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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A THE PRESIDENCY. THE SITUATION VIEWED EX OX A NEW TOJU? STstXDFOTtTT. KlTect of Mr. Adam?*? Letter-The Can? didate? Before the Liberal Conven tion-Adorns the First Favorite In the Eastern and Middle States-Germans Deserting the Republican Party En Masse - The Rash for Cincinnati Alarm of the Administration Organs. [FROH 0UB OWN CORRE5F0ND3KT 1 NEW YOKK, April 25. The coming convention at Cincinnati en? grosses the public mind, and this morning the letter of Charles Francis Adams, which ap-j pears in the dally Journale, ls the town talk. Tn this locality, the current is setting very .strongly ^ IN FAVOR OF ADAMS. 3 have heard many Republicans, who have hitherto been looking upon the Cincinnati .movement with coldness and even hostility, H"Clare thar, if Mr. Adams shall bo the uoml .cee^tbeir-consciences will not permit them to vofe for General Grant's re-election. On the ?Democratic side, there is, In high quarters, a very favorable feeling towards Adams. Mr. Belmont, the chairman of the National Demo? kratie Committee, is known to be in favor of j Adams, and has recently gone West to induce the Liberal Republican leaders to put him in nomination at Cincinnati. The World openly advocates the selection of Adams as the can? didate to oppose Grant, and, in double-leaded lealers, promises the support of the Demo? cratic party. MR. ADAMS'S LETTER seems to have given anew impetus to the movement In bis favor, and II it takes in ihe West and South as It has here, lt ls not at all unlikely that when the Cincinnati Convention meets*next Wednesday, the nomination will be tendered to bim, amida whirlwind of ac-1 ?clamatlon. His availability, as compared with that of Judge Davis or Governor Brown or 'Senator Trumbull, ls still a matter of discus? sion. Undoubtedly he ls among living Amer? ican statesmen north of ihe Potomac the one most conspicuous for elevation of charac? ter, cool, self-poised Judgment, and "eminent respectability.'* In his indifference to the allurements of office and contempt for the petty arts of the demagogue, he closely resem? bles Washington. The contrast, if he was pitted against Grant for the Presidency, would be an armament with the people needless of -demonstration. But In the Democratic ranks there are some elements of opposition to him. THS FENIAN'S fancy that he was slack in effecting the re-1 le&e of the naturalized Americans who were Imprisoned in England for participating in the Fenian rising. Colonel Warroo, one of the Fenian leaders, ls bitterly opposed to bim. Among the Western Democrats he ls not -altogether acceptable. The Chicago Times, the organ of the Illinois Democracy, declares that lt will not support him. A Washington dispatch published Fn the morning papers says that Fernando Wood, In behalf of the Democratic Congressmen, pronounces agalnBt"| Mr. Adams. Whether these signs of disap? proval of the Belmont-World action in this locality would continue in face of a pponla, ane?os outburst in favor of Mr. Adama at Cin? cinnati, remains to be seen, lt ls not likely that Mr. Adams, if nominated, would take an - active part in the canvass. The other gentle men who are prominently named would cer? tainly go before the people. Probably the man who conld get up the biggest "hurrah1* - and sweep the country with him would be DAVID DAVIS. The Judge isa magnetic man, great of bulk and sound ot mind, who could make a dozen ' rattling speeches a day for every day ot the campaign without exhausting his strength, a natural stump orator, with a broad, open beaming countenance and popular manners. Davis Is the favorite with the smart politicians in the Liberal Republican ranks, and will go to Cincinnati better organized for the contest than any- o? his -, om pei kore. He ls the first choice ot the Labor Reform party, and bas a l?fge following in Illinois. He would proba? bly make a more thoroughly Demooratlo Pres? ident than Adams or Trumbull, and Demo eratic politicians woui? have a better show for offices under his administration. GRATZ BROWS the Intellectual, courageous and great souled governor of Missouri, ls the favorite of the Ger? mane, though lt ls said that Senator Schurz has a preference for Mr. Adams. He ls a first- J class man In every respect, an original Demo? crat by birth and training, and would make a . strong impression oe the country, if he should .? go upon the stump. As the leader of the movement which struck the shackles from the feet of the ex-Confederates lu Missouri, he would commend himself to the enthusiastic : support of the white element ot the South. SENATOR TRUMBULL would be the least effective of the four public men whose names are most prominently con? nected with the Cincinnati nomination. His nature Is cold, his manner stiff, and hts public career not without Its vulnerable points. But his high character as a man and a statesman would not be questioned. Senator Logan, one -of the strongest men with the soldier element in the Republican parly, has announced that he will support Trumbull If he is nominated. The other names canvassed tor the Presiden? cy are those of Governor Palmer, of Illinois; Horace Greeley, Minister Curtin, of Penn? sylvania, ex-Secretary Cox, ol Ohio, and Chief I Justice Chase. The first might be taken up in [ -case of an obstinate struggle between the leading candidates for the nomination. The last is virtually out of the race. Mr. Greeley has no expectation o? getting the nomination now, and ls understood to prefer Mr. Adams. It Is important that some provision should be made In the ticket for CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA. For this reason the popular name of Curtin' .has been put forward.. He ls-still In Europe, but his personal friend, Colonel Aleck Mc? Clure, who assumes to speak for him, vouches for bis sympathy with the Liberal movement. It ls thought that If he even received the sec? ond place on the ticket Pennsylvania could be secured against Grant. The oombinatlons of names suggested ace numerous, for example: . Adams and Hancock, (which would have a fine old revolutionary flavor) Adams and Cur? tin, Adams and Palmer, Brown and Curtin, Brown and John Qulocy Adams, Davis and Greeley, Trumbull and Tilden, Davis and Parker, Greeley and Groesbeck, Curtin and Cox, Curtin and Rosecrans, Adams and Trum? bull. THE GERMANS Df the Republican stripe are almost unani? mous for the Cincinnati movement. They are holding mass meetings all over the Northwest and choosing delegates to the convention. Such men as H ec ker. Eoerner, Kaufmann and ^Rummel! are asslstlog. Senator Schurz to array the Germans against Grant. It ls; safe to