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ile VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 2020. CHARLESTON, TUL SD AY MORNING, JULY 2, 1872. EIGHT DOLLAV : YEAR" THE LOW COUNTRY. THE PROCESS OF RECOVERY AT THE SOUTH. A Carolina Rice Plantation-An Ela? borate and Complex System of Cul? ture-The Low Country Pt-ver- Inter? esting Facts and Figures. [Correspondence or the Nation.] CHARLESTON. 8. C., May, 1872. I have just returned from a visit to the largest rice plantation in this State, If not In the entire South, and a description of what I saw may help to give your readers some Idea of the struggle with hard lortune in which many of the old planters are now engaged. Leaving Charleston on one of the mornings cf the past ween, I was terned across the Ash? ley River by a steamboat which, since the war, has served to connect the terminus of the Sa? vannah and Charleston Railroad with Charles? ton proper. A ride of thirty nine miles by rail to the station, and six miles further by car? riage loto the heart ot the forest, brought me to the end of my journey-to the bouse of Mr. B., built on a ''pine-barren" elevation in thc midst of a tract ot rich alluvial bottoms. This I ls the general character of that portion ot I s om h Carolina known as the '-Low Country" I district, and In which rice is grown as the chief I praauct. The finer grades of cotton have a limited space for cultivation allotted them, but rice ls the stapie production, and bundi eus of I thousands ol bushels yearly are exported to ali parts of the worid. The entire South cannot show a tran o? land more richly endowed by nat ure than this same "low country" region. I doubt whether any portion o? the United Mates can surpass I lt. The luxuriant loliuge ol the foret?)s ls dm-1 ?>ly grand. Great numbers of live oaks, with I ong streamers of the gi ay moss peculiar to a damp, salt atmosphere, and waving gracefully to and fro in the breeze, form a striking con- I trast with the bright green of numberless va- I rietles of trees. These forests stretch for miles upon miles over a wide extent of terri tory, only broken at long intervals by clear-1 ings around some wretched negro hut. built I of rough logs and chinked with clay. Along the banks of rivets and creeks, where the land ?les sutil teni,y low to be flooded at high tide, the swamps have been made to produce some of the finest rice in the market. FtBh of tine quality, and In great abundance, dispute I with the alligators for possession of the streams, while game of every description, I irom bear and deer down a iODg list, not I only exist, but are found] In the great? est abundance. Under the old regime, these lands were counted among the rich est possessions of the wealthiest plant-1 era in the State, and the titles of their owners could be traced back to royal grant. Here almost pri u eely style was kept up by the plant-1 era, and they probably enjoyed as many ol the comforts ana luxuries ot life as ordinarily tail to the lot of mor?ais. Now, however, no por- j Hon ol tbe South, with perhaps the exception ot the Une o? Sherman's march lo the tea, shows more plainly the desolating Influences of war. wit h but a dogie exception, not one of I ihe fine old residences-many ol them erected I In colonial times-no building ot any kind or I description, unless the negro huts can be called I such, remained standing at ihe close of the war in this whole district ; and a very consid? erable portion ol lt ls still in statu quo. It may seem strange, perhaps, that with such natural advantages there should be no greater progress made during these seven yenrs. But j 1*3 can scarcely Oe wondered at when the difficulties In the way are properly appre? hended. For a considerable time after the close of the war, there was not a single white man in the whole- district now supposed to be repre-1 senteri in Congress by R. C. Del arge, and lt was p. matter of lile and-death lor one to make I his appearance, so excited bad the negroes become under the lutlueuce ot their leagues, j Mr. B. was the first while man to venture I among them, and lime and again his Hie has I hung upon he slightest thread. On one occa-1 sion, be was shot at as he stood In bis yard at I ' night, and, by the mistake of the a?easdn, one I . ot Lis negro loremen standing beside him was I killed in his stead. Nor have capitalists felt disposed to place money where ihe principal could only lie idle or the Interest be eaten up I by tax?e. But more than this, the deadly lever lurking in the shades of ibis wonderfully luxuriant vegetation during the warm months has ever been a serious drawback lo the full development of this portion of the State, and lt now deters not only strangers, but even the oldest inhabitant Irom attempting to luaugii rate a new order ot things. Wherever there I ls rice cultivation, these malarial influences j are attendant. It is- true Uiat the plant I ers resided OD their plantations in the winter, but the first or tenth of May found I hem raptly moviug away to other portions ol the Stale, or to watering places at the North, lhere to remain uni il a heavy frost Assured I their safe return. This low country lever, fur merl y supposed to be fatal, can