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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. ?E K?-KLTJX COMITTEE. TREIB STATEMENT OF THE CONDI ? TION OF THINGS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. A Harrowing Tale for Northern Read, era-Awful D ; tails of the Doings of the Klan-The ZtHlk-Pitchcr -Outrage' at YorkviLle, &c [From Ute "Washington Star of Saturday.] The sub-Ku-Klux commut?e, consisting ot Senator Scott and Representatives Stevenson and Van Trump, reached Washington to-day at 12 M., returning from a sojourn of four weeks in various parts of South Carolina, where they have been Investigating the Ku Klux outrages on the spots where they occur? red. They first visited the capital, Columbia. Hore than a hundred refugees, who had fled from violence In various counties, were there, but after examining witnesses for two days, the committee determined to go closer to the scenes of alleged, violence, and went to Spar tanburg. They expected to remain there three or four days; but stayed eleven. When word got .but through Spartanburg County that they were there, the whites and negroes, victims of-violence; came lh by scores every day from all directions. MURDERS AM) CRUEL WHTPPrNGS by the Ku-Klux bands had so terri tied them that in-many neighborhoods nearly every ne gro man and Republican white man had slept In the woods for months every night. They showed scarified' backs, gun-shot wounds, maimed ears, and other proofs of the violence ^key had suffered. W In Limestone Springs township 118 cases of I whipping were proved. The committee ar/oke every morning io find in the yard by the hotel a new crowd of victims of Ku-Klux. Some, in- \ eluding whites, had suffered OUTRAGES WHICH CANNOT BE DESCRIBED with decency. Alter being whipped, the vlc . tims, If well known persons, were olten com? manded, under pain of death, to publish a card -renouncing the Republican party. In a file of the South Carolina Spartan, the Democratic newspaper, forty-two such cards were found recently published. At Un iou vi lie the committee stayed' two days. Not an avowed white Republican was' -found in the place, though members of-the committee were privately assured by a few that they would avow- themselves If protected. The terror of .the negroes here ls complete. The last election was carried by a Republican majority, but the.Republican county officers received Ku Klux notices, and all resigned or fled. The policy there has been more to wards murder and less towards whipping.- " THE KILLING OF TEN NEGROES, taken from the jajl by several hundred Ku Klux, acting under military organization, was investigated. - A. prominent lawyer of the Slace, a Democrat, on cross-examination; iartled the committee by stating that he be? lieved almost every respectable unmarried young manjn the communitv belonged lo the Ku-Klux. SHOCKING MURDER OF A COLORED PREACHER. A negro JMethodlst preacher, named Lewis Thompson, who bad an appointment June 16th at Goshen HUI Church, in Union County, received a Ku-Klux notice in the usual form not to preach. He preached notwithstanding to a very few, most o? the congregation flee? ing when they saw the notice, fnrihe evening a clan of twenty mounted Ku-Klux came, tied 'him and whipped him, led him off several miles, dragging him part of-the way. tied to the horses^.whipped him again until near death, mutilated? -him In a way that cannot with propriety be described, hung him, and I j threw the body into Tiger River, leaving a no? tice forbidding any one to bury him. Before 11 the committee returned, Senator Scott sent Thompson's brother, now a refugee, from Co- I ( lumbla to Union County, with a letter to in- I j sure him. a Btrong guard ol United States cav- j t airy to go and bury the body, which was re? ported to be silU lying half decomposed on the | i water's edge. Two more days were spent In examining witnesses In Columbia on returning from Spar? tanburg. One day was occupied in hearing the statements and general views of General wade Hampton and General Butler, Democratic can? didate for Lieu tenant-Governor last fall. THE ASSAULT ON THE COMMITTEE AT YORK VILLE. The committee then visited York County, where they remained-nearly a week. They discovered at Yorkvlllea bitter spirit among the white citizens. At supper, at the hotel, on the evening of their arrival. Major James Berry threw a pitcher of milk over Hon. A. 8. Wallace, the representative of the district, and Hon. J. E. Stevenson, of the committee. They were just seating themselves at' the -atabl?, and not a*word bad been spoken. Mr. wallace jerked out a revolver, and raised it to - shoot Berry, the -ladies screaming, but the landlord threw himself before Berry, and Mr. Stevenson coolly caught Wallace's hand, and ordered the landlord to take that man out of the room. Half a dozen friends gathered around Berry, and he went out. In the course of an hour, several citizens of prominence called to apologize In the amplest manner on behalf of Berry, who was willing to go on his ] knees, if required, for what he alleged was. i an unintentional affront to Mr. Ste ver son. It J -was subsequently ascertained that the bus!- \* ness had been discussed by Berry and his friends during the alternoon before it was < carried out; that Berry bad'proposed to use 1 not coffee, but bad finally concluded on milk, i The colored bani serenaded the committee ' later in the evening. A crowd of young white I men filled the porch of the hotel, and were < about the band, frequently . CURSING THE NEGRO)- S AND THE YANKEES I ! io an insulting manner. As the band went I j away the crowd followed, and nearly filled the sidewalk. The- band and those with it, ne Soes, were kept by two village policemen. ? rn the sidewalk. One negro 'vas thrust off | \ hy a policeman, who says tue negro resisted and struck him. Thenegro and two men who stood by say the negro struggled to get away from the grip ot the policeman, who seized, cursed and struck:- him, but that the neuro did not strike. As be pulled away the policeman fired at the negro, and continued firing until he bad Inflicted ?ve wounds. The man was atm living when the committee left. The tes? timony taken subsequently showed that both policemen and the mayor or intendant were members ot the Ku-Klux. No one was ar-.. rested. . ! The commnnity in York County was found to be in almost utter * SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DEMORALIZATION, . the civil authority being a useless farce and a mockery of the victims of-the Ku-Klux clans. Colonel Merrill, in command of a small force stationed there, an