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VOLLME XI.-NUMBER 1774. CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1871. * A DISMAL PICTURE. A. VISIT TO THE VICTIMS OF PRESI? DENT GRANT'S PROCLAMATION. How the Alleged Ka Klux are Treated before Conviction-Their Quarters and their Fare-What they Say, dec. (FROX OUR OWN COK RESPONDENT. ] COLUMBIA, S. C., October 28. With the permiS8lou of Marshal Johnson visited the jail yesterday, where a number of United Stales prisoners, charged with being members of the Ku-Klux Klan, are confined. When I presented my credentials to the Sheriff, Mr. F razee, for admission, the following conver? sation took place between that gentleman and and your correspondent: Correspondent. I came here, Mr. Sheriff, to see the United States prisoners charged with being members of the Ku Klux organiza? tion. Sheriff, (hesitating.) Well, I don't know about that. I permitted a newspaper man to visit tfrem a day or two ago, and he went aw? j and wrote some things for bia paper in refer? ence to the prisoners and the condition of the cells in which thej were confined that were not true. Correspondent. I assure you, Mr. Sheriff, that will not be my case, as I Intend to write the truth, the whole truth, and nothicg but the truth. Sheriff. There, that will do. Your own face md the character of the paper YOU represent Vre sufficient to satisfy me. It you go up those yonder, you will meet Mr. Williams, the ^sheriff of Beaufort County, who will show ie way. Uncle Sam, through the intiu rx*> of Marshal Johnson and Judge Bond, sent lim up here to assist me in my arduous dulles. I thanked the sheriff and weet lo the direc? tion he indicated, when I met Mr. Williams, who at once brought me to the end of a large hallway lo the right wing of the building. He then unlocked and swung open a heavy door leading to a corridor about six feet wide, along which were located the cells ol the prisoners from Spartanburg County. THE GLOOMY ABODE o? those unfortunate men was anything but pviting, and for that reason I entered lt with some reluctance. But once inside, I deter- J mined to go through wits, my visit. So when ? the great door closed alter?me I pushed < on through the crowd to examine the < cells, as I was anxious to get out as ? soon as possible. It was not, I assure you, a ? pleasing sight, and I have no desire whatever < to visit that wretched place again. There are i six cells on this wing, where the prisoners < are incarcerated, which are said to measure < eight by twelve feet each. There are forty- ?j two men Di these cells, not all United States t prisoners, so that at night there are seven per- J sons In each cell, who have neither beds, " ma1 tresses nor benches, nothing, in fact, but t the bar*) floor to He upon, with little covering; Indeeff, one of the prisoners told me that the c few blankets they had amongst them were < their own, which they carried with them from 1 home, and that they suffered at night from t the effects ol cold. ? THE FOOD, I was informed, was bad and insufficient, J and the statement thus made by one ot the , prisoners was confirmed by a distinguished physician o? this city, who stated to me to-day , that in the market, yesterday, a batcher told him that nothing but meat of the poorest kind ! was sent to the jail; and I ara told that the bread ls, also, of a very inferior quality. Each } prisoner gets three small loaves and three? -quarters of a pound of this offal meat dally, ! and nothing else except water. One of the .county prisoners, a United States soldier, who ! ia^erviog out three months' imprisonment for dib mitt lng an acsault upon a citizen ot Colum- . bia, Informed me that lt was Impossible to eat the meat with which the prisoners were fur- i ?nished, the quality was so bad. j THE CELLS are on the first story. They are rather dark, < and have a disagreeable smell. There are so i many men crowded together In BO small a i space without regard io sanitary require* < mente, that it cannot be otherwise. But, In- ? aemuch as we live In a civilized community, it I ls to be hoped that better fare and more roomy I ?quarters will be provided lor those suspected i people. As I passed through the cells, I con- I versed freely with THE PRISONERS, many of whom seemed very anxious to rssure me that they were members ol' the Ku-Klux Organization, and were willing to tell all they knew about it. They believe als course to be the safest, in order to get or e ot the hands of the law; they believe that by so doing the Uni- , ted States Government will permit them to re-1, turn to their homes at an early day, at least whetr their trial comes off this month before i j Judge Bond. One man in particular, named I, James Davis, told me that he was a member of [ the Union League, a Republican, secret, oath bound society, out was compelled t ) join the Ku-Klux, as somebody told him that li j he did not he would get whipped. 