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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. ON TO WASHINGTON! RESULT OF THE FIFTH AVENUE CON FERENUE* General Caving la of tbe Democratic Opposition to Greeley-The New Groea k beck Ticket and Ita Chance?- The Farce of Trying a Murderer-Tactic? Of Stoke?'? Coanitl-Probable Break? down Of tile Monster Peace ?labilee. [FROM Ons OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORE, June 23. Now that the conferences of the dlBsatlsfled Kevenue Reformers are over, and a calm re? view of the situation can be had, it ls evident that the last hope has been dissipated of the possibility of making any headway against | the indorsement of Mr. Greeley by a large majority of the voters opposed to tho re-1 election of President tirant. The effect ef | Thursday's revelations has been to practically J unite the bulb: of the opposition, for the present, at least, and probably permanently, on Greeley. Undoubtedly the course of Mr. Schars has done more to bring this about j thaf|anything else. There ls so much confi? dence In his wisdom and patriotism that as ? long as be held out the dissatisfied felt that tboy had a tower of strength to rally around. With his acquiescence In what he regards as the Inevitable, hundreds and thousands who were In the sulks with bim, particularly among the Germans, lay down their arms also. The surrender of such Democrats as Mr. Forsyth, ol the Mobile Register, shows the despair of the an tl-Greeley Democrats to stem h the tide towards Greeley. Mr. Forsyth came J to the dry "ferociously," to use a Greeleylsm, against the Chappaqua philosopher, but mingling with his fellow-Demcorats here from other States, he discovered how useless j lt was to continue In opposition, and BO, In the conference, gave in his reluctant consent j to what be could not prevent. The caving In of the Democratic opposition to Greeley has been general. The World be? gan to recognize fate a week ago. Its anta? gonism to Mr. Greeley, like that o? Mr. For? syth, Mr. Hendricks, Mr. Voorhees and others, was unquestionably honest, and lt exercised a j right, which lt conceded to others, to discuss the merita of candidates as long as the ques? tion was open and the decision of the National Convention had not been pronounced. I pre sume lt does not care to put Itself outside the party when the will ot the party bas been clearly ascertained, and we may, therefore, look for Its concurrence In the adoption of Mr Greeley, though lt may not be able to give him an enthusiastic support. ?the Mends of. Mr. Greeley would be lg their eyes to facts If they did not rec? ognize the existence still of some discontent j In the anti-administration ranks. The Ger? man organ in this city, the Staats Zeltung, re- ! fuses to follow Mr. Schurz, and In its editorial yesterday gave a quasi endorsement of the new ticket-Groesbeck and Olmsted. It I thought the beginning of the new movement [ might be small, but that lt would gather force with time. Some of the German speakers from the West, at Friday's conference, avowed their determination to go to Ballimore to work for Groesbeck, and If there should be a bolt, to get the bolters to accept him. K Mr. Groesbeck accepts the nomination, a lew weeks will show If he can develop any strength, but the almost universal Impression here ls that It is too late, and that the new movement will amonnt to nothing. I talked yesterday with one of the shrewd est of the Democratic leaders who has found Greeley so bitter a dose to swallow, tut who concluded alter the Filth avenue develop? ments to take his medicine like a man. His horoscope ol the future ls that, after the en? dorsement of Mr. Greeley at Baltimore, the Democratic opposition to him will gradually weaken until finally, In November, there will be practical unanimity, and that after the Oc? tober elections lo Pennsylvania and Indiana, which will result In Democratic successes, there will be a break and stampede lrom the Becubllcan ranks to Greeley. Of course you wi? take his opinions for what they are worth. It ls al moss unnecessary to say that the Grant politicians see things just the other way, though they do not deny that the aspect of j affairs In Pennsylvania and Indiana gives [ them uneasiness. The effort to secure a jury of twelve igno? ramuses to try Stokes for murder ls dragging ita weary length along, and np to last evening not nine of these Invaluable creatures had been found. It is rather creditable to New Yorkers that three panels had to be exhaust? ed first. Mr. McEeon, the counsel for the accused, has adopted the same tactics used by Graham, the great criminal lawyer in the Mc? Farland case. He pretends that his client is tho victim of a conspiracy, and that private malice ls hounding on the prosecution. Just as Graham strove constantly to make upon the public and the Jury the Impression that the Tribune and Richardson'* friends were thirst? ing for the blood of McFarland, so McKeon ls trying to spread the idea that the ex-Erie Biog, with Its millions of stolen money, are anx-1 lons to avenge Jim Fisk. In pursuance of this policy Mr. McKeon Is systematically Insolent and bullying towards the prosecuting counsel, for the purpose of provoking personal alterca? tions, In the course of which he ls enabled to to ring ont his charge tbat "this ls a private prosecution for revenge." It Is amening that the court will permit the latitude that lt does ; totf ounsel, In the matter of quarreling. But j Graham bullied his way through the McFar? land trial in the same style, and brought bis client off In triumph. Tbe melancholy impression ls beginning to steal over the Bostonian mind, that in Its sev-1 enteen days' Jubilee lt bas undertaken a Job greater than lt can carry out. Nearly all tbe New. Yorkers who went on last week, to see and hear or asslBf, have returned. They say the beat Is feauul, and that the great chorus Ubreaking down rapidly under the strain. On Friday not half of the twenty thousand chorus sinners were present, and, in spite ol tbe re-j ductlon of the admission price, the audience [ was smaller than ever. Gilmore will, perhaps, take a lesson from ula failure, if the affair does break down, and that will be, that Boston, mighty as it is, cannot sustain a monster show of this kind longer than lour or five