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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1845. CHARLESTON. THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS . A VKAJt CHAT FROM COLUMBIA. THE GOVERNOR'S FORTHCOMING MESSAGE. Anion nt or the Slate Dr bl-Tat- Colum? bia Ring-A Small-pox Quarantine. [SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THB NBWS.] COLUMBIA, S. C., November 23. Governor Scott's forthcoming message will .contain recommendations looking to the re? tire neat of three million dollars ol State bonds ?within a few months. This is the main en? deavor to weather the financial storm. It is claimed that the total debt is less than twelve millions. The members of the Legislature, who are now arriving, talk of carrying out a policy of ligid retrenchment and reform. The Governor has Issued a proclamation on account of the presence of the small-pox at New York and Philadelphia. Vessels from those ports arriving at Charleston, George? town and Hilton Head will be quarantined until they are inspected by the health officer, when, li found to be free from disease, they will be allowed to proceed. The counsel employed to expose the build? ing operations ot the Ring In the municipal government meet with a serious difficulty. Cl The three practical builders who were appoint? ed to frame an estimate of the cost of con? structing the new City Hall are unable to ob? tain access to the plans and specifications of the Ring. The Singleton rioters have been released upon a writ of habeas corpus, with five dollars ball, by Trial Justices Nash and Thompson. The matter will be Investigated by .the grand jury. PICKET. VIEWS OF TETE STATE PRESS. Try the Courin. (From the Marion Crescent.] We do not exactly see how sufficient unan? imity cao be secured to make the resist ance to-taz-pAjlU'; doctrine a success. We see that Judge Aldrich favors ibis plan, but on reflec? tion we are constrained to believe that lt is Impracticable. No agency which can be brought to bear would be sufficient'v powerful to upjte the whole country In this cause, and nniPss lt *}e general, lt would be ruinous. The Phoenix suggested the propriety of applying to the courts for redress, and we an inclin? ed to think better of this plan. The judicial arm of our government was intended for just such contingencies as this, when the executive and l?gislative departments are too corrupt to do Justice to the people. But can we rely upon lt ? Is lt not more than probable'that the bench will fall us ? We fear so, and yet we can see no other.\ If the effort ls to be made, let every move be well consider- j ed before a single step ls taken. New York ls at work in this line, and her experience should be some guide to us now. Let the complaint be so written that the relief prayed for will be seen to be a legal rLrbt, even should lt be denied. Then our cause' will be? come a record, and if we are denied Justice Where we are taught to seek it, we can then find some other course to pursue in seeking to unearth these frauds and punish the robbers. Pay no Fraudulent Claims. [From the Marlon Star.] The New York World, the ablest Democratic paper in the United States, estimates the en? tire debt of South Carolina, as lt now stands, at $37,792,608 20. Shall we pay this enormous sum ? The Tolces of countless thousands of taxpayers cry no, no, no. The payment of so gigantic a debt would beggar the State. We are ?eciaed ly In favor of paying every cent that the State justly owes. We do not wish to annul a bona ride contract. We are opposed to repudiating an honest debt. But we cannot pay millions from which We have received no benefit-mil? lions that have been fraudulently used, so far as we can learn, for the aggrandizement ot political cliques. With the voice of liberty stifled, let not Its dying echo be- changed irfto the walt of starvation. If the Cain be Spurious, .Vail lt Down. v [From the columbia Phosalx | We are told that the Bing, of which Gov? ernor Scott ls the figure head, now acknowl? edges that there has been an over-Issue of | about three millions. As to these figures, the public will believe Just what they please. We Know very well that we are dealing with a set of unscrupulous and unprincipled officials, who have over and over again deceived the public. We believe that the over-Issue has teen largely la excess of what ls now admit? ted, and that this will be made apparent be? fore we are done with this business. If, how? ever, the over-issue shall be fixed at irom $3. 400.000 to $10.000.000, there will be men, who call themselves financiers, par excellence, "> take the ground that lt would be better to as? sume these Illegal and fraudulent Impositions than to decline to recognize them. We meet this issue at once. We bold that the citizens ot South Carolina owe lt to themselves and to their manhood, not to submit to this fraud of j ?windlersand robbers. The Just and legal obligations of the State should never be repu? diated. A Debt of 813,800,000. [From the Columbia Phoenix.] The correspondent of the New York Tribune has been at work tor five days tn trying to ar? rive at the real amount ot the State debL Parker, Neagle, Scott and Chamberlain have x last agreed in a report to him, which will be blisiied in the Tribune of to-day. The total fount is set down as $15,800,000. We wlfh we could believe this to be all. But Scott sta? ted only last July to the Senate Ku-Klux com? mittee that the debt was ii,500,OOO. It seems that he either did not knew, or purposely mis? stated lt. Is he right now ? We do not be? lieve lt. The taxpayers will not be satisfied until their representatives have access to the treasurer's accounts. But let them keep o t rendering accounts. They will get up to ?