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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A THE STATE CAPITAL. THE LEGISLATURE REASSEMBLED "PUSHING THINGS"- ONCE MORE A New Effort to Carry the Ku-Klux Casts before thc Supreme Court. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLOMBIA, January 8. Both bouses of the General Assembly succeed? ed this morning In getting a quorum. There was a perfect deluge of bills, which bad been concocted during the holiday recess, Intro? duced in each branch. A message was re ce;ved from Governor Scott, announcing that he had signed the following bills. To alter and amend the charter of George? town. To renew the charter of Strawberry Ferry. To readjust the boundary between South Carolina and Georgia. To validate the action of the Oconee County commissioners in the matter of the jail. To incorpora e the Mountaineer Fire Engine Company of Walhalla, and to amend section 278R)f the Code of Procedure. The Governor also announced bib veto of the bill to repeal the joint resolution authoriz? ing the Governor to employ an armed force for the preservation of the peace on the ground that the exigency which required the passage o? the joint resolution may at any time recur. Tbe special message in reply to Bowen's onslaught will be sent In to-morrow. 9 In the Senate, Arnim Introduced a resolu tion*to provide (or the appointment of another joint flbanci?l investigating committee to sit "In Columbia four months; also a bill to divide * the State Into five Congressional districts. Cardozo proposed an amendment to the constitution providing for the election ol the General Assembly by cumulative voting. ; r~$ Bleman introduced a bill to extend the time for paying tases until March 1. The Senate then went into executive ses? sion for the consideration of nominations. Several appointments of trial justices were confirmed, Including that of H. Caulfield for Charleston County. In the House, Bowen Inffoduceda bill to create a criminal court for Charleston County with Jurisdiction very similar to that now ex? ercised by the Court of General Sessions. Ia the United States Court to-day Mr. Fick? lin applied Tor a writ of habeas corpus in the cases of B. H. Mitchell and J. J. Grier, in order that the questions involved may be car? ried before the Supreme Conrt of the United States for adjudication. Jndge Bryan re? served his decision. PICKET. yTHE FISK-STOKES IRAQ EDT. NEW YORK, January 8. Fisk gives his sister, Mrs. Hooker, one hun? dred thousand; his father and' mother three thousand a year; his sisters-in-law each two th on-and a year; the Ninth regiment, ele ven thou?and, and his wile gets the balance. To Jay Gould, for whom he entertained the warmest and most disinterested friendship, he left his personal effects, and entrusted to him -"the labor ol love''-so it ls called In the will of carrying out all his (Fisk's) projects in re fard to public Improvements. Mrs. Fis!, in erils al! her husband's share In the Erle Rail? road. The sorrow for Fisk among the em? ployees In the various industries where wi. ne was Identified was touching. The opera house was draped. Fisk's death ls the chief topic on '"hange. Erle Railroad declined a half, and one thous? and shares changed hands, flooding the mar? ket and depressed them to thirty-six and a halt. The Erie board passed laudatory r?solu? tions regarding Fisk. The movements of Fisk's body was attended by vast crowds. The members of the Ninth regiment say they will haog Stokes. The Tombs prison and Mrs. Mans field's iionse are heavily guarded by the police. Stokes's friends say that ne was a monomaniac on the subject of troubles with Fisk. There is constant apprehension of murder by Fisk's relatives. Many physicians condemn the probing of the bowels for the bullet which they assert hastened If it did not cause the death of Fisk. SALES-DAT IS JANUARY. * Darlington. The Southerner says: "The largest gathering seen In many days assembled ac this place on Monday la?t, attracted, no doubt to a consid? erable extent, by the great quantity of land which had been advertised for sale. With so many people present lands sold very low, * ranging at all prices from twenty-five cents per acre up to six and seven dollars. Some of i Leanest land in this county-that whloh will prc luce fifty bushels of corn to the acre sold at five and six dollars per acre. We did not learn of any disturbance during the day." Orangeburg. * The News says: "The pulse of trade was plethoric ana estalle, stores were crowded, clerk's feet were tired at night-fall. Heavy in? vestments were made in horse flesh. Auction? eers cried their wares and buyers were sold. Tne noise of barter, the tumult of traffic, the uproar of market, the pandemonium of sales . day was everywhere and in everybody. One thing we noticed and we mention it In the words of the committee of the fair, as ^highly commendable," there was very little drunken? ness on the streets.-This was the most mem? orable and pleasant feature of the occasion. Let all praise be rendered to the town council and to the people for this !" Barnwell, The Sentinel says : " Monday last being sales-day, there was an immense crowd in at? tendance-the largest we ever recollect to have seen in Blackville. Considerable proper? ty changed hands, and the bidding was spirit? ed. The following sales took place: Hewlett vs. Fowke, two hundred and thirty-four acres of land, purchased by J. S. Shuck for $125; one lot In the Town of AI ken, s old as the prou erty of the same, at the suit of the same, was {?urcbased by J. F. Ott for $400; two acres of and, sold as the property of the same, at the suit of the same, was purchased by W. H. Hewlett for $500; Barker vs. Barker, three hundred and fifty-six acres of land, purchased by M. B. Barker for S620; Miihouse vs. Mil house, six hundred acres or land, purchased I by T. J. Couuts for $1250; J. H. Hutto vs. W. Et. Nevil", lot No. 1 In Town of Blackville, purchased by J. R. Turner for $135; one lot, No. 2, in Blackville, belonging to the same, was also purchased by J. R. Turner for $130.' Laurens. The Herald says : "There was a large at? tendance on Monday last, as is customary on each first sales-day In the new year. All, how? ever,' was 'quiet'-good order and good feel? ing generally prevaillnsr, not even an innocent fistic exercise to disturb the quiet hum of the immense crowd. The colored population was fully represented, but they seemed only to be in attendance to see and be seen. They were not generally disposed to make contracts for another year's labor, apparently holding back for that never coming 'something to turn up.' Those, we learn, who did talk of hiring, want? ed from a third to one-half the crop, some few having been promised, as they said, that much. Sheriff Jones sold the following prop erty, viz: One house and lot.at Martin's Depot for $1375; four hundred acres of land for $600; one hundred and fifty acres for $530. Deputy United States Marabel I. ? B. Jones sold one tract of land of seven hundred acres for $505 an extremely low price: These closed the eales of public offlcersTT?umerous other sales were made by auctioneers of stock and small Articles." A LizTJprjTUN.