connecting link between the negroes "and clvinzaUon. They are con? tented with little, and that little is easily ob? tained, so thatt ^re is no mottveJbr exertion, because there Is lllt.e desire for the comforts that greater exertion-would bring. In Charleston, asa rule, the colored people do as well as the while men. Nobody appears to be prospering in that dull, decaying town, and ail classes are affected by the geueral de? pression of business. Poor as the negroes are, they seldom beg. I saw not a siugle black beggar in all Charleston, and yet there -re no doubt hundreds ol negroes in that city who have no very clear Idea where to-mor? row's dinner ls toc?me from, and who depend upon odd jobs lora living. The industry of the women is noticeable. They wash, sew. work in the vegetable gardens .near the city, keep stalls in the market, and sell lrults, can? dles, cakes au? -lemonade on the streets, seated usually upon the sidewalk with their feet in the-gut ter, and their goods in their ?apa or spread out by their sides. Many a lazy Al? low who hangs about the City Hall steps day after day, wailing for a Job of corporation work, is supported by his industrious wile. MtslKf the mechanics are negroes, but they appear to have no monopoly ot any trades or employments. White men and negroes often work together in the same shop, and in the markets compete for custom with the adjoin? ing stalls, H tte general condition ol the negroes ! throughout this State cannot be eaid to be en-, couraglng. The great difficulty in the way of their prosperity is the distrust and animosity existing between them and the white men, occasioned by political hostility. An intelli? gent Eiulatto member of the Legislature argued this to me. a lew days ago-, with mark? ed good sense : ."Seither race can do well," he said, "until harmony and confidence pre-* Tall between them. Each is dependent upon the otb'ir; but, as the white men have the land and the capital, while *e are poor and have nothing- hilt our? labor, we suffer the most In consequence -ol the? existing enmity. You must not take my opinions as representing those of many of my race. On the contrary, if they were Known I should be unpopular. ' But I am convinced there must be a change; the cobred people cannot rule the white men and exclude them from taking a fiart lu the government. If they persist a trying to do so there will be greata troubles, and the poor negroes will be the iiufferers. We must yield something for the sake of peace. Many of my Irlends in? sist that we must have a race party and make no compromise. They are crazy for otfice. and, aa the negroes have 30,000 majority in. the Stale, theyInglst that they should control the government and keep the white men out of office altogether. I am satisfied that this ought not to be done; If the colored people were intelligent and had property, this plan might sacceed, but :f it should be attempted now lhere would be. anarchy and bloodshed. What our people need is to have friendly re? lations with the white men, in order to get good wilges and steady work. They shonld not, instead ol'all, hope to become politicians and try to get office. We can never prosper without a? cordial co-operation with the white people, who nave the capital with which to employ our labor." Amocg the negroes ol the upper and middle countien ol South Carolina, there ls a wide? spread apprehension of some concerted hos? tile movement against them on the part of the white men, which may begin at any day. The more intelligent have a definite theory ol the character of this supposed plot, and believe that the purpose is to obtain political control of the Slate by means of a general massacre a sort of St. Bartholomew affair-to be under? taken by the Ku-Klux and executed in a sin? gle nigtt. AM colored men who have become Influential In politics they believe would bethe firm victime, and they think that the number killed would be s.o. great aa to completely ter? rorize the survivors, so that they would never again dare to vote against the interests of the white lien. This desperate expedient they belive will be the last resort ol the white men to free ihemselve'sfrom negro rule. Before the recent convention was held, the negroes fear? ed that the murderous crusade was imminent, but nov lt is believed that the danger is over for the present, and that the movement is postponed until after the next election, when a last effort will be made by the white men to accomplish their purpose by more peaceable means. If they lail, lt is thought that the reign of terror will at once begin. The Idea that a system of wholesale murder is to be deliberately organized and hut in practice throughout a large part of ? State must seem absurd to people who live in peace? able and tolerably well-governed communi? ties, and the fact that the Tear of such a thing ls entertained by large numbers of people shows how disorganized is the condition ol society, here In South Carolina. And not only do the negroes fear-that they may be the vic? tims of a relentless massacre, but there are Intelligent white me.n who soberly acknowl ! edge the possibility of such an occurrence, ex? pressing themselves usually in this way: i "We ain't endure this nigger government much longer; No white men would stand it to be ruled by ignorant, niggers. Our people are nearly driven to desperation, and a des? c?rate people don't care what they do. We bad rather die than live under nigger rule all oui' lives ; and il it can't be got rid of In any other way, something des? perate will be done." When one inquires what tbis something desperate mean?, it is usually