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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE NEW CITY RAILROAD. CHARLESTON'S SOLUTION OF THE RAPID TRANSIT PROBLEM. A Passenger and Freight Horse-Rail? road to Girdle the City-Active Opera? tions Begun-The Route and Plans or the New Company-An Early Open? ing ot the Hoad Promised. In thia age of steam and the telegraph, when the old saw that "time is money" is be? coming every day more emphatically true, there is hardly any department of business enterprise that receives more universal at? tention than the rapid transportation of pas? sengers and merchandise from point to point, and especially from the seaboard to the inte? rior. In Charleston, with its supero advan? tages as a seaport, and with its geographical position as the natural entrep?t and outlet of a great State, and indeed of a vast stretch of Southern country rich in natural resources, the question of the prompt handling ol the immense bulk of natural products that comes crowding from the interior, and the great car? goes of Imported articles that dally load its busy wharves, becomes one of paramount importance; and lt ls, therefore, no more than natural that Charleston should take the'lead In inaugurating a new system of inter-mural transit which, although now a novelty, must IQ time become a necessary feature of the trade of every great city. The question that has long puzzled Charleston, and Indeed every great seaboard elly, is os to the means ol handling vast bulks of merchandise within the limits of the city. Here, as In many other cities, the fleets of merchant steamers are continually bringing merchandise to our wharves on the one side of the city, while on the other side the trains of the various rail? roads centering at this point are daily dis- , charging their irelght of the products of the Interior. What ls imperatively demanded now { is an effective method ot inter-communication between these respective conveyances. This ' method must be RAPID, CHR'.P AND SAFE. ( The tracks of the steam railroad companies ( might be extended through ihe heart of the , city and the locomotives drag the heavy trains ( down to the varions wharves, and this would t be cheap and rapid, but not safe. Or the ar- , rangement might be left os it now exists in , this and most other cities, and the irelght , taken from railroad to steamboat, and vice , versa by dray?, which arrangement is eminent- j ly safe, but is insufficiently cheap and rapid. In . various other cities many half-way schemes , have been adopted tu remedy thia difficulty. . In alltfiose places the city authorities, with a , wise and proper regard for the safety of the , inhabitants, have decreed that the locomotives shall not come through the city streets, and in , many of them, as, for Instance, in the case of , the Harlem, New Haven and Hudson River < Hoads, ia New Tork, the engines are left au j the passenger stations, on the edge of the city, , and the freight cars hauled by horses to irelght ? depots in he centre of the town; but that brings the irelght only half-way to Hs destina- , tlon, and it has then to be unloaded, put upon , the clumsy, clattering trucks, and carted to , the wharves or warehouses where lt ia. to be . shipped or stored. This, it will ba seen, ne- , cepoltates one hauling of the freight, which . might be avoided, and Involves also the delay < of the passage of heavy drays through crowd- , ed streets. ? It ls now proposed lu Charleston by the En- ? terprlse Railroad Company to build a railroad j through this city which shall combine the fea tures of an extension of the steam-railroad Hoes to the wharves, a irelght horse-railroad independent of but connecting the steam lines, and a passenger horse-rallroa 1, which ? will form a belt around the lower end, and straight across the middle of the elly, aud , stretch away up the centre of the peninsula to Magnolia on one side and the Schutzenplatz on the other. , THE ROUTE proposed for the new railroad is a very com? prehensive one. One of the main termini of the road will be on the South Battery, at or near the corner of East Bay. Here lt la pro* posed to erect a suitable building, or else { adapt some house already standing, for the use of passengers walting for the cars, which will run in both directions from this point. On the east side of the city, the road will run up East Battery and East Bay, past the long , line ot wharves and warehouses on the Bay, and with spurs or branches running , down ou the wharves, to Calhoun street; , thnugh Calhoun to Washington, and up j Was ling ton to Chapel street, on the corner of , wb'.oh stands the depot ot the Northeastern ? Railroad Company. Here a switch will con- , nect the track of the new road with that oi | the Northeastern Railroad, and the passenger , and light freight cars of the new road will , also run past the No rtheastern depot for the . accommodation o? passengers and of Buch freight as will have to be removed from the cars. The line then continues through , Chapel and John streets to Meeting, aud ? there forms a junction with another short , section ot the road which, leaving the line . just described at the corner ol E ist B ay and , Calhoun streets, runs west to Meeting, and , up Meeting to John street. At John street a , connection will be made with the South Caro- ( Ilsa Railroad similar to the connection with the Northeastern Hoad above mentioned, and the . line will then continue up through Meeting to , a poi it beyond the limits of the city, where lt ' branches off to the right to the Magnolia . Cemetery and to the left to the Schutzenplatz. , At the comer ol Spring and Meeting streets, ' moreover, another branch starts through Spring street, running the whole length of , that street, and connecting at its western end with the Savannah and Charleston Railroad. RETURNING DOWN TOWN from that point, and on the western side of the city, the line runs through Spring street to President, down President and Lucas to Cal- : hoon, through Calhoun to Smith, down Smith to Beaofain, through Beaufaln to Logan, down Logan-to Tradd, through Tradd to Logare, down Legare to the South Battery, and through South Battery to the point first men? tioned. Another small branch of the road ls proposed to ran from the Northeastern depot up through Judith, America and Drake streets, past Hampstead