officer of hleh character and great energy, laid before the committee' the details bf sixty-eight evos' of outrages which he had investigated-some ol' them most revolting and horrible. It was found Impossi? ble for the committee to examine more than a small part of the crowds of whipped, maimed, or terror-stricken wretches who flocked in I upon hearing ol their coming. When the eommlttee adjourned, the building in which they bad sat was filled-stairs, halls,and porches-with those waiting to be heard. The usual course pursued on arriving at a place was to divide the time they expected to re? main between the majority and- the minority, of the committee. Judge Tan Trump usually called two or three of the most prominent lawyers, who each occupied several hours in setting forth the THE DEMOCRATIC VIEW - OF AFFAIRS, giving their opinions on the relations of the two races, the Inefficiency and corruption of j the State Government, and the feeling of the white people towards the general government. They always .said they had heard of the Ku Klux, but never saw one; generally they seemed to regard them as a kind of vigilance committee or Irregular local police; did not consider them under general organisation, but simply to retirees outbreaks. The majori? ty then called those who had seen and felt the Ku-Klux. The oatlw, forms of procedure In clan councils, and modes of operation when riding on raids were fully developed. Scores of men whom theproof showed to be Ku-Klux were examined, all ol whom except a few whose disclosure were full and important, de? nied any knowledge whatever of Ku-Klux. One who was shown to have been In several cruel outrages swore that he had never heard ? of the existence of Ku-Klux in bis life. Judge 1 Tan Trump subjected all the witnesses called by the majority to the most searching croas'ex ninlnaUon. LETTER FROX RICHMOND, TA. The city Nearly Rebuilt-Chesapeake and Ohio Kail road-Th? Coffee Trade -Spotswood Hotel-A Returning Prodigal. .-' [FROH AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.] RICHMOND, July 27. A. visitor to this city would scarcely recog? nize the Bichmond ol '65 as the Richmond of 71. 1'heu, square after square of the finest portions ol the city presented only heaps of ruins. Desolation and distress were every? where seen. Now, the ^urnt district" has been almost entirely rebuilt, and with a class of buildings superior to the original edifices in point ot architectural beauty and conveni? ence. Main street, in Richmond, presents an appearance not unlike Broadway, in New York. Since the war the business ",r Richmond has not been so prosperous as before that lime. The prospect is, however, brightening, and the business men are becoming far more cheerful. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, between Richmond and the Ohio, is being pressed to completion, and it is Ihought when this is finished it will hold, the same relation to Richmond that the B?ltico-? and Ohio Railroad sustains to Baltin.ore. Besides this, Richmond ls last regaining her coffee trade. Anterior to the "late unpleasantness,'' Rich mond was one of the b?t. if indeed .tot the beet, coffee market in toe United Stacts, and lor this reason : The flour manufactured hore sustains less Injury fro'-i.dlmate influences in crossing the tropic: thur, flour manufactur?e at any other place. Vessels were accustomed to bring in their car^i .es of coffee, und io re turn laden with flour. Tl e mills of the city can now manufacture four thousand barrels of flour per day, and could easily increase their capacity to ten thousand a day when neces? sary. When Richmond gets back her coffee trade, as she probably will do, her prosperity will no longer be doubtful. The municipal government oi the city is very satisfactory to the citizens. Nearly all the office-, are lilied by men of high standing and respectability, among whom may be num? bered manytoi the old inhabitants. Preparations are now being made to rebuild | the Spotswood Hotel on ita former site, and on a grander scale. A curious discovery was made by the workmen -who are excavating the foundation for the new building. In dig? ging several feet deeper than the base of the former wails, they came to an old tanyard which had been burled thirtv or forty feet beneath the level of main street Several of the vats were covered over, and in one of them was lound a Bide of leather in a state- of perfect preservation, and not less, probably, than a century old. It bas excited much In? terest among the antiquarians. Your correspondent was travelling a few days ago between Washington and Richmond, when ne observed among his lellow-passen gers a gentleman of somewhat "foreign" ap? pearance, with his family, (as pets,) two mon keys and two parrots. My Interest was arous? ed, and I managed to fall Into couvereaiion with him. He said that he was a South Caro? linian, that at the close of the war'he was so much disheartened'that he emigrated to South America, but that now he was returning home to do his duty to his dear old State. I mention his example as one worthy-ot imitation by nil who have since the war forsaken their homes Cor foreign parts. K, " THE ELUE RIDGE ROAD.' Private Individual? Purchase the Line -The Talk of Ita Burly Completion. [From the Columbia Union.] Negotiatlr--. yere entered into some time igo, by an 'jon of gentlemen, the ob ect being ^?nase the Blue Ridge Rall .oad, and.- jw learn that the purchase-has >een ef u. These capitalists, including mite a ^mber .o? men well known to South ?arollna, intend to go at once to work to corn lie te this great thoroughfare to the West, BO hat we can confidently expect that within a rery short time this great outlet to one of the host lertlle portions of our State will open np | \ :o trade and commerce the garden of the Sooth. This purchase, if made, will release the State from any obligations to build the road, and (viii throw the whole matter Into the hands of private-individuals, where it properly belongs. Building railroads should be confined exclus? ively to private enterprise, the State assisting whenever it is shown to be advantageous to the citizens at large to do so. The stock of the Blue Ridge is to be Bold to these gentlemen, the bonds endorsed by the State turned over to their use, they giving a bond to perform the work, as we understand, within a specified time, using the bonds only as the work is completed, something after the manner In which the United States Govern? ment issued its guarantee to the Pacific Rail? road Company. By this arrangement lt is be? lieved the road will be completed as early as Lt ts