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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A A TERRIBLE TORNADO. TWENTY-FIVE HOUSES BLOWN DOWN IN CHESTEB. The Colombia Market-House a Mau of Rulna-Serlou? Damage at Other Po nts-The School Trouble. [SPECIAL TELK0RAM3 TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, Thursday April 18. The school commissioners of Richland County will close the public schools on the 1st proximo, because the drafts of the superin? tendent of education are not paid by the State treasurer for want ot funds. The teachers are destinate. Building is brisk in the city, lhere is no truth lu the report that come persons were hurt on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad-only some i re lg ht cars were smashed. Toe examination ol' the Laurens Courthouse prisoners continues. To-day witnesses were heard and arguments made in the oases of Dr Thomas McCoy and Major Leland. No de Cisi?n was rendered. The wind to-day blew down the new city market building, which ls a masB of ruins. No one was Injured. Several fences were carried away. Otherwise no serious harm was done. - 2 he storm above this city was very severe and it ls reported that twenty-five bouses were blown down and fifteen persons Injured at Chester. The telegraph office was partly de Btroyed. At other points, the damage was serious. Owing to communications being In te : i ui ted, Information ls meagre. SALUDA. Cu ither Particulars from Chestei SI ,OC O Wo rt n of Property Destroyed * - Sf J litres Lost. CHESTER, S. C., April 18. A violent tornado passed over this town this af it-1 neon, about five o'clock, which surpassed In force and destructiveness anything before experienced in this vicinity. The main damage was confined to a track about one hundred and filly yards wide, passing through the east? ern portion of the town in a direction from west to east. Not a house in this tractes caped uninjured. Fifteen or twenty dwell logs and numberlees kitchens and stables were levelled to the ground. The steam mill of W. R. Roberteon Is a total wreck. The dwellings of George McCormick, John McArthor, John Simpson, Mrs. Baird, Mrs. Sledge, William Quattlebaum, Mr. Cald well, Mr. Stokes and others are entirely de Btroyed. No lives were lost. Several persons were injured by falling timbers, but none seriously. A colored man, Harrison Baily, escaping from tbe mill of w. R. Robertson, was picked up by the whirlwind and landed In an elm tree one hundred yards off. The 11 damage cannot fall short of thirty thousand dollars. -The wind was accompanied with a | ? violent storm of rain. A. G. 8. ?> , THE STATE PRESS. SOUTH CAROLINA COAL. The Sumter News says: "We were shown on Tuesday a specimen ot coal taken from a mine just discovered at Wedgefield, eic ti t or n ne miles from Ibis* town, on the line of the Wilmington. Columbia and Augusta Railroad. The vein is said to be about l?rty feet below the surlace of tbe earth. We do not pretend to say whether lt ls good or bad coal, as we are no Judges ol tbe article. It burns freely." What They Will Do About lt. We print some extracts chowing the drift of Opinion in the State press : Take What we Can Get. [From the Sumter News, Dem.] Ii President Grant fails to secure the re? nomination at Philadelphia, some candidate' may possibly be placed In nomination who will prove acceptable to the South and whom we can support. If, however, he Is renomi? nated, then there will unquestionably be a spilt in the ranks of the Republicans, under :be leadership and guidance of Horace Greeley, Carl Schurz, Governor Trumbull and Charles Sumner, who will call another convention, which will place a moderate conservative Re? publican lu nomination. We ought then to unite our vote with theirs, and thereby carry | ] the election triumphantly. If we can't elect such a man as we wish, lt ls our policy to take the best one we caa get, and a conservative Republican ls the best we can get for the pre? sent. I ( Stay at Home ? | ; [From the Abbeville Medium.] South Carolina Is, without doubt, the right Slace for the poor man, or for the man with mited resources. A person here, by honest], toll, can make a good, comfortable living. The soil yields handsomely, and all can do well if they will. The land in South Carolina, on an average, will make more to the acre than tbe rich lands of the West. An acre of our land will prod ice. at the least, two hundred pounds Of lint cotton, which, at twenty cents per pound, will be worth forty dollars. An acre of land out West will yield, on an average, ten barrels of oom, worth about twenty dollars. These figures are facts and Btubborn things. Ourfeoil, though not so rich as the soil of the Western States, yields a crop which well re? pays the labor and energy ot tbe husbandman. The Obliteration of Party Line?. [From the Sumter Watchman, Dem.] It ls evident that the Unes which have, for a Suar ter of a century, marked the division of ie country Into two great fiercely contending ?artie... are rapidly fading away and ceasing to e of vital force. The great National Demo? cratic party, wblch culminated under the administrations of Pierce and Ruchanan. ls dissolving', and we think lt scarcely a doubtful forecast to say that lt has made its last Presi? dential nomination. Three successive defeats, together with tbe generally acknowledged establishment of the great matters (the aboli? tion ot Blavery and Its concomitants) against which lt mainly contended, together with the Continued triumph of the Republican party In State elections, up to the present moment,-has stripped lt of vitalizing principles, and brought Its great leaders to see that lt would be no match against the concentrated power and patronage of the government In 1872. There -can, therefore, be no further rally of the Democratic masses, In distinctive Unes or forces, on a national field. . Start In Time. [From the Orangebnrg Times.] The probability is that in case of a Republi? can break, we might be masters of tbe situa? tion. Rut In order to