The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, April 18, 1872, Image 1
VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883.
CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872.
EIGHT DOLLARS A
THE KU-KLUX CASES.
AWAITING THE DECISION OF THE
SUPREME COURT.
Probable Difference of the Court upon
the Question of Jurisdiction-A. De?
cision Expected next Monday.
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.]
WASHINGTON, April 17.
Concerning tbe decision ot tbe Supreme
Court in tbe case of T. Jefferson Greer, lt ls
uncertain when lt will be given- The question
. of the Jurisdiction of the Circuit Court ls re?
garded on all hands, in high legal circles, as a
very close one, so much so as to baffle ail haz
ard as to what the decision of the court will be
. It ls not improbable that the court may divide
upon it. Mondays are the days upon which
decidions are generally rendered, and possibly
th? court may be ready on next Monday to
give its ruling on the jurisdiction question.
In case of a decision favorable to the petition
tte court will then have to meet the other
qv.eitlon. _ _ PALMETTO.
THE FIRST FIZZLE.
Failure of tbe Jury to Agree in the
.Tarder Case-A New Trial Olde red
i Another Charge of Murder Abandoned
by the Government.
At the hour of assembling of the United
States Circuit Court yesterday morning', the
jury in the case ol William Smith and Leander
Spencer, who had been out since 9.20 the pre?
vious evening, had not yet returned, and a
long interval ot walting for the verdict re?
sulted. Neither of the judges were present,
and tbe court was at a stand-still, until at ll
o'clock Judge Bryan took his seat upon the
bench, and announced that he was prepared
to hear an." motions that the gentlemen at the
bar might desire to make in either the Dis*
ti let or Circuit Court.
Major G. Lamb Buis^ as counsel for Mr.
John Rodgers, of Union County, Bald that he
had a motion to make for a continuance of the
case of his client until the next term of court.
The indictment, be said, contained three
-counts charging conspiracy and murder, and
bad only just been furnished to the defendant.
He read an affidavit by Mr. Rodgers, In which
he deposed that he could not safely go to
trial in the absence of Miss Ida Gist, who was
a material witness for the defence; that she
had been a guest at his house at the time of
the first raid OB Union jail, and could prove
.that he was io the house during that raid; that
the affidavit was not made for the purpose of
deUy, but because the testimony of the wit
ness was material to the defence, and that the
point could not be proved by any other com
pe"**nt witness. Major Buist stated that the
defendant was under $10,000 ball, with good
securities, for his appearance whenever .rant?
ed by the court; he had written to the witness
and done all in bis power to secure her pres
.ence, but she was in Arkansas, not within the
Jurisdiction of the court, and had been detain?
ed away from the State by the serious illness
ot her father. If they bad had the indictment
six months before they would have been pre?
pared, but the Indictment bad only been fur?
nished to them on Saturday night.
Mr. Corbin replied, with more than his usual
petulance, that the application was an extra?
ordinary one. The defendant said he could
not go to trial without this witness, but had
not Invoked the process of the court ta get
her here, and had not shown any diligence at
ai'. The witness did not amount to anything
.anyway, and the government would admit
that ber statement as contained In the affida?
vit was all true. The defence might have the
full benefit of that. The government pro?
posed to discontinue the charge of murder
anyway.
Major Buist said that he had never known a
case where more substantial grounds bad
been presented for asking the indulgence of
the court. The point ar issue was of the ut?
most importance as to the cbarge of murder,
and the defence could not have known that
that charge-the most serious charge In the
Indictment-was going tobe suddenly aban?
doned by the prosecution. The witness that
VSej desired would, however, be important to
them In their defence upon the other charges,
as she could prove that the witnesses lor the
government bad perjured themselves In the
affidavits they had made.
Judge Bond, (who bad by this time arrived
In court,) asked the district attorney when the
Indictment had been found.
Mr. Corbin replied that it had been lound at
the November term of the court.
Judge Bryan remarked that the affidavit did
not state that the witness would have been
useful to the d?tendant upon any other than
the charge ol murder. If it had stated that
her testimony was essential to the defence
upon the other charges, to contradict the wit?
nesses for tbe prosecution or to neutralize
their testimony, he should have decided that
lt was a case demanding the exercise of the
discretion of the court in granting the indul?
gence asked for.
Major Buist said that they bad had no inti?
mation that the murder charge was to be with?
drawn, and bad drawn their affidavit to apply
to that charge. They could, however, pre?
pare another affidavit, embodying the facts
.that he had stated to the court
The district attorney again objected, how?
ever, and after some further argument, Judge
Bond decided that the case must come te trial
on Monday next.
Mr. Corbin tnen called up the cases of Gor?
ton MOBS and Adolphus Smith. He said that
tSeee defendants had been Indicted for murder,
but that subsequent Investigation had satisfied
the government that there was a great proba?
bility that the charges were not true. He
then moved that the defendant be released on
their own recognizance ia one thousand dol?
lars eaob, which was accordingly ordered.
George Sylvester Wright and John C. Robln
flon were next arraigned, and pleaded guilty
to an Indictment for conspiracy against Har?
dy Cook, In York County, March 7,1871.
The case of Elijah Ross Sapaugh, of York
County, indicted at the last term of the court
for conspiracy against Thomas Roundtree, and
murder, was called, and John F. Ficken, Esq.,
assigned to the defence of the prisoner.
Upon the application of Mr. Ficken, the case
was set down for trial to-morrow.
At half-past three o'clock, the Jury in the
case of William Smith and Leander Spencer
not having returned, they were sent for by
Judge Bond and questioned as to the proba?
bility of their agreeing upon a verdict. The
foreman replied that they stood nine for and
three against conviction on the murder count
Of the Indictment, aud that it was evident that
tbey could not agree upon a verdict. Judge
Bond then ordered that the jury be discharged
and the prisoners remanded to the custody of
the marchai for a new trial.
