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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. TBE TICHBORNE ROMANCE. nnrjBRBSTiiro HKETCH OT AS KI TRAORDIXAIiY CASS. ? Trial Involving ? Harontity and a Vast K?tute- \ Pauling Question of | Ptxsona) Identity. For romantic interest and extraordinary-in? cident, tbe story now being told in the Eng? lish Court or Common Pleas, Def ore Lord Chief Justice Bo viii and a special jury, in the great case of Tichborne vs. Lushington, can-scarce? ly be surpassed by any novel. The question Involved ls the plaintiff's identity with Reger C. D. Tichborne, whojeft England in 1853, and was supposed to have been lost at sea. If-pis claim ls established, he will come into posses? sion of a baronetcy and a vast estate; wh le, if he should fail, he may well be regarded as the-' most remarkable impostor o? modern times. Questions of personal Identity are ah? mtet always interesting, and are generally of much Importance to the parties Immediately concerned; as, for inst&nce^ where' the wrong manffr hanged by reason of 'his close resem? blance to the real criminal, as bas unques? tionably happened more than Qfips. $nt such a case rarely excites the same degree of pub? lic interest as ls manifested when, as here, Ike claim to a title and a great estate is disputed, on the ground that the claimant 's an im? postor. .' v '? J-5 The Tichborne trial was begun on the 13th of May, before a Jury of eleven, by eensentof counsel on both sides, who comprise some of the ablest men at the bar. Thus far only the plaintiff's evidence has beerr.neard ; but iris at such a character as almos! -tb Jua'thy the re? mark of one ol the witnesses, .that (ne claim? ant ls "either Sir Boger Tichborne or the devil."" About some of the facts there is no contro? versy. It is certain that. Roger C. D. Tich? borne, the son of Sir James IX Tichborne and Lady Harriet F. Tichborne, was born in Janu? ary, 1829; that he was brought up in Paris, where his lather and mother then resided, un .er the care of a French -tutor named Cbat tlllon, the family being Roman Catholics; that in 1845 he waa sent to achoo lin England; that he entered the Bri tish army as an officer ot the Carbineers in 1849, and was stalk ned for a while at Dublin with -his regiment; uud that in 1853, from soma cause which is not clearly ex? plained, he left England, proceeded te Harve, and there embarked on .a sailing Vessel called the Pauline, bound for Valparaiso. . t While an officer In trie army, young Tich? borne waa rather slim, about five teev eight Inches in- height, and having been .educated in Prance, his English was decidedly foreign In accent His departure to South America can be attributed only to the unhappiness which he-experienced in his home .relations owing to the miserable iiie which his parents led together, to' the ridicule he en? countered in the army owing to his d?ficient education, and which led him to sell his com? mission, aad to hie love lor a wild, roaming life. . It is alleged in behalf of the claimant that Roger Tichborne, accompanied by a servant named Moore, reached Valparaiso In safety, and thence went to Santiago, where Moore fell sick and was left behind by bis master, who expected to continue his voyage in the Pauline. After - residing a short time at a place called Mellpllla, he abandoned this Idea, and made a Journey across , the Continent of Sooth America. Returning to Santiago, he m?t Moore again, and then made his way to Rio Janeiro, where be embarked on, the Belli, a vessel bound for Mew York. Now there ls no doubt that the. real Roger Tichborne was on board the Bella when she Bailed. The Bella was lost at sea; and when the news reached England that the vessel and all hands bad gone down, lt was firmly be? lieved that Slr Roger had shared their late. His lather's will was proved, and the next ol kin, whose guardians .appear as defendants in this suit, took the property. On the proposition ttiat one person was saved .'rom the wreck of the Bella, and that that per? son was Slr Roger Tichborne, is based the plaintiff's claim In this great suit. He says that two