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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1874. CHARLESTON. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1871. EIGHT .DOLLARS A YEAR. THE ARMS SWINDLE. ASToyisnrs'G REVELATIONS OF THE JOIST COMMITTEE. Enrolling the Militia-Where tine Money Went-The Convention of Arms Fraud?. We print below aa additions! chapter from the report ot* the Joint Investigating Commit tee, all the members of which are uncompro? mising R-idicale: The Enrolment and Organization of the .Militia, and the Employment of an Annul Force. Tais part ol the work o? the present admin? istration^ severely and extendedly criticised, at jonie and abroad, SJ fruitful ot suspl don and opposition among a large portion of our citizen-, as well as dl-sitlsfaotion to another class, while Intended for the preser? vation of the peace, lives and property ol the peu pe of the State, has not only failed in its avowed object, and been managed unwisely, but also proved an expensive experiment, as ktne charges for such purpose will show The first payment for the enrolment and ml zit i un ot the militia wai made in July, ?, and, if the payments on the appropria? is tor that purpose correctly show the pre? iss made in the effort, it was not very great 11II about Aprli, 1S70, from which date, ac? cording to the moulhiy disbursement?, we are reminded ol' active operations. The whole cost of the enrolment and organization or the mi ?i; h. as far as known, up to May, 1871, is $106,472 82. The expenses paid for armed force do not appear in any reports thus far submitted, but will be found in the supple? mental report of the committee, the aygre gate of which is $23,747 78. Germain to these expenditures are the charges for the purchase of arms aud armament, authorized by an act ot tue Legislature, March 16. 1869. which em petered tue Governor lo purchase two thous and staud of arms, with the usual complement of ammunition, and pay for the same cut ol any money in the treasury not otherwise ap proprlated. It ls found that the Governor de? cided that one thousand arms of the Winches? ter pattern would be sufficient, and gave his prders accordingly. For these arms (ll the chai.e to "The Purchase of Arms"is in ac? cordance with the appropriation er law author? izing the same.) and "the usual complement of ammunition" for one thousand Winchester ri?es, the Stite has paid $38,789 33, winch maKes the total outlay tor the enrolment and organization of the militia, now entirely with out organization-the armed force now virtu? ally disarmed-the purchase of arm1, one thousand Winchester rifles, Ww scattered throughout the thirty-one counties of the State-the sum of $171,009 93. The committee aro, In thia connection, forced to the acknowledgment, however un pluaaant or humiliating it maybe to such as are connected with the fact, that the moneys expended (as vouchers indicated the direction In which the funds were nsed) were not all paid ont for such purposes. In the enrolment and organization ot the militia, as well as In th^ armed force, employed by the Governor there was a most ample and complete oppor matty for ambitious political partisans and as pUnots for re-election to arm and equip a f&Hx of personal friends and advocates, and pay them "when on service the same pay and allowances as are giren to officers au .1 soldiers of the fame tirade in the army of the United State?," noe out of their own purse, but ..out ot any moneys in the treasury not otherwise ap? propriated; the State to be reimbursed by a special tax upon any county into which the Gov ernor was compelled to s*nd an armed loree.'' And to carry outthese provision?.! he Governor was to exercise all '.he powers conferred upon him by aa act entitled an act to suppress in surrectlon and rebellion, passed September 22. 1868. Beside, as he was to be the judge of the existence, in any county, of the neces? sity of an armed loree "io preserve tie peace," and it was his own prerogative to commission the officers and subalterns, ftoi endorse their pay accounts. An en? rolled, organized and armed retinue of per? sonal favorites or advocates were commis? sioned and nUced upon his staff at the proper time, as well as ordered ta form companies, battalion?, regiments and biigades throughout the State, into what was called "The National Guard," alias "Scott's Militia." This state ment is made from undoubted evidence in the premises, and cannot be controverted. The election in 1870 was carried, in part, by the means herein stated, and while some portion of the funds appropriated for the purposes specified were, no doubt, expended for the same, the largest amounts were diverted to secure the re-election of Robert K. Scott, as Governor ot South Carolina, but not fur the success of the Republican party. That the adjutant-general has not known ot this di version of special aprreprlaiibni.TMno'Ot^e Essib e; for, being a member of me Hoicv of preventative:", the speaker of the Rouse and Blgner ot'all bills pay^^^hJ>ranches of the General Assemb'?^ ^^^T be tami iar with the laws pass?. . _-u, as the elected ad Jmlmi.-eeneral, the principal staff officer of the St?te. whose recognized du:y Is to assist the commaoder-ln-chlef in the details of military organization, and promulgate his orders, lie certainly cannot claim entire igno rance in the use of the muds which are here referred to. Nor is this all. A more glaring robbery ol the treasury, for personal ambition and gain, has been perpetrated, and will be presented In that part of this report which corers the Investigation of the financial agent's books and paper-*. The enormous sum of $202.602 66, (two hundred and lwo thomanl six 'aundrea and two dollars and sixty-six cents,) not ap Searing anywhere upon the State treasurer's ooks, and never Intended for the public eye or ear, bas been paid, in addition to the amount already agsrregeted, for the al? teration ot arms, which swells the account to $374,696 59 (three hundred and seventy four thousand six hundred and ninety-six dol? lars and fifty-nine cents.) The committee are compelled to believe that many of the State officials have been privy