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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. A NEW BUILDING PROJECT. ANOTHER PLAN FOR REHABILITA? TING THE CITY BY THE SEA. The Waste Places of Charleston to be Reclaimed and the Dwcl'lngs and Stores Ite-establlshed. An Important movement ls now projected In this city, by meanB of which lt ?3 thought by the originators that a powerful Impetus may be given to building operations in this elly, and a large proportion of the waste places wltbin Its limits covered over with neat and substantial residences. It ls an obvi? ous and unfortunate lact that, notwithstanding the wonderful energy which Charleston bas already displayed in repairing the ravages of war, th re are still many hundreds of vacant lots lying scattered all over the city which are absolutely non-productive, and which the ex-! travagant taxes levied by the State are con? stantly forcing into the market at ruinous sacrifices, or absolutely taking away from the owners without any re? turn,*- under the new system ot sales for c&linquent taxes inaugurated at Co? lumbia last winter. At a moderate calculation lt is no donbt perfectly safe to say that there are one thousand such lots in this city of the size of thirty by one hundred feet, and worth all the way from one thousand to two thous? and dollars each. There appears to be now bnt very little demand in the market lor such property upon the terms of sale which gene? rally prevail, viz: one-third cash, and the re? mainder in equal payments at the end of lbs first and second years; and the legitimate transactions in real estate, with the exception of "court sales," are found, by referring lo the lists ol recorded transfers now published weekly in THE NEWS, to be remarkably few In proportion to the size and growing importance of- the city. At the same time, it is asserted that there ls a nu? merous class sf would-be purchasers who would each be glad to buy and Improve one city lot for his own residence, if the first cost of the enterprise were not beyond hts means. It is said that In one savings bank in this city alone there are six hundred depositors, ail of whose deposits reach as high as five hundred dollars and range from that to one thousand and two thousand dollars, and that almost all of those depositors are living in rented houses. They include small traders, clerks, mechanics and provident and thrifty laboring men. and are Just the kind ol men who are ambitious to own their own resi? dences, and looking forward constantly to the time when that can be accomplished. The desideratum ls, therefore, some plan by which theselShd-ownera who are desirous of selling and these would-be house-owners who are anxious to purchase, can be brought together ] on terms* that will be absolutely sale and ultimately profitable to the one, and possible and practicable, with continued health and strength, to the other. It Is now proposed to organize an association, with as little machinery as possible to mal e it effective, by means of which these buyers aud^ sellers can be brought together. The proposition is to let the land-owner sell his lot On long time, say eight.or leu ycare, paya. ble with interest In equal and annual instal? ments, with an obligation on the part ot the purchaser to erect thereupon a building to cost not less than one-half (or one-third) of the value of the land, the seller to give a bond tor a deed dell. erable upon the payment of the last Instalment of the purobase money and Interest. In this way the land-owner would begin at once to receive an Income from his now unproduktive lots, and would be secured from loss during *ce time of payment, not only by the pc .-jessica of the title to the land Itself, which would not pass to the pur? chaser nntil the purchase money should be fully paid, but also by the value of the im? provement upon It by the latter. Tbe buyer, on the other hand, could, by such an arrangement, erect a dwelling house for himself according to his present means, and without any immediate cosL for land, and would thereafter, for ten yearf, have to pay an annual and constantly decreasing amount, less than the usual rent of houses of the some class, for purchase money and Interest on the land. For instance, A has a lot thirty by one hundred feet In size, which be sells under the proposed arrange? ment to B lor one thousand dollars, payable in ten annual Instalments, with interest at the rate of eight per cent, per annum, B to erect thereon a house to cost not less than five hun-1 dred dollars. B's first ontlay would, therefore, be five hundred dollars, the cost of his dwel? ling, which he could occupy as Boon as com? pleted. At the end of the first year, he would have to pay the first Instalment of the pur? chase money, one hundred dollars, with one year's Interest on one thousand dolors-total one hundred and eighty dollars. At the end of the second year he would pay another in? stalment of one hundred dollars, with one year's interest on nine hundred dollars-total one hundred and seventy-two dollars. He would continue these payments through the ten years, the Instalment being one hun? dred dollars per year, but the interest J constantly decreasing as the principal ot the debt became paid, and the scale of his annual payments would be as follows: Third year one hundred and sixty-four dollars, fourth year one hundred and fllty-slx dollars, fifth year one hundred and forty-eight dollars, sixth year one hundred and forty dollars, seventh year one hundred and thirty-two dol larsf?lghth year one hundred and twenty four dollars, ninth year one hundred and six? teen dollars, tenth and lost year one hundred and eight dollars. He would then be In full possession of his house and lot, free of all en? cumbrance, and would have paid the total sum of one thousand nine hundred and forty j dollars, which, deducting the five hundred j dollars which the bouse cost to build, would leave one thousand four hundred and forty dollars to put against the rent he would otherwise have had to pay for ten years, averaging exactly twelve dollar* per month, which must, be admitted to be cheap rent for a respectable house. The plan of organiza? tion lor an association to facilitate these trans? actions would be very simple. It would only be necessary lor a lew respectable gentlemen, whose names