-Out in Illinois there Is a child, now three months old, weighing but two pounds. Its length ls only seven Inches, and ns face about the size ot a watch crystal. Ita tiny arms are so slender that a small finger ring can be slipped on either o? them to the shoulder. This little creature is already mak feg qnltea noise In Its part of the world, and hundreds have called to see it. Its parents are of standard size. NECROLOGY OF 1871. A Glance at the List of D stlngaished Dead af the Past Tear. A few very eruioent personages died during the year; but the greater number of the dis? tinguished departed were Ies3 prominent in the realms of science, literature, the fine arts, war and statesmanship. In the scientific and philosophical world the losses have all been severe. Astronomy has lost Sir John F. W. Herscbel, the most Illus? trious ofmodern observers. Mathematics has to mourn Professor augustus De Morgan, of I the University of London, and Charles Bab- [ bage, the Inventor of the celebrated calculat? ing machine, which, however, he bas left im? perfect. In geology. Slr Roderic Murchison, who predicted where gold would be found In Australia; in political economy, Stephen Colwell, ol Philadelphia; in chemistry, Profes? sor C. M. Wetherill, of Lehigh University; In electrical science, Becquerel; and in engi? neering, Sommelier, the constructor of the Mont Cents tunnel, one of the greatest achieve? ments of the age, and Alvin C. Morton, of the Erie line, complete the list. Next to science, the art of war has been the greatest loser bv death. First on the roll of fame ls Juan Prim', the Spanish field marshal and statesman; but, perhaps, he should be classed among the de? parted of 1870, for he was assassinated on the 31st of December ofthat year, lae Aus? trian Field Marshal Benedek, who lost the battle of Sadowa, and the Turkish Generalis? simo, Omar Pasha, the hero ot' the Crimean war, come next In celebrity. Generals Bod? man and Totten, United States army, General Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame. Gene? ral Maynadier and Marshal Bandon, a Franco Algerian hero; Field Marshal Slr John F. Bur? goyne, the comrade of Wellington, and one of the Crimean heroes, General Sir ] James Scarlett, another of them, and the Austrian Field Marshal Moering, may be placed next. Then follow a number of names more or less known to fame. Some among them took part In re? cent wars, viz, Generals Gregory, Ketchum, Boyle. Tay. Boswell, danton, Dlmick, McMa? hon, Ent, McCiery and others. The French lost Generals Lecomle and Thomas, both murder? ed by the Communists, Leroy and the gifted Bossel, shot, for treason; the Spaniards and Cubans, Generals Puello and Cavada. Among eminent naval officers were the Austrian Ad? miral Tegethoff, who defeated the Italian fleet at Lissa; the French Admirals Bouet, Wlliau mez and Labrousse; and the English Admiral Warren. Death has been remarkably busy this year among our own naval officers: It has carried off Commodores Wentworth, Peter Turner, Glvn. Chauncey, Tatnall, Blake, Mit? chell and Bullustand Captain Page, William? son, Mattleson, Magruder and Macdonougb; also Surgeons DeCamp and Christian. Literature (exclusive ot journalism) mourns such "bright particular stars" a9 George Tick nor, Alice and Phoebe Cary, Robert Chambers, Grote the historian, Charles Scribner, Paul de Kock, Alzellus, the Swedish historian, Henry T. Tuckerman; Ponson du Terrell, Emile De? schampa, Richard Bently. T. W. Robertson, the dramatist, A. Keith Johnstone, the geo? grapher, Sidney E. Morse, and J. C. Wright, with others of less note. The list also com? prises the names of upwards of twenty Jour? nalists. Of these there are four weil known French names. Claudey, murdered by the Communists; Asg'te Vermorel, shot; Benin and Mel land. Amone our own losses are Locke, of the New York Sun; Palmer and Woods, of the Boston Daily Advertiser; I Carpenter, New York Herald; Campion, New York Journal of Commerce. Ol law? yers we have lost several eminent Judgep, as Conyngham, Lewis and Taylor, of Pennsylva? nia; Denlo, of New York; Marshall, ot Ken? tucky; McKinney, or Florida, and Taylor, of I Virginia; Judge Advocate General Davison, Lord Justice Roll, Justice Hugh HUI, Messrs. Greenwood and Tweed, Q. C., vice Chancellor Sir Mazlere Brady, Judge Ayiwln, of Canada, and Justice Norman, of Calcutta, make up the English Hst. The stage has lost Peter Rich? ings. James H. Hackett, Paul Bedford, Frede? ric VinlDg" Frank Mathews, Wm. M. Foster, Anna Barry, Walter Montgomery, Paul DesbayeB, Grlerln and Ludwig Loewe, of] Vienna, one of the best actors Germany has produced. Of musicians, the year has taken away the illustrious c posers Auber and Mercadante; the pian; , Thal- j berg, Ciprlan, Porter and Sanderson; the singers Barellhet, Delsarte, Ketterer and Gas? sier; also Dr. Cunnlngton, and Fetis, presi? dent of the Conservatoire at Brussels. Paint? ing, has lost Sir George Hayter, Regnault, Her? ring, Giraud, Otto Weber and Zamacols. Sculpture has not suffered much; Munro, of England,- Gnmery, ot France, and Vlquer, of | Spain, completo the list. Of ?catesmen the list ls very long; lt contains several celebrities, such as Hon. Thomas E wine, Prim, (already mentioned) Count Meusdorf, Carrera, Scbamyi, Bustamente, All Pasha, Bravo-Murillo, Wocht meister and the Earl of Ellenborough,4 and others of less eminence, such as L. J. Papi? neau, J. M. Mason, John SUdell, Vallandlg ham, Covode, Gasparin, Montecchl, Lam? brecht, Gustave Fleurens and Delescluze. Among divines the list ls chiefly confined to local celebrities, but the names ot Robert J. Breckinridge, Dean Alford, Henry Melville, Mansell, the Abbe Du Guerry and Archblsbop Darboy of Paris, and Bishops Allen, Baker and Clark, of this' country, demand honorable mention. In medicine the losses have not been remarkable. Royalty has lost the Queen of Sweden, the Prince de Latour d'Amergne, tbe Count de Glrgenti. brother of the ex-King of Naples, and son-in-law of Isahella of Spain; the Princess Leopoldlne ot Saxe-Coburg: the Princess Belgiojoeo, and the Archduchess Charles of Austria. There remain some celebrities to be men? tioned. The list is a miscellaneous one. It includes Madame Loetilia Bonaparte Wyse, J. G. Kohl, the traveller; Eudes, the famous ?laure collector of Paris; the philanthropists, homos Garrett, of Delaware, and Tappan, of I Boston; Rosa M ad lal, the Protestant martyr, of Florence; Jecker, the Paris banker, whose "claims" against Mexico were made the pre? text for the French Invition of the country; Jules Mires, the founder of the Credit Mobilier; Robert Houdln, the conjuror; Don Abel Stearns, the California pioneer; Phelan, the billiard player; Renfortb, the champion oars? man, and the "Boy Jones," the lorerol Queen Victoria. _ _ _ NEWS FROM. WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, D. C., January 8. In the Senate, the speeches of Schurz and Fenton occupied the day. In the House, Kerr introduced a bill grant? ing to any person restrained of liberty a right of appeal to the United States Supreme Court from the final Judgment of any Circuit Court by a writ of habeas corpus. Coghlan offered resolutions Instructing the Judiciary committee to inquire into the con? duct of Judicial officers In tbe Louisiana mud? dle. Butler objected and lt went over. A resolution instructing the committee of | ways and means to report a bill repealing the income tax failed. Yeas 71; nays 81. Moore submitted a resolution of Inquiry re? garding land sales, ?tating that the cause of | Akerman's removal was an adverse opinion, which the Secretary of the Interior suppress? ed, and issued warrants lor land notwith? standing. Wood said that parties high ia the govern? ment could be connected with the fraud. A resolution was adopted, pending the inquiry, to issue patents for questioned lands. Ad? journed. MARINE DISASTERS. NEW YORK, January 8. The schooner Lucy, which arrived this noon from Richmond, reports that on Saturday af? ternoon she passed a schooner ashore on Great E zg Harbor Shoals with signals of dis? tress flying, but owing to the heavy sea could reeder no assistance. The steamer Zodiac from Newbern, N. C., reports that she passed a schooner bottom up off Cape Hatteras on Saturday mornlDg, which apparently bad been In collision. - BOSTON, January 8. The schooner J. J. Spencer, from Pensacola for Boston, is ashore at Cape Cod with the pumps frozen. THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. PARIS, January 8. Thiers to-day banqueted the Emperor and Empress ot Brazil. Victor Hugo was defeated for the Assembly. THE SO?THEM STAPLE. SUCCESS OF THE AMERICAN MANU? FACTURE OF COTTON. The Trae Policy for the Southern People (From the N. Y. Shipping and Commercial List : The importance of the great success which has attended the manuiacture of cotton fabrics in this country, has, we fear, not been fully appreciated. That success has been so marked as to emancipate our people from de- j p?ndence upon England for most of the cot-1 ton fabrics which we consume. Moreover, not only does the success of cotton manufac? tures here deprive British industry cf this lu? crative trade on this side of the A tl an ile, which lt once enjoyed, but lt threatens lt with a formidable rivalry In markets hitherto even more exclusively its own than was the market here. Belore the war, when we were J practically free from taxation, we competed with Manchester in supplying the China, India and other markets with certain kinds of cotton cloth, and there is no reason why, with re duced taxes and a return to specie payments, we should not do lt again. England has the imnertant advantage of cheaper labor and capital, but this advantage ls partially offset by an abundance of motive power at our doots. It ls a slow and di thc ult thing to move ski led labor, but to a commercial people lt is the easiest thing possible to move the material. Hence, In getting the two necessities together, cotton bas gone too largely from our side to the labor on the other sloe, the only advantage from this movement being the lucrative employment of American shipping. But j th's trade was practically destroyed by the civil war, and lt is not probable that it will ever be fully restored. 1 here is a J possibility, however, of turning the tables [ upon the Lancashire cotton manufactur? ers. The English laborers, by whom cot? ton is wrought into woven fabrics, are living in a country which gives fewer comforts of I life and a smaller share of the general physl- [ cal and Intellectual inheritance of humanity. This IB beginning to be understood by the la? borers themselves, and, Judging from the dis? satisfaction which exists among them, ir may be safely assumed that the? influx ol'the skilled labor ol England to our shores will be far greater in the luture than it has been in the past. With the drain of her excess in the Bupply of loom workers, we shall have gained a strong point In iavor of our renewed com-1 felltion In this Important field of Industry, ndeed, we believe the period la not remote when En gl und will no longer have the great advantage of cheap labor. We shall then be able to contest wilh her for the supremacy Iii a branch of industry that has done so much to make her great in the modern world. The spread of cotton manufacturing Indus? tries at the South ls one of the most gratifying Indication of the time. The establishment of cotton mills ali over the South would add an Immense valuation to the raw material. This would be retained In the country, and distrib? uted among operatives and laborers of all classes, who are required in and about manu? factories. These would in tuen dis'rion te it In purchases, and thus create a widespread prosperity. The condition of the 8outh, as respects the employment of capital and labor, ls to be on an entirely different basis in the future. In the days of slavery, capital was Invested in large plantations and In slaves to carry them on. There was little money to spare for the erection ot. manufactories, and If there had been, there was an insurmountable obstacle : n the way of entering largely into man? ufacturing. It waa the conflict between slave labor and free labor. Slave labor was unskilled, and, under slavery, was lccapable ot' attaining any high degree of excellence; free labor would not work, and so the South was confined mainly to the production of the raw material. Now, however, the conditions are changed; the old plantation system has passed away, and free labor maps out a new order of thing?. There will be, more or less, a divisions of plantations. There will be a more productive system of cotton culture, more beautiful