It ia understood that the Jury, when they re?
tired at twenty minutes past nine o'clock on
^Tuesday evening, stood eight In favor of the
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conviction of both prisoners on all the charges,
one In favor of the conviction of William
Smith on the murder charge, but In favor of |
the acquittal of Leander Spencer on that
charge, and three in favor of the acquittal ot
both prisoners on the charge of murder. They
?ll agreed that the charge of conspiracy bad
been made out, and after considerable debate
Lae one man who had held out In favor ol
Spencer gave in, and the jury then stood nine
to three upon the murder charge as to both
prisoners. Nine of the Jury persistently declar
sd the guilt ot the prisoners on both charges,
ind the other three as strenuously in?
sisted that no charge of murder had been
proven against them, and thus they stood
luring the eighteen long hour? that they were
?epl confined. The jury had no place to sleep
>n Tuesday night, except the hard floor or the
till harder chairs of the jury-room, which had
>een recently plastered, and was cold and
?heerless, and they got nothing to eat frem
he time they had taken dinner on Tuesday
tntil eleven o'clock yesterday morning, when
it the solicitation of Marshal Wallace the
Fudge allowed them to be taken to the Mills
louse and furnished with a comfortable break
ast; but nothing could shake the determiua
lon of the three men who believed in the in
locence of the accused, and if the government
ixpectB In future to rush these cases through
o conviction upon such evidence as ihey nave
lefore depended upon in Columbia an^.
Charleston, they will tiave to And a more cotu
ilaisant jury than the present one.
ARRIFAL OF PRISONERS.
Deputy United States Marshal W. H. Mounce
rrived In Charleston lasL evening, having lu
harge fourteen prisoners from Spartanburg
'ounty and nineteen witnesses. Of the pris?
ners thirteen are white and one is a colored
ian. Their names are as follows : J. H.
'bapman, James Hill, B. D. Hunter, James E.
:imbail, J. G. Kimball, Columbus Matthews,
ohn Matthews, Calvin Moore, George Plnck
ey, B. C. Pope, Benjamin Strlckley, Barnett
.uesell and Ellas Burnett, white, and Jerry
[cCarther, colored.
THE KU-KLUX IN COLUMPIA.
Ixamlnatlon Before the Commissioner.
[From the Columbia Union, of yesterday.]
The following named parties from Clinton,
aurenB County, were brought before Mr.
bmmlssloner Boozer yesterday afternoon, at
mr P. M., for charges and violations of the
iforcement law and murder, Messrs. Simp
>n & Jaeger counsel for the prisoners, and S.
. H?ge. Esq., for the government, viz: A??
ralo Mark, Wm. Johnson, Dr. John T. Craig,
imeon Pierson, Buford Meadows, J. A.
rompton. Bush B. Blakeley, Samuel West,
obert Williams, Henry Suber, Isaac Adair,
eorge H. Davidson, J. A. Fritz, Samuel Oll?
ar and M. Buford. Osborne Bishop was sick
i jail and did not appear.
Some conversation between counsel and the
>mmis8ioner, as to whether the other parties
?ought up for a hearing and to which the
istimony relating to the cases selected from
linton did not refer, should not be sent back
> Jail to await examination. It was Anally
-dered to proceed, and S. L. H?ge, counsel
r the prosecution, called the witnesses.
The first called was John Ferguson, who
vore that he lived at Clinton at the time
ie armed bodies of men came there In Octo
W, 1870; thal on Thursday morning alter the
ectlon they came there and captured the
ins; Clinton was full of them; the roads
ere blockaded and they allowed they would
ll the last mau they could catch. The wit
?ss, when asked lt he could recognize any
ie, pointed out Mark as one of the parties,
id pointed out Dr. Craig as another ol the
ir tl es who he heard say on that day thal
ey would kill all, &c. or make them vote
ie Democratic ticket. This witnesses also
ated that Elihu Young was there and partlci
iting In the proceedings; this witness also
entitled the parties arraigned with the excep
>n of Fritz. Witness heard Young and Mark
y they had killed Sam Mahoy; was present
hen they killed him; the witness here named
.er the'parties (the same as before named)
being the ones who shot down his cousin;
c or seven shots were fired, shooting bim
iwn, and then there were several shots tired
ter be was shot down; witness, with three
hers, were dodging about trying to keep out
the way; the shooting was done in the pub
: highway; the parties were horseback and
ere not disguised; while he was hld he saw
em shoot his house full of holes; he secretly
sited the body ot his cousin as lt lay in the
g road; lt was shot full of boles.
[Here counsel for the prisoners claimed
at the witnesses should be sent out during
e giving of testimony; after some debate the
mmissioner so ordered.]
Witness resumed; stated that he recognized
e State arms among the party, except Mark,
>intlng to him and another man. Bush Blake
, pointing to him, who had Bixteeu-shooters;
id with these they shot his cousin; the body
his cousin looked as if lt had been shot
any times.
The cross-examination brought out tho fact
at when the guns were captured he was
creted close by; the guns were used for
ustering purposes every Saturday, and were
ider the control ol the colored people. The
malnder of the testimony was in-the sab?
anee ot the examination In chief. Witness
ated; "laid In the woods five weeks regular,
id by Jinks didn't know anything about it."
ltness heard the party say they got Wade
;rri n, before they killed him, out of preacher
jpe's house, at Martin's Depot.
Alter Mr. Simpson had concluded his cross
Lamination, Mr. Jaeger proposed to cross
camlne the wliuesa. Counsel for govern
ent objected, and the objections were ar
ied pro and con, when the croes-examlna
an was proceeded with. After the witness
td been sent down, the prosecution slated
at owing to an official engagement this
renlng lt would be Impossible to proceed,
id moved a continuance.
Mr. Jaeger, of the defence, raised the point
at as the prisoners had been turned over to
e care of the sheriff, and the marshals had
ade their returns-and he would say, by the
ay, they had been kindly treated generally
; could not see by what right the United
ates deputies could single out one man and
ace him in a dungeou, referring^ to the case
the prisoner MarK, who be said was a Pole,
eputy Hubbard stated that he must be placed
ere. The prosecution was not aware of any
langes. The commissioner decided that the
'isoners were under the charge ot the
cited State." marshal. The examination
as then postponed until eleven Wednesday
urning._ _ _ ??
IMPORTANT LIREL SUIT.
ST. Louis, April 17.
Stewart Robinson, of Kentucky, commenced
suit against the St. Louis Democrat to-day
r libel, In connecting his name with a report
lat he had been concerned during the war in
ie distribution in the North of clothing in
cted with contagion. Tne damages are laid
, fl. i ty thousand dollars. The publisher of ihe
emocrat states that he published the article
ider a misapprehension, and retracted lt the
3Xt day.