boals lett the vessel; that he was.lu one of them: and that after floating about In lt for three days he was picked up by aa Amer? ican vessel and taken to Melbourne, wr ere he landed ! n July, 1854. * The Australian gold excitement was then at Its height; but Sir Roger-assuming that the claimant ls he-being a good horseman, went . to work at breaking norees-instead of diggina } gold. He was very fond of horses, and met 11 with much success, remaining for some time in the service of a gentleman named Foster, in Gippsland, and changing his name to Thomas Castro, that of a friend he bad made In Chill. He was married in 1865, and bas had twfltchlldren. In the meantime a sailor, wbo had solicited alms of Slr Rogerfe mother, Lady Tichborne, at Tichborne Park, in England, saying that he had come from Australia, told her that he had beard while there of some persons ship? wrecked on the Bella having b?en picked up and brought to Melbourne. This was In 1858. Lady Tichborne attached considerable Impor? tance to it, although her husband did not; but after his death, and in 1863, abe advertised the fact and for Information concerning her lost son in England, Australia and elsewhere. The advertisements came to the notice of the claimsfnt, add led to his return to England with his family in 1866.' How far does the alleged Roger Tichborne ol ' 1S56 and of to-day - resemble the Roger Tichborne who sailed from Havre in the year 1853? He Is very much stouter, his heh ht differs little, if at all, and he ls utterly unable to speak French, which was the language ol his chlldhoot But the evince ol hls'ldentlty ls exceed? ingly strong. His mother-since dead-re? cognized him and acknowledged bhn as her son. Mr. Hopkins, tho lamlly solicitor, who had known ibo young man very Intimately, recognized him, A cousin, who nad-prevlous; . ly made np hts mind* that the claimant was an ?i arrant imposter, succumbed at the Hr.-1 inter- i view, and recognized him. Moore, the ser- j vant who went out lu the Pauline, identified i him. The regimental tailor knew him as tbe man for whom he had formerly filled orders, and fourteen former officers and privates in the Carbineers swore to bis identity. The claimant's lack of education has been, much commented on, and the 'solicitor-gene? ral, who is one ot the counsel lor the defence, elicited the following testimony on his cross examination ot the cousin of whom we have; already spoken: " The Solicitor-General. Does he say "how soj|dever ?? [Laughter. 1 Witness. Yes, he "Have you ever heard him say 'his abscess busted?'" [Laughter.] Witness. No. The Solicltor-G?neral. 'Do you mean to say that he would pass muster among Ea gi rs ti gentlemen as .an English gentleman? wit? ness. I coald point out several English gen? tlemen who would not pass muster as Euglah gentlemen any better than he does. They are men apparently no better than farmers, and I would place Tichborne among that class. I have heard "of persons called English genlle Sen who were so illiterate in conversation at you would take them to be nothing better than pig-|obber?. The Solicitor-General. Was the Rogsr Tich? borne of 1839 a man whose manners were na better than a (armer, or more than equal to. a pl?-Jobber? WltnesB. In those days he did not dress in the particular style that he after? ward adopted. The Solicitor-General. I am not speaking about his dress, but his manners. Witness. I never said that the present claimant Had no better manners than a pig Jobber. .. The Solicitor-General. Do you mean to say that the manners ol the claimant are as good I as the manners of the Tichborne whom you" knew in 1848 ? Witness. Quite as good. If have seen him preside at his table with as much repose as any gentleman. He was a 1 man whom you could not distinguish irom the vast number ot gentlemen except in some in? accuracies ojt language. . The Solicitor-General. Snoh as "howsomd ever." [Laughter.] A lady who bad known young Mr. Tichborne before 1853,- when French was his iavorite tongue, testified thai while dining with the elaimant since bis return she spoke a few words In French, when he evinced his kuowledge of