-e proper figures about the time they are ready to tea ve the State for good. The Governor bas hit upon a scapegoat for his financial sins. He has been much worried how to treat the bond business In his message, but it was suggested that that d-d Chicago Ure was to blame for all the fuss-i. e., being found out. So Scott will perhaps speak of the financial crisis as the act of Providence, and will recommend the taxpayers to bow with resignation to the Divine decrees. Will his Excellency tell us how his head is now ? CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. A Railroad Accident in the West. CINCIXNATL November 22. The passenger train on the Indiauopolls Junction Road was thrown from the track by a broken rail. No lives were lost. The bag? gage car of the Little Miami Boad, which lett New York on Monday evenlag, was burned, and the contents, including the mails, were destroyed. A Fearful Steamboat Disaster NORWICH, CONS., Novembe * 22. The steamer City ot New London, frOLi No, . wich, ls burning In the Thames River. ?L-:d is reason to fear that several persons have perished. LATER.-The following are known to be lost on the steamer Nc London: C. B. Rogers Wm. T. Norton, Harrison Aldrich, boiler ?nglneer Dugan, Shewart, The City of Lon? don was a first-class boat, and had a full ^freight from New York for Norwich. W A Horrible Marder. CLEVELAND, November 22. Joseph T. Ewing, a mulatto, was found dead this morning with his bead horribly bat? tered, and a soldering iron thrust down his throat. TBE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD. An Antwtr to "Detectiv?," bjr the Prin cipal Asslttant- Engineer or the Com pa ny. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. A friend has just handed me a copy of the TRI-WEEKLY NEWS of November 14,1871, cal' lng my attention toa communication by "De? tective," styled the ''Blue Ridge Ring." Ia tbls communication my character and reputa? tion as an-engineer is assailed iu a wanton and unwarrantable manner. I herewith denounce his statements and insinuations, so far as I am concerned, as malicious and false. So far as the-chief engineer and those constituting the direction ol the Blue Ridge Railroad Company are concerned tbey are amply able to take care of themselves. In February, 1869, 1 was employed bv Colo? nel James P. Low, the chief engineer of the road, as his principal assistant engineer, and directed by him to make a resurvey of the route of the Blue Ridge Railroad to a point near Clayton, Georgia. This was done to his satisfaction. When the survey reached the Stump House Tunnel, the chief engineer visited my camp and I suggested to him the propriety ol mak? ing additional surveys, to ascertain if another line could not be found, which, avoiding the Stump House Tunnel, would be shorter and cost less money to build. I expressed the opinion to him (this opinion I held for years previous) that it was probable such a Hue could be lound. Endorsing the maxim of all good engineers, "No money is wasted by making experimental lines," he directed me to make any surveys I saw proper. Now this ls the ori? gin and inception of the sew route of th? Blue Ridge Road of which so much hos been said and written. I am satisfied that neither the chief engineer, president or directors thought ot changing the route of the road-at least it bad never been mentioned to me by any one. After the resurvey of the old Hue was com Kleted, the new surveys were made, careful j, accurately and In good faith. The results were submitted, and a selection of the route was made. The estimates on all the lines, both old and new, were made with the utmost care, on the same basis, except that the road? bed on the embankments on the old line was fourteen feet, agalast twelve feet in width on the new line. This difference was unimpor? tant In making up the total cost, as the em? bankments were, except in rare cases, made from the material supplied from adjacent cut? tings, which were absolutely necessary to be made in any case. The same prices were ap? plied to both, except that the bridges wei e estimated at a less price per lineal foot on the old line than on the new. With the present contract prices applied to both lines, the new route In South Carolina ls seven (7) per cent cheaper, besides being over one and one-halt miles shorter than the old route. My revision of the route of the Blue Ridge Road from Walhalla, 8. C., to Clayton, 6a., re? sulted, at the present contract prices, in a saving o? $118,229, (about seventeen per cent.) in cost, and over a mlle and one-half in dis? tance over the old route. Applying tbe prices which prevailed before the war, and which "De? tective" says might have bees, renewed in seve? ral Instances, the saving to the company, by adopting the new route, would have been about thirty-two pet cent In South Carolina Instead of seven per cent. This fact can be verified by reference to the records of the company. If the present wide gauge route (io contradistinction to a route very recently sur? veyed to ascertain the cost of building a nar? row gauge road) adopted by tbe Blue Ridge Railroad Company had been first selected, and swll the capital en? ended on the o..l route been applied to It, instead of having only thirty-two miles of running road, tbe road would have iee n built and Tn running order to Clayton, ii... about sixty miles. Mr. Latrobe, Mr. Oywnn, and other engi? neers mentioned by "Detective," never en lorsed unqualifiedly the old route. Far from t. Some ol' them condemned it. Mr. Latrobe,' in eminent engineer, suggested the propriety >f a higher grade and the avoiding or the Hump House Tunnel. From an intimate personal acquaintance ?vi th nearly all the engineers employed on the Slue Ridge Road since May, 1854,1 know their >plnions of the line of road as located, and ;aa say that "Detective*' ls talking of some ihlng he ?nows nothing about, as they never indorsed it as the cheapest and best location. "Detective" makes a false statement ia saying that I ran a line around the Stump House Tunnel which had been examined and condemned by tbe previous engineers. The statement of the three assistants, em? ployed on tbe survey, that the data used In es ilmating the two roads were radically differ? ent, ls false. The statement that I had owned or had bonded, or even expected to own any land on or near the new route when lt was adopted by the company, ls false. The statement in reference to the testplts and their developments, ls false. The statement as to the character of the work oQ the new line, ls Talse. The statement that lt has been fouud Im? practicable, and abandoned on that account, Is talse. It lt has been abandoned, lt ls because the company have decided to adopt the narrow gauge, which enables them to use a still cheaper and shorter line. This was one of the questions to be decided at the present con? vention of stockholders. As to the grades and curvature used on the new route, they are entirely practicable, and far within the limits of some first-class roads. I would instance only the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which does a business far la excess of what may be expected on the Blue Ridge Road. This road works an ascending and de? scending grade of one hundred and twenty feet per mlle. As to what can bo done on a grade of one hundred and fifty feet per mlle by narrow gauge engines, the narrow and contracted brain of "De tee live" had better investigate (arther, if it Is capable of lt; and If he will call at the of?ce of the Blue Ridge Sallroad Com? pany he can '.here procure a copy of a very able and wel!