found to be.just what the negroes ap? prehend. The general conclusions I arrive at respecting the condition of the negroes In this Stale are that the plantation laborers are doing well wherever they are well treated-and judiciously managed by the planters; Chat the mechanics In the Towns are Industrious aod thrlfty; chat few ol any class have saved any money since they became lree, partly from lack ot j adgmeat'aud economy, but largely on account ol the unsettled and disturbed condi? tion of ?JTa'irs which keeps the white men, as well as the negroes, poor; and Moally, that there c?.n be no prosperity until amicable re? lations chal? be established between the races and :he present feeling ol hostility shall sub Bide. / _ Vlt'EAT SALE OE CO AI,. Eighty Thousand Toni at Auction cow Prices. [From ::ie N. Y. Evening Post or Wedaesday.] The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Company sold, to-day at noon, eighty thousand tons of Scranton coal. The atten? dance was very large, and the prices, although lower than was anticipated, were much higher than at :he last sale In November. . Of the 80,000 ions offered, 12,000 were or lump, 10,000 of steamboat, 16,000 ol grate, lD-,000 cf eeg, 20,000 of stove, and 12,000 oi chestnut. Lump Bold at an average of ti 824; steamboat at an average of $4 85; ; grate at a"n average ol $6 03$; egg at $5 15 throughout; stove at an average of $5 85, and chestnut at an aveiage or $4 ?>2?. The average price of all the :oal sold was $5 05j. The following shows the highest and lowest pr.ceB obtained to-day, -vith a comparison ol the prices ob? tained for each grade at the last'sale on thc 30. h ol November : May 31. Nov. 30. 12,000 tons lump.$5 00a4 65 $3 55.?3 47 \ 10,000tons steamboat... 5 00a4 7 0 3 60a - lff.ouo tons grate. 5 0Oa5 05 3 SO i3 75 lo.ooo tons egg. 515a - 4 00a3P7> 20,000 tons stove- - 6 00a5 77;i 4 55a4 5U 12 OOO ions cuestuut. 4 G >a4 65 C 5oa - GRANT'S DILEMMA. TUe Squabbles of the New York Radi? cals-A Delicate Situation. Tue New York Herald gives a r?sum? of | the corrtinion of affairs in the Radical party of that city aud State, which shows a most terri? ble muddle: Mr. Greeley's Texas trip is said to have been .brought about by the same motives which ac? tuated bim in his recent opposition to the President. He ls to-be removed, so they sav, Irom the chairmanship of the Republican State National Committee, and the Southern trip ls undertaken as a sort of overture to the mam? mon of unrighteousness, or rather au expedi? tion of reconnoissance to observe tho senti? ment 8outh- regarding the renomination of | Grant. Senator Fenton sent along ihe late discarded naval officer, General Merritt, to aid Greeley in the matter. According to the Her? ald, Fenton is the man in the gap. Conkling ls booke 1 for defeat in the next senatorial elec? tion, anti Morgan's star is rising in hie place, the latter now having control of the Custom? house patronage. The President's Idea is that he can do better with a rising man like Mor? gan than with one going to the wall like Conltllng ; DU Ohe overlooks the fact that In pushing Conkling to the wall and unrecon? ciled with Fenton he has not a prominent supporter in the ranks of the party from prestige or patronage able to be of any ser? vice to him In the coming campaign. There is a cat end dog fight going on all round in the Republican camp. The adherents of Fenton, though not In office and fighting an up-hill fight, aie determined and devoted. Conk Hug's nu n-these of them who are in office are rampant, though weak-kueed, while those who would be Morganlies or anything else, accordlDir to Interest, are looking on, fighting on one tide or the other, just as the odds are for or against, in the m. antime watching their chances lor a "place under Morgan, sb long as ie controls (as he does at present) a large share of the Federal patronage of the city and State. WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY, ITJ.OS. TRATED.-We taster's Dictionary embodies a va-?t que-ni iiy of various ami useful knowledge indiepensable-lo ed neate.men und women, col? lected aid Bet^iowu lu a terse and lucid man? ner. It contai.s one hundred and fourteen thousand words, defined with a clearness, lull aesB, precision, and wealth of illustration, de? noting tue soundest scholarship, and entire fidelity to laborious details. "We heartily com mend'it as a splendid specimen of learning, tatt? and immense Moor,-Montgomery Ledger. IEE HEAD- DEVILS' WORE. ATROCIOUS PLOT TO BURN IRE GREAT CAPITALS OF EUROPE. Eligibility of tue Orleans Princes Kocherort to be Tried by a Military Co m miss ton-Thc Pres s of France Nearly Unanimous in Favor of a Kc? pubMto. 7ERBAILLE8, June 2. The discussion on the eligibility pf the Or? leans Princes will.be commenced in the As? sembly on Monday. Rochefort will be tried by a military com? mission to-morrow, on the charge of inciting civil war and pillage. The press still discuss the inture govern? ment for France, -and are nearly unanimous for a republic. * LONDON, June 1. Prince Napoleon has written a letter to M. Havre censuring the men who proclaimed the d?ch?ance- oi the Emperor and formed the governmentof the ith of September, and de? manding o? existing authorities a plebiscite for determination ot the future ol France. It is now positively announced that General Lefto will go to St. Petersburg in the capacity of French Ambassador. The Latest. PARIP, June.2. Tt has been discovered that the real leaders of the Commune were Karl Mas Jacobi, Blanqni, Tonalchln and Diebreek. The ideaiof burning Paris originated with Jacobi and To natchin. The papers seized showed