wAt she said, proving that he had not wholly foi gotten the language. Almost every witnees thus far has described tile manner in which he tested the claimant's memory as to the Incidente which It seems scarcely possible could be known to an Impos? ter; and in every instance the 'statements made by him have coincided with the recollec? tion of the questioner. Since his return, the claimant-has been en? gaged until now In collecting evidence for this suit*" and through what perils he had to proceed, the iollowlng passage from the open? ing speech of Sergeant: Ballantine will show : . "Commissions were. iBSued both to Australia and Melipllla. I may say that from that you cannot doubt that Slr Roger Tichborne has been largely supported, ana that a large num? ber of persons implicitly believe in hlB story, and have been ready-to help h i ir \n money as well as In countenance. Slr Bo?er Tichborne started with the South American commission; but after they reached Bia lt became a ques? tion whether they should cross the Cordilleras or go around by Cr-.pe Horn. Slr Boger had naturally a strong objection to a sea voyage, and while ?he other members, afraid to under-' take'toe risk o? crossing the Cordilleras, went by the sea, Slr Roger start?d by that route, and had reached-Cadova, a place on the fron? tier *bf the mountains. There he became ex? tremely HI, and,' in Consequence, he was oblig? ed to return to England withOut-nrakinc ms way across the Cordilleras. As a singular epi? sode in this extraordinary ease, I may men? tion that the diligence in which he had taken his place was stopped In the Cordilleras, and every person in lt murdered." Of course we cannot know what was in the counsel's mind when he said thia; but it cer? tainly was a very remarkable fact that every traveller In the diligence in whlch.it was known the claimant Intended to cross the mountains-should have been .murdered on that journey. Almost all that can be said of the defence ia, that it will rest upon the assumed death of Slr Boger Tichborne on the occasion of the ship? wreck of the Bella. Although we have as yet heard only eqe side ol the catie, and not the Shole of that, It is certain'that if the claimant not Slr Boger Tichborne, be ought to be In some doubt as, to his personal identity by the time the trial bended. He .might soliloquise after the manner ot the Tale student Damed Ammi, who, coming home froora late dinner, held forth to himself thus : ."Am I Ammi, or un I not Ammi ? Ii I am not Ammi, who the d-1 wh IP THE SOUTH AND MB. J?AVIS. TO THE EDITOR OP T$S NEWS. One of the most humiliating signs of the limes is to be found in the comments or cer? tain editors of Southern newspapers, on Mr. Davis's recent speech at Atlanta. It is not the purpose ot the writer either to endorse or re? pudiate, In any particular, the sentiments of that speech. It woola, .perhaps, have been more becoming*, as well as more prudent, If. Mr. Davis had maintatr.ed .perfect silence in reference to the political situation. Bat, cer? tainly, lt must be deeply mortilying to all true men everywhere-North as well as South-to Dote the alacrity with which Southern men ibu He and vllllfy che man whom they so recent? ly admired and honored. Mr. Davis ls no longer "the founder of a new nation." He :an no longer dispense patronage and cooler power. He is pow only .the ex-leader of a ?.Lost Cause." But, notwithstanding this Sreat change, he ls the very same Jefferson avis he was In 1861. He is Identically fm ?ame man Co whom, rn lem .mercenary dttfjk in unanimous South entrusted the leadership1 rf the cause for w*hose support tfrey ''pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred nonor." This cause hus been irrevocably lost, ind the Southern people are very desirous of ihe restoration ol' harmony between the sec? tions ot the country lately at war. But, unless [am greatly mistaken, they-are utterly un-, -rilling to attain this end by sacrificing their ielt'-respect. They have maintained and exer? cised the right freely to criticise the official and public conduct of Mr. Davis, as well as ot )ther men. B?t they cannot, without