-svated argument on this subject, made by the chief engineer of the road, which will probably enlighten his ignorance. If "Detective" was desirous of knowing what my experience was In engineering he could easily have found out by proper inquiry; but he preferred for his purposes to publish a false statement rather than the truth. I desire to Inform bim that my experience ls ample to locate and build any road; that I have been endorsed by first-class engineers, and that bis false, contemptible and cowardly Insinuations cannot Injure me. My duties are confined to the Immediate charge of the work on the road, and I have nothing to do with making or rescinding ol contracts, and my opinion ls not asked. THOS. B. Ly.y, Jr., Principal Assistant Engineer Blue Ridge Railroad Company. Walhalla, 3. C., November 18,1871. A BARD WINTER. SALT LA.EE, November 22. The trains are twenty-lour hours behind on account of snow, which ls three and four feet deep. There ls every indication of a severe | winter. OMAHA, November 22. For several days there has been a storm along the entire Pacific Road. It has sub Bided, and the trains are cu lime. TBE SPANISH EMBROGLIO. ST. THOMAS, November 16, VIA HAVANA. The captain ot' the steamer Florida, now in this port, called upon the American consul and demanded protection, stating that he was ready to proceed to sea, but was afraid on account of Spanish war steamers. TBE CIVIL WAR IN MEXICO. NEW YORK, November 22. A Herald special dated Mexico, November ll, says that General Dias ils fortifying Oaxa ca3 and arming the State troops. He refuses to publish the election of Juarez. His formal revolt is momentarily expected. Durango is besieged bv iherc-bels. The siege of Saltillo continues." The government troops have gained a victory over the Trevlnas cavalry. MATAMORAS, November 20. General Rocha, with a strong force of gov? ernment troops, ls marching to relieve Saltil? lo. General Querroga, the late celebrated Imperialist chief, has Joined the rebels, and commands on the lower Rio Grande. It is rumored that Cortinas bas pronounced in favor ot the rebels. THE GRAND D?KE ON DUTY. HOW HE CAME ly SIGHT OF SAA'DT HOOK. Waiting for the Muscovite -A Lucky Saturday Night-The Biography of the Favorite of Fortune. The New York World gives the following account of the first glimpse obtained of the Russian Prince on lils arrival off Sandy Hook: On Saturday afternoon, toward dusk, there was the usual sped ral train of lightermen and pilot-boats wending their way around the .?Hook." through the Narrows, and up the still waters of the bay to the shores of Man? hattan Island, there to He at rest until the be-1 ginning ot the next working day should call them Into service'agaln. As one pl gc on some? times deserts the whole flock and turns back on a solitary flight, some presentiment caused one ot these sea ushers to leave the train and spread her great white wings for a lonely sall down tne Atlantic coast. The last feeble raye of the setting sun were skimming over the crested waves of the ocean, and the canvas of the pilot-boat Jane was clothed with a kind of purplish hue. causing her to appear j like some great spirit moving over the waters. Farther down the coast a huge black ship with a white belt running around her hull just above the water-mark, and the mouths of nu merous black'cannon opening at her port holes, was steaming along on her journey, to? wards the western metroplls. The keen eye of the captain ot the pilot-boat sighted her, and lt was not long before he had borne down on her port-side and Indicated a willingness to convey her Into harbor. The black ship gave the welcome signal, and soon the winged craft was running alongside the swarthy stranger. "Ship ahoy !" shouted Captain Hopkins, or the pilot boat. "Is that the Svetlana ?" "Yes. slr," replied a very tall young man, the officer of the watch, who had advanced to the eud of the bridge, and whose figure looked like that of a giant against the dimly lighted horizon. The black leviathan, which was no other than the admiral's flag-ship of the Rus? sian squadron, immediately shut off steam, a J boat was lowered from the pilot, and Captain Hopkins went aboard to take the wheel. The Svetlana was then fifty miles to the southward of Sandy Hook. A few hours later and she was anchored outside the bar, where she remained for the night. The pilot-captain having brought the man-of-war in safety to the harbor en? trance, lett his post at the wheel, and sought to make himself agreeable to the officers and crew. After looking about In valu to find a yoting man whose abundance ot gold-lace J miu'ht indicate to this son ot the Republic that he had discerned the Grand Duke Alexis, the captain of the pilot boat whispered to a mid? shipman and asked how he would be able to catch a glimpse of his Imperial Highness. "Do you see that young lieutenant standing there, playing with the handle ct' his dirk ?" asked the midshipman. "That tall young fellow there with a blue coat and gold buttons ? Of course I do. But that ain't the Grand Duke; he's the officer that was on watch when I boarded you. He's a gook-looklng fellow, and was very civil to me, but he ain't the Grand Duke Alexis, the son ot the Czar, that they've b:>en iSBrhg so much ?uss about." "Certainly he is," said th? midshipman, "he ls a lieutenant under the admiral, and he happened to have the watch when you spoke us tc-nlght." the news astonished the simple-minded pilot, who had expected to eee