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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1828. CHARLESTON, r/KlDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3. 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. ?MERMAS OX THE KU-KLUX TBE A TTORXET-OEXERAL, BAS AX IX TERVIEW WITH "THE NEWS." A Paney Sketch of the Awful State of .Lffairs In the Palmetto State. [FROM OCR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.J WASHINGTON, October 31. Noticing by the local preBs that Attorney General Akerman had just returned from his little dragooning trip In South Carolina, your correspondent this morning paid a visit to the gorgeous Seneca stone building just erected on Pennsylvania avenue for the Department of Justice, and handing a card to the sable Cerberus at the portal, was promptly ushered into un elegant office on the second floor, where the august head of the department was just disposing of a troublesome visitor, who had possibly been misled by the sign, and had called In the absurd expectation of obtaining -v*'ju3tice." Mr. Akerman must have noticed that his new visitor cherished no such amusing derision, lor he courteously motioned him to a seat, and awaited the attack. It came, very much as follows: Correspondent. I have taken the liberty, sir, to call in order to ask you for the results of your recent observation in South Carolina, and an expression of your opinion as to the existence of the so-called Ku-Klux Klan In those counties of that State now under martial law. Mr. Akerman. Yes, slr, I have no objection (t^? relating my experience in this matter, and ?^Reiieve that such an organization not only does exist, but that it includes nearly all the active white men in the section included in the President's proclamation. I cannot tell with precision how many there are in the or? ganization, but I believe that most of the ac? tive white men are either members or ^re con? trolled by lt. The Ku-Klux Klan ls, however, only the generic and popular uame of the or? ganization, and it is known among Its own members by various names, such ae "Trie Invisible Empire of the South, "The Universal White Brotherhood," Ac. Correspondent. Ah, this is romantic. [The correspondent settled down to an easy listen? ing attitude and resolved to write a book.] Mr. Akerman. Yes, sir. Their form of oath is also very impressive. The neophyte ls i torced to kneel, with his eye* bandaged, and is made to swear " by the Almighty and Im- j maculate God" that he will support the consti? tution as it was framed by our fathers-ignor? ing, ?rou see, all the recmt amendments-that he will resist the invasion of the Radicals, that he will protect widows and orphans. , Correspondent. Horrible ! Is there any? thing in it about preventing thefts of seed cotton ? Mr. Akerman (who, perhaps, did not bear the interruption)-and he invokes tor himself, ii he should turn traitor, "death, death, death at the hands of the brethren." Correspondent. Then you think the organi? zation ls wholly a political one ? Mr. 'Akerman. Oh, yes. The political ani? mus is evident In all their acts. While they are whipping negroes they invite them to join tte Democrats; and when they are about to Gang a man, they make bim swear never to Tote the Radical ticket. Correspondent. You appear to be possessed. of very circumstantial information as to their organization, Ac. ? Mr. Akerman. Yes, slr. A great many of the Ku-Klux have voluntarily come forward and confessed their complicity in these crimes in order, I suppose, to obtain amnesty from the government, although I have in no case invited such confessions, nor promised abso? lu tl ;n. The oaths that they repeated to me differ somewhat In form and phraseology ; but whether that ls because it ls differently admin? istered in different Klans, or ls the fault of the memory of my informants, I do not know. They all close, however, with the invocation ot "death, death, death, at the hands ot the brethren." [Mr. Akerman pauserl, bur. the correspond? ent was too muci overcome to suggest any more questions, and he proceeded :] Why, slr, within the past year or fifteen or eighteen months there have been ten mur? ders, twenty colored schools broken up, and Ave hundred whippings and lesser outrages committed by the Ku-Klux In York County alone. CROSS-EXAMINATION. Correspondent. But, Mr. Akerman, I have heard lt very often charged that the county commissioners of education and other State serpol officers In South Carolina have been in the habit of appropriating to their own uses the school funds as fast as they could be col? lected. May not this alleged fact have Lad something to do with the ?loslng of the pub? lic schools * [This correspondent regrets to say that the present attorney-general of the fulled States is a rather nervous gentleman. He has a lit? tle bell at his lett hand, and at this and some subsequent stages of this conversation, a sort ot twitching of that hand In the direction of (tunable was noticeable.] Ur. Akerman. Not at all. Even lt these al? leged malversions of public funds had provok? ed the Ku-Klux outrages, that would not Jus? tify them. Please notice, however, that I do not admit any financial flagltiousaess on the part ot the Southern State officers. I consider that that ls not a leading- issue ia this '.ase. and I beg you will not misrepresent my :.ortls. Correspondent. I assure you, sir, that I will not. I could not hope by any alteration of mine, to make this conversation as felicitous as the original. [Mr. Akerman is susceptible to flattery when it is delicately put, and he continued : ] It would surely be illogical to visit the sins ot certain office-holders upon the heads of the innocent school-teachers. Correspondent. Certainly, slr. Mr. Akerman. Some of these school-teach? ers are white, not a few ol them are ex-Con? federate soldiers, and one of them at least ls a crippled Confederate, and yet they were all served with Ku-Klux notices warning them