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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A , THE COMBAT DEEPENS. SCOTT ASSAILS THE INVESTIGATORS. Bowen Rises to Reply-A New Challenge to Scott-Harley Follows and Does Ii l kew lae-The Consideration at the Message -Postponed. [SPECIAL TKLE3RAM TO THB NETS.j COLDMPr A, January 9. Coveraor . Scott's special message, aa ab ?tract of which has already appeared la THE j NEWS, was received to-day and read ia both houses soon after their assembling. In the House Bowea rose to a question of j privilege, he having been personally attacked j in the message. He made a telling speech, reviewing the statements of the Governor and repeating his challenge to the Governor to meet bim In the courts. Hurley followed, at tacking vigorously Governor Scott and the recusant members of the joint Investigating j committee. * The message was made the special-order for Iftmday afternoon in the House, and for Thursday afternoon In the Senate. PICKET. NOTES AND DETAILS BT MAIL. Both Houses Again at Work-The Mar. ble Business-Store Financial Schemes. The Biew Court for Charleston-A Farn? Hy Bill-1 he State Taxes-NornIna ions and Confirmations. [FROH Otra OWN CORRESPONDENT.] - COLUMBIA, S. C., January 8.. Both houses of the General Assembly have got to werk again, and are again manifesting the fame reckless disregard of the limitations of time and haughty contempt for expense ?hat characterized them before the recess, and that bid fair to prolong this session far beyond the usual limits of time and bf human patience. The House after Its two failures, on Friday and Saturday, to get a quorum together, final-., ly succeeded lo getting the requisite number this morning, and was called, to order at halt past twelve. The morning business proceeded very quietly until the report was reached of the committee on statehouse and grounds, upon Bowen's resolution of inquiry as to the 1 granite now being cut and carried off from the Statehouse yard. The report was that, the Go vernor had been authorized by a concurrent , resolution, ia 1870, to sell this granite, and had accordingly sohl it (n May. 1870, at public auc- ? tton, and had placed the proceeds In the hands of the sinking fund commissioners. Mr. Hur? ley thought this was too thin, whereupon the chairman of the committee rather hastily rose , to explain, and after a little debate the matter- , - wa? postponed till Thursday next. ' The Governor's message, conveying his ap? proval of certain acts, as already reported by ' telegraph, wa? then received; but the expect? ed message of his Excellency, in which he un? dertakes tb exculpate himself from the charges broght against him, not having yet been print? ed, was not sent in. S f.j., The(following bills and notices were- Intro? duced:' By Mr.-Hurley, notices of bills to fund the interest due on the debt legally issued; to pro? vide for a general license law; to collect all taxes past one, and settlngjaslde the same for i the release of bonds now hypothecated in New York ; to provide for the settlement of all ; dalma due by the State to the creditors of the ? ??f "v of the State; to provide for the safe- i seeping of minors in some Institution other i (han a public jail or- penitentiary, and to pro? vide for the protection of useful animals. j By Mr. Logan, a bill to legalize certain mar- i ri ages ot colored persons and declare them j husband and wife. j By Mr. Ree dish, notice of a bill to incorpo- i rate the Orangeburg Fair Association. i By Ur. White, -notice o? a blU requiring Bherifis or deputies to take charge of all Juries < in. criminal cases aad keep them until their verdicts are rendered. By Mr. Brown, joint resolution to authorize the comptroller-general to Issue a warrant to C. Werner for two thousand dollars for cer? tain alterations on the panels of'the palmetto monument in the rear of the Statehouse. *j :j By Mtv Bowen, a bill to provide for an In fe rior Court of Criminal Jurisdiction in the . County or Charleston. ._ This bill provides for the election, by the present Legislature, of a Judge for a criminal ?court ol the County of Charleston, who is to' . ?old office for four years, and is required to Ul a special term of the o>urt .Immediately ?ter Iiis election, lo which ls to be transfer? id, from the Court. of General Sessions, ail ' cases, less than capital ones, then on the j docket The new-court ls to have original : Jurisdiction over-all criminal.-cases, except Capital ones, and appel?t? Jurisdiction over all j erl ml?al;cases, with the mme exception, from trial Justice's courts. - The court-to to have the , -game laws, fees, powers and practice as now , obtained tn the General Sessions, and ttie ime grand jury, clerk, and .sheriff, but with cerate petit Juries. Four terms are pro pd.for in each yean to begin on'tbe first ind ays of January, July, and October, and wall are to be taken from this court to the . Ireme Court ot the State. Mr. Hurle; introduced "a bill to incorporate a South Carolina Fire BKtingulsher Manu? facturing Company, which ls simply another -of those neat Hule family arrangements which the Legislature ls in tbe habit of passing. The bill makes?Timothy Hurley, M. J. Conlan, J. Au Danbar, J. B. Dennls1 F. J. Moses, Jr., W. - JL Burnie, A. J. Bansler, W. H. Jones, Jr., B. IIFhlttemore, 8. A.-S walls, J. M. Alien, and m others, the ^corporators of a company, fe capital stock ot ?250;OOO in. $25 shares, ?nth liberal rights and privileges for the ? ?facture of an spparatus lor extinguish? es under Babcock's, patent Boh side rail on of the calendar business ?Blouse was characteristically begun by Pray and nonsensical debate upon the bill ncorporate the Charleston Loan* Associa? tion, participated in # Jones, Mobley, Hur? ley, and others, and the measure .was finally ?et down tor the-speclal order on Wednesday next at one P. M. The rest of the day's ses? sion was occupied with the discussion of un? finished business, and Included nothing of gensjal interest. In the Senate this morning Mr. Bieman in? troduced a joint resolution to allow taxpayers aimil the first Monday ot March, 1872, to pay their State and county taxes for 1871. Mr. Arnim Introduced a "bill to protect the ^aejfole of the State of South Carolina against ??Kp??uduient and illegal Issue of bonds and (fraftritles. and for other purposes,'' which pro *Mfcr}s for a joint committee of live members, (two Democrats and three Republicans,) who shall have power to ascertain what bonds have been issued since January I, 1868, and how, when, and to whom they have been sold, negotiated or hypothecated ; to sit in Columbia U for this purpose for a term not exceeding four m months, to employ counsel, and to send for T books and papers. It requires all person B holding bonds of this State to report t je same ' to said committee for registration before June tuJL 1872, under penalty of having their bonds declared illegal. It prohibits the State trea? surer from paying any interest on bonds dated alnoe January . 