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VOLLME XI.-NUMBER 1774. CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1871. THE SURRENDER AT SEDAN. m -. A MOMENTOUS INTERVIEW AND ITS RESULT. Moltke Immovable-Bismarck Has no Faith In Ora tltnitc-Germany Blast Have a Lasting Peace. The follow'ng account ot the significant ne-( gotiations attending the surrender of Sedan, written by Captain D'Orcet, is taken from a work by General Ducrot just given to the public: We were introduced into a parlor on the ground floor, where we awaited for about ten minutes the arrival of the man who was to ac? quaint us with the wishes of King William. At last General Mol ike entered, accompanied by Count Bismarck, General Blumenthal, and several officers. Aper a cold salute Count Moltke inquired of General de Wlmpffen whether he bad proper powers and credentials, and upon th* afflrmalory reply of the latter, asked to vet l'y them. This being done, Gene? ral Wlmpfleu presented Generals Castelnau and Faure. Count Moltke wished to know in what character these two generals were pre? sent. General Faure replied that he had come as chief ot staff of Marshal McMahon, simply to accompany General Wimpffen, but with? out any official character. General Castel? nau then sold that he was the bearer of a verbal official communication from the Em? peror, but that lt was only to be made at the end ot thc conference, In which, however, he waa not otherwise authorized to take part. Count Moltke presented Count Bismarck and General Blumenthal by simply pointing with his finger to each of them. We then took seats around a square table covered with a red cloth, in the following order: At one Bide ol the table Count Moltke. to his left Count Bismarck and General Blumenthal; at the other side of the table sat General Wlmp? ffen, alone; behind him, and almost in the (background, were Generals Castelnau and Faure and the other French officers. There were also in the room seven or eight Prussian officers, one of whom, upon a sign from Gene? ra'. Blumenthal, placed himself near the man? telpiece, on which he leaned forward to take down all that was being said during the con? ference. Alter all were seated perfect silence prevailed for a moment, and lt was felt that General Wimpffen vras embarrassed as to how to begin the conversation; but Count Moltke, seeming determined not to break silence, General Wimpffen began. I should like to know the terms of the surrende which his Majesty, the King ot Prussia, intends to grant us. Count Moltke. They are very simple. The whole army to be prisoners, with arms and baggage; the officers may retain their arms as a testimonial ot esteem for their courage, but they will be prisoners of war like the men. General Wimpffen. These terms are very bard, and it seems to me that the French army .deserves something belter for its courage. Could not a surrender be obtained on the fol? lowing conditions : "The town and the for? tress, with the artillery, shall be handed over ! to you. You shall allow the army to retire with its arms, bag gaze and flags, on condition that lt will not serve again during this war against Prussia. The Emperor and the gene? rals will engage their word for the army, and the officers will pledge themselves personally and In writing te keep the same terms. The army will be conducted to any part of France designated by Prussia, or to Algeria, there to remain until th* conclusion ot peace." He then began to enter into details regard? ing bis proposition, Beemlng to consider the conclusion 01 peace near at hand; but General Moltke remained impassable, and contented himself with replying that he could make no change in the conditions. General Wimpffen renewed his request. He first appealed to the sympathies which his personal position might Inspire Count Moltke. A PATHETIC APPEAL. General Wimpffen. I arrived here only two .days ago from the Interior ot Africa. My mill Uky reputation until now bas been spotless, aid here I am ordered to take command in the middle of a battle and am thus fatally forced to attach my name to a disastrous sur? render, the whole responsibility of which I am .compelled to assume without hav'.ng myself prenared the battle that led to lt. You, who are a general, like me, you con understand better than any one the bitterness of my posi? tion. It ls possible for you to soften my sad fate by granting me more honorable terms. Why would yo*' not do lt? I know very well that the principal cause ot our disas? ter was the fall at the outset of the battle of the gallant marshal who commanded before me. He would not, perhaps, have been the victor, but he might at least have operated a good retreat. As for me, if I had commanded at the outset, I dc not say that I should have done better than Marshal McMahon and gained the battle, but I should have prepared a re? treat; or at least, being better acquainted with our troops, I should have succeeded in uniting them in one supreme effort to effect a sortie. Instead of that, I am bound to assume the command in the battle without knowing the situation ot my troops. In spite of all I might, perhaps, have secured a retreat but lor an un? fortunate incident which it ls useless here to relate. [This was doubtless an allusion to the confusion of orders r .ul ting from the tact that Marshal McMahon had handed over the com? mand to General Ducrot, who exercised lt up to 10 o'clock in the morning, when General Wimpffen claimed it on the strength of a letter from the war minister of which he was the bearer.] General Wimpffen continued in the same strain; but, seeing that Gene? ral Moltke was little moved by th s personal pleading, he took a different tone, saying : "If you cannot grant me better terms, I cannot accept those which you want to Impose upon me. I shall make an appeal to my army and to its honor, and I shall suc? ceed In cutting my way out or in defending myself In Sedan." (It must be owned that he himself did not appear to be convinced ol what he said.) He was interrupted by Count Moltke, who replied, "I have great esteem for you. I understand your situation, and am sorry not to be able to do what you ask me; but os for attempting a sortie, that ls Just as Impossible oe tr, defend yourself in Sedan. Assuredly you have troops that are really ex? cellent; your crack Infantry is remarkably ?ood; your cavalry bold and enteroiIsing, our artillery ls admirable, and has done us much harm-toe much harm-but the greater part of your infantry is demoralized. We have ma^ to-day more than 20,000 