possible to do'lt. All these gentlemen ask is the countenance and support of the business-community, audthls eare confident they will-receive. So long as this road was in any way connected with the State, so long the people ol' the country would/4ack conti-. dence in its completion. It was the duty of j j thoso a^lng as trustees for the State to dis? pose ol its lt terest in this and all other roads is soon as practicable, ior wherever a railroad a owned or controlled by the State, there is . il ways to be found corruption and its accom- J panying evi'. Every administration uses lt to | j secure its- own selfish ends, and the business interests of > the community are made to suffer for the sake of helping alone the personal tims of private individuals, lt were better, far better. If the State did not own a dollar of my kind of corporation stock. To make the present.enterprise a complete J < mccesB, lt ls necessary, in our judgment, for hem to make a thorough connecting line with ;he great West, via Louisville or Cincinnati. ro de- this; the company should own or con . ;rol all the roads forming the direct route between the West and Charleston or Port KoyaL The section of country through which this route is to mn ls the finest and richest in the South, and. when the road ls once opened, ;he tide of immigration'must set irresistibly .n that direction. This feature alone, it seems to us, ought to commend the enterprise to avery mah who bas the good of the State at heart, and we are glad that the State-has not lost the opportunity to sell all the interest it held in this great thoroughfare. Ic could oever prosper BO long as it was manipulated by State Influence.- Whichever party l? in power would necessarily use this as a means si perpetuating its lease of authority,.so that the business interests of the community would be made to suffer very serious detriment. We believe this road would have been com? pleted lon? ago, if such men as Cameron and Scott, of Pennsylvania, or Waltere and Gar? rett, ol Baltimore, and Cameron and Smith, of Charleston, and others whom we could name, controlled the matter. It is suicidal policy to refuse to allow a railroad to be built, simply because there is a Tear existing that some? body is to make money from the operation. Suppose somebody does make money, if In so doing he benefits tba great majority of the public, where is lr?*? harm ? We can richly afford to entrust our railroad development lo any capitalists who are will? ing to. undertake it, and lt Ls only the old fogies who favor the old Btage 6ystem, when it took about a week to go from here to Greenville, who are opposed, as they say on principle, to farming out the development of our internal resources. If lelt to the enter? prise of the South alone, there are none of us young enough to hope to live to see the day when this great thoroughlare to the West will be opened up to the traffic and commerce of the world. -It must be done by those who have the means and are willing to risk t?iem in this direction, and no man who has the good of the State at heart can consistently find fault with any enterprise, or with those who manage it, il said enterprise enriches the State and Benefits the people at large. Such we believe this enterprise, will do, and think? ing thus, we gladly hail it as an omen of a brighter future for South Carolina. A DISTINGUISHED FORGER. MEMPHIS, July 31. R. B. McGee, a prominent citizen of Tren? ton, Tennessee, and, prior to the war, presi? dent or the Branch State Bank at that place, was arrested here, charged with passing coun? terfeit money. On searching hlB baggage, $1200 In counterfeit United States notes were lound. Owing to the high social position en? joyed by McGee his arreBt has caused conside? rable sensation.. GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. THE ATTACK ON THE 3IUNIVIPAL OFFICIALS. Mayor Hall Preparing for the Defence? A Vigilance committee Proposed President Grant in Town-He Assists at 'the Dedication of a New Liquor Saloon-The California Trip-Rebel? lion Among the Pill Merchants-The First Bale of the New Crop-A Wintry Summer. ' [PROM ODR OWN CORRESPONDENT ] NEW YORK, July 29. The Republicans ia this State, who are striving to make capital out of the riots and the Times' exposures of'the corruption of city oiUcials, are themselves hopelessly. divided between .the' rival factions of Fenton and Conkllng. The latter now hold all the Federal o dices. * To be suspected ot a leaning toward Fenton seals the fate of every customhouse official, down even to messenger or warehouse laborer. There has been nothing., in New York political history like the bitterness be? tween these factions since the old days of] Hard and Soft Shell Democrats. It Is not likely that the vigorous war waged tw the Times on the New York City "Ring" will be enough to save them. Nevertheless the Be publican central committee are making an effort. They are sending agents through the State offering the Times to rural Democrats at fifty cent-1 per annum, paying the remainder of Hie cost out of the-committee treasury, and they are preparing- to flood the country with a specially prepared edition 01 the same paper printed in English and German. The- Times' raid has undoubtedly caused great uneasiness at the City Hall. It ls said that A. Of key Hall-or as the Sun now calls him-0. Akey Hall, hay worn himself almost to a shadow fretting over his troubles. The 12th ol July blunder was enough lo crush any man, but In addition.to it to be raked by such a terrible Ore as the Times keeps up is truly demoralizing. The comptroller has an? nounced thai the contents ot his books shall not be kept secret from the public. They are in the bauds ot' the printer, and will'soon be published. Th-; defence of the mayor and comptroller i3 that the alleged frauds, which the Times claims to have exposed, happened in 1869 and 1870, and are ch ?cable, not to the present municipal government, but to the defunct board ot supervisors, which was a creation of a Radical legislature, and which, under .the old law, was composed equally of | Radicals and Democrats. The success of the Times in creatLj a real newspaper sensation hos fairly turned Its head. It now goes to the most extraordinary lengths to keep alive the excitement. It-ad-1 vocates resistance to the further payment of | taxes, and hints at a vigilance committee. The: report is current, and published in most of the napers, though I can discover no foun? dation for it, that a league of taxpayers has been formed lo bring a suit against tfte mayor and comptroller and force them to explain the accounts