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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE IMMIGRATION SCHEME. A LETTER FROM GENERAL M. C. BUTLER. Thc Object? tobe Ace o mp Ugh td-Detail? of the Plan of Operations. TO THE EDITOR OF* THE NEWS. Having received a number of letters from friends in different parts of the country ma? king Inquiries into the details and objects o? our scheme in aid -of immigration into South Carolina, I propose, with your permission, as briefly as possible, to answer them through the medium of your columns. In the first place, erpo.nence has shown that individuals have not succeeded in bring? ung in hnmigrants to any extent. In the sec? ond place, efforts have been hitherto directed to procuring mere laborers, and not to intro? ducing actual settlers to become owners of the soil. Our purpose is, by means of an associa? tion thoroughly organized and well managed, to obtain large tracts of land and establish at least four colonies in the eastern, west? ern, middle and northern portions, of the State respectively. Our effort will be by locating these colonies in healthy districts, by selling small farms to actual settlers at low prices, and on long credlts.and by using our per? sonal influence to have the colonists assis-ed and kindly treated by their neighbors; to make these settlements the mclens of a pros? perous and ever increasing immigrant popu? lation, who in their turn will add to the wealth and secure the prosperity of the State. If we can succeed in this; the problem of increasing the population of Sooth Carolina, and indeed of the whole South, to any extent, is solved. We have vast areas of land capable of very high and remunerative cultivation that are cow lying waste, and are but so much dead capital. They need to be divided, and diversi? fied industry should be substituted lor the destructive system of the. last few years. We need a more intelligent, self-reliant, thrifty laboring population, who will produce more of the necessaries of Hie, and less of the staple crops. Cotton is the best market crop .that we can ever have, but should only be made after an ample supply of provisions for home consomption. But, to return from this digression. To ac? complish our ends as above set forth, we must have capital. To make anything like a begin? ning from which practical results can be hoped for will require $200,000. This amount we hope to realize from this scheme. It may be asked, "How ?" I will indicate. We propose to sell 150,000 tickets at f 5 each, making $750, 000. Of this amount we will give in prizes $600,000, In manner as set forth in the Hat, the ornes being 2406 Ia number, to be drawn for In the usual way.- Of the remaining $250,000, after the expenses are deducted, we are pledged to give $10,000 to the State Agricul? tural and Mechanical Society, under whose auspices we are proceeding, and every cent of the balance to the introduction of immigrants. That ls the whole story. It is proper for me to add that Mr. Chadwick has, with great lib? erality, placed the "Academy of Music" at the disposal of the association at what the build? ing bas cost him. I am perfectly lree to admit that the means adopted to raise the necessary funds are ex? traordinary, but so is the occasion. This ls not a lottery, as some Appear to think, partak? ing though lt does somewhat of its features; but a project gotten up and conducted for a specific purpose-a pnrpose which we ' regard- < as of the very last consequence to the best In? terest! of the State, and Lhere to end. If our enterprise is successful, aar there ls no longer any reason to doubt that it will be, backed as lt ls by men of the highest social and business standing, North as well as South, and cordially supported bj the people where ever an office has been opened, we can Intro? duce into South Carolina in the course ol twelve or eighteen months, several large colo? nies of actual settlers, place the State on the road to prosperity and material development, and ultimately with her prosperity reap .for ourselves a handsome reward, pecuniary and otherwise, for our time and labor. "W6 are nop/ having prepared, at great trouble and expense, a pamphlet with illus? trations and maps, setting forth the ad van ta? ces of South Carolina, her agricultural and mineral resources, her incomparable water power, her genial climate, valuable products, Ac, Ac.; In short; ill such information as will be required by the Immigrant This book will be distributed throughout those portions of the North and Europe from which we are likely to obtain Immigrants, and will of itself be worth to the State of South Carolina more than the amount of money which our people are likely to invest in our scheme. This much, Hr. Editor, I have thought due to ourselves and to those who have made in? quiries as to our intentions, as these matters could not well be set forth In an advertise? ment. If persons should desire anything farther, we shall be most happy . to give them any information In our power. Regretting "that I have been compelled to trespass so much upon your space, but hoping that the- matter of this communication will not be without Interest to your readers, I remain yours, very respectfully, M. C. BDTLRS. New York, June 17th, 1871. GLIMPSES OE GOTHAM. Colonel Flak's Pion? Pilgrimage to Bos ton-How th? Puritans Tried to Thwart him, and how he Said his Prayers in Spite of Them-Another breecher Scandal-Panic Antony the Owners of Horseflesh-A Reminiscence of the Forrest Divorce Case. NEW