these men in London planning conflagrations al Lyons, Marseilles, Madrid, Turin, Rome, Na? ples, Vienna, Moscow and Berlin. Rossel and Auriel are both concealed. Tbe assassinations continue. THE LIV? DEMOCRACY. The Ohio Democratic State Convention Endorses t aiiundigiiam's Platform.. - ' COLUMBUS, June 2. George H. Pendleton waa elected perma? nent president of the Democratic State Con? vention, which met here to-day. Seventeen .of* nineteen members ot the.resolution com? mittee concurred In the following- points, and General Morgan, chairman of tbe committee, moved their adoption, while denouncing the means by which they were brought about: The Democracy of Ohio recognize as accom? plished facts the recently adopted amend? ments to the constitution, and consider them no longer a practical issue before tbe country; but insist that while these three adnrendmen'ts enlarge*the flower of the Federal Government, they shall not in any way alter or modiiy its original theory or character, and to no further extent abridge the reserved rlghu of the State?. . . As this ls construed, the Democratic party pledges ltseli to support the constitution.as lt now is, securing equal rights to all without distinction of race, color or previous condi? tion. The resolutions denounce the bayonet and Ku-Klux bills; oppose San Domingo; con? demn extravagant land grants-to corporations, and the national banking system; favor a tariff strictly for revenue; favor the collection of in-* ternal revenue byStr.te authorities; object to paying bondholders more than contract prices; declare if bondholders have rights so have taxpayers. Toe motion to amend, by the declaration that tho 14th. and 15lh amendments "are revo? lutionary and Void, was lost," 109 to 29C. The report was adopted, 305 to 139. The convention nominated George W. Mc Cook for Governor and Samuel Hunt for Lieu tenant-Governor. Tennessee Democrats Accept the Sltna. " tion. NASHVILLE, June 1. Thc Democratic State executive committee met to-day and adopted resolutions declaring their acceptance, in good faith, of the issues of the war, with all the late amendments to the constitution, and their acquiescence In them as the supreme law of the lund, and also declaring their approval ol Hie late Democratic Congressional Address. At a meeting of the editors of the Democratic State press Ibis af? ternoon, the action of committee was unani? mously endorsed. "RUINED BY CHINESE CHEAP LABOR." SAN FRANCISCO, June 2. A mob ot strikers drove the workmen from a dozen mines, lnluding the most productive In California. At Mendocino the mob notified the Chinese to leave within ten days on peril of their lives. WON WITHOUT POUNDING. KANSAS CITT, June 2. Mace appeared in the ring. Coburn falling to appear, the referee declared Mace the win? ner of tbe sLakes. LAW AN? ORDER IN TENNESSEE. Ths Democrats Meeting thc Issue. NASHYILT.E, May 30. Tlie Democrats of the Twenty-first Civil Dis? trict ol this county, the-second largest outside the City of Nashville, have adopted a pream? ble una resolutions saying, inasmuch as the present S.tate Constitution gives tbe colored man every civil and political right enjoyed by the whiles, the validity of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments forms no substantial issue before the people ot Tennessee, and no person or paper continuing tho agitation ot that question ls entitled to the confidence or suoport of the Democracy of lb? Stale. The Ku-Klux bill looks only to the per? petuation ol the success ol the Radicals by violence, based upon false pretences, and a contemplated -destruction of the government is only to he? prevented by a better organization ol the Democrats. The meeting also resolved to organize.!nlo a posse com?aius, to be ready at the call of the Culled Slates marshal or sheriff, to arrest and bring to justice any person violating the provisions ol the Ku-Klux act in Tennessee, and binding themselves to pursue with hue and cry offen? ders beyond the confines of the district, offer? ing a standing reward lor the arrest and "con? viction of every offender in the civil district, and requesting the Democrats of other coun? ties to organize clubs under these resolutions. Among the slgters are ex-Governor Henry 8. Foote, member ol" the Confederate Congress; Hon. John C. Thompson, of ibe lale Stale- con? stitutional convention, and other of the most influential and best citizens of the Stale, many of whom were practical rebels during the- war. The resolutions are endorsed by every Demo? cratic voter In the twenty-first district, and wlli.un(1oubtedly be adopted by every county in the Slate. FAILURE IN THE COTTON TRADE.-Considera? ble surprise and regret were expressed yester? day at the announcement of ihe suspension and probable failure ot the well konwn cotton tirm ol'Nlmmons A Houghton. The rapid ad? vance In contra?is lor fuiure delivery of cotton and inability to keep good their margins are supposed to have been the weak point on which the difficulties of Messrs. N. ? H. hinge. Their liabilities are supposed to be pretty evenly dlviued among the trade, .but nothing definite is as vet known as to the aggregate indebtedness or the amount of assets. This suspension caused a nervous feeling to prevail throughout the market during tile day, and increased ihe "desire of a great many shorts to cover at once.