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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE KU-KL?X CASES. TRIAL OF ROBERT T. ItTGGIXS. Forming the Jury-The Old ^Stand-bys at the Front-Absence of Material Witnesses for the Defence. The United States Circuit Court assembled at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and upon motion o? the district attorney, proceeded at once to the trial o? Robert T. Rigglnb, of York County, indicted for conspiracy and the mur? der of Jim Williams, alias Jim Rainey, on the ?6th of March, 1871. The witnesses for the defence, who had been ordered to be sum? moned by the marshal, had not made their appearance, and the following dispatch was read from tl?e deputy marshal in York County: "Fonad J. Long. The other three not in the County. Sent subpoena back to your office." Colonel Hamilton said that the subpoena must have been received by the deputy mar shal last Thursday afternoon, aod he could prove by a man now in Jail in Charl- ston that their main witness, John T. Lowry, ' ad been In York up to Saturday morning when he had left and come down in this direction. Judge Bond decided that the dispatch that hadVbeen read amounted to a return of non ?est, and that the trial must proceed. Colonel Hamilton asked that the defenee might at least he allowed to have the testi? mony of those witnesses in the trials at Co? lumbia read from the official report of those trials; but the district attorney objected, and the request was refused. The prisoner was then arraigned, und plead? ed not guilty to all rhe charges, and the em? paneling ot the jury besan. This occupied abGut one hour, tM.iy-elght Jurors being call? ed before the requisite twelve were obtained, and both the prosecution and the defence ex? hausted the number of challenges allowed to -them respectively. The Jurors rejected by the government, were Messrs. Thomas S. MUIB, Ebenezer M. Wells, Campbell W. Getty, Alex? ander Foster Black and John Quinlan, all white. The jury, as finally formed, consisted of six white and six colored men, as follows: Charles A. Darling, foreman; Thomas S. Fos berry, Thomas" W. -Berry, John C. C. Levy, Edmund L. Yates and Andrew M. Moreland, white; and James B. DaCosta, John B. Ed? wards, David J. J. Johnson, Wm. A. Hayne, Chas. C. Turner and Moses Pi nek ney, colored. District Attorney Corbin then briefly ad? dressed the jury, and called Kirkland L. Gunn as the first witness ior the prosecution. The witness testifi?d that he was a member of the Ku-Klux Klan, and rehearsed the same testi? mony that he has given a score of times be? fore, at thio and the former term of the court, as to its constitution, oath, grips, signals. &c. On being cross-examined by Colonel Hamilton, th^witness testified again to having gone to Attorney-General Akerman, told what he knew about the Ku-Klux, and received two hundred dollars from Mr. Akerman's clerk. He did not know what the money was given to bim for. Supposed lt was simply out of kind-heartedness. Had never stated to any? body that lt was two thousand dollars Instead of two hundred dollars that he received. Bad not told Lorenzo T. Gardner so. Had said in the presence of Mr. Green and Mr. Gardner, jurors, that the lawyers had talked a good deal about that two hundred dollars that he had received. Ellas Ramsey was next called. This wit? ness bad also been frequently examined be? fore, and his testimony yesterday was largely a repetition of his former statements as to his initiation Into the Ku-Klux Klan and Its d s guises, oaths, ?c. He also testified that he had been on the raid on which Jim Williams was hung. The defendant and Banks Kell had notified him to go. Witness arrived first at the rendezvous, and the defendant, the four Shearer boys, Banks Kell, John Mitchell aod others atterward arrived. They then went, as be understood, in search of guns. They rode co different places, and for ten or twelve miles on the roads aud through the woods, stopping at various places and gather? ing up guns. In one place they stopped In the woods and dismounted. Witness stayed with the horses, and some of the party went lorward a considerable distance out of sight. 2ihers ot the party stayed In the woods, and ie witness beard their voices at intervals. During this time witness heard a fuss and heard something that sounded like a woman crying. When the party returned witness heard that Jim Williams had been hung. The party then mounted tbelr hordes and rode home, dropping out at different'places along the road. Witness had subsequently attend? ed a Ku-Klux meeting at Shiloh Church. There was an election for officers of the klan, and Robert T. Biggins, the defendant, was elected chief, Chambers Brown was elected monarch, Napoleon Miller was elected turk, and Wm. Kell, Banks Kell and the witness' were elected the committee of the klan. The defendant was present at that meeting. John Caldwell was called next, and testified tb ut he had been a member of the Ku-Klux and had been on the Jim Williams raid. The party went first to McConnellsvllle and then went on in the direction of Jim Willlams's house. Witness laid down until' those men returned, half an hour or an hour afterward. Bamsey and several others remained behind as well as the witness. While the party was riding home, witness heard that Jim Wliiiams had been hung. Did not see the defendant on the raid. There were some on the raid that witness did not know. Did not know any of those who were in disguise. Cross-examined by Colonel Hamilton: Had no Idea when he went on the raid that Wil? liams was going to be hune. Heard nothing about politics. Understood the object of the raid was simply to get guns away from the colored militiamen. Did not know how far it was from WllliamB's bouse where be halted and laid down. The dlstanc might have been _ half a mlle or It might have been further. Andrew Kirkpatrick