tay tbat the German defection from the Administration party will lose to Grant the States of Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and possibly Michigan, Ia which they bold the balance of power. The German papers of the Northwest generally favor Governor Brown for the Presidency. Mr. Adams is their second choice. Full delegations to Cincinnati-will go from all the Eastern Slates. The Connecti? cut call was issued yesterday. Some of the delegates are already OFF FOR CINCINNATI. Mr. Greeley and his party?wlll leave cn Satur? day. As many of the interior cou aries are moving, fully a thousand delegates will go from New York State. Tickets for the round trip from this ciiy are sold at the railroad de? pots for twenty-four dollars. It is thought that nat less than twenty-thousand delegates will be present lu Cincinnati. Colonel Gros? venor, formerly proprietor of the St. Louis Democrat, has charge of the arrangements. GRANT'S FRIENDS are certainly worried about the future. The administration organs have blustered a great deal, but within a few da\ a their tone has changed from ridicule 9f the "soreheads" to entreaty that honest Republicans will not aid In breaking up the party. The danger Pennsylanla is so menacing that negotiations are on foot to throw aside Colfax and nomi? nate a Pennsylvanian, probably Senator Scott, for vice-President. Curtin could have the nomination if he would accept it. Most of the Republican papers stick to Ihe administration. The most prominent Journals supporting the Cincinnati movement are tbe Tribune, Eve? ning Post, Springfield Republican, Hartford Post, Cincinnati Commercial and Chicago Tri- ? bune. Henry Ward Beecher has declared for Granr, but bis friend, Theodore Tilton, goes to Cincinnati as a delegate. The illustrious blatherskite, General Judson Kilpatrick, blows a blast against the President, while the virtu? ous General Dan Sickles (who ls about to sue j the World for "defamation of character") is already in the field for lils White House boon companion. After the Cincinnati nomination ls made there will be many announcemonts of | apostacy irom the regular Republican organi? zation. At present the malcontents are walt ing to see who will be the candidate. ARBITRATOR ADAMS departed on the steamer Russia, for Europe, yesterday. He goes to attend the Geneva Congress. During his slay ia the city he was visible only to his personal friends. The let? ter defining his position, which was printed to-day, was prepared at the request of Hon. D. A. Wells, the foremost of the Free Traders,1 and was only given out alter the steamer left the dock. NTH. RADICAL MEETING IN GEORGETOWN. The Prominent Speakers Turn Up Miss? ing-A Sad Fiasco. The Georgetown Times reports that the "grand mass meeting" of Radicals, held on Saturday week, was a grand failure. None of the "prominent speakers" arrived, and only forty or fifty persons were present. The Timessays: Repr?sentai Ive Jones opened the ball as usual. The meeting was called that the con? stituents might have from their representa? tives au account of their stewardship. Mr. Jones referred them to the proceedings of the Legislature, as published in all the papers, which had no doubt been carefully read by them. Representative Bowley Bald, ditto. Re? presentative McDowell said, likewise also. Gonslderlag that they were addressing a high? ly intelligent audience, who had read alofi the proceedings of the menagerie, and under? stood what they meant, the remarks of | the representatives must have been entire? ly satisfactory, without the necessity of | going over them In detail. They did not explain why the taxes were doubled, the State treasury empty; why the schools were about to be closed, the inmutes of the Lunatic Asylum about to be starved or turned loose on the community; or how lt happened, with this condition ot things existing, they managed to return to their constituents with costly horses and mules and vehicles and fur? niture. Mr. Jones announced the g rat il \ lng fact that he was not a candidate for any office, and that he would not serve In any unless he was elected. That declaration ls certainly ex? plicit enough. It is as plain as a Delphic ora ole, and seemed to be understood bravery one ot' his hearers. Notwithstanding the elo? quence ot the speakers, the meeting to con? sider "questions ol viral Importance to the public" was a laughable farce, a ridiculous fizzle, and a complete failure. There were few If any ot the Intelligent and influential colored men of the town and county at lr, and we have reason to believe they are getting heartily sick and tired of being the pliant dupes and vic- j tims of a set of men who have for the last tour years systematically deceived them In order that thty might successtully rob and plunder them. _ _ _ TEE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, April 28. Clear and partially cloudy weather will pre? vail over the New England, Middle and South ern States on Monday, with light to fresh winds. An area of low barometer will proba- ' bly move eastward over the Northwest and the pressure will continue diminishing from the-Ohio Valley northward and westward, with easterly to southerly wind?, cloudy and threatening weather and very probably rain. Brisk, and possibly very brisk, winds are probable for the upper l ikes to-night or on Monday morning, but otherwise dangerous winds are not anticipated, yesterday's Weather Reporta of the Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. c BS Sn Augusta, Ga.... Bal timo. e.. Boston. Charleston. Chicago...'.. Cinema i tl.. Galveston, Tex.. Key West. Knoxville, Tenn. Memp-ils, Tenn. Mt. Washington Kew Orkans.... New YorR. Norfolk. Philadelphia. Portlaad, Me_ Savannah. St. Louis. wa-hmgtoa .... Wilmlngton.N.C. 29.01 90IN 3J.1S 61 S 80.02 30 NW 29.93 77 S 30.1* 60 NE 3u.ll 70 SE 30 Ol 79 >E 29.93 ?2 NW 29.92 86 NW 29.97 88 SW 29.9 17 W 29.98 63 E 30.04 67 NW *>.1S 63 NE 30.1? SA NW 30 00 63 NW 29.90 82 SE .19.96 76 N 30.13 62 S 29.98 79 S 4; : o ! a Gentle. Gentle. Bisk. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Gale. tentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Fair. Fair. Clear. Clear. rhr'og. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Clear. Fair. Fair. Clear. Cloudy. Clear. Clear. clear. Fal--. clondy. Cloudy. NOTE.-The weather report dated 7.47 o'clock this morning, wilt be posted tn the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at io o'clock A. M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the Chamber) be examined by ship masters at any time daring the day. POOR, BUT PROUD.