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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A THE STATE CAPITAL. TBE RADICAL REFORM CAMPAT'J-N. Gathering of the Clans-Lively Cate? chetical Coarse In the Senate-Leslie -TS? WI? titimore-Miscellaneous Pro? ceedings. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIANS. C., January 12. The campaign of the Reformers In the As? sembly against the Ring appears to have been interrupted for the time by a successful diver? sion that has been made by Leslie. I am as? sured, however, that the leaders In the Re? form movement are actively perfecting their arrangements; that their forces are now well in hand, and are receiving constant acces? sions, and that their next blow will be all the more effective for this season of apparent Inactivity. u Yesterday, In the Senate, the ex? pected debate upon the frauds ol the Ring ms deferred by mutual consent, the Reform? ers justifying their action by the argument that the Senate would, by adopting the report of the high joint committee, be prejudging tbe officials who might yet be brought before lt as a high court of impeachment. This argument is tangible enough, and apparently satisfied all the sena? tors but Leslie; but the Reformeis had other reason s that were still more potent. White? more had had his say in the report of bis com? mut?e, and knowing that any debate that might have been bad then would be merely i rambling and vindictive discussion, he pre? ferred to leave his report before the public, without being disputed or dlsproven, until the proper time for argument arrives, which he expects will be upon the trial of Messrs. Scott ana Parker. Then again the Governor had been understood to Bay that he had been in ?ivor ot the Impeachment proposition, until { be found that senators were upon the floor of J the House lobbying for the measure In the hope of getting him before them and bleeding him to the amount of two hundred thousand dollars or three hundred thousand dollars, to be shared rr;th the impeachers in the House; and Wl-J.iemore, while he of course denied this imputation, still preferred not to furnish the Governor with the additional charge that the Senate had already argued and decided his case on ex parte testimony. In the meantime the Reformers are actively but quietly canvassing among the members ol the Louse, and are making many converts to the doctrine of impeachment. The Charleston delegation are ail right with the exception of Dennis, who has gone over to the enemy, body and soul, and a few trial Justices, who don't want lo lose their commissions from the Gov? ern^ Including the Charlestoolans, the Re? ibt mers have got a majority In the House, and have got nearly the required two-thirds. ' As soon as they get lhat number the blow will be ; struck and the articles of impeachment order? ed to be drawn. This may be on Monday afternoon, at which time the discussion of the Governor's last message and the report of the ; high joint committee ls expected; but It will probably not be quite so Boon as that. There will be no postponement of that discussion, . however, as there was In the Senate, and a very lively time may be expected, therefore, In the House on Monday. The principal sensation In the Legislature to-day has been the little tournament in the Senate between Leslie and Whitemore upon the question of the former's complicity In the rascalities of the land commission, and it must be admitted that, so far si Leslie: him? self ls concerned, the author of the joint special floancial report decidedly failed to mate out a case sgalnst him. In fact, Whi? temore appears perfectly willing to have Les? lie escape. He says he ls going for big fish, and, with a big net, and he doesn'c much care for the present if the small fry slip through the meshes. In faci, he ls rather glad of it, fort if j the little sharks get out there will be less strain on the net, and h? can land his whale the easier. The tournament began by the reading of that portion of the commit? tee's report that treats of the land com mission. When the reading was con eluded, Mr. Leslie took the floor and pro? pounded a number of questions to Mr. Whi? temore, to which be tried very hard to get categorical answers. It was a sort of cross examination or inquisition, and the report apon which'it was based, and which Leslie ~ i calling a '^primer" yesterday; appeared to e become a catechism. Mr. Leslie began " saying that there were in the report no di ect charges against bim, but there were plenty of hints, innuendoes, insinuations and sarcastic poetry, and be wanted to clear his skirts by asking a question or two of Its au? thor.. On page 23 the report said that "one of the land commissioners Is not free from 'sp?culai ion, either on his own account or as an agent,' " and he desired to ask whether be was the land commissioner referred to. Mr. Whitemore replied 'hat he simply de? sired to be fair and just in tbe matter of these very serious charges, and he was therefore free to say that that remark bad no reference to Mr. Leslie. He did not, however, propose to back down from the report, and he repeat? ed that'the charge was true as applied to a certain member of the land commission, as he wouldi prove at a future lime. . Mr. Leslie. All right l am only trying to defend myself, end If I do that, that is as' much as I can expect to do. Now, on page 14 of your report you say,''This offspring of an ordinance of the constitutional convention, passed to furnish a dlrtaln Individual with a -visible occupation, and a more visible manip? ulation of the public fonda,' Ac." I waut to know ir I am the Individual, without visible , occupation,, that was to be taken care of ? ] Mr. Wbittemore. Well, no. I. believe you had, at that time, some visible occupation dealing out corn lo freedmen In Barnwell County.. The gentleman there referred to ls Colonel Partee, who was, I believe, the author and parent of this stupendous swindle. Mr. Leslie. All right, again. My name Isn't Partee. Now, won't you please tell me whether you have any evidence that I, as land cqm missioner, committed any fraud opon the State ? Mr. Whitemore rep'ied that that was a broad question and would require a good deal oran answer. The gentlemen bad said he .would canse the author of that report to back j down from these charges so far as he was con-) .cerned, but it was apparent that there had ' been frauds, misdemeanors and derelictions