would command the confidence of both buyers and sellers, to unite together, and establish an office where proposals to sell and proposals to buy might be made. One clerk or secretary would probably be neces? sary, to record these proposals, make searches of the properly offered for sale, and obtain the abstracts ot titles from the lawyer or lawyers recommended by the association to perform those services. This person would be the only employee needed to carry out the purposes of the association, and his remuneration could be arranged by a small fee on each transaction, which, with the usual lees io* "stamps and papers," would be paid by the purchaser. It might *lso be well enough for the association to offer pre? miums to the architects of the city for the best designs lor dwelling-houses ot various sizes, aay for houses to cost Ave hundred dol? lars, eight hundred dollars, one thousand dol? lars, two thousand dollars, ?fcc. the purchasers to contribute to the expense of such premiums, which would obviate the necessity of each one employing an architect. These suggestions, with others regarding the practical working of j the scheme, have been made by the parties [ who have proposed it, but the plan ls as yet In a condition of embryo, and before it is hilly developed lt may be found necessary to modi? fy it in many details. The general plau ap? pears to be a laudable ooe, and if, upon mature consideration, lt should bc lound to be practicable and. acceptable to all parties, it should receive the encouragement and sup? port ol all who desire the advancement of the material Interests of Charleston. Improvements Now in Progress. At the last meeiiog of Council a petition of A. Bernard, Henry Bischoff, Bernard O'Neill and other prominent citizens was read, urg? ing the importance Of rebuilding tha burnt district and other waste places ot the city, and pray i ng Council to grant a neleose from city taxes for fire years upon buildings erected within a specified lime. The petiLlon was re? ferred Jointly to the committee on assess? ments and ways and means. The maller ls one ot vital importance to the city, and expe? rienced real estate men predict a rapid Im? provement in real estate in the city as trie re? sult of a favorable consideration ot this peti? tion. Messrs. Cohen and Bernard have now nine houses going up or just completed, tai the western part of the burnt district, and many other buildings will quickly follow this exam? ple. With the true interest of the city at heart, lt is hoped that the committee will give the results ol their earnest and mature delibe? rations to Council at the next meeting. BOARD OF HEALTH. The Vacation of Increased Hospital Accommodations. A regular meeting of the board was held yesterday noon, at the office of the re?istrar, in the City Hull. Aller discussing some other matters, the consideration o? the present hos? pital accommodations of the city came up, and Dr. Pelzer reported that at a meeting of | the board of trustees of the Roper Hospita!, hold OH the preceding day, the latter bad offered to lease to the city the Boper Hospital, with all Its appurtenances, for the term of ten years, at the rate of five hundred dollars per annum; two thousand dollars of ihe whole rent to be applied to repairs upon the hospital. With mis outlay, the doclor thought, the Boper Hospital could be mane a cointoriable and commodious building, and that the old build? ing in the City Hospital could be flx%d up so os to afford ample accommodation lor the maintenance and support of the insane of the city. Dr. E. Geddings, after considering the proposition, suggested that wiien such an amount was to be expended it could not be done better than apply inc it to the remodel? ling ot certain portions ol the City Hospital, and permanently Improving the building for LUo cMKUUnmadallAP <".' .>ha. LaJUlDA. In t-ha present condition of the back wall of the building he thought the bakehouse should be entirely removed, the whole building reno? vated and devoted to hospital uses, and a dis? tinct one story building be erected on a dif? ferent part of the premises for the bakeshop. He also discussed the feasibility of making the hospital self-sustaining, and suggepted that In the Improvements small wards should be fixed up for the accommodation of such patients as could pay for it. Dr. Chazal concurred In these views, but opposed the Idea of forming a permanent lunatic asylum at the hospital for the Insane of ] the city. The building was too cramped, and could not afford the necessary accommodations for the proper treatmeut of any number of | Insane. The Mayor concurred In the suggestions of | Dr. Geddings, and on motion the same were ordered to be reported in writing at the next meeting of the board, wkh a petition append? ed in a proper form, to be brought before Council at Its next meeting. In regard to the purchase of the chloride of | lime ft om Messrs. Collins & Co., the chairman of the committee to whom lt was referred being absent, there was no report. The petition of William Marscher to open drains from his lots on Queen street to the sewer In that street was granted. Dr Pelzer reported that the printed pro? ceedings of the board at the meeting held on the 7th of June were now ready for distribu? tion. They contain the valuable reports of| the city registrar and city Inspectors, which were submitted at that meeting and reported pt the time in THE NEWS, and also the re? marks of Dr. Ell Geddings, in which he took occasion to compliment the city authorities upon the faithfulness and success of their labors, and to acknowledge the flattering allu? sions to the mern bera of the medical commit? tee ot the Board of Health. He added that he had been a resident of the city for nearly half a century as a practicing physician, and that it was In a better sanitary condition at present than he had ever seen lt before. There being no further business before the j board, the meeting adjourned. FIRE IX EXCHANGE STREET. At ten o'clock last night a fierce fire broke outat the back of the Postoffice, Jn Exchange street, in the brick building occupied by J. Michell. The flames spread rapidly, and the brick cooperage on the opposite side of ihe street caught fire and threatened, for a few minute?, to be an entire loss. At this time it was thought likely that the whole