make use of lt we must prepare for the crisis. Start In time. Start now. Start here-in the country-In the town. Get the first minds in each community to organize you, and have your central com? mittee here In town. Work slowly-work -surely-work completely. Let your God come first, then your profession and your children, -and next your pohtles or Individual devotion to the welfare of your neighbors, the commu? nity, the State. Prepare for the crisis and take lt, and while awattintr the opportunity of euc* cess, accustom ourselves to defeat lo battling .against dishonesty. In this behalf we win enlist the support of many Republicans. But first of all, throw aside the uncertain y and dead issues. Recognize facts, that color? ed people are free and have the right to vote, that their voles are enlisted IQ suppurt of dis? honesty. Be ready to vote with them where they vote In support ot honesty. Lend them jour aid on ali such occasions. Organize on this basis, and make them feel your efficiency by your organized assistance. They and all others will learn to respect you from your re? cord ot deeds accomplished. Away from the polls they will look you more respectfully, more confidently in the eye, and work for jon more cheerfully. Their conversion to a faith in you maybe slow, possibly one at a time; but work, slowly, surely, perservering ly, and their conversion in the end will be complete. And with their conversion we have a resident friend, an efficient ally, anda happy husbandman, experienced and accli? mated better than all Immigration. STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Second Day'? Proceeding*. The association met at bali-past tea-called to order by President Porcber. The following, additional delegates reported present on cre? dentials: Dr. Bethune Patterson, of Barnwell Medical Society; Dr. J. B. DuBose, of Edgefleld Medi? cal Society. Dr. T. P. Mikell reported a case of "Hem? orrhagic Malarial Fever.' Dr. Talley proposed the name of Dr. A. A. Sylvester, of Columbia, as a permanent mem? ber. He was elected by acclamation. , Dr. Gibbes reported a case of "Cysticercus Celiulcsus" ol the heart, with pathological specimen and microscopic illustration. Ke lerred to committee on publication. Dr. McIntosh read a paper on ' Quinine in Dysmenorrhoe3," which was referred to the committee on publication. This paper elicited discussion by Dre. Gibbes, Darby and Robert? son, i Dr. Robertson presented an Improved pes? sary, a modification ol Hodge's, stating his ob? jections to the various forms. Drs. Gibbes. Barucb, Darby, Kinloch, Mikell, Porcher and Talley offered many valuable sug? gestions In regard to the application ol pessa? ries. In the course of this discussion, Drs. Kinloch and Porcher asserted, lrom their per? sonal knowledge o? the fact, that the anterior curve of Hodge's closed lever pessary was adopted by Dr. Hodge after a suggestion by the late Dr. J. B. Holmes, ol Charleston. Dr. McIntosh moved that a committee be appolnteu to report on pessaries at the next annual meeting. Drs. McIntosh, Barucb, Kin? loch and Robertson were appointed. Dr. Talley, chairman of thu committee on suggestions in the president's address, report? ed adversely in regard to changing article two, section two, of the constitution with ref? erence to the delegates from county societies; also reported favorably on other recommen? dations. Adopted. Dr. Gibbes proposed the name of Dr. J. B. Du Bus? for permanent membership, tlected. Dr. Kinloch read a paper on "Popliteal Aneurism, operated on successfully by liga? tion-of the femoral artery," and presented pa? thology .1 specimen. Dr. Kinloch also read the notes of a case of "Stone in the Bladder," with operation by lithotomy, and presented pathological specimen. Dr. Kinloch also re- . ported another case ol "vesical calculus," with unusual complications. He also reported a case of extraction of foreign body from the eye, after being Imbedded for thirteen years. All these papers were referred to the com? mittee on publications. Dr. Mikell moved that the rules be Bus pended. Dr. Darby reported two cases of Ovari? otomy. AFTERNOON SESSION. Drs. Simons, Ladd, Wylie and Sylvester, jach presented cases that excited Interest. On motion it was resolved that the system >f hypodermic medication be a subject for general discussion at the next meeting ot the tssoclatlon. It was also referred to a special :ommlttee consisting of Drs. Wylie, G. 8. trezevant and DuBose. Dr. T. H. Evans,ol Anderson, Dr. Patterson, }f Barnwell, and Dr. G. 8. Trezevant, of Co? ombia, were elected permanent members of the association.. A committee was designated to draft reso utions in relation to the death of Ors. Doug? lass and Reynolds, late members of the asso- 1 elation. - The committee on nominations reported as oliows: For president, Dr. J. T. Darby, Co- ' umbla; first vice-president, Dr. J. McIntosh, 1 dewberry; second vice-president. Dr. T. A. 1 Bvans, Anderson; third vice-president, Dr. C. 1 EL Ladd, Winnsboro'; recording secretary, Dr. r. Grange Simons, Charleston; corresponding secretary. Dr. 8. Baruch, Camden; treasurer, Dr. F. L. Parker, Charleston. Delegates to American Medical Association Dr. J. F. M. Geddings, Charleston; Dr. P. iflkell, Edlsto; Dr. R. W. Gibbes, Columbia; Or. Middleton Michel, Charleston; Dr. A. P. Wylie, Chester; Dr. T. A. Evans. Anderson; Dr. 8. Baruch, Kershaw; Dr. P. F. Gary, A.bbe rllle. - . The report was adopted. The retiring president made a few appropri? ate remarks, and gracefully yielded the chair ;o the president elect. Dr. Darby, noon taking the chair, expressed ils acknowledgments for tb? honor conferred ipou him, and pledged his best and most lamest efforts in behalf of the association. Upon motion, it was resolved that the next innual meeting of the association be held In Charleston, on the second Tuesday In Anrll, L87S. The thanks of the association were tendered o the Kershaw Medical Society, for the lnvl atlon extended to meet at Camden. The thanks of the association were returned o the