-JVew York Bulletin. THE BOWEN SIG AMT CASE. The Hew York Divorce Record Pro noanced a Forger)'. . [From the Washington Patriot or Thursday.] The trial ol C. C. Bowen, on the charge ol bigamy, waa continued In the Criminal Court yesterday, in the presence of a large number ot spectators, as usual. The prominent posi? tion lormerly held by the' accused, and the array ol distinguished connsfel engaged on both Bides, have made the case particularly inter? esting. Mrs. Bowen accompanies her husband to the court-room every day, and occupies a seat by his side. The argument yesterday-was in relation to' the divorce alleged lo have been procured by Bowen In New York, in l8C5,*and Judge Olin. wanted to hear an argument, upon the point I whether Bowen was a citizen of New York at the time the divorce" was obtained. Mr. Harrington said tbe.government would make the offer ol evldenc? to prove that Mrs. Hicks Bowen was not In the Jurisdiction ol the "New York court at the time the case was pend? ing. Mr. Merrick tiren proceeded with his argu? aient, and read from the'revised statutes in relation to the law of divorce in New York State, and argued that Buweu had complied .with all the provisions ot the statute. Mr. Harrington replied at length to Mr. Merrick. Ih:the course ol his speech he cre? ated a sensation in court by slating that, ii the case went on, he would ?how there was no such case upon the record In New York, for , the telegraph bears him word (holding a tele? gram In his hand) that there is no such case upon the record. Mr. Riddle said he understood Mr. Harring? ton to state that he had been informed that there waa no such record in New Yo?k ?s" that produced. Mr. Merrick said be understood that'the as? sistant district attorney had announced that there was no such record to be found on the flies ol the Supreme Court of New York. ? This announcement, thus publicly made, must be sustained or refuted by a failure to sustain lt after ample opportunity. If there was no such xecord on merles of that conrt, and he had been imposed *on by the defendant, he should at once retire from the case: and after I the announcement made by the district at,- | |<orney, if there was such a record, the prose? cuting officers should retire from their places. ?lr. Riddle said ?the remark ought not to have been made. A recess was here taken. After recess, Mr. D. Dudley Field addressed .the court lor the defence, and was iollowed by District Attorney. FiBher for the prosecution. After the Jury had been sent to the hotel. Judge Olin Increased Bowen's ball bond $2690, making ll in all $7900, and his present j wile, Mrs. Pettlgru King Bowen, gave the bond. . . Mr. Harrington called attention to' the re? mark he had made as to the* telegrams, and read the following : Nsw YOBS. May 31, 1871-12 o'clock M. G. P. Fisher, untied Slate9 Attorney: Rave ? xaralued the clerk's records; And an entry of the case, bat erasures have been made, chris. C. and Frances being written over the ei asures. No judgment OD nie of papers or any kind. Have examined thc Transcript for January and February, but-flnd uo publication. WillCon tinae the search. A. B. W ILLIAMS. NBW YOBE, May 31-1 P. M. I think the whole tiling a fraud and forgery. Witnesses and proof wu: come oh io-nlgbt.' NOAH l'Avis, United States Attorney. The court then adjourned. . [By Telegraph.] # WASHINGTON-, June 2. The argument in the Bowen case was con? cluded to-day. -*? i - - NEWS EBOM WASHINGTON. A Change in the Cabinet-The Negro Strikers-Instructions to the Super visor? In the South-The Revenue. &?. WASHINGTON, June : A Waehington special says the President hus accepted Fish's resignation, and that Edwards Pierrepont will succeed him. The change In? volves a total change in the administration's policy toward Cu?>a. The strike continues among the colored la? borers, who, in some cases, forcibly prevented work. In other Instances loe workers on Hie approach ol the strikers .quitted work and Joined them. In one instance the strikers at . tempted to take the tools from a gang ol work? men, when a squad oi policemen appeared and ordered them away. The strikers seemed de? termined, when, on the approach of a squad of mounted police, they were intimidated. Liter In the day the above, In some instances, resumed work under thc promise of Blich wage3 as the committee sholl agree upon. A large force ?3 held in readiness for emergen? cies. The commissioner ot internal revenue ha3 sent a circular to supervisors In the Southern States, in which he says: "When you find the aid of troops necessary in your district you will apply for the loree required directly tp the commanding officer of the department in walch thi troops are to he used, reporting your action to this office and the circumstan? ces upon which it is based.'' The government expenses for May were seventeen and three-quarter millions, exclu? sive of interest" on the debt. Reports to the Internal revenge office show that a great source ol loss to the government Is by the reuse of | stamps on various articles. There was a case recently in the First Maine Dieirlct where n dealer in perfumery was found guilty ol this practice. His goods were seized, and a crim? inal prosecution commenced. A proposition ol compromise wa3 made but rejected. The commissioner instructs the collector to prose-, | cute io the full extent of the law. STEAMSHIP COLLISION-- EH3 RT PERSONS DROWNED. NEW YOS-K, June I. The steamer Hansa, from Bremen, was in collision at 2.30 yesterday moaning jvith the Norwegian bark Rhea, from Rotterdam for .New York. The Rhea Bunk, anti Captaio>An derson and Beve'n sailors were drowned.. Eoth mates and Ave seamen were drowned. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON-, June 2. It ?a probable that the high winds in the Gull will advance, with rain, to the coast of Louisiana. The weather will probably clear away in the Middle Stale*, and a lalling barometer, with local rains, will probably be experienced weat ol' the Blue Ridge. -Pleas? ant weather will probably continue from Wis? consin to the Atlantic. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, U. S. A. Place of Observation. Augusta. baltimore. Boston. Charleston. Chicago. Cincinnati. R>y West,Fla... Mot ile. Nasti ville. New Orleans_ New York. San Frahcisco.. Savannah. ?Sr. l/juls. Washlngton,D.C. Wilmlnxton.N.C. Norfolk. Galveston.? 3? n?><-i\ 0s g -aw 2!: el 20. OS 30.17 29.99 30.16 29.92 30.0U 29.9 29.95 30.03 29.84 30.10 30.10 8U; 29.9b 30.11 30.17 30.14 2Q.*e SW Ught. Cloudy. 5 Fresh. Cloudy, ? ? Fresh. Fair. SB Gentle. Cloudy', ti Fresh. >torin. 5 ffieatie. Fair. SE j Brisk. Cloudy. SE ?Fresh. Cloudy. SK I Fresh. ; Fair. NE .Fresh. [H. Raia .>& jGentle. dear. ' 9?; Gentle. Cloudy. Cm.ci'g up ?E Gentle. Cloudy. S Fresh. Cloudy. E Fre- ti. Fair. E jGeniie, jciear. 35 o n OUR Tarar?a RATION SCHEME. What a Georgia Paper Thinks bf lt. Tue Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel has the following highly complimentary notice of the scheme of the South Carolina Land and Immi? gration Association: The attention of the readers of the Chronicle and Sentinel ls directed to Lhe advertisement of Messrs. Butler, Chadwick, Gary & Co., which appears in another co; umn of this paper. It will be seen that they have formed a land and immigration association for the purposed bringing to South Carolin*? Immigrants from Europe and the Northern States, and settling them upon lands selected by the. association. The manner in which they propose to raise funds to carry out ibis most commendable de? sign is briefly as follows: One hundred and fifty thousand tickets are to be sold at five dollars per ticket, which will entitle the holders io admission to *a series of concerts to be given in-Charleston during the'.month of next October. Each purchaser ot a ticket will also be entitled to a cnance at two thous? and four hundred and four gifts, which will be distributed during the progress of the con? certs. The prizes amount to five hundred thousand dollars, and ali of them are in cash save one. The first prize is the Academy ot Music-a magnificent building recently erect? ed in Charleston. It ls one of the finest build? ings in the South, ls situated in the centre of the city, brings In an annual rental of ?20,000, and cost $230,000. The second prize ls one hundred thousand dollars, the third twenty five thousand, the fourth ten thousand, and so on. The scheme ls recommended and Us managers endorsed by the best and most prominent citizens ot South Carolina and New York City. Some of these managers certainly need no endorsement. Generals M. C. Butler and M. W. Gary, for instance, are two well known among us io need backing, and their names alone show that there ls noshing bogus In the association. The purchaser of alive dollar ticket may become one of the wealthiest men In the South, and whoever draws a prize Is sure ot getting lt-no matter where he comes from or whom he may be. But, laying aside a pecuniary view ol the matter, the objects of the association are such as will receive the support and approval of every man in the South who desires the material prosperity of his country. South Caro? lina ls overrun with a native* colored popula? tions id e and thriftless. It is with the greatest difficulty that laborers for thc planta? tions can be procured; vast tracts of land are not cultivated at all, and every species of real estate has greatly depreciated in value. .In order to remedy this distressing condition of affairs; in order that educated and reliable laborers may be secured; that the vast re? sources of the State muy be developed; and the price of lands may appreciate to some? thing near their value, the aid of immigration must be invoked. Intelligent and ioclustrJons laborers must be procured from England, Ire? land, France, Germany, Sweden, the Northern States and the Eastern, To get this labor re? quires capital at first. It ls folly to talk of bring? ing immigrants to the South unless Induce? ments are held out to them. Immigration Booielles have hitherto attempted to do busi? ness in the South without money, and hence their failure. The passage money of the immi? grants must be advanced to them, and lands sold cheaply and on long, time, or good wages must be paid. The managers of the associa? tion above mentioned know and appreciate these facts, and are working In accordance with their teachings, While this association is a Carolina Institution, lt is not that State alone which will be benefited. We, ot this State, are fully as much. Interested in its suc? cess. lt the stream of immigration can be diverted lrom the West, though South Caro? lina may be the first Slate to feel Its effects. Georgia wilfsoon afterwards be reached, ana every other Southern State will be-a gainer also. We trust that the scheme will receive the liberal encouragement ot our citizens. Messrs. John J. Coben & Sons ire generul agents for the sale of tickets In Augusta. SPARKS PROM THE WIRES. -Phillp Van Rensalaer, ot N"*?w York, <lind of apoplexy yesterday, aged 65. -The Insurance Convention at New York has adjourned to the 18th October. -Greeley will be serenaded by the Republi? cans, at New York on his return. -The railroad and car factory at New Al? bany, Ind., Ls burned. Loss $200,000. -At the annual Unitarian festival at Bos? ton, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was among the orators. -There was a gas explosion yesterday at the-Locust Iron Mines, Pennsylvania, which killed one and wounded five-some fatally. -A gang of youths stoned a Chinaman to