The Evening Po it Libel Snit.
NEW YORK, April 17.
Judge Brady to-day rendered decision in the
>el suit of Captain Sam'l Samuels against the
vening Pour, granting the motion ot the de?
nn ant that another panel of sheriffs'Jury
ian that which awarded damages make the
i8e83tnent, but the postponement of the as
issment until Mr. Bryant's return from Mexi
> was denied. _
JOTTINGS A ROUT THE STATE.
-A young ladies' sewing society, for the
.jneflt of destitute and orphan children, has
?en organized In Barn Well.
-Bishop Pierce, of Georgia, preached In
ie Marlon Baptist Church last Tuesday even
'g
-The Methodist District Coherence, of
rangeburg District, met in the Methodist
hurch lu Orangeburg, last Thursday, and
sntlnued until Sunday.
THE POPULAR REYOLT.
PROGRESS OPTETE CINCINNATI MOVE
MENT.
The Northwest Clamoring for a Change j
-Michigan Joins Illinois-The Situa
tlon In Pennsylvania.
[Washington Correspondence of the K. T. World.]
WASHINGTON, April 14.
The discussion of the great Liberal Reform
demonstration in New York on Friday night
has absorbed all else of political Interest In
Washington yesterday and to-day. The re?
sult in administration quarters is most
marked. Officials can now be found who use
other language than that of contempt for the
Cincinnati Convention. Not only the num
bers of that mass meeting, but the names of
hundreds of leadloe Republicans, many of
whom were beretolore supposed to be friend
ly to Grant, excite the surprise of these offi?
cials, and they begin to think that their ten
ure of office Is not so secure as they had
imagined.
Discouraging news for the administration is
also at hand from the West. The Republican
State committee of Illinois are breaking up
and going to Cincinnati. The chairman "hos
already written a letter to that effect.
Governor Blair, of Michigan, a prominent
Republican member of Congress, returned
here tc-day from a visit to his State, and says
that Michigan will send a full delegation to Cin?
cinnati. Governor Blair will also attend. The
anti-Grant feeling in that quarter is very cen
eral among Republicans. Heretoiore Blair
bas not been as outspoken as Republicans
like Trumbull and Schurz, but he makes no
reservation now. Wherever he went in the
Northwest he found the people clamoring for
i change, and esoecially bitter against the
reckless extravagance of the administration.
The Grant men ure doing their best to keep
ip their courage. But even the most enthu?
siastic anton? them admit that the signs of the
i mes are not auspicious. Their chief hope
low seems to be that after the nomination is
nade at Philadelphia large numbers of the
llssatlsfled will fall Into line and support the
.egular ticket. Otherwise they concede that
leieat is inevitable.
Colonel A. K. McClure, of Pennsylvania, ar
ived this morning, and alter consulting with
i number of leading Republican senators and
nembers returned to Philadelphia this eve?
ling. It is understood that the immediate ob?
ed of his visit was to arrange certain matters
vith reference to the Cincinnati Convention.
Ie has great faith in the results which he
hinks are certain to follow the meeting of
hat body. In bis judgment it is the conven
lon which will nominate the next President of
he United States. All that is required ls good
nanagement and moderation on tbe part of
he Democrats and Independent Republicans,
md the fate of tbe present military ring ls
ealed.
With regard to the condition of affairs ia
'ennsylvania, McClure says there is not the
lightest chance for Harlrauit, the Grant ring
andidate for Governor, being elected. Seve
al leading members of the Harrisburg Con
eutloa, he says, were no disgusted at tbe
tanner in whlcu the office-holders managed
flairs that they anuounced their determlna
lon to go home and defeat the entire ticket,
o bitter is the fight among those who attend
d the convention that the independent reform
iepubllcans, who refused in advance to have
nvthlng to do with lt because they knew what
se result would be, bave not thought it neces
iry as yet to give definite shape to their
pposlllon. McClure thinks the present lndica
ons are that Hartrault will either be wltb
rawa or defeated by the regular Republicans,
[e Bays that at a proper time some action will
e taken by those who oppose the ring to
ring an Independent candidate into the field,
rho will secure the support ot all good men
'bo favor good government and honest
dminlstrallon ol' the affairs ol the State, with?
in regard to party names or ties.
A TIMELY WARNING.
The Democracy Still an Immense
Power.
[From the New York Journal of Commerce.]
The Democratic party is In a very quiet state.
Fhat lt will do remains lo be seen. We warn
ll who are interested, however, that the day
long past when a few men can promise any
ilng for that party. We have seen the day
hen ten men could be named whose assur
ace ol' Democratic action would be a gu?ran?
le of the course of the party. Not so now.
hose were times when the party was In
ower, when its discipline was perfect
hen the leaders were trusted and lol -
iwed. Now there are no leaders, but
tere is an Immense party, unshaken by ad
erslty, although acting like a mob, and de
oid ol' ordinary common sense. A few hun
red votes changed would have given them
ew Hampshire and Connecticut, and will
ive them Pennsylvania and New York. Un
er such circumstances, if ihe Cincinnati Con
ention should make a nomiaatloa in May,
listing to the insane idea that the Demo
.atic party ls demoralized and dead, and that
s poor remains will gladly Indorse their ae?
on, it 1B Just as likely as not that a large
onion of the Democratic party will go wild
ith the idea of running in a candidate be?
reen the two Republicans, and will make a
?p?rate nomination for that end. Such a
)urse would in all probability re-elect Grant;
nt as we have Bald, ibe Democratic party
ith all its power lacks common sense, and
s old leaders are powerless to control lt.
The course of the Democrats might be such
i the managers ot the Cincinnati Conven
on hope for, but it might not. If, for exam
le, that convention were to nomluate Judge
avis, who is understood to be an old protec
onlst, and a Supreme Court Judge who has
oted to revise the legal-tender decision, lt
ould be very difficult to persuade thousands
[ Democrats to support him, or prevent them
om making an independent nomination. Ic
light be accomplished, but it would be a
ery uncertain chance.
If the Cincinnati Convention is wisely man?
ged, so thai lt shall be the origin of a repre
?niative Republican convention tu meet at a
nure day, and ihe Democratic convention
e called to meet at the same time, it may be
?asible to unite the action of the two conven?
ons on one candidate and a platform of
onesty, and to sweep the country. Or if the
lncinnall Convention adjourn till alter the
leetiog of th? Democratic Convention, it ls
robable that the latter would not dare to
take a pronounced Democratic nomination,
ud would be compelled to choose such a man
a the adjourned cincinnati Convention would
adoree.