block on the south side of the street would be con? sumed. The house next to Michell's ou the west, occupied by Fenwick ic Tolbert, was In flames on the roof, and the building on Ihe east, occupieJ by the harbormaster nud port wardens, ?vas also on fire. The injury to the last, named building ls not serious, and the papers and furniture of the official occupants were saved undamaged. Michell's building is gutted, and FenwicK & Tolbert's building is badly burned. The engines were promptly on the ground, and lt ls due to the firemen that what threatened to be a large fire ended in so email a loss. WASHINGTON AN? LEE UNIVERSITY. - At the recent commencement of this famous in? stitution, localed at Lexington, Va., Hie fol? lowing young gentlemen from this Slate were among the graduates: Messrs. J. F. Lati mer, A. Memminger, E. M. Boykin and R. M. Cooper. The degree of master of arts was conferred upon Mr. William D- Vinson, and the Cincinnati Oration was awarded to the same gentleman as the best, scholar. PALMETTO POLITICS. <A YEAR'S GOOD STEALING IN SOUTH CAROLINA YET." The Willard Movement-Boasts of the King-"Boss" Hurley-AU for Greeley -The Kn-Klux Indictments. [Correspondence of the New Yo rfc Tribune.] NORFOLK, VA., June 21. Coming down Hie Chesapeake Bay, yester? day, I met on the steamer n South Carolinian, who said he edited a newspaper In a town In the "up-country" and aiso practiced law, a combination of professions not uncommon in the South. * After declaring bimseif for Gree? ley, he surprised me by saying thai lhere w?? a ray of hope that South Carolina could be car? ried against Grant, and delivered from the carpet-baggers who have plundered her at their pleasure since reconstruction went into effect. I asked how this could be possible, In th? face of the thirty thousand negro tn u jori ty and the perfect organization of the blacks lu 0 ith-bouml leagues. He replied that the hopes ul relief came- from the blacks themselves. Many intelligent colored men in Charleston had openly rebelled against the rule of J the Statehouse Ring, had determined to break loose from Scott, Parker, Moses land the rest of the corruptionlsis, and had made a move to secure an honest State gov? ernment. They had asked Judge Willard, of the Supreme Court, to be their candidate lor Governor, and he had accepted in a strong letter In luvor of reform. The white people, the editor Bald, were watching this movement with great interest, and if it promised to draw MT any cont-iderattle portion of tho colored vote they intended to support it. Ii was not g-o.i policy, he said, for mern to give it much encouragement DOW ut the outset., because the negroes were still so distrustful thar, many 01 them, however well-disposed toward lt they might be, would reluse to Join lu any po? litical undertaking in which their old masters : were bearing an active part, il Ihe Willard movement made a break In the colored vote ; and drew off Borne thousands Irom th*? carpet? baggers' ticket, the while oeopio would throw their entire vote upon without taking any part in the CBnviwis until the day ol election. In thlt way they might make it win. He cou fessed that he was not very sanguine of the resuit, but lhere was a chance in Hie move? ment to deliver the State from the pl?n? deret s, and lt was the only chunce. Judge Willard is probably the only Republican In the Slate who lias a character for ability and hon? esty that Ills him to load a crusade ag-ilnst the band ol robbers now controlling the State gov erment. His hands are entirely clean ot the dirty work that has gone on at Columbia for lour years past. The judge Is a New York lawyer, who, alter leaving the army, presided over one ol the seml-milliary conns which administered justice in South Carolina duriug ihe interval between the close of the war and reconstruction; and when Ihe Slate govern? ment was reconstituted he was elected lo the | supreme bench. He has won the respect of the bar ol the State by his decisions, and Is probably the only official connected with Siaie affairs who ls universally exonerated from all suspicion ot complicity with the plun? dering operations of the carpet-bag ring. He confounded the ring recently by granting an injunction against uny further Jsbue ol the State bonds io the Blue Ridge Railroad Com? pany, thus stopping a job that bus been one of the most profitable to thieves and expensive to ihe Slate ol any of Hie schemes concocted. My travelling acquaintance gave me several bllsof Interesting information abo?l the rule ol the ring that has converted the Souih Car? olina government Into an organization for the purpose ot robbing thc taxpayers. "The scoundrels." he sala, "think they have got us BO firmly by the throat that we would never shake them off, and they have grown so bold that they openly boast, of their bribes and Melts. There Is Tim Hurley-you know Tim ? -he ls a Massachusetts carpet-bagger, the king of the lobby, anda sort of Boss Tweed amone: the negroes. Well, Tim told me htm-1 sell Unit ho find paid Wosao, Uvu ap?Mtke? Of the House, twenty thousand dollars to give lum thc chairmanship of Hie committee on mines and manufactures, which hun control of the phosphate business; and fifteen thous? and dollars to appoint him second on the ways atv. means committee. Of course he got his inoLijy back, three or lour limes over at least." "Will the Ring run Scott again for Govern? or?" I asked. "I think they will, though that was not the arrangement agreed upon : last winter. The plan then was to sive Moses the Governorship, and send Scott to the Senate In place of Sawyer. This was the bargain made, but Scott ls distrustful of Moses, and fears that he would not carry out his part ot the contract. He ls therefore disposed to hold on to ihe Governorship, and let M ses go for Sawyer's place. Sawyer ls supported by whut we call the Massachusetts Ring, com? posed of Attorney-General Chamberlain, Dis? trict Attorney Corbin, the Charleston collector and postmaster, and a few others, who claim to be more virtuous than the other Ring, which ls made up of the scalawags and the Scott carpel baggers. There will be a struggle between these two Rings ove* the seuator shlp." "What position ls Judge Orr occupy? ing ? A year ago there was some talk of| making him the Reform candidate for Gov? ernor tins year." "There ls