to leave. Correspondent. Is lt not possible, slr, that some of these notices were forged ? It is easy to forge anonymous letters. Mr. Akerman. The school-teachers did not think they were. They had known cases where others had received similar missives, which, being disregarded, were followed by violence, and being on the spot and reasoning from what they had seen, they took fright and fled. Correspondent. Have any ot' these outrages occurred wi?hin the past few months ? Mr. Akerman. Well, they have been less frequent latterly. They began last fall and continued all winter, reaching their climax In about March or April. Since then there bas been a lull. Some of the Klans have been or? dered to discontinue operations, and one Klan has surfen de red in a body, chief and all. Still there have been some outrages recently. I heard of a school-house being pulled dcwn tuo or three weeks ago. Correspondent. Yes, slr. . Mr. Akerman. There ls another very ?Ignifl cant fact which you might mention. I reach? ed Yorkville two days before the President's first proclamation, the proclamation ol warn? ing, had been issued, and when there wai) no official indication of this special effort by the government to suppress the Ku-Klux. and be? fore the next morning a number of the promi? nent men of the vlclulty had fled from the place. Does not that look Use a confession of their guilt ? Correspondent. It looks very strange, sir. Mr. Akerman. Mr. D. T. Corbin, of Charles? ton, was with me. Correspondent. Yes, slr. But even that wouK hardly explain the stampede. Mr. Akerman. Oh, there has not been much of a stampede. The local papers have ezag* gerated that. The military officers there think that only between one and two hundred have left Y'ork County. When I left York? ville on last Friday there were ninety men In the York jail, and about forty who had con? fessed their complicity in the raids, Ac, who had not been arrested because they were mostly poor men, and were just engaged ia getting in their cotton crops. Correspondent. Will these men that have been arrested be allowed a magisterial hear? ing before a United States commissioner pre? vious to being tried as usual in Uuited States criminal practice ? Mr. Akerman. I do not think the depart? ment ls prepared to answer that question. The government has a perfect right under the President's proclamation and the bill common? ly known as the Ku-Klux law to hold them for trial before a United States court without a preliminary hearing. Correspondent. When will the United States Court assemble in Columbia to try these cases ? Mr. Akerman. On the fourth Monday In November. Correspondent. I presume the statement is curred that the substitution ot Marion for Union County ia the proclamation was purely a clerical error ? Mr. Akerman. Purely 80. I will show you my rough draft of the proclamation, drawn up in South Carolina, and you can see just how the mistake occurred. The draft was shown and it ls but simple justice to the clerk to say that he was not at all to blame. It does not follow thal because a man ls a great man he Is a good penman, for proof see Rufus Choate, Horace Greeley, and Mr. Akerman. In fact, If the clerk had fallen down and worshipped that word "Union*' he would have committed no sin against the decalogue, tor lt' was like ''nothing In the heavens, or the earth, or the waters under the earth.'" B. W. T. A BRUTAL MURDER. A Colored Girl Kills a White Child Death of the Murderer. .[FROM AN OCCA3I0NAI?C0RRBSPOMOBNT.] GRAXfTEVrLLE, S. C., Nov, 1. Yesterday, about four o'clock, P. M., our little town was thrown Into great conlusion, by one of the most diabolical murders that ever shocked a civilized community. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Brewer having ne? cessity to leave home for awhile, left a little son, aged two years and eight months, In charge of a black girl named Chaney W llllams, aged about eighteen years. After leaving, the mother was soon summoned to return, owing to a report of a gun heard in the house, and when she entered, loud shrieks pierced the air, as she found an only child dead and drenched In blood. The girl endeavored to escape, but was soon captured. She told many tales concerning the shooting, but finally confessed to Mr. Maddox, who was guarding her. ot having wilfully shot the child, while seated on the floor play? ing. About ten o'clock last night, as consta? ble Sharpton was conducting the murderess to his house for safe-keeping, au unknown shot felled her to the ground,Instantly killing her. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant. _ _ J. E. DURR. THE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBU? TION OF THE SCHOOL TAX. Attorney General Chamberlain makes the following reply to certain questions submitted to him by the superintendent of education: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. ) COLUMBIA, 8- C., October 24, 1871. j Hon. J. K. Jillson, State Superintendent of Education : DEAR SIR-Yours of the 12tli instant is be? fore me. You Inquire, first, "Whose duty Ja it to assess school taxes?'' I answer that, in my opinion, lt ls the duty of the county auditor. Y'ou ask, second, "Whose duty is it to collect school district taxes'" I answer that, In my opinion, it is the duty of the county treasurer. You ask third. "If any school district, at its annual meeting, fails to rtii.se the tax required by law, but at a special meeting legally called and legally assembled does raise such lax, is such school district, by such action, emitted to receive its portion of the appropriations made by the S'ate for free common school pur? poses ?" I answer that, in my opinion, a school dis? trict, wblch complied with the law in holding a special meeting, and laying the necessary tax for school purposes, would be entitled lo the same rights and privileges as if this action had been taken at au annual meeting, Inasmuch as the law expressly provides for special as v. ell as regular or