But let the Cincinnati gentlemen dismiss
om their minds the idea that the Democrats
re so weak and used up that they are ready
) follow any lead. Some old office-seekers,
eary of waiting for the day of returning
ower, may be willing to accept any terms,
owever humbling, by which they may be?
ing to the winning party, but the truth ls too
lain to be lost sight ol, that the Democracy ls
u immense power, welded together by the
lows of frequent defeats, and that thousands
fits members think thev can win without
ny outside help. Let, therefore, the Liberal
lepublicans be careful and wise, or they will
lake a miserable failure.
TBE MAIN QUESTION.
Vhere Mult the Battle of Free Trade
be Fought ?
[From the New York World.]
Of course, we do not dispute that, in the
resent conjuncture, there are some questions
rhlch outraok a strictly tariff issue. The
irlff controversy has been an active element
i our politics lor nearly fifty years; and in
ll the fluctuations of the rates of duties in
hat long period, no President in office
as ever exerted a controlling Influence
Ither for protectluu or against lt. Eveu
ohn Tyler signed the high protective
arlff of 1842, and uo other President
ver vetoed a revenue bill of any
ort or description. Tyler, to be sure, ve
oed a preceding tariff bili ; but on the
round that the particular bill was a legitda
Ive Jumble combining an appropriation bl i
nd a revenue bill la the same act, by giving
way the proceeds of the saleB of publtc laudB.
Vben Congress substituted a protective tariff
?ure and simple, he did not scruple to alga it,
I os all Presidents have signed all purely reve
j nue bills. It therefore makes no real differ
I ence on what sert of a revenue platform a
President may be elected; he is certain to ac?
cept whatever Congress chooses to enact on
this class of subjects. The free-trade battle
must, now as heretofore, be fought In the sep?
arate Congressional districts. It would be ab?
surd to miss the chance of other great reforms
in a Presidential election for the sake of
flaunting the free-trade banner In a field where
that question cannot be decided.
SOMEWHAT ALARMED.
The Washington letters and telegrams speak
of the decided effect wrought upon the admin?
istration and Its Irlends by the late New York
Liberal demonstration. It was one which took
all parties by surprise. It gave as much satis?
faction to the powerful party opposed to the
administration as It gave of pain to the admin?
istration and its friends. We copy below a
telegram to the Ballimore Sun, which ls of the
general tenor of the Washington dispatches on
this subject:
WASHINGTON-, April H.
The significance of the New York demon?
stration ot Friday evening against the re-elec?
tion of President Grant is supported by such a
formidable and eminent array of Republicans
that astonishment 19 excited instead ol ridicule
in Administration quarters. Some of the
most sanguine friends ot the Cincinnati Con?
vention hardly expected that three or four
hundred of the men foremost In the Republi?
can ranks of the State ol New York would be
found to be officers of the first mass meeting
of the Presidential .campaign In the Liberal
movement; but such ls the fact. With one or
two exceptions, all the wealthy Republicans
in New York City who subscribed liberally
four years ago lor the election of Grant are
now opposed to him, and they are determined
that nothing shall be left undone to carry the
States of New York and Pennsylvania against
him. _
POLITICAL y O TES.
-General Lew Wallace, of Indiana, it ls ru?
mored, will Join the Liberal movement,
which ls making great strides in that State.
-The Philadelphia Age (Democratic) an?
nounces that John Hickman and other lead?
ing Radicals ol Chester County have united in
a movement to repudiate the action of the
Cameron "Ring" Office-holders' Convention
and Its candidate. -Mr. Hickman is fierce In
his antagonism, and will take an open part in
the Cincinnati Convention.
-Governor Gratz Brown delivered a pow?
erful speech at the Liberal mass convention
in Topeka. Kansas, on the 10th instant. The
Chicago Times think lt is one of the most pro?
nounced utterances ld favor of the prompt In?
auguration of the Presidential campaign at
Cincinnati on the flrst day of May, which has
yet appeared.
-s-The Great Republic, a Democratic week?
ly, published in Philadelphia, declares that "lt
ls manifestly the duly ot all Democrats to bury
party feeling and differences, at least for the
present, and join issue with the Liberal Re?
publicans, in order to defeat the common
jnemy, the Radicals.'' The Great Republic
lies the names of Charles Francis Adams for
President and Jacob D. Cox lor vice-President
tt the head of its columns.
NEWS FROM THE OLD WORLD.
PARIS, April 17.
Tne authorities of Bayonne, capital of the
Department of Basses-Pyrenees, which ad
ol ns the Spanish border, nave seized a quan?
by of munitions of war destined for the use
)*^ie Carliste. The French Government has
ssued orders to the commanders of troops on
.he frontier to exercise extraordinary vigl
ance to prevent any movement which may be
nade on French territory In sympathy with
.he Carlisls.
The committee which was appointed to In?
quire Into the circumstances attending the
:apltulalion of French cities and fortifications
luring the late war, have finished their In?
vestigation ot tne surrender of Metz and
lubmitted their report. The couoluolons
irrlved at by the committee have not been
nade public, and lt is stated they will be kept
secret for some time. The committee have
rel to examine into the facts connected with
line capitulations, Including that of the City of j
Pans.
The trials of persons charged with partlcl
>allng In the Communists' revolt continue to
je held at Versailles. The court yesterday
lispcsed of the cases of a number of men, two
>f whom were sentenced to death and two to
mprhf?nment lor life.
LONDON, April 17.
The vote In the li ouse of Commons yester
lay on the resolution relative to local taxa
.lon resulted in a defeat of the government by
me hundred majority.
The arbitration upon the Alabama claims 1B
it a complete stand still until a reply to the
2 u gil sh protest is received from Wasnington.
A BUST DAY IN CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, April 17.
In the Senate to-day the petition of the
lepubllcan members of the Mississippi Legis
attire for the passage of the supplement?r|
ivil rights bill was presented. The bill ap
iropriatlng fifty thousand dollars for the
ibservatioo ol' the transit of Venus In 1871,
.nd the bill amending the enforcement act,
?as8ed. The latter provides that if by the
xlsting laws of any State the elections com
nencing on the Tuesday uext alter the first
londay In November, 1872, for the purpose of |
hosing Presidential electors, be required to
ie continued (or more than one day, then said
lection shall be continued the number of |
lays required by the laws of such States.
