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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. OUR OWN LOW} BRANCH. SULLIVAN'S ISLAND-ITS ATTRAC? TIONS AND WONDERFUL GROWTH. Glimpses of Its Heroic Fast-Jasper and the Flag-The Island as lt was Before the War-Improvements, Actual and Contemplated-Who Own the Proper- j ty-Plans for thc Future, ?Sc. [FROit OUB 0WT? CORRESPONDENT.] . . .. MOULT HIE VILLE, August 4. DWELLTNGS, THEIR S" TLB AND COST. To swing at lazy, ease in your hammock, stretched across the' broad piazza, and be . kV fanned by the cool southwester sweeping in from the ocean, knowing the while that your; neighbors of the city are sweltering: in the dry summer heat; to enjoy i the luxury "of perfect' repose, and a quiet that would be like the hush of death,-but for the unvarying monotone of the surf breaking on the beach; to be fancy free, with your thought-pendulum; vibrating carelessly between the printed' pages of your book ano? the pictures of still life painted on Nature's canvass all around you-here, the tasteful cottages of our island Arcadians; there, the green fringed shores of the main land, the distant houses looking like, patches of white upon a field of baize; yonder the man-made tow.' , populous with masts and spires, where one can almost "see the stir of the great Babel, yet not feel the crowd;" sea-gulls swooping in graceful circles overhead;-waves chasing each other in av glee, shaking their snowy crests and spattering spray that glistens in the sunshine like diamond drops; "ships dim-discovered! dropping from the clouds," then merging Into' stately white-winged shapes and sailing on to port; Sumter with Its ragged profile, a mohu * mental story of the war; wrecks Blumbering half-burled lu the sard where the captains of Chased blockaders lighted the torch and left them to their fate-all these are fragments of an idle day's experience on Sullivan's Island. And then to walk the beach at sundown, and make pictures among the trailing clouds^ or, amid the serene moonlight, to enjoy the broad expanse of ocean, girdled by the sky, to frolic in the surf among the mysteriously arrayed naiads of the beach, to fish from the rocks near by, or, what ls better, be chaperoned by Dayton-a Jolly deity of: the chowder pot-to the upper end o? the Island, and drop your hook and line in Beach Inlet or off the bar; to drive and gather shells, and gambol with the tribes of ct Udren growing tough and rosy In the Itcean breeze; to await the arrival ot the evening boat, and watch the troops of island dwellers wending their way homeward in om-, nibus and ambulance, abd occasionally to visit the city yourself, in order to preserve by con? trast the illusion that you ve the happiest mortal In existence; th?se, too, are some ol the pleasures belonging- : to the season and locality, -which ..are fashionably.* sought for' without avail among expensive neighborhoods: elsewhere, disguised a3-watering-places. The truth is, were Sullivan's Island as wide? ly known as lt is well -appreciated by those . who are -familiar with Its attractions, no spot ip the South would entice so many seekers ot i ^pleasure and comfort during, the summer solstice. There may be no mineral springs, but what grander bath than a dash Into the surf of the ocean; what more health-provok? ing panacea than the pure, cool breezes-that - sweep unbroken across two thousand miles of " sea-an oxygenated benediction-zephyrs .that luH one Into- midday slumbers, and strong-winds that stimulate appetites, which make a man wish he were a peripatetic knife and fork. HISTORICAL AND REMINISCENT. Nor ls the island without a history rich In renown-a history of heroic men and deeds, as well as a history of much that was fascinating In the social life of those .who years ago-.were wont to make their summer home among Its palmetto groves. Looking/ backward Into th? past, I see now include old fort, then called Fort Sullivan, from behind which the Continental militia, under Colonel Wm. Ll o ul tr le, achieved their victory over the fleet of Slr,Peter Parker. It ls betweenio and II o'clock on the morning of the M?f?t June, 1776. Moultrie'ls- Visiting the little sand-hill battery at the northeastern end of the island." Colonel Wm: Thomson ls there, with a'handful of country militia, lo con? test the advance of the British General Ornton and Lord Cornwallis^ who, with. 3000' men, have lander!on Long Island for the purpose of -crossing the Inlet and assaulting Fort Sullivan j In the rear. Fifty of the enemy's squad roa are ia Sight, and Moultrie discovers the-men-of-war drop? ping their topsails pre parato ry .to. at tact. He gallops down, the beach to the fort, a stretch of three mlle's: the. long-roll ls sounded and the men- are rallied to their guns; powder ls issued from the magazine, and. the onset is awaited with an armament of but thirty-one cannon, of