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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE SENTENCE OF BOWEN. THE PRIS OXER '8 PIN AZ PLEA. His Explanation of the Bigamy j Ch urges-A Scene m Court-A "Wife'? Devotion-Mr?. Petlgru King Bowen Wishes to Share her Husband's Im? prisonment-The Sentence-The Priso? ner Taken to. Jail-He Hopes for a Pardon. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jtine 13. Upon opening of the; Criminal Court, this morning, ex-Congressman C. C. Bowen, con-^ victed of bigamy, in whose case the motion for a suspension of sentence was argued yes-: terday, appeared in court with Iiis latest wi?e, Mrs. Petigru King Bowen, and Messrs. Riddle ' and Moore, of hie eounse.1.- The hour beiDg early, there were but few spectators In the court-room. JUDGE OLIN'S DECISION. Judge Glin said this is a motion to suspend the seni tpnee of the law in this case, and, as a consequence, to let the prisoner go at large on bail until the exceptions taken af the trial ar? disposed of by the court in bane. I have byard a somewhat protracted argument on this question, conducted with much research and learning. The conclusion at which I have arrived, after a careful examination ; of this * question, ls that it is my duty to pronounce T the sentence of the law upon the verdict in this case. Possibly this court has the power to suspend passing sentence " lor any crime charged in an indictment after the verdict of cullty by the Jury, but from all the authorities it is, I think, clear that such a power should never be exercised unless it was Clearly and raanilestly apparent to the court that iojustice bad been done the defendant. S>nce the trial ofthis case. I have carefully reviewed the ex ceptions taken on the trial to my rulings, and I am unable to discover any error in them, and so believing, I think iL my duty lo pro? nounce the senteuce of the law. There ls another question incidentally in? volved in tliis case which I do not decide, and that is, whether upon pronouncing sentence in ibis case, and ween a bill of exceptions has been ?lied, a Judge of this court may not sus? pend the execution of tbe sentence and let the party to ball until the questions raised by the bill ol exceptions have been settled by the court in bane. This question I do not decide. I am ol the opinion if I hare power to sus? pend the execution of the sentence, any Judge of this court has the. same power, ana as I have come to the conclusion that I committed no error on the trial o? the cause, an applica? tion-to me to suspend the sentence would be unnecessary. The Judge asked : "Do you wish to say any? thing, Mr. Bowen, in addition to what your counsel has said ? If so, you can hare the privilege or doing so." HR. BOWEN'S REMARKS. Bowen arose, and as he did so Mrs. King*Bowen conrulsively clung to bim, bat finally he persuaded her to take her seat, and . said: Ii your Honor pleases, I am aware that per? haps anything ? can Bay'would hare nb effect-' I will say thin, and perhaps all that I shall say: In this transaction I took the step that I did-, last August in good faith, and for several rea- ' sons: First, I had relied upon the record I bad ! obtained In New Tork; and here let me say to my friends that If there was anything wrong in that record lt was the fault of those parties, who took my money add obtained that record in 18C5. If your Honor will bear with me one moment I will go over that point, as p?chaps it ls tb? last time I shall say anything ufcon this question : i The entry made In that book, and the testi * mony, unimpeached, ia this court, as it stands to-day, ls that the whole entry, though there - are erasures there, waa in the handwriting ol' one person, corroborated by the expert that the assistant district attorney hImself put upon, the stand. Further than that, the clerk testi? fied that it was in the handwriting of the clerk' in that office who died three years ago. That testimony stands to-day uncontradlcted. One step further and 1, am done, so far as that re cord ls concerned. One year ago she (point- ? lng la tbe'dlrectloa of his wire) enclosed her money to the clerk of that court, and .obtain- ( ed a copy of that decree, and on that copy sue < got married. IP THE RECORD IN NSW TORS WAS WRUNG, lt is the fault of those men, and the way they do business there. I am now done, so far as the record is concerned. .Outside of that, the act of Congress, which I had seen and read, and which I had shown te lawyers, there was but one universal opinion In regard to. They all said that that covered the case. Much was ?lld about my A BAS PON 150 THE WOMAN IN AUGUSTA. Il I &>uld hare opened my mouth,' I could _ have shown perhaps why the abandonment or desertion took place. But my mouth was closed; so was hers. f"will say this much: I would hare been willing to have had ber open her mouth upon that .question. Whatever may hare happened in 1852- the difference between us at that-time I -do not plead as any extenuation A BOT OS 18 ANn A MOTHER OF 3Q - I say I do not mean that/ Working for a liv ins:, toiling every day, was I to sit down there in that little town and 'starve to death ? Whe-a I went was she to go with me ? If she did not go, whose lault was it? This could have been shown. I made every effort that I could make in 1862. I made what might be called the last -I sent a messenger to her trying to settle this difficulty. It was pot Into her hands; though, when- the messenger weat and knocked at the door, he was told that no such person lived In the house. Alter persistent Inquiry, he found a person who saki ' HER NAME WAS FRANCES EICKS, and that perhaps the letter was intended for her. Wheo she was told that the letter was irom me, and that I waa stopping at a -hotel in the very town, she said: "jake the. letter back; I want nothing more to do with him. Tell him to 8^nd me no more messages." The next day I sent again, and with a. similar re? sult. That la the testimony in th'is case. The district attorney says that! could have found the woman: that I could bare gone to her at Augusta. Grant that I could., bul had I auy encouragement at any time'after that that I would meet with any better reception ? Was I to go there and force myself Into the house 2 Nay. no ! But lime passed oo, and, as I say,. El 18<*5 THE DITORCE WA8 GRANTED. I troubled myself no farther. I did not secrete myself. I did not run Away; but, within one h attired miles of that woman, I sat down in puWic life; and she (Mrs. Hicks,) nor any ot her friends, caa to-day say she ever, made an loquiry; thatshe ever opened her mouth, not? withstanding the newspapers* were Ailed with my nam?