YORK, June ID. The fun for the last three or four days has been about Colonel Fisk's visit with his regi? ment to Boston. Fisk, you know, ls a Bosto? nian, and doubtless it was his ambition to take his splendid regiment on to his native town and show himself at its head to those who knew him but a few years ago as a peddler of Yankee notions. A great deal of preliminary fuss was made over the trip, which had the effect of advertising itand exciting the Interest ol the Bostonians. Fisk telegraphed to the Mayor for permission to hold religious servi? ces on Sunday on the Common. This aroused thc anger of the Methodists and Baptists, and pr J tests poured into the board of aldermen against the proposed desecration of the day and the place. There was something so sub? limely "cheeky" in Jim Fisk's affectation of solicitude about where he should pray that everybody here was amused, but Puritans were astonished and indignant. The alder? men, Influenced by this pressure, refused per? mission for the use of the Common on the ground that such unusual ceremonies within Its precincts would draw together the worst classes of the city and vicinity, and perhaps produce disorder. This, to say the least, was, as an excuse, rather discreditable to the char? acter of Boston. Undaunted by this rebuff, Fisk telegraphed to the Mayor of Charlestown for leave to hold his prayer meeting under the shadow of Bun I ker HUI monument. The Mayor replied that he had no authority to grant the courtesy-a ! clear case of dodging. It was evident that the ! authorities of both cities were disposer1, io give Jim tho cold shoulder. But the pious young I railroad man was not to be put down this way. He announced that if he could not hire the j Boston theatre to pray in he would charter a ! barge nnd take his regiment out Into Boston harbor to do Sabbath duty there. Fully re? solved upon this course, he marched the boys down to one of his magnificent sound boats on Friday afternoon and embarked them for the Hub. Satut day,'being the anniversary of the bat? tle of Bunker Hil!, was a gala day In Boston and Charlestown, and the New York Ninth was the sensation of the day. Escorted by J the militia of. the two cities, the regiment, marched down Tremont and Hanover streets and across Charlestown Bridge, the inhabi? tants abandonlngltheir trafficking and dicker? ing and rushing to the sidewalks to gaze upon the unparalleled spectacle. First came the Ninth Heel ment band, perfectly gorgeous in their bright scarlet uniforms, over one- hun? dred strong, and led by a tremendous drum major. Among the musicians was Levy, the famous cornet player. Then followed the drum corps, three rows deep, keeping maeni nee nt time. The colonel followed, prancing about on a fiery black barb, which was once General Custer's war horse. Fisk looked like. Caesar returning with his legions from the conquest of,Gaul. A brilliant Btaffrode at his heels. The regiment marched behind, the platoons as even as rows In a corn field, and the men fine-looking fellows, and most of them employees of the Erie railroad,. evidently doing their best to amaze the Yankees. They were accorded an enthusiastic recep? tion, f"'-' :hed around the monument and re? turned to biston Common, where they had a review, li rt-ry thing passed off pleasantly, but the theuebt uppermost in the minds of the Bostonians was, "Where will Fisk say his pray? ers to-morrow ?" The colonel had provided lor that. Sunday opened with a pelting rain storm. The men lounged and yawned around the hotel, (the St. James, the nest in Boston,) wondering about their devotions, until after? noon, when the colonel pot them into fifty omnibuses, (two loads eacr.N and had them driven to the Boston Theatre, on Washington street. The regiment filled the orchestra chairs and parquette, the astonished Bostoni? ans the boxes and gallery, while Colonel Fisk and staff, the chaplain and the band occupied the sta^e. Chaplain Flagg prayed, and, ac? cording to a correspondent, "the colonel's de? vout expression of countenance* would, could they have seen it, have implanted tbe sweet flower of hope in the. breasts of Erie's "English stockholders.'" Prayer whs followed by a sermon by the chaplain, irom Proverbs xxiv, 32. It was long, -but doubtless did the Bostonians who heard ts some good. The colonel then addressed the men with a few re? marks, thanking 'hem for their orderly be? havior, and promising tc- '?ring them to Bos? ton again. The services vere closed by the band playing the io oology. After these unique transactions, tho colonel led his vete? rans back to the omnibuses, and they rode to the Old Colony Depot to embark for New York. They marched Into town to-day, and -j up Broadway to their armory, looking as fresh and sober as if they had only been on a little drill at Tompkins's square. A morning paper announces that Mr. FiBk ls about to study lor the ministry. Some 6.