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VOLUME XL-NUMBER 1830. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. LIST noms OF THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN". Cc J-loa* Vagaries of the Politicians-A Triangular Dael In Brooklyn-Effect of the Soutn Carolina Federal Outra? ges In New York - Extraordinary Perambulations of a Radical Ranter - Nilsson's Programme - Lord Dun . -dreary. [FROM OCR 0WK C0RBR3P0XBKNT.] Nsw YORE, November 1. Tills week closes up tbe political canvass aud the politicians are doing their liveliest work. Many of the candidates for local offices have rooms, denominated "Headquarters,"jin ' buildings on the more frequented streets, where working committees sit in perpetual session, and the business ol the campaign is laid out. If the candidate is liberal he fur? nishes whisker, champagne and cigars. On the sidewalks, in front of these headquarters, gangs of lazy-looking men stand all day long, industriously chewing and expectorating. Mort*! target companies than ever fill the streets. To day the places for the registry of voters are open. There are nearly four hund? red of them, employing an army of twelve hundred Inspectors, five hundred policemen, and fully three thousand canvassers of the two parties, to conduct the business of recording the names. The reform movement Is bringing numbers <sf liie-long political opponents together on the same platform. At the mass meeting at Cooper Ic-" i: ute to-morrow night among the speakers announced are Horatio Seymour, Franz Sigel, the leading German Republican of New York; jam, Tilden, chairman of the Democratic State iJBatral committee; William M. Gvarte, the eminent Republican lawyer; Francis Rernan, the leader ol the ural Democracy; Mr. Steb? bins, chairman of the committee of seventy, and Joseph H. Choate, .nephew of Rufus, and a Republican lawyer of this city. No such ming? ling of black spirits and white in politics has taken place within my reco.lection. Across the tast River, in Brooklyn, there is an interesting triangular fight for the mayor? alty. Brooklyn is troubled with a ''Ring," and, like tbe New Tork Ring, it is composed of the idost active politicians or both parties. These men make a pretence of opposing each other on political issues, but are really In league to fleece the general public. Brooklyn is tbe -highest taxed city in the Union, and Boss Tweed even ls not growing rich with greater rapidity than the magnates over there. The present mayor ls old Martin Kalbfleisch, a Hollander by birth, and the head of the great chemical manufacturing house In Fulton street, in this city. He ls one of the five wealthiest men in Brooklyn. For several years he has been a thorn in tbe side of the "Ring." The aldermanlc rim; passes bills to put money In its purse, and Kalbfleisch vetoes them. The ringmasters project jobs, and Kalb? fleisch frustrates them. Consequently, he is very much hated in those quarters, and every? body %as known that th Te would be a deter? mined effort to prevent his renomination by either of the political parties this fall. The '.honest old Dutchman," as he is familiarly called, expected the Democratic nomination, but the ring manipulated the primaries, and when the convention met, Kalbfleisch did not receive a single vote. Samuels. Powell, an. ex-mayor, was nominated. The Republicans nominated Samuel Bootb, the present Federal ?)stmaster of Brooklyn. The "honest old tuc oman" is In the field, therefore, as an in -dependendent candidate. He will carry the entire German vote and probably the larger part of the taxpayers belonging to the Demo? cratic party. If you hear on wednesday morn? ing of the election of a Republican mayor In the third elly of the Union, you will please bear in mind that it was due to Democratic dillons, and not to any change ot political semi ment there. The outrages of the Federal soldiery In the outlawed districts of Soutb Carolina are ex? citing general attention and much Indignant comment here. Most of this morning's papers contained leaders on the situation. Ooo of them remarks : L-We are concerned against thieves in New Tork who are stealing our mo nev. A thief of another and worst sort, at Washington, ls stealing our liberties." There ls a growing feeling of restiveness and alarm, even here at the North, over the eager readiness with which Mr. Grant resorts to th? use ot bayonets whenever aa excuse appears to offer. Tbe eloquent voice of Carl Schurz may be beard already in the West thundering against these usurpations. Mr. Grant will lose more than he can possibly gain in popu? larity by his South Carolina raid. One of the Brooklyn Chadbands, the Rev. Theodore L. Cuvier, bas been stirring up a lit? tle sensation by giving an account of a visit he has mide in company with a police officer and an English clergyman to the groggerles, dance-itou^s, rat-pits and houses of Ill-fame, in the eluuis of New York. The relation was given in a sermon at his church on Sunday night, and the reverend (who is a rabid Radi? cal, ot course, or be would not preach politics in the pulpit) indulged in the facetious obser? vation that "in every one of these degraded holes he saw hung up somewhere a political poster, and in ail cases they represented one oo! it leal party, showing that tnere was a Lilly ot political sentiment running through all these dens of drunkenness and de? bauchery." it ls evident thai the friendly Eliceman did not take Cuyler ana Ms Eng h companion to call upon "The" Allen, the proprietor of t,.e Infamous St. Bernard House, on Mercer street. Allen ls the .ender of a gae? of thieves and has been in the State prison, and has a brother there now. He is also leader ol the Republican roughs, and stands high in the confidence ol the men who run Grant's party In this city. He is in attendance at ail the Re? publican conventions as a striker or ballot-box manipulator, and on election day does pugi? listic service for the government. It Cuyler had visited the St. Bernard and kindred slums In that neighborhood, he would have discover? ed the posters ol another political party. The existence of "The" Allen, and his connection with the Republican party of New York, are so notorious, that Cuyler must have known all about tbe facts, and he therefore proclaimed himself again, and for the thousandth time, a hfkspoug and hypocrite in prating ot the superior morality of the party of Bowen, Whit? emore, Butler, Tom Murphy and Grant. The English preacher who visited the slums with Cuyler was the Rev. Newman Hall, who oame to this country to study public ?pinion and kept company with Radicals only, while he was here. Alter that evening's inspection of the Fourth Ward dens, according to Cuyler, he declared that he should go back home and tell Mr. Gladstone that he