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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A THE POLITICAL CAULDRON. THE ELEMENTS SEETHING IN NEW YORK CITY. About the Democratic National Con. ventlon-Fenton and Schun to Ad? dress the Iliberal Republicans. . . NEW YORE, April 9. A meetlDg of the Democratic National Com" mittee la called for Wednesday, the 8th of May, at the residence ol August Belmont, in this city, to designate the time and place for tbe national convention. The World says that Mr. Belmont's procrastination meets with the approval of the Democratic leaders. The World adds: uThe delay seems to have been occasioned with a view to take advantage of the Cincinnati Convention, the results of which may determine the time for holding the Democratic National Convention." The Tribune says that Fenton will address the Liberal Republicans at the Cooper Insti? tute on Friday. Carl Schurz will address the German citizens at the Cooper Institute on Wednesday. INCREASING INTEREST IN THE GREAT + LIBERAL MOVEMENT. Opinions In Cincinnati - Arrange? ments-Greeley and Free Trade-Can? didates. {Correspondence of the New York Evening Pos*.] CI^CISXATI, March 29. Preparations are now making in this city for the.conventlon of May 1. The committee of arrangements have taken rooms at Mozart Hall. At flrst. among our leading Reform Re? publicans, little else was Intended than a de? claration of opinion, and a demonstration, as of a flourish ol trumpets, before the Grant citadel In Philadelphia. Bnt now the pres? sure from without ls so strong, and desires are so universally and so distinctly expressed, there seems, to us at le ac, no doubt that can? didates for President and vice-President will be named on the first of May. GREELEY AND THE FREE-TRADERS. Several rooms are already engaged at the hotels, and among those coming are some members of the New York Tribune corps, Mr. Greeley at the head. How far his influence will prevail it ls premature to surmise. He has already warned the convention that If they persist In demanding free trade be must be "counted out." As lt is their first plank in the platform, they cannot concede; nor dare they even offer a compromise. The new party would lose with the people all their prestige If they were to give up their most important de? claration for the advantage of Mr. Greeley's co-operation. Their opposition to Mr. Grant .and his ri?es is not personal, but on principle; and however glad they may be o t Mr. Gree? ley's assistance, they cannot sacrifice their own avowed record, even to gain ils help. Al? ready there have been Borne emphatic protests among the leaders of the convention here. In prospect of such a political tergiversation. We know ex-Goveroor Cox ls opposed to It, and Judge Hoadley bas Bald : ."If you concede to Greeley, you must count me out." No such -compromises are to be expected. CANDIDATES. They have so many good men In their ranks it ls difficult to -select. Each has his fa? vorite, but lt ls believed here that they will join In one who will carry many of both par? ties. J. D. Cox, ex-secretary of the interior, ls pledged to civil service reform by his with? drawal from Grant's Cabinet on that point. He is strong, also, on tariff reform and a re? turn to specie payments, and his desire to bring back the South into the political ranks has been emphatically expressed. He bas been successful as a general In the Huton armies, aa Governor of this State, and in every public action of hlB Hie. Mr. Trumbull ls also in our mind?. William S. Groesbeck: ls also talked of. He has been a life? long Democrat, and is thoroughly in favor -of free trade and a prompt return to specie payments. His record is also -good, as he is said to have approved of con? ceding civil rights to the colored people, through the lau- amendments in the constitu? tion. For Mr. Vallandigham. lt ls said, con? sulted Mr. Groesbeck belore ne took his "new departure." ChaneB Francis Adams seems to be a general favorite here for next President, and on bis name, I believe, both Democrat and Beform Republican can Join heartily. His record is well known, and his freedom from partisan influences would make him perhaps the best standard bearer of ibe new national party. I am assured by many promluent Democrats that if his name is announced, that party will certainly Join the Republicans in .bearing him Into power. An Idea prevails that the flrst place will be offered to Mr. Adams, and the second to Groesbeck. THE LIBERAL MOVEMENT. -The New York World and the Hon. A. H. Stephens-How Congress will 'be Represented at Cincinnati. The New York World of the 6th Instant .says: The New York call ls to be followed up with spirit and vigor by a mass meetlDg of Liberal Republicans In the great hall of the Cooper Institute, next Friday evening. It will be one of the moat influential political meetlnga ever held in this country. The Liberal Bepuollcana -of this State are no mere corporal's guard. They comprise the whole Fenton wing ot the -party, and we understand that Senator Fen? ton shirks no responsibility in connection with this movement. His followers were de? feated in the Syracuse State Convention last fall only by Customhouse promises and bribes. "They will stand by him and Mr. Greeley in forwarding the Cincinnati movement, and, In combination with the Democratic party, they -will carry the State against Grant next fall by at least a hundred thousand majority, and give Its thirty-two Presidential electors to the nominees of the Cincinnati Convention. Mr. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, In referring to recent movements to bring about a united opposition to the designs and pur? poses of the present dominant Radical party, says: "While we still believe thal the surest .way to secure a thorough and complete vic? tory is for the party to go Into the contest un -der its own chosen leaders, under its own un lowered banner, bearing upon Its folda their -own time-honored pi incl pies, yet we have re? peatedly said, and again repeat, that we are willing to enter the coolest for the rescue of public liberty from the hands of those who ?re now trampling it under foot, with any and all who, seeing the tendency o' affairs, are ready to join In a common struggle for the arrest of the projects of present rulers, and In the cause of constitutionalism against cen? tralized despotism." A Washington dispatch Bays : It does not appear that a single Republican member of the House- will attend the c nein natl Convention. Quite a number express their sympathy with the movement io private conversation, but are not bold enough to come ?ot openly ia vs favor. -Senators Tipton and Schurz wiU probably'go from the Senate, while Mr. Sumner, it ls now understood, will write a long letter vigorously endorsing the movement. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. -Intelligence bas been received of the deal b at Salisbury, N. C., of Dr. Edward Sill, who was for mauy years a respected citizen of Co? lumbia. -The contract for the construction of the free bridge over the Wateree River, on the Columbia Road, near Camden, has been awarded to Mr. J. B. LaSalle, of Columbia. ?The bridge ls to be of ibe Burr trues pattern, and about one thousand feet long. -A report comes from Hodge's Depot that a -dispute arose there on Saturday night, in which a colored man named Alexander Sam? uels killed another colored man by the Dame of Amos Nelson. The dispute arose about raffling some oranges, when Samuels struck Nelson on tbe bead with a rall. Nelson died Sunday. Samuel; has decamped. THE GENEVA ARBITRATION. No fleeting on the Fifteenth-The Counter-Cases to be Exchanged. LONDON, April 9. A special dispatch to the Manchester Guar? dian says that the HOB. R. G. Schenck while in Paris, from which city he returned yester? day, had an interview with the American counsel before the Geneva Tribunal of Arbi? tration, and upon his arrival here called upon Earl Granville. The result of these Inter? views. Bays the dispatch, ls that neither coun? sel or arbitrators will meet at Geujeva on the 15th, the day appointed (or the assembling of the board, but that the Zrigiish and American agents will meet and exe,anee counter-cases. The dispatch further Btates that the beard of arbitration will not again assemble until tba 15th of June. The Post's rumor that the forelsm office had received a dispatch from the United States which solved the question of consequential damages, ls authoritatively denied. The con? tradiction produces general disappointment THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. LONDON. April 9. The remonstrance to the Spanish Govern? ment against the prohibition of the depart? ure of Chinese laborers from Cuba was urged In the Commons. The ministry stated that the government was aware that the Havana authorities had forbidden their exodus. The grand jury met at the Old Balley jester day, and was charged by the judge respecting the case of O'Connor, the assailant of the Queen. The House of Commons yesterday took up the ballot bill in committee ol the whole. The Morning Post repeats a rumor, which it gave yesterday, that Napoleon had borrowed ?15.000,000 In London, but the truth of the rumor is authoritatively denied. Ti e Prince and Princess of Wales have gone to Florence. The grand jury at the Old Bailey have In? dicted the Tichborne claimant for forgery and perjury. BERLIN. April 8. Prince Bismarck read the Emperor's speech at the opening: ol the German Parliament The most startling topics were a uniform beer and malt tax, and the acquisition ot Alsace and Lorraine. In conclusion, the Emperor says : (>Tbe strength acquired by the Imperial Gov? ernment IR the bulwark of tbe Fatherland, and a guarantee of peace to Europe." PARIS, April 8. President Thiers has been in consultation with General FroLward, with regard to the fortifications of Fraoce. DurlDg the recess, tbe President has remained most of the time In Paris, and gives receptions and dinners at the Palace ot the Elysee. The permanent committee of the Assembly object to this practice as an underhand preparation for the removal of the Beat of government to Paris. Gambetta ls making a tour of the provinces, and was last at Anglers. There are now in the prisons at Versailles twenty-two Com? muniste, under sentence of death. FLOODS IN THE WEST. MEMPHIS, April 8. A drenching rain fell here throughout the day, and heavy rains have fallen through? out the Southwest, washiag away railroad bridges and doing much damage. All of the Southern rivers are expected to overflow. CINCINNATI, April 8. A very severe storm bas prevailed here to? day, and continues to-night A heavy land slide has occurred aod one trestle bas been washed out on the Louisville Short Line Rail? road. The Town of Wilmington, Ohio, is .re? ported flooded. The bridge near Morrow, on the Little Miami Railroad, ls stone, and two bridges on the Cincinnati and Z mes ville Rail? road, between Morrow and Clarksvllle, are swept away, and lour bridges are reported gone on the Marietta aod Cincinnati Railroad. Reports from below Louisville say the country 1B flooded, but, as communication ls Inter? rupted, no reliable Intelligence has been re? ceived. Nearly two Inches ot rain has fallen here since morning. The heaviest portion of the storm appears to be southward. AN INTERNATIONAL SQUABBLE NEW YOKE, April 8. The New Tork internationals held a meet? ing yesterday. Five new sections were or? ganized. The Germans have split and organ? ized a separate council of their own. Tnere seems to be a dissension existing In the Inter? nationals of Europe and here, the Germans wishing to establish their Communistic sys? tem, and the French advocating their doctrine of socialism. The General Council of London has been appealed to, to settle the difflcu'ty. It was decided to Invite the discontented Ger? mans to return. The Internationals will hold a Congress on the 1st of August The pro? ceedings of yesterday give signs of brewing trouble. DOINGS IN CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, April 9. After a hard fight in the Senate, the rail? road depot bill was relented to the committee on the District ol Columbia, which secures the ultimate triumph of the Pennsylvania Rail? road combination in tbelr effort to sec,re depot facilities In this city, which effort he Baltimore and Ohio Railroad interest bad op? posed. Parker's nomination for surveyor at New Orleans was withdrawn, and Ingrabam, a col? ored man, was nominated and confirmed. The bill authorizing the sale of the old arse? nal grounds at Augusta, Georgia, passed. Pomeroy, from the committee on public lands, reported bills to incorporate the New Mexico Centrai Railroad Company, and the New Mex? ico and Gull' Railway Company, and grant them rights of way. HOUSE.