now be broken in its loree by proper medical lreut> I menl when applied in time; but the poison re mains lu the syHem to such an extent that I nothing short of an absence ot a year or more I will suffice to eradicate the seeds of disease. The danger of contracting the lever ls limited tile time the dew remains upon the ground, I d BO, by having summer houses in the higher and more healthier spots known as I "plue barrens," by remaining within doors I norn the time the dew commences lo fall until I lt has wholly disappeared under the heat of the morning sun, and by a plentiful use ot quinine, the while overseers manage to get through ibe time "between irosis"-a period ot lour or five months. A siugle violation o? j such precautions may bring ihe penally. With "considerable truth ihey may say wiih the I Psalmist, "In the midst of lite we are in death." But it often happens that these "plu? bar-1 renn" ate by no means within reasonable or convenient distances, and overseer.-- are forced to .-pend avery considerable portion of I each day upon hors- back In going to and fro between their homes and the p ant ai ion. Mr. B 's overseers, six In' number, ride irom fourteen to twenty miles every morning alter the sun is up, and back again the same dis tance io theevenlBg beiore ihe sun goes down. But the most curious part ot the thing* is ihat I wbai ls destruction to the white man bas not I the sllgbest effec: upon the negro. A case oi l fever among ihe low-country n-groes is never known. How it would affect mose irom the up-country has never yet, I believe, been lull; I ascertained, although ihe better opinion seems to be that while not po-sessing an entire lm-1 munlty, they still would not be so severely af? fected by it as ihe white mao. The causes for this strange exemption from di-ease so disas trous in its consequences lo those belonging j to the Caucasian race, and some means ut communicating this very desirable virtue to the latter, may yet prove worthy the successful attention of a second Jencsr. Notwithsiand-1 lng all the difficulties in lue way of rice cull 1-1 vision, a number have tried lt since the war. I and, among them, several Northern men; but the ob.-tacles In the way, especia ly ibe very formidable one of labor, have, In many cases, proved too much to be overcome. It mut-t be remembered, also, that aside from all the difficulties incident to the general development ot ag ri cu !'. ut al resources at the South in the I culture of cotton, corn, ?cc there are some peculiar to rice planting. Cotton or corn I Heids suffer little,' or perhaps even grain, from ! an entire sbandonment. Not so with a rice I field. The mere disuse of the land tor a single season entails positive loBS, and the longer the lime the greater the leis. It is hard to realize this without previously under?landing how great is the labor and care necessary to make a successful crop. Rice lands, as I have said, are original swamps re claimed from the water. They must be banked in and divided into trunks and sections, so that they may be flooded or drained as the ne? cessities of the crops demand. The water must now be put on and again drawn off, and I often. In the case of fields lying side by side, one must be under water and another be per? fectly dry. The exact times when these alter-1 nate conditions must be complied with require the exercise o? the greatest care and nicest I discrimination. The whole system of oanks, trunks, ditches and floodgates ls exceedingly expensive as well as complex. An insignifi? cant break in a bank or leak in a fioodgaie may In a single night cause the loss ol a year's pal lent industry, and so important is it that I such accidents should be guarded against, that "trunk-minders" are appointed, whose sole duty it Is to watcbaDlIght and day alongside the banks and floodgates. Especial care, too, j must be taken lest the fields be flooded with snit water. Ia limes of prolonged drought the salt of the ocean impregnates the river waler at distances irom ibe s-a which seem almost iDcredime, and one application ot such water will suffice ID d?sir- y tue crop. From what I have said, it may be readily seeu now disastrous must be such entire neglect of these lauds as occurred Just previous to and Immediately following upon the close ot the war. Mr. B. assured me that he always calculated upon losing the crops o? the first two years upon these landB while In the pro? cess of regeneration. He pointed out one flood-gate Just completed which had cost one thousand dollars. And lhere are dozens-I might say hundreds-such scattered over his land, fifi y thousand acres In ex lem. Just con? sider tnis. The land which he thus controls either In his own right or by lease was for? merly divided Into nine plantations. The negroes living on these p'autatlons and now dependent upon Mr. B. for their dally bread are over two thousand in number. He em? ploys six woite overseers, and under the latter are thirty or forty negro foremeo. His mules are reckoned by hundreds. His expenses, at a rough but moderate estimate, are in the neigh? borhood of $125.000 yearly- $20.000 alone go to pay the rental of some of his laud wnlch he bas leased for terms of three or Ave