unwounded prisT er?. Not more than 80,000 men now remain to you. It is not under such circum? stances that you can pierce our lines, for you know that I have at present around you 240,000 men and 500 mouths ot fire, of which 300 are already in position to open on Sedan. The other 200 will be there by to-morrow's dawn. I:'you wish to convince vourself I can have one ot your officers conducted around the dif? ferent positions which are occupied by my troops, and he will be able lo testify to the correctness of what I have said. As for de? fending yourself in Sedan, that ls quite Im? possible; you have not forty-eight hours' rations, and you have no more ammunition." General Wimpffen replied. I think lt ls your Interest, even from a political stand-point, to grant the honorable surrender to which our army ls entitled, lou are going to make peace, and no doubt you desire to make it soon. The French nation, more than any other, ls generous and chivalrous, and consequently appreciative of the generosity with which she is treated. If you grant us the terms which would flatter the pride of the army it would please the country and diminish the bitterness of defeat In the eyes ot the nation. A peace concluded under such auspices would have a chance of being durable, and your generous act would open the door to a renewal of friendly feelings such as ought to exist be? tween two great nations that are neighbors and such as you desire to exlsL II, on the con? trary, you persist in using harsh measures to? wards us you will Burely excite anger and hatred in the hearts ol our Boldlers. The na? tion would be likewise wounded In her pride and Bhare the same feelings. You would thus awaken all the bad instincts lain dormant through the progress of civilisation, and you would risk to Inflame an interminable war be? tween France and Prussia. BISMARCK HAS SO BELIEF LS THE GRATITUDE OF A PEOPLE. Count Bismarck here replied. Your argu? ments, General, seem on first thought to be gafitouB, but will not really bear discussion. Mc little bellet in gratitude in general, and anv none at all II the gratitude ol a people. One might believe in the gratitude ot n sovereign, and sometimes in that of one's lam Hy; one might even, In some circumstances, place perfect faith la lt; but. I repeat, th nothing to expect from the gratitud* nation. If the French were a people lil other, if they had solid institutions as ot pie, If they had veneration for their trad or if they had u sovereign firmly estab upon the throne, we might believe in th* itude of the Emperor and his son, and i some importance to that gratitude; but f last eighty years the eovernments of I have changed with such singular rapid: much out of the ordinary course of event beyond all foresight that nothing can t lied upon in your country; and that to hopes on the friendship of a French mon would, on the part ot a neighbor natu simply insanity, it would be like attem to build castles in the air. Besides, wha to imagine that France could forgive ou cesses ! You are an irritable people, ye envious, Jealous, and excessively proud, two centuries France has thirty times dec war to Prussia-that is, to Germany-an time you have declared lt as usual, from ousy, because you could not forgive u victory of Sadowa; and yet Sadowa di cost you anything or In the least tarnish glory, but you thought that victory was a opoly which was solely reserved for you. could not bear to see near you a nation e ly as strong as you. You could not forgb Sadowa, where neither your interests nor glory were lu the least compromised; anc you forgive us the disaster ol Sedan ' N< If we were to make peace now, in five y in ten years-as soon aa you were able would recommence the war. This ls al gratitude which we could expect fron French people. We Germans are, on the trary, an honest and peaceable nation, are never actuated by the desire ot conq and would ask nothing but to live In pee you did not constantly disturb us by quarrelsome humor. Our patience is exhi ed. France must be chastised for ber p and her aggressive, ambitious character, want at least to Insure the safety of our child and to do this we must have between Fri and us a territory, fortresses, and fron tbat can protect us lorever from attack on Tart. General Wimpffen. Your Excellency is taken in judging thus the French nation, believe that she Is the same as In 1815, you judge her after the verses ot a few p and tue writings of a few journals. French of to-day are entirely differ Thanks to the prosperity of the Emplr minds are turned to speculations, to busi and to arr. Every one tries to increase amount ot his well-being, and thirka rathe his individual Interests than of glory. 1 are ready in France to proclaim tne frater of peoples. Look at England. What hat come of that hatred which once dlvl France and England? Are not the Eng our best friends to-day * Such will be case with Germany if you show yourse generous-if harsh measures do not revive extinguished passions. FRANCE M DST BE CRCSl'ED. Count Bismarck, shaking his bead doab ly at General Wimptfen's boast of the fri? ship between France and England, repl I must Interrupt you here.General. No, Frc ls not changed; lt is she that wanted the i and lt ls to flatter the popular mania for g that Napoleon III, In the Interest ot his dyi ty, provoked us. I know very well that solid and reasonable part of the French | pie did not clamor for war; still they recel the Idea with favor. We know very weil lt was not the army any more than the i pie that was hostile to us; but the part] France which did clamor for war ls even which makes and unmakes the governm With you It ls the populace and the "Jour is ts" (be laid a particular stress on the word.) It ls they whom we want to pun and to do this we must go to Paris. \ knows what may happen? Perhaps th will lorm itself among you a governm which respects nothing, which makes li to suit its convenience, which will recognize the surrender you will have sig for the army ; which will, perhaps, compel officers to violate their promises ; for t will no doubt delend themselves at any pr We know very well that in France soldiers quickly formed, but young soldiers are worth veterans ; and moreover, what can no means be Improvised, ls a corps of offic< We want peace, but a lasting peace, and the terms which I have already mentioned, atttaln this we must take away from Frai the possibility of resisting us. The fate of t ties has delivered over to us the best soldi and the best officers of the French army, set them at liberty, so