Mall, and, by a sweep over the swampy lands north ot Cooper street, which will be bridged with trestle work, com? ing into Meeting street at some distance above Line street. This, lt will be seen, ls an ambitious and comprehensive route. The length of the road on the east Bide, running from the Battery to Magnolia, will be seven and a half miles ; on the west side, the distauce from the Battery to the Savannah and Charleston Railroad, by the route proposed, is about four and a quarter mills; and the cross-town line, from the North? eastern Railroad depot on the east, to the Sa: yannan and Charleston Railroad depot on the west side of. the city, will be one and a qui ter miles long. Active operations have now been begun the actual construction of the road, and lari gangs of laborers are at work In difiere nt pc lions of ihe city. Ground was first broken East Bay last week, and some of the curv have already been laid In that street. Yt terday morning a force of one hundred m< were Bet to work on Meeting street, coi mencing at John street, and going north, will of course be necessary, with the approat of warm weather, and in view ol the dangt ot turning up the soil during the bolte months of the year, to get through with tl digging as soon as possible; and it is clalme by the officers o? the company that they wi have their foundation laid from Ihe Battery I Magnolia Cemetery within lour weeks. THE PROCESS OP CONSTRUCTION is a follows: The ground is excavated to depth of sixteen inches, and six-foot crosi ties ol five by seven timber are laid. On thea crosstles, and fastened to them with ten-inc spikes, are laid.six by eight stringers, and t these stringers will be spiked the rails. Thes are thirty-five pound T rails, with one an three-quarter Inch flange and fish Joints, an. their Burface will be exactly even with I h surface of the ground. The space betwoei the rails will then be substantially paved will cobble-stones through the whole length of tin road, and the gap between the pavement am the rails is to be solidly filled with a paten asphalium preparation, leaving only a narro? groove on the inside of the rails for the flange! of the car-wheels, and offering as little ob slruction as possible to the wheels of ordin?r] vehicles. A large number ot switches will b( necessary, especially along East Bay, where ihe branches from ihe malu road are lo TUE down on nearly every wharf, and the use ol Wharton's patent safely switch has been deter mined on. Tnisls a self acting contrivance, which is so arranged os to always leave the straight track'opeu except when the side track ls kept open by the car-wheels actually passing over it, and is claimed to be a certain preventive against accident. TUB ROLLING STOCK Df the new roud will include some patterns ol -are which have been extensively used in ?ther cities, but which will be new lo Charles .on. The main bulk of the freight to be moved between the .allroad depots aud the steamers ?viii be conveyed in the regular freight cars of ihe railroad compaules, which are about thirty feet long, and weigh about eighteen thousand pounds. Tu each of these, four horses will be Hutched, and it will ihen be run to its destina lion over the new road, which will bave a five foot gauge to correspond with thal of all the roads running into this city. Most of this class of freight will be moved at ulght, how aver, so as to Interfere as Utile as possible with tbe passenger trafilo during the day, although lt has been proven by the Fourth avenue railroad line in New York, and many others thar, with proper precaution, the heaviest freight cars can safely be run over the same track, and at the same lime with passenger cars. A number of very light freight-cars have ilso been ordered irom the extensive carshops }f John Stephenson, New York, (the builder }f all the horse-cars now used in Charleston.) These are small platform cars, with removable ?ide and end-boards, having four wheels, and weighing about four thousand pounds each. They aro provided with hand-brakes at each end, and may be drawn by either one or two horses. Tnese will be used for all sorts of light freight between tho different lines of transportation, and especially for the prompt handling of produce and vegetables from the Iruck larms in the neighborhood ol the city. The regular passenger cars of the new linc will be a novelty In Charleston. They will be Stephenson's oue-horse car, with "Slnwson's patent lare box and change gale," which does away with the services of a conductor. The car ls twelve and a half feet long,se vc a feet wide, weighs twenty-seven hundred pounds, and runa on four light wheels. The front plat? form is seml-oircular, and ls railed In, leaving no room for any one but the driver, and there ls no rear platform. Instead of a rear plat? form there 1B one step lo aselst passengers In? setting In or out of the car, and a strap pas? ses from the door to the driver, who is ex? pected to keep the door closed at all times when the car ls In moiton, so as to almost prevent all possibility of accident. The fare will be five cents, and passengers will be re? quired to deposit their lares In an Ingeniously arranged glass box inside the car, change Oeing furnished if necessary by the driver through an equally Ingenious "change gate" in the front door of the car. It is claimed Lhat this Invention, which is extensively used In Washington, New Orleans and other cities, will effect a saving of twenty per cent. In ihe running expenses of each car by saving the "alary of Hie conductor, and reducing to a minimum the chances ot dishonesty on the part of either the drivers or passengers. EXCURSION" CARS. The new company also propose to Introduce i s'yle of excursion car, which is largely used in Brooklyn and other cities, and has proved very popular. It is a light open car, weighing nbout 2500 pounds, and capable of sealing thir? ty persons. Tho seats ?re reversible, and the roof is supported by light stanchions, between which are canvas curtains, which can be let down as a protection against sun or rain. The officers of ihe company claim that they will have their passenger cars running this summer, and assert conlidently thal they will be prepared to handle tho freight passing through the city in the course of next tail's trade. They promise that they will be able to unload the largest steamer