testified that he was a Ku-Klux. and fiad been ou the raid on Jim Williams. When the party arrived at the baiting p'ace in the woods, the witness and Robert Biggins, the defendant, sat down there close together, and remained there until the party *rent to the house and until they re? turned, alter a lapse of half an hour or more. Did not know who went to the house. Sup? posed that they had gone there alter guns. Understood that to be the object of the raid. Cross-examined. Did not know Jim Wil? liams. Knew the defendant very well. De? fendant told him afterward that he did not know they were going after anythine but guns. Was at a meeting of the klan subse? quently, when the defendant was elected chief. Gadsden Steele, colored, testified that on the night ot the raid on Jim Williams the Ku Klux carno upon him, took him out of his "house, asked him if he had any guns, inquired the way to Willlams's house, and made him ac? company them part ot the way to bis bouse. Did not know any of the men In the party. J They were all disguised, and the one who ap? peared to be chief was addressed as No. C. Rosa Williams, colored, testified that she had been the wife of Jim Williams or Jim Rainey. The Ku-Klux came to their house on the Dight of March 6, 1871, and nine or ten men came into the house, got two guns that were there, and took Jim Williams out of the house. Then some of them came back and searched again for guns, but did not find any. Then they went out, and witness heard her husband making a noise as though he were choking. Witness came to the door and begged them not to hurt him, and they told her to go back ioto the house, which Ehe did. Witness eaw his body next moroing hanging to a tree in the woods, about a quarter of a mlle from the house. Witness recognized none of the party. Andy Tims, colored, testified to the finding of Williams's body hanging in the woods. Williams was a good man, and witness had never heard anything against him until after he was dead. Then he heard that he had been making threats against the white peoole. Hiram Littlejohn, colored,testified that the Ku-Klux came on bim on the night of the raid in question, and got a gun from him. There were three men in the party, and they said they had hung Jim William?* and meant to rule the country or die. The court then, at three P. M., ordered a recess until hall-past seven P. ir. EVENING SESSION. The court reassembled soon after half-past seven P."M., and William Mulllnax was called. He testified that he had belonged to the Ku Klux In Union County, and he repeated sub? stantially the same testimony that he bad given two or three times before, but having lived In Union County he knew nothing of the de? fendant, and his testimony had no direct bearing on this case. On cross-examination lt was shown that this witness was present at the murder of A. D. Owens, and at both the raid? on Union County Jail. Damon Mosely, another Ku-Klux from Union County, was next examined, and he described a variety of outrages In Union County, Including the second raid on Union jail, on which occasion he attached the ropes to the tree by which the victims were hu_?. This closed the testimony for the prosecu? tion, and tho court adjourned until ten o'clock this morning. _ _ THE ALABAMA Jil'a IX JESS. Abandonment ot thc Claim for Conse? quential Damagci. WASHINGTON, April 30. It may be regarded as certain that conse? quential damages will not be claimed by the United States before the Geneva Board of Arbitration. This Ignominious back-down has been expected for some days, but lt will prove a heavy load for the administration to carry. LONDON, April 29. In the House of Lords to-night, notice was given ofa further postponement of Earl Rus? sell's motion until the 6th of May. Earl Gran? ville, In reply to an inquiry, said that,, at a re? cent visit to the residence of the American minister, he was informed by Mr. Schenck that the reply of the American Government to the British note of March 20th, with regard to consequential damages, had not yet been re? ceived, but was momentarily expected. LOXDOW, April 30.. The Times this morning, In an editorial upon the present phase of the Alabama claims question, congratulates the United States Government tor proposing that the liabil? ity ot neutrals shall never extend beyond the direct consequences of breaches of neutrality. This, says the Times, is paving the way for a satisfactory settlement of the differences now existing between England and America. "BUCHT!" UNDER THE HAMMER. Sale of Hembold's Store and Effects at auction-Novel Sc?ne? at the Home of the Great Pill Autocrat. Truly may it be said that the rise and fall of Helmbold, the pill autocrat of the world, resembles that ot the Fourth of July rockets. Less than two years ago this representative opened a drug store In Broadway. New York, that was made by lavish expenditure almost a marvel of eccentric elegance. A few days ago this store and its entire stock of goods and fixtures passed into the hands of the sheriff, and by him was Bold to satisfy the claims of debt against its nominal owner. The crowd was Immense, but the buyers were few, and the sacred precincts of the editorial depart? ment, the commodore's sanctum, and the ladies' parlor were Invaded by tbat rabble that usually attends eh er ?OV sales. The Herald, In re por Lin g the sale, says: Sheets of music were strewn over the floor with the sentence, '.Helmbold'a Galop," em? blazoned thereon, and all the drugs,chemlcals, vases, fancy bottles and artie'es were knocked down at prices about one-quarter of their value. Toilet set.