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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. * THE RIFF-RAFF TICKET. EVEN THE ORGAN OF ** THE PARTY" CANNOT SWALLOW IT. The Disgusted Editor Announces that Ht would Scorn to Support lt pr to Counsel lils Readers to Vote tor it. [From tbe Charleston Republican, July 23.] K is with grief that we admit, as In duty bound, that this convention, chosen to repre? sent the Republican party of Charleston, and also wide-sweeping interests outside of their ?iarty-chosen to do that which was best or Republicanism and that which, was so plainly and Imperatively demanded for Charleston; failed to fully realize the magni? tude of the trust reposed In them, and the mighty issues of the hour. As ? their work passes this day in review before the people, the - honest, thinking Republican ls. sadly compelled to confess the lamentable failure In the main of these men who consented to represent the wishes ol' the Republican party. Instead of representing the brains and som of that party, Instead of attempting to wall*. in the paths which tbe thinkers ot our organisa? tion know alone only lead to that better place finch lies only so little way ahead, and which is our duty to reach, not only fdr our good, but for that ol all parties, to the end that there may be a, purer political atmosphere, that there may be less of vulgar scrambling for of? fice, that there may be a more' righteous and bralnful execution of the laws, that there may be a higher and better education for all our people; Instead of this, that convention went their own way, In their own tangled paths, selfishly.ambitious, and scorning and spitting? upon thOkgreal*' party which bad "looked to them for Intelligent -fork. Some of the men nominated by the Repub? lican convention for aldermen are excellent I citizens, and If elected would ably carry their -end of the city's burden with Mayor Pillsbury, and some of the nominees for school commis? sioners would make good officers; but a por? tion of the ticket ls made up o? men notorious? ly unfit tor the offices for which they have been named. Ii any doubt of the depths of pain it brings' to us to say all this, then - auch do cot know the many years we have been Republican, and tbe deep' and tender love we- have tor the be. neflcent principles ol Bepubllc?nlsm-a politl- '-' cal code the best man ever framed-a political ) code more -nearly dovetailed with the best 1 ethical code laid down in the "Book of Books" { . political code of equal rights, no matter 1 what the race, color, or condition of the men lt covers. But, painful ai it is, we have a j duty to perform, and we will not shirk IC It j is our duty to speak plainly now, and the very 1 love we bear to Republicanism shall make I those words the plainer. ' 1 The ticket, as a whole, is such that we will' ? not vote for lt; andi more, thau this* we will 1 not counsel our readers to that which we our* \ selves would scorn to do. We not only do not 1 advise them to vote for that ticket, as a whole, 1 but we urge upon them the absolute duty of J working to defeat lt. There are some men f upon that ticket for whom we shall gladly j ?yo te, and we urge our readers ' to give these { good men their earnest support; but, for the ; ?tigers, let us show them tickets cut into 1 fringes ! Let ns. teach a wing of our party J the silliness and selfishness- of their work; let 1 ns so teach them that sooner or later they will. 8 take "a new departure-' in city politics. 8 We want to see continued victories for our ; party; and it is partly because we see the jj necessity of those victories In the years tb 1 eome that we speak as we do now. We want I the lurther triumph, because the good work. J of the Republican party ls far from being 1 completed. But we cannot triumph long, J and, indeed, we ought not, if we allow each \ work as was done by the convention last eve- c nlng to stand unrebuked by the good men of j our party. We teantvietory for our party, for ' that means-the good of Charleston and ot D South Carolina; but the truth is that a certain a wing of our party needs the soundest thrash- $ lng. All partie** ..?ve bad wings; but lt is to the interests ot the parties to see to It that the bad wings are put down where they belong. Let us go in and work with might and main for the election of Mayor Pillsbury, and then tor such men on the ticket with' him as are good and capable. Some of these nominees are excellent and representative citizens. Elect these, and put good men in the place of r, the others. . t As to how this is to be done will be speed- b Uy determined. A caucus of Republicans is r proposed, who. will nominate a good ticket, a selecting all who are fitted for office who are v upon the Republican ticket, and also such li men as may he deemed best from the uCiti- a zen's " ticket, and adding suob others as should p be added. s The work should be entered on immediately. C A. ticket can be prepared In this way. which o ought to win, securing* a good board ol alder- o men with Mayor Pillsbury, and a good board n of school commissioners. S I * THE VIRGINIA CONSERVATIVES. | t p Address of the Executive Committee. I a i At a meeting of tbe State committee of tbe 11 ?Conservative party of Virginia, as already sta- 0 ted by telegraph, held in the City of Richmond; ? July 20, 1871, lt was deemed, expedient to call * a State convention of the Conservative party '? at Richmond, August 30th next, to reorganize ? the party and prepare for the elections tor the' ? Legislature, to take place in November.. The address issued by the committee, signed by R. T. Daniel, chairman, reviews the late procla? mation of tbe President, In which he declares, -under tiie recent legislation of Congress, '-that he will not hesitate tb exhaust the powers thus vested In the Executive whenever and* 'wher? ever lt may be necessary