days. The anvil chorus, with one hundred firemen in red shirts, beating real anvils, with gun? powder and church bells accompaniment, may do ior once and an enchore, but for steady musical diet, day after day, lt gets to be tire? some. The dreadful weather,lhough, has more to do with Gilmore's undoing than all the other j adverse agencies combined. The scorched and dusty road to the Coliseum, and the five hours' swelter inside, must be martyrdom even to the most Jubilant of the Jubilee people. Just think of the grand ball the managers have ar? ranged for, and the thermometer at 95 W NTH. THE STATE UNIVERSITY. Encouraging Reporta from thc Schools of Medicine and Law-The Society Orations and Commencement Exer? cises. [FRO li OVB OWM CORRESPONDS NT ] COLUMBIA, June 26. The events of chief Interest In Columbia this week are the public exercises at the university, the present session ot which closes on Saturday. The Hon. John E. Bacon de? livered the anniversary oration before the two literary societies last night at tbe University Chapel. The house was well Ailed with the ?lUe of Columbia society, and the orator en? tertained them for an hour and a half with a highly finished, interesting and instructive address upon the subject of educated liberty. The subject, the thoughts, the rhetoric and the Illustrations were in charming harmony with the time and occasion, and elicited the highest enconlutns from an appreciative audience. To-night the valedictory oration of the Cla rlosophlc Society will be delivered by Mr. W. F. Wright, of Anderson, who is a member of the present graduating class. To-morrow Dight, Mr. John P. Arthur, will perform the same office for the Eupbradlan Society, and Saturday night the Phi-Kappa-Pel 1 ra ter L Itv, which ls a secret literary association, will have their annual celebration and supper. Saturday ls commencement day at the Uni? versity, when the diplomas will be delivered, and essays will be read by those who have taken degrees, add by the graduates ot the law and medical school. Under the able direction of Drs. Darby and IsAtey, the two most prominent and active professors, the medical school bas been made very efficient. The present class is eald to be a very fine one, such as would do credit In the high degree of proficiency they have attained to the best medical colleges In the United States. C. D. Melton, Esq., who Is the professor or law, has brought his school to a high degree ot perfection, making it one of the chief at? tractions and sources of patronage to the Uni? versity. The literary and scientific departments have also, as a rule, capable and earnest professors, and have secured a larger attendance this year than any previous one since the Institu? tion passed into the- control of the present State officials. It was feared tbat an attempt would be made to mix the races bj the Radicals sending colored students and compelling their admis? sion; and this ls what has induced a large number of the youth of South Carolina to pass their own State institution and seek collegiate ad? vantages elsewhere. But with the exception of some Ill-advised appointments ol profes? sors, the State officials have not Interfered Injuriously with the Institution, and lt Is hoped that now, as Clam a University has been established for the colored youth, and been handsomely endowed with the entire Agri? cultural College scrip, amounting to nearly $200,000, that the University here may be kept for the white people. Qci VIVE. SEVERE ILLNESS OE MRS. GREELEY. NEW Tons, Jone 37. Mr. Greeley and family last nicht moved (rom the St. Cloud Hotel to Cnappaqua. Mrs. Greeley was so 111 that she was carried to th* depot. The youngest daughter is recovering from typhoid fever. THE NORTHERN STRIKERS. NKW TORE, June 27. The confectioners, silverworkeis, harness makers, tin and sheet-Iron workers, are pre? paring to strike. Contracts lor building thirty-six locomotives are cancelled, owing to the strike lu Paterson. GOSSIP ER OM WASHINGTON. WAS?INOTOK, June 27. The Superior Court entered a noL pros, in the case or Charles W. Butts. Colonel T. P. Robb, president of the boJ rd of commission? ers appointed by tbe President to Investigate depredations on the frontiers of Texas and Mexico, leaves here to-night lor New Orleans to Join bis colleagues. Tho board will pro? ceed Immediately to the border. AN EMEUTE IN AUBURN JAIL. Aul?RX, June 27. The convicts In Auburn State Prison were In a state of Insurrection. Two hundred of them were looked up, but about nloe hundred took possession of the yard, refusing to obey orders. Some of them were armed with tools. Two companies of the Poriy-nlnth Regiment, under the command of General McDougall, were ordered to the scene of the trouble, aud the Insurrection was subdued. One hundred and sixty of the ringleaders are closely con? fined, and will be kept on bread and water for some time. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. -EdgeOeld ls to have a sabre club. -Whooping cough is doing fatal work In Sumter. -Harry Gamble, a Williamsburg colored man, was found dead In the field on Thursday. -The skeleton ot a white man was found lo the Sin tee Swamp, above Wright's Bluff, about two weeks ago, by a parly of fishermen. -Ernest A. Carlington, son of General A. C. Carlington, has passed an examination for admlsslou to Weet Point. -A Hf le eon of Mr. David Epstein, of Co? lumbia, accidentally fell irom the second story ol his residence, Wednesday alternoon, and was considerably bruised. -The express and railroad ticket office at Marion was ente;ed and robbed on Sunday night last. Fifty dollars in fractional currency and a pair of pants rewarded the enterprising thiel. -On tbe Uth Instant ino large dwelling on the pantailon of Captain J. s. Coles, near Dy? son's Mais, on the Saluda River, was destroyed by Ore. The dwelling was occupied by Mr. Jefferson Beams, who bad rented the place and wai working the plantation. Mr. Reams lost a large portion of his furniture and house? hold articles. Captain Coles's loss is estimated at about four thousand dollars, and that of Mr. Reams between five and seven hundred dol? lars. The fire was accidental-sparks irom thc chimney faldng on the roof and selling the shingles on fire. -a heavy storm occurred at Graham's Turn , out. io Barnwell County, on ihe 18tn instant, during