that sails to this port in one day, and that they can thus effect an impor laat saving to our merchants, as well as at? tract Increased commerce to our city. The great majority ot the people of Charleston are already much gratified by the energetic com? mencement of this work, and if the new en? terprise ls faithfully carried out, and skilfully and honestly conducted, lt can hardly fail to benefit every class of our citizens, and to In? crease the importance ol'our city in a thousand different ways. _ _ SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -A negro, convicted ol rape, was hung at Carthage, Tenn., yesterday. -The South Mountain forests near Carlisle, Penn., are burning. -An explosion yesterday in the Pine Ridge Coal Mine at Scranton, Pa., killed turee men. -Fahrenstock'B lead works at Pittsburg. Pa., were destroyed by Aro yesterday." Loss $50,000. -McDonald's Knitting Mill, In Amsterdam, New York, was burned yesterday. Loss $70,000. -The municipal council of Paris has voted In favor of the construction ol tramways throughout the city. -THO carpenters' strike In New York gives promise of bein.- successful several busses having agreed io pay full prices lor eight hours' labor. -An action ls Impending against Colonel Whitley, chief of the United" ?states secret service detectives, for assault, extortion and false Imprisonment. ! GREELEY AND BROW. THE POPULAR GROUNDSWELL FOR THE LIBERAL TICKET. A Little Outburst of Petulance from Voorhees, of Ind lan a, [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB NEW3.] WASHINGTON, May 13. Ia tbe House, to-day, Voorhees made a lengthy personal explanation, denying certain newspaper statements asserting that he was uncertain as to his course in regard to sup? porting the Cincinnati nominees. He was very severe against Greeley, commented disparag? ingly on his antecedents, and said be had been the life-long exponent of principles hos tile to the West, and bad supported the enactment of bayonet laws to govern the South; as between bim and Orant he said thal he would favor the latter. The tenor of his whole remarks Indicated an intention not to support Greeley If he were endorsed by the Batlmore convenue:, though he would not explicitly say so. In reply to this question from Rosevelt, he simply said he was not in the habit of bolling from Democratic nomina? tions. The speech has excited a good deal of comment in all political circles here, and many leading Democrats express regret at Hs tone. N. GREELEY STOCK ADVANCING. Democrats in Washington Wheeling Into Line-The Plain Duty of the Sont h - ttniiiim Eztiavagance and Embezzlement. t C [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] E WASHINGTON, May 13. > The Greeley stock is still on tbe rise here at t the date of this writing, and Democrats of 'enge lo Washington are urging ou all hands ? Lhe idea that the South must now Insist on an 1 idherence to the Cincinnati ticket by sending t jp lo Baltimore, from every Southern State, t full sets of Greeley delegates. The South has e % good cause tor insisting on this, as she was 1 badly sold in 18G8 by placing her trust in the Northern Democracy. Now the South ought I | to soy to the North, "This Is our turn, and we 11 see no salvation for our oporessed people In Lhe next four years except lu the election ol I ? thc mau who was the first and has been the | \ most persistent advocate of amnesty for our people." The game now lies with the South, and thc West ls not indisposed to give in its t adhesion to the Greeley ticket. At least every j day brings the views ol the Western Demo- ! crats more and moro in accord with the Cin- i donall movement, and with the present tem- t per of the South. Let lhe Southern Stales [ stick last and demand the acquiescence of the t Northern Democracy in lhe only scheme that t promises relief for Hie South from the mill tn ry and the carpet-baggers. And that relief I will assuredly come with the election of the i avowed friend of amnesty and honesty.' ' The economy and honesty with which the Grant administration conducts , affairs in the I f Southern Slates ls abundantly exemplified In | < lhe report of lhe Judicial proceedings in lhe Western Arkansas District for the past year, which shows that the courts In that district, | i In the time referred to, have coet nearly throe hundred thousand dollars, or more than all Lhe courts of the great State of New York for c the same period. The marshal ol the Western ' Arkansas District is Logan H. Soots, ex-mem- j ber of Congress lor ono of the Arkansas dis Irict?, from the Stale of Ohio. Tue co it of the 1 last term of the court in that district was 1 (75,000, and the estimate for tho next term ls i placed at over $100,000. A very handsome . Bum for a single tenn of an Arkansas court. But tho economy of the Judicial proceed? ings in Arkansas ls more than matched by j \ tho manner In which the Internal revenue | ' a Ha irs arc conducted in the good old Slate of South Carolina. The reports ot defalcations I < by government officials all over thc country | j have been so numerous and stupendous dur? ing lhe past six or eight monihs, that the ad-11 ministration has become very careful how it | < allows cases of official eccentricity to see day? light. Thus, wheu the matter of Donaldson, collector of the first district o? South Carolina, 11 was brought lo the attention of the Internal revenue authorities, the supervisor, a man o? business habits, at once armed himself with | i lull authority to place Donaldson wlihln the clutches of the law, but it was thought belter to Bend an agent down to South Carolina I, to Investigate Donaldson's affairs. And in the 11 meamime lhe supervisor waa instructed lo hold up, as lt would not do for the public to | ? hear any more about irregularities of govern? ment officials. The agent, a red-hot Republi? can, but an honest man, went into the investi? gation in earnest, and found Donaldson's case so queer, lhat he wrote the officers in Wash? ington to the effect that the collector ought to be dealt with in a summary manner. He made that officer deposit about $12,000 to make good 11 money he had collected from the people and placed on loan at an exorbitant rate; but was inst meted not io prosecute, SB lt was Inexpe? dient that the public should know anything about? the mailer. So lt was given out here that Donaldson was not a