1, 1868, until the report or the ?committee, and it authorizes the G over? draw his warrant for the payment o? all Bary expenses of the co mm ii tee.. Hi to repeat an act entitled an act to pro Bor the conversion of State securities, oved March 2, 1869, and for older par poses. A bill to divide the State o? South Carolina into five Congressional districts. The new districts are to be composed as follows, and are to remain until after the census of 1880: First-Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Georgetown. Horry, Lancaster, Marlon, Marl? boro and Wlllamsburg Counties. Second Beaufort, Charleston and Colleton Counties. ajSttrd-Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Barn SMfBi, Edgefleld and Orangeburg Counties. Fourth-chester, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexing? ton, Richland and Sumter Counties. Filth Greenville, Laurens. Newberry, Oconee, Pick? en*,-Sparlanburg, Union and York Counties. Hr. Wiiittemure Introduced a bill to abolish the office of State auditor, and confer the duties of bis office upon the comptroller-gen ?up); and Mr. Nash introduced a bill to charter tht? Union Savings Bank of Columbia, 8. C. Notices were given of the following: -"* By Kr. Whlttemore, a bill to create a finan cial board, and define their powers and duties; a bill to prevent certain officers from buying, discounting or shaving teachers' pay certifi? cates or other orders on school funds. By Mr. Hollingshead, a bill to amend and renew the charter of Erskine College, at Due West, Abbeville County; a bill to amend and renew the charter of the Town of Lowndes-1 Tille, Abbeville County. By Mr. Cardozo, a bill proposing an amend? ment to the Constitution of the Slate in favor of minority representation in the General As? sembly by cumulative voting; a bill authoriz? ing the construction of a free bridge across the Wateree River, in Kershaw County. The Governor returned to the Senate, with-1 out his approval, the bill to repeal a joint j resolution authorizing the employment of an armed loree for the preservation of the peace. flvlng as bis reasons for the veto that the bill ad not received Its third reading in the House, and, further, that the exigency which required the pa?aage of the joint resolution in 1869 might at any time recur. It ls doubtful, however, if the Assembly, in its present tem? per, will consent to the continuance in the [ hands of the Governor of this power of em? ploying a horde of partisan adherents in all parts of the State, and it is openly asserted that this power has been freely used by the Executive for securing his election and aggrandizement, and, indeed, for everything but the preservation of the peace. The following nominations by the Governor were received and confirmed by the Senate in executive session: Jury Commissioners-York County, Nelson Davis; Fairfield County, Dr. W. B. Peake. Trial Justices-Charleston-County, M. Caul? field; Cheater County, B. W. Macon, Geo. F. McNeil, W. M. McDonald; Clarendon County, R. M. Welch; Darlington County, A. Baruch; Richland County, Samuel G. Henry; Union County, D. D. Goings, J. W. E. Young. The nominations of T. J. Mackey, Wm. Bol- j lin, Simeon Lucas, Angus Smith auj Geo. F. Kinloch as trial Justices in Charleston County were submitted but not acted upon. In the United StateB Conreen Monday, true" bills were found against the following "named persons:. J. Ernest Lowry, Samuel Re? ves. John Steele, Samuel Fe wei I. Henry Toole, col ored, Howard White, colored, Doctor alias William Fe well, and Samuel Mills; conspiracy against Edmund Raisey and Richard Toung. of York County; and the following named per- { ions ot Spartanburg County, all for general conspiracy-except the case of Joel Bellinger and others, in which are two counts ot a special conspiracy against John C. Wi ns m i th, I which was stricken out; and in the first named- case Millwood and others, which charges a conspiracy against George W. Gunn-viz: Columbus Mitchell, Richard Millwood, .Jas. Vand?ver, Zachariah Vandlver, Ell oh as Bate?, John Allen and Jasper Haynes, Joel Bellin? ger, Winkfield H. Bagwell, Ellpbas Bates, (two counts.) John Gaffney, William Ross, William Robert Stacey, Wm. McFarland, Charles Humphries. Ferrill Barratt, JameB H. Ezell, Cantey Griffin, Slrah Bagwell. LaFay etce Chaffee, John Bagwell, Chambers Allen, J. Banks Lyle, Eleazer Parker, Edmund Blanton, James, Gibson, Harold Gibson, John Bridges, Williams Bridges, Charles Bridges, GreenB. Humphries, Thornwell Little, Frank Camp, Alfred Hirrls, Harry Gibson, E.ljah Barden, Felix Dover, Jam rs A. Donald and Benjamin Logan. PICKET. THROWING DOWN THE GLOVE. A Card from ?Senator Leslie. COLUMBIA, S. C., January 3, 1372. Hon. J. B. Dennis, W. H. Gar Oner, Jr., Timothy Hurley, 8. A. Swails and B. F. WhiUemore: GENTS-I have lust been shown a "report of I the joint special financial Investigating com? mittee," subscribed by yourselves. In your | report you have seen flt to critlC'Be my official ictloa as land commissioner. I shall not Sow make extracts from such parts of the re . lort as are specially objectionable and insult? ing. I simply wish to make a plain, square Bsue with you, and one that the people will inderstand. I demand of you, or any one of poo, to state any fraudulent conduct on my part while actinic as land commissioner of this ?tate, and I challenge you to produce the j root. - . I feel, under the circumstances, that I am ?niltlefi to an immediate reply. Yours respectfully C. P. LESLIE. THE PROCEJ^K^OF CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, January 9. In