the Grand Duke Hipear in gorgeous attire, surrounded by a body-guard. Night closed in and the Svetlana reated UH morning, lying on the surface of the dark water, while her men enjoyed a peaceful rest within easy range of the American shore. The following account of the young pr?fte will be found Interesting : Alexis, the Russian Grand Duke, is the fourth boru, but third surviving son of the present SUMIAB Emparor, and ls in his twen? ty-second year. The Imperial family consists now ot five sons and but one daughter, lt is descended from Michael Romanoff, elected Czar in 1613, In the female line; and In the male linc from Duke Karl Frederick of Hol? stein-Go^orp, who married Anne, daughter ot Peter I. Peter was succeeded by his sec? ond wife, Catherine, the daughter of a Livo nlan peasant, and her successor was Peter II, grandson ot the elder brother of Peter L with whom the malo line ot] the Romanoffs terminated in the year 1730. The next three sovereigns, Anne, Ivan IHJand Elizabeth, of the female Hue pf Romanoff, formed a transition from the native lo Ger? man rulers of the Empire, whose reign com? menced with the accession of Peter III, of the bouse of Holsteln-Gottorp. It will thus be seen that lt Is a gross mistake to speak of tho [?resent dynasty of Russia as the Romanoff; it B in fact that of the Holstein-Goitorp, the former dynasty having terminated, both in the male aad fem ile line, on the accession of | the sovereign last named, in 1762. All the subsequent Emperors allied themselves with German families, thus causing the house grad? ually to become completely Teutonic in blood as well as in origin. The title of emperor was first adopted in the year i72l by Peter the First, better known as Peter the Great, Our visitor was created colonel of the Ekath erlnenbourg regiment of Infanlry at his birth by the Emperor Nicholas, who died on March 2,1855, when the present Emperor succeeded him. Alexis, six years old. was present at the coronation of his father. The youth lu! prince was educated at St. Petersburg by Madame de Bernard, a French lady, and Fraulein Jullth shof, daughter of a Courland nobleman; after? wards by Professors Turganoff and Von Stein. He became a fine scholar and linguist. He was taught English by a Scotch gentleman Damed Cordon. At the age of twelve he accompanied his uncle, the Grand Duke Constantine, Grand Admiral of the Russian navy, ou a voyage of Inspec? tion to Syeaborg, a strong fortress In the Gulf of Finland, during-which be had to ex? perience the dangers of a terrific rtorm of several hours' duration. The turbulent waves appeared to fascinate him, for no amount of I persuasion was lound able to induce him to re? tire to his stateroom. He preferred remaining on deck, watching the grand sight before him, and there he stuck till the storm had abated. The life of a sailor had become so attractive to him, that, on returning to St. Petersburg, be anxiously besought his father to permit his entering the naval sm vice. His request, after some delay, was acceded to, and in the capa? city of a subordinate officer of the navy, be now visits America. The Latest. WASHINGTON', November 22. Alexis and his suite arrived here this eve? ning from New York. They travelled by a special train of four cars-one baggage, two parlors, and one hotel car, all gotten up in the most gorgeous and expensive style. The train was specially built, and left New York at noon, moving at the rate of thirty miles an hour. While lu New York, Fisk presented Alexis with the freedom ol all he owned ou the Amer? ican Continent. A grand ball takes place on Wednesday, the 29th Instant, MODERN PARAGRAPHING.-Some genius has Invented the following manner of slating a fatal occurrence. It is a delicate way of put? ting lt, and reads much better than to say, "He died In the most horrible agonies.'' We get the whole story, and our sensibilities are not unnecessarily shocked: "A man in New Hampshire the other day ate fifteen dozen raw oysters on a wager. The sliver trimmings alone on his coffin cost twelve dollars and thirty-five cent?.John Smith, lu Nebraska, said be could handle a rattlesnake the same as a snake-charmer. The churlishness of the un? dertaker In demanding pay In advance, delayed the funeral lour day*.A circus rider in Texas tried to turu three summersaults on horseback the other day. The manager sent back to New Orleans the following day for an? other summersault man.A man In New Jersey couldn't walt lor the curs to reach the depot, and jumped off. His widow has Bued the Insurance company.Few men would attempt to dry gunpower in the kitchen stove. A man in Canada did. His afflicted family would be glad ol any Information as to his whereabouts.In Massachusetts, the other day, a mau thought he could cross the track In advance ol'a locomotive. The services at the j-rave were very Impressive.A man warned his wife In New Orleans not to light a fire willi kerosene. Her clothes fit his second wile remarkably weli.A boy In Detroit disregarded his mother's warning not to skate on the river as the ice was thin. His mother don't have to cook for so many as she did by one." THE KU-KLUX PRISONERS. A Hearing Before the Commissioner. [From the ?olumbta Union ; Daniel Black, of Union County, charged with conspiracy and murder, had a hearing on Tues? day before United States Commissioner Boo? zer, J. H. Rnnkle, Esq.. ap. earing lor the de? fence, and H. G. Worthington, Esq.. for the prosecution. But two witnesses were examined, and upon their testimony the prisoner was remanded to await the action ot the grand j orv of the Uni? ted States Circuit Court, Which meets in this city next week. the killing of the prisoners near the Union County Jail last January was admitted by the defence. Hattie Wright, wife of Sylvanus Wright, who was one of those murdered, testified that, on the first taking out, her husband was shot several times by disguised men; that, on the next morning after the shooting, she found him in a corn crib thus wounded, and after? ward visited him several times In the Jail, and (hat he bad frequently told her he was confi? dent they would come back and take him out .ind shoot him again. That he told her Daniel Black, who she identified as the prisoner, was the man who gave him the shot in the