In the House the Military Academy approprl
.tion bill passed. A bill to reduce, the force
mployed in the collection ol'Internal revenue
vas Introduced. The bill to carry out the
irovlsion8 of the treaty of Washington waB
>o;aponed for lour weeks.
John Moulton ls nominated for postmaster
,t Mobile. _
GOVERNOR CALDWELL RENOMINATED | j
RALKIGH, N. C., April 17.
The Republican 8tate Convention met here
o-day. James H. Harris, colored, was elected
emporary chairman, and Sam'l F. Phillips
lermanent chairman. The represeniation ls
arge. Governor F. R. Caldwell was renoml
taied by a vote of flTty-elght against twenty
ilght lor Judge Settle, fourteen for General
Mckory a.'d seven for Judg? Loan. After his
lomlnation. Governor Caldwell came forward
ind accepted I lie nomination in a speech of
me hour's lengtn. The other nominations
vere deferred uutil t j-morrow morning. The
esolutions adopted endorse Grant and the
idmlnlstrailon of Governor Caldwell, declare
br general amnesty, and take a wide range
n behair of education. The contest to-mor
ow for other State officers will be exciting,
?esolntlons asking the United States Congress
o seat General Abbott were offered by B. C.
iadgy.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
-Father Savazzl. an eminent Italian priest,
?rived in New York yesterday.
-McKeau Buchanan, the tragedian, died
resterday lu Denver, Colorado, of apoplexy.
-Thirteen printers were arreBteu in Toron
;o yesterday lor a conspiracy to prevent others
rom working.
-The Virginia Radical 8tate Convention
net yesterday at Richmond and elected Dr.
D. M. Horton, colored, temporary chairman.
-N. H. Beldon, the actor, better known by
ils stage name of N. B. Clarke, was burled
yesterday in New York with Masonic bunora.
-Ten unidentified bodies of the victims of
:he Oceanus disaster were burled yesterday at
3airo, Illinois.
Hon. E. G. Cabanlss, a prominent citizen
)f Atlanta, formerly chairman ol the Demo
;ratlc executive committee ol Georgia, died
Ce6terday.
-Th? Naiional Sunday School Convention
issembied yesterday at Indlanopolia. George
i. Poliz, of Philadelphia, presided, and a
arge number of delegates were in attend?
ing. t - rn? i ?_
SOUTHERN CROSS BROTHERHOOD.-A new or
3er under the above name has been started in
Richmond, Va., where Lee Camp No. 1 has been
lormed. Tne Dispatch speaks of the order as
one which will soon extend over the State.
The broiherhood ls composed exclusively of
BX-Confederate soldiers who did not desert
during i he war and have not since, lt ls non?
political and purely beneflolal.
SOBBING THE INSANE.
THE STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM. TO BE
SACRIFICED.
The Money In the State Treasury to
Support the State Institutions-The
Inmates to be Returned to their
Homes.
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB NEWS.]
COLUMBIA, April 17.
A fresh proof of the utter disregard of the
Radical financial managers ls furnished by the
ract that owing to the failure of tbe State
treasury to pay any of the appropriation for
the Lunatic Asylum. Dr. Ensor, the superin?
tendent of that Institution, bas been com?
pelled to write to the probate judges of the
several counties that If the Stale authorities
do not do something to sustain the institution
before the first proximo, it will have to be
closed and tbe patients taken ID charge by
their respective counties. The credit of the
Institution Is exhausted, and the superinten?
dent has borrowed on private account till he
can do so no longer, as the merchants of Co
lumbla cannot carry lt on their shoulders.
The State Medical Association.
The medical association adjourned to meet
in Charleston on the second Tuesday ol April,
1873. Dr. J. F. Darby, of Columbia, was elect?
ed president; T. Grange Simons, ol Charles
ton, was re-elected recording secretary; Dr. S,
Ban ich, ot Camden, corresponding secretary,
and Dr. J. L. Parker, of Charleston, treasurer.
Addresses were delivered by the outgoing and
Incoming officers, and discussions and practi
cal d?monstrations occupied the day in au IQ.
terestlng manner. Eight delegates were
elected to the American Medical Association.
__ SALUDA.
SENATOR SUMNER TO TBE COLORED
CONVENTION.
Senator Sumner has written the following
letter to Professor Langston, of Washington,
at his request, a delegate to the New Or?
leans colored convention. It ls dated 7th
instant:
Hy Bear Sir-In reply to your Inquiry I
make haste to say that, In my Judgment, the
colored convention should think more of
principles than of men, except so far as men
may stand for principles. Above all, let them
insist on the rights of their own much abused
and Insulted people.
It is absurd for any one to say that he "ac?
cepts the situation,'' and then deny the equal
rights of the colored man. If the "situation"
is accepted in good faith, lt must be entirely,
including not merely th? abolition of slavery
and ihe establishment of equal suffrage, but
also all those other rights which are still de?
nied or abridged. There must be complete
equality before the law, so that In all Institu?
tions, agencies or conveniences created or
regulated by law there can be no discrimina?
tion on account of color, but a black man
shall oe treated as a white man.
In maintaining their rights it will be pro?
per for the convention to Invoke the Declara?
tion of Independence, so (hat its principles
and promises shall become a living reality,
never to be questioned In any way, but recog?
nized always as a ?tilde of conduct, and a
governing rule In the Interpretation of the
national constitution, being ID the nature ot a
bill of rights preceding the constitution.
It ls not enough to proclaim liberty through?
out the land unto all the Inhabitants thereof.
Equality must be proclaimed also. And since
both are promised by the great declaration,
which ls a national act, and as from their
nature they should be uniform throughout the
country, both must be placed under the guard
ot national law. There can be but one liberty
and one equality, the same In Boston and
New Urleaus-me" name everywhere Lbruu{jh
out the country.
The colored people are not ungenerous, and,
therefore, will Incline to any measures of
good-will and reconciliation; but I trust DO
excess of benevolence will make them consent
to any postponement of those equal rights
which are now denied. The disabilities of
colored people, loyal and long suffering, should
be removed before the disabilities of former
rebels, or, at least, the two removals should
go hand ln-hand.