the Senate, Mr. Sumner presented a num? ber of petitions in favor of the supplemental jlvil rights bill. Clayton defended himself | from the charges of corrupt practices while Go vernor of Arkansas. At his request a select committee was appointed to investigate the charges against bim. The amnesty bill was postponed to one o'clock next Monday, when lt will be the sp?:'al order. A resolution was adopted Beating Senator Goldthwalte from Alabama. In the House, a bomber of tobacco dealers of I Duchess CountyfNew York, petitioned for a | uniform tobacco tax ot six cents. The Ku Klux committee made a report of testimony Impeaching the official character and condacc 9f Senator Clayton and Representative Ed? wards from Arkansas, which was referred to the committee on elections. A bill was intro? duced providing that the Circuit Court for my judicial district in which at any tiuie Lhe circuit judge or designated district Judge shall hold a court for the purposes of the civil rlgsts act, shall be deemed ihe Circuit Court mentioned la the second and thirteenth sec? tions thereof._ HEW YORK GOSSIP. NEW YORE, January 9. The suspension of Sprague, Colburn & Co. is announced. The steamer Weser ls quarantined for small? pox. Mayor Sall gives notice that the president of the board or aldermen will act as mayor lor a week. This is thought to be preliminary to his actual resignation. THE OHIO SENAIORSHIP. COLUMBPS..January 9. The Democratic caucus nomlnURd General Morgan for senator by acclamation. The vote In the Senate was: Morgan (Democrat) eighteen, Sherman seventeen, Sbenck one. Houfc.;. Morgan forty-seven, Sherman fllty Beven, Cox one. ^ WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. :he Cablnent meeting was unimportant. Louisiana affairs were not noticed. Charles Hall, of Massachusetts, is nominated as assist? ant secretary of State. SPANISH SUCCESSES LS THE EAST. NEW YOUT, Januar- \ A Herald special Bays the Spanish . .ces serving in the far East lately attacked Gilole Island of the Malacca group and punished the piratical sultan of Terenate. Several forts were demolished, and some bombshells struck the palace. ARRIVAL OF COTTON SHIPS. LONDON, January 9-Evening. Arrived, La Platte from Savannah, Theo bold from New Orleans, and Grasmere from Charleston. THE FACTION FIGHT IN NEW OS LEANS. NEW ORLEANS, January 8-Midnight. The city is quiet and no personal violence is reported in any quarter. The Louisiana Le? gion refuse to obey General Longstreet's or? ders, bat will co-operate with Emery's forces In the preservation of peace. The leaders ot the factions continue to Issue pronuncla mentoe. . WASHINGTON, January 9. There are^tlll no Indications of Interference in Louisiana affairs beyond what is needed for the preservation of peace. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The-Powder-mixing House at Rondout blew up yesterday. The mixer and the house were blown to atoms. -All the Mormon criminal cases have been postponed to March, the prosecuting officers having no money. -The trains on the Pacific Railroad are again blocked. THE FISK TRAGEDY. FULL DETAILS OF THE ASSASSINA? TION OF THE "PRINCE OF ERLE." The Circumstance* and Carnes that Led to the Bloody Deed? The Fisk-Mansfleld scandal ia New York, as already announced by telegraph, culminated Saturday afternoon ia the fatal shooting of J James Fisk, Jr., the Prince of the Erle Bing, by Edward Stokes. The shooting affair took place at 4.30 P. M. Saturday, at the Grand Cen? tral Hotel, New York, and Fisk was struck twice. Stokes, who flrqd the fatal shot, it ls alleged, was Fisk's rival In. the affections of Miss Helen Josephine Mansfield, who had a suit on trial against Fisk for slander, in which she and Stokes were both on the stand as witnesses on Saturday. MIBS Mansfield's suits and threats to publish her letters from Fisk have been the subject of protracted litigation and newspa? per gossip for weeks. Fisk, lt would appjjar, had, by his masterly manipulations of the machine- j ry ot the law, triumphed with Injunctiens in this, as on many other noted occasions, driv? ing his rival to madness, with the fatal result no 7 chronicled. The career of Fisk ls well known. A few years ago he drove a peddler's cart across the hills of Vermont. He has since passed through such a career as no other ad? venturer has ever run, always buoyant and nearly always successful, whether by fair means or lout. Miss Helen Josephine Hans field, or Mrs. Lawlor, as she ls sometimes call? ed, as the wife of the actor ofthat name, is represented as a sweet siren, a gorgeous ad? venturess, whose silks and diamonds and rare beauty matched the meteoric brilliancy of the career ol the "Prince of irle." Stokes, the assassin, is a marled man, about thirty years t>i age, and ls only known to|the public recent? ly in connection with the Mansfield affair. The and which has been reached is the natural ?llmax of such a career as Sas marked the lives of the respective parties. Dispatches from New York, received Satur-1 lay and Sunday, give the following particulars | if the occurrence, together with the fatal result: -'THE LIBEL SUIT. During the morning, the trial of the suit of I Mles Mansfield against Fisk, for libel, occupied the Yorkville Police* Court. Miss Mansfield was cross-examined by Fisk's counsel. She dented making an appointment to meet Fisk and lhe Egyptian consul-general, George But? ler, at one Miss Wood's; met Butler In Call lornla, and bad never Intended to blackmail F.sk. Mri. Williams testified that the state? ments made that Miss Mansfield and Mr. 3tokes had held conversations in her presence { ibout blackmailing Fisk were untrue. E. 8. Stokes also testified that there was no truth In ?id statements. He testified that he hada family; flrBt met Miss Mansfield In New York it a dinner with Flss; visited Miss Mansfield aloe or ten times a month; bad threatened to pursue Fisk in a legal, not physical, way; have threatened to print hts letters, and made pro? positions to settle with Fisk; witness's rela ilons with Miss Mansfield were not Improper, bat he had often stayed at her house all night. THE SHOOTING OF FISK. After the testimony of Stokes he encoun? tered Fisk ia the vestibule of the Grand Cen? tral Hotel, when the shooting took place. It seems that at 4.30 P. M. a carriage