to this last and chief? est expenditure, lor no such amount could evtfr have been paid lor the work done, and the charges themselves are the evidence of fraud, an 1 the officials could uot have sanc? tioned or winked at lt unless in complicity with it. It would be proper here lo say, the commit ?se believe that the amount charged for "Adju knt-General's Contingent,"' viz, $5000, the iii-unit and assistant adjutant's salaries, $8000. and the state constabulary, v.z, $33, 463 12. would mest assuredly belong to thia class of expenditures, being kindred in their offices, purposes and use?. Therefore. "The Enrolment and Organiza!ion of the Militia," ?'The Armed Force," "The Purchase of Arms," **The Adjutant-Gen-ral's Department," and "The 8tate Constabulary,:' have cost the State the alarming sum ot lour hundred and twenty one thousand one hundred and tl(ty-t:ine dol lan^nd seventy-one cents ($421,159 71.) near? ly sufficient to pay the interest on the pub? lic debt lor one"year (as per statement ot the comptro 1er areueral, October 31, 1870.) equal to a special tax of two and one-half milts upon the whole taxable property of the State, or a per capita of $2 75 upon the whole voting pop? ulation of the State. Further remarks upon this subject will be reserved until the financial agent's accounts are presented. "Arni ?Account." Frequent reference has been made to an ac? count on the agent's books, called ihe "Arms Account," and it has already been designated as "a glaring robbery of the treasury." The committee have taken great pains lo discover the parties engaged in '-this wholesale plun? dering operation." and will give the result ob? tained. Jewill be proper to state that the committee were impressed with the nefariousness of this account the moment the charges which com? prise lt were reached. Why should such an amount be expended? For what? J-rom what source did the order to pay lt emanate ? By the authority ol what law wa- the purchase made, If purchase it was ? Such were some of | the questions asked. Now, all the laws bearing upon the subject of arms, to be used or purchased, are the Joint resolutions of February 8 and March 16, 1869. The first authorizes "the Governor to employ an armed force for the preservation of the peace,'' to consist ot "one hundred men or more, it in his opinion needed, who sha'l be fully armed and equipped." a The second authorizes him "io purchase ?wo thousand stands of arms, of the most im-1 Kroved pattern, with the usual complement of ?ammunition.'' "Provided, that a serviceable land satisfactory arm cannot be procured lrom Fthe United States." Ndt even the ac's "To suppress insurrection j! ? a and rebellion," or -To organize and go' the militia o' the State of South Caroli passed previous to the aforesaid joint re? turns, provide fur the arming of men or purchase of arms. Therefore, all authoritj an expenditure of money for arms and am nition rests upon the joint resolutions of '. mary 8 and March 16,1869, and the Govei is the one designated "to enlist an ar force," assisted by the adjutant-general, at purchase the arms, unass'sted, and paj them "out of any money in the treasury otherwise appropriated." Only "two thousand stands of arms, with usual complement of ammunition."' are t where authorized, and the provision, If a " viceable and satisfactory arm cannot be ] cured from the United States," qualifies e the exercise of the power elven the Govet in this act of the General Assembly. First, then, could "a serviceable arm* procured from the United States? It ls \ known that "the Springfield musket" is standard arm of the United States, and been so accepted because of its serviced bien Could it be "procured?"' It ls also kuc that each Slate in the Union is entitled t< regular quota of arms annually, from the G eral Government, which are usually deposi in the arsenals or armories of the St: South Carolina having been, with the volted States, out of the practical relath she held to the government, had not recen for several years her usual complement arms or ammunition. She was now rest ed to her place and to all her rights t privileges in the Union. Tnese lacis wi known to the Governor. A visit to Washii ton was arranged. The late Secretary ot W General John A. Rawlins, was to be int viewed and impressed with the necessity of immediate grant of Springfield muskc "The insurrectionary condition of the Sta the st.1! rebellious attitude of the people, t dancer cf life in the breast of a loyalist unionist, the Impossibility of peace bel?g p serve J, were all to be artfully and forcibly i gued belcre the Secretary-that eui only su arms as the State might be entitled to sin her readmission to the Union, but al she h forfeited by her years of accession and reb lion, and those she would be entitled to t rears to come, might be obtained for the ar lng of 'ihe National Guard ot South Carolin who were alone to be the protectors ot t civil authorities, and the friends of republic liberty.'' The Governor's first lieutenant, the adj lant-genera'. was regarded as the proper ai best ambassador for the State in this emerge cy. He "came" to Washing:on; he "saw" il Secretary; he "conquered1' all objection?, co tingencies, doubts, obstacles; the Secreta telegraphed the adjutant-general, who w now upon a flying trip to New York: "Y< can have ten thousand stands of Springfie muske'.B," or words to that effect. The ml sion ot the general was a success, and Sou Carolina procured a serviceable arm from t! United States, sufficient to equip aa army Cen thousand men. There was. therefore, t need of the exercise of the auihority of Hare 16, 1869; in fact, the authority was nu lifled t Uie generous munificent grant, of the Nation Government. . But the Governor decided to purchase ot thousand Winchester rifles, with pernaps "lt usual amount of ammunition," as a more "s i Isfactory arm," If not cs "serviceable." F?. these ibe State bas paid $38.789 33, no part < which is included In the charges for "Arni Account" upon the financial agent's books. Thisexpenolture, then, has been made will out sanction of law, and for what, and t whom? Let the following testimony, taken b the committee, show: STATEMENT OF ISAIAH WOODBURY*. Question. State your name, age and occupi ;lon. Answer. Isaiah Woodbury, thirty-three year if age, merchant, of No. 48 Broadway, i>*ei rom City. Ques. Were you at any tine connected wltl :be Roberts Arms Company? Ans. Yes. I was treasuier of that compan i year or more. Ques. At what time were you treasurer o laid company? Ans. I entered upon the duties of treasure n November, If69. Ques. Do you know anything of a contrae unered into between that company and tht ?late of South Carolina? Ans. Ye.?. Quts Was that contract entered upon tht >ooks of the said compan} ? Ans. There was a regular conti act, and 1 bink lt was entered on the books of the com ?any kept tor recorJIug the minutes of their neellngs. Ques. What was the nat aro ofthat contract? A.a?. It was to transform Ave ihousand ?rms known as the "Springdell musket" to ireech-'oaders of the Roberts pattern. Qiiee. Wno was the contract made by on he part ofjjie State ot South Carolina ? Ans. It was sly-nei by F. J. Moses, Jr.. ad utant-treneral of ihe State, and I think afit-r rards by the Governor; lt had ihe seal of the ?tate upon it. Ques. What was the price agreed up jn for nuking such alterations ? Ans. According lo copy of paid contract lt l'as eight dollars and eighty-five cents per run. maklnsr, for ali, forty-lour thousand two lundred and dfty dollars ($44,250.) Ques. How much of that money, v'z: $44, 50, was recelved^by the Roberts Arms Com ?any ? Aue. Twenty-five hundred dollars. Ques. Who paid that money to the com ?any ? An?. C. H. Pond, of this city. Ques. Whs C. H. Pjud at that or any other line connected v\ Ith ihe Roberts Arius Coui lany ? Ans. Ke never wa9 to my knowlege. Ques. Do you know vf any uminiu.Ulon urnifhed the State of South Carolina by the kniet kan Metallic Ammunition Company ? Aa?. They furnished one million cart? ages. Ques. What was your connection with the Linet ican Ammunition Company ? Ans. I was treasurer ol that company. Ques. Was lhere a contract to furnish this .mtnuuition; it so, what wus it? Ans. It was tu furnish one million car ridges at the rate ot thTty-sevea dollars per housand. amounting to ihlrlv-seveu thousand lollara i $37,000). Ques. At what time was said contract for mmunltion entered imo? Aus. Septembei or October, 1869. Ques. What were you furnishing same kind if car?ridges to other parties for at that time? Ans. Thirty-two dol?an per ihousand. Ques. Were those cari ridges delivered? AU-. Twenty-five thousand were sent, by irder of the State, to Providence, B. f., to he Providence Tool Co m puny, and seven housand were seul, as per order, to Ilion, New forte, and the remainder were seat to south karolina. Que?. How much money did the American leiallic Ammunition Company receive for :anndges furnished? Ans. Twenty-one thousand six hundred ind twenty-seven dol?ais and ninety cents $21,667 90) for cartridges, and one hundred md fifty dollars tor cans. Qu??8. Who transacted ihe business for the .tate? Ans. C. H. Pond. Ques. Did the Roberts Arms Company and he American Metallic Ammunition Company five receipts for any money received on ac :ount of said contracts? If so, to whom and or what amount did they receipt? Ans. They gave receipts in lull for eniire imount, viz: eighty-one thousand four hun Ired dollars, to C. H. Pond, of this city. Ques. Why did they give receipts for a arger amouut of money than they received ? Ans. That was the only way they could get m v moaey at all. Que?. What reason was assigned for not >a\ing the entire amount ? Ans. C. H. Pond said that what we aoiually ecelve^jvas all ihat was due on original con rac', and the remaining difference was for ;ommissions, 4c. Ques. Were these contracts made while r-ou were treasurer ? Ans. -io"; they were made before I was sleeted. The statement waa made that this noney would be paid ihe American Metallic Ammunition Company and the Roberts Arms Company, but when we cane to settle, they Pi nd) deducted forty-nine thousand one hun? dred and twenty-two dollars and ten cents $49.122 10.) Ques. Why were these guns transformed jy the Providence Tool Company ? Ans. Because the Roberts Arms Company lld not have the macbiuery to make the altera :ions with. Ques. Who paid the Providence Tool Com? pany for doing the work ? Ans. I don't know. Ques. Do you know how much they were ;o receive for making the alterations ? Ans. Yes, they were to receive six dollars per gun. Ques. Who made the contract with the Providence Tool Company ? Ans. Don't know; it wits made before I was elected treasurer. Que?. Do you know of any contract having been made with any other parties for the transforming of guns for the State of South Carolina? Ans. They made a contract with the Rem? ington Arms Company to transform five thous? and guns, same .kind as those altered by the Roberts Arms Company, to the pattern known as the Remington gun. We sent cartridges, as before stated, to Ilion, for the purpose of { tesl ing the guns. City and County of Kew York. ss. : Isaiah Woodbury, of said city, being duly sworn, says: That he was treasurer of both the Roberts Arms Company and the American Metallic Ammunition Company, and that the foregoing answers to the above questions are true and correct. (Signed) ISAIAH WOODBDRY. Sworn and subscribed before me, this 2Gth day of October, 1871. (Signed) R. E. SELM ES. Notary Public, New York. The Remington Arms Company, being called j upon by the committee, stated In substance '?that C. H. Pond received from the State o? South Carolina the sum of nine dollars per gun altered by them into the Remington breech-loader; that they altered five thousand f rsa of the pattern known as the Springfield m ?sket. but they disliked to state what Pond paid them. ***???* By the foregoing statements, lt is seen that the len thousand Springfield muskets turned over by order of the secretary of war, some time in the summer of 1869, to the State of | South Carolina, lor urgent Immediate use. passed Into the bands of the Roberts and Rem? ington Arms Companies, in September and October, 1869, for transformation into breech? loaders, equally divided among them, viz: Five thousand to each company, under con? tract over the signatures of the Inspector and adjutant-general ol' the 8tate of South Caro? lina, authorized by Hie Governor, and iu ac? cordance with his instructions. Ihe amount paid the Roberts Aims Com? pany, which they had "to lake cr pet noili? ing," was at the" rate of fifty cents per gun, instead of eight dollars and eighty-five cen'.s. The circumlocution agent, C. H.'Pond, after having paid the Providence Tool Company six dollars per gun, if their bill has been paid at all. reserved for commissions two dollars and thiriy-flve cents per gun, which, on the five tnousand guns said to have been aliered by the Roberts Arms Company, makes the total of eleven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars ($11,750) lor commissions. What the commissions were, In the settle? ment wlih the Remington Arms Company, are not yet known, but it wl'l not discredit the natural covetousness of Mr. Pond to presume he received at least as much as he demanded from the Roberts Arms and Providence Tool Companies. He ls not In the habit ot mnklog a nuaum pactum, a bare, n iked contract, with? out a consideration, as his settlement with iheAmeiican Metallic Ammunition Company proves. From them he demanded thirteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-two 10 100 dollurs ($13,872 10) as commissions; so that the probable amount received by the avaricious Pond from these tributary sources, for himself and others who are hidden, was not less than forty thousand dollars ($40,000.) But did these charges consime the whole amount charged on the bonks of the financial agent to the "Arms Account," which was f 202. 602 66 ? Not at all; the whole amount paid the Roberi8 Arms Company, Providence Tool Com? pany, Remington Arms Company, and Amer? ican Metallic Amman ii lon Company, as well as the commissions to the circumlocution Pond, was in the aggregate not over one hundre i and t wen i vs ix thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ($126,250.) so that there remains yet to be accounted for, seven'y-slx thousand eight, hundred and fifty-two "66-100 dollars ($76.852 66.) lefs $1080 paid insurance, which has been paid by the financial agent to C. H. Pond, the only person known, on his books, as having any conned ion with these trim-ac? tions, uuless we accept i lie assurance of ihe timm: hil agent und his confident ?al c ork, viz: that twenty thousand d liars of this amount ivas paid N. G. Parker. Who do we find responsible for these high? handed outrages ? According to Isaiah Wood? bury, the Governor and adjutant-general. From whom did the contracts, authorizing ?uch outrages, emanate ? According to Isaiah Woodbury, the Governor and adjutant-general )f the State of South Carolina. Who was the "go-between," the ready ogr-nt. ?0 mauage the swindle and divide the spoils ! .1. H. Pond, who appears everywhere, with he money of the State, to make seulement of :ontracts lu ber name for the alteration of inn?, and the purchase ot ammunition. Why did not i tie Governor or the ndjutant reueral, who made these contracts. If they vere sure they were necessary or autliorftea, lo alUhe business themselves wlih the com? ?anles who were to alter the arms abd furnish he usual complement ot ammunition, and hereby save the State li oin such sharky coin nlssions, viz: One hundred and fourteen hou-and two hundred and twenty-!our 66-100 lollara, ($114.224 66.; Is the treasury so rc-11 )!ete, that robbers, however rapacious, are to ie Invited or authorized to make their descent ipon lr, w:th the authority of the Governor of | he State protecting them ? Who are the ruardiaas ot our public trusts? Where are tie wat3h dogs of our treasury, for plunderers ire upon us. and arming themselves out of >nr revenues ? To say that the Governor or the adjutant jeneral could have known nothing of these nfdmous robbeiles. ls no louder possible. The Governor Is a'one tue author!;; on the mrt of the Slate lo make such a contract, and ie gave that authority willi general Instruis? ions to ihe adjutant-general, his fir&t-!leuten int. with orders to communicate his com nands. No such transaction could have trims ?ired without his ipse dixit, and ihe contract leclares the truth of ihls assertion; nor could uch sums In thousands have been poid, even ly the financial agent, without the Instruc ions or directions of the Governor or the Inuncldl board. The responsibility falls upon he Executive head of the State, and the cnar icter of the offence, for offence it ls. o! high .rder, stands portrayed In every feature of | lie transaction. The ten thousand Sprluii leld muskets, lr. every way regarded as the nest "serviceable" ol a'l gun?, upon which be government, In her hour of peril and nec? essity, relies a? a satisfactory arm ol defence omplete lu a l its p?rtj, Inspected and proved, r iave at lenglli, though a free ?lit Irom Hie ? Jailed Stites, cost thc SUte of South Cai oil- / ia. willi one million cartridges, two hundred j .nd two thousand s x hundred and two ??-luo lOllars ($202.602 66.) The State has paid fur the alt-ration ol these tuns, "the property of the people,'' who never I ? Liithorlzed or sanctioned ihe conveisi- u, one c luudred and sixty-five thousand six hundred ind two 66-100 dollars ($165,602 66.) or at the g ate of $16 56 per gun more than Remington & ? ions charge for a new utin of their own manu- s acture, of ihe taine pattern, ramrod, lock, 't tock and barrel, fresh lrom their armory al , don, or their salesroom In Broadway-seven i lollars and fifty-six cents more than they con- f raced for wltu Mr. Pond, lo make the allora- ( ion required. ?. Besides this, an expense of eleven thousand { ?ight hundred and forty dollars has been rael t or metallic cartridges to prove Remington's . fc Roberts's patent safe to be attached to a \ Springfield musket, which adds $1 84 more to t he cost of *'ihe transformation," making the , eal expen?e $18 40 for each and every gun , hat originally cost the State nothing. ( This Ts comment enough ! It speaks for , tself ! What next ? may be a?ked by all who , ire the subjects of euch viilany, and the suf- , erers ot its direful consequences. TUE WAR IS CUBA. A Last Chante of Amnesty. HAVANA, December 27. Yaimaseda has issued a proclamation In which he says the pardon offered the Insur? gents cannot last forever. He now proclaims ?very insur?ent captured alter 15th January ?viii "be shot. Those surrendering after i hat date will be fentenced to perpetual imprison? ment. Negroes are to be treated the same as the whites. All negro women captured will be delivered to the owners, and be compelled to wear a chain for four years. All while or black women captured In the woods alter the 15th January, will be banished from the coun? try. The, chiefs of the Insurgent bands wlil be allowed to surrender till 15th January un? der the conditions hitherto granted. THE KU-KLUX TRIALS. THE DEFENCE MOVE FOR A NEW\ TRIAL AND ARREST OF JUDGMENT. Gronndiof the Motion-The Unconstitu? tionality of the Ku-Klax Acta and their Ex Pont Facto Character. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, December 27. In the United States Circuit Court to-day Mr. Stanbert y, for the defence, moved for a new trial in the case of Mitchell on the ground that the Ku-Klux conspiracy, which, if It exist? ed, culminated on March 6,1871, was sought to be punished under ah act of Congress only passed on April 20, $71. He also moved in arrest of Judgment on the ground of the utter and flagrant unconstitutionality of the Ku Klux acts, arguing that the fifteenth constitu? tional amendment might properly be enforced by appropria'e l?gislation, but these enact? ments went far beyond the powers granted by that amendment, ant) were daring invasions of the rights of the States. He asked, there lore, for a division of the court. The Ku-Klux cases ot Samuel G. Brown and John Melter were taken up. and Brown plead? ed guilty._ * _PlCKKT. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. A Fatal Fire. PiTrsBCRtf, December 27. The residence of C. M. Woods, of Pittsburg, at Wheatland, was burned on Christmas "day, and two servant girls perished. Another Mysterious Murder. QUEBEC, December 27. A box left In the Grand Trunk depot by an unknown person coutalned the mutilated body of a dea l woman. A lt al I road Smash. NEW YORK, December 27. Yesterday as the coal train approached Lackawaxih, a rock welshing nine tons fell on the track, wrecking the engine and killing one person. The train was thrown high in the air, and fifteen cars fell forty feet. Wholesale Killing. EUTLAND, VERMONT, December 27. Farwell and Liwrence, two saloon keepers, at East Arlington, shot five persons, two dead, and two fatally. Farwell and Lawrence are arrested. A Fatal Explosion. WASHINGTON, December 27. An old cannon exploded near Seymour, In? diana, killing two and mutilating one. Land Slid. . in the West. SALT LAKE. December 27. Further reports of snow slides, with loss of Ute, in the mining districts, are received. The weather ls very bad. Snowing to-day. Costly Fireworks. MACON. GA.. December 27 A fire ball burned four stores on Cherry street. Loss {60,000. Snagged In the Mississippi. ViCKSBURg. December 27. The Kate Kearney sunk at Irland Eighty ty-two. No Uves lost. Christmas in the Crescent City. NEW ORLEANS. December 27. John Hampton, the first officer of the ship Success, was accidentally drowned. , Mrs. Waldron accidentally caught fire and was burned to death. H. Burch was shot by Joel Cannon. Two persons were dangerously stabbed, and two dangerously shot by an as? sault. Five persons were accidentally shot, and nine boys were eeverely Injured by gun? powder explosions, two of them dangerously, during Christmas day and night. Tne police made one hundred and ninety two arrests for ill manner ol offence?. DrunKennes* pre? dominated. All the above took place on Sun Jay and Christmas. THE OLD WORLD'S NE ?VS. PARIS, December 27. Thiers spoke earnestly lu the Assembly igainst levying an income tax. Prominent citizens In the depratment of irdennefl are arrested in consequence ol quar? rels between the Bavarians quartered there ind*?he French citizen?. The Germans are making a census of the prl rate fortunes of the wealthier citizens ot the )ccnpled departments. Tne minister, with the alleged approval of Thiers, is making more stringent regulations or checking the Lyons Republican journals. SANDRINGHAM, December 27. The Prince hal a trauqull night, but his ?onvalescence |is retarded by a pa'nful affec ion above the left hip, accompanied by fever shness. There is no inquietude regarding the esult, but the lardy convalescence affecCspro losed holiday rejoicings. ROME, December 27. The Bishop of Palestine and vice-chancellor )f the Roman Church Is dead, aged seventy ;lght. He was elevated lo the rank of Card' ?al in 1837. Victor Emanuel congratulates Victoria upon tValea's safely. VIENNA, December 27. Prince Karl Auersperg is appointed presl leut of the Upper House of thc Kelchsrath. LONDON, December 27. The Queen has returned Irom Sandringham. THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION. NEW YORK, December 27. The Herald's Matamoros special says that ionteivy advices of the 20th positively assert hat the government officials are leagued with he revolutionists, ami will turn the entire ?order over to the revolutionists. TH E FART F A G AI NS T TUE RING. feeling of tile Northern Republicans as to KascuU in Puwer at Columbia. [From the Bostou Advertiser, Republican.] It WO may credit the sentiment ol the dis laiches coming from South Carolina, the so alled S:olt Ring, the chiefs of which ore the ?overnor and State treasurer, ls near to break? ng. The news would be much more agree ble and promising If the ous-t made upou lt vere l^d by a genilem in of betier repute than x-CongresHina.' C. C. Bowen, lately pardoned iy the President out of prison, where he was ontlned for bigamy. Whatever Mr. Bowen's weakness (perhaps we ought lo suy his trengih) In the miller of much marry ng, we have never known thai he bowed any weakness lu the mat? er of ab.