of public expenditures. On the other hand I learn that the organs of the municipal officers are busily engaged in working up the enormous frauds in the Radical Customhouse and naval and appraiser's offices, committed during the past three years. The result will probably be that after ea'ch side lias finished telling what unconscionable thieves the other have been, the public will have become thor? oughly disgusted with all politicians. His Excellency, the President, comes -up to town from Long Branch nearly every other day, and lounges around the city', with his ironies until lt is time for the afternoon boat co return. On Wednesday, after seeing his ri end. John Hoey, the empress agent, off to Europe, he walked over to the Customhouse ?vith Tom Murphy and helped to dedicate a i?w private tippling place and eating room started by the collector. A couple of baskets jf champagne were opened, but .out ot dellca :y to the President's feeilngs^tbere were no ipeecbea. All the leading newspapers are preparing to< send special correspondents aloDg with the Presidential party on the forth? coming California trip. Mr. Grant ls going to take a crowd ot relations and hangers-on with iii m, and the expedition ls expected to be the most, wonderful ever seen on the plains. Brig? ham Young has offered Mr. Grant the hospita? lities of bis manion during his sojourn In Salt Lake City. When the President reaches San Francisco, it ls hoped that he can be Induced to take the Hong Kong packet and go for the Coreana at the head of the brigade of office? holders in his train. One would not suppose that much belliger? ency resided in the breasts of that useful and amiable class of persons known as apothe? caries and apothecaries' clerks. But lc ls a fact that the New York com pounders of drugs ire In a fearfully irate condition because -they Have been summoned to appear before, a board sf doctors and chemists, to be examined as to their knowledge of their business. Hereafter ao proprietor of or employee in an apothe? cary's shop in this city will be permitted to ply lia vocation without first obtaining a license from t'ue board, which license can only be pro? cured after the applicant has undergone a strlngeut. examination. There was an indlg :atlou meeting of the knlsrhts of the mortar iud pestle held la Prince street night before ase. Speeches were made and resolutions passed, but lt does not appear, after all. how thu remonstrants can help themselves. The suspicion naturally attaches to all who object Lo examination that they feel somewhat ..shaky" about their chances-of passing. Of I course none of them admit this; they are dis? satisfied with the tyranny of the thing. Drug? gists "never, never, never will be slaves." The first bale of the new cotton crop recelv sd In New York was sold at noon yesterday in front ot the Cotton Exchange at t? cents por pound. Botassi & Co. were the purchasers. It was low middling In quality, and was shipped from Texas tb Williams A Guion, of this city. The buyers send it to Europe by to day's steamer. New Yorkers who are away for the summer at the watering places must be having an un? comfortable time of it, for the weather has been. unusually cold and wet lor the season. Last week the nights at Long Branch were so chilly that the hotel piazzas were deserted and the fashionables sat shivering in their fireless rooms. Up in the colder regions of the Green Mountains of Berkshire and Vermont, where thousand of New York people are quartered for the summer, the reminiscences ot winter must be lively. The theometrical range this season has been lower than for any previous Bummer within record. Since the first of May there has not been more than a week of really bot weather. Iutending visitors to the North Bhould not forget to bring their warmer cloth? ing with them. NTH. THE PRINCE OF WALES VISITS DUBLIN I Spicy Debate in the House of Parlia? ment-Death of Dean Mansell-Tile Newcastle Strikers. LONDON, July 31. Dispatches from Dublin report that great enthusiasm is manifested over the expected visit of the Prince of Wales. He will be ac? companied by Prince Arthur, the Duke of | Cambridge, the Marquis of Lorne, and a num? ber of oilier members of the nobility. The Rev. Henry Longueville Mansell, dean of St. Paul's Church, died, aged fifty-one years. Thirty of che Newcastle 6trikera have gone to the United States. In the House of Lords to-day Eari Granville, In moving a favorable answer to the royal message on behalf of Prince Arthur, urged that the demand merely fulfilled the contract made at the beginning of the reign of the Queen. He spoke In warm eulogy of the Prince, whose visit to Canada had seenred the affection of the colonists. The Duke of Rich? mond heartily seconded the question, which was carried without a division. The Duke of I Richmond then moved a vote of censure ol' the Queen's message as an unworthy ministe? rial resort. He denounced in strong language the Bpeechea made at the banquet at the Man? sion House on Saturday in relation to Che treaty of Washington, and claimed that the royal prerogative was much strained in the ratifica Lion of tha: instrument without the assent of Parliament. Ear! Granville spoke in defence of the message, as -^ponding limply to the previous action of thc Commons. In the Commons,- Gladstone stated that unless the bill relative to elections was passed by Tues? day, an October session of Parlament was ' imminent. Peter "Alfred Taylor, member fir Leicester, denounced the making of appropriations for j Prince Arthur, who he said had better serve the country than be its pensioner. THE NEW YORK CATASTROPHE. The Explosion or the Staten Island - Perry Boat- Frightfu-1 Semes at the Morgue-One Hundred and Seventy Persona Killed or Wonndei. NEW TORS, July 31. Thousands pf people congregated around Bellevue Hospital this morning, eager to hear something of friends supposed to be killed or injured by yesterday's explosion, and a large loree of police ls engaged In preserving order. Or the forty dead bodies brought to Bellevue Hospital yesterday, twenty have already been removed by friends for interment. Nine of the bodies still at the hospital have been recognized, and will be removed to-day. In tie Morgue ate eleven victims of the explosion yet .unrecog-1 nized. On one slab are the bodies ot a woman and two children; on another slab that of a woman and child, and on another that of a woman and five bodies of men. Most of the bodies present a frightful appearance; for, in addltlou to the fact that they are swollen and their features are destroyed b7 water, they have in most cases been