years. While I was with bim be was having a little "meadow lol" of one thousand acres fenced in as a cattle-range. And yet the war left him literally without a cent in the world, and nothing but a combination of courage, tact, energy and perseverance could have given bim bis present success. All that he has done bas been accomplished so.ely by the aid of borrowed capital, upon a portion of which he paid thirty-six per cent, interest, and lrom that down to twelve. And after all this his first three crops were lal : ure?, and a debt of a hundred thousand dollars a natural result. But he has struggled and fought his *Y?y unill ic-d-ty-seven years from tbe comme i.vment of his efJons-he is in a fair way lo 1 allze a well-deserved success. -V, - ? . THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY. The one hundred and twenty-fifth annual commencement of Princeton College bas Just taken place. Between four and five thousand dollars were distributed in fellowships and prizes, and a trustees' medal, twenty-five dol? lars, was awarded to Mr. J. P. Kennedy Bryan, of South Carolina, a son of Judge Bryan. The chief prize ot all ls to be awarded in September, at the opening of the n-xt term. This Is tbe Slinnecke scholarship of five hun? dred dollars a year, for three year?, (fifteen hundred dollars in all,) for the one who passes the best examination In Latin and Greek, for the sophomore class. This prize is open to competition both to the freshmen of the last year and to new comers from without, and will doubtless draw a large crowd ot compet? itors. Old graduates ot Princeton, who have noi visited it of late years, would hardly know the college under lis new dress. Besides the old North, West and East Colleges, we have now Reunion Hall, a hoer building than either, the observatory, the gymnasium, Dickinson Hall, (erected for lecture and recitation rooms, and coaling one hundred thousand dollars) lite new Horary, now almost completed, a d costing one hundred and twenty thousand dol? lars, with a fund ot ono hundred thousand dol? lars for the purchase of books and for addi? tional buildings, aud, lastly, two hundred thousand dollars Just given for building and endowing a scientific school, and one hundred thousand dollars lor other purposes. THE BOSTON CARNIVAL. Arrival of the Irish Band. BOSTON, June 30. The Irian Band arrived this morning, and proceeded direct to the quarters prepared for tbem at the Everett House. To-m?rrow morn? ing a public reception will be given the band by the Irish societies of Boston and the vi? cinity. - THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. Progress of the Arbitration and the San Joan Question. GENEVA, July L The Alabama claims arbitration trlbuual^ln dealing with the direct claims ot the American Government, wl.l con-Uler separately the the character of the Confederate cruiser and award damages according to its findings. The arbitration OD the San Juan boundary ques? tion wi l now proceed. Bl?marck ls about to appoint Internai Ional Juries to examine the papers submitted by tbe Eagllsh and Ameri? can Governments and report to the Emperor. THE HEATED TERM. Scorching Weather In the North. NEW YORK, July 1. The weather last night and to-day was In? tensely hot, the thermometer continuing at about ninety degrees. A number of fatal cases of sunstroke took place. Reports lrom the Eastern Slates represent the beat as being very great yesterday. In Boston to-day was tb? holtest of the season. THE COMMUNISTS IN TROUBLE. NEW YORK. July 1. The Federal Council ot the Internat tonals held a meeting yesterday! The International Congress will be held In Philadelphia next week, and will seek tbe establishment of re? union among all the discordant elements of the association. The Genet al Council of Lon? don has suspended all the English speaking sections of the United States. THE STRIKES IN THE NORTH. NEW YORK, July L The Wllllamsport mill and boom men. who struck for ten hours, met lo t he market square, this morning, and were addressed by several speakers, and there was great enthusiasm. At eleven o'clock, some two thousand tunned lu procession and marched down town to a lew mills that were in operation, and per? suaded the men to Join ihe si ri k e. This after? noon they marched io other mills up town. Yery few mills are running. No disturbance so far. Tbe mayor Issued a proclamation this morn? ing ordering tbe places where liquor ls sold to olose until alter the lout th of Jul v. THE NATIONAL FINANCES. WASHINGTON, July 1. The public debt was reduced last month $2,031,035. Coln In tbe treasury $88,149.108; currency, $15,321,689. Cola certif?cales, $32, 080,300. ARRIVAL OF COTTON SHIPS. LIVERPOOL, July E Arrived bbips Robert Lee, New York, 612 bales of cotton; J. Webb, New York, 1492 bales; Roadee, New York, 466 bales, and Gallatln, of Mobile, 3646 bales. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -Jacob Dodil's pork establishment at Buf? falo is burned. Loss seventy-five thousand dollars. The hogs In the upper stories were burned alive. -The reported killing of General McKenzie*, and others, by the Indians, as recenily stated, is discredited by telegrams since received by the war department. THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON, July 1. The area or highest temperature will move northeastward, followed by cooler weather south and west of New York. Partially cloudy and close weather will prevail on the South Atlantic and Golf coasts. The area efrain will move eastward Into Northern Canada, and light local raln9 will prevail at a few places from Louisville to Cape Hatteras. THE WORLD SURRENDERS. ONLY TWO CANDIDATES WILL BE IN TUE FIELD. The Nomination of Greeley a Foregone Conclusion-should Democrats Vote for Him or Stay at Home-The Duty of the Wicked World Is not yet Plain. NEW YORK, July L The World, to-day, says: "Greeley's nomina? tion at Baltimore ls a foregone conclusion, and there ls no Indications of a formidable re? volt." It adds: "There will be but two candi? dates. For our part we shall advise nobody to vote for Grant, and, as between the remain? ing alternative of voting for Greeley or stay? ing at borne, we nave no counsel to offer. Our duty may more clearly appear alter the can? vass has made some progress." The Labor Reformers in a Fix-Gover? nor Parker Follows Judge Davie and Declines ihe Nomination for vice President. BOSTON, July 1. The Labor party has decided on a confer? ence at Gt-rmania Hall Assembly Booms. New York, ou Tuesday afternoon, July 30; Judge Davis and Governor Parker having declined their nomination. Govereor Parker, In his letter of declination, says: "I have always been a member of the Democratic party. For nearly thirty Ave years I have shared its triumphs and defeats; adhering to Us fortunes because I considered its success essential to good government and to the elevation of the laboring classes. Having been placed in the important public posi? tion as the nominee ot lhat party, I am bound in honor, as well as by inclination, lo siand by Its organization, and abide by the decision of its National Convention. To be the candidate of one party, while supporting the nominee of another, although the two may agree substantially in principle, would be inconsistent. I therefore respectfully decline the nomination tendered me by the conven? tion whlcb you represent. THE STOKES-FISK TBIAL. NEW YORK, July 1. . The Stokes trial was resumed this morling. Large crowds were present, and hundreds were turned away. H. D. Carley, the parlor man at the hotel, testified that ihe pistol which was handed him by Miss Hall was a sil? ver plated, white handled six shooter. The pistol produced by Coroner Young, which had a brown wooden handle, and only four cham? bers, was handed witness, and he was posi? tive lt was not the one handed him by Miss Hal'. Considerable interest was manifested when the witness stated the pistol produced by Coroner Young was not the pistol given him by the woman at the hotel. Witness said the ladies gathered around him, and one said ."you bod better say nothing. Heory. lt. mlgbt endanger your position." He said that Stokes did noi go Into the front part or where ihe lady found the white handled pistol. Miss Grace Hall testified to finding a pistol in the parlor. There WOB no one near ihe lounge. The pistol said lo belong to StokeB was shown her, and she failed to identity lt, but was posi? tive that ibe one she found did not have a white handle. OLD PROBABILITIES. What It's A . Coming To. [From Scribner's for July.] I suppose lt will come to this-attached to cards ot invitation sent out a week or two in advance : "Guests living on the East Side will order heir carriages at ll P. M. on account of rain at 11.30 P. M. Aa there will be only a slight shower on the West Side, carriages from that Side at convenience of guests."' And this lo advertisements of concerts and the like : "Performances will conclude at 10 P. M., allowing ample time for audience to reach home before the storm." No more anxious watchings at windows, In those days-no more surprises, ecamperlngs, huddiings together as at picnics, in the sweet old shrieking fashion. Nobody who reads the newspaper will ever get caught in the rain. Then, ot course, when Mr. Leakln succeeds in securing general recognition for his Law of Periodicity, nothing will ever "happen" at all. The word-"accident." will oe marked obsolete In the dictionary, as so many oilier good words have been already marked. Things will lake place, I suppose, in their regular sequence, as foreordained and foretold. Lile will be a Morphy-Paulsen game of chess; except ibai we shall keep on pushing the men uround In a night-mareish sort of way, after "checkmate in seventeen moves'' has been announced. li's all of a piece-weather probabilities; I." .kin's Law; composition back-logs; cast iron tree stumps; sprlng-fasteniogB io keep children from klcklug oil bed-clothes; canned vegetables; steam yachts on the Sea of Gali? lee; parlor skates; protoplasm. Tomatoes in winter are as much out of plsce assunllghi in a theatre. (Ii you were at the Nilsson maiiuee at Wallace's the oilier Satur? day, when ttie shutters would fly open, every now and then, you know how ghastly that ls !) Things must be lu keeping. Tomatoes musi be flanked by radishes, ann freBh peas and let? tuce-with a scent of summer In the air. And besides tomatoes must be tomatoes, not a tan? talizing