willoh only.a portion, are available. The guns vary from nine to twenty-si* pound era Of powder - there- are put 460(1 pounds, or about twenty-six rounds'for each gun, and twenty rounds-'of'musketry -for each man. ?"Lead ls a '.so scarce, and the: window- weigh ts ' of the Ito asea in Charleston 'and other material have been melted Into bullets by the pa tri ol lc citizens. A blue flag with, A white crescent, Inscribed- with the word' "LTBEI?TT," is th? "banner with the strange de-ice" that floats from the ramparts ot" the little garrison. ? THE BATTLE 0? PORT.SULLIVAN. . the flood tide 's strong, the wlnd.fair from the south and west, and the Eogllsh men-of war, consisting of seven ships mounting-up? wards of two hundred guns, sall up confident-' ly in stately line. ? The wharves and housetops Of the city, and the works at HaddreU's Point and Fort Johnson, are lined with spectators, awaiting with anxious hearts the trial of metal and skill about to take place between the veteran ships ol the British navy and the newly raised troops of an infant Republic lrom a low fort of palmetto logs. The Active, 28 guns, comes to anchor at a distance of only four hundred yards; the larger ships range up In like manner on the same line, and then pour In broadside after broadside of cannon balls. The fire of the fort is slow hut sure.- The order is passed to. "save youri ammunition," and every gun is aimed by an officer in order that not a shot may be lost. General Charlea Lae, the com mandor-ln-chlef of the department, visltB the fort through a heavy line of fire, and .himself points several of. the pieces in person. Moul? trie, In his shirt sleeves, smokes his pipe, and is everywhere encouraging his men, stopping now and tnen.only'to "enjoy the grog that 1B served In ii re-buckets along the .platform." For hours the plucky little citadel.absorbs in frits spongy sides the balls of the fleet, and re? fuses to be silenced. Several of the ships change their position for the purpose of reaching the cove and enfilading the fort from that point, but they become entangled QC the shoal. The Acteon frigate grounds, i3 abandoned, and subsequently blown up, while the others retire to a safer distance. - The c test is maintained, however,- until nine o'cl at night, when all silp their cables and ret to the original anchorage. And so the day min?tes, but lt has been full of excitement i bloody incident. Men-of-war are more or 1 cut up, and hundreds of their crews are ki] or wounded. Twice has the quarter decl the Commodore been cleared of every peri but Slr Peter Parker, and he is struck in th places. Two of the captains of frigates 1 an arm each and subsequently die, and Li William Campbell, a late Governor of the I vince, who ls present as a volunteer on I flag ship, is wounded in the side, which a causes his death. i The casualties among the gallant defend? of the fort have been occasioned chiefly balls which entered the embrasures. T we are killed and twenty-five wounded. Sergei ii-.Daniel, of Captain Huger's company, i his stomach and bowels shot away by a ct non ball, but, dying, exclaims to his com rad ? "Fight on my brave boys, don't let liberty e pire with me to-day." SERGEANT JASPER, j The flag is shot downland, falling outside the lort, .Sergeant Jasper dashes through o of the embrasures, and In a terrible voil fastens the fallen banner to a sponge s ts and, amid the cheers ot the garrison, plants once more on the ramparts. Twelve tho usa shots have been fired by the fleet, and of thc upwards of twelve hundred are taken frc their piaces of lodgment in and around tl fort. The victory is the theme of national jo Congress bestows- its thanks, and when, i the 4th of July, President Rutledge visits tl fort, he buckles his own eword to the girdle Jasper as a tribute to his bravery. Herc Jasper ! On the 1st of July, 1776, the lady Major Bernard Elliott presented a stand ol ei broidered colors to the regiment, and he w one of those who swore never to allow the to be dishonored; and when they were pi an ti on the British lines at Savannah, and thr officers had been shot down in d?fendit them, he received his own death wound in it filling his pledge, and died with the rescui flags in his hands. It is no detraction fro the historic fame of Jasper, however, to p renthetlcally .add here that during the la war a score of young men in Fort Sumte and hundreds of gallant fellows elsewher performed similar deeds of bravery. THE PRESENT FORT. And so peas in swift review these and kli dred events attached to the history of Sull van's Island. Only yesterday I was wanderin among the huge bomb-proofs of Fort Moultrl and climbing over the great mounds whir protected men and guns during the late wa What a contrast between the surroundings < 1776 and 1864-iron-clad ships-rifled guns torpedoes-submarine boats, and a military e: chequer measured by hundreds