stopped at Lhe entrance of the Grand Contrai Hotel. It contained Fisk and a companion; the former jil ch ted and. entered the hotel for the pur-] pose of proceeding to his rooms. an?J ps he as* leaded the first utep Stokes came Out at an idjolnlng passage way, and, unobserved by F.sk, unbottoned his coat and drew out his 1, revolver and rapidly discharged three shots I j it Fisk. The first shot lodged in Fisk's | ? shoulder, the second whistled close by his head, and the third, with more fatal direction, took effect in the abdomen, inflicting a mortat wouad. Fisk at once staggered and fell, while Stokes said: "I have done for the - this time." Fisk evidently recognized his as rill ant before falling, bul made no remark. Immediately after the shots were fired the ' betel employees rushed to the scene, and while some cared for the wounded man, others seized Stokes? ?rho made no resistance, \nd was promptly handed aver-to the police. Fisk was conveyed to his room, where the mrgeon of the hotel waa soon in attendance apon him. Meanwhile telegraphic messages ?.ere sent for further surgical aid and for the | friends ol Fisk. THE SCENE AT THE HOTEL, after the shooting, - was one of extraordinary excitement. The crowds coming from the matinees of the various theatres, hearing of I j the occurence, thronged the corridors of the | hotel, eagerly discussing the event and mak? ing inquiries about the particulars of the out? rage. The officers who arrested Stokes con? veyed him to tba Fifteenth precinct s tat ion, where he was lodged in a cell. - THE CAU81! OF THE SHOOTING. It ls said that th} order of Judge Brady, re- ? atra?alos Stokes and Mi&s Mansfield from pub? lishing ihe letters in Misa Mansfield's posses? sion, affecting Fisk, Peter B. Sweeny, and others, had an exasperating effect upon Stokes, and lt ls believed he was aroused to desperation partly in consequence of the rumors, generally received as well-founded, thai the grand Jury bail lound an indictment agalDst himself and Miss Mansfield for au attempt to blackmail Fisk. The news ef| the shooting rapidly spread over the city, and produced Intense excitement. Fisk's friends claim that in the examination at the Yorkville police court the evidence was strongly In favor of Fisk, and tended to show that Mansfield and Stokes were endeavoring to levy blackmail. They say Mansfield's case completely broke down, and Stokes lost all self-control. Charles S. Spencer, one ot Fisk's counsel, says Stokes had already obtained 150,000 from his client, and was attempting to get more but tailed, w h i. e Fisk's condition on I Saturday night was critical, the opinion of the surgeons.In attendance was that he would cer? tainly live over the night Many irlends and acquaintances of Fisk are at the hotel, William M. Tweed and Jay Gould among the number. Fisk waa calm and collected and able to coa verse. About nine o'clock on Saturday night the coroner heard the statement of Fisk about the shooting. At ball-past nine o'clock he was engaged with his lawyer, D. D. Fle:d, making his will. The weapon used was a four-cham? bered Colt's revolver. One of the detectives at the precinct where Stokes is in custody pronounced the bore the largest he had ever seen. The bullet found on the stairway was tn size more like a rifle ball than a pistol bul? let. ANOTHER REPORT OF THE SHOOTING. According to one report Fisk, on receiving the shot in the abdomen, fell on bis back, and on belog assisted to his feet walked up stairs to the reception room. Stokes, lt is alleged, rode down from the Yorkville police court with his counsel, ex-Judge McKeoa and Assistant District Attorney Fellows. They got out at Delmonlco's, ia Fourteeath street, and while taking lunch discussed the case and agreed that lt had broken down, and was sure to be dismissed by Justice Blxby. Stokes observed, in an excited tone, "Is lhere no way to beat j this man ?" STOKES AND MISS MANSFIELD. Stokes then went to the residence of Miss j Mansfield, and in this connection it la a cir? cumstance of perhaps some significance that Stokes had not been more than a few minutes in custody at the stationhouse wheo she ar? rived there. A reporter obtained an Inter? view with Miss Mansfield alter the shooting. She declined to enter into any lengthened con? versation, but remarked that she was sure that "Ned'' Stokes must be insane. At mid? night Fisk fell Into a tranquil sleep, and Drs. Camochan, Wood, Sayer and White took their departure until 8 o'clock. All concurred in saying that lhe symptoms were of a favorable character. Mr. Fisk's statement to the coro? ner was lo the effect that he had come to the hotel to T make inquiries as to whether Miss Moses was in, and being answered In the affirmative, proceeded up stairs. He had no suspicion thai any ene intended to harm him. When about on the first landing he saw a flash and something strike bim upon the abdo men. Before falling he recognized Stokes as his assassin. He did not again see Stokes until he was brought before him to Identify him. The evidence of the boys In the hall? way corroborated the statement of the wound? ed man. The bullet penetrated about two inches above the navel, and passed down towards the.] right The doctors were at first of opinion that the Intestines were uninjured. Late Saturday night Jay Gould, president of the Erle Ball road company, attended the bedside ot his wounded coadjutor, and was deeply affected In consequence of the critical condition of j Fisk. He remained a long time In assiduous attention on Fisk. V DEATH OF FISK. A few minutes before eleven o'clock Sunday morning. James Fisk, Jr., expired at the Grand Central Hotel. He lay upon his side breathing heavily,, his face was pale, but be- j fore six o'clock had not any alarming expres? sion, only round the ejes were dusKy rings that seemed to show some little danger. At six o'clock the first ominous change appeared in the patient. He grew a little restless, his face bad greater pallor, and bis breathing was less easy end regular. On feeling his pulse, Dr. Fisher found it waa more rapid, being very nearly one hundred. At, half-past six o'clock Mr. Fisk said something in a broken tone, and then closed his eyes. The change in his face had become more apparent, the pallor J was more death-like, and moisture appeared on