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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE POLITICAL CRISIS. A STRONG LETTER FROMTHE HON. W. 2>. PORTER. Tne Duty and the Interests of South Carolina-A Representation at Bait? more T rgcnily Advised-Tue Policy of | the State-A Democratic Nomination Must be Opposed. CHARLESTON, May 23, 1872. Bon. Simeon Fair-MY DEAR SIR : I am in receipt of your letter of 20th, and In reply would state it as my opinion, that we should send delegates to the Ballimore Convention with instructions to oppose the nomination of a Democratic candidate. We are in snch difficult straits that it Is no j wonder there should be difference o? opinion, in all honesty, between our publio men. But I the true instinct of the people will carry them through this, as lt has through many a like peril. All of our friends seem agreed that a change of Federal administration ls essential to our welfare, if not to our safety. The present State (government, which has brought us so near the verge of bankruptcy and rain, finds its support in the present administration. It could not live without that support We want an administration that will frown down and break up the corrupt conspiracy that is feed? ing upon our very vitals. General Grant's official power has not been brought to bear In that direction. Ii there is faith in man, I be? lieve that Mr. Greeley's will. I need not tell you how much the Federal Government could do to put down this flagrant wrong. Let lt once be understood that the powers at Washington were deter? mined to make an end of thlB thing, and the bold, bad men, the shameless plunderers, who now hold high carnival In the seats of power In this State, would shrink away In affright. Hr. Greeley's election will be the death-knell ! or their sway; and they know lt ! None of j that crowd will declare for him ! Why should we not go into the Bdtlmore Convention? Every other State,?JnoludlogJ the whole South, will be represented there. Why should toe hold back ? Our cause, cer- ? tainly so far aa the South ls concerned, ls com? mon. Why should we not consult add act tn common ? It bas long been made matter of j complaint in regard to South Carolina that she is eccentric and affects singularity of action that she will not consent to de what others are willing to do. The great statesman, whose commanding genius In other days marshalled her in the way she should go, no longer in? spires her counsels or lends her the great moral and Intellectual weight of his name and character. We must now choose our owu way according to our best lights. We can hardly go amiss Ingoing with our friends. We may maka a fatal mistake in separating our? selves from them. There never was a time when mutual counsel and united action were more necessary. The votes and the Influence of South Carolina may be of real service, and our friends are entitled to the benefit of i hem. Besides, our State will be represented, and lt ls better that she should have a regular than an irregular representation. Some Backer or Commander will be on hand to dispose ol our vote, if there is not a regular convention nomination. Send, then, a 'full delegation ot good, strong, reliable men. The sentiment of the Democratic people of the South ls nearly unanimous, not only that a change of administrai lon ls necessary, bat that the only way to effect it ls to forego a Democratic nomination under existing extra? ordinary circumstances. The keen instinct of a people lh great trial and peril ls unerring-lt ls their highest wisdom. However lt maybe with the Northern section or the party, we, at least, know what our necessities require. We can see no hope, no reilei, but in the ab? solute disintegration or the Republican porty. Circumstances have thrown this opportunity I in our way. "Di vide et impera" is a maxim or | civil wisdom as well as ol war. The Republi? can party is divided against Itself, because the Radical element has run into violences and excesses, against which the more Con servogve element has protested and fought in j vain. The Republican parly will have two j candidates in the field, unless by our action we drive them to reunite against the common foe on the old grounds. The Conservative Republican candidates stand on a platform which ls acceptable to ua-which promises redress or our greatest grievances. Is lt not, then, the plain dictate or reason and ol true policy to rend asunder this great dominating power, which, while lt stands un? broken, must and will be ruled by the more violent and aggressive ot its elements, and which, under Buch control, threatens to over? throw all the safeguards or personal and pub? lic liberty? The people or the whole country are interested in this aspect of the question, and a portion of them at least has been aroused to a consciousness of the magnitude of the danger. What is done to us to-day may be done to them to-morrow. Suspension of the habeas corpus, the rule of the bayonet, the soldiers lu the places of the magistrates, and all thia in time of peace, may become their portion as lt has been and is ours. The broad question is, whether the Union ls to become Oossack or Republican. For our part, we have seen enough of tbe Cossack, and would like to try now a little of the Repub? lican. It will be well for the people of the United States If they see this danger intime to avoid lt. In t1 e presence of so great a question, par? ty pride and party considerations should dwindle Into nothingness. In my opinion, parties will be no longer as they have been. There is a breaking up of old foundations. Many old issues are being buried out of Bight, and new one? are springing Into life. New