of I the grossest kind in the transactions of the [ ld commission. Ii the gentleman, however, ?ant to ask if they bad found evidence that he had been In complicity with the sellers ol' lands and bad enjoyed the benefits of such sales, he would r<-ply that they bad not. He "did believe, however, thnt he had tailed to do ila whole duty, and had failed to come up to the requirements of the law. He had neglect Ced to make a report as required by law, and 'he had neglected to keep books of record of bis transactions. Mr. Leslie. I don't care EO much about the-speech as I do about the answer. Do you J Charge that by my refusal to report and my neglect to keep a set of books I am shown to be gul ty of committing, or attempting, fraud upon the State ? Mr. Whitemore. The absence of a report, and of proper records, looks suspicious. It looks like an artifice, by which facts have teen concealed and the people injured. This concluded the crves-examlnatlon, and Leslie remarked that he believed almost every one who had come to hear lt had been dleap ?oin ted. Atter all the fuss and parade and ugle blasts, all they had against him was the fact that he didn't report and he didn't keep cooks. He then went into an apparently frank and honest explanation ot his course as land commissioner, saying that be bad, in every case, made the senators bis agents in all surveys and purchases of lands tn their respective counties. If any one bad been to _ blame it must have been the a* nators. If any ?dy had made money out'of these purchases r lands he would not fay that the senators Ml made lt, but he had not, and he declared that ne had that morning proved his innocence out of the mouth of bis own accuser. Mr. Whitemore here Interrupted with the j remark that be had not as yet alluded to the j resignation of the gentleman as land com? missioner, for which it was said he had re? ceived an amount of money, and he asked Mr. Leslie for an explanation of that transaction. Mr. Leslie rep'ied that lt was none of any Dody's business how he had resigned or why jbe had resigned. If somebody bad been fool | enough to come along and give him fifty thousand dollars to resign he nad a right te take ir. He bad never been land commissioner, except in name. The advisory board had had the power to overrule him and had done ir. He had never had In his possession one dollar ot the bonds of the land commission, although he had had the right to havenhem. When appointed he had selected respectable agents in all the counties; bad made the various senators his agents In their respective counties. For instance, the sen? ator from Marlon ( Hayne) had made | all the purchases in that - county, the senator from Richland (Nash) in his county, Swalis in Williamsburg County, Ac. If anything had been made, those senators would tell the Sen? ate that they had made lt, and not he; but he didn't believe there bad been any th lo g made. IQ Sumter there bad been four tracts bought. He had once been asked to endorse an appli? cation for the purchase ot certain land in that county, but had refused unless the whole dele? gation from Sumter County signed it first. Then it came back with thc names ot all ex? cept Captain Gardner, (on ; ol the members of the special joint commit' ee,) and he still re? fused to endorse it until Captain Gardner had ant his name to it. By that transaction the Sumter delegation had cleared seven hundred dollars. The whole truth of the matter was that the office was one-half political and one half something else, and he ought not to be held responsible for the shortcomings of ihe office.1 Previous to this little diversion, the Senate accomplished a considerable amount of work. Mr. Nash Introduced a joint resolution au? thorizing the employment of legal counsel for the prosecution of persons engaged in land swindles. Tne preamble to this resolution recites that. I lt ls distinctly charged, in the report of the joint special financial investigating commit? tee, that "great swindles have oeen perpetrat? ed" In connection with the land commission; "that corrupt means have been used, and al-, Uances formed; that the money ot tbe State, and the bonds issued, have not been disposed of as directed f that lands have been purchas? ed, in the name of the State, at prices greatly in excess ol their fair market value, and others for which no valid titles have beer given; and, whereas, these chargea are of i character which demand the most rigid ard thorough investigation, for the protect'oa of | the interest s of the State; and, whereas, I'.is inexpedient that the attorney-general o', the State should be employed for the purposes hereinafter named, by reason of his confection with eaid land commission, la the character of | a member ot its advisory board; and provides that the Hon. A. G. Masrath, of the bar of | Charleston, and Hon. J. D. Trade- .-ell, of the bar of Columbia, be, and they re hereby, authorized to Institute proceed'ncs, civil or criminal, or both, as the nat un J of the case may demand, In the name of the State of South Carolina, against all parties implicated In the alleged frauds and malpractices, and to re? cover, by legal process, all sums of money which may have been unlawfully paid out of I the treasury of the State for the purchase of | lande; and that, for the purpose of compen? sating the attorneys herein authorized to be employed, for their services, and lor defray? ing the expenses of the prosecution contem? plated by the preceding resolution, the sum of five thousand dollars, if so much be neces? sary, shall be ?paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the said attorneys shall be further entitled to re-1 celve a commission of five per cent, upon all moneys that may be recovered by them for the use of the State. Mr. Maxwell Introduced a bill to rec?late the granting ? of licenses to retail spirituous liquors, prohibiting their issue to any perron or persons except the keepers of taverns duly licensed by law. Also, a bill to regulate the pay of members of the General Assembly, which provides that after the next general election each member shall receive an annual salary of $500, which sum shall constitute the entire compensation of members ol' ihe Gene ral Assembly for all services performed as such. In the House, tbls morning, in addition to the calendar business already reported by telegraph, the following resolutions, bills, Ac, were Introduced: By Ur. Cain, resolution, that