annual meetings. You ask fourth, "Is that portion of the law requiring the withholding from school dis? tricts failing to- raise the school district tax required by law their portion of the State ap nroprlatlons for school pu:poses, constitu? tional ?" I have carefully considered this question, and it is my opinion, as at present advised, that this provision ot the statute of 1871 is in contravention of the provisions of section 5, article X, of the Constitution of th?, State, which provides: First, that an annual tax shall be collected upon all property through? out the State for the support of public schools; and second, that the school tax shall be dis? tributed among the several school districts of the State In proportion to the respective num? ber of pupils attending the public schools. I cannot reach the conclusion that the Legisla? ture are authorized, by way of penalty or pun? ishment for the non-performance of certain duties enjoined by statute, to deprive any school district of that portion of the school fund collected by the State, to which lt would be entitled under the provisions of the consti? tution to which I have referred. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, D. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Attorney-General. THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. LONDON, November 1. It is certain that Prince Metternich and Chevalier Nigra, the Austrian and Italian am? bassadors, will both leave Paris and, perhaps, come to London. The alleged cause is petti coat influence. Paris is dull, just now. for ladies. President Thiers ls uncertain of his tenure of life, and has made a political will hoping to secure the succession to the presidency for Casimir Pereire. The Rappel is again published, and advocates the claims ot Victor Hugo for the presidency. It is again rumored that Prince Bismarck offers Metz dismantled for Poivdl cherry or Cochin China. LONDON, November 2. The discussion on the International copy? right law continues. A serious railroad accident is reported near Perth, Scotland. THE RULE OF THE BAYONET. .1 LITTLE SUXSBIXE OX TBE ORAXT CONSPIRACY. lite Will of the People to be Overrld I en.-Wholesale Arrests of Unoffending Citizens-Inhumanity of Grant's .Hllon? Correspondence of the New York Sun.] COLUMBIA, S. C., October 27. The ->eople of the North, secure in their liberty, in their homesteads, and in overy right giuranteed to them by the constitution, can hare mt a faint conception of the state of affairs in touth Carolina. With the suspen? sion of th? writ of habeas corpus by Grant, and the preface of Akerman, the pliant tool, in control of he soldiers sent here to make aibltrary arreits, the situation of the people is a hapless ont. Evidence ls fast accumulat? ing that the eveits now occurring are but the workings ol * A GREAT CONSPIRACT against therightsof the people, in which the President ol the Uiited Sutes ls the chief con? spirator. In my flying trip through the State, I have learned many facts which tend to prove the baseness of Grant's motives declaring martial law, or that which amtunts to the same thing, among a people as inmcent. ot anything like rebellion against the government as are the people of Connecticut. The suspension of the writ of habeas corpus is i sham as flimsy os ft is base, and as needless as lt ls unworthy the mau who declared it. That there has been much disorder in the lorthern counties, no one here among th? better classes even attempt to deny. But such dis? order has long been a thing ot the past. The wise counsels of the Taxpayers' Con? ven'ion last spring had an immediate effect "pon the Ku-Klux, Inasmuch ts alter the ad? journment of the convention no*, another gen? uine case of murder or outrage was heard of. The consequence ls that not a grind Jury can be found who will come out and my that any? thing like disorder exists ?nany of the coun? ties in the State. The people wete engaged preparing their crops for the pickers, and otherwise getting ready to reap the fruits of their summer's labors. The negroes were working faithfully and well. Everything In the State looked prosperous, and the people had taken fresh heart from the result ot the August election in Charleston, and believed that the hour ot' relief irom the evils of carpet? bag rule bad come. All at once the attorney general appeared in their midst, and shcrtly after the proclamation came upon them. LIX G A CLAP OF THUNDER. Since that hour all has been anarchy and confusion. Crops are left standing unfathered in the fields, and whites and negroes alike are fleeing from the country. Men who have bad no more to do with the Ku-Klux than the edi? tor of the Sun himself, have been arrested without process, marched to the Jail, and thrust Into a cell, without even knowing what they were arrested tor, or how long their im? prisonment ls to last. In the upper counties arrests have been made by the wholesale. The only mode of procedure is to get an affidavit from anybody-Ignorant colored man or ma? licious white-and tho accused is at once thrust into jail. The prisoners are kept in close confinement. They are not allowed to. communicate with counsel or friends, not allowed the privilege of boarding themselves, or indeed any comfort whatever. Deputy Marshal Butts, who bas charge of about one hundred prisoners In the Jail of this city, told a gentleman In his custody the other day : "D-n you. you are here for punishment, not for pleasure 1" x These Columbia prisoners are huddled in rooms likesheep, thirty and forty being assign? ed to each room. Tbeapartments are filthy in the extreme. Not a table or chair, or a slugle article of furniture is allowed, and the prison? ers have no other bed than a blanket stretched on the bare floor. Add to this the brutality of their keeper-the gentlemanly Butts-and the picture ot Arcadian bliss ls complete. THE V0XTURE3 AGAIN. My friends the vultures are still In their glory. The plumage of some of them ls