president and the other officers for he manner In which they had discharged heir duties. The thanks of the association were also endered to the Hibernian Society for the use >f their hall, and to the presidents of the rarious railroads, and the proprietors of the lotels, for courtesies extended to this asso ?latlon. The president appointed the following com j nlttees: On Publication-Drs. Porcher, J. F. M. Ged lings and Trescot On Accounts-Dre. Taylor, Buist and incrum. On Ethics-Drs. Kinloch, Mikell and Rob? ertson. The association adjourned sine die. SHOT TO DEATH BT SOLDIERS. The Carolina Spartan says: "We learn from i reliable source just before going to press, hat a few days ago Minor Pams, of this coun y, who ls well known to many of our citizens 'rom bis connection with the Maguetlo Iron Company at Cherokee Ford on Broad River, vas shot and killed by Federal soldiers. The .lrcumstances as we have heard them are as ollows: Minor Parris who has for muny years mended to the Fishery on.Broad River, be onging to the Iron Company, was out In the river in bis boar, examining the traps for fish, ff hen a party ot Federal soldiers from the York side of the river, rode up and ordered him to halt, as he was moving for the Sparenburg more where he lived. Failing to halt his boat, a number of shots were fired ac him, some ot which took effect and killed him. We have lot heard who was in command of these sold? iers. The facts, as we learn them, make this a ?treat outrage, but we forbear further com? ments until they are confirmed." JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. -Sumter has a town-pump. -Meningitis prevails in Newberry. -The Sumter firemen paraded on Monday the turnout was slim. -The Hon. W. 8. Mullins delived a lecture before the Sumter Lyceum on the 9th. -Mrs. Harriet A. Fullerton, a venerable citizen of Sumter, died on the 9th, and Mrs. Cynthia Lancaster, of Spartanburg, aged eighty-eight, died on the 6tb. -Business in Newberry ls at a stand-still. The cotton In the country ls held back in a great measure, and only brought In when dire necessity forces Us sale. -Mr. Thomas Waddington, of Newberry, arrested last week by the United States mar? shal, was balled ou Friday last In the sum of ten thousand dollars. -Under the influence of the balmy, genial weather of the past few days the Abbeville farmers are making diligent work lu their field. The vegetation has already felt the quickening power of the genial sun shiny days. -The store of Mr. John D. D. Fairy, at Branchville, was entered by burglars last Tuesday night, and four hundred dollars in mosey and several hundred dollars worth of goods stolen. One of the thieves bas been arrested. -The Newberry Herald says: "We learn that D. R Phifer has been appointed county treas? urer, vice T. P. Slider, who bas been arrested. And that J. J. Carrington has been appointed sheriff. Mr. C. bas not yet received bis' com? mission. In the meantime Mr. Walter Hou? ses! is acting sheriff for Coroner Summer who succeeded Sheriff -Payainger. We would hear correct a mistake, which we learn that "Salu? da," a correspondent of THE NEWS, has made, to wit: That two ot Governor Scott's officials are imprisoned-T. P. Slider and J. I. H unseal. It may be that Mr. Slider was an appointee* et'Governor Scott, but Deputy Sheriff Houseal was appointed by acting Sheriff Cjroner Sum? mer." THE RUMORS OF WAR. BISMARCK'S ULTIM ATC M TO FRANCE. The London Telegraph Sticks to lt A Solemn Warning-Disarm or Fight. LONDON, April 18. The Daily Telegraph ia an editorial article this morning asserts in decided terms that its statements made a few days since, relating to the precarious condition ot the relations be? tween France and Germany, are founded upon undeniable facts. The Telegraph says: "We deem lt our duty to declare the certain and Bolemn fact that, upon Thlers's decision, this week, depends the fate of Fiance. We are not speaking rhetorically. We measure anxious? ly these most grave and momentous words. On Monday Count Von Arnim, the German embassador to France, carried an ultimatum to Thiers. The purport of this ultimatum ia that Germany sees in the French army bill and the speeches of Thiers - menaces of ven? geance and a programme for the eventual re? pudiation by France of her indebtedness to Germany. Prince Bismarck, therefore, de? mands that the armaments of France be re? duced and the war estimates diminished, or tbe alternative will be tbe reoccupation by the German troops of evacuated French territory, and war necessary." A Flat Contradiction. . PARIS, April 18. The Constitutionnel positively contradicts the statements made by the London Daily Telegraph that serious differences bad arisen between France and Germany. TBE GENEVA ARBITRATION. British Note ot Reservation-The mar? riage or the Marquis of Bute-Miscel? laneous News, LONDON, April 16. ' The following note accompanied the coun? ter case delivered to the board of arbitration at Geneva yesterday, on behalf of Great Britain : s "The undersigned are instructed by her Majesty's government to say that while pre- | senting their counter case under the special reservation hereinafter mentioned, they And' lt Incumbent upon them to inform the arbitra? tors thata misunderstanding 1rs unfortunate? ly arisen between Great Britain and the Uni? ted states touching the nature and extent of | the claims reierred to la the treaty of Wash? ington. The misunderstanding relates to claims for indirect losses under three beads : "First, IOSB In the transfer of American ship? ping to the British flag; second, loss from en? hanced Insurance; third, loss from prolonga? tion ol the war. Claims for Indirect damages are not admitted by ber Majesty's government to be within the scope and intention of arbl- ? trallon. Her Majesty's government bave been and still are ia correspondence with tbe gov? ernment of the United States In relation thereto. As that correspondence bas not1 been brought to final issue, her Majesty's gov? ernment desire the arbitration shall proceed with reference