lungs, but that he could not recognize any others of the gang with bim. That he told her on the same Sunday night that he was taken out the second time and killed; that Daniel Black had shot him, and be knew he wonld be killed If be remained In the Jail. The witness pointed to Daniel Black, saying, "That's him." The other witness was Albert Wright, a bro? ther ol fhe^murdered man. This witness testi? fied to seeing Sylvanns In the corn crib the next morning alter he was takeu out and shot the first lime. That he had helped the victim out of the pen, he saying at the time Daniel Black had shot him, and mentioning others who were engaged tn the shooting. Tbe coun? sel for defence objected to the admission of the testimony given by the wounded man to his wife, it not heinz clearly proven thal the con? dition ot the man was such as to make such admissible as dying declarations. Mr. Worthington argued the case, referring to authorities io sustain his position, to shaw that mental condition at the time of such statement* was the only legal requisite for ad? missibility. The commissioner left the ques? tion open, and remanded the prisoner. Frank Gregory, another ot the mme party was arraigned, but owing lo the parties not being in readiness the case was postponed. Ramon from York. [From the Columbia Union.] Passengers down from York state that in the Investigations which have been going on there, evidence was obtained against J. R. Tomlioson, a druggist, wbo, lt will be remem? bered, was one of the witnesses belore the Ku-Klux committee, and exceedingly reticent, at that, and that an attempt was made to ef? fect his arrest the other night. Tomllns?n, however, mounted his hor?e, and was closely pursued, when he rolled off lils horse and took to the woods. Several shots were fired after him without effect, and he escaped. The testimony taken at Torkvllle, lt is staled, makes General J. W. Avery, who is now reported to be ia Canada, accessory to many diabolical murders. A PLAY BEHIND THE SCENES. [From the New York Stockholder.] Under tbe head of South Carolina Bonds, the Stockholder says: The latest developments on ihe Stock Ex? change Indicate what from the first we saw no reason to doubt was the case lo respect to the "raid on South Carolinas.'*' It ls general? ly conceded to be a movement by local specu? lators, of course with some assistance lrom Wall street confederates, to break down the market so that bonds could be bought at lower figures, and profits be made by the rise. This process bas been repeatedly worked in Ten? nessees. We are convinced, hr.-ever, that no connection with this sort of b:.dk-Jobbing caa b?imputed to the agency here, .The man? agement of the Slate's nuances ls free from this scandal. COLLAPSE OF A SOUTH CAROLINA BONDHOLDER, " NEW YORE, November 22. Richard Deprlestor was lound laying dead on Broadway. Eleven thousand dollars were found on his person, and ten thousand In South Carolina bonds. IEE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. ROME, November 22. A consistory will be held on Friday, when the Pope will pronounce an allocution, where? in be will declare the course he Is determined lo pursue. The Italian Parliament will soon open Its session. PESTH, November 22. Francis Deak is dangerously 111. LONDON, November 22. Magistrates have refused ball to John Grlb bel, secretary of the total abstinence society, who publicly accused tbe Queen ot Intoxica? tion. MADRID. November 22. Il ls understood that atter the municipal elections Topete and Sagos ta will enter tho Spanish cabinet. LONDON, November 22. Marine disasters are .reported from all quarter?. The Egrla was wrecked off the Irish coast; five were drowned. The Taylor crew beat Benforth's three lengths for the Tyne championship. SPARKS FRO31 THE WIRES. -The small-pox ls raging in Trinidad, West Indies. -Henry G. Stebbins accepted commls sionershlp ol public parks of New York City. -Dion beat Miller the second game In the billiard match at New Orleans. -Dunn, the colored Lleutenant-Governor of Louslana, ls dead. Cause, congestion of the brain. -The metal in Utah, supposed to be tin, ls now stated to be cadmium, a metal related to zinc. The statement creates greal excite? ment. -The election at Washington passed off quietly. The $4,000,000 loan was carried by a large majority. -The Georgia Legislature has passed a bill ordering the gubernatorial election over the Governor's veto. THE If EATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, November 22. The barometer will probably rise on Thurs? day on the lakes and In New England, with cold westerly winds and cloudy weather; tall In the Southern and Gulf States, with south? westerly winds and rising temperature. Cloudy weather will prevail in the Rocky Mountains, extending, with falling barometer and rising temperature, into the Mississippi Valley. Dangerous winds are not anticipated for our coasts this evening. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, ?. S. A.-4.47 P. Bi., Local Time. Place of Observation. Augusta, Ga... Ba.-:m te. Bonum. Charleston. Chicago. Cinclnuatl. Calveston. Key West. Fia., Knoxville, Tenn Memphis. Tenn Mt. Washington New oneans... New York., Nirfolk. Philadelphia.... Portland, Me... Savannah . sr.. Louis. Wa-hlngton.D C wiiminctnn.N o i cs a s P i Si : S. B : : 29.91 29.77 29.66 U9.8 30.02 29.67 30.02 29.94 ;9.*9 29.98 29 36 29.98 29.87 29.76 29.76 29.49 29.91 30.0o 29.76 351W 42 W 481W 65 SW 17?NW 34, SW 67:3 7?|NW 44 W 50 NW l??NW 58lNB 41 W 49 Calm 39: W 38 SW 55 SW 28; NW 40, NW JO SW NOTE.-The weather recort dated 7.47o'cioctt, this morning, will be posted in the rooms of the Chamber or commerce at 10 o'clock A. M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy or the chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time during the day. THE CONVERSION BOSDS. ANOTHER REPORT OF A FRA UDULENT IS8VE How lt wag Managed-A Fair Cate for the Court?-Probe it to the Qaiok. An anonymous correspondent, for the cor? rectness of whose statements we do not pre? tend to vouch, sends THE NEWS some inter? esting points touching the alleged over-issue of the so-called conversion bond?. The cor? respondent says: "The article copied by you (rom the Colum? bia Phoenix on Wednesday morning ls correct as far as lt goes In Ita details ol tbe conversion bond frauds. But the amount of converted bonds said to be Issued is, however, under? stated. The plunderers at first thought of Is? suing bonds enough for their purposes under the act for the relief of th? treasury and the ac; for the payment of interest, but the Bing were assured that it would be better to use conversion bonds, as lt was understood by in? vestors that these did not increase the debt of the State. "The Bing have admitted to Mr. Smalley, ol the Tribune, that the State bonded debt now amounts to $15,805,000. The whole of the increase (over $7,865,785, the amount of the debt reported by the Taxpayers' Conven? tion, less two millions und^rTne relief act and TtffiWrest act above mentioned, issued at that time but since replaced by conversion bonds) ls in conversion bonds, which the pi? rates own that they have issued to the amount ol $8,000,000. "To quote from the writer In the Phoenix: " 'By reierrlng to Section 7 of Article 9 of the constitution, lt will be seen that this at? tempted increase of the debt ls unconstitu? tional and void. That section reads as fol? lows: " 'SECTION 7. For the purpose of deiraylng extraordinary expenditures, the State may contract public debts; but such debts shall be authorized by law for some single object, to be distinctly specified therein, and no such law shall take effect until lt sb*!! have been Eassed by the vote ot two-thirds of the mero ers of each branch ot the General Assembly, to be recorded by yeas and nays on the Jour? nals of each house respectively, and every such law shall levy a tax annually, sufficient to pay the Interest of such debt.' " 'The act ot March 23, 1869, does not fulfil these provisions ot the constitution. The bonds Issued under it, over and above the amount legitimately used in the conversion of securities, are, therefore, so much waste paper. These are the bonds now selling at twenty-nine.' "Bight here may a case be made. Some owners of Slate stock did exchange stock for bonds. By this fraudulent sale of conversion bonds the legitimate bonds received la ex? change for stock have been depreciated from eighty to twenty-six and a half, with the pros? pect of entire repudiation. Here is an evi? dent wrong done to such a legitimate holder, for which there must be a remedy either In law or equity. If the holder of such legit?male bonds ls a citizen of another State, could not a suit be brought by him In the United States Court to restrain the Governor, treasurer and comptroller from recognizing the fraudulent bonds as a part of the State debt ' "It would.probably be useless to appeal to the State Courts. Such a Snpreme Court as we have would do but Utile to aid the tax? payers in maintaining their rights." THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEBT. General Wade Hampton to Inspect the Financial Agent'* Account*. [Dispatch to the New York Sun.] COLUMBIA, S. C., November 19. Mr. H. H. Klmpton, the New York financial agent oi this State, arrived bere to-day for tbe purpose of submitting his official acts to a rigid examination. He denies the charge that he has been guilty ot malfeasance In office, and says that the accusations of certain newepa Ee.*s in New Tork tbat the South Carolina debt as been Iraudulently Increased by him are false. He says that the total Indebtedness ot the SUte will not exceed $12,000,000. He proposes to bav? his accounts examined by a committee ol citizens and taxpayers. Generals Wade Hampton, M. C. Butler, M. W. Gary and Judge Porter, of Charleston, will be Invited to assist in the in ves! i gat lons. Ki mp ton ls very bluer against the State officials, whom he accuses of extravagance and maladminis? tration ol the State finances. He says that owing to this he was obliged to make ruinous terms with money-lenders to raise money, and had to hypothecate bonds without warrant of law for the purpose. This, however, he claims ts a matter for the officials to settle with the taxpayers. He was merely the agent to do as he was told. All that he seeks ls a vindication of bis own acts, and not those of bis employers. .1 SOLAR EXPLOSION. Wonderfal Appearance of a Hydrogen Cloud. On the 7th of last September Professor Young, of Dartmouth College, was examining, by means ot bis spectroscope, an enormous name or hydrogen cloud on the eastern border of the sun; lt was formed ot nearly horizontal fila? ments, with Its lower surface 15,000 miles above the visible border of tbe sun, to which it was connected by three or four bright verti? cal columns. The length of this cloud was 100,000 miles, and its vertical thickness 54,000 miles. It had presented this lorm and these dimensions at the noon of the preceding day; he lett the telescope at 12 30 P. M., and on returning In less than half an hour be was surprised to find that during that in? terval "the whole thins had been literally blown to shreds by some inconceivable uprush from beneath." In place, he says, of the quiet cloud I had left, the air, if I may use the ex? pression, was filled with flying debris-a mass of detached, vertical fusiform filaments. When I first looked, some of them had already reached a height of nearly one hundred thou? sand miles, and while I watched them they rose with a motion almost Imperceptible to the eye, until in ten minutes the|uppermost were more than two hundred thousand miles above the solar surface. As the filaments rose they gradually laded away like a dissolving cloud, and at 1.15 P. M. only a few filmy wisps, with some lighter streamers, low down near the chromosphere, remained to mark the place. But In the meanwhile the Utile" thunderhead," bel?re alluded to, had grown and developed wonderfully Into a mass ol rolling and ever cbanging flame, to speak according to ap? pearance. First, lt was crowded down, as lt were, along the solar surface; later lt rose al? most pyramidally 50,000 miles In height; then its summit was drawn out lulo long filaments and threads which were most curiously rolled backwards and downwards, like the volutes of an louie capital, and finally it faded away, and by 2.30 P. M. had vanished like the other. . .*..