which a neuro man on the premises of Captain Z. G. Graham was si ricken by a flash ot ligntoiug and io-tani ly killen. Two of Cap? tain Graham's sons and a uegro man were standing tn len teetof the man who was killed, all of wnom escaped wlib a slight Bhock. A peculiar circumstance, connected with the ac? cident, was that the skin was peeled off down the negro's back by the llghtniug. The build? ing near which he was standing, and even the basket he bud upon his head, were not injured by tbe flash. -Au attempt was mude by some party dis? guised to force open tho house ot au old lady lu the neighborhood ot Lebanon Church, lu .Abbeville County, on Just Saturday night. Tue old lady and three daughters were sleeplug near an open window. The un? known party attempting to enter tho win? dow was prevented by one ot the young ladies, and made a strike ut her with an axe. He then went around to the door and became quiet. The you..g lady, thinking he had none, opened tne door, when he seized and held her for half an hour. The ladles take the rascal to be a negro, but cannot say positively as he was disguised. A PROSTITUTE PRESS. THE MAN IS DEAD, BUT THE PAPER LIVES. An English Estimate ol' James Gordon Bennett. [From the Loa a on saturday Review.] New York may be congratulated on having within a short period lost two of its foremost citizens. Fisk was shot a few months ago, and lt ls perhaps irom one point of view an encouraging circumstance that there should be such general reluctance to bang the mur derer. James Gordon Bennett has died a natural death, but unfortunately his newspaper survives him. In his own way be was quite as great a man-we are thinking of greatness in IIB Jonatnan Wild sense-as Fisk; but he kept on i he safe side ot the law, and he was spared the expense of having to share bis plunder with the judges. His career ls a conspicuous ex? ample of prosperous Infamy. An American apologist has suggested that his character might be described as good so lar as lr. went, but "defec'.lve." He was shrewd, en? terprising, audacious, liberal; "visit him, and you see before you a quiet-mannered courteous and good-natured old gentlemen, who is on excellent terms with himself and with the world." But beyond tbat there was a blank. "That region of the mind where convictions, the sense ot truth and honor, public spirit and patriotism have their sphere, is in this man mere v acancy." He w as, in fact, an utterly unscrupulous person, whu had no desire to do evil lor its own sake, but who bad made up his mind to push bis way in the world, and who was ready to follow auy road that seemed to ?ult bis purpose. It was his combination of rare shrewdness and profli? gate audacity which rendered hlB example so corrupting and dangerous. When, In the course of some quarrel, his adversary called him a pedler, he at once adopted the name. He "peddled." he said, In thoughts and feel li gs and intellectual truths, as he was going in tor a wholesale business in the same Hoe. A pedler has a prescriptive right to call his wares such names as he pleases, out the com? modities out of which Bennett began to make his fortune were, In plain language, obscenity and personal defamation. The New York , , Herald, which he invented and continued to j manage to the last hour of his lite, was at first . an obscene, scurrilous print, sold at a cent, printed by stealth on other people's types, j and published In a cell ir. The office of the ( Herald ls now one of the grandest bouses in , Broadway : t he paper Itself is one of the richest , literary properties in the world, and it bas cast , orT the revolting grossness of lis early { years. But lt has always been conducted on the same principle-the principle ol providing ? anything that seemed likely to pay, wi-hom , regard to the moral texture of the article. , Tue Just Ideation ot the commodity was simp- ? ly that people were willing to buy lt, and Ben nett never troubled himself about anything ; else. He was, aa his admirers were accus- , tomed to boast, peculiarly exempt irvin pre- , Judices. He had no prejudice in favor of . tilth; he would Just an soon sell honest, whole? some literature lt more customers could be lound for lt. The Herald In Its original lorm was akin to the Age and Satirist, except that its nastiness and personalities were more dar? ing and abominable. Bennett, however, WOB quite shrewd enough to see that this sort of i thing could not be made permanently remu- i neratlve, and he gradually toned down the , open Indecency of his Journal, at the same i lime paying great attention to general and i especially to commercial news. He had, as i we learn from a memoir written by an enthu? siastic admirer, siudled under Mr. M. M. Noah, . an editor ol an oiiglual and energetic type, and be tully appreciated his master's style. It is stated that Mr. Noah had "a method of publicly calling on certain Individuals to pay their debts," which naturally created some commotion in a commercial city. Be- ' fore Mr. Noah bad reaped the fruits ot "tins 1 remarkable lin* of policy" he seems to have 1 gone mad. assuming the "Insignia ot one of ! the monarchs ot tue Hebrews." and proclaim- | lng a rendezvous of the Israellilsh race of Grand Islund, near Buffalo, which put an end to his paper. Bennett, was destined to turn 1 the Noah lc "met hod" to more profitable ac- 1 count. It Is said thar, during one of the great 1 commercial panics of New York the Herald 1 announced that on a specified day lt would publish a Hst of ali the solvent traders In the city, and aftej that a list ot Insolvent traders; and there was naturally great anxiety to be mentioned In the one Hst and to be excluded from the other. Bennett's biographer teils us that he took a broad view of the advertise? ment que8'lon, and insisted upon being paid for all articles and paragraphs which he cnose to Include In that category. In becoming less flagrantly indecent the Herald did not be come less noxious to public taste and moral? ity. Bennett saw lhat.it did not pay to scan? dalize the public too much. He continued to pander to prurient appetites and love of scan dal, but In such a wuy that people should have , an excuse i?r reading the paper. He called I he nastiness news,and mixed it up with oi her mat- , ter ol' a respectable kind. He had seen, he said, ; hu man 11 y depraved to its core, and he prue al m ed each morning "on fifteen thousand sheets of thought and in elleot the deep guilt that was encrusting all society," but lt was all tor its good. He Justified even the Infamous adver? tisements with which biB columns teemed. Bennett, like Fisk, had a keen sense of the value ot no.orlety. He kept himself and the ' Herald perpetually bet?re the public. He 1 was systematically aggressive, and occasion- i ally be had to suffer lor his insolence and pug? nacity, but he never failed to turn lt lo ac- 1 count as an advertisement for the paper. He 1 was one of the best kicked men In the world, and every kicking was minutely described in his Journal next morning for the edification ol his reader?