of million The fort ls now only a mass of ruins guarde by >'solitary Federal sergeant? But no ol citizen of Charleston can visit the spot wlthou f?qgpg invisible fingers sweeping the chord "bf memory and bringing to lifo'again scenes i the past that are counted among its pleasure and pains. BEFORE THE WAR. For years before the war, the "Island" wa a gay and fashionable resort. People flocket hither from all portions of the State. By th willoi General Sullivan, the original owner lt was set apart for the-erection ot somme homes by those who sought health and com fort at the sea-side, and many pretty cottage dotted the Island. There was a fine hotel un der tho management of George Mixer, th elder, a sor t of su m mer offshoot of the Charles ton Hotel; there were.baqds of music, race on the beach; promenade parties ia the fort; soirees in scores of private homes; boat clubs regattas and excursions-all of which ?oit more made the locality attractive L'S a water lng place, and supplied a public want. Th( ravages of .war, however, caused chang?e which time alone can repair. Shot and shel did their ugly work on the one hand, while a careless soldiery showed their irreverence for the Lares and Penates-on the other. Un? occupied premises disappeared In the camp? fires and fortifications, and the summer of 186J found among all the houses which had graced the island not moro than; twenty or thirty that had escaped the general wreck.. ' ' fifPF.OVEMENTS BEGUN. j :-These were- speedily rented or purchased, put lu tenable condition, and occupied. The citizens of Charleston began , once more to crave the pleasures of the beach,, and Dr. J. B. Patrick, the well known dentist, of the city, and the present intendant of Moultrleville, became their pioneer. In 1866 he purchased and refitted a house, for temporary use, about midway on the island, and, meanwhile, pro? ceeded to repair bis present place of residence -one of the most elegant now there. Other gentlemen speedily followed. Lots were se? cured at prices varying irom. sixteen to three hundred dollars each, and at tho present mo? ment there ls scarcely an eligible building spot within a mlle and three-quarters of the ferry wltlch does not belong to parties who propose to erect summer houses during the next or the year thereafter. Alreadythe long waste between Dr. Patrick's ' house and the fort, which was unbroken lu 1866 by more han one or two cottages, has been nearly filled up, - and the probability ls that; within five years, the island wilUpossesa a summer popu? lation of five or eigh t thousand people. Before the war, the "Moultrievllle Hotel," already relerred to,was considered the extreme limit of the closely settled portion. Now the central and upper sections of the island bid fair to become the most favored spot upon lt. This will be due chiefly to the improvements made in that locality-the construction of a commodious hotel, the handsomer style of the dwellings, and the facilities to be afforded to the inhabitants in going to and from the ferry. Some idea of THE RAPID GROWTH of the island, and the public spirit of the in? tendant and wardens, may be had from the following facts: A mlle anda half of shell walk has been constructed : a number of the streets are "headed up" with sheii, to prevent the encroachment of the tide; the Btreets have also been straightened and "widened by a re? cent "survey. Several hundred dollars have been expended in draining the "Myrtles," the stagnant water of which was supposed to generate malaria; and the. average value of property has increased from one to two thous? and per cent. Four acres are Set apart lor the construction of a hotel, and it is confidently believed that it will be commenced during the, ensuing winter, in order that lt may be open? ed to the public'next season. Dr. Patrick, the intendant,,18 also in correspondence with par? ties in England on the subject of a road steamer; which will dispense with Omnibusses and carriages for Ute transportation of passen-, gers, run any where on the sand at the rate of six miles an hour, and on the smooth beach, at. the" rate of twelve or fourteSh miles an hoar. This, or a narrow gauge railway, is an improvement which the increasing population demand. Tlicroad steamer, with cars capa? ble of carrying fifty or" seventy-five passet* gera, will cost $5000. There are many dwellings on the island albeit their use is temporary, the style of struc ture of which would do*credit to a city, ano be regarded as elegant. The majority of per sons, however, build more for comfort than appearance, being content with spacious rjoms and a piazza that fronts upon the sea. Five hundred dollars will readily eecure a cot? tage, with five or six apartments, the mere rent of which commands from $160 to -$200 foi a season. Larger and more luxurious resi? dences, like those of Dr. Patrick, Mr. L. Gre? iling. Mrs. J. K. Robinson, Colonel