a little ruffled, but on the whole they seem to thrive well. It is to these birds of ill om en that the fieople are partially Indebted (or their suffer ngs to-day. Carcasses have grown scarce and the birds have grown hungry. Moreover, the Charleston election sounded their death knell and they have looked around for help. While a few ot the fatter and best looking vul? tures were dispatched to New York to look out for the base of .supplies, the rest remained here to engineer the plan to keep the state Government within their talons. These re? maining drummed up a few recruits. Among them are H. G. Worthington, who was at one time minister to the Argentine Republic, ex Congressman H?ge. D. T. Corbin, the United States district attorney, and the possessor of half a dozen* other offices. These and other worthies are the ones who, by a series of mis? representations vigorously pressed upon the vapid brains ot THE GREAT NATIONAL IMBECILE, brought about the proclamation which ls In? tended to nullify the will ot the people and keep the State in the hands ot thieves and plunderers. These men havo bought Grant with a promise of a Grant delegation from the State in the next National Convention, and In turn he supplies them with the means of gag? ging the people. We need no other evidence of the design than the fact that the only coun? ties in which the writ ls suspended are the very counties which went Democratic at the last gubernatorial election. Those that went Republican-euch tor Instance, as Union, and, by the way, more disorder has existed there than anywhere in thc State-are excluded from the proclamation. The reason for this ls so plain that he who runs may read. In Lancaster County, so remote from outer communication that the people there did not know of the five-day proclamation until al ter the suspension ot thc writ was announced, the testimony is all to the effect that not au act of organized violence has been commit? ted. It is a Democratic county. Martial law, the suspension ot the writ, arbitrary arrests, incarceration and bayonet intimidation may change the next election returns there. These weapons may even serve to develop Ku-Klux organizations there, where none wore ever beard of before; and serve a useful purpose in extorting from some weak-kneed prisoner ol' war further evidence In support ot GRANT'S RIDICULOUS POSITION. 1 But the effect of this conspiracy will be felt elsewhere than in South Carolina. Since the , proclamation South Carolina bonds have de? preciated over ten per cent, and are si ill on the decline. The October Interest has not been paid, and Governor Scott and the Hon. Hardy Solomon are uow in New York trying to shin money to redeem the credit ol the State. New York merchants refuse to credit another dollar to South Carolina dealers while , the proclamation ls in forcp, and as the people , are all leaving the State business ot all kinds is completely prostrated. Columbia, the cap- , itol ot the State, looks like a deserted village and the town lu the upper counties are com? pletely dead. Especially is this true ot" York vllle. Not a wagon-load of produce appears on the streets of that town tor sale. Mauy busi? ness houses are entirely closed, and others formerly doing a large trade are run in some instances by a Bingle clerk. I am told that several merchants propose to reship their goods to New York In payment of their credit tors. The country people-such ol them that have not been frightened away-refuse to visit the town unless it be to see relatives in jail. Chicago is not more utterly prostrated In its business than Yorkville has been by the Grant renominalion Invasion. KU-KLUX SEWS. Stagnation In Newberry. The Herald sav3 : "The 'situation" is bad. The prosperous trade of the last month has de? parted. Stagna'lon prevails. Business has declined from seventy-five to one hundred per cent. How th.* merchants are to dispose of their heavy st? oks and honor their drafts, President Grant mhzht inform the public through his pipe-stem." Wild Humors In Spartanburg. The Spartan says: uWe hear of all kinds ot rumors afloat over the country, some of the most ridiculous and unfounded, which unfor? tunately are believed, or have the effect of exciting doubts and fears In the minds of our citizens. We learn that the impression bas gone out in some portions of our county that a man cannot come Into town and go out again without a passport. Agaln,lt Is reported that tbe roads are picketed and every maa coming to town ls liable to arrest, and sub I ected to the inconvenience of an Investigation or otherwise harassed, and may be imprison? ed. In other parts you will hear of prominent citizens being arrested; that certain individu? als of Influence have been Imprisoned and have Implicated a large number of our most prominent citizens. These ridiculous reports have gone out, and perhaps be? lieved by the more credulous, but even where they are? accepted as mere fabrications, they bave excited a feeling of distrust and uncer? tainty that keeps them from coming to town having the contrary effect of keeping some at home and others away from home. We hope all who have a consciousness of their Inno? cence will feel no alarm, and that they will pursue their dally avocations regardless of J consequences, and should the floger of tyran? ny, malice or falsehood single them out as Its victims, that they will meet the Issue like men, and vindicate their innocence before the courts." The same paper says: "The excitement In our town has somewhat subsided. No arrests have been made during the last week. Not? withstanding, the ?. S. forces here, consisting of cavalry and Infantry, were reinforced on Friday evening last by a company of arti* lery." . .. _ _ NEGRO LAWLESSNESS. No Arrests of the .lion t mol Un Degpera dots- Negro Highwaymen at Work. 3AVANNAH, November 2. John, the German who was assaulted In his store by an unknown negro, died to-day. The Mont mol lin party, who were shot and