defaulter, but had deposited money to make his account good, and Supervisor Perry and the agent sent to South Carolina by lhe bureau, both ot whom were eager lo have Donaldson dealt with, were obliged lo let him tilde, and the bureau subsequently allowed t he culprit to resigo. N. BROWN AND BLAIR. A Speech from Pratz Brown, tho Future vice-President. On his return home lo Jefferson City, Mo., the Democrats and Liberals serenaded Gov- j ernor Brown, who spoke as follows: Fellow citizens, Friends and Neighbors: Many thanks to you for this kind greeting and congram ?non, which I know to be sincere, and not merely formal, because of multiplied evideucea of your good-will in the pusr. That the result of the Cincinnati Convention has not been exactly such as your panialliy would have dictated I um well aware; and yet. we must frankly adm t that BO mr us Missouri ls concerned lhe compliment io our Stale, first, ls the selection of our distinguished senator, Can Schurz, to preside over the largest and ablest political convention that ever assem? bled in America; und second, in according a nomination by so Haltering a unanimity for the second office In the government to one of j your own citizens In my own humble person, j leaves no excuse for cavilling or discontent1 .on that score. The first and most imperative object to be obtained ls success, in order io rescue the administration of national affairs from utter wreck, un oblect to which many minor considerations and partialities and ante? cedents must be sacrlllcea; and in that light j my deliberate judgment ls that the selection made for the head of your ticket ls lhe strong? est tint could have been fallen upon. You will not expect from me any ext nded speech this evening, or that. I should enier ai, large upon that artrument which will be set. !'? nh during the coming caovuss, lo conviuce the people that such Is th? tact, not only In the iLterest of success, but equally in lhat of I honesty and reform. Tul?, I understand, ls designed rather as a personal compliment, and such being the case, let me hope that you will not take lt amiss if I reler very briefly to some personal matters. Before going lr Hon lt is nouai to clear away the i growth in front of positions-to leave no for concealed enemies. It Is not verv work, and yet it may be none the le portune as well as need (ul. For net quarter of a century I have been a dil: mis Stale, constantly and acrimonious, volved in all those political contests whit some strange destiny, have ever elven i and character to the advent of national cles controlling the government. That d the fierce heats of partisan bitterness I si be assailed in all ways and by all m pan s li pose, in method, In reputation, was not t wondered ar, and yet, with ihe nankin our We-tern life, when the couti ats were ed. calumnies were alf o burled. Thus i fallen out that with so many tokens 01 changed confidence and 'regard I recog even In this hour, that I have a char, which I prize above any preferment and h< which lias been unstained by any blot-, F place in the afiVcilons of the p- opie that c not have come to me had auy of those -landers been true; and now. as it wi volve upon me again to go forth Inn Bitterness ot a still wider and perhaps a i 3 u venomed conflict than any ot the pt nave only to say that you, my friends neighbors, who know so well the condu my daily life, can testify whether It be th pnrlrv, virtue and self-respect; and to the pie of Missouri, who have, with ever-lnci og zeal, houored me BO highly and so oil iliail leave Ihe defenco of my good n iga i ns t any vituperation that may assail il And now to another point. I see iireaily the press of Hie opposition arc i ng upon some of the Incidents of the sonveniion, distorting their significance, .eek lng to sow the seeds of Jealousy and mst between those who have been yorkers thus far in the cause of Liberal The attempt ls made to place the most inguisiied and brilliant champion o ?mise, Senator Schurz, in an attitude of nutation and defence, und to Imply tha letween him and myself there has t lome bad faith or recrimination. I ki hat this ls delicate ground to travel o ind yet -I feel lt due to him that JUE ihonld be done, and by no one can (hal vith more knowledge ihau myself. I hi herefore, to state to you all who are nutual friends that such reports are ult vltnont foundation. As to politics and r. brm", there hus b'en perfect uccord, i loldlng the conspicuous position which te ni us and eneigy assigned him-earn Lrst cf ail, for tue success ol me couv ion-he did not feel at liberty to make h ell the advocate of ony candidate, i east of all one from hi? own State. I up*, dated and concurred In the elevation of enilment which dictated this course, i lave lo say that In alt bis bearings, so fdr i mow ir, he was manly and sincere. What he contributed to ihe lnaiiguratiot hat magnificent assemblage of the indep lent thought ol the Republican party i vi ?nd knows, and If in the honor of si tchlevement there eau be defeat, then I kn int the meaning of the term. And to thi if the opposition wno may be comfort i heir heans with thc thought that he eal sins any such feeling hlins?ll; to those w mow so well that wnen he enters upon t irena ol' popular appeal "one blast from < ils Ungle hum ls Wont) ten thomund mei 0 those wno lear the effect of his eloqui fivadlng, I am ulad to be able to give his i lurance that from now lill November he v ie found In the iront ot the tight uphold! he action ot the choice ot ihe convention. Although not Intending to enter upon a reneral discussion, yet there ls one matter lufttclent interest to IIB here at home to < naud a moment's relerence. It wua thouj >y many that the question of revenue reib: would be shaped Imo some practical lorna 1 part of Hie platform, and surprise hus be eit at Its omission, but I am sure that lonot on this point will vanish when it la'cc (tiered that the action of lue convention .eivrnn.' this industrial l.-sue to the people ?ongresslonul districts, pledging the Exec ive to respect that will, wus the neorsaa ind logical consequence ?it an opposition ,ha centralizing tendency of the general gc ?rnment. It ls lhere such mutters should leclded, unbiased and uninfluenced by fedei ntlnence; and it is thus, and thus only, i -eople eau best Indicate the reforms they ti lire and ure entitled io have carried out. National parlies ure In a large measu ypefl of Federal authority; thus au expressii >ii the tar i tr or any of those interior nonie.