- Bennett bad only one obj-ct In view, to please the public so that they should buy his paper, and he had early come to the conclusion that the best method of doing B? was to gratify the passions and echo the opin? ions of the hour. "I wish never lo be a day in advance of the people," he used to say. "A Journal to be great muse be with the peo? ple, and must work In the sphere of their In? stincts," was another of his maxims; and he laid lt down ibat the "best Intelligence and wisdom ls no more than what they [thc massey] are willing to have exist In society." He deltoerately and for a purely selfish pur? pose appealed to the worst side of a Demo? cratic society, fawning upon the multi? tude, exalting IIB prejudices and caprices, and ministering eagerly to Its prurient appetites and mean Jealousies, and lt can hardly be doubled that the result of bis labors waa to intensity the despotism of majorities, and the truculence of the mob. No reputation was safe from his attacks; he sided with every party In turu, and was true- to none. He boasted of his independence. "We are inde? pendent of every one," he used to say, "like Luther, like Paul, we go cn our own hook." His Independence extended equally to princi? ples and convictions. One opinion was Just as good in his eyes as another; he had no in? vidious preferences, no embarrassing bellefin right and wrong; all he wanted was the sort ol opinion that would sell his paper, and If at any lime he found be had made-a mistake, and laid In the wrong article, he never hesi? tated to change lt instantly. Bis open cynic? ism and contempt tor what he deemed the affectai lons of sincerity and earnestness, per? haps did r.ore harm than his outrages i n good taste ar ? public morality. His abominable attacks on private character bad not even the Justification ot honest indignation; ihey had no other motive than lo make sport fur the public, and possibly to add lo the profits of his paper lo another way. When such men as Bennett and Fisk are mentioned, Americans have a stereotyped reply which they never fall to use. No doubt, they Bay, these man were scoundrels, aud found great scope for their scouudrellsm, bu< they were not received Into Bocletv. Fisk, lt is true, was lor a time master of New York, aud taxed, robbed and plundered as he pleased; but respectable people did not ask him io dinner. Aud so willi Benoeii ; he maae a great foi tune, and In certain ways exercised enormous influence, bul neither he nor his paper had any social standing; the Herald had a vast circulation, but In goon familU-s lt was not taken In. It seems to us Impossible to doubt that these men could not flourish as they do unless there wus something cngenlal in the composition and atmosphere of the so? ciety lu which they move. Bentiell hlmsell was certainly not an American product, for he was a Scotchman, and there ls no reason tu euppose that his chancier would have been in any way different irom what lt was wher? ever he had established himself. But lt may be doubled whether the continued and pros? perous existence of snob a paper as the Her? ald ls fwly accounted for by tbe accidental arrival of an unprincipled Scotchman In New fork. We can only Bay that, in point of fact no such Journal, as far as wq are aware, haB ever made Its appearance In any ether coun? try. It Is only shining Ibe ground of argu? ment to say that a newspaper of enormous circulation Is heartl.y despised by those who buy lt and read ir. The truth would seem to be, that the expression of public opinion la America ls to a great extent divorced from actual conviction and ls enjoyed merely as a stimulant, .people there read a newspaper Inst as they go to a bar for a mint julep or a brandy smash; and anything sharp aud tarong wi 1 answer t he purpose. Il would be unfair to American journalism to suggest that the Herald Is, or was, for we have been speaking chiefly of the past, alair representative of the press of that country. Tbere are Journals of undoubted ability and Integrity In the city of Fisk aud B-nnett, and one ot them bas lately distinguished itself by a courageous and suc? cessful attack on the infamous ring which at one time had the city at lia mere?. But the success of what has been called "Benoetilsm" ls a fact which cannot be gol rid ot, and which can hardly be regarded as a healthy symptom. THE LOVE OF ART IS BSG LAND. [From the Saturday Review.] Why do people go to the Academy f We only realize the power of British art at the opening ot'May. Nobody wants to go. Ar? tists shrug their shoulders at the acres ot spoilt canvas. The man who "hales art" growls as the moment draws nearer when irt will drag bim at Its charlot wheels. The British maiden yawns propheilcally over the Brash and worry to come. Husbands grind their teeth as the annual tribute of a connu? bial tour through the gallares recurs with ibe biirBt of spring. Do waget s deplore the Qoredom and the middle benches. Even tho most abandoned of loungers shivers al the no llonofa lounge tbrotign Burlington House. And yet in the end everybody goes. We have known, Indeed, u steady mind and an inborn antipathy to pictures enable a man to jeld ont as far as June. I But even the Headiest mind ls beaten by the ne iPBsitles of dinner talk and the look )f despair when one's neighbor hods lerself checkmated lu ihe usual game of jretty talk over the charm of this artist and .he vagaries of that. The Academy, In fact, las become an institution; lt ls one of the grooves of the season, and In the long run jeople And lt rasier to run in .grooves than lo ace the bother ot