wounded while asleep, last week, on Mont mollin's plantation, near this city, by a band of South Carolina negro Ku-Klux, are now in i ins-city, and will recover from their wounds. No arrests have been made of the negro as? sassins. Negro highwaymen have been rob? bing the countrymen coming to Savannah by the Louisville road. ON THE TRAIL OF BRIGHAM YOUNG. SALT LAKE, November 2. The city is quiet with no prospect of an out? break. Marshal Patrick ls preparing* an ex? pedition to follow and arrest Brigham Toung. it ls reliably reported that Young ls still mov? ing south with eleven wagons, and a hundred armed men. all mounted. Business ls dull and money scarce. The weather ls delightful. EMANCIPATION IN BRAZIL. NEW YORK, November 2. The details ot the Brazilian emancipation law are that children born siter Its proclamation are tree when seventeen years old. Slaves owned by the government are free. Various provisions are made for the benefit of those still held tn slavery. The religious corporations were emancipating their slaves, and many private slave-owners are moving in the same direction, converting them into free tenants or freejng them upon condition of four years' service. ANOTHER PUBLIC PLUNDERER. PHILADELPHIA, November 2. The city treasurer has resigned. Charges are made against him which were heard to? day, and he was held in bail of $100,000. NEW YORK ITEMS. NEW YORK, November 2. The stock exchange adjourns on Tuesday for the election. The Mercantile Insurance Company of this city has suspended. Edward D. Nelson, the artist, was killed to? day by a rail real train. Joseph F. Joy was elected president of the Panama Railroad, vice Hoadley, resigned. A NEGRO LOTHARIO KILLED. [From the E Jgefle'd Advertiser.] Some two months ago, or longer, a negro by the name of Barney Balentfae. living some eight miles below this place, on the plantation of Mr. J. C. Swearengin. felt himself seriously aggrieved with one Grant Boosly on account of Grant's suspected intimacy with Barneys wife, and Barney then and there resented the indignity heaped upon him by shooting Grant severely lu the shoulder, from the effects of which wound he had but recently recovered. But on the night ot the 25th, Grant, unmind? ful of the leaden warning be had so lately re? ceived, again seeks out Barney's wife. Bar? ney, however, was soon ou the track of the dis? turber of his domestic felicity, and, loading his musket heavily with buckshot, he hied away to the cotton-house, and in less than two minutes i'rant was a very dead nigger. A jury of inquest was held over Grant's body In accordance with thejattove facts. On the morn? ing of the 26th. Balen tine came promptly for? ward, gave himself up to the sheriff, and ls now In Jail. THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON. November 2. The barometer will probably rise slightly, with light winds and pleasant weather In the Southern and Hiddle States, on Friday; north? easterly winds and partially cloudy weather In New England and northern New York; fresh northwest winds on Lake Ontario; southerly winds on Lakes Michigan and Superior; north? erly winds and clearing weather on the Gulf coast. Dangerous weather not anticipated lor this evening. Yesterday's Weather Report* of the Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. H., Local Time. Place of Observation. 3> 2 fl *1 Bl Augusta..|30.0f>. 70,Calm.,.iFair. Baltimore. 30.08j 66.SW i Light. Clear. Boston.?29.90 4'jW Fresh. ?Clear. Burlington, Vt..,29.93 ' 36.NE Gentle. iCloudy. Ballal i. N. V.....'?ts.92- JA NW Brisk. .Squally Cape May, N. J.. 30.071 fco'w Oentie. iciear. Cairo, III.30.14; 57|N Light, Bazy. Charleston. 30.05 65 NB Liaht. Cloudy. Cheyenne, W.T.. 29.11 68 N Brisk. Cloudy. Chicago. 30.13 45 NB Fresh. Clear. iiucuinatl. 30.161 67?S Light. Clear. Cleveland.30.02 60|NW Freah. (lazy. Corinne, Utah... 29.69, MiCalm.Fair. Davenport, Iowa 30.151 56 Calm.Clear. Detroit.{30.01 50 NW Gentle. Cloudy. Duluth. Minn... 130.12| S3 SE Light. Thr'ng. Kscaoaba, Mich.?30.13'44 X Br.sk. F.tir. Galveston.30.li 51 NE Gentle. Clr'gup Grand Haven.... 30.091 51?XW Fresh. Fair, indianapolis ....?30.07- 66;W 'lentle. Clear. Jacks mvllle_30.00! 74! XE Fresh. Fair. Keokuk, Iowa..., io.031 ai.'Calm..Fair. Key Weat, Fia.. 29.98 82.SE Gentle. ?Fair. Knoxville, Tenn.l30.07i 57|Calm.Cloudy. Lake City, Fla..'29.9 1 79 N Gentle. Cloudy, leavenworth ...?30.07 67 SE Fresh. Clear. Louisville.30.in| 56 N Dentle. Clear. Lynchburg.30.06| 60i>w Gentle. Haz?. Marquette.'30.111 39 NW Gentle. Cloudy. Memphis, Tenn.. ?30.161 60 N Gentle. Fair. MilwauKee, Wis, 30.201 45.E ?Gentle. Pair. Motile.?30.06 1 55 N iGentle. Cloudy Mt. \VashlURton'29.68| lt NW Freah. cloudy .Nashville. 30.12 61 ?NE Light, Fair. New London, cu'.o.98i 48?NW Gentle. Cloudy New orleans....,30.04 , 59 NW Gentle. \ew York.?30.02' WWW Gentle. F-,ir"" Norfolk.'30.09? 54 Calm.Fair. imaha, Neb.v9.8Ji 85 SE Fresh. Fair Os weg? S. Y.... 29.92' 57 W Fresh, t l .udy Philadelphia.30.Oil 83 W Gentle. Clear Patsburg, Pa.... 30.Ui 43 w Gentle, uiear' Portlaml. Me... 29.89; 40 NW Gentle. Hazy Portland,Oregon 29. 4' 57 SW Light, u Ram Punta Rosa. Fla 29.94 80 w Fresh. Fair Rochester, N. Y. 2tf.95? *5 W Gentle, . loudy San i 'lego. 29.94 69 SW Gentle. Fair San FraHcisco.. aO.ox 56 w .Fair. Sivannah. 30.0;' 67 XE Gentle Cloudy Shreveport, La..110.04 ftsNE Gentle. Cb-ar. st, umis. 30.05 58 Calm.smoky St. Pani. Miun.. 30.11 i's SK Gentle. F.ur Toledo, o. , 0.WI 5ilW Gentle. Fair. Washington^l. W.i>6 5~?sW |Qi-ntle. Clear. Wiimingtin.N f.'S.i.i.'O 63;E iLlgnt. cloudy. II NOTE.-The weather resort dated 7.47 o'clock, this morning, will be posted in the rooms of the Chamber of cowmen e 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 CARPET-BAGGERS OFF. I RESIGNATION OF CARDOXO. OUR SEC- \ RET ART OF STATE. His Transmogrification Into a College Professor. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB NEW8.J COLUMBIA, November 2. F. L. Cardozo bas accepted a professorship In the Howard University, Washington, D. C., and has forwarded bis resignation as Secreta? ry of State, to take effect on the 1st instant, to Governor Scott. The Governor, Treasurer Parker and At? torney-General Chamberlain are mil In New York. MORE ABOUT BULLOCK. How he was Received bj- the New York Radical Press. NEW YORK, November 2. The Times says: "Governor Bullock, of j Georgia, arrived in this city yesterday. He states that all bis official acts are matters ot record, and that Governor Conley bas a de? tailed statement of all the financial transac? tions, and that there ls no foundation what? ever for the wild charges that are being made against bim. He states that he is ready for any lair investigation, and intends soon to re? turn to Georgia and demand it; but he Is not willing to permit any arrest at the Instance ot hie personal enemies In Georgia because his friends advise bim lt would result in his being Ku-Kluxed by a mob under the Instiga? tion of the men who were so near grasping the State government, and who have beeu so neatly and effectually foiled." - The Tribune says : 1 'The letter of Governor Bullock, of Georgia, announcing his resigna t!on ls not very clear upon the points upon which the public desire more light. He says he resigned because there was a conspiracy to Impeach and remove him, and that by re? signing he defeated that conspiracy. The same people will say that he gave up his office to es? cape impeachment. But Governor Bullock also says that by surrendering his office Into the hands of the President of the Senate, Mr. Conley, he secured an honest successor. As we understand the case, Mr. Conley would be? come acting Governor, even if Bullock bad been removed by the consplrltors, and the retiring Governor expressly says that no pro? ceedings against Conley have been suggested. The whole affair is certainly very hazy." THE CAROLINA GOLD FIELDS. mineral Wealth of the i'p-t ountry Gold and Mica n?Vr Walhalla. [From the Columbia Union.] Some time since we published a short ac? count of the minerals found in Oconee County, furnished by Mr. A. C. Laughlin, who has re? cently paid some attention to the subject In that locality. We have been permitted to . copy the following letter giving a further de? scription of these minerals and their locality: "I was in hopes that I would have been able to have made a complete report with a quantitative analysis annexed, but having only visited the neighborhood In order to ex? amine and express my Ideas in reference to the mine, I being without my apparatus for making analyses, I can only give you these few details, whMi I know to be true. I Intend re? turning to the mine BOOB, when I shall be happy to furnish other desirable Information. "As some have imagined, the Lawton gold mine does not consist ot one shaft or more, as ls the general rule, but are only excavations of a few leet In depth and a small tunnel ot about a hundred feet long, where there was, no doubt, a vein. Some few weeks ago a party came over from North Carolina and pitched their tent with the permission of Colonel Liv? ingstone on one of the streams located on his land, about seventeen miles from Walhalla, in Oconee County. This party, after remaining only a week or. so. retired to quarters un? known, having paid Colonel L nine dollars In gold, abortion, no doubt, of that which they iad extracted (by washing) during their stay. "The place known as the Lawton mine bas been worked at different periods tor some twenty years. It was very advantageously managed by a Mr. Young, from North Carolina, who made, lt is said, quite a for? tune In the space of three years. It ls, therefore, hardly necessary to mention further report In reference to this rich and well known locality. It ls sufficient to add that In every branch and even on the surface of the earth, for miles around these streams, one can easily find large pieces of auriferous quartz and sand. "A Mr. Phillips, some years ago, In endeav? oring to change the course of one of these branches, actually found a large lump of gold which could have been sold for the, sum of one hundred dollars. This piece of gold, no doubt, came .owing to the course of the stream) from a rich deposit or pocket, some? where on or In the side of the branch. 'These water-courses, as I have been told, have no names, but certainly should be classi? fied into one group, to be known as the gold fields of South Carol ina, the possession of which we should be proud to boast, and we might endeavor to assist In the development of so rich a deposit of gold which so seldom occurs even in richer countries. 'I also found quantities of mica, (as ls the case In the Blue Ridge,) but not In large enough pieces for any particular purpose, though I do not doubt but that it ls there. The chemical combination of most of the speci? mens I found ls principally silica, allumlnl and alkali or potash or pottaslum. Some speci? mens contain oxide of chrome, sometimes to four per cent, oxide of manganese, oxide of iron and water. Minute quantities of natren and magnesia, and a little fleor, I observed In some specimens which will correspond to the general formula for mica. 'The colors are yellow, gray, green and reddish-white, and mostly transparent. Al? though I have been unable to give you a cor? rect analysis of the metallic ore? In this vicinity, I at least have given you some little Informa? tion In reference to the chemical composition o? the soil." . . _ _ THE COLUMBUS FAIR. COLUMBUS, November 2. The third day of the fair was a great success. Eight thousand people were on the grounds. There was a splendid exhibition ot trotters and runners present. Weston, the renowned walklst, will start to-morrow In a walk for one thousand dollars. There will be a trotting match on Saturday. C. ? fiats, &t PLENOS, DEALER IN HATS, CAPS AND UMBRELLA 8, Children's Hau a Specialty. No. 201 KING STREET. Jost opened and will have always on hand an assortment of the above articles. Also, Gentle? men's NECK TIES, SCARFS, WALKING CANES, Ac. His friends are respectfully Invited to call and examine for themselves. octl4-lmo c Agencies. HAKLESTON ADVERTISING AOENCT. OORNHK BROAD STREET AND EAST BAT. ADVERTISEMENTS taken ar, publishers' lowest cash rates for ALL PAPEKS lu :ne united states. WALKER, EVuNS A COGSWELL, ilecs mwf IPONGESt SPONGES i Just reel ved a One assortment BATHING SPONGE Carnage sponge Toilet Sponge Surgeon's Sponge, Ac, AC For sale by OR- H. BABB, No. isl Meeting street. Special Notices. pm* OFFICE CITY TREASURER, NO? VEMBER 3D, 1871.