-! wildes ls sure lo be at the expense of i .ruin of utierar.ee. A determination won w thus imposed In advance upon the peopi vould be adapted lo party exigencies, ai .voold not Come freely forth as iheweil-ca Fussed sentiment of the nation. It was deemi wisest, I tier-More, to get rid of such centra.iz non Influence, and make reference of the natters, and all others of Ilk? Import, lo lt ocallites tor expression; and, with such :ourse. those surely, of al others, who b leve most sincerely in.the necessities of .rev me reform and lis ability lo command list o the confidence of our citizens, will hui .he leiw. reason lo hud faull. It ls a loo :hotce we demund os to all matters of loci :oncern, and local expression as to all mattet )f national concern, uninfluenced and uucot Toiled either by Federal authority or Its o ?anlzed partisan type. That we must fin contend for and achieve. Friends and leilow-cltizens, I cannot coe :!ude without urelng you again, as I have o ten dooe lo tne pasr, to t>? up and doing lt yo value your liberties. They are ihreatene more seriously than many ot you realize, by military ascendancy laying ?ts lines for th control cf popular elections by corrupt prac .Ices and official intervention. On the othe naud, you have presented to you In the pei iou ot the distinguished candidate fur Hi Presidency, named ut Cincinnati, a gu?rante rf peace, amnesty, reconciliation andreform sd administration. No man has ever dared ti say that Horace Ure e. ey was not an hones man. He may not be what some would call. : Une gentleman of elegant manner and retluei presence, and he may be addicted lo what an considered by them as low and common pur mils-such as farming, stock-raising, lookinf uier the indigent, gatheilng supplies fortin starving abroad, and Illustrating in all wayi ph l laut li ropy at home. But I tell you. roy n tends, lliat old while ba of his covers the largest brain and shudowi ihe sollest hean. In America. Let me add moren ver, and oe pardoned ?or saying mat, a? to the milier of executive ability, I believe tbe man who hus served out a long life in itu conduct of a great leading loiirtinl, requiri?; tuministrullve talent ol ihe highest order, auc giving body and form to public opinion upon the most Intricate questions of loreign compli? cation, wilt be lound netter qualified for the position to which hu is eure to oe exalted than any other who may be selected from the camp ot ihe Congress. Reoewlng my thanks to yo?, my friends, and pledging my.-eli again not to be imiaithful to this new mark ot confidence which hos been couferred upon me, I must close ibis hurried response. Views off Montgomery Blair. The annexed Iel ter from Hon. Montgomery Blair, who is reputed to have been somewhat on the inside of politics lu connection with tho Cincinnati Convention, Is furnished for publication, and will be read with interest: WASHINGTON, May 7, 1872. Ny Dear General-I nave yours of 4th. We will have io luke Greeley or Giant, and we will luke Greeley-relucinntly, of com se, but not the less certainly. And he will be the more certain of election because the Demo? crats do not wish to embrace him at first. As for the running a candidate of ihelr own, that would be both alsj>tri.>m and disgraceful. They all give in their adnesion to the Cincin? nati' OonveniIou, and the most obstreperous ol Greeley's opp-jnen'B had their candidate betuire that, convention- Voorhces, for example, was loud In his advocacy of Judge Davis, and the World was euruest in pressing Adams. Now, lhere certainly can be no greater departure from principle in supporting -Greeley than there would be in supporting Davis or Adams, or any other Radical. There can be, In fact, no motive assigned for the support ol one ol'these men und the refusal to support eli lier of the others but mere personal prefer ?ucl1. This ls not statesmanship. It ls mere caprice, if not something worse, which no man can Indulge in without the loss ol'public confidence. For roy own part * * * * I go tor the movement iniiiaied at Cincinnati io artest the further progress of Ridicallsm. It ls the only practical way of arresting it. As for running in a straight Democratic ticket between Ortete; and Giant, that ls a dodge that wilt not uv ulluwed to succeed. That can be dune only in the small field of local politics where ihe contest between rival aspirants is personal, and has become em bittered. But the contest between th eBepub lican and Democratic panics baa always been a sectional contest, one party representing the North and the other the South, and whilst the contest retains that character the Repub? lican success ls assured by the census. Ills only by dividing the more numerous North and allying itself with the more liberal divi? sion that the Democracy, representing the South, can hope for the recovery o? the right 01 self-government for its section. Tne mo? ment thar, the Democracy shall set up lor it? self, the North -viii close Hs ranks again,, and the only effect w.iuld be to sacrifice me lead? ers In the Libert i party ?ho hud attempted to help us. TU-* '-. oula disgrace us, and so help to defeat us, no. only now, but hereafter. Of course, there will be some honest Democrats wno will not regard the subject in ibis Hu ht, and who wdl prefer to etaod by their guns, ifec. But lhe noisiest fellows will be those who are In tne pay ot the administration. Chand? ler said recently (I learn on good authority) that there would be a straight Democratic ticket, and that he would give $25 ooo nimble to start lt. There ara a good mauy Democrats of the Tweed order ready to take his money and help to keep t he statu quo, which is pro? fitable to them; fellows who understand mani? pulating claims quietly, and the administra? tion has the public purse at lis disposal and understands them, aud how to make the most of them. There were over one hundred officeholders, allot them Grant's emissaries, in Cincinnati working lor Adams. They were nearly all from Washington. lean furnish lhe names of about fifty of them. The strategy of Grant's friends was to secure for him tne Irish vole by putting Adamson u?, and BO compensate for me loss of tbe Lloerai Republican vote, but ne was fobed, and they are furious * * * The great majority o? Adame's supporters did not understand lt. But the public mind ls now thoroughly aroused, and when this is the case the power of lhe purciiuBabe individuals and of the venal press is inconsidetable. THE CINCINNATI NOMINATIONS. Position of ihe State Press. [ From lhe George: own Time?. ] We hold it lo be a high duly on the part of ihose who are oppressed aud vi tlmlzed by Graut and lils minions, lo adopt aud suppoi t such candidates, as may be avuu?bie to di ive Min und his coadjutors and dependents trom place and power. To succeed lu this, we be? lieve that the best policy the Democratic party can pursue should be eun-rto make uo nomi? nation, or In case of a convention oeing called und held, that ic will indorse and milty tho nomluailons made at Cincinnati. Ii such a course be pm sued, Giant will be beaten as was Van Buren in 1840. Ills a matter of life with the people that Grant and his hirelings should be divested ut power, nnd un opportunity like thai ot the present should not bu thrown away, because we cannot get exactly such men to rule the country as our individual choice might suggest. [From the Cuera w Democrat ] We are firmly convinced that it is the duty ol tue Democratic party to support Greeley and Browu, not because we think they will advance the interests of the Democracy or put one Democrat in office, buc because we think tney are honest meu, und lt ls the only means of preventing thu re-elecilun of Grunt and In? flicting lour years more of plunder and per? secution on the country, if the Democrats run a ticket of ihelr own the Indications are that the Liberal candidates will be withdrawn, rather than allow the government to fall into the hands of lhe Democracy, AS the only choice ls between honest and dishonest Re? publicans, we snail certainly support Greeley and Browu. GRANT'S LINE OF RETREAT. The Administration Preparing to Back Down from the Claims for t onscqavn tiui Damages, WASHINGTON, May 13. The President .to-day transmuted to lhe Senate the correspondence between the United States nnd Great Britain relative to the Treaty of Washington, accompanied with a brief mes? sage. The envelope bore tho word, "Confi? dential," and, a short lime alter the reception of the documents, the Senate went Into execu? tive session, when they wero read, it ap? pears that tn? design ol thu Preside ut wis to ascertain the views of lhe Senate as lo a new article io the treaty withdrawing lhe claims for consequential damages from the American BI a1 einem of lhe case, with tuc provision in substance thal, whenever either England or the United States sha I be at war, the other ono being a neutral, the neutral will make no complaints for any indi? rect, remote or consequential injuries or losses resulting from aialinre to observe neutral duties; as it is known that Gt eat Britain will agree to Hie proposed new artlcl--, and that both governments are anxious to save the treaty by mis means, lt was thought proper to place the Senate lu possession of all the facts, In order mat the executive acting upon their advice might pursue the negotia? tion BO as to secure tue consummation of the treaty In a manner satisfactory to the two governments. There was a brief debate after the reading of the documents Involving lhe merits of the question. A motion was made to remove the injunction of secrecy, but this failed, and tne message and documents were Ihen ordered to be printed in confidence and referred to the committee on foreign afftlrs. There ls scarcely a question that the senate will advl-e the acceptance of the additional article to the treaiy. SICKNESS AND DEATH AT SEA. NBW YORK, May 13. The bark Caroline, from Bremen, hud sev? enteen deaths during the passage, out of four hundred and fourteen passengers. The bark Grs-mer, from the same pott, had sixteen deaths, out of two hundred and sevens-two passengers. Tho brig Abbie, Clifford commander, ol Stockton, Maine,. arrived here lo-day from Peruatnouco. Captain Clifford, the male aud one seaman died of yellow fever during the voyage, and thu captain's wile and others were sick, but recovered. After the death of tne mule the captain's wife navigated the brig and brought her into port. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, May 13. Falling barometer wlih southerly to easter? ly winds and Increasing cloudiness ls probable for Tuesday from the Western Gulf io the lakes, with threatening weather and probable ureas of rain irom the Missouri Valley to the upper lakes, wiih iiBlng barometer and gen? erally clear and pleasant wea*her and- wester? ly to northerly winds irom Florida northeast? ward over the Middle und New England Stales, thu latter shuting to easteily and southerly over the lower lake regl?os. An area of low barometer is apparently advancing eastward towards the norm west. Dangerous winds are not anticipated except possibly lor Lakes Superior and Michigan on Tuesday. Vtsierday's Weather Reporta or the Signal Service, I . S. A.-4.47 P. AI., Lue ul Time. Place of Observation. si .flu <5 ft A Augusta, Ga.... Baltlmoie. Boston. Uhar>e.iton. Chic,so, III. Cincinnati. Galveston. Tex.. Key West. Knoxville, Tenn. Motnpiila. Tenn. Mt. Washington New Orl>ans.... New York. Norfolk. Philadelphia. Portland, Mc suva ii di. St. Louis. Wa-hmgion .... Wilmlnittou.N.C. 29 8s 29 96 29.96 ?9.87 30.lv -.0.04 ?0.96 ?0.9a 10.65 30.06 ??H. 97 ?9.95 fl). KS 20 04 29. Ul ?0.8?) 29.SS Fl.OS 9.9 -29.91 Caira NW H S VE W SB M M Calm, w SK NW NR NW !>E SW N SW sw Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Kiesh. denne. Gentle. G 'ht.e. r resit. Fre-"h. U -mle. Uentle. Fresh, demie. Qeutie. t-rcsh. lgm. KTeBll dentin. Clear. Fal". Ul'-ar. Olear. ?.air. Fair. Cloudy, 'lear. Fair. Clear. Fair, clear. U car. Fair, (.'air. Fair. F;ilr. Fair. Fair. R: in. Nora.