to d<- so." The ad? dress says : -.Thus has this official, armed with power by a subservient Congress, declared war against a large body of the- American people, and forced them to know him hereafter only as their enemy. The slight gleam of Presiden? tial favor which enabled us to vote down the disfranchising clauses In the State Constitu? tion was speedily withdrawn. Ever since we have Mn under the sullen frown of power. Never since have we received, from Congress or from the President one tign of conciliation, encouragement or cheer. But measures of repression, test-oaths and political exclusion have pursued us, in the dreary, vulgar routine In which tyranDj, inventing nothing n6w, re? peats itself the world over. In the recently enacted law purporting to eu lo ree the four? teenth amendment, 'and for other purposes,' and in that commonly known as tneelectlon or enforcement law, there are laid numberless traps and snares for thu unwary Southern citizen who ventures to cast bis vote or use his personal influence against the candidates who stand forth to support these abuses!" '** >. The Richmond Dispatch, commenting upon the address and political affaira in Virginia, says tbat "the State escaped a very great calamity In the fortunate success of the Con? servative party in '69. Order has been main? tained, the public faith bas been preserved, honesty In the public administration secured, public-dignity and. decency defended and pro? tected as far as was possible, and the ho pt and confidence of the people bave been steadily assured and fostered. .Thus, protected and cheered, the State has rapidly recovered (rom prostration and despair, and. is now rapidlv advancing to a condition ot prosperity ard strength." THE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD. Prospect of its Completion-Sale of the State Sioclr. [From the Co'umbia Union of Yesterday.] Railroad circles have .been busy and some? what lively for a week past, and several 1m Sortant meetings of railroad men have been eld. We learn that the upshot ol the matter ls that there has been effected a sale of the State's stock In the Blue Ridge Railroad,'and that the same has been transferred to au as? sociation composed of Infiueatlal citlzena and Northern capitalists, and that there now ia a prospeot of something being done to complete this important enterprise, which will do so much towards developing the resources of the State, and which will open a way to the rich country oeyond the mountains. We learn that n resurvey of the road has already been order m ed, with a view of adopting thc narrow gauge r system, now being so generally discussed throughout the country, and already com . menced upon In Tennessee; and which has also been demonstrated beyond a doubt In Europe, to effect a great saving *ln expenses, with equal facilities tor all the demands of trade 4&d commerce. " ' AN AWFUL TRAGEDY. Sickening and Heart-Rending Scene. The Savannah News says that the most awful and appalling tragedy that has stirred the hearts of any community In this section for many a year, If eyer before, occurred .in Ef? fingham County, about two miles, above sta? tion No. 3$, on the Central Railroad, about : o'clock on Monday morning. Mrs. Ash, the wife of John H.. Ash, formerly of Savannah, killed her three little children, and afterwards committed suicide by adminis? tering a sufficient quantity of strychnine to produce almost instantaneous death. It appears ?rom what we could learn from a gentleman who was au eye witness to the hor? rifying scenepthat Mrs. Ash, formerly Miss Laura Dasher, of Effiugham County, has, for a short time past, been slightly deranged-atfI least she was expected of being lil this condi? tion from certain singular appearances and conduct noticeable to those nearest her and in most continuous association with ber. How? ever, nothing serious was apprehended, ex? cept that her husband felt a little anxious about her,- and communicated with her brothers on the subject. This was ail. No more serious apprehension was felt, although her husband continued to keep a strict watch over her conduct. A short time previous he had purchased a small'bottle ot strychnine for the-purpose of destroying the rats and dogs that .were rapidly killing off their poul? try. This he secreted in the night time, tak? ing the pr?caution to lock it up in an old bu? reau drawer, hiding the key In a place least likely to be discovered by his wife, no1 other person in the house knowing of the hiding place.- Sunday night all went Lo bed as usual, chough before retiring Mrs. Ash sat down and wrote a long letter, to whom we could not ?certain; her husband read the letter, but lid not suspect anything, although it contain? ed an account of ber feelings towards certain nembers of ber family, with whom there was - jome unpleasantness. Mr. Ash took all three of he children In bed with himself and his wife. Kr. Geo. Patterson, a friend and relative of Mrs. lab's, occupied an adjoining room. About 3 >'clock Monday morning, he and Mr. Ash vere aroused by the' cries of two of the cha? iren, and entering thu room found Mrs. Ash a ! he act of taking a spoon from the mouth of f he oldest child, a little girl, who had strug? gled and resisted until her cries awoke tier ather and his friend; both of whom feeling 1 damed, asked her what she was doing. She .eplled, "only giving the children a little pow? ter, and I am afraid that I have not given hem enough." ' They begged and entreated 1er to tell them what she had given them. Hr. - Ash tasting the powder which he perceived on the mouth of one of I he ; children, discovered that lt was tuite, bitter. She finally took him to the )ureau drawer and showed bim'the bottle of ?try nh nine from which she bad dosed herself J irst, and then each one'of her three little mes. It was but a short time after this be 'ore the mother, a yoting