as to expose- ourself to see them again march against us, would folly ; that would be prolonging the war, t the Interest of our people is opposed to sucl policy. No, General, however we mav sym thlze with your position, however flatten be the opinion we have of your army, we a not comply with your request and change I first terms which nave been proposed to yoi General Wimpffen (with dignity.) Wi then, it is equally impossible tor me to el such a surrender ; we shall recommence I battle. NAPOLEON SURRENDERS. General Castelnau here began, with a ht tating voice. I think the moment has arri; for me to deliver thc message ot the E peror. Count Bismarck. We are ready to hear y< General. General Castel nau. The Em peror has cbai ed me to inform his Majesty, the King of Pr si a, that be sends him his sword uncondltlc ally; that he personally and absolutely si renders himself to his mercy, but that acted thus only in the hope that the King ? be moved by such a complete self-abaudc ment, and in consideration of lt he wot grant to the French army a more honor?t surrender, such as lt deserves for its couran Count Bismarck. Is this all ? General Castelnau. Yes. Count Bismarck. What manner of sword that which the Emperor Napoleon III si renders ? Ts lt the sword of France or his ov sword ? If lt is the sword of France the cc dillons may be singularly modified, and yo message would be of a very grave characu General Castelnau. It Is only the sword the Emperor. Count Moltke (hurriedly and almost jo fully. ) In that case Liiere ls no change in 01 terms. The Emperor will obtain for his perse all he may be pleased to ask. (Here lhere a peared to be a secret difference of opinion b tween Count Bismarck and Count Moltke, fi the former, lt seemed, would not have bet sorry to terminate the war, while Moltke wa on the contrary, deslrious of continuing lt.; General Wimpffen replied: "We shall r commence the battle." Count Moltke. The truce expires to-mo row morning at four o'clock. At four o'cloc precisely I snail open fire. Here all arose, and gloomy silence prevail? for a moment. RESISTANCE IS HOPELESS-ALL IS LORT. Count Bismarck again addressed General c Wimpffen. Yee, General, you have valiant an heroic soldiers. I doubt not that they will d ivonders of valor to-morrow and cause us ser ous losses; but what good will it do you? T< morrow you will not be auy further advance than to-day. and you will have on your cor science the blood of your soldiers aod that c ours, which you will have uselessly caused t be shed. Let a moment of mortification no prevail on you to break up the conference General Moltke will convince you, I hope, tha to attempt resistance would be folly on you part. All took seats again, and General Moltki said: I assure you again that a sortie cai never succeed, even if your troops were In thi best condition. For, independently of th* great numerical superiority ot my men anc artillery, I occupy positions whence I cat burn Sedan in a lew hours. These position; command all the outlets by which you woulc attempt to break the circle that encloses you. and are so strong that it ls impossible to carry them. General Wimpffen. Ob, they are not sc strong as you would have us believe-these positions are not. Count Moltke. You do not know the topo? graphy of the environs of Sedan; and here ls a droll fact which exposes your presumptuous and Inconsistent natioo. At th" outset ot the campaign you distributed maps of Germany to all your officers, when you had not the means ot studying the geography of your country, since you had no maps of your own territory. Well, then, let me tell you, our positions are not only very strong, but formid? able and i m prej, a?le. General Wliupifen had nothing to reply to this strrn truth. Alter a brief silence he said: I shall avail myself, General, of the offer you kindly made me al the beginning ol the Iconference. I shall Bend an officer to see those formidable forces of which you tell me, and on hts return shall take a decision. Count Moltke (in a dry tone.) You will send nobody. It is useless; you can believe me. Besides, you bave not much time to reflect. Tor lt is now m ia nigh r, and by four o'clock to? morrow morning the truce expires, and I shall not grant yon an inetant ot delay. General'Wimpffen (already abandoning the plan of examining the position of the enemy.) And yet you must well understand that I alone cannot undertake such decision. I must con? sult mv colleagues, and I do not know where to find'them at this hour in Sedan. It is im? possible tor me to give an answer by lour o'clock, and absolutely necessary that you should grant me a prolongation of the truce. Count Moltke obstinately refused. Count Bismarck bent toward him and whispered a few words in his ear, which seemed to signify that the King would arrive at nine o'clock and that it would be better to wait. Count Moltke, in fact, arose and told General Wimpffen that he consented to a prolongation until nine o'clock, but that lt would be the last limit. The surrender was by this time, in principle, decided upon by General Wimpffen, and if he did not sign lt Immediately lt was only to save appearances and to dlminlsh'the responsibility which fatally fell upon him, by dividing it as much as possible with the other generals. DODGING THE ISSUE. The Organ' Refaces to Explain-A Plckwlcklan Pledge. The Columbia Union of yesterday says: We shall not be drawn into a long contro? versy as to State finances, lust at this particu? lar time, and we trust the public will have patience to walt until the facts shall be made known, as they will be at a meeting ot the Legislature, now only a lew days distant. If there has been traud in the shape of an over? issue ot bonds, or In any other shape, those guilty will be brought to the bar of justice and punished; but whatever may be the facts as to this matter, the public shall' be kept apprised of the condition ol things here, that they may know to what extent this immaculate Demo? cratic party ls responsible for the present dis? ordered state of public affairs. THE roi CE OF TEE TAXPATERS. ^ - The People are not Fools or Slaves Pay Only Honest Debts. [From the Marlon Star.] The taxpayers ot South Carolina stand pledged to pay nine millions dollars, but no more. If twenty millions be added, then we Bay repudiate. We favor payment of all hon? est debts, but we don't agree to let Kimpton, Tim Hurley & Co. be our bankers, with them? selves as cashiers. To all tilings there are limits. South Caro? lina may be, in one eense of the word, con? quered, but her people are not exactly fools or slaves. They don't intend both to be tyrannized over by the general government, and to be robbed by the State officials. It seems that, politically, we have little hope, and, financially, we will have less, If we suffer our credit to be tossed about in Wall street and enjoyed in Columbia. Shall we Fill the Pockets or the Thieves ?