-By Resolution of Council tue City Treasurer ls authorized to receive the balance of CORPORATION TAX for 1871 until the 20th instant, without additional expense. S. THOMAS, nov3-3,novl4.15 16,17.lg,20 city Treasurer. pm* CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP JAMES ADOER, from New Tork, are notlaed that ahe la discharging cargo at Auger's Wharf. Ooods uncalled ior at auLset rill remain on the wharf at owners' risk. nov3-l JAMES ADOER A CO?. Agents. pa-TRE SCHOONER MARION, FROM Liverpool, will begm discharging cargo To DAT at Union Wharves under the Five Day Act. Con? sign?es ahould sign the Average Bond at the I office or W. B. HERIOT, No. 9 Broad street, and get orders from him for the delivery or their goo?s. All not called ror at sundown win be sent to Pubic Stores. WAGNER, H?OER A CO.. nov3-l_Agents. pm* IT IS SADDENING TO SEE OUR hair blossoming for the grave too early. More especially women feel this affliction, and lt ls even a greater deformity to them than to men. AVER'S HAIR VIGOR removes lt and restores the hair sometimes, bot Ita original color always. nov3-fmw3D*w STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON COUNTY-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF SOUTH CAR OLINA. PAUL C. TRENHOLM, HOLMES A MAC? BETH, HARMON H. D3LE0N VS. LOUIS MoLAIN. On motion of SIMONTON A BARKER, Attorneys for the People's Bank of South Carolina ordered that HARMON H. DELEON bs appointed Receiver lu the above cases, and that he collect and retain, subject to the order of the Court, all the property of the absent defendant, LOUIS MoLAIN, which has been attached In the above cases. (Signed) R. F. GRAHAM. October 28,1871. In pursuance of the above order of his Honor, Judge ORAHAM, I hereby require all pecgons holding property wherein the defendant, LOUIS Mc LAIN, may have an Interest, to deliver the same to me, and all persons Indebted to him to make payment to me forthwith. H. H. DELEON, Receiver, nov3-2 No. 24 Broad street. NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAV? ING CLAIMS against the Estate of the late i HENRY CLARK, deceased, are requested to ren? der them In, legally attested; and those Indebted to the said Estate will make immediate payment to J. H. STEINMEYER, A. J. BARTON, oct20-f3_Executors. pm* SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE received until the 15th of November next, by the Vestry of Lower St. John's Berkeley, for the lease of th? GLEBE PLANTATION. Address W. BALL, oc'31-tuf4_Secretary and Treasurer. .^sTBATCHELORS HALB DYE.-THIS SUPERB HAIR DYE ls the heft in the world-per? fectly harmless, reliable and instantaneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous tints cr unpleas? ant odor. The genuine W. A. BATCHELORS HAIR DYE produces IMMEDIATELY a splendid Black or Natural Brown. Does not stain the skin, but leaves the hair clean, soft and beautiful. The only Safe and Perfect Dye. Sold by all Drug? gists. Factory No. 16 Bond street. New York. ian23-mwfiyr pm* STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CBARLESTO *!-Trial Justice's Sum? mons.-By JOHN C. MINOT!-, Esq., Trial Toa tice In and for said County of the said State-To any lawful Constable: Complaint having been made unto me by T. D. CLANCY and?, W. LOCKWOOD, Copartners In trade, under the name and style or T. D. CLANCY A CO., that one LOUIS McLAIN ls Indebted to them In the sum of eighty-two 39-100 dollars, upon an account for goods furnished for Yacht "Meta," a espy of which ls herewith filed, and refuses payment These are, therefore, to require you to summon the said Defendant to appear before me, In my office, No. 14 Broad street, Charleston, S. C., on the twenty-eighth day of November, 1871, at 12 o'clock M., to answer to the said complaint, or 1 Judgment will be given against him by default. Olven under my hand and seal, at Charleston, the tenth day of October, one thousand eight hun? dred and seventy-one. [L S.] JOHN C. MINOTT, Trial Justice. To the Defendant, LOUIS McLAIN: Take notice, thatjthe summons In this action, of which the foregoing ls a copy, was flied tn this office on the loth day of October, 1871. JOHN C. MINOTT, octl3-f6_. Trial Justice. pm* COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, OCTOBER 2511871.-The WINTER TERM of thia College will commence on WEDNESDAY next, November 1. Candidates for admission In the Freshman or the Sophomore Class will present themselves at the President's room at io o'clock A. M. F. A. PORCHER, OCI26-12_secretary Faculty. pm* UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.-By an Order of the Hon. GEO. S. BRYAN, United States District Judge, the hearing of all petitions and motions tn Bankruptcy, or of the general business of the District Court la post? poned until the first Monday of November next. eep30_DANL. HORLBECK, Clerk. pm* SHAVING SALOON.-MR. J. H. WEICHMAN will superintend the business lately conducted b*. Mr. LOMBARDO, and will be pleased to aee bis frienda and the patrons of the establishment, at the Old Stand, In Market street, where no pains will be spared to please. octl4_ pm* 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 Mr. E. E. BEDFORD, No. 275 King street, Charleston, S. C., Grocer, and that the use of their name by E. E. BEDFORD in any way is entirely without authori? ty, W. S. CORWIN A CO. CCt24_ pm* NOTICE -A LATE CARD OF W. S. CORWIN A CO. having notified the public that they were in no way connected with the under? signed In business, and not responsible for any use of their name, in-order the mee effectually to advertise tie same, the undersigned hereby announces that he has hid no business relations with the said Arm since April, 1870, except of being their debtor for th?j stock then purchased, and since paid for. EVERT E. BEDFORD, cct26 Successor to W. s. Corwin A Co. pm* NOTICE.