keeping out ot them. When ince, loo, the necessity of going ls fairly ?nb nltted to, lhere are a good many consid?re? rons which alleviate Its bitterness. There ls .he attraction, and something more than tbe itiracilou, ol a crush. For two monibs the academy furnishes a big afternoon drum for ill Loudon. It ls a cr usn, too, where you not )nly meet the people whom you want to meet, tod yet wish to meet as seldom and with as lille social Inconvenience os ??poBslole. It is ileasant when one encounters a country cou iln In Pail Hail to evade the looks ol piteous m treaty for a card of Invitation by a passing 'So glad to Pee you t we a rial i be sure to meet it the Academy !" THE STOKES TRIAL. NEW ions, Jn ne 27. The examination of witnesses lu t he Stokes ;ase lias commenced. The co ft was crowded, iud among the ladles was Hrs Fisk. Mrs. fames Fisk, on riding to the 'courthouse last dight, was mistaken for Josephine Mansfield, ind was hooted and hissed and otherwise in suited. ARCHBISHOP PURCELL UPON STRIKES. CINCINNATI, June 27. Archbishop Purcell, in addressing the grad? uating class?t Sr. Francis Xavier College last i vening, animadverted severely upon ibe re? sent strikes, and denounced jthe destructive ?nd demoralizing Influenc? of international? ism. Il eight hours were acceded to now, lour hours might be demanded to morrow, and lhere would be no limit to such arrogance and dictation. No government could exist under such a system. The next cry would be for a division of property; every loafer and drunk? ard requiring a new subdivision every Satur? day night. The remedy for these evils waB liberal education. FINAL DISPOSITION OF THE INDI? RECT CLAIMS. WASHINGTON, June 26. Oflldal information has been received here from Geneva that, tc o British Government having accepted the declaration of the arbi? trators that the claims for Indirect damages not Involving a money consideration are not a subject lor consideration by them. Lord Tenteidon to-day lormaliy withdrew his motion for an adjournment of the tribunal, and then flied the British argument according? ly. Now that the indirect claims have been disposed of to the satisfaction of both govern? ments, the other business before the tribunal will be considered. THE WANING WAR IN CUBA. HAVANA, June 26. Pepillo Gonzalez, who lately engendered to the government, went with his officers and a detachment of Spanish troops to the Inferior and captured the Cuban majors, Francisco Draus and Antonio Echmendla. Six of Garies's men, Echmendla and Drags were ex? ecuted. Jose Aqulllera, father of Lieutenant Aqulllera, surrendered the lollnwlng day with eight men, bringing thiny-one, rifles. Both tbe Aqiiilleras have Joined the Spaniards, and will probably Imitate other Cuban officers in hint? ing up their late companions fur execution. Emelan Aquro, a friend and lately companion of Ignacio Agramonte, has organized a com? pany of fifty Insurgents, and taken the field against Ignacio Auramonte. His column has attacked Acosta's column. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The Spanish minister announces that tbe release ol Dr. Howard has been arranged. -Cilman & Co.'s distillery at Ballimore ls burned. Lote sixty thousand. -A soda water generator exploded in Boston yesterday, killing one person and blowing on* the leg of another. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, June 27. Clear and partially cloudy weather, with areas of rain and light to fresh and occasional brink southerly to westerly winds, will pre? vail on Friday over the Southern States and north of the Ohio Valley. Partially cloudy weather, areas ot rain, light to fresh and oc? casionally brisk southeasterly to south westerly winds tor the Middle States, and partially cloudy weather and light to Iresh easterly lo southerly winds for New England. Yaster?ay'a Weather Reports of the Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Local Tima. Place of Observation. CE Bi o gi co all 80.05 30.04 30.11 30.17 .9.70 -'H. 9-! 30.05 30.10 30.05 30. OS Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Olondy. Fair. F-itr. Cloudy. Fair. Far. fh'rog. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. NAVAL STORES FOR (?REAT BRITAIN.-Mr. A. J. Creighton cleared yesterday the Btlilch bark N. K. Clements lor London with 1025 barrels spirits turpentine, 2-100 barrels rosin and 200 barrels phosphate rook. Augusta, Ga.... Baltimore. Booton., Charleston. Chicago, 111. Cincinnati. Oalvehton. Key West. Knoxville, Tenn. Memphis. Mc. w?st,nilton. New Ort-ana.... New York. Norfolk. Philadelphia.... Portland, He_ Siva1 UH U. St Loula. Washington. Wilmlngton.N.C. 0 30.04 ?30.11 '30.07 ?tO 10 3<>.17 ?9.8' 30."3 30.17 S S E SR SW s s E w sw w SE SE W aW M SE SW I (W tlentle. Freah. Fresh. Fresh. KriBk. Frei-h. (Jemie. <ieu Me. Fresh. Gen'le. Fresh. Gestie. Gentle. Fresh. G?nrie. Fresh. Gentle. Fre h. Freeh. fresh. MAKING UP THE COUNT ! ROUSINO REPORTS PROM THE SOUTH AND WEST. The Democrats and Republicans Fra? ternize In Illinois-Mississippi In. ?tract for Greeley and Brown^The Ohio Liberals-Virginia Prepares for Action. SPRINGFIELD, III., June 27. The D?mocratie Convention instructed the delegates to Baltimore to vote as a unit for Greeley and Brown. The consultation com? mittee from the Liberal Republican Conven? tion was received rapturously, and had seat? on the platform. The committee agreed on Eoerner for governor, Chas. Black for lieuten? ant governor, and a full State ticket composed as follows : Liberals, the governor, secretary of State and attorney-general; Democrats, the lieutenant-governor, andlior, treasurer and clerk of the Supreme Court. The Liberal Convention then marched into the Democratic Convention amid the wildest enthusiasm, when Palmer, the president of the Lib? eral Convention, heartily endorsed the nominations of the Joint committee, and Joined hands with the Democrats in their support. Governor Allen, the president cf the Democratic Convention, said be desired to meet the advances of the chairman of the Liberal Republican Convention lo tbe spirit In which they were made, and, like Paul, forget? ting the things that are behind, strike hands wlut him in the common cause. As the chair? man of the two conventions advanced and Clasped bands, another scene of wild excite? ment ensued; the delegates cheering franti? cally