on and after to-day the rule requiring one day to be given be, and the same is hereby, rescinded. By Mr. Humbert,?Vesoluiien, that the speak? er of the House be, and he is hereby, re? quested, within three days from the paseaze of this resolution, to reorganize the various standing committees ot the House, and to an? nounce euch reorganization to theHouse. Mr. Burley Introduced a resolution to au? thorize ihe employment of counsel to prose? cute the land swindles, similar to the one above mentioned as being Introduced In the Senate. This provoked a lively little squab? ble, and was finally sent to the committee on public lands, with instructions to report on Tuesday next. Mr. Crittenden introduoed a bill to reduce the salaries of county treasurers and county auditors and give the election ot said officers to the people, which provides that from and after the passage of the act the annual salaries of county treasurers-shall not exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, except In Charles? ton County, where it shall not exceed two thousand dollars; and the salaries of county audi Lors of counties outside of Charleston shall ' not exceed five hundred dollars and lo Charles? ton one thousand dollars per annum. It also Provides that these officers shall be elected ereafcer at the general election for mem? bers of the General Assembly, shall* hold their offices for two years irom the date of J ?ualifleation, and shall be ineligible for elec on after serving four years unlit at least one full term shall have.Intervened, and empowers the Governor to fill vacancies by appointments j to continue In force until the next election. PICKET. TOE WORK OF SATURDAY. The Judicial Elect lom-A Batch of | New mila-Charter? for Sale. [racv OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, 8. C., January 13. The Senate this morning failed to get a quorum together, and business transacted in the House was of no great importance. The Judiciary committee ot the latter body reported favorably upon the bill to "approve, adopt and make of force the general statutes of the State of South Carolina, prepared under the direction and by the authority of the General Assembly," and the House adopted the con? current resolution Ordering the Joint election for one associate Judge of the Supreme Court and for circuit Judges on Thursday, the 18th instant. This leaves but a short time for the very active canvassing now going on by the various candidates and their friends to con? tinue, and gives a pleasant prospect of the speedy termination of their terrible auspense. The following notices, Ac, were introduced: By Davis, nolice of a bill to incorporate the Provident Land and Real Estate Company ol' Charleston. By Ford, bill to Incorporate the Plantera' Mining and Manufacturing Company of Charleston. This would appear to be auother of those liberal franchises that are obtained from the Legislature every winier, and then held for sale until some company of actual business men ls made up to purchase ihem. Tbe bill names as locorporators Peter Keith, Robert Gitter, W. A. Grant, E. Mickey, James Brown and John Douglas, and empowers them vaguely to curry on any kind ol mining or manufacturing business that they may desire to engage In. By Bosemon, bill to Incorporate the Carolina Light ID fan tn of Charleston; also notice of a bill to provide for the election of justices of | the peace and constables in ihe various coun? ties of the Slate. By Tarleton, a bill to regulate the issue of | plantation checks by plauters and oihers. This bill, which ls said to be another emana-1 tlon from the fertile brain of T. J. Mackey, provides that all planters and other persona employing laborers must pay them lu United States notes or fractional currency Instead of | checks, and prescribes a penalty tor violation of the act at one hundred dollars fine and twenty days' imprisonment. By Barker, notice of a bill to limit the .term of office of notaries public Also, a bill to incorporate the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad Company. The incorporatora are J. H. Jennings. A. M. Aiken, W. K. Blake and others, who are authorized to construct and maintain a line of railroad from Greenwood, Abbeville County, S. C., to Augusta, Ga., with a slock cs.pltal ol $1,000,000. which may hereaf? ter be increased to $3,009,000. PICKET. THE MURDER OF FISK. PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT THE TRAGE? DY-WILL STOKES BE BANGED ? Thf Def>n Cf Fore.hilde weil- : he Mayer Acted In Se f-deft-nce-John Graham's Tactics-Killing no Murder In New York-The New SI a yo r of the Metropo? lis-Reminiscences of John Cochrane at the Charleston Convention-T h e Whirligig of Politics. [FROH OTO OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, January 10. Not tba least surprising feature of the Fisk tragedy Is the suddenness with which it has ceased to become a sensation. The dreadful laking off of one who had filled so large a place In the public eye promised to be some? thing more than a nine, days' wonder. But the very Intensity of the public excitement must have burned lt up quickly. It was only four days ago that the colonel was busy at the Erie office with his every-day affairs, sur-j rounded by his swarm of clerks and assist an?s, and to-day he is lying under the sod amonz the mountains of Vermont and men have almost ceased to talk about him. Enough time has already elapsed to ga?ere the public temper about the murder. When the news of the shooting spread like wildfire through the city on Saturday evening, the in? dignation against Stokes was universal. When men exchanged the news, both exclaimed, '.The cowardly scoundrel ought to be lynched." Everybody was hoping that Fisk would not die. Some ventured lo Joke to the extent of wishing that "Jim," like the Prince of Wales, might rind this calamity an incentive I co reform. On Sunday morning the interest in the fate of the wounded man was very | grear, and when he drew his latt breath at 10.55 o'clock A. M., it seemed as If the com? munity knew of it instinctively. I heard of lt j thirty minutes afterwards, though I was four [ mUes away in Brooklyn, and separated by a river. The murdered man is in his grave, the mur? derer has been presented to the grand jury by the coroner's inquisition, and the public excitement has died away. People have come to judge of the affair with some calm? ness. In the first place, the death ot James Flak, even io