- ranged from $2 to $3 50; a laney glass dish went tor 30 cents, a bottle ot C. S. oil for 40 cents, dozens *>f Helmbold's "We Have It" and "I Have It" at $1 50 per dozen;-a counter, scale and weights for $20; four barrels of patent medicines, tn doz-n?, sold for $180, and Ave boxes for $100; vases were knocked down at 42+ cents and $1 62 each, and a pair ol large, handsomely painted ones, about lour feet ld height, were knocked down to a Mr. Biddle tor $235; tweive boxes of paient medicines brought $200; tooth brushes $1 84 per dozen, boxes of assorted powder 10 cents each, bottles of German cologne $1 62 each, rabbits' paws for ap? plying rouge to the cheeks, 15 cents eacti; razor-strops, 20 cents each. The contents ot the prescription room, containing probably* sufficient to stock a small drug store, were purchased by^tfr. Schwanz for $216; a marble soda fountain and counter sold for $410, which probably cost $1200 or $1500; a mint ral waler fountain brought $15; and'two large bronze window trees, each with seventeen branches, bearing a large bottle, sold tor $25 each; five lanie cut class druggist's window boules brought $4 50 e?>ch; Hilver-plaied showcases, from $47 to $50 ? ach; black walnut chairs, with and wit hom arms, and with morocco or leath? er sears. ?10 5? each; marbletop counters sold for $15 50 each; Ihn phelviog and drawers brought $310; and the large Mathew's soda fountain and counter, which originally cost $8000, was knocked down for $500, and the purchaser was alscoveredto be Mr. Mathews, the manufacturer of it. THE OLD WORLD'S KEITS. LONDON, April 29. In the House of Commons, Mr. Cochrane gave notice that be would to-morrow ask the government whether it could produce the cor? respondence which had pa-sed between the Colonial Office ami the Canadian Government In regard to the Treaty of Washington. In the evening, Mr. Gladstone, repli lng to a question by Mr. Jenkins n. said the imperial government had aureed to guarantee the Canadian loan of ?2.500,000 for the construc? tion ot a railway to tue Pacific, provided that Canada will except the Washington treaty. The Empress Augusta, of Germany, who left Berlin to-day tor England, will oe the guest ol Queen Victoria at Windsor CaB'Ie. LIVERPOOL, April 29. Two thousand cartmen, In this city, have struck work and all business on tue docks and warehouses is Interrupted In conse? quence. Upwards of one thousand laborers are thrown out ot employment by this action of the cartmen. THE WEDDING OF LOTHAIR. THE MARQUIS OF BUTE MARRIES TBE FAIR MISS HOWARD. Disraeli's Romance Rewritten-Union of the Houses of Norfolk and Stuart Religions and Political Significance of the Event-The Marriage Ceremony at the London Oratory-The Cresses of the Bride and Bridesmaids, &c. [Correspondence or the Kew York World.] LONDON-, April 16. Mr. Disraeli must now rewrite his last novel; for "Lothair" and "Miss Ciare Arundel" were married this morning at the Roman Catholic Oratory in Brompton. In the novel Lotbair refuses to break the promise extorted lrom him by Theodora Cam? pian on her death-bed, when she asked bim to swear that he would not become a Catholic; and to embrace her instead of Rome, as she wished his "spirit should be upon" her as hers departed; he resists the arguments ol Cardinal Grandison andMonslgnore CateBbey;he breaks the heart of Clare Arundel, and drives her to a convent; and he marries Lady Corisande. But in point ot fact "Lothair," who openly confessed the faith which he had long held upon his coming o? age lour years ago, has remained steadfast and zealous therein; and he has now made a complete alteration of the novel necessary by leaving Lady "Corisande" to the Duke of Brecon, and marrying "Mles Arundel," the fair andJovely daughter of the oldest and noblest Catholic family In the realm. There never has been any question, I be? lieve, as to the Ideniity ot the characters drawn by the skilful hand oi Mr. Disraeli in the novel of which the events of this morning must be taken aa the sequel-a sequel very different from the one Invented by the author. Lothair was the Marquis ot Bute; Cardinal Grandison was Archbishop Manning; Monslg nore Ca'esbey was Monslgnore Capel-the latter name even appearing on one page In the first edition of the book. If Lord and Lady St. Jerome were somewhat less thinly veiled, people have easily surmised who they were; and for their charming daughter. Miss Arundel, no fairer original couru be found than the sweet and gentle Miss Howard, who this morning became the Marchioness of Bute. THE BRIDEGROOM. Let me tell exactly who he is. He ls John Patrick Crlcnton-Stuart, third Marquis of Bute, Earl of Windsor and Viscount Mountjoy, Baron Mountstuart, Earl of Dum irles. Earl ol Bute, Viscount of Ayr, Viscount Klngarth, Lord Mountstuart, Cum sa and Inchmarnock, Baron Crichton of Sanquhar, Lord Crichton and Cumnock, Hereditary Keeper of Rothsay Castle, Knight o? the Holy Sepulchre, Knight Grand Cross ef the Order of Pius. All his titles are hereditary save the two last, which were bestowed on him by the Pope. In him, therefore, are concentrated the dignities of a marquis, three earls, three viscounts, three barons and five lords. He ls twenty-five years old. In person he ls tall ?-.nd strong-framed, his complexion ls dark, and his black hair, growing rather low upon his forehead, gives to his countenance a rather s ;mbre expression In repose; when he speaks and ls animat? ed this expression gives place to one of great sweetness. His wealth Is Immense-no one knows Its exact extent, but the .common report that his Income is one thousand pounds sterling a day ls probably not far from the mark. Some portions ot the portrait of Lo' nair as drawn by Mr. Disraeli would be portions of a correct portrait of the bride? groom oi to-day. He ls the owner ol a vast inheritance in many counties and la more than one kingdom. He possesses ma < pala? ces and castles. He is a Scotchman, uut was educated at Harrow and Christchurch, Oxford. On bis entrance Into society he waa thought to be shy and embarrassed; be waa even Bald to be morose; but in fact he had not a gloomy temper, although be perhaps felt that "ne bad, somehow or other, hitherto passed