-The weather report dated 7.47 o'clock this morning, will bc posted la the rooms or the Chamber of commerce at io o'clock A. M., and. together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the Chamber) be examined toy ship? masters at any time during the day. GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE BANNER UK FURLED. . Woodhull and Douglass In the Field Train's Prospects for the Presidency The Methodist General Conference Dr. Lanallan In the Hole of Prosecutor -TH? Latest Assassination. [FROM OCB OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, May ll. The short-haired women and long-haired men parading under the banner of female suffrage have been going through the form of burlesque nominations for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency. The convention at Apollo Hall yesterday was very funny. A Dr. Carter leaped to the edge ol the stage and called for the nomination of Mrs. Woodhull by acclama? tion. Immediately the entire audience was on Its feet, screaming, waving hats and handker? chiefs and embracing In frantic Joy. The larger part of ? he enthusiasts were outsiders attracted by curiosity, and they rent Into the demonstration with their lunga and feet to help the fun along. Victoria, with a pretence of modest diffi? dence, came shyly to the front, and, with her hand on her heart, gushed out au acceptance. Of course the spectators howled with delight; for did they not know that the thing was a broad farce-that Woodhull had herself nomi? nated by one of ber runners, and that the af? fair was gotten up solely to advertise her paper and her brokerage and commission office In Broad street. The second place on the ticket was uproariously contested. One speaker wanted Robert Dale Owen, the spiritualist; another Theodore Tillen, who has abandoned the woman suffragists, another Beecher, ano? ther Phillipe, and another Governor Campbell, of Wyoming, who vetoed the bill repealing the woman suffrage act in that Territory. Even "Snotted Tail," the Indian ch.er, was suggest? ed. But the convention finally decided to con? fer the honor on Fred Douglass, though lt was asserted that be would not accept. The next ticket, therefore, stands-Woodhull and Doug? lass. I learn that lt ls the serions Intention of Woodhull to put up electoral tickets In most of the States. She expects to catch many voies In the South from the negroes, who, it ls supposed, can be easily induced to support a ticket upon which will appear, fer the first time, the name of one of their own race. The business serves to advertise Woodhull and keep her before the country. The agitators tor female rights, however, are not all agreed. There ls a schismatic con? cern In operation at Steinway Ball, and run by those ancient champions of the cause, Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stanton. They do not hesi? tate to express their contempt for the Wood? hull machine and Its Presidential nominations. They believe in appointing committees to at? tend the conventions ol the great parties, to tease and bother the delegates to recognize their hobby. They pledge themselves to sup? port the ticket, whatever lt 1?, nominated on a platform which has woman suffrage among Its planks. It is odd that they overlook the three already In the field which de this: the platforms of the Temperance, Woodhull and Train parties. By Um way, that lunallc or harlequin, Geo. Francis Train, continues to stump the West In behalf o? his Presidential aspirations. He is delivering what he calls a course of one thous? and speeches on his way to the White House, and, strange to say, he attracts "large audi? ences everywhere al twenty-five cents a head. At the close of his harangues he puts the question to the crowd if he ls their favorite I tor President, and ls always answered affirma? tively (though derisively) by acclamation. I remember meeting Train about a year ago. He lQl'urmed tne with great apparent serious? ness that he would be the next President As I looked a little Incredulous, he remarked, "You may smile, slr, but I tell you as sure as the Lord reigneth I shall walk Into tbe While House on the 4tb ot March next as President of the United States." He said he would be elected by the Irish, who are grateful for his services In behalf of Fenianism, and will force the Democracy to take him up. A few mornings since, I dropped in at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, where the great General Conference of American Methodism ts lo dally session. The delegates, mostly re? spectable-looking old gentlemen lu white locks and black 'clothes, fill Ihe parquette seats. I noticed about a dozen negroes, some of them being from Liberia. A German and Swiss conf?rence is also represented here. The venerable Bishop SlmpBun presides. He Is an attenuated old man In a long coat, and makes a conspicuous figure on the platform. Another bishop, a falter man, sits In the rear, with his feet cocked up on a chair. Tbo stage scenery is at ranged so as to represent an ele? gant interior. The reporters, about thirty In number, occupy the seats where the band sits at night. It is a rather curious circumstance that the ministers use the theatre In the morn? ing, and that, in the evening, tbealrical and other exhibitions are given. Where the voice of prayer ls heard, a lew hours later a panto? mimic Satan disappears through a trap-door amid a flash of blue fire. The sitting will last six weeks. The. ques? tion ci the Book Concern frauds has been dis* posed of temporarily, by reference to a special committee. I listened to a rather acrimoni? ous debute on this subject. There ie, undoubt? edly, a great deal of feeling, and lt ls difficult io repress it. If the delegates were Congress? men Instead of Churchmen, there would be bad language used, and perhaps, a series of pugilistic encounters. Dr. Lanahan, the author of all this scandal, the man who insists that the managers of the Methodist Book Con. cern are spindling the brethren, ls a neat looking, dapper person, who bas persistence unmistakably marked In his face. In the debate I allude to, he arose and notified the conference that he had still graver charges to make, and hoped they would not loree bim to expose them in public. Tne speakers on the other side alluded to bim with many slurs. He was not called by name, bat lhere was no mistaking who was meant by the phrases, "snake," "panderer," and the like. The assassination of Mr. Phelps, the Jewel? ler on Sixth avenue, under circumstances startlingly like those of the Nathan and Rogers murders, hos again aroused tbe com? munity io a realization of the insecurity of life In the metropolis, and the growing Ineffi? ciency of the police under Superintendent Kelso. Phelps was deliberately shot down In his own house, as Mr. Rogers was several years ago, and the murderer ran away, with as lillie prospect of capture as the slayers of Rogers and Nathan have to fear. Tho dandy issassin lu the Tombs, Stokes, is said to have ost much of his buoyancy of spirits since bis counsel, Graham and Bartlett, abandoned him. Beis are being made among the City Ball politicians tbat he will be hanged before winter. The murder of Mr. Phelps will no) help his case. Thia sort of thing may sodden? ly drive the people to frenzy some day, and they will proceed to execute punishment themselves on the prisons full of murderers, Who ate, , thanks to cunning lawyers, com? plaisant judges and mao di In juries, snapping their gory Angers at Justice. Nra. TBE FIGHT OF IBB FACTIONS.