-Yesterday there passed through Lynchburg one of the poorest, yet proudest families it was ever the writer's lot to encounter. It consisted qf one Ezekiel Col? een, wife and seven children, (rom South Caro? lina, bound for the Countv of Cu?peper, where they propose settling. They bad walked all the way irom that State, and the women were not only bonnet less but shoeles-<,aad|almo8t in rags, presenting a poverty-stricken appearance sickening to behold. When questioned as to bis movements, the head of the family became very curt In his re ?/lies, and to a proffer of food tendered by a warm-hearted landlord, ladig namly dr-cilued. He departed, with his family, by the Orange Railroad bridge, not having the means to pay for crossing at the toil bridge. Lynchburg {Va.) Republican. HO, FOR CINCINNATI ! GROWING ENTHUSIASM ALZ OVER THE UNITED STATES. Porkopolis in a Ferment-The Danie of Preparation-An Immenee Con? course Kxprctid-The Feeling; in Washington -Anxiety of Grant and his Friends-Gossip about Candidates -The Letter of Chas. Francis Adams -MIscellaneon? Notes of the Liberal Movement. The excitement concerning the Cincinnati Convention increases hourly all over the country, and even the most radical of Radical papers and politicians are ceasing to sneer and beginning to whistle for the time-honor? ed purpose of keeping up their courage. In the City of Cincinnati Itself lhere 13 infinite bustle and preparation for the great event. The hotels are already "bespoken" to their utmost capacity, and private houses are being swept and garnished by the thrifty house? wives for the prospective emolument of them? selves and their lords. Delegations arrive on every train, and here and there in the crowd the conspicuous figure of some leader and possible candidate ls beginning to be observ? ed. There is much discussion, of course, con? cerning the action ot th*J convention, but the delegates are Inclined to keep their opinions to themselves until the proceedings begin. A Cincinnati dispatch; of Thursday, to the New York Tribune says: The work of pr?parai IOD, SO far as the halls are concerned, ls perfected and ready for the conventions. The Reunion and Reform Con? vention will meet at 10 A. IL, May 1, at Mo? zart Hall. IIB preliminary business will be completed, if possible, in time to* permit the taking of a recess, BO that the members may be present at the Liberal Republican Conven? tion, which will convene at "Exposition Hall at 12 M. on the Bame day. The general opinloo is that the work of the conventions will con? sume the entire week up till noon ot Saturday. It is thought by those best informed and most interested that the transformation of Hie con? ventions luto one delegated body cannot, under the most favorable circumstances, be effected In time for a meeting earlier than Fri? day. All ibe States will be represented in the mass meetlnir of the Liberal Republicans. About half the States have notified the Reunion and Reform Mass Convention that delegates would be sent to it. Yesterday it was ascertained that hotel ac? commodations for fifteen hundred had been engaged lu Cincinnati and Covington, and the more central hotels were rejecting all further applications, while others more remote bad room enough and to" spare. Private citizens are coming to headquarters and effe ria g to entertain delegates. Many will be provided tor In this way. Steamboats, sleeping cars and lodging-rooms. Improvised by hotels, will make alarie provision for surplus attendance. All railroads centering In the city will run ex? cursion trains early and late, at convenient interva'8, durlug convention week. In this way hotel accommodations In neighboring towns can be made available. Senator Schurz will arrive Sunday, and be the guest of Judge Stallo at Mount Auburn. On Monday night he will go to Washington Plattorm, an immense beer saloon on Elm and Court streets, where he will meet his German fellow-citizens in a social way. All the Ger? man musical societies will be there. The re? ception will be simple, and without expense, and this General 8churz prefers. The Ger? mans will be here in swarms from New York, Mllwaukle, Sf. Louis,?Cleveland and Colum? bus. In regard to this convention, Influential Germans and Americans think that to give lt the fullest moral force, lt will be necessary that much balloting be avoided, that all arrange? ments be made before-AIay 1, and "that the con? vention be unanimous. Then nothing would re? main but to get the Democratic executive com? mutee not to call a convention. Exposition Hall will accommodate eight thousand per? sons. The committee says no one will be ad? mitted to either convention without a ticket, which will have to be obtained Monday and Tuesday next. Arrangements have been made for tables and chairs for one hundred members of the press. Assignment of news? papers to positions will be made by a commit? tee of the representatives of the press on Mon? day or Tuesday. The Western Union and Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Companies have each several wires to each portion of the hall, and will dispatch from there during con? vention. The press accommodations can be increased to afford room for two hundred If necessary. Exposition Hall ls decorated sim? ply and Inexpensively. Portions are set apart for ladles, and barriera are provided to separ? ate outsiders from delegates. The elly will contribute a police force to keep order. GOSSIP AMONG THE LIBERALS. Senator Fenton on the Best Candidate for President. [From the Chicago Times.] WASHINGTON, April 18. I had an interview with Senator Fenton to? day, fie authorized me to say, SB a practical test of what he means by "a statement train? ed In Republican ideas,'' that Illinois presents the names of three statesmen-Palmer, Davis or Trumbull-either one of whom, If nomi? nated by the Liberal Republican C invention at Cincinnati, will satlsly him and enlist his earnest support. In addition to t'iese. the senator adds that Mr. Greeley, of New York, or Mr. Charles Francis Adams, of Massachu? setts, would fill the bill, and that either, If nominated, would have his be>t efforts to secure his election. Mr. Fenton expresses the opinion that either of the gentlemen named ls eminently qualified for the high and responsible duties ol President; that each one has been trained In principles, sentiments and manners consonant with the highest forms and Meas of Republican government in the broadest and highest sense. After carefully canvassing the gentlemen named above, and the tickets which have been discussed a? like? ly to be nominated at Cincinnati, Senator Fenton r-ald: "There ls no doubt that Davis and Andrew G. Curtin would make a strong and popular ticket." Governor Palmerand the Liberal Move menr. Governor Palmer; of Illinois, made a speech at'Sptlngtleld on the evening ot the *23d