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
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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.