-?roin day today, being twice elected to tbejpositlon which I had the honor to All on-the hill (the capitol.) This woman NEVER OPENED HER MOUTH all this time. When I made up my mind to. get married, the newspapers heralded it all over the country. It was shown tha*t no one had any claim upon me-, for no one said a word. They all stood mute, and when inquiry was made of the very man who took the stand -Hatcher-when Inquiry was mude of him he denied to the counsel in Augusta that he knew ani thing about lt; and here let me say that, so faros MALICE AND PREJUDICE is concerned, I do not wish to say anything about that, though I could say much Buuut flee it to say that this prosecution-ii you are pleased to call lt that-grew oat ol this, and ibis alone. I stood In the way, politically,- 01 someone. I must be gotten out of the way. Ina few moments more THE SCENE WILL CLOSE, (with head bowed, evidently.muck affected.) ?5o far as politics is concerned, this is atan end. They did not go to'this woman at the com? mencement ot ihls prosecution. They traced up some one else. They came here and got un indictment. It made but little difference upon what I was convicted, so long as I was gotten out ot the way. A WOMAN BT THE NAME OK PARK was lound, who bad Bald, previously to thar, in her own handwriting, that sba. had no claims uponane. On that Indictment I was put on Icial in this very room. At the very time tnaxl was put .upon trial the district attorney I ia?--: In bis hand the same evidence that be hud here; and while he sat here holding that evi? dence be urged ray conviction in the Park case on the ground that Mra. Park was my lawful wife. Hatcher and Christian, the two witnesses In the last case, wereconcerned nene In the first; but not a word did they say. Why, then, did Hatcher not Bay, "I have an aunt in Augusta who feels aggrieved ?" No, but there he sar, saying to himself, "So long as this man can be convicted, go on.:' They failed in their conviction. In less than an nour niter that failure I waB arrested npon a warrant in the case of Hicks, and Trom that time down-to this lt has been going on. I AM TIRED AND WORN OUT with this pursuit of me. The whole combined South at one time Attempted-to fight the Gov? ernment of the United States. They con? tinued- lt for lour years, and fayed. It is use les.'-, it is foll.? for any one man to attempt tha'. One raati, without money, and, perhaps, only a limited number of Iriends, to cope with this government in a prosecution- of this or anv O? her kind. I Bay it is impossible. They p?? iheir spies. They p y their men. The? ransack the country fain one end to the other, having all the money needed at their command, j n this I do not mean to cast any Imputations or reflections upon the district attorney .or his assistant I only say that I am tired and worn, out. A new trial ls spoken of. I do not know that I have any. assurances ol' any .better rer Buir. Not that I have acted wrong in this case Intentionally, jour honor: but sent to prison nt this lime, what could 1 hope it anew trial were granted this fall, aud Treturned here . WITHOUT MONET, WITHOUT FRIENDS, aud was put upon my trial for the second time} These gentlemen (district attorney and. Iris assistant ) having the privilege and the means of roaming the country tn hunt up all sorts of witnesses, it seems to me that I could Dot hope, for a.much better result. lu conclusion, I say that whatever punish? ment may fall upon my head, I .stand here to receive it. From the commencement of this affair I have-not shrinked. ' I MARRIED THAT WOMAN (pointing:tc his wile) last Augustin good faith. Though the laws ot the country may annul, that, I have a firm belief that the-laws ol God never will. Wbea Whatever punishment that may be inflicted by this court shall have been served om. if we are spared (turning to his wife, who rises and receives bis extended hand) I return to her. [Mn?. Bowen here .clung closely .to her .husband-] Jira. Bowen in a moment or two resumed her seat, at the request of her husband. Mr. Bowen continued. I contend, or did, that that statute ol limitation was a sufficient bar to the action of bigamy. I agree with your Honor that If it had been proved; here that I had deserted that ?roman In Augusta", ano gone off, .that that statute would hot have ap? plied. But such is not the fact. Sitting down within one hundred miles of that woman, and ehe refusing to communicate with me, she never making a solitary inquiry lor me during that 'fife years." I say that that statute was a sufficient bnr (o the indictment that was ob? tained here In this court. One word more, and I am done. To these gentlemen who kindly offered to go my bail, I am much obliged. I have acted by them, as 1 have In this whole transaction, tn good faith. To-day tiley are relieved. I am truly gratefut to them. Now. your Hone, I ara "done. Pass your sentence. You know the case and the cir? cumstances that surround lt. - THE SENTENCE?. The Court. The sentence of the' -court is, Bowen, that you be confined tor two years in the Albany penitentiary. ? . A WIFE'S BEVOTION. . Mrs. Bowen, clinging closely to her hus? band, in a feeling, manner said In a fl rm-yat gentle voice : "IT rf e did it, I did lt. If he Js te oe sentenced, please sentence me. You nave, no right, your Honor, before God Almighty^ to visit punishment upon him alone for what I did also. Wi til that record fn my baud I stund before this court and before my God. I pro? cured lt. It was obtained in good faith. If Ir? regular, if invalid, we are not in fault. Oh, sentence me. I cannot part from him. He Is (oo pure, too good. You know him not; I' do know. him. ? ** FfNE AXD IMPRISONMENT. The Couru Madam, I have a duty to per-, form here, and, while.I sympathize with jouj from the bottom of my heart, I must still per? form that duty. Tn addition, Mr. Bowen, to the Imprison? ment for two years in tfie albany penitentiary, you will pay a fine of $250. I hope the war? den of the Jail, if you ire committed to his custody, will postuoue tho execution ol the sentence until you nave an opportunity to ap? ply to some of my brethren on this bul of ex? ceptions for* a stay of the execution of the s enterte. I may be mistaken, I do not prc ' ft'ss to be unerring about this, but I have given my best Judgment to it. The case is BO sod that lt draws blood from the heart. You are a man ot great Intelligence. You are surround? ed lu such a way that it is sad to be compelled, as I think I am compelled, to' pass* the sen? tence of the law. I wish from tue bottom of in y heart that lt were otherwise. But I have brought my best Judgment to the case. The law must be administered, however big? your social position may be, and however sorrowful the surroundings may be.