Simonton-, Mr. Asher D. Cohen and others, cost from four to six thousand dollars. The sleeping apartments are generally on tne same floor as tho parlor and dining room, though their ca? pacity for stretching, on a social pinch, Into the attic or basement is wonderful. There are some hospitable people on the Island who think nothing of sandwiching twenty-five or thirty guests under their pleasant roofs when? ever the occasion requires it to be done. Sand ls the only enemy to comfort on the island which lt requires lime to conquer, and the owner of a dwelling will find his hands I full for a year or two In making a soil that will j bear grasB and flowers, and thus relieve the ! glare and monotony to which he would be otherwise exposed. This, however, need not be an expensive improvement. ' : OWNERS OF LOTS AND HOUSES. I am indebted to Mr. D. B. Qllllland, clerk of Council, for the following list ol persons who own property on the island: Arnot, Mrs C "Moise, K W Adger, Roners Middleton, W J Aimar, C P and G W McCormick, H L P A!len. sarah Muckenfuss, CH r Adger, J E Muckenfuss, Dr B A Allan, Sarah . Muckenfuss, Mrs B A Bentham, Mrs E MUCK en fuse, B S D Beckman, J O Maxwell, S J Bird, J S Mari-s, M Beesley, J no McDonald, W T Burnham, Mtss E M -Muckenfu?*, w G Burnham, E S Moisson. John O Barker, Theo G McMahon, James Bullcley, Henry, Muckenfuss. M L Bowman. E-tate af McGlbbou, J N Buckley. D Martin, Robert Bearman. Maguire, Buist, Dr J S Miller, F Burk, Maddon. William Baron. Miller, Prince caldwell Jas M Murphy, John Chap?n, Ii March, Mrs Conner, Gen James McKevlln, D uampsen, Jno, E'.t or Mitchell, Mrs Oordray,LE Nelson, John L Conen, Louis Nimitz, A Curtis. Mrs M P Oetjen, Mrs J Calder, Est or O'Neill, Barnard Cohen, A D O'Connor, M P Cohen, D 1> O'Hare, L W Cthen, R L Oppenheim. H J Childs, F L Ogren, John comn. Est or Oakes, Samuel Cosgrove, James, O'Brien, Mrs Crouch, - Porter, W D Chambers, M Patrick, Mrs S E Calvert, F H Patrick, C C cantu, Patrick, Dr J B Oroner. Perry, A S J Catholic Church, " Penal, C Donohoe, Thoa Paddon. W F DieCenbach, Powers, Mrs Devereux, Jno H Pezant, William DeFontalne, F G reizer, Mrs H A Freltzberg, Mrs Pelzsr, Dr G S FroBt, Thos Perry. M horsy tue, W 0 Qunckenbush, JA Gronlng, L Ravenel, Dr Edmund Tillman, Mrs 0 Robinson, Estate-J K Gayer, W J m ROBS, Mrs Ann Goodrich, G O Ryan, Mrs Qllllland, DB 'Roger, WT Green, Sarah Slmonton, CH Qllllland; Mrs M S St. Arnaud. A . . . Goldsmith, M -Salinas, A J Goldsmith, A A Selgnlous. O W Geh rs, H Stuart. Mrs M . Graman, J H ' Solomons, Dr J* B Howard, S L Smythe, A T Hatch, L M Stoney, Mrs Theodore Hart, Henrietta Smith. Angus Hart, Joshua L Stelnraeyer, Mrs J F Hart, N S Scott, William Hart, D S Slattery, T F Hume, William . Slattery, J F Hoppock. K?tate of Sinclair, D Hamilton, William -calrmer, J S Howard, B Sachtleben, A . Harmes,- H Smith, W B Hunt, Riegling, Henry Hewett A Kurth, Tracy, Carl03 Jones, A H -Tobin, J. John8on;.Hobert Toale, P Jeffords, T A Tobias, J L Kinloch, Dr R A Thqjnpaon, Mrs Knockton,'P Trennolm, G A Kcofcln, Mrs Trenholm. W L Keenan, Edward Toohey, J obn .Kerrison, O, Jr Thomson, Klngman, "Tl". Traesdale, Kelly, W A Vidal, James LaMotte. ? J ? . Williams, Mrs Harriet Lelt"u, WY* Williams, Mrs Leslie, OS Walker. R T Lesesne, Mrs A C Wine, CO Lord, 8, Jr WI denian, P Lovegreen, L B Waring, T M Lee, Edward - Wilson, S H Lance, F Wulbnrn, O Langston, Mrs Wickler, George H Mitchell, Miss M White. K, In trust, McOrady, Edward Whltesldes, J _ Murray, J H Whttesides, G ADVANTAGES OF AN ISLAND HOME. If there be any disadvantages attached to this Island life, they have their offset in a mul? ti ul led degree. Difficulty may exist for in? stance in reaching here, or alter arriving at the wharf in conveniently getting home, or, when the September gales prevail a high tide may now and then take possession of one's basement, and make it more agreeable to take refuge in the piazza story; but these are Blight drawbacks when compared with the comforts of a home where in the hottest summer day you can always find a cool comer, and on the warmest night sleep under a counterpane un? troubled by .the requiems of mosquitoes. To the majority of ladies, children and luvailds, the atmosphere is a tonic that promotes appe? tite and strength. The little ones especially, who are running the gauntlet of infant dis? eases, recuperate with "wonderful rapidity, while the tired workers in the trades and pro? fessions find supreme rest after the labors of the day, and something akin to luxury in their ocean oath. The taxes are insignificant Bay from six to ten dollars a year according to the local improvemen: .undertaken. There ls a good market on the island; or, if you prefer lt, the 10 o'clock boat brings back what you have purchased in the city. Fish and shrimp fresh from the water are brought to your doors. Cosgrove