deep legradatlon, condescend, in compliance with i fanatical prejudice, to positive abuse and -illtficailon of their own deliberately chosen eoder and champion. If peace can on?y be . mrchased by such humiliating condescension, hen let discord reign forever. We cannot de? grade Jefferson Davis without degrading our lelves. He stands forth how, and he will itaod forth forever, as the representative of he Confederate cause. The character ol the leople o? the Confed?rate States is judged of iow, and will be judged of by the most distant josterlty, by the character ol their--chosen lead. And why should we deprecate such a udgment ? It may be true that Mr. Davis has nade great mistakes. It may be even, as some iBsert, that our cause was lost through his mis nanagemenL Btu when the nasslons of the lour shall have subsided, Ic wijl not be denied hat, wich all of his faults and shortcoming , he nanlfested, in an extraordinary degree, cour esy, dignity, courage, fortitude, fidelity, hu n an tty, and "all that makes a man.*' Jeffer? son Davis has stood by the South with un? shaken constancy and dauntless courage, during his long imprisonment, without the aid >f one friendly volee to cheer his solitude and ?norm his courage, he was not unmindful, sven for one moment, of the dignity and l'orti ude becoming the leader of a brave though uined people. It then became manliest that he honor of the South was dearer to him than ife itself. Ia the name of common dec?ooy,1 berefore, let not Southern men swell the ranks." >i those who defame and abuse bin. If we ?annot endorse his sentiments, let us say so irith candor and firmness; but beyond thia the llstory of the past forbids us to go. Darlington, S. C., June, 1871. . AGIUCOLA. - THE CROPS ON JAMES ISLAND. < ) TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. You will be pleased to learn that the -crops if long cotton and corn on this island are in a lourishlng condition. 'The corn looks and promises much better than lc has in many rears, before ot this stage of the season. The )iabcers manured well and judiciously, ano', 'rom present appearances, have every reason .o expvct large crops? Captain George F. and B. A. Habenlcht art} the largest planters -on .he island, having abouc 170- acres in cotton, 55 acres in corn and nearly 40 acres, ia'vega* Ablas, all doing splendidly. They are m?u di teen, praci loal Judgment and untiring Indus? try, and although they have lost heavily* in previous years by the .caterpillar, are Irre-* i>resaible. Should the destructive worm fail ihla season they will deservedly realize a large ?rop ol'-the finest sea Island option. AGRICOLA. THE Wt AX UER TI?JS DAT. WASHINGTON, June 20..' ? Weather probabilities: It is probable that luring'the night rainy and threatening weath 3r will be very, generally experienced "from 3bio to Connecticut and northeastward, with Tailing temperature. Clear weather, with fresh winds, ls probable Xor Wednesday on the akes and gulf coasts; partially cloudy weather ind light winds on the Atlantic^ coast. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, U. sj. A. Pince of Observation. Augusta.. Baltimore.. Bosun. Charleston. Uhi-yeune, W. T. Chicago. C rn'.-l nu ail. corinne, Utah... g. ? West, Fla-.. Las?; City, Fla .. Mo ile. Has;' ville. New Orleans.... New York. Omaha. Neb_ Philadelphia. Puril ud, Mc.... san Francisco.. Savannah. St. Louis. St Paul. Minn.. Washington. D.i. Wilmington,};.C. Norfolk. Galveston. Sacramento ... Cape May. M't Washington. 29.95 29.ST ?9 7i 29.99 29.20 ?0.06 30. U8 29.2? 30.0 ?-0.89 3u.u8 30.1U 29. Su 30. U ???.64 29 6. 29. 29.97 3U.13 29.83 gs-.Ts 30.13 ?9 85 29.9-J N ? v W MW B N , W ?i* sw SE Light. Fresh. Uentle. (Jemie. Brisk. Fie-h. i?e;i tie. Fresh. Oem le. Fresh. Gentled nw Gentle. I Brisk x I Gentle. Gentle." sw \W si S S [Gentle. lOenile. Light. Fresh. Brisk. Fresh. 's NW Gentle, t: risk. Gentle. FRANCE NOT YET RELEASED THE GERMAN TROOPS 19 REMAIS. .