the shocking manner in which he met ir, ls not regarded as a public calami? ty. The example aud influence of tbe mau was bad. He was doing more to corrupt our youth than any score of other men. The boya saw a bold adventurer rising ta wealth and power by unscrupulous meaupJEand the law seemed powerless to touch him. Such a I gilded career appeared to be open to any one [ who had the pluck: to tread in Fisk's foot? steps. It was well, perhaps, to have tbe world reminded again that the "wages of sin ls death," and the more startlingly the warn- j lng could come the more effective It would be. On the other hand It ls not easy to forget, even In condemning the manner of the man's life, bis better qualities. He was a good-hu mored, generous fellow, kind to the humblest of his employees, and constantly doing chari? table deeds by stealth as well as ostentatious? ly. It ls said his heart never harbored malice towards any one. It is not hard to believe this ot bim. His efforts to make the travel- j ler'e lot more comfortable were praiseworthy. The Etle Railway carn, and the Boston and Fall River and Long Branch steamers, are modela or luxury and convenience. He had other projects for the public good in his brain, and had heioutllved the yearB of folly he might have been regarded In time In the light ol a I benefactor. Charity, therefore, ls not out of j place In dealing with poor Jim. One of the newspaper writers put the case well when he said, "When God cornea lo Judge James Fisk Lhat Chicago relief train will be taken Into account." So mucU for the dead. How about the 'layer ? Well, I have yet to find the first indi-1 vidual who believes that Stokes will be banu sd. That he ought to be hanged, and speedily too. ls granted, but that either through the well-known tenderness of a New York Jury or I the law's delays he will eventually escape pun- j L-hment, is claimed with equal confidence. There were a hundred and fifty murders in this city lust year and not one execution. The public Indignation was hot against Foster, the street-car murderer, and it was thought that justice, for once, would be done. Foster was lound guilty and sentenced to death, but be still resides at the Tombs, aud has no more ex? pectation of swinging (han the reader of this has. McFarland may be Feen any day in Broadway, although Mr. Graham proved that he was a raving lunatic when he murdered Richardson. It has come to pass that no mur? derer can be punished here, If he has money enough to fight the prosecution. The last I tiac ging at tbe Tombs was of Jack Reynolds, a poor vagabond outcast, without a friend or a j sent in me world. Mr. Stokes has Fome money. The misera? ble creature who has caused this tragedy has more, and, probably, like women ol her class, she Is willing to spend lc freely on her favorite. John Graham, the leading criminal lawyer of | New York, has been retained for the defence. John McEeon, who ls also a lawyer of great ability, ls one of the murderer's counsel. At j the coroner's Inquest, the tact les of the de? fence were foreshadowed. Graham began to bully and browbeat the court, the witnesses and opposing counsel, just as he did in the McFarland trial. He Interjected many re? marks Into?the proceedings, not because lie expected to change the verdict of the jury, but because be saw reporters present taking down every word be uttered, and might use Ihis method of influencing the community through the newspapers. Il ls evident that Messrs. Graham and Mc Keon will attempt to prove on the trial that Stokes was In fear of being assassinated by Fisk's hired bravos; that he went abroad in mortal dread, and carried a pistol to defend himself; Chat, on the stairs of the Grand Cen? tral Hotel, the foemen met: (hat Fisk drew his weapon to Are, and that Stokes saved him? self by firing first. Thev will hold that Fisk's weapon waa removed by his friends as soon as his body was carried into the room in which he died. The trial will probably not take place for two or three months. Stokes is ap? parently unconcerned. He Is a man of iron nerve, and, if he has emotions of anxiety or mortification, he does not, Bhow them. Hejs a good-looking young man; dresses in tee height of fashion, and has the manner of a well-bred gentleman. At the coroner's in? quest, he chatted gally with his counsel, and nodded familiarly to several acquaintances. He evidently does not expect to be hanged. He will be a little disappointed perhaps if he ls not bulling or bearing stocks again in Wall street by the first of March. How the Ring has melted away since elec? tion day ! Tweed and Connolly are out of office, and awaiting trial trader heavy bond?. Garvey and Ingersoll are fugitives, and F\a'< is dead. Yesterday the last link was broken. Major Hall retired, leaviug the relus of government in the hands of the president of the board ol aldermeu. Our new mayor is John Cochrane. Visitors to the In? stitute Hall in 1860, when the Democratic National Convention was in session, will re? member a tall, handsome, red-bearded man, who acted as one of the spokesmen for the regular Tammany delegation from New York. Fernando Wood was in Charleston with his contesting Mozart delegation, and Cochrane waa selected to argue the Tammany cause be? fore the committee on credentials, which, I think, held Its meetings In Market Hall. Goch ran e's eloquence was successful, and Tam? many WBB pronounced to be "regular." In those days, our red-whlekered friend wa3 one of the Tammany Ring. He was also a Northern mau. with strong Southern sympa? thies. After Sumter was fired upoo, there was a great mee I lng In Richmond, Virginia, to protest against coercion. Among the speakers who happened to be io the city acci? dentally was Jona Cochrane. He made a thriving speech against coercion, and offered his bony in defence of the principle of State sovereignty. From Richmond be proceeded to New York, and forthwith raised a regiment to put down ';he South. He gained no laurels as a warrior, but was rewarded by the Repnb cans with tho nomination for attorney-gene? ral ot this State, a position to which he was elected. Recently he has figured as the chair? man of the Greeley Republican general com? mittee of this city. He was put on the Re? form ticket for alderman, and swept into office by the great November tide. He BOW becomes acting mayor by the retirement of Mr. Hall, and dances a jig over the grave of that Tammany which In youth he helped to