sem oi ance-a mixture of cur pe trage, vinegar and bullets, Just racy enough ol ine genuine dish to take off the keen edge of one's delight wheo, in due lime, the first toothsome taste of the vegetable comes to you with the twitter ot biros, and tbe touch ol ihe cool warm air upon your brow. Well, there is another side to all this. The beauty of lt is that spring is spring, no matter how U comes at last, or where-lu the city, heralded by email boys calling "fans" be? tween thu acts of the opera; in the country by birds and flowers and flavor of garlic lathe butter. Spring is spring, and will have its way. And as to parlor skates, when I come to think ol it ! The professor made me go with him to the rink one night last winter. He wei.t down, he said, every evening, after Greek, lor a half-hour's "fun." And the pro? fessor's pretty daughter, she was going for the "tun." too-seemed to be really excited about lt. One might have thought, to look ai ber cheeks, it was to be a moonlight frolic on a frozen mill-pond. I didn't want io go al all; lt seemed to me a sacrilege, sliding around on rollers over pine boards, and calling ID skaUng. It's bad enough to skate with real skates, un? der a corrugated roof ar. J by gaslight; but this mockery I No, I protested, I shall be true to the rai ners and bonfires of my boyhood ! But I went. I didn't go so fur as to put the rollers on; I merely stood and looked. Shade of Winthrop I Instead of the ring and scrape of steel upon ihe ice, there was a hollow rumble as of machinery, und over in one corner the Champion cutting chalk eagles on the floor ! It they had gone about lt sadly and solemnly, like mourners at a funeral, lt would not have been half so bad. It was their cheerfulness that was so pathetic. It seemed as lt this great procession of you$s and middle-aged that swayed and swung past me where I stood were under the influence of a horrible en? chantment. In a moment, I said to myself, the little man in black, leaning over the balcony railing yonder, will drop his cane upon the floor below, tbe music will cease, the lights will go down, and, suddenly awaking from their dream, the skaters will shrink Into the street, and back to their bornes in terror. But even parlor skaies do sometimes get loose, and one must kneel to fasten them while the other geully resls ber hand on lils shoulder for support. And nere, too, the girls have to be taught ; and rollers, like runners, are treacherous and will slip-if he does not hold so tight-so light! 0 this great-hearted, blessed humanity of ours, how lt lakes to Itself, at Inst, every arti? ficial cusiom and contrivance brought within Its domain-Just a9 nature resumes, with ivy and lichen and rust, every piece of human handiwork planted in ber deep woods! 1 shouldn't wonder li there were times when Old Probabilities himself forgets his umbrella. And maybe he isn't so very old alter all. Maybe to somebody-lar off-the summer rain is dearer because Old Probabili? ties, in that formal scientific way ol his, said that it was coming. TUE RADICAL S TA TE CONTENTION. A Late Day for the Meeting-The Last Ko-Klux Outrage-The Suits Against the Ring Stand Still. [ Sr E CI AL TELEGRAM TO TUS NEWS ] COLOMBIA, B. C., July L The Republican State executive committee met here on Saturday, and determined to call the State nominating convention for the 21st August, The lateness of the day Axed upon ls somewhat remarkable. The officials seem disposed to make much ado about the hooting of Professors Cummings and Roberts, by two or three o? the graduates at the University, after the exercises on Sat? urday. They are hard up for an outrage. The legal proceedings against Parker, and likewise those against the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, remain in statu quo. Qui VITE. CAROLINA MUTUAL INSURANCE COM? PANY. The annual meeting of this company was held yesterday at the German Engine House In Chalmers street. The reports of the vari? ous officers for the last year were read, inclu? ding that of the president, General John A. Wagener, which showed that the prosperity of the company had both continued and in? creased. This report made the whole contribu? tions for tweniy-one years only 1255 per cent, out of 200; being a saving of 845 per cent.1 equal to $185,900, upon the calculation of the present premium account. The assessment for fires during the past year was 10 per cent, besides the usual ten per cent..per annum. The losses by Are during the year were $2000. The total receipts amounted to $12,647 92, and the total expenses, including the Are losses, were $9176 89, leaving a balance in the treasury of $2171 03. The assets ol the company, real value, amount to $24,445 08. The comparative general account aleo shows a large Increase in the membership and in the amount of premiums, insured capital, limit of assessments, reserve accounts, Ac , and the estimate of income ior 1872-3 Is $3800. The re? port recommended that, In view o? the pros? perous condition of I heir affairs, a resolution was passed at the last meeting to advise a do? nation to the German Church ol their bopd ol $800, and that it was only a proper contribu? tion to their Christian allegiance to cancel and return