woman about twen y-flve years old,. and her i three interesting lttle children, two girls and one boy, were J yingstuTand cold in. the arms of- death. Dy ng in rapid succession, one alter the other, he mother,-although.the. first to.take tho jolson, lived to see her children .air die, and heh followed them herself.. It I* ls said the it niggles of the poor little .'creatures were iwful, the oldest, i ailing backwards, was Irawn together in such al. manner that her lead and feet nearly touched each other, .'he afflicted father held his little ones and his vlfe in bis arms till they breathed their last.' Che time was too short from -the discovery of j he deed to procure any aid. although a pbysi ian was immediately sent for. He arrived in ime to save the father, who, in lils efforts to lis co ver what the drug was, had swallowed nough to render h s condition dangerous. Cr. Patterson came to Savannah Monday af ter >oon to procure conics to bury the dead, and. s soon as he returns, an Inquest will be held I irevious to the Interment.' . \ ) THAT FANCY FALLE OF COTTON. Its Extraordinary History. [Prom the New York Herald, July 22.] A sample of the. fliest. bale of cotton eyer iroduced was exhibited at the New York Cot? on Exchange yesterday. The weight of the ale was U9 pounds, which, In the aggregate ealized the respectable Bum . of $3312 20 n average of $7 43 per pound. The cotton ras raised by \Y. B. McShaw, Lee. County, [lftsifisippl, and was picked by himself,'wile nd daughter. In their parlor, and took the first rem lum of $600 for the best bale of abort tapie cotton offered at-. the St. Louis fair last iciober. Again, it took the sweepstakes prize f $1000 offered tor the best baie of either long r short staple. After this Mr. McShaw do? ated the cotton to the Southern Educational ocletv, which offered lt on the St, Louis Corn ?xchange, and sold it to Hr. D. 6. Tutt, At blrty cents per pound. Mr. Tutt, in turn, r esented it to the same society, when It was gain sold at twenty-five cents per pound, .gain lt was presented to the society, when 5 realized thirty-eight; cents per pound, the ny er in this case presenting it as formerly, ifter this it was not offered fer sale by the oclety, but was raffled lor one thousand dol irs, adri' afterwards sold and resold, to be nally purchased by Messrs. Shyrock it Row tnd, of St. Louis, who shipped lt to Messrs. forton, Slaughter <fc Co., ot this city, for the urp?se'of getting lt so far away as to pre~?mt ; being entered tor the one-thousand dolo? re min in to be offered at the lair lu. Oe to ber ext, as well as.to test the appreciation of forthern factors and manufacturers ot the la ustry of Mrs. McShaw and daughter, whose Ur hun .is baye ' prepared for exhibici?n, be ond doubt, tbe Quest bale of cotton ever rown in any-country. Messrs. Norton, Slaugh -T & Co. report Lue sale o? this colton at tiny ents per pound, through Messrs. S. Munn, on 4 Co., cotton brokers, to Mr. Jonathan lari, treasurer of Norfolk and New Brunswick [celery Company, of New Brunswick, N. J t the request of Mr. Earl, Mr. T. J. Slaughter rill write Mrs. McShaw for measurement of erself and - daughter, who will be presented ? Uh full undersults manufactured irom this emarkable colton. THE WEATHER THIS "DAY. WASHINGTON, July 26. Probabilities: Pleasant weather is proba le for tbe Upper. Lakes ou Thursday. No material change- is indicated lor the Gulf oast and Southern . States. An area of low ammeter will probably move eastward from jake Huron, with fresh southwesterly winds n Lake'Erie and Lake Ontario, and cloddy nd threatening weather north west and north ast of Massachusetts. festerduy'a Weather Reports of thc Signal Service, ?. S. A.-4.47 P. AI., Local Time. Place of Observation. 3>t ra? LuRusta.. talamere. loston. luffalo, N. S'.;.. Marleston. Ihlcago. ;incinnatl. heveland. )et?.oit. >ulurh. Min. ndlanapulls.... C?? West, Ela.".. knoxville, Tenn. Akc City, Fla... lemphls, Tenn. lllwau.ee, Wis Joelie. ?aa li ville. lew London, Ct. lew Orleans..., tew York. ?maha, Neb_ tswego, N. Y.... 'hlladelphla. .ittsburg, Pa.... .urtimd, Me.... tochester, N. Y. >*vannah. lt. Louis.... it. Paul,-Minn.. 'oledo, O. Vashiu'gt?n,l).c. Viloimgton.N.O. ?'orfolk. lynchburg.. ea ven worth.... 3apc Mav. Ht. Washington. 30.04 30.01 29.91 20.62 30.U 29.71 30.06 29.9. 29.79 29.85 29.93 29.97 29.99 30.02 30.01 29.76 30.09] 30.10 29.90 80.04 29.93 29.7 29.84 29.99 29.97 29.97! 29.83 30.09) 29.89 29.88 25- B3 29.96 30.17 30.03 30.01 29.95 80.01 30.11 N E Lieht. S Ktcsb. SE Fresh. SW Gentle. t? Fresh. .\'W fresh. SW Gentle. SE Gentle. *W Gell ie. Cm.".. s Fresh. sc Gentle. SW Fresh. C'ra. SB Gentle. Nb Light. B Fresh. SW Gentle. ^w fresh. E Fresh. S Fresh. SE Gentle. N Light SW. W ?risk. SE Fresh. SB Light. B Ge u tie. S, Gentle. NW Light. W Gentle sw (Sentie. SK Fresh. S ?risk. SW Brisk. SK Gentle. W Gentle SE Gentle. Clear. Clear. Lt, Kam Fair. Fair. Hail. Cl?'r up Cloudy. Th'lng. Cloudy. ciHudy. Oioody. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. iCInudv. fOlOUdy. Cle'r up :toudy. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Lt. Kain Cloudy. Fair. iCioudy. Vair. ?.'air. Tu'lng. Hazy. Hazy. Fair. 1 ?lear. Fair, lear, li. ram. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A BITTER LETTER THOM ME. JILLSOV. the Powers of the State Superlnten. dent-CouliHe Steal If He Would ? The Columbia Union prints tbe following let? ter : COLOMBIA, S. C., July 24th, 1871., To the Editor of the Daily Union: DEAR SIR-I bare, tor some time past, been the insignificant object at whose unlucky head divers ponderous missiles, sometimes called newspaper articles, have been levelled, in which articles my character as an officer and as an individual bas been assailed. To tbe charges of Incompetency and inefficiency I shall deign to make no answer. Hy reply to the implied charg? of dishonesty Is-that I am ready to compare records on that score with any and all of my accusera. Some persons really know nothing, while others refuse to know anything. Now, with which division do those casting the Imputation of dishonesty prefer to be classed ? Any person having the least con? verse with public affairs knows that I do not have the handling of a dollar of the "people's money," the "school funds." I frankly con? fess that I am not sharp enough, were I in? clined so to do, to get away with that which never comes- into my hands. The most abusive, bitter and malicious of my assailants Is a creature bearing the outward lorm and semblance of a very sorry specimen of the genus homo, a creature who affects eccentri? city, and who Blgns his name as "A. Sumner." It ls a melancholy fact well-known to many pt your readers, that this individual has been for a long time afflicted with a complaint known as Cacothes scribenai, a malady similar in nature to chronic diarrheas, only infinitely more troublesome and disgusting. The one indicates constitu? ional physical weakness, the other betrays constitutional mental de? bility; I am bold enough . to presume that I know the cause of his unhappy spleen against me.' I ehall take no further notice of Hr. Sumner's abuse, because I consider the source from which lt comes, as the man said when the big rabbit with the cow's tall kicked bim. The principal object of this communication ls. to present a few statements concerning THE MANDAMUS CASE between the Charleston city board of school commissioners and the State superintendent of education. Hy construction of the intent of section 43 of "An act to establish and main? tain a .system of free common schools for the State of* South Carolina," approved February 16th, 1870, was : That the maximum length of the school year was fixed by said section at nine months, and must tall within tbe period commencing on the first Honday in October, and ending on the last Friday in June, but that any county school commissioner bad au? thority, under the provisions of said section, to limit, or, tn other words, to shorten the school year in bia county according to the' amount of school funds apportioned to such county Here let me observe that I am In possession of an official communication from Attorney General Chamberlain, In which he admits the soundness of my interpretation of the construc? tion of the secflou aforesaid. On or about the 13th of June, 1870, there waa issued from ibis office, to each of the several county school commissioners, a circular containing Instruc? tions to close all the public schools on or be? fore Friday, June 24th, 1870. All the school officers In the State complied with said Instructions, save those of the City and County of Charleston. The county school commissioner ol Charleston County, and the Charleston City board of school commission? ers, of which board the said county school commissioner was ex officio chairman, saw flt, la their wisdom, to disregard said Instruc? tions, and to continue the public schools un? der their supervision,- daring , tbe vacation months of July, August and. September, 1870. The General Assembly, at Its last session, passed a "Free School Deficiency- Appropria? tion of $40,000," the same tobe applied to the payment of teachers* dalma up to date of Jan nary lat, 1871. The Charleston city board of '. school commissioners presented to this office, in behalf of teachers in tbelr employ, claims for services rendered from July lat, 1870, to January 1st, 1871, amounting to . $18,148 29, and demanded of me to give them an order on Bald deficiency fund lor that amount. Claims of teachers for services rendered In Charles to n County for the time already mentioned, and amounting to $7167 were also presented. There were, howvver, belonging td the coun? ty unexpended school funds amounting to fi 1073 06; therefore, the deficiency claimed for. .he county teachers amounted to only (5493 94. I gave an order on the fund atore taid for $9150, the sum required to pay the Jbarleston city teachers for the months of Oe? lber, November and December, 1870, and il so gave an order on the same lund for (1,760 44, the sum required to pay up, in full, he county teachers for the mouths aforesaid. I did refuse to draw'an order on said defl ilency fund for $8998 2b, the amount needed ? pay the Charleston city teachers tor the va? cation months of July, August and September, 1870, and did also decline to draw an order on he same fund for $3733 60, the sum required o pay the county teachers for the vacation Donths aforesaid. My reasons tor so doing were : ia t.. I held tbat the 'teachers in Charleston Di ty and County were not entitled to pay dur ng the vacation months, any more than were eacbera in any other section of tbe State. 2d. I did not desire-in the lace of the fact hat the school officers of Charleston City and Do"niy utterly disregarded instructions issued 'rom this office, while elsewhere said lnstruc ions were complied with-to assume the re iponsibility of committing what I deemed to? le au act ot Injustice, of making an unjust Incrimination la favor of Charleston City and Dotiaty, and prejudicial to the educational in .eresta ol' the other counties. 3d. I desired to test tho question, as to. whether thia office ls entitled to exercise any unsdictioQ or supervision over the common school affairs of the State. The Charleston City board of school com nissioners then petitioned Judge Willard to *rant a writ ot mapdamas to compel me to. iraw an order on tho. deficiency lund for (8998 29 the sum stated by them as required to pay tbelr teachers lor the vacation months, which prayer was gian ted, and I bave been impelled by judicial decree to issue said or 1er. I have also issued an order on the same fund lor $3733.50, the sum needed to pay the Charleston County teachers for the vaca? tion months aforesaid. Charleston City bas received from the defi? ciency fund : For the mom hs of October, November ant december, ISTO.