* Whether the fine aurora borealls which succeeded in the evening was really the earth's response (be refers to the supposed physical connection between the dis? turbance of the earth's magnetism and changes in the atmosphere of the sun,) to this magnifi? cent outburst of the sun is perhaps uncertain, but the coincidence ls at least suggestive, and may easily become something more, if, as I somewhat confidently expect to learn, the Greenwich magnetic record indicates a disturb? ance precisely simultaneous with the solar explosion. -Every cat in Paris is lo be taxed at the rate of about a dollar and a quarter per annum. -The iailure of comic papers in tbe United States bas puzzled many great minds. The real cause ol their failure lies in the fact that Hone of them ever employed a surgeon. Italics and parentheses are valuable assist? ants, but a surgeon is Indispensable where Jokes are expected to nourish. i?larrie?. RICH-RICH.-At Oranireburg, s. c.. Novemoer 13.1871, by Rev. J. H. ti. Cfcumacelro, PHILIP Rica to JENNIE, daughter cf M. liten. Esq , of Orange burg, e. 0. LANCASTER - RICHARDS.-On Monday, the 20th instant, by the Rev. Wm B. Tates, ac his residence. HARRT LANCASTER, of Enter'rise, Wadmalaw Island, S. C., to GEORGIE RICHARDS, of Darlen, Conn. * irtmeral LVotices. pm* THE^FfiJENDS ^WACQUAINT ANCES of Mr. JOHN RUSSELL are respectfully Invited to attend his Funeral Services, st Crace Church, THIS MORNING, at io o'clock. nov23 Special Notices THAI?KSG?VIW^?RVICES, -IN accordance with the Mayor's Proclamation, the Methodists of the city will have a Union Service in Bethel cnurch, THIS DAT. at ll o'cldtk. Rev. J. T. WIGHTMAN will preach. AU Methodists, and the public generally, Invited. nov23-* CENTRAL C HU RC H.-THERE will be no Service in this Church, THU MORNING, on account of the absence of the Pastor. Service may be expected on the following SUNDAY MORN? ING. nov23-l* FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH -THIS Church will ba opened for Divine Service To-Moa ROW MORNING, Thanksgiving Day. at hilf-paat io o'clock-Service by the.Rev. L. H. SHUCK, Pastor, notts pm* WENTWORTH STREET LOTHE RAN OHUCH.-In accordance with.the Proclama Mon of his Honor the Mayor, a Thanksgiving Ser? vice will be held In the above Church TB? MORN? ING, at half-past io o'clock._nov23 CITADEL SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH.-There will be no Service m this Church tbls morning In consequence of the absence of the Pastor attending the Meeting of] the Convention. There will be Service in the Lecture Rc om To NIGHT, at 7 o'clock, to be con? ducted by the Rev. Mr. HART. The Congregation are respectfully invited to at? tend Service THIS MORNING, at the First Baptist Church, Church stree:. nov23 ST. PHILIPS CHURCH.-THURS DAT, the 231 Instant, havlog been appoioted a Day of Thansglvlng and Prayer by the city au? thorities, this Church will be open for Divine Ser? vice at li o'clock A. M. nov22-2 pm*DR. M. S. H ANCKEL, DENTIST, Has returned to the city. Office No. 240 Ring street, two doors below Beaufaln street. nov23-thfm3 pm*TEE SOUTHERN AND ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S LINE Is comple-ed to Macon, Go., and Messages will now be received for that rolnc at 6) cent* for ten words, and cents for each additional word. A. J. BALDWIN, nov23-l General superintendent. pm* PUBLIC MARKETS, NOVEMBER 22, 1871.-To-Moraow having been Bet spar; as a DAY OF THANKSGIVING ANO PRAYER, the Markets will be closed TO-MOBROW MORNING, at 9 o'clock. WILLIAM KIRKWOOD, DOV22-2_Chief Clerk. PEOPLE'S BANK OF* "SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON, NOVEMBER 21,1871. Tnr USD AV next having been Bet apart by the City authorities as a Day of Tain ka giving, thia Back will be closed on tbat <u?._- _ nom_JAMES B. BETTS, Cashier. ^OFFICE OF THE SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD, CHARLESTON, KL C., NOVEMBER 17, 1S71.-Excursion Tickets will be sold over thu Road for Ave days, commencing SUNDAY, November 19, to Savannah and return for one Fare, to enable visitors to attend the Fair of the Industrial As8oclat!on. Tickets good till MONDAY, November 27,1871. C. S. GADSDEN, Engineer and Superintendent. S. C. BOYLSTON, 0. F. anti T. Agent D0V18-5 _ pm* NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAV? ING demands against the Estate of the late Mr. CHARLES H. K?NIG, otherwise called KING, of Charleston, deceased, will present attested state? ments or the same to Messrs. SIMONS A SIMONS, Attorneys at Law, No. 77 Broad street, Charles? ton, S. C., and all persons Indebted thereto will make payment to them or the undersigned. W. A. MERTENS, nov7-tstb6 Administratrix. pm* THE LaST CHANCE TO GET ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. - The sale of Tickets tn the Louisville Girt Lottery will positively close on the 1st Instant. Toe Drawing will take place on the 16th Decem? ber without fall. Send your orders for Tickets to EDWARD PERRY, _ - No. 149 Meeting street,} novl7-fmw4_Opposite Charleston Hotel. m* UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.-By an order of the Honorable GEO. S BRYAN, United States District Judge, the Session or the District Court and the hearing or all peti? tions and motions in Bankruptcy, or in the gen? eral business of the District Court ls further post? poned until the 20th or November last. nov!_DANL. HORLBECK, Clerk. ^3t~BATCHELOB'S HAIR DYE.-THIS SUPERB HAIR DYE ls the best in the world-per? fectly harmless, reliable and Instantaneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous tints or unpleas? ant odor. Tde genuine W. A. BATCHELORS HAIR DYE produces IMMEDIATELY a splendid Black or Natural Brown. Does not atalu the ?kin, but leaves tue hair clean, soft and beautiful. The .my Safo and Perfect Dye. Sold by all Drug? gists. Factory No. 16 Boud street, New York, lanaa-mwfiyr_ sT- CLEAR AND HARMLESS AS WA TER-NATT ANS'S CRYSTAL DISCOVERY FOR TUE HAIR.