organizations will arise out of the new condi? tion of things,*and men will range themselves under strange banners and with strange names. What more significant fact than that lt is a question whether one of the great old national parties should, for the first and only time in Its history, forego a nomination of Its own, and help to install one of its old oppo? nents in power. Nor ls there any inconsisten? cy In this, because the Liberal Republican candidate presents hlmseli on a new platform adapted to existing exigencies, upon which Democrats and Republicans may both stand without sacrifice of principle, and la pursuit of a common object. And still more signifi? cant is it that that self-denial ls really its true policy. Wheo the ship ls In danger, men for? get personal feuds, and rush to the rescue (or their common safety. Nothing but a profound consciousness that the ship of State ls among breakers, andan honest, earnest determina? tion to eave lt, could have produced such a jOOseBingand repudiation of the powerful banda of party tealiy, aswe have lately wit nessed amoBg the leaders and masses of tht dominant and victorious Bepubllcan party Itba protest, an honest, indignant uprising against Injustice, abuse, shameless corrup tlon In high places, and flagrant and despotic perversions of all constitutional government, whether In the States or at Washington. In this popular upheaval and movement ls our ! hope. Let us not turn our eyes from lt, nor ; our backs upon it, Let us give lt our sym? pathy and our aid. As we hope for relief in our present helpless, humiliating condition, let us bid it God-speed, and do what In us lies to promote its success Let not any responsi? bility for its possible failure rest upon us. I have no quarrel with the Democratic party, and make no complaint against it. It has been and ls a m'ghty organization, and its Influence for good upon the history and pro? gress of this country wlil be acknowledged In tKc future. But no party or party name can last forever. Parties are only associations for the advancement ol political objects, and as these objects change in the vurylng exigen? cies and ceaseless rounds of human affairs, parties, too, must accommodate themselves to the new conditions. ^Tempera mutanlur et nos mutamur cum Ulis." What malters the name so we gain the ob? ject ? The great want ot these days ls the restoration of honest, rightful constitu? Ional government; and all who go for that object properly belong to one party, by whatever name designated. Under our form of gov? ernment, there will always be two parties-, one for the limitations of the constitution, and the other against them; one for the reform of abuses, and the other for their perpetuation; one for the rights of the State?, the other tor the obliteration or State Unes and the consoli? dation of the great central power at Wash? ington; one for all the freedom that will com? port with the peace, order and security of society, and the other for Just so much govern? ment as submissive human nature can be mide to be tr. The Liberal Republicans and the Democrats And a common ground In the former lines of principle and policy at this time and in this exigency, when the two lines are brought into BUCII sharp antagonism. Here, then, ls the ground of union. Let us strike hands and move on to assured victory. When Mr. Jefferson was elected, he said in his inaugural: "We are all Federalists-all Repub? licans." If Mr. Greeley is elected, he will pro? claim that weare all Democrats-all Republi? cans, and will inaugurate a grand reunion or reorganization c ' all who embrace the faith of reio.'m, undet the name of Democratic Re publicans, or some similar designation. I see In the telegrams of this morning he has de? clared that "If elected he will be the Presi? dent, not of a parly, but of the people." God grant a consummation so devoutly wished for ! A word or two as to State politics. Our friends, Judge Aldrich and General Kershaw, (than whose opinions none are more to be re? spected,) seem to think that by sending dele? gates to Baltimore we shall antagonize the Re? publicans who may be disposed to go with us for an honest local government. I cannot see the loglo ot this. Toe plundering wing of the Republican party may be antagonized, but how can the conservative Republicans ? We go to Baltimore not to propose, but to oppose, a Democratic candidate. We go to accept a liberal Republican platform and a liberal Re? publican candidate. How can Republicans reasonably complain that we fight under one of their flags and for one of their leaders ? The truth ls, lhere can and will be no Presidential canvass In this State, unless conservative Re? publicans initiate the movement in sufficient numbers to give a reasonable prospect ot success. In that event, what other or more acceptable candidate could they And than Horace Greeley, who has been their con? sistent and life-long friend, and who was the advocate of their cause long before General Grant had emerged from obscurity. If they really want reform and honest administration, both In local and national government, the way to accomplish both is so plain that only wilful blindness caa tail to. see lt. If they cannot see that, they will not see anything in -our behalf. In fact, our adoption of the Cin? cinnati platform and nominees ls an Invitation and an opportunity to them to secure their own professed objects, under a leader from their own camp. What more could they ask ? My counsel, then, would be to send dele? gates to Baltimore with Instructions to oppose a Democratic nomination; to ratify the Cincin? nati declaration of principles, and to recom? mend to the cordial and