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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE END OF THE TRIALS. TIN AL ADJOURNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. Sentence Day-VII TJ nconvic ted Prison? er* to be Released on Bail-A Special Term Next Angusr. The United States Circuit Court assembled yesterday morning at the usual hour, Judges Bond and Bryan presiding. A motion was made by John F. Ficken, Esq., counsel for Elijah Boss Sepaugh. con? victed of conspiracy and murder, in arrest of Judgment, upon the following grounds: UNITED STATES VS. ELIJAH ROSS 8EPAUQH CONSPIRACY AND MURDER. The defendant, Elijah Roes Bepaugh, tv rough hts counsel, John F. Ficken, m^ves jor an arrest ot Judgment in this cast on the tallowing grounds, to wit: 1st. That If Jurisdiction over the* offences -charged in the Indictment be vested in any of the courts of the United States, such jurisdic? tion belongs solely to the District Court. 2d. That Jurisdiction over the offence of murder charged lo the indictment ls not vest? ed in any court of the United States, but is properly cognizable in the courts of the State of South Carolina. - .Sd. That the act of Congress under which the proceedings in this case were instituted prescribes that If a felony be committed in the violation of any of the pro vii ons of said act, such felony shall be ascertained and punished as provided for In the State laws. That ac? cording to the law and practice In Sc mn Caro? lina, a defendant on 'trial for murder ls al io wed to give evidence in behalf of himself. That this right was not allowed to the defend? ant in this case, 4th. That the counts charging this defend ant with murder should conclude with the averment that such offence was contrary to '.np act of Congress under which the proseen zion was brought. ?tb. That the act of Congress under which Lee proceedings in this case were brought is in direct violation ot the Constitution of the United States, and, therefore, as an unconsti? tutional act, ls without force and effect as a Jaw. The district attorney stated that an appeal was then 'pending before the Supreme Court upon nearly the same grounds, and Judge Bond announced- that the motion would be held in consideration for the present William Owens was arraigned upon an in dictment of conspiracy and the murder of Wallie Olin. He pleaded guilty upon the charge of conspiracy, and the murder counts were withdrawn by the government. The following prisoners, who had either pleaded guilty or been convicted of conspira' cy, were brought before the court, and sen tenced as follows: Williams* B. Barnes, $50 fine, one, year's im' prlsonment. ' John C. Robinson, $100 fine, two years' Ina- j prlsonment. William Xowry, $10 fine, two years' impris? onment. Robert T. Biggins, $100 fine, three years' i imprisonment < Benjamin Strickland, $10 fine, one year's im- j prlsonment. i Calvin Moore, discharged. t James S. Kimball, no fine, one month's im- 1 prlsonment. Lewis Jolly, no fine, three months' impris- c onment. < Elias Burnett no fine, eighteen months' 1m- { prlsoDmeoL John Chapman, no fine, six months' Imprls- I onment. * James E. Kimball, Jr., no fine, one month's ? imprisonment Wm. M. Fulton, no fine, eighteen months' Imprisonment. Andrew J. Martin, no fine, one year's im prlsonment. Galbraith Hambricht, $500 fine, two years' I t Imprisonment 11 Bavld Banaler, $100 fine, eight years' impris? onment McDonald Thompson, no fine, one year's im-1 j prlsonment William Owens, sent back. The court was then adjourned for the term, Judge Bond having received a dispatch from i Baltimore that caused him to hasten his de- < parture by one day. The Jury were discharged t until this morning at ten o'clock, when the ? civil business will be taken up by Judge Bryan. The prisoners now in confinement in the j Charleston House of Correction are to be re- < leased, except in the cases of those who are I unable to procure the required security, and ' they will probably bo sent back to'-their fe- ? spectlve counties to ba held until tne next term ot the court' It is reported that a special term of the United States Circuit .Court ls to be held in Columbia next August, to be presided over by -.Circuit Judge Beeves and District Judge Bryan. _ THE EFFECTS OF MARTIAL LA W. ts ad A ciount? from Newberry and lian- I renn. [Frcm the Newberry Heran.] j The injury done to business ot all kinds; and i -lo farming Interests in the upper counties i -which are feeling the iron hand under the en? forcement act, is beyond descripiion. In this -county there Is scarcely anything doing; in the town, business ls almost dead, with but nu le hope ol recovery, while on the farm, in a ma? jority of cases, tbVre 1B Utile or nothing doing and the future prospect Ss indeed gloomy. And while it Is so with ns here in Newberry, the situ?t on is much worse at Laurens. A "gentleman from lhere on Thursday last says that during the whole ol one afternoon he saw but three persons out shopping, one lady and two little girls, and not a living BOUI in from the country. So fearful are some men ol' j being arrested and imprisoned, however Inno -cent they mai be-so widespread ls the fear or demora lzation-that in some Instances lt is said farmers plough lh?-lr fleing with saddled horses, ready to flee on the apporach ot an of? ficer of the government. The lime: could scarcely be worse. CRIME IN TBE STATE. A Burglary in Lexington. The Dlppatch sayp: ' On Friday nljht last ?the confectionery ol Mr. H. L. Harman, of our village, was broken iuto and entered, by a set -ol thieves, and robbed st about fifteen dollars worth of gooda, aod three or four dollars lo money." Incendiary Fires in Spartanburg, The Carolina Spartan says: "Within a week past three dat log attempts have been made to fire the town. The firrt attempt was made on lust Wednesday night, when an armlul of i shavings was piaced on the piazza of the "Old Bomar House" and set on Ore. Thin oH house 'beiuE in the very r. ut re of the business part of) the town, and u. iou built of wood and very much decayed, DO polut could have been better selected for a wholesale destruction ol the town. On Fr.day night following another attempt was made to fire the wooden -offices in rear of the law office of Evans ? Bomar, and on Sunday night the Incendiary was caught. In the very act of firing the build? ing