had seen the govern? ing classes of New York, and that universal suffrage would never do for England. On the strength of this fearful threat Mr. Cuyler went on to exhort his congregation to stick to the party of Bowen and "The" Allen if they would advance the cause of freedom and Republican? ism in the world. The master work of the greatest of the mas? ters. Mozart's "Don Giovanni," is to be given at the Academy on Friday night with an ex? traordinary cast. Nilsson ls to Bing the part of Zerlioa, Bricnoll ls to be the Don Ottario, Barre the Don Giovanni, Jamet the Leporello, and Hermanns, the great German basso, the Comrnenciatore: and so perfect will be the rep? resentations, even in the details, that Bonconi has been persuaded to take the small part of Masetto. In some respects this ls the greatest operatic combination made here since the days of Grlsi and Mario. The pecuniary suc? cess of the Nilsson season continues to be pro iglous. All the seats are sold days in ad? uce ot the opera nights, and speculators re 1 the tickets for from five hundred to a usand per cent, advance. Next week the edleh nightingale sings in one of her best les, the Lucia, and the following week we to have her In her grandest part, Ophelia, Ambrose Thomas's new opera of "Hamlet." a then, the original Dundreary draws at bio's, but the critics vote bim a bore. He * so greatly altered the character from that with which the American public became fa? miliar during the first representations of Tom Taylor's comedy, thirteen years ago, that <t ls hardly recognizable. Lord Dundreary, origi? nally, was amusingly stupid, but oat of defer enjjl perhaps to his noble patrons at home, Botnern has made him respectably dull. NTH. -Napoleon expresses the conviction that an alliance between England, France aud Russia will become imperative. GOSSIP FROM V tSHINGTON. WASHINGTON*. November 4. Parties who left Salt Lake City on Saturday arrlved here to-day, and have communicated to government officials some interesting tacts connected with the situation there. They state that the prosecution of the polygamists ls Injuring business very much; that Eastern capitalists there to invest in mining Interests are leaving; and that the Mormons are leaving, and that the Gentiles are curtailing their busi? ness operations and sending their wives and children to places of safety. It ls added that the government has recently sold to these very Mormons old muskets for a dollar apiece, and that If war comes the Mormons will pre? senta formidable front, though it is not im? probable that they may all emigrate to Mexico. It is estimated that not twenty Gentiles In Utah favor the persecution of tbe Mormons, and that even tbe Federal military authorities are Indifferent to it on the surface, and at heart are opposed to lt. These representa? tions will bave no effect, as lt was decided in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday to continue the present policy. Geo. H. Baker has been appointed minister to Constantinople. The last batch of bonds for the European syndicate left New York to-day. General Horatio Sickles succeeds Forbes, the defaulting pension agent at Philadelphia. Geo. Marston, of New Hampshire, succeeds General Kryzsnowskl as supervisor of internal revenue for Georgia and Florida. WASHINGTON, November 5. The President's Instructions io tbe Federal officers were that there should be a firm but judicious enforcement of tbe laws in Utah, and no compromise with criminals. The latest official reports represent all dan? ger ot a collision as over. The President has no present Intention to suspend further the habeas corpus In tbe South, unless a condition off affairs similar to that In certain counties in South Carolina oc? curs elsewhere. Parties Interested in the manufacture ol to? bacco and whiskey are strongly urging upon the commissioner of Internal revenue various recommendations upon these subjects; but it ls not thought that he will, In his annual re? port, recommend to Congress any material changes. TSE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. Trouble Brewing In Spain-The Inter? national Copyright Question-Ex? citing Communist Trials. LONDON. November 4. The Telegraph this morning prints a special dispatch from Paris, containing a statement that a plot against the present government ol Spain, of a dangerous character, has been dis? covered in that city. The discussion on the question of an inter? national copyright continues, authors and pub? lishers participating. Miss Braddon renews her complaint (already published In New York) against a paper In that city for printing, as her latest and best works, a parcel of rub? bish she never saw. She appeals to Justice, and warns the public agalast such Impos? tures. The Times this morning expresses an Intentiou to close its columns against the dis? cussion which has become quite heated. Al? ready one libel suit bas grown out of a con? troversy, with Hon. Mrs. Norton aa plaintiff. PARIS, November 4. The trial of Communists directly concerned In the assassination of Generals Lecompte and Thomas, now progressing, attracts large crowds. TORIN. November 4. The Italian Government contempl?tes the fortification ot the Alpine passes ai a cost ol 7,000,000 francs. MADRID, November 4. It Is believed an attack on the government by the Republicans, under the lead of Senor Zorllla, will be made in the Cortes during the coming week, on the subject of the manner of dealing with the International Society. Sen? ors Zorllla and Sagoata are widely at variance on this point, the latter supporting the gov? ernment heartily. A compromise between Sagos ta and Zorllla, which has up to this time been discussed and looked forward to among Conservative Republicans, ls now thought Im? possible, as the agitation threatened ia the Ia teraatloaal matter ls sure to produce a com? plete rupture. MARTIAL LAW LS CHICAGO. A Dangerous Usurpation of Authority. CHICAGO, November 4. Governor Palmer bas written a letter to the Attorney-General directing him to present the facts In regard to the killing of General Gros? venor to the grand jury of Cook County. Governor Palmer after alluding to the circum? stances preceding tbe death of Grosvenor, concludes: "I think you wlU perceive lt ls now the duty of the Governor and Attorney-Gene? ral and all other officers to see that laws are enforced against all parties concerned la these Illegal, dangerous acts. It ls not necessary In determining upon tbe line of duty to be adopted to Inquire whether the Mayor of Chi? cago, Lieutenant General Sherman and Frank T. Sherman and his associates and sup? posed subordinates, who were the agents by which the death of Thomas Gros? venor was produced, In assuming powers they did not possess, and which cannot be con? ferred upon them, were Influenced by proper or Improper motives or purposes. They as Bumed to suspend the operation of the consti? tution and the laws of the State, and substitute in their stead laws and military force to be de? fined and applied by themselves. 