death on Fourth ecreet, San Francisco, yester? day. There was no interference from dozens ol bystanders. -Father O'Neill, of Cincinnati, and Bishop .Wood, ot Philadelphia, were thrown from a buggy in the former city yesterday, and both badly injured about the head. ALL ABOUT THE STATE. Picken?. There is to be a newspaper at this Court? house known as the "Plckens Sentinel." John R. Holcombe A Co. are lhe proprlelorg. Chester. Two of ?lie county commissioners, Frone berger and Walter, Bad a little fight, on the 29th ult., at the Courtho?BC. Froneberger has resigned, and bis resignation lias been accept? ed. Kelsey, the third of the party, hus also forwarded bis resignation to the Governor. Greenville. Danklin, in Greenville County, has a post office once more. . The Enterprise thus notices a sharp trick: "Mr. W. F.. Thackston, who does business ut the corner of Augusta and Pendleton streets, .informs us thal a few days since a small boy, in endeavoring to catch a chicken, chased lt under lils store. After coming out the boy In? formed him that he had "discovered a hole in the store floor, anil under ft was a-plle of corn, probably a peck. Mr. Thackston ex-, amined it and found that the hole had been' made with an-auger, two places being bored, making quite a large aperture, and communi? cating with his corn pile which he places'on \ the floor for ready -convenience in buying and selling. Some sharp thief has thus been sup? plying himself no doubt for months, as In all probability the amounts taken at a time were small, and as Mr. Thackston was buying and selling every day none was missed. Strange to say, Mr. Thackston telling a friend who re-, sides In the country of the circumstance, this Iriend, upon examining his crib floor, found the same trick hod been- practiced on him." Although the prospects of the wheat crop have been blasted in some parts of our coumy by th? fly an i the rust, we are gratified at be? ing able to state that the crop, in the main, will be a good one. In some quarters the grain has sufficiently ripened to lead to the be? lief that the era of new flour will dawn on us in a fortnight; -The population of London, according tc the census Just taken, ls nearly three and a half millions-which is an increase of nearly half a million In ten years. In the United States there are.eight cities of over two hun? dred thousand inhabitants each, namely-New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Chi? cago, Ballimore, Boston and Cincinnati. The combined population of these cities is three million three hundred thousand, in round numbers-less actually than that of the City of London; Most ol our cities, however, are comparatively In their infancy, while London is two thousand years old Forty years ago the population ot London was a million and a half, and for the last hundred years Us annual growth has been very uniformly limited to about sixteen per cent-while our cities have been advancing at rates varying from fifteen to one hundred and seventy-five per cent? The overgrown city ot London-rich in proportion to Ks magnitude, while every seventh man in it is a pauper-contains oue-ninth of the en? tire population of the United Kingdom. A NEW KINK IN DIVORCES, A Lawyer Learns Wisdom from a P retty Wo nf UM. [Fr-m thc PittsburgDlspatch.J A short time since a talented young lawyer of a neighboring city, whose name is not ? mi th, and whose briels have been like'angels' visits, was delighted by finding In his office a richly, dressed lady, who announced her desire lo em? ploy him professionally.. With a beaming smile that could hardly be restrained from bursting into a lull-blown laugh the young Blackstone handed the lady a eushloned arm-chair, and he assured -her thathe was "entirely and devotedly at her service." Seating herself la the prof lered office chair, the lady ungloved a small white hand that literally glistened with dia? monds, and applied a Suez-scented handker? chief to her Ups, blushed, and, casting her eyes upon the floor, said; "My business Is very particular-it is-par? don me, sir, but you will not betray me r" "Betray you? Not for the world, m;.dam. You ?an confide In me with the same re ian ce as'in a priest at the coniessii il." ..The lad ls-L want-that is I have been unfortunate in my .marriage relations/' The eyes ol the lawyer glistened with pleas? ure, and, drawing bis chair close .to the side of the lady, he remarked: "I see-I see-you want a divorce. I am. Jnst the man to get it for you. I am perfectly au fait in matters of this kind, although I have never had a case ol this kind In court. How long have you been married?" "Nine years." "Nine' years! You must have been very young when you . entered that blissful!-1 ?mean wretched stato." "I was a mere child-a foolish, Inexperienc? ed Behool girl. A doting mother ?placed me In tiie arms of a maa old enough tobe my father: but he was rich, and for two or thiee years I did not know the difference. I was as happy as though my husband had been twenty years younger. Bat association with other married . women opened my eyes, and I became.wretch? ed. I pined lor-well, for a- heart that was more congenial with my own. A man of your Age, now, wohld have suited me better." "Exactly BO,'? exclaimed the lawyer, rub? bing his hands and twisting his Incipient moustache. "But your, sufferings will soon terminate. I will get you a divorce, and ihen-" "Oh dear me !