* If I bad any doubt abocft the .rightfulness-ot the verdict, I might hare taken another course. But I dp not see howl could do it... While I sit here I must perform my duty as I understand it. . BOWEN* IN JAIL. The prisoner' and his wife ' then resume* I heir sear, and clung to eacli other, both .sob? bing audibly. The court was then adjourned, j and Mr. Boweu was directed by the marshal to. his offices where he was followed by .Mrs. Bowen and one or two personal friends, and waited long enough lo receive his letters from the capitol, wheo, .the commitment.having been made, out, he was escorted to jail in a carriage by Bailiffs Sprague ana stahl. On arriving at the Jail he was soon Joined by Mrs. S. P. K. Bowen, who rode over In lier carriage He was met at the entrance by Warden Crocker, who assigned him a cell in the second story ol the building, the one iormerly occupied by Edwins, the treasury defaulter, lt is sparsely furnished, containing ono or two wooden chairs and a straw mattress on a bunk. During the after? noon Mrs. Bowen remained with him. In the evening he was .called upon by a number ol lils friends. Mr. Bowen stated that his irieudr.. would apply for a pardon, aud expressed strong hopes that they would be successful.' ?? ?? i fi i CATTLE WASHED AS SORE. NEW.ORLEANS, June 13.. Several hundred English cattle have beer, washed ashore at C?te Blanche Island, dead. It is supposed from some vessel lost during the storm of Friday. REWS FROH SEW TORE. NEW York, June 15. ' The committee of the Methodist Book Con? cern waa convened la-day for the trial sf Dr. La?ar?an, one ef the book agents. Tue Marshall Hose Company ot Savannah, here on a visit, go to Bo.ston to-night* THE WEATHER THIS HAT. WASHINGTON, June 15. Cloud; and threatening weather will proba? bly be experienced on Friday in Missouri and Arkansas. No important change ls indicated lor the Gulf, Atlantic and takes. ? Yesterday's Weather. Reports or tUc Sl-gnul Service, TJ. S. A. Place ol Observation. Augusta:. Baltimore. Boston. Charleston. Chicago. glnclnna'i. .K-y Weat, Fla.. Mo-ile. Nano ville. New Orleans... New York., San Francisco., Savannah. St. Louis. Washing'on, D.C. wilmiu^ton.N.C. Norfolk ,. Galveston. THE SAGE OFLIBERTT HALL, I TWJ3 HOURS WITH ALEXANDER H. S TE i 'JIBS S. His Views on Politic. -He Doi-g Not Accept Un- .Situation -r- Th ink-, th? Constitutional A mc ml inesita Void Belier?. Despotism will soon bc Esta? blished. [jorrefp'JDdence of. the Sew Tcrk Tribune.] CRAWFOROBVILLE, Ga., June 4. This is a straggling, shabby, dirty Southern town, of perhaps 4.00 or 500 inhabitants. The streets are without sidewalk?, and tedestrlans take their choice between walking in the mud _ or dust of the roadways or among the rank weeds .that fill the broad space3 be tween the wheel-tracks and the fences. The decayed frame houses were painted 6o long ago that they now Bhow no traces ol paint.. This ls the county town ol the County ot Taliaferro-a name thal has degenerated, in the mouths ol the people, Into Tolllver-?nd in the centre ol' a weed-overgrown square in the lown there ls a lillie ugly brick courthouse* but no business seems to be transacted lulu Around the square stand four or five stores, with large vacant spaces between; each store lias its complement of ball a dozen dirty,' yel? low-faced loafer3. -in. butternut pantaloons', coarse colton shirts, and broad-brimmed slouched felt-hats,.who were hanging about the doorway and chewing tobacco ifs vigorous/ ly as If that were the chief business of life. The,rude little tavern has no outward Indica? tion ol' readiness to furnish entertainment, ex? cept a much-whittled bench upon the porch, and a wash-basin and towel for public ni rf. There ls a church or two, but no nubile school, no newspaper, no telegraph office, although ihe wires rim through the place, amt no par? ticular sign of-modern* civilization except the van of a travelling photographer established hmong the weeds on ihe.square. On Hie outskirts ot the village, across the railway track, is Liberty Hall, (the residence, ol Alex. H. Stephens, late vice-President cd the Southern Confederacy,) so named, u?t with any reference to the mansion of lue hos? pitable old fellow in Goldsmith's comedy, but io Indicate the interest ot its owoer in the cause of human liberty; for even here In t?u? South, lu the old days ot slavery, men talked, with, enlbiislasin about liberty, meaning, of course. Che liberty of the while race. Liberty Hull-is a plain waite farm-house, with a large sloping lawn In iront, shaded by locust trees and numerous negro bouses, and other out? buildings ut the side and in ihe rear, all fresh? ly painted. A sprightly mulatto girl took In my cardt and returned at once to tue porch to escor?me through an arrow half, past a little, plalply-iureisbed parlor, through a large room watled around from floor lo celling - with books, and into a-room at the back of the, house.' Here I found a" little withered, wrin? kled old mao, With wouderluiJy bright brown eyes, while hair, and a ira me BO emaciated, that it seemed to be literally skin and bones. He wore a homespun suit ol butternut color, and fiad an old black felt hat upon hie head. This perocn was Mr. Stephens. He half-rose as' I entered, and extended a hand so gaunt) and fleshless, that ft did not seem to be Hie banu ol a living man, aud Immediately afterward be sank back into his easy chair.- At bis rlgnt band stood a round table, piled up with a con? fused heap of books, letters, newspaper*, manuscripts, and writing materials. A pair ot crutches leaned against the wall on the oilier sk'e of bis chair, and be rested his feet on tile rounds ol unother chairt io which lay an ugly','iat, brindled dog,' lhat the files would not allow io sleep. There were two beds in the room, a bureau covered with boitlea ot everv size and shape, containing medicines and liquors, and a grate in which ? coal ?fire was burning, although lt was a warm Juue day. A single picture, representing Faith btuoding by the cross, hung above the mantel, which rivalled the bureau In ils array ol boi]les. 