Independent support of ali Democrats the nominees of the Cincin? nati Convention. I have written more than I ever expected to write or say again on politics. But there ls, to my mind, so much ot hope and. promise in the Cincinnati movement, that I could not re? frain from giving fuller expression to ray views than was at first Intended. Tour obedient servant, W. D. PORTER. LOSS OF AN OCEAN STEAMER. LONDON May 23. AdlBpatch from Hastings announces that the North German Lloyd's steamship Balti? more, which arrived at Southampton yester? day from Baltimore for Bremen, and subse? quently sailed for her destination, oas met with a disaster which will probably cause her total loss. At twelve o'clook last night, when the Baltimore was off the town o? Hastings, she came In collision with an unknown steamer and had a hole eighteen feet long and seven feet wide stove iu her bull. Water poured In rapidly and extinguished the fires, not, however, before the steamer bad been run aground. Tbe coast guards .at Hastings Immediately came to the relief ot the dis? tressed vessel, and succeeded In rescuing her passengers and crew and landed them safely. Wben tho Baltimore went ashore she ran on a rook and will probably go to pieces. NEW YORK ITEMS. NEW YORK, May 23. The Shakespeare monument was unveiled this morning at Central Park with appropriate ceremonies, including an orallou by William Cullan Bryant, and the reading of Stoddard's poem by Edwin Booth. The erection of the new office of the West? ern Union Telegraph Company commences about June 15tb. It will be brick, with granite trimmings, eight stories high, and Intended to be fire-proof. The export of specie to-day was $1,214,700. About two hundred strikers yesterday went to the cabinet shep of Alexander Stein and threatened to clean out the place. The police were sent for and the Intruders dispersed The stone-cutters of Long Island City struck yesterday for eight hours work and four dol? lars per day. Tney have been receiving four dollars and fiftv cents for ten hours. The two yards conceded their demands. Bricklayers are receiving four dollars lor eight hours in the same locality. Tne forty-eighih anniversary of the Baptist Bible and Publication Society was held yester? day. The reports o? receipts for the past year were three hundred and eighty-six thousand tnree hundred and sixty-nlue dollars, being fluy-tour thousand two hundred and nineteen dollars more than I he recelptn of any previous year. It was decided to sever the union of the two societies, Bibi? and Publication, as they pro*oer better separately. In the Methodist General Conference to-day, it was decided to hold the next quadrennial session In New York. Si okes wan arraigned to-day to plead. Hie counsel filed a special plea of great length, the contents of which he declined to state. The case was then adjourned until to morrow. GREELEY'S PLATFORM. THE FULL TEXT OF HIS LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE. The Cincinnati .Movement Hie Harbln . jrer of Better Days fur the Republic An Eloquent Vindication of the Plat? form-The "President or the Whole People." The following ls the full text of the notifica? tion to the Hon. Horace Greeley of his nomi? nation by the Liberal Republican Convention, and of his reply accepting the nomination: CINCINNATI, May 3, 1872. Dear Sir-The National Convention of Lib? eral Republicans of the United States have in? structed the undersigned to lnlorm you that you have been nominated as the candidate of th? Liberal Republicans for the Presidency cf the United States. We also submit to you the address and resolutions, unanimously adopted by the convention. Be pleased to signify to us y ur acceptance of the platform and nomi? nation, aud believe us, ever truly, yours, C. SCHURZ, President, GEO. W. JULIAN, Vice-president. WM. E. MCLEAN, 1 JOHN G. DAVIDSON, [ Secretaries. J. H. RHODES, J To Hon. Horace Greeley, New York City. MR. G II KELE Y'S RE y LT. NKW TORC, May 20, 1872. Gentlemen-I have chosen not to acknowl? edge your letter of the 3d instant until I could learn how the work of your convention was received in ali parts of our great country, and judge whetherthat work was approved and ratified by the mass of our feiiow-cltlzens. Their response has lrom day to day reached me through telegrams, letters and comments of Journalists, independent of official patron? age and Indifferent lo the smiles or frowns of power. The number and character of these unconstrained, unpurchased, unsolicited ut? terances satisfy me that the movement which found expression at Cincinnati hos received the stamp of public approval, and has been hailed by the majority of our countrymen as the harbinger of better days for the Republic. I do not misinterpret this approval, a9 espe? cially complimentary to myself, nor even to the chivalrous and Justly esteemed gentleman with whose name I thank your convention lor associating mine. I receive and welcome lt as a spontaneous and deserved tribute to that admirable plat? form of principles wherein your convention so tersely, so lucidly and so forcibly set forth the convictions which Impelled and the purposes which guided its course; a platform which, casting behind lt the wreck and rubbish ol worn-out contentions and by-gono feuds, em? bodies in flt and few words the needs and as? pirations ot to-day. Though thousands stand ready to condemn your every act, hardly a syllable of criticism or cavil has been aimed at your platform, of which the substance may be fairly epitomized as follows: First. All the political rights and franchises which have been acquired through our late bloody convulsion must pod shall be guaran? teed, maintained, enjoyed