supplies your soda and ale; you get your Ice every morning on the island, and for ten ceuts you can ride lu one of Henry Gates'a Omnibusses to any part of the suburb. Captain Dan. Sinclair and Mr. John Fergu? son-''plain John"-of the 8t. Helena, are al? way?, on the alert to make their passengers comfortable-though, sub rosa, the ladies do Object to landing with their children on a fir teen inch plank, (an oversight of the com? pany)-anda band of music adds to the pleas? ure ol the trips on.Wednesday and Friday af? ternoons. All these are elements of encour? agement to the people, and lt is ho wonder that the terry line ls In a pecuniarily happy condition. THINGS fN FUTURE. In fact so prosperous and populous ls the little island nest becoming that a number of the most enterprising inhabitants are discus? sing the propriety of forming a Joint stock company, and, with the aid of Northern capi? tal, greatly enlarging the natural facilities of the place. Among other Improvements lt is proposed to have a new and more rapid line of ferry boats, which will car j passengers ?and vehicles at reduced fares, without discrim? inating against the island residents, and a more accessible landing place than the present end of the island-one of three which I am in formed were reserved by General Sullivan in his will. ,? "ff These changes, added to the construction of a local railroad and a hotel, would, it ls al? leged, enhance the value of property and .in? crease population to a degree that .would mofe than compensate for the outlay; and in ten years "make Sullivan's Island to South Caro? lina what Long Branch Is to ifew York, JJa hantls to Boston, and Cape Maj- to Philadel? phia-a fashionable, crowded, profitable and attractive watering place. - ;. In the language t>f Father Bermingham, who, In January, I860, laid the corner-atone of a new. Catholic Church, under the invoca? tion of "Sk. Mary* Star of the Sea," a gentle? man who has done much to stimulate the growth of Sullivan's Island-"Its benefits are within the reach of the poor and the rich, j Yet they are benefits which cannot be enjoyed B?'n?ar hom? by Victoria, or Napol?o?'lTL Had. London or' Paris been favored, like Charleston, their inhabitants would run .crazy with joy. Could they replace the Thames or Seine with our beach and billows, a national festival would be proclaimed throughout Eng? land and France. If by the deed ot General Sullivan a Northern company were permitted to purchase the island from the State, lt would, doubtless, be secured at a fabulous price; and once in their hands, every foot ot the soil would soon become as valuable.as that of Broadway, New York." The growth predlcted by the reverend gen? tleman is silently but rapidly taking place. Bach year witnesses a large addition to the F filiation, and the time is probably not far datant when thousands will flock hltherwards to enjoy "the witchery of the soft blue sky,'"| and to escape "? The fretful stir ." Unprofitable, and fever ot the world.'.' - PERSONNE. ' THE OLD W?RLD'S NEWS. Rapid Payment of thc Frenen Indem* ntty to Germany-a Proposition to make Thiers President for Two Tears-a Huge Swindle-General Am? nesty to Political Offunders In Spain. '. LoN'DON', August 3. A caucus of the left centre voted 190, against 75 to make Thiers president for two' years, and allow him to.choose a vice-president and j the presidents of council, the ministers to be responslbl?, but Thiers not.- This ^proposition will be submitted to the assembly next week. The Count and Countess of Paris dined last night with the Duke de Brogle,'. the. Frenen : Ambassador. . . . ... vt In the House ot. .Commons this evening. Vis? count Enfield, of the Foreign Department, denied that negotiations -wera pendlag with the United States for the abolition of priva? teering. Bart te lot expressed his approval of the grant to Prince Arthur, \but deplored the continued seclusion of the . Queen. Gladstone j deuied that her Majesty' was unpopular. He expressed regret at ber seclusion, but declared the Queen was anxious to resume public duties as rapidly as her health permitted. A Holland firm has sold, In Frankfort-on-the! Alain, bonds of the Bo?kford and St Louis] Railroad to the value ot nine million dollars.i The transaction 1B a swindle. Investigations; have been Instituted. . MADRID, August 4. The official Journal promulgates the . law re-1 cently passed by the Cortes, authorizing the government to grant general amnesty for political offences, PARIS, August 3. The French postofilce authorities are about ! arranging a money order system with Eh- j gland and the United States. Two hundred and thirty witnesses have al? ready been subpoenaed ~to appear before courts-martial. The'Miatster of Finance yesterday comple? ted payment of another instalment of five hundred million francs indemnity. The Ger? man army of occupation bas been reduced