lo claims for direct loss. They have thought lt proper In the meantime lo present their counter case, which is strictly couflned to direct claims, lu the hope that the unfortunate misunderstanding may be re? moved. "Her Majesty's government hereby express? ly and formally notify the arbitrators that this counter case ls presented without prejudice to the position assumed by her Majesty's gov? ernment In the correspondence whereto ref? erence has been made, and under tbe express reservation of ali her Majesty's rights In the event of tbe difference continuing to exist between the parties. If necessary further communication will be made to the arbitra? tor?. k 1'ENTKBJJsWr"- -1 Tbe marriage of tha Marquis of Bute to me daugber ol Lord Howard took place this morning at the Roman Catholic Oratory at Brompton. The wedding ceremonies were witnessed by a great crowd of persons. The Baroness Burdett Coutts, Duchess of Argvll, Baron Rothschild, Duke of Norfolk, and many other noble personages were presented to the newly-married couple. Among the many, presents sent to the bride was a set of cameo broaches from the Pope. A shoemaker named Nichols, residing with his family at Maida Hill, a suburb of London, last night murdered all his children, four in number, and then committed suicide. It ia not known what prompted the man to commit this terrible act, though lt ls believed he was Insane. An exciting contest for Parliament ls la pro Sress in Tamworth. The Indications are that arbury, liberal Conservative, will be returned over Robinson, Independent. The Globe and other Tory organs are elated over the defeat of the government by one ma? jority, yesterday, on an unimportant amend? ment to the ballot bill. It 1B reported the Pope is about to fill vacan? cies In tba college of cardinals. Archbishop Manning's name ls prominently mentioned as likely to be among the new appointments. The British Counter Case-Strong Points. LONDON, April 17. The counter case presented at Geneva on behalf of the British Government, and which was laid before the House of Lords last night, ls printed this evening. It concludes with a description of the position of neutrals, under tbe views presented in the case of the Ameri? can Government, which, it says, would render meir situation one of perpetual and unremit? ting anxiety, surrounded by dangers and har? assed by a crowd of new obligations, which nothing but sleepless vigilance could satisfy, whilst the lapse of even a subordinate officer would be visited with heavy national penal? ties. Private commerce would be subjected to minute Inquisitions and. incessant supervi? sion; Individuals would be tracked by spies and informers; tbe trade with belligerents would be fettered, and the hospitalities of the country guarded with Impossible precautions. CONGRESS AND THE INDIRECT DAMA AGES. A Way to Extricate the Government from its Dilemma. WASHINGTON, April 18. The House committee en foreign affairs to? day considered the resolution beretolore sub? mitted to them, declaring that the claim ot this government for indirect damages ought to be waived before the Geneva Arbitration. General Banks, chairman of the committee, was requested to communicate with the Sec? retary ot State on this subject. The opinion is generally expressed that the claim for much damages may have the effect of postponing, if j not defeating, the settlement ot the pending questions between the two countries, and the object of the consultation with Secretary Fish is to obtain hts views as to the preparation of | a declaration by Congress which shall relieve the government from the position into which lt bas put Itself by the claim for indirect Sam ages. _ _ _ THE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, April 18. In the Senate, Robertson desired a day apart for business from the committee on disabili? ties. Sumner ?aid he would deem it his duty to renew the civil rights clause. A further J colloquy folio wen. when the subject dropped. A bill tor the relief of purchasers of lands Bold for direct taxes In the South passed. The reBt of the day was devoted to district affairs. In the House, the National Temperance So? ciety petition for the prohibition of the impor? tation ol spirituous liquors, and bill authorizing the First National Bank at Newton, Ga., io change ila location and name, passed. The civil service bill occupied the balance of the day. THE NEW CITY CHARTER. ALBANY, April 18. The city charter similar to that suggested by ibe committee of seventy is passed, it re? moves Commissioner Van Nort and Comptrol? ler Green, and abolishes the assistant alder? men. THE HON. M. P. O'CONNOR. A Handsome Letter of Acknowledgment. The Hon. M. P. O'Connor returned the fol. lowing reply to the letter accompanying an elegant gold crosB, sent him by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, "aa a Blight token of bia services in the cause of charity and religion:" CHARLESTON, April 15,1872. Edward Skehan, Esq., Corresponding Secre? tary of the Literary and Benevolent Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Augusta, Ga.: MT DEAR SIR-I have Just, received your much valued favor of the 12th inst. Informing me of my unanimous election as a life honor? ary member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and enclosing to me, on behalf of its members, a cross ofgold, suitably Inscribed, a most beautiful and substantial token of their favor and esteem. This additional mark of your friendship and generosity has touched me deeply. I must attribute it more to that partiality you have often BO kindly evinced for me than to any particular merit of mine. My humble effort In the cause of the noble charity which your society has Instituted, and which have distin? guished Its founders and Its history, found an ample and sufficient reward in your warm appreciation, and In the gratification of a higher sentiment which the object of my lec? ture inspired. It ls with feelings of more than ordinary pride and pleasure that I now accept this chaste