It only remains that I should say: Stand
firm ! The politicians will then know that you
are In earnest, and will no longer be trifled
with. Victory will follow soon, and the good
cause be secure forever !
TBE M ET Ail RE RACES.
NEW ORLEANS, April 17.
There was an excellent attendance at the
races to-day, including a large number of
ladles. The weather was clear and warm, and
the track was in excellent condition. The
bat race, a dash of two miles lor all ages for
i purse of ?10Q0, was WOD by Saucebox la 3.41,
Nathan, Oak, Pilgrim, Arizona, Barney Wil?
liams and Magura coming la the order named.
3aucebox was the favorite against the field,
md won by half a length. The second race
was mlle heats for all ages for a purse of $2000,
ind was won by Malacchl in 5.43| and 6.441.
Each heat was won by two lengths. The fol
owing ls the summary: Malacca!, 1.1; Madame
Dudley, 2.2: Wanderer, 4.3; Conductor, 3, dis?
tanced; Nannie Douglass, distanced; Tom
Dorbltt, distanced; Glenrose, distanced.
PALAVER FROM TBE PRESIDENT.
WASHIXOTON, April 17.
The members of the annual Baltimore Con
[erence of the African Methodist Episcopal
?burch visited the President to-day. lu re?
sponding to their address, ihe President said
that no one except themselves could be more
^ratified than he was that four millions of per?
sons, who had beea held lu bondage and dis?
posed of as chattels, were now free to think
for themselves and worship God as they
thought proper, aud that civil rights for all
were fast becoming recognized throughout the
land. It might be some little time before they
enjoyed all the rights which belong to citizens,
out that day ls surely coming, and he hoped It
might come speedily. In conclusion he ihank
?d them tor this call and for the expression of
their good will._
TBE WEATHER IBIS DAY.
WASHIXOTON. April 17.
The barometer will continue falling in the
South Atlantic and Middle States to-night,
with threatening weather, southerly winds
and rain on Thursday. The lowest barometer
will move northeast over Indiana and Ken?
tucky, with raia and brisk southerly winds.
Cloudy weather for New England and west?
ward to Lake Michigan. Cautionary signals
ordered for Chicago, Mllwaukle and Graod
Haven.
Yesterday's Weather Reports or th?
Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. M.,
Local Time.
Place or
Observation.
Angusta, Qa....
Baltimore.
Boston.
Charleston.
Chicago.
Cincinnati.
Galveston, Tex..
Key West.
Knoxville, Tenn.
Mernpiila, Tenn.
Mt. Washington.
New Orleans...
New YorK.
Norfolk.
Philadelphia....
Portland, Me...
Savannah.
washington ...
Wllmlngton.N.C
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NOTE.-The weather report dated 7.47 o'clock,
thia morning, will be posted In the rooms or the
Chamber of commerce at 10 o'oiock A. M., and,
together with the weather ohart, may <by tr"e
courtesy of the Chamber) be examined by syp.
masters ftt any time during the day.
THE MISSING EARL OF ABERDEEN.
A Claimant to the Title Tarns TJp in the
Sheriff's Hands-He ls Arrested on th
Complaint of Jay- Gould-The Litiga
tlon for the Estates Before the Eng
lish Honse of Lords.
The remarkable history o? the Aberdeen
family-a history not without pathos in lt
bas again been the object of much public at
tentlon in England; and the arrest in New
York on Tuesday of a George Gordon, who
declares that he is the missing Earl, makes
worth while to briefly recount the principal
facts connected with the later years of this un
fortunate tamily. The case was opened some
thing more than a fortnight ago before the
House of Lords by Sir Bounden Palmer, and
Is precisely this : The fourth Earl of Aberdeen
died In 1860, and was succeeded by his eldest
Bon, who survived him but four years. This
fifth Earl had three sons. Of these, ol course
the eldest came to the title on his father's
death In 1864, and on the 25th ef July took his
seat as Viscount Gordon In the House of
Lords. The second son shot himself at Cam
bridge while In training for the University
boat race. The third son, John Campbell
now claims to be summoned to the House of
Lords In right of the English peerage belong?
ing to the family, having already succeeded to
the title and estates in Scotland. To do this
as Slr Roundell Palmer observes, he has onlv
to prove that his eldest brother, sixth Earl of
Aberdeen, ls dead, and that he has left no
issue.
The people of i his country have often been
made acquainted with the romantic character
which the case assumes Just here. The facts
real or Imaginary, have often been related
that the Earl, whose existence is questioned
left England in 1866 and has never returned
that he adopted the very strange course of die
carding his title and engaging himself
UNDER TUE NAME OF GEORGE OSBORNE
EIS a sailor, which life he followed for four
years: that on or about the 27th of January
1870, being at the time first mate of the ship
Bera, of Boston, on a voyage to Austrailla, he
was washed overboard and lost in a storm
Now lt remained to be proved, of oourse, that
George Osborne was the real earl, th"' he was
drowned at sea. and that he lett Lu Issue
This has already been done to the satisfaction
of the tribunal in Scotland. From the docu
mente connected with the decision the Lon
ion Times takes the materials tor the follow
ng story, which lt prints In its issue of
March 26 :
The difficulty of the case is constituted by
ts antecedent improbability. That a peer of
he realm, well gifted in all respects, and
inder no known temptation to such proceed
ngs, should ship himself as a common sailor
>n board a foreign merchant vessel, and pur
lue by choice a life so hard and toilsome, ls
ndeed a thing almost incredible: but lt does
ippear that be had a strong natural predilection
or the sea, that he had misgivings about his
onstltntional strength, which he thought
rould be Improved by a seafaring life, and
bat be had, besides, a desire to associate with
he laboring classes on terms of equality, that
ie might understand their habits and opinions,
'hat much, at any rate, ls alleged towards the
stablisbment of some adequate motive for
onduct so surprising, but there ls also posl
ive evidence bearing on the facts affirmed,
t happens that although the earl thus
eparated himself from his country and
rlends he never ceased to correspond
vlth his mother. From the 8th of April, 1866,
o the 24th of April, 1867, he wrote to her at
ntervals in such a way as to keep ber gene
ally informed of his proceedings without
living any direct clue to his position. He
Igneo himself simply "George," and though
ie gave circumstantial descriptions of scenes
.od" transactions, he invariably omitted the
tames of persons and ships. But, as the la
ldents ot George Osborne's life can be com?