-A perfectly clear preparation in ooe bottle, as easily applied as water, for restoring to gray hair its natural color and youth'ul appear? ance, to eradicate and prevent dandruff, to pro? mote the growth of the hair and atop Its falling ont. It ls entirely harmless, and perfectly free from any poisonous substance, and will therefore 'take the place of all the dirty and unpleasant preparations now In use. Numerous testimonia s have been sent us from many of our moat promi? nent c.ttzens, aome of which are sut joined. In everything in which the articles now In use are objectionable, CRYSTAL DISCOVERY ls perfect. It ls warranted to contain neither Sugar of Lead, Snlphur or Nitrate of Silver, lt does not soil f e clothes or scalp, ls agreeably perfumed, and makes one of the b st dressings for the Hair In use. It restores the color or the Hair "more per? fect and uniformly than any other preparation,'' and always does so in from v.ree to ten days, virtually feeding the rjots of the Hair with all the nourishing qualities necessary to Its g-owth and healthy condition; lt restores the decayed and Induces a new growth or the Hair mere poal tlrely than anything else. The application of this won lerful discovery also produces a pleasant and cooling effect on the scalp and gives the Hair a pleasing and elegant appearance. We call especial attention to the fact that a limited number of trial bottlea will be given &way gratuitously to those wishing to try lt. You will tice that in pursuing this course our aim ls to convince by the actual merits of the article. ARTHUR NATTANS, Inventor and Proprietor, Washington, D. C. For sale by the Agent, DR. H. BAER, Ko. 131 Meeting street, Charleston, S. C. novis-stuthly Special Notice?. pm* CITY HALL, OFFIC? CLERK OF COUNCIL, CHARLESTON, S. C.. NOVEMBER 23, 1871.-Bj Proclamation of His Honor, the Mayor, THIS DAT belog a Day of general Thanks? giving, the City Offices will be closed. W. W. SIMON'S, nov23-l Clerk or Coo nell. pm* THE BALLOTING FOB THE Firemen's and Military PRIZES will take place on FRIDAY EVENING. November 24.1871. J. T. TEL FAIR, Chairman Committee. nov23-l* pm*OARD OF THANKS. -THE ?NDEB siGNED, in benair of the Steam Fire Engines and Truck Companies, return their kind thanks to the proprietors of the Charleston Cornier and DAILY Ns wa for their gratuitous publications of the late reception or the Delaware Firemen, to the Officers or the Northeastern Railroad for free transporta? tion of the Committee on their Road, and to the citizens generally for their liberal contributions. M. H. NATHAN. 1 nov23-l F. L. O'Nf.ILL, J pm* OFFICE COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION, CHARLESTON COUNT T, CHARLES? TON, S.O., NOVEMBER 20, 1871.-For the pur? pose of condnctlng the Election to be held on MONDAY, the 27th day of November, 1871, to elect a Member or the House of Representatives for the Election District of Charleston County, tbe Com? missioners of Election have appointed the follow? ing named persons Managers of Election, and have designated the places hereinafter mentioned as Polling Precincts. > AU persons herein appointed Managers are re? quested to meet at the Courthouse on THURSDAY, 23d instant, for the purpose of qualifying as such, and of receiving the necessary instructions. E. w. M. MACKEY, Chairman. R. & BRUNS, W. H. BERNEY. CITY OF CHARLESTON. WABBI. City Hall-J. J. Young, Vf. M. Sage, John An? crum. WARD 2. Courthouse-S. W. Ramsay, Robt. Fletcher, j. H. Brawley. WA ED 3. Market Hall-M. J. almonds,-Kennedy, Jno. Morant. E ngine-House in Inspection street-C. B. Grant, J. B. Plum mean, Thoa. Aiken. Wini Hope Englne-Honse-las. Brennan, O. L. Pratt, Charles Simons. Stonewall Engine-House-A. A. Goldsmith, J. D. Robinson, S. G. Russel'. WARD 8. Eagle Englne-Honse-Jas. A. D?rrns, w. F. Bar? nett, W. A. Grant. Wann 8. Washington Engine House-Jno. Gonzales, J. D. Price, R. Forrest. Marlon Englne-Honse-Edwd. walterson, Jj. Gibbes, Reeves Gibbes, WAHD 7. Columbus street-J. A. Gregg, J. B. Mushing ton, -Douglass. WARD 8. Sires street-J. M. F. Dareef, J. E. Bowen, P. lt Gregor!*. CHRIST CHURCH. Mount Pleasant-C. F. North, Wm. Murrell, T. D. Jervey. ** Fifteen-Mile House-John Miller, Frank Ladson, Jno. Lawrence. _ ST; JAMES S ANTEC-: Thirty-two-Miie House-J. R. German, W. Q. Pinckney, W. E. Fripp. ST. JAMES GOOSE CREEK. Eight-Mile Pomp-Toney Gibbes, A. P. Ford, H. C. Inwood. Whaley's Church-Frank Barnwell, Warren Campbell. Summerville-Geo. Lee, Dan. Walker. Wassamasaw-W. H. Harrison, Mack wil? liam?. Hickory Bend-A. Joyner, Henry Edwards, Abram Smalls. ST. JOHN'S BERKELEY. Black Oak-Morton N. Waring, Edwd. Mickey, Nero Smalls. Biggin Church-Jas. W. Cannon, R. Selby, E. C. Bunch. Strawberry Ferry-wallam Harleston, A. C. Richmond, Richard Harleston. ST. STEPHEN'S. Master Hoase-W. R. Jervay, S. D. Russell, J. C. Tingman. ST. TBOMAS AND ST. DENNIS. Brick Church-Aaron Logan, G. H. Allen, J. K. Brown. ST. ANDREW'S. KAIN LAND. Brick Church-K. B. Moultrie, B. H. Hoyt, R. W. Win lams. - Lambs' Farm-L. I. Taylor, Richard Legare. JAKES ISLAND. Cross Roads-Wm'. Glover, M. F. Becker, W. W. Lawton. ST. JOHNS' C0LLETON. SDI8T0 ISLAND. Wright's Store-W. F. Dover, Jas. Hutchinson Calvary Church-Jonas Grant, Dennis Gibbes. WADVALAW ISLAND. Enterprise Landing-Edward Petty, John Jen? kins. JOHN'S ISLAND. Brick Church-Wm. Wright, J. J. Rivers, Sam Johnson. nov22-e pm* THE CHARLESTON CHARITA? BLE ASSOCIATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREE SCHOOL FUND.-OFFICIAL RAFFLEB NUMBERS. CLASS Na 211-MORNING. 70-59-73-40-71-36-32-66- 6-25-64-3? CLASS No. 212-EVENING. 39-26 -25 -51-72-50-18-27-74 -42-!6 -62 As witness our hand at Charleston this 22d day or November, 1871. FENN PECK,. JAMES GILLI LAND, oct3 Sworn Commissioners. ^.OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER, FIRE-PROOF BUILDING, CHABLESTON, S. a, NOVEMBER JTH, 1871.-The Books of the Treasu? rer or Charleston County will be opened on the 20th day of November, 1871, for the receipt or 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 ISth day of January, 1872. The rate of taxation for the year 1871 is as fol lows. viz: State Tax per centum.7 mills. County Tax per centnm.8 mills. Poll Tax per capita.$ 100 WM. GURNEY, novs-imo Treasurer Charleston County. pm* O N MARRIAGE. Happy reUef for Young Men from the effecta of Errors and Abuses in early ure. Manhood re? stored. Nervous debility cureJ. Impedimenta 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 Btreet, Philadelphia Pa octl2 p ? B E GYPSUM Containing NINETY-NINE AND TWO-THIRDS (99H) PER CENT. Soluble Matter. Warranted fco from all Impurities. Prepared in .his ..y.and for cale at the low price ot FI Fr h. ?.DOLLARS per ton, CASH. JOHN U. HOLMES, Commlsslen Merchant, , novl7-f Charleston, 8.6.