- ? Unsettled Stet? ot Affairs in franct !Klglum t'nf?sy-The Return of Ger man Troops Stopped-The Orand-Re? view Post j?o ned-A Fiat to- Assassinate the Pope-Alsace tend Lorraine now both French and German-8500 Wo. men to to? Transported-180,000 French Prisoners still in Germany-The War Between the Alonare h Ut and Republi? can Journals. * LONDON, Jape 20. i The Times' special. dispatch from Paris says the members ol' the International Society atp "distributing electoral manifestoes. The Jour-, naif ?tate- that, the proceedings of the so oie ty cause uneasiness to the Belgian Government, ' and the garrisons nave been reinforced. Baron' HauBsmann and M. Lemolne-decllned to seek the suffrages ol the electors. ? Cluseret. has ' been arrested. .Miillere was seen in Liver? pool. The Daily News' special says Instructions have.been given from Berlin to stop the return of German troops from-France and discon? tinue, the surrender of French prisoners. The Morning Post says the grand review . was postponed because, the troops would cry "Vive l'Empereur." A plot to assassinate the Pope is credited io the International Society. . PARIS, June 20. La Liberte asserts that Felix Pyatt has been arrested. Twenty-five hundred women Incen? diaries baverbeea sentenced to New Caledonia. Gambetta'soon returns to France. The Imperial Guard, ls being reorganized 'under the name of Republican Guard. PARIS, June 20. j The war between eighteen Monarchist arid five Republican papers is "very bitter. The Republican papers 'repudiate the Commune, tliongh they represent the most' voters, aid are united, while the Monarchist Journals are .divided. VERSAILLES, June 20, > . The Assembly passed a bill giving the fic? tives ol Alsace and Lorraine the franchise and eligibility to the Assembly. Favre Informed the Assembly that a hundred and eighty thous? and Freirch prisoners "yet remain In Germany, but are returning, at the rate of thirty-five hundred dally. 0 -_ . 'SEWS JFROM WASHISQTOS. , Prospects of the Wheat Crop-T^he Ont rage Committee-Delinquent Internal Revenue Collector. WASHINGTON, Jun? 20. ' The agricultural bureau statement regarding wheat acreage, makes the Increase four per cent, or nearly three-quarters of a million of acres. The .increase ls mostly west bf the Mississippi River. The reduction In acreage is in Maryland 3 per cent, Kentucky 2, Indiana 2, Mississippi 2, South Carinna 8. The condi? tion of th? crop ls : Virginia 18, North Caro? lina 18, South Carolina 27, Georgia 26, Alabama 23, Mississippi 4, Texas 14, Arkansas 13, Ten? nessee 26, Kentucky 2*0, California 42 per cent, below an average. Other States show fairly, and should no disasters occur, the crop will' fully equal last year. . The present-dlstriot attoraey ot Mississippi, Jacobson, and his predecessor, General -G. Gordon Adams, are here to testify before the Ku-Klux committee. They were summoned by Blair. The amounts, due in cash from ex-internal j revenue offices are: Alabama $54,000, Arkaa- ' sas $130,000, Georgia $43,000, Kentucky $42, 000, Louisiana$1,196,000, North! Carolina $94, 000, Texas $46,000, Virginia $158,000. The' aggregates for all the States are nearly three millions. Louisiana is the only State exceed- : inga million, partly attributable to the cum- I brouB machinery for collecting the cotton tax. Suits have been commenced In every instance, and in many cases judgments have ' been already rendered. . A OR EAT BILLIARD M AT UH. NEW YORE, June 20. Cyrelle Dion and Melville Foster, fdr dia? mond cue and $1000. Four balls; caroms. counting three, 1500. Thirtieth ihniog, Foster .348; Dion 798. OVR RIVAL RADICAL MtSQS. The Straggle over the United States Marshalahlp in South Carolina, A Washington letter of Sunday to the Balli-, more Gazette says : .'.?'