oocup ed by Mr. Leonhardt as a barroom. His Dam? ls Lawrence Maz\ck, a colored bar- i ber, who came to this place about a month ago i from Morgan!? n. Nw th Carolina. The proof i and bis own confections connect him pretty -certainly w Uh all three of thu efforts to fire the town." Almost a Conflagration. The Abbeville Press says that on Sunday night a clei k of Qu aries. Perrin ? Co. threw a match Into a spittoon. Thia ignited the saw? dust and set fire to the floor. No great harm done. THE MILITARY MURDER. The Real Facts or the Killing or Minor Parts. The Rock Hill, S. C., Lantern, of Tuesday, in alluding to the recent outrageous military murder of Minor Paris, on Broad River, says: Various accounts of the shooting have ap? peared In the columns of the newspapers. At first, the versions of the affair differed widely, and, in many points, were totally lalse; bat now the true story of the unfortunate affair j bas been laid before the public In the evidence of the witnesses who testified at the coroner's Inquest. The substantial facts appear lo be these: Deputy Marshal Duncan, having bench warrants for Minor Paris. Murlon Harris and others, went up Into the Broad River country to execute the warrants. He was accompanied by a detachment of Federal cavalry, who, as ls stated, by Major Merrill in his dispatch to the war department, were "acting as a posse to the United Slates marshal." when the force reached the neighborhood of the Cherokee Iron Works, a squad of sol- j diers were st Honed at a point on the river where a certain boat was lying, and ordered by Lieutenant Bernier, who commanded the ? detachment, "not to allow any one to take the ? boat away, and to arrest any person that came there; and not to allow them to go away, and c lt they Insisted on going, to fire on them." This was the rash order which Hamilton Grlder, the lance corporal, who was in imme? diate command of the squad, testified that he received from Lieutenant Benner. While the squad were guarding the river bank, two men, (Minor Paris and Marlon Harris,) came up, In? tending to cross the river In a boar, or to visit Paris's fish-; raps out in the river, it does not appear clearly which. The were ordered by Grlder to halt. Harris did Hale, but Paris refused to bait, and going to the boar, got in and rowed off into the river. After be bad got some distance from shore, the de? tachment, having called to him repeatedly to bait and come back, fired a volley at him, one ball Indicting a death wound through the hips. A short time after the shooting, Mar? shal Duncan and Lieutenant Benner, who we are told were asleep (?) at the house of Mr. Lathan, a few hundred yards distant, at (he Lime of the firing, arrived at the scene of the scenrrence, and tho wounded man was brought on land, where he died after suffer? ing Intensely for eight hours. These are the plain unvarnished lacts. Now. lt appears from this state of the case, which we take to be the true one, that the deputy marshal, to whom the bench warrant was directed, and the only one In the party who- bad a legal right to apprehend the ac-1 cused, was not only absent at the time of the attempted arrest, but was actually asleep. No warrant was served upon Paris. No authority was shown which he was bound to obey. The marshal who held the warrant lor his arrest was In bed asleep several hundred yards from the scene. Had Paris refused to surrender to the marshal, the lawfully consti? tuted officer of the Federal Government, upon ! his exhibiting this warrant", and the marshal Had ordered the soldiers to tire upon him, and bad he'been killed, the act, perhaps, would Dave been Justifiable. But the military were leting only as a posse to the United States marshal; and operating In that capacity they :ould be used by the marshal only in case of | forcible resistance to the marshal; and with? out bis Immediate presence, they had no lutnorlty to demand the surrender of the iccu'ed. Surely, lt would be a monstrous iblog ff citizens, it matters not If they are iccused by Federal courts, must yield to any Jolted Slates soldier who chooses to demand .heir surrender, or be shot to death! The reriest criminal In the land ls entitled to he same rights which the most virtuous clii sen may claim. The law presumes him Inno ;ent until he is proven to be guilty; and throws i shield about him until he is properly con? temned by a legal court The fact lhat hg Is p ?barged with the violation ol an act of Con- e rress does not place him beyond the pale of r he law. Upon this cursory view of the case, lt ap? >ears to ns very clearly, that the killing of ?' .'arts was not only unwarranted, but a most eckless and inexcusable taking of human ile. The majesty of the civil law ought to be 'Indicated, ansi the duty of investigating fie .flair wlU develop upon tbe grand Jury of ne D text court held in Spartanburg County. Toe ti >oor man whose life was thus recklessly tt ken, i_ eaves a ? dependent wile and Ave Eel ness L lttle children to mourn bis loss. b We append below Corporal Grider's sworn IE es ti m oriy taken before the coroner's Jury, ti April 19 : tl "Hamilton Grlder (lance corporal) being u iworn, says: That he belongs to 'Troop L,' 7th d J. 8. Cavalry; that on Friday morning, tbe fi .2 th of April, I was told by Lieutenant Benner d tot to allow any one to take the boat away? b ind to arrest any persons that came lhere; n tot to allow them to go away, and if they In- Ii listed on going to fire on them; two men came ii ip; they had blankets on their shoulders; I ti irdered them to halt; one man did halt, and he other swore that he would not halt; the tl nan ran; part of the detachment followed bim o ind ordered bim to bait, and be did not halt, a md used the remark, 'he bo damned. if be g could;' after that part of the detachment e ?alted him frequently; alter he had got some n listance in the river the detachment fired on d lim; alter that he showed signs of being p rounded; Lieutenant Benner look a boat and f vent out into the river after him, and brought s lim back on this side of the river." b A COTTON STEAMER ASHORE. HALIFAX, (N. 8.,) May 2. The steamship Concordia, from New Or? eaos, with cotton, bound to Liverpool, went tshore at Loulsbourg. No particulars. THE METHODISTS. NEW YpRK, April 2. The general conference met, Bishop Simp ion presiding. The lay delegates presented