the forehead, the pulse being then over one hundred. At seven o'clock it. was first an? nounced that he was fast sinking: his pulse was at this time one hundred and tnlrty. ARRIVAL OF FISK'S WIFE. 8hortly 'after, Mrs. Fisk, bis wile, and Mr. Morse, his father-in-law, arrived and went to the bedside oMhe sufferer1. Mrs. Fisk was greatly agitated. The scene was the most heartrending that had yet taken place, and those present could not restrain their emotion. At half-past seven the friends collected lu the ante-room had been joined by Others, one by one, who asked anxiously after the condition of Mr. Fisk. Lawyer Sherman and Jay Gould stood near, the latter completely overcome. The doctors were appealed to by the wife to give eome little hope, bt?t they gently Indicat ed that they dare not say there was any chance ot Ule. . COOLNESS OF TK# DYING MAN. Fisk was not much moved at the moments he was cognizant of surroundings, but seem? ed never deserted by the coolness and forti? tude he had displayed when first shot As the morning advanced his pulse still grew more alarming, and he became more and more feverish and exhausted. Morphine, which had been given bim la large quantities, only kept bim from terrible agony, and, aa lt was, bis tortures were excruciating. At eight o'clock there was little change; at half-past eight the doctors consulted again, and at nine o'clock the suppressed excitement about his bed was almost too Intense to bear. At half, past nine a few were permitted to go to his Dedside. The length ot his Ute now depended sn bia being kept as quiet as possible.- There was by this lime a good deal of going to and fro In the sick man's chamber. Fisk thanked lils friends simply for coming. The rapidity sf the decline showed itself more strongly I han ever before. *^THE FINAL SCENE. * At 10 o'cNck there was eager and bushed ivhlottering In every ear,"as lt wustold that the and was drawing nigh. At half-past 10 he lay I scarcely knowing that there was any minis-, Leriog to him; ne looked at the opposite wall ind noticed no one, and a quarter of an hour afterwards he breathed his last After bis death had been announced, numbers cf j friends were allowed to view the body, but the general public were not admitted. At 2 o'clock the remains were removed from the hotel to the residence of the deceased. STOKES IN THE TOMBS. Stokes was taken to the Tombs this morning ind placed in cell No. 15. His counsel were vlth him, as aleo his brothers. He said that | ie did the deed In a state ot frenzy,. COM?IKNTS OF?IHE PBESS" The Journals comment upon Fisk's murder is follows: The Herald says that the coward- j ce of the act reaped Its first fruits In the pub? ic mind by awakening for Fisk a wide-felt jympathy. There ls nothing In the case to iisdogulsh lt trom murder, for which death )n the gai lo ws ls the penalty. The Times pro- j iounces the murderous deed brutal and cow? edly, aad will attract toward Fisk aa amount j >f public sympathy to which no part of his ;areer has entitled him. A HORRIBLE DEATH. CLEVELAND, January 9. The coroner's Jury found a verdict that Carl tfartln died from eating trichina apiralis pork. Martin's wife and child are . sick-the last lamed hopelessly. -- THE TIRQIKIA LEGISLATURE. , RICHMOND, Jabuary 9. The House appointeda committee to investi? gate the charges of bribery and .corruption In securing the passage of the funding bill dur-' mg last sealion. THE WAR IN CUBA. HAVANA, January 9. The Spanish war vessels which have been watching suspected American vessels are or-1 1er ed here. _. THE WHARTON TRIAL, ANNAPOLIS, January 9. Professor H. C. White, graduate of the Uni? versity of Virginia, testified that Aiken's ex? periments were not sufficient to establish the presence ot antimony in Ketchum's stomach, ronry's analysis also ls Insufficient THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. LONDON, January 9. Sellgman Brothers have Introduced here and on the continent four millions of the new United States loan at 87}. A dispatch from Sanaringham reports that the Prince of Wales weat out yesterday for the first time since his Illness. LONDON, January 9. Napoleon will soon publish a historical work with startling revelations regarding the French military system. PARIS, January 9. The Radicals were successlul in three ot the seventeen district elections for vacant seats In the National Assembly. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, D. C., January 9. Pleasant weather will probably continue on Wednesday in the Southern and Gulf States, and northward to Illinois and Pennsylvania. Falling barometer, with Increased cloudiness, will prevail In New England and New York. The barometer will continue to fall west of the Mississippi, with rising temperature and south? erly winds and threatening weather In the Missouri valley. Dangerous winds are not an? ticipated for our coasts to-night. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, V. S. A.-4.47 P. ld., Local Time. Place or Observation. a li SS Augusta, Qa.... Baltimore....... Boston. Charleston. Chicago. Cincinnati.., Galveston. Key West, Fla.. Knoxville, Tenn. Memphis. Tenn.. Mt. Washington. New Orleans.... New TorS. Norfolk. Philadelphia. Savannah . St. Louis. 30.23 30.00 30.07 30.01 33.46 0.27 0.20 30.38 30.25 30.151 30.47! 30.14 30.28 29.99 ?0.4Q 3).S4 30.04 a 5? W w s s sw w sw N NE SW N w N. S w sw SE 2 Gentle. Gentle. Light. Frtsa. Light. Gentle, Brisk. Gentle. Gentle. fresh. Light. Gentle. Prest?. Fresh. Gentle. Light. freso. Clear. Pair. Cloudy. Pair. Cloudy. Pair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. UiOidy. Clear. Fair. Pair. Cloudy. Clear. Fair. NOTE.