11 There were - about fifteen prisoners I ? more, who told me that they joined -.he Ku Klux through lear; that they were pr?t ent and helped to whip negroes, but none c f them could give any information about the r lead? ers, as they did not know their namer; and if I they did, declared that they would glv i full in formation to the United States au'noritles. Amongst them is a man named Zebeiee Cant? well, sixty-six years of age. He also > onfessed to be a member of the Klan, althour. h I could not very well understand- from bim what use the Klan could possibly make of him as he al? leged be never attended a meeting .nd knew nothing whatever of the leaders. I heard , all of |> THEIR STORIES with patience, but they were so conf tised and I i terribly mixed that I placed very little reil-1 < ance on them, and would be very slow with? out strong corroborating testimony to believe any of the self-confessed criminals under oath. Their tales of Ku-Klux tyranny are evidently as untrustworthy as their own personal ap? pearance indicate, and the public should be slow to take any notice of their wild and Inco bdfent statements, most of which I have good reason to believe are mere fabrications, wholly 11 unworthy of consideration or belief. 1 KU-KLU:: CRUMBS. [From the Columbia Union ' -A traveller passing through the tty from ( Chester on Sunday, reports that on Saturday. < two disturbances took place in Chester village, 1 one pf which for a time threatened very ' Seriems results. From tbe information given j by the source we have mentioned, it appears the first trouble was caused by an attempt made to arrest a man by the jailor. The second, lt seems, was caused by an attempt of the deputy town marshal to arrest a colored man, 1 the arrest being resisted by the man's friends, 1 when it is said the marshal fired into the party ' wounding one man severely. The marshal af- ] terwards taking refuge In a store, the mob tore down the rear ot the building to reach him, when the military appeared on tbe scene, took the marshal under protection, and dis Sirsed the gathering. This is the way it is ld us. Probably further particulars will be known to-day. -We have received information from the | c most r. liable authority, to the effect that on Thursday of last week an armed band made their appearance In the village of New Pick ens. The persons were all mounted and wore their arms unconcealed, were provided with r?lions, ic. They lnquried for United States maps, and stated tbey were leaving South Carolina lor food and were on their way to Georgia. Noue ol the citizens of the village 2 could recognize any of the party. j?? -Saturday, as the train was on its way w through, on the Charlotte. Columbia and Au- tl gusta road, a brakeman against whom a United ? tates warrant had been issued, was taken off si by a deputy marshal, and confined in the Jail S of this city. The manner of this was so sud- a den that several persons were somewhat sur- p prised. We learn the charges are ot a Ku- c Klux nature. _ KU-KLUX LAWS IN KENTUCKY. LEXINGTON, KT., October 30. The Mayor and many officials of this city have been arrested on an indictment from the Fed erai Court, charging them with felony, grow- v lng 014t of disturbances at the August elec- j 0 Uons. ? AFFAIRS IS GREENVILLE. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.] GREENVILLE, 8. C., October 26. . The weather here Is unaccountable. It is the 26ih of October, and the lightest, daintiest frosts tbat could possibly be visited us a month since, and for some time past the weather has been summer-like, with the ther? mometer from sixty-five to seventy-five de? grees. It has been cloudy, misty, showery, and seldom has much rain fallen. The lilac and golden bell are In bloom, the potato vines all flourishing, and gardens luxuriant. The cotton ls In full bloom, and everything feeling like early September. As I write the thermometer ls seventy-five decrees. The crops of cotton and corn are somewhat more than one-half. Both old and new corn are plentiful and cheap. Next month the taxes come, and there will be great demand for money to pay them, and the farmers will be compelled to make great sacrifices ot cotton and corn to be ready to pay them. It will be very hard and oppressive to tl em, and the tax collector informs us that If not paid up by 15th January. 1872, twenty per cent, will certainly be added. So what ls to become of the Gov? ernor's promise to the Taxpayers'Convention Judge Bryan and family are here awaiting a frost Tn your city. Ex-Governor Perry is in fine heulth, and rides out of an afternoon su ; aol)!? steed like a young man. No politics here._SOMERS. CHANGES IN THE COTTON TRADE. [From the New Yoik Post.] Contracts for the future delivery of staple productions were first made soon after the wars of Napoleon, at Stettin, on the Baltic. The articles dealt in were graiu and rapeseed jil. This method of doing business was sug? gested by the military contracts of the French jccupatlon, and by the stock transactions ol Loudon and Paris.' The merchants ol Bremen md Hamburg adopted the contract system as soon as telegraphic communication was opened 3n the continent, and when England joined .be continental system by submarine cable, he German merchants at Liverpool adopted he " firm offer " method in their hourly trans? itions with the continent. Agents were placed n the principal cotton-spinning districts, and JO them these "firm offers" were made. The changes in the price of cotton during )ur late war lent additional zest and impetus io this mode