terribly scalded. Since early this morning a regn'ar stream of | people have been passing la solemn hie in and out ot the Morgue, either from curiosity to witness the awful spectacle of the. unrecognized dead lying there, or, with painiul interest, trying and yet j fearful of recognizing among theyet unknown | victims the features of a relative or friend. There are about sixty Injured victims of the explosion in the wards at Bellevue Hospital. The surgeons state that at least half of them are beyond recovery. About S o'clock this morning the body of Matilda Nelson,.aged seven, killed by the explosion, voa found In the water at the slip ot the Staten Island ferry. The number of killed is 50; wounded 120. H. W. Wilson, merchant, of Louisville, ls severe? ly scalded. Colonel Mucbl will die. The ' ferry boat Westfield attracts large crowds to Where she Iles moored, at the foot of East Thirteenth street, in charge of Coroner Toung. All human remains, bits of clothing, <_c, have been removed by the firemen to the Morgue. Tljfe force of the explosion was up? ward, blowing away the main deck, cabin deck and hurricane deck, in almost a straight line across, a little forward of fha centre ot the boat. The bulwarks fe vd were blown away, and the metal shade _.odnd the lunnel lies crumpled like paper. On the. bow the iron pipe, an inch thick. Joined to the steam supply chest, was torn away like cloth and hurled against the side of the boat. Two water tanks were thrown backward towards the stern a considerable distance. The after part ot the cabin ls comparatively uninjured. The deaths thus far are 59. The injured num? ber 142. ATTIT?DE OF GERMANT. -extraordinary .unitary- Activity. . [Berlin correspondence of the Journal de Geneve.] The Emperor ot Germany, Counts de Moltke and Boon, and all who have anything to de? cide in military affairs, use the.,same phrase, "Let us be ready !" I am In a position to be able to inform you that formidable prepara? tions are being made. I have Just been as? sured by a man who ought to know that all the material of the German-'army will.be re? newed In an Incredibly short time, perhaps In two years. Tbe fluid cannons will be once more transformed, os, .notwithstanding the services which they have rendered, delects are still found In them. The mitrailleur will'be adopted, but the system 1B not decided upon. That of France Is repudiated, as well as that of Bavaria, both being consid? ered awkward to bandle. But the new mus? ket ls the great subject of Interest At once the needle gun was rejected for two reasons: First, because it was too heavy, and next be? cause lt was too short. It hardly carries with precision to 500 yards, while the ohassepot reaches 1500 to 2000. But this is not the dis? tance desired to be attained. Experiment has proved that a soldier docs not take aim at anything beyond 1000 yards, because that ts as lar as he can see. Moreover, the fact has been remarked that no longer being able to aim, he ls attacked with a species of demorali? zation. As the -Germans now possess about eight hundred thousand chassepots, the idea was entertained for an instant of usine: them, but the objection was made that as they are very light, they cannot bo very solid. - The Werder ls extremely substantial, but still heav? ier than the needle-gun; therefore a combina? tion of these two is being sought for. In any case the needle-gun will be abandoned. Three millions ol them will have to be rejected.' The casque will be maintained; it ls rather iieary, but is liked by the Emperor especially, be? cause lt characterizes the German army. The generals will oftener make strateglcaJRexcur slons, which Count de Moltke co nd nc tia some? times, and which he will occasionally direct. Moreover the means of hastening mobilization <B tinder consideration. A hundred things will be improved in the sanitary service, and the coasts are to be formidably armed. Finally, Count de Moltke desires that "li one day France should attempt to take her revenge, she should strike her head against a wall." THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WABHTSOTOJI, July 31. No material changes are probable for' Tues? day on the Gult coast. Cloudy weather with local storms will probably prevail north and westof the Ohio River. The conditions re? main favorable for eastern winds and extend? ed rain to-night from Virginia to Massachu? setts. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, . ?. S. A.-4.*7 P. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. Augusta.. , Baltimore. Boston. Buffalo, N. V.... Charleston. Cheyenne, W. T. Chicago. Cincinnati. Cleveland. Corinne, Utah... Detroit. Duluth,Min .... Indianapolis - Kev West, Fla.. Knoxville, Tenn Lake City, Fla . Memphis, Tenn. Milwaukee, Wis. Mobile. Nashville. Sew London, Ct. New Orleans.... New York. Omaha, Neb. Oswego, N. Y.... Philadelphia...? Pittsburg, Pa... Portland. Me... Rochester,. N. Y. >an Francisco. Savannah. St. Louis.-. st. Paul, Minn.. Toledo. O. .w"ashington,l),0. wumington.N.C. Norfolk. Lynchburg.. Leavenworth.... Cape Ma/. Mt. Washington. 29.87 29.04 29.94 29.88 29.95 29. C4 29.95 29.97 29.96 29.36 29.91 29.91 29.91 29.93 29.88 -29.90 29.91 29.98 30.01 29.93 29.88 23.90 29.96 29.70 29 86 29.94 30.01 29.88 29.85 30.07 20.92 29.92 29.07 29.931 29.89 29.94 20 80 29.90 29.91 29.90 30.10 81 84 75. 77 Sil 79 7G 84 73 77 64 84 84 00 70 89 78 83 91 73 60 73 ST 71 7S 82 69 76 U6 83 85 90 t<2 80 86 63 81 S6 75 50 sw NE 3 N SE W SB sW SW E NE SB E ? NE B SE W NE sw sw s' SE NE NE N S N Cm NE SE SW NE Cm 3E SE U ra S S . sw Gentle; Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Light. Light. Fresh. Light. Light. Fresh.* Fresh. Frwh. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Light. Gentle. Gentle. Light. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Light. Light. Gentle Gentle. Light. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. a S ; So* n ~> fair. Fair. Tti'lng. Fair. Fair. , Cloudy. Fair, riving. Fair. Fair. Fair. Cl'r up. Fair. Fair. Fair. UyRalu Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Clear. Fair. Lt. Rain Pair. Cloudy. Fair. Thr'ng. Clear. Fair. Fair. Clear. Cloudy. Fair. Fair. hFair. {Fair. Clear. Fair. Thr'ng. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. . Nora.