-The bill authorizing the Usue of one cent postal cards passed the House. The members of the Morse memorial committee are Boberte, Palmer and Shoeber. A CUBAN JUBILEE. HAVANA, April 9. The Spaniards here rejoice at the result of the elections in Spain. The Spanish Conser? vatives triumphed In tbe Porto Rico elections for members ef the Cortes. Valmaseda ls gone to santiago. _ THE ME TAI RE RA CES. NEW ORLEANS, April 9. At the Metal re races to day the first race was two and a half miles, for a club purse of eight hundred dollars, won by Conductor by haifa length, beating Salina, Pilgrim, Creole, Dance, Glen Rose, Tom Corbett, same rider, time 4.38$. Salina was the favorite even against the field, and took the lead and kept lt lor two miles, with Pilgrim second; but oo the last turn Conductor came to the front. In a seven hundred and fifty dollar pool, Con? ductor sold for eighty dollars. The sec? ond race was the international race, with gentlemen riders, won by Temple. Nathan Oakes, Ireland, Tom Aiken. Austria, Trepeda, Oleander and France In same order. Temple was ridden by Lieutenant Chas. King, representing the United States. Temple was the favorite and winner; time 1.56. The third race was mlle heats, three in five, for a club purse of twelve hundred dollars, and was won by Frank Hampton In three straight heats. Morlacchi second, and Anna third. ' At start? ing Hampton each time took the lead, closely pushed in each to the three-quarter pole by Anna. Morlacchl held the second place. Hampton won the first heathy a half head, and the others by a length. The weather was fine and the track good. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The Hon. Erastus Corning died at Albany, on Monday night after a long illness. -The Atalanta Boat Club, which is to row the London Club on the Thames, sails from New York next Saturday. -There were Alteen Inches of snow at Coun? cil Bluffs, Iowa, yesterday, and the weather was still threatening. -Some sixteen hundred immigrants from Alsace and Lorraine have arrived at New York duri cg the past week, all destined Wes', and all in apparent good circumstances. -At a meeting of the New York cigar man? ufacturers, on Monday, a resolution was adi pi? ed not to buy any seed leaf uotil after the 1st of May, except by stripped samples and actual weight and tare. This action was taken in consequence of the frauds praotlced upon cigar-makers. THE POLICE OF LONDON. ! WORK FOR mam THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MEN. The Famous Detective Force. The latest and most complete account or the police force of London is given by a writer in the Dark Bine Mazazlne, who says: In London the police forms a very respect? able army In numbers, ls organized on a mili? tary basis, with a complete hierarchy of officers, and of late has received a cavalry con? tingent, which will soon, no doubt, be the glory ol its military directors. The city has been mapped out loto new divisions for police purposes, and each etreet or series ot streets is placed under the especial guardianship of an individual officer. Telegraph wires run? ning underground connect the various dis? tricts with headquarters; and, with the mili? tary discipline Inflexibly maintained, render the Torce as effective for great or little services against the enemies of society as any human arrangement yet Invented has proved to be. There are, at the present moment, under the commissioner and assistant commissioner, (all military officers) twenty-six superinten? dents, two hundred and fifty-seven inspectors, nine hundred and flfiy-flve sergeants, and seven thousand nine hundred and twenty-two constables, to watch over the enormous popu? lation and boundless wealth contained within the police radius ol eight hundred and eighty eight square miles. The nine thousand men ot the force are divided Into twenty divisions, nineteen of wblch are known by letters of the alphabet, each one numbering on an average from four hundred and fifty to Ave hundred men. The K or Stepney Division is the strongest, having close upon seven hundred rank and file; wi tu the exception of tbe Thames, and unlettered bodv. the H or Whitechapel Division ls the smallest, numbering lees than taree hundred. The "Fancy A," as it ls called in the force, is the favored division, being set apart to guard the palaces and the houses ol' Parliament, aod generally to assist in state pageants. It has three superintendents all to Itself, and there are thirty-five inspectors, and ninety-seven sergeants to look after Itb four hundred and one constables. The other divisions are more sparingly officered, even the K have to man? age with one superintendent, thirteen Inspec? tors and seventy-nine sergeants. No particu? lar rule governs the number of inspectors in each division. The B or Wandsworth men, with an area of sixty-four miles lo look after, have but seven ioBpectorp, while the B or Greenwich, with three miles less, have four officers more. Each division is complete In Itself, and looks after all the beats within its own bounds. In times.of disturbance lt re? ceives or gives assistance, but In all ordinary times it would be considered a monstrous of? fence for an M to trench on the ground of an N, or a G to walk on a D's side of the way. The pay of all ranks has been recently in? creased, at least nominally, but for that they are obliged to be satisfied with one dav's leave in a fortnight, instead of one in a week. When a recruit Joins he finds himself rated aa an ordinary con? stable of the fourth c?as?, with one pound a week pay. The deductions for the superan? nuated fund, clotbes, Ac, leave him about eighteen shillings net. He graduates through the third and second class until he finds him? self In the reserve second class, with deduc? tions. When be gels Into tbe first reserve he will find himself In receipt of one pound, seven shillings, sixpence a week, the highest pay for a private constable. If he is uncom? monly sharp, or can make bis superiors think he ls, be may then become a divisional de? tective, with an extra sixpence a week. He now waits for hld sergeancy, which will be worth to him one pound, nine shillings a week. If he ls lucky he may advance until he gets as station sergeant one pound, fifteen shillings, and if promoted to the chief office, two pounds, seventeen shillings, eight pence. An ordinary inspector of the second class gets two pounds, five shillings, six pence a week, and a chief Inspector three guineas. The best paid detectives are those of Scotland Tard lt selt, who receive four pounds, sixteen shil? lings, two pence. A superintendent In his first year until the eleventh, when he gets six pounds, fourteen shillings, eight pence and a chane?