not much said about it now. The old judge appears to be so thick with the Scott Ring thal we have lost jOLUdeoce in him. They have treated him very ungratefully too. He wanted to oe president of the Philadelphia Convention, but the Ring defeated him, and they would not even let him liuvfl a place on the national committee. He came home quite crestfal? len." My acquaintance said that everybody was for Greeley, In South Carolina, except the ne? groes and carpet-baggers with their few native white allies. In ihe Democratic Si ate Couven Uon, of which he was a member, there were but two men apposed io Indorsing the Clncin- J natl ticket,, and one of ' i hose was a half crazy teilow, who travelled aooui the country lu ? wagon, with a big bass drum, stopping at cross roads and village taverns, bealing his drum and making speeches. Tnere were naturally some men who fell Into line with a good deal ot reluctance, but nearly ali bad come lu. In his county a '-vr prominent Democrats held out. until about a fortnight ago, when he got a | dozen of them together in his office, and read, from a campaign document which he had re? ceived, Horace Greeley's letter to the Union League Clim, whon they called him to account | for bailing Jefferson Davis. That converted every man ol them. They declared that the author ol that letter was as good a friend to the Som li os they could ask for, and tliey had been strong Greeley men ever since. He wished he had one thousand copies of the doc-1 ument lo circulate In his part of the Slate. Speaking of the Ku-Klux trials, he said they had gone lar enough. Another lot of prison? ers, twenty-three in number, had been seul lo the Albany penitentiary last week. The trials had broken up the Organization, and ought to stop; but if there was uny positive advantage lo be gained for Grant by continu? ing them, he believed they would be resumed ut the next term of the court In Columbia. There were two hundred or three hundred in-, diet men ts still pending. Soon alter my talk with the South Carolina editor. I met on the steamer a United States judge, who told me of a conversutlon he had lately had with a Souih Carolina ofuciul, that illustrated the barefaced audacity and con? tempt for public opinion displayed by the ring to which the editor bad referred. The I judge inquired ol the carpet-bag official how [ long he expected to remain in the btate, and got this reply: "On, I'm not going to leave right away; there's a year's good stealing lu South Carolina yet." The Judge had recently been in North Carolina holding court. He said there were one hundred and twenty-three 1 indictments for Ku-Kluxlng still pending lhere, but that this figure did not give an idea j of Hie number of persons accused, because many of the indictments embraced more than one person. With the exception ot one mur? der case, he did not believe any of them would be tried. There were so muuy thal it would belike trying people for taking part lu the rebellion. He had no doubt that the Ku Klux organization was completely broken up, and would never be revived. OLD WORLD'S NEWS. LONDON, June 2C. The House ol Lord3 passed Hie amended bill to a third reading. The Daily News says America agrees to be non-sulied in her Ala? bama case so far os the indirect damages are concerned. CHIT- CHA TFR OM COI UMBI A. I A Mill Barned by Incendiaries-Hester the Kidnapper, In Town-Tilt Cora raeneement Ball-P. J. Aloses, Jr., Pre pares for Action. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TEE NEWS ) COLUMBIA, S. C., Wednesday, June 26 Tue steam saw mill of W. H. Whitlock, miles above here, ou the Greenville and lumbla Railroad, was burned'last night. ls believed to be the work of an incendiary The property was a total loss, there being ! Insurance. J. G. Hester, the United Slates detective I who kidnapped Dr. Rufus Bratlon in Canada ls Jo town. He Is probably gathering up evl dence to use against Bralton in Canada. The University commencement; ball comes off Friday evening. It promises to be a bril liant affair. F. J. Moses. Jr., Is in town, with a new and handsome turnout. He looks as if he thought he might be the next Governor, but Scott olrald to trust bim. Qm VIVE. THE KIDNAPPEES FOILED. Dr. Brattou Sent Back to Canada. TORONTO, June 2G. Dr. Rufus Bratlon, who IF os recently kid napped irom Cunada by Federal officers, has been restored to Canu?ian Jurisdiction, and ls now here. THE TOBACCO T?.XB*. Ari fal Dodges of Spies and Informers About tea days ago a retail dealer of this cliy, Mr. D. Meyer, was reported by an In lormer for selling unstamped tobacco, and it being proved that he had taken the tobacco from the stamped oox tn which lt was packed und cut in small pieces for sale, he was bound over for trial before the United Slates Court The case was discontinued, however, by the district attorney upon payment of the costs Several other cases were brought before the United States commissioner 'on Information some for selling tobacco from glass jars and some from cases, and these, with but one or two exceptions, took the same COUI-PO as the first. In one of these latter ctses, Mr. Stone, for the district attorney, said that the selling ol tobacco lu this manner, 1. c., from gloss Jars, or the case unstamped, was a clear viola? tion of the internal revenue law, and he hoped the whole of Charleston would be searched through, and each offender in this way brought before the court. The hint was speedily taken by the hangers-on of the commissioner's office. The cases hud whetted their appetite for --costs," and new ones came in thick and fast. Tho informers, among the chief of whom is a mulatto named Farrar, went systematically to work. One would go into a store and ask for tobacco. While he was examining the lot shown him, his companion was on the watch outside. If the tobacco was taken from the Btumped box, it was well and good. If lt was taken irom a glass jar, or the case where it hud been placed ready cut up for Bale, although just detached Irom the mass in the stamped box near by, a piece was bought, the outsider wi messed lt, and the next day the dealer, who never dreamed of the trap n>uHnr him IM? J ouuinui>.j bj a warm?