souvenir, designed and pre-1 Bented in a form symbolic of our holy religion, and emblematic ot our faith, our hope and our charily. With many heartfelt thanks, I remain, dear slr, the society's friend and much obliged servant, M. P. O'CONNOR. POLITICAL NOTES. WASHINGTON, April 18. The supporters of Charles Francis Adams for President, and Trumbull for vice-Presi? dent, argue that both being New England men they can carry that section against Grant. The coalitionists, however, favor Judge Davis. NEW YORK, April 18. The Grant meeting at the Cooper iDBtliute on Wednesday night was Jammed. Wm. E. Dodge was president, and General Sickles was the principal orator. SALT LAKE CITY, April 17. A call ls published to-day for a meeting, to be held to morrow evening, to organize a movement In sympathy with the People's Na-1 tlonal Convention, to be held in New York next May. A DEFAULTING OFFICIAL. BURLINGTON, april 17. The resignation of General G. S. Stannard, United States collector of customs, ls an? nounced this morning. The cause is Bald to be a deficiency In his account, at the last set? tlement, of $36,000, which he could not make good. His bonds are ample, and the govern? ment will lose nothing. A BAIT FOB BULLOCK. The Absconding Governor Offered ht* mileage and a Handred Dol?an Per Diem. NEW YORK, April 18. The committee of the Georgia Legislature, who arrived here last week for the registra? tion of bonds negotiated here and elsewhere, are busily engaged every day discharging J their assigned duties, and, thus la?, have acted upon over two million dollars of Geor? gia bonds that have been presented to them J By the holders or their agents for registration. No decision as to the validity or correctness of these bonds has. as yet, been made, and will not be made until the presentation of Georgia bonds for registration shall cease. The com? mittee are very desirous of securing the at tendauce of ex-Governor Bullook, and have made several efforts to that end, but, up lo this day, without the least suc Q?A^_ Bearing more than a month igo tbat li*- --was? lu New- York. Heists. Htiumons, Holt and lioUUlen wrote him from Georgia, requesting hts appearance before them when they should Blt lu this city during thlB month. To this letter Bullock re Blled that he did not think he would be In ew York during April, because of business engagements elsewhere,*anH therelore could not appear as requested. He, however, re- . ferrad the committee to bis attorneys In At- j 1 lanta, who, he Bald, could give them .as much Information about Georgia bonds as*himself. In consequence, those attorneys were called upon, but, instead of doing as Bullock said they would, they repeatedly declared they knew nothing about the bonds; that they had simply been retained by Bullock to defend him before the Georgia couria In case of bis arrest J and criminal prosecution. This is the nearest the committee have come to securing ' Bul? lock's attendance. So desirous, indeed, are Messrs. Simmons, Holt and McMlllen to secure his presence that by their authority the fol? lowing proposition his hereby made 4o him: "That they will pay all ls expenses Incoming to and going from here, and allow him one. hundred dollars per day bealdes whilst in at? tendance, should he appear within the next j ten days." The committee emphatically deny tbat they were closeted with Mr. Henry Clews, the late financial agent of Georgia, in New York, receiving Instructions how to conduct their Investigations. TBE RIVAL GOVERNORS. An Embrogllo In Florida-Pot Calli . Kettle Black. ? From the Savannah Republic in. ) TALLAHASSEE, April 15. I will, as brief as possible, give you an Idea how our two Governors are managing the Slate government lu this almost "God-for ^ctkfQ o?!iLt? Governor No. 1, (Heed,) after issuing bis proclamation on Monday last, left In company with J. C. Gibbs, secretary of State, for Jack-1 Bonville, to attend the Grant Convention. Since then nothing definite has been heard of I them. It ls rumored that Gibbs, In company [ with J. S. Adams, commissioner of Immigra gration, are sojourning somewhere In that classic locality known as "Up the St. John's." j Gibbs, before leaving the capital, detached the great seal of the state from the press and pocketed il; he has f iso carried off the com? mission register and all blank commissions In his office. It ls asserted here that warrants, issued by the United States commissioner, are in walting at Jacksonville to arrest Governor Reed and Secretary Gibbs; also Judge Whea? ton, (Reed's new appointee,) il he should try to exercise the functions of that office-j udge of the fourth judicial circuit. Governor No. 2 (8. T. Day) bolds forth In the region ot the executive chamber, which ls now undergoing repairs, and ha! Issued bis proclamation to-day, charging Reed with attempting to usurp the authority of the Chief I Executive of the State, and concludes the same by "warning the people, and all officers of the State, not to obey orin any manner respect the pretended authority of the said Harrison Reed." The Supreme Court meets here to-morrow, and lt may bring on the issue as to whom belongs the right to oreside as Chief Magis? trate. It is supposed that Day's proclamation ls either Intended to scare Reed off altogether, or force him Into court as the complaining party, with all the disadvantages of continu-1 anees, postponements, ?c. TWO SAD ACCIDENTS. The Abbeville Press says: "We regret to an- j nounce that on Thursday last, Dr. John P. Watts, an esteemed citizen of Laurens District, who was here as a delegate In attendance upon the session of Presbytery, in going up to bis room In the dark, unfortunately made a misstep, and was precipitated from an open platiorm, a distance of eight or ten feet, to the floor below, fracturing the bone of one of the arms above the elbow. The wound ls a painful one, but he ls doing very well." The Sumter News says: "We regret to learn that B. C. Martin, of this town, met with a painful accident on the 11th inslant. While loading a Smith & Wesson's pistol with cartridges, one of the cartridges failed to en? ter its chamber with the usual ease, when, without thinking of the danger of the act, he struck lt either with or against some hard substance for the purpose 01 forcing lt to Its pince. It exploded of coutse, and sent the ball into the fleshy part of his thigh, where lt still remains, his attending physician having | so far failed to remove lt with his probe." CHTJfi?H AND STATE. IMPORTANT SUPREME COURT DE? CISION. Binding Force of Decisions of Eccleslas? tleal Governing Bodies Established. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing on the 15th, says: The Supreme Court was called upon to-day for the first time to decide the relations be? tween Church and State. The case, that of Watson against Jenner, was a controversy be- [ tween the two bodies Into which a Presbyte? rian Church of Louisville, Ky., became divi? ded, about the dose ol the war, and tbe ones- j lion which the court decided was which of these two bodies was entitled to the use of the church building and other property. The j schism originated In the questions growing out of the war. The General Assembly ot the Presbyterian Church ol the United States, "Old School," to which the church belonged, by various declarations and resolutions, pass? ed at its annual meeting during the rebellion, expressed Its sense of the duty of ali good citizens to sustain the'government in that struggle, and its adherence to President Lin? coln's . proclamation of emancipation, and its antagonism to1 slavery. Aa soon as the military possession was withdrawn in the the Border States- of Kentucky I and Missouri, the members of these | churches who sided with the Southern States view of slavery, and other matters, declared their hostility to tbe action of the General As? sembly. This resulted in division In most of I the churches, which finally extended to the [ Presbyterians and the Synods of these States, and In the withdrawal of the friends of slavery from the General Assembly of Presbyterians of tbe United States, and the union with a body of tbe same character styling Itself "of the Confederate States." On a suit brought in the Bute courts of Kentucky, to decide who were the lawful trustees and elders of the church In question, that court overruled the decision of the General Assembly, and held that the officers who denied 1 ts authority and refused obedience to Its orders were the true church officers. Some of the members of that church, who resided across the Ohio Blver, In Indiana, having tbe requisite citizenship to conler jurisdiction, brought Bult in the United 8lates Court at Louisville to have their right to the use of the church as a place ol worship protected, and the decree of the Circuit Court establishing those rights was to-day affirmed by the Supreme Court. The opinion, which was delivered by Mr. Justice Miller, bolds that when the property which 1B the subject of a controversy of this kind has been dedicated to the purpose of supporting any definite religious doctrine or form of worship, by the deed or will of the' donor, or by the act of purchase, the civil courts will see that lt ls not diverted from the trust to wblch lt ls thus devoted, and. if neces? sary for this purpose, will inquire which of two conflicting bodies claiming to be tbe true ad? herents of tbe faith or form of worship to wblch the property was dedicated, and will determine thia lor themselves. But when the property Is given to or bought by a religious congregation for the religious uses ot the church, and no special trust ls stated in the i deed or will, or declarative trust, In favor of | specific or religious dogmas or form of wor? ship, when there ls a dispute in the courts as to its control, the question to be answered is, Which of the two bodies claiming is the true j Drlglnal organization, or Its legitimate succes? sor"? In tbe case of independent congregations, whose government ls complete within them? selves, this ls not difficult, oui when the local church which bought or built the prop? erty ls itself bat a part of larger and more general organization or d?nomination, it be? comes more difficult In such case, the court lays down the principle that lt will accept the ieclBlon of the highest ecclesiastical tribunal Co which the case nae been carried within that general church organization as final, and will not inquire Into the justice or injustice of Its lecree as between the parties before it, Tbe [ juicers, the minister, the members, or the 'burch body which the highest Judiciary or ne denomination recognizes, tbe court will recognize. Whom that body expels or cuts )ff the court will hold to be no longer mern jers of that church. The opinion supports ibis doctrine by an exhaustive review of the :ases In England, Scotland and America, and shows why a different doctrine established in England under tbe Influence of Lord Chancel? er Elder, and by the weight of his Influence n the House of Lords, forced on the Scottish Court, is not applicable to this country, under mr principles ol religious liberty and total separation ol Church and State. And it shows ;he overwhelming weight of Judicial authority in the State Courts In this country in favor of ;he doctrine laid down by the Supreme Court. The case ls one of very general Interest to :he churches whose vast property may be iffected by lt In cases of separation, and it is '.he first time the Supreme Court has ever I seen called on to denne the relations of the civil to the ecclesiastical courts o? thia coun? ty, and the effect upon that relation of the general principles which govern the relations }f Church and State under our political sys? tem. The case bas been held under advise? ment for a year, partly in the hope that a reconciliation would be brought about, but mainly for a thorough examination of the law ind the facts involved in lt. CAPTURING A CUBAN. KINGSTON, April 15. The steamer Edgar Stuart, with a cargo of war material, flying the American colors, and supposed to belong to the