to 150,000 men.. Marshal McMahon reports cas? ualties to Versailles forces In the second si?ge ol Paris at 7514. TralnB for the transportation of passengers and freights have commenced running through Mount Cenls tunnel. THE KENTUCKY KU-KLUX. LOUISVILLE, August 4. Four alleged Kn-Klux have been brought here lrom Estin, including Captain Bruce Thomas, whom Payne, who recently turned State's evidence, named as captain. Thomas claims that Payne's testimony is the result o( a conspiracy. The other three are charged with whipping a white woman in Powell County. The United States commissioner 'examines them to-day. ? _ THE DENTISTS IN COUNCIL. WHITE SULPHUR SPRIGGS, August 4. The convention elected the following officers for the ensuing year : El President, Geo. H. Cushlng, Chicago; First vice-President, C. E. Franois, New York; 8econd vice-President, J. B. Welder, New Orleans; Cc?rrespondlng Secretary, J-. A. Sal? mon, Boston; Becordlng Secretary, M. Dean, Chicago; Treasurer, W. H. Goddard, Louis? ville. Niagara Falls was designated as the next | place lor the annual convention. THE NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION. ? WILMINGTON', AugUBt 4. In New Hanover County the Bepubllcau gain ls several hundred on the Vote of 1870. Anson County has a small Conservative gain. Warren County has two hundred Conservative gain. Columbus County is reported to have a heavy Conservative gain. The news thus Tar receivers favorable to the call of a conven? tion, by a small majority. THE TURF. LONG BRANCH, August 4. Experience Oaks won the August stakes. Time : 1.48. Salina won Robins' stakes. Time: 3.404 and ii. In the third race Helmbold dis- j tanced all. Time: 7.50|. Track heavy. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -There were six sunstrokes yesterday in New York. -Tlie yacht Sappho ls ashore In Hell Gate, New York harbor. -During the fog on Wednesday night in Long Island Sound, the steamer Providence ran into six schooners within an hour. -Ex-Governor Bigler, of California,. Js-dy ing. -The cutter Vanguard won the Cowes (Eng? land! stakes.' -Fort Principe, In Havana, was struck by lightning; and two officers and soldiers were killed. . -The employees of the Vulcan Iron Works .of St. Louis struck, being dissatisfied with 'the superintendent -The Investigation into the causeB of the Westfield disaster is in progress at New York The evidence is voluminous and contradictory. -At Cincinnati, Senator Sherman, address? ing the Exchange, Intimated that at the com- j lug session Congress would simplify the spirits tax, making but onetax. -Citizens of the United States are advised by the State Department, before going abroad, to obtain passports. No fees are now charged for them. Naturalized citizens should send j authenticated copies of their naturalization papers with their application. "THE LESSON OF THE BOUE A RADICAL 'JOURNAL'S VIEW OF TI CITIZENS' VICTORY. A Bitter PHI Gracefully Swallowed, [From the Charleston. .Republican, August 4.] The battle ls ended. As some of our wa say, travestying Perry's celebrated dtsp?tc uwe have met the ehemy and we are theirs General Wagener la elected and the most bis ticket. One of the hardest lessons for men to lear a lesson so bard that some men never learn I is to bear defeat philosophically and manful! and to gain wisdom from even their very r verses. The Republican party of CharlesK are called to-day to that lesson, and-their f tuna, triumphs largely depend upon the wi they meet lt. We. bellera-we know-that oi party will face this defeat manfully ai courageously, and accept" lt gracefully; v know that, as good -cItizebs.Tthey win bow the will of the people as expressed through tl ballots on Wednesday, and give to the goven ment elected such an obedience and aid tb our ci ty. shall be strengthened and advance! . and. we trust that they will find in this de (ea now so grievous, that which shall really pro* the grander future victory for our party in til city and throughout the State. Those mistake who think the Republics party of Charleston was .killed by. the issue of this election.. To be sure, we are beate badly; we are beaten in a worse way tha even the most gloomily-disposed of our ow party or the most sanguine or the Opposition had a clear right to expect; but this onl means one reverse in our long series of vlct< rles; and If we are only faithful to the highes no blest.doc trines of Republicanism, our part banner shall yet again-wave triumphantly ovc this" very field. But this election bas a lesson so. plain an so binding upon us that it we refuse to rea lt or heed ir, we shall go on to still furthc disasters.. Republicans of Charleston: letti turn to that lesson now. Some of the page cfit will be painful, but let us face lt in th wav which becotneth men. This it is as w understand lt : - The Republicans defeated themselves. Wit the flush of victory actually