-Let us Ponder the Matter. [From the Marlon Crescent] What is to b ? done ? What can be done ? These ant the questions we are to consider, and we have very little time to think about lt. Already the Lix-gatherer's notice ls out, and the few dollars, which a barren crop year bas given us must go to feed the cormorants In charge of our treasury. We are called on to send more money to fill the pockets of these thieves who know confess to almost double the debt they reported due by the State In last May. We are to entrust our money to those who have Increased our debt by mil? lions, while taxing us four times the amount we paid when our property was ten limes more valuable than now. Will we do lt ? For our own part we are ready tor any measure whiob will relieve the people. It seems like madness to entrust money to the custody of those who, by confession, are convicted of theft and fraud. Let us ponder the matter. There must be a way to defeat this monstrous wrong. HOW TO FIGHT THE RING. Not a Difficult Task-Delays are Dan? gerous. A citizen of New York makes the following suggestions In a letter to the Phoenix : You no doubt read with much Interest from the New York papers the doings and wander lugs of the magnates of the State of South Carolina In and about New York. I Bee by my last Phoenix that you treat your readers to a dish Irom the New York World and the blazing little Sun, about the millions which your peo Ble have been, and still are, being robbed of. ow, all this has been heralded and reiterated over and over again, and I shall be pardoned for Baying that no one except a "dam pbooi" disbelieves lt. Now, why In the name of common sense don't your people seek a remedy ? Do you, or they, hope tor any relief through a legislative committee ? And do you suppose that any respectable and responsible trust company or bank is agoing to take the financial agency from the present Incumbent, without knowing how the accounts stand ? Why didn't your taxpaying convention raise a committee ot three, with power to call for per? sons and papers, and demand of the Executive ot the State a full examination of all the books, soth in Columbia and elsewhere, wherever the taxpayers of South Carolina had lan interest ? They would then have got the pulse ol Gover? nor Scott and bis amiable attorney general. They would never have dared to refuse BO reasonable a reqnest. Did they refuse, they stood convicted before the country of such outrages as would have consigned them out of hand to the same bourne where Tweed and the Tammany twlnetb. Now, I undertake to say that with one good man-ac? countant-and one good lawyer, both irom South Carolina, and in the real Interest of the State, and one man that I will name, who ls now In the City of New York, I will blow all those financial manipulators, ot whom you so loudly complain, so nigh that they would not come down to torment the people of South Carolina again this side of the final resurrec? tion. It ls not a difficult task by any means, and if I could see a few of your men of brains I could point out the road. Now is the time for action; delays are dangerous. I have writ? ten to my old counsel In Charleston upon this subject, in a confidential way, and I desire that you will treat this communication the same. South Carolina to-day. with all her misfortunes of Ku-Klux, martial law, and wholesale robbery, con, if she will make an effort In the direction Indicated, relieve her? self al once ot a score of abominations, and, in good time, raise henel! to the dignity and credit ot any State in the nation. There ls nothing vague or Illusory tu these suggestions. I mean business, and if your people desire re? lief, tbey must attend to business. It will not do to fight euch wind-mills as the Union, and carpet-baggeas. and Grant, and thieves, on paper. Facts and a legal tribunal is what ls wanted to Immediately secure the sympathy ot all good men, and ultimately equal and ex* act Justice. That was the chute that done the business tor Tweed and his men last Tuesday in New York, anda similar course, by your people, will place South Carolina on nigh ground. -The London Telegraph devotes Its third leading editorial article every day to the dis? cussion of some passing topic of social, sani? tary, mechanical, metaphysical or philosophic interest, written by a gentleman of vast ac? quirements, whose purple prose exhausts all the finest words in the dictionary, while his wide range ot thought extends to all lands, languages and epochs. In a late excursus con? cerning the port of Brindisi. In Italy, this wonderful writer brings into requisition Mal volio, Captain Cook. Hannibal, Sulla, Cicero, Caesar, Octavius, Marc Antony, Maecenas, Horace, Virgil, Agrippa, Germanicus, Tan? cred, the Princess Irene, Louis of Hungary, Frederick the Second and h:s lair Yolande, Louis or Angou and Cinderella, besides making mention of Alexandria, Constantino? ple, Venice, Ravenna, Rome. Cathage, St. Petersburg. Port Jackson, Vienna, Londou. Berlin, Liverpool, Marseilles, Genua, Leghorn, Cadiz, Chicago, Bombay, Melbourne, San Francisco. Hie Briunlc Inlands. Tr?ente. An? cona and Aleppo, and casually referring ro the Henel), the Huns, the Punic wars, .he Mithn dailc campaign and tue "goldeu oil ol Pugh*." Surely ail this erudition ls cheap at a peony ! GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. THE GRAND D?KE ALEXIS AT LAST. Desperate Attempts of the Sew York Reporters to Interview Him-A Rna. stan Naval Offleer Victimized Instead Movement Against the Brooklyn Ring-Grant and Baller In Secret Ses? sion In New York-"Something .Mast be Done for George/1 [FROM OUR OWN C0RRB8P0NDRNT ] NBW YORK, November 13. The much-expected Grand Duke ts said by down-town bulletin boards to hare arrived somewhere lu the lower bay, but as we had the sume announcement Saturday and again yesterday without warrant, we shall not feel sure ot our Grand Duke until we see him rid? ing behind those (our cream-colored horses up Broadway. His Highness does not know what he lost by neglecting to arrive promptly at the time he was first expected, some three weeks ago. Our population, male aad female, was ripe