crops and large cash returns for them. It ls not too much to say that the accumulated capital will be liberally invested rn manufacturing enterprises, chief of which will be cotton mids. A tide of Immigra? tion southward and the natural Increase of j population will furnish an abundance of labor, ?ot only for the plantation, but for the mills. Now the arts of reproduction are In a rudi? mentary state; but with that spirit of enter? prise which accompanies free labor, higher degrees of skill will bu gradually introduced, and there will come a time when the finest fabrics will be produced ju the midst of the plantations where the cotton is grown. The true Interest ot the Sotuu iles In the en? couragement of manufactures, that she may retain within her own hands the profits upon the production of the raw material and upon the manufactured goods, and that she may also save the freights that are now lost for want of skilled Industry within her own bor? ders. Cotton Manufactures in 1871. [From the Kew Ycrk Bulletin.] We are indebted lo B. F. Nourse's, Esq., sec? retary of the Cotton Manufacturer's Associa? tion, for the following valuable information relative to the course of cotton manufactures during the year : "My statistics of cotton consumption, spin? dles, Ac, have always been computed for the colton year ending 31st August. I can state them approximately for the calendar years 1670 and 1871 by pro rata calculation, with due allowance for the periods of I reduced work by reason of short | water power. Thus calculated.the consumption * In 1S70, in 1871, For the calendar year In the North was.780,000 946,000 For the calendar vear lu the South was. 87,500 96,000 Total bales.867,500 1,042,000 "The rate for 1872 will be yet larger in the Northern milli. There ls no lack of water- ? power. The spinning capacity ls enlarged Ave to seven per cent. There ls a fair out moderate average prodt lu the business at current prices tor cotton. Every mill will [ work full under these conditions." The Movement or the C" ot ton Crops. [From the Boston Post.] The value (in gold) of the crops produced in the last three years compares with the value of the last three years before the war (In their I aggregate the largest produced In any three j years) as follows: Gold value. Gold value. 1870-71.$236,770,000 1860-81... .$170,000,000 1869-70. 242.19.5.C00 1859-03.... 207,940.00) 1868-69. 201,835,000 1858-50_ 164,225.000 Total-gold.f6SO,800,000 Total-gold.$542,165,ODO Excess of last three years-1868-71_$138,635,000 Since 1860 the movement of (he colton crops bas materially changed. Whereas, formerly, nearly all the colton was moved by sea from Southern ports-only 47,175 bales being other? wise transported from the South cut of the crop of 1858-9; the overland importation to Northern ports and mills has Increased from year to year, amounting In 1870-1 to 560,500 bales, not Including the overland cotton reach? ing the sea at Norfolk. The change explains the comparatively smaller receipts at New Or? leans,where formerly the entire cotton produc? tion of the Mississippi Valley found market or shipment, while now a considerable portion of the production of Arkansas and Northern Mis? sissippi, and nearly all of the Tennessee crop come to New York and other ?sorthern ports. There is a similar change of movement to Savannah and Ch' rleston at the expense of I the Gulf port?, by use ot the ropldly extend? ing railroads. It follows that the production of the several States is not to be measured by the Increase or diminution of the cotton re? ceived at the several ports, and lt woald be useful to have the actual production of each State accurately ascertained for each year hereafter. Comparative statement of the quantilies and value of cotton goods manufactured in the United States in the six years 1865-6 to 1870-1 Inclusive. (The colton year September 1. to August 31:) Ye*r. Quantity, ponnds. Value, currency. 1865- 6 . 246,686,000 $204,032.550 1866- 7 .290,930,010 185,006.850 1967 8 .344,980.000 180,737,200 1868 9 . 846 860,000 189.002,000 1869 70.313,170,000 169,972,000 18701.412.980,000 165,060,750 The above quantities (in pounds) equal the weight of cotton used, less the tare and the waste ia manufacture. The values represent only the cost of the production at the facto? ries, to which should be added the expenses of distt ibuiIon and whatever profits were made by manufacturers and dealers, to arrive at the aggregate value for consumption. THE SOUTH CAROLINA RINO. [From the New York Eveniog Pest] The committee of the South Carolina Tax? payers" Convention hare decided to Institute active proceedings against the State officers who have formed a ring apparently quite as corrupt as Tweed's ring in this city. Toe com- j mittee are encouraged to begin the work by the recent report of the committee of the Legislature who Investigated the charges agaiost those officers, and regard as necessary action by some responsible body of citizens, since the Legislature has refused to act In ac? cordance with the recommendations of its own committee. Tbe charges of fraud and peculation are too numerous to be given in detail. The evidence is so plain that their truth cannot be doubted. Ic shows clearly why the taxes for the support of the State government hare been Increased by the ruling ring from fire hundred thousand to more than one million of dollars per year, and why the State debt has increased from six millions to an indefinite amount, variously estimated at from twenty to thirty millions of dollars. The friends of honest government everywhere will wish the South Carolina taxpayers suc? cess In their efforts to throw off the ring which bas robbed them BO extensively. . THE SHALL WAR IN LOUISIANA. NEW ORLEASS, January 8. Governor Warmoth has appointed General James Longstreet major-general of the Louisi? ana State militia, and assigned him to imme? diate command and supervision of the entire militia, police and all the civil forces withtn the City of New Orleans, and instructed him to confer with and act in concert and harmo? ny with Major-General Emery, commanding the United States troops; taking all the neces? sary precautions to preserve the peace, and subdue any spirit of turbulence or riot that may arise. All the militia organizations tn the city have been ordered our. The United States troops have been reinforced by strong detachments from Baton Bouge. General Emery's troops will* only be used to preserve order. _ HRS. WHARTON'S WITNESSES. ANNAPOLIS, January 8. Dr. J. Peter Goodrich did not think Eet chum died from poison. Dr.'John B. McClurg had no hesitation In saying that Ketchom died from natural causes. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The Rev. George K. HeDworth, of New York, on Sunday renounced Unitarianism and adopted orthodox doctrines. -A delegation of Creek Indians ?passed through SC Louis yesterday f ir Washington to oppose the abolition of tribal government and insist upon treaty stipulations. They ob? ject to Congress giving away their lands, but not to railroads pa-slog through them. FASHION NOTES. -Suits trimmed and edged with fur are popular. -Honiton lace is used on all kinda of dres? ses, and has a most beautiful effect on light ! evening silks. -House and evening dresses are to be made with a demi train. . -Satin folds are much used for the trim? ming of dresses. -Bridal dresses are made of white silk heavily embroidered. -White lox fur ls much used for the bord-1 era of opera cloaks this winter. -A very pretty evening head-drees ls of j blue silk and blaok velvet; at the side ls a sliver aigrette and a moss rose wich long foli? age. -Garnets set in silver or dark gold are much worn for deml-collette. -Cuff buttons in moss agate, cornelian, and the various shades of onyx, are very fashion? able. -Lace sacques, white or black, lined wlih faucy coloren silk, are very stylish for house wear with a black Bilk skirt. -A new style of veil for winter wear ls trimmed with narrow fur. ' -In most handsome sets of jewelry the brooch is so arranged that lt may also be used as a pendant or an ornament for the bracelet.__ DEATH OF LAURA FAIR.-A San Francisco dispatch, January 3. says that Mrs. Laura D. Fair, the convicted murderess, died in prison In that city, on Saturday, December 30. Mrs. Fair was a woman of great personal at? tractions and strength of character, and was finely educated. She once occupied a good social position in the Southern States, but had more recently been the wife or paramour of a great many men. For several years she was the mistress of A. P. Crittenden, a prominent lawjer and Democratic politician of San Francisco. Last spring Crittenden appeared to be striving to break away from the siren, and sent for his wife, who was then visiting the Atlantic States. Mrs. Fair armed herseli with a pistol and killed Crittenden as he was sitting by the side of his wife on the Pacidc Railroad ferry boat, as Mrs. Crittenden was arriving in the city. Mrs. Fair was tried for murder, and was convicted after a long and exciting trial, and sentenced to be hanged. The defence was Insanity, and the defendant's counsel asked for a new trial on various tech? nical grounds, chief of which was the alleged prejudice of some of the jury. The case was argued before the Supreme Coure, but post? poned from time to time, and was still pendlog when death in prison solved the question which had agitated the courts and the commu? nity. It was generally believed in San Fran? cisco that Mrs. Fair would commit suicide rather than go to the gallows, but notblog in the brief dispatch, quoted above, Indicates that such was the fact. A CENTURTOF EOROPEAN PROGRESS_A Ber? lin paper, with a weakness for figures, pub? lishes some curious comparisons ot the condi? tion of Eruope at the present time with its con? dition a hundred years ago. Europe now has 300.000.000 of Inhabitants; then lt had about 60,000,000. The six principal powers of Europe now engross four-Qfths of Its population, as follows: Russ a 71,000,000. Germany 40,000, 000, France 36,500,000, Austro-Hungary 36, OOO.OOO.Great Britain 32,000,000, Italy 26,500, 000. A hundred years ago the five great pow? ers had but half the total population. This was before the partition of Poland. THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON, D. C., January 8. Northerly winds, with partially cloudy and pleasant weather, are probable for Tuesday in the Southern and Gull States; rising barome? ter and clearing weather in the Middle States from Virglula lo New York, and cloudy weather In New England. The area of highest pressure will move northeast to Pennsylva? nia; falling barometer and southerly wlndB prevail from the upper lakes to the Missouri Valley, and threatening weather, with rain, will extend eastward into Montana during Tuesdav. Dangerous winds are not anticl paled for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts to? night. Yesterday's Weather Reporta of tbe Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. A'izo.ra, Ga.... Baltimore. auston. Charleston. Chicago. Cincinnati. Galveston. Key West, Fla.. Knox vine, Tenn. Mempnts, Tenn.. Mt. Washington. New, Orleans New York. Norfolk. Philadelphia. Portland. Me.... Savannah . st. Louis. Washington, D c. Wi;minet.on.NO. Bl re? a SS 30.30 30.30 30.28 30.21! 30.32' 30.46 30.83 30.14 30.31' 30.43 30.03 30.32 30.32 30.19 30.82 30.3t 30.22 30.34 40.30 30.20 ?WW 30 N 3 J N 48 NW 31 SW 8fl W 46 N 76 E 41 S 31 NW ll NW 4" SW 47 NW 341 NE 27 NE 22 SW 52 NW 32 W 39 NE 43 KW Gentle. Light. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. Light. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. k reah. Storm. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Light. Gentle. Light. Gentle. Fresh. 3jp Cloudy. Sleet. Olear. Cloudy. [Clear. Oloudy. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Clear. Cloudy. Cloudy. L.Raln. Cloudy. Clear. Fair. Fair. Lt. Rain Clon dy. NOTB.-The weatner resort dated T.470'ciock, this morning, will be posted in the rooms of the Cnamber of Commerce at io o'clock A. M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy or the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time daring the day. I THE POLITICAL WHIRLIGIG. ANOTHER VICTORY OF GRANT OVER THE FENTON-GREELEY FACTION. How Horace Feels About Ula Discomfit ture-He Drawein Nearer to the Dem? orracy-The War of the Rival Mayor? and Aldermen-The Scene at the City Hall-Tweed Ejected from Tammany -Grand Sachem Schell-Kew Tear's Calls. [FROM OOH OWN C0RR?8P0NMNT.] NEW Tonk, January 3. Tbe Grant-Conkling and Greeley-Fenton war was reopened with renewed ferocity at Albany, on New Tear's Day, and the first round resulted In another decisive adminis? tration victory. Mr. Greeley went up to Al? bany booted and spurred for the fight, but he found the lobbies of tbe Republican caucus occupied by Federal officials from this city, who had gone np in tbe train ahead of htm. The office-holders were under command of the surveyor of the port, who was assisted by the naval officer, pension agent, the United States marshals and several customs and internal revenue collectors. Scouting parties had been sent out through the Slate. Each Radical country member, as be came to Albany by rall, was