in address congratulating the church that tay representation wa9 accomplished without acri? monious debate, and protesting against any radical change in the machinery of the church. WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING. WASBISQTON, May 2. In the Senate Sumner presented a petition sf Wendell Phillips and others against the repeal ot the eight hour law, and said he was In full accord with the petitioners. In the House a formal message was re delved from the President announcing the ap? proval of the free tea and coffee bill. Thomas B. Shannon has been nominated as collector of customs at San Francisco, and Wm D. Knight collector of the First South Carolina District. THE MEXICAN MUDDLE NEW YORK, May 2 Intelligence from the revolutionary camp, ?Ive miles from Matamoras, on the 30tb, says that i laz has reoccupied Guadalajara. Guan ijuata is in a complete state of anarchy. The government troops have evacuated Durango. Trevino received notice of fie black flag hav? ing been reined at Matamoras yesterday He laughed, and said, ' The flag of cowards.'' THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. PARIS, May 2 The Assembly voted, three hundred and fifty-three to three hundred and twenty-two, against allowing Thiers to appoint the council ol state. Thiers and the Gei man ambassador were closeted amiably to-day. MADRID, May 2. Serrano Is advancing on Esiella, and seve? ral Cariist defeats are officially announced, rhe Duke of Gesta, a partisan of Isabella, has been arrested bere. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. Lexington. The Dispatch pays: "We are Informed, by many ol our planters and farmers, that con? siderable progress has been made- during the Lhe past week in planting the crops of corn ind cotton, and a good many have flnl-ied planting, and some have a very good slanu ot corn up. Wheat h said to be looking fine." Abbeville. The Preps Bays: "DurlDg the past week we have bad some warm, cotton-growing weather, of which our (armers are taking due advantage. Thf weather continues dry, and/ rain would not be unacceptable." STATE INTERESTS. A CRISIS IN COLUMBIA. Extra Segaion of the Assembly Pro? posed-The Financial Tangle-The Lunatic Asylum .Ma nd ama?-Corbin as a Candidate for GJvernor - The Greenville Railroad. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS ] COLUMBIA, Maj 2. Owing to the present financial embarrass? ment as especially affecting the State institu? tions, prominent members of the Legislature, numbering among them as one o? the most lemanding, Senator Nash, are calculating on ?liing atan early day an extrafsession. On the itreet yesterday they were heard to 6ay that, if nothlDg else was accomplished by this re? sort, a showing o? where and how the funds )i the State had been applied would be de? manded. The matter of considering an issue )f certificates of some nature, If such session ihould be called, was also referred to and dis sassed. It is very certaii that the return of the State reasurer to the application for mandamus, vhich ls to be argued to-morrow, is not at all lat'sfactory to the superintendent of the Pen tenliary, and it is generally conceded that atisfactory overtures will be' made to 6tave in* the Investigation that would surely follow f the court should decide in favor of the rela or. This being the case, the $2,500 warrant, 3sued to the superintendent of the Luna? te Asylum, which, by the way, only covers ast dues to that institution, would fall far hort of satisfying the pressing necessities of bat institution, and another mandamus and erhaps another compromise may follow, 'be disposition of the superintendent is not to top short of what he ls Justly entitled to, to aeet the pressing demands of the inmates, 'be natural result of this will be that the cbools, county by county, may come in and pply for the sam? writs. This future ls bolh rlng the men that have held the strings to he money bags, and unless they use their leans to borrow, a pretty state of affairs may e looked for. Old politicians are canting about conslde ably for the man for the next Governor. A umor Is afloat that Corbin has signified his rtllingness to accept the nomination on the a-ls of the Cincinnati or-Llberal Republican novement. A rumor ls current on the streets to-night bat the Legislature ls to be convened In ei? ra session early in June. The stockholders of the Greenville and Go? imbla Railroad met to-day, and elected W. . Magrath president, and B. A ci ger, T. D. Vaguer, T. Hurley, L. D. Childs, E. Hope, J. !. Roath, J. E. Marley, R. 8. McCaughrln, F. '. Gs ry, J. L. Orr, H. T. Farmer and Joe 'rews, directors. SALUDA. TBE STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM. Shall that Institution be Closed! The following correspondence has taken lace between Dr. J. A. Ensor, superlntend nt of the Lunatic Asylum, and Mr. Niles G. 'arker, State treasurer, concerning the funds ecessary for the sustaining of the Instltu ion: OFFICE STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM, ) COLUMBIA, April 17, 1872. J files G. Parker, Slate Treasurer: i DEXR RIK-Please laturm ma wbotbor or ot you are abie at this time to pay any por on of the appropriation made by the last ,H gi ul at ure for the support of the State .uuatic A-vlum, and lt not, how soon you will ; e able to do so ? The credit ot the Institution : i exhausted. We are no longer able to ob lin supplies of food or clothing, and a condi? gn as desperate and disastrous in its effects pon the institution as it is humiliating and isgracefal to the State, ls staring us in the ice, and unless relief ls obtained In thirty i ays, at most, some other disposition must e made of those who have been placed here nder the care and protection of the state. . t is with this view than address you to-day, . i order that, in case the State is unable to ike care of her insane, some other provision lay be made for their care and protection In i Ime to prevent the dire calamities that will tberwlse encompass them. I need not re- i lind you that the care of the Insane ls re- i arded the first and moBt. sacred obligation of very civilized people. Hoping that yon will 1 sake extraordinary efforts, it necessary, to i lscbarge that obligation in behalf of the i leopl* of tbis State. In giving that relief to he p.fflicted and suffering Inmates of this in tltution which the honor of the State, the ehetts'of Justice, and the claims of humanity like demand, I am, Ac, J. F. ENSOR, Superintendent. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ) STATE TREASURY OFFICE. > COLUMBIA, 8. C.. April SH, 1872. ) r. F. Ensor, Superintendent State Lunatic Asy? lum: DEAR SIR-Your letter of the 17th Instant, n which you request Information, as to ?nether I am able at this time to pay any por? ten of the appropriation, made by "the last legislature fur the support ot the State Luna? te Af-ylum. and lt not, when I shall be, was lilly received, but the answer has been de ayed on account of my absence from the city. In reply I would state that the treasury ls lot in funds, and that therefore lt wilt be Im losslble for me at present to make any pay nents to your Institution. The amount of axes collected during ihe last four years bas ach year fallen far short of the demands nade upon the treasury. Heretofore this de icienoy has been supplied by borrowing noney on State bonds, tnrough the financial .gent in New York, but that source of supply, ,s you well know, Is now slopped. In uddi lon to the fact that the tax levy has been too mall, it must be borne in mlud that over a nlilion dollars has never been collected. The license law, which was expected to sup ?ly the treasurer during the summer, will do io more than take up orders that have been :lven on the various county treasurers for alarles of county officers, legislative expen lilures, Ac. From the best Information to be ibtalned on the subject, lt appears that, leuv ng out Charleston and Richland counties, the .mount that will be realized ucder this act rill not average over live hundrod dollars a [iiarter lor each county. The sale of "delinquent lands" takes place m the first Monday in June next, and lt 1B toped that a sufficient amount will be received rom that source to meet the more pressing Iemand8 against ihe treasury. I am nut unmiunful of the claims of the In? ti tn Ho n, and will cheerfully and gladly do .ny i hing in my power for the good of its uu onunateiumaies. Hopi rn; and iel levi ng that some way will be levined by which ihe Institution may bp maln ained until the collection of taxes, and assur ng you of any assistance to that end which I ls In my power io give, I remain, very re pectlully yours, NILES 0. PARKER, State Treasurer South Carolina. THE STATE PENITENTIARY. let urn' of Tieasurer Parker to the Rule of the Supreme Court. In the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, Niles }. Parker, by his counsel, Attorney-General ?bamberlaln, made his return to the rule is ued by the Supreme Court, requiring him to how cause why a writ of mandamus should lot Issue requiring him, as State treasurer, to iay over to C. J. Siolbrand, superintendent of he Slate Penitentiary, certain appropriations nade by the General Assembly for the benefit if said Institution, from which we make the ollowlng extracts : This ls not true, as set forth in said petition of the said Carlos J. Stoibrand, that the sum ot $13,333 32 of the appropriation contained in Section 5 of an act entitled "An act to make 1 appropriations and raise supplies for the fiscal year commencing November, 1870," still re? mains due and in the hands of the respondent, the State treasurer. To the contrary, the books ia the treasurer's office show that the entire amount of the appropriation of $80,000, authorized by the said section, has been paid to said C. J. Stoibrand, with the exception of the small remainder of eight cents. "That, as State treasurer, he has paid to said C. J. ttolbrand. superintendent as afore? said, the sum ot $6.666 66, on account of the appropriations of 1871, made by the General Assembly; and that the whole amount of said appropriation would bare been paid upon the warrant of the comptroller general, if respon? dent had been possessed of sufficient funas to enable him to do so; and that there is at this time no funds in the bands of respondent with which to meet said appropriation or any part thereof; nor has lt been In his power to pay said appropriation to any greater extent or amount than has actually been paid. "That be has never conceived li to be his duty, when appropriations have been made by the General Assembly, to set aside the said amounts of money so appropriated but on the contrary, he has regarded lt hts duty to pay all appropriations equally and without dis? crimination, so long as he was possessed of the funds applicable thereto; and that at no time since the-passage of the act last referred to has he been possessed of an amount of funds sufficient to enable him to set a?lde the several amounts therein appropriated; and that he has accordingly paid the several ap? propriations made by said aol without discrim? ination, so long as he was possessed of any funds applicable thereto; and that he is.ready at ali limes to pay said appropriation for the said State Penitentiary, as well as all others made by law, wheneverlie shall become pos? sessed of funds." And further says he has been notified by the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company that they hold three warrants, amounili'g to $2.700 86, which were drawn upon respondent as State treasurer, and (hat he has been In? formed that the money upon said warrants was advanced to the said ll, J. Stolbrand, as superintendent of the said Penitentiary. Upon motion of Ur. Tradewell, attorney for C. J. Stolbrand, the further hearing of the case was postponed until Friday nexr, to allow him to file his answer. THINGS IN GREENVILLE. The Immense Fruit Crop-Candidates | for the Soltcliorshfp-The Theological feemlnary-Hopes of Political Re? form? [PROM ona OWN OOBBKSPONDBNT.] GREENVILLE, 8. C., April 30. The weather here is charming, -and all na? ture seems genial. The prospect 'ol fruit of all kinds-peaches, ' apples, pears, plums, cherries and quiu?es-Is exuberant. 