'There were niles ol books upon the floor, and articles of clothing scattered about the room. Mr. Stephens said he was always glad ' to see -visitors and to talk upon public affairs, but that be invariably insisted that correspondents who called upon him.should not publish what he said, because be had no wish to be brought before the public. This prohibition 1 auer? ward prevailed un him to modify so far as td consent that. I might mention whatever he should say that had heretofore been made pub? lic, and tie (old hts nephew, a young man who came in while we were talking, to give me a copy of an Augusta paper, which Le sal dcor.- j tamed an authoritative statement Ci- his views ai> lar as he wished them to be knecmb Mr. Stephens denounced the Republican ' leader-fin the strongest terms as guilty of "the i most outrageous perfidy" in prosecuting the , war for the avowed* purpose of .restoring the. Sorfthern States to their old places In the' Union, and then, when they had triumphed, ; refusing lo let them take those places, denying ? them the rights ol' sell'-goverrimeut and repre? se nial lou In Congress, putting them und ey .1 bayonet rule, and afterward reconstruct lug I them by upi outing all ihe foundations of their ? society,-ditqiutlfljing all men of intelligence and property from holding office or voting, and placing their governments in the hands of 1 the Ignorant and vicious. He spoke ot the* ; Kepubi ?cans as Jacobins without conscience or , consistency, whose purpose was to establish a centralized, despotic "government, and to de- 1 si roy the liberties Of the people. All of the re? i construction legislation of Congress lie belie v- . ed to be unconstitutional, frnrimrient and void. The XII Uh amendment he admitted to be val- 1 ld; because it had been milled by the righlf.nl j goveruineuls-of the Southern Slates- the gov. ', ernmentR ile jure, and not the governments de facto afterward established by bayonets. The XlVih and XVth amendments he claimed weri? lto patt of Hie constitution, because their pre? tended ratification had been effected by force and fraud. They were not resuhs of the war, as the Radical leaders falsely .claimed, but were conceived alter the war waa over, as i apart ol' the scheme of centralization which those leaders' bad concocted to keep t hw- . selvesMn power. He did not hold ihe XVth amendment tb be invalid became he opposed 1 negro suffrage, butbecause of the usurpations -and outrages upon the coustitntloh by which lt . was wrongfully adopted. He did not be- ' Here Uio ballot would ever be taken from the J negro U the XVth amendment was declared void, and the control of the1 suffrage placed . where 11 rightfully belonged,, under Ihe-exclu? dive Juriscflcilou ol the Suites.. In such a case, il ll should be proposed to deprive the negroes of Hie fi?a?hise, the win t? man would divide into two . parties upon the- question, and the> one .hat opposed ihe "measure, with the aid of the votes ol the negroes, would carry the day. But Ihe fact t hat universal suffrage was BO firmly established did not. he said, lessen the duty of all lovers ot constitutional liberty to oppose the XVth amendment This-usurpa lion should never be ??ermined to pass without proper rebuke and condemnation, even by those who favor Hie object aimed at by it. The de jure governments ot the Southern States, he said, areatill in a condition cl repression, and. he declared that tho history of no couniry shows grosser or/more palpable usurpations of power, or more glaring acts of wrong, vio? lence, fraud and perfidy on the part of those in authority than we*?e committed by the-Repub? lican party tn the passage ol the so-called amendments and the reconstruction laws. Mr. stephens talked for more than an hour in this manner, rehearsing all the old argu? ments with which Democratic orators and newspapers have made people too familiar for the past tWc years. In answer to an In? quiry as to'what he thought of the New De? parture of the'Northern Democracy, he read me a copy ol a long letter recently sent to a friend-ia Pennsylvania, who had asked his opinion of the platform lately adopted by the convention in lhat State. The letter express? ed very positive opinions, and these' he en Iargen upon in conversation, but he especial? ly desired me to make no mention of his views upon this subject, as he wished that they should not-be made public, and had cau? tioned his Pennsylvania friend not to let his letter get Into print. He expressed the oellef that the movement toward centralizing power. In the General government, whloh he said wa3 going; on' with cbnstartlly accelera? ted rapidity, would end In destroying all the power and independence of the states, and next tbe liberties of the peo? ple. This, he said, was the deliberate purpose ?of the Republican .leaders, and he jouk.-d.for its speedy accomplishment One pretext aller another would be found to invade the liberties of the people, and deprive ihem of the light ot selt-governmcnt.- "1 may not live to seo it,'' he saki, "but you are young, and will yet witness the downrau ot Republican government In this country, and the establish? ment of a centralized despotism." Unlike Mr. Toombs, Mr. Stephens .does not believe that another war is possible between the North and South, and he thinks a remedy-for the evils of which he complains can be reached only through peaceful means. He said he be? lieved the Democratic party could yet save the country lt it would-make an earnest and solemn appeal-to the people at the next Presi? dential election, warning them ol the plot to destroy their liberties. Jf this were done, he was confident that there was yet honesty and Beuse enough among the people to cause them to rise and "hurl the Jacobins from power,' as he expressed lt.. ? ' In the course" of the conversation a negro man came in, presented Mr. Stephens with a basket of apples, and asked his advice* about Beliing his peas at the present market price, after he had gone, Mr. Stephens said that all his former slaves still lived upon his place, and worked the land on shares. He lound it more profitable than slave labor. The negroes" divided tie crops themse?veB and brought him