In? stant, on the political issues of the duy, in Which he said he, with Trumbull, was in lavor of "local government!!," and thanked the sena? tor for coining that sentence. He was in favor of the people of the Slates regulating their own affairs and administering their own laws without any interference on the part of the general government. He then said he was not in favor of any man for President who did not respect the laws ot the States or of the United States, and he will support no mau wno will not assert that at all times the mili? tary shall be subordinate to the civil power. The Work Goes Bravely On! To show how the Liberal movement ls working, H. H. Helper, in North Carolina, redlciB twenty thounand majority by tliat tate lor t he Cincinnati nominees. In Brook? lyn, Sew York, a call for a meeting to send delegates to Cincinnati ba? been "signed by Theodore Tilton, Samuel Sinclair, Sigismund Kaufman and a dozen or more equally Influen? tial persons, while In Camden, New Jersey, an enthusiastic meeting was held on Monday, calling upon all cliizens to burv paat differ? ences aud unite on the Cincinnati nominees. A Venerable Delegate to Cincinnati. Among the delegates to be sent from New York City to Cincinnati ls a venerable arm? chair for the use ot the presiding officer of the convention. This chair was given bs the pub? lic authorities to the late Protessor W. P. Deweee, or Philadelphia, the father of Dr Dewees, of New York City, at the time when some ot ihe old furniture of Independence Hall was distrifluted. The peculiar interest attaching to lt arise? from the fact that it was the chair In which John Adams was aitiing at the moment he signed the Declaration of In? dependence. The Woman Question. Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker addresses a' letter to B. Gratz Brown on the subject of wo? man's admission to the Cincinnati Conven? tion. 8he says, among other things, "I can? not venture to predict concerning coming events, but my conviction ls very profound that no party will be permitted to succeed that tenores ibe rights and refuses the assistance of hali the citizens of the (Jolted States, they being tax-paying. law-abiding and patriotic citizens equally wlih their enfranchised broth? ers Our national committee wish to send delegates to all- the conventions, and as the one you largely represent meets earliest, I take the liberty to Inquire what reception we should probably meet at your hands ?" An Anti-Grant Soldiers' Movement. A circular dated Washington, April lSih, signed by General H. A. Barnum, commander ot the Grand Army of the Republic for New Tork State, General Judson Kilpatrick, of New Jersey, and General W. F. Bartlett, of Massachsette, has been put forth suggesting that a soldiers1 and pal.oral convention be held tn New York in Hav next, to formally call upon the Philadelphia Convention to nominate a candidate otber than President Grant. THE FEELING IN WASHINGTON. \ The Politicians Anxious-The President Deceived as to the Strength ot the Iliberal Movement. A Washington dispatch, of Thursday, lo the New York Tribune syas : No subject ls more talked of In Washington than the Cincinnati Convention. Everybody ls Inquiring of every one else what will b? done next week, and no one knows, or ls wil? ling to venture an- opinion. It is true that most of the Liberal Republicans have a choice among the candidates who have been named, and do not hesitate to express It in private conversation; but nonecf them are very tena? cious ol their oplnlonei and nothing h?s oc? curred here to give the least ground for the hope, freely expre?sedj? by forae administra? tion members of Congress, thnt the Cin? cinnati Convention will break up in a row and rplU Into fragments. Reports from the White House show a total lack of appreci? ation of the political situation. A senator who called to-day says he found (he President jubilant. Somebody had written him from Il? linois that the Liberal movement in that State had no depth, no hold upon the people, and that the State would stand by him with forty thousand majority. A Republican member of Congress from the same Stare assured the President that his correspondent was right, and that the Liberal leaders in that State were wholly without following. When bis atten? tion was called to the fact that among the Liberals were several whose support he con? sidered very valuable, if not essential to his own success in the fall of 1870, be had no further remarks to make. In one county In Illinois, ll ls reported, that the entire Repub? lican committee baa Joined the Cincinnati movement, leaving no one to call the Admin? istration County Convention. The Washington correspondent ot the Balti? more Sun, writes : There have been some developments made here within a day or two ot political move? ments, whleh are calculated to disturb the harmony of the Clnclnoatl Convention. Some of the friends of Mr. Trumbull, backed by the Chicago Influence, now openly declare that If Justice Davis is nominated for President, they will refuse to support him. They do not go quite so far as to make the nominal lou of Mr. Trumbull an ultimatum, but that is quite ap? parent. The latter's attendance In the Radical caucus last night excites suspicion. Tb^ Dem? ocrats, on the other band, are quite unani? mous In Congress against the nomination ol Charles Francis AdamB, which, lt ls said, is ^proposed by Mr. Belmont on behalt of some of the New York World. They'Say that If Adams ls oominaled the National Convention of the Democracy will nominate a straight ticket and iguore the Cincinnati nominees. There seems to be more unanimity among the Democrats In Congress in favor of Davis and Curtin (ban any other ticket. _ The Latest. WASHINGTON, Sunday Night, April 28. The interest In the Cincinnati Convention is everywhere on the increase. The latest tele grams from that point report the prospects ol Adams improving. The Louisanno, Texas and Alabama delegations are unanimous- In his favor. Senator Schurz left for Cincinnati yesterday, and Senators Fenton, Trumbull and Tipton will follow to-morrow. A SPIRITED-BETTER. Citarles Francis Adams Defines His 'Position. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican pub? lishes the following: As arranged many weeks ago, Mr. Adams sailed on his return to Europe yesterday with his wife, In ordet to be ready for the meeting of the Geneva arbitration. Before he left a gentleman Interested in the Cincinnati Con? vention, and desiring that be should become Its candidate, wrote him Inquiring as to his views of the movement whlcfi it represented, and suggesting that lhere should be some one in attendance who could speak for him, to which there came the following reply, with no restrictions as to Its. publicity: BOSTON, April 18, 1872. My Bear Mr. Wells-I have received your letter, and will answer it frankly. I do not want the nomination, and coull only be In? duced to consider it by the circumstances un? der which lt might possibly be made. If the call upon me were an unequivocal one, based upon confidence -In my character earned in fiublic Ute, and a belief that I would carry out u practice the principles which I professed, then Indeed would come a test of my courage In au emergency; but, if I am lo be negotiated for, uud have assurances given that I am hon? est, you will be so kind as to draw me out ol that crowd. With regard to what I under? stand tobe the declaration of prluclples which has been made, lt would be ridiculous in me to staud haggling over them. With a single exception ot ambiguity, I see nothing which any honest Republican or Democrat would not accept. Indeed, I should wonder at. anyone who denied'them. The difficulty is not in the profession. It lies everywhere only In the manner in which they are carried into practice. If I have succeeded in m iking my? self understood, you will perceive tbat I can give no authority to any one to act or to speak tor me ia the oremises. I never hud a moment's belief that, when it came to the point, any one so entirely isolated as I am from all political associatious ot any kind could be made acceptable as a candidate for public office; but I am so unlucky as to value tnat in? dependence more highly than the elevation which ls brought by a sacrifice ot lt. This is not Inconsistent with the sense of grateful recognition of the very flattering estimates made of any services in many and high quar? ters; but I cannot consent to pendle with them for power. If the good peop e who meet at Cincinnati really believe that they need such an anomalous being as I am ( which I do not) they must express lt In a manner lo con? vince me of it, or all their labor will be thrown away. I am, with grtatrespect, yours, ?c., CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. DAVID A. WELLS, Esq., Norwich, Ct. TRADE IN NEW TORK. NEW YORK, April 28. The general trade of the city bas undergone but little change sine* thia day week. Cotton bal been dull, with a slight decline in prices. The sales tor the week reached 110,000 bules, of which 103,600 were for future delivery, and 6500 on spot and to arrive. Ol spot cotton ex? porters took about 1175 bales, spinners 4350, and Fpeciiiators 350. The receipts lor UM week have been 24.726 bales, agilust 37.841 during the preceding week. The receipts at all the shipping ports from September 1st have been 2,545,622 bales, against 3,556,045 for the same time in 1871. In naval stores trade bas been light. The excitement in turpentine noticed last Satur? day afternoon and attendant upon the ad? vance was quelled and quashed by Monday night by dealers from other cities coming In and attempting to lo?d New York with the erftire stock of the country. Even the painters in the vicinity who held a barrel or t wo learn? ed that one manipulator was holding the mar? ket and then became eager Keekers. Under such circumstances the bottom of the market fell our. and prices on Tuesday morning were five cents off. Since then spirits have been quiet, with sales making only into consump? tive channels at sixty cents per call?n. Resins are firm, the stock in yards havlotr been re? duced to 15,000 barrels. Tar and pitch are unchanged and prices are somewhat nominal, VESUVIUS Iii ERUPTION. TERRIBLE SCENES IN TBE NEIGHBOR? HOOD OF THE GREAT VOLCANO. Hundreds ?f Lives Lost-Tin: People of tbc Surrounding Villages Fleeing In Terror and Confusion-The Italian Government .Moving to Aid the Suf rorer*. ft - ROME, April 26. At the pitting of the Chamber of Deputies thia evening, Prime Minister Laosea read a dispatch stating that the eruption of Vesuvius ls increasing and becoming'more serious. Two hundred persons have been burned by the lava. Flames burst lrom the earth under the feet of the inhabitants. Torre del Greco is in danger of destruction. The people are flying from the town. Temporary provision ls made for them by the authorities. NAPLES, April 26. A fresh crater opened in Vesuvius to-day. Ashes and lava threaten the villages on the mountain side, and the inhabitants are re? moving their household gooda. Thousands are encamped in the fields. The ministers have been summoned from Rome, and are coming to make provision for the-houseless people. The bay is covered with boats Ailed with spectators. The scene is grand and terri? ble beyond description. The names at times shoot up to a great height, and masses cf rock are ejected with earthquake enocks, which are distinctly felt In t his city. NAPLES, April 27-Noon. There ls co abatement in eruptions ol Vesu? vius. The lava flows down the mountain sides destroying everything. No Amercana are missing. Explosions are beard and the flames seen distinctly from thii city. There ls a great paule around the base of tne mountain. LATER.-The emption ot Vesuvlas continuas? with dreadful violence. The lava has already reached Sebastiana, and threatens other to wes. Explosions of the volcano are con? stantly heard in this city. Consternation ahrnng the inhabitants ol villages and towns which are threatened with dangar Increases. It Is asserted that many tourists were sur? rounded by lava and perished. King-Victor Emanuel has sent aid lo persona who have been compelled to flee from their bornes aud encamp In fields. WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING. The Proce< dings Of Saturday-A Review of the Work of the Session. WASHINGTON, April 27. Ia the Senate to-day, Sumner Ineffectually endeavored to get up his mixed school bill. The bill confirming titles to occupants of lands Ia the Cherokee'strip of Kansas passed. Tne deficiency bill was resumed; no result. The House meets hereafter at ll o'clock. The tariff was discussed nearly the entire day; no vote reached. Niblack, from the committee On ap? propriations, reported a bill to authorize tbe Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the owners thereof the proceeds of the sale ot colton Ille? gally seized and converted after 30 th June, i860. Ordered printed and recommitted. The House passed the bl 1 of Mr. HirrK of Virginia, striking the word "loyal" out of the pension law to soldiers of the war of 1812, and giving widows who married previous to 1825 a pension. The Senate committee have agreed to re? port lu favor o? the free tea ami coffee bill as lt came from the House, without amendment. Senator Wilson says Congress will not adjourn uni il amnesty passes. Since the commencement of the present ses? sion of Congress the