'There never bas been anything like lt. The trees cannot sustain their burdens mach longer, and if no frost occurs (and this is scarcely to be expected) the very abundance may prove the ruin ot the orchards. One-third ot the present fruit would be sufficient. The gar? dens, too, are unsually promising and for? ward. Wheat ls tn boot. The industry of the farmers never was sur? passed. If the diligent and abundant use of fertilizers can do any good, lt will this year. The Bea of troubles In which we are placed seems to have awakened all the latent ener? gies of. the agricultural community. The gov? ernment at present ls so bad that the convic? tion ls almost universal that lt must soon pasB away-there must be a reaction. And this ls a well founded hope. The darkest hour is before day. I i The Air-Line Bailroad is now progressing | ] with great rapidity tn grading and tresiilng, and in October next lt ls said will be in opera? tion. Honey is so scare that the oldeBtinhabi-1f tant never knew lt as much so. The. taxes, 11 the licenses, the tobacco revenue officers all are great plagues and pests, and dispose the punpie ta riai? ?overoment itself. The commencement of tue theological semi-1 < nary here promises to be u great occasion. [ t Many distinguished ministers are to be here on Sunday nexr, and the Presbyterian pulpit has already been offered to the Baptists for their 11 use. It 1B almost certain that South Carolina will lose that valuable institution. Politics are lu a strange state. No one knows where he is or what he is, or what he will do. ( It is chaotic and formative. The Intelligent i and good will be a unit against the present or- ( der of things. Candidates are not yet generally out. Col- 1 one! W. Ii. Perry, the preseut solicitor, and 1 James Birnie, Esq., are declared candidates f for the office of solicitor. Each county will have a caudidate, it ls supposed. I have heard of Murray and Whitner, of Anderson, and Cottiran, of Abbeville. If the Radicals run a 11 candidate the Democrats or Betorm or Con? servatives, or Cincinnati men, or what not, will have to concentrate on some one man. ( Ihe vote in the Judicial district 1B very nearly ] even. The prospects are a terribie struggle , Bli over the country, and A complete victory, Vis medicatrlx Naturas In politics. SOMERS. | < ( JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. -A mail route is established from Abbeville to El nerton, Ga. -A grand lodge of Good Templars bas been organized at. Sumter. I t -The Orangeburg Times Is enlarged, and In 11 every way improved. -Prolefsor Bond wire-walked in Eingstree on Monday. -Colonel David Bumph, of Orangeburg, I f and Colonel David Shuter are dead. -Mr. Abner W. Glanton, of Edgefleld, died suddenly last Monday. 1 1 -Mr. Vince broke his arm on Monday while I i practicing tor the tournament at Orungebnig. -The new courthouse at Abbeville will be thirty-one feet longer than the old building, with two additional rooms. -The seidor exhibition ol Erskine College, 11 at Due West, took place ou Friday. Tho , speeches were well-written and well-de-1 livered. -Newberry County has a new motive power. 11 A colored man is hitched to a plough, and bis wife crlves him. A long switch helps to per? suade the ploughman lo move along smartly. ' -The Governor has pardoned Peter Moore- t head, ot Plckens County, upon the recommen- t dation of JudgH James L. Orr, of ihe Eighth Judicial Circuit. -Johnson's depot on the Charlotte, Colum? bia aod Augusta Railroad, about eight miles east o? Edge?eld Courthouse, 1B rapidly ex? tending its limns, and daily growing in Impor? tance. I( -At the annual meei lng of the stockholders I i of the Charlotte, Column ia and Augusta Rall-1 | road Company, held at Charlotte, on Wednes? day, there was no election of officers, a quo? rum not, being present. The meeting adjourn-11 ed, subject to a call of the board of directors. t -The residence of Mrs. Newsome, on Arse? nal Hill, Columbia, was entered by one of the prowling villains who lufest the city. He got Into her bedroom window, and Just about that moment her Bun woke up and paw the bur? glar, when he asked his mother the where? abouts of his pistol. The intruder, not liking 11 the nature ol the Inquiry, Jumped out ol th? J l window, and unfortunately escaped without, being ebot. THE RECENT TORNADO. I t An Old Lady "Rocked to Sleep." J I j 1 I [From the Orangeburg Times ] The recent blow appears to have done most damace on Its first entrance into our county up about. Bull Swamp. A country friend says 1 that on O. B. Riley's place it blew down many bouses, and carried off the top of the gin . house. At James Ott's lt ble.w down every 1 house on the place. At Ephraim Graves's, I every house except the corn house. At Ju h ti t Murphy V. leif only the dwelling and saw-mill, . lifting the grist mill from Its foundations. The mill was torn to pieces and millstones. 1 measuring four feet by eighteen Inches thick, carried of about thirty feet. All the roads over which lt passed ate blockaded by the up? rooted trees. I's width was about two hun? dred yards. All these places had dwellings l and out-building", the usual plantation build- t lng and negro quarters. Ii took an old lady, who had hidden between the bed and mat? tress, out of ihe house, bed and ali, and "rocked her to sleep" in the yard. CARL SCHURZ PRESIDING--T.a r FIGHT OVER THE TARIFF. Organization of the Great Gat her? ng Speecli of Senator Schurz-The Cham pions of Free Trade and Protection the Arena-Action Deferred till To. ri ny--A Bid for Chase--Palmer de clines to Withdraw-General Notes and Gossip. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HEWS ] CINCINNATI, Thursday, May 2-6 P. M This has been a day of extraordinary ex? citement throughout the city. The floor and galleries of the Exposition Hall, where the convention meets, were thronged as soon the doors were opened. Some uneasiness was felt among the Liberals this morning anticipation of an acrimonious discussion; but this evening, the utmost confidence prevails n the ultimate success of the movement. At the hour appointed, the conventionn? isBembled, the building then being crowded io suffocation. Some confusion occurred be lore the delegates were all properly seated invitations were extended to Miss Susan inthony and Mrs. Gordon, of California, re :resentatlves of the woman's suffrage Interest ? take seats on the platform. The appear ince of the ladles was greeted with loud sheering and some hissing. After considerable discussion a moticn refer all resolutions relative to the platform .he committee on resolutions without debate pas adopted. A committee on credential :onslsllng of one delegate from each. State ind territory, was appointed. Judge Seiden. )f New York, presented the protest of severa' persons claiming to be Improperly excluded "rom