- ? Mutterings of tbe Coming Storm in Stat? Affair?-A Labyrinth of Evils A Clergyman Thrown Into Jail by Federal Raider?. [SPECIAL TBLSOBAM TO TUB NSW?.] COLUMBIA, Hay 13. A heavy pressure was brought to bear at the Executive department tc-day to reinstate Woolley as treasurer o? Edgefleld County. This ls looked upon as something o? a test be? tween the factions that are daily creating a wider breach in the Radical party. The Gov? ernor refuses to make the restoration. The project of putting forward a State ticket, founded upon the Liberal Bepubllcan platform, gains strength every hour. The candidates have not yet been settled upon, but the names of two prominent judges are mentioned In connection with the movement. Colored RaWcals like Senator Nash and Repre? sentative Thompson are losing strength Ia tbelr own ranks, and a new set o? tactics may be expected. Baukers and brokers profess to be as mach at loss as to where the late payments into the treasury have gone ss any one holding accounts against the same. It is generally the opinion, however, that Klmpton is swallowing up all in the settlement scheme, which is what has now called the treasurer lo New York. An uneasiness boding disruption pervades the precincts of the irlo who have controlled' the purse-sirlngs ef the State. Party leaders dread an extra meeting of the General Assem? bly, and taxpayers object to lt purely irom. the expense that would follow. At the best .it is a labyrinth of ills. . The United States deputies have, to-night, brought to this city Rev. John 3. Ezeil and his eon, arrested in Oconee but belonging to Spartanburg, olio Wm. B. Ward an. R. T. Lennon. They have all been lodged In the Jail here on charges of violating the entorce meBt act. SALUDA; ' AMNESTY BT PIECEMEAL* . WASHINGTON. May 13. In the House to-day Butler, o? Massachu? setts, from the judiciary committee, reported a bill removing political disabilities from air persons who aided the late rebell?n, except senators and representatives in the Tn ir ty sixth and Thirty-seventh Congress, officers ia i he judicial military end naval service ol the United dtates, and heads of depattalents and foreign ministers of the United States. The bili was pas-ed. C arke, of Texas, was un? seated and Geddings sworn in in his place. The conference committee have adopted the" House substitute' to Morrlh's amendment to the dedcenoy bili, with some restrictions in regard to payments from the treasury.' The court of claims has adjourned io Novem? ber. All the important ca-ies have been ad Ijudicated. Several cases go over at tue op? tion of the claimants because the proof is In? complete. Tue Havana students imprisoned for dese? crating Costanon'd grave have been placed on the iron-o ad Saragossa to be taken to Spain.. They have full liberty,and are visito 1 by friends. ? . AN ICE BLOCKADE. Bar FALO, N. Y., May 13. [. The propeller Chicago, from Chtoago, laden, with flour and general merchandise, sunk ia j the Ice this moralng about twenty miles from, here. All of the crew were saved.. Over one hundred vessels are in sight o? the harbor, bur. are blacked in by immease masses of Ice fora tbe upper lakes. Nearly every tu ir tn the ?arbor nus been disabled while endeavor-. lng to tow vessels through. in rt cr ai ?otuee. JMHB RELATIVES, FBIENDS AND I Acquaintances of Mr. Wm. Harvey, and of the late Mrs. F bec ye J. Harvey, and or captain John Uarntgtian aud fnml y, are respectfully invited to i attend the Fanerai Services of their infant dangnter. PHOEBE LOUISE, from their residence. No 70 Tradd street, at r<?. M., without further in? vitation, maj lt-? . jtfttSintfl Claro?. j -g S T A B L I S H K D 1 8 5 1 . WILLIAM H. PECK, WUOLKS ALB PRODUCE OOMMMISsION MERCHANT, I 212 Washington Street, Corner Barclay, Now York. consignments soiic,ted. Returns and Check sent as soon aa shipment ls sold, .-psciai atten- . tlon given io the sale ol EARLY SOUTHERN VEGETABLES, BERRIES AND FRUITS. RRFKP.KS'CE.-Tiiton Sc Huff. 310 Washington' ?treet, New Vom; Jas. A. Rahs, savannah, t?a: W. H. Powell A Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; N. Fi walker Live Oak, Fla.: F. W. PIC sering Pork-: i mouth. Va.; Francis A Webber, chicago, m. . - EVERT E. BEDFORD, CHARLESTON, S. C. mayii'-a rp T. ?HAP?AU & CO., DEALERS AND DISTILLERS OF TURPENTINE AND BOBIN,' OFFICE No. 173 EAST BAT, CHARLESTON, S. a Tho highest prices paid for Crude. . aprlO-flmoa *_,_.. . ,> QHA8. LIEBENBOOD, STEAM TURPENTINE DISTILLERY, AT FORKS OF ROAD, CHARLESTON, S.e. Offices-No. 128 Meeting street,and corner Line and Meeting streets. ?"Highest prices paid in Cash for Crude Turp?n'-' ti nt .'(?* Virgin. .$3 75 1 Yellow Dip $2 00 | Hard.$iaa. monie-flmos WE LIVE AND LEARN, DIE AND: FORGET ALL. TUB SOUTHERN DTE HOUSE, NO. 350 KING STEXET, Dyes and deana by means of steam, Gentle men's Ladles and Children's Clothes. Fine Laces and Lace Curtains cleaned and done np with the Soft or Manufacturers' Finish; Lace and Crape Shawls and Kid Gloves Cleaned and Dyed. ". - ?i r Goods received and returned by Express. lonaa-lvr_I. BILLER, Proprietor., .'i COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE .-TH?; copartnership heretofore existing un^er the ana name or OHO W. WILLIAMS A CU. charles? ton, S.O., and WILLIAM*, BIRNIE A CO., New, lork, has been dissolved on account of the death Of Mr. J ?MES H. TAYLOR. - lbebu?lneas of the late firm will be continued. by the surviving pan nor >. GEO. W. WIL1IAMS. ) snrvlvlmr "' WILLIAM B H NIE, ( fS^-S* JO.?. R. ROBERTSON,) ""tuera. Charleston, s. C., May 1. 1872. COPARTNERSnIP NOTICE. . We have th s day asscclatt d wu? osi as part ncra in our uhui sion and New-YOTK Hoojea. JAMES BRIDGE. Jr., FRANK E. TAILOR ana ROBERT S. CATHCART^ ^ WILLIAMS * CO. Charleston, S. C., May I* 1872. mayl-wfmi2