* oetore the United States commissioner. His informers would then stute their case, and the dealer was con? sidered lucky if lie could induce the district attorney to discontinue the case upon payment of from thirty to eighty dollars for coats. Among those thus entrapped were Messrs. D. Meyer, corner Church and Chai mers streets; C. Momeler, corner Church and Elliott streets; G. Logemann, corner King and Trodd streets; J. Hurkomp & Co., corner King and Broad streets; C. H. Meyer & Co., Claus Koper, Meyer, corner Church street and Lightwood Alley and many others. In tlie case of the dealer last mentioned, Collector Cloutman examined the premises, and told the parties that if toey would let the matter go to trial before the District Court, and put him on the stand, he would make oath that the store was kep; In as close con formity with the revenue law as auy In the city. Further, that there wu nothing more than a mere technicality on which to build a case. The parly had, however, already paid the coBts to have the case discontinued. These cases have become more numerous than many dream of, and are proving aa easy source of profit to the characters who make it a bust ness to ensnare unwary shopkeepers Into a technical violation of the law. When brought before the United States ccmmlssloner the latter hoe no option but to bind the parties over, il the revenue law ls violated, and these prosecutions are under the latter part of the seventy-eighth section ot the act ol July, 1868. This affixes a heavy penalty upon the sale of unstamped manufactured tobacco, unless lt be sold directly from the box properly stamped The case of a dealer selllug small pieces of tobacco from a glass Jar, said pieces having been just taken (rom the stamped box for con venlencp, was heard In Michigan, and decided to be a violation of the section of the revenue law Just alluded ttl. Reuniere should keep a lookout for the informers, and recollect also that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. _ _ THE STOKES TRIAL COMMENCED. NEW YORK, Jnne 26. The twelfth Juror in the Stokes case was ob? tained tills afternoon, and the case was opened i by the district attorney, who claimed that but one verdict could bj rendered. 11? lt was proved that the prisoner deliberately shot Fisk, he urged the Jury to lay aside old im? pressions, and act upon the evidence laid be? t?re them. The ca-e was then adjourned till to-morrow muming. THAT TROUBLESOME TOBACCO TAX. WASHINGTON, June 26. The commissioner of internal revenue will hold a consultation to-morrow with several keepers ot export bonded warehouses und the chairman of the New York Tabacco Board o? Trade in regard io the new tobacco regula? tions. A SABBATARIAN EXPERIMENT. NEW YORK, June 26. The first arrest under Hie new t?uuday law, forbidding processions with niu-ic on the Sab? bath, wits made last Sunday afternoon. The president ot a German singing society was ar? rested ann taken before Judge Sbandley, who, on the plea ot his court not having been Served with a copy of ihe new law, released the prisoner. A DISASTROUS FLOOD. ELMIRA, N. Y., June 26. The Tioga Bi ver bas overflown, and is flood? ing the county. Bailroad tracks have been washed away, the booms across the river broken up, and millions ol feet of lumber swept down by the torrent. In the vicinity of | Mitchell's the water ls over the tree tops, and people are leaving their houses in boats. WILLIAM9PORT, PA., June 26. The Linden bridge, which was recently burned and rebuilt, ls carried away by the ? BEHIND THE SCENES. THE DBINKS AND DRINKERS AT THE BOSTON COLISEUM. An International Dispute-The Pretty H on ton tir-How ft Feels IV hen the Organ Blows. . [Correspondence or the New York World.] BOSTON, June 22. The peace part ol this Jubilee had a peculiar llluslratloa yesterday morning at rehearsal. One of the German Grenadier band chanced to encounter, during rehearsal, a couple of mem? bers of the Garde R?publicaine band, and, with gentlemanly courtesy, politely saluted them. They were among the few real French? men la their organization. Instead of return? ing the salute, they made faces at the Deut? scher and spat as an expression ol disgust. The big fellow stood a moment, evidently P0Q. dering whether he should knock their heads together or not, and then passed on with a contemptuous smile. There 1s peace between the repr?sentatives here of those nationalities, but there ls no fraternity. "One touch of nature maketfthe whole world kin," and the touch ot nature In this instance' ls lager beer. Under the stage ls a bar of enormous size, where a dozen active German wallers are constantly serving out the cool and refreshing beverage, and he~e the throng of drinkers stund, five or six deep, constantly. From twenty-five to thirty-five barrels of beer ure sold here dully. Tho lauer figure was readied on the German day, Wednesday. The drinkers are not merely the chorus and or? chestra, but thousands who by some hook or crook manage lo gain aamltunce here Irom the iront ot the hoiiBe. Indeed, lt is much easier to get in here than to get out, for the policemen at tho gates have a peculiar obsti? nacy about permitting returns. They ure om respecters 0l peisjne, but they spiritually bow? down bero?? a budge or the possessor of cool cheek who carr-?w?urne to be an acquaintance or a magnate ol som? ?ort. Back ol the beer ba>??k refreshment table of another sort, where theTen?i*ipale H0Ui mai rejoice in cakes and tea and other-uuu.>h3lan_ Hat frauda upon the stomach. There are sou.., toity or fifty girls walliug upon this table, ana* there are two or three of them who are act? ually pretty. This ls worthy of remark, for pretty women here are like angels' visits, few aud far between. I don't think that ever fr my life nave I Been such an aggregate ol female unloveliness- as ls exhibited here. There ls a prominence ol cheek-bone, a square? ness ol mouth, a fishiness ot eye, and a shape? lessness ot form maddenly common among these gentle creatures. I don't say they all are so diabolically ugly that a man need run away from mern, but I'd rather be drowned than wrecked on an Island with somo of them. It seems to me that a great portion of them have been or are "school-ma'ams." Tney have the positive, au? thoritative way, and weary, faded look com? mon lo that class. Some of them have great powers of expression In speech, as well as song-powers more lo be admired for force than grace, prolundlly rather than piety. For Instance, the one I heard