seals in the New York delegation. Be erred to the committee on credentials. The roll of Slates and Terri lories was then called ind the names of the committees on r?solu lions and permanent organization were read James Johnson, J. R. Parrott and R. L McWharion represent Georgia on the three committees. S. A. Pearce, Jr., B. B. Carpen? ter and E. W. Wheeler represent South Caro lina. The committees then, at 11.30 A. II., re? tired for consultation, and the convention book a recess until 3 P. M. The convention reassembled at 3 P. M. Judge Spaulding, of Ohio, from the commit? tee on permanent organization, reported in tavor of Carl Schurz as permanent president Evitb one vice-president and secretary for 2 ac h State and Territory. Speech of Carl Schurz. Senator Schurz on coming forward was {reeled enthusiastically. On taking the chair ie responded to the enthusiasm of the audi? ence in a speech of great length. He said the Republic might well congratulate itself on the [act that such a meeting as this had been con rened in these days of ours. Look at the circumstances from which lt sprung. We see .he American people, just issued from a great ind successful struggle, and in the full pride of national strength, threatened with new evils ind dangers of an Insidious nature, and the naas of the population apparently not aware of it. We see robbery and corruption pervading .he public service of the government, and we iee public opinion most deplorably lenient in ts Judgment ot this publio and private dlsbon ?sty. We see, Indeed, tyrannical and Insolent sncroachments through tbe vast machinery if the public service, and the people accept hese encroachments almost with..at protest ind without resentment. We see men In ;he highest places of the Republican party imploy their power and opportunities tor telf advantage. We see that part of mr common country which has been nost seriously suffering from the conse luences of the civil war, and we see the ?aughty spirit of* power refusing to lift up hose who had gone astray, and who are now suffering for it, by a policy of generous con siltation and true statesmanship. [Applause. Sir. Schurz continued, analgnlng the adm In Lu? xation for various acts; advising harmony ind conciliation on the part of the convention ind saying it was not so mnch the aim of the Reformers lo beat Grant as it was their pur? pose to get a true statesman and one who ivould carry out the highest principles of government in the White House. He con sluded by saying that he came not to push any nan's claims, and by predicting victory for the Jcket nominated. He was frequently interrupted with out Hirsts ot applause. At the conclusion of his ?peech tbe?band struck up a national air, and .he delegates rose as one man to their feet meering and creating the wildest enthusiasm The Vlce-Presldente rom the South are : Alabama, Thomas Lam >ert; Arkansas, Underwood; Georgia, Mott Liouislana, Delasiz; North Carolina, Helper ?outh Carolina, Wheeler; Tennessee, Meyers rezas, E. Morgan Hamilton; Virginia, Bice, iVesl Virginia, Lemon. The committee on credentials submitted a ?eport deciding against tire conteslants from iew York, Calltornla and other States. After i discussion between the California delegates he report was adopted. Tne committee on .ules reported the rules now governing the 3ou-e of Representatives, with slight altera lons; also, that, in balloting -for candidates, he majority of all the votes cast would be ?ecessary lo a choice. The chairman an ?ounced that the committee on resolutions vould be unable to announce the platform intll the evening se-slon. A motton to pro seed to the nomination of candidates, without waiting for the platform, was tabled by a arge majority. A large number of other res? olutions were offered, but under the rules vere referred to the committee on resolu ions. The committee at 5.30 P. M. took a ecess until 7.30 P. M. When the convention reassembled the chair innounced that the committee on resolutions ivould not report until to-morrow. Several resolutions were Introduced and relerred lo ;he committee on resolutions. ' Rhodes, of Ohio, offered a resolution de slat lng that ihe Presidency was an executive ind nut legislative office; and as this conven ion entertained diverse opinions regarding he question ot the tariff, therefore the sub? ed should be referred to the Congr-salon il districts where it properly belongs, and that he will of the people ihus expressed should >e the policy of the administration. A motion to adjourn was put and lost by a arge majority. The rules were tben sus >ended amid great excitement, all seeming to bink this was the main point in tho con.-en Ion. Greeley's friends were specially active n securing this action, and they claim the ?esu t ss an adopilon of bis platform, and 'really enhancing ihe chances ot his success. Cassius IL Clay now obialned the floor and ipoke against the adoption ot either a Pro? active or Free Trade platform. He said it ya* the rock on which their enemies wished .hem to split, aod they had better avoid lt. fudge Matthews also spoke, giving the tariff men a severe rub. He said, "Jr' we mus? nave i a fight, let us bare a fair one !" He closed by offering as a substitute for Rhodes'* resso lution the tariff resolution In the Missouri platform. Atkinson, of Massachusetts, said the delay of the committee on resolutions was not caused by the tariff question. He said n?thlngS?uId be gained by discussing the question In ad? vance bf the committee's report. He moved to lay the original resolutions, together With the substitute, on the table. Amid great con? tusion and excitement Atkinson's motion was parried by a large majority. It was announced that the resolution committee would report to-morrow morning. The convention then adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow, alter a bot fight over a mo? tion to begin the balloting. Tuc First Ballet, as far as known, will stand as follows : New York-Solldfor Greeley. * Minnesota-Adams5; Greeley 3; Davis 1. Nebr ask a-Tra m bull i; Greeley 1 : Brown 1. Vermont-Solid for Greeley^ Michigan-Solid for Adams. Louisiana-Solid for Greeley. Iowa-Solid for Trumbull. . Tennessee-Solid for Adams. Florida-Solid fo? Davis. ' Ohio-Solid for Adams. Missouri-Solid for. Greeley. The Reunion Convention ' met this afternoon, and, completed its organ lzalion. Reports