-'.ndal is being created by a libel suit brought against Henry Ward Beecher by the woman brokers, Woodhull <t Claflin. Mr. Beecher 1B one of the publishers of the Chris? tian Union newspaper, which ls printing a new serial novel by Mrs. Harriet Beecher j Stowe, la which some disreputable characters are introduced which Woodhull & Claflin pre? tend are meant for them. They lay their dam? ages at the modest sum ol $250,000. O? course this ls only an attempt to advertise themselves at the expense of Mr. Beecher. Tbe poor par? son is being continually used this way by notoriety-seekers. A truss manufacturer re? cently printed letters purporting to have been written by Mr. Beecher recommending his wares. The victim was forced to publish a card denouncing the fellow as an imposter. Writing of Harriet Ward Beecher reminds me to mention that she has another sensational novel in press. It is to be called "Pink and White Tyranny," and will expose the wrongs under which gentle and meek-tempered men Buffer from women, particularly from their wives. Mrs. Stowe ls determined to have this Bort ot slavery abolished, and, as the subject is popular, the book ls expected to have as large a sale as "Uncle Tom's Cabin." A panic has broken out among the owners of horseflesh. A new and mysterious pesti? lence has seized the horses, and thousands in public and private stables are dying or pros? trate. It seizes the animal in the shape of] paralysis in the spine, the hind legs become lifeless and insensible to the touch, the ribs and hips swell, and general debility follows. Through all this, the horse will eat and drink heartily. Nearly all the cases were-fatal at first, but now that the veterinary surgeons have experimented with rem?di?e until they have found something efficacious, about sev? enty-five per eena of the cases are saved. The Third Avenue Railroad Company bas lost one hundred horses, the Second Avenue sev? enty, and all the other car and omnibus com? panies are suffering. The disease has spread to the private stibles, and many very valuable animals have been swept away. The owners of floe blooded stock are removing lt as rap? idly as possible from tbe city. The horse doctors are at loggerheads about the cause of the plague. There are as many ideas as there are doctors. The favorite opinion le that the meal th is year ls not good. One of the strang? est features of the disease 1B that lt has confin? ed its ravages to this island. None of the horses in Brooklyn have been attacked, and, as lar as I can hear, the disease has not ap? peared in any other city. A recollection of tho once famous Forrest dlvqree cass has been revived by the death bf ] Mrs. Anne Sedley, on Staten Island. She was tbe slater to Mrs. Forrest, and lived with her at the time thc domestic difficulties ia tbe family commenced, and was one of the most important of Mrs. Forrest's witnesses. A few years after the trial she married Harry Sedley, an actor of some reputation, who Is now the theatrical editor of the New York Times. The case Which excited so much interest twenty years ago is almost forgotten. Mrs. Forrest, or Mrs. Sinclair as she afterwar . called her? self, bas been living in England with another husband. The old tragedian plays occasional engagements at the theatres (I believe he ap? peared at your Academy of Music Borne months ago,) but he Bpends most of his time in ret?reme -t lr Philadelphia. He belongs al? most ta a past .ige. Tbe g?n?ration arriving at. maturity know him not, and can hardly realize the furor his acting produced in those days when he appeared by night ia the theatre as Othello, and 'by day in the court-room as the Injured husband ot real life. Most of the performers in the -courthouse tragedy have passed away, John Van Buren, Nathaniel P. willis, Andrew' Jackson Allen, and big Jos?? phine Clifton among them. NYM. -Owing, it is said, to the exceeding cost of | the cast-steel cannon manufactured for the Prussian army by Krupp, in Essen, bronze will again take its place as the material from which guns for, the army of the new German Empire will be made in the future. For some time'previous to the late war, bronze was as good os given up altogether as a gun metal, anti nothing but Krupp's cast-steel guns were spoken of. But during the war all the reserve guns were made of bronze, and have answered admirably, and in luture the two principle weapons ol' the Prussian artillery, the rifled four-pounders and the short twenty-four pounders, which made so great a mark in the war, will be cast of oronze, while a newly constructed arm, the twenty-one centimetres mortar, throwing a shell of 160 pounds, will be made of this metal also. The long twenty four-pounders are still to be made of cast Bteel; but, from this general abandonment of the steel principle, there can be but little doubt that Krupp's guns must have failed to some extent under certain circumstances, for it is hardly to be surmised that the German military authorities, ater their late experi? ence, would be willing io sacrifice efficiency on the score of economy only. -Fifty feet of the Morris Canal in Jersey fell out yesterday. An aperature in the ad? joining woods swallowed rocks and trees. It h attributed to the earthquake. ? RATHER UGLY EXPOSE. THE ? TRICKS AND MANNERS " OE | A TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT. HQW Mr. Smalley Requited the Hospi? tality of the Hon. Alex. H. Stepheng. We have already printed ia THE NEWS the account irom the New York Tribune of the^ Interview of ita correspondent, Mr. Smalley, with the Hon. A. H. Stephens. Mr. Stephens's side of the story is thus given In his paper, the Atlanta Sun. It will not be easy for Mr. Smalley to meet, with credit to himself, so damaging a statement : [From the Atlanta Sun.] Jt Is true that Mr. Smalley, who announced himself as a correspondent ol the Tribune, did ' call on Mr. Stephens on the 3d inst. He was received civilly "by him, as all persons are whose demeanor ls.civil, whether nigh or low, rich or poor, white or black. When, however, the object of his visit was stated, Mr. Stephens promptly told him that while he wished to treat him and all persons