-and then-but I must not be too sanguine. My husband is very rici,, and he will never let me get a divorce il t e can help it." "Madame, you don't know the law-its majesty- its glorious certainty-its magnani? mity. Consider yourself divorced, and rest easy." "Well, sJr, how shall I proceed?" "Let me see-in the first place, give me a .statement ol your grievances." "That would take a whole week. Yon caa Imagine what a woman like me mast suffer with such a husband.". "Yes, yes-cruel and barbarous treatment condition Intolerable-neglect, and all that sort ofthing. I will just jot down a iew ot the Items.* Your oame Is-" "Mrs.-. You must know my husband." "What, the merchant? He's rich as Croesus." "Yes, he's rich; but I don't care for his mouey-I want a divorce." The lawyer wrote down a sketch of the lady's matrimonial inlellcltles, and assured her that he would have no difficulty la procuriag a di? vorce, with at least $10,000 alimony. "How much are you going to charge me lor macing me so happy?" Inquired the lady. . "Well. I ought to charge you a thousand dollars, but out of consideration for your Buffer? ings I will only take a retainer ol $100, and when lt ls accomplished you will increa-e II to $500." "That is extremely reasonable. I haye no change about me now. Oh. yes, here ls s check tor $200 that my husband gave me to-day to go shopping'. I will only want half of it to-day. Will you get it cashed for me?" "It is after bank hours, bul the check ls all right. I will give yon $100 lor your Bhopplng and keep the check." The lawyer had that day received a remit? tance of $100 irom his father, and haEded.it over to the lady, and, placing the check In his .pockutbook. bowed his client tp th? door. He was excessively happy at his good fortune, and that night dreamed of angelic cliente, sensa? tional divorce cases, and a huge pile cf $100 bills. The next morning he went to the bunk to get bis check cashed, and was thunderstruck when the teller informed bim that the Lame of Mr. - was forged. Indignant at the thought that his lair client bad been guilty of so base a crime as forging her husband's name, hs hur? ried io the store of Mr. - with the intention ol exposing the lady. He was still mere as? tonished when Mr. - Informed him taat he was a Y, ldower. and had cot been blessed with a wife lor more than ten years. Young Blackstone was seized with a fit of melancholy, which still affects him, for all bis efforts lo find the fair swindler have proved unavailing. He has come to the concludion to have nothing to do with divorce cases. t:,nd has written to his father to send him anotarr $100 bill to replace the one he gave his client for a bogus check. G LOO M Y CHOP ACCOUNTS EROM AR? KANSAS. MEMPHIS, June 1. Gloomy reports ol the crops bave b-jen re? ceived Irom Pulaski, White, Woodruff and Jackson Counties, Arkansas. 'Owing to in? cessant rains and late frost the stand of cotton ls very poor, and many plantations have been ploughed up and planted with corn. iHacfjinerrj, Costings, &t. S T A B L I S ?TE JD 18447 P H O N I X IRON WORKS. JU1IN F. TAYLOR Jt CO., .Successors to cameron A Co.,) ENGINEERS, HUILER-MAKERS, &C., &C. . Corner East Bay and Pritchard streets, niar the Dry Dock, CHARLESTON, S. C. MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS. Marine, Stationary and Portable. RICE THRESHERS AND MILLS OF F.VLKY DESCRIPTION. COTTON PRESSES. Shafting, Pulleys and>Gearing Iron Fronts for Buildings Castings of every kind in Iren or Brass Forgings or every description. ? aa- Guarantee to furnish Engines ami Pollera or as good quality and power, and at as low rates as can be ri ad in New York, Baltimore o:- Phil? adelphia AGENTS FOR JUDSON'S CELEBRATED GOVERNOR AND STOP VALVES, which are put on all Engines made at these Works. j&- Repairs prompiiy attended to. niarlO-imvf?musD?C Drugs, Chemicals, &z. m ITE CIBL'E BRA ?lTp ~ GERMAN SOOTHING CORDIAL, FOR INFANTS. A reliable and invaluable remedy in OOLIO, CHOLERA INFANTUM,- Dysentery, Dlarhcea, and such other diseases as children are subjected to during the period of Teething. Tula cordial ls manoiactured from the best Drugs, all carefully selected, and contains nc in? jurious ingredient. No ramify should be Without lt. The best Physicians have recommenced it, and Mothers may administer lt with perfect con? fluence. It contains no Opium or other Anodyne. Manufactured by DR. H. BAER, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, No. 131 Meeting street, Charleston. Price 26 cents a bottle. The usual cusco ant to the trade. By Authority of the State of Alabama. $ i a s 9 ? o o I. S.flRR?XfY WSTRlBl?TED . IN .?-.T; ..:-[. MONTGOMERY, ALA., ON SATURDAY. AUG! 5,1871. i Prize of $2S,ooo amounts to. .$35,000 1 Prize of $lo,ooeamoun?s to'..'...10,000 1 Prize or $6,000 amounts to.s.obr? 4 Prizes, $2,500 caca, amounrt^.....Vi '10,000F 20 Prizes, $1,000 each, amount to. ^o.?oo 30 Prizer, $600 each, amount Lo.. 15,000 76 Prizes, $200 eacb, amount to.. .qpt. 15,000 2 Approximation Prizes, $6,000 each... 10,000 2 Approximation Prizes, $2,000 each.,. 4*000 2 Approximation Prizes, $1,000 each.'.. 3,000 5 Approximation Prizes, $600each,,'... 4.000 40 Approximation Prizes, $126 eacb.< 5,000 186 Prizes, amounting to...