.??. A war has been going on for some time be-' tween the Radical ?actions ia South Carolina that ol Governor scott cm the one side and K?nator Sawyer on the other-which has re? sulted In the defeat of the former. Upon rep? resentations made by Goyern?r Scott and his. (action, United States Marshal Johnson, son of the H n. Reverdy Johnson, was suspended, and a Mr. Wallace nominated to succeed him as marshal. . Hearing of this. Senator Sawyer and his faction set at work to defeat Wallace, and haye been so rar successful as to stop the issuing of the commission to Wallace, thus leaving. Johnson In office. The Prealdent, a *tew days since? informed Johnson that he had learned that the representations and charges ! made against him (JohnBon) were false, and ne shoiud not be removed. A dlspatch'to^the Baltimore.Sun of the same .date says: Before leaving for Long Branoh Friday evenlne. the President reappointed Major Loi?is ?. Johnson', eonrol Hon. Reverdy John? son, United States marshal tor South Carolina. Major Johnson was removed a short time Blnce ' through the Instrumentality ot Congressman Wallace, aided by his colleagnes, Elliott and DeLarge, aad a son of Wallace, wh? Jield the position of assessor of internal revenue ?t the time, appointed to the place. It was charged that Major Johnson had refused to arrest.', rebels, and that all his deputies were. Demo- I cms. These charges having been . investi? gated and proved groundless, ja ajor Johnson was reinstated. The Washington Patriot thus chronicles the same facts: Only a week ago, Wallace, member of Cen gress from South Carolina, who had testified .'6atlslaclocUy" before the "outraire commit? tee," had his son appointed Umied Slates mar? shal for Charleston, He rejoiced, like Berger . and Settle, when they served as swift wetnes? ses against North Carolina, over the value of affidavits, and was doubtless comforting him? self with a share of the prospective spoils. But the ousted marshal, Mr. Louis E. Johnson, son ol' Hon, Reverdy Johnson, did not take the dismissal quietly. He presented' himself at Long Branch,. Imbibed its bracing atmos? phere, and exposed the wrong of his re movai with sufficient energy to be restored. So he is in again, and Wallace is out. But whether Wallace will stay out, is quite another affair. We expeot to see a delegation whisk? ing through here by the next train to the sea? side executive mansion, brimful of Indignant "loyalty," and demanding justice-the last, thing they Bhonld seek So there is no telling who ls or will be marshal at Charleston, until these rival roses shall, have composed their griefs, the prospect for which ls far from en? couraging at this time. . Wallace and. two of hi? colored colleagues demunded thu head of Johnson, and they got it. Now colored Con? gressmen are in favor at the palace, and If they insist upon a second decapitation, and threat? en things terrible, we are inclined to think "His Excellency" will order another removal. And after that history may repeat itself. THE NEW DEPARICRE. A Porthnmopi Statement of Air, Vallan? dig-bain's Views upon the Present Political situation. It is not a little singular that just on the eve of blB tragicahiealh. Mr. Yallandlgham should have been Interviewed by an'editor of the Cincinnati Times. On that occasion, be is re? ported tohave Bald: . . ' There can be no more political campaigns fought on the issues of the last lew years; taey are dead, and if the Democratic party reluses to move to the front and accept the new order of things, it wlU simply pass away, and some other party, made up of the earnest and pro? gressive elements of the old parties, will take possession of the government When asked ff hedld not think the/pampaign^ f 1872 would be fought on" the 'present 'Issues, he said, that may be undertaken by" onr, party, but ? it will rail. 'A ye"ar ago "Grant gave'the promise-of hi* intention to lead the Republi? can party into the-new departure, and he would have ddhe lt, but a gang of old poUtl .cians at Washington held him back, and scated him with gabble aboutj defeat until he went square back into the old ruts.- Grant is an ?honest man, and would do right If the poli ticlans would let him, but that tney'wohTc db.