and respected ever? more. Second. All the political rights and fran? chises which have been lost through that con viiinion olmnld^ and mu9t bo promptly restored and re established, so lhat ' there-shall be hencelortb no proscribed class, aad no dis? franchised caste, within the limits of our Union, whose long-estranged peopia shall re? unite and fraternize upon the broad basis of universal amnesty with Impartial suffrage. Third. That subject lo our solemn constitu? tional obligation to maintain the equal ri ?li is of all citizens, our policy should aim at local self-government and not at centralization; that the civil authority should be supreme over the military; that the writ of habeas cor? pus should be Jealously upheld as the safe? guard of personal freedom; that the Individu? al citizen should enjoy the largest liberty con? sistent with public order, and that there shall be no Federal subversion of the Internal poli? ty ol the several States and municipalities, but that each shall be left lree to esforc? the rights and promote the well-being of the In? habitants by such means as the Judgment of its own people shall prescribe. Fourth. There shall be a real and not mere? ly simulated reform in the civil service ef the Republic, to which end lt is Indispensable the chief dispenser of Us vast official patronage shall be shielded from the main temptation to use bis power selfishly by a rule inexorably forbidding and precluding his re-election. Fifth. That the raising of revenue, either by tariff or ot her? wise, shall be recognized and treated as the people's immediate business, to be shaped and directed by them, through their representatives in Congress, who^e ao tlon thereon the President must neither over? rule by his veto, attempt to dictate, nor pre? sume to punish by bestowing office only on those who agree with him, or withdrawing lt from those who do not. Sixth. That the public lands must be sacred? ly reserved for acquisition and occupation by cultivators, and not recklessly squandered on the projectors of railroads, for which our peo? ple have no present need, and the premature construction of which is annually plunging us Into deeper aud deeper abysses of foreign in? debtedness. Seventh. That the achievement of these grand purposes of universal beneficence is ex? pected and sought of all who approve them, Irrespective of past affiliations. Eighth. That the public faith must, at all hazards, be maintained, and the national cre? dit be preserved. Ninth. That the patriotic devotednes3 and Inestimable services ol'our fellow-citizens who, as soldiers or sailors, upheld the flag and maintained the unity of the Republic, shall ever be gratefully remembered and honorably requited. These propositions, so ably and forcibly pre? sented In the platform of your convention, have already fixed the attention and com? manded the assent of a large majority of our countrymen, who Joyfully adopt them, as I do, as the basis of a true, beneficent, national re? construction of a new departure from Jeal? ousies, strifes and hates, whicli have no longer an adequate motive, or even plausible pre? text, into au atmosphere of peace, fraternity and mutual good will. Io vain do the drill ser? geants of decaying organizations flourish menacingly their truncheons, and angrily in? sist that the files shah be closed and straight? ened. In vain do the whlppers-ln of parties once vital, because rooted lu the vital needs ot the hour, protest against straying and bolt? ing, denounce men nowise their inferiors as traitors and renegades, and threaten them with Infamy and ruin. I am coull lent that the American people have already made your cause their own, fully resolved that their brave hearts and strong arms shall bear lt on to triumph. In this faith, and with the distinct under? standing that, If elected, I shall be the Pres! dent, not of a party, but of the whole)people, I accept your nomination In the confident trust that the masses ol our countrymen, North and South, are eager to clasp nanda aero SB the bloody chasm, which has too long divided them, forgetting that they have been enemies, lu the joyful consciousness that they are and must henceforth remain brethren. (Signed) HORACE G KEE LEY. To the Hon. Carl Schurz, preBldent; Hon. Geo. W. Jullao, vice-president, and Messrs. Wm E. McLean, John G. Davidson and J. H. Rhodes, secretaries of the National Conven? tion of Liberal Republicans of the United States. GOSSIP FROM COLUMBIA. Na Scarcity of Aaplrnnu for Legislative and Executive Honors-The)(Pressure Against General Gurney. [SPECIAL TE.'.KOBAU TO TBS NEWS.] COLOMBIA, May 23. Treasurer Parker ls expected to return to Columbia next Sunday, ana the members of | the Blue Ridge Ring are expected back from New York at the same time. Ex-Governor Orr and General Wade Hamp? ton had a long conference to-day. Candidates for the next Legislature are as thick as blackberries. Upholstery Dennie, now member from Charleston, will run In Richland County, and lt 1B said ?bat L. Cass Carpenter will also be a candidAte in Rich? land. , The Mackey faction, who carno to" Col umbi a intent upon the removal of County Treasurer | Gurney, are said to have met with a cold r?? ception. It ls said that there has been aa open rupture between the Governor and Judge T. J. Mackey, and the latter Is now in the field for the gubernatorial nomination. . _i SALUDA. POLITICAL NO TI'S. SPRINGFIELD, MASS.. May 23. The Democratic caucus of this city fleeted Greeley delegates to the congressional district convention. SPRINGFIELD, ILLS , May 23. The Liberal Republicans have coiled ? Slate convention to meet June 2G. CHARLOTTE, N. C., May 23. The Democratic district convention oort here to-day and uorainuied for Congress the Hon. Thomas S. Aulle, of Aneon Count- ; Wal? ter L. Sieele, district elector; the Hon. Z. H. Yance and O. B. Menus, delegates to the Bal? timore Convention. Tne attendance was larger than was formerly the case ar. Stale conventions. Ex-Governor Yunce presided. WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING. WASUINOTON, May 23. The President approved a lurg?