through lile rarely with pleasure and never with Joy." "He seemed what ls called an earnest young man. He was profuse, but he was not prodi? gal; he gratified all bis fancies, but they were uot Ignoble ones; and he was not only senti? mentally but systematically charitable." AU this ls very true of the Marquis of Bute. TUE WEALTH OF THE YOUTHFUL MARQUIS has been common talk -since be attained to his majority; but to understand what this wealth la-to form a just Idea, Indeed, of any real wealth-one must see lt, not In rows of printed figures, but In swarming Industry, In piles oi merchandise on broad and busy quay?, in a wilderness of tall masts, in habita? tions flt for mao, in schools, in churches and In well-tilled fields. To wealth such as this Lord Bute succeeded, by the mysterious will of Heaven, while he was yet a little child, too young to know or even to feel the differ? ence between princely riches and the direst poverty. A ball had been given to celebrate bis birth; lt was the first tesiivlty graced by the presence of his mother after that event; and it was changed with awful suddenness to terror and lamentation by his father's death. The unconscious little heir was the only child of that union. As be grew into knowledge and understanding he found that, by a wise testamentary provision, the substantial Inher? itance, destined ultimately for his use and en? joyment, was placed under the control of trustees; and that, till he himself shall have an heir, lt will so remain. Protected against the possible temptation and headlong Impul? ses of youth, he became the more certainly master of an Immense revenue, wbich, as he felt and manfully said, brought with lt a vast and almost overwhelming reponslbillty. THE BRIDE - was the Hon. Gwendoline Howard, eldest daughter of Edward George Fitz-AUan How? ard, Lord Howard of Glossop, second son ol the thirteenth Dnke of Norfolk. Her motlier was bis first wile, Augusta, only daughter and heir of the Hon. George Talbot, and niece o? the seventeenth Earl of Shrewsbury. She is In her eighteenth year, and I think that when Mr. D.sra 41 described Miss Arundel he took Miss Howard'for his model. She was accom? panied by her father and ber step-mother, and by a brilliant array of bridesmaids. The bridesmaids were the four sisters ol' the bride -the Hon. Angela Mary Charlotte. Hon. Alice rMary Elizabeth, the Hon. Constance Mary Germana, the Hon. Winifred Mary, (aged eleven.) Lady Pbilllppa Howe, (sister to the Duke o? Norfolk aod cousin to the bride,) Lsd? Flora Hastings, Miss Mary de Lisle, and Mies Cecily Manners. The Marquis of Bute's "best man" was the Earl of Roseberry. THE WEDDISO DRESSES. The bride's weddlog dress-made by Madame James of Hanover square-was a white satin trimmed witli Brussels lace and tulle. It was to be worn with clusters of diamonds down the front, and all the otber ornaments were dia? monds. The bilde wore on her hair an orange wreath studded with diamonds The bridesmaids, of whom there are eight, were iressed in while muslin over white silk, and each of them wore a locket presented by the Marquis ol Bute, and of the lollowing pat? tern: The S uart and Howard arms are empaled within a circle ot rubles and diamonds. The shield is surmounted with the coronet of the Marquis, and we are Intonned the whole has been lils Lordship's own design. THE BRIDE'S PRESENTS. The more importunt of the presents to the bride are as follows: His Holiness the Pope, two magnificent cameo brooches; Monstgnore Capel, an oil painting; Baroness Bnrdett Coutts, a cross in filagree ellver; the Duchess ol Argyll, a necklet; the Baroness de Roth? schild, a pendant and necklet worked with pearls and precious stones; the Baroness Lionel de Rothschild, a plain gold necklet; the Marchioness of Westminster, a gold paper knife: the Duke ol Norfolk, a bracelet decked with diamonds; Lord Edmund Howard, a seal surmounted with a gold coronet; the Vis? countess Newport, a large porcelain inkstand; the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, a quantity of Irish point lace; the Earl and Countess of Glasgow, a lame mirror In a silver frame; Lord Penzance, a silver bon-bon box: the Earl of Roseberry, two hand? glasses in sliver frames; the Conntess of Lou? doun, a large mirror '.n gold frame. Lord aud Lady Howard, of Glossop, present their daughter with a Decktet and locket, the latter of which ls*Eurrounded by a coronet and cov ered with pearls and diamonds. The Marquis o? Bute's own present to the bride consists of bracelets, necklets and earrings in gold, stud? ded with diamond?. In addition to the above, which may be called individual presents, there are the following: The agents of the Bute es? tate, diamond ornaments for the hair and neck; the volunteers ot Cardiff, a fan; the ten? antry on the Glossop estate, a handsome Douay Bible; the tenants of the Dumfries es? tate In Scotland, a necklet of gold and dia? monds; the tenants of the Rothesay estate, gold bracelet, brooch and earrings; the house? hold at Cardiff, a carriage clock. THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY, which took place at the London oratory, was long; but, sustained by .