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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. ? V-Ll JJ?UXJ .?VJ.-ii viuuuii. M. THE FATE OF CHARLESTON. A BUSINESS MAWS VIEWS ON THE COMING CITY ELECTION. A Plan to Remove -UH- Contest From the Political Arena. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SEWS. Your publication of the following sugges? tions relating to the appn- aching Municipal election will not only oblige the writer, but will perhaps lead to'tnat free and wide public discussion of the topics suggested, which ls the most fruitful of all sources of public im? provement. Without expressing any censure as to the past, or entertaining any prejudices,. we must all clearly perceive that some changes in city officials ought to. and doubtless will be made at the coming election. The import? ance o? seizing this opportunity to' procure a really good city government cannot be over-es? timated. The best and most permanent inter? ests o? all the inhabitants of ttje city are itt? volverl^and lt is the Rlaln duty of every citizen to make the greatest, personal sacrifices and the most earnest exertions to accomplish the best, possible result. It ir not a question of abstract principles, of taste or even ol feeling, but lt is a solid question of property, prosperi? ty and happiness'to each and all of tis and our families, and should be met in a practical, bu siness'libe manner. If all personal ambition and private schemes could be set aside, and every voter, wit hour distinction qf party, class or race, would vote only for men whom he knows and trusts, we should have a better government. But this cannot be expected, and the aexi best thing ls to concentrate upon capable and trustworthy men as many votes as possible. As there are undoubtedly in this and every community more good citizens than bad ones, more per? sons interested in the general prosperity than in the political fortunes of any man or set of m?n, a majority could no doubt be got to unite upon a really good ticket, if it were not for party organizations. When these organiza? tions exl?t, however*? candidates are not selected by them with reference to their fit? ness for office, but ?Imply with reference to their ability to 'obtain office. An in? competent' man,' who can win-, s a better party, candidate than a compe? tent man who is likely to lose,, hence when there is a-party-contest it often happens that the fittest men on both sides are made to stand back, and the voters, whose material interests areat slakes must either lose their votes or cast them for Inefficient meu.* It is true that 'this LS not always the cast, but ls It not likely to be the case ia our next municipal election, ii that should be a patty contest ? If there is any such danger, if there is any chance that our city, already so Impoverished, may be subjected to the misrule of incompetent or dishonest men, nothing should be omitted which can possibly contribute to averting such dangers. If a party contest is full of peril in this respect, (and none can deny that it is,) then we must avoid a party contest if possible. But how ?.. The Republican party is the only political party in this city or State which is organized. This party claims a majority in the city, and makes out a strong case in support of lt; but j even if this claim ls exaggecated, none c>inde? ny that the party is very strong numerically. It controls the federal and other official patron? age; it has the prestige of previous successes, and If threatened with attack from without, can, by an enforcement of party discipline, through Union Leagues and otherwise, unUe Its whole strength in a solid mass. The voters outside ol this party are not in any manner organized, their numbers are not. known, tlfey have no leaders of recognized au? thority; they have few objects in common, ex? cept opposition to the present administration, and have no definite policy except to effect a chafue. In this condition of things, doe3 it seem to be a very promising enterprise to beat the drums for way and make a set attack upon the^Republican party ? Will not the very noise ol preparation strengthen that party and throw the control of it into the hands of Rs most ex treme,"and, to .outsiders, most objectionable men ? .Will not the apparent futility of the at? tempt deter many good and prudent citizens from joining in it, and so' Increase the dissen? sions and differences already unfortunately ex? isting ? It seems Impossible, looking at the matter {p. a cold, practical way as business men, to escape the conviction ibji; bad. as things are now with us they would be rendered worse by a pari y contest for the.'municipal govern? ment. Is there no alternative ? Fortunately for minorities, the strength of political parties lies In their internal harmony, an:l that de? pends upon the opposition they encounter from without, so that when'opposition ceases or is uo longer formidable, the dominant party becomes the scene of strife among its own leaders. This law of politics is universal, and the Republican party in this Stale and city cannot escape its operation. Without political opponents the party must divide, and fie Inev? itable resal? of division will be a competition among She sections lor outside support. If, when this competition arises here, the out-1 sldera are still as at present without leaders or organization, their power will 9e frittered away, and their votes be either lest or cast without an effective compensation in the way of administrative improvement: out if the -,'r?at mass of the noo-Republican voters of tSe city were organized, not in opposition to Republicanism, not in suppot t of anti-Republi? can nominees, and not even in support of their own nominees, selected whollj or in part irom the Republicans, as was tried ahd failed in the Reform canvass, but "simply as a solid voting power, capable of being wielded? by a. trusted committee, and engaged to combing with any party or section of a party that casa offer the best candidates and the most satis? factory guarantees, ihe weight and influence of such a body would be practically unlimited, and the rule of the incompetent would depart from us forever. The difficulty in ordinary cases of effecting such an organization ls two-fold. First, in finding suitable leaders, and, second, in keep? ing up the organization without the control ol some patronage. But