then to receive a Grand Duke. But this watching and waiting, interrupted occasion? ally by false alarms, has made almost every? body sick of the business, and I dare say a great many thousands of people will not budge ont of their houses and stores now to gaze at this Russian. AB Alexis is to be a prime sensation for the next two weeks, however, all the enterpris? ing leading dallies have made extensive pre? parations to write him up. The Jenkinses, to whom is delegated the delicate and diplo? matic task of interviewing his Highness, were in a painful flutter on Saturday night when it was announced by reliable dispatches Irom Sandy Hook, for the twentieth time, that the Kvettana with the imperial party bad arrived. They rushed out of their several newspaper offices in great baste, and embarked in all manner of craft for the scene of the Interview. Unfortunately for them lt was the Abreck, not the Svetlana, which bad come. There was nothing left to do alter this catastrophe but to interview the captain of the Abreck. One ot the Jenkinses, who went down the harbor in his "steam yacht," has left us a re? cord of the first meeting of a New York news? paper reporter with the commanding officer of the advance ship ol the Imperial Russian squadron. The vigor with which the officer was piled with questions must have given him new and novel ideas of newspaper smartness. The St. Petersburg reporter who would have dared to have committed half as many imper? tinences would have been in danger of Siberia and the knout. The nautical Russian, how? ever, took the infliction good naturedly, and even condescended to indulge in hilarity. He testified thai the Grand Duke was "nice" and "amiable." On being Informed that the American ladles were anxious to see Alexis, he observed that Alexis was "a fine looking boy." He does not dine with his mess, but with bis tutor, the admiral. On au Interesting subject we learn "Has the Prince been seasick, to your knowledge, since you left Cronstadt?" "Seasick? seasick? How you mean?" "Mal (le mer." "Oh! No, no, no; he ls too much ot a sailor for that." Jenkins goes wild over the appearance of things on board the Abreck. We are told that at the elem of the vessel a marine is stationed, with a "very determined expression." The conversation on board ls carried on in a "most gaunt tone," meaning, probably, the Russian tongue. The costume of the officers ls "not gorgeous, neither does it seem to have met with much tailoring Bklll lo its construc? tion"-the fashionable cut being a weakness with Jenkins. Everything is scrupulously clean from stem to stern, "corresponding ex? actly with the seamen's dress." Drinking, also, seems to be indulged in on board-and doubt? j less Jenkins was willing to take his oath to that. In conclusion, he relates that the quar? antine officer, on coming on board, merely In- j quired if there had been arty seasickness I during the voyage, and on receiving a reply In the negative, "Immediately declared ttl Abreck past quarantine." Lucky Russia'iK. What would have been their fate if the dread? ful marine scourge had visited them ? The successful Issue of the attack on the New York Ring by the taxpayers and citizens hos encouraged the Brooklyn people to make an attempt to get rid of a similar in? cubus, composed of Democratic and Republi? can politicians. The stealage has not been so great In volume, but, considering the relative size of the cities, it has really been larger. A mass meeting of citizens was held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Friday. The Mayor, " the honest old Dutchman" who has Just been defeated for re-election, presided, and among the speakers was Utile ulm. Chit tenden, the dry goods merchant, a peppery and red-hot Radical, General Slocum, the Democratic member of Congress from Brook? lyn, Sam Booth, postmaster and Republican candidate for mayor, A. A. Low, the tea mer? chant and richest man In Brooklyn, and U. S Dlsttrlct Attorney Tracy, himself up le his eye lids in corruption. The meeting was a tremen? dous gathering In point of numbers, and the strongest feeling prevailed In favor of getting at the ring and destroying lt Perhaps the ring-smashing movement, which you Inaugu? rated in Charleston a few months ago, and which New York followed up so successfully, may have been the beginning of a general purification of our official service. Our down? trodden and sorely plucked people will take courage to rise In their own defence when they see how readily the thieves fly before a well-directed attack. The lesson will be read to advantage by those who have unjust State burdens to bear also. Mr. Beecher made the Brooklyn anti-ring movement the subject of his Plymoulh Church sermon last night. Some mischtet ls afoot again, for Butler, of Massachusetts, came on here post baste irom Boston yesterday, and closeted himself several hours with Grant at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The President ls in town to see bis son off on a pleasure trip to Europe with General Sher? man, (at the government expense.) There port ls that Butler ls engaged in Presidential combinations. He agrees to support Grant for a price. A part of the price ls the removal of Dan Sickles, as minister at Madrid, and the substitution therein of Butler's friend, George Wilkes, of the Spirit ot the Times. Grant and Wilkes were once as thick as members of a ring, and there was no ead of the presents the iaiter was giving to the former. A pretty sight on Harlem Lane, during the earlier visits of the President to New York, was George and Ulysses behind a fast trotter, the Presi? dent holding the ribbons and both gentlemen ornamented with cigars. There was a spirit? ed engraving of it made, which may still be found Tn some of the Republican barrooms. It seems that Grant promised his horse jockoy friend some good thing-the French mission or the secretaryship of war, or something of that sort, but afterward deliberately "went back" on his plighted word. Wilkes was dreadfully incensed, abandoned the President to his own devices, and cleared out to Euro; e. Wilkes was the peacemaker who Induced Butler and Grant to shake hands, after the quarrel produced by the bottllng-up report of the latter. Now Butler does Wilkes a good turn by making the President come down with Ihe mission to Spain. N v M . SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH. WASHIXOTON, November 1.5. The agricultural department is preparing seedB seasonable for the South. A supply may be obtained by application to the agents ot the