Cuban revolution? ists, arrived here to-day. and was seized by tbe commodore commanding at this port as a legal pri?e, the steamer not being provided with clearance papers. The American consul protesta against the seizure, and forwards the documents In the case to Washington on the steamer Suffolk, via Havana. FLASHES FROM TOE CABLES. -Minister Marsh, at Rome, ls seriously UL -Enfield won the Newmarket handicap. -The ship Derry Castle bas been burned at | sea. Two of her crew perished. -The British Court of Queen's Bencb, yes? terday, granted, upon motion of Sergeant Bal antyne, a rule requiring tbe attorney-general, Slr John Duke Coleridge, to show why the claimant of the Tichborne estates bas not been idmltted to bail. _ TBE WEAT BER IBIS BAT. WASHINGTON, April 18. The lowest barometer over. West virginia will move eastwardly over the Middle Atlantic States. The area of cloudy weather and rain will extend over New England during to? night. Clear and partially cloudy weather, with westerly winds, will prevail very gene? rally from the lakes to the Gulf and South and Middle Atlantic coasts on Friday, and extend over New England during the day and eve? ning. Brisk westerly to northerly winds will [ probably prevail from Cape Hatteras to Cape Dod on Friday morning, but dangerous winds ure not anticipated. Yesterday's Weather Reports of tbs Signal Service, V. S. A.-4.47 P. BL, Loci!,I Time. Place of Observation. o Cd a ? Augusta, Qa.... Baltimore. Boston. Charleston. Chicago. Cincinnati.. Key West. Knoxville, Tenn. Memphis, Teno. Mt. Washington. New Orleans.... Sew York. Norfolk. Philadelphia. Portland, Me.... Savannah. St. Louis. Washington .... Wtlmlngton,N.C. 29.69 29.64 29 77 29.731 29.77 29.56 30.10 29.52 29.84 ?9.75 29.90 29.70 29.59 29.67 29.77 2-.76 29.85 29.59 66 W B S SW N W SE S NW w sw IS SE SE 4513 *0 SW 63;NW 64 IE 72|SW Fresh. Gentle. Frexh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. High. Fre6h. Fresh. Brisk. Brisk. Light. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Brisk. Fair. Lt. Bain Clear. Pair, clear, rhr'og. Clear. Thr'ng. Fair. Clear. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Lt. Rain C.ear. Fair. ;ioudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. -Mr. William Browning, a resident of | Twenty-Six, on the South Carolina Railroad, accidentally shot himself through the bead with a charge of buckshot, and was lnstanly killed, LYNCH LAW JOT TENNESSEE. The Guilty Negroes Committed to Jail. NASHVILLE, April 13. The negroes taken from the Nashville and Decatur Railroad train by a band of armed white men were not hanged by them, ss sup? posed, but were released. They were snbse- j queutly rearrested and are now in jail at Athens, Alabama. A fifth negro has been ar? rested, and confessed having killed Mrs. Wil? son's husband and afterward threw Wilson's body Into the Tennessee River. Winfield White, the accomplice, was not drowned, as reported, but is still at large. The law will be allowed to take its course, the excitement, which at first was intense, having partially subsided. Mrs. Wilson, the injured woman, ls still alive. STABES FROM THE WISES. -The Mississippi Republican Convention meets on the first of May. -The Ohio House has passed an apportion? ment bill. It gives the Democrats five and the Republicans fifteen districts. -A row between the natives and carpet? baggers In the Virginia Republican Conven? tion, Wednesday night, was quelled hythe Blchmond police. -The National Board of Underwriters held their sixth annual meeting in New York yes? terday. President Oakley stated the grand total of premiums for 1871 at $39.927,200, and of losses $33,411,669. The actual loss by the Chicago disaster is set at $18,000,000. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. At a regular communication of Strict Ob? servance Lodge, No. 78, A. P. IL, held April Mn, 1872, tbe roil ow lng preamble and resolntlons were unanimously adopted : ' Whereas, it has pleased the Grand Architect of the um ve rs e to release from his earthly labors our venerable Tiler, Brother J. H. Schmidt; and whereas, lt ls customary to place upon our re? cords some evidence of our appreciation of the merits or our deceased brother; therefore be lt Resolvea, That in the death of Brother John H. Schmidt this Lodge has lost afalthrul and efficient Dfflcer. That lu tbe death or Brother Schmidt we recog? nize the fact that we have sos tal ned a great loss, he caving held the posluon or Tiler rrom the ror matlon or this Lodge until his death, excepting two years. That a page in our Minute Book be Inscribed as follows : '.Brother J. H. Sohmldt, of st. Andrew's Lodge, No. 10. Installed as Tiler of this Lodge, December, 6849. Died holding that position, February, 6878. The wlU or God ls accomplished-so mote lt be.? That a copy of this preamble and the resolu? tions accompany In? lt be furnished St. Andrew's Lodge, No. to, of which our deceased brother waa a member. That tbe foregoing preamble and resolutions ba published in the morning papers. Extract from the Minutes. E. W. LIMAN, secretary 8.0. Lodge, No. 73. _Sp?cial ffotirgg. pm* CONSIGNEES PER SCHOONER ALBERT THOMAS, from Baltimore/ are notified that she will discharge THIS DAT at Kerr's Wharf. Goods uncalled for at sunset will be stored at owners' risk and expense. Also, notice 1) given that the AVERAGE BOND ls ready for signature at our o m ce, and must ba signed before the Goods ara removed. ? STREET BROTHERS ? CO., aprls-l_Consign?es of Vessel. ??"CONSIGNEES FER STEAMSHIP JAMES ADOER, from New fork, are notified that she la discharging cargo THIS DAT at Adger's south Wharf. Goods uncalled for at sunset win remain on the wharf at owners' risk, apris 1 JAMES ADOER A 00.. Agents. pm* THE " DOLLAR REWARD SOAP " washes without rubbing. DOWIE,* MOISE DAVIS, Agents, Charleston, S. 0. THE .CHARLESTON CHARITA 3LE ASSOCIATION, for the Benefit of the Free School Fund-Official Raffle Numbers: CLASS NO. 469-MORNING. J9-13-73-74-62 -47-14-55-63-36-43-46 CLASS No. 460-EVENING. 