'J hey, by tbelr lawless acts, attacked and Insulted the dignity and authority of the State, and have, by their dangerous example, weakened public confidence In the constitution and laws, and In their attempt to enforce usurped and lawless authority, they have sacrificed the life of a peaceable citizen. Animated by the confi? dence I have thu? expressed, and confident in the belief that the State of Illinois, acting through tbe proper departments of Its govern? ment. Is capable of protecting its own people and of enforcing the dignity and authority of | its own laws, I have to request that you, in conjunction with the State's attorney of the seventh circuit, will brine all the facts before the grand Jury of Cook County, in order that all persons concerned in Hie unlawtul killing of.Thomas W. Grosvenor may be brought to a speedy trial." COTTON MOVEMEST FOR THE WEEK. NEW YORK, November 5. The cotton movement was large in receipts, tbe total being in excess of any previous week mis season. The exports for the week were less than one-half the amount of those for the corresponding week ol last year, and the total movement for the expired portion of the cot? ton year shows a considerable falling off as compared with the same time last year. This is aue, In part, to the scarcity of money in the South to make the crop. The receipts at all or tbe ports for the week were 96,078 bales against 93,969 last week, 82,538 the previous week, and 64,097 three weeks since. The' total receipts since September have been 459. 111 bales against 542,745 for the correspond? ing period of the previous year, showing a decrease since September 1st, this year, ot 83,634 bales. The exports from all of the ports for the week were 36,344 bales, against 73,124 for the same week last year. The total ex? ports tor 'he expired pinion of the cotton year are i8'??,247 bales, against 229.553 for the same time last year. The present stock, as compared with that ol the corresponding week last year is as follows : Nov. 5,1871. 1S70. At all ports.2?3,101 247,8"2 At i he Interior towns. 53 986 43.248 Ia Liverpool.SIT,coo 463.00) American cotton afloat for Great Britain.67 ooo 80,000 Indian cotton afloat for Europe.861,008 193,213 The weather at the South during the week was less favorable for picking, and In some sections there has been a slight frost, while many parts of the South have been visited with rain. _ THE INDIANS ON THE WAR PATH. SAN FRANCISCO, November 4. The Apaches, on the 11th of October, sixty tn number, attacked a ranche in Arizona, killing one man, wounding another and burn- J log the place. Captain Smith, cf the 21st In? fantry, writes that the Indians were pursued by troops and were found lo come direct from Alamosa. There are five hundred Indians on th? ration rolls at Camp Grant, and on the last ration day only fifty answered, the rc? mainder being on the war path. THE DESPOT'S HEEL. GRAXT FIRES THE RADICAL HEART. Wild Tales lrom tue Sooth-The "Sew Ile bell lo n'"-Georg Ia Come? Next. A Washington telegram to the New York Herald, under date oi the 2d, foreshadows the excuses to be giren by the Radical leaders for the desperate game played lo the Soutb. The correspondent says : Attorney-General Akerman had a long con terence to-day with the Secretary of State and afterward with the President. The subject the interviews was, of course, the everlasting Ku-Klux question, Involving the punishment of the persons recently arrested In Souih Caro lina, and perhaps the promulgation of a new proclamation. It wa? the original Intention the government to follow up the suspension the habeas corpus in the nine counties South Carolina with a similar movement upon northern Georgia, and as most ot the young men suspected of Ku-Klux affinities who ran away from the former State took up their abode In the latter, lt Is not Improbable tbat they will be soon on the move once more. Ater man is net a man of sufficient calibre to engage the attention of the President for two hours one day unless Important matters are to bede cided in which the Executive needs all the information his law adviser can afford him Just at this moment lt ls a matter of great In terest as to what the President knows or thinks he knows about the Ku-Klux. It ls as serted by those who ought to know somelhln ol the character of the information commun cated from time to time to the Executive that he lias much more direct knowledge on this subject than even that possessed by the C m gressional committee. Gentlemen of high character, formerly officers in our army, who were and are even now living In the .?outb havic?learned, through thelrsupposed Demo eratic sympathies, important facts relative to to the secret purposes of this organization have made him acquainted with the danzer to its fullest extent. The officers of the United States secret servi :e have been and slid are very active in ferreting out tbe Ku-Klux. The danger lo whlcb they are exposed in this ser vice renders it necessary that great caution be exercised ia making their operations public These officers are not known to each other and as a consequence lt often happens that the most e?kient men are reported by others aa being Ku-Klux chiefs. It will be shown, when the tacts all come out, that the Ku-Klux in South Carolina have been largely furnished with arms lrom Northern sources. It ls even asserted that an examination of the shipments from tbe arms manufacturing companies of the North and especially of New York, for the last two years, will show a great activity In the Southern trade. It ls the opinion of the ad ministration and those who sustain Its policy of repression that lt ls the design of the Iovlsl ble Empire to attempt the repossession by the old rebel element, first, of the several Southern States by the demoralization, through terror outrage and murder, ot the party sustaining reconstruction and Its results', and secondly by similar means, but more general and sys tematlc in character, to force' every South - rn State to vote against the Republican Presidential nominee, and thus restore to them control of their local and State affairs and the inauguration of their party associates In tbe government. A con tlngency for which tbey have undoubtedly worked, is, In the event of Congress rei using to count electoral votes gained by such a pal? pable system of terror and violence aa the Ku Klux will Inaugurate, to at once raise the standard of revolution within the Union, de daring that the refusal is only a step Ina pre arranged plan to keep the power in the hands of