civilly, yet he could hold no conversation with him lor any such purpose as that which he proposed; that he did not choose for hjs views upon public ques? tions and public affair? to be given to the pub? lic in any such way; that when he had any;, thins to say to the public he preferred it to be "said In his own language; that no man could talk with another for an hoar or two and from memory alone give an accurate report .of the words ?sed, even If the object was to give the substance of. what was said; but Tn most instances of this sort, the object was to distort the mean? ing by giving the exact wordB m some parts ol the report while omitting others in their proper connection, by which very erroneous impressions were produced: that he had a per? fect loathing and detestation of having his viewB thus presented to the public on any sub? ject, and . that he bsd no concealment of his sentiments on public questions to make from any person wno might desire them for his own information, and where everything said would stand together In its proper connection, producing its proper impression. . It was not until after an assurance was given by Mr. Smalley that he would not make any report for the press ot anything said by him that Afr. Stephens consented to talk to him at all on pub? lic affairs. Upon the repeated urgent wish of | Mr. Smalley tbat he might be permitted to give some account of the views expressed, Mr. Stephens gave full permission to him to refer to any written exposition of his views which had been published by his authority, using the words ol such authorized exposi? tion of his opinions, and not those of his own substitution. For this purpose Mr. Stephens furnished him with a copy of the Augusta (Ga.) Chroni? cle and Sentinel, in which his position on most of the matters alluded to lu the conver sallon was very correctly stated, and by his authority. "If you wish to give my views to the readers of the Tribune," said he, "lake that, and give them II the words and connec? tion therein set forth." In reference to another war, and the differ efence between Mr. Stephens and G?nerai Toomba as to the "possibility" of another war "between the North and South," Mr. Smalley entirely omits to state that Mr. Stephens was exceedingly emphatic In his opposition to any Buch resort, without regard to IIB possibility. In regard to the acts of Congress known as the "Reconstruction Measures," upon wbl?n. were based tho Fourteeth and Fifteenth amendments, all of which he considered gross usurpations by a majority lu "on. In Congress, be expressed himself.in most decided lan? guage, that there should be no resistance-no physical force. The proper course, in his opinion, to be pursued by the friends of liberty In all the States, towards these measures, was the same as that advised by Mr. JeflV-son to, be pursued by th? same class towards ?he In? famous "Alien and Sedition acts" In 1798-99. While holding them to be flagrant usurpations, and denouncing them as '.nullities and not laws" de jure, yet having the form of laws, they were to be obeyed so long as they were , held to be so by those In authority, clothed ' with power to execute them. The rlghtiul remedy for these outrages upon.constitutional rights was not in accepting them as "accom? plished facts" not to be assailed nor question? ed; nor-in granting absolution to the perpe? trators of them, but by exhibiting their enor? mous wrongs ; to arouse the masses of the -peo? ple everywhere and to rally them to the polls, that they might there give their public con? demnation, both upon-them and their authors. This part of the conversation It did not suit the purpose and object, perhaps, ol the Tribune "Interviewer" to repost, or even so much aa' allude to; or if he did intend to allude to lt, In one sentence, it Is In such terms as weakens its force and breaks Its effect. ' Mr. Stephens did not, lu any part of the con? versation, speak ol "the civilization of Georgia before the war as the highest In the world." Se did not speak of the general condition and sappiness of the people of Georgia at the time, reierred to-of all classes-black as well as white. He moreover said, taken as a whole looking to physical comfort, to habits of tem? perance, sobriety, industry- and thrill, to the general absence ol' want, Infrequency of crime, to the standard of moral culture and religious training, and last, though not least, to the principles of Integrity ana honor-they were unsurpassed by the people of-any State or Commonwealth of equal number of Inhabi? tants In the world. Mr. Stephens ls a little better informed, and not quite so loose or ex? travagant In his language as to'speak of these most admirable characteristics of- the- people sf Georgia la other days as the highest civili? sation In the world. It was but the beginning la their progress to- that higher eminence to which they aimed. But or lt, as lt ras, her sons may ever be proud. We have not the time or space lo say more on this subject at present, except to add : That whatever others may think of the grades of I civilization, high or low, our opinion ls, that good manners and genteel breeding constitute one of Ita brightest ornaments; and that lt ls no evidence of any degree of it lo boast off in behalt of the people of any State or Kingdom, for one of the recognized enllghteners of his fellow-citizens or subjects, after being civilly received and kindly treated by strangers, to go off and make such gratuitous flings' and sneers at the poverty, ol his hospitable