$ P,150 oo Por th three^vac?tlon months. 8,903 '?9 Total.$18,143*0 Charleston County has received from the same fund : For the months of October. November and December, 1870...... $1,760 44 For the three vacation months. 3,733 co Total. $5,493 91 Charleston City and County have received in all, from the- free school deficiency lund of $40,000, the snug little sum ol $23,642 23. This ia uot the first and only instance where Charleston City has gobbled "school funds," belonging, In lad and in Justice, lo other por? tions ol' Hie State. As to the right and justice of the cause of the Charleston City board of school commissioners, and as to Hie equity of the decision of the court, I leave the public to deelde. I believe that said board's proper mode ol redress was tu apply to i he General Assembly ior a special appropriation to cover their ease. The decree of the court has, in my opinion, established the following pointy : 1. That the incumbent ol thia office is vest? ed with no Jurisdiction, no supervisory and discretionary power whatever, but ls, ia fact, subject to the will of subordinate officers of the department ot which he ls only the' mere figure-head, and thai lils functions are simply ministerial and clerical. 2. That a certain city and county refusing to regard official Instructions, is thereby entitled to a premium of $14,492 23, while thirty coun? ties complying with the .same Instructions are entitled to nothing. Thu Charleston Courier charges thal my whole course in ibis matter bas been prompted by a desire to gratlly a per? sonal pique against a state officer. This lie of the Conner's is so flimsy ?indabsurd that it gives the.- lie unto it-ell'. The only personal feeling (hat I hine ever had in lim premises, has been one of sympathy for tne teachers, who have been so long kept out of their hard earned wages. I have endeavored, so far, to the extent of my feeble ability and Judgment, to do my duty as State Superintendent of edu? cation, as touching me vital educational Inter esta of tbe State at large I have not allowed myself to be a mere pupoet to do the bidding of any ring or clique of city, county or State officials. I do not aspire to newspaper noto? riety. For the nra! time I nek, in my own be? half, space in the cdumas ot the public press, and I sincerely htpeand trust it will he the 'last. . f I desire that myposition in this affair shall be known to the vhole people of this Com? monwealth, and ap willing to abide their* judgment on the case. . Very cspectfully,. ' J.. K. JrxxsoK, State Superintendent Education, 8. G FOREIi\ AFFAIRS. The Persian Fanlne-Yellow Fever tn Brazil-The Po?e and the Archbishop of Paris-The Goodwood Races-Eud of the Cabinet Crisis in Spain. ' j_' LONDON, Joly 26. Persian advices ?present the famine as dreadful. Survivorseat the dead. The plague has also appeared. A sanitary cordon has been drawn along th* borders of Turkey and Persia. * A British gunboat las been sent to Canton to protect the Engllsl and other foreigners. Frank Matthews, ?he comedian, is dead, aged 67years. ' The yellow lever Is malignant at Para", Bra? zil. The English conail Is dead, and his wife is dying. Nearly everr stranger who has ar? rived within six montis ls dead. Naval Cap? tain James C. Willlamsn is dead. For the Goodwood ttakes fourteen horses started. Taraban came in first, Lady Hunger ford's colt second, and Claudius third: Ford? ham rode the winner. )dds against him fif? teen to one. PARIS, July 26. The Pope publishes along letter congratu? lating Q Ulbert upon his elevation to the Arch? bishopric of Paris. . ' MADBID, July 26. The Cabinet is finally Armed under the lead of Zorllla. All the memters .belong to the Pro? gressist party, and will fjllow the policy inau? gurated in the September! revolution. EXECUTION OF TBSEE CUR Alf IN? SURGENTS. HAVANA, July 26. Alvarez and Hernandez, Cuban emissaries, recently.captured, ha/e peen executed. Fe? lix Auguste Bayes, companion of the late Cavada, has been exeoulea. SPARKS FR OX THE WIRES. -A Haytien letter stales that nineteen citi? zens have been arrested lor cannibalism. -The Tyn? boat crew have arrived at Hall fax. -Fifteen buildings at Federlcktown, N. B.. containing shipping stores, are burned. Loss $200,000. -A special from Indianapolis, reports the arrest of B. D. Bright, editor ol the Sentinel, for perjury In connection with the State print? ing. -A freight and a gravel train came into col? lision between St. Lon's and Edwardsvllle. Six were killed and fourwere hopelessly hurt. The engineers and firemen of both trains were saved. _ -General A. B, Wright, of Augusta, was ex? amined yesterday by the Ku-Klnx committee. His testimony was highly satisfactory to the D?mocratie members. -Fort Smith advices to the 22d report that a party of Osages have i returned to their lodges bringing while scalps and much plunder. -Tuscan, Arizona, advices to the 18th state ?hat there was a fight over a wagon train en route for Fort Bowie, in which thirteen In? dians and pne soldier were killed. THE WHARTON POI80NING CASE. Letter from Hrs. Edward Wharton Her Account of the Death of her Hus? band and Child-Grave Allegations, ?tc., dec. . . The Washington Start of last eve olag, says that the following letter hasbeen received by Ur. John Purdy, ol Washington City, from Mrs. Edward Wharton, sister-in-law of Hrs. Henry Wharton, now In Jail In Baltimore on a charge of poisoning. The letter, it will be seen, bears nodale except "North Conway," in New Hamp-' shire, and is evidently written under excite? ment. We give the document as lt is found in' the Star, as follows: "iVorfa Conway."