yesterday telling a companion, as she pinned up a torn overskirt, thai this was the "d-de*t crowd" she ever was lo. I don't think she was a common school teacher, although she might run a Sun? day school class. Doubtless she ls on that, and from lumlliarlty with pious words, 1B care? less ol the places she puts them In. The Rpaces back here, all under the stage, are simply enormous. There aro a great many rooms, all of them of vast proportions, and between them, leading in all directions, ure passage-ways as wide as streets, and high enough io build full-sized cottages in. Through these sweep cool winds irom with? out, and, for real comfort, there ls no part of the building like unto this. WittrwirrcrrtiveTy ueulil nus Oe?? Wrangen here lor the comfort of those participating lo the entertainment and convenience ol utiliz? ing them. Nothing has been forgotten or neg? lected, and there ls nothing ot which lt might be said that lt could be bettered la all the arrangements on and under the stage. There is so much absolute genius displayed about these things that one cannot but regret thal the resulta musically have not been more sue CGSSttll. While we stroll about here viewing the several balls devoted to various branches of the orchestra and chorus, scarce hearing any? thing of the torrent ol music being poured forth up aloft, the building suddenly begins to tremble, theu all the air ls lull of a musical roar. The great organ is being played. The steam engine, which supplies its wind, pun's away energetically, the long, slender rods which lead from the key board to the organ, some eighty leet distant, are Been to shin und vibrate, and from the thousands ot pipes in Hie buire Instrument there seems lo descend a flood of sound which drowns out all beneath it and makes the wails of the Coliseum quiver with the power of the tone. As the ear be? comes measurably accustomed to lt, the measured clanking of hammers upon anvils is heard faintly irom the stage. A hundred firemen ore pounding in time in the popular "Anvil Chorus." Then cornea a thunderous crash from without, the noise of a cannon's discharge. Another folio ws-then a succession of them. Each shot ls In perfect lime with ihe music within the building. Were we now In front we could see Gilmore, who is leading, make from time to time a quick gesture ol command io a man who sits before him. That mao fires the cannon, simply by sending an eleclrlc spark at the proper instant. We see h> re only ihe result of the gesture. The chorus ends with a volley. Down the broad stairs from the stage march the hundred red shlried firemen, each with a sledge upon his shoulder. They march in double file, keep step well together, and poss quickly from night Into the large ball set apart tor their use. Here, if we follow them, we shall see them re? ceived by an assistant fire marshal, who gtveB several military orders, each of which 1B obeyed with admirable precision, terminating willi "ground arms," which means "throw down yonr hammers." Then each man re? ceives an extra ticket lor the next day's per? formance, ranks are broken, aud they dis? perse, to amuse themselves us ibey best may. Gilmore occasionally darts down from the stage and plunges round a little while in this labyrinth, hunting somebody or giving some orders. He alwaj s looks Bmli ng aud pleas? ant, has a cherry greeting for any acquaint? ance whom ho may meet, and appears io han? dle flie whole enormous concern as a mere plaything. _ _ THE WEATHER THIS DAI. WASHINGTON, June 26. Clear and partially cloudy weather will pre? vail on Thursday over the South ern Stales east ol Mipsifslppi, with light to lresh southeaster? ly to eoutnwesterly winds, aud possibly occa? sional areas of luvrht rain; clear und partially cloudy weather and light to fresh easterly to southerly winds lor the Middle Slau. s. Yesterday's .Weatner H.? pori* of the Signal Service, U. S. A,-4.47 P. M., Local Tlinc. Place of Observation. BS 5 a a, 1 Augusta, Qa.... Baltimore. Boston. Charleston. Ohlcigo, ill. Cincinnati.. Q alveston. Kev Weat. Knoxville, Tenn. Memphis. Mt. Washington. New Orleans.... New Yurt. Norfolk. Philadelphia. Portland, Me.... Savannah. St. Louis. Washington. WlImlngton.N-O 30.03 '?9.96 3U.04 30.08 '?9.83 ?9.8" 30.05 3?. 07 '?9.98 30.05 30.80 30.03 29.94 |3 J. 00 .19. OS 30.0 30.07 129 81 .9.W. 30.07 SW w MR sw E NE S W S SW aw ? NE SW W se SB aE SE 3\V I Gentle. Gem le. Light. Prtsti. Fresh. Light. Fresh. Brisk. Fresh ?Fres?. Ueutle. Light. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Pre-h. Fresh. Brisk. <? resh. Brisk. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Ciear. Fair. Clear. jioudy. Fair. Cloudy. Ci'g up. Fair. Foggy. Cloudy. Fair. Cloudy. Lt.Kain Fair. Ulear. Fair. NOTB.-The weather report dateu 7.47 o'clock this morning, will be posted In the rooms of the Chamber of commerce at io o'clock A. M., and together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters at ouy time daring the day, THE RADICAL MASS MEETING, Torchlight Procession and Ratification Meeting at Military Hall. Tbe Radical demonstration last night In favor of tue Philadelphia nominations would have been a reasonable success had not the superior attractions of the fire down-to wo-di? verted the attention of the masses that might otherwise have been present, and deprived ihe speakers of their enthusiastic andlence. The proceedings were commenced with a torchlight procession, which was adver? tised to start from the corner of Meeting and Calhoun streets at eight o'clock, and which did get under way at quarter jast nine. It consisted of about four hundred men and boys carrying Chinese lanterns, and til manner of impromptu transparencies, with hackneyed mottoes expressive of undying de? votion to Grant. The line of march was brough Calhouu street to King, down King to Broad, through Broad to Meeting, up Meet? ing to Wentworth, and through Wentworth to Military Hall, where "xespeechmaklng began. The procession was periecuv or<wiy, aQ? no unseemly demonstrations occurred to inter-1 fere with the peace of the city. Ascending the stairway of the Military Hall, the dusky tide rolled toward the entrance to the hall, and Jammed up the doorway with a struggling mass of men and boys. A steady stream kept pouring In, and, when the lost of the procession entered, the whole floor was covered