enter? tainers, as the Tribune correspondent has seen flt to do la this case, upon the good people of Cranford ville and their humble residences. This may be taken as a sample of the type of | the civilization and progress in social Inter? course, favored by the New York Tribune, as Mr. Smalley, we believe, is recognized as one of its ablest and raciest correspondents. . Now, we venture to say that but few Geor? gians, it any, could be found, even la tbe pre? sent down-trodden condltioa of the good old State-with all the demoralization of the upr turnios of society by military force-who would,.af ter. receiving shelter, and partaking of the fare, such as it might me, of the hum? blest colored mau ia the laud, go off, and either speak or write contemptuously of the unpaint? ed hut, the puncheon floor, the broken chair, or what not, that might bave fallen under his Observation, when his wants and comforts, to tho extent of abiliip had been kindly supplied. WASHINGTON ITEMS. WASHINGTON, June 21. The Secretary ot the Treasury directs the payment ot'the July Interest on Monday with? out rebate. &The application for the pardon for Bowen ls still before the bureau of Justice. No action bas yet been taken. General N. B. Forrest is here to testily be? fore the Ku-Elux committee. A CRASH IN WAEL STREET. NEW YORK, June 21. The failure to make the attempted corner In Rock Island stock resulted in the failure to? day of the following houses : W. S. Woodward, Dater & Timpson, Bari & Stantonstal, Robert Walter, J. W. Gillespie, James Austin, W. E. Tunis & Co., Fanshaw & Mc Dougal, H. A. Den? ison, D. R Bowvin and A. G. Wood. -The cable annouuces the death last Sun? day of George Grote, the distinguished Eng? lish historian, whose masterly history of I Greece has given him a world-wide fame. A CHAPTER OX RICE. [Correspondence or the Journal of Commerc . CHARLESTON, June 1 Rice ls essentially the product of a 1 swampy region. ' Some inferior qualities of article are produced in the uplands, but v little. The bulk of the best quality rice is ] duced in South Carolina, ana Charleston is controlling rice market Before the war it ? raised very extensively In this section; since that time various causes have opera against resumption of its cultivation to a i couraging extent. But as capital flows in culture 1B extended. The following tabli crops will show the relative'production lor years named, commencing September 1, ei year: crop of Tierce 185B-?0......iel, 1866- 07...:.21, 1867- 68 . 28, 1868- S9.:. 37, 1869- 70.;v..?...:..'..41, The receipts for the present year up to Ji 1st amount to about 6000 tierces more than the same time last year. It will be seen t the crops aire steadily Increasing. Ja addit to the Atlantic coast crop, given above, an 1 E?tus has been giv?' to rice cultivation ou ?siana, and that, production forms a c< siderable part of the amount consumed in < Southwestern and Northwestern States. B lt not been, however, for special causes gre lng out ol th? war, the amount now pr'oduc would be likely to exceed largely the prodi tions in the big crop year of lassoo. The c ture of rice ls one ol the most delicate and i certain of occupations. The laborer*shot live on the plantation so as to be ready at a time to apply himself to the protection or nt ture of the growing crop. On each p l an ta tl they have a canal to carry floats for remov? the crop to a tidewater river and to flood t rice fields. Each canal is furnished wi dykes and flood-gates on the principle of cai locks; also trunks in the Bide of the basl through the gates of which the fields a flooded. The seed grows up through wau and the land is then dried and nursed till becomes necessary to flood and dry it aga! and prepare it for the last, or what they ci "the harvest flow."- Since the war plante have Butlered from several reasons: First. Want ot capital. The planters, befo the war, were gentlemen of wealth. Sin the war they have been quite poor. Wb< they offered their lands as security lor loans money,' made necessary by poverty, capitalls either refused the loans or consented ou upon Tecelpt ol 13 to 15 per cent. Interes Even now planters are paying to lactors.l 13 and 15 per cent., besides 2} for ad van cir the money and 2\ tor selling the rice, 'eltin cleaned or In the rough. These things ofte compel the planter to sell his rice as soon E harvested In order to meet his obligation Fortunately the old planters have their ol canals, dykes, trunks and flood-gates, andr, repairs have placed them again in workin condition. Were it not for that they could ni succeed in raising any part of a crop. Tb best portions ol the Carolina lands, that those where artificial means of flooding r< mained, are now In cultivation, yielding, how ever, only from one-fo?rth to one-half a croi lt. Is impossible to do better, first, for tb reason above given-want of capital, and. Second. The unreliability ot labor; bwin to want of competition. Beiore the war tb negroes'lived on the plantations, and wer under the control of their masters at all time* It was easy then when a canal bank, a trun or a flood-gate gave way to repair the da m ag at once and save the crop. But now the fiel negroes ol the swamps have become shlftles and indolent, being under no control, and ni being endowed by nature or education witl the knack of caring tor themselves. They d not seem to have any idea, of a future want but, altar hunger forces them to work for little while In order to earn provisions am fill their bellies, they roll over in the sun, Uki