-exquisite music, ce? lestial perfumes, the grateful movements of j priests In resplendent dresses, and the sono? rous beauty and sweet solemnity of the words of the mass and of the marriage service itself, it was anything but wearisome. The assem? blage at times seemed breathless and awe? struck. The marriage service itself was said in English, but the mass which followed was, of course, in Latin. The officiating priest, vested in a surplice and white stole, accom? panied by a brilliant group of assistants, two ol whom carried the nook and the vessel of holy water, advanced to the aliar rail, bet?re which stood the bridegroom and bride, and the wedding commenced. The bride was given away by her father. The ceremony doeB not differ greatly from the marriage service of the English Church, except that the wedding ring and some gold and sliver placed on the book by the bridegroom are blessed by the priest and given by the bridegroom to the bride, who pronounces the words: "With this ring I the wed; this gold and silver I thee give; with my body 1 thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow." At the close of the mass Archbishop Man? ning pronounced the prescribed homily, ad? monishing the newly married pair to preserve fidelity towards each other: to observe contl nency at seasons ot devotion, times of fastlne and solemn festivals; to love one another, and to persevere, with one heart, In the fear of (.od. Monsiznore Capel-the Catesbey of "Lothalr," followed'wltn a very brief but elo? quent address, and then all was over, and aa tue organ burst forth into a (redding march, the brilliant company left the church. After the wedding breakfast the Marquis and his bride left London by a special train for CARDIFF CASTLE, where by this time they have arrived, and where, as well as upon all the other estates of this more than princely nobleman, immense festivities are going on. Cardiff Is a curiously Interesting place. A Marquis of Bute, whose statue stands In the middle of the town, made Cardiff what it Is, and the present marquis ls making lt what lt shall be. In 1801 the town had only 1200 inhabitants; In 1831 lt had only 6000, and lt now bas over 60,000, and ls des? tined, apparently, to double its population in another ten years. There ls more wealth and thrift In Cardiff, and less poverty and misery, than In any other town of its size in the three kingdoms. Its people are of all religions; but, as their lora SOLS them an excellent ex? ample of charity, they live In peace with each other. His benefactions, which are almost endless, are free from theological blas, and, on his own domain, he gives as freely to Pro? testant as to Catholic needs. There are forty churches and chapels of all kinds in Car? diff, abundance ot schools, and ample chari? ties of every kind. The castle, in which the honeymoon of the newly-married couple IB to be spent, ls a half-ancient and half-modern edifice. The gate by which it Is approached from the northern side of the town ls flanked by the Black Tower, in a dun ?eon of which gloomy pile Robert Duke of ormandy, eldest son of the Conqueror, was confined for twenty-six years, and deprived of sight by his two brothers, William Rufus and Henry I. Stooping under a low arched door? way you enter the cell In which, according to tradition, he died. Beyond the gate, across a broad fair lawn, In which excavations are now being made by Lord Bate In the interest of historical research, stands the ruined keep on a mound of some elevation. To the left, and branching out so as to meet the extremi? ty of the ancient southern wall and Its resto? rations, Is the modern mansion, a stone cas? tellated structure, partly overgrown with ivy. At the angle formed by it&?outhern extremi? ty and toe once moated wall a high tower has beru built by Mr. Burgess, the London.archi? tect, and an extraordinary splendor of mediae? val ornament la being applied, within and wit li out. to this notable erection. The Marquis of Bute's mother died In 1859. His present heir is his cousin, Crichton Stuart, but the marriage of to-day will put an end to all his hopes. FIGHTING AT MA TA XOR AS. MATAMORAS, April 30. There ls skirmishing around the city, and the wounded are being brought in. The black flag floats over the iortidcations. General Ce val los, now commanding here, Is the man who took young and old men from their houses in Merida Tucatain 1869 and shot them without trial. BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, April 30. The city is overflowing with women and children from Matamoras, and revolutionary sympathizers expelled by Ce val: 03. General McCook bas picketed the river to preserve, neutrality. The citizens have organized them? selves into an extra police, anticipating the Influx of marauders. THE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. A Brand-Sew Civil Rights Bill. WASHINGTON, April 30. Sawyer's bill extending for two years the time wherein the agricultural colleges may avail themselves of the benefits conferred by the act of '66, passed. In the House, the reconsideration ot the vole rejecting the Merrill amendment was carried by the casting vote ot the speaker, and the amendment was adopted. It restrains the Court of Claims from passing any claim except those of persons who can establish their loy? alty to the government. ''he free tea and cooee bill passed, to take effect July 1. ? It was amended so as to allow the refunding of duty on the stock in the bonded houses, and goes to the Senate for concurrence. Pearce's bill makes the refusal of the privi? leges of schools, hotels, cars, steamboats, stages, churches, cemeteries, tbeaires or con? certs, on account of color, or any one advising the same, a misdemeanor, punishable bvafine of one thousand dollars and Imprisonment for one year, and givet the person refused action on the case for one thousand dollars. It gives Jurisdiction to the United SUtes Courts, and makes a neglect of duty by the officers of courts a like misdemeanor. It repeals the word "white" In all laws, and makes the ex? clusion ol colored Jurors a misdemeanor, pun? ishable by a fine ot five thousand dollars. , , m** * METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE. The Book Concern Scandal. The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church will meet in regular quad? rennial session at Brooklyn on the 1st of May. This body ls the Highest leglslalive and ju? dicial power of the church, in which every State and' Territory In the Union, and also Germany, Switzerland, India and China will be regularly represented; Canada, England and Ireland will be represented