* of twenty-five pounds per annum ex? tra, good service allowance. Before tbe fourth-class constable can rise to the position of superintendent, he will find a great many obstacles to be surmounted. If his education be bad, as it too often ls, he will have to make it good at the evening classes now attached to most stations. He will have to be always lu the way when his sergeant wants him, to be civil to his inspector, and In? telligent before a magistrate while conducting a case. If ho can succeed in making a clever capture, he will find himself spoken of lo the police reports as an active and intelligent offi? cer, and he may consider himself on the right road. The rankB are filled up by voluntary en? listment; promotion goes by merit, or, at all events, by selection, seniority going for some? thing, though not tor much, and the highest grades are attainable by the humblest con? stable If be be favored by the stars. If the young man wants to enter the force, he will find that nothing more is necessary than a knowledge of reading and writing, a strong constitution and a good character. Aller be bas got his name Inscribed on a roll of por? tentous length, generally bearing the names of hundreds of applicants,he wii),fi he be sharp, assiduously busy himself In looking up some influence which can get him taken out ot the ranks, and advanced at once over the heads ol his competitors. Having passed the doctor be will be placed in the preparatory class, where he will be kept for Borne ten days, un? dergoing a course of drill and general in? struction. He will be lectured by a superin? tendent of the A division upon all the duties which he will be called on to fulfil; an In? struction book ls given him tor his private reading, after drill hours; and the superinten? dent taking that as a sort of prayer book, and the police act as a Bible, carefully prepares him for the ceremony of being sworn in be? fore tbe commissioner himself at the earliest opportunity, at an early day. The beats are co-extensive with all the streets, lanes and alleys In London, and the highways and by-wayB of the country round about. Each man ls lurnlshed with a beat card, on which tbe streets confined to his care are carefully marked down. He ls obliged to beglu at a particular end, and visit all the parts in prescribed order, so that the sergeant may know where to drop on bim at a given moment. He 1B bound to examine the fasten? ings of every shop, factory and other place of business, and see that all private houses are duly secured and all basement windows closed, and he must report any instance of negligence be may find. 'J his ls an arduous duty, for which ne gets little thanks. It a crowd gather on the pavement lt ls his busine-s togo straight into the centre and Bend to the right and left the disputants. In case of resistance, he mu-t take somebody Into custody. He ls particularly Instructed never to walk round about a crowd, or appear to hesitate before taking action. Decision and self-assertion are impressed on him as sacred duties. The detectives lorm a class apart in the police. In addition to the arrangement of beats and fixed points, each dividion sends fonh a certain number of plain clothes men, whose duty lt ls to supplement as detectives the efforts of the constables in uniform. They go out dressed up as sailors or laborers, or others, and were it not for the cleanliness of their faces and severe cut of their bair, to say nothing of their mechanical tread, they would pass very well. As it ls, any thief worth his salt ls able to distinguish one of them at a glance; but at a Utile distance even a thiefs sharpness may be deceived. To be a detective is, in the eyes ot the ordinary po? liceman, not only lo be classed aa a sharp and responsible man, but to be a lucky and money-making man. They are divided into two brandies-the divisional detectives and those of Scotland Yard. The latter are, Ina measure, the siaff of the loree, and form in some sort a connecting link between head? quarters and the various divisions. If a murder be committed, the inspector of the locality details a couple ol his plain clothes men to make inquiries. The men chosen have generally some knowledge of the place and the people about, and they learn what they can relative to the mai ter. A report is sent up to Scotland Yard, and if the case be important it is put Into the hands ol one of the crack de? tectives there. He goes down to the locality, and puts himself into communication with the divisional detectives who have talked to apple women, examining pot boys and Bounding cabmen, with commendable Industry. He requires them to yield up all their knowledge laboriously acquired, and they do so with the beet grace they can, inwardly cursing bim and the commissioner who sent bim. For although they have the pains of making all the inquiries, and have stood the expense at? tending the getting of a clue which may ulti? mately lead to the desired capture, they will now have none of the glory of success, and only a small portion of any reward which may be offered. Sometimes the divisional detec? tives, who do the work, get only ?10 out of reward of ?200, which is generally offered on the occasion ol a great crime. A swell detec? tive, if he gets his name into the naper?, and he generally does, will get the lion's share, not only of public applause, but of any sub? stantial reward the case may bring. TUE CASE OF DR. HOWARD. WASHINGTON, April 9. The State Department bas received advices that the Madrid Government is investirai lng the case ol Dr. Howard. Meantime Dr. How? ard remains at Cadiz, and orders have been given for his good treatment, THE CORNER IN LEGAL TENDERS. NEW YORK, April 9. Daniel Drew publicly asserts he ls not Inter? ested In locking up money.. The Tenth Na? tional Bank was examined belore United States Commissioner Davenport this morning, and it was proved that the bank had not with? held money from circulation for a considera? tion, and the complaint, was dismissed. At a meeting of thaClearing House, a r?so? lution to expel the Tenth National Bank was defeated by compromise, to put the bank upon future good behavior. THE SCIENCE OF ADVERTISING. Judicious advertising always pays. If you have a good thing, advertise it. If I you baven't, don't. Large type Isn't necessary in advertising. Blind lolks don't read newspapers. Don't be afraid to invest in printer's ink, lest your sands of Jite be nearly run out. Never run down your opponent's goods in public. Let him do his own advertising. Let your advertisements have something ot the dash In them, without great exaggeration. You can't eat enough in one week to last you a whole year, and you cant advertise on that plan either. It's as true of advertising as of anything else in the world-If lt Is worth doing at all, lt Is worth doing well. Hand-bills and circulars are good of their kind, but they cannot take the place o? news? paper advertisements. Injudicious ad vert?s! ng ls like fishing where there's no tish. You need to let the Unes tall In the rieht place. No bell can ring so loudly