*' He look the back-track on the San "Domingo question, in which, apart fran the corrupt means used, he was clearly light. il tell yon, sir. the annexation of territory-the control of | all outlying fragments' of this Jon ti nent-?? s the destiny of the American people. ?We s hall tfave San Domingo and Cuba, -Mexico,, .and all the rest. Mark that. We missed the great? est chance we ever had in riot getting Cuba during the Bpanlsh troubles. . We. could have had lt then.for the .mere asking, and in a few years we would have been the owners of the richest and most productive piece.ol terri? tory In the world, why, they used to falk about me, and call me a dlsuulonist. I will tell you, sir, earnestly and honestly, I never was a.dtaunlontet, and always did belie ve," ind now believe, that this Union will be perpetual, and extend until lt embraces the continent. In his denial of disunion views, Mr. Yallando gham thrice repeated lt with marked emphasis. Io reply to a r?mark of the Interviewer, that he did not Bee how, with the hatred exhibited towards hjm by the dead Issues of th? Democratic party, he c?nld stay in. that party, he smiled, and said, j "What can I do 1 The Republican party woolf move lorward. It wants to stick, to ita old clothes, and my best hope ls to get the Democ? racy to push to the front. However, there Is no telling what three hundred and sixty-five days may bring forth, and of one thing I ara?| certain : Ii the Democratic party tails to be- ' come the party of progress and advanced ideas andi, from conscientious conviction,' decide to act with the other political party, that other political party will never inquire 1 what my past political record has been. Far- f ties do not manage .things that way. Sf ARES FROM THE WIRES. -At Washington a Jealous colored woman poisoned her rival with something white on a ) lump of sugar. Xhe rival ls dead. -A dispatch from Heart's Content says: The cable of 1895 was repaired at noon yester? day. -The court in' Canandalgua, N. Y., decides that tfie MUer patent for making paper purp ls now public property. -a collision oh the New York Central Rail? road took place yesterday at Fairport, in which Cyrus Andrews, of Savannah, had his leg broken and subsequently amputated. -The steamers Helen Getty and Edwin For? rest collided yesterday at' Philadelphia. ' Wil? liam Walsh, a mate of one of the steamer*, was killed. -The Ohio courts generally -adjourned In honor oi VaUaodlgh&m'a iJTftrai. Ars. Yal? landlgham ls somewhat -restored. Yallan digham's estate ls leas than $40,000. THE RIFLEMEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. The paragraph in yesterday'B-NEws, under th?, caption of "Attention l Riflemen," does an injustice to the riflemen to whom lt refere, which I beg leave most respectfully to set right through, the coiumn s of your valuable paper. Your Mount Pleasant correspondent is in error when he state8that "although 'he shooters Baw the boat and Its inmates, they n jvertheless continued Ar? mer, and'the balls, misalDg the target, passed In dangerous proflmlty to the persons in the boat." The boat was not observed until our attention was called to lt by the shouts of its frightened crew, at which time the riflemen ceased firing until it passed ont of range. The ball that came In such close proximity to tho-nautical gentle? men had hit the target and was deflected from its coarse. It was this mishap that was exagge? rated into a "reprehensible practice" by your correspondent* With this explanation, which I think due in Jostles to the riflemen, . Tam, sir, very respectfully, JOH s A. MOHOSO, O? the Charleston Riflemen. Hotel Arrivals-Jane 30. . PAVILION HOTEL. T. W. Caldwell, G. D. Smith, Newberry; E. R. Dudley, Wilmington; T. M. Creecy, Northeast? ern Railroad ; J. H. Goraess, steatns*ilp James Ad ger; J. B. single;ary, Charleston County; W. R Parker, Orangeburg; A. Knox, Mount Pleasant. CHARLESTON BOTBX. .'Johnson Hagoort, South Carolina; W. li. Car? son, Jr., Colombia; James Montgomery, Green? ville ; F. Gard nar, J. R. Gardner, Virginia; M. J. Verdery, Augusta; ?Uss Lillie Hatte. Mrs. E. Bjr ker, Kew York; Wm L. Dawon, Sommerville; M. B. Clough, Baltimore; H. Brown, Barnwell; Wm. Irwin Rowell, New Tork; J. H. Buchhalter, Willis .ton; R Williams, Sumter; E. L. Ripley, New York. t. . . MILLS* HOUSE. C. Garfield, St Loni?; A. E Arlington, G. W. JJelano, New York; F. P. Brown, Savannah, J. S. Cloud, Camden; ThoB. C. Davis, New York; Mrs. J. A. Danbar, Miss Stringfellow, Columbia; Eras? tus, Lyman, New'York; Richard Gaines, New Or-' leansjJames Feie, Philadelphia; Henry M. Faller, South Carolina. C pennes. .H A.'R L E S T O N ADVERTISING AGENCY, CORN SK BROAD STRBBT AND EAST BAY. ADVERTISEMENTS taken at publishers' lowest cash rates for ALL PAPERS In the United States. WALKER, EV?.SS A COGSWELL. decs mwf PIJRXIT^XR^OTI N I A N FOR MAY NOW READY. CONTENTS AS VARIED AND INTERESTING AS USUAL. Price-For single number.25 cents Per annum.