-The weather report dated 7.47 o'oiocr., this morning, will be posted tn the rooms of the unamber of commerce at io o'clock A M., and, '.ogether with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the chamber) be examined by ship* masters at any time daring the day. MEETING OF COUNCIL. A regular meeting of the city Council waa held last evening at seven o'clock' Present, the Mayor, and Aldermen O'Neill, Bowen, Smith, Voigt, Gage, Garrett, Kenny. Michaels, Sweegan, Glover, Johnston, Taylor, Moran, Brown, Simonds, Pelzer and Sigwald. PETCIION8 having been called for, were read and disposed of as"follows: Of W. H. Chaiee & Co. to have one-half of the cost of putting down a flag-stone pavement opposite their store, No. 207 East Bay, advanc? ed by Council, the asphalt substituted for the old one belog an entire tallare. Beferred to the committee on streets. Of several resldeats near the corner of East Bay and Society street asking that the troughs of the Artesian Wells be not removed to this comer, as lt would be as great a nuisance aa where they now are. - Beferred to the commit- ' tee on. Artesian Wells. Ia behalf of the new German Church, ask? ing that the water from the roof be allowed to rna off through the drain of the Orphan house yard. Permission granted subject to the approvalof the commissioners of the Or phanhouse. ^ Of Charles Colson, for .permission te bnild a one-story wooden store at No. 12, oa the west side of Middle street. Beferred.to the committee.on brick and wooden buildings. Of L. DuBos requesting that Council would not break up the High School, and dis? cussing the matter at large. Received as in? formation, and laid on the table tb be called up with the High School matter. Of Weston Gibson, calling attention to the bad condition of the sldewa'k in Columbus street, opposite Mrs. Gibson's boase. Beferred to the committee oa streets. Ot Wm. Bedeman, asking relief from the taxation upon his two wooden buildings In Nassau street, destroyed by fire on the 15th* of June last. Beferred to the committee on retrenchment and relief. . O? I. Biller, to be allowed to continue the use of a boiler on the premises No. 369 "King street, for the purpose of heating and steam log clothes in his trade as dyer. Beferred to the committee on steam engines. The memorial of the West Point Mill Com? pany was read, showing that, as owners, they paid heavy taxes oa a large amount of valuable property; that there was much hauling along the mtlldam, which the city neither lighted nor kept In order; that the business ot the place required some puplic highway connect? ing lc with the city, and asking tbat Calhoun street be continued across the mill pond to the Ashley Elver. Beferred to the committee on streets Of J. P. Brown asking that, as he had been removed from his office as keeper of the Pub? lic Cemeteries, which he had occupied for the last thirty-three years, to be allowed to re? move certain Improvements which he had put up at his own expense. Beferred to the com? mittee on public buildings. Institutions and grounds. Of numerous citizens asking that something be done to the drain la Morris and Smith streets, which ls always choked and stopped up. Beferred to the committee oa tidal drains. Of rc;W?ota of 8t, -PhtUp. atroat jralrioyat lentlon to the bad condition of the street and crossings, and asking for a plank road from Line to Calhoun streets. Beferred to the com? mittee on streets. The commissioners of the Orphanhouse re? ported that at their meeting on the 28th ul? timo they had elected the following officers for the year: Miss A. K. Irving, principal. Teachers-Misses Ellen King, Sarah Grffltb, Mary Howard, ' Susan Tarrant, Mary L. LeQueux, J. H. Ingham, C. Bull?n. Assis? tant Matrons-Mrs. Eliza Griffith, E. McCaffer, Catherine Bull?n,. Isabella Henderson, Agnes Beaban, E. Ingham. Hospital Nurse-Sarah CharvlL Engineer-John T. Forbes. Also, that the offer or Mesara. Cunningham and Brown to furnish fresh meat for 1872-beef 7| cents per pound, and veal, mutton and pork at 10 cents-had been accepted. Bo po rt con? firmed. The commissioners of the Almshouse re? ported the eleotlon of the officers as follows: J. M. Ostendorff, keeper; Mrs. J. M. Osten? dorff, matron; P. H. Des vern ey, clerk. Be port confirmed. The reports ot the Inspectors as to the con? dition of the drains In the upper tnd lower wards, were referred to the committee on street?. The report of the city sheriff for the month ending January 1, 1672, showing $1201 60 col? lected in that time, was received as informa? tion. A lengthy communication from the city civil engineer, showing the importance aod heavy duties of his office, and asking an In? crease of salary, was referred to the commit? tee on the civil engineer's office. REPORTS. The committee on retrenchment and relief reported unfavorably on the petition of Jas. Middleton for compensa'lon for his mule and cart taken in 1865 for work on the city. Adopted. The same committee recommended that the penalty upon the taxes of the Caoooasboro' Wharf and Mill Company be remitted, as the elly had been using ior some time the water from the company's pond. Adopted. The committee on accounts reported bills to the amount of $6988 17 as correct, and recom? mended their payment. Adopted. The committee oa public institutions, build? ings and grounds recommended that esti? mates be advertised for to repair the celling of the Council Chamber and other rooms in the City Hall lu accordance with the report ot the city civil engineer. Beport referred to committee on contracts to advertise. The committee on assessments, in relation to assessing the Academy of Music at $50,000 instead of $250,000-as estimated by the own? ers-reported that the assessment had been made by the board of equalization, for 1871, ot which one of the aldermen was a member. Beport agreed to. The committee on vacant offices, Ia accord? ance with the opinion of the city attorney, re? ported the office of the city treasurer as va? cant. Beport adopted, and an election to AU the vacancy ordered for the next regalar meeting of Council. The committee on engrossed bills reported the followiDg ordinances, which were ratified lo due form: To provide phyelclans for the poor of Charles toa and for other purposes. To alter and amend an ordinance to reor? ganize the board of health, ratified in August, 1860, and for other purposes. To prescribe In part the duties of the city registrar, and for other purposes. The committee on tidal drains made a ver? bal report that the pits under the manholes were always inconvenient to the fire engines, being fail of mud, and ought to be filled up. In connection with this, the committee oa streets upon a part of the Board of Firen tera' report recommended that the woo covers lo stead of strainers be placed upon sandpits. The committee asked for furt time to report upon the plank road in Be fain Btreet. Beport referred to the commit on the fire department. The