President has approved thirty-three bills which originated In tue Sen? ate, and one hundred and twenty originating la the House. Several bills of a private char? acter have been vetoed. Since tbe commence? ment of the session one thousand and forty-five bills have been introduced iii the Senate, and two thousand five hundred and sixty-nine in the House, together with one hundred and forty Joint resolutions. The number of bills passed by the House, and now awitlng the ac? tion of the Senate, Is three hundred and sixty nine, and the number of Senate bills awaiting action In the House ls one hundred and thirty two, ninety ot which are on the speakers ta? ble. Among the bills pending la the Senate are the following: Robertson's amnesty bill, with certain exceptions, and House bill on same subject ; a bill to facilitate commerce be? tween the United States and China, Japan and the countries of Asia; a bill to? promote the construction of the Cincinnati and Southern Railway; Blair's joint resolution la favor of the purchase of Cuba; bill for the adjustment and satisfaction of French spoliation claims; bill providing for the sale ot United States lands containing coal; bill for the relief of certain contractors lor conatiuction of vesels of war and steam machinery; bili to prevent stock gambling by public officers; bill authorizing ! the establishment ot aa ocean mall steamship service between the United States and Mex? ico: bill for the further endowment of agri? cultural colleges; bill repealing duties cn tea and coffee; bill to promote the shlp-buildlog and commercial interests of the United States; bill to connect the telegraph with the postal serv<ce, and a bill to authorize compound in? terest notes as a substitute for legal-tender notes. Amoog the bills pending in the House are a bill to carry Into effect the provisions ot the Treaty ot Washington relating to the fisheries; bill for the retirement of worn and mutilated notes; bill to repeal the duties on coal and salt; the ways and means tariff bill; Kelley's bill for further reduction ot taxea and the en? couragement of commerce, and Maynard's bill to amend the Internal revenue laws. There are other Important bills in each House, excluding those relative to railroad grants, steamship lines, finance, &o. The following ls the con? dition of the general appropriation bills: That for the pay me ai of invalid and other pensions has become a law; the legislative bill ls in conference; the Indian diplomatic bills have been returned to the House with amend? ments. The Senate has not yet disposed of the deficiency, the postoffice, army, navy, I military academy and river and harbor bills. The House has acted on all the general appro? priation bills except the fortification appro? priation bill and the biils for the payment of certain civil expenses. The latter will be re? ported probably this week. In addition to the above many of the standing committees of the House have not had an opportunity tor months to make their reports, and besides tnt se many reports are yet tobe made from special committees. ' THE M. E. CUCRCH NO~RTH. NKW YORE, April 28. The General Conference ot the Methodist Episcopal Cnurch convenes in Brooklyn, next Wednesday, with four hundred and eighty four delegates. Eight-, new bishops are to be elected. WASHINGTON, April 28. A number of delegates to the Methodist General Conference from the West, South and' Southwest are now here on the way to Bi ook Ivn. Some of them preached in Methodist B'ulplts to-day. At the Metropolitan Cnurch, r. Newman baptized a Japanese law student, named Codama, who assumed the Christian came ot John Philip, and Dr. Eddy, the pas? tor of the church, took the convert into full membership, he having served the required probation of s i j; months. The African Methodists. NEW YORK, April 27. The African Methodist Conference finally adjourned to-day, after a session of great con? tusion. Several members got great excited, and refuted to heed the b shop's rebated calla to order. The cause of th? excitement was a proposal to lax each member one dollar. One Jam-s attempted to speak when brother Jones told him to sit down, accusing him of being a defaulting agent of the last tax. THE TROUBLES IN SPAIN. PARIS, April 26. It is now positively stated on tue best au? thority that Don Carlos lett Geneva in disguise on the night of the 2-ti h Instant. Should he be captured in Spain wiih arms In his hands he will be shot. He cannot yet have reached the Spanish frontier. MADRID, April 27. The Carlista bave out the telegraph wires at many points in the provinces infested by them. Consequently but lew dispatches relative to the insurrection have been received here this morning. A band of insurgents attacked the railway station lo tbe Town of TolBona, pro? vince ?f Lerida, yesterday, but were speedily I repulsed. ' JOTTINGS ?\BOVX ?nts. aM.AM.ib. -There is a gang ox' horse thieves in Union. - Orangeburg Is gco\wlng rapidly. -Tbe wheat crop Io pendleton will make a good yield, bat the areaIO small. -The Wlnnsboro' Lodg? of Good Templars is making fine progress. [ -Mrs. Ellen Howell, of Greenville, died on Tuesday of pneumonia. -Dr. H. D. Stiel], of Lancaster, died of con sumDtion on Saturday week. -The Ber. E. P. Cutler held religious ser? vices In Cheraw on Wednesday. -Hrs. Kiley and Miss Wsnnamaker were thrown from their buggy In Orangeburg, bot were not seriously injured. -A colored man named Irby accidentally killed himself, la. Lancaster, orr'Saturday week. I -Nine colored persons were killed on Mr. Thomas Ravenel's plantation, on Santee, by the terrible tornado of the 18th Instant. -There was a killing frost at Walhalla on Tuesday and Wednesday, and a slight frost In Anderson on Tuesday. -Governor Scott has reinstated Alfred Wil? liams as sheriff and L. S. Langly as county commissioner for Beaufort County. -Andrew Ramsey, Jamfs F. H arl lng and John A. Barker have been reappointed trial Justices for Edgefleid County. -The Palmetto Steam Fire Engine Compa? ny, of Columbia, are lu receipt of five hun? dred feet of new and Improved hose. -The Wlnyah Indigo Society will cele? brate Its one hundred and seventeenth anni? versary, at Georgetown, on May 3. -Some non-explosive oil Ignited at York viile, last Friday week, in Dobson'a grocery store. A few articles were Injured, and the building was scorched. . -Mr. R. M. Burns, of Anderson County, has wheat stalks avenging thirty Inches in length, and heads on tbem that would do credit to a philosopher. -A little son of Mr. A. S. Courteney, of Aiken, while filling a lamp bad lt to explode, I setting fire to his clothes and burning his eye? brows. , -Albert Riwl, convicted o? assault and bat? tery, and sentenced to nine months' imprison? ment, has, upon the recommendation of Judge Melton, been pardoned by Governor Scott. -A severe hsr.