over-fed alligators, and forget everything li Bleep. Of course all negroes are not of tba class, but I feel assured that the rice negroe generally are. The fact that they are free ha dawned upon them in a peculiar way. The; seem to think the privilege of voting meani that they shall govern, and that governmen means a division ol st an tl ai benefits, sucl as money, property, Ac. Different Ideas of < similar nature affect, them' lo difieren ways, but the result is the inculcation of at Indolent, shlltless and capricious spirit of ne gleot. The planters say their only hope for s change ls either that they will become more Intelligent and learn that the employer anc employee have Identical interests In the pro duct of labor; or, that Chinese labor shall be Imported. White laborers from the Nortr would die on rice plantations, not 'from thc heat ol the climate, bj it, from chilla and leven Induced by the miasma ot the swamps and flooded meadows. The Chinese and negroes can live through the effects of the miasma J find a strong feeling here in favor of the In? troduction oi Chinese labor. The planters saj that with Chinamen they could work out a full crop. It frequently happens now that a planter tinda himself unable to get labor at any price lust at the harvest time when the crop suffers from injury if left uncut. Third. Limit of market. But this is a natu? ral consequence of the two former misfortunes. The fact ls, that If the tariff of 2 j per cent, gold now imposed on imported rice were taken off, there would be very little .cultivated, because of the uncertainty of labor. With a reliable system of labor-the rice productions ol Caro? lina are BO much superior to foreign produc? tions-the crops would all sell at remunerative rates without, any protective tariff. The East India rice Imported into this coun? try ls cleaned to Bave trelyht. It gets musty and stale,.and undesirable when delivered, compared with the home production. The American rice ls much fresher, and brings In market about one cent a pound more than the East India rice. Thus, with tariff added, when Imported rice brings $6 to $6 50 per 100 pounds, Carolina rice brings $7 to $7 50, and furnishes a small profit to thu plauter. Bet?re the war the flnest quality (an es? pecial production) of Carolina rice waB export? ed to Havre for manufacture into rice Btone -a mineral afterwards made Into statuettes and other ornaments in imitation ot Parian marble. A large amount was also sold in the rough for export to Copenhagen. Bremen and other points in north Europe, and to Amster? dam, where it was cleaned in mills and thrown upon the European . market. All those de? mands are discontinued. The rice crop of the South ls now made to supply only the home consumption; but it is all consumed through distributions from New York. Chicago and the intermediate and dependent cities of supply. A BIT OE GERMAN GOSSIP. Count Mortice and his Million of Money. The Berlin correspondent of the London Daily News writes as fallows: ' There is a rumor that Count Moltke has ex? pressed his resolution to Emperor William to decline the present of a million of thalers, which it is Intended by the Federal Council and the majority ol the Reichstag to bestow upon him. He has declared himself quite sat? isfied with the title of count, not so much for his own sake as for that ol lils family, his nephew having been made heir to the title. As for the money, the smallness of his per? sonal wants-he ls fond only of a very inex? pensive luxury, namely, mups-rendered it altogether superfluous tb him, and he did not think that bis nephew had a claim to a reward out ot the pockets ol' the nation. I reproduce this gossip with due reserve, and would not do so had it not become quite general here. If true, Moltke's refusal would put Bismarck somewhat into a fix. He, too, is said originally to have Intended to decline receiving the same present, but yielded a preliminary as? sent on being reminded that his refusal might compel Moltke to imitate lt. The whole affair seems not to have been viewed by the twa Illustrious men as yet in the right light-I mean In that which ll is placed by members of the Reichstag. The Reichstag represents the national feel? ing, at least that of tbe more educated classes, In disliking to see titles ot nobility granted by the Emperor, which, nowadays, are not what they were of old in Germany-tokens of the personal favor ol the sovereign-but which are at present in reality granted in the name and lor the sake ol the Empire. The Reich? stag, therefore, wants such titles to be sup? ported by means which secure future family independence, and that a practice should pre? vail which would compel future Emperors to make an extremely sparing use of their power of granting titles of nobility. As the Emperor can confer a title but no wealth, and the Keich slas wealth but no title, the practice of adding wealth to title is evidently the gentlest way to make titles of nobility of modern- creation what they ought to be. . PARIS AND BERLIN. TSE CLOSE OE THE QEBXAN TBI UMPSAZ FESTIVITIES. Thier? Denounce? Napoleon's Policy France's Misfortunes Blessings In Dis guise-Numerous Arrests of Interna? tionals-The French Ii o a n-Jubilee Disturbance* In Madrid. LONDON, June 21.: Thiers, addressing the Assembly, denounc? ed Napoleon's policy as absurd and the real cause o? disaster. Gambetta's course was ex? cusable, though he should have made peace when the success .of the army of the Loire be? came hopeless. Thiers says it ls necessary to