-orblng public money. He irobably considers himself as compared with scott and the rest of ihe plunderers a virtuous nan, whose record will justify him in a;sum ng to expose and prosecute the corrupt south Carolina officias. No1 hing has ever )een said in condemnation of carpet-baggers oo severe for tue deserts of those who have ibused the opporluuiiies of their positions. ?Ve have no partisan fee lng which causes us o desire such leaders to be*kept in power. A rovernment of honest men, whatever pan y ney belong to, is belter than a government )f rogues of the best political connection. If| :he charges of Mr. Bowen, which are for Hie nost pan identical with those the press has il read v brought against the officials of South Carolina, are true, we trust the impeachment will be prosecuted with the utmost vigor. There ls no doubt about the unsoundness of the Slate administra? tion. If the present investigations shall drag to trial ihe guilty persons, Mr. Bowen in Initiating lt will have done the Republican party and his own State a good service. If there are not in South Carolina enough honest men, Republicans, to carry the elections by their own strength, it will be the part of wis? dom for them to work with honest men of the Democratic party um il the league ot dishonor ls broken. Such a Republican administration as now controls that State ls a greater impedi- j ment to the healthy progress of the party In the nation than any Democratic administra? tion would be. It cannot be defended or apologized for, and the Republican parly will be well rid of the odium of it on any terms. We believe lt ls practicable In South Carolina as In New York or Maas ichusetts to keep bad men out ot office, and all measures tending to that result command our approbation. GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. The First Snow Storm-Reawakening of the Seventy Respectables- The In? quisition to be Set up in New. York Candidates for the Mayoralty-The Reformers Scrambling for the Spoils A Notable Wedding- Queer Cere? monies Attending the Marriage of a Newspaper Correspondent and a Wo? man's Rights Lectures*. [FROM OrB OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, December 20. The tkst sizable snow storm of the season, in this vicinity, began yesterday afternoon, but hopes of good sleighing for Christmas were dashed by an early thaw. Broadway was speedily reduced te a slough, through which omnibuses pitched recklessly and spat? tered mud over the garments ot sidewalk pedestrians. The "beautiful snow," as the verse writers call it, may have its good points in the Interior, but here in the city it is a thlog of ugliness and a plague lorever. Up town, on the streets but little travelled, there is snow enough left this morning to enable a sleigh to get along, but the ride can hardly be called pleasure by the excursionists, The committee of seventy has relur ?d to Its Inquisitorial labors after a nap. which both Ringand anil-Ring citizens had fondly hoped would be longer. The fact ls that respecta? ble body is fasi becoming a nuisance. Ic has lost its head a lit le by Its successes, and its mem? bers have conceived the idea that possibly lt may be ihe axis upon which Ihe world turns now. It goes poking its respectable nose into everybody's business, regardless of good taste and sense. The. last threat ts that tne private affairs of merchants and others suspected of complicity with the ex-Ring will be Investi? gated. The committee met yesterday, and re? solved that Mayor Hall must resign' at once. As the resignation of the mayor would result in the elevation of a worse man to the office, a Mr. Coman, president of the board of alder? men, and a small pot house politician, tt ls difficult to see what the city would gain by the change. If Hall has robbed the city, or by his negligence has suffered it to be robbed, his power for evil ls over now, and he can do no more damage while he remains In office, which will be until the Legislature can get to? gether and turn him out. There was a nutter among the taxpavers yesterday, because it was rumored that," the grand Jury had got hold of the personal tax book, which has been kept from the public eye by the officials. In it were discovered, lt was said, the amounis assessed against each taxpayer, and the amounts actually received for taxes, the inference being that the officials were in the habit of makin; handsome deduc? tions from the former in consideration of hush-money. In other words, If the rich real estate owner was taxed $10,000, be visited the city hall, l,saw" the proper party, and by Judiciously Investing $500, had his tax reduced to $?000. Ot course, if this is so, and the grand Jurymen have the names of the delin? quent*, the exposure will make a greater sensation than that of the misdeeds of the notoriously known plunderers of the elly treasury. It is understood that the programme ot Ihe Reformers ls to have a new charter ready to be introduced into the Legislature as soon as that body mee?. It will provide for the elec? tion of a new mayor and board of aldermen In March; these officials to take their seats at once. All department appointments are to be vested in the mayor, who will appoint and remove with the consent of the aldermen. Several candidates for the mayoralty are al? ready in the field. Senator elect Jimmy O'Brien ls anxious for the Reform nomination. As he does not exactly come up to the stand? ard of respectability, and, indeed, of honesty, exacted by the seventy, it ia doubtful lt he ;aa get the moneyed wing of the new party to support him. But he is popular with Ihe anti-Tammany rough element, and. If li? datarmlues to run os an Independent Reform candidate, will give his decent competitor of the same party a light pull. Mr. Simon Stern, one of the seventy, also has aspirations in the same direction. The Tribune names Oswald OttendorfTer, the lea 1er ot the German Democrat*. Mayor Hall used to tell the reporters when the roubles commenced that he should run again, but perhaps be ls sick of the office now. It seems probable there will be a scrub race for the mayoralty. Some man eminently Irv the pub? lic "confidence, like Andrew H. Green, the present comptroller, will get the regular Re? form uomioaiion, and all the odds and ends ofiuctionB In the city will put up candidates to be beaten. , A notable marriage took place yesterday In Ninth street, Mr. Collyer, the Chicago Beech- ! er, officiating. Miss Olive Logan, as she has been called, was united In wedlock to Mr. Witt Syke, a rather well-known newspaper ' wilier and correspondent. Miss Logan has been before the country, of late years almost as '. prominently as Anna Dickinson and Demos- , ibenes Woodhull as a lecturer and advocate of woman suffrage. She was once an actress of moderate ability, a Bieter of the more famous Eliza, wiro bas retired from the stage and married the manager of Wood's Museum in ibis ciiy. Olive has led an eec .uric life. She lia? writ cn a score of books and poems, and ? has. figured as Paris corres| ondent of more than one leading New York dally. A few years ago she played in French comedy with , the company at tile Theatre Francais In Four- 1 teenth street. She married an editor of an af- < ternoon paper, but they found life together in- , tolerable ami he H?