his share. He depended entirely upon their honesty, and did not believe they deceived him. The negroes were, not as well off lor comforts as la the days ofjslavery he said; they were bot as well clothed, fed or housed, bu', he presumed they preferred freedom to slavery with more coinfortti In'one of the brlgl intervals in his political talk, Mr. Stephens spoke of the civilization of Georgia before the war as the highest ia the world. Pauperism, he said, was almost .unknown, and lu all his practice at' the. bar he had only known one case of deliberate murder; but he admitted that cases of k'tlllngMn quarrels were frequent. Nearly all of our two hours' talk was on the political topics indicated above-I should say, rather, his talk; lor most of the time Mr. Stephens seemed nearly oblivious ol the pres? ence ol his auditors. With bis eyes fixed upon oue point on the wall, he would talk as steadi? ly and consecutively as il repeating h well learned oration, and- he seemed Impatient ol' questions or any Interruptions,, It was as if he were rehearsing Item memory the chapters of his book, and felt bound to get through with them all. Sitting in his disordered room *snr rounded by a. contusion of old books, manu? scripts, bottles, vials, and' ancient furniture, and discussing questions many of which were lung since settled and are nearly forgotten, he seemed to be a.sort ol necromancer trying to revive the spirit of the dead past. He has been an invulld ibr the psst two years, and ts obliged to use crutches in walking. He never expects that his health will per? mit him to agulu luke any.pan la public nie. In spite of his infirmities, however, ho makes blB iuduer.ee widely felt by means of conver? sations with men who come from all parts of the South to-see him. Scarcely a day passes i hut, he does not receive visitors from a dis? tance. Ia this way he keeps up hla acquaint? ance with public men ihroughuut the South, and ls still potent in controlling the action of the Democratic party la this Slate, and, to some extent, in all the Southern Mates. Prob? ably uo man In Georgia wields the influence liait he does-whh the class thal still refuse to accept -tne?rtluulion. The -people of the vil? lage have a great reverence for him, and seem to rely upon him for advice and assistance. His charity and kindness ol heart are prover? bial in ail the country round, and bois beloved alike by white ujwn and negroes, who, when In trouble, come long distances to'get bis coohsel. F a o >p rc r s of TH* COTTON CHOP WASHINGTON, June 16. The department: of agriculture bas received returns from nearly three hundred couutles, representing the most productive districts of e?ch o? the cotloh States, and showlug the comparative average and '.he condition of the crop on the drat of June. A diminution la the area planted lc cotton appears la every Stale except Florida. The most careful analy? sis of Ihe returns, with due regard in making averages Lei the extent of colton production lu the respective counties, gives the following percentage of reduction In comparison with last year: Virginia 30 per cent., North Caro? lina 14, South Carolina 13, Georgia 12, Alaba? ma 13, Mississippi 15, Louisiana 8, Texas 14, Arkansas 16, Tennessee 12. These Slate averages are reduced to a general average. Tue assumed acreage of the respective States being aa element in the calculation, will place the reduction of the cotton crop ol 1871 as compared with that of 1870, between 14 and 15 percent., equivalent to nearly a million and a third of acres. This would -leave between s?ven and a hall and eight millions of acres as the present area In cotton. The average yield bas nor in former years exceeded 150 pounds per acre; that for 1870 was more than 200 pounds. The condition of the growing plant is below an average lo nearly every Slate. The spring has been unusually wet, md cold, retarding the growth, causing many of the plants to turn yellow and die, and ob? structing the cultivation to a large extent. Replanting has refilled the vacant spaces 3f Imperfect stands. The weather has recently been more favorable, and it is xrt Impossible that an average condition may be obtained by the commencement of .he picking season. The condition of cotton ia July of 18C9, a year favored with an abun? dant yield, was only a Utile better than the showing for this time of the present year. Whiie the prospect ls slightly unpromising, there is nothing In it pl a decisive.character. The percentage Oelow an average, condition ls respectively as follows : North Carolina 10 per cent., South Carollua 8, Georgia 18, Alabama 17, Mississippi IC. Louisiana 10, Texas 7, Ar? kansas 17, Tennessee 10. In Florida the con ilillon ?8 three per cent, above an average. An official estimate of the ullimale result so early in the season would be an absurdity. The influence of future rains, floods, frosts und insect enemies cannot be calculated in ad? vance'; but in view of the extremely favorable circumstances affecting . the crop last year, there cannot be expected In the present yearv upon a reduced area, a cr,op exceeding three, and one hall millions of bales. An early frost or the prevalence of insects,.or a very unpro? pitious season, might reduce the yield lo three millions, and a still further reduction ia possi? ble in the union or severity ol several of these causes of failure. DE ATS OiF COMMODORE TAT IN ALL. SAVANNAH, June 15. Commodore Tatlnall died last nltjltf, aged seventy-six. He w?t be buried at the place ol bis birth, Bonaventure, four miles lrora this city. The City Council are now in session ar? ranging for suitable public funeral honors. TSE SAVANNAS FIREMEN'S TRIP. Kaw YORK, June 13. The steamer Magnolia arrived to-day from Savannah with.the Marshall Hose Company on board. In deference to the wishes ol the "Aar. shall Hose Company, there waa no public re? ception, nevertheless the pier was crowded With many gentlemen connected with the local fire department and many othere, whoaccom panied them io the Merchants' Hotel. After a stay of three days here," during which a varied and Interesting programme will be gone through, .including excursions to places of in? terest in ihe neighborhood, and the presenta? tion of a lire banner, which' banner the com? pany will display on the occasion of the Boston and Charlestown parade on the 17tb, the cele? bration of the ceremonies of the battle of Bun? ker Hill-the Marshalls will leave for Fall River station, where they will be received by the Ked Jackets, and welcomed by Mayor Kern and other Charlestown and Boston officials. THE INTRIGUERS KEBUKEU. M'MjiHOJf HSSIRBS io RESIGX. The Reserve Corpa Dissolved-The Fa Ulan Between the Orl?aniste and Le? gitimists Incomplete-Tiic French.not Disposed to Reopen the Roman Question-The - Pope** Jubilee-Dele, g?tions Arriving. LONDON, June 15. * The.Tinres' special says McMahon desires to resign command of the army. The Reserve Corps has been dissolved, and Donay, its com? mander, retired from office. Twenty-four thousand persons arrive at Paris dally from the North. The Gaulois says the fusion of th& 0rleanl3ts and-Legitimlsts is yet incomplete. . PARIS, June 14." A Republican manifesto which appeared tor day is Bigned by eighty-oae^deputies of the Left in the Assembly. 