pared with the Incidents thus related by the
Sari to his mother about his own life, one
aethod of Identification was here supplied.
u ihc ucjct pine?, photographs of tho Earl
aken In this country were identified by many
fitnesses In America as portraits ol Osborne,
rhlle photographs ol Osborne taken in Ameri
a were recognized by Lady Aberdeen as por
ralts of ber son. The handwriting, again, of
leorge Osborne, as shown In a large number
f documents, either bearing his signature or
.roved to have been written by him, was
ientifled by Lady Aberdeen and other com
letent witnesees as that of the Earl. Lastly,
tnporlaut "adminicles of evidence" were
urnished by articles either traced to
Osborne's possession or found among
ils effects after his death. Not long
?fore he Balled on his last voyage be
iarted with a rifle which an Edinburgh gun
mlth Identified as one he had made for Lord
iberdeen, and other articles of scottish make
rere also discovered. It was found, too, that
he description given of the appearance and
lablts of George Osborne corresponded with
he known characteristics, Intellectual and
ihyslcal, of the Earl himself. OD the other
wo points above mentioned, proof of course
ras comparatively easy. Eye-witnesses de
osed to the circumstance under which George
isborne was washed overboard, and, to all
ppearances, drowned; and it was never al
'ged or suggested that he bad ever been
tarried. We ought to mention that all this
vldence was procured by the Earl's own fam
y. When the correspondence of Lord Aber
een with bis mother had for some time
eased, the family became alarmed, and
t Lady Aberdeen's request, Mr. Alexander,
rho bad been chaplain and tutor lu the
imily since the year 1861, proceeded to
.inerica for the purpose of Inquiry. After
Ix months of Investigation tills gentle
?an succeeded in obtaining the requisite
lue, and gradually traced the history which
re have now related. We have already de
ctribed the simplicity of this remarkable case
o far as the point at Issue ls concerned. No?
ting, In fact, ls required but the proof ot a
eath. If the eldest son of the fifth Earl of
.berdeen died, as is here suggested, without
isue, the third sou of that peer-the present
lal mailt-ls beyond dispute or question the
Ightful possessor of the title, and, as bas also
een premised, this claim bas been allowed
fter formal procesB by the tribunal empower
d in Scotland to decide upon lt. The claim
ow preferred ls to the English peerage, and
hus the case has to be Investigated once more,
t is, indeed, considering the character of the
erson concerned, a story, as we should think,
rlthout a precedent. Men of position and
realth have before now exchanged the rou
Ine of society for a life of adventure, but only
nder conditions which are not to be found In
he present Instance. The Earl bad no Infirm?
ly or peculiarity operating socially to his dis
dvantage; he was under no Influence of dis
ppolntment, nor had he any of the tastes
ir which gratification might be sought In the
rlldnees of au unrestrained life. On the con
rary he was a man of strong character, good
itellect, great conscientiousness, and slngu
ir purity of life-ali which characteristics, be
; observed, were ascribed to George Os?
?me also by his shipmates and friends. Ac
ording to the allegations before us, the Earl
f Aberdeen indulged himself, as George
isborne, in no license except that of working
ar his bread and associating with those who
ld the same. Such, however, is the case
lready decided In Scotland and now present
d to the House of Lords, and few readers,
?e think, would be prepared to deny its pre
enslons to the character of a genuine re?
liance.
THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION.
MATAMORAS, April 17.
Reinforcements from Vera Cruz are expect
id off the mouth ot the Rio Grande to night.
;iie Revolutionists have baited in their march
m Matamoras for want of funds. The Revo
litlonisiB In the interior have divided Into
mall depredating bands. Troops have been
ent from Fort Brown, Texas, to prevent cat?
ie stealing.
GRANT'S NEW ADHERENTS.
NEW YORK, April 17.
The Grant meeting was called to order at
lignt o'clock. Wm. S. Dodge presided. A
?eries of resolutions were adopted whioh ex?
press confidence iu the patriotism and ability
)f President Grant, and asserting, that bis re?
election is a proper reward for the good ser?
vices he has done. The last one declares as
judgment of the meeting that a majority ot
the .-people desire his renomiaatlon and re
election.
A K?NAWAT 60YERN0E-.
THE FLIGHT OF BULLOCK.
A Warrant Issued tor His Arrest-Gov?
ernor Hoffman ot New Torie Hesitates,
and the Criminal ls Lost.
[Prom the Atlanta Constitution.]
The Augusta Constitutionalist contains a
brief notice of tbe fact that a warrant for Bul?
lock's arrest was out. The facts have been In
our possession for some tlmef but wlthheld for
reasons of sound policy. It ls unfortunate
that the matter bas crept Into the newspapers
at this stage of the game.
As tbe matter is out, we give the details:
The mortgage of sixty thousand dollars on
the Statehouse bought from Kimball was not
discovered until after the purchase. Kimball
secured the State by a deposit of one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars of Atlanta City
bonds In the Executive office. 1 bese bonds
were abstracted by Bullock, sent by him
North, sold by Henry Clews & Co., and the
tbe money appropriated to private uses. The
offence was "larceny after trust."
An affidavit was drawn by General Toomba
carefully conforming to the Georgia law, and
thereupon a warrant Issued for Bullock's
arrest. Governor Smith made a requisition on
Sovernor Hoffman, of New York, for Bul?
lock, through Colonel John B. Cumming, of
Macon, as the State's agent. Colonel Cum?
ming bad previously ascertained the where?
abouts of Bullock, who has been oscillating
from New York to Canada, staying principally
it Medina and Albion.
Governor Hoffman objected to the affidavit
is being defective, mentioning bis objections,
among which the chief was that in the ab
lence of Indictment the affidavit should be
rery full.
On ihe return of the papers, Governor
Smith redrew the affidavit, with tbe State
ind Federal law bet?re him, and with a special
reference to the objections of Hoffman. The
second affidavit was very full, covering three
or four pages of legal cap, and framed with ex?
ceeding particularity. The papers were Bent
again, and arrived In Albany on Saturday, two
creeks ago, Governor Hoffman being absent.