o? transacting business, and, nercurial as the cotton market ever had been, t was rendered more so by this innovation. The effect of any changes tn political or mer? cantile affairs was felt at once, and the good >ld times of a leisurely commission business >y correspondence passed away. Purchases md sales "to arrive," by telegraph, were at ?nee added to the "firm offers," and the vhole machinery thus created now rules the lotton, the grain, provisions and petroleum ?changes of Europe and America. Firms in willi Dg to conform to the new system began o lose their most valuable commercial ionnectioos, and at last reluctantly yielded. Phe present aud Immediate future being cou Inually anticipated, or, in technical phrase, 'discounted," the future contract business in ireased dally, and now greatly exceeds the so sailed "spot" or Immediate delivery business, n correspondence, the daily quotations ceased o be Interesting except so lax as they related o actual private transactions, and unless one tad sufficient strength ot mlud and boldness o canvass the future ol politics, finances and crops, his letters were laid aside with provok Dg indifference. One-half ot the business of the telegraph, on and and In the sea, now turns upon transact? ions anticipating the future, and more than mu the time of our active merchants ls spent n the open thoroughfares and on exchange, n shaping their course according to the vary ng values ol the staple In which they deal, solid grocery articles alone are free from this change, but the indications are that they will ioon yield to the new order of tuinas. The "future" cotton business, so-called, in .his city, already exceeds that of Liverpool, k spinner may Bell a quantity of goods to de? lver at any future time, and can Immediately cover his contract by buying a proportionate lumber of bales of cotton. A planter may consider a certain price to be remunerative, ind can Instantly dispose of his entire crop nany days before lt is picked or ginned. The cotton bualneje, so far as the handling of the Article itself ls concerned, ls evidently about :o leave this city to some extent and return to to the cotton ports, where the European spin? ier prefers to bny. But these "future" con? tracts are an important substitute, and by means of them the cotton business of New fork will be fully maintained. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, October JO. The barometer will probably fall In New Tork ind New England, with southwesterly winds JU the lower lakes, steering northwest, on Tuesday. The pressure will Increase wittr| ight northerly winds on the upper lakes. A storm of some severity will be developed in the lower Mississippi valley and move north? eastward to the Ohio valley. Brisk easterly winds, with cloudy and threatening weather, ?viii prevail od the sooth Atlantic coast. Cau ilonary signals are ordered for this evening at Sew Orleans, Buffalo and Oawego. ITsaUrdajr's Weather Keporu or th? Sigual Service. V. S. A.-4.4T P. AI. Local Time. Place of Observation. Augusta..30.30 Baltimore.80.89 BoBtOB.30.31 Buiralo, N. V.... 29.98 3hanestou.30.26 Cheyenne, W. T.. 28.62 Jhicagu.30.2" wucinnatl.30.31 Jieveland.30.09 Jorlnne, Utah... 30.13 Detroit.30.09 Duluth. Minn... 30.83 Indianapolis_30.12 Key West, Fla.. 29.94 Knoxville, Tenn. 30.21 Lake City. Fla.. 30.0s Memphis, Tenn.. 30.01 Milwaukee, Wis, 30.22 Mobile.30.04 sash ville.30.19 Sew London, ct. 30.3c Sew Orleans_29.90 sew York.30.39 )maha, Neb.30.24 )swego, N. Y.... 30.05 Philadelphia.30.37 ?ittsburg, Pa.... 30.22 'ortland. Me.... 30.31 iochester, N. Y. 30.00 ian Francisco.. 30.12 Savannah.30.24 >L Louis. 30.18 it. Paul, Minn.. 30.29 i'oledo, 0.30.09 v'a;hlugton,DC. 30.36 * nm mg ton, N C. 30 35 iorrolk.30.38 lynchburg.30.37 leavenworth.... 30.34 .'ape May.130.40 lt. Washington. 130.2d SS c Si NE 'S SE 61 W 68 NE 40 N 45 NE 67 Calm 62 NW 47 NW 62 W 34?NW 67; calm. 83 B 67|W 77iE 70 SE 46?NW 78 NE 71 S 45 SW 72 E 50SE 3? NE 55 S Fres Ugh.. Gentle. Brisk. Fresh. Brisk. Gentle. Gentle, ?entle. Fresh. Light. 65 SW 70SW 42 3 62 S 66 Calm, 69 NE 52 N 87 N 67 SW 57 SE 65 E 59* SE 57IS 36 NE 52S 23NW Brisk. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Light. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Light. Gentle. Gentle. Fresh. Brisk. Brisk. Gentle. Kresh. Light. Gentle. 'Jentie. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Cloudy. Fair. Fair. Thr'ng. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Smoky. Clear. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Clear. Cloudy. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Clear. Lr. Rain Clear, cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. Misty. Cloudy. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Clear. Hazy. Cloudy. ?Lt. Rain Clear. ?Cloudy. NOTE.-The weather resort dated 7.47o'ciock, his morning, will be posted in the rooms of the hiamberof Commerce at 10 o'clock A. M.. and, ogether with the weather chart, may (by the ourtesy of the Chamber) be examined by ship uasters at any time dunns: the day. ?ESIGNA TION AND FLIGHT OF A CAR? PET-BAG GOVERNOR. ATLANTA, October 30. Governor Bullock resigned his office on the 3d. to take effect to-day, and at 3 o'clock P. L Benjamin Conley, president of the Senate, raj insulted as Governor. Bullock's r?signa on was written before his flight to New ork. Great excitement prevails. The latement, a few days back, that Charles L. chlatter, superintendent of the Brunswick nd Albany Railroad, had left with railroad roperty ls Incorrect. There ls nothing wrong barged against Schlatter. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The Apaches are again raiding among the rhite settlements in Arizona. -Evans, the agent for the State of Pennsyl anla, ls discharged from arrest on the charge I embezzlement but is held to bail in $100,000 o appear on a capias. THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. CLOSING PROCEEDINGS OF THE TRI? ENNIAL GENERAL CONVENTION. The nt nat of the Ritual Canon-Action of the Bishops on the Administration of the Sacrament-Tne Pastoral of the Presiding Bishop-Comments of the Press on the Action of the Co nv tnt ion. The readers of THE NEWS have already been briefly informed that the Episcopal Triennial Convention in Ballimore, previous to its final adjournment on Thursday last, voted on the canon on the ritual as reported by the special committee and passed by the House of Bish? ops, which was lost for want of a constitution? al majority, the vote being taken by dioceses and orders. The result was as follows : Cler. -j leal, for, 20; against, 13; divided, 7; lay, for, 18; against, 14; divided, 2. The following ex? tracts from the detailed report will be found Interesting : ADORATION OF COMMUNION ELEMENTS. A message was received from the House of BUhops. with a .resolution for concurrence in the adoption of the following canon, to be en titled Canon-: '.The elevation of the elements in the Holy Communion in such a manner as to expose them to the view of the people, as objects to? wards which adoration is to be made in or after the prayer of consecration, or in the act ot administering them, or in carrying them to or from the communicants, and any gesture, posture or act Implying such adoration, and any ceremony not prescribed as part of the order of t ue administration of the Lord's Sup? per or Holy Communion, in the Book of Com? mon Prayei, and the celebration or reception ot the Holy Communion by any bishop or priest, when no person receives with him; likewise the use at auy administration of the Holy Communion of any hymns, prayers, col? lects, epistles or gospels, other than those ap? pointed^ the authorized formularies of the church, or under section 14 of canon 13, title 1 of the Digest, are hereby forbidden. " The House, on motion, proceeded to the im? mediate consideration of the message. Rev. Dr. DeKoven, of Wisconsin, said this was a most momentous question, touching the whole doctrine of the Holy Kucharlet. The ob? jection to this canon is that it bears upon doc? trine. It proposes to prohibit things as teach? ing false doctrine, which may not teach false doctrine. He believed lu the real actual pres? ence of our Lord tn the form of bread and wine, and he adored them as such, and would teach his people to do the same. He denied that the bowings, genuflections, Ac, which have been spoken of symbolized the doctrine of transubstantiation, tor lt was historically true that they were practiced long before the doc? trine of transubstantiation was thought of. A desultory discussion ensued, and it was urged that it would be unfair to vote on this subject now, as many of the deputies had gone home, not believing lhat lt could come up any more. Ur. Matthews, of Massachusetts, expressed the opinion that the extreme views set forth by Dr. Vin ton, of that State, had had the effect to defeat the canon ritual. He (Mr. Matthews) believed that the decay of the church lu* Mas? sachusetts, and it was decaying, was owing to too little ritual. Mark the contrast between our churches in Boston and Baltimore. In Boston you see empty pews; In this city you see overflowing congregations, and the reason ls there is a little more ritualism here. Mr. Withers, of Virginia said, speaking in the name of nine-tenths of the laymen of that State, have all the ritual you want, but put down, put out of sight, the adoration of the elements. Mr. Brune, of Maryland, thought that this Siesilon had not been considered in the way at he desired to present lt. What does this measure that has been sent in here propose to do ' This canon now proposed by the bishops was not of ritual, but there were well-grounded reasons for viewing it as doctrine, and, lt lt was doctrine, that was already provided for in the articles. It ls canon blank-our reverend lathers dare not call it a canon on ritual. The discussion continued until 4 o'clock, when the vote on concurrence was taken by dioceses and order?, resulting as follows: For. Against. Divided. Clerical.17 18 4 Lay.18 12 3 So the message of the House of Bishops was non-concurred In. CEREMONIES, OBSERVANCES AND PRACTICES. Rev. Dr. Lyman, of California, then offered the following, which was adopted almost unanimously, and immediately sent to the House of Bishops for its action : Resolved, (the House of Bishops concurring,) That this convention hereby express Its de? cided condemnation of all ceremonies, ob? servances and practices which are fitted to ex? press a doctrine foreign to