14-32-47- 8-6L-61-67-76-70-15 -20-16 As witness our hands at Charleston this 18th lay of April, 1872. FENS PECK, JAMES ?piLLILAND, aprie Sworn Commissioners T2*-THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR? ANCE COMPANY. OF NEW TORC-Wanted, two or tnre9 active ana reliable Canvassers fer chis city. Apply to W. B. SHAW, rJtsneral Agent, apriT-S* No. 20 Broad street ^sTTHE SOUTH CAROLINA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY-SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Depositors are requested to leave their books on ?nd after the 1st April proximo, to be credited with the quarterly interest then due. All Deposits made on before the 20th April will bear Interest from 1st April. Interest (6) Six Per Cent, compounded quarterly. mch25-mwri2 ' F. A. MITCHELL, Cashier. JBT*BURNHAM'S SUPERIOR YEAST POWDERS.-Having used Yeast Powder m our familles for several years, we give a decided pref? erence above all others to that prepared by EDWARD S. BURNHAM, Graduate or Pharmacy, No. 421 King street, near Calhoun street " naries ton, S. 0. : King Mansion BoaflUog House, Julius Petsch, B. 0. Webb, George L. Holmes, George S. Peizer, M. D., John T. Wightman, D. D., William Smith, Master Machinist,\S. 0. R. R. apr6-3mos_ ?luninpal Notiws. pm* CITY HALL, OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL, CHARLESTON, S. C., APRIL 18,1872. Estlmatei will be received at this Office until SAT? URDAY, 20th Instant, at 12 M., for Removal of Artesian Well Trough, tn accordance with report of Council Commiuee. adopted April 16. apris-s W. W. SIMONS, Clerk of Council. pm* CITY HALL, OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL, CHARLESTON, S. C., APRIL 18, 1872* Estimates will be received at this office until SAT? URDAY, 20th, at 12 M. o'clock, for BUILDING A TRIBUNE AND MUSIO STAND on White Point Qarden, according to plans and specifications to be seen at this office. W. W. SIMONS, aprl8-3_ Clerk of Connell. pm*FIRE DEPARTMENT.-THE AN? NUAL INSPECTION of the Fire Department by the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen will take place on SATURDAY, 27th Instant, at S o'clock P. H. the line will be formed In Broad street, the right resting on Meeting street. The Secretaries of aU companies must be prepared to band la to the Clerk of the Board of Pure Masters their re? turns of the number of Members, condition of Engines and Hose, and number of feet of Hose. By order of the Mayor. M. H. NATHAN, Chief Fire Department. B. M. STROBEL, aprie Clerfc Board Fire Masters._ >JETTREASURY OFFICE, CITY HALL, APRIL 8, 1872.-Tels office will be open from 9 A. M. THIS DAY to 2 P. M. dally to and to Include the 30th instant, for payment of all interest due upon the city debt known as City Stock, except SATUBDAYS, upon which transfers of Stock will be made. For the first live days priority lo payment will be given parties paying taxes to the city tn part or whole with the same, AU payments of Interest win be made by check, to be cashed at front desk of this ellice, and where interest ls sufficient for taxes tbey balance ac par, but where leas the penalty Bhaii attach on deficiency or difference, though paid in currency, ta conformity with ordinance. P. J. COOGAN, apr8-2Q City Treasurer, FiR(ii(ioiTJi;.\?i)iiT&ra., No. 244. KING STBJEET. We take pleasure in informing- our customers md ladies in generalthat, owing to iheextraoral-< narr facilities possessed by ns, we aie enabled to show one of tbe finest Unes of GOODS ever offered ; ld thia city, wblcb for completeness cf aaaorunentr at exceedingly low prices are fax ?head of any otb? noosa. AK?t?M? We call attention to our ,,. . ,.;>M ' RIBBON DEPARTMI-NT. PLAIN AND FANCY RIBBONS, in' ali tbe new tints, bought exclusively for ihe retail sale*, rrlmming Blbbons at 6,8,10 and l2.<c per yard. Secstle Ribbons, 2fi, 85, 40 and soc., Bolled and Oros Grain,._?j. _ Sash Ribbon, great variety, at 76c. and $1.. ? " For the accommodation or th? sa buners and - ;hose desirous of purchasing Rib tous by tba ' ? ieee m which prices will be charge i at anatollo ndncements. --- .?--.*,_ NO. ?I44 KING STREET; DRESS GOODS AND SHAWL DEPARTMENT. u , io pieces of LYON'S SILK, at gi sr., gi to, fir? - and $3 - io pieces Japanese and B lac lc st riped, at T6o. io. pieces of Colored Japanese silt at fl - Q ? 60 pieces of Japanese Dresses at $8 M 1 oase Colored Mozambique! only soo. per yard oo pieces br Sultans, Alpaca, Lustre*, area?- , dines, Llama, Plaids, from ss to soc. 00 Fine Llama Points from $10, $12 $10 sod Itt." JNEN AND DOMESTIC DE? PARTMENT. , 10 pieces of 10-4 BLEACHED DAMASK at 76c co dosen ot Linen Doylies at TM. per dooen it :? - towels of great varjety at low figures 3 cases or lO-t Bleached Sheeting, 40and 46o. ,?*> io oases of Bleached Shirting, io to soo. S cases of New Styles Percales, 18,30 and SSo.. f cases of Ginghams,' only 13XO. per yard oo pieces of striped Piques, 36 and soc oo pieces or Swisses,'Tlctorta Lawns, Jaconet* Cambrics, ranging from iee upwards ' !1\ 60 dosen of French Corsets at T6o, tl and $i w 1 case of Honey Comb and Allendale Quilts? ? $1 60 MM Marseiiles Quilts at $3, 88, $4 and $6-T?Cf . low Something new and - stylish-"Dolly Varden!', "I08, . .V J? x .'<'. .1 . il'ri'-*'- ? . -? .'?Jt; A Parasols ! Parasols ! Parasols I A great variety of the latest style* Jost re- : oelved. MATTING ! MATTING ! We win sell at present. 100 rolla 014-4 WHITE MATTING at 27X and 80c 60 rolls of elegant Fancy Matting at 40c, worth ?ec 30 rolls of 64 White Matting at -ec j. 60 rolls of 4-4 Cheek Matting at 37 x and 40a, We offer extraordinary Inducemen ta in BRUB JEL AND WOOL CARPETS. MBGOrT, BENEDICT & CO., MO. 244 KINO 8TREET. NEW GOODS m SPRING ll SUMMER. JUST RECEIVED, AND RECEIVING BT EVERY STEAMER, DRESS GOODS, OF ALL KINDS. JAPANESE SILKS ALL COLORS. L ^ C E S , EMBROIDERIES, CLOVES, HOSIERY, WHITE M, OF EVERY KI STD. BLACK LACS POINTS BLACK LACE SACQUiES, FANCY GOODS, ETO. A FULL ASSORTMENT OF THE CELE? BRATED SEAMLESS KIO GLOVES. J. R. READ, 263 KING STREET, OPPOSITE HASEL. oct?T-mwramos