committee on the fire departnn brought up the repairs recommended on I Palmetto engine-house, and the chairnu Alderman Sweegan, moved the consideran of the printed report of the committee read the last meeting. The report was read by s tiona, and adopted as follows: The special committee on the Fire Dept ment would beg leave to report -that a cont e'nce meeting was held on Monday, the il Instant, between your committee and a co mlttee lrom the Board of. Firemastera, which were present, on the part of Board Flremasters,Messrs. Smythe, Buist and Bro? and on the part of Council, Messrs. Tay li Volet, Pelzer, Garden and S weegan. The following matters were discussed : 1st. The desire of the Board of Fire Mask io transfer the control of the city pumps frc the board to the city authorities. Tour commltMe would recommend that the. street pumps be turned over by the May to the city inspectors, and such pumps as a serviceable to the citizens be kept in rept by the Inspectors, under orders of the Maye 2d. The matter of hose', -four committee would state that there ls present a resolution of inquiry from tt Council to the Board of Fire mas te rs on th subject, and would beg to call to the attende of the Fire Department section 3, of Ordlnani of March 8, 1870, regulating the pay of tl volunteer companies, 1. e., "That the amonn appropriated shall be considered as coverli all expenses, such as the purchase of hos mending of the same, materials, wear ai tear of engines and reels, pay of engineer and all other expenses usuallv incurred . I keeping in order the apparatus of each con pany." -. . . 3d. The matter of a house for the Youn America Company. Tobr committee would recommend that tb boase in Hayne street, north side, west < Church street, be appropriated forthat pu: pose, and the amount realized by the lat Council, for the sale of a lot in Anson stree be also appropriated towards said repair said lot hs,vlng been purchased for said con pany, ana subsequently disposed-of. Th committee also recommend that the comml tee on contracts advertise for estimates, an the work be done according to plans procure by the committee on the Are department, an to be submitted to Council. 4th. The matter of a house forthePlonee Company. Tour committee would report that In the] opinion it ls necessary that a house be ftii niebed for that company, and would 'beg fo further time to report on locality, ?o. . 6th. The claim of the Marlon Fire Compan for an annual rent of honse occupied by thel company, In Cannon street, the same bein property of the company, or else take th property at a valuation. Tour committee would recommend that th sum of ($300) three , hundred dollars per ac num be allowed aa rent for house from tbl date. u 6th. Application from Comet Star,: Unite and Promptitude Hand Engine Companies fe change of location, &c. Tour committee would recommend that thl matter be referred to the chief of the Fire Dc partmenr. 7th. Tho matter of having an alarm bel placed at the Arsenal, the same to be rung a times of fire, by the parties In charge ot th Arsenal. ^? - * Tour committee would respectfully recom mend that this matter be referred to thc Mayor, to ascertain if any arrangement can b< made with ihe Bev. Mr. Porter, to have th< bell at his school building rung for that pm pose. 8th. The matter of having Spring stree planked. . . Your commitine would recommend that th? work be done, and be referred to the commit tee on streets. 9th. Tbe application of hand engine com Eany Prudence, No. 4, for a hat! over theil ouse. Tour committee would beg further time tc report on this matter. All of which ls respectfully submitted by E. F. SWEEOASJ, C. TOWT, ! JAB. H. TATLOR, FRANCIS J. PELZER, E. GARDES-. Alderman Smith, of the committee on print lng, stated that the chairman had not beer well enough to give the matter the considera, lion lt required, and asked for further time until th? next regular meeting* in which to re port. Granted.. The opening of the estimates for laying s plank road tn King street, reported ready by the committee on contracts, was deferred until the next regular meeting. Th? consideration of the report of the special committee on the High-school was then begun, and Alderman Gage moved to substitute a bill for the report. On motion, the report was de? ferred until tho bill could come up in order. The committee on removing the troughs at the Artesian well ?rere permitted to defer their report until the next regular meeting. The Mayor submitted and read his annual report, an able and highly ^interesting docu? ment, and, on motion of Alderman Voigt, the committee on printing was ordered to have the report of the Mayor and other officers printed in pamphlet form, to the number of one thousand or more, for pub,lc distribution. The Mayor, with the consent of Council, brought forward the following billa, which took their first reading, and were ordered to be printed: A bill to issue six per cent coupon bonds to the amount of $500,000, the principal and in? terest payable In gold, to redeem the past due stock. A bill to provide for the gradual extinction of the city debt, and for the Issue of coupon bonds and other purposes. A bill to encourage the rebuilding of the burnt district and waste placea... Alderman Taylor brought in ti bill to appro? priate money to meet the liabilities of the city for the current fiscal year, which received its uru reading. Alderman O'Neill brought up a bill, which received Its second reading as follows : A BILL TO ALTER AND AMEND CERTAIN CfTT ORDINANCES, AND TO FIX THE SALARY OR PAT OF CERTAIN CITY OFFICERS, AND TO ABOLISH CERTAIN CITY OFFICES. Be it ordained by.the Mayor and Aldermen in City Council assembled: SECTION 1. That from and after the passage of thin ordinance, the pay and salary of toe elly officers hereinalter named, shall be after the fellowing rates, that ls to say: City civil engineer, Aileen hundred dollars per annum, in monthly payments; harbormaster, twelve hundred dollars per annum, In monthly pay? ments; messenger of Council, five hundred dollars per annum, tn monthly payments; clerk board ol flremasters, five hundred dol? lars per annum, In monthly payments. SEC. 2 That the offices of assistant civil en? gineer and clerk of harbormaster are hereby abolished. SEC. 3. All ordinances and parta of ordi? nances In conflict with the above are hereby repealed. Alderman Sweegan called up for Its second reading a bill to Increase the salaries of the Hook and Ladder Companies from '$503 to $800. Some discussion ensued, and at length the bill was postponed for the present. On motion of Alderman Taylor, Alderman Gage was allowed to read his bill, in relation to the High School, for the first time. On motion of Alderman Kenny, lt was re? solved that the two city Inspectors be allowed stabling and forage for one horse each at the Guardhouse. ?