'It accuses the mon? archist drputl'es of not keeping the agreement made at Bordeaux, whereby it was stipulated ? that partisan politics should be avoided, and charges that the Legitimist-members from the provinces are intriguing lorthe restoration of monarchy, and for intervention in Italy in favor of the Pope. Many Communists prisoners were discharg? ed to-day for want of evidence against them. Le TempB remarks the French* bishops are actively moving for the reinstajement of the Pope in bis temporal power. " The administration respecta the rule forbid? ding work on Sundays. All the Journals approve the coming visit of the Assembly to Paris, and regard it aa the first approach to genuine reconciliation with the Parisians. BE it LIX, Jane 14. The committee ia charge of the donation bill met'to-day, and was addressed by Prince Bis? marck on the subject of its labors. The bill was iheu adopted, with an amendment, under which the Emperor will distribute 4,00O,M0 tlialera among generals and .statesnv.a who. achieved the resal?s ol the war. The Bank ol Prussia has-been authorized lo establish branches at Alsace and Lorraine. . Emperor .William congratulates the Pope upon the occurrence of his Jubilee. .The German Parliament unanimously sanc? tioned grants made'by the Crown to relatives of reserves and landwehra who fell-during the war. The bill malting special grants to gen? erals and statesmen who achieved the resulta of tbe wac also passed. Prorogation of Par? liament will probably take place Thursday afternoon. VERSAILLES, June 15. The manifesto of the deputies ol the Left, protesting against the intrigues of the Mon? archists, ls generally approved, bot the radical address to tbe votess in Paris creates a bad impression, -because lt endeavors to excuse the Commune. The press generally, with ihe exception ol the religious journals, ridicule the efforts of the French bishops to commit France to the restoration to the Pope of his temporal power. They pronounce, the ques? tion settled, and declare that France cannot interfere. . ? ' iraw? ERO sr WAHHIITOTOK. Colored Cudet 'Smtth'd Court Martial Southern Claims Commissioners-The .Cabinet. WASHINGTON, June 15. In the matter of Smith, the colored cadet, the fellowing order has been promulgated : "Ia accordance with the 65th of the rules and articles, of war, the proceedings ol the general court martial in the foregoing case have been forwarded to the Secretary of War for the action of the President of the United Slates. Th? proceeding, findings and seaton .cea are approved; but In view of all the cir? cumstances surrounding thia case, and believ? ing that the end ot public Justice wilf be better subserved, and the policy of the government, of which the presence ol thia cadet iu the Military'Academy is a Blgnsl illustration, be better maintained by a commutation of the sentence than by Its rigid enforcement,- the President ia pleased to mitigate it by substitu? ting for dismissal from tn? service of the Unt? iled States, a reduction In bia academic stand? ing of one year. Cadet Smith will Join the succeeding fourth class'at the commencement Of the next academic year. The sentence as commuted will be daly executed. "(Signed) W. W. BBLKNAP, "Secretary ofWarV . Grant iras returned. He departs again to? morrow. # ' . The Southern claims cOmmlssionera will, shortly after the close of the present month, take a recess tiirfall. Their lime rill adjourn? ment will be fully occupied by* cases already assigned, And they are now upon the applica? tions from claimants and attorneys, allottlng tbeir time from their adjournment till their report to Congress in December next. Boiitwell leaves for a week. The Cabinet to meet to-morrow will be full, except Aker-; rnan and Delano. TBE POPE'* ENCLfCLlCAZ. So Compromise with the "Sub-Alpine" Government. An encyclical letter from the Pope appearB In two New York papera, addressed to "all patriarche, primates, archbiahops," ?tc. After reciting hla present situation, the Pope declares that "not only what are called safe? guards, and which are devised by the sub-Al blne Government, but that all titles, honors, immunities and privileges, whatever shape they take under the general name of safe? guards or guarantees, ban be of no avail what? ever towards securing, prompt and free use of .power divlnely'traflsmitied to us, nor towards guarding the" liberty necessary for the Church. Such being the condition of affaira, as we have repeatedly declared and profes8ed that, without the crime of breaking our Bolemn oath, we can consent to no conciliation which would in any manner destroy or diminish the rights of God and of ihe Apostolic See, BO now, as of our bounden duty, we declare we will never agree to nor accept, nor can we so agree -to or accept, those .cunningly wrought-out safeguards or guarantees pro? posed by the 8ub-Alplae Government, whatever their devices, or any olher, of whatsoever kind or however, rati? fied, which, .under, the form of Becking our sacred power add liberty, shall have been of? fered to us In lieu of, and exchange for, that civil principality with- which Divine Provi? dence willed that the Holy Apostolic See should be furnished and strengthened, and whioh 1? ratified to na by legitimate ?nd irre fraiflbfe titles, as .well as by possession, fur more than eleven centuries. God grant that trie rulers of this earth, whom lt much imports that such a pernicious example of usurpation as we endure may not take root and flourish to the destruction of all power and'order, may Join with one consent of minda and willa, and