these difficulties ought to be easily overcome in our case, because there are no political principK involved, and the practical importance of the matter to the business and happiness of every citizen ls suffi? cient to constitute of itself a motive as power? ful as ambition, and a bond of union as perfect as the hope of spoils. There ought to be, and I believe there are among us, wise and saga . clous men, free of self-seeking ambition, to whom could be entrusted the leadership of an independent citizen's party, without fear of the misuse of the power thus confided; and there are, 1 also believe, at le^st four thousand T?ters of sufficient intelligence and public splrlt.to unite in the organization of stich a party on*the express understanding that their votes are to be cast tor whatever candidate their directing committee should indicate. if such an* organization can possibly be formed, and if its iormation is likely to netp us out of our present municipal difficulties, the sooner we set about it 'the better. The sug? gestion is thrown out for the consideration of all interested, and for general discussion. If nothing more promising dr more acceptable offers, and these suggestions are thought to be of any practical value, the initiatory mea sures.can be readily taken. For example, some such plan as this might be adopted : Let the Chamber of .Commerce, the Hibernian Society, the Freundschaftsbund, the Fellowship Society, the Board of Trade and Charleston Bar Association each select and semi three delegates to a^preliminary conven? tion. The convention so formed might then elaborate the plan in detail, and. call mas3 meetings in the several wards, inviting to them all citizens, irrespective of party or race, who desire-lo join the movement.' At such meetings the nature and purposes of the move? ment may be fully explained,' and if a favor? able response is elicited, ward clubs can be formed and a central directing committee cre? ated. Trustiu*,.-'ir. Editor, that this -communica? tion will, at ieast. awaken discussion, and so lead to sotae practical and beneficial action, I am. yours respectfully, A BUSINESS MAN. THE WARD 8 MEETING TO-NIGHT Individ aal Ambition Mast Yield to til? Welfare of tno City. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. We notice a call for the citizens of Ward Nb. S for Wednesday evening. Doubtless meet? ings In ether wards will soon be called. These, meeting} are generally called by friends of and In the interest ot certain outrants lor office. In order that no had results arow out of these meetings called ut too - early stage of the canvass, our cUlzt't.s, those wi n have something at stake, ?iionld attend, and see that, if no good ls aec.u-pllshed, no harm ce done. 'Sb?se wa. * rr.?\elings heretofore have not beer, attended ey 'litse whose Interest it would seem ought ro '.cad them there, but have been left tb the control ot a few, (many of whom have axes to grind,) half-grown troys and wire-pullers from other ward?. Hence li is, that in our nominating conven? tions wc- find among the delegates many who are aspirants for office. Instead oT assisting .to get v.; the best ticket, selecting our ? best and most available citizens for office, they are log-rolling to get nominations for themselves. When the time arrives, the many aspirants.! for the Mayoralty must be put aside. *To suc? ceed, we must harmonize,. All of our speciul friends can't be made Mayor and Aldermen. The various" interests of our city must be re? presented, but that representation must be by representative men of that particular iuterest -men capable, men of brain, of experience, and financial ability, of well known character at home and abroad. If we can't su?jeed with a strong ticket, we certainly can't wliii a weak one. Let us hope that these meetings c.tlled will be attended by the people, and hot left to the manipulation of a lew interested parties, and that wisdom and^moderatloti wiil govern their action. A false step now muy prove disastrous. m WARD 9. JfEWS FROM WAS BING TO v. The Strike of thc Negroes-The Spanish Claims Commissioners-New Stamps Govornor4eott Knows of naKn-Kim in Itie Part (gp the State. ^TWTNGTOX, %ue 6. There were'several demonstrations to-day by negroes. At one point seven were arrested by the pofrce. . The American arrwSpanlsh Claims Commis sion met to-day and considered the rules lor their procedure. When th^se are ?ompleted the commission will adjournj^r two months tu allow claimants to prepare their papers, and to take testimony in acco rdance with the rules. About the 1st of August the ?nH?te; revenue department will issue new stamptfone kind called sensitive stamps, because the acid used to remove cancellation destroys them, and another kind, printed in colors, making pho? tographing impossible. Governor R.^K. Scott, of South Carolina, testiflod before the Kn-Kliix committee to-duy* He said he knew ol no Kn-Klnx in lils part ol the Stite, but believes thatsuch organizations did exist in some counties, it3 object being to intimidate voters in Wi Orr leaves for the South to-night. TB B NEW TORE COTTON EXCHANG E. NEW YORK, Juni- (5. The following are the nev,- officers td the Cbttoli Exchange: President Jehrison;vice president, Wenman; treasurer, Greaves. Man agets-Fuchirl, Hentz, LehmaD, ' Blanden, Ranger, Hanneman, Cornwall, Brodie, Nieter, Tonmihiil, IimaD, Cunningham. Fielding, Dit fuis*a?a Brt wer. FROM NEW ORLEANS. The Ploo'l itecetUng-Suffering in (he Submerged* District. NEW ORLEANS, June u. ' The water in the lake and canals Is receding slow.y. The canal crevasses have been dosed. I Jiie water in the city has receded an inch. [There is much suffering in the overflowed IIs trict. Collections are being made lor the relief of the sufferers. TBE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, June C. Clear weather is probable for Wednesday L?om Pennsylvania to Iowa and Southward, ??nd -ai ney weather will be experienced iVom f|)hlo to Lake Ontario and the extreme Eastern States to-night, with partially cloudy and clear weather on Wednesday. The threatening weather whica ls now prevalent on the lakes ls the remnant of the storm which was at Gal? veston June 4th, and at Key West June 1st. Yesterday's Weather Reporta of the Signal Service, U. S. A. Place of Observation. Augusta. Ballimore.. Boston. Charleston. Chicago. Cincinnati. ?