flanked on eltber side by customhouse officers, with a postmaster in iront and two revenue inspect? ors behind. Arguments of the most potent character were employed to Induce bim to vote in caucus for the administration candi? date for speaker of the House. The conse? quence was that this Reform Legislature be? gan Its existence with the election of a man whose nomination lu caucus had been pro? cured by the very means by which Tweed and bis associates ruled the Legislatures of the past so long. The Grant faction has secured the organiza? tion ofthe Legislature, as it did of the last Re? publican Slat? Convention, and Fenton, Gree? ley and their friends are again left out in the cold. The philosopher takes his defeat with his usual bitterness. It is plain to see that tills last squabble has split the factions still further asunder. It is noticeable that while the Tribune this morning indulges lu its usual severe reflections on the Grant administration, lt deals with Governor Hoffman and bis mes? sage with unusual tenderness. Somehow, one gets from a dally perusal of Mr. Greeley's pa? per now the Impression that the Democrats are not such bad fellows after all. We are not called ''Copperheads,'' or "Sham Democrats," as of old. What can the matter be with Mr. Greeley ? The extraordinary scenes in tbe City Hall on New Year's Day nave been followed by a temporary quiet, but the rival mayors and rival boards of aldermen glare at each other over the spacB which separates the City Hall from the new county Courthouse. The old mayor and the new board are In possession of the legitimate quarters at the City Hall, and therefore have the form of regularity with them. The ambitious Mr. Coman, who calls himself acting mayor by virtue of the action ofthe old board impeaching Mr. Hall, has not attempted yet to exercise tbe functions of his pretended office. The old boarders are bivouacked lu the county Courthouse, and an? nounce.their determination to storm the City Hall and regain possession of their rooms on .the first opportunity. They profess to be con tliien t that the courts will sustain them. I paid a visit yesterday to the seat of war. Crowds of idle men were banging about the City Hall steps, some of them smoking cigars, and all chewing and expectorating. They looked like Tammany politicians out of office. The corridors ofthe hall were strung with policemen. At th.? door of the Aldermaolc Chamber stood two stalwart blue coats with batons drawn. Two more guarded the Mayor's office. His Honor was ""not at home" to the public. He ls guarding against being served with papers from the enemy. Some or the dispossessed officials of the clerk of the common council's office were wandering about disconsolately wondering how they might reposes themselves of meir ppraonal effects left behind In the moment of evacuation Over the way in the county Courthouss a group of old aldermen and assistants were discussing the situation. I noticed Jim Irving among the ?humber, gesticulating excitedly and garnishing his remarks with expletives. He favors the assembling of an army of''strik? ers," a sudden dash at the City Hall, and the recovery of the lost citadel. He even offers to lead the assault In person. He says the attack on the oloFboard on Monday was a surprise to them. Had they known that the Reformers were coming at them In that way there would have been bloody coses and no surrender, In? stead of dispossession. Irving ls a trained boxer and means what he says, and If his counsels prevail, the silk stockings ofthe new r?gime may yet get their beauty spoiled. The Tammany Society has removed Tweed from the office ot grand sachem, not one vote appearing for his retention. He refused lo resign, and lett the responsibility of removing him to his old friends and associates. Politi? cians have so sullied the honorable name of Tammany that the public bave loat sight of its real character. The society was organized Just after the close of the revolutionary war, as a counterpoise to the Cincinnati, which was essentially an aristocratic association, as it admitted to membership only the officers of the army, and their lineal representatives by blood. The Tammany was funned for the non-com? missioned officers and privates. Its purposes were purely benevolent, but Us members were mostly Demociats. in after years Its leaders used the society to promote their po? litical ends. The Tammany General Commit? tee and the Tammany Society are two distinct organ izaiions, though confounded with each otner lo the public mind. One ls a charitable association, the other a political Ring; but Tweed has contrived to obtain the presidency of both. He has Just been deposed from both. The Tammany Society ls composed of many prominent and respectable geni lernen, among whom are some Republicans who were originally Democrats. At the meeting on Monday night, the Hon. Augustus Schell, ex collecior ot the port of New York, a gentle? man of great social eminence, was elected grand sachem. Under his sway, the society ought to regain Its ancient respectability. Mr. Schell Is also president of the Manhattan Club on Filth avenue, and last evening was elected president of ihe aristocratic New York Historical Society, In place of Mr. Clin? ton, who has resigned after a presidency of thirty-two years. New Year's Day was dull and dismal over head, and during the forenoon the gentlemen had to protect themselves from a drizzling rain wltn umbrellas. Calling was therefore not made under the most cheerful circum? stances. The ladles report generally that the number of calls was less than last year. We almost Invariably now have bad weather for the first day of tue year, and I think it ls be? ginning to discourage the gentlemen and Im? pair the genial old custom. Another observa? ble change for the belter, is the absence of wines and liquors from the ladles' refresh? ment tables. In the best society it ls not now the proper thing for ladles to Invite gentle? men to drink. Coffee ls served Instead. How the ancient Knickerbockers, who established New Year's calling on this Island, would stare at the substitution of coffee for schnapp*. Nra THE ABSTINENCE MOVEMENT.