)n Monday he returned, and tho affidavit
?vas again objected to.
At this Juncture Governor Smith] lost hts
oatlence. He telegraphed to his agent to
?tate to Governor Hoffman tbat na was
low satisfied that Governor H. did not
nean to deliver up the fugitive from Justlce
:hat he was convinced he could not frame pa.
sera to meet Governor Hoffman's quibbles,
ind for the agent to withdraw the documents
and return home.
On Tuesday morning Governor Hoffman ap?
proved the requisition and issued the warrant;
that night Colonel Cumming left Albany to
execute the warrant, but the bird had flown.
Fn Bullock'*! stables was found a saddle horse
rory much Jaded and lamed, Indicating Imme?
Hate bard usage. Nothing has been beard of
lim since.
The probabilities, are very'strong tbat the
lelays over the papers were to give Bulloos:
Ime to flee. Governor Hoffman, as the case
tow stands unexplained by him, is open to
lamaglng reflection.
These are the facts of this grave matter. It
rill be a satisfactory day for Georgia when
he great chief of her Radical plunderers ls
irought back to meet the Justice so richly due
tim. _ v -_
A y OBLE NEW FORK IKaTITUTIOV.
lome for Homeless Waifs-Touching
I ne Idem?-Four lin ad red Alo th erl eas
Children Cared For.
tfew York Correspondence Missouri Republican.!
The other day I was passing Washington
quare. and noticing upon the block of beau ti?
ti l buildings owned by tbe Seaman's Fund the
Ignofthe "Foundling Hospital," I mounted
he white marble stoop, and very speedily
ound myself In the presence ot Sister Irene,
he beautiful-faced Sister of Charity who was
be first grand cause of this noble institution,
'hey nave unaer meir charge at tne present.
Ime 400 little waifs. Although lt was not the
egular visiting day, and Slater Irene said the
ables didn't look at their best as they do on a
telling "Tuesday," still I was permitted to go
ver the premises. Such a nice, jolly set of
ables you could't find anywhere else In the *
Tnlted States. Nicely and prettily dressed,
arefully washed and combed, green boots and
ronze boots on the little trot-arounds, neat
ink and blue and buff chintz frocks, white
prone or Marseilles bibs on others. Several
.ew-comers on this troubled earth were wrap?
ed lu squares of flannel. I asked particularly
bout the small Richard the Third, who had
ist come In on the occasion of a visit I made
he Sisters nearly a year ago-a strange, red,
tile ruffian of twenty-four hours' existence,
rlth four well-cut teeth to bis mouth. I pred?
icted lor him an eventful career,'evidently
egun already. Sure enough, Richard was not
estlned to gnash his teeth long la "The
'oundllng," for ihe father, a young French
ian, finding the disposition made o? his off
prlag by its unfortunate girl-mother, recon
tdered previous determinations, got properly
tarried, and applied to Sister Irene, reoover
d tbe infant and set up housekeeping with it,
ad, as the fairy tales ead, has lived happy
ver since. A feature of this Foundling Asy
am ls the shelter lt affords to the mother. In
very case, wheo they can, the mother ls res
ued with the child. If she ls physically able,
be nurses another babe with her own, ana
lus pays her board; but If she ls delicate and
nable to nurse any other child but her own,
oe sews and minds the growing children.
It was only the night bet?re I was there,
lat the sinter sat on watch in the hall. Twelve
'clock had sounded, and the quiet ol the street
ras unbroken. The lamps la the Washington
arade ground, opposite the asylum, winked
t the stars la the wintry sky, when up the
Heps, with ob, such a heavy heart, sinking
) wer and lower as she entered the door, came
weary, betrayed, miserable woman, bearing
s she supposed, for the last time on earthy the
ttle form which If lt was her shame was also
ne only bit of human love her wretched life
ad leit. Without home or friends, she bad
eterraine d her child at least should be rescued
rom the pangs she was even then suffering.
Within ; he padded wicker basket she laid
ie little waif, with a long lingering mother's
isa on its sleeplog face and pulled the bell
nd fled witbjher wretchedness, more awful In
lils parting, to the shadow of a tree opposite,
touching there she watted with a beating
eart to see her lone darling taken In to com
Sand care, leaving her to eternal desolation
eath the cruel wintry sky. Not a sound
reaks the stillness of the alght but the crisp
?afleas branches softly creaking la the wind,
he door of the house she watches through
er blinding tears slowly opens. Dimly she
ees the black shrouded figure lift her child.
Fho shall describe the agony of that moment?
he teeis that for her the lost glimpse of the
ttle form 1B come. When, like the voice of
n angel, these words sweetly come upon the
hill alght wlod to ber acblog, straining ears,
be black-robed figure that presses her child
o her bosom thus speaks, her face toward
leaven: "Stay, poor mother. Wby do you
esert your child? Beneath ihls root' there la
belter and food for both. LL-ten; I beg yon
ot to leave your little ch i ld-co me ye also:
ou shall nurse and be with your little child
ill lt can be sately left, then come to lt when
ou please, and take lt to yourself when you
re able." There's a cry of joy on the midnight
lr, as flying with tremb.lng footsteps across
he Btreet, that poor rescued mot ber flings
.etself upon tbe baby she thought lost to ber
orever, and falls at the same sister's feet.
rod bless the angel-faced Irene-uoble sister
if God-like charily! When earth's work for
1er is over, about ber dying ears will float a
ntisic as divine as her own blest words have
leen to many a sinning, sorrowful woman.
FOB. SALE, LANDS IN ST. JOHN'S
County, Florida, air or seven miles from
u. Augustine, available for the cultivation of
granges and other fruits, Rice and Vegetables,
?nown as the "Araqua" Tract, formerly the pro?
perty of Jonn Magee, now sold as part of bis
bistate, containing(887) three hundred and thirty
seven acres, more or less, situai e. lying and
being In St. John's County, Township BU, (SJ
Range (29) twenty-nine, sections 49 60,90, 92 and
93, adjoining the lands belonging to the estate or
A. Alverez, called Casc?la. 1 .
The above described Lands will be sold at ras?
lie Auction, in theOity or Cha'lesion, ?s.o., on
the 231 day of April, under pover^eow ^
Executors by Will of John Ma?ee recorded to the
office ol the Probate Judge at Charleston, soma
carolina. ? WEST,
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