-Mr DEAR MR. PURDY Having seen au extract from the Washington Star that you had spoken kindly of my dear husband and child, 1 thought I would write to you and let you know my opinion. When my dear husband and child died, I did not know what was the reason of their death, but after my child's funeral, only a week' I believe, I was taken suddenly .ill, and at one time was thought to be dying. I told the dootor I was poisoned the day I was taken sick, and then I suspected that she had poisoned my husband and child also, and told my brother and all of my husband's family also, when lt occurred, nearly four years ago, but they thought my mind.was affected, and told me not to say eo, that she might prosecute me, and I could not prove it; but I have never spoken to her since I was brought Irom her house, and have never had but one opinion, that she poisoned them and killed them, and I barely escaped wlth-my life. My daughter never had but one hem? orrhage in her life, and that Dr. May can testi? fy to, and did not die of consumption,'but vomited ber lile away; and although I feared she might break a blood vessel Ju vomiting, she did net, but being weakened by distress she died, and I Just escaped. Please mention this to the editor of the Star, and have it pub- . lished, for I am in great distress. I write this lei ter in my bed, foi ; am too weak, from be? ing so distressed, to Blt up. Mrs. H; Wharton owed my husband two thousand five hundred dollars, which we with difficulty got ofter his death. I am now at North Con? way, at the Sunset Pavilion, New Hamp? shire. Please tell what I have told you; for I have never had but one opinion, and that wits that Mrs. Henry Wharton poisoned and kilted myhu8bandand daughter, and tried to kill me, and I said 60 at the time, nearly four years ago; and it was not the first time she tried to poison-my daughter, either, as I saw mentioned this morning, in a Boston paper, about a vial ol brandy that was sent to my brother In Philadelphia to have analyzed; only lt was whiskey that we sent. It is all true, and occurred almost one year beiore they were killed by that woman. My klud regarda to Mrs. Purdy. Believe me, truly, J. G. WHARTON. AN ARAB?PRINCE ON THE WIFE QUESTION. A writer in the Cornhill Magazine has had an Interview with an Arab Prince, and gives the following as his views on thc woman question: English women think of themselves, always think of themselves, think very much ol them? selves, think very little of their husbands: so they are disobedient, self-willed, do what they like, and will not do what their husbands like; but Arab women think more of their husbands than themselves; they live to please their hus? bands; they are obedient; they are much better than English women; a man may do with them Just as be pleases. Suppose she should disobey bim-what does he ? He says to her,'?By Allah ! I will leave you. And if she disobeyed him three times, and he says that three times, she is no longer his wife; she must go back to 1er lather's house. But suppose au Englishman marry a woman, aud she proves io have a very bad temper and disobey him always; a very hot tongue, and scold all day and uight too; lead him a devil of a lite; make him sweat very much with trouble, make him wish to kill himself-what can he do? He can do nothing; he must keep her, and must not lake any other woman to wife to comfort him. ab I thu Arab custom is better than the English custom; and the Arab women are better for the man than the English women. I am sure ofthat? . . THE PASSION P?AY. I INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF A RE - MARKARIE DRAKA. The Scene, the Actors and the Chora? Curious Tableaux-.'Merits of the Per? formance, ?it*. From the correspondence-of the London pa? pers, we bare full accounts of the success of, the Passion Play in Ammergau, in Bavaria, which commenced early, in June, and will bo played throughout the Bummer. The perform? ance, which is repeated every ten years, was, it will be recollected, to have taken place last year, wben It was interrupted by tbs breaking out of the war. All the preparations having been made at considerable expense, royal per mission has been obtained to carry out the pro? gramme during the present summer. The height of the season was expected to com? mence about the middle of the present,morrth, when the schools-close, and to continue for three or four weeks, during whick time the little village will be crowded. . - Tte play lasts from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. It ls conducted within a long wooden enclosure, which forms the theatre. A correspondent of the London Telegraph says : The stage Itself is a wide open flooring. On either side you see a street going away direct? ly at right angles to the stage. These are the streets ot Jerusalem. Ia the middle of-the stage, well back, there is aa actual theatre, with a drop scene representing a portion oi Jerusalem. The situation of this little theatre standing in the midst ol' the stage, each olde of lt forming a house with "practicable1' doors and .balconies, must be well realized; for in this ''contained'' theatre and on these balco? nies some of the moat Important incidents ol the Passion Play taite place. There are what j we should call "winga" to. the open stage, and from these, on either Bide, the chorus enters in two divisions. As ne irly as may be at 8 A. M., the conductor took bis seat, and the per? formance began with what appeared to me some very beautiful and solemn strains of music. The chorus enters eight irom one j wing, nine from the other. The choris? ters range themselves Ia a curve, the con I cave side towards tho spectators ia front i of the theatre, the.leader of the chorus In the centre. He begins the.prologue by chanting, In a very solemn way, "0 race bowed down under the curse of God, cast yourselves down la holy awe. Peace to you. Grace comes to you once more from Zion. Not forever does J He keep bis wrath-the Injured One !" Let it | be understood, once, for all, that this chorus Serforms