from various committees' were received, and all approved, excepting a recommendation for a committee of con? ference to agree with the action of the Cin? cinnati Convention. A resolution Instructing the committee on resolutions to report Charles Francis Adams as the nominee for President was adopted. The convention then adjourned till to-morrow. A Letter from Chief Justice Chase. The following letter from Chief Justice Chase ls published to-day : WASHINGTON. April 29. My Dear Sir-My name, lt we may Judge from the newspapers, will not be much con? sidered at Cincinnati, and I am quite ' content and none the lesa grateful to the friends who think lt should be. Yet, aa you know, I have not sought or desired the nomination. If lt were Judged the best means of uniting the greatest number of those opposed to the ad? ministration on principle, it would, doubtless, be my duty to accept lt. If any otber name be preferred, I shall be entirely satisfied. What ls essential with me ls that what has been gained-freedom-be secured beyond perad* venture; that the currency be placed on a sound basis; that real reform be accomplished in taxation, Internal and external; and that there be a perfect reconciliation , of sections and citizens. Your Parkersburg platform, as I remember lt, embodies these views substan? tially, and I hope none contrary to lt will be adopted. Yours truly, 8. P. CHASE. miscellaneous Convention ETotes. CINCINNATI, May 2. The permanent president ot the Beunlon and Beform Convention Is R. T. Banney. 8enator Fenton has certainly departed for home. Various constructions are placed on this sudden move. The quantity of special dispatches sent from this city during the past few days have been without precedent in the history of tele? graphing. Thirty-one members of the New York dele? gation signed a protest against the action of the delegation regarding Greeley. It is said that Gratz Brown will be here to? night, and withdraw his name from the Pres? idency In favor of Greeley. The programme looks to Brown for Vice. Horace White telegraphed Governor Palmer 'to-day, asking him to withdraw in favor ot Trumbull. Palmer replied that be was in the hands of bis friends, and he rested on their judgment to act in a manner most likely to promote harmony. A BVBVETOF THE FIELD. How the Platform is Discussed-No Appearance of Irreconcilable Differ? ences-Canvassing of Candidate? The Lines Forming. [0 rrespondence of the New York Tribune.) . CINCINNATI, Monday Night, April 29. The Inchoate convention has now reached the critical stage. There are on the ground hundreds of men of conflicting views, each of authority in bis own section, each having de elded opinions of his own on every prominent topic, and each disposed to regard his views as the pivot on which the convention must turn, either to acceptance and consequent success or to rejection here and consequent defeat at the polls. There is the usual angry talk familiar to every old at endant at na? tional conventions, and always all the angrier In proportion to the general ialtn in the intrinsic strength of the party, that un lees the demands of certain sec? tions or of certain beliefs are gratlQed, they will go borne by the next train, lhere is the usual d?clarai ion that the votes of certain Slates are absolutely essential to suc? cess, and lhat i hese cannot be secured without the most overwhelming concessions; that this or that Interest must oe conciliated to avoid the certainty oijsjtaister; tbat this or that can? didate can walk Tiver the track while another -urged by others with equal vehemence coulu not carry an electoral vote. The ve? hement dbsenslons thus far developed con? cern mainly two points: Urse, the plaDk In the platform on Protection, Revenue Reform, or Free Trade; second, the claims of the rival candidates. Adams, Davis, Trumbull and two or three other candidates are named, each almost as prominently, but angry leeling seems to develop mainly about these. As to the platform, it. may be summed up In a few words, as follows: First. Colonel Grosvenor and the Missouri Radicals generally insist on the plank In the Missouri call unchanged. Second. The Ohio Reunion and Reform peo? ple strenuously Insist on the same language or its substance. Tnlrd. The New York delegates in attend? ance at ihe Revenue Reform caucus present a resolution recognizing the lack of entire agree? ment on this question, referring lt to the de? cision of the people In the several Congress districts, and pledging the party to the honor? able execution Of me popular will thus ascer tn! n 60 Fourth. General Carl Schurz, D?vid A. Wells, E. L. Godkin, and the class of Revenue Re? formers whom tbey re pr? sent, hol?! the most conciliatory lone, and, while ihey wonld pre? fer the language of the Missouri call, are will? ing to agree to disagree by accepting tue New York proposition. Fi it n. Edward Atkinson, Judge Brinkerhoff, and nearly all the free trade doctrinaires, In? sist on the Missouri call. Sixth. The. leading editors who have largely elven the impulse to ihm movement, Horace White, of the Chicago Tribune; Samuel Bowles, et ihe Springfield Republican; Murat Halstead, of the Cinctunatl Commercial; Henry M. , Watterson, of Ute Louisville Courier-Journal, , and their associ?tes, ludst that the Difference ? on tne tariff ought not to make trouble; that ir e trade ls not necessarily an Issue In the ' national contest, and that they are willing to i accept the New York propositions. , Seventh. And finally, the Grant men are boasting that the tariff question will Inevita? bly t-pllt the convemion, and enable the Phila? delphia m minee to walk over the track. AS to candidates, the situation, in brief, 1B this: First. The local pressure 1B wholly for Adams. Second. The best organized, most strongly backed and apparently most formidable move? ment, ia that tor Davis, whereof John D. De lrees ls the chief manager. Third. The most bitter hostility to Davis comes from his-own Slate. It la definitely asserted that the Chicago Tribune la aa likely j io support ?ram,- mr T?Ojuunjr -cine,- j Daria is n ore lo ate d. Many Hi! nols ?? Hcltgitt* ' I declare that Davis bas been a candi dat?: tor a Democratic nomination for nearly-two yean past, and that be cannot command Republi? can p*xengtb. Trumbull's strength ls proved to be hostile to Davie, to the extent