<'.T West,Fla... Motile.:. Nashville. New Orleans New York. san Francisco.. Savannah. St. Louis. Washlugton,D.c. Wilmtngton.N.C ? folk . Guh'.sion. 21.80 91 \V 29.95 K S 29.9-J 78 SW ?J.SO 81 SE 29.6b 77 VV 29.74 *ti S 29.8s 82|S 29.S8 36 SW 29.76 89 NW 29.84 84ISR 29.96 ?1 SE 30.03 741W 29.82 83|SE SBihutaiXW ?\U\ 2?.90)82 29.SS lou 29.92'Sl 29.8'j,'Sl?NE ?Gentle. 'Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fre-li. Light. .Gentle. I Fresh. Gentle. Brisk. Brisk, neu tie. ?Fresh. Fresh. jGentlc. Kresh. Gentle. iFair. Clear. Fatr. Clear. Kair. ' Cloudy. Fair. Fair. LStorm Fair. Clear. IFair. ,Falr. Fair. I Gear. Fair. I Fair. ?CParnp GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. I A FENIAN GATHERING TO PROTEST , AGAINST THE TREATY. Alias Nilsson's Betrothal-The Happy Bridegroom Photographed-The Bride Bound to be un American-A Chapter on Society Papers-How the Yorong .Ven of New York are Angled For Paul Pry Journalism. [FKOJI OCR'OWN COKKESTOXDEKT.l NEW YORK, June 3 The New York Irish are not satisfied with the Washington treaty. They met in mass meeting at Cooper Institute last nigjit to "protest against its ratification." As the treaty has already been ratified and the Senate has adjourned, this protesting is very, much like, locking the Stable d^por alter the content^ have been carried off. The meeting served, however, to give expression to the bottled up wrath of the local prolesslonal orators. The administration came in for a scathing review ter its "ffunkeyism." Fenian-General Halpine said to the audience, "Your right?have been sold and your interests betrayed, and to-night you aie lu the hands of one of the most .des? perate despotisms that ever existed on ihe face of the earth." This statement was so vague that the audience was in doubt If the depotism alluded ^o was the British Govern? ment, the Grant Administration or the Tam? many Ring. Mr. Patrick G. Duffy thought that "the per? mission granted to Canadian fishermen lo fi6h in American waters was" a contemptible sur? render of the rights of New Bhgiand fisher? man." The resolutions condemn the adminis? trai lon for not providing in the treaty for the release ot'the Irish-soldiers who are suffering imprisonment in the penal colonies of.Great Brlialn. Hon. William E. Robinson, ex M. C., closed the proceedings with a ludicrous review of the character ot the Royal family of Eng? land, i tie meeting was very enthusiastic, as all the gatherings cf this warm-hearted, Im? pulsive people are, but now that it ls over everj budy is asking, "what did lt amount to." The society pnpers announce, with a becom? ing flourish of adjectives, the approaching nuptials of Miss Chri.niue Nilsson'and .a gentleman from London. The bridegroom arrived out in the last Liverpool steamer, and ls named Kouzmd. He fell Insiove with the millionaire songstress a couple of years ago, and was lucky enough to lind favor inaner eyes. He is . fine looking, well bred, and twenty-eight, and has chestnut hair and red side whiskers. The twain are lo be one flesh in about a month. Meanwh/eHiey have gone off to N'agnra Falls and Saratoga under the fare of one Dr. Doremos, ol' Fourff avenue. It ls perhftps known to you Unit Nilsson has "declared lier Intention" of becoming an American citizen. Doubtless her affianced has already been io the. Oliy Hall to lake ouf bis papers. Nilsson- says 3he loves this country, and she is determined to live here. She may take a run 'over to the effete Old World occa? sionally, but this ls to be her future home. Jn accordance with HHS feeling, she is puttingthe whole of her Immense form ne Into American real estate. Her agents s".ve purchased ex? tensively in Boston, Chica,.J. Peoria, (Illinois,) and this elly. Perhaps while she ls. in the mood for American investments she might bc persuaded to take a South Carolina plantation or a few lois In the burnt district. The society papers to which I 'iave;Jiist made allusion are becoming a pecnlt. r feature In New York journalism? The old Home Journal ol N; P. Willis and General Morris has lor years been recognized by the belter classes us ihe'organ for fashionable neta*, but the par pers. which have Recently, sprung up are of a much more flashy and sensational character. One ol these boasts of a weekly circulation of 50.000 copies. It records aH the uiairitnoiH'al engagements, balls and parties, and move? ments of individuals In the social, worlds of New Y-.u i*, AS raucn or us information mii3t be obtained after the Paul Pry fashion of key? hole listening and kitchen-girl wh'edling, it ls offensive and exasperating to the peopte whose most private social transactions are thus exposed to public view. Consequently the socieiy paper has become a sort of terror to all decent persons. Your daughter cannot wulk home from church wini a casual gentleman acquaintance but that shit ls jotted dosp by a sneaking reporter, and her engagement io him is announced iu.lhe next issue. If you ask Tompkins and Jones to come over and have a quiet smoke, yoji will be ajgonlshed next week to read of the* ' canminner party-Mr. Smith, of-Forty^u stree?, gave to a few distinguished friends,' with possibly an Imaginary "menu" attached, ti'your wife should go lu the country wi.hout rou. lt ls mere than likely the society paper ?viii hint that she has eloped with the family physician. However much (bia may be disgusting to really respectable people, 'there are a large :iass of ihe community who deem it ali extru irdinary honor to be nnmed in ihe society paper, and who buy it with avidity. These are .he booby young men. who go to parties and bannt the avenue and spend most of their money in clothes. The society paper gets rich on the vanity of these tailor's blocks; The ruanner of securing their patronage ls very .Imple. The editor announevs,.tinder ihe head y\ "Echoes from our best socieiy," that young De Browne is noted for the exquisiteness cd' tils neckties, or that Jenkyns's ?tqiuiine nose is unrivalled anrbng the noses which appear .on Broadway. The "instant this appears, Brown ind J^iiUini rush lo the publication onlce and any a hundred copies euch of the paper,.which tney mall tu their friends ?fcti clio Haltering paragnin i carefully mitrkefMPhe editor Itrke ? inten dollars on ? lils bait. Then, too, tho paragraph advertises the paper. Jenkins is'sure to remark to Jones In ;t careless way the next time he meets him: '?Ah, by the way. Jones, dkl you see that nliu ?ion to my nos'e iu ihe inst.number of Our Best Society ?K Jones is certain to nieutiou to ill his friends Unit Our Best Society is celebra? ting Jenkins's nose, and there is a rush of ^iore fools Tor the pijper to ascertain it their noses are likewise made the subject of edito naleulogv. You see this is purely a mathe Luatlcal calculation. The editor has but toad minister to the conceit of one hundred young men in society weekly, aud he is certain of ?500 in'retara. 