-The Catholic total abstinence unions of the District of Col? umbia and the Slates of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island have made ap? propriate choice of the beginning of the year for the publication of an address, In which they review the good work which they have already effected uuring the short time since their organization, and note the cheering pros? pect of still more extended activity whlcu now opens before tbem. Tbe happiest results have followed ir m the co operation ol various Io:al unions, and especially lrom the system of transfers wnlch secures to the members of one society the privil?ges of brotherhood and a friendly greeting ia all the others. To perfect this system and Increase the effectiveness of the war against intemperance, lt is proposed to hold a national con vern ion of Catholic total abstinence associations ia Baltimore on the 22d of February, as already mentioned by tele? graph, at which all the societies and unions in the country will be entitled to representation. The secular press heartily seconds this proposal. and commends the work of these Catholic unions to the sympathy of all good men. DIVESTING IS SHOES.-Geo. Washington, a colored youth, was arrested yesterday after? noon by the police, charged with stealing a pair of shoes from the attractive store of Messrs. Chapman A Co., on Meeting street. The prisoner was caught In the act, and with the corpiudeHcti was taken to the Guardhouse, where he will Interview the Mayor this morn? ing. . THE HORSE OPERA AGAIN.-Halght's South? ern Circus and Menagerie, compared witta which, if Illuminated posters mean anything, Dan Bice's ebow was a small affair, opens here on the 18th instant. In its tour from Georgia ?o Texas, this combination' lias realized a net profit of over thirty thousand dollars this sea? son. If it can but half fulfil the panoramic promises which grace the dead-walls of Meet? lng street, no wonder that the sntall boys and the colored population are all agog. CONFESSING HIS CRIMES.-Edward Scott, the colored man who was arrested for snatch? ing a pocketbook from a lady on Saturday af? ternoon, in Queen street, was brought before the Mayor yesterday morning and remanded for 1 ur tc er examination. During his short Im? prisonment i his worthy bas made numerous confessions, and, by his . own statement, has been the actor in all of the satchel snatching, Ac., which bas been beard of In Charleston for some time past. Several pocketbooks will probably be recovered. CLUBS AND STABS-Mary Robinson, arrested for beating a boy in Queen street, near Phila? delphia, was referred to a trial justice for pros? ecution. Bobert Foster, lodged for sleeping in St. Paul's Church, was sent lo the House of Cor? rection for twenty days. Two cows, found astray in Market street, were fined one dollar each. A white and liver-colored pointer dog, found astray hythe detectives, was ordered, to be advertised. Two white men, for being drunk on the streets, wete fined one dollar each. TUE PIONEER FIRE COMPANY.-At Jhe sev? enty-first anniversary meeting of the Pioneer Steam Fire Engine Company of AXmen, held on the evening of the 8th instant, the follow? ing officers were elected for the ensuing year Augustine T. Smythe, president; J. 0. Goute venter, vice-president ; H.- A. Keckeley, first director; E. C. Steinmey er, second director; C. E. Surau, third director; F. F. Parham, fourth director; J* C. gig wald, chief engineer; H. L. Beckman, assistant engineer; W. P. RaveneL, treasurer; J. W. McKenry, secretary; J. E. Burke, solicitor; Dr. T. C. Glrardeau, sur? geon; Geo. M. Chap?n, A. C. Mustard, T. J. Melvin, Wm. Ham, axmen. The following committees were appointed: On Finance-J. E. Burke, J. W. McKenry and J. C. Si g wald. On Letters-J. W. McKenry, H. L. Beckman andT. J. Melvin. On Charity-G. B. Walker and L. E. Hendricks. I. 0. 0. F.-INSTALLATION.-At a meeting of South Carolina Lodge, Ko. 1, I. 0. 0. F., held January 3, 1872, the following brothers were Installed for the current term: J. W. Prescott, N. G.; G. M. Fuller, V. G.; Boberfc James, recording secretary; J. N. Hobson, treasurer; H. W. Tiencken, permanent .secre? tary; B. H. McDowell, warden; Jos. Samson, conductor; H. Bo,ie, 0. G.; A. Axaon, I. G.; E. Huguelet, R. S. to N. 0.; B. P. Maull, L. S. to N. G.; W. A. Jones, R. S. to V. G.; A. J. Mills, L. S. to V. G.; John Boyce, R. S. S.; H. Sweetmann, D. 8. G. Committee on finance -E. Huguelet, R. H. McDowell, W. F. Strong. Committee on relief-G. M. Fuller, H. Bode, A. Axson. Committee on constitution-Rob? bert James, Jos. Samson, W. A. Jones. Com? mittee on ball-George Strong. Committee on burial ground, Magnolia-G. M. Fuller. THE GRAND TOURNAMENT.- This antique spectacle of a body of knights in gay plume? and dazzling armor, and mounted upon fiery steeds, will astonished our quiet streets to-mor? row morning, and show the peqple that the grand tournament is really about to begin. The line, which will comprise the best and handsomest riders from far and near, will form on the battery at tea o'clock, under the command of Captain Jas. M. Nelson, herald, with whom will ride Surgeon Ancrum and Julius Rhett, Esq., master of the horse. The oompany will move up Meeting street to Hasel, through Hasel to King, and up King to the Fair Grounds. They will here be addressed by the orator of the day, Dr. J. S. Buist. Major T. G. Barker and Captain Z. Davis, of this city, and Captain S. W. Maurice, of Kingstree, will be the judges. A fine band of music will be lu attendance, the grounds have been pre? pared, and with a goodly company ot gallant horsemen to contend, the scene will be bright arid exciting. Every arrangement has been completed, and visitors at the grounds may rely upon the most thorough order being pre? served Hotel Arrivals-Jannary 8. PAVILION HOTEL. J. R. E. Coututler, Circus; S. F. Wile, Wm. J. 8purs, St. Stephen's; J. B. Benson, Georgia; J. D. Montgomery, T. C. Moody, W. J. Lee, wife and son, South Carolina; S. C. Miles, J. J. McIntyre, W. H. Betban, Marlon; A. W. Par rott, J. C. Murphy, Darlington Courthouse; B. F. Jones, Graham's; Jas. E. Dusenburg, Bucksville; S. H. Brewer; Flat Rock; F. M. Murchison, Cofumbla; W. P. Miller, Orange burg; H. D. Corbitt, Sumter; 8. J. Walton, Northeastern Railroad; P. R. P. M. Salters, Florence; L. J. Walker, Georgetown; Daniel McNatt, Kingstree. CHARLESTON HOTEL. J. A. Woods, Miss Sue Woode, H. William? son, Miss T. Williamson, W. 8. Murray, W. T. J. Woodward, W. W. Wannamaker and daugh? ter, J. 8. Bamberg and lady, South Carolina; General E. M. Law, Yorkvllle; J. W. William? son, E. M. Griffin, A. C. Spain and child, Miss A. H. Spain, Darlington; Mr. and Mrs. Mciver, Society Hill; Mrs. E. B. C. Cash, Chesterfield, M. C. Cottlngbam,. Florence; L. S. Bent and wife, Nebraska; L. Hagood and wife, Barnwell; D. Zimmerman, Orangeburg; J. C. Buton, Fairfield; J. S. Coles and daughter, Augusta; S. H. Ramsay, Sumter; Charles J. Kendall, Beaufort; Frank Perry, New York. KILLS HOUSE. Charles S. Park, Savannah; P. P. Davis and wife, T. E. Stevenson, M. Willett, Jno. L. Ste? phens, New York; W. B. Talcott, Albany; A. H. Kimberly, Ge. E. Hoadley, New Haven; W. H. Trescott, 8. B. Trescott. Bobert G. Murphy, South Carolina; George Waterhouse, Beaufort. JOHN MITCHEL.