-"WE HAVE ESTAB? LISHED a branch of our house in Savannah un? der the came of HOWARDS A SMITH. Cotton and Rice Brokers, and will carefully attend to any business entrusted to us. novl _S. L. HOWARD A CO. ^.OK MARRIAGE.-^ Happy relier for Young Men .rom Ihe effects or Errors and Abuses In early life. Manhood re? stored. Nervous debility cured. Impediments Marriage removed. New method of treat? ment. New and remarkable remedies. Books and Circulars sent free, in sealed envelopes. Ad? dress HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2 South Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa. octl2 Special iSoticfs. ??.ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GLEBE STREET.-The repairs to the Hoajc of Worship having been completed ll will be re-open? ed for Divine Service (D. V.) next SABBATH MOEN INO, at half-past io o'clock. Preaching bj the Pastor, Rev. J. L. GIRARDEAU, D. D. The exercise? of the Sabbath School will also be renamed next SABBATH Moatava, at 9,o'clock. The sexton will be in attendance TO-DAY and To-lfOBBOW, for the purpose or receiving and ar ranglng pew furniture._nov3-2 JsTOFFICE CITY TREASURER, CHARLESTON, NOVEMBER ZD, 1871,-Persons having claims against the City Council for buln contracted under the late administration, are re? quested to present the same, at this office, with? out delay. J. THOMAS, nov2-3_City Treasurer. ^NOTICE.- OFFICE COUNTY COM? MISSIONERS, FIREPROOF BUILDING, CHARLESTON, S. C., NOVEMBER 1ST, 1871.-All persons hiving claims against this County, from November 1st, 1870 to present date, will please present same, at this otnce, forthwith. ' F. 0. MILLER, nov2-2_ Chairman. pm* COLLETON COUNTY-S TATE AND COUNTT TAXES, 1871.-OOUNTY TREAS UR ?R'S OTIOE, COURTHOUSE, WALTER BORO', s. 0.-Notice ls hereby given that this offlce.will be open for the receipt or Si ATE AND COUNTY TAXES for the year 1871, on the 15th day or November, 1871. Taxes not paid on or before the 16th day of January ,1872. will be liable to a penalty ot twenty per cent. -, All Taxes remaining unpaid on the first day of March, 1872, will be Habla to be collected by dil tress, or otherwise. AU Raal and Personal Pro? perty ls charged with seven (7) milla on the dollar for State purposes, and three (8) mills on the dol? lar for county purposes. The Treasurer will visit the following named places tn the county to rac?mate the collection of Taxes, and OB the days named below the office ln*walterboro' will be closed: George's Station.December 6th and ?th Ridge vii ie.December 7th Summerville.December 8th and 9th Adam's Ruc.December nth Smoke's Cross Roads... .December 14th Bell's Cross Roads.December 16th and loth JAME9 W. GRACE, novl-13_Treasurer Oolleton County. pm* 3. B. SOLOMONS, M. D., DENTIST, Has returned to the city._ oe tao pm* THE CHARLESTON CHARITA? BLE ASSOCIATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREE SCHOOL FUND.-OFFIOAL RAFFLE? NUMBERS. CLASS NO. 192-MORNTNO. 62-64-68 -57-44-10-60-51-63 -75-1-1T As witness our hand at Columbia this 2d day of November, 1871. FENN PECK, JAMES GILL ILA ND, octa_Sworn Commissioners. pm* 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 upon the Howard Association make it necessary for us to appeal directly to the public for fonds. Our im? mediate necessities are pressing, and we feel as? sured that lt ls only necessary to make our wanta known to receive prompt relief. From the minutes. GEO. S. PELZER, M. D., Secretary. JAMES H. TAYLOR, President. OO?80 Patent jflgoicirteo._ ROSADAL1S. EOS AD ALIS is the best Blood Purifier. ROSAD ALIS, a sure eure for ScrdYula. EOS AD ALIS, endorsed by Physicians. ROSAD ALIS, a potent remedy for Rheumatism. EOSADALIS, a Remedy tried and true. EOSAD ALIS, the best Altera? tive extant. HOSADALIS endorsed by the following : Dr. R. WILSON CARR, of Baltimore, jr. T. C. PUGH, or Baltimore, or. THOS. J. BOYKLN, or Baltimore. Ur. A. DURGAN. of Tarboro', N. C. Ur. J. S. SPARKS, of Nlcholasvile, Ky. ur. A. F. WHEELER, of Lima, Ohio. Ur. W. HOLLOWAY, or Philadelphia. Or. J. L. McUARTHA, of South Carolina, and many ot aera. See ROSAD ALLS ALMA NAO B08ADALIH, endorsed by Rev. DABNEY BALL, now of Mary* and conference, formerly Chaplain in the Ooo? ederate Army of Northern Virginia. RQ8ADATJH is Alterative, Tonic and Diuretic, and acta at jne and the same time upon the BLOOD, LIVER, KIDNEYS and all the SECRETORY ORGANS, ex elilng all impure matter and building np cae system to a healthy, vigorous condition B09ABAU8 IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. DOWiE. MOISE A DAVIS, > Wholesale GOODRICH, WISEMAN A CO., J Agents la Dr. n. BAER. ) Charles too. mart-ly_. jj E A D THIS! AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE. GET YOUR DISINFECTANTS. Jost recei-:d, a supply or CARBOLIC ACID, BROMO-CB LOR ALUM, DARBY'S PROPHYLACTIC, CHLORIDE OF SODA, Ac. Also a supply of MEDICATED WILLOW CHAR COAL, in Powder and in Pastilles, imported from Paris, prepared by Dr. Belloc, and approved bp the French Academy or Medicine. Trna ls the best article ever offered here; recommended by many physicians as a preventive or Yellow Fever. Also, a supply or the best WHITE MUSTARD SEED, highly recommended as a preventive of Yellow Fever. Call early, as the supply ls limited, at the Drag Kore ol D?- H. BAER, _No. 131 Meeting street. -RUSSELL'S SOOTHING SYRUP. A Fres i Supply received and ror sale, wholesale and retail, by DB. H. BAEB, No. 131 Meeting street. rrAN DEUSEN'S WORM CONFEO'Aiowo, V (SANTOMNE.) ?.yt - purely vegetable, safe "U sure, nt oeatliuse. ?*^V?*???& Whoeea.e Agent