by iraternal delegates. For the first time la the his? tory of the church the lally will be present to take part In the deliberations of the Conference. Many matters of Interest will engage its attention, includ? ing ihe election ot five or six bishops to fill vacancies by death or disability; proposed chance in tho presiding elder system; the question of the pastoral term, and the final settlement of the Book Concern controversy. The book committee have for some days been engaged In New York in attempts to harmo? nize the majority and minority reports. The former finds the charges ot fraud not sus? tained, and the latter asserts that the gravest all?gations are sustained, and states that the course of Dr. Lanahan was eminently incon? sistent wltti the best Interests of the Book Concern. The New York papers eav lt is not probable that the committee will azree to a report to present to the General Conference next week. It ls reported that an effort will be made to try Dr. Lanahan lor scandal. The total number of delegates to the convention ls lour hundred and eighty-four, representing more than one'million five hundred thousand of the followers of Wesley. THE GEEAT GATHERING. LATEST NEWS AXD GOSSIP FROM CINCINNATI. The Gathering or the Clans-A City Fall of Delegates-Talk of a Com? promise Candidate. CINCINNATI, April ZO. There have been vast numbera of arrivals to-day, the city is fall, and the Interest in the approaching convention ls hourly increasing. Judge Stanley Matthews will be temporary chairman, but nothing further as to the organi? zation of the convention ls settled. Davis's stock ls advancing. The Illinois delegation ls still much divided, but at a meeting of the delegation to day it was agreed that Davis should have one-half of the vote, the rest to be scattered between Trumbull and Palmer. The convention will be temporarily organ? ized on Wednesday at noon, and will immedi? ately adjourn, when State organizations will beformetlat the respective headquarters for the election of permanent delegates. Each State will be entitled'to four delegates at large and two more for each Congressional District. States which are not fully reprer sented will be allowed to cast their full "vote by those present. The programme regarding the tariff question appears to be to leave it out of sight In the convention, and allow the peo? ple to express their preferences upon that question In the elections for members of Con? gress. Jacob D. Cox ls spoken of as a compromise candidate between Davis and Adams. The Btreets are crowded. Many houses and stores are decorated with flags, especially in the German quarters of the city. RUMORS FROM WASHINGTON. What the Politicians Say Aboat the Convention. A Washington dispatch of Sunday to the Baltimore Sun says: Senators Schurz and Tipton are the only Liberal Republicans In Congress who will at? tend the Cincinnati Convention. Senator Trumbull is eompelled to remain to attend to legislation In which he is interested, and which will be pending in the Senate this week. Senator Fenton may possibly leave to? morrow evening. Advices from Cincinnati to various parties here express the opinion that the situation, as lt now stands, ls favorable to the nomination of Adams and Curtin; but all this may be changed, as the telegrams allude to a Washington Influence 'that ls pressing Davis and Curtin. General Logan is spoken of In some quarters, but no assurances are given that he bas auy direct sympathy with the Liberal movement. The friends of Grvz Brown are willing to place bim second on the ticket provided be Bhows no Eastern strength for the Presldenc v. Govern? or Palmer, of Illinois, will be made the per? manent president of the convention, lt ls believed, but will not stand much prospect for either nomination on the National ticket on account of the hostility of the German ele? ment to his record on the temperance question and Sunday laws. There ls a disposition among the Missouri and Illinois men to make a platform of anything but "non-essentials." The revenue reform plank ls especially insisted on from that quarter, but a compromise ls pro? posed by the adoption of the tariff plank of the last National Democratic Convention, which declared for a tariff for revenue with Incidental protection. Mr. Greeley ls said to be willing to accept that. THE DEMOCRACY ABD THE PRESI? DENTIAL CAMPAIGN ALBANY, April 28. The Argus of Monday will contain an article upon the subject of the Cincinnati Convention, which repudiates, In the name of the Demo? cratic party, the assumption of the New York World in relation to Charles Francis Adams. It says: "We do not know where the World has I found evidences of Democratic preference for Adams, to the exclusion of other distinguished men named as the possible choice of the Cin? cinnati Convention." After acknowledging the high personal and public character of Mr. Adams, which even his ungracious letter can? not affect, lt goes on to Bay: "We will not Imi? tate the fault we censure by assuming to pledge the Democracy of this tata te fur a can? didate, but for our own parr, we feel that the true relations of the Democracy ot New York are with the great West." THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS. NAPLES, April 30. Showers of sand have succeeded tbe rain of ashes, which was falling yesterday. The erup? tion ls now accompanied by wonderful elec? trical phenomena and lightning b?rste from the crater. Burning cinders, stones and scoria? are falling thick and fast in the Town of Massa DI Soma, which ls entirely deserted. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. -Aiken Division SODS of Temperance in a flourishing condition, and the membersnip ls Increasing rapidly. -Notwithstanding the backward spring a great many varieties of early vegetables have already made their appearance in the Aiken markets. -United States marshal attempted to ar? rest W. H. Eddie at Newberry Courthouse. Eddie declined and tried to knock the mar? shal down, but was safely lodged In Jail. Eddie ls a New Yorker. -The Columbia Memorial Association have elected the following officers ;or the ensuing year : Prestdenr, Mrs. J. T. Darby, and secre? tary and treasurer Miss Martin. Committees were appointed to make the necessary ar? rangements for the celebration of memorial day. the 10th Instant. TRIAL JUSTICES. Appointments by the Governor. The Governor has recommissioned the fol? lowing named trial Justices', their present commissions expiring during the present month: Abbeville-B. B. Hemphill, J. B. Tarrant, D. 0. Hawthorn. Anderson-R. N. Wright, James McCosky, John Wilson, W. D. Wilkes, E. J. Pinson, J. C. Whitefield, Andrew Todd. Barnwell-James M. Smith, James Patter? son, B. H. Nerland. Beaufort-C. W. Brown, R. H. Gleaves. J. P.M. EpplDg. Charleston-P. B. Hedges, M. T. Becker. Chester-John Dickey, H. C. Brawley. Clarendon-W. R. Burgess, Sr., N. P. Me Knight. Colleton-D. H. Farmer. S. A. Jacoby. Darlington-a. H. Presslev, P. C. Fludd. . Greenville-J. P. Moore,"C. F. Hopkins, J. M. Cannon, W. D. Robertson, J. K. Stone, Solomon Jones, Howlett Sullivan. * Horry-C. B. 8arvlf?, Alva Euzor. Kershaw-J. F. Sutherland, James T. Trues del, A. A. Huckabee, J. B. Hall. Lexington-J. J. Derrick, Charles Hutto, H. A. Smith. Lancaster-D. C. Wolff. Laurens-Thomas Owens, Cullen La$. Marlon-Elisha Fryer. Marlboro'-D. li. McCall, Abel Quick, J. W. Stubbe, George Jackson, James S. Legett. Newberry-William Summer. Oconee-J. B. Phillips, J. B. Sanders. Orangeburg-R. N. Dannelly, F. W. Vogt. Pickens-J. W. Brown, S. D. Goodlet. Richland-W. B. Nash, Robert Adams, H. W. Sligh. Sumter-C. Hurst, H. D. Corbett, J. M. Dennis. Union-William A. Bolt. Also, appointed for Charleston County, Wil? liam Rollin, vice James Brennan, removed, and William G. Plckney, vice W. B, Jervey, removed. CLOSING UP THE RANKS. The Radicals Consolidating their Party and Reviling the Le agues- \ Finan? cial Meas-What They Try to do Abont It-Willing Witnesses in the Laurens Case?. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, S. C., April 30. There ia an unusual activity on the part of | the persons connected with the Blue Ridge Bailroad. Messrs. Steers, Patterson & Co. seem to be figuring strong on future pros peets. There Is In financial circles quite a little stir | over I he relative value of revenue scrip and pay certificates. The price of the . former, when placed on the market, ls estimated at ] from seventy to eighty cents on the dollar. Pay certificates, Issued by the Legislature ad~ libltum, are, by the resolution passed last ses? sion, payable only in coln and United States currency. Hence the competition growing between the two kinds of currency. The Radicals are using every strengthening device. Lodges of the Independent Order of United Brethren are forming in all the upper counties at the present time, and the Union League Councils are belqg revived. From the seat of administration to the lowest subor- j ilnate official there is a unity of action, which [s only disturbed by the clamors o? those In the Republican ranks who have claims against the treasury. This the leaders are dally en Jeavoring-to remedy, but they can't get the money to de it. Tue Statehouse steps are crdwded with colored witnesses awaiting an opportunity to give testimony in the Laurens Ku-Klux cases. At a meeting held to-diy the regents of the Lunatic Asylum seriously considered the ad? visability of an application for a mandamus against the State treasurer to show cause why the funds appropriated tor that Institution were not paid over. Action was postponed in the matter till the result of the mandamus ap? plied for by the superintendent of the Peniten? tiary shall be known. This will be to-morrow, when return shall be made to the Supreme Court. It is understood that offers have been made j to the superintendent of sufficient money, to carry along the institution, and that the same* wlil be the case with the Lunatic Asylum. "The galled jade winces." I Lave sufficient authority for saving that if I the funds shall not be forthcoming to carry on the Asylum, a mandamus to show cause will be applied for Immediately. The prob abilities are that the moneys necessary for these pur? poses will be scraped up some how. The superintendents of both Institutions have no disposition to be trifled with In the matter. SALUDA. COLLAPSE OF THE CARLIST RISING. MADRID, April 30. Marshal Serrano bas issued congratulatory proclamation to the troops under his com? mand. He states that the loyal people of the provinces infested by the Insurgents in their zeal to uphold the government, have taken up arms against the Insurrectionists. The mar? shal also announces to bis troops that nearly all the Carllst bands in Arragon have been dis- J persed, or def-ated by the loyal forces. SPARK8 FROM THE WIRES. -Governor Hoffman has vetoed the New York City charter. -Two hundred and forty-five workmen have been discharged from the New York navy yard | for lock of appropriations. -Gerton, who was convicted of partici? pation in the murder of the hostages, was shot yesterday at Paris. -Forty-five Mormon prisoners, including twenty-four who are charged with murder, are about being released under the decision of | the United States Supreme Court. -The Florida Supreme Court decides that Governor Reed's impeachment ls still pend? ing, and that the lieutenant-governor legally holds office as acting governor. -The malls received by the Japanese Em? bassy to March 25 show the reports ot perse? cution ot Christians In Japan are untrue, and j grew out of the conviction of counterfeiters. -A new Democratic general committee, representing the dissenters from the Tammany and Apollo Hall organizations, has been organ? ized in New York under the auspices of Ben Wood. -The State Department has