-The Savannah Advertiser says: "We are Informed that John Mitchel, at present the editor of the Irish People, a most admirably conducted paper, bas been engaged t) deliver an oration in this city on St. Patrick's day, the 17Cri day of .March. The reputation of Mr. Mitchel as an orator ls world wide, and his reception in this city, we can wel.1 believe, will be an enthusiastic one.' The dav will doubtless be celebrated by a pub? lic parade and dinner by the Hibernian and Irish Union Socletlw, on which occasion we earnestly wish them the happiest time Imagi? nable." PHOTOGBAPHIN'Q THE BOTTOM OP THE SEA. M. Joeelly, an Italian photographer, has bit upon a new branch of photography. By means ot a diving-bell (and, no.doubt, electric magee tlanx, oxy-hydrogen, or other powerful tUn mlnatlon, we would BEV> tbis Innovator Has succeeded in obtaining submarine views. The Idea ls said to be quite practical, several er~ Eerl menta made on the Italian coasts having een attended with a perfect success,: The most fantastic Images nave been obtained, showing the vegetations and zoophytes Of the sea's bottom, which, according to spheric-trig? onometry, occupies five-eights of our globe: thus affording a valuable auxiliary to students. M. Joseliy intends to tend sample-proofs of his photographs to all the scientific establishments in Europe. ? FIRE-PROOF BUILDINGS.-What these arela some naru of the old world is shown by the fact that the fire departnwnt^atElorence,4ts> ly, according to a letter from the sculptor, HU ram?.?.7er.s' COMl?ts of ten men, three equip? ped with pipes, tour with buckets; and One with small brass fire extinguishers. Very little occasion is found for thc e?rv?c?s of these tea firemen, as all the .floors and ceilings of th? houses In Florence are protected with baick tiles. In Hr. Powers's house there are-nd joists, and s room twenty feet square has aa arched celling of tiles which waa laid by four men in four days.. These floorCcovered with tiles, lt is stated, are no.colder than wood, and can be as easily carpeted; Mr. Powers recom? mend s the Introduction of Italian brickmasons into the United States to instruct our builders in this description of work. HORSE POWER' va. UDUC POWER.-Two farm? ers living near Galesburg got to bantering about whether a span -of nora es belo aging to one could pull more than a span of mules be? longing to. the other. It was decided to try lt in the middle of the mainstreet of the village.' The mules were hitched to the end of along, stout chalo, and the horses at the other encl. At the words "get np," quick sprang each span, both sharp-shod, gaining and losing by fits and starts, the horses finally pulling th? mules, arter them. At another trial, the mules went off with their load. Thia waa toll owed by a 'long? cheering shout from' the crowd., Bat, aft?r varions-trials, lt was decided that the horses were the stronger, for, in the last trial, they pulled the mules after them, turn? ing them about in their harness, amidst'che mat applause of the bystander?. -Louisville Courier Journal: ? t-'"' ..: ?1: PROFESSOR AGASSIZ'S FISH Sro RT.-A. letter > from Professor Agassiz, the distinguished na-, turallat, addressed to Professor 'BeBjamin Peirce, eu De rio tendent of the United States Coast Survey, gives the very first results of his scientific) expedition, being: the details of a 'discovery, ia regard to the Habits of fishes, which ls 'a little less t?an marvellous. It ap-' pears that in endeavoring to fix the origin of , Gulf-weed. Professor Agassiz, icu cd a n^st which, In his own language, la "a fish erad!?, formed out of living Gulf-weed,' roaring upou' the deep ocean* carrying along as sin' undy lug arbor, and affording at the same rime protec? tion and afterwards feed for its li ving freight.". We are told this queer fish that builds a nest In the drifting Guft-weed,' and sends its eggs' afloat In such a oradle, bas a fin Hite a hand, and walks rather than swims. i^CLEAKAND HARMLESS AS ^A-i TER-NATT ANS'S CRYSTAL DISCOVERY FOB TBE HAIR.-A perfectly clear preparation in one bottle, os easily applied as water, for restoring to' gray hair its natural'color and yon th roi appear? ance, to eradicate and prevent dandruff, to pro- ! mote the growth of the hair and stop its- failing out. It ls entirely harmless, and perfectly . free from any poisonous substance, and will therefore take the place of all the dirty and unpleasant preparations now in use. Numerous testimonials have been sent us from many- of ear most promt-. nent citizens, some er which are subj oin ed. In everything in which the articles now in nae are objectionable, CRYSTAL DISCOVERY ls perfect. It ls warranted to contain neither Sogar of Lead, Sulphur or Nitrate of Sliver, lt does not sou the clothes or scalp, ls agreeably perfumed, and makeN OLoof theb:st dressings for the Hair in : ase. It restores the color of the Hair ore per? fect and uniformly than any other preparation," and always does so in frsm three to ten days, ' virtually feeding the roots of the Hair with au the nourishing qualities necessary to its gtowth. and healthy condition; lt restores the decayed and induces a new growth of the Hair mere posi? tively than anything etea. The application of this won lerful discovery also produces a pleasant and cooling effect on the acalp and gives the Hair a pleasing and elegant appearance. 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Ox ford Editions of Family and Pocket Bibles. we have Just received a large Invoice of Oxford Bibles and Prayer Books. The assortment embra? ces every variety of editions and styles Issued by the Oxford press, which, together with a variety of other English and American editions, make the largest and most elegant variety of Bibles and Prayer Boola ever offered for sale ta Charleston, and at greatly reduced pi lcea. ' Illustrated Books and Sets of Standard Authors, Including Scott, Cooper, Dickens, Thackeray, Isaac Disraeli. Lamb, waverly Novels, Macaulay, Christopher North, Poe, Hallam, Milman, Hood, Monde, Mommsew, Jowell's Plato, AC. AC Our stock is too large and varied to enumerate, but our store ls arranged with a view to the con? venience or customers, and the price or each boot marked ia pla In, Agu res. FANCY ARTICLES. Desks, Work Boxes, Writing Cases, Portfolios, Photograph Albums, Fancy lok Stands, Fancy Boxes of Note Paper. 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