department or through the members ot Con? gress. The distribution ls gratuitous, but the department wants some guarantee that the seed will not be wasted. -A gentleman travelling in Europe writes of seeing $250.000 worth of Eugenie's jewels in pawn at London. There were tiaras, neck? laces, two large anchors, of diamonds und about five inches long, lots of brooches, one being a butterfly, the body of which was a large opal, about two inches long, and the wings set upon springs, and made of dia? monds, rubies and emeralds. There was a wonderful necklace, ol black pearls-the only one in existence,-each bel?g aooiit as large as a marrowfat pea; also, an emerald cross, quite unique, the emeralds Oeing oblong and set edge to edge, nothing between, and about six incites the long part ut the cross and one each side of the centre, to form the arms; this was about four and a half Inches long. Two ear-rings of diamonds, the very purest, but sachent like a drop ot water, and hung pondam aud swinglug from ihn nmall end, neverai earrings*, all large diamonds, and Mx dlamoni rings, one a superb one worth $2000. THE CHOLERA ly yEW YORK. Nuw YORK, November 15. 81x new cases of cholera have occurred at quarantine, Including the surgeon of the steamer Franklin. Two of them have ?roved fatal. .4 BIO BRIDGE. ST. Lor/is, November 15. A party of practical brldge-bullders propose to bridge the Mississippi, at Carondolet, within-1 two years, at a cost of two millions. Three railroad companies are considering the propo? sition. CENTRAL AHERICA. % ~~~~~~~ PANAMA, November 15. The steamship Venezuela was seriously damaged by Are. ?aptatn Cradock, of the steamship Guatemala, was killed by a muti? nous sailor. Archbishop Pinol and the Bishop ot Guatemala are expelled from Guatemala for meddling in the late revolution. There was a heavy earthquake at Peru on the 5th of Oc? tober, causing a great panic. The towns of Pica and M at i lia were destroyed. Fire suc? ceeded the earthqake at Pica. The Church Pantheon, eighteen bouses and the dam of the river at Parrapacca were destroyed. Few lives were lost. The small-pox Is spreading in Chili, and has broken out among the troops ol Buenos Ayres. A HIGH OLD GALE NEW YORK, November 15. The storm ceased at daylight. It was the severest In many years. Trees, awnings and chimneys were blown down. The tide was unusually high. The gale was directly from the southeast. Many wrecks on Long Island are apprehended. . The wind last night moved at the rate of sixty-three miles an hour. CLEVELAND. November 15. Considerable damage was done by the northeast gale. The scow William foundered, ' drowning the cook and a sailor. BOSTON, November 15. The ship Amity, hence tor Savannah, was caught in the gale, and dragged her anchor and cut away her masts. No other damage. She will be towed back. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES, The Park Bf arder-A Forced Confession The Thirst for Gold. LOUISVILLE, November 15. The citizens of Henry ville, Indiana, put a rope around the neck ot a negro, and frighten? ed him into a confession of the murder of the Park family, with two negro accomplices. He planned the murder, believing that Parker bad rive or six hundred dollars of church money. They got one hundred and forty dollars. The three are in jail at Jefferson ville. A Dirty Business at Best. NEW YORE, November 15. A Cuban, name] unknown, threw a pall of filth In the face of the editor of the Spanish paper Cbronlsta. The affair occurred on ibe street near Change Place, Broadway. A Terrible Street-Car Accident. NEW YORK, November 15. A railroad car ran Into a street car. Two persons were fatally hurt and six seriously In-1 IJured. The driver ot the car disappeared. It was a case of carelessness on the part of the crossing keeper, who also bas disappeared. The. Arl iona Harder-A Spark of Hope for Fair. SAM FRANCISCO, November 15. Lorine:, who was murdered on Sunday with others in the stage In Arizona, was a popular author and journalist, and was on his way East intending to leeture against Collier's In? dian policy. The legal technicalities will postpone the de? cision In Mrs. Fair's case until January. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -An oil well thirty miles from Nashville flows one hundred gallons a day. -Alabama has received her quota of im? proved arms from the;'Unl ted .States Govern? ment. -The race between the American Girl and Allen, at New York, has been postponed to to the first fair day. -Postmaster Prosser, formerly a member of Congress, has charges pending against bim accepting pay to get claims through Congress. -General McClellan declines to be the suc? cessor of "Boss" Tweed. -The Graut Parish, La., Ku-Elux have been sent before the Federal Court, although Commissioner Miller had grave doubts of their guilt. -The New Orleans City Government have rescinded the resolution creating a paid fire department. THE if EATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON, November 15. A falling barometer, with southerly winds and cloudy weather, will probably prevail on Thursday north and weet of Missouri; preced? ing an area of low pressure In Montana, a falling barometer in the Mississippi Valley, with clear and pleasant weather In the Southern States, with light winds, and diminishing winds on Lakes Michigan and Superior, veerlnir to southeast. The northwest gale on Lake Erie will subside very generally to-night. That on Lake Ontario will subside by Thursday noon. The area of lowest pressure will move Into Maine, with continued northwest gales from New Jersey to Massachusetts, and easterly gales on the coast of Maine, followed by a calm at midnight and high winds on Thursday from the north and west. Cautionary signals con? tinue at Norfolk, Cape May, Baltimore, New York, New London, Boston, Portland, Oswe go, Buffalo and Cleveland. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, V. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Local Time. H H O *s CB 2? 3 5o S g S Place of ?" o ft" o g Observation. : S, g : r "2 a o . g ? : o 3 r : I ? : o S if Toronto.Can .... 27.70 66 SW High. L.Snow A ?gusta, Qa.... .9.97 SSW Gentle. Clear. Baltimore. 29.72 42 NW Fresh. Cloudy. Suston.29.SS 60 E Gentle. Misty. Burlington, Vt.. 29 49 42 Calm.Thr'ng. Buitalo. M. Y.... 29.63 29 MW H'gh. L.Snow Cape May, N. J.. 29.59 44 W 8nsk.? Cloudy. Cairo, III. 30.27 48 NW Fresh. Clear. Onaneston.-9.90 55 W Fresh. Clear. Cheyenne, W. T.. 29.07 50 3 Fresh. tJloudy. Cnicago. 30.29 30 NW Brisk. Fair. Cincinnati. 30.17 38 xw Brisk. Cloudy. Cleveland. 