called Dr. How? ard's relatives to substantiate their claim that he has paid taxes as an American citizen, by the testimony or certificate of the proper reve? nue officer, as no such evidence can be found In the bureaus at Washington. -Mr. Enoch Hoag telegraphs to General Walker, Commissioner of indian Affairs, under date ot April 27, as follows: "Have vis? ited Taplequah and all ls quiet. The tragedy orginated from Imprudent Interference by Federal authority with Cherokee laws while being duly executed under treaty lights." THE WEATHER THIS DAT, WASHINGTON, April 30. The lowest barometer will continue moving eastwardly from Lake Superior into Canada. Brisk, and probably high westerly winds, will prevail over the upper lake region and extend to the lower lake region during to-night and on Wednesday morning. Cloudy and threat? ening weather, with rain, will probably ex? tend over the Southern and Middle ?tates during to-night, and over New Eogland on Wednesday. Rising barometer, northwester? ly winds and clearing weather will prevail over the northwest and extend over the upper lake region and to the Ohio Talley. Caution? ary signals continue at Milwaukle, Chicago, Grand Haven, Detroit, Toledo and Cleveland. Yesterday's Weather Reporta of th? Signal Service, U. 8. A. -1.47 P. U.t Local Tim?. Place of Observation. Augusta, Oa_30.18 Baltimore.30.27 Boston.30.31 Charleston.30.22 Chicago.28.71 Cincinnati.29.94 Calveston,Tex.. 29 9: Key West.I0.lt Knoxville, Tenn. 30.02 Memphis, Tenn. 29.94 Mt. Washington 30.32 New Ori>-ans_30.01 New York.30.28 Norfolk.31.27 Philadelphia.30.29 Portland, Me.... 30.3 Savannah.'..30.19 St. Lonls.129.76 Washington .... -0.21 Wilmlngton,N.C. ?30.26 B 3 i il D 33 70IS 69 E 68 B 73 E 74 SW 3i SW 78 is' 86 B 81 ?SW 7. >B 56 W Fresh. Fresh. Fiesh. Bri - k. Brisk. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Kreah. Gentle. B 18 R. Fre3h. Brink. Brisk. BrUk Gentle. Fresh. Brisk. Brisk. Freatt. ali moody. Fair. Pair. Fair. Thr'ng. Th'rtg. Th'rtg. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Fair. Clear. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Cloudy. Olear. Fair. A THING TO BE REMEMBERED.-Trying to do business without advertising is like winking at a pretty girl through a pair of green gog? gles. You may know what jou are dulng. but nobody else does. B'ieiness men should put this la a note book'and rod lt often. IMMIGRATION TO VIKOIMA.-Mr. August Vo gle, of Alexandria, Va., has gone to Germany asan agent tora real estate i-gency In that city to make an eff ort to turn the tide of emi? gration from thai country, now going to the Wert, to Virginia, and they have iurnlshed him with a large amount of printed matter, cards, circulars, ?cc. to be used by him, set? ting forth the advantages of that Si ate. The Valley Virginian mentions the presence In Staunton of a party of Englishmen who propose to purchase 15,000 acres of land, pro? vided they find it In a body to suit them Over fifty English families (lc save) have re? cently purchased and settled in the vicinity of Gordons ville, and a number of others are ex pected over soon to join them. These results nave been obtained by private enterprise and extensive advertising In England. Smural Notices. ^SS-THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS of Mr. and Mre. J. E. Prince, and pr their respec? tive familles, are respectfully requested to attend the Funeral Services or their Infant Son, GEORQE EDWIN, at their residence, No. 816 East Bay, THIS AFTERNOON, at 6 o'clock. ma yi ?b?twrp. t GARCIA -Departed this ure on the 9th of April, at Boston Highlands, Ma.su., Mr. J. R. GARCIA, aged 79 years. . - The deceased was tor many years a resident of Charleston, engaged In the profession or music, where his skill lnrWTrifhg was well known. He removed with bis family to Boston, but noding the winter seasons too severe ror his constitution, he visited Charleston In the rall or 1860, and from that time spent hts winter.* here unta the out? break of the war, tbe vicissitudes of w ti lc h he and Ms wire shared-untll its close, when they returned to their affectionate family, whose ni lal attentions have been untiling until death-the mother hav? ing preceded the rather bat a few wet ks. _5pmal Noting. ICE -SS^EANOH^E^ioDeBT in Meeting street, below Tradd street, will be opened on WEDNESDAY, May 1st. JAMES KENT, mayi-2 Agent, Meeting street Ice-House. fS'TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE ENTERPRISE RAILROAD COMPANY.-Your at. tentlon ls hereby called to theioiiowtng Resolu? tion, adopted at a meeting of the Directors held on the 28th ultimo: Resolved, That an assessment of TWENTY PEE GENT, be, and ls hereby, made aron the Capital Stock of the Company, payable In four' equal monthly instalments, beginning on the 1st day of Hay ensuing. WILLIAM MCKINLAY, may 1-3 Secretary acd Treasurer. jSTDEAR ME I WHAT SHALL I DOT I have spilled grease all over my new silk. What can Ido to take it out? Try the DOLLAR RE? WARD SOAP. DO WIE; MOISE A DAVIS, - Agenta, Charleston, 8.0. ?i* THE CHARLESTON CHABJTA BLE ASSOCIATION, for the Benefit of the Free School Fan*-Official Raffle Numbers : GLASS No. 479-MORNING. 67-^62-39- 9- 8-765-49-64-61-26-31-33 CLASS No. 480-EVXNTNO. 00-42-49-26-34- 7-50-63- 2-33-14-57 ' As witness our hands at Charleston this 80ta day of April, 1873. FENN PEGS, JAMES GILLI LAND, mayl Sworn Commissioners. pm- DR. ANDERSON HAVING RE TURNED to the'city, offers his services as Sorgeon. Dentist. Dental Rooms southwest corner King and Liberty streets. apt*) ? i ^OFFICE CHARLESTON CITY RATL WAT COMP ANT, Na 2 BROAD STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C., APRIL 29, 1872.'-On and after WEDNESDAY, 1st May, the Cara will com? mence the SUMMER SCHEDULE, running until 10 P. M., SUNDAYS excepted, .when the last Oar will leave the Battery at 7X P. M. 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