beginning to Ugh up our banner, we threw away our chances c success in a way which has hardly been narai leled lu oil the political history we are able t bring to mind. We would ? ot le t victory com nigh us. We would not let Conservatives vot who wanted to tor Mr. Pillsbury, but we mus drive them back by the nomination of certali men totally unfitted for office- we must d ri vi them back by torchlight processions, whlci were little better than slices cut out of Pande monlum-we. must drive them back by tbi and that tomfoolery which disgraced our cit. and disgusted and maddened the good men o our party. We repeat lt, the Republi cans defeated themselves; and we bu prepare for even more stunning defeat if we wi I ti il iv shut our eyes to this so palpable fact. Mayor Pillsbury was elected in 1868 b; 18-majority, after a stormy and bitter contest That surely was a small margin. But, althougl in the State campaign last fall the Democrat!) ticket beat tbe. Republican ticket in this cit: by over three hundred and thirty votes, Stil Mr. Pillsbury by his Justice "and kindness hat so won the hearts of his enemies, that this, ii conjunction with other things, gave our part] prospects of a full, a sweeping victory. Three weeks ago, some ol the Democrats who wert experienced lu political calculations, hat hardly a hope of defeating us. And yet witt all these our prospects of a splendid victory behold the results ! The Republicans threw away their victory and this is the-way.they did?lt: We give th? plain, unvarnished chapter, to the end tha never again may the great Republican part; commit such stupendous, suicidal folly as lt the campaign Just'ended. In the first place,- there ls a faction in ou party which is enough to-kill any po Ht lea organization whatever, so long as stich- sh al be in anyway heeded. We said there is sud a faction: Bather let' us say there was-to let us trust that one of the good things com lng to our party through defeat Is. the rout lng, the stamping out. the utter annihila ti on of this faction; this rule-or-ruln clique which have BO long and so often spit upoi Republicanism, and which have done theil last, we hope, to degrade the party whicl deserved so much at their hands. That tao tlon ls broken up; lt is dead for the presen at least: and it will remain so unless some political bungler here or in Columbia "sha! resurrect lt. Well, aa we were saying, we And that fae tlon. They planned tor themselves. Whet the ward meetings were held for the el ec tl oi of delegates to the City Convention, these meetings were in the main manipulated bi that lao!lon or their sympathizers. Thoae meet inga were a disgrace to Republican ism. Some ot them were mere mob* gatherings where brains and culture and moral worth and de cency were crowded to the wall. * . * , # ? * .* Then look* at. the history of that convention, A mere glance is enough. It ls too painful tc go over all their work. They wisely nomina? ted our good Mayor for re-election, for they knew this was the demand ot the entire party: but after that what folly did they not commit : Some of the men they nominated were excel? lent citizens and worthy of office-but the bal? ance ! The convention, as a body, showed the most pitiable selfishness, nominating a large number to office from among themselves ! The ticket, os a whole, was such that we could not and would not support lt. We denounced it, and for this we received the heartiest com? mendation from nearly every good and sensi? ble Republican. * ? ? * ' ? The leading Republicans held a caucus; and In obedience to-their wishes-their demand, rather-the ticket was changed. The change was for the better; but it did not give us tue ticket which respect for our city, for our fel? low-citizens, of the Conservatives, for our own party demanded.. Some of the men were excellent as candidates; but the ticket was so made up that we frankly declared that two or three of the candidates for aldermen should by all means be defeated. This we said, be lt remembered, even though we did work lor the ticket as a ticket, that is, for the good part of it. We said that two or three of these should be deleated. It even' required the griet which came from a knowledge of the pressure of ilie Conservative party to make the Conservatives upon our.tlcket withdraw a pressure which threatened the busi? ness ruin of some ot them-it required this which we regarded as the treachery of some of . the Conservatives, , (espe cially in view of what good Republicans bad done to obtain a good government;) it.took this to induce us to use any expressions which i could in any way be Interpreted as an ad? vocacy of all the men upon the ticket. And we ought to have beeb at least half-way un? derstood, It would seem, when we frankly called for the defeat of some ol the men upon this second or remodelled ticket. The very day before the election our