the now dominant party. There ls no doubt In the minds of the best Informed persons here who have Investigated the character and pur poses of this conspiracy that such a design as that Indicated is seriously contemplated Opinions like these have Influenced the course of the President toward South Carolina, and have led also to the doom which is now lm pending over Georgia. There is no doubt that the prediction la the Herald some days ago that Georgia was the next State In order will be verified in a day or two, and other sec Hons will be treated In the same way, as the President thinks the occasion may require Senator Scott is now here and at work, and he ls as sternly in favor of strong measures as ever. AX APPEAL TO CESAR. A Plain Statement of the Troth-The Business Hen of Columbia Ask for the Removal of Military Rule. The following resolutions were adopted by the Columbia Board of Trade, at a meeting held November s, with reference to the effect upon the business interests of elly and State produced by President Grant's military pro ceediogs in South Carolina : Whereas. This board, organized for tbe pur pose of fostering the trade of thia city, ana of developing Its business Interests In general, cannot but consider with concern the blow which these Interests have received in the recent FederaLmllltary intervention set on foot in this State; and whereas, we feel satis? fied that said intervention was the result of exaggerated representations made at Wash? ington of a condition of things which had ex? istence mostly In the minds of designing per? sons, and was not called for by the facts ot the case; and whereas, as citizens anxious for the preservation of peace and the supremacy of order, we firmly hold that the civil process In South Carolina is and was tully adequate to the enforcement of the laws, county, State and Federal. Bc it, therefore, Resolved, bv the Board of Trade of Colum? bia, S. C., That this board, addr. ssing itself with due respect lo the chief magistrate of the United States, calls bis attention to the seri? ous damage inflicted upon the industry of Co? lumbia aud the whole Slate by bis military pro? ceedings under the enforcement act ol Con Tess. Resolved, That the loss and suffering entail? ed upon tbe citizens of South Carolina, in re? gard to their agricultural, mechanical and mercantile Interes a, requite of President Grant that he should, asan act of public jus? tice, promptly remove from our Stale the re? strictions which bis military intervention places upon the business pursuits of a strug? gling community. Resolved, That la the absence of vindication and protection at the hands of the State gov? ernment, we place our case before the Presi? dent of the country of which we claim to be law-abiding citizens, maintaining that we have a right to expect that the power of the gov? ernment will not be causelessly wielded against our Interests. Resolved, That these proceedings be publish? ed In the New York World, Journal of Com? merce, Washington Patriot and the Columbia papers, and that the President of this board send a copy to the President of the United States. R. O'NEALK, Jr., President. OXE HORE PROCLA3IATIOX. Marlon Struck Off anil Union Put On. President Grant having discovered the "clerical error" in regard to Marion County, has Issued a supplementary proclamation, which concludes as iollows: Whereas, It has been ascertained that In said County of Marlon said combinations and conspiracies do not exist to the extent recited in said proclamation; and, whereas, it has been ascertained that unlawful combinations and conspiracies, of the character, and to the extent, and for the purposes described in said proclamation, do exist in the County of Union, in said State : Now, therefore, I, Ulysees S. Grant, Presi? dent of the United States of America, do here? by revoke as to the said County of Marion the suppression of the privileges of the wrl ol habeas corpus directed in my said proclama? tion of the 17ih day of October, 1871; and I do hereby command all persons In the said Coun? ty of Union composing the said unlawful com? binations and conspiracies aforesaid to dis? perse, and to retire peaceably to their homes wlthlu five days of the date hereof, and to de? liver either to the marshal of the Uulted States for the District of South Carolina, or to any ot his deputies, or to any military officer of the United States within said county, all arms, ammunition, uniiorms, disguises, and other means and implements used, kept, possessed or controlled by ihem for carrying out the un lawful purposes for which the combinations and conspiracies are organized. Grant's Despotism In Sooth Carolina. The Journal of Commerce and World both dw(:ll in terms of fitting Indignation upon Grant's South Carolina martial law proclama? tion and the outrages which are being perpe? trated under lt. The latter says : The spectacle ia presented of a once proud Commonwealth ruled by rude and Ignorant barbarians, her former slaves, obedient per? force to their fantastic legislation, and tribu? tary perforce to their savage exactions. * * * * * And yet upon this community it ls that Mr. Grant hurls all the engines of oppression at his command. Taxed and misgoverned almost to madness as South Carolina ls by ber present scoundrel State gov? ernment; sffiicted, too, by the pestilence which daily s weeps off from three to a dozen people In her chief city, she is now called on to en? dure a merciless dragoonade such as a Bour? bon King once organized against the Hugue? nots, who fled two hundred years since lrom France to America, thinking that here they and their descendants might live exempt in scecula sccculorum from the band of arbitrary power. The Journal of Commerce says : Martial law is hardly tolerable tn time of war; in days of peace like the present lt ls a most dangerous foe of liberty and works incalcula? ble cruelly and injustice. The raid on South Carolina is a menace to the whole nation; and those who praise lt now out of partisan sym? pathy may some dav lament, bitterly lament, the precedent. Fleeing from Arrest. The Barnwell Sentinel says: "The condi? tion of affairs in the proscribed counties, as reported in the papers and by refugees, must be very distressing, and will lead, we fear, to much suffering. We learn lrom a friend, that a few days ago he met a gen tie man making his way across the river who was escaping from arrest. He said that the best men in the country, regardless of age, were arrested and put In jail, without examination, upon the affidavit of any negro who could be persuaded or hired lo make a charge. That he had left his home and family without a change of clothes, on the Information that a warrant had been issued for him, on the affidavit of a worthless negro, who had no ground