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VOLUME IX.--NUMBER 2022. CHARLESTON, FRJDAY MORNING, JULY 5. IK72. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE GLORIOUS FOURTH. CELEBRATING THE DA Y IN CHARLES? TON. The .Minti? Turnout-Playing Soldier IQ the Sun-Scene on the Battery-Tb* Afternoon Procession - Speeches nt White Point Garden-Wincllng np th? Show, &c. The ninety-six Ji anniversary or the Declara? tion of Independence was celebrated yester? day In Charleston, according to programme, and with, perhaps, just the slightest de? crease of enthusiasm and increase of physical comfort than as compared with the year before. The arrival oi the militia companies on Friday evenlne, the reverbera? ting drams and screaming fifes, aroused the enthusiasm of the small boys, and bid them to extravagant investments In fire-crackers, bat J the older birds could not be caught with chaff, and preferred to await the developments of the day Itself before committing themselves. The "old maumas" reviewed the approach? ing troops by ' sections, and with an eye to business recognized t be lank turpentine hand, .the gaunt sea Island field-worker, and the olfead-mouthed hoer of the sprouting rice. Forth with they repaired to their homes, and )%uvery direction,' and at unearthly hours of | the night, unsteady, bare-legged urchins stag? gered along the sidewalk ot Meeting street to" wards the Battery, bearing broad wooden tables, the inverted legs of which threatened the branches of the shade trees. The number of the pieces of lu rn it ure was astounding, and ehow?d how correctly'the "peanut maumas" could "estimate the appetite of the rustic militia. <? . . By a brilliant piece of foresight, the military was called ont at fonr o'clock A. M., and at that hoar the long Unes of holiday soldiers j began to gather at the Hilliary Hall. This | TS-aa the rendezvous o? the FIFTEENTH REG.MENT, commanded by Colonel E. W. M. Mackey, and composed of eight country companies from James, Wadmalaw and John's Islands, BL Thomas and Sc. Dennis, and the rest of the parishes. They numbered between five and six hundred men, and fell In fronting the Military Hail in Wentworth street, with the right resting on King. The regiment bad been formed bu: lately, and, considering the lew opportunities they have, had of being to? gether for parade, performed admirably. They shouldered arms with precision, but carried their guns too much like hoes. They marched well, but . with a peculiar swing, as DT | they were getting over cotton beds, and fol? lowed their file leader with almost a? little difficulty as they would have walked in the trail of a plough. The regiment, on the whole, went through their evolutions with credit, and were bandied with considerable adroitness and ?kill by their magnificent colonel, E. W. M. Mackey, assisted by Lieutenant Williams, of | the Carolina Light. Infantry, who acted as his [ adjutant during the day. