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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A BOWEN "STILL FOR WAR!" TSE GREAT RADICAL IMPEACHER INTERVIEWED. " Bowcn'4 FightTTlth the Scott Par. j - He is "Terribly tn Enrntst"-i>coti'j "Little Game"-How Bowen "Orated a Vacancy" In thc Legislator- - Hoiv be got Elected;-What lie Says about the Ring-Who ls' Byaat-Pen and Ink Portrait or the Present Mrs. Bowen. iFromtbe "Washington Star, December 23 ] Whatever else inay be-sald of the Hon. C. C. Bowen, ot South Carolina, lt ls agreed that he i making a sharp fight against the Scott Bing of that State. He announces himself to be la ?ir -"terrible earnest," and that his efforts hare f not been discouraged by the recent temporary success of Governor Scott before the Legisla tare. He is now here, and the representative o? the Star, visiting bim at his bouse in this V city a lew days since, 'interviewed bim aa R follows: v..H. Q- "Have you given up hope of success in j . Jour right, or Is lt true, as stated, tha?you will ^jmmecce again after the holidays ?" ifcAi "?io, sir. I'll commence again with re-" ^newed loree and freshened vigor. I repeat -7that lam TERRIBLY Of EAHNEST, ,' and those who know me, know th?t that j . means something. It is true that they have got ahead of me, andar? able to crow over me just now; but-their tricks won't avail them ' long." Q. "What was that trick the papers talk about so much ? " " A. "Simplythis. We badagreecl on are* cess from the 22d Instant to the 5th of January. / A friend of mine beld the floor at the adjourn? ment on the 22d, so tbat we. wo aid bav?* it I again on reassembling. MY PLAN -was not to take a,vote before the recess, for, however strong we might bav? been then, I knew that after going nome to their constit? uents the members would be stronger yet lu .my support. Scott knew this also, and througb bis friends ni ed to loree a vote before our ad? journment. . Falling In that, because we beld .the floor, he calle? an extra session for the i 23d. .Stories, were In circulation th'at those Opembers who. voted with me would not re? ceive their per diem,' and lt ls certain that ??colt's friends did get their pay easier than mine. The House was slim on the 23d, many -?f myjneadebavmg gonfcbfln^ to get the required two-thirds vote. Hoses, the speaker;1 bad been instructed by Scott on . some one'else.how to-make his rulings and they were made tha\'dar without' regard- to 1 btw or anything else except to force the vote." j Q. "Howdldyougetat the bottom of this : affair-how did you first get youriarormatlon?" \J AV ''Parlly by accident. There was a legis? latlve oom mit tee ot investigation la New 7 : York: I happened to be there abd got. my?. self appointed to be counsel to -tbat commit ? leer- I soon discovered that they didn'r/intend ?a do anything -dr rather that thev did intend ? that t'me te make . - . . ? ? WHITEWASHING REPORT. made up my mind at once that the place'foi ?>ahe was lu the Legislature, and playedmy cards/. *, accordingly. I telegraphed to a friend Iq M Charleston to meet me In Columbia; met""thin {I engagement; - f * CREATED A VACANCY in the Legislature, got myself elected to lt, M and commenced the fight." : Q. "Created a vacancy ! What do you mean ? iAy that ?" A. ?'Why, you see the Mead that I tele ?1 graphed to meet me ia Columbia was a mem? ber of the Legislature, and when I told bim wbat was In the wind, he ? AGREED TO RESIGN. A was elected without opposition. O? course ' that election gratified me as aa endorsement [ of the confidence of my friends; but, after all,. I was more gratified to be able to carry out [ my designs. There were those who asserted thai; I was only trying to get la the Biog my? self, ibut they were of the klad who never have been capable ot"sacrificing a personal or 1 pecuniary motive for .the public benefit. I had made up my mind to meetsucli calumnies \ and I bave had plenty of them lo meet. They say down there that.I.offered to SELL OUT FOS $23,000; but they'll find oat alter a while that Fia not in J the market at any .price." ' A '"Sd, yon are bound to try lt again ? " ?> A. *'Ol course, I am. As Bure as you are alive now, and I am- alive on the 5th of Jaou I ary, I'll commence again* Why, they haven't J- controverted a single one of my charg?e ?j haven't even attempted to get around my tes *- U timon v. I Tba articles of impeachment were : care fui iv drawn. You remember that I had >me experience io, or rather was aa active Itneas of, the Impeachment or Andy Johnson, fell, my articles are based on those prepared i his case, and i know that they wilt be more -1 ucoessful. j It ls possible that Scott, Parker A ?Cb. may be able co buy off another vote. It ^'wW-CMt-theoa r; A ROUND, HUNDRED THOUSAND R to do lt, though, and another hundred thous? r. and a week afterwards, for Lshall not give up | with one, two,-or even three defeats. How ? long do yoq think they eau stand that kind of /.'a oressure ? 'And then In the end I'll go to the f courts." Q "Will you Ul the meantime gire up your contest against DsLarge for your seat in Con? gress ?" A. "Hp, Indeed; but that will take care., of itself to a certain extent. I feel,that my piace oldutv ls now la the Legislature, and I also " feel that the, path of duty ls the path of safety. I shall succeed lu both contests-rn the one "before Congress by the Justice of my claims, and la the one before- the Legislature by the dint ot hard work, though both are equally Just. You Bee the. evidence against Scott and ils Bing la 'conclusive that six millions, three hundred and some odd thousands of dollars ol State bonds have been issued, over and above th? amount designated by law; but after all that ls not, glaring as lt ls, the most palpable delinquency of the Ring. The truth ls they bought property'on the sea islands and else? where for the State la such a manner that I i have' T ? - . * ' GOT THEM .'DEAD.' L For Instance, property ot this class, offered ?j for sale at nine hundred dollars, was bought ft by members of the Biog at that price, and E ?subsequently- sold to the State for two tbous . and three hundred dollars, Ac'., Ac. Thous? ands of dollars were squandered and stolen ia Ahls way. 1 In- fact, I find that the people up *ere are partially satisfied with Scott's ex > -ol an a i lon about the over-Issue of bonds with -his name lithographed on them, and that they .-.know very^.little about the details of the 1 minor, but, so far as be ls concerned, unex . g plained charges thai I bave brought against - them. Democrats, as well as a majority of ' \the Republicans I have met with here, seem I S to think that our affair is merely a' quarrel | . amongst Republicans. Nc v let rae tell you that the greatest Republican victory ever won in the South Impends on the success of my efforts." * *V Q. '.'Do you find much active * **.; SUPPORT PROM THE DEMOCRATS ? " .* . A. "I didn't at first, bat they are coming round now. Even tbe'r leading newspapers, including THE CHARLESTON NEWS, which used .to assail me bitterly,-are nowrquite friendly to me and my scheme. They, were Inclined at the outset to do.as they are trying to do In Con? gress; or la other words, let us Radicals fight it-out amongst ourselves. But you see they i have been BO load la their cries of corruption tharthey cannot tny longer consistently re? main quiet. I expect after the recess to get still more aid from them. Here the conversation took a general turn, and after some desultory remarks the inter? view ended; but If the Star's readers Imagine for a moment that the foregoing statements were elicited .without trouble, they are sadly mistaken. The circumstances con? nected therewith are simply these: Mr. Bowen resides on Uta street, near L, in a French rooled house that has an English basement. After ringing the bell I was ushered into his cosy dining-room, and found him with bis wife seated at the table. I accepted the madame's Invitation to aid la the demolition of her Christmas miuce plea, for they had reached s that stage of the meal, and were then m the f lazy, good-natured and communicative men tal condition tbat follows from the suffusion ; of the physical body wllh the influence of satis fled and gratified appetites. If either one had been a smoker, the/ "ould, as I did, have lighted a cigar, and doubly enloyed the rare cup of black coffee which followed; but "CHRIS," as Mrs. B. calls him, left off smoking when they were married. I hadn't seen him before since a visit to the district Jail last summer, pending his application for pardon, when I called to give him friendly condolence. Conse? quently my Introduction to the conversation, or rather preface to the interview, WHS con? gratulatory. There was a literary frienrLwith me-my oe# noir-whose presence I tolerated for convenience eake, because he, some times relieves-conversation by ludicrous blunders, and who directly got into deep converse with the Madame, while I tacklect^Chris.". Believe lt or not-diplomat that lam, and experienced interviewer-I made but little headway, for the reason that her bright, crisp comments on '.even the most ordinary topics, delivered as ! they were in the most attractive tone, and complete in both rhetoric and elocution, proved so seductive that mine ears Inclined towards her tat her than towards the hero ot 'the South Carolina Impeachment Imbroglio. . -.' ... THE1 PRESENT MRS: BOWEN'. Let nie announce right here that you who have not seen Mrs. Bowen have something to live for. She is exquisitely attractive, though her mind ls somewhat masculine; while her thoughts, disciplined by much reading, are sach as few women ever entertain or attain. She ls a rapid "talker, "with "ever-changing modulation of voice, and dies from subject to subject with the rapidity of lightning, as though her active mind'were pressing her, tongue and lips to quicker utterance. Poll tics, fashion, commerce, literature and gossip were the topics, which, touched by her vivid allusions, sparkled into i;euis ol' living words. Hy.bete noir, who, at limes. Is no mean con? versationalist, himself, quailed and abandoned the field to her, while a certain legal gentle? man whom we found at the table was mum and dumb as myself. . Bowen, discovering that I was distracted from him, or rather at? tracted by her, simply subsided into silent proprietary admiration; What wonderful, yet appropriate pertness of comment regarding the current topics of the day, as well as ' strik? ing anecdotes Illustrative of her meaning, aid brilliant sallies of wit and sarcasm, we heard from her Hps ! AU this, too, without its ap? pearing that she was monopolizing the con-' versation. "Now,-" said our h03t, "let me show.you THE CHARLESTON NEWS, which, you remember, used to assail me with such violence. Wei., read that-no, no, Mrs. Bowen, you read lt." Master stroke ! The woman was instant? ly in arms in defence of ber liege lord. For? getting herself,- and only remembering his af? fairs, she commenced reading as rapidly as she talked, and vet with as much regard for punctuation as li she had been thoroughly ac? quainted with the article that I knew she had never seen bet?re. Article after article and' speech after speech she read, until we were' as familiar with the details oi Bowen's pro? gress at Columbia as we would have been if we had been there and in his confidence the past month. "BTAS ! WHO'S B7AS ? White or colored," she asked, because By as seemed to hare figured most prominently in the defence of Governor Scott. "Colored," answered Bowen," and had lh his pocket at. the time I made that apeech. aa unpaid Den? nis's furniture certificate for $12,000.'' "Don't you. think," she said, "that be (Chris.) now ought'to read ? ne of my books, since I've jead sb many of bis speeches ?" We all agreed that the books would doubtless prove to be the most interesting reading matter, in response to which remark she related an anecdote, in "substance as-follows : " ? A friend of mine called the other day and gave me, a copy of my 'BUST MOMENTS OF AN IDLE WOMAN,' saying that she had heard me say I wanted one, which was true, as I had given away or lost my last. She had bought lt at a second? hand book-store. Imagine, my astonishment on opening it to find my own handwriting on the fly-leaf, and learning therefrom that I had given It to my friend,.Mrs. B--, of Philadel? phia, now-let me see-three mouths dead. There .ls a history connected with lt that I I have traced out. Mrs. B-- loaned it tc a friend who visited Washington, and who, on? her return home, left the book in her room by mistake. A servant finding it there appropri? ated it and sold it to the second-hand dealer, for ten or fifteen cents. Such Is greatness; but I am very glad it happened just so, be? cause thereby I received it Into my possession again at the time I most needed lt." - 7r.jm this incident she again reverted to her husband's speeches, and the Interview with h!in, detailed above, began in earnest. NEWS FEOH WA SFITXGTOX. Georgia Not to be Interfered With. . WASHINGTON,december 30. i " Judge Lochrane, late Chief Justice of Geor? gia, and regarded aa one of the ablest men in the Republican party in the South, had a long, interview with the President today. Judge Lochrane says the administration will take no hand in settling affairs In Georgia, and as Gov? ernor Conley cares nothing peraonaly tor the place, there will be no contest between bim and Colonel Smith, recently elected Governor, for that office. . The Tax on Div Id en di. The commissioner of internal revenue de? cides that a tax must be paid upon dividends declared out of the earnings of the year 18Tl, and upon in tere! ts and coupons representing interest which .accrued in that year, even though the dividends, are not declared or the Interest Is not payable until after December 31,1871, and that corporations mentioned in section 15 of the act of July 14, 1870, should withhold the tax from the holders of their stocks and bonds. I Straw Bid!. The Dostofflce committee of the House will recommend five thousand dollars fine or a year's imprisonment tor straw bidders for postal routes. Loyal Postmaster*. The. fact that certain postmasters In South Carolina are acting as deputy United Staves marshals, to .the utter neglect of their post office duties, together with their Infamous conduct toward citizens, is -receiving the seri? ous attention of the authorities here. It is reported that these postmasters are also en? gaged in putting up jobs to rob the govern? ment in various ways. Complaints are also made of letters being opene" -"nd moEey stolen tn thepostofflce at union, ts. C. Bout-well and the Bouda. The treasury buys a million of bonds on the first and third Thursdays, and sells a million of KOLI on the second and fourth Thursdays of January:; KEW FORK ITEMS. NEW YORK, December 30. The Tammany Hall committee met last night to reorganize. Much sympathy was ex? pressed for Tweed. Sweeney's name was derided. Inspectors were appointed and pri? maries fixed for early in January. Connolly's bail ls still deficient. His release is Improbable before the latter part ot* next week. Henry Sherwood was elected director of the Erie Road, vice Tweed, resigned. Mayor Hall's Journal, the Leader, has dis? continued. Tweed's son, Richard M. Tweed, testified, while examined as bondsman, that he was worth $1,200,000. A Wall street broker, named Charles C. Al? len, sues Fisk, Jr., and Gould for false Impris? onment. Their object, Allen alleges, was to suppress his evidence regarding Black Friday. The damages claimed are $60,000. Jay Gould was arrested upon the suit of Allen, and released upon parole until next week, when he will furnish ball for $30,000. A warrant for Fish found him sick with small-pox. Toe Delta Psi had a commemorative dinner and many Southern chapters were represented. THE WHARTON TRIAL. ANNAPOLIS, December 30. Professor Mcculloch was subjected to a long cross-examination. Ho persisted in the opin? ion that the Indications might be false, unless the melat Itself is produced. Dr. Fred. A. Greuth testified that Alkln's experiments did not establish the presence of antimony in the sediment In th 3 tumbler or In Eetchum's stomach. THE LAM) RUG SWINDLES. WHAT WAS PAID FOR LESLIE'S RE? SIGNATION. An Outrageons and Enormous Swindle -.How lt Worked-Shaii the Culprits be Brought to Justice I . ; The Joint Investigating committee, having, In their expos? of the land commission swindle, shown the providions of the laws .upon the Bubject, and also- the startling fact thatihe money spent for the purposes of the commission amounts, as far as known, to $746,724 07 (only. $700,000 in bonds, having beet appropriated,) go on to say: Eere Ia an instance of a very large excess in expenditures over the appropriations or pro? visions made for the same. By the act ap? proved March 27, 1869, and March 1,1870, an. issue of seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) In bonds of the State were author? ized "for the purposes of the land commis? sion." No information is yet obtained from sources from- which it should be expected, whether any of these bonds have been sold, and when the financial agent was by this committee asked, "If he had sold a class of bonds known as land commission bonds." he failed to give a decided answer, but left the Inference that a portion if not all of these bonds kad been sold. The committee also, by collateral informa? tion, were led to believe that a portion of this class of bonds had been sold, by the order ol the financial board, at a price as low as sixty cents, which, if true, would net. If all disposed ?f,:four hundred and twenty thousand dollars, (5420,000,) or- three hundred and twenty-six -thousand seven hundred and twenty-three 07-100. dollars ($526,723 07) less than the aggre? gate ei'.penditures-of the commission, under the two first commissioners. .Or, If these bonds were sold at the price fixed upon by a resolution passed by the advi? sory board, June 10th, 1870, which directs ""'.noland commissioners to sell them for not less than eighty-five cents on the dollar," then the gross receipts ot the sale would bs one hundred and fifty-one thousand seven hundred and-twenty 7-100 dollars, ($151,723 07) less than the aggregate amount expended. Accordion to the correspondence between the Hon. B. C. DeLarge, land comm'ssioner, and H. H. Klmpton, financial agent, dated Jurie 17th, 1870, at Columbia, 8. C., lt would seem that five hundred thousand dollars-of these bonds had not at that time been sold; for, when the'flnanclai agent was requested to turn them over to. the land commissioner, he was Informed V that the 8tate treasurer some time stace forwarded the said five hundred thousand dollars of bonds to me, to be used as collateral security lor loans. All ot, the bonds are now in use as collateral security for moneys advanced to the land commission. I am ready to promptly deliver the bonds to you whenever the loans are paid or other satisfac? tory securities are substituted In their place." If such then waa the fact, tor two months before June lOtb, 1870, had the excess alluded to been .paid out, lt is certain the bouda Issued lor land commission purposes were no longer sufficient as "collaterals" for moneys ad? vanced In that direction. From what source, then, could the excess have been provided tor ? The fertile brains of men, bent upon person? al galo, or the system of "paying out" without reference to the legitimacy of such payments, it ls Intimated, devised a way, or Interpreted the provisions of law so liberally, as to cover all amounts expended, and here will the ne? cessity ot guarding ail future appropriations be seen, as well as the great care necessary to be used lu the selection of language cloth? ing a provision of law that authorizes the Issue of bonds for loans, on the faith and credit of the State. There should be no chance for a misinterpretation of the law; if it ls intended to provide for the Issue of bonds, the face value of wblcb. in the aggregate, shall be seven hundred thousand dollars, without any reference to their market value, Jet the provisions of the law so declare; then lt may not be possible for an Issue of bonds to be made sufficient, when sold, to bring seven hundred thousand dellars.-though the bonds may sell for less than. half their face value. That Buch a course has been pursued in the Issue of land .commission bonds, either -by the financial agent with or without the consent, of the financial board, the com? mittee have reason to believe will, be eventually proven, and If the law in this Instance can be construed to authorize an -issue of bonds sufficient to realize their face In dollars, why cannot the same construction be placed upon every statute, providing for .the issue of bonds ? And aa it has been, by BO me of the State officials admitted, that the laws already passed authorizing the Dew loans are capable of such a construction, and. If an over issue has been made, a strict Interpretation ot the law permita it,.may we not fear that the rumor as to "over Issues of (he new bonds of the State" may not be founded alone in suspi? cion and speculation ? The keeping of the land commission accounts bas been a system o? concealment; the outlays were so great in so short a time that the operators themselves bad not yet grown bold enough to submit them to the inspection of the public. For Borne time there was a controversy between the State treasurer, the fl nano ia I board and the financial agent, as to where the accounts should be kept, and so determined was the financlal.agent that they should be kept by the State treasurer, .to whom he was willing to furnish money to make payments, that he suf? fered the earliest drafts of the treasurer, on ac? count of the land commission, to go to protest, and they were returned thrice dishonored. This course did not long prevail; the reasons of the treasurer became too cogent and con? vincing, as well as the persuasions and assur? ances ot the subtle commissioner, who "For ways that are dark and tricks not all vain," has no equal. The major part o? the business transactions of the land commission were now performed by the financial agent in the City of New York. The' accounts kept by him, as by a transcript of the same, will be seeu. To use the language of the financial agent, In answer to the question from the committee, "What has been the process by which the land com? mission transactions have been conducted be? tween you, as financial agent of the State of South Carolina, and the State treasurer f" he says, "Instead of drawing on me, the treasu? rer directed me to credit the Slate as having received the money from bim, and charge the land commission with the same." This plan, lt will be apparent, obviated the necessity of charges upon the treasurer's or even the land commissioner's books. As an illustration ia the .case of the "Hell-Hole Swamp" purchase, Parker elves drafts on H. H. Klmpton. in favor of Z. B. Oakes, for one hundred and twenty thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars ($120,752.) These are Klmpton's vouchers. Parker pays the money at Columbia, the draft on Klmpton is the notice of the payment of money, the State la credited on Klmpton'a books with the same amount in cash, and the land commission at'the same time debited with the amount, and the whole transaction is safe, for details are not indulged in by the financial agent in his reports: nor do the ad? visory or financial board trouble the General Assembly or the public with their suggestions or experience. It is due, hoirever, to the financial agent to say that he admitted to the committee "he should have preferred to have had the busi? ness of the land commission managed entirely at Columbia." The committee' believe, when all the accounts, as well as letters and every other kind" of in? formation concerning this commission are pre? sented, they will be borne out in their conclu? sions by every honest mind, that a more out? rageons and enormous swindle could not have been perpetrated, and a more subtle manner ef concealment perfected. By the ex? hibit lt will be seen who have been the re? cipients o? "favors" from this source of ex-1 travagaoce. the amounts paid them, and, as far as possible, what for. It will be observed that men in high places, through their k' as? men and trusty friends, have not been un? mindful of the opportunity to make "an honest penny," nor have they been forgotten in the decisions of the advisory board when advising upon purchases to be made. It is a presumption that ia almost conclusive, that unless some consideration waa presented to some of che advisory board worthy of a deci? sion in favor of the purchase of any tract of land, such decision would be withheld, and, however fair the offer, or just the price asked, the applicant would meet with no encouragement. Beside this, some of the members of the advisory board are believed to have used their position for the enhance ment of their own gains, -and entered into col? lusion with other parties for a division of the proceeds of the sale of lands to the State at a price greater than Its value or the sum de? manded by the original owners. Nor has the Executive himself been behind his peere, if collateral testimony is sufficient, in his eager? ness, through "confidential friends," "old army companions,", or handy. resident rela? tives, to sell tracts of land to the State, and receive the highest possible price for the same without reference to the real value. His freqient outbursts of Indig? nation over "the .damned swindle," as he calls lt. are but the makings of bis confedera? tion with such as hive "-stolen from the treas? ury," by a concert pf purpoee that made the action sure. In the course of trie examination of the financial* agent's abcounts, the committee could not help observecertain charges which often followed amounts paid diff?rent Individu? als, euch as cash to N. G. Parker,' or draft lu favor of N. G. Parlier, In such amounts as ap? peared possible to be construed into commis? sions, or Inducements to make drafts in favor of su:h individuals. These amounts, in the aggregate, ate ovnr forty, thousand dollars, but the suspicions Gf the committee may not be correct. - Another item of information is that the re? signation of the firs; land commissioner was secured by threats tr? the Governor of an ex? posure of the Blue Bldge Railroad transactions and the purchase of the Greenville and Colum? bia Railroad stock, yhlch was known to have been accomplished tlrough the financial agent with the money of the .State.-as well as the promise to the land commissioner to pay. him .liberally If he would resign, so that room could be made for anotbei aspirant It was not, however, consummated in a moment; the then incumbent knew the value of his position and the treachery of thcsd with whom he dealt: he made his demands, and "the Ring," Just formed, accepted tn* terms, and the result was accomplished br the purchase of his Greenville Railroad stock, which cost him nothing, the payment of whatever at that time he Owed the financial agent (several thousand dollars,) at& twenty-five thousand dollars besides, matong. In ali nearly-fifty thousand dollars-all if which wa9 paid cut of the land commission! funds In the manner already enlarged upon. The resignation thus obtained, his successor was speedily inaugur? ated, and the commlssou again la disbursing order. ? The committee bare gathered from the records of the clerks Of the courts and letters or correspondents little to encourage a belief that the State ha?;valid titles to one-half the land purchased by the land commission; more than this, a large proportion of the land paid for ls either Inaccessible or so poor, that the class of people fol whom the public lands were intended will not be anxious to settle, or able, out of the products of such lands, to pay for them even li the time provided for by law. The. statement will bear reiterating that the land commission'and its operations have been aa "outrageoar/and enormous swindle," and the snly satisfaction or comfort that tbe> people of the State can take is, that having expended more toan the entire amount authorized by law, ' ^he purposes of the land commission" have bern gained, and no further expenditures caa be crade. That legal means to bring these fraudulent transactions to light, and the corrupt complicators to judgment, should be Instituted dud furthered there can be no division ot sentiment upon: and,the sooner the work ls begun the less.liable.will the guilty be to cheat th^demancla of Justice* As a matter of curiosity, to- show how' "words ari used to- disguise the true mean-1 i lng"-how ..... fy ? ? "Offence's gulfded ii?ud and olly tongue. .' In the corrupt currents of ?his world," have deceived the popular mind and become a travesty upon real-purposes, "a circular" emanating from the original commissioner, and published In many ol the newspapers'of the State, will be ad ied: . ... '?EXSCCTTVE DEPARTMENT-'--- ?) '.LAND COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, > "CoLtraniiyS; C., August ll, 1869. ) "Notice is hereby given that -this office ls now organized in accordance with the law creating the same, and ls ready to proceed to business. In the purchase of lands the inter? est of the State will be carefully guarded. It is the desire of the commissioner to purchase none other than good lands, in good localities, at their fair market value, and at 'such prices as Vi* same land would be sold for to private individuals. Arrangements bave been made, by which th?'bonds, authorized to Ve issued for the purchase of lands, will be converted into currency. The commissioner invites all ?iartles owning desirable lands, in desirable ocalitvts, wishing to sell them, and willing to take market prices, to forward their proposals, giving the description of the lands for sale, their locality, quality and adaptation to the production of cottan, corn and grains gene rally, with a view to the commencement of negotiations for the sale of said lands to the State. C. P. LESLIE, "Land Commissioner." The italics are the committee's. . THE OLD WQRLD'8 NEWS. LONDON, December 30. The Prince of Wales's rest is disturbed at times by pain from the swelling above the hip. His condition otherwise continues to improve. The ship Pye, tem Wilmington, with a cargo of 2200 barrels of turpentine, barned while lying at South Ead, on the Thames. The loss of ber cargo bas a material effect upon the prices of turpentine In this market. The Times, in its review of the year 1871, devotes a considerable space to comment on Grant's message to Congress. The Inference is drawn therefrom that the neutrality which the United States hasrso far maintained with regard to Cub in affairs may soon be exchang? ed for a more active policy. To this the Times finds no objection, and even goes so far as to declare lt best that Cuba should.be separated from Spain. The ship Edward foundered off Falmouth and all were lost. ST. PETERSBURG, December 30. The Russian steamship Kuma foundered In the Caspian Sea and all were lost. She had a million roubles on board. PARIS, December 30. The Assembly agreed to increase the note circulation of the Bank of France 400,000,000 francs. GLASGOW, December 30. "While a large road wagon, propelled by steam, and carrying heavy boilers, was pass? ing through the streets to-day, surrounded and followed by a' throng of children, one of the boilers exploded. Five children were killed outright and #^ven so badly Injured that their recovery ls doubtful. The dead and injured were frightfully mutilated. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, December 31. The low barometer on the lower lakes will probably retire to the northeastward, with a falling barometer and rain in New England. The high barometer in the Missouri Valley will extend rapidly eastward, causing a fall in the temperature, with light rain to-night lm I mediately west of the Apolochlan range, fol? lowed on Monday by a rising barometer, and clear or clearing weather from South Carolina to Massachusetts. Clearing weather wilt also prevail on Mondayafternoon in the Gulf States. Dangerous winds are not anticipated for to? night for the South Atlantic and Gulf coast. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, U. 8. A.-4.47 P. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. mi ? a i B o 3 Augusta, Ga.... Baltimore. Boston. Charleston. Chicago. Cincinnati. Galveston. Key West, Fla.. Knoxville, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn.. New Orleans.... New York. Norfolk. Philadelphia. Portland, Me.... savannah . St. Louis. Washington, D O. fflimlngton.N o. ISO.211 80.17 30.17 '30.251 130.16 29.97 130.11 20.16 ?30.09 30.07 30.14 30.17 30.19 81.17 30.22 30.24 30.21 30.16 30.25 78 S 41 Calm 29 N 69 S 3b NW SSS 69 SW 77 E 66 SW 68 W 74 S 36 NE 65 S 42 SW 26 Oalm. 70 SE 32 NW 45 Calm. 67 S 32 k : o : p Light. ce ii . .? : er Gentle. aentle. Brisfc. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Fresh. Light. Light. Light. Light. Fresh. Fresh. Fair. Fog. Fog. Clear. Misty. Cloudy. Thr'ng. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Thr'ng. Cloudy. Fair. Fog. Cloudy. Hazy. Oloudy. Fog. Clear. THE KU-KLUX TRIALS. TUE SENTEXCES-TSE XRZ?L OF DE. E P. AVERY. Conflicting Teat! mon y-Thc Defence . . Seek! to Establish an Alibi. - [FROM OUR OWK REPORTER.] COLUMBIA, December 29. At the opening of the United States Circuit Conrt this moraine,there were more sentences pronounced, accompanied by further homilies from Ur. Justice Bond. Four of the prisoners haring intimated to the district attorney their willingness to plead guilty, were, upon his motion, arraigned for sentence and put through a sort of examination by the pre presldlng Justice. The first, Henry C. War lick, a larmer, twenty-two 'years of age, admitted haring Joined the Ku Klux-Klan last spring, and having been on two raids. Milus Carroll admitted har? ing gone on the raid, daring which Jim Williams, the negro militia captain, had been killed. He bad only been sworn in at noon of that day and did not know the purpose of the raid when he started upon lt. Eli Ross Stuart had Joined a klan about the last of February, 1871. and had ridden on the raid during which Williams was killed. All of these prisoners solemnly declared, however, that they bad had nothing to do with the killing of Williams; bad been in the road with the horses of -the raiding party during the visit toWIlliams'a house, and bad known nothing about the kill? ing until after lt was committed. Josiah Mar? tin, another prisoner arraigned for sentence, was a mere boy, and gave his testimony In a trembling voice and with evident truthfulness. He appeared to know very little about the or? ganization, its officers, or its operations; bat he was visited with the same sentence as the rest, each of the five being sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and a fine ol one hundred dollars. Mr. Samuel G. Brown was next called up for sentence and asked if he had anything to say in his own defence.. He said that in addition to the affidavits that be bad submitted to the court, he had very little to say, but he desired to make a further explanation in regard to. the constitution and by-laws -of the organiza? tion that bad-been produced?in court. He had received from Mr. Albertus Hope, two or three* vears ago. a certain paper which he was told waa the Eu-Elux constitution. He had never read lt, and, if the paper produced in court was the same one, lt might be that he had put lt away among his private papers, but he had never seen or thought of it since he received lt in 1888" or 1869. He wa9 not pre? pared to. say that that was the saine paper, nor that it was not, but his impression was that he had destroyed the original paper long ago. Judge Bond, addressing the defendant, said that ne was a man of advanced age, of in? fluence in bis neighborhood; and had held a I Judicial position. He had, therefore, a greater responsibility than the youths who had Just been sentenced, and who had doubtless look? ed up to such men aa himself for advice and example. He announced the sentence of the court to be imprisonment tor Are years and a I fine ot one thousand dollars. Judge Bond stated farther that lt had come to the knowledge of the court that parties in York County had uttered threats of violence against some of the witnesses for the prose? cution, and that \-iae government proposed, if they had to':.stay there all winter, to And somebody who hau ? made those threats and bring them to punishment" . The prisoners under sentence were then re? moved from the court to the Richland County Jail where they will remain until orders are reoelved from the Secretary* of the Interior as to their Anal disposition. In order to omit no possible detail ot humiliation and insult, they were conducted through the streets in the custody ot colored men, and under a guard of United States soldiers with loaded and bay I o netted gu na. Thia la the invariable practice in thc treatment of these defendants, and this suggests, en. passant, a-very pertinent query that bas been repeatedly made by the citi? zens of Columbia, as to the right of the government to maintain this show of war In the streets of this city. It is argued that this county . ls not under martial law, and that these prisoners are, or should be, solely in the custody of the United States marshal (Major Johnson,) who has, certainly given sufficient proofs of hla efficiency aa an officer to be trusted to execute the orders of the court in producing them when needed, and who could, If assistance were necessary, employ any required number of special dep? uties. This service,-1 hare reason to know, ls as distasteful to many of the officers and men of the United States army as lt is insulting to the prisoners and the city; and the practice almost compels-the Inference that it ia only one of the malicious details of a pre arranged system of Insult, menace, pet* Hogging, pack? ing of Juries ana bullying and kidnapping of witnesses that'should cloak these so-called [ Judicial proceedings with intamy. 1 The case of Dr. Edward T. Avery was then called by Mr. Corbin. The indictment against Dr. Arery has four counts, charging bim with conspiring to prevent certain citizens from voliuz in October, 1872; conspiring, on March 1, 1871, against Samuel Sturgis for haring voted lu October, 1870;conspiring, on March 1, 1871, against Samuel-SturgiB to prevent his voting in October, 1872, and conspiring, on April 21, 1871, to injure Samuel Sturgis for his support of A. 8. wallace. In his candidacy tor Congress, in Ootober, 1870. The empanelling of a Jury was then begun, and continued without any incident of note until the name of F. J. McMacken waa called. Colonel McMaster, of counsel for defence, asked the Juror If he had not once made the remark that he "would hang the last d-d Eu-Elux in the State." He replied that he had not, whereupon Colonel McMaster read to the court an affidavit made by Mr. John W. Duncan, to the effect that-McMackin had said in his presence that "lt he were on the I Jury he would hang the last d-d Eu-Elux In the State." He, therefore, desired to chal? lenge the Juror for cause, as lt behooved them to husband their peremptory challenges. Mr. Corbin argued that sufficient cause had not been shown. He understood the prisonei to plead that he was not a Eu-Elux, and if BO, the remark of the Juror did not apply to him. Col. McMaster replied that that was a most captious argument. Itrequlred very little evi? dence to find a mau a'Eu-Elux under those prose cu lions.especially under the peculiar com? position or the Juries, with which, he believed, the counsel for the government had had some? thing to do, and he submitted that a Juror with so violent a blas waa not competent to try fairly the defendant's case. Judge Bond, however, overruled the chal? lenge for cause, and the Juror was challenged peremptorily. The defence expended the re3t of their challenges on a variety of Jurors im? ported from Ohio and elsewhere, and mostly members of John Hubbard's precious constab? ulary, and the Jury, as finally organized, con? sists of nrhe colored and three white men. Of the white men, two are very intelligent and respectable looking men. They are Peter B. Glass, the foreman, who ls a clerk in the office of the collector of internal revenue where the jurors are originally selected from the tax lists, and W. H. Jackson, cashier In the office of the Columbia Dally Union. The other white man, William Heed, was a ser? geant of the Charleston police -under Captain Hendricks, and probably needs no further de? scription to your readers. Mr. Corbin opened the case very briefly, saying he would show that Dr. Avery waa a member of the Eu-Elux Klan in 1868; what the nature of the Klan was then and what It had become since, and that Dr. Arery had been seen, on several occasions, visiting, whipping and outraging various colored roters. Osmun Gunthorpe was the first witness. He testified that he knew Dr. Arery, and bad been initiated by him in a Eu-Eux Klan, in August, 1868. He had then understood lt waa for self protection, but after getting into the Klan, he had been told by a Mr. Cathcart that they in? tended to prevent colored people from voting, by crowding around thelpolls, ?fcc, but not by us ng any force. He had leu the Etan In No? vember, 1868, having-got a dismission, at his own request, from Dr. Arery. aDd remored to a distant part of York County, since which time be bad seen or heard nothing of. the or? ganization. When the Elan was iormed there had been threats made by the negroes, and there were fears that they would rise against tbd wiilte p?opl(?? Mr. Corbin then introduced his old stand? bys, Lawson B. Darla, Kirkland L. Gunn, Thomas L. Berry and James L. Canldwel of whom testified that they bad joined the Klux last January, and had participated li rlouB outrages committed by the klan spring, all ol which were described with g gusto and much Indecency of language gesture, but no effort was made by the c< eel tor the government to connect Dr.-A with any of the-outrages, and indeed it see: as though the only object of eliciting the w: mass of questionable rubbish''was to Ind the minds ef the Jury, and thus establlsl unconquerable prejudice before pfoceedln the trial on Its merits. At the close of the amlnatlon in chief of the first of these necBes, Hr. Wilson, of counsel for the defei rose and said that as Dr. Avery utterly claimed and denied any connection. with Ku-Klux organizations, by whatever desk tiou known, Ia 1870 aaa 1871, they dla deem lt necessary to croes-ex?mlne. .Tohn Thomasson. an aged colored rs n^xt testified to a variety of-shameful 4 rages perpetrated on him and his wife, wt had had the effect of driving them away fi their plantation, which hal been bequeat: to his wife by ber former mistress, and a he believed, of hastening the death ot bis w The story-o^this witness was indeed a pit .one, and bore the appearance ef being, ia I main, true, but lt kai- no reference to Avery, who was in no way shown or e claimed to 'have been among the raid rparty. - The prosecution then Introduced the o three wi mess es of the day: whose tes tl mi seemed to connect Dr. Avery ia any way v the outrages committed ia York county spring. The first was Abraham Brumfleli colored maa. sixty-four years of age, who t -tilled to a visit made to his house by a i guised raiding party o ie night, last Mat while he was lying out 5 through fear of Ku-Klux, who .were around shooting dogs,. I They, afterwards, he said, came hear where was lying concealed and engaged In a conv gatton, during which be recognized Dr. Av by Ats voice. He bad no other means of rec nlzing him; but was wining to swear to Identity, because there was a voice ia tbe p ty that sounded like Dr. Avery, with whom was very-well acquainted. - .The next witness was Emeline. Brumfle I wife of the former witness, who described t I raid of last March, mentioned la her hi band's testimony. Sam Sturgls, the ne. I against whom Dr. Avery ie charged with c I spiring, was sleeping in her house and v dragged out and frightened by having a rc put around his neck and the ends held up though they were about to hang him. 1 witness testified positively that she rec< nlzed Dr. Avery when he put the rope ab th? neck of Sturgls. She knew him by I wounded left hand, (she "done saw dat ha j good, dat time.*') She also testified that i "seed his moustache, seed his band and kn I it was de height cf Dr. Avery." The next witness was-Sam Sturgls him? I who described the same occurrences and t tided that he recognized Dr. Avery by seel his beard and ' the side of bis face;1" Just p I viona to the testimony of Emeline-Brumfle however, the counsel for the defence bad slated that the remaining witnesses should sent out of the court-room to prevent collush and to this circumstance ls probably to bei tributed the tact that 8turgts flatly contradi ! ed the woman's testimony as to the pen I who had put the rope around his neck. I cross-examination was as follows, and it v? I be seen that he testified that lt was a color I man, after all, that bad committed the coin I nating act of the outrage upon him : Bv Mr. M elia? ter_Q. Was Major Mer; I tbe first man you gave information to that 1 I Avery was in this crowd ? A. Tes, sin J was. I Q. Was that after martial law was declat I In York County? A. Yes, slr; . Mr. Coro In. Martial la w. h as n't been de c '. ar Mr."MCMaster. Oh! that ls a play up I words. E Q. Who put the rope around your oed I Was lt Dr. Avery ? A. Ko, slr; that ain't t maa; the maa that put the rope around r neck was a black maa. -? ? I Q. Any body cite take hold-of the rope ? No. slr. I Q. r hat spite had these devils against yo A. I don't kuow; I didn't give any person a I occasion, more than I was a Radical. . - Mr. McMaster. Well, that ls a very gr? misfortune, but lt pays sometimes. At four o'clock the court adjourned ur eleven A. M. Saturday. PICKET. The Trial of Saturday. COLUMBIA, 8. C., December .30 I The testimony for the prosecution, ia t I case ol the United States against Dr. E. Avery, was resumed this morning in the C ' I cult Court, the first witness called being Hi riet Postle. the wife of Isaac Postle, a'color preacher of York County. She described visit to her bouse by a disguised party one F day night last March. Her husband was co j ceated, and they said that he had beea preac I lng up fire and corrupting the people, ai I they wanted to find bim. she relused to t( I where -be was, and they frightened her I shooting off pistols around the house and I I putting a Hue about her neck. She dec?an [that she recognized Dr. Avery among tl rparty. She said she knew bim "by bis mal land his performance, and when he was pt ting the line around ber neck she cotched b I lame hand and felt lt. She said to heree right theo, -I koo w's you.' " In her eros I examination she testified that the rel at io i I between Dr. Avery and ber husband hi I always been friendly. Some time after the! I occurrences her husband was reported to t I la prlsoa and Dr. Avery had told her he wi I sorry Postle had got lato trouble, and that I she needed any help he would assist her. I Isaac Postle was next called, and descr .be I the visit as lt appeared to bim while lylo under the floor. He testified, what his wil I had apparently forgotten, that they ioucd bin I dragged him out of the house and questlonec and whipped bim. They told bim if ther I were more gin-houses burned, they lntende I to kill ten negroes, and he would be arnon I the first. Witness was badly frightened, bu when hope returned, be believed Dr. Aver I was one of the men. He believed he knei , I him by his "commonness," (probably meat lng familiarity,) and by his talk, although bl voice was disguised. He also thought ne rc ? I cognized Howard White, a colored mar When the prosecution got through with the! I witness, Mr. Wilson, for the defence, submll 11 ted an affidavit, which was Identified by th 11 witness, In which he had sworn "that th charges that Edward J. Avery conspired to ic jure J. A. Postle and Sam Sturgls are, accord ; lng to lawful evidence, now appearing, am > with which I am satisfied, incorrect and false, i This was a puzzler for the prosecution, am ? the district-attorney elicited from the unfot t?nate witness a tedious, rambling and loco herent story, In which he attempted to ex 11 plain away the perjury, which lt was very ev! I dent he had committed, either in his affidavit or on the witness stand. Next came Thomas Morehead, a coloree ? I captain in Scott's militia, until their guns wen ; taken away, and now au attache of the Housi . or Representative, and "Governor" Fewel, i clownish darkey, each of whom testified to t variety of occurrences In York County, bu with very slight reference or relevancy to th? case of Dr.'Avery. This ended the testimony for the proseen tion, and the defence called as their first wit ness the Bev. R. E. Cooper, (white) a Presby? terian clergyman, in charge of the Rocky Hill and Ebenezer congregations. He testified thal I Postle had told him three days after the raid upon him that he (Postle) had not recognized I any one of the party, and that If be were tc swear that he bad, he would be swearing to a lie. The reverend gentleman also described I the circumstances attending the making I. f Posile's affidavit In a way that L- ast have convinced every intelligent listener that Postle hod sworn to that affidavit with a full understanding ot its contents and as a matter of simple Justice, as be was then con? vinced, toward an innocent gentleman. On the cross-examinaiion of this witness, the I district attorney labored very hard to show that he bad made some threats against Postle to Intimidate him from testifying, but only elicited the fact that when Mr. Cooper had been told by Major Merrill that Postle bad j said that he had threatened bim, be (Mr. Cooper) bad held up his hands In amazement I and uttered an exclamation of surprise and horror. * At the conclusion of this examination, the I court took a recess unlit seven P. ?J. It is understood that the Rev. Mr. Cooper is already Indicted for threatening colored wit I nesses, and ls the gentleman referred to la the remarks of the presiding justice and the district attorney yesterday. The testimony , upon which this indictment ls found ls said to be that of the colored preacher Postle, who - ! bas this morning convicted himself of per 11 Jury, and Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Merrill; who is doubUo*? mo^eirti??iaiftJy honor;an4deFotloa..to'?afc- -.^W&g? . ; fflght-feMlon, J ., % Upon the^assembllrjg of the" co?ft^aWP. M., Louisa Chambers, a very intelligent rand' respectable Colored. v. oman, nurse to Dr, Ame? ry's, children, testified in the most positive terms that Dr. Avery was at home "dtiringfBe whole bf the nighfof the Stnrgis and^Portle raid. Witness was np and down throngYIhe boase daring the whole night .withjs^MMgaf the children, who 'were'sics:, and knew, djfit Dr. Avery had gone to bed before 10 o'clock JtV M., and stayed there the whole night, Rh* also described the conversaUontrerween'Mrl. Avery, Be v. Mr. Co o Der, and the colored preacher, Postle, previous-to the latter>1nft mg his affldavlr, read- this morning, and cor? roborated the testimony oLRev. Mr. Cooper in every detail. In the cross-examination of this witness the district at^rney occupied folly an boor of this night session, and exhausted: every petty trick known-to the profession to confuse the witness, bat without shaking her testimony in any Important particular. Klssy Banks, a very old colored woman, who also lived with Dr.. Avery,, corroborated* the statement that he was at tome and In bed during the whole night in question, was sub? jected to a- similar cross-examination as the last Trttneis, and.wlSfi the same result. . . Dr. Tally, spurgeon, described the wound which had deprived $t Avery of the lise ol his left fore arm sOT-fcand. . ' . ' -- - Robert Mayra?t a -dfcputy etate constato*, on duty dujlng.t^e.elecjion,>lo' October, -18% atibe poils at Rock? Hlil?.test!fled ? that, there was no crowding at lue polls-.und nb colorid people prevehtOT?rota^ttng. ? 