of com? plaint, and that several other families were left in the same condition, without protection. He anticipated much distress and suffering, and feared there would be great loss from stealing and incendiarism ny lawless and marauding negroes. The condition of the country ls infinitely worse than at any time since the war." THE NEW YORK ELECTIONS. WASHINGTON, November 4. The following Is telegraphed as an Indication of the political situation in New York : "The attendance at the pool-:00m of Messrs. Mar? shall & Johnson was very large last evening, many of whom were politicians of both par? ties, anxious to put out their money on the coming elections on the State ticket. The betting ls close, the Democratic candidate having a slight call over his opponent, while for the registrar-ship of the city, Shandly ls backed at long odds over Slgei in the race. For senatorial honors In the Seventh District, the betting on Bradley and O'Brien is almost at even figures." DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. WATERBURY, CONN.. November 4. The Button Company's buildings were par? tially burned. Loss fifty thousand dollars. PHILADELPHIA, November 4. The board o? health reports an average ot fourteen deaths per day from small-pox during the week ending to-day, being a slight in? crease over the previous weak. CINCINNATI, November 4. A special from Portsmouth says the mall train going east stood at the depot, when her boiler exploded. George Yalkner and Adam Schilling were killed, and Henry Burt and Adam Wamsler were hurt. The boiler was twenty years old and had Just been patched. The depot was badly wrecked. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The New York Produce Exchange resolved to close on election day. -The Chinese companies are suing Los An? gelos for damages on account of the late mas? sacre. -Two hundred colored emigrants arrived on Saturday at Fortress Monroe from the interior, and took passage on the Edith and Bose for Liberia. -A writ of error has been granted by Judge Ingraham in the case of Rosenzweig, provid? ing for a review of the case before the Appel? late Court. The process is returnable next Supreme Court general term. -The Mississippi State Fair has been again postponed from November 13 tn December 4. The State election for the Legislature and county officers occurs next Tuesday, and much activity prevails In both political parties. The contest will be very close, and the majority for either party in the Legislature must be small. THE If EATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, November 5. The area of highest barometer will probably c..minne on the lakes, and move eastward on Monday into Pennsylvania and New England. Easterly winds will continue cu the Takes, veering to southeast from Michigan to Lake Superior and increasing to brisk on Lake Erle. Northwesterly winds will continue on the East Atlantic, veering to northwest and east. Pleasant weather will continue In the South Atlantic and Gull States. Dangerous winds are not anticipated unless, possibly, for a short time on southern part of Lake Michi? gan and the western portion of Lake Erle. Yesterday's Weather Keporu of tin Signal Serries, V. S. A_4.17 p. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. il I ! 5 AlgUSta.. 30.05 71 NW Baltimore. 30.03 67 NW Boston. 29.84 42 NW Burlington, Vt.. 30.03 27 NW B?rralo. N. T.... 3o.is 40 NE Cape May, N. J.. 20.99 M NW Cairo, III. 30.05 70 S Cheyenne, W. T.. 23.i9 45 f?k Chicago. 30.16 45 NV G.nclnnatl. 30.06 64,$W Cleveland. 30.061 46 NE Corinne, Utah... 29.59, 40,NE Davenport, Iowa 30.14 62. E ?etrolt. 30.12 41;NE Duluth. M.nn... 30.31 87 NE Galveston.2?.99 7l|SE Grand Haven.... 30.15 411 SE indianapolis.... 30.06 66 NW Jacksonville_ 30.05 65 NE Keokuk, Iowa... 30.oo 57 calm Key West, Fla.. 29.91 84 S Knoxville, Tenn. 30.05 6. SE Lake city, Pla.. 29.96 70 ff leavenworth ... 29.85 71 S Louisville. 30.02 66 NW Lynchburg.. 30.02 68 SE Memphis, Tenn.. 30.04 6 S Milwaukee, Wis, 30.14 43 NE Motile. 30.021 69iCalm. Mt. Washington. 29.69 2|NW Nashville.29.97 69(W sew London, CL -9.89 18 HW New Orleans.... 30.03 67 E New York.29.93 60 NW Norfolk.30.01 MN omaha, Neb. 29.67 65 SE Oswego, N. Y.... 30.11 32 N Philadelphia. 29.97 54 NW Pittsburg, Pa.... 30.15 44 W Portland, Me.... 29.85 31 8 Punta Bosa. Fla 29.92 77 NW Rochester, N. Y. 3o.il 34iN San idego. 29.83 65 s San Francisco.. 29.68 eu W Savannah. 30.03 66 Calm. Shreveport, La.. 29.96 72 B >L> LOUIS. 30.00 65 SB st. Paui, Minn.. 3o.i4 45 B Toledo, 0. 30.09 45 NE Washiugton,D o 29.9? 65 NW w~iimincma.lt C 3o.oi 68 N a 33 Light. Light. Fresen Fresh? Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Brisk. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Brisk. lentle. Brisk. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Brisk. Gentle. Light. Gentle. Fresh. So s Fresh. Light. Fresh. Fresh. Brisk. Light. Brisk. Fresh. Light. Light. Gentle. Fresh. Light. Gentle. Light. Light. Fresh. Brisk. Light, Gentle. Clear. Cloudy. Clear. Cloudy. Cloudy. Clear. Hazy. Cloudy. Uloudy. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. Thr'ng. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Clear. Clear. Fair. Fair. Fair. Hazy. clear. Cloudy. Clear. Cloudy. Pair. Clear. Clear. Fair. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Fair. Clear. Fair. Fair. Cir'g up Fair. Fair. Olear. moody. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. Cloudy. NOTE_The weather report dated 1.47 o'clock, this morning, will be posted lo the rooms ol the Chamber or commerce at 10 o'clock A. M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by tbe courtesy or the chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time during the day? A CLASSICAL WIFE-KILLER, THE LATEST BRITISH SENSATION. Murder and Attempted Suicide-The Crime Revealed la a Letter-.Astonish? ment and Horror of the Public. A crime has been very recently committed ai the suburb of Stockwell, near London, Eng? land, so Btrange and so heart-rending as to have caused a sensation all over tbe land. A clergyman, schoolmaster and author, [sixty seven years o? age, of spotless reputation, sud? denly, and without provocation of which there is so far any knowledge, has murdered his wile. The deed was done with desperate and resolute purpose, for the poor woman's brains were literally beaten out, and tbe assassin alterward deliberately sat down and wrote the following note : "To the surgeon-I have killed my wife in a flt ot rage. Often and often she has provoked me, and I have endea? vored to restrain myself, but rage overcame me, and I struck her. Her body will be found In the little room off the library. The key is in a letter on the table. I hope she will be buried as becomes a lady of birth and position. She is an Irish lady, and her name ls