the functions of tbe chorus'in a' reek play, although lt ls stationed otherwise, in the Interval between , each scene which re? presents aa incident. In th? Passion of the Saviour, the choristers array themselves as stated, and. chant their song. When this has reached a certain point they part and range themselves half on one side of the stage, ball on the other. Then the drop scene of the little theatre is lifted, and you see the groups which represent the Old Testament scenes formed within. These groups are quite silent: and motionless. The chorus chants tbe explanation' of their attitude, and their significance as connected with the Saviour's life and deatb. In the Passion Play there are three thlngt.' There ls the simple chanting the Ohorns, Greek fashion, whilst they occupy the stage alone. There ls their chant whilst the drop scene is up, and the ? tableaux vivants-for such they are-from the ? Old-Testament are under exhibition. Finally, there ls the performance of the Passion Play proper, maintained wltb dialogue like any ! other play, during which time the ohorus is off the stage altogether. Be it remembered that as the drama of Christ's Passion ls pro? ceeding the actors have the stage to them? selves. Tbe rest is Interlude. The play,.representing the portion of Christ's earthly career, from bin entry Into Jerusalem to his resurrection, Is represented by sixteea scenes, arranged In three divisions. We make two extracts, which will give a fair Idea of tbe whole: . . Tbe eleventh scene represents the taking of j Jesus before Pilate. The opposite balcony to the one on which AnnUa bad appeared ls part of Pilate's house. We have, however, the usual Illustration from Ihe Old Testament be- i fore the busloess of Ute Passion Play ls pro? ceeded with. This time lt la Daniel bet?re King Darius. It ls adjudged that he be cast into the lion's, den. So the Saviour ls brought before tbe Bomana. Pilate, who bad been in? formed ol tbe prisoner's approach, ls standing i in the balcony wheo the crowd eaters; headed | by Aualas and Caiaphas. The prisoner, with his hands tied behind bia back, la la the custo? dy of the soldiers. Pilate cannot see what he baa done which ls worthy ot death. The priests insist tbat be has broken their law; and, by their law, be must die. All they re? quire ls tbe order of th? Boman Governor tbat their sentence shall be carried out. Pi lu te- re? sists, and will aot be convinced. Finally, the patient, unresisting prisoner la carried off to King Herod. The twelfth scene represents i Mae Herod's palace. The Old Testament tableau ls taken from Judges, and In lt wo see Samson standing amongst the Philistine lords to make spur, tor them ac their carousal. He has already broken one pillar, und ls about to lay bis strong band oh the other. The Saviour, on whom the soldiers have placed a white robe, ls brought before Herod, and ls jeered and mocked by the King j and bis courtiers, and ls finally remitted back to Pilate. As "Vorbilder" to the thirteenth | scene, we have first th s Patriarch Jacob over? whelmed With grief, as his sons display before bim the little parii-co ore J coat ol tue child whom be loved so well, bespattered and be? dabbled with blood. In the second tableau lhere ls a representation ot the,ram entangled in the thorns, whilst ;he hand ot Abrabam is lifted up to slay Isaic. Another victim ls ready for the knife. Pilate-to continue tbe story as lt ls told In this Passion Play-still re? sists, but ills reluctance to s lied innocent blood only provokes still louder outcries irom the priests and the mob. At length, wearied out with their Importunity, and as though Indulg? ing a iaet hope, thal the sight ot their victim's agony might touch thc hearts of bis persecu? tors, Pilate commands that Jesus shall be scourged, and then brought back to bim. He Is taken out for ibis purpose; but, before the scene changes, an attendant comes in, who brings to Pilate the message irom his wife. She had had a dream. Let him beware how ne shed the blood of this Just man ! * * # * * . * Then, the sad procession Laving moved for? ward on Its way and disappeared, the ohorus re-enter, and sing tbe preliminary chant to the sixteenth scene, which ls the crucifixion ol Jesus Christ, or, as it is called In the book, "Jesus on Golgotha." Thus they sing lu quaint old German verse, "Up, pious. 6ouls. und, in a glow with repentance, sorrow and thankfulness, come with nie io Golgotha, und see what Is being done there, lu order that you may be made whole. There the Mediator between God and sinful mau is dying the death ol mediation," ?fcc. Ac. Presently .the I -drop scene is raised, t.nd lu iront are the two.I crosses erect on which the two thieves fiave been already fastened, bm with their arms above and athwart the crosc-beam so as to give them some support. Tue uni cross, to which Jesus Christ has been nailed, is still lying on the ground, and has yet to be lifted Into an erect position. Before this is done, one ol the executioners takes the Inscription and nails it over Jesus's head-each tap of the hammer rings ob ihe hearts of the spectators. Presently the four executioners, by their uni? ted efforts, lilt the cross Into position. - It Is very tall; aparL from the physical trial of main? taining the position for so long a lime-no j matter what the mechanical help may have been-oae woaders that a maa should aot have beea seized with dizziness when com? pelled to look down tor so loug a time ii om such a height. Jesus then is nailed to tbe cross, bul he still lives. The priests come in Caiaphas at their head-to see that the execu? tion ls duly carried out. The tour execution? ers rend the victim's garments asunder lato four pieces; but as lhere is no seam-la the ves? ture, they pull out dice and cast them at ihe Toot ol the cross to see who w i li gain the prize. The thief, speaks, and hears irom