make so great. NTH. TUE WOMAN QUESTION. Women Suffragists Before the Judici? ary Commlttee-A Turbulent Scene The Speeches and the Result. WASHINGTON, January 12. An appointment having been made by the judiciary committee oi the Senate to hear the m an age i s ol the Woman's Suffrage Conven? tion at ll o'clock this morning la the room of j the judiciary committee, in the capitol, a large crowd, mostly composed of \ congregated In the balls of that building long before the hour of meeting. So dense was the throng, that it was impossible to have ingres.? to. or egress from, the com? mittee-room, and the people became so un? manageable that the sergeaot-at-arms of the Senate, with his usual force of assistants, was unable to control them, and had to call to his aid the capitol police force, and these com? bined failed to restore ordec or to clear the balls until the door was thrown open, when the crowd rushed in and Immediately filled the room. This left yet a large number ot persons outside, crushing and banging each other, and clamorous to gain admittance. Senators Trum? bull, Carpenter, Frelingbnysen, Conkling and Poole were seated about one end of the table In the centre of the room, whilst around the other end were seated Ure. Stanton, Hrs. Hooker, Miss Anthony, Mrs. Woodhull, Mrs. Lockwood and Mrs. Gordon, and immediately behind these some of the less noted of the Women's Bights advocates. When order was restored, Senator Trumbull Informed the ladies that the committee was now ready to hear them, and would give them audience for one hour and one quarter, that being the time named by the managers as suf? ficient for their purpose. Mrs. Hooker then took the floor, and pro? ceeded to read from manuscript her argument. In this there were no novel points made. It was mainly devoted to the legal questions in? voked, and particularly to a discussion of the scope and effect of the original constitution, and especially to the lourteenth amendment, Mrs. Hooker holding tant ?she right of wot: man's suffrage was deducabl? from the lan? guage of the original constitution, bnt if there were any doubts on that point, then clearly the right was conferred in the fourteenth amendment; that the whole thing turned upon the meaning of the word "citizen," and what constituted a' citizen, and she maintained thai the word meant woman as well as man, and women were citizens as well as men. Her peroration was eloquent to a ?egree, and when she closed lhere was warm applause from the audience. * Mrs. Stanton followed la a well-prepared speech, covering, in generality* all the argu? ments, legal, social and political, that nave been promulgated by her and her co-laborers up to the present time in favor of woman suf? frage. Her speech was interspersed with hu? morous passages and points, which not only caused outbur ts ot laughter from the audi? ence, but provoked the same from the mem? bers of the committee. Miss Anthony closed on the part of the man? agers In a brief. Impassioned speech, delivered extemporaneously. All these arguments were thorough, and with the except lon of handling the objections of the opponents of worn au suffrage, that woman would be degraded by acquiring the right to vote through contact with pothouse politicians, Ac, covered every* thing that has heretofore been presented on this subject. This occasion may be regarded as a triumph for the woman suffragists. Until to-day they have received a reluctant hearing lu any lorm. by petition or otherwise; now they are heard by a principal committee In Congress with profound Interest, and with admissions from members ol the committee lhat their arguments, in a legal aspect, If not absolutely conclusive, are at least worthy of serious con? sideration, and the women were promised such consideration by the committee at an early day. The managers presented a bound volume containing their declaration of princi? ples signed by thirty thousand women, which was supplemented by another unbound peti? tion, banded In by M-*. -L^?- wood, on welch were Inscribed over fifteen thousand'names. DEATH OF BISHOP BP GILI. RICHMOND, January 14. The Right Rev. Bishop McGill, for the past twenty-live years bishoD of the Roman Catho? lic diocese of Virginia, died to-day, aged sixty two years. THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. LONDON, January 13. The tenants of the Pi ince of Wales, at San? dringham, lu a body congratulated him. PARIS, January 13. The tariff bill imposes, per hundred kilo? grammes, eighty francs on wool; four on cot? ton, and four and a half to seven on rosin. Cr?mor, who was charged with shooting a Prussian spy at Dijon, bas been acquitted. The committee on military reorganization adopted a rule that soldiers whose term has expired, but who are unable to read and write, will be retained till able to do so. GEORGIA'S NEW GOVERNOR. Extracts from his Inaugural Address. The HOD. James Milton Smith, the new Gov? ernor of Georgia, was Inaugurated on Friday last. The following extracts from his address on the occasion will be read with Interest : It is of the last importance that the Chief j Maglstra'e should himself have clean hands. He may appoint none but upright and faithful men to office, and yet, lt he be not also upright and faithful, these good acts will count for but little. He must not only call around him hon? est men, but must himself be honest in the widest and deepest sense ot t hat word. Nel ther the glitter of wealth, the seductions of popular favor, nor the whispers of ambition should be permitted to allure him from the path of duty, let lt be ever so thorny and rugged. It may here be proclaimed that the people of I Georgia have no thought of repudiating any part of the indebtedness ol the Slate. On the contrary, it ls their purpose to ascertain the legal obligations of the public, and to make provision for their payment, principal and in? terest. It ls their purpose to respect vested lights, to obey the laws, and to suppress crime In their midst; to require a fal i h t ul discharge of public duly on the part ot officials ; io pro? tect and elevate the public faith and credit; to maintain order; to treat all classes with Jus? tice and Impartiality, and to welcome and treat with hospitality all men, from whatever quar? ter, who come among them with the Intention of performing the duties of good citizens. We desire to live In peace, to restore our waste places, and to bring back the government of our