* number of I bills, inclndlnt! one sancilonlnira subscrlpilon ol filx hundred thousand dollars by the district j lo i he Pied mond and Potomac Road. In tho Senate a bill was Introduced remov? ing Charles Faulkner's disabilities. Hill In? troduced a bill relieving certain cltizeDB of Georgia. [TheB* persons are;within the am? nesty exclusion.] There was1 o long Execu? tive session on the treaty. This House weat into committee of the whole on the civil appropriation bill. R >gers, of North Carolina, relieved by amnesty, was seated. The committee adopted amendments lo the appropriation bill for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to pay unsettled clo! ma for carrying i he mulls in the Southern States; alFO, on motloa of Peirce, lt was ordered that In the poyment ol cotton claims the inter? nal revenue tax on cotton shall not be de ,dactccL_ * sv^-^ FLORIDA IN 1U0TIOX. The Conservatives and Democracy of East j FlorkU unite tn the cull fora State convention made, or lo he made, by the executive com? mittee of Duval Couuty. It ls suggested by tne committee that all citizens, of whatever party, who ore opposed to ihe Radical Hinge, and In favor of constitutional government, be invited to send delegates without reierence lo former party relations. The time i-uggested ls Wednesday, the 21-t day ol June, a >u Jack? sonville, the place. The object of the conven? tion ls to nominate delegates to Ho tlmore, and to gather public opinion as to the best j course to oe pursued by that convention. THE FIRE UNDERWRITERS. NEW YORK, May 23. The executive committee ot the national board of fire underwriters have appointed Thomas P. Mon'goraery general astern of the national board, with office at Insurance Hall, NOB. 266 and 268 Broadway, New York, and to whom all correspondence concerning national board matters ls to be addressed. A TERRIFIC TORNADO. CINCINNATI, Moy 23. A furious tornado passed over the country north and east of this cl y, about three o'clock, yesterday. Several houses aud barns were demolished. The house or George McMillan, a farmer, was taken up and carried several rods, with the members of the family In lt, all ot whom were Injured, but not fatally. The tornado WOB a quarter of a mlle In width. FOREIGN NOTES. PARIS, May 23. ' Henri Rochefort, whose departure for New Caledonia has been delayed, will sall to-mor? row for that Island, together with several other persons who have been convicted ot par? ticipation in the Communist revolt. MADRID, May 23. At the session to day of Congress, or the lower branch of Cortes, Senor ?agosta stated tbaLIn consequence of the publicity given io the documents relative to the secret funds government would reskn. THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WA8BINUT0N, Moy 23. Clear aud pleasant weather will prevail on Friday over M ie New England, Sojth and Mid ile Atlantic Suttes. Clear and clearing weather, with we.-te.rry winds, lor the Gulf States. Dangerous winds ure oot anticipated, except po.-siely lor the upper lakes. V??tei(lny's Weather Reports Of the Signal Service, TJ. S. A.-4.47 P. fd., L<>rr.I Time. Place of Observation. n a Augusta, Oa... I Baltimore.. Bi isl on. Cimr.e-ton. Chicago, 111_ Clnclnu itt. I Galveston. Tex. Key West. Knoxville, Tenn. Mern mils. Tenn. Mt. Was lngton. New Or> a ns... .New York. 'Norfolk. Philadelphia.... Portland, Me... Savannah. st. Louts. Washington ... Wilmlngton.N.U 30. on 29.87 td ?ts 2 .96 ?0 20.92 29.89 HO. (Li ?9.8: 20.911 20.9D ?9.93 29.67 ?9.B? 29.78 ?9.70 0 99 29.73 29.84 9.89 TllxW 77 VW osiN'W SOi?W co NE ?8 E w NW SW HW S w NW VV N W SE N?V SW ?Frc h. -eurie. 'G-nrle. F-esl. Cen t le. O utie. Fresh. HrisV. BrNk. ight. FreBli. H risk. BriBK. Qeutie. High. Henrie, deutle. Light. High. Bri.-lc. Lt Hain ?Fal . (Jiondy. Tht'ng. .Th'rng. Fair. Cloudy. Pair. Fair, rh'rng. ?Th'rng. Fair, fair. Fair. I Cloudy. jCt'iU'iy. Cloudy. Lr. Rain Fair. Fair. TUE NEW YOUR FRUIT MARKF,T.-The Dally Bulletin, ol Wednesday, May 22d, says: Apples are exceedlagly slow and prices continue to favor the oliver. S'ra when les rile aoout. the same; no fresh of any amount were on the market to day, but to-morrow au Immense quantity ls expected by steamer. We quote strawberries 20a35 cents per quart. Apples-Riissett's Roxbury, $5*5 60; Russetl's golden, $4u4 60. THE SAVANNAH SCANDAL. The Veritable Sam Johnson In Jail Mrs. Hodge Keeps him Company-The Infuriated Ilasband Attempts John? son's Life. Yesterday morning Samuel Johnson, the man who disappeared suddenly from Savan? nah last Saturday evening with about one thousand dollars of the city money and the wife of another man, was brought to this city and lodged at the detective office. The ac? count o? bis disappearance, and his subse? quent capture and arrest In Richmond along with his dame de companie, was given in full In THE NEWS ol Tuesday, but subsequent developments have made this ''party by the name of Johnson" a more important character than was at first suppos? ed. After bis arrest in Richmond, Ya., John? son, with his companion, Mrs. Emma Hodge, was brought back by Officer Nlpson, of the detective loree, who had been specially de? tailed for that purpose by Lieutenant Heidt, after the latter heard that Johnson was cap? tured pursuant to his