that hushing quarrela, the di?turbancea of re? bellions being appeased, and the deadly coun? sels of ali the sects abandoned, they may unite in one movement for restoring to this Holy See its rights, and with these his lull liberty to the visible head of ihe Church and the desired' calm to civil society. Given at Rome, at St. Peter's, on the 15th ol Miiv. A. D. 1871, the twenty-fifth of our Pon? tificate.". Alken. They have a flog case in Aiken. Somebody. shot somebody else's dog; whereupon the latter (not the dog, but liu owner.), brought an action to recover damages to the amount ot $100. There* was s mistrial before, and on .Monday last the case was heard a second time before Trial Justice Havne, consuming the best part ol' a day. The Jury this time agreed, and brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, as? sessing the damages at $46. The report.?t this dog case-occupies a.column, and a half in the Aiken Journal. The commissioners' appointed by the Legis? lature fco-organlze the new county will meePIn Aiken en the fourth Saturday ia June-(24th instant;.) Darlington. . At the last session of the l?gislature, by a ?lece' of Radical chicanery, the limits ofthe own of Timmonsville were extended, .so as to bring in more negroes, and secure control to the Republicans. Accordingly there was an election, under thc new charter", on the 7th instant, resuUtng in the election ofthe entire Democratic ticker,, by a large majority. So lt would appear that the colored people jn those, parts are beginning to find out a little more about, the true character ot their would-be Radical leaders, and let them severely alone. The Darlington Index speaks of crops in that section an In a most flattering condition. There 1s n'garrison at Darlington Court-" house, and the editor of the Index wants to know what they ave there for. Nobody pre? tends to know. They certainly are not needed.' SnarUnbuig. Kev. David Hilliard, formerly a member.of the S. C. Methodist Conference, and 'long a resident ol Spartanburg, died in Asheville, N. C., at Ihe residence ot bia son,.aged 82. General B. F. Bates, who was in Jail at Spar? tanburg Courthouse for committing a homi? cide a fornlgst since ipubllsbed in THE NEWS at the time,) went to.-Anderson on the 12th instant, in charge of the sheriff, to be admitted to ball, if possible, by Judge Orr. After a hearing he was released on hU own recogni? zance io the sum ol $500. The Judge express? ed his condemnation of the acts of lawlessness which have been reported.from this county in ver> decided and unmeasured terms, says a writer In ihe Spartan. * He wished that the prieouer bad been brought before him at Spar? tanburg. He 'wanted to tell our people the trouble they were bringing upon themselves. Martial law with all jts-attendant horrors would aoonbe visited .upon a community which would not be persuaded by gentler means to obey, the law and "keep the peace.' We'stncere ly hope that the -good people o? our'county will unite in such a hearty condematioa of all acts of lawlessness that the few persons .whose -reckless conduct has stigmatized our entire community, will be at ance ashamed and afraid to persist in their evl! doing*. , Newberry. Rev. Jphn Stout Has accepted the call to?he pastorship of-the Baptist Church in Newberry village. . On Monday last, says the Herald, about ll o'clock forenoon, the negro Douglass', convict? ed of cow stealing, and whose term in Jail is four months, previous to a longer stay In the penitentiary, together with David Wise; con vlated of. murder, and copdamoed to be bung In January nextt neither liking their guariera or Uie future prospects, escaped jail and at? tempted-to get away. Being ai cace followed they were both captured, after a considerable run, and placed back into safer keeping. Speaking ofthe weather, the same paper says: '?The seasons for most of the growing crops are propitious, and corn particularly looks finer than we ever remember to have. seen it (ft so early a period. The promise now is that the yield will be good, and, should July prove seasonable, the farmer wy 1 be blessed with Aili cribs. Wheat has turned out much better than waa expected. Oats generally are splen ' did, a great deal too, we are please to say, hiving been sown. All kinds .of garden crops are continuing to cfo their very brest. Too much rain, however, has fallen .for cot? ton, say farmers, and the crop wlH not turn out good, but so far as we. have seen the plant ls growing vigorously and looks healthy and promising." The Herald gives the following Acadian pic? ture ol Newberry, late belleved.to be the home ot the Kn-Kluz: .'Our town is as still aa a church-mouse, and happy aa a boy with a new knife. All is order and quiet, no rows, no outbreaks, no Eu-Klux, no.no?ilng. The counell evep makes no war on the Utile boys' little goats, which are allow? ed fo browse and bob around.. With a Unie stretch ?of laney, one might almost think New? berry a second Lake ol Como, shut In by'Al? pine bills, and air that. Squire Miller's little tvees even are putting out their tiny branches, and are learning to maire mn sic of the soft breezes. All la,serene." Sumter. The weather about Sumter continues ex? cessively wet. The corn crop (especially where lc has been weU fertilized) la -growing with almost unparalleled rapidity, and the same may be said of the grase. - Cotton ls be? ginning to move off slowly. So says the Watchman. The Sumter News gives the following ac? count of the recent races: AOa Friday, the 9th Instant, some five or six hundred persons, from this and adjoining cou at les, assembled at the track near town to witness the race whioh bad been advertised lo take place between Robert Ellerbe's chestnut mare, Belle of York, and Burch's roan horse,, WUd-Aiab. Bverybody seemed bent on enjoying the sporr, and the very best order prevailed throughout the day. The celebrated Metro? politan police could hot have malntalBed more perfect order than the crowd preserved ol Its own accord. ? ?>?..' ! Ihe roan seemed to pe the favorite, when the horses came upon the ground, bets being ireely offered on him, which were shyly ac? cepted by the friends of ihe mare, A large amount of money was staked upon the-result, th* purse being-for $600, aud outside betting heavy. . '.About nalPpast 2 o'clock, everything being In readiness, the twain dashed off In-galant 'style, upon their a?o-yard race, and k.