> * On motion of Alderman Sweegan, the follow? ing resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That the city appraiser be re quested to report to tata body tue amountof I real estate owned hy the-dlflerent railroad companies having their terminus at tote city* and upon which no taxes areaawesed.-. :' Resolved,- That the, opinion of the city at? torney or city recorder de obtained as to the amount and description of prop etty exe m p ted from taxation by the charters of the raspeo-'' Uve railroad companies having their ternuras at this point, also If any provision ls made fn" auch charters as to' what asea such exempted - property shall be appropriated- :; '; ; -.7:;-T PXCOTIOHB. Elections wert LI1.-0 held for the city c^Bcerv which resulted as ivllows: x;i .crrr R?GISTRAR. Candidates: Dre. Robert Lebby, P. Peyr* Porcher, j. Ford Prtolearv?. N. Bellinger; A. M:Byhah, George 8. ftlzef and Wm.0. Bav eneL . ? - -.- - - -,-- ?? First ballot: Lebby 4, Piioleau^ Bellinger 3, tynan L, Peizer 8, Bavenel ?: ?N?*lect??oS Second ballot: Lebby 6, Bellinger 3, Peizer 6, BavenelS. No election. . Third ballot: Lebby?, Belltnger 3,feUse? T? Baveneil. No election. . . .r_.i . Fourth bailo't: Lebby 5, Pelter IO, BaveneT 3. Dr. George-8. Peizer was declared elected. PHYSICIAN TO THE ?RPHAlt'HO?SE. ; Candidates: Dre. W. H. Huger asd H. D. 'Fraser. ' - .....,;;.-}.._:.' On the first ballot Dr. Huger received u 1 votes and waa declared elected. ; " .' . <' . . . - ??*.'<? PHYSICIAN OF HOSPITAL. Dr. J. Somers Buist, the only candidate, was elected by acclamation. -.- : .. crrr pHTBioiAy.- B '.'i District No. 1-Candidates: Dre. Robt Lebby? . Jr., Manning Simona and Peter Porcher. ; First ballot r Lebby 3, Simons 9, and-Pori : chere. -.. . .-. ... .. ?-?:?.?T Second ballot: Simons 13 and Porcher 6.-i Dr. Simona declared elected. ?. . ^ . -V-' j District No. 3-^andldatesj Dre. J. L. Afr* cram, Thomas Grlmke, and Lawman.* '. *" v First ballot : Ancrum, 14, Grimke 4? Div i Ancrum declared eleoted. District No. 4-Candidates : Dra. T. G. Sim- 1 one and A. Fitch. - ? ... . .'io ; First ballot: ;Knion????'and,'FI?ch"5J. Dr.: ' Simons declared elected.' :-' District No." 5-Candidates : Drtr - J; W. Angel, JohnG. Seabrook, John Linn and T. ' B.Aldrich. ?? '?? V- .. First ballot: Angel - 9, Seabrook S, Linn 3, ' Aldrich 3. ; . : na Second ballot: Angel 14, Seabrook 2, Aldrich 2. Dr. Angel was declared elected.? ^ -??8?!. On motion, the election of a board of enper- '. visors of the High School was postponed. . ?? The Council then adjourned, lt being nearly midnight. L 3 : ?.f? . & .I-: THOPICAL FBDTT_The schooner, Mary B>:.: Mangum, seven, days ?rom. Baracoa, brings ? : 1319 .bunches ol bananas, \ 26,000 cocoanuts, and 10,650 oranges, for Mr. Kressel. THE FIRST NAT?O >-AL BANK.-At the annual election by the stockholders of Ulla bank, held " yesterday, the following board of directors were chosen: Andrew Simonds, Geo. W. WU- % Hams, E. W. Marshall, F. J. Peizer, D. Jen- . nings, W. L. Trenholm and J. L. Tobias. KORTDARY REPORT FOR THE WEEK. - The following ls the official return of deaths * for the City ot Charleston,' f*r the week end- . lng Saturday last, January 6,1871 : " ' CAUSES or DEATH. AlconolUm .... Apoplexy. Debility, from Alcoholism Disease of Heart, Valvn lar.: Dysente ry, Chronic...... Daodlnlttfl, Chronic. Murder........ Har alysia. Peritonitis, Su? pervening on Krjslpalaa... Phthisis- Pul? mo n alli...... Pneumonia.... Pneumonia, Ty? phoid.. ...... Premature Birth. Rhea ma115 m Caronlc. Total. WHITES. Adulta. Ohild'nJ BLi.013 OH COL OREO.. Adults. Ghfldn.. fl 6| 1 i. ,~ v.: J. 1 x "; BXCAPrrrjLATION. ' Whites 6, Blacks and Colored ' IS-total 18. AOJ8. Under 1 year of Between land Between io and Between so and Between so and Between 40 and Between 60 and Bet Wi en 70 and Between 80 and age. 6 years of age. 20 years of age. SO yeara of aga. 40 years of age. 60 years of age. 60 yean of age. so years of age. so years of age. ? H ROBBET LEBBY, M. D.. city Registrar. Hotel Arrival?-January 9. PAVILION' HOTEL. C. E. LarUgue, J. J. Welssenger, Blackville; A. Patterson, Midway; T. B. Ayers, Bamberg; D. O. S ?ber, J. 8. Speake, Newberry; F. A. Connor, H. Schlpman, F. N. Schlpman, J. E. Byrd, B. S. Smith, J. Murphy, J. C. Woodly, M. L. Jones, W. S. A. Huggins, S. J. Hartzog, O. B. Mouzon, B. T. Harold, South Carolina; B. Jordan, T. V. Walsh, Marion, M. C. Brewer, M. Mfinhum, Northeastern Bailroad; J. D. Jones," D. Jouas and wife, P. D. Spencer, Virginia; Miss J. A. Smith, New York; J. Harpln, E. Harpin, J. B. Eaton, Klngstree; T. G. Llttle fleld, Gourdln'8; O. F.- Howell, Columbia; A. M. Hyams, Camden; G. P. Nelson, Klngstree; T. E. Baysor, P. L. Moorer, Jr., George's Sta? tion; J. M. Williams, W. H. Bellinger, Col leton. CHARLESTON HOTEL. Robert Douglas, Georgia; Thomas M. Part? ridge and wife, New York; A. B. Saturn, Vir? ginia; C. F. Mawbey, Florida; A. Knox, Mrs. E. Knox, Mount Pleasant; L. TurnweU, M. .Tv Pyne, P. B. Pyne, New York; L. McIntosh, South Carolina; F. W. Gest, H. Ingham, New York; H J. O'Brien, Georgia; Georg? E. Wha ley, W. N. Sar ri ll, Oramgeburg; Misa M. E. Murray, Miss Olivia T. Moorer, P. J. Moorer, peorge's Station; Miss A. Petit, City; John BichardsoD, Sooth Carolina; J. K. Everson, Nova Scotia; Wm. F. Nance, South Carolina; JohnD. McGIenlvey, New York; A. E. Delps, Philadelphia; B. W. Gates, W. P. Cain, W. BL Barrett, South Carolina. . HILLS HOUSE. "Robert L. Livingston, New York; E. J_ Balme, New York; 8. P. Bonshaw, Kentucky?' Mrs. and Miss Whitney,? Boston; Mr. Watson, Boston; W. E. Deane, Savannah; 8. M. Long?, cope, Philadelphia; "Ed Noyes and lady, P. c asaeltine and wife, Maine; A. Beynolda, wlftft and child, New York; George Matthews, Buf? falo, N.Y. " ?. --