telegram. While the party were coming on they were met en route by the infuriated Hodge (the husband,) who, according to. the detective, made two separate attempts to kill Johnson and the lady, which attempts were both frustrated by the officer. On arriving at Wilmington, Colonel John A. Richardson, solicitor for the Fourth Judicial District of North Carolina, who had heard of this queer defaulting and elopement, saw Johnson and Identified him BB the party who was Indicted In that place for setting fire to a block of buildings In Wilmington. Ic ls said that his real name is Solomon Spry, and that he originally hailed from Norfolk, from which place he ran away some nineteen years ago, in company with his own daughter. The prisoners were brought here In safely and took the afternoon train on the Savannah and Charleston railroad yesterday for Savannah, under charge of Lieutenant Heidt, of the de? tectives. They both seem to be well satisfied with their position, and to Judge from the appear? ance of Mrs. Emma Hodge, her husband's life will be a burden to him unless she is put in Jail. She ls a woman of neat figure, rather sharp face and blue eyes, with a resolute ex? pression about the mouth and sharp laugh, which a quiet person wourd hardly admire in bis wife. She laughs frequently, Jokes about going to the penitentiary, denies that she was ever the wife of Mr. Hodge, and speaks of thc latter in a manner which would tear a peace bond to tatters merely by the sound. Johnson ls a short thickset man, with bad teeth, crooked legs, dark brown hair and goalee. He wears a dirty pearl felt bat with a puffed ventilator, no vest, and seems to like Mrs. Hodge better than the Mrs. Simuel Johnson and the two diminutive Johnsons he left at homo In Savannah. Ho talks defiantly about going to Jail, and both seem viciously Inclined towards Hodge, and In a suitable frame of mind to be easy converts to the creed of Brigham Young. Tn? IRISH FESTIVAL.-The following ad? ditional articles have been received to be awarded as prizes: From Mr. Michael O'Brien, Market street, one handsome set silver castors; lrom Mr. A. H. Hayden, Ring .g"-"" II *pwusaM?^j^-ygjj^iiijjjijgggg? "Iflfli from Master J. P. Kenny. Queen street, a gold pencil case and pen-holder; from Mr. C. E. Surau, King street, a box Havana cigars ; from Mr. James F. Slattery, a silver watch. THE PICNIC OP THK FREUNDSCUAPTSBUND takes place this afternoon at Mount Pleasant, the first steamer leaving the wharf at the foot of Market street at three o'clock. There will,' of course, be music and dancing, and the festivities will conclude with a delightful moonlight excursion around the harbor. A second boat will leave for Mount Pleasant at 6 o'clock P. M., and take those who cannot conveniently go earlier. The affair will com? bine the pleasures incident to a picnic and moonlight excursion. TUE IRISH VOLUNTEERS.-This veteran corps held an extra meeting last evening at the Hibernian Hall and elected several new members. By a resolution passed at one of the first meetjngs the complete organization, with the election of officers, ?c., will not take place until fifty members have signed the roll and'pald up their arrears. This will certainly be accomplished by the next meeting, when the Irish Volunteers will no longer be a name, but a living, spirited body of tried and true men. _ THE DECORATION OF THE CRAVES of the Union dead, on May 30th, will be conducted this year by the Union Ladles' Memorial Asso? ciation. The organization was perfected a few nights ago and officers elected for the present year. They will be assisted in their more ar? duous labors by the ex-officers and soldiers of the Union army, connected with Shaw Post, No. 1, of this city. Extensive preparations for the ceremony are on foot, and tbe programme will be published In Saturday's Issue of THE NEWS. _ ECLECTIC MAGAZINE.-The June nnmber ol the Eclectic contains, as the continuation o? the series ol men eminent in American public Hie, a fine portrait in steel of Senator Carl Schurz. The leading articles of the number are: Slr Henry Holland's Recollections; The Portuguese In Africa; Wanderings In Japan; Temperature and Movements of the Deep Sea; A Memoir ot Mazzini; About Charles Lamb; Superhuman Dwelling Places ; Monks of La Trappe; Our Dinners; The Asrai, by Robert Buchanan; Chemistry in the Kitchen; and several others of equal attractiveness. It would be hard to find more pleasant summer reading. The Eclectic ls tor sale at Fogartle's. FATAL ACCIDENT.-Between seven and eight o'clock yesterday morning Charles Canty, a naiive of Sweden and in cnarge of the sloop J. G. Adelina, (the property of Mr. John Lutjen) accidentally shot himself with a double-barrel gun and died soon after from the effects of the wound. The Bloop was lying In Stono River, at the mouth 01 Elliott's cut, when the shooting occurred, and as soon ae the news reached the city Mr. Lutjen repaired to the scene of the accident. He found thai Cam y had loaded the gun for the purpose ol shooting alligators and alterwards began tc draw the charge. He had finished wiih ont barrel and was working at the other, when bj some means the gun was discharged and I hi contents of the barrel entered his body. Th? only other man on thu boat was a hired hand. The sloop was brought through to this city, and ls now lying at North Commercial wharf An Inquest will be held over the body at nin< o'clock this morning. Mr. Canty was ar honest, hard-working man, about thirty-oni years of age, and hla unfortunate end is re gretted by all who knew him. FISTICUFFS.