for several minutes. The selection ol an electoral ticket was referred to the central committee, and the convention' then ad? journed. Mississippi Instructs for Greeley. JACKSON, MISS., June 26. The Conservative Democratic,Convention ls largely attended, and many of the best men In the State are presen1,. Judge Watson, of Holly bpringB, presided. The list or vice presidents included two colored men. The resolutions Instruct the delegates to vote as a unit for Greeley and Brown, but pledge the convention to abide by the decision ai Bull? more. Tbe Oblo Liberals In Council. CLEVELAND. June 27. The Lib?ral State committee had another meeting; one district unrepresented. Lead? ing Democrats expressed a desire that they concede the supreme Judge or secretary of State, but the committee decided against any position on the State ticker. Five thousand people were present when the conven i loo assembled. The Greeley hat was a marked feature In the crowd. Colonel O. J. Todd was the temporary chairman. He said this meeting was to Inaugurate a newera In the political history of the Slate and coun? try. All liberal men could stand upon Gree? ley's Interpretation of the Ciuclonatl plat? form. Committees were appointed, and the convention adjourned. The Old Dominion Aroused- \ Concilia? tory' Speech from "Ki tr ti-H i Hy" Smith. BICH MOND. June 27. Ex-Governor Wm. Smith was made tempo? rary chairman of the Democratic Cou ven i io u. Governor Smith briefly addressed the conven? tion upon the business before them. To the suprlse of many who anticipated a speech un? compromisingly Democratic and anti Greeley, his remarks snowed that, while he considered lt the duty of the Democratic party to preserve Its organization Intact, be said no omer hope of defeating the present corrupt administra? tion than by seeking union witn those who, while opposed to lue party on psst Issues, were in harmony with lt on questions of ihe day. A committee ou organization was ap? pointed. During the absence of the committee Hon. T. S. Fiournoy was called upon. He said that In a abort time there should be no such thiug as a choice of evils, but that all would unite under the Liberal banner, oorne by Horace Greeley. He said that the old white hat covered the largest head and warmest heart In America. He hoped the Baltimore Con? vention would declare lr inexpedient lo make a numluatmn. but that lt would cordially en? dorse the Cincinnati nominees. Remarks were made by Hon. J. Ritchie, Major Horace Lacey and others, al of similar import. Each speech was received with loud uDpiause, show? ing plainly that the sentiment ot the conven? tion was fur Greeley to Ike end. The committee on organization reported the Hon. John Goode, Jr., ot Norfolk, for per? manent president, and vice-presidents from each Congressional district; whicn was adopt? ed. On laking the cnalr, ihe president was out-spoken lu his declaration for Greeley and B own, and IhH Cincinnati platform. He ad? vises a grand consolidation ot all the elements of opposition to Radicalism and despotism, and arraigned Grant as an oppressor and despoller. ' He opposed the Idea of a new nomi? nation, and hoped Virginia could take the lead In the Liberal movement. THE CIOARMAKiCRS' UNION. The Journeymen clgarmakers of this city, to to the number of forty-two, assembled last evening at Market Hall for the purpose of organizing a union. Several members ot the International Clgarmakers* Union were pres? ent. The meeting was called to order under the rules of the International Union, Mr. Wil? liam Falk being requested to take the chair, and Mr. Joseph Galilolt to act as secretary. All present having signed the roll, an election was held by ballot for officers, which resulted as follows: John H?fling, president; S. C. Eckhard, vice-president; F. D. Valdes, finan? cial secretary; Francis Myers, corresponding secretary; Joseph A. Galilolt, recording secre? tary; John P. Dunn, treasurer. On motion the president elect then assumed the chair until he could be regularly installed under the rules of the International Union. Upon doing this Mr. H?fling expressed his pleasure at the honor conferred upon bim, and altera few remarks to the effect that lo unity alone they could expect strength, promised to do his utmost to secure the success and welfare of the new union. His remarks were enthu? siastically received, and some business details as to the lees and monthly subscriptions having been arranged, the meeting adjourned. Application will be made to the Interna? tional Union at once for a charter, which will be received by the next meeting. The mem? bers all disclaim the idea o? any anticipated strike, and claim that the union ls organized merely to secure for Its members the privi? leges and rights which the International Union conf?re upon, Ita members when in dis? tress, travelling, Ac. The proceedings last evening were marked by much harmony, and the union bids fair to be soon a Axed fact. BEAR HUNTING AT BLACKVILLE.-The hunt? ing experience of a parly of gentlemen near Blackville recently, would seem lo prove that the advances of modern civilization, and even the rattle of the Iron horse, which dally passe? through that region, had not entirely driven from their fastnesses the wild beasts, that, a comparatively lew years ago, used to roam at will over the fair surface of South Carolina. Messrs. Steadman and Wlssinger, of Black? ville, have forwarded to this office the gigan? tic fore paw of a black bear, which wa* killed by a party of gentlemen one day this week, only four miles from that place.' The beast weighed tour hundred and twenty-five pounds, and indeed the dimensions of the paw, wbtch is In our possession,indicates that hu was a brute of uncommon size, and would be likely to prove an extremely ugly .customer to en? counter on a quiet stroll through the woods. ROBBEBB OK THE RASLPA.dK. Two Daring Burglaries in One Night The Swell Mob Reinforced. A little after two o'clock yesterday morning tbe small retail store at No. 70 Gburcb street, one door sooth of Elliott, was broken Into from the street and robbed. Tbe burglars forced tbe street door open, and broke two locks with a crow bar to effect their entrance. They then got together two boxes of shoes aud some other articles, and were buBlly en? gaged carrying their plnnder around the