Anne." Hav prepared this confession and written some other letters, the miserable man took a dose of strychnine. The poison, however, tailed to destroy him. Tbe physician who was sum? moned was enabled to preserve his life, and the Rev. John Selby Watson has now been put upon trial for murder. The physician, Dr. Rugg, who was called to attend Mr. Watson, alter administering res? toratives, read the note we have quoted, lound the key referred to, went to the room and discovered Mrs. Watson's body. It was lying -'huddled up in a corner, and had been dead two days." The head was covered with blood, and had received -'six contused lacer? ated wounds." The murder was committed, it would seem, on the night ot Sunday, Octo? ber 8. A servant who went out that night left the husband and wife sitting quietly together. This servant had lived with them for three Sears and never knew them to quarrel, io one else has hitherto testified differ? ently. To all appearance they lived together In perfect harmony. But, If we are to believe Mr. Watson's own account, under the Influence of a swift Impulse of ungovernable wrath, this reverend scholar leaped like a wild animal upon his wife, herself sixty-four years of age, and beat out her brains. The act re ?embles the Webster-Park man murder at Cam? bridge some years ago. Webster, it will be remembered, was a professor of Harvard Uni? versity, Parkman, a rich man, Webster's credi? tor, dunned him for the payment of money. In a sudden paroxysm of fury Webster struck Parkman a heavy blow on the head and killed him. There are two differences In the case : one the fact of the victim being the destroyer's wife; the other that confession In the first In? stance came before trial and In the last after lt. A contemporary observes that this ls of a class of deeds of which lt may falriy be said that the absence of any concealment as to the facts only deepens the mystery. No one has ever accused Rev. Mr. Watson of Insanity; on the contrary, there Is much to show that he possessed an equitable as well as a highly trained mind. Much of his life has been pass? ed under circumstances demanding even ostentatious self-control. For twenty-five years he was head master of Stockwell School. He was in holy orders, and had officiated In the pulpit. His reputation is high tor scholarship and for literary work, the production of which Implies patience as well as Industry, equanimity of intel? lect, as well as research. Mr. Watson was the translator of several of the best known classics of Bonn's library. The Sallust, Xenophon and Lucretius came from his pen. Among his papers since the homicide has been found Tn MS. a complete translation ot "Vale? rius Flaccus," rendered In verse, and ready for publication. There ls also a complete novel, called Hercules, and a set of modern transla? tions, Including nearly all of Beranger's songs. Besides these, lt appears that the Mesar.-. Longmans have in theil '.ands for In? spection, lately sent by Watson, a rival to Ranke's famous work, in the shape of four huge volumes of MS, containing a complete history of the Popes from the foundation of the Papal power. The education and pursuits of Watson com? bine, then, with his sacred calling, bis years, and his previous reputation, to render his murderous deed extraordinary and inexplica? ble. In Webster's case he owed Parkman money that he could not pay, and they bad been known to have angry words before. Parkman was an aggravating, tenacious and exacting person, and Webster a highly ner? vous, sensitive and irascible one. Watson's characteristics, to all appearance, are totally different. Even his appearance and manner in court, as described by the local press, height? en the mystery. He ls a "tall, massive man, with a grave and austere countenance." There are none ot those physiognomical signs, which at sixty-seven should certainly reflect the spirit within, that Indicate either a ferocious or a revengeful disposition. It may be suggested that pecuniary trouble had induced him to resolve to kill both his wile and himself, and that he did not choose to make this state- : < ment, whether from pride or some other mo? tive. But he seems to have been tolerably well off-his books and teaching brought him a fair income-and, In another letter, prepar- J ed so as to be found after his death, be says ibat "after all claims are satisfied there will be a considerable sum left, besides what wilt arise from the salo of books and furniture." He also names his heir, who lives, lt seems, close by New York, in Williamsburg. A fur? ther circumstance that recalls the Parkman murder ls that on the morning following the night of bis crime Watson went to a packing case maker and ordered a large chest to be made. He was most particular about the di? mensions, and the box was evidently meaot to receive the remains ot his wife. What be then Intended to do with them ls sot clear. In any case, be changed his mind, and resolved on suicide. Instead of concealment. The London Journals teem with comments and suggestions concerning this extraordinary homicide, but no one of the number has even the merit of plausibility. Of insanity there ls so far not a tittle of proof. The burst of fury, with such a deed as Its fruit, that would be quite Intelligible in tbe case of Bill Sykes, seems positively incredible in that of Rev. Mr. Watson. A calm, deliberate gentleman In the ordinary dress of a clergyman, placidly draw? ing on his gloves and occasionally using his eye glass to look around the court, is an anom? aly In the murderer's dock not easily to be ac? counted for. Like that of the alleged prison? er. Christiana Edwards, at Brighton, Watson's crime appears to be totally out of the beaten track as rcgardsjthe motive, or as regards the education and social standing of the perpetra? tor, and further explanation will be looked for with painful curiosity. FIRST MESSAGE OF GOV. CONLEY. ATLANTA, November 4. Acting Governor Conley's message was read to day. He says nothing about an election. He hopes that there will be no grounds for further reconstruction. He promises retrench? ment, and says he cannot now tell of the dis? position of the State bonds, and urges an In? vestigation into the matter. He counsels exe? cution of tbe laws, and promises to pardon sparingly. He argues for lree education, but against mixed schools. He urges that the State's pecuniary faith be kept Inviolable. SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE ANO ANNUITY COMPANY OI* NEW YORK.