29.96 33 NW Brisk. L.Snow Corinne, Utah... 29.69 48 SE |Oentle. Cloudy. Davenport, Iowa 30.32 37 NE Gentle. Clear. Derron. 29.99 32 NW Fresh. Fair. Duluth. Minn... 30.34 27 SE (Fresh. Cloudy. Galveston. 30.23 62 ?-E Light, Clear. Grand Haven.... 30.19 81 N Fresh. Pair. indianapolis.... 30.16 35 NW Fresh. Cloudy. Vicksburg.30.24 62 N Jemie. Clear. Keokuk, iowa... 30.21 42 Calm.Sm ky. Key West, Fla.. 30.05 70 N Fresh. Fair. Knoxville, Tenn. 30.08 43 NW Fresh. Clear. Lake City, Kia.. 29.94 68 NW GenUe. Clear. leavenworth ... 30.22 65 S Gentle. Clear. Louisville. 30.16 39 NW Fre-h. Fdr. Lynchburg. 29.89 43 NW Brisk. Fair. Mempiiis, Tenn.. ?0.26 49 NW Li ?ht. Clear. Milwaukee, W18/3J.25 2? N iGentle. Fair Mobue.r30-08 67 N rTesh. Fair. ?aunville.*>-2-? 44 NW Gentle. Hazy. New London, Ct.-9.37 49 SW (Fresh. Cloudy. New orleanri.... eo.17 68 N iFresh. Clear. New York.29.47 43 W iBrtsk. .tioudy. Norfolk.29.74 6? W IBrtsk. Cloudy. omaha. Neb. 30-05 45dE iGeutle. Fair. us weg?, N. Y....|29.39 42N Gentle. !H Rain. Philadelphia.W.?t> 42 xw Brisk. (Fair. Pittsburg, Pa?.. f30.02 31 NW I Brisk. iLSnow. Portland. Me... f-9.54 39 K (High, iLi. Rain Punta llosa. Flai29.96 64 NW fBnalc. 'Fair. Rochester, N. Y.p-51 3? NW Fresh. H. Snow San ' lego.W.vi 63 W Frtsh. Fair. san Francisco..}30.oo r?s SW .Cloudy. sivunnab -9.91 63 NW Gent?o, clear. Shreveport, La.. 30.19 69! E neutle. Fair. " M,Uis. 30..o 44 V ?.-ntlc. Fair. st. Pani. Minn.. 30.21 .8 SE Geotlr. Fair Toledo, ().. 3o 06 33 XW BriaK. Ugup. vVa-hitigton.D c -9 78 39 w Brisk, ?tloudy. Wiimmi' "ii N Cl 29.8^1 63'NW iFre-h. Cle-r. SOTE- The weather report uateii T?iTu'cHiCk, oils morning, will be posted In the rooms ?.! the Ctinmber of t'ommerce at io o'clock A. AL. and, oreiner with tl? weather chart, may (by the courtesy of I he chamber! be examined by ship matters at anv time during the day. CHAT MOM COLUMBIA. THE SCHEMES OF OUR DUSK/ LEGIS? LATORS. Nash ?he Repudiator-Rein. - Qt "the Vuliaiti"-i Warm Rec? pt lon for Parker-An Impeachment Proposi? tion. [FRO? oca OWN CORRESPONDENT. COLUMBIA, 8. C., November U. The vultures* are returning In fut? force for t?e winter's campaign, and all sorta of rumors are afloat as to the Intentions ol the dominant party lor the coming season. Governor Scott, Comptroller-General Keagle and Attorney General Chamberlain have, as your readers are aware, been here some days. Messrs. C. Bowen and P. ? Moses arrived to-day. and Treasurer Parker le- expected to arrive UM morrow afternoon. The latter officer willi | have for one portion of his rather comfortless reception the presentation of a mandamus, obtained by State Superintendent Jlllson, to compel him to disburse the money needed for the salaries of the school officers and teachers, or show cause for his neglect. There are hun? dreds more of the minor officers of the State who are anxious to see the treasurer in regard to their claims for services, but there appears to be but a small chance of the settlement for some time yet of any of their little bills. Senator Nash expressed' himself strongly to-day on the subject of repudiation. He said that the members of his race proposed, If there were any repudiating to be done, to strike first at the old bonds ot the Slate which were Issued, to use his own words, at a time "when be was a nigger." and which were used to help keep them In bondage by paying the patrol guard, building guardhouses, Ac. He said he was lu favor of paying all the bonds of the State which had been honestly Issued; but if Buch citizens as were represented by the Taxpayers' Convention were In favor of repu? diating the new debt of the State, then his people proposed to repudiate the old debt. He said, however, that he would not under- J take to forecast the action of the Legislature on this subject until he had had consultation with his friends in the party. The State officials pooh-pooh the determination ol the colored men to repudiate the bonds, and declare that j they can control all that, and, remembering the very simple and efficient device by which this Legislature bas generally been ''controll? ed" in the past, this seems eminently proba? ble, unless, Indeed, the supplies of public pelf ] should be In some way withheld from these State officials for the next two or three months. By the way, Ibis same Nash ls a man of great Ingenuity and fertility of Imagination. His ponderous brain ls occupied now with a plan for deposing Governor Scott, which ls all very well so far as that goes, but he proposes lo substitute Dr. A. G. Mackey, late of Charles? ton and now ot Washington, which reminds one of the frying-pan and fire, King Log and King Stork, and other climacteric similes. If j he cannot make him Governor, Mr. Nash ls quite willing to secure for Dr. Mackey the po? sition of United States senator, from this als trict; but lt is almost needless to explain that both of these schemes are to the last degree chimerical, for the reasons, among others, that Dr. Mackey is very comfortably established in his position at Washington, and that he ls not now a citizen of South Carolina. Nem Publications. TTLTE ARE NOW OPENING A GREAT Vf VARIETY" OF FANOY ARTICLES. DESKS, WORK BOXES, WRITING OASES, PORTFOLIOS, AC, AC SCHOOL BOOKS, AND ALL KINDS OF SCHOOL STATIONERY. FOOA RTIH'3 BOOK DEPOSITORY NETT CATALOGUE-No. 18. TRAVELS IN TBE AIR, BY JAMES GLAISHER, F. B. S, Uamble FlammarlOB, W. De Fouvllle, and Gaston TUsandier. Edited by James Glaisher, with one hundred and twenty-five illustrations. A Second Edition, giving an account of the use of the Balloon duilng the siege of Paris, $10. Second Series of Froude's Short Studies on Great Subjects, $2 60. 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Hedge, revised and enlarged, $5. Longfellow's Poets and Poetry of Europe, a new edition, enlarged, $6. 