Jesus tue words, "To-day shalt thou be with me lu Paradise 1" Caiaphas mocks at him for his words. Jesus moana out that he is athirst. One ot ihe executioners . give him the j vinegar and gall upon the sponge. "Hy God, toy God-, why hast thou forsaken me ?" j feebly spoken, are the words one heir, and then presently, "Father, Into thy hands I com? mend my spirit"-and at last, very dlstlnctlv 1 "It 1B finished !" The thunderinstantly breaks forth, and the priests look aghast at each other and exchange hurried words. A mes? senger appears, wno announees that.the veil of the temple ls rent In twain, and th? discom? fiture of the priests is still greater. They dis? appear from the stage, Caiaphas with them. Meanwhile the soldiers and executioners are left to complete their hateful task. Two of them ascend ladders and break the limbs of | the two thieves; lt Is marvellous to see-.how I well-taught at this one point these- poor men have been. They seem absolutely to collapse un? der the blows, and each, with the last stroke, dies. The executioners do not raise their clubs against Jesus, but his left Bide is trans? fixed with the spear, and the blood gushes forth. The bodies of the two thieves are taken away by the executioners, whilst that 1 of Jesus remains hanging upon the cross, sur? rounded by bis friends. . In the final scene* the cjzrtaln rises- for the last time. The Redeemer is seen raised in air above the disciples, ranged In groups around, holding In his hand a large white flag with a red cross. His mission is completed, and the Passion is at an end. , The performers are. ali in humble life. They are wood carvers, wqod ..cutters, laborers, painters, smiths and mechanics. Joseph Mair, wood carver, who takes the part of Christ, is a tall, slight man, with long black bair, parted In the middle, and black beard. He* with the chief actors, were kept In quarters during the war, and thus saved from danger, while their battalions were frightfully cut up. They are all devout men-men who recite their won? derful lesson as they have learned itv ana" j who would consider it rather a blasphemy j to act the part of Christ, .or of any one of His followers. There are no theatri? cal effects, no sensational scenes. The performers render their parts as if they were j fulfilling- a mission, embued, doubtless, with something of the same spirit which filled the hearts ot members of the early church,- when religious acting was of frequent "occurrence. Indeed, at one time, scenes from the Old Tes? tament were played literally, and the primi? tive innocence of the first couple in the Gar-*| den of Eden was represented without shame.. This extraordinary spectacle was beheld by*j both sexes with great composure, at Chester, in 1327. The actors had the authority of I Scripture, and gave matters as they found them In Genesis. Abuse of the custom led to its abandonment, but lt was In the church, | that the modern theatre had its birth. There are many who wonder at the Passion Play of to-day In Bavaria, who, perhaps, never knew that such representations were very common j lu England several centuries ago. .- ? i ??>.?? ALLEGED ROW IN TORfCVILLE. [From the Baltimore Sun.] The following private dispatch, from York vllie, S. C., dated July 24, was received by a gentleman of Washington: "The sub-commit? tee on Southern outrages arrived here yester? day evening. At the supper table at tho hotel Hon. J. E. Stevenson, of the committee, and Hon. A. 8. Wallace, representative of the dis? trict, were assaulted as they took their seats by Major James Barry, a prominent citizen, and a pitcher of milk thrown over them. Mr. Wallace then drew a revolver, but Ifejor Bar? ry was. surrounded .by friends and left' the I hotel At 9 o'clock the committee were sere? naded by a negro band, and a crowd collected. As the band was retiring an affray began, dur lng which one of the negroes was shot, receiv? ing three wounds. No arrests have been made."_ _ WORK DURING MORNING HOURS. The author of "Picadilly Papers," In London Society, says: I know a remarkably able and fertile re? viewer, who tells me that, though over his midnight oil he can lubricate articles with, a certain sharpness apd force; yet for quietly looking at a subject all round, and doing Jus? tice to all Its belongings, he wanted the quiet . morning hours. . L?ncelo" Andrews says be Is no true scholar who goes out of his house be? fore twelve o'clock.. Similarly an editor once told me that though his town contributors sent him the brightest papers, he always de? tected a peculiar mellowness and -finish about the men who wrote in the coun? try. I knew an Important crown official whose hours were from ten to three. He had to sign his name to papers, and as a great deal depended upon his signature, he. was very cau? tious and chary how he gaye it. After three o'clock struck, no beseeching powers of suit? ors or solicitors could Induce him to do a stroke of work. He would not contaminate the quality of his work by doing too much.of it. He would not impair his rest by continu? ing his work. And so he fulfilled the duties, ol' lils office for exactly Atty years before he re? tired on lull pay from the service of the coun trv. Aud when Impatient people blame law- j ye'rs for being slow, and offices for closing punctually, and shops-for shutting early, and, generally speaking, the . wider adaptation of our day to periods of holidays and rest, they should recollect that these things are the les? sons of experience and the philosophy of so? ciety and Hie. . _ WORKING COMMITTEE OF WARD G. lu accordance with a resolution'adopted at the lase meeting of this ward, the following gen tlemen were appointed on toe working commit.' tee. The committee will meet at Arnold's Hall on ; tbl3 (Taursday) evening, at half past 8 o'clock. JP Cahill chairman.. 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