-Bobert Seymour and William Randall, two colored juveniles, were arres? ted yesterday morning at the South Carolina Railroad Depot, for engaging in a fla? tl cu fr. They were brought belore the Mayor and each fined fifty cents, with an alternative often days in the House of Correction. Sey? mour, who was engaged In dispensing THE DAILY NEWS to the early passengers on the train, of conree had his pocket well lined with greenbacks, and paid up bis fine like a well io-do citizen. Randall did not sell THE NBWS, and he went to the House ol Correction. CRUMBS.-The Irish Volunteer Rifle Club bad a drill with their new arms, last evening, at the Hibernian Hall. Skiff* Gaylord's Minstrels are coming. . The city was In a state of tranquillity last night, most alarming to a local. A new set of colors bas been flying, during, I he past few days, from the flagstaff at the | Citadel. Eighty-six degrees has been the highest I point yet reached Jay the thermometer this summer in Charleston. It stood so yesterday at two o'clock P. M., and on one or two pre? vious days. THE NEW YORK VEGETABLE MARKET.-The Dally Bulletin of Wednesday; May 22, says: There is little If anything Dew to be said to-day In regard to any of the articles compris-1 lug tills heading. Prices fluctuate a trifle each day, according to supply or demand, but with the excepiloo of a slight variation io this re- I spect, most v?g?t?mes are about steady. There'will be another steamer In to-morrow lr?m Norfolk with fresh supplies of peas, Ac. We quote as follows: fla] 50 per barrel for Peacitblows; $175*2 per barrel for Early Rose; $lal 50 for early Goodrich; $1 75a2 per barrel for DyrL'ht*; $1 50a2 per barrel for Jackson whites; $1 76*2 for Prince Alberts. In vege? tables we quote green peas: Norfolk, $5 per bbl. Carrots $2 75a$3 50 per barrel. Hudlehes 75:.an lor Jerney and Long leland, per 100 bundies. Russia turnips $3*S3 60 p?r burrel. Parsnips SI 60J$2. Onions, 50ca$l for red, and about the same for white. Spinach $2 50a3 per Darrel. Bermuda tomatoes Siper box; doonlons Slal 25 perorate. Rhu? barb ti per 100 bunches. Jersey and Long Island asparagus GalOc: do. Oyster Bay 16a 18c. Lettuce $3a5 per 100. Sprouts $3 per barrel. String beans $4 per crate. Cucum? bers are generally pour and hard to move; ! good vomd probably Dring ti percate. Hotel Arrivals-Blay S3. PAVILION HOTEL. Fred. Poemke, Texas; T. Lyons, Georgia; W. G. Richardson and lady, C. Garden, South Carolina; O. C. Bbame, Oakley; M. C. Brew? er, Northeastern Ballroad; W. A. Perkins, Graham's Cross Roads. CHARLESTON" HOTEL. Fred. White, Yorkvllle; P. H. Jamison, J. N. Kitchen, O. Evarts, C. C. Evarts, Indianap? olis; S. G. Garner, South Carolina; D. C. Knowlton, Boston: J. G. Rhea, J. D. Boyd, Griffin, Ga.; E. C. Coffin, Massachusetts; W. W. Brady, Marlon; S. Kahn, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Severiyn, Mrs. Adams, Florida; A. N. Lewis, Philadelphia: EJ. Woolsey, wife, nelce and maid, Aiken; N. Beull, Massachu? setts. Meetings 'A'ta ls Day. Irish Volunteer Rifle Club, at R P. M. Manoa Lodge, ht 8 P. M. Sumter Rifle Club, at 8 P. M. United Irish Association, at 8 P. M. Irish Rifle Club, at 8 P. M. j Washington RI tie Club, ut half-past 8 P. M. ' . kuigliBwapm. RIB g. M.1 r _*?H Auction Sales Tbls Day. Miles Drake will sell at 10 o'clock, at his j store, clothing, bats, ?c. William McKuy will sell at 10 o'clock, at bis Btore, horse, cart, cow, Ste. lt USINES a NOTICES. YELLOW BELLY COOTER SOUP for.lanch, al E. H. Stelllng's, "Our House," corner East Bay and Queen streets. may24. DRESS GOODB ! DRESS GOODS!-LOUIB Cohen & Co. beg leave to draw the attention of the public to their Fresh Stock of Dress Goods, just received, comprising the latest novelties and styles, and at prices fully twenty-flvf per cent, below their cost of importation, J call is respectfully solicited. LOUIS COHEN <& Co., No. 248 King street. may 16 NOTICE TO TOURISTS.-Stereoscopic views o J Charleston and vicinity for sale nt the Hase I street Bazaar. deo29 BUILDING MATERIAL.-An extensive stool and large variety of Doors, Sashes, Blinds Balusters, Mouldings, Ac, ore kept cons tan tl] on hand by Mr. P. P. Toale, at his wareroome No. 20 Hayne street and No. 33 Plnckney street The above are all made at his own factory ot H o ri beck's wharf. He keeps, also, French ant American Window Glass, Stained Glass, Slab Mantels, Builders' Hardware, Ac, from th< best manufacturers. mchS-frnwlyr FURCBOOTT, bENEDICT & Co., No. 244 Klni street, offer for thia week*the following bar gains: 200 10-4 Allendale Quilt*, $1 37}; 15i 11-4 Allendale Quill.?, $1 50; 100 12 4 Allendali Quilts, $1 62}; 10O 10-4 Honeycomb Quilts $140; 100 104 Honeycomb Quilts, bordered $1 60; 10 pieces Black Stripe Japanese, 71 cents; 10 pieces Colored Japanese, Plain ant Check, (new arrival.) 76 cents; 20 dozei Ladies' Undervests, 75 cents; 20 dozen Blact and Buff Parasols, 60 cents. Furebgott, Bene diet A Co., No. 244 King street. may 13 YB. THIRSTY MORTALS. ATTENTION!-Gard ner's celebrated Soda Water, at the East Ba] News Room. Branch of the Hasel street es tabllshment, _ " aprl? SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.