'DnrAwefy-iraav there for only a few julnaj?, .u?d did Rpt-?L tempt acy inttmida?onjigvotera. . ' 7 * .. Mr.. Frank Brown,"?f^nirXC?rmiyvdesc some preliminary steps ?akitf'ln-Septette 1888, toward forming an -organization -Hmong the steady, respe:taole white men of 2hU dis? trict in consequence of reports of colored men preparing to rise, securing arms, Ac, while the -white men were mostly: unarmed- and wholly unorganized. I!, was not intended to Interfere with any man'u political or. religio os principles. The organiiaUon 'vas -neve'r per? fected, so far as the wallets^!ewvand;be:nte never.heard of butitwoH meetings, - at one of which Dr. Avery was present and .initiated bini. It was distinctly understood that if the reports of risings among the l?egr?es proved untrue, and no out breaks occurred, the organ zatlon should be broken np at once.' < : Mr. Frank Caruth?r? corroborated the testi? mony of the last witness; also Mr: John: Mc? Cullough, who testified in addition^ that< he had heard of ihraftf? hy jl^^lo^.myiwH^ they would make .EbeneseXtWU ffUh bipod, and would lay Rocky SMS ashes. ' ' ^ The court was then,"at ll P. M. adjouraed until Monday.(Ne*-Teax's.Day> at UA?Ms?<?. . ' - . : -, ? ,-' - ?>*rt $gg?i TROUBLE IX TEXJ&Aj^0&&C?? 1 .?AOST?N; ,Deoeraber3? . The proposed meeting of the Legislature on ; the 10th proximo ' causes much excitement,. The legal tenure of thia body expired ,No?em' ber 4th, though Judges Evans and- Waiker have indicated the validity of the proposed meeting.' . There are mutual threats of lm> peachment and of uslnfj/orce. " G??V?JTO??, Decembers. Reports from Fort Concha Indicate turbu? lence among the Indians. Five whites were murdered, a stage stopped, 'and many horses stolen. Three drovers, returning from Kansas with the proceeds of tbelr-sales, are reported to have been murdered, rr.. CORPUS CHRISTI. December 31. Great excitement prevails in Mexico. Mon? terey raised five -hundred .thousand dollar? and five thousand men" for the r?volution. General Navnijo leads five thousand men oh San Luis. The reMtttioh 1er regarded aa a success. . - y-?-- _ . ?. COTTON MOVEMENT EOE TEE WEEK. NEW YORK, December 31. The receipts at all of the ports for the week were 126,929 bales, against 130.013 'last week, 120,918 the previous week, and 105,839 three weeks since; The total recel ni? stace Septem? ber have been 1,375,711' biles, against 1,625,395 for the corresponding period of the previous year-showing a decrease since September 1st of 249,684 balee. The exports from all ol the ports for tho-week have been 51,591, bales, against 76,516 for the 'name time jyjJMga The total export? for the expired rtfrrtf?n?rjf the cotton y sar are ?96,252 bales, against 89?; 959 for the s ?im* ti mellas t year. ?Toi? present, stock, as compared with that for the corres? ponding period ot last year, is as follows: . Dec. 81,1871. Dec 3L1870. .At all ports.481,804 .-,581,039 At the In ter tor, towns. 99,607 107,857 In Liverpool....*..6(7.000 879,000 American cotton afloat for Great Britain. /:. :.187,000 .866,000 Indian cr:ton afloat ror - . -Europe..255,409 108,009 - ?. - ?>- ..t?????? CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES T$^QOL._ LEXOXf -*'r [FROH AK OCCASIONAL C0B?.B3P0NDENT.] WALTERBORO', December 26. The gallant Knights of,.Colleton assembled in gorgeous' trappings and brilliant parapher? nalia, to engage In the once honored,. but now almost obsolete, practice of. the tnt- with ithe lance. . . .... Great credit is .mest .certainly-.due to the originators (Messrs. J: M. Williams and W. H. Bellinger) of ' this pleasant, amusement-S most agreeable termination to a very dull Christmas-who, notwithstanding the very .brief time allowed them for preparation, have displayed great , ability and. zeal, as evidenced by the complete success of all their plana. The attendance was large, -numbering a thousand or more persons, and the display sur? passed anything witnessed la the old "Bor? ough" upon any previous occasion, affording every Incentive to render these true knights errant. At 12 M. the line waa formed by the marshal, Captain E." W. Fraser, and the knights (twenty-six in number) were ad? dressed by Mr. D. S. Henderson in af neat and appropriate speech, ia whloh be rejtewed the history of Knighthood, and dwelt, at some length upon its moral and social Influence. The tilt then commenced: The first prize was won. by the Knight of the Palmetto State, (Mr. Frank Fishburne.) who, bearing the crown upon the point of his lance, was es? corted by his brother knights to a carriage, adjacent to the Judges' stand, where ns crowned Mtss 8** N?*?* Queen o? Love, and Beauty, who wore her crown with that queen? ly grace and dignity which claimed and re-^ celved the admiration of the assembled nul-. titude. The Knights of the Forlorn Hope and Black Bider of Congare?-*-having tied, .'the judges announced that they should again, in a single tilt, contest for the second and third prizes. The second prize (a saddle and bridle) was awarded to the Black Rider of Congaree, (Mr. Benjamin Sanders. Jr.,) and the third (a silver goblet) to the Knight of the Forlorn Hope. (Mr. c.*P. Ffthbarne. V There was also a tie for the fourth prize, .(a hage tin cup,) which was awarded to the Enlghc of Walter? boro1 (Mr. S. L. Paul,-Jr.,) who, by the way, is one of the very best riders in our? county. After the tournament, the patriarch of a very numerous family-perhaps related to the veritable goose which, as we are. told,-saved Rome from sack, was suspended from a rope stretched across the street, having had his neck and head previously denuded of fealhasfkti and well covered with laid-. The ridlngTiere was' superb ! and from the dodging of the " old gray gander " we maypha?e learned a lesson of wiadom. **:'' Toward 9 P. M., the gallant knights and " fayre ladyes " assembled at-the .. Masonic Hall,'1 where, to the enlivening strains of mu? sic, they " chased the glowing hours with fly? ing feet," until away into u the wee sum' hours ayant the twa'." Many were the'handsome, coutumes, and very many the stir! handsomer faces; but to attempt description might, at the same time, be presumptive and invidious. Thus ended: one of the happiest days lt has ever been.our fortune to enjoy, and one which will long be remembered- by our J*' old . fogies " as a connecting link between the past of Co :Ie ton. and the h opt of a future. . _COLLKTOK. . ?SS- NOTICE.-THREE M-?'NT% after date application will be made to the City council of Charleston for a RENEWAL Or CEB/ TiFiOATE No. ni, period 64, for $10,170, dated 27th October, 1857, of city 0per cent Stock, issued $ to the Trustees Shlrra's Dispensary, and the otlgjU cai of which is lost or destroyed. dec28-iamo3 m 'j? S