cor? ner Into Elliott stree!, when they were discov? ered by some nelghboors, who Immediately gave the alarm, and one of them discharging his pistol five times In the air to bring np the police. The three thieves were plainly seen running down Elliott street, and as soon as the police came up a sharp search was insti? tuted, in which the neighbors joined. The stolen goods were all recovered In a house just around the corner In Elliott street, but the three thieves escaped. One was closely pushed, but managed to scramble over the wall in the rear of the bouse, dropping the shoes he wore Into the bands of his pursuers. It was also discovered yesterday morning that the jewelry store, of Mr. O'Connor, No. 615 King street, had been entered during the eight, and about a dozen watches and other articles of value carried off. The robbers broke In through a side window and took their time in rifling the store, not the slightest alarm having been given. These robberies, together with the fire on the same night, Indicate to the knowing ones that the fraternity of robbers and thieves have received a large and dangerous addition to their number. The six criminals who escaped from the (all last Monday night are, doubtless, still in the city, and will continue their depre? dations until they are once more in jail. It ls hoped that the detectives, constables, police, ?c., will be on tbe look-out for these raiders. Hotel Arrivals-J one 26. PAVILION HOTEL. Frank P, Beard, Orangeburg; C. L. Bartlett, Columbia; J. A. Spelr and wife, Mrs. Isaac Wise, Georgia; Miss M. A. Bule, Ed ge fl eld; H. G. Howard, Effingham; J. G. Gorham, Claren? don; Mrs. T. M. Cannan, Darlington. CHARLESTON HOTEL. Dr. J. B. Gibson, U. 8. A.; Jas. A. Dunbre and wife, Columbia; W. A. Perry, New York. CLUBS AND 8TAR9.-George Williams, lodged for stealing Iron lrom Accommodation wharf, was sent to the House of Correction for thirty days, under tbe vagrant law. C. Scott, lodged under a warrant for safe? keeping, was turned over to a trial justice. William Burley, found lying in a somnolent state at the corner of Unity alley and East Bay, with a smell of bad whiskey around, was fined one dollar. TAX SALES.-The sale ot the property of delinquent taxpayers was resumed yesterday. Three houses and lots were offered, and there being no bids, were knocked down to the State, as follows: No. -Trappman street, property of A. Grant, for ts2 86. No. 6 Hampton court, property of Thomas Halton, for $3108. No. 84 Calhoun street, property of Daniel Holmes, for $14 17. The sales will be resumed to-day at the Fire? proof Building, beginning at 12 M. PATATETTO GUARD ANNIVERSARY/.-The sec? ond anniversary ot this rifle elnb will be held at Archer's Hull this evening, at eight o'clock, when the election for officers, to serve the ensuing year, will take place. I t^vas deter? mined to have the annual maroon on Satur? day, the 29th, as that ls a half holiday, and tbe members of the club could be better spared from their several employments. The pro? gramme of the day has been already given, though the return to the city will be at six and not Ave o'clock as stated. The trip up the Ashley promises tobe one of unmixed enjoy? ment, and the participants are all praying for favorable weather. THE SOUTHERN DENTAL ASSOCIATION-.-This body of dentists, which held their annnal meeting In this city in the month of April of last year, hold their meeting this year In the City of Blchmond, Ya., on the last Tuesday of next month, the 30tb proximo. A very large and Interesting meeting Is anticipated, and among the other big guns ot the craft, Pro? fessor Bobert Arthur, of Ballimore, will be In attendance. The different railroads of the South converging to Blchmond, as well as the hotels ofthat city, h av o been requested to ex? tend the usual courtesies, and It ls probable that only half fare will be required from dele? gates and their families who may desire to attend. LAUNCH OF A NEW SCHOONER.-Tbe Balti? more Sun of June 26 makes tho following mention of the launch of the first-class schooner Louis Ehrman. She Is Intended mostly tor the Charleston trade, and will be commanded by Captain L. S. Fooks, a name well known here: A three masted schooner, called the Louis Ehrman, In compliment to one of her owners, was lauuebed yesterday morning from the shipyard of Messrs. Wellener & Buck. Philpot street. There was a large number ot persons ot both sexes present, who crowded tbe wharves and vete?is In the vicinity, and a number of gentlemen was also on board tbe schooner, it look about fifteen minutes to knock away the wedges and props, and then, as the schooner gilded Into the water she was christened In the usual manner, by breaking a bottle of wine over the b< w, while the crowd on board and on shore cheered. The new ves? sel, which Is intended for the general freight? ing business, is one hundred and twenty-five feet in length, with thirty-one feet breadth ol beam, fifteen feet depth of bold, and is about (our hundred tons burden. She ls built of the best Chesapeake white oak, locust and south? ern yellow pine. Captain Levin S. Fooks, one of ber owners, who superintended ber construction, will command the new vessel. THE NEW YORK VEOETAB": MARKET.-The Dally Bulletin, of Wednesday, June 26, says: - The general m?rK6t has ruled quiet to-day for all descriptions of potatoes and vegetables, and prices are without essential change. Our quota? tion* tor poiatoes are in buik; In shipping or? der 60c per bbl must be added. Bermudas are held at $7 60a8 from doon. New Southern $2 50! We quote old as follows: $1 25*1 50 per barrel for Peaohblows; 60catl per bbl. tor Early Bose; 50a$l for Early Goodrich; 50ca$l fer barrel lor Jackson whites; Slal 26 for rince Alberts. Ia vegetables we quote green pees, Lung Island, two bushel bags $1 75a2; Spiuach 75c per bbl. Bermuda tomatoes 80a 90c per box; do. onions $1 50al 75 per crate, Rhubarb $2 per 100 bunches. Lettuce $1 25a 1 5? per 100. Cucumbers 60ca$l 25 pei crate; do. Norfolk, haif barrel crate? $3H 3 50. Summer squash, per crate, $lal 60. New turnips $3 per 100 bunches. Nen cabbages, Southern. $2a2 50 per bbl; do. Jer B-y, $7o8 per 100. Strim: beans $3 per bbl do Long Island per bag $3. Green onions $4 per 100 bunches. Beets, Jersey $4a6; Cami flowers, good, $3 per dozen. Southern to matoes $2 50a* per crate. o utan'o xaij/Lntf AJ?UU o*.u> J?ui netting or toe Ba?il Republicans. A ronslng Republican meeting wu held last Wednesday afternoon on John's Island, and addressed by Hon. C. C. Bowen, Ur. L. 0. Northrop and others. Mr. Bowen was un? sparing in his denunciation of the rascalities of the present State administration and said the time for forbearance on account of -party had passed, and that the seonndrellsm that bad so leng existed at Colombia, retarded the material progress of the State, and made ita name a by-word throughout the nation, should be exposed In all its naked deformity. It was alike a matter of Justice to the State which had been plundered as it was to the Repub? lican party which bad been disgraced, and tbe party owed lt to Itself to show that lt could purge out the dishonesty that had been developed within Its own ranks without walt? ing for the revolution to come from the out? side. The audience enthusiastically applaud? ed these sentiments, an*s\expressed a deter? mination to have nothing to do with the Scott Bing or any of its satellites. ' ? TBE EXCHANGE STREET, FIRE. The Ure in Exchange street, which IL was thought had been extinguished by tbe firemen on Wednesday night, broke ont afresh about' four o'clock yesterday morning with a vio? lence which necessitated tbe calling ont of the engines. They responded promptly, and the machines soon deluged the wreak and extin? guished every spark of the fire. During the fire Mr. John Neuman, of the German Fire Company, who assisted lil caving ! the desk and papers of tbe Harbormaster's office, fell from one story to the next He was, however, so well stuffed with valuable papers that he received no Injury In the fall. The stock of J. Mitchell was Insured in Messrs. Coburn A Howell's agency for five hundred dollars. The building Is owned by Mrs. M. A. Snowden, and was Insured In the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company, Messrs. C. T. Lowndes A Co., agents, for $500. REAL ESTATE SALES. Important Sales and Good Prices. The following pieces of real estate were sold yesterday morning at auotlon: . By J. Fraser Mathe wes: Lot No. 8, on the north side of Woolfe street, thirty-five feet iront by ninety-five feet deep, for $925 cash. Lot, with building*, on tbe north aide of I Vernon street, thirty-five feet IQ front by. - one j hundred and ten leet deep, for $1160 oasb. Lot, with buildings, No. 121 on plat, on Ver? non street, forty-five feet In front by one han? j dred and ten feet deep, tor $600 cash. Lol No. 27. with buildings, on west side of [ Church street, forty-five feet In front by ono hundred and fifty feet-deep, tor $1000 cash; By Leitch & Bruns: Vacant lot at comer ' of Tradd and New streets, thirty-three feet In . front by one hundred aid five feet deep, for $600. Lot adjoining the above to the west on Tradd street, twenty-five feet In front by one hundred and five feet deep, for $220. Loton New street, seventy feet front by forty-four feet deep, for $200. Lot, with buildings, on the north side of Calhoun street, fifty-four feet In width by one hundred and seventy feet deep, for $800, Lot, with mansion house, on north side of South Battery, opposite White Point Gardes, being tue western lot of the two owned by the late James E. Spear, fifty-four j ji in front by two hundred and forty-one fe<u;. deep, for j $10,307 60. Terms of the above sales one-half cash, and tbe balance In one year. Also the lot, with buildings, on the north I side of South Bay street, adjoining the above to the east, thirty-one feet In front by two [ hundred and sixty feet deep, for $8400, one halt casb, and the balance In one and two years._ . THE COURTS YESTERDAY. United States Coan. In tbe District Court, b?fore Judge Bryan yesterday, D. J. Winn, assignee of Leander A. Bigger, bankrupt, was ordered to deliver titles to the property to Hill A Merrill, credl* ?tors, and pay the balance of cash In his hands to Buist A Buist. Henry H. Badenhop, debtor, on the peti? tion of Walter & Eilis, was duly adjudged a bankrupt, and ordered to furnish bis schedule to tbe m arenal. The Greenville and Colombia Railroad Com? pany, on tbe petition of Daniel C. Scannen was ordered to show cause on the 8th of July, why lt should not ;be adjudged a bank? rupt. Marlin F. Becker, of Paramaribo, a Dutch Province, having complied with all the re? quirements of the law, was declared a citizen of the United States. M.-Flether Horne, convicted of detaining letters os employee In tbe poetoffice depart? ment, was sentenced to pay a floe of fifty dol? lars and to be Imprisoned for four months In the Darlington County Jail. The court then adjourned until ten o'clock this morning. The State Conn. In the Common Pleas, before Jndge Graham yesterday, the court was occupied all day In hearing the case of Archibald McLelsh vs. J.". H. Kalb, an action brought to recover the value of a huge lamp and frame and the ex? penses of palting the same up. Verdict for the pla!ntlff for three hundred dollars. . Cases for trial to-day: Wood vs. McDonald; Cameron vs. Arnold; Kornahreoa vs. Korn? ?hren?; Daly vs. Scott A Jennings; Witte, as? signee, vs. Wbaley, trustee; Murphy vs. Thompson; Buist, ordinary, vs. Grant; Buist, ordinary, v?. Yatee. FREE SINGING SCHOOL.-The third meeting of a new clase for vocal instruction, which has been lormed up-town, was held last evening at the Church of the Holy Communion, which the rector, Bev. A. Toomer Porter, has kindly pat at the service of the class, and attended by about sixty male pupils. The object of tbe class ls to furnish gratuitous Instruction in vocal music to boys and young men f*om churches of whatever denomination, so as to fit them for service In the choirs of the churches or for their private use of this grace? ful accomplishment, and ihe enterprise has already met with such encouragement as lo furnish a promise of great usefulness. The instructors are Messrs.'Senior and I-se rt el, of the Holy Communion choir, and the course of instruction ls careful and thorough. There ls I absolutely no expense to the pupil In connec? tion with the school, and all who desire to cul? tivate their talents cr add to their knowledge of vocal music are Invited to attend tbe class, which assembles at the Church of Holy Com? munion every Thursday evening, aad enroll ! their names.