-pt side by side, lor the first 200 yards, when the mare cook the lead, passing the quarter post- In 24 seconds, and reached the goal, amidst enthu? siastic cheering from the bystanders,, twenty two feet in advance ot the horse. Tue mare was In splendid condition, winning the race with the greatest ease, though ridden by a gentleman who had never straddled her be? fore. . . . .The second race was a quarter dash-Mr. J.-H. Feftter's gray mare Molly.-and Tolblrd's pony, Mike, owned by Charles Mlnott,- of Columbia, a colored map, being the contest? ants. The signal being given, the pony got about three feet start, but the mare soon closed the gap, and ran closely by his side till near the goal, ' when she sprang forward, showed him her tail, and won che race by eight feet. ."We sorely need a good race course In the viol ni ty of our town. Aside from che pleas? ure lt would afford the community to have a track, where they could witness the whole or a race, as an iovestment lt would pay." SPARKS PROM THE WIRES. -The thermometer was at 94 al 6 P. M. lu Augusta yesterday. . -This year's vintage will be the largest ever seen In California, and the other crops are good throughout the Scare. * -The Charlestown ?(Mass.) board of alder? men, in a vole of 3 to 2, refused Colonel Fisk's request to parade his regiment through that eily on Sunday. -A mob. of unpaid laboreA have seized a train an the Alabama and Chattanooga Bail road, preventing supplies going io. the starv? ing laborers below. The business houses of Chattanooga are closed. -The California Cotton Growers' Associa? tion report a complete success in the San Joaquin. Valley. The crop ls the finest ever seen on the Continent, droughts having no effect lipon it. -The Republican convention for the nomi nation.of a candidate for coroner was boister? ous. Insiders had to barricade the doors to prevent the entrance of outsiders. The nomi? nation ls uot yet accomplished. All this in the Quaker city of brotherly love. ROME, Jane. 15. Several deputations have arrived, and more are-?owrng, to congratulate the.Pope on the jubilee. , FLORENCE, June 15. A circular from the Minister, of the Interior Instructs the prefects to give the people full liberty to celebrate the Jubilee, b?t to take proper precautions against disturbances. Al quiej. at Borne. ??ailroa?s. . . O??TH CAROLINA RAILEOAPT CHARLESTON, s. c., Jane s, H7l. . OB and after SUNDAY, Jone Ile ttl? Passen? ger Trains on 'tic suutn arjuna Ballroad will itt as follows: TOR AUGUSTA. .eave Charleston.:.8.30A. M. ..rrive ar August?...;-..:.': 4.25 P/-H. yon-COLUMBIA. . - * : eave, -, harlteton..a.20 A. M.' arrive at Columbia.:.?3SM f. it. JOB CHARLESTON. W Leave Augusta......... 7,40 A. M. Arrive at Charleston..........; 8.20 P. M. Leave Colombia......-.7.40 A. ML Arrrlve at Charleston...?.8-4> P. M. IHRO?OH WTLHTNQTON TRAIN; . C LeavcAnga-ta.8.00 A.M. Arriveat KlngvUl.- 8.06 A M. Leave King ville..-.. 1.46 P. M. ? Arrive at Augusta.7.45 P. H. AuuusTA NIOHT saamwa. . ? sun day s excepted.) . Leave Charleston..8.30 P. M. Arrive at Acgu?ta...;.7.04 A M. Leave Angosta......i... 6.00 K M." Arrive at Charleston,..' 5.40 A. M. COLUMBIA NIGHT BXTBSSS. (Sundays-excepted^. Leave Charleston.<.7.10 P. M. Arrive at Colombia.7... e.oo A. M Leave Colombia.*..7.60P. M. Arrive at Charleston...~.6.46 A. M. suHKmrvrxJii TB&IK. Leave Charleston.;. 4.30 P. M. Arrive at Sommerville.. 0.00 P. M. Leave Summerville.....'....'............ 7.00 A. M.' Arrive a: Charleston.;..??.>. 8.16 A, M. CAMDEN BRANCH. Leave camden...:.6.00 A. M. Arrive at Columbia...;..........,*..10.40 A. M. Leave Columbia.1.25 Pjd. Arrive ar, camden.!.. :.6.00 P. M. ? Day and Night Trains make close connections a;. Augusta with.Georgia Railroad and Centrai Railroad. . Night TMin connects with Macon-and Augusta Railroads . ... Columbia Night Train connects with Greenville and Columbia Railroad*. ? ' Camden Train connecta at Ringville, daily (ex? cept sundays) with Day Pawei ger Train,,sad', rune through TO Columbia and returns ott 'lien-' days, Wednesdays and Saturdays. A. L. TYLER. vice-President. ' S. B. PICKKN6. G. T. A. Jantf NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD 60M PAKY. * . CILATILEOTON, * C., February ll, 1871. ?ratas will leave Charleston Daily at ma A M. and 8 P. M. Arrive'at Charleston 7:30 A M. (Mondays ex? cepted) and 8*80 P. M. Train doss not leave Charleston's P. M., SUN? DAYS. Train leaving 6:80 A. M. make? thronga connec? tion to Kew York, via Richmond and Acaula Creel; only, going througtno 40 hours. Passengers leaving by* 6 P. M. Train have choice of r0nte, via. Richmond and Washington, or via Portsmouth and Bal 1 imdie. Those leaving. fr RID?T by this Train lay over on SUNDAY in Bai? li more. Those leaving on ?ATDRDAT remain Sra. DAT In Wilmington, N.e. This ls the cheapest, quickest and mompleasant route to Cincinnati, Chicago and other point? Weat and Northwest, both Trams .matting con? nections ?rt washington 'with Western tra?na or Baltimore ?ad o mo Railroad. . . S. S. SOLOMONS, Engineer and Superintendent. P. L. 6LKAP0R, General Ticket Agent, - iebii-iiimoa RUMMER SCH'EDULE, SPARTAN BURG AND UNIOS RAILROAD On and after the 20th instant, the PASSENGER TRAINS on the SPARTAN BURG AND ONION RAILROAD will ran daily: Going down, leavespartanbnrg"..t... 5.80 A.M. G oto g down, leave union ville. TM A. ML Arrive at Alston. .1100 A M. Returning, leave Alston.13.00 M. ' Returning, leave TJnionville...'..3.16 P. ML Arrive at Spartanharg.5.36 P. M, THOMAS B. JETER, President 8. and O. R, B. Union ville, S. C., May 22, 1871. may26-lmo SAVANNAH ANO QHAHLESTON RAIL ROAD. PASSENGER TRAINS OB this Road run daily a*> follows: Leave Charleston.; .8.80 A. M. ' Arrive at Savannah.3.00 P.M. Leave Savannah.11.15 A.- M. . Arrive at Charleston. :.0.20 P. M. Connects at Savannah with the Atlantic 4 Gall Uailroad for Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and ali points in; Florida. *'-'; Witn centrar Railroad for Macon, Atlanta^Mo .Mle, New Orleans and the West. _ " With Steamboats for pollita on the Savannah River. At Charleston with the Northeastern and Sonta carolina Railroads, and Steamships for all points North and West. Throogh Tickets over this Une dn sale at Hotels in Charleston; Screyen House, Savannah; and ?ll principal Ticttet^orHces North and south. Freights forwarded dally to and liom Savan? nah and sb points beyond. . 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