-Among the few com? panies which promise to show an increase in the amount of business transacted during the present year is the Security Life and Annuity Company of New York. Its business shows a large and healthy increase over that for the corresponding period of last year, and will doubtless continue on In as favorable a ratio until the close of the year. The management of this company has been from the first very able and conservative. It has lent itself to none of the cheap and tawdry devices for get? ting present business at the expense of future Insolvency. We believe that the company has preserved from the outset a very Just and fair policy in its dealings with Its po Icy-holders; and to this lt is, doubtless, largely Indebted tor the popularity which lt enjoys.-Insxrana Specialer of October, 1871. A TELEGRAPHIC SWINDLE. Two Sharp Operator? Fleece a New Company. (From tbe Savannah Advertiser of yesterday.] Tbe Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Com paay, but recently established in onr city, was last night the victim ot a pair of adventurous operators who, with consummate boldness and nc* small amount of skill, accomplished a feat not altogether confined to the neatness of | telegraphy. The circumstance alluded to ls as follows s Two young men, named Mccormack and Nlehole, hailing from New York, have been for some time engaged as telegraph ope? rators In this city on the Southern and Atlan? tic line. Nothing ts known of their antece? dents; they were simply employed, we are told, as telegraphic operators, though the se? quel shows they did not confine their opera? tions to manipulating only one key. Yesterday, it appears, the company bad two drafts of five hundred dollars each to meet. The money was- put la the bands of one of these professionals, and the presumption was that the drafts were settled, in the afternoon [ these two gentlemen hustled around, diligent? ly endeavoring to collect bills due or nearly due for specials, Ssc. Calling at the Adverti? ser office, one ot them Insisted very excitedly that the bill (not yet due) must be paid, orno more messages would be received over that Une. The money was not paid. He also called on the News, and, we learn, received seventy-five dollar*. An unsuccessful effort was made to borrow from different parties. Altogether these adventurous gentlemen raised from twelve hundred to fltteea hun? dred dollars. One of them was fortunate enough to have on a new pair of shoes belong? ing to a Mr. Colqultt, which be had promised to stretch, and no doubt wlil before he returns them. About dark, the younger of the two was seen hurrying down Bull street. Later, as they did not put In an apoearance at the of? fice, an examination of the till revealed the fact that only Alteen cents was left of the week's earning, and a close investigation elicited the very suspicious Information that they were at the Central Railroad depot just about the time for the train lo leave. Considerable excitement was per? ceptible about the office, and at latest accouats, one o'clock A. M., the authorities are of the opinion that somebody has lost from $1200 to $1500, and somebody else a pair of boots, and that there are two less operators of telegraph and finance in this city. Vade ye votaries of | Franklin and Morse, we commend you to the kind consideration of the first detective you may meet. ALL ABOUT TBE STATE. -Captain J. J. Logan, of Clarendon, died on the 29ch. ultimo. -Messrs. John and Lewis Bogers, William Steen, T. J. Grier, David Farr and John Daw? kins, (colored,) were carried bet?re Commis? sioner Boozer, at Columbia, on Saturday, tor examination. On motion of Colonel F. W. McMaster, counsel for defendants, the exami? nation was continued tor one week. The Uni? ted States attorney did not oppose the motion. -On Sunday morning alter the congrega? tion had assembled In the edifice presided over by Rev. Elt Green, Lady's Island, some of the beams gave way, letting a portion ot the build? ing fall among the audience. Several were in? jured, and the more dangerous conveyed to town for medical skill. The church had been but recently constructed, and was considered a safe building In every way. -A lady residing in the upper portion of Co? lumbia had some words with her colored cook, Saturday afternoon, and the latter be? coming Impertinent, so exasperated her em? ployer that she hurried into the honse, secur? ed her husband's pistol and fired several limes at the cook-one call striking her in tbe loot. There was considerable excitement for a short time, but all quieted down finally. FOILING TBE LTNCBEBS. LOUISVILLE, November 4. Lost night a mob collected abont the Jail In Jeffersonvllle. Indiana, with the Intention of | lynching a negro, named Joe Washington, who attempted an outrage on a little white girl, and whose father died from excitement produced by the outrage. The prisoner was slipped out by the back way and conveyed to the State prl-on, learning which the mob dis? persed. This morning the prisoner was taken to jail in Charleston, Indiana. Special Notices. CONSIGNEE'S NOTICE.-C O N - SIGNEES per Bark LUG ET are hereby noticed that she has been Tars DAT entered under the Five Day Act. Goods not Permitted at the expi? ration of that period wm be sent to Customhouse stores. RAVENEL A CO. DOTS pm* UNITED STATES DISTRICT CO RT.-By an order of the Honorable GEO. S. BRYAN, United States District Judge, the Session or tbe District Court and the hearing or all peti? tions and motions in Bankruptcy, or In the gen? eral business of the District Onrt ls further post? poned untu the 20th of November Inst. nov4_DANL. HORLBSOK. Clerk. pm* COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, OCTOBER 2511871.-The WINTER TERM Of this College will commence on WBONISDAT next, November 1. Candidates for admission In the Freshman or the Sophomore Class will present themselves at the Pres dent's room at io o'clock A. M. F. A. PORCHER, 0Cg6-M_Secretary Faculty. pS* SHAVING SALOON.-MR J. H. WEICH MAN will superintend the business lately conducted by Mr. LOMBARDO, and will be pleased to see hts friends and the patrons of the establishment, at the Old stand, lu Market street, where BO pains will be spared to please. octu_ pw NOTICE.-THE UNDERSIGNED do hereby give notice that neither they nor any member or 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 tbelr name by E. E. BEDFORD lo any way is entirely without authori? ty. W. S. CORWIN A CO. 0Ct24_ pS* O N MARRIAGE.^ Happy relief for Yoong Men from the effects of Errors and Abuses In early life. Manhood re? stored. Nervous debility eurea. Impediments to 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 J Ninth street. Philadelphia, Pa_oct!2 pm* COLLETON COUNTY-S TATE AND COUNTY TAXES, 1871-COUNTY TREAS? URER'S O^FIJE, COURTHOUSE, WALTER BORO1, S. C.