'This income is Independent of what lie maj count upou receiving rrom the fellows who go to him opeuly wiih five dollar hills and ask him to mention their "points" in dis paper._ _ _ NT? SHOOTING IN KERSHAW. A Civil Officer Fii-ed Upon. [From Ihe Colombia Union.] A shooting affair i3 repotted as having oc? curred ueur Camden last Thursday, the cir? cumstances being slated as follows : lt. appears that three men visited the house of Trial Jus? tice Joel A. Schr?ck, ol that,county, and upon finding him, all three fired upon him. but miss? ed.- Schreck ran Into the house and seized his gun and returned tjie fire, wounding one of the men so badly that ?mputailou ol a leg has been necessan^nd some doubts exist us to the man's reom^Wg. * Jt is staled qoHKe of the men were dis? guised, and all ftS8}H|pwri. The cause of the difficulty ls reporteoto be the threat of the jus tic i io prosecute one'of the party, who, as re? port slates, is charged by Schlock with being guilty of the seduction of one ol h?3 nieces. Our informant dees not stale whether any of j the pardea have been arrested. Since writiug Hie above, we have heard the following additional particulars, iroiu which it appear? Hm, on the night named, Schr?ck was awaiting the Pegues brothers. As they, were passing the' spot where Schr?ck had sta? tioned liimsell with Iiis gun, they were halted by him, and the eldest of the trio, who was the suspected party, drew his pistol, replying that he was lhere, aud fired twice al Schr?ck? who then returned the fire, the-first parrel woundine C. J. Pegues, a younger brother, through the knee, and the contents of the second barrel were buried In an adjacent tree, behind which the eklest ot the brothers had dodged. After that a third shot was fired at Schr?ck by R. H. Pegues, who then went in search of a physician for his brother, and the firing ceased. The amputation ol the reg of the wounded ?man was made on Saturday, and he ISAS com? fortable as could be expected under the cir? cumstances. It is understood that Schr?ck is perfectly wiring to surrender himself. TBE CONVICTION OF BOWEN. End cf the Trial-Verdict of Guilty Episodes in the Case-The Indictment Lost. The Washington correspondent of the Balti? more Hun writes : The bigamy trial of ex-Oongressman C. C. Bowen, of South Carolina, was concluded Sat? urday afternoon by a verdict of "guilty.7' The closing arguments, made by Hon. A. G. Riddle for the defence and by District Attorney Fish? er for the prosecution, presented no points of special interest, except that during the argu? ment of the former the indictment was sought for and could not be lound, and jhe trial had to be arrested until Bowen consented that a print ed copy, clipped from ope of the city papers, might be used instead. When Judge Fisher spoke of M>s. King Bowen as "Mrs. Peilgru King," this tacit denial jof herright to his name called irom her 6onie manifestations of disap? proval. At the co. Itisloa ol the argument Judge Olin charged the jury that the doubl? marriage had been proved,1 but that the de? fence to the charge of bigalny was two-fold; 'first, a previous divorce; and second, the .de? sertion of Bowen by his first: wlfev for more than five years. As to the first point the Jury were to judge whether the alleged divorce in I*ew York was ever actually obtained, and I hen whether the evidence showed that Bowen was a citizen ol New York at the time of the divorce, and whether proper notice ol the suit had .been given'to the. wife. In re? gard to the other pdlnt, he jcharged the jury that the statute relied upon by the defence woaldavalf Bowen nothing unless the Jury be? lieved that Bowen's first wffe had deserted him, so that after using reasonable diligence he could obtain no Information of her where? abouts. A number of instructions were^asked lor by the defence to the effect that Bowen was not guilty of bigamy in marrying Mrs. King li his first wife had refused to live with him more than five years previous, and he'believed her to be dead. All these prayers Judge Olin overruled^ and the defendant holed excep? tions. The Jury then retired, and, after a short absence, returned into court with a ver? dict of "guilty." Mrs. King-Bowen wa3 much overcome by the result, and had to be led to the marshal's room. Judge Olin announced that o3 the case would go up to the general tennson exceptions, he would, while the case was being reviewed, admit Bowen to ba*] ,n the sum of $2000. Bowen soon afterwards secured Mr. Horace S. Johnson as his ball, and was released. MYSTERIES OF THE TOILET. False Hair - Padding- Tight Shoes Painting the Pace- ."H?bt .lien Paint Pinching tile Hands-What Ugly Peet Men Harre? _ [From the Springfield. Republican.'"" With your kind permission I have a few words to say to that Boston-girl who asks the following'qnestions ofother girls: "Could yon love a man who wore false hair on his head when he had enough of his ?wu ? Who painted his face and improved his form as you Improve (?) yours'? Who'cinched his feet w|th small shoes, his hands* with small gloves, his waist with corsets, and then, as li he had not already deformed himself enou.h, tied a huge bustle lo'hiB back, ana thrust lin v mounrains of wire into bis bosom ?" I am disgusted with yon, Boston, you-or any other girl, whp follows the fashions, and then rails about them, lor tn"erer?s'not a'd?iibt that you are the very personification ol style, from the Jute switch that stfrinonnis your cranium, to the dainty French boots which torture your tiny feet. I hold that it is everybody's duty to look as well as they can, or as their circum? stances wlil admit of; and what would be said of any girl or woman who did not arrange her huir after the prevailing .style, although there are plenty of . lilies who do that, with only their own lnsu. it tresses, without, get? ting any credit for it rts.every one says, "What a splendid* switch;" whose boots