State to the ancient landmarks of the lathers. _ THINGS IN AIKEN. We get the following items from the Aiken Journal: There are no lees than five candidates already announced for Sueriff of Barnwell County. The gas lately Introduced into the Aiken hotel g.ves a mest brilliant and beautiful light. The citizens of Aiken are delighted lhat the schedule ot the Aiken accommodation train bas been changed. Things are beginning to look nice on Rail? road avenue. Aiken, and the new council are lu earnest in their endeavors to improve the appearance of the town. We noticed on the streets of Aiken, on Mon? day last, the serene countenance of Harry Watkins, the popular Irish comedian, who was here looking after his Derby Farm prop? erty. We learn that he proposes locating here permanently. There was a larger number of people in Aiken on Saturday last than we ever remem? ber to have seen before. They came to pay their compliments and taxes to the ubiquitous and gentlemanly Judg?? Teague, county trea? surer, and most nobly came they up to the scratch. We are authorized to slate that the deeds for the property drawn in the Derby land lot? tery have all been made ont, and will be ready for delivery to the lucky parties In a day or two. Harry Watkins ls to bave possession of the Derby mansion on the 1st of May. TOURNAMENTS are said to be at present ta king place in almost all parts ot North Caro? lina. A SHABBY SLANDER NAILED. What Messrs. sranberry and Johnson say or their Reception and Treatment, social and Otherwise, in South Caro? lina. The Cincinnati Gazette publishes the sub? stance of an Interview Ita reporter had with Hon, Henry 8tanberry, concerning certain damaging statements contained in the news? papers, In regard to bis experience during the Ku-Klux trials In South Carolina, and es? pecially with reference to the alleged discour? tesy shown him and his associate counsel, Hon. Reverdy Johnson, by leading citizens of | Columbia, and the report that they had retired in disgust from the defence of these cases. Hr. Stanberry, who had heard of these statements, but bad not read them, on being shown them, at once pronounced them wholly without foundation. He said Hr.. Johnson and he received In Columbia a warm welcome from the citizens, who repeatedly expressed their grateful sense of and appreciation of | their professional services lu these cases. A wish was expressed by the citizens that they would accept a public, entertainment, but this was discouraged by Hr. Johnson and he, who found themselves too fully occupied with their professional duties, and besides, under the clrcumstinces, they deemed it In? expedient. Hr. Stanberry showed the re? poner a letter from General Hampton, dated Columbia, December 23, written on the evening of the ex-altorney-general'a depart? ure, in which General Hampton says: ''Allow me, as chairman of the committee Inviting you here, to express the sense ot the obliga? tion felt oy Out p??plG ?0 you for the zeal you have shown, and the great ability you have manifested in the fcreat gestion now at stable.'1 Hr. Stanberry said their reception socially was all that could be desired, though they were debarred to some extent from moving in society by the engrossing nature of their du? lles. Hr. Stanberry said their purpose In visiting Columbla was to argue legal questions that grew out of the Ku-Klux prosecution, touching the Jurisdiction'of Xhe courts Of the United States over the offence and the con? stitutionality of the acts of Congress, called the enforcement acts of 1871, with a view ot bringing these ques? tions before the Supreme Court of the uni? ted States, and that they bad succeeded upon a division ot opinion between theflrcuit and district judges in having two important questions certified to the Supreme Court of the United States. These questions Messrs. Johnson and Stanberry expected to argue in a few weeks. Upon pressing request of local council they did not assist In the trial by Jury ot one case, and whatever disgust they expe? rienced while at Columbia was in the utter hopelessness of defending, against a charge which, In their Judgment, was not made out. before such a jury as sat In the case. He sala that persons to serve as jurors in the United States Court in South Carolina are selected by the collectors of United Slates internal reve? nue, and that the jury which Bat in the case above referred to was composed of ten ne? groes and two whites. In view ofnhia and kindred facts Hr. Stanbery said that some Idea might be formed as to the manner the collectors had discharged their duty. ALL ABOUT THE STATE More Arrests. The Torkvllle Enquirer says : "Since our re ?nrl of lost week. Wm. Ramsey, Columbus amsey, Samuel Randolph and ?. Boss Se? pa ugh have been arres tea and imprisoned by the military.authorities. Leander Spencer bas been sent to Columbia; and the following have been discharged from the prison here: J. T. Wilkerson, w. S. Wilkerson and J. H. Blood worth, leaving seventeen yet in prison. The negro Joe Carter Bind his gang, arrested some weeks ago by the military, were turned over | to the civil authorities on Tuesday last." Things In. Greenville. The Mountaineer says: "We regret to le .rn that Dr. A. D. Hoke, of this city, was badly hurt last week by being kicked by a horse. He ls now recovering lrom the pain? ful t'?Vcis of the injury. . "On Thursday last a difficulty occurred be? tween Hr. Helium Hunt and Hr. Harlin Pon? der, the cause and particulars of which we do not know. The result was that Hr. Ponder wes stabbed lu the right breast, between the third and fourth ribs, the wound penetrating into the thorax. Although this wound ls a dangerous one, there ls no Immediate appre? hension of fatal results, and we are glad io learn that Mr. Ponder ls regarded as getting over lt." A Conservative Victory in Chester. The election lor Intendant and wardens parsed off without any undue excitement on Monday last. The ticket nominated last week, consisiintrof Major G. W. Helton for Intend ant,and W. T. Bo button, W. T. D. Cousar,John L. Augurs and W. D. Simpson for wat dens, was elected by one hundred and thirty-four majority over the carpet bag and colored ticket. Hajor Helton received two hundred and three votes, Tocum 69. The Beporter says : "We have great reason to congratulate ourselves that our municipal government for another year ls in the hands of honest and capable men. Hore especially do we regard lt as a subject of congratulation, and as a happy augury for the future when we remember that the large majority by which the result was achieved ls due, in great part, lo the col? ored men, who baje learned to estimate the Canadian at his true worth, and who came lorward and openly voted the ticket of law, order and decency. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, D. C., January 14. The area of highest barometer will proba? bly, on Monday, extend from Louisiana to Georgia, with clear weather In ihe Southern and Gulf Slates. The cold northwest; winds lo the Middle and Eastern States will abate during the night, followed by clear and warm? er weather on Monday, and southwest winds, with cloudy weather Monday nicht. An area ol'low barometer will extend south and east? ward to Indiana and the lower lakes, with a rising temperature. Cloudy weather on Mon? day afternoon. Warm southerly winds, with rain or snow, will prevuil north of Michigan and Iowa. Dangerous winds are not anticipa* | tod tor tbe Atlantic and Gulf coast. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. Augusta, Ga... Ba ; tra re. ?j.-r I'I. Charleston. Chicago. 0; nein natl. Galveston. Key West, Fla.. Knoxville, Tenn Memphis. Tenn,. Mt. Washington New Orleans.... New Tort. Norfolk. Philadelphia. Portland, Me.... Savannah . sr. Louts. Washington. Wilmington,N.e. MOTS.-Thc weather renon dated T.47O'CIOCK, this morning, will be posted in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at 10 o'clock A. M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time durrat? the day. A GOOD PRO/ECT.-We learn that lt is pro? posed to raise, more especially lu Charleston, $25 OOO, In order to set on toot a Hoe of steam? ers lrom Charleston to Bremen and kindred points. This, we are told, will result in the possible advantage to us of lour dollare more on each bale of cotton In the market. Tbat sBirited, enterprising and earnest citizen of German sympathies. Mr. John C. Seegers, whose habit lt ls to act as well as to speak, authorizes us to say that he will subscribe aud Say $500 towards the ?cheme. Let us have the remen line.-Columbia Phoenix. THE CHARLESTON NEWS--t87%. The Cheapest and Belt Newspaper In the South. MAKE UP YOUR CLUBS ! The extraordinary' favor which Tra CHARLESTON NEWS has received from the peo? ple of Sohth Carollnaand the adjoining Bt?tes,' prompts ns to renewed efforts to keep lt np to the highest standard o? modern Journalism; and enables tis to offer our several editions at the following BATES TO CLUBS FOE 1872. THE DAILY NEWS. One copy, per year.$8 00 Five or more copies, per year, (when ordered together, ) each.. 7 00 THE TRI-WEKKLY NEWS. One copy, per year.,.$ 4 00 Five copies, (when ordered together,) addressed to each subscriber, at $3 50 each.17 50 Ten copies, (when ordered together.) addressed to each subscriber, at $3 each.;. 30 00 THE WEEEXT NEWS. 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THE WEEKLY NEWS will contain all the im portant editorials c f the 'DAILY; a careful and complete summary of the foreign and domes? tic news; latest news by telegraph from all parts of the world; full- and reliable stock, financial, and general market reports; a synop? sis of the proceedings of Congress and State Legislatures, when In session; proceedings of scientific, agricultural, religious and literary societies; all important legal decisions of State and Federal courts; reviews of the most inter? esting and important new books; and, indeed, everything of Interest to -the family circle, the merchant, farmer, professional man, mechanic and laborer. STATE AND GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE.-OUT columns show that THE CHARLESTON NEWS ba? a large and able corps of . regular corre spondents from all parts of the State, and from the obief centres of news of the world. During the year 1872 we shall employ a still larger number of the best news writers. MARKET BEPORTS_All our editions will con? tain full market reports from all tbe chief centres of trade. The* money must accompany every order. Remittances may be made at our risk In drafts, postal money orders or registered letters. Specimen copies of any of our editions sent on application. Postmasters, and others, who get up clubs of ten or more, will be entitled to a free copy for twelve months. Address RIORDAN, DAWSON & Co., Charleston, S. C. THE COTTON MOVEMENT FOR THE WEEK. NEW YORK, January 14. The receipts at all ot the ports were 94,595 bulos, against 110.628 last week, 126,929 tbe previous week, and 130,013 three weeks since Tbe total receipts since September have been 1,571,498 bales, against 1,900,552 for the correa ponding period of the previous year, showing a decrease since September 1st this year of 329,054 bales. The exports from all of the ports for the week have been 82,124 bales, I i against 98,693 for the same time last year. 11 Tie total exports for the expired portion of I, the cotton year amount to 821,189 bales, against 1,088.082 for the same time last year. The present stock as compared with that for the corresponding period of the previous year is as follows: Jan. 14. 1872. Jan. 14,1871 At all ports.496,868 649,616 At the interior towns. 93,914 113,468 In Liverpool.642,000 660,000 I j American cotton afloat for Great Britain.138,000 290,000 1 Indian cotton afloat for Europe.248,030 97,000 Rain has fallen during the week, and alto? gether the weather has been more favorable for picking operations, which are now pro? gressing with renewed vigor In;many sections. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.-The following gen-1 tlemen were elected on Monday last Intendant and wardens of the Town ot Laurens for the ensuing year: Intendant-T. B. Crews. Ward? ens-J. A. Eichelberger, Wm. H. Garrett, W. F. Beard, B. L. Potter. Th% municipal election held in Cherawou Monday last resulted In the choice of the fol? lowing gentlemen: Intendant-J. T. Hays. Wardens-T. L. Liles, J. H. Villeneuve, T. L. Weston, J. H. Gooch. SST CLEAR AND HAIIBILESS AS WA TER-NATT ANS'S CRYSTAL DISCOVERY FOR TUE HAIR.