that set forth In the authorized standards of thia church. Resolved, That In the Judgment of this House the paternal counsel and advice of our right reverend fatherB, the bishops of the church, is deemed sufficient at this time to secure the suppression of all that le irregular and unseemly,' and to promote greater uni? formity In conducting the public worship of the church and in the administration ot the holy sacrament. CLOSING CEREMONIES. At 9.30 P. M. the bishops entered from the robing room in the rear ot the chancel, attired in their episcopal robes. The whole house and the numerous spectators In the galleries rose until the bishops had taken their posi? tion. The order of evening prayer was then read by Rev. Mr. Randolph, rector of Emmanuel Church, and Rev. Dr. Potter, secretary of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, and Rev. Dr. Leads, rector of Grace Church. The occa? sion was most solemn and impressive, the whole vast assembly responding with the utmost fervor and reverence. The venerable presiding bishop, the Right Rev. B. B. Smith, of Kentucky, then advanced and read the pastoral letter. The pastoral was very lengthy, occupying an hour in the reading. After words of godly cheer and counsel to the flock, and congratulations on the prosperity ot the church, lt proceeded to allude to the ritual of the church, uot con? demning any ceremonial but that which typi? fies doctrines not recognized by the church, viz : the bodily presence. Saint worship ls also discountenanced, and all that tends to i magnify the creature at the expense of the Creator, any obeisance to the Virgin Mary, any prostration to mere elements, as all tend- j ing to idolatry, also auricular confession. On the other hand, any irreverence in the admin? istration or reception of the sacrament ls equally condemned, and the tendency to ir? reverence of any sort during the worship of Ooo, The evil of Intemperance ls strongly touched upon, and both pastors and people are earnestly urged to discountenance it by voice and act. At 11.45 P. M., Rev. Dr. Perry returned and stated that the House of Bishops had no further business to communicate to HUB house. The house then, at midnight, adjourned sine die, alter singing the Gloria in Excelsis. The press generally comments in approving terms on the action and spirit of the conven? tion. The Ballimore Gazelte says : The Triennial General Episcopal Convention, which has been in session for three weeks, closed last night, after having fixed upon New York as its next place of assemblage. The body was undoubtedly one of the most distin? guished which ever met in this country. Its proceedings were characterized throughout by ability as well as great conservatism, both on the part of the clergy and laity. Indeed, lt was a noticeable fact that the canon upon ritual, which, if passed, might have led to some disturbance, was defeated by the votes ot the laity. The resolution passed yesterday by the lower house, referring the whole mat :er to the bishops, and acknowledging their authority, was eminently proper, and, Indeed ill that could be desired. The New York Herald remarks: The Episcopal Convention at Baltimore has inally decided to leave the whole subject of the iiual canon just as they found it. The matter was most thoroughly discussed and a very -eneral interchanging of views was taken, ill the members, it seems, condemned ex reme ritualism; but some of the proposed nodiflcat ions were obnoxious enough to defeat ;he whole reform. The Philadelphia North American says: A very critical position and many trying I questions have been met, discussed in a con? ciliatory spirit, and so disposed of as to leave a I minimum of regret with much though hardly with complete satisfaction to all. CONFUSION ix NEW YORK LOCAL POLITICS. The Reformer? Divided-Another Tam? many Victory Impend I rig -How Tweed and Connolly Became million? aires- The Musical Season-Enormous j Sams Paid to Hear Wachtel and Parr pa .Roja- The Ticket Speculators Flourishing. [FROH O?B OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, October Vi Even to an experienced New Yorker, local politics now are almost hopelessly muddled. Amid the multiplicity pf tickets put in the field by the different reform and citizens' organiza? tions, the Republicans and the Germans, the voter who does not go with Tammany will be? at a loss to decide how to cast his ballot so that it will be effective. While the factions sailing under tue colors of "Reform" are thus demoralized by rivalry, Tammany presenta a solid, compact Iront, and it ls growing evident that, owing Lo her superior organization, she will sweep the city as usual Tn the coming election. The Reformers might have had a chance of success it they had united. But bow is success possible when they oppose seven candidates for a certain office against one nominated by Tammany. For instance, In one of the assem? bly districts where the Tammany candidate lait year beat his Republican opponent by 2600 votes, there are now nominated against the Tammany candidate, a Democratic Reformer, and Independent Relormer, a Democratic Unloniet, a German Democrat, a " Young De? mocracy " Democrat, a Customhouse Repub? lican and a Greeley Republican. Mr. Tweed