advice was not to elect all, but to elect Gilbert Pillsbury, and every good man upon the ticket with him. The ticket was such an one that we ourselves "scratched" it, and voted for several of the Conservative candidates. How could we hope for success with such a ticket ? . . And yet, bad aa all this work was, there was. if possible, worse toc?me. The Conservatives^: from a state ol apathy, became aroused, and set to work earnestly. They organized well and worked faithfully and intelligently; while our organization nnd management, planned bv the faction of which we spoke, was weak ai the ticket they had put forth. ?. ? * # * But we spoke of the worse work which fol? lowed the nominations. That was in a part of the wretched business of the torchlight proces? sion of Monday evening. The conduct of some Joining in that procession was not only a dis? grace to the party, in whose interest they claimed to act, but it was a disgrace to our city and to civilization itself. Good Judges I estimate that that one thing cost us five hun? dred votes. It not only disgusted-, many who were prepared to oct with us, but It consoli? dated the Conservative party. It Is madden? ing to any good Republican to look back to the stupid bunglipg of that procession, which alone perhaps cost us the loss of Charleston. Such yells, such brandishing of clubs, such hurling ot rock? and breaking of windows and fences and human skulls, sucn a little hell let loose by men who knew not what they them? selves had at stake, surely was never seen before In the interests of politics within all the confines of civilization. . - g * * ? * To the Republicans we would say, In the language of the homely but good old proverb. "There's no use crying over spilled milk." we are defeated; let us make the best of lt. Let us enter" upon such a course as will prevent the repetition Qf tbe terrible blunders the sting of which we feel to-day. One (bing this lesson imperatlveley teaches, and that Is that.there must be an immediate and thorough reorganf tionot our party lu Charleston, a reorganiza? tion in which intelligence' and decency will be recognized as the only! fit elements to repre? sent our party, wi th Its grand platform, and as the only hope, as Indeed it ought to be, of fu? ture triumphs. . After alf,, the defeat Of our .party In this: municipal election will do us good-good not only in Charleston, but throughout the State. We frankly admit that a part ot our ticket ought to have baen. defeated, and ic is not so surprising that tue good part should have gone under with the bad. < ALL ABOUT TBE STATE. -The cotton crop ot Darlington is expected to be goodland more corn will be made than, in any year since the war. . -Messrs. Wilson Jordan, Robert Severance and Silas Anderson,' of Darlington, have died ot bilious fever. . > v. -Two plank kilns In Marshall House lot, Ab? beville, were burned on Wednesday. The col? ored people fought the fire nobly. > - -Mr. John C. Colwell, of Spartanburg, died on the 18th, aged 76, . . -The crops in Anderson have suffered In? tensely from' the hot, dry weather. Corn ls likely to be shortened amazingly, and cotton is not thriving at all. Similar reports reach us' from Greenville. -The Alumni Association of Davidson Col? lege met on the 28th ult. The*oratIon on "Th? true methods of moral and mental, culture" was delivered by the Bev. Frontis Johnson, of Lexington. . -At Chester, last week, W. A. Peden and i W. Holmes Herdin were elected county com . missioners by a handsome majority over the Radical ticket The new officers are both able and trustworthy. TBE WEATBER IBIS , DAT. WASHINGTON, August 4. The area of threatening weather, with local' rains, will probably, extend, southeastward and prevail .'on Saturday from Pennsylvania: to Florida. The area of the lowest barometer will probably pass over Pennsylvania and] Massachusetts, with heavy rains.. The seve? rest local storms are probable for Virginia and Maryland. Cool clearing up weather Is pro? bable for Saturday .north and west of Kentuc? ky and on the lower lakes. Southerly winds, with rain-, is probable for the Gulf coast Yesterday'? Weather Reports of the Signal Service, U. S. A.-4,47 P. ,Af" Local Time. . ..... Place of Observation. augusta.. Baltimore. Boston........... Buffalo, N. Y.... Charleston. Cheyenne; W. T. Chicago.'. Cincinnati. Uieveland.!. Corinne, Utah.., Detroit. Duluth, Mlu .... Indianapolis.... Key West, Fla... Knoxville, Tenn. Lalee cuy, Fla Memphis, Tenn.. Milwaukee, Wis Mobile.;. Nashville.....'.. New London, Ct. New Orleans... New York. Omaha, Neb.... Oswego, N. Y... Philadelphia..., Pittsburg, Pa... Portland, Me.... Bochester, N. Y. ian Francisco.. Savannah . St. Louis. St. Paul, Minn.. Toledo, 0.. Washlngton.D.c. wilmlngton.N.O. Norfolk. Lynchburg. Leavenworth.... Capo Marr..-.-..-.1 Mt. Washington. 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