-A perfectly clear preparation In one bottle, as easily applied as water, for rcs to ring to gray hair its natural color and yonth'ul appear? ance, to eradicate and prevent dandruff, to pro? mote the growth of the bair and stop its falling out. lt ls entirely harmless, and perfectly Cree from any poisonous aub stance, and will therefore take the place of all the dirty and unpleasant [ preparations now In use. Numerous testimonial have been sent us from many of our most promi? nent citizens, some er which are subjoined. In everything In which the articles now In use are objectionable, CRYSTAL DISCOVERY ls perfect. It ls warranted to contain neither Sugar of Lead, Sulphur or Nitrate of Silver, lt does not soil the clothes or scalp, is agreeably perfumed, and makes one of theb.st dressings" for the Hair In use. It restores the color of the Hair "more per? fect and uniformly than any other preparation," and always does so lu from three to ten days, virtually feeding the roots or the Hair with all the nourishing qualities necessary to Its growth and healthy condition; it restores the decayed and Induces a new growth of the Hair more posi? tively than anything else. The application of I this won leriul discovery also produces a pleasant [ and cooling effect on the scalp and gives the Hair a pleasing and elegant appearance. We call especial attention to the fact that a limited number of trial bottles will bc given way gratuitously to those wishing to try lt. You will notice that in pursuing this course our aim ls to convince by the actual merits of tbe article. ARTHUR NATTAN8, Inventor and Proprietor, Washington, D. 0. For sale by the Agent, DR. H. CAER. No. 131 Meeting street, Charleston, S. O. novlS-stnthly .miilitterrj, {Dressmaking, Ut. -jyjES. M. J. ZERNOW, No. 304 KING B T R E E T, Would respectfully Inform the ladies that she will ? OPEN THIS DAY A FULL ASSORTMENT OF MILLINERY Goors. DRESSMAKING lu all its branches attended to as usual. Having obtained the Agency of Mdme. D?MURESTS CELEBRATED PAPER PATTERNS, ls now prepared to furnish a general ASSORTMENT OF PATTERNS. Country orders will receive prompt attention. D.0Tj8-tutha Qelmbolh'B Bntl)u. M -A. Ptf HE O O D; ' DH THE iWraKGENERIWON Tn? vegeta tl ve powers on ire are strong, bat In ? few-years now often the pallia tine, the lack-ins ?Te eye, ana emaciated form, snow their banefnl Influence, it soon becomes evident to'the obserr er that some depressing influence ls checking tbs development or the body. Consumption Li talxed of, and perhaps theyouth Islem?v?a"nWson^ and sent Into the country. This ls j one of th? worst movements. Removed from ordinary di? versions or the ever-changing- Been ea of the city? the powers or the. body, too .maca enfeebled ta give lest to healthful and. rural exercise, thoughts are turned Inwardly npon themselves. If the patient bea female th? approach of th menses ls looked for with annie ty as the first sy mp tom in which nature la to show 'her; saving po wer m diffusing the c trculation.and vlsiuog th* cheek with the bloom-of health. - .Alas l lncresjw of appetite baa grown by, what it fed. cn. Th?) energies of she system are prostrated, and the whole economy ls deranged. The beautiful and won derru? period in which bodyaacLmlnd andar? lo so fascinating a change frpm child."to woman ls looked for in Tain. The parent^ heart .bleeds m anxiety,'ind fancies the gra re but walting for tsvictim. : '"'.' ? H ELM BO LD'S EXTRACT BUCHU, , ?OB WEAKNESS ARISING FROM EXCESSES OR EARLY INDISCRETION, '.- Btfi.ij ..,.; J ia .i: *i v ir. . lituil yI WiTcka it tended with th? following,symptoms: INDIS? POSITION TO. EXERTION, ?OSS OF POWER, LOSS OF MEMORY, DIFFICULTY OF BREATH? ING, Ge n eral Weakness,' Horror of bis e ase, we?k ferres, Trembling, Dreadful Horror or Death, Slght Sweats, Cold Feet, Wakefulness; Dlmne&sof Vision, Lan gor, Universal Lassitude or th? Hosea lar System, often Enormoaa Appetite j wita Dys? peptic symptoms, Hoc Hands, Flushing or ina Body, Dryness of the Skin, Pallid Countenances tnd E rup Hoi? s on the Face, Pain In the Rack, Heaviness Ot the Eyelids, Frequently. Black Spot* lying before the Eyes, 'with ,temporary SofidSlon ind Loss of Sight, Want of Attention,' Great &Io 3LUty, Restlessness, with Horror or Society. Nothing ls more desirable.to aach patients than, solitude, and nothing. they more ? dread, for fear at themselves; no repose of manner! no earnest ness, no speculation; but a harried transition tram one question to another. '.?'.,-> THESE SYMPTOMS, IF ALLOWED TO 00 ON -WHICH THIS MEDICINE INVARIABLY RE? MOVES-SOON FOLLOW LOSS OF POWER, FATUITY AND EPILEPTIC FITS, HST ONE OfP WHICH THE PATIENT MAT EX Pl RE. ' . - . -. j " . J ? . r.'l . Dating the Superintendence of Dr. WILSON at the BLOOMINODALE ASYLUM? this ?td result occurred to two patients. Reason Lad fora tima left them, and both died of. epilepsy. They were of both sexes, and about twenty years or i ega. Who can say that their cesses are not fre? quently followed by those"tnrerai diseases, IN S AN IT Y and CONSUMPTION r The records of the INSANE ASYLUMS, and the melancholy deaths by ? Consumption, bear ample witness to th? truth of these assertions. In Lunatic Asylums the most melancholy exhibition appears. The countenance a actually sodden and quite destitute; neither nirth nor grief ever visits it. should a sound of ;he voice occur lt ls rarely articulate. " With wof ul measures wan despair Low sallen sounds their grief beguiled." While we regret the existence of the above dis? eases and symptoms, we are prepared to offer an ? nvaluable gift of chemistry for the removal of the consequences. H ELM BOLO'S EXTRACT BUCHU AND li :::?>: I ..t.,, ,',r f* IMPROVED ROSE WASH Dares secret and delicate disorders in all their stages, at little expense, little or no change in' diet, no inconvenience, and no exposure. It ls pleasant In taste and odor, immediate In its ac? tion, free from au injurious properties, superse? ling Copaiba and all other nauseous Compounds. HELMBOLD'S FLUID EXTRACT OF BUCHU. There ls no tonio like lt, lt is an anchor of hope to the physician and patient. This ls the testi? mony of all who have used or prescribed lt. Beware of counterfeits and those cheap decoc? tions called Bnchu, most of whick are prepared by self-styled doctors, from deleterious ingre? dients, and offered for sale at "less price" and 'larger bottles," Ac They are unreliable and frequently Injurious. Ask for Helmbold's. Take no Other. PRICE $1 23 PER BOTTLE, OR 8IX BOTTLES FOR $6 50. Delivered to any address. Desoribe symptoms la all communications. HELMBOLD'6 GENUINE PREPARIONS, Established upward of twenty years, prepared hf H. T. HELMBOLD, PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMIST, No. SM Broadway. New York, AU? No. lol South. Tenth Street, PblladJlphi*. **? ?-Sold by Drtg^iu Evtr/wkswi^l nov8-ws3mos.