has a sn re thing there. The New York Slate and county elections take place on Tuesday, November 7. The offi? ces to be filled are : In the State, secretary of State, comptroller, treasurer, attorney-gener? al, State engineer, canal commissioner and inspector of the prisons; in this Judicial dis? trict, a ludge of toe Supreme Court in place of Judge 'sutherland, and in this county five State senators, twenty-one members of the State Assembly, a county registrar, two jus? tices of the Superior Court, a Judge ot of the Marine Court and a judge o? the Court o? Com? mon Pleas. For all or the Judicial and coun? ty offices, Tammany has made what are claim? ed to be "regular nominations." For Supreme Court Judge, old Sutherland, who has been on the bench fourteen years, has been thrown ovei board. Tammany has performed a coup d'etat by nominating in his place ("buying up," is the proper term,) her bitterest oppo? nent. Led wi di. who is now a petty police court Justice. Led with carries back v*Kh him from the "Reform" ranks to Tammany Hall a host of personal adherents of the lower classes. Politicians are slippery fellows. It looks as | if the taxpayers will have to depend entirely upon the courts or the country members o? the Legislature for their relief. With all their money, they will be unable to reinstate honesty . n office by means of the ballot-box. They are children when they come to measure wits with the shrewd, long-headed politicians of the Tweed regime. One of the newspapers has had a swarm of reporters employed recently searching the re? cords of the registrar's office for evidences of the rapidly acquired wealth of the "ring" leaders. Mr. Tweed was a bankrupt In 1861. Since 1868 he bas purchased real estate and stock to the amount of $6,994,954. His earn? ings between 1861 and 1868 ore not stated. He bas au annual salary of about $15,000. { Comptroller Connolly was sued for debt I In 1666, and swore m court that he owned no property whatever. He has purchased since 1868 property to the value of $2,300,691. Mr. Sweeny's real estate operations are not so conclusive of guilt, for he was a rich man be? fore he went into politics. Since 1868 he has bought houses and lots to the value of $1,479, 736. Nothing appears on the county records in reference to Mayor Hall, but bis estate at Wilburn, New Jersey, bought a few years ago, ls valued at $150,000. There is no evidence that he could not have paid for this out o? his income as a member of the legal firm of Brown, Hall and Vanderpoel, one of the most successful in the city. This testimony serves rather to confirm the opinion recently ex? pressed lu the columns of the Tribune by the Hon. Horace Greeley,which was, in the cases of j Sweeny and Hall-guilt not proveo; In the cases of Tweed and Connolly-guilty. The musical season is proving very remune? rative to the managers. The Italian Opera, with Nilsson as the leading attraction, is a great success. All the boxes lu the Academy are engaged for the entire season of twenty nights, and exorbitant rates are now being paid lu the shape of bonuses to speculators who are holding many of them. The combi? nation of Wachtel with Parepa-Rosa at the Academy ol Music on last Saturday night drew an Immense audience, and proved a mine of wealth to the ticket speculators. A friend who was returning from a party In Lexington avenue, about 2 o'clock, on Wed? nesday morning, relates that in passing the Academy of Music he noticed a large crowd on the sidewalk. Surprised at such a spectacle at euch an hour, he questioned one of the loit? erers. "Oh," said the man "we are walling for the box office to open." '.'When will lt open ?" "Eight o'clock In the morning," was the reply. The fellow was a ticket speculator, and had been on the ground since midnight. To prevent the accumulation of tickets in the bands ot speculators the office sold but tea to any one application. Each speculator, there? fore, bad from two to a dozen boys to help bim. Nearly the whole house was thus bought up, and when the general public came along in the morning the box office had nothing to sell and purchasers were obliged to go to the sidewalk gentry and pay as high as $10 a piece for tickets. The receipts at the box office were over $6000, and lt ls estimated that the public paid out fully $20,000 to the money takers or the speculators for the purpose of I hearing Wachtel and Parepa-Rosa for that [ evening. The efforts ot the managers to break up the business of the ticket speculators are a failure. Every conceivable device has been resorted to, but without effect. It is impossible to prevent tickets getting into the hands of these men, and there is no law against their reselling them lt they can find purchasers. The police may drive them from the sidewalks, but they will congregate on the street corners and way? lay people going to the theatre. Experience has taught most theatre patrons that If they fall to engage tickets for themselves before? hand, their only chance for good seats, after the doors open, is in purchasing from the ex? tortionists. On nights of unusual attractions the profits of the speculators are very heavy. One of the most successful of them iu past j years was Fred Rullman. He made himself so rich that he blossomed into a manager too, and this season imported a concert troupe from Europe. NYM. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, October 30. All ol the members of the Cabinet are here. The session to-morrow will be a full one. In the Supreme Court, to-day, was decided the case of Cox et al vs. Lott, in error to the Supreme Court of Alabama, the case, being a levy by Lott, a local collector, on the boats of plaintiff lu error, under an act of the State Legislature providing a tax, on every craft in the navigable waters of the State, of one dol? lar per ton, or the registered tonnage thereof. The decisi?n was that the State might levy a I , tax ia another form upon the value ot the vessel, but it cannot upon the tonnage. Judg? ment of the court below reversed and case re- j1 randed. THE YELLOW FEVER WANING. VICKSBURG, October 30. J Three new cases, but no deaths. Thirty ' cases pending. NATCHEZ, October 30. The fever ls abating. One hundred and fifty cases pending. Sixty deaths since 8ep tember 18. _ THE RIOT AT LOS ANGELOS. SAN FRANCISCO, October 30. The coroner's Jury at Los Angelos returned a verdict of riot and murder against a number of persons of all nationalities, for the slaughter of the Chinese at that place. THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. PARIS, October 30. It is thought that the Assembly wili remove ita sessions from Versailles to this city during the winter, on account of the cold weather; the means of protection against wjifch, In the rooms at Versailles, are not deemed adequate. It Is probable that Senor Buoncampagnle will be appointed Italian minister to France. DUBLIN, October 30. The trial of Kelley for the murder of head constable Talbot commenced to-day. The pris? oner waa escorted to the court room by a body of soldiera. THE XOR MO y SENSATIOBT. The Preachers and the Prison?ra. SALT LAKE. October 30. The prisoners are quartered comfortably. Elder George L. Cannon arrived this morning from San Francisco, and preached this after? noon In the large tabernacle to an audience numbering at least ten thousand. He coun? selled his hearers to abstain from any act of violence, and to submit to the law. God would protect them and deliver them from their persecutors. The crusade against them, he said, would only strengthen and glorify them in the end. Their church could not be overturned. Their raith was the Inspiration of the Divine Spirit, and would endure forever. Elder Pratt was not so conservative. He did not want any whining judge to say to him. as he did to Hawkins, " I am sorry for you. " He wanted no sympathy from any Federal offi? cial. He was ready to go to Jail for twenty years, but did not want any pity from such a source. He predicted that God would totally overthrow and annihilate the present persecu? tors of the Mormon people. Nothing further has been heard from Orson Hyde, the apostle. Ai MURDER AND* A KU-KLUX. HAUL.. NEW ORLEANS, October 30. Solomon Elllnsteln was shot and instantly killed by a desperado named Voorheea at Tf greville. in Terrebonne Parish. Six men have been imprisoned under tbe Ku-Klux act In Grant Parish, charged with the murder of Deios Wv White, recorder of Grant Parish. _ .fanerai Iff oncea. ?Sr THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND acquaintances or 1fr. LUEDER ROHDE, Ur. and Urs, C. Amme, and H. B. and D. Rohde, are re? spectfully invited to attend the Funeral or the former, from bis late residence, No. 4*0 King street. THIS MORMMQ, at 9 o'clock._oci31 p*~ THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND acquaintances of Mr. and Urs. HENRY B?LOKEN and family, are respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral of the former, from his Ute residence, No. 6 Norman street, Tais MORN INO, at 10 o'clock, without further Invitation._oct3l? McLAIN.-Died, Monday, October 30, 1871, JAMBS LBB, only son of George and Margaret McLaln, aged two years and twenty-six days. p** THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS or the family are invited to attend his Funeral Services, at No. 1 Uagazine street, Tins (Toes day) AFTERNOON, at balf-past 3 o'clock. OCt3l-? _Special ffoticee. ?WJ. E. SOLOMONS, M. D DENTIST, Has returned to the city._cctjO p&- NOTICE.-THE UNDERSIGNED do hereby give notice that neither they nor any member of their arm have any business connec? tion or association of any kind with Ur. E. E. BEDFORD, No. 276 King street, Charleston, 8.0., Grocer, and-that the ose of their name by E. E. REDFORD lu any way ls entirely without authori? ty. W. S. CORWIN A CO. QC 124_ pgr- NOTICE.-A LATE CARD OF W. S. CORWIN A CO. having not iced the public that they wore In no way connected with the under? signed in business, sud not responsible for anj use of their name, In order the more effectually to advertise tte same, the undersigned hereby announces that he has had no business relations with the said firm since April, 1870, except of being their debtor for the stock then purchased, and since paid for. EVERT E. BEDFORD, oct26_Successor to W. 8. Corwin A- Co. pbT* COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, OCTOBER 2511871.