$2 00 For sale by WALKER, EVANS A COGSWELL, Publishers. No. 3 Broad street. . AND BY BOOKSELLERS EVERYWHERE. martt . - r glK JAMES CLARKE'S FEMALE PILLS. These PILLS have long been used both in Great Britain and y?ls country, and are the best of their kind In the market. For sale ny DR. H. BA ER, api-2? No. 131 Meeting street. Stemmer Resorts. gPARKLING CATAWBA SPRINGS, FORMERLY OALLKJ) THE CAROLINA W Hi I'S 8TTLPH?K, CATAWBA COUNTY, N. 0. This highly pop alar WATERING PLACE will be opes for ns l tors on WEDUBSDAT, Jone iain. The Mineral waters of these Springs are the White and BiaeSnlphnr and Chalybeate, theme: dlclrial properties of which are not excelled, and a healthier and more' delightful watering place nouobofonnd. The Springs will be under the management of J. M. BLAIR, formerly oFRalelgh. N. C., an expe rlenced hotel keener, together with Mrs. WREVN, and vteitors nf?y rely Upon good f?re and good at testlon. ' : -. .. ...-J:' Plenty of Ice, good Baad or Music, and good Physician in attendance. 4c. ..? . -F*I Leave Baltimore <or > Washington City In the morning via Acqola Creek, Richmond and Dan? ville Railroad", 'io Salisbury,'- wrfere-yeri fake the .Western and Morganton Road, Rnd reach Hickory Station (the Springe Depot; .by .hair-past nine the next moralng. ? ?" .' LeayeAuguat^Qa., alight, andAalceWieChar.. lotte a<?d Sratesvllle Road at Charlotte, yon reach the Spring? early ita? Mn cionrtirg; .Utfa^Kstori in the morning, and be. at the Springs the next morning -? A good /oarhora* omnibus wm mn in connec? tion wu h the trains to the Springo over a beauti? ful road"only six miles. BOARD. Per month, (or four weeks) .?J.-.$40 eo Per week.15 oo Por"dej.-...i....ri:.2 60 Children and colored serrants half price: No charge for Intents nuder two years cf age. r . J. GOLDEHWYATTi ' Sparking Catawba Springs, June 1st, 1971. . JUO21-30 '_ iftiUinirj), Drmmakmg, Uz. Q.R AN D oTTlT?^G^ BT MK 8. C. bTACKLEY, AT HER NEW STORE, No. 2j}7' KINO STREET, FORMERLY TBrE DOLL A'R STORE. BTOCk CONSISTING OF : ZOO cartoons BONNET TRIMMINGS, Sash,' Heck and Hair Ribbons loo eases NEW STYLE HATS, in Straw, Leghorn, Chip, Cactos Braid and Neapolitan. . AMD, MILLINERY GOODS, in endless variety. . ALSO, . 5p cases SUNDOWNS io cases Magnolias io cases Gypsy Softool- - 6 cases Sailor Hats ' G cases Minnehaha 200 dozen Chignons, in Jute and Real Human Hair, Curls-, Friezes, Chatallns, Braids, Ae., Ac._. mayas S PEING OPE NT N ff . MRS. M. J. ZER NOW . 'WILL OPEN THIS DAT AT* No. 304 KINO STREET*,. A large and varied assortment of MILLINERY, GOODS. To which she invites the attention of the ladle! ID general. DRESSMAKING ATTENDED TO AS USUAL. . BRANCH OP. MADAME DEMOREST'S CELE? BRATED PAPER PATTERNS. N. 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The largest portion is of imported goods and manufactured by ourselves; we caM, therefore, recommend them as regard flt, weat and workmanship. ' OUR TAILORING DEPARTMENT ls supplied with the finest selection of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CLOTHS, DOESKINS, DI AGO-' NA LS, -TRICOTS, JA ELTONS, OflHVTOTS, CASH? MERES, ko., and f, very large stock pf tho most fashionable Pant and Vest Patterns, which w?, win make up to order by measure in the latest styles. The foreman in this department of* ow bdsinesaJisa no eoual in the artistic world for cat? ting and producing an elegant-flt. . FURNISHING GOODS. This department ls supplied wRJr the eeietoatea STAR SHIRTS, Foreign and Domestic Under? shirts and Drawers, Silk and Thread Gloves, Linen and Paper Collars, Neckties, Bb ws,Scarfs, Pocket Handkerchiefs, Socks, Umbrellas, Ac. Oar'stock has been selected with great care, and prices marked very low In plain figures. 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