-The weather renort dated 7.47 o'clock, this morning, will be posted In the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at 10 o'clock A. M.. and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time during the day. THE RADICAL ORGY. PEACEFUL GERMANS ATTACKED BT. THE MOB. Route of the Procesa lpn-Houses Broken Open and their Contents Injured Yelling of the Sooty Crowd-Incendi? ary Harangues of the| Leaders. About twilight last evening the dark mass of colored humanity at the corner of Meeting and Broad streets became visibly greater every minute; kerosene torches and Cbinese lan? terns, supplied them at the Guardhouse, were lighting up the darkness, end their savage cries and yells forthwith drove all peaceable people from the streets. They marched up Meeting street, receiving reinforcements from Wards 3 and 4 at the Mar? ket. The procession then passed up Meeting street to the front of the Citadel Square Baptist Church, where they were joined by the contingents of Wards 6, 6, 7 and 8. The procession then countermarched through Cal? houn to Washington street, up Washington to Chapel street, through Chapel to Alexander street, through Alexander to Judith, through Judith to America; thence to Meeting, and up Meeting to Line street, through Line to Rut? ledge, down Rutledge avenue to Calhoun, through Calhoun to Coming, down Coming to Wentworth, through Wentworth to King, through Sing to Hasel, down Hasel to Meet? ing, then down Meeting to Market, down Mar? ket to East Bay street, down East Bay street to and through South Battery; then up King :o Broad, coming to a halt In front of the City Hali. The meeting was called to order (sic! > by Rev. EL B. Artson, who introduced Daddy Cain, the ?rst speaker. The Rev. Cain remarked that ie would have liked to have been spared .he pain of a nomination. THE . DAILY NEWS, IO we ver, had classed bim with the Mackey Pillsbury crowd, who wished to introduce the :orty thieves into the City Council, and he now ?vlshed to refute the Charge. There were five colored men on the Citizens' ticket, and they tvere doubtless good ones; but he did not think there were negroes enough on that ticket On tfie Citizens' ticket there were white men also, good and true, and against them he had nothing to ?say; but lt was neces? sary that the Republicans should hold on to power. Some one In the crowd cried out, "Let us hear something about the Enterprise Railroad." Whereupon Daddy Cain said he had written the charter and organized the plan of that railroad, and thought the building ofthat road would be of advantange to the laborers, and assist the farmers to bring their produce to the city. Hon. H. W. Purvis, a molasses-colored legis? lator from the rural parts, was next introduc? ed. He candidly acknowledged that he knew nothing about Charleston local matters, and for this reason we need not waste space upon his "Know Nothing" lucubrations. Hon. F. J.- Moses, Jr., general, speaker of the House, ?bc, ?c., was the next orator. He eyed the crowd in a grand way for about Ave seconds, after which be opened In a stilted ex? ordium, saying that a Republican victory In Charleston on Wednesday meant Republican success in 1872. [This accounts for the press ence in Charleston of so many of the momber? oi" the Badical Sanhedrim.] . ? The colored lieutenant-governor was the next speaker; but until a'late hour the happy Radical family enjoyed their noisy glory. THE RIOT LAST NIGHT. The procession was gathering numbers as it went on, and with increase of numbers came an increase of excitement and recklessness, amounting in many instances to deeds of fiend? ish malevolence. As they passed up Washing? ton street, they attacked the premises of Mr. Otto Tredemann, corner Calhoun street, broke his windows, and destroyed everything they could lay their hands on. Now what induced this wanton assault and destruction we are at a loss to conceive, for a more peaceable or a more estimable gentleman lives not in this city than Mr. Tiedemann. The next house that Buffered from the fury of the mob was Mr. C. H. Blancken; corner Charlotte and Washington streets. They broke his windows, entered the store, and thrust a burning torch into a molasses barrel, uuder the Impression that it was a kerosene barrel. A fiend incar? nate could not have exceeded this piece of devilishness. Delighted with these brave achievements, the savage crowd next attacked the store and hoi je of Mr. Klintworth, No. -50 Washington street. They broke windows, as usual, threw brickbats through them Into the rooms, one large piece hill Ins Mrs. Klintworth in the tace and nearly kiding her; breaking crockery, fur? niture, &.C. These playful exhibitions of Rad? ical manners were accompanied by yells and shrieks, hurrahing for Pillsbury, singing, '.John Brown is marching on." alternating with abuse of General Wagoner, and threats of "burning down every d-d Dutchman's house." The next attack was at the corner of John and Meeting streets, where they made repeat? ed efforts to break Into the store, throwing stones at the windows and doors, trying to force them open, all the while abusing and cursing the Germans. There is food for reflection here. The per? sons assaulted by this mob of savage Radical negroes are one and all peaceable, law-abiding citizens, who pay a license to the city govern? ment, a tax on their real estate, and a tax also on their stock of merchandise, the total of which amou?ts to a considerable sum. Now, upon what plea is all this exacted, unless lt is that these taxpayers are to receive an equiva? lent in the protection promised [but not given] them by the city government. So far from it, our-imbecile city authorities, for purposes ot their own, coonlve, nay encourage these ri? ots, miscalled torchlight processions. Citi? zens of Charleston ! how long will you endure the rule of the mob? Now'ls the time for breaking the beast's back. Either now, or else groan under another two years' bondage. TUE RADICAL BANNERS. If an educated native of the Feejee Islands had been here lost night watching the proces? sion pass, and seeing the transparencies, he would have been at a loss which to admire most, the wit, originality, grammar, orthogra? phy, or spelling of the mottoes. He, of course, the said Feejeean, could not know that the party of "great moral Ideas" had passed an elaborate common school act. and had taxed the people heavily for educational purposes. Nor could he know that, Superinten? dent Jiilson not paying the teachers, the schools had to be disbanded. As a general thing the banners bore inscriptions the reverse of truthful; as for instance, "Economy, low taxes and no monopoly.'