with people. j Lieutenant-Governor Bansler from the stand thea explained tbe object of the meet mg to be the ratification of the Republican nominations, and read the names of the speakers. He said the mnniclpal authorities nad been requested to keep order here, and they Intended to have lt too. While the Lieu tenant-Governor spoke a cry of fire was raised, and a general rush towards the door ensued. For some minutes nothing could be .heard but the tramping of leet; put at length, "rB**'*?4wtol the hall having been vacated by the crowiia^^^isy DOya a?? many meDj the remainder, abmoT'thc^hu?nred In num? ber, closed up in good llBtenTrrg-or<ior ground the'speaker's stand. The speaker th?nl duced Colonel E. W. M. Mackey. Mr. Mackey, after apologizing for his poor voice, gave his experience of the State, and then of the Philadelphia Convention. He dilated upon the enthusiasm shown at the lat? ter, and by the Republican party throughout several States where he had lately travelled, and Inculcated with much anxiety the doc? trine that the fight between Grant and Gree? ley was a fight between Republicanism and Democracy. The speaker then proceeded to get funny about Mr. Greeley and his Presiden? tial fever, but the audience did not Bee the places where the laugh came In at the right time, and Mr. Maskey, at length, concluded by advising all Republicans to lay aside personal prejudice and support Grant and Wilson. Attorney-General Chamberlain was next In? troduced, and spoke at length, advising his bearers to make their choice at once between the two opposing bodies, and stand by the nominees of that party which, had done io much for them. He spoke of what the Repub? lican party had accomplished in the post and what promise lt gave for the future, and took --?mlnrvp**-?suai, to denounce Democrats and tim li ?llwi -au_,_L,, ??- ?. j i_i Ku-Klux hobby and galloped over the course In style, interrupted by the lrequent applause of his hearers at every mention of the Ku Klux Democrats. He concluded by painting Horace Greeley as the standard-bearer of uf ne Lost Cause," and Grant as the only hope of Republicanism In South Carolina. "Am I not fondly thine own," walled the band, and General W. J. Whipper began bis address. Much curiosity was manifested to hear the speaker, ns lt was whispered that he had rebelled, and following the dictates of sound sense was about to declare for Greeley and Brown. In the first part of his speech be eulogized the name and character of Greeley In a handsome manner, and then began^to give a short history of the Republican party Irom the days or Berni? until i860, wh?h the mighty spirit ot Horace Greeley led its van. He now owned that Mr. Greeley had fallen from grace, and said that Grant, as the nomi? nee of the Republican party, ought to be sup? ported by all true Republicans, or else the party was dead. Lastly, he made his political 'will, leaving Grant "his vote and support," (his whole fortune,) and cutting Greeley off with bis undying sympathy, (a shilling.) Mr. F. A. Siwyer followed in the beaten track with a lengthy speech, the sum and sub? stance ot which was, that the Palmetto State should redeem herself by voting as a unit for Grant and Wilson. It was now verging on to midnight. The audience were in good train? ing, and shouted whenever "Grant" was men? tioned. The meeting, too, was orderly; a speaker could be plainly hoard, and all things being so favorable, the pow-wow threat? ened to last till morning. Under these cir? cumstances, our reporter had no other resort but to abandon this Interesting meeting to its /ate, and leave the names and sayings of the other speakers "to fame unknown." Hotel Arrivals-June 26. PAVILION HOTEL. John Elli oft, Evansville, Ind.; J. B. De Berry, Branchvu e; R. H. Mounce, Spartan burg C. H.; L. Brothers and wife, Beevesvllle; J. S. Burroughs, Pine Bluff; W. A. Burroughs, Pee Dee; A. M. Peep les, Dixie Station, O. B. R. R.; Alex. McKenzie, Florence, S. C.; A. S. MI ms, C. B. Hicks, Carterville, S. C.; James Harper, Klngstree, S. C. CHARLESTON HOTEL. James SlmmouB, U. S. A.: C. C. North, New York; John G. Nichols, St. Helena Island; W. S. Carr, Maryland; Mrs. W. H. Bilden, Savan? nah; E. H. Freeland, Baltimore; G. Walker, Wilmington, N, C.; J. R. Thomas, New York; D. H. Chamberlain, 8outh Carolina. THE STRIKES IN THE NORTH. BOFPALO, N. Y., June M. The metal workers in this city have /ormed an eight-hour league on the plaD ot those in New York and New Jersey. L0CKP'"TT' N> Y*'JUNE 26 The stonecutters a*T 8lruci? lor n,gner WA?E8. NEW YORK, June 26. The o"doth manufacturers have resumed Wnri> at ten hours a day. Tbe Paterson locomotive and machine shops in New Jersey, in consequence o? the striking of six hundred men, will throw three thousand persons out ot employment. WOMAN'S RIGHTS TO CARRY RE? VOLVERS. SAN FRANCISCO, June 26. Mrs. Loomis, from the East, while lecturing against woman's suffrage, was interrupted by hisses and Jeers of Hie leading female suffrag? ists who were present. Tbe Hon. David Meeker Insisted that the offending women be compelled to leave the hall. Mrs. Emily Pltu Stevens, editress o? the Pioneer, the suffragist organ, drew a pistol on him and demanded ar apology, but was forced to put. the pistol ii her pocket by the bystanders. 'THE POLmCiX CAMPAIGN. THE LONG BOLL OF STATES. I The Georgia Demuvrutle Convention Liberal Delegate? to Baltimore Elected. ATLANTA, GA., Jone 26. Tba Georgia State Democratic Convention was as large and able a body as ever assem? bled in Georgia. The action Was entirely har? monious. The president was the Hon. A. I Lamar, of Muscogee. The delegates from the 18tate at large are: General H. L. Benning, General A. B. Wright, of the Augusta Chron? icle, Colonel Tom Hardeman, Colonel Julian Hartrldge, General A. H. Colqultt, Colonel C. T. Goode, General J. B. Gordun, and Colonel J. W. Avery, of tbe Atlanta Constitution. All ! are Conservatives and favorable to harmo? nious action at Baltimore. New Jersey WileriInjj Into Line- Gov? ernor Randolph Regards 'Greeley'. Election tcrtaln. TRENTON, X. J., June 26. Th** New Jersey state Democratic Conven? tion assembled here to-day. Governor Ran? dolph on taking the chair \t a stirring speech in favor o? the endorsen.uni of the Cin? cinnati platform and nominees. He believed that Greeley's nomination at Baltimore was' a wr&nn?S?n.