-l storm vlelted Aiken and -vicinity on Sunday night, accompanied by thunder and lightning. We learn tbat con? siderable damage was done to tbe growing crops. * -On Saturday afternoon Judge Boozer vis? ited the Jail and balled, for thirty days, Enoch West, the prisoner from Laurens who has been 111, but Is now convalescent. -Tbe amount necessary for construction of the rectory of the Episcopal Church at Aiken has already been realized, -and tbe con? tract for Its building will shortly be given out. -A Northern gentleman has been prospect log In the vicinity of Aiken for several weeks past with a view of purchasing property on which to establish a mill for the manufacture Of colton fabrics. -During the present season about two hun? dred and Atty tons of fertilizers have been shipped over tbe King's Mountain Railroad, and the supply, although much larger than last year, did not equal the demand. -The fair at the Aiken town ball, on Thurs? day ai te moon and night, for the bene flt of the "Church of the Strangers,'' was quite liberally patronized, the ladles in charge realizing a handsome sum. -Captain Ward, of St. Helena, one of the mo6t successful planters on the sea Islands, i forms the Beaufort Republican that the seed planted on the island has not come up very well, and much replant lng will be required. -The Air-Line Railroad ls pushing on. The bridge over Catawba River, near Charlotte, has been completed, contracts for grading fin? ished by many partie?, and further contracts entered upon on the Atlanta side of Green? ville. -We learn that the recent arrests In Lau? rena have had the effect of paral y zing business, whilst the number of colored men brought away as witnesses must seriously lnierlere with tbe planting operatlous in the county, and eutail mucb loss and suffering. -On Thursday week S. T. Sanlin, who had been confined for some time In the Jail at Ches? ter, made bis escape by cutting a bole through the floor and letting himself down to a room tn the second etory. From (his place there was nothing to obstruct hts escape. -Constable J. C. Moon, with Sergeant Tee pie, l,K" Company, 18i h Infantry, apprehend? ed two deserters trom Troop "E," 7tb Cavalry, named respectively Patrick Larkin and James Kennell, on the 18th instant, seven miles north of Spartanburg Courthouse. -On the 30th Instant the meeting of the stockholders of the Port Royal Road will be held In Beaufort. Large gangs of men are at work along the whole line of the road. Track laying will begin at the Augusta end of the road In two weeks. -Last Friday Trial Justice A. B. Addison committed Henry Fields and a man by the name ot Miller to Beaufort County Jail, charg? ed with stealing a valuable horse, the proper? ty of Mr. Canter, of Biuflion.. While at Tem assee one of.the prisoners escaped. The other bas been safely lodged in Jail. -A dwelling, belonging to Dr. Roach, on the old "Hutchinson" place, about seven miles below Columbia, was destroyed by fire a few nights ago, together with the contents. The bunding was Insured. A portion of the doc? tor's family was about to occupy the bouse, and bad sent down their furniture. - On Monday last, a difficulty occurred in Unlouvllle between John Macbeth and Sam Harris, both colored, in which Macbeth was badly out in nine places with a shoe-knife. The wounds are not considered dangerous, but are very severe. The difficulty arose from gambling. Macbeth was in liquor. Harris was arrested. . -The Spartan says that a temporary track through ibe Town of Spananburg will soon be laid to connect the Atr-Line Railroad with the Spartanburg and Union Rill toad to carry Iron and other materials, so that the track layl?g on the Air Line Road may be pushed forward rapidly by laying the track at both ends ot the line. -The annual celebration of the Sunday School attached io the - Methodist-Church of Georgetown took place on last Sunday after? noon, and was of the moat interesting char? acter. Excellent and'appropriate addresses were made to the children by Mr. L. 0. Dar? gan, di Darlington, the Revs. Mr. McKinney, of Clarendon, and Mr. Porter, of Bennetts ville, and by Bishop Pierce. -On Monday last Dr. J. B. Jarrott and one George Norris had a dispute at Florence, about some land which th?; latter had rented ,Irom the former, which resulted In Dr. Jarrott bel?g badly cut on the arm and ou the side ol his body. Tbe wounds are thought to be ol a serious nature. Norris has been arrested and placed nuder bond. A fatality appears to rest upon the doctor's ifarol.'y, as two of lt have already died by violence -The Methodist Quarterly Conference for the Marlon District commenced its session at the Methodist Church, In Georgetown, on Thursday last, and was presided over by Bishop Pierce with that easy grace and dignity so natural to that eminent divine. Tbere was quite a large number ot clerical and lay dele? gates In attendance, and the proceedings of the conference were marked by that harmony, good feeling and candid Interchange ot opinion and views benning and proper fer an assem? bly of Christians. THE HARMONY OF CREATION. Lecture by the Rev. H. P. Cu tit r. [From the Cheraw Democrai] On Tuesday eveuing last the Rev. R. P. Cut? ler, ol Charleston, gave the April lecture before the Lyceum. The audience, although not very large, was intelligent and nppreciative. The learned lecturer liad uttered but a few senten? ces when all felt sure that they were li-trnlog to one who had seen much ol this world, ana wbo had gone thus far in life with his eyes and ears wide open; and who bad with a compre? hensive and phllTophlcal mind taken in and assimilated everything tbat came within its range. It 1B truly gratifying to listen to a man who looks and acts as though he felt himself master ot the situation; who knew Just what be wanted to say, bow he should say it, and why he said if. The subject of t he lecture was '.Tue great Law of Compensai ion, or the Har? mony of Creation"-a theme rich and almost as vast as the universe Itself-was presented in a manner th;it clearly indicated the lecturer to be no neophyte in the art of thinking and writing. For clear and distinct statement of strong, mature thought, and elegant and vigor? ous diction, vre think Mr. Cutler's lecture bas nat been surpassed by any lecture before the Lyceum. -The small-pox is reported on tbe decrease In Philadelphia. -Th?