? Another: "Republicanism is not inconsistent, with good government." This ma; be so in Utopia, but Republicanism certainly bas shown us no good government in America. Another said : "No Republican votes for sale." Per naps not; but a cynic might suggest that this really was an offer of those same Republican votes. People sometimes mean just the oppo? site of what they say. It ls a bad plan to boast two much of your virtue. Ward 7 had a banner saying: "We demand that the city' open the free schools at once." Precisely so, and the best way to bring it about ls to vote for Wagen?r. He will see to lt that the schools are opened, and kept open. One of the ^banners" bore th? following strange device: "Aldermen should be city fathers, and not city carters." We naturally looked for the comparison motto: "Aldermen Bhould be city lathers, and not city paupers," but, owing to the numerous dark lanterns, we suppose, we were unable to see lt. Another transparency bore the legend, "Thou shalt not steal"-a grim joke in a crowd of thieves, who, doubtless, enjoyed it hugely. Bptcial NotiKB. pa^CONSIGNEES PEE STEAMER SEA GULL, from Baltimore, are hereby notified that she ls THIS DAT discharging cargo at pier No. 1, Union Wharves. All Goods not taken away at sunset will remain on wharf at Consignees' risk. MORDECAI ? CO., angi-l_'_Agents. pa* CONSIGNEES PEE STEAMSHIP EMPIRE, from Philadelphia, .are hereby no tilled that she will discharge cargo TO-DAY, at Brown's North Wharf. Goods uncalled for at sunset will remain on wharf at owners'risk and expense. WM. A COURTENAY, Agent, angi-l ^CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP JAMES ALGER are hereby notified that she ls discharging cargo at Adger's Sooth Wharf. Ali Goods remaking on. the wharf at sunset wfll be stored at owners' risk and expense. aogl-1 . JAMES ADGER k CO , Agents. pa- WEDNESDAY "BEING THE DAT OF ELECTION, there will be no easiness trans, acted on Atlantic Wharves on that day. H. C. ROBERTSON, augl Superintendent. pa* INFORMATION WANTED OF Mrs. C. C. ST. JOHN. Any one knowing where she can be lound, will please address G. E. HAR? VEY, at NEWS Office. 1 augi-2* pa* SPECIAL NOTICE.-THE M?S TERS, Wardens and Presidents' of Commande ries, Lodges and Societies having property at the Masonic Hall, are requested to meet the under? signed at Masonic Hall THIS MORNING, .lat Au? gust, at 10 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of re. moving same. S. THOMAS, Ja., p.u*l-l Chairman Committee. ' pa* OFFICE CHIEF OF" POLICE MAIN STATIOSHOUSE, CHARLESTON, S. 0., JOLY 29,1871.-The attention of au whom lt may, concern?s called to tho following section of an: Act of the General Assembly of the State of south Carolina, to provide for the election of officers of the incorporated cities and towns In the State Of South Carolina, passed the 25th day of September, 1863: i " i X. AU barrooms and drinking saloons in the town or city where sueh ?lection ls held shall be closed on the days of election; and any person who shall sell to any person any Intoxicating drinks on the day or election, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, cr be im? prisoned ror a period not lesa than one month nor more than six months. In conformity with the above, all barrooms within the Oity of Charleston will be closed from 12 o'clock Tuesday night, August l. 1S7?, until 12 o'clock, Wednesday night? Augnst-2,18?I. By order or the Mayor. H. W. HENDRICKS, Joly3t-3 . . ' Chief of Police. ?pa* WARD No. 4.-RESIDENTS OF WARD No. 4, who are desirous of taking out Naturalisation Papers, will call on W. M. M?CK? ENFUSS, Attorney at Law, No. ll Bread street, opposite State street, between the hours of 9 and half-past 2 o'clock P. M. BEN J. LUCAS, | july lb Chairman Ward No. 4. | pac IT I ZENS' ' CONSERVATIVE PARTY.-The Presidents or the several Ward G?bs are Instructed to present all bills contracted' by their Wards to the Executive committee, on TUESDAY EVENING next. No bills contracted up to that date will be paid unless presented at that ttme. GEORGE L. BUIST, " Ju1y28 President Executive Committee. pa* IN THE MATTER OF J. N. M. WOHLTMANN, BANKRUPT.-A meeting of the Creditors or the above-named Bankrupt will be held at the office of J. 0. CARPENTER, Registrar in Bankruptcy, on TUESDAY, the 1st day of Au? gust next, at ll o'clock, AM. July 29*3 ! A. BISO HOFF, Assignee. pa* OFFICE OF THE CHARLESTON CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION, FOR THE BENE FIT OF THE FREE SCHOOL FUND, No. 147 MEET? ING STREET-CHARLESTON, JULY 31,1871. Official Raffled Numbers of the Charleston Chari? table Association, for the Benefit of the Free School Fund : CLASS No. 109-MORNING. 26-55-15-61-3-47-59-23-11-58-54-53. * CLASS No. 110 -EVENING. 69-10-13-60-75-67-25-5-30-56- 2 -24. AS witness our hand this 31st day of July, 1871. FENN PEOK, 'f t JAMES GILLILAND, may29 Sworn commissioners. pa* STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA CITY OF CHARLESTON-MAYOR'S* OFFICE.-I, GILBERT PILLSBURY, Mayor or the said City, In pursuance of the Statutes of the said State and the Ordinances of the said etty, tn such case made and provided, do hereby give notice that an election for MAYOR AND EIGHTEEN ALDER? MEN ?r -the said City will be hsjd on WEDNESDAY, the second day of August, eighteen hundred and seventy-cue, at the usual places or election, throughout the said City. The number of Aldermen to be elected from each Ward ls aa follows: \m Ward No. 1-Two. Ward No. 2-Two. Ward No. 3-Three. Ward No. 4-Five. Ward No. 6-Twp. Ward No. 6-Two. Ward No. 7-One. $ Ward No. 8-One? Tlie-May or .and the Bald Aldermen win be voted for on one general ticket. At thc same time, one Schcol Commissioner shall be elected by the legal voters of each Ward. The polls will be opened at seven o'clock In the forenoon, and close at five o'clock in the after? noon of the day of the said election. [L. s ] G. PILLSBURY, Mayor. Attest: WK. K. MITCHELL, Clerk or CounclL j uly 24 pa* NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tb ali Sub-Agents of the Land Commission, that, from and after the first day or March, ian, they will report ah their proceedings to Hoh. F. L. CARDOZO, Secretary or the Advisory Board. ROBT. C. DELARGE, L. ?. S. S. C. Columbia, February 28,1871. marti pa* GETTING MARRIED. -ESSAYS FOR YOUNG MEN on great SOCIAL EVILS AND ABOSES which interfere with MARRIAGE-with sure means of relief for the?Erring and Unfortu? nate, diseased and debilitated. Sent free, in seal? ed envelopes. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. S S. Ninth street, Philaielpola, Pa. m ay 15-3m oa Speri?l Notices. ^MANAGERS OF ELECTIONS. -QF FieB COMMISSIONERS OF ELEOTI&NSj, CHARLESTON,^. C., 20TH JULY, 187L-Notfee ls hereby giren that the following named persons have been duly appointed Managers st the po?ag places herein designated, for the registration of Voters, and for the purpos?iof conducting'tn? Municipal Election to be held In the City of Charleston on the first WEDNKSDAT In August, 1871, being the second day of said month. The Registration of Voters will begin on SATBBDAT, the 29th day of Joly, and be continued far three (3) days (Sunday excepted,) commencing at 7 o'clock A. M., and closing at6 o'clock P. M. each day. The polls will be opened on the day orfclec tloajat 7 o'clock A. M., and close at 5 o'clock P.M. - , - The Managers.herein' appointed are requested to meet the Commissioners of Elections on MON? DAY, the 24th instant, at io o-^lock precisely^at the City Hall, Council Chambei- for the-purpoae of taking the oath prescribed bylaw, and to re? ceive necessary Instructions. N. MONTGOMERY. Ohalrman, . E. W. V. MACKEY, .: R.S.-BRUNS. Waas l. City HaU-W. M. Saga, J. Jrioong,-John Reed. WARD 2., Conrthoale-F. M. Johnstone, H. c. Baker, B. W. Bamsay. WABD a. FirstPreolhot, Market Hall (including ali or the said ward south of Market street)-A. p. Farrar, J. D.Kennedy, W. T. Elfer Second Precinct, Palmetto Engine House (lu- - eluding all of said Ward'north or Market street and south of Wentworth B treen-A. B. Mitchell, William Wood, c.s. Miller. . Third Precinct, Engine House, Inspectionsjtreet (Including all or said Ward non h. or Wentworth 8treet)-J. W. Lloyd, Charles B. Grant and Robert Meares. . / WARD C First Precinct, Hope; Engine House-(including all of said Ward south of Hasel and Beaufalrr streets)-E. R. Walter, Charlen Slmoni, L. T. Gardner. Second Precinct, Stonewall Engine House (In oladlng all or Bald Ward north of Haae) and Beau fain streets, and south of George and BoU-'stt^ats) M. Goldsmith,Jr.,.T. Osborn, S. G. Russell.. . Third Precinct, Engine House, Smith street (in? cluding all of said Ward north of George and Bali streets)-G. L.' Pratt, H. J. N. King and L. G. Brown. - ' - -' N WARDS. .. First Precinct, Eagle Engine -Hoc^e (including all of said Ward south or Annand Judith streets) .W. F. Barnett, E. A. Carson, J. Peronneao. j Second Precinct, America street- (including all of said Ward north or Ann and Judith streets) W. S. Fraser, Wm. ,Glover, EM. jefferson. WARDS: First Precinct, Was b lng ton ED gin e House ' (in clndiug all or said Ward east er Smith street'-ahd south of RadolUTe street)-^J. H. Happaidt, Richard ?Forrest, W. H. Whitlock. * . :'-'"v Second Precinct, Marion Fufdne House (molal: eng all of said Ward east or Smith street and north or Radcliffe street)-p. H. Riven, Charles Linning and L. Plnckney. . Third Precinct, No.. i9 Smith street (Including aU of said Ward west or Smith street)-J. 'W. Wil? kinson, s. G. Proctor and John Freeman. ' v .WABD'7.;' Engine Boase, Columbas street-J? B. Mashing ton, J. N. Gregg and W. G. Eaton. ''?' "' WARDS. First Precinct, Niagara Eugine House, Sires street (including all or said Ward ? south of Line street)-P. M. Gregor!e, J. E. Rowers and J. M. .R Dcroef. ?. "-: SB^f ' \'. ' Second Precia o t, corner -Of. Ki?g and CoagreM 1 Streets (including aU 'or said Ward nor crt or Line ! street)-J. F. Mason, J. B. Morris and H. R. Coste. jolytt ?tf FBEEDMAITS SAYINGS AND I TRUST COMPANY.-CHARLESTON BRANCH, NO. 74BROAD STREET.-Money Deposited on or be? fore August lat will draw Interest at SIX PER CENT. - NATHAN RITTER, JoJy27-* ! cashier. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, - COUNTY OF CHARLESTON.-in the Common pleas.-JOHN Y. BRYCE and WILLIAM H. BRYCE, Copartners under .the name of J. T. BRYCE A CO., vs. EDWARD W. GROOT.-Sum? mons tor Money Dem and. -[Co m plaint not Serv? ed .?-To EDWARD W. GROOT, defendant in .this action : You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which ls flied in the office or the Clerk of the Court o': com? mon Pleas for the said County, and to serre a copy or your answer on the subscribers,' at their office, No. 39 Broad street, Charleston, within twenty days after the service of this sommons on yon, exclusive of the day of service. Il yea fall to answer this complaint within the time aforesaid, the plain tiff will take judgment against you for the som of Se ven Thousand Dol? lars, wjtu interest at the rate or seven per cent, from the twentieth day of April, one thousand ' eight hundred and seventy-one, and cos ts. Dated Charleston, Jane 23, .1871. PORTER A CONNER, Plaintiffs'Attorneys. To the' defendant, EDWARD W. GROOT: Take notice that the summons in this action, of whloh, the forgoing ls a copy, with complaint annexed, was flied in the office or the Clerk or the Court of Commen Pleas- at Charleston, In the County of Charleston, and State or Sooth Carolina, on the I 23d day of June, 1871. 1 PORTER ? CONNER, Plaintiff!' Attorneys, . j u n27 . tu 6 Charleston, s. 0. SCIENCE ADVANCES. -AS SOON as an article purporting to be or utility has seen tested, and its merits endorsed by public opinion, unprincipled parties endeavor, to replenish their depleted parses by counterfeiting, and eubstitut lng a spurious for the genuine article. Some time since, mercury, in the dlsgulsaot pills, pow? ders, Ac, was-given for all diseases of the stem . ach and Uver, whUe quinine was freely adminis? tered for the chilis. At length HOSTKTTER'S STOMACH BITTERS made Its advent, and an en? tire new system of healing wa? inaugurated. The beneficial effects or this valuable preparation were at once acknowledged, and mineral poisons suffered to sink into that obscurity io which an enlightened age has consigned them. There have been many spurious bitters palmed upon the com? munity, which, arter trial, have been round per-1 rectly wo? thiess, whUe HOSTETTER'S bas proved a blessing to thousands, who owe to lt their resto? ration to health. For many years we have watched {he steady progress ol HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS In public estimation,and its beneficent effects as a cure for ail complaints arising from the stomach or a morbid nature, and we are freu'to say that it can be relied upon as a certain relief and remedy, its proprietors haye made the above preparation*; after years of careful study and sitting, and are? now reaping the reward claimed by this valuable specific, and which they so richly merit. It ls the only preparation of the kind that ls reliable tn alt cases, and lt therefore demands tho attention of the aflMcted._Inlygft-a'nthSPAO' MEDICAL NOTICE;-PATIENTS suffering from Diseases pertaining to the GENITO URINARY ORGANS, will receive the latest scien? tific treatment by placing themselves nader the care oi Dr. T. REENSTJERNA, office No. 74 Basel Btreet. three doors from tke*Postofflce. sep2Q-tuthlyr_ TTOMOOPATHIC BEMEDIES. A FULL ASSORTMENT just received by . DB. H. .BABB? jnlyt No 131 Meeting street*