$VM]?SLand h,B election certain. He thought the Fifth Avenue Conference had been a Buccess,' because lt had shown the lu tillty of a third nomination, and he said that the Democratic party could very consistently sup? port Greeley since he had pronounced himself fully in favor of sach old-fashioned Democrats principles as hostility to centralization, oppo? sition to Federal Interference In State and local affairs, condemnation o? the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, full support of amnesty, rigid' adherence to dvd service re? form, opposition to bayonet election laws and the like. ' '. . . ...., Demo ratio and Liberal Republican Conventions in Illinois. SPRINGFIELD, III., June, 28. The city ls crowded with delegates to the State Democratic and Liberal Republican Con? ventions which meet here to-day. It le gene? rally conceded that the conventions will uulte In nominating a Liberal Republican for governor, and lt ls believed that ex-Governor Eoerner will be nominated, although a strong effort will also be made in behalf ot Senator Trumbull. The Liberal Convention met at noon, in the hall of the House o? Representatives, with Governor Palmer as temporary chairman: "A letter was read from Sohurz, In which he re? grets inability to attend, and. says he desires -??.address his constituents before taking part in the outnpalun elsewhere. The convention bas his earnew wishes In their efforts to rally ali elements againsMarontlsm. It is time the North and South were united by the inspiring consciousness of common nationality, rights and dut! es, and to this end lt -is necessary to break down traditional barriers. Three oncers were given for Schurz. The Cincinnati plat? form was adopted enthusiastically, and a com? mittee appointed to confer with the other con? vention. 1 . The Democratic Convention met at the Opera House, with J. C.-Allen as temporary chairman. He briefly addressed the conven? tion, looking to a union with the other con? vention. ?*.. The Ohio Convention? CLEVELAND, June 26?. Many- delegates to Thnrsday's convention are already here, and are almost unanimous for the ratification of the Cincinnati nomina? tions. It Is believed that a State ticket will be nominated, but the electoral ticket, be poet-, poned till after the Baltimore Convention meets. The Liberal Republican State cen? tral committee are here for consultation. - Many prominent Liberals are present. They will urge upon the Democratic Convention'tba postponement of the nomination of a Stat* ticket till alter the Baltimore Convention meets.. . The Dissatisfied Democrats. _Nsw YORK. ifcoe 26. eau Bomen uy juaepu fl. riauueis ann I John Yon Allen, states that alter a conference' between many Democrats of the city and State of New York who will not support Greeley, lt ls suggested as the most practicable way of 1 giving expression to such opposition to Invite such Democrats to meet In Ballimore. July 8tb, lor a conference. The invitation extends L?i all such Democrats throughout the Union. Probable Withdrawal of Groeabeok. CINCINNATI, June 26. ; It ls generally understood here ascertain that Mr. G roes beck will respect the decision of the Democratic National Convention, and will; not antagonize it by accepting the nomination, made at New York, or by any other nomina? tion made outside of the regular Democratlo Convention. ANOTHER ALICE BOWLSBY CASE. NEW YORK, June 26. Considerable excitement has been caused In Newton, N. J., over the secret arrival from - New York by rall and hasty burial of the body o? a young lady, the daughter of wealthy; parents. It 1B believed to be another abor? tlon case. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The Saltan received the Khedive at Con?. I stantlnople yesterday with royal honors. --Oliver C. O'Bay killed Charles L. Dolan In the postoffloe at San . Francisco yesterday. Both were sporting men.. -An International copyright treaty between Great Britain and the German Empire has been drafted at Berlin. -The Irish societies of Boston have re-, solved to tender an enthusiastic welcome to the Irish band, now en route to the Jubilee/ - -It ls stated that the negotiations fortbe complete evacuation ot the French territory by the German troops have been brought to a favorable conclusion. -The Connecticut Legislature has repealed, by a large vote, the State usury luw Axing the legal rate of Interest at six per ce UL, which has existed for two hundred years. , j' -William H. Wiezel, a witness in the case of Tilden against Benjamin F. Butler,, has been arrested in Baltimore on a charge of per? jury and held to ball In live thousand dollars. -The New York polioe commissioners yes? terday gave the delegation of the Orangemen permission to parade on the 12th of July.. The . delegation said that their organization sum* be rs six thousand. . -The famous American Club of New York politicians was reorganized yesterday by Wil? liam M. Tweed, Judge Shandly and others, formerly known as members of the Tammany Bing._ . ; ?nnerai otites. px- THE RELATIVES, FBIENDS AND Acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL LYONS I and family are respectfully invited to attend the ' Funeral services ol the former, from his late resi? dence, corner South and Hanover streets, THIS I AFTERNOON, at half past 3 o'clock. Jnn27 pS* ST. PATRICK'S BENEVOLENT : SOCIETY.-Th? members of thia Society arcre spectroi'/ requested to attend the Funeral of your late brother member, MICHAEL LYONS, THIS AFTERNOON, at half-past 3 o'clock, from bis? lato residence, corner of Hanover and South streets. . W. BAKER, jan27 Secretary. LOCKWOOD.-Died on the 28th Instant, ol Ty oh old Fever, ANNIS ELIZABETH, daughter or Capt.. Thomas J. and Mrs. A. M. Lockwood, aped 3 years and S months. ^a-THB RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND Acquaintances ore respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral Services at Trinity Church, Ease, street, THIS AFTERNOON, at 6 o'clock. . : junar. . ?bUnorrj. MATHE WES.-Died, In this city, on the 2Sd In? stant, ANNIS KERSHAW, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M at h ewes. ? * Hustings. ATTENTION ! CAROLINA LIGHT IN? FANTRY.-Assemble at ihe place of ren? dezvous at half-past 6 o'oiock A. M., FJUTAV tee 28ih instant, properly equipped, for Anniversary "SM. W.O. LAWTON, Jun27-1 *