pay the German Indemnity quickly. He con? cluded : "France will derive many advantages from her misfortune." Numbers of the International Society at Mar? seilles have been arrested. There have been numerous arrests also In Lavalette. In the HouBe of Lords, Granville, concern? ing the treaty of Washington, said that April 9,1866, the date of General -Lee's surrender, had been accepted as the date ot the termina? tion of the American war, but thought events occurring subsequently would be considered. PARIS, June 20. The monarchical press fear the union of the Republican journals. A committee has been formed to procure the return to the Assembly of the former representatives of Alsace and Lorraine. Gambetta has declined nomination for the Assembly. Denunciations-of Commu? nists are made dally, and arrests continue fre? quent The idea ls mooted of forming a second Chamber, to be elected by general councils. The little ship' City of Ragusa was spoken lat. 48, long. 38. It ls believed that the steam? er Collingwood, from Liverpool for Bombay, foundered. She had thirty persons aboard. The' steamer Shanghai, from Hong Kong for Amoy, was wrecked. The. Agnes Benfield, from Manilla for New York, foundered. Her crew were saved. The population ol Bogland and ' Wales ls twenty-two and three-quarter millions; of Ire? land five and a half millions. Count Beust stated In the Diet that the rela? tions'of Austria with the Western Powers were excellent, and that there WAS no reason to ap? prehend a collision with Russia. He flated also that twenty-two Austrian bishops had peti? tioned the Emperor in favor of the re-estab? lishment of the temporal power of the Pope. BERLIN, June 18. The troops were entertained yesterday with dinners and dancing every wh?rV. At the pal? ace there waa a state performance of opera, which was attended only by special Invitation. The display was grand, there being many gor? geous uniforms. The civil officers occupied the pit, and the dlplomatlc.corps the prosce? nium. Everybody was in uniform except the ? American Minister. None but ladles occupied the iront row, and none except maids ol honor the second tier. To-day has been devoted to thanksgiving in all the churches, which are crowded. A .national prayer, composed by the High Consistory, was read in the cathe? dral, which was splendidly decorated.. Dou? cher sang the "Te Deum" magnificently, when the ceremonies concluded. BERLIN, June 2P, ; s - The french loan ls popular. Arrangements have been made to take up a large portion. VERSAILLES, June 21. The Assembly unanimously passed the loan ? bill. MADRID, June 21. The Prefect of Madrid resigned in conse? quence ol the Jubilee disturbances. VACANCIES IN COUNTY OFFICES. Has the Governor the Right to Fill them l-Opinion of the Attorney-Gene? ral. The following correspondence, In reference to the right and duty of the Governor to fill vacancies In county offices has been furnished for publication: COLUMBIA, June 19,1871. Hon. D. E. Chamberlain, Attorney-General: SIR-Vacancies having occurred In several counties of this State in the offices of coroner, probate Judge and county commissioner, your official opinion ls respectfully requested as to my right and duty to fill such vacancies In the Interim between their occurrence and the ensuing election. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, . R. K. SCOTT, Governor. OFFICE OF THE ATTORKEY-JGENERAL, Y COLUMBIA, S. C., Jnae-20, 1871. j To His Excellency Governor B. E. Scott:} SIR-I have received your note of yesterday, requesting my opinion aa to your rlffht and duty to fill vacancies lu county offices. I.have agnin, therefore, carefully examined the stat? utes with reference to this point, and now give you my reply. With respect to the office ol' sheriff. I am of opinion that the act of 1839, commonly called .The Sheriff's Act." is still of force so far as to authorize the clerk of the court In the county wbe're a vacancy in that office shall have oc? curred to order an election. This opinion has already been acted upon In Greenville County, and a sheriff bas. been elected and taken office under an election so called and held. With reference to the office of county school commissioner, the act of March CID, 1871, en? titled "An act to amend an act entitled an act to establish and maintain a system of fre? common schools for the State of South Caro? lina," 'n section 22, gives the Governor the power to appoint a person to fill* any vacancy in the office of school commissioner. With retereoce to the office of coroner, the .act ol January 27tb, 1870, entitled "An act to alter and amend an act concerning the office, duties and liabilities ol coroner,", gives the Governor power, by proclamation, to desig? nate some justice of the peace or magistrate of the county wherein a vacancy occurs In the office of coroner, to 4act as coroner until, by order of the Legislature, an election shall be had to fill the vacancy. I think this act should be construed to confer upon the Governor the power to designate a trial Justice also to act as coroner. . In the case of clerks of court, the judge has power io appoint a person to perform the du? ties of clerk in case ol ? vacancy. . In the cases of all the other elective county offices, I find no provision ol law for filling va? cancies which shall occur between the times of holding the general elections for the State, except in cases where the unexpired term of office In which a vacancy occurs shall be less than one year. The vacancies which have arisen recently, in