as a good adver? tisement. People will believe what they Bee rather than what they hear. Small advertisements, and plenty of them, ls a good rule. We were all babies once, yet we made considerable noise. When you advertise, see that you do it on the same principle that you buy goods. Get the mest you can for the money. We don't recommend advertising as the best way to get a wife; but we know that lt ls the best way to get a good trade. People who advertise only once In three months forget that most folks can't remember anything longer than about seven days. If you can arouse curiosity by an advertise? ment, it ls a great point gained. The fair Bex don't hold all the curiosity In the world. A constant dropping will wear a rock. Keep dropplog your advertisements on the public, and they will soon melt under lt like rock salt. Quitting adverlislng in dull times Is like tearing out a dam because the water ls low. Either plan will prevent good times from ever coming.' "Dull times," it ls said, "are the best (or ad? vertisers." Because when money is tight, and the people are forced to economize, they al? ways read the advertisements to asoertaln who sells the cheapest, and where they can trade to the best advantage. According to the charaoter or extent of your buls!ness, set aside a liberal percentage for advertising. Keep yourself unceasingly before the public; and lt matters not what business of utility you may be engaged in, for, if Intelligently and Industriously pursued, a fortune will be the result. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, April 6. The lowest barometer is now probably cen? tral over Georgian Bay. and will move north? easterly down the St. Lawrence valley, with diminishing pressure over the New England States. Rising barometer, westerly to north erly winds, and clear and clearing weather | will prevail on Wednesday from the lakes to the Gulf and South and Middle Atlantic coasts, and extend over New England by and on Wed? nesday morning. Brisk' westerly and north-1 westerly winds wilt extend during to-night from ?he upper to the lower lake region, and to the Middle Atlantic coasts, but dangerous winds are not anticipated, except possibly for the lower lakes. Yesterday's Weather Reports of thc Signal Service, V. S. A.- 4.47 P. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. Augusta, Ga.... Baltimore.. Boston. Charleston. Chicago. Cincinnati. Galveston, Tex.. Key Weat. Knoxville, Tenn. Mern pms, Tenn ML Washington New Orleans... New York., Norfolk., Philadelphia Portland, Me.... Sa vat. nab. St. Louis. Washington .... Wlimlngton.N.C. Bf 29.841 80 29.69 " 29.83 il 29.9 29.71 29.71 30.16 30 06 29.72 30.16 20.8s 30.08 29.78 29.80 29.72 29.85 29.89 29.9 u 29.61 ?O.9. S S ?iE SW W W W SE W W SW NW B S S S S sw s sw Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. Kresh. Brisk. Fresh. Gentle. Fret. h. Brisk. Fresh. Light. Brisk. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Freso. Brisk. Brisk. Brisk. re & ?3 Cl'g Dp. Cloudy. Jloudy. Oluudy. Cloudy. Dp. Clear. Fair. Fair. Clear. Cloudy. Clear. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. Lt. Rain Lt. Rain Cloudy. Clouily. Tbr'ng. NOTE.-The weather report dated 7.47 o'clock thia morning, will be posted In the rooms of the Chamber or Commerce at io o'clock A. M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy or the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time during the day. BRiTrsH PARLIAMENT NOTABLES.- A corres? pondent of the New York Mall describes three of the "sensation members" of the British Par? liament, as follows: First, John Brlghr, who is a man of some fl it y-seven or eight, ot bulky figure, bare head, broad, massive forehead, and firm mouth, with somewhat thick Hps, around which ls an expression oddly blended of humor, decision, and sweetness: a quick, restless eye, glancing hither and thither; a round chin and white hair, dressed very plain? ly In a aiher shabby overcoat, a necktie of care? less antiquity, and perhaps a pair of cotton gloves. Isaac Butt, the second Individual, ls a yet bigger, burlier, and more ungainly person -a man of rolling galt and loose figure; care? less of dress and appearance; a man with a face like that of a negro suddenly bleached, with a mass of snowy bair, and beaming eyes that look like those ot Robert Burns. Isaac Butt, the whilom tory, ls now champion of home rule io Ireland and advocate general of all Fenian prisoners. The third ls Slr Charlea Dilke, the republican baronet, a much young? er man, probably the youngest member of Ihe House of Commons. He ls tall and somewhat stiff, with square forehead and well-set jaw, suggestive of strong and obstinate resolve. He ls rather handsome, but a good deal stolid -In expression I muan-and with a certain formal and heavy way about him which tells of dogmatism and dissent. He ls well dressed, and is conscious of being an object ot curiosity THE PROSPECT OF AMNESTY.-A Washington' telegram ol'the 7th instant to the Ballimore Sun says: It is the Intention of Senator Robertson, of South Carolina, to make an? other effort in the tenate this week to secure the passage of the second House amnesty bill, which, unlike the bill which was'defeated, makes but two exceptions-those ot all per? sons who realgned their seats In Congress to take part In the Confederacy and those who left tue army and navy for ihe game purpose. Tbere Is some prospect that Mr. Sumner will not antagonize the bill with his civil rights bill ss an amendment, and that therefore the House amnesty measure, pure and simple, will become a law. THE ARRESTED SIJ-ELUX. ARRIVAL OF A FRESH SETA CEMENT. A Few to be Harte Examples Of-The Licence Law and the Merchants-All Dali at the Capital. [SPSOUX TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, Tuesday, April 9. Twenty-five Eu-Kluz prisoners from New? berry arrived here to-night, and will soon have their prelimluary trial before the United States commissioner. It ls believed that only a few o:t the prisoners will be tried In the United States Court as examples. All the ar? rests are made for political effect. The business men here are very unwilling to pay the license tax, but they say they would cot grudge it if they had any confi? dence that the money would be rightly ap? plied. AU dull In Columbia to-night. SALUDA. THE FLORENCE ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. FLORENCE, S. C., April & We had an election in our growing little town to-day for intendant and wardens. The election went off very quiet. The vote was as follows: For Intendant-?Captain A. If. Cur? rie, 149 votes; Jerome P. Chase, 12. For Warden B-?James P. Chase, 149; ?A. Wine