-Notice .ls hereby given that this ofncewM be open for the receipt of STATE AND COUNTY TAXES for the year 1871, on the 15th day of November, 1871. Taxes not paid on or before the 15th day or | January ,1572. will be liable to a penalty of twenty per cent. AU Taxes remaining unpaid on the first day of | March, 1872, will be liable to be collected by dis? tress, or otherwise. All Beal and Personal Pro? perty la charged with -even (7) mills on the dollar for State purposes, and three (3) mills on the dol? lar for county purposes. The Treasurer will visit the following named places in the co inty to facilitate the collection of Taxes, and oa the days named b?low the office In Walterboro' will be closed: George's Station.December sta. and 8th Ridgevllls.December 7th Summerville.December 8th and 9th Adam's Run.December nth Smoke's Cross Roads. ...December 14th * Bell's cross Roads.December 15th and 16th | JAMES W. GRACE, n0Vl-13 Treasurer Cone ton County. -funeral ?Kotirea. pm* THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND Acquaintances or Mr. MICHAEL* B. REGAN, and of his brother, Cornelius Regan, are respectfully Invited to attend the Fanerai Services or the for? mer, at hu late residence, No. 68 State street, THIS AFTEBNOOK, at 8 o'clock. nov*-* SS* PALMETTO STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMP ANT.-Appear at your Engine-house THIS DAT, eth inst., at 2 o'clock P. M., in foll uniform, black pants, to pay the last tribute of respect to your late Brother Fireman, MICHAEL B. REGAN. By order. E. A. ROTE, nove Secretary. Sptrial IS otut*. pm* TEE CHARLESTON CHARITA? BLE ASSOCIATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF TEX FREE SCHOOL FUND.-OFFIOAL RAFFLEB NUMBERS. CLASS NO. 194 -MOKNTNG. 48-32-15-29-61-23-45-10-71-70-47-z AS witness oar hand at columbia thlBf4th day of November, 1871. FENN PECK, JAMES GILL [LAND, oct3_Sworn Commissioners. p**Z. B. SOLOMONS, M. D.F DENTIST, Has returned to the city._octao pm* NOTICE.-WE HAVE ESTAB LISHED a branch of oar house In Savannah un? der tbe came of HOWARDS A SMITH, Cotton and Rice Brokers, and will carefully attend to any business entrusted to us. non_8. L. HOWARD A CO. pm* IT IS SADDENING TO SEE OUR hair blossoming for tbe grave too early. More especially women reel 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, bat ita original color alway?. novs-fmwapaw_' ^BATOHELOR'S HAIR DYE.-THIS. SUPERB HAIR DYE ls the best tn (As world-per? fectly harmless, reliable and Instan tan eons. No disappointment. No ridiculous tinta or unpleas? ant odor, The genuine W. A. BATCHELORS HATS DYE produces IMMEDIATELY a splendid Black or Natara! Brown. Does not stain the skin, not leaves tue hair clean, soft and beautiful. The only Safe and Perfect Dye. Sold by all Drug gists. Factory Ko. 16 Bond street, New York. jan28-mwflyr_i pa* NOTICE.-A LATE GARD OF W. & CORWIN A CO. having notified the public that : they were In no way connected with the under? signed ia business, and not responsible for any .ase of their name, m order the more effectually . to advertise the same, the undersigned hereby announces that be bas bad no business relations with tbe 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 Po. , pm* THE STATE OF SOUTH CARO? LINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON-COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-GEORGE L. HOLMES and ALEXANDER MACBETH, Agents, Copartners in trade, ncder the name and style or HOLMES A MACBETH, Plaintiffs, against LOUIS McLAIN, Defendant . Copy summons for money demand. Complaint not served. To LOUIS McLAIN, Defendant in this action.: Yon are hereby summoned and required to an? swer the complaint lathis action, which is flied In the office or the Clerk or the Court or common Pleas, for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answer on the subscribers, st taelr office, Ko. 14 Broad sf. eet, Charleston, Sooth Carolina, within twenty dsys arter the service of this sum? mons on yon, exclusive or the dey or service. If yon fall to answer this complaint witton the time aforesaid, the plaintiff will take Judgment against you for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, with m tere it at the rate or seven per cent per annum, from the tenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seven? ty-one, and costs. Dated Charleston, Sooth Carolina, October W.h. I-TL [L 8 ] WHALEY A MINUIT, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. A. C. RICHMOND, C. 0. P. To LOUIS McLAIN: Take notice, that the summons m this action, of which the foregoing ls a copy, was flied in the office or the Clerk of the court of Common Pleas, for Charleston County, on tbe twelfth day or October, 1871. WHALEY A MI NO TT, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. octie-me_ Patent JPeMetnef._ .pr/ONEY 1 HONEY PHONEY t Fine New Coon try HONEY, o be had In quanti ties to emt purchasers, of Da. H. BAER, ___Ko. m Meeting street TUST RECEIVED, CARBONATE OF AMMONIA Bicarbonate or Soda Cream of Tartar Fresh Hops. For sale, wholesale and retail, by Dr. H. BAER, Ko.iai Meetme street. T HE CELEBRATED GERMAN SOOTHING CORDIAL, FOB INFANTS. A reliable and invaluable remedy In COLIC. CHOLERA INFANTUM. Dysentery,Diarrhoea, and such other diseases as children are subject to during the period of Teething. This Cordial ls manufactured from the best Drugs, all carefully selected, and contains no in? jurious ingredient No family should be without lt The best Physicians have recommended it* and Mothers may administer lt with perfect con? fidence. It contains no Opium or other Anodyne. Manufactured by Da. H. BAER, Wholesale and Retail Druggist No. 181 Meeting street Charleston. Price 26 cents a bottle. The usual discount to the trade. _. D B. B A E R ' S IMPROVED VEGETABLE CATHARTIC PILLS will remedy BILIOUS DISORDERS and LIVER COMPLAINT-will cure Dyspepsia or indigestion, Headache, Costiveness, Loss or Appetite, and have proved of great use m Neu? ralgia, Dropsy, Dysentery, Plies, Pains In the Side, Back and Limbs. They will cure Sick Headache and all Derangements of the Stomach. These Pills contain no Mercury, and may be unca wita perfect safety by any persons, and in all SITUS .ions of life. No ramlly should be without them Manufactured by Da. H. BAER, Wholesale and Retail Druggist Charleston, 8. a Price per box 26 cents. Cs aal discount to tbs trade._ .j*? EAD THIS1 AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A iCjj POUND OF CURE. GET YOUR DISINFECTANTS. Jost received, a supply or CARBOLIC ACID, BROMO-CHLORALUU, DARBY'S PROPHYLACTIC, CHLORIDE OF SODA, Ac. Also a supply or MEDICA rED WILLOW UH AR COAL, m Powder and in Pastilles, Imported from Paris, prepared by Dr. Bell oe, and approved bj the French Academy of Medicine. This la the best article ever offered here; recommended by many physicians as a preventive of Yellow Fever. Also, a supply of the best WHITE MUSTARD SEED, highly recommended as a provence of Yellow Fever. . _. . - . Call early, as the supp'y is limited,, at_tn- Drue Store of _ -.... So. 181 Meeting street