and gloves did not set neatly, who wore ill-fitting dress? es; and, supposing we do wear bustles, when they are properly adjusted, iustead of being a tleforuiity, ineyjm: very bp?onilnc. korain nothing injurious about them, and we must have some variety. Women dress to please the men, and there Is uot a man in Christen? dom who has the moral courage to'appeapln public with a lady dressed, however modestly and sensibly, if in disregard of the prevailing fashion. - And when you come right down to .the nicety ol* the point and talk about gelling orfe's sell up to look pretty, -the men use quite as much deception for that purpose as the women, and quite as much time and mouey. lour gentlerrran- pays a barber by the week to keep his hair and whiskers In order, and to brush and clean and tlx him up, and turn him out in the morning fit for his place of business, and at night pre? sentable lor the evening; and a tailor by the year to keep him well dressed. And roil just goto these tailors, lo the "artist tailors"In Temple place, in your own city, for instance, and see what they will tell yon, if yon can per? suade them to teil, of stays and corsets, padded chests, shoulders, and even legs, to which the "liny mountains ol wire," which, perhaps, some ladles wear-allbonuh lor my own part I never saw such a thing-are not .a circum? stance. Men quite as oiten use cosmetics as women. They wash In borax nnd lemon juice, use end? less quantit?s of glycerine and sweet oil. anti can tell the girls secrets about sleeping in kid gloves, and "poulticing hands and ince lo make them white. Perhaps you have not a big' brother. I have, and a" big cousin, bolh of whom delight in looking as Irresistible ns pos? sible, and some of I he mysteries of I he toilet Into which these same lords ol creation have initiated us girls would astonish- you. Why. bless you, Boston.'Wt! didn't even know there ..vtisiiicli n thing as "Pearltina" until they told us. ".Most all the students use ii," says Cousin Tom, who is at Yarahersl; "can't-get along without it, it makes them so fair." And then brother Jack tells who buys cosmetics at Iiis drug store, and il is not the girls. ] know for a certainty of more men that paint their faces'-than I do women-really paint, pink and white; and you can't find one lady lu five hundred that does that. Almost eve'ry lady sometimes uses a little innocent toilet powder, to couuteraci the effect" of soap, and makes no secret of it, but that ls a very different thing from poison paint. Do you sny it is only young clerks and students that are SQ vain? Yon are mistaken. -Vanity is not confined to a class. I have heard a lady say, who for years kept a larsre boarding house for gentlemen, and at different times numbered, professional men, railroad officials, insurance agents, drummers, med?anla?, ?c.. among her patrons, that nearly every toilet table was supplied with paint, and she knew they used it. And no harm In it either, only this uni? versal painting makes one almost fancy that "civilization's a failure, and the Caucasian played out." . ? I like to see fair play. The men need not blame the women for what they are continual? ly doing themselves. "Could you love a man who pinched his leet?" I should Just like to see Boston or any other girlflud a man to love who does not wear boots a full size too small for him.. Did you eser see a man's bare foot ? I wish von could see brother Jack's. . They look about as much like a lady's soft, white, pretty, perfect-shaped feet as they do like mud turtles. Corns here, and dislocations there, bunions on the joints, and the toes- piled up one on top of another, with the ends turned under. And I know by the sly talk I hear between him and his chums about ointments and corn piasters that he is not an exception, Alter making the-lew follies ol the gentler sex their own, in aa aggravated degree, tliese male bipeds assert their manliness by chewing tobacco, smoking cigars, or worse, a nasty pipe, by staggering home several times a week the worse for liquor, by keeping disreputable company of the opposite sex as their own. in? dulging in fast horses, betting at races, playing ut billiards, and squandering their money gen? erally. And it is very little appreciation the wives, mothers, daughters and sisters get for Keeping themselves nice, pure, dainty and pretty, and for doing everything ?i their power to make home pleasant and attractive for them. Boston had better let the men fight their own battles BB they are quite able to do, and if she has anything smart to say, let it be on the other 6ide of the question, 'io be sure her article would not stand so good chance of getting printed for anything down on the women; every editor will give it a conspicuous place, and every mad will chuckle over and read lt aloud to'his lady irlends within hear? ing, and roark the piece and send lt to those ut a distance. Whether my letter is read or noi, I have freed my mind und that is one sat islaction to A SPKIXOFIELD GIRL. . ALL FRANCE TRANQUE. SHALL THE PRINCES RETURNFROM EXILE, M. Thiers'* Speech to the Assembly Sew Ministerial Appointment?--For? tresses in the Interior ot Paris.. VERSAILLES, June 6. . The debate, yesterday on the. right of the Orleans Princes to seats in the Assembly was postponed to Thursday. Favre*wants a simul? taneous decision upo? the verification of the election of the Orleans Princes and the abro? gation of the decree of exile against tlrem. The deputies from the provinces occupied by the Prussians will move a pos tponement of the Orleans Princes'-question until the war debt is paid, and France cleared of Prussians. The following appointments are announced: Lambrecht, Minister of the tfie Interior; Le, Franc, Minister of Agricultuie; Cessy, Minister ol War; Leon Say, Prefect of the Seine; Lefto, Ambassador te St. Petersburg. Tranquillity prevails throughout France. LoNDosyJune 6: The Orleans Princes will decline seats in ?he French Assembly. Auguste Vermorel, a noted Badi cal -journal? ist, ls dead. Diplomats are returning to Paris. VERSAILLES, June 5. The Assembly to-day presented an animated appearance. Many notabilities occupied seats OD the flo ffr. and tbe galleries were crowded with spectators in anticipation of debate upon the right ol the Orleans Princes to seats lu the House. Among the distinguished pen-or? pre? sent were Princeiietterdicb and nearly all the members