-The WINTER TE RU or this College will commence on WEDNESDAY next, November 1. candidates for admission in the Freshman or the Sophomore Class will present themselves at the Pres dent's room at 10 o'clock A M. F. A. PORCHER, OCJ2S-12_secretary Faculty. pm- NOTICE .-NATIONAL FREED M ANS' SAVING ANO TRUST COUP ANY, CHARLESTON BRANCH, No. 74 BROAD STREET. Deposits made on or before the first of November will draw interest from the first November. NATHAN BITTER, 0C128-4_Cashier. pm- UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.-By an Order or the Hon. GEO. S. BRYAN, United States District Judge, the hearing orall petitions and motions in Bankruptcy, or or the general business or the District Court ls post? poned until the first Uonday or November next. sep30 HANL. HORLBECK, Clerk. SHAVING SALOON.-MR. J. H. WEICHUAN will superintend the business lately conducted by Ur. LOMBARDO, and will be pleased to see bis friends and the patrons of the establishment, at the Old stand, tn Market street, where BO pains will be spared to please. octu_ ESPECIAL NOTICE. -SOUTH CARO? LINA RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C., OCTOBER ll, 1871.-The following Fairs wll commence on the dates mentioned below: Atlanta.october 16 Uacon.October 23 Orangeburg.?.October 24 Augusta.October 31 Columbia.November 8 All Freu ht shipped over tilts Road for the above Fairs will be returned FREE, upon the Certificates of the Secretaries that they were on exhibition. Return Tickets for ONE FABE will be sold to visitors, commencing sale three days before the date of each Fair, and good for fifteen days. J. U. SELKIRK, Superintendent G. S. F. Line. S. B. PICKENS, General Ticket Agent. octi2_ pw DISINFECTANTS.-THOSE IN want or DISINFECTANTS will find a full assort? ment at the Drug Store of DR. H. BA ER, in Meet log street._aepl J?r A SAFE, SURE AND SPEEDY remedy for Diarrhoea Dysentery, Cholera, Sum? ner complaint and all Bowel Affections may be lad n JAYNE'S CARMINATIVE BALSAM. Com? pounded with care from the best understood In? gredients known to the Medical Faculty, ita ac? hoo is prompt and always to be depended upon ; ffhlle the reputation lt has attained as a Standard Household Remedy should i?duce all, at this sea ion of the year, ta keep a bottle or so userai a medicine by them. Sold by all Druggists. GOOD? RICH, WIN EMANA CO., Wholesale Agents. oct29-stnth3_ p&~ O N MARRIAGE.-^ Happy relier for Young Men from the effects jr Errors and Abuses In early lire. Manhood re? cored. Nervous debility cure J. Impediments to Marriage removed. New method ot treat? ment. New and remarkable remedies. Books ind Circulars sent free, in sealed envelopes. Ad? dress HOWARD ASSOCIATION. No. 2 South Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa. octl2 Spinal JSotites. ?B* CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP MANHATTAN, from Nev TOTE, are notified teat she is discharging carga at Adger's Wharf, Gooda uncalled for at sunset will remain on the wharf at owners' risk-. OCt31-l JAMES ADOBE A GO., Agents. ?W CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP FALCON, from Baltimore, are hereby notified that she ls Trna DAT discharging cargo at Pier No. l, Colon Wharves. All gsods not taken away at sunset win remain on the wharf at con sign?es1 risk. MORDECAI A GO., oct3M_Agents. pt* CONSIGNEES PER BR? E. H. KENNEDY, from Boston, are notified that she is discharging cargo at Fraser's Wharf. AM goods not removed by sunset will be stored ap expense and risk ot consignees. All claims ra us r he made before goods-move from the wharf. MOSES GOLDSMITH A SOBS, octai-i_Agents. pf SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE received until the 16th or November next,.by the Vestry of Lower St. John's Berkeley, for the-lease of the GLEBE-PLANTATION. Address W. BALL, oct31-tuI4_Secretary and Treasurer. p?f OFFICE HOWARD ASSOCIATION, CHARLESTON, OCTOBER 27, 1871_At a regular weekly meeting of the Executive Committee of this Association,'held this day, the following reso? lution was unanimously adopted: Resolved. That the continued demands npon the Howard Association make lt necessary for us lo appeal directly to the public for funds. Our im? mediate necessltlea-are pressing, and we feel as? sured that lt ls only necessary to make our wants known to receive prompt relier. From the minutes. GEO. S. PBLZER, M. D., Secretary. JAMES H. TAYLOR, President._Ogg? ?el-THE CHARLESTON CHARITA? BLE ASSOCIATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREE SCHOOL FUND.-OFFI?AL RAFFLED NUMBERS. ?# GLASS NO. I'9-MORNINO. 77-17-57-2-62,-89-19-4-47 -73-46-? As witness our hand at Columbia this 30th day- of October, 1871. FENN PECK, JAMES GILLILAND, oct3_Sworn Commissioners. RESTATE NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS having claims against the Estate of MORITZ ZEIGLER, Cabinetmaker, deceased, will present them, properly attested, and those Indebted will please make payment to the undersigned. S. S. BUIST, Qualified Administrator, QCi24 tu3*_Office, Fireproof Building. ?fesT* NOTICE TO PLANTERS.-IN order to accommodate my planting friends who may wish to use the COMPOUND ACID PHOS? PHATE for composting wita Cottou Seed, pre? pared at Rlkersvllle by the Pacific Guano Com? pany, under the personal supervision or Dr. ST. 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