-We have Just re celved one thousand boxes, each containing one quire of fine Note Paper and Envelope to match, (without Initial,) also Penh olde: and Pen. Price 25 cents per box. Hose Street Bazaar and East Bay News Boom. - EUROPEAN and American stereoscopic I Views, $1 50 per dozen. HASEL STREE j BAZAAR! _ apr!9 mwf TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. At a meeting of the Carolina Rifle Club held on the 21st Instant, the following preambl and resoluvons were unanimously adopted: Whereas, Since the last mteting of the Caron na mila Ciub, lt has pleased Providence to cal from our midst our late brother member, Jame H. Pringl , Jr. Be it, therefore, Resolved. That tn the death or oar companion James K. Pringle. Jr.. this club has lost a vaiuei member, a wann and earnest supporerof lt alms uu<> purpuses a true inend, aud the exam pie ?mil it flueitceof a chris*lau gentleman. Resolved, That an approp.iate ba 'ge oi monro lng bs placed in a imitable part of this hall fo ix v day*. Resolved, That a page In the Minute Book of th club be in-cnbed tu h.s memory. Resolved, That a c-?py of these resolutions t transan ted to tue family of the deceased. From the Minutes. THO*. FROST, JR., i Secretary and Treasurer. -fnneral iSotirea. pm* THE RELATIVES, FBIENDS AND . acquaintances of Ur. and Mrs. GLORGE W. COX, and of his mo tn er. Mia. s. R. Cox, and of bia brothers, Benjamin and Rodolph Cox, aro In? vited to attend the Fanerai or the form r, from' his late residence, comer of Hanover street and\ Hampton court, THU APTKENOON, at a o'clock. may24 . ... . ,. ? ?&~ THE FBIENDS AND ACQUAINT-,. AN CE S of CHARLES CANTY, cf Sweden, are in? vited to attend his Funeral, which will taXe place from North Commercial wharf, at E air-past a o'clock, THIS (Friday) MORNING. m*y24-l? Special ?Xotic?s. WASHINGTON RIFLE CLUB. Attend Drill, with Kines, THIS EVENING, at hair pa?18 o'clock precisely. - By order. , D. L. GLEN, JR., may24 Secretary. Stnppmu F OB LIVERPOOL. The flrat-clasi British bark ALICE C., Oap- -m-^ . tain Dix. wants 600 tales Cotton to com-flHt p?ete Cargo, and wm sall with dispatch Apply to II KN RY CARD,. ' ' ' msy23_ Accommod tton Wharf. ? . JOB NEW YORK. ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, AT 10 O'CLOCK,*. M. ? NEW IRON STEAM LINE-ESTABLISHED 18*0. STATE-ROOMS ALL ON DECK. ' ' The splendid New Iron Sldewheel Steamship GEORGIA, crowell. Commander, will aaH 1er Kew York on WEDNESDAY. May 29th. at 10 - o'clock A. M.. from Pier No. 2. Union Wharves. Through Bills or Lading to Liverpool and the New England Clues as usual. -, ? insurance t>? steamers of this Line H percent. For Freight or Passage Engagement?, having very Une Deck Stateroom accommodations, apply-. to WAGNER, HUGER A CO.. No 26 Broad street, or to WM. A. COURTENAY, No. l Union Wharves. may23_ ? . . ?. ? , P OR NB W TOBE. MEW YORK AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE. ; ?A ESTABLISHED 1845. The popular sidewneel Steamship CHAMPION, R. w. Lockwood, Commander, will eau from Ad-, ger's so ut ii Wharr for tb n above port on SATUR? DAY, the 3?th iuotant, at 6 o'clock P. af. h av The CHAMPION I-f handsome y and com? fortably fitted ap for passengers, and oilers supe? rior inducements tn travo 1-rs going Ni rth. 9- Marine Insurance by tua 1 ne half .per cent, jar Through Bills ol Lading given on cotton to Llverp ol, Boston. Providence, and MM> New Eng? land m mu? ac turing towna For Freight ar Pissige Engagements, apply to gagM JAMBS ADGBR A PP.. tg^nw.' rflHE PHUiADELPHIA IRON STEAM ? LINE. THE FIRST-CLASS IRON SCREW STEAMSHIPS . GULF STREAM, Captain Hunter, . VIRGINIA, Captain Hinckley, Are now regularly on the Una, insuring a first*. class sea connection between Philadelphia and Charleston, and in alliance with Railroad Com? panies at both termini, afford rapid transportation co and from all points tn the Cotton states,. and to and from cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and tne principal cities or the Northwest Boston, Providence and the Eastern Manufacturing Cen ires. .w The GOLF STREAM IS appointed to sall from Brown's Wharf on FRIDAY, May 24th, at 4 o'clock P. M. aw The V1RGIVIA will follow. For particulars or Freight arrantrements, apply to WM. A. COURTENAY, Union Wharves. W. P. CLYDE A 00., General Agenta, No. ll South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia. mayl8_. pOR BAL T I M O.B E. FREIGHTS RECEIVED DAILY. ANO THROUGH BILLS LADING ISSUED ..?r-ccfc. TO jd?G??L* PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, THE CITIES OF THE NORTHWEST, LIVERPOOL AND BREMEN, i T.le Fine Steamship SBA GULL, Dntton, Oom mank'er, will sall ror Baltimore, on SATURDAY, 25th Mav. At 6 o'clock P. M. ? aa- Philadelphia Freights rorwarded to that city by railroad from Baltimore without addi J tlonai insurance, and Consignees are allowed, ample time w> ssmple and sell their Goods from the Railroad Depot lo Philadelphia. For Freigut or Passage a D m y to R 8 PAUL C. TRENHOLM, Agent, mayao-s va j UnionWharrea. g I REDUCTION IN PASSAGE BASTES I ANCHOR LINE STEAMERS. SAIL EVERY WEDNESDAY" AND SATURDAY.? Passengers booked to and from any ?fgfjjHfc. Rnllway station or Seaport in Great J*2U?afl? Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, IM?5?S Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, and tho United States, Cabla Fare from New York to London, Liver? pool, Glasgow and Derry by Wednesaay's Steam? ers $60. By Saturday's -'earners $85 and $75. EXCURSION TICKETS, $1.0. Intermediate, $83; Steerage, $28, all payable Ut Currency. Parties aendinsr for their friends in the Old Coo*nry can purchase tickets at lowest rates. For further particulars apply io the Agents, HENDERSON BHOTH ?KM, Na 7 Bowling Green, N. Y., OrtO DOUGLAS NISBET, Soutoern Wharf. aprll-amosPAW_Charleston, H. 0. F OR FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH. t???*SuThe splendid Steamer^??B*9MF? DIuiAiutt..Captain coxrrrxB Will leave Charleston every TUESDAY EVRNINO, at 8 o'clock, FOR FERNANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, _ PATVATKA, AND ALL LANDINGS ON ST. JOHN'S RlVMii Returning, DICT iTOR leaves Palatk* FHIDAT MORNING and Savannah* SATURDAY MORMNO, arriving here SATUROAY AFTKBNOON. For Freight or Passage, havrngrW-"01*" ?w commutations, apply Corner Vanderhorst's Wharf and East Bay. I mayie