or going for any other candidate anywhere named In preference to him. Fourth. The talk of the Liberal editors ls unanimously against Davis.. Hunt iffisfrafl has openly said that, in case Davis ls nomi? nated, bis paper will support Grant- Henry Watterson ls quoted as saying that, If Davis ls nominated, he will seek to rally Kentucky and other Southern Democratic, delegation for a candidate ol their. own. Samuel Bowles is known to oppose Davis with.almost equal earnestness. Fifth. The New Yorkere seems tob? talk? ing Davie a good deal,-and to. be maintaining friendly relations also with Pennsylvania Sixth. Louisiana. Texas and Alabama dele? gations are quoted as irtendly to Davie, fe& evincing a dispoel tlonto act with New Tore. Seventh. There ls much talk about Horace Greeley, bat bis friends are not making any vehement contest for-him. Their policy, so far as they are said to have one, appears to be that of awaiting events; thev-belleve their favorite to be the second cfrofee in a large measure of both ihe Adams and-Davis men.'? Eighth. Trumbull's strength outside ot Illi? nois has not yee been developed. Gratz Brown does not appear to "have positive strength out? side of Missouri: Chase has Wiest virginia, bat Is not generally regarded as aprobable candi? date. There ls no movement as yet for Cox or Sumner, and but a very small one for Palmer. THE WEATHER THIS OAS. WASHINGTON, Hay 2. The barometer will probably rise over toe New Eoglaod, Hiddle and South Atlantic States on Friday, but fall from.tue. lower Mis? souri Talley to Lake Superior. - Northerly to westerly winds and clear weather'will gener? ally prevail at the stations east of the Eocky Mountains on Friday. Dangerons winds, are not anticipated. ( . '.,.',.'*' Yesterday's Weather Reporta' of the Signal Service, U, S, A,-4,4T P. St. Local Time. I Place of Observation. Augusta, Ga.... 30.00 Baltimore........ 20.80 Boston.29.87 Charleston.29.96 Chicago.80.12 OtnolnnatL.30.22 Galveston, Tex., so.30 Key west.20.08 Knoxville, Tenn, no, oe Memphis, Tenn, ao.29 lit. Washington 29.08 New Orleans.... 30131 Xew Tork..A.i 29.09 Norfolk.?9.90 Philadelphia,..:. 20.86 Portland, Me.... 20 M Savannah.20.09 st. Loma. 0.21 Washington .... 20.84 Wllmlngton.N.'J. 129.92 BC Bf SS rf 78 NW 71 SE 60 SW 80 W G ft** : o itt 63 NW 61 NW 76 W 83 NW 85 MW 66 NW 87 SW 75 NW 92 SB 70S 78 SW 49 S o 78 NW ?0 NW new 761SW. ..fV.v Qentle. Fair. Gentle. Fair. ' Fresh. Cloudy. Fresh. Fair.. Fresh. Fair.7 Gentle. Tft'mg. Brisk, i Olear? Fresh. Fair? Fresh. Olear. Fresh. Cloudy. High. .. Cloudy. BfisK. ' Fair." Brisk. Cloudy. Fresh., cloudy. iPresb, Pahv Fresh.' Th'rnf. Light*. Cloudy'. Brisk.; Pair.. Fran - flairs Gentle. J Clear. -ll m. Nom.-The weather report dated 7.41 o'clock thu morning, wilt be posted la the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at io o'clock A. M., and. together with the weather chart, may (by. to* courtesy of the Chamber) oe examined by ahlp masters at any time daring the day. . ... _'} .funeral Nonces. JET- THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND acquaintances of Mr. aud Mrs. J NO. H. GRO THEER, and of .Mr. and Mrs. E. F. 6trus3,. are' respectfully invited to attend the funeral servi? ces of the former, from hts late residence, corner of Hase', and Anson streets, THIS HORK INO, at 0 o'clock, without ?arther Invitation. ' mayS* ??r*L O. O.^P.-??OrnLLBB LODGE, No. 80.-The members of. this Lodge will anemba " at the Ball, Tins MOBNTNO, at half-past 8 o'clock, to attend the Funeral of oar 'late Brother, J. H QKOTfTtEB, By order of the N. G. - maya * THEO. HBSRICHSEN, Secretary.' ?&THB RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND acquaintances or Mrs. H. H. BUTTERFIELD, and or her mother, Mrs. A. Grunt hs, are respect? fully invited to attend the Funeral Services ot the former, at her late residence. THIS ApnatjpoH, at 8 o'clock, ?it h cat further invitation, mays Special Notices. &9~ A OABD.-MBS. BABBOT WOULD respectfully, inform her friends and the p?bilo, that the SACRED CONCERT, tendered her by her musical friends will take place on next THTJBS DAT EVXNINO, May 0, at Sr. MARY'S CHTTHOH, Hase: street. Programme win be given next week. _ r-. 'm,-y a f?S* CONSIGNEES PER SCHOOLER ELIAS KO0 RE. from Baltimore, are notified that shew Ul discharge cargo THIS DAT' at Kerr's Wharf. Good3 ancailed for ct sanfet will romain on the wharf at owners' risk. STREET, B ROTH R F S A CO., ? mayS-l_ Agents or Ve*seL /aTMES. SMITH, WHAT MARESYOUB Paint look so fresh and nice f y our house has not been painted these three years. Why, Mrs. Jones, I use the "DOLLAR SEWARD SOAP." DO wie, MOISE A DAVIS, Agents, Charleston, S. C._' THE CHARLESTON CHARITA? BLE ASSOCIATION, for the Benet!t of the Free School Fund-Official Baffle Numbers: CLASS No. 483-WORKING. 48_24-69-17-*6- 7-26-49-10- 2-61-IS CLASS No. 434-EVENING. 30-32-69-53-9-56 -67-75-47-37-61-62 As witness oar hands at Charleston this 2d day of May, 1872. FENS PECK, JAKES QILLILAND, may3_Sworn Commissioners. pa- ATTENTION CHARLESTON RIFLEMEN CLUB.-The members of thia club are requested to call on any of the undersigned Committee and procure their Tickets for. the Annual Target Excursion, which takes place MONDAY, May the 6th. lu Cavanangb, M. Fits Gibb.n, R. H. Freeman, W. Varner, J. F. O'Mara-Committee._maya ^.TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE ENTERPRISE RAILROAD COMPANY.-Your at. ten tlon ls hereby called to tbe following Resolu? tion, adopted at a meeting of the Directors held on the 28th ultimo: Resolved, That an assessment of TWENTY PER CENT, be, and la hereby, made a on the Capital Stock of the Company, payable ta four equal monthly iostalmenta, beztoniDg on the 1st day of' Hay ensuing. WILLIAM MCKINLAY, may 1-3_Secretary a- d Treasnrtr. jBjr DR ANDERSON HAVING RE TCBNED to the city, offers his services as Surgeon Dentist. Dental Booms southwest corner King and Liberty stieets._ aprSO ?** ON MARRIAGE, -Ts5*^ Happy relief for Young Men from the effects ar Errors and Abases ia carly ure.' Manhood re? ito red. Nervous debility cored. Impediments co Marriage removed. New method or treat? ment. New and remarkable remedies. Boot? and Circulars sent free, In sealed envelopes. Ad? dress HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Na 2 sooth Ninth street. Philadelphia. 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