berg, 135; *P. C. Fludd. colored, 141; *N. D. Harper, colored, 135; C. B. Blratton, 7, Cap-' tain A. McKenzie, 4; Rev. E. J. Schnetter, col? ored, 13; John Kuker, l. Those marked (*) were elected. Captain A. M. Currie has been confined to bis bea for three days, but ls now on the mend._ B. A JAPANESE EXECUTION. Decapitation of Four Thieves-A Strange and Horrible Scene. A Japan correspondent of the San Francisco Bulletin, gives the following account of the decapitation of four men at Yokohama lor the crime of stealing some forty rios (In value about as many dollars:) The execution ground was fenced In the form of a corral, and stood amidst fields of waving barley. In one corner of this enclos? ure was a mat-shed, and Just outside of lt an ominous group of trees-ominous, at least, to condemned prisoners, for the fast-decaying skulls which lie around too plainly tell the tale of that sequestered spot. The birds and dogs have been at work In this offensive burvlng-place, and bave unearthed those rem? nants of the dead. The dread hour appoint? ed for the sentenced culprits to expiate their crimes is 7 A. M., and we find that it wants thirty minutes of that hour yet. But already a numerous and somewhat motley group of foreigners and natives are assembled, and some ot the more callous In? dulge In unseemly conversation and rode Jokes. While moving about th? spot we ob? serve tbe preparations which bave been made for the execution. A horizontal bar, upon* which are four ominous spikes projecting up? ward-and whereon lt is readily surmised the heads of the doomed criminals will be bleach? ing In the sun tor two or three days-stands about two yards from the fence, near the mat shed on one side and the gate on the other. Opposite to this are two holes In the ground, the dimensions of which are about three leet by one and a half feet, and some eighteen Inches deep. Beside these the poor wretches will bave to kneel when beheaded, that tbelr heads may fall Into them; they also receive their blood. There 1B a number of straw mats lying near, In which, we are told, the bodies will be wrapped and burled. Near one of these holes-the one where the executioner will first perform the san? guinary duty of his revolting office-ls a white handkerchief on a staff. Thus lt will be seen that the arrangements are neither elabo? rate nor pervaded by that mournful air which should characterize the occasion. In the hut sits the executioners and tbelr attendante, complacently awaiting the arrival of the sor rowiul procession from tne prison. Anxious to have a.chat with the chief headsman, a man apparently fifty or sixty years ol age, we enter the mat-Bfted, and wish tbem good morning, which ls politely returned, light cigars and enter into conversation regarding the prisoners. We then casually examined the executioner's sword, a long, two-handed one, and doubtless ol the best steel, and re? ceived an Invitation to look over the prison on some future occasion. Moving outside again, we observed the increasing concourse anxious to witness the dying throes of the un? fortunate men. THE PROCESSION. But, listen! that mournful chant, softly* wafted o'er the fields of grain which glow In the morning sunshine, betokens the approach of the sad procession. Nearer and nearer, though elowiy, lt approaches us, and, as Its sorrowful lay ls echoed by the hills and sap plces around, a thrill of pain, of sympathy for those on wbom another sun, another morn, will never brighten, ls felt by almost every heart that's there. Now it ls within a few yards. Three men are carrying as many boards, held aloft on poles, upon which Is writ? ten a declaration of the crimes committed by the culprits; then came three or lour more, having poles with a cross covered with spikes at the top-emblematical of the prison and Justice-then follow a string of officers and attendants, in the midst or whom are the prisoners-four very young men-each dressed in a light-colored kuneno-a long dress fas? tened at the waist with a sash or girdle, and contrasting strangely with the darker attire of the others. Three ot them walk with firmness and s'.rength, but (he fourth, sick and over? whelmed with distress, ls being carried io a kango or basket chair, in which the common people of Japan travel, being borne along by two coolies. THE DOOMED HEN. * As they pass through the gate, we-being inside the fence?-see plainly each man as he comes In. and are somewhat suprlsed to hear one of them, as he walks close by us, say, ohago gazanimas ! (good morning,) in a calm, natural tone of voice, and then express bis opinion that the terrible death to which he is doomed weuld resemble going to sleep; he evidently had no fear of death. The three men, (the fourth being In a state of semi-in? sensibility) take a long, long gaze at surround? ing objects, and the attendant then proceeds to blindfold them, tbelr arms having been securely tied behind them before leaving the Jail. The three men, each in turn, then give exclamation to a sort of exhortation and a prayer. Tbe miserable wretch in the kango ia now lifted out and placed Inside the hole on his knees, while two men stand behind him holdlog his body-but there is nothing to place bis head upon. Another then takes bim by the chin to put his head Into position, which be succeeds In doing In a minute and a halt, a delay terribly agonizing to the victim. THE EXECOTION. The executioner now steps up, and, smiling like a man about to perform a feat of sport, takes aim, and the next moment-with a sudden gleam of that sheening sword and a sickening thud-the head, saturated with blood, rolls Into the earth, the blood at the same time gushing from I he headless body which lay quivering on the ground. The blood-stained head ls immediately lifted from Its receptacle by the hair and presented to the public gaze with an air of satisfaction. Water is then poured over lt, the lifeless trunk being covered with straw mats and re? moved a short distance away. At a given sign another is led forth, and kneels at the other hole. The same scene of blood was again enacted. The third is now brought forward, his slaughter differing from the others only In the fact that another beadsman does the work; but he fails to cut so clearly as did the old man, the first stroke of the sword leaving the head hanging by the neck-quick as thought another stroke ls given and down drops the head. It was noticeable that on the first stroke of the sword the blood spurted from this man's neck a distance of three or four yards, causing a lew spectators to step quickly back. And now the fourth-a man particularly remarkable for his seeming indifference