*d to Europe. She then embraced ttie cause of woman's right?, and has been conspkious at all thc strong-minded ' conventions. The contrast between Susan B. , Anthony in plain black gown, with spectacles on h-r nose, aod Olive Logan, dressed in thc height of the fashion, seated together on the same plat form, Isione ot the amusing features , of these shows. I The Logan-Sikes nuptials were unique. The bride wore a brown walking dress. Tue groom 1 had on a dress coat., light pantaloons, slraw colored neckl'e and' gloves, and a bouquet In . the button hole ol lils coat. The bridesmaids wore walking dresses. A wedding song, writ- 1 ten by a sister poetess, was sung. Tne mar? riage look place at ten o'clock A. M. The ? mother of the bride gave her away. The re ceptlon began Immediately and lasted until teu o'clock P. M. "Letters of regret" were I read lrom George Wm. Curtis, ot the civil ser? vice reform commission; Senator John A. Lo? gan, the bride'* cousin, and Rev, T. K. Beech? er, a brother ol our Brooklyn parson. Tue happy couple took the midnignt train of the Hud-on River Railroad for Warwick, N. Y., where Mis. Sykes is engaged to lecture on the barbarities ofthe men this evening. Nix TUE BO WES-DEL ARGE WAR. A Singular Statement. [From the Washington Patriot.] 1 A curious fact has come to light about the ' South Carolina contested election case of 1 Bowen against DeLarge. The attorney cm- i ployed by Mr. DeLarge lo take testimony In bis behalf refuses to surrender the lesilmony, , or lo file ll with the elections committee, who are ready to proceed to the consideration ol the caee Immediately after the holidays. The attorney, it is reported, demands $1500 for the | testimony, witicn lils client ls unwilling and unable to pay. The case is. therefore, likely togo by default In favor of Bowen. This ex? traordinary conduct of the lawyer ls alleged by the friends of DeLarge to be occasioned by a corrupt agreement with Bowen. DeLarge is a colored man, who was elected ; in the Cnarleston District, defeating . Bowen, who represented the di-trlct in the last Congress. The Inspectors of election in Beaufort stuffed the balot-box with D-1 Large tickets, and were convicted at the spi ing tenn of the United states Court in : Charleston, and sentenced to prison. It the Whole vote ot l lie poll where tins fraud was . practiced is thrown out. and there is no proof of frauds committed by Bowen's friends, he 1 will be entitled to ihe seat. Both the contest- 1 ants are Republicans. Bowen was prevented from taking any active steps in a contest dur- , lng the spring session by his trial and convic? tion for bigamy, and his friends at that lime claimed that lie was troecculed through ihe insiigation of the irlends ot DeLarge. io pre? vent his contesting the latter's seat. Atier he was pardoned lie ran for the State Legislature io Charleston, and was triumphantly elected. DeLarge rests his case upon a claim thal lhere was fraudulent voting for Bowen on one of the sea islands, and the testimony suppressed by the attorney is said to prove that such was the case. A HINT TO SCOTT AND PARKER. ^ " ,L New York? December 27. The Tribune baa information that "Boss" Tweed has fled the country, or Is skulking to avoid commitment. Florence Farley has with? drawn from Tweed's ball. An examination of I the preperty qualification of Tweed's ball ls progressing. Hunting Him Down. NEW YORK, December 27-P. M. The disappearance of Tweed codrmed Terence Farley, who desired to w l.d'aw from the ball, but he ls informed he mu ry duce Tweed first. Other bail was offer !n lieu of Farley's, but was refused. Offlcen. se watching the points of departure to prevent Tweed's escape, who ls supposed to be con? cealed In the city. Tweed's lawyers are moving to vacate the order of court restrain? ing Tweed from selling bis properly. THE WAR IN MISSOURI. ST. LOUIS, December 27. Thc Missouri Democrat has a cpeclal narrat? ing the raid on the negroes in Saline County, Missouri. A person thence saw two hanging and three dead In the road. LATER.-Information from Cnlcot County represents all quiet. THE CREAH OF TARTARS. ST. LOUIS, December 27. Alexis an ives here on January 5. The re? ception arrangement*, are complete. A ball and banquet will be given on Monday evening at the Southern Hotel. TELE HEATHEN CHINEE. SHANGHAI, December 27. The Chinese, Imitating the Japanese, are sending youths to England and America for education. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The President bas his usual reception on New bear's Day. -A Sacramento dispatch say the trains east are on time. The damage done the Pacific Railroad by the storm was small. -There was an unsuccessful auction of coal ot New York yesterday, which indicates a de? cline from last month's figures. -Recorder James W. Hackett, the veteran actor, ls dangerously ill. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, December 27. The barometer wi'.l probably continue to rise on Thursday, with nerthwesterly winds, backing to north In New England and the Middle States, and northeasterly winds In Southern and Gulf States; southwesterly winds with threatening weather will develop lo northwest. Clear and pleasant weather will prevail very generally east of Mississippi, and brisk but not dangerous winds are anticipated tor this evening. ~ Yesterday'* Weather Report? of the Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 p. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. A 1?I BU!, Ga.... Baltimore. Huston. Charleston. Urucago. Cincinnati. Galveston. Key West, Fla.. Knoxville, Tenn. Memphis. Tenn.. Mt. Washington. New orleans.... New York. N >rfolK . Philadelphia. Portland. Mc... S ivduuah. Sr. Louis. Washington. DC. Wiiminirtnn.N C. 5 30.23 30.12 29.75 30.13 30.62 30.63 130.35 30 1 30.53 30.87 m 29. Vb 30. O') 30.04 20.69 30.16 30.66 3 ..13 39.07 33: 631 NW 391W 331 NW 70 W 3 W 20 NW 49 N 77 NE 31 NW 29 NE so VB 37! W 4S|N 3fl|W 31 W 71 W 17 NW 37 NW 69, W Gem le. Brisk. Brisk. Fresh. Brisk. Gentle. Brisk. Gent.e. Brisk. Fresh. Rttk Brisk. Light. Fresh. Fresh. Light. Gentle. Light. Gentle. *1 2 . Clear. Fair. Fair. Fair. Clear. Smoky. Thr'og. Fair. Clear. Cloudy. MonflT tTl?uoy. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Clear. Fair.. Hotel Arrival,-December37. PAVILION HOTEL. J. Harrison, Anderson, 8. C.; Miss A. Tur? ner, Augusta, Ga.; C. E. Slade, New Orleans; C. H. Camp, Montmorency S. C.; J. C. Emer 300, Florida; W. W. Newman, Baltimore; D. W. Moore. Spartanburg, 8. C.; J. C. Sullivan, Abbeville, S. C.; L. J. Moore, Clareados, 8. C.; Rev. Mr. Bolles, South Carolina; George Barnes, Memphis; G. V. Anckpr, 8. P. Ancker, City; Thos. F. Murphy, Syracuse, N. Y. CHARLESTON HOTEL. C. A. Chlzzola, New York; A. P. Conant, Boston; W. H. Woodln and wife, Pennsylva? nia; G. E. Roberts, Beaton; W. Stevenson, Aiken; A. H. H-iliiwanger. Newberry; W. J. Delph and lady, H. B. Harrison, Georgia; G. H. Cornelson, Orangeburg; J. W. Wilson, Sparenburg; R. Singleton, Richland; T. J. Qibson. Columbia; E. G. Hall, Wilmington, N. C.; D. M. Cobb; W. L. Bradley, Boston; Mrs. M. C. Colt, H. D. Malloy, South Carolina; B. D. Townsend, Society Hill; W. L. DePaaa, Cam? den; J.Taylor, Newberry. MILLS HOUSE. Chas. J. Underwood, Boston; BenJ. Bruce, Jr., New York; P. W. Perry, Carolinas; Colonel Simeon Smltb, Fred. Skeete, U. S.A.: Chas. 3. John and wife, Mrs. H. H. Farman, New York; Juo. Boatwlck, M. A. Walkley, Michi? gan; Geo. S. Week h a m. Mrs. 8. H. Petrie, children and servant, W. C. Whitlock, F. J. Hanley, New York; C. C. Samos, F. Beckett ?nd lady, Chicago; Edward Millett and wife* Chas. Millett, Mifs Ella Millet;, three children md two servants. Philadelphia. TRIBUTE TO TUE MEMORY OF BISHOP DAVIS. . .'.AUAMVILLE, December 23, 1871. At a specla. meeting of the vestry of me "Church of the Huly Trinity," St. Lukt's Parish, the following iribate to the memory of Blanop Davis was adopted, and ordered to be entered on the Minutes: The death of our good Bishop has brought pro. round sorrow aud mourning to our hearts. We lover!, honored and revered him In all tinter', ty, and be was worthy of our love ai a man, a minister and a bishop. He illa it rated in his life, and In his labors, all thc graces of the Christian, and all the endow? ments of a faithful shepherd of souls. Blame.ess, vigilant, sober, apt to teach, wimont greediness or covetousness, he ru'.e J the church with gravity, Justice and love. Truly he hada good report of them who are without, and-hls prjlsj was In all the churches. Be was emphatically ai earnest worker In God's vineyard, and lifted up above the sickness or the flesh, aad the sorrows of time, his heart was alway* ?xel upon the glories of eternity and the salvation of souls. Ia every way, Bl3hop Davis was werthy of the high ofllce which he filled, and manfully and faithfull} did he perform its sacred duties. In doctrine sound, In life pare, In teaching wise, in work diligent-the unction of the Spirit was diffused throughout the whole msn, and devel? oped the rich fruit of pore and undefiled religion. lt lssreet to contemplate the character of so godly a man, anl we will ever cherish his mem? ory and his name with veneration and with love. He has left us all a good example, which may we hare grace so to follow, that wl< h him we may be partakers of the heavenly kingdom. Resolved, lhat ac my of these proceedings be sent to me afflicted faml'.y of the deceased. Resolved, That th? above proceedings be pub? lished tn THE CHARLESTON NEWS, Courier and Monthly Record. JOHN H. HOWABD, Chairman. Taos. H. GR?OORIE. Secretary. immigration Association. jyolrT~?TE T THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY SLIP? POSITITE DR?WI\(T, JAX. 8, 1872. THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAND AND IMMIGRATION GIFT CONCERTS WUl take place WITHOUT FAIL On the day ap pola ted. SECURE TOUR TICKETS AT ONCE ! 49"All Orders Strictly Confidential.-ft* 2406 Qlfta, amounting to.8300,000 The chances are OD usually good-one ticket in every sixty rwo ls sure to draw a prim.. Orders for Tickets received np-to the stn of Jan nary, after which time no more Tickets will be sold. SINGLE TICKETS S3 EACH. NO POSTPONEMENT! COMMISUONBBS AND SCPBBV?0B3 OT DRAWING : General A. R. 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Ad-Wool Underwear Goode, Hali Hose, suspenders. Handkerchiefs, Linen and Paper Culls and Collars, Imperial, Alexander and Courvolsier's Kid Gloves And a fu 1 assortment of Buckskin, Dogskin. Beaver and Cass. Gloves. And a very large assortment or Silk, Alpaca and Scotch Glneham Water-Proor [140] Umbrellas. Our Stock has been selected with the greatest care, and prices marked very low In plain fl gores. Oar motto ls quick sales and small profits, fair dealings. Goods may be returned ir not satisfac? tory. Buyers in oar line wul find lt to their ad? vantage to give us a call. octl0-3mos F Drugs ano itlc?iniu?. RE SH VACCINE. Reliable Scabs for sale by dec22 Da. H. HAER, No. 131 Meeting street gUG AR-COATED PILLS. FLUID EXTRACTS, ELIXIRS, Ac, Ac. A FULL ASSORTMENT. Having taken the Agency for the sale or the GOODS or Messrs. W. R. WARNER A CO.. Phila? delphia, I offer io the Pro resal n and to the Trade a rall line or the above articles, at manufacturers' prices. Warner's Iron and Iodoforra Pills are well known and highly approved by the Faculty. Their medicines arecartruily prepared and perfectly reliab e. For sale wholesale and recall by UR- Li. DAhrw, dec2: wnoiesale Agent for soam Carolina?