49? Persons residing In the country will please sear In mind that by sending their orders to RI tor any books published in America, they will be charged only the price of the book. We pay for tho postage or express. MST Address FOG ARTI E'S BOOK DEPOSITORY, 4o. 260 King street, (in the Bend,) Charleston, 8.0 oct3l-tntns_ c OLUMBIA HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C., WM. GORMAN, PROPRIETOR, The Proprietor of this pleasantly located anc elegantly furnished Establishment, at the Stau JapU <?, desires to inform the travelling public anc )thei?b seeking accommodations, that the "CO? LUMBIA" ls in every respect a first-class Hotel unsurpassed by any in the State or the Uniter states, situated in the business centre of th? ;lty, with fine large airy rooms, and a table Bup piled with every delicacy of the season, both iron Sew York and Charleston markets, the Proprio tor pledgee that no efforts wul be spared to gtvt perfect satisfaction In every respect. A nrst-class Livery Stable ls attached to tht 4otei, where vehicles or every description can bi ?ad at the shortest notice. omnibuses attend the arrival and departure o p-ery Tram. WM. GORMAN, Proprietor and Superintendent. J. D. BUDDS.O^ hier._anns-wfm ?ELECTRO MAGNETIC BATTERIES, ?h.LUCINE CHESTS, PHYSICIANS' SADDLE BAGS, AC For sale by DR. H. BAER, mario No.i3lMeeting street. _ Special Belices. MW* EECEPTION OF THE WASHING? TON STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMPANY, OF WIL? MINGTON, DEL.-The steam Fire Engines and Book and Ladder Companies, NOP. 1 and 2, will assemble on FRIDAY MORNING, nth matant, m Chapel street, at 7 A. M., forming two lines on the north1 and south, according to charter. The Committee or one officer and two members from each Company, in charge of the visiting Compsay, will advance to the centre, and after being welcomed by o. L. BUIST, Esq;., form in line in the following order: MUSIC-MULLER'S RAND. , H-ott and Ladder Company, No. I. Pioneer steam Engine Company. E3gie steam Engine Company. Vigilant Steam Engine Company. p.:on tr steam Engine Company. Hool: and Ladder Company, No. 2. iEtna Steam Engine Company. MUSIC-WASHINGTON'S BAND. Chief and Assistants of Wilmington, Del., and Charleston, and B. M. Strobe!, Esq. Committee in charge of o in ce rs and members of the Washington Fire Company, of , Wilmington, Del. Reel of the Washington fire Company. MUSIC-91 CX'8 BAND. Marion Steam Engine Company. German Steam Engine Company. Palmetto Steam Engine Company. Hope Steam Engine Company. Washington Steam? Engine Company. Stonewall Steam Engine Company. Young America Steam Engine Company. LIN! OP M ASCII. Down John stree: to King, down King to Hasel, through Hasel to Meeting, down Meeting to Broad. Btreet, halting in front of the City HaU, where the Hon. Mayor and Aldermen will review the Com? panies, arter which the line will proceed through Broad street to East Bay, turning Queen street to State, where the apparatus of the Washington. Company will be housed at the Vigilant Engine house. The Companies will then be dismissed. The Committee of one officer and two members of each Company walting to escort our guests to their quarters at the Charleston HoteL The Committee or one officer and four members, in uniform, will meet at the Charleston Hotel on saturday, isth, at io o'clock A. M., to escort our guests to the steamer Emilie, for an excursion . around tae harbor. , The Committee of one officer and two men, in uniform, will meet at Northeastern Railroad De pot at hair-past 6 A. M., on Friday,- 17th, to pro? ceed to Ten Mlle Hill to meet onr guests. M. H. NATHAN. 1 R. M. ALEXANDER, I Com- ' c. r. AI MAR, f mutee. novie-2 F. L. O'NEILL, J pa* CITY HALL, OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL, CHARLESTON, 8. C., NOVEMBER 16TH, 187L-Sealed Proposals, directed to the Committee on Contracts, for doing the SCAVEN? GERS' WORK of the City, according to the Ordi? nance of January lath, 1868, wUl be received at this office up to 12 o'clock M., on the 2lst instant. Con tractor? are required to name their sureties in proposals. W. W. SIMONS, novie-6 Clerk of Council. pm* NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS ABE hereby cautioned against harboring or trusting any of the crews or the following vessels, viz: barks LUCY, AGRA, GRASMERE, or TINCO, as no debts of their contracting will be paid by the Masters or Consignee. HENRY CARD. novlt-3_ jg j j I jj rn ARTISTT1 nvknrvA. BLE ASSOCIATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREE SCHOOL FUND.-OFt ?CAL RAFFLEB NUMBERS. CLASS Na 203-MORNING. 46-18-3-71-43-78-65-37-61-1-30-52 As witness onr hand at col ambla this 16th day at November, 1871. FENN PECK, JAMES GILLILAND, oct8_Sworn Commissioners, pm-J. B. SOLOMONS, M. D., DENTIST, Has returned to the city._oe tao pm* SHAVING SALOON.-MB, J. H. WEICHMAN will superintend the business lately conducted by Mr. LOMBARDO, and win be pleased to see bis friends and the patrons of the establishment, at the Old stand, in Marker itreet, where no pains will be spared to please. octi4_ pm* OFFICE CITY TREASURER, NO? VEMBER 3D, 1871.-By Resolution of OonncU the City Treasurer ls authorized to receive the balance of CORPORATION TAX for 1871 until the 30th instant, without additional expense. S. THOMAS, nov3-3,no\ U,16 16,17.18,20 City Treasurer. pm* UNITED STATES DISTRICT CODRT.-By an order of the Honorable GEO. s. BRYAN, United states District Judge, the Sessloa of the District Court and the hearing of ail peti? tions and motions In Bankruptcy, or In the gen? eral business or the District Csnrt ls further post, poned until the 20th of November Inst. nov4 HANL. HORLBECK, Clerk. ON MARRIAGE. Happy relief for Young Men from the effects of Errors and Abuses In early life. Manhood re? stored. Nervous debility cnreJ. Impediments to Marriage removed. New method of treat? ment. New and remarkable remedies. Book* and Circulars sent free, In sealed envelopes. Ad? dress HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2 South Ninth street. Philadelphia Pa_octia JO8-0FFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER, FIRE-PROOF BUILDING, CHARLESTON, S. O., NOVEMBER 6TH, 1871.-The Books of the Treasu? rer of Charleston County will be opened on the 20th day or November, 1871, for the receipt of TAXES due the State and County for the year 1871. The penalty of twenty per cent provided by aw will be added to all Taxes remaining unpaid on the 15th day of January, 1872. The rate of .taxation for the year 1871 is as fol? lows, viz: Stute Tax per centum.7 milla, County Tax per centnm.3 mills. Poll Tax per capita.% 1 00 WM. GURNKY, novs-lmo Treasurer Oharleston County. Disinfectants. JQISSNFECTING FLUID. SESQDI-CHLOBIDE IRON, WITH CAR B OLIO ACID. Recommended by the New York Board of Health as oae of the best Disinfectants. For disinfecting Privies, Vanita, Drains, Cess? pools, Rooms, Ac Manufactured and for sale by C. F. PAN KN IN, Chemist, No. 128 Meeting street, c harleston, H. C. Price_FIFTY PENTS Per hottm_-r>? JJOMOOPATHIC REMEDIES. just received a full assortment of HOMEOPA? THIC MEDICINES: Tinctures. Pellets au? Pow? ders, or different potencies, sugar ot Milk and Globules, at wholesale. Family cases Ohed at reasonable rai ex. nt DB. U. BAI R, iso. isl M-etina M res*.