several counties, ls the of? fices of probate judge and of county coinmis Bioners, do not come within the provision of law last recited, Inasmuch as the unexpired terms are considerably more thark one year. My opinion, therefore, is, that in these cases there is no power given to the Governor, or, In fact, to any one, to fill these vacancies. The Legislature, by the act of February 28tb, 1870, entitled "An act to provide for the filling of vacancies In county offices," saw fit to limit your power of appointment to fill va? cancies to cases where the unexpired term does not exceed one year, and having put this limitation upon your power of appointment, they failed to provide any other mode for fill? ing the vacancies. My opinion, therefore, is, that in the case of probate Judges and of county commissioners, there ls no authority vested In any one to AU vacancies, either by appointment or by elec? tion, until the time shall arrive when the re? mainder of the unexpired term, dating from the Monday following the last-general election, shall not exceed one year. No doubt tbe pub-, j lie Inconvenience of such a state of the law ' will be very/great, but lt would be idle to as? sume authority to make appointments or order elections in the absence of any/law clearly giv? ing to you that power, for the courts, whenever their attention was called to the matter, would .be obliged to hold such appointments-and elec? tions to be wholly void. - Very ref pectfully, !" Your obedient servant, * D. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Attorney General. .????'?? ? ALZ ABOUT THE STATE. Columbia. Jack Foster, a colored boy about fourteen years of age; was lound drowned on Tuesday morning in a large spring, neat the old Kins 1er brick-yard. Marlon. The Marion Star has* the following account .of a homicide: "Last week two negroes; re? spectively named Ben Fink le a and Bob Gasque, engaged in a fight at Mailing's Depot, that resulted in the death of the former. Knives were freely used by both parties, and the f.nrvlvor carries on him' many deep gashes. Ths flrgin o? the tragedy was an old hat and coat, once the property of Gasque, but which ?had been 'appropriated' by Flnkiea.'^ The Marlon Crescent says : "We learn from' Mr. Morris Clarke that Mary, a colored nurse for his infant, bad, on several occasions, given the innocent babe a severe whipping, and would otherwise Ill-treat it for crying. The offender was up belore Trial . Justice McIntyre last Monday, when Bhe was sentenced to'ten dayB' imprisonment." The same paper also states that a heavy storm passed ever Marion on Thursday right .of last week. Considerable damage resulted to growing crops, shade trees and houses. Several houses were blown down, in one of which several colored persons had retired for j the night, and yet they all escaped unhurt. Hail and Tain fell in abundance. Marlboro*. The Marlboro' Times, speaking of the :rop prospect, save: "From every direction we hear favorable reports of the growing crops. Many of our farmers say they never had as gooda prospect for a crop at this-season bf | the year as they have at the present time. We hear but little complaint about the grass. ' The season has been so favorable that our iarmers have had. little difficulty in keeping this great enemy of agricultural products under control. Notwithstanding the present favorable pros? pect, the yield o?'colton-in this county will doubtless be considerably less this year than lt was last. In the first place, there ls not as much planted, the number of acres in cotton this year being estimated at from ten to twen? ty per cent less than last year. In tile second place, fertilizers are not used to anything like the extent that they were last year. If the. seasons continue favorable the yield of- corn will be gi eater than last year, our farmers gen? erally having planted more largely in corn this year than lost. .The oat crop in this sec? tion has proven a (allure. Where oats were sown in the fall they were killed by the cold weather to such an extent as to seriously Iii Jure the stand, and spring oats have not done well.? . THE WEATHER THIS BAY. WASHINGTON, June 21. It is probable that cloudy weather and rain will be experienced in the northwest to-night. Local storms are threatening from Arkansas to Nebraska. A falling barometer, with cloudy and threatening weather, are probable for Thursday on the lakes. No material change is Indicated for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Yesterday's Weather Reporta of the . Signal Service, 17. 8. A. Place of Observation. Augusta. Baltimore. Boston. Buffalo, N. Y.... Charleston. Cheyenne, W.T. Chicago.* til nein natl. Corinne, Utab... Key West,Fla... Lake City, Fla .. Motile. Nashville. New, Orleans.... New York.. Omaha, Neb_ Philadelphia. Portland, Me.... .san Francisco.. Savannah. St. Lonla........ st. Paul, Minn.. Washlogton.D.O. Wilmlngton,N.C. Norfolk. Galveston. Sacramento .... Cape May. EE 3 g? 29.9? 30.12 29.9a 3?1?? S??fl 30.14 30.08 30:07 80.08 30.04 30.05 2P.96 29.99 30.06 30.07 30.03 30.06 30.13 w Si N W NW N 3W NE SE 8 o 5 s Gentle. [Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Brisk. Gentle. Gentle. Light. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Tb St'm Tb St'm Fair. Fair. Th St'm Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Cloudy, Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. rjIHE TOURVILLE ENQUIRER FOR 1871 With the first of the vear, the YORK VIL LF! EN? 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