$125,000 ONLY 60,000 TICKETS TO BE BOLD. WHOLE TICKETS, $5...HALTES, $2 50; TO THE v PUBLIC. There are sb many swindles and humbugs m all parts of the country under, the name of "Lotte? ries, "Gilt Concerts," Ac., wher^ parties, who invest, have no possible chance of drawing a ?. prize, that we deem.lt best tb issue this circular, giving a fail explanation pf the manner or pur distribution, our references, Ac From these it will be seen that our drawings are under authori? ty of law; that the gentlemen Who compose oar Association are responsible, and-in every way wortby of confidence; that s worn Com missioners, In no wise connected, with the Association, super Intend the drawing; that these Commissioners are men of the highest standing-.In the communi? ty, and that parties who invest can rely upon toe? ing dealt with fairly and honestly. Every safeguard that the law of the land eau throw around such enterprises ls placed upon these distributions-they are conducted by gen? tlemen well known for their Integrity and fair dealings they are endorsed by leading bankers, merchants, officials and newspapers-hence we> appeal to the public generally for their patronage, with the assurance that we will conduct the dis? tribution with "equal and exact justice to all." Respectfully. STOKES A CO., Managers, Montgomery, Ala. TESTIMONIALS." OFFICB SBCRXTART OF-STATE, l MONTGOMERY, ALA.,- November 20,1870.5 I hereby certify that the "Alabama Immigrant Association" lsregurlarly incorporated under the laws of this state, with a capital of 150,000, and that the lncoiporators are gentlemen of means. Integrity and hight standing.. CHARLES A. MILLEU, Secretary of State. [Great Seul of State.] We, the undersigned cheerfully state that we are personally well acquainted with Messrs. STOKES A CO., Managers of the ."Alabama Im? migrant Association," and we know them to be ? entlemen or high standing, integrity and relia? bility in this city, who will see that the drawings or their "Association," which ls solvent and re* sponslble. are honestly and fairly made. HENRY E. FABER, Mayor of Montgomery, jost. tv. DIMMICK. Postmaster dry Montgomery.. ITRANas wi DM KR. Collector-{T. S Internal Rev. WM. B. HUGHES, Clerk City Council of Montgo? mery. HOLMES & OOLDTHWAITE, Bankers. E. S. MITCHELL, Agent Southern Express Co. * end others. FROM THE CITY PRE88. The drawings of Messrs. STOKES A CO. are strictly honest and pjgeoily fair. Their Commis? sioners are well know and above reproach. They win pay all prizes. promptly, and deal on the "square."-Dany Advertiser. ? The American people will gratify their growing desire to make "big f rtunes" quick and at a small cost To Buch aa will invest m "games of fortune," we commend the Prize Distribution or the "Alabama Immigrant Association." Their drawings are sqaaro abd fair, and their solvency undoubted.-Da Hy Journal, Parties at ft distance can send their remittances to this Association with the perfect confidence that they will have a fair draw, and that their every Interest wUl be protected Just aa if they were present. The drawings are ail in -public, and give you a chance at a "big pile" for a small out? lay.-Pnffy Mail. This Association have had one drawing, and to show how lt was conducted, and as an earnest of what all their future drawings wm be, they sub? mit the following from the sworn Com missioners of the Association: .. We the undersigned. Commissioners, appointed to supervise the drawing of the "Alabama Immi? grant Association" hereby certify that we have olscharged that duty; that every number and prize were counted Into the wheels by 'one or the ether of us, and that in all respecta we closely scrutinized the drawing so as to make it fair and Just. We were afforded every facility by Messrs. STOKES A CO. to discharge our duties: J. A. ELMORE, ) . mtilSSM: foonilsBlonera. E. FARRAND, J Sworn to and subscribed' before me. J. H. NETTLES, Notary Public. Just here we deem it proper to say that tbese are gentlemen of the nighest respectability in Alabama. Colonel JOHN A. ELMARE la one of the oldest and a leading member of the bar lu thia State. General J. M. WITHERS is an ex Mayor of Mobile, late*a Major-General in the . Confederate Army, and now editor and proprietor If the Mo? bile Dally Tribune. General' WM. w. ALLEN Ia a well known planter and late a Brigadier-General of Cavalry In the Confederate Army! Commo? dore E. FARRAND was formerly an officer of dis? tinct lo a in the United States Navy, and late F> Commodore In the Confederate Navy. . EXPLANATIONS. The sum ef one hundred and twenty-five thoa saud dollars ls distributed to ticket-holders, and the balance of the funds, after paying the expen? ses of drawing, according to the* charier of the company, goes to the encouragement of Euro? pean Immigration Into the Southern states. The price of whole tickets, which give yon ad? mission 10 any or the entertainments or the Asso? ciation, as well aa a chance to draw some or the magnificent prizes above offered, ls $5 each. The price or hair tickets is ti so. 1 hey will entitle you to-half the amount of the puze that may be awarded to the number printed cn the ticket. There are 60,000 tickets, and each ticket and half ticket has printed upon its face some num? ber from 1 to 60,000. .lt ts not necessary for any ticketholder to be present, unless he chooses to be. The whole drawing will be nuder the supervision or the sworn Commissioners or the Assosiat Ion. Alter the drawing ls over a circular giving the prizes drawn by each number wul be matted to the postofnee address or every ticket-holder. Thia wlli be done hereafter promptly to au, whether they draw or not. HOW TO PROCURE TICKETS. Enclose your money eirher by Express,- regis? teren letter or a postofflce order, and Bend lt to STOKES A 00., Managers, Montgomery, Alaba? ma. Write your Pu6ioffice. County, -state and name distinctly, iryou nave any choloeof num? bers state it, and they will be seat you, or aa near lt as can be. as-it ls best to send for tickets eariy, in order - to have 'hem well Mlstrlbuted. ,03- Ali communications strictly privates Aj-A gents wafted in all parts or the country. They must be reliable and energetic men. circulars sent free everywhere. Address STOKES & CO., MANAGERS, jun*-thitul3 W4 MONTGOMERY, ALA.