the bond. The report was adopt? ed, and the bond ordered to be cancelled. An election was then held iqr officers, which re? sulted as' follows: John A. Wagener, presi? dent; Wm. Brunjes, treasurer; H. Klatte, sec? tary. Directors-Ward 1, E. J. H. Fischer; Ward 2, J. P. Merkhardt; Ward 3, E. H. Stell? ing; Ward 4, P. C. Schroder; Wards 5 and 7 D. Biilwlnkle; Wards 6 and 8, J. F. Slreck fuss. TBE AUGUSTA FLOUR MILLS. A Flourishing Southern Enterprise. The possibility ol successfully conducting a purely Southern manufacturing enterprise, and profitably converting the natural products of our own climate into the finished article of commerce at home, instead of sending lt away and giving the profit of the manufacture to Northern and foreign houses, ls strikingly exemplified In the recent history of the Au? gusta Flour Mills, located on the corner ol McKinnle and Fenwick strot-tn, Augusta, Ga., and owned and operated by Messrs. John M. Clark & Co. These mills were built In 1848, but lt has been since the war that they have achieved the most marked success. They were purchased five or six years ago by the present owners, and have been steadily grow? ing in lavor ever since. The bullings are of brick, with a frontage of between seventy and ninety leet, and a depth o? about two hutadred The motive power ls water, a plentiful supply being obtained from the Augusta canal, which runs at tho foot of the Boutn wall. r?he south end of the building ls used as a granary and storehouse ior barrels and sacks. The grain is received on the first floor of this end, whence lt is carried by elevators lo the north side of the fifth story. There lt Is received into and passes through a series of "fans and screens" and a large first-class "smuiter,'' which first relieves lt of all lui purl ties,and then starts lt on a voyage of discovery back to the north Bide ol the first floor, where the whirring stones stand ready to convert lt Into flour or meal, according to Its kind. These stones are of the finest French burr, and are five in num? ber -two for corn and three for wheat. After passing through the milts the flour is carried In elevators to the fourth floor, where a num oer ol "bolls" receive and separate lt into the different brands, for which the mills are justly distinguished. The finest brand ls the celebra? ted "Gilt Edge," well known for its superior quality throughout this State and Georgia. The other brands are "O. IT,.," "Tip-Top," "Extra," and "A No. 1." The mills also pro? duce white bolted cornmeal of superior qual? ity, Ukewl-te an abundance of the usual vari? eties of "mill ieed"-bran, fine feed, middlings, oats and corn feed, ?r.e. Two hundred and filly lo three hundred barrels of flour and meal ls the average product per day, and the granary has capacity for storing fifty thous? and bushels o? grain. Like all enterprlslog firms, Messrs. Clark & Co. keep their own teams, and deliver goods throughout the city and at the various railroad depots without charge for drayage. The two younger mem? bers of the firm are native South Carolinians, and served through the entire war in defence of their native Slate. The office of the Au? gusta Flour Mills is at No. 288 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. Merchants and others wishing to get a reliable article in their line will do well lo give them a trial. -There never was a eily that su tiered as Chicago has done that "phoenixed" so fast. The Hid lire was not so much a destroyer as a purifier, and men who on tue nights of ihe ft-anul conflagration could not see where a hundred dollars were io ne saved wlil live io bless their seeming etiastener. New Chicago is as different from the old us the London ol to-day ls unlike the mediaeval built city ol' ibe seventeenth century. Toe structures on the south side are more elegant and substantial by far than those that a year ago occupied their places, while vast tracie ihat were covered with miserable old sheds and wooden tenements before the tire swept through to cleanse the Augean mass, now support beautiful buildings, orna? ments to any elly. On the west side property Is worth Irom ten to twenty-five per cent, more than before the fire, and on certain streets even fifty per cern. more. Some busi? ness men wno lust fine brown-stone iront bouses now say they are more than compen? sated by Hie rise in their sites. The north side, occupied by the old families, ls building up In good style, as it is ihe quarter nearest to business. Ali inls is based on u confidence ol fu ; ure greatness as a centre of commerce, which in their darkest moments has never de? serted the Chicagoans, and promises to be their inspiration lu advancing to a history of Immense pro-perlty. -Japanese Tommy, who attained a certain sort of notoriety here in 1860, when ihe "Japs" first came, ls now described as a "Hue, In tel Igen t young gentleman, who speaks good English." He ls one ol the secretarles o? the Japanese embassy now in this country. GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. BEGINNING OF THE STOKES TRIAL. The Prospecta of Conviction-Killing no Mu rd er tn New York-Preparations for the Glori?os Fourth-New Yorkers Going to the Baltimore Convention The Great Race at Long Branch Ulysses Returning In Haste. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORE, June 28. Twelve men who have not read the news? papers much, and have lormed no Impression as to whether Fisk was shot by Stokes, have been sifted out ol several hundred New York? ers, and now the trial has begun. There ls nothing that bas taken place since the world was created that ls more certain than that Ed? ward B. Stokes premeditated the murder of James Fisk, lay In wait for him at the Grand Central Hotel, and eliot him twice from the head of the ladles' staircase, as he was ascend? ing. And yet there ls a doubt li Stokes will be convicted, and if he is, there ls almost a certainty that he will not be punished. This shows bow terribly detective are our criminal laws. The struggle over Stokes's neck bas really only begun. His counsel will fight the prose? cution step by step. No doubt the most extra? ordinary "cooked up" evidence will De pro? duced for the defence. And li someone of tue "Intelligent" Jury ls not bribed so as to bring about a disagreement, lt ls probable that the twelve will have reached such a maudlin condition by the time Mr. McKeon makes his closing appeal that they will see ia the prison? er at me bar only the persecuted victim of a great and ruthless corporation. But if a con? viction in the lesser degrees 1B reached, the case will have to go through a seemingly In? terminable course of review and appeal, and if perchance by a miracle this rich young man reaches the foot of ihe gallows, there will be a lender-hearted Governor who cannot resist the tears of relatives, and the Importunities of his own ..personal and political friends to In? terpose the saving hand. Thus it ls thar, in New York State murder goes unpunished, and men with mon-y or in? fluence at i heir backs strike at the hearts of their victims without fear of the consequen? ces. Tue sneer ot the aristocrat thai the '.masses are asses," would seem to find a Just ideal lon in ibis particular. When any oody is murdered the community is wild wlih Indignation airalnst the stayer, and crazy to lyncu him. When the murderer Is about to die, the same community ia la tears, sud be? seeching for his release. It ls strange that public opinion should be so unsound and fickle on i his side of the North Uiver and so sieady and correct on the other side. Over la New Jersey they actually punish their crimi? nals, and hang them too, If necessary. They average a banging every two months, and the S.ate ls only a ri fi h the Size ot New York. But then Jersey, they say, ls "so peculiar," and li. is "out of the Union," too, which pos? sibly may account for it. Tue annual patriotic Bang comes along next week, and our citizens who caa spare the travelling money are fleeing In all direc? tions, buperlnteudent Kelso has Issued bis uBual proclamation against "snakes, chasers, double-headers and Union and Young America torpedoes," which, as usual, will not be heeded. Everything will happen again Justas it bas on pasi Independence days, timah boys, assisted by idiotic adults, will explode gun? powder for thirty-six hours; twenty thousand people will get fighting drunk; the theatres will give matinees und evening performances -to tightly wedged and perspiring multitudes; and Tammany will have her own particular glorification. And on Friday morning the papers will coniuln a column of fingers blowa off, a half column of eyes, arms and legs destroyed lrom one or two dozen barroom murders, and at least four blocks of brown? stone buildings burnt down. It may be salo to add loo ihai the inevitable account will also appear ot "Three mea killed by the explosion of a cannon while firing a patriotic salute," at Podunk or Squaotum, or somewhere In the Interior. A week later comes the other great event, the meeting of the Baltimore Convention. Hall fare tickets will be sold from New York to Baltimore, and several thousand New Yorkers will go ou. Among the local politi? cal organizations which will go In force, with music und banners, will be the Brennan Club. Advices lrom Ballimore say that every nook and cranny ia towa where lodgers are taken In has been engaged. The hoiel rooms ure lo De tilled ten deep, (nice iliac mis weather.) The crowd overflows to Washington and the Chesapeake shore, or anywhere within a lew hours railroad reach where people can be led and slept. Four oilier conventions meet at the same lime: ihe Reunion and Reform, which adjourned over from Cincinnati, the Flanders-Van Allen concern, which ls lo in? augurate a boll, the Straluht-out Democratic German, (Daenzer, Morwitz & Co.,) and the Greeley Democratic German. The liveliest kind of a time all round ls expected. It ls said ihe Btralgbtout outsiders, being satisfied that Mr. Grot-?beck will not Bland, will nomi? na'- Judge Jeremiah ?. Black, of Pennsylva? nia, for President. Afier Greeley ls nominated by the regular convention there will be a tremendous railfl catlon meeting at Monumental Square. It ls certain lhat there will be a great neal of en? thusiasm generated by the exe i tem en i. speeches, crowd and beat at Ballimore, and that the "while hat," "white coal" and other artlclea of wearing apparel belonging lo the Chappaqua sage will have a good send off. * Sporting circles are la a fever of excitement over the forthcoming great races at Loog Branch between Longfellow and Harry Bus Beit. Tney have never been matched before, but have conquered all the world besides each other. Toe belting is going on furiously ali over town, Bassen being a trifle the favorite. The Pi esl lent, with his suite, passed through ihe city lrom Boston yesterday en rome tor the Branch. It wouid not do for him to mies the races._ _ _ NTI?. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The following directory of the Health De? partment hus been prepared by Dr. George S. Pelzer, the City Registrar, and is published lor the Information of the public: Office of Board of Health and city Registrar at Olty Hall. BOARD OP HEALTH. non. John A. Wasener, residence No. 64 St. Philip street, Mavor, cualrman. umL-rai w. 0. DeSaussure, Ward No. 1, resi? dence No. 27 East Battery. George H. Mullett, Ward No. 2, residence No. 10 Legare street. Thomas M. Hanckel, Ward No. 3, residence No. 47 ila-ei street. Captain Jacob Small, Ward No. 4, residence No. 4 Bnll street. Thomas O. Dottercr, Ward No. 6, residence northeast corner Henrietta and Meeting streets. li. B. olney, Ward No.' 6, residence No. 14u Curu? ng street. i nomas D. Eason, Ward No. 7, residence No. 78 America street. William U Webb, Ward No. 8, residence No. 87 Rutledge avenue. Medical Committee. George S Pelzer, M. D., city Registrar, resi? dence .NO. 48 Cannon street Ed Geddings, M. D., residence No. 16 George street. J. P. Chaza'. M. D., residence No. 6 Wentworth street. Standing Committees. On Hospitals and Dispensaries-Drs. Pelzer, Geddings and Chazal. Cn Low Lots, Drainage and Nuisances-The Mayor. Or. Pelzer and Messrs. Ilanckel, Small and Webb. On Burl il Oronnds, Sextons and Hearses-Dr. Chazal, General DeSaussure aud Mr. Mullett. Oil Public Institutions-Dr. Geddings and M ssrs. Eason, Dotterer aud Ciney. On Epidemics, Pub ic Hygiene and Quarantine -Drs. Ueddings, Chazal ano Pelzer. On Accounts-Ors. Pelzer, Geddings and Cha? zal. COMPLAINT BOOKS are open at the upper and lower wards Guard? houses, aud citizens aro requested to report all nuisances prejudicial to the public health as prompt y as possible, at either of the above named places. CITY HOSPITAL. Mazy ck st cet, above Queen street. Surgeon In charge, J. S. ou?s t, M. D. Residence and office, No. 205 Meeting street. Marine Department, City Hospital, Mazyck street. Surgeon In charg", J. S. BULK, M. D. HEALTH DISTRICT NO. 1. Bounded on the north by centre of Calhoun street, on the east by Cooper River, on the south I by South Battery, and on the weat by centre or Meeting street. Physician in charge. Dr. Manning Simons. Office and residence, Church street above Broad, next to the Charlea ?on Library building. HEALTH DISTRICT MO. 2. Wes'ern Division, Shlrras'Dispensary. Bounded on the north by centre of Calhoun street, on the east by centre or Meeting street, on the south by South Ba' tery and Ashley River, and on the west by Ashley River. Physician In charge. Dr. Joseph Tates. Office at snirra's Dispensary, Society street, between King and Mee;lng streets, residence No. 14 Lib? erty street. The physician in charge of this district la re? quired to atteBd at the Lower Wards Guardhouse when called npon. HEALTH DISTRICT KO. 3. Bounded on the north by City Boundary, on the east by Cooper River, on the sontnby centre of Calhoun street, and on the west bj centre of Mpeting street. PhjMc.an In charge. Dr. J. L. Ancrum. Office and residence .No. 10 Mary street, opposite El.za beth street The physician in charge of this district ls re? quired to attend at the Almshouse when called upon. HEALTH DISTRICT NO 4. Bounded on the north by City Boundary, on the east by centre of Smlt? street to Cannon street, then by ceutre of Cannon to Rutledge avenue, then oy centre or hutledge avenue to George street, and tneu by a line running in the same di? rection through to City Boundary, on the south by centre or calhoun street, and on the west by Ashley River. Physician in charge, Dr. T. Orange Simons. Office No. 18 Ashley street, opposite Dnlted States Arsenal. Residence No. 21 Rutledge avenne^on poslte Radoilffe stree'. The phy-telan in charge of this district ls re? quired to attend at the Old Folles' Home when called npon. HEALTH DISTRICT NO. 6. Bounded on the north by City Boundary, on the east by centre or Meeting street, on the south by centre or calhoun street, and on the west by cen? tre or Smith Btreet to cannon street, then by cen? tre of Gannon street to Rutledge avenue, then by centre or Rutledge avenue to Grove street, then by a line running in the same direction to City Boundary. Pbjsiclan In charge, Dr. Isaac W. Angel. Of flee and residence, st. Phillp street, opposite the Neck Market The physician la charge or this district la re? quired to attend at the Upper Wards Guardhouse when called upon. OFFICE HOURS. From 8 to o morning; from 2 to 3 afternoon. All dispensary patients who are able shall be required to at tm d at the office or the health dis rict in wh ch they may reside during the above specified office hours. 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