of the diplomatic corps. President Thiers rose to move a postponement of dis? cussion. He said he had pawed hours in con? sultation with members of the committee hav? ing in charge ike subject waioh now engaged the at te m ion of the Assembly. The com? mittee had acknowledged that it was Im? possible to come to an agreement to-day, and he had requested them aot to hasten their deliberations. He stated that he was very unwell, and begged that the Assembly would consent to postponement irf the question at issue till Thursday; T^e* cofflr?lttee, he said, lavored the simultaneous-df cition on the veri? fication of the elections of the Orl?ans Princes and the . abrogation of the decree of exile against them. * The Assembly agreed to an ad? journment of the debate, '.'he committee ap? pointed to consider what action should be taken in regard to acts of the recent govern? ments of Prance, ?ported ia favor of an in? vestigation into the administration of* the Government of the National Defence at Paris, Tours and Bordeaux, of the government over which Thiers ls President. ' PARIS, June 5.. French soldiers returning from Imprison? ment lu Germany will replace the mobilized guards as fast as they arrive. In Algeria none of th?-Mobile Guards will be retained under arms. The LaUst. PARIS, June 6. Several officers under Ihe Empire have be? come candidates for the Assembly under sup? plemental elections. La Verile thinks all ministers who were members of the govern? ment of September 24 should resign. It also .uxprrsnes opposition to the plebiscite. The fortresses proposed ror tho interior of of Pans have been located at Montmartre and Chaumont. Engineers have already com .mencedwork. THE GROWING COTTON CROP. WASHINGTON, June 6. The Agricultural Bdreau has Issued no esti? mates of the growing cotton crop; no official. report has been made concerning cotton.. ? statement of comparative acreage, and the conditlou of the growing plant, will be made in about t\vo weeks. . THE DOUBLE Jil BT. Scient nie Examination anti Lett arc by Dr. F. Gctcuell. of Jefferson Medical College. The very curious and interesting double baby was mnde the subject of a scientific ex? amination and lecture In Philadelphia, on Thursday, at the Jefferson Medical College. Dr. F. UetCbelL who delivered the lecture, had examined the chi'd ut the museum, and felt so much interested IR it that he procured permission to iutrodtice It before the faculty ol' the college and mecical students. The child was brought into the amphitheatre of the college iu a little er b, nicely adapted to it? peculiar form. The urib was then placed "??- the revolving table, in full view of the amt ?ene?, the body of Un- child bel?g covered bv ueat bed-clothing. At each end of the bed was a bright and pretty ittle face, one being ! plump and cheerful, and the other looking I a Mule thin. Both, 1 owever, were' very sprightly. As the two faces Hay n the crib, they gave lite idea ol two very stic rt babies lying with tnelr heads in opposite directions and their feet In contact. And this idea was strengthen? ed by the liict that whir-j one face was laugh? ing and one set of hands were playing with Dr. Geicheji's pencil, ihe Ieee at the otheu end wore quite a sedate expression, and Its eyes were looking about In seeming wonderment at the movements of the lecturer aud his assis? tants. Subsequeuily the child-or .rather that end of the double child-which had heen laugh? ing and playing, hurt itsulf with, a key which*! hadJn Its hands, and organ to cry, while the face of the olher end began to laugh. When the clothing ?as removed, the two heads and two sets of arms and hands were lound to be attached to one body and joined together. Just as If two separate babies were cut through the middle ana abdomen, just at the waist, and then the two upper halves united at that point. Tiiere Is a fully devel? oped set ol shoulders to each head, aud a fully developed chest or throat to each; but lrom the breast or chest at one end, to the breast or chest at the other, there is only one trunk. Ou one side, the left side of thc plump baby, Ju3t where the waist of the two come together, there are two hips and two well-formed legs, extending at a right angle from the body, like extended arms. These look as if Ihe lower halt of one of the babies, lrom ibe middle of the abdomen down, had grown out of that side, and this part of the body performs the lunctlons for both heads and the half bodies attached. On the other side, also extending from the waist at the right angle, is a long excresence, composed ot the bones and toes of two olher legs, enclosed in one skin, and having the appearance of one deformed leg. The photographs and oilier published pic? tures give a very fair Idea of the child, except as to the two bright, pretty faces which it is a great pleasure to look a1:. It ls the ouly ex? hibited curiosity we have ever seen thai has not been exaggerated in the description of it. In this case the simple truth and facts are so strong that there ls no room for exaggeration.' Dr. Gerchell states ihat the child was born in Miami County, libio, October-12th, 1870. CROP PROSPECTS.-The. cold spell in the eaTly part of tbe past month, followed by drought, has materially Injured early crops. We have made Inquiry lrom every section ol the county, and find that late corn is doing wall, and prospects good. Very little cotton has been planted In ibis county this year the low prices of cotton the past season and ihe disappointment of farmers io n it realizing their expectations lrom the use of guanos and fertilizers"ha3 caused our people to turn their attention more to the grain crop.- Eorry I News. A "SVJi>> SENSATION SPOILED. . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. , CHARLESTON, S. C., June 6,1871. Sw-My attention has been called to an .ar? ticle In THE CHARLESTON NEWS, of yesterday, from the New York SUD, under the heading, ..Impeaching Governor Scott.". Thc follow? ing are extracts : "Lieutenant-Governor Bansier, Frank Moses, Jr., speaker ol the House, General Dennie, of the iurnlture swindle, and a dozen others, re? solved, as soon as Scott had passed beyond tue borders ol the Stale, to issue a proclama? tion over Bansiert name, calling the Legisla? ture together, impeach Scott for alleged mal? feasance in office, Buspend him lrora office, and pass .the celebrated per diem bill, -which was defeated lb March last by 'Scott's ve?to. * * * * It was a beautiful project. Rarrsier was to call In the Legislature the saine day Scott left. As nearly all the mem? bers are in Columbia, or near it, Speaker Mo? ses was tb organize It the next day." Now I clo not know who the writer of this extraordinary article is, nor do I care io know, nor wquld I feel called upon to notice it, but for my official relationship to the Governor. I only uotlce lt, therefore* to say that at least so far as I am con.erned lt is in every particular false, and my impression is that the writer knew lt to be so when he penned it. . Since writing the above, I notice that the imprettion rs made upon the minds of some p?rtles that tl.ere.was much, if no: all, of. trutla in Hie article referred to, because ot my apply? ing to lire attorney-general for bis construc? tion ol the-law bearing upon the duties of my office, &c. .In Justice to myself and to those fentlemen named in the arufle from the Sun, beg td Say that I did so simplv beeause I was In doubt as to whether or hot lt is competent for nie to perform any of the duties of the office ?? Governor lu his temporary absence, and not because, as the public might believe upor>'feading the Sun's article ana my letter to the attorney-general, o? any pressure upon me lu the interest of the schemes referred to in the article. The applications to me for Ex?cutive interference relates", in the main, to private individual Interests. Respectfully,. A.. J. RANSIER. STORM IN GALVESTON. ? GALVESTON, January 6. A terrible storm prevailed here, commen? cing Saturday noon. The wind from the southeast forced the waters of the Gulf on the island, covering to several feet deep the south? ern part of the city. About two miles of the G. H. and H. Railroad Is washed away. Two miles above the city the bridge across chi bay ls safe. The steamship Alabama, of the Morgan line, with a cargo of cattle and sheep, from Rock port to New Orleans, went ashore twenty miles west of here on Sunday, and will proba? bly be a wreck. The bark Virginia Dare, from Cardiff for Galveston, with a cargo of railroad iron, wen*, dowjj. about sjx. miles east of this plac? on Sunday night.. The erew, consisting of four? teen men, were rescued yesterday from tile masts, where they had been lashed Bince three o'clock Sunday morning. Many buildings have been washed away from the lower part ol the city. No Jives lost. The.velocity of the wind on Sunday night, at len o'clock, was thirty-nine miles .per hour. Six Inches ol rain fell since Saturday. I P. M. The storm also prevailed to a great extent at Houston, doing much damage there. Heavy rain storms are reported at all the telegraph stations in the In? terior. SPARKS FROM TEE WIRES. ? -The bodies of the unfortunate Journalists, Spaght and Lodge, of the Montreal Gazette, who went over th? Laobln? Rapius un the - Queen's birthday, have boen recovered. Their iuneral took place yesterday. -A dispatch from Bucharest states that the Roumanian Chambers were -opened by Prince Charles, who met with an enthusiastic recep? tion. -By order of the Pope, a solemn high mass was held yesterday for the assassinated priests. .-From Kingston, Jamaica, we iea.;a that .the prospect for a very heavy crop of coffee Is excellent. NEWS FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK, June 6. The seamen of the British bark.Manitoba had a hearing for piracy. They are to be held for extradition. The ship Europa- from Bremen reports thal on June 3d she saw a bri;; with a signal ol distress; she proved tte J. L. Bowen, hence for Gibraltar, four days out, the crew having mutinied and killed the captain. The chief male lay on deck senseless, with his head badly cut; the second mate had his arm broken and was otherwise badly Injured; and two men and one passenger had also been badly beaten. The captain of the Europa pot one mate on board ihe brig to bring lier back, to New Yoi!:. IME SACRED SEX. ' .. m_ [From the Saturday Review.] WItat constituted the old.sacrednes i of wo? man ? Fpr one thing, her' very confession of weakness; but mainly her unobtrusive life of help and love, the bolinees of her function as mother, the sweetuess of her office as wife. No slanders could invade the home where she was at once queen and guarded; and ?save for the feminine follies which came to th i surface and were fair game for satire, no one despised or scorned her. It has been reserved lor our own day to see women of culture and class refinement publicly challenge the disdainful .attention ol their ase ty an unsextd ambi? tion like to nothing 30 much as the prowess of the Amazons of Dahomey, cr the patriotism of les Dames de la Balle. But-though they have unsexed themselves, and trampled un? der foot most of the qualities whoa have hitherto been their glory and their crown, they have tried to keep hold of tho sacred? ness which was the result of those qualities, wishing to make the best el two slates, and, while usurping the distinctive placett bf men," retaining some of the pleasanter and safer con? ditions of their own. But, above all, they object to adverse criticism, and however monstrous the thing they do, they think they ought not to be plainly spoken to, nor honestly dealt with; lor truth Is an offence to their sacred? ness which* they cannot forgive. They set themselves down before the doors of a medi? cal college, doggedly determined to force their way into the ranks of the reluctant Undents, thinking it no shame for young men and women to study anatomy and physiology to? gether, to dissect dead bodies la concert, to llsteu to lectures on obstetrics anti kindred subjects, sitting side by side on ihe same benches; but they thfnk it horrible brutality when told that their determination ii disgust? ing, and that, if they have lost their d stlnctlve modesty, men have not. They take up a foul question,- which, before their handling, even men discussed among themselves with a cer? tain reserve, but which now-thanes to the unabashed manipulation ol' the Sacred Sex has become a household topic, discoursed on with unblushing freedom by men and women together, lectured on by women to men, and by men to young women; but they are highly offended when rebuked for their freehand ling of moral filth, and maintain that, being women, they should be dealt with tenderly and.spoken of respectfully. They are sacred by the grace of