to the horrible fate which awaited him-steps up to play his part In this dreadful tragedy. Another aim-another gleam of that terribie weapon o? cieatn, ana tee isac ? sicks to the earth, '-asleep"-asleep in i This scene of blood ls now ended, and human heads are npon those ngly si bleaching In the sun, as a terrible wara law-breakers. Bat painful as this recita be, the Japanese Inflict far greater pt 1 merits on those guilty or forging, hom Ac., crucifixion belog qnite common. - ACTS OF THE GENERAI ASSET* OF sourer CAROLINA. Published by Authority. As ACT to Provide for a Uniform Syst* School Becords. SECTION 1. Be lt enacted by the Senate House of Representatives of the Stat South Carolina, now met and sitting la c rsl Assembly, and by the authority ol same: That the State superintendent of edua of the State of South Carolina be, and 1 hereby, authorized to prepsre and cause l published and distributed a complete and form system of jichool records and b forms, for the use of the officers and teac of the free common schools of this State. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of carrying the provisions of Section 1 of this act, sum of seven thousand (7000) dollars be, the same is hereby, appropriated : Prov! That the same shall only be paid ont OE order of the State superintendent of ed tlon : And provided, further, That no pai the said appropriation shall be need for other purpose than is specified lo this act. SEO. 3. That this act shall take effect icc dtately after its passage. Approved Mai ch 13,1872. AK ACT to Amend an Act entitled "An At Amend an Act entitled 'An Act for the ter Protection of Migratory Fish.'h SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate House of Bepresentatlves of the Statt South Carolina, now met anti sitting In Gk ral Assembly, and by the authority of same: * That Section 1 of an act entitled "An ac amend an act entitled -Au act for the be protection of migratory fish,'" be, ant hereby, amended so as to read as folio 'There thall.be a close-time in all the ere? streams and inland waters of this State, fi the setting tn the sun'each Friday until rlalng cf thesuB on ea ch Tu es day, during wt time all seines, ne ta, or any plan or dei for the stoppage or collecting of tish, wt obstruct more than two-thirds of any stret other than a dam for manufacturing purpoi shall be removed from said creeks, stret or waters, and the owner, In whole or part such obstructions, plan or device, shall liable to a flee of two hundred dollars each and every offence, one-half to go the former and the other half to the use of county in which such obstructions are fount SEC. 2. This act shall take effect on and ter its passage. Approved March 13, 1872. AN ACT for the Protection and Preservatlot Useful Animals. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate t House of Representatives of the State South Carolina, now met and silting in G> eral Assembly, and by the authority of t same: j That it shall not be lawful for any person this State to kill any deer, or worry them w dogs or otherwise, with the Intention of > stroylng them, between the first day of Jai ary and the flrst day of December, In any yt hereafter. SEO. 2. That any person violating the fo going provisions of this act, shall, upon ci vlctlon thereof, be fined not less than twei dollars, or be Imprisoned not less than twee days, which flee, li I mposed, shall be recov able before any court of competent juried tlon; one half thereof shall go to the inform' and the other half thereof to the achool fu ortho said county. SEO. 3. That any person In whose poBS< sion recently killed venison or fresh dc skins shall be lound, between the dates abo mentioned, shall be liable to the same pena' as those violating section 2 of this act. SEO. 4. That lt shall not be lawful for a person, In this State, between the 15th day February and ihe 15th day of October, in a year hereafter, to catch, kill, or Injure, or pursue with such intent, or to sell or expo for sale any wild turkey, partridge, dov woodcock, snipe or pheasant; and any persi found guilty thereof shall be fined not le than ten dollars, or be Imprisoned not le than ten days, which fine, lt imposed, shall j one-half thereof to the informer, and tl other half to the school fund of the count where the offence was committed. SEC. 5. That lt shall not be lawful for ai person la this State to wantonly shoot or e: trap, for the purpose of kl iii og. or in any othi manner destroy, any bird whose principal foe ls Insects, or rake or destroy the et a or your of any of the species or varieties of birds thi are protected by the provisions of this ac comprising all the species and varieties i birds represented by the several families < swallows, bats, whip-poor-wills, fly-catcher thrashers, warblers, finches, larks, orloles,nu batchers, wood-peckers.humming-birds,mod log birds, blue birds, red birds and robins, an and all other species and varieties of land blrdi whether great or small, of every descriptor regarded as harmless in their habits, and who? flesh is unlit for food, including the turk'ej buzzard, but excluding the jackdaw, the crow the crow blackbird, the eagle, and aU hawk and owls, which prey upon other birds; am any person violating the provisions of tbt section shall, on conviction thereof, forfel and pay a fine often dollars, or be imprisonei not less than ten days, which floe, it Imposed shall go, one-half to tbe Infermer, and tnt other half to the school fund of the county ii which the offence was committed: Provided That no person shall be prevented from pro tectiDg any crop of fruit or grain on his owi lands from the depredations ot any birds here in intended to be protected. SEC. 6. Whenever a person shall have made or created an artificial pond on his own land, and shall put therein any fish, or the eggs ol any fish or oyster, for the purpose of breeding and cultivating fish or oysters, and shall give notice thereof, by written or printed handbills, put up In public places near said pond; and any person who shall thereafter eoter In or about such pond for the purpose ot fishing, or shall catch, or take away any fish or oysters therefrom, or shall be guilty of committing any trespass upon any artificial flah pond by fishing in the same, or in any manner using any measa to destroy the Ash or oysters raised or collected in such pond, or by breaklDg the dam or dams for the purpose of permitting the fish or oysters to escape, or by poisoning the same, or In any manner destroying] or Injuring the same; and any such person orfpersons, upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of a mis? demeanor, and shall be subject to a fine ol not lees than twenty dollars nor more than ont) iiuuureu uui.uio. vi us impiLiuuvu w. un discretion ot the court; which flceT ff lu posed, shall go, one-half thereof to (he li former, and the other half thereof to the pei son or persona whose property shall hav been Injured: Provided, that Bot biog In tiri section shall be construed as applying to pond used as water-power for manufacturing pw poses. SEC. 7. That lt shall not be lawful for an; person In this State, after the .flrst day o April, (1872) to take any trout from (ft streams thereof, by impregnating the water with poisonous or deleterious substances; ant any person violating this provision shall upon conviction thereof, be fined ten dol?an for every such offence, or be imprisoned no lees tban ten days, which, fine. If imposed shall go, one-hall to the informer, and th? other bait to the school fund of the county ii which such offence shall have been commit ted. SEC. 8. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 12, 1872. AN ACT to Establish a Company under the name ot the Sullivan's Island Ferry Com? pany, and to Modify the Charter of the Mount Pleasant Ferry Company, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State Of South Carolina, now met and sitting In Gen? eral Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That Douglas Nisbet, John B. Conner, D. F: Fleming Henry Jones, William Gregg, 'Charlea J. Andell, W. R. Jervey, and such other persons as may become members, be, and they are hereby, declared a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Sullivan's Island Ferry Company, for the purpose' of conveying passengers and transferring goods, wares and merchandise between the City of Charleston and Sullivan's Island, l n the County ot Charleston, and between the said city and any other place or places; and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impieaded, In any court In this State,', may have a com? mon seal; may purchase, hold and convey real estate to any amount not exceeding' forty thousand dollars; and may have and enjoy all the rights, powers and privileges incident to a corporation. '* Sao. 2. That tba capital stock of said com? pany shall be thirty thousand dollars, 'With a palvilege ol increasing the same, from time to time, to-any amount not exceeding one hun? dred thousand dollars. And every member of the said company shall be Individually liable for all debts contracted daring the time ire or she Shall be a member or shareholder In the said company to the extent of the par value of bis or her shares in the same, find shall be an? swerable in any action at law therefor against bim or her, notwithstanding the non-joinder of the other shareholders or amy of them,, at any time after the return of nulla bona may have been made by the sheriff of Charleston County, upon any execution issued against the said company. But nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive any of the share? holders of any equitable rights against the creditors or the other shareholders of the said company. . SBC. 3. That the first meeting of the said corporation may be called by the persons, or a I majority of them, named In this act, at such I time and place as they may think flt, after due public notice thereof. And at said meet? ing, or any subsequent meeting, said corpora? tion may make, alter, amend or repeal such by-laws and regulations for the organi? zation of the same, and the management of the business thereof, as a majority of the stockholders may direct: Provided, The same be not inconsistent with, or repugnant to, the Constitution and laws of th is State, or the United States. SEC. 4. That this act shall be taken and deemed a public act; shall be and continue of force tor the term of fourteen years. SEC. 5. That the several acts of December 20, 1856, and of December 21, 1865, relating to the charter of the Mount Pleasant Ferry Com pa ny, be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and all acts and parts of ants Inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Approved March 13, 1872. AN ACT Legalizing Certain Marriages, and for other Purposes therein mentioned. SECTION 1. Be lt enacted by the Senate and House ot Representatives of the State of South, Carolina, now met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same: That all persons in the State of South Caro? lina who, previous to their actual emancipa? tion, had undertaken and agreed to occupy the relation to each other of husband and wife* and are cohabiting as such, or in any way re? cognizing the relation as still existing at the time of the passage of this act, whether the rites of marriage have been celebrated or not, shall be deemed husband and wife, and be en? titled to all the rights and privileges, and be subject to all the duties and obligations of that relation, In like manner as If they had been duly married according to law. SEC. 2. And all of their children shall be deemed legitimate, whether born before or after the passage of this act; and, when the parties have ceased to cohabit before the pas? sage of this act, In consequence of the death of the woman, or from other cause, all ot the children of the woman recognized by the man to be his shall be deemed legitimate: Pro-* vlded, however, That no provision of this act shall be deemed to extend io persons who have agreed to live In concubinage after their emancipation. SEC. 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Approved March 12, 1872. AN ACT to Prevent Certain Officers from Bay? ing, Discounting or Shaving Teachers' Pay Ce r ti neates, or other Orders on School Funda* or Jurors' Certificates. SECTION l. Be lt enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatlves of tne State of South Carolina, now met and sitting In General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same: That lt ls hereby declared to be unlawful for any county treasurer, county auditor, coun? ty school commissioner, or echool trustee, to buy, discount, or shave, directly or Indirectly,, or be in any way interested in any teachers pay certificate, or other order on echo ol funds? or jurors' certificates. SEC. 2. That if any of the officers aforesaid shall violate the provisions ot Section 1 of this act, he shaU be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction there? of, shall pay a fine ot not less than Ave hun? dred (600) dollars, nor more than two thou? sand (2000) dollars, to be used for school pur? poses In hts county, and shall be Imprisoned at the discretion of the court, or either, or both. 8BC. 3. That this act shall take eflVct frota its passage: Approved March 12,1872.