* Florida Liberals are organising for represe n ta rion at Cincinnati. -The workingmen of New Orleans have sent delegates to Cincinnati. - -Strauss, the furn ons German musical com? poser, ls about to start from Vienna to attend the Boston Jubilee.' -A gale on Saturday blew down the Colise? um, built for the Boston Peace Jubilee. . The crash was beard ior.miles. ..?. . " i?v???"' ? -The April report o? the Agricultural Bu? rean gives a gloomy account of the winter grain prospect on account of the cold and un? favorable spring. ,-^1: ?-The department of State bas received ad? vices confirming] the) reported loss of a boat from the steamer Kansas with Captain Cross? man on board. -A detachment of United States cavalry from North Platte overtook ^wenty-fodlang who were driving stock from Fort McPherson and killed them. * -^ -The United States Treasury ,wllT ?ell two ?aillions of gold each Thursday, and bay two millions of bonds each Wednesday during May. The transactions will involve ten mil? lions of each. Hotel Arri vals-Aprll 97 and 98. " m ? PAVILION HOTEL. Edward Croaks* Georgia; john Woolley, Edgefleld; Thomas W. Cooper, Ottawa; Geo. C. Cabler, Nashville; Chirles A. Maguire, Phil? adelphia; James G. Foster, Beaufort; T. G.. Burroughs, Dalton; Thomas Belue, Jr., Union; ? Charles F. Warren, South Carolina; John E. Farris, City; W. V. Sarvis, Savannah; J. .P. Clement, South Carolina; J. D. Ellie, Philadel? phia; F. H. W. Briggman, Orangeburg; WV A. Nettles, Sumter; J. P. Walker, Chester; P. T. Sarllng, South Carolina. CHARLESTON HOTEL.,. J. Webb, Jr.,* North Carolina: G. H. How? land and sister, Louisville; Mis) J. E. (Jray, Miss F. L. Gray, G. N. Bigelow and wife, P. A. Ames and wife, Boston;T. M. Norwood, Geor? gia; F. Gavin, Florida; Wm. J3. Floyd, ?J. J. Ho txh kl es, Baltimore; E. C. Schauck, H. Van- , ais tl ne and daughter, J. Kres ted t, lady and - daughter. Mr. and Hrs. 8. T.Skldmore and maid, J. H. Sk ld m o re, W. B. S kid m ore, A. H. Leroy and wife, J. Bell, New York; E. A. Mar? a?an. F. J. Kimball, J. St radley, N. M. S tr ad? ler, Philadelphia; J. D. Fuller.and wife,. Springfield; Henry P. Farrow, Atlanta, Ge.; A.D.Zabriskleandlady.tMrs. F. C. Zabriskle, New York; J. D. W. Smith, Maine; Geo..F. Hatch and wjfe, Jae. D. Colt and daughter, Mia. A. M. Paul, Massachusetts; Mrs. Hooper., and maid, Miss Hooper and maid, Gao. A. Blchmond, Boston; Mrs. W. a Buggies, Miss M. Richmond, Miss M. E. Richmond, Newport; C. R. Gill, Chas. F. Craig, New York; H. Moore, New Orleans; 0. Canum,. W. 8. Her? bert, Auguste; B. D. Gulp,-Union Courthouse; H. Terry, Columbia; E. T. Walton, Wilming? ton, Delaware; G.. H. Dana, Savannah-, Wm. E. Spalding, Washington; Jae. E. Brown, Philadelphia; John. Cooke, John J. Brown, Patterson, New Jersey; B.F.E irle, Blohmond; J. R. Hamilton, London. ' ? 'gm> : ? KILLS HOUSE. 8. A. Goldschmldt, New York;. Mr. and Mrs. ' Horace Waldo and family, Georgetown, 8. C. ; Mrs. Joo. McGlnnls, New York; Mrs. John B. King and servant, John McSlmms. Jr., New * York; Mrs. T. F. Hoppln and maid, Prov!? dence, R. I.; H. A. Babbitt, Massachusetts; Chas. Braden, U. 8. A., Nathan Appleton, Paris; John King, Jas. Appleton, Tbos J. Chick, New York; L. P. Worsham, Kentucky; J. G. Walker, Chester, 8. C. .. . _ hosteller's Sitters. ~~par INFECTION IN THE AIR -AT this season the vegetable world takes a new lease ff life;but to the sensitive and delicate members of the human f?muy lt ls a time of dan? ger and often or great Buffering. The moisture which rises from tue earth and nings aaspendel over lt in tee form of morning and evening milts and fogs, to di la solution, so to speak, the me pnltlc elements which produce rever and ague, remittent fevers, rheumatism and many p iqlnl nervous disturbances, and which aggravate dys? pepsia, biliousness and all minor affections of the stomach and the bowels. This, therefore, Isa critical period or the year, a season when the renovating, refreshing and pu nr.. lng operation ol the mightiest of all Vegetable tonics and aiter? ative?, nOSTE[TER'S STOMACH BITTERS, fl aalva lon to the weak, and the beat security for the continuance of health and vizor of the btrong. Kow Uthe time not only to protect the system against the common ailments of the sea on, bot to prevent the dl-ordera incident to a warmer teuperatur?. Let not the exhausting heats of the "' summer mouths find you unprepared to meet them. A course of HOJTETTER'S BITTERS, commenced now, will put ail the physical ener? gies in flgn ting trim, double the capacity of the Internal organs to repel the causes of disease, re? fresh thc brain and clear lt of all hypochondria c il cobwebs. Bod place the whole physique m an attitude of defence, with every available point fortified and guarded and aa nearly invulnerable to unwholesome Influences as lt ls possible for the human structure to be. apr29-mwfSDAO ' ?lnnicipal Kotiges. ~~^PUBLIC NOTICE. -^-OFFICE BOARD OF HEALTH, CHARLESTON, APRIL 6, 1871-AH occupants or lota and premises, and all owners of unoccupied lots and premises, within the corpo? rate limits of the cit/, are hereby required to have the said lots abd premises properly cleaned, and the offal or bweeplngs of the same deposited on the street immediately m front of their premises or lots, to be removed by the city scavengers. After the first day of May next en suing, all tote of premises within ?aid limits, after Inspection by the proper authorities, which shall be found in a' filthy or unhealthy condition, will be reported to this Beard, and all persons neglecting or refusing to comply with this requirement will be liable to such penalty as prescribed by the city ordinance, which will be rigid y enforced. By order cf the Board GEORGE S. PELZ ER, M. D., aprl6-mtu2m2 City Registrar. ^TREASURY OFFICE, CITY HALL. APRIL 8, 1872.-This office will be open from 9 A. - . M. THIS DAT to 2 ?. M. dally to and to include the 30th Instant, for payment or ali Interest due upon the city debt known aa City Stock, except SATURDAYS, upon which transfers or Stock will be made. For the erst five days priority in payment will be - given pardea pay ir g taxes to the city to part or whole with the same. AU payments of Interest win be made by check, to be cashed at front desk of this office, and where lntereat la sufficient for tax?e they balance at par, bat where less the penalty - shall attach on deficiency or difference though paid in currency, lu conformity with ordinance. P. J. CO OG AN, apr8-20 _ City Treasurer. ? gperifll ffrxftreg. ?9* BATOHELOR'S HAIR DYE.-THIS superb Hair Dye ia the best in the world. Per? fectly harmless, reliable and instantaneous. . Ns disappointment. No ridiculous tints, or unpleas? ant Odor. The genuine W. A Batchelors Hair Dye produces immediately a splendid black, or natural brown. Doe8 not stain the akin, but leaves the hair clean, soft and t>?auttfuL The only Bafe and perfect Dye. sold by all druggists. Factory l? Bond street, New York. mcha-tuthsiyr-DAO