sex; and voluntarily to make themselves scavengers does not in their minds tell against their sanctity. Ii they are unreasonable In their notion that they ought to be allowed to take up a position but not to accept its consequences, so are tnev in their notion as to what posltloo fiey ought to ie allowed to take up, and their ovn fitness for the work they demand to do. Tney ask to have a voice in the imperial councils, but the great servant question, which fa emphatically all their own, ls confessedly in the most unsat? isfactory condition; and the regtiiac.on of do? mestic life, the management ol children, the reform of fashions, and ihe art of getting the greatest amount of pleasure in social inter? course, also queB?ons.exclusively their.own, ar? in a hopeless muddle. The SaCT?TBex which cannot put it? kitehen, its nursery, or its drawing-room In order, nor even'clothe it-r self rationally, thinks lt can help to decide ba "the gravest events of current history, and that ? I ts piping voice tflay beproauiMy-jal8M4u;?t? settlement of the most delicate and Important economic questions.. The better regulation of the army, the provisions o? the budget, the righteousness br unrighteousness ofwar, and the poor laws, the future results ot commer? cial treaties-all these - are . within . its' scope, and great good Is expected from the ap? plication of its Une Intuitions-and delicate per? ceptions in the arrangement of these-matters; but Mary Jane drugging the baby with,a dose of "quietness," that she may slip olit more at .her ease to h?r cousin the Li leg uar dsm an, and cook poisoning the: family: with mistaken herbs and arsenical coloring mattera, are be? yond the functions or the Inowfedg?jof ,fhe mother and the'mlstr?si'txi'prev?ntr' For we must remember that women cannot abolish their duties; they, can only delegate them turn them down from hand to hand t?l .they reach the lowest, which r^rha'ps wilK-refuee/' t henri a its turn, and so throw; them'back to 'the starling!polut..wher? they, onghtto be. Thus all the. cry raised now. for a wider sphere means only, in the case' of married women, that they do not like-their natftVal duties, and that they wa n l- to e h um e i oil to .other; shoulders tbe'asslgned burdeos which they db not choose to carry on their, own. 1 They do not. propose that men should ke?p the house, or that ma? chines should nurse the baby: they -only ask that other women than themselves should do so; and they.c?nfe?s,.wlth cynical "frankness, that they preTer to engross parchment and makeup pilla for mdney -wherewith"fe pay other women for their time, rather than them? selves nurse or educate their own children, or put thought, energy, "or knowledge". Into making the home' happy tad beautiful IOT?US band and family. Lr they rad no other work to do there, would aot be so much to say against their undertaking each of men's work as they could perform creditably and satisfac? torily; b?t we confess that we cannot see the val?e of the present movement, which'?on slsis only In shuting the kind of work, in the . arbitrary degradation bf certain kinds'which nature has made' imperative, and in the Sub* ' stitution of ambition for love, self-glory tor duty, and making for.saving. However, what will be will be. If it is" sb ordained that this uncomfortable phase of active feminine .am? bition hais to be worked through, nothing-that we or any .one else can say will prevent it. But, at least, we may give one note of warn? ing hy the way, and do what'we can to miti? gate the worst of the absurdities resulting. In particular., we 'would urge the incompatibility of the old sacredness with,the pew self-asser? tion, and tbe unwisdom of wincing at satire .voluntarily courted; To run ' with the bare and hunt with the*bounds has been as yet a leat found Impossible with the. best wi?Mn the world; if women are able to unite the cb?rs? - lile of men with ttfe sacredness, of woman hoed, they will hare solved the problem in their own-favor. But until ?he new phenome non 4s made. manliest, we. .must .take the liberty of questioning Its pbsalbillty, and pf maintaining that if the Sacred Sex wishes to . remain. the sacred-sex still, it most not offer ltse? eis a mark for public discussion on a more than questibnabje Une of action; If lt wishes to keep ihead whole, lt must not thrust it where blows are falling; .and it lt likes clean Angers, lt must not touch jil tea. THE E BOSE EOT FOB CdXTtWT. A Dismal Report. ' rFrom the Montgomery'Advertiser.] - We referred brlefiy yesterday tothe crop pros? pects tn Northeast Alabama, atf.we saw them . two weeks ago. Since, then we have overlook? ed a large mail with a view to ascertaining the opinion of the preSS concerning the out? look tor the plant?is in - other parts of the State and communicating them to ihe public; but the record was everywhere so nearly the same, and told such woful tales et failure, dla .aster and threatened ruin, thar, we .cnnnlndbd lo epitomize the whole in one grand. summary Ot-rams, grasSj . and almost unprecedented sorry prospects for the cotton crop. Bb nubh for Alabama: ' . - In North Carolina the failing off in cotton planting reaches fifteen per conti Weather cold, wet and unfavorable. Cotton unusually poor. . ' ' South Carolina has one-fifth less'cottonun? der cultivation this year -than she had last. Weather worse, if anything, than ia .North Carolina. Crops very inferior "and unpromte: Georgia decreases her acreage about fifteen per cent, this year. Crop -about the same as in Alabama. - Mississippi falls off 12 per cent, this year id acreage. Weather unusually - unfavorable!, Prospects gloomy aad cheerless. - ^ .. Arkansas-about the same as Mississippi. . Louisiana-decrease of acreage 10 per cent. Weather not so unfavorable as in dtber'South ern States. Prospccts'for cotton, however, not very fine. Texas not heard from. The total decrease? of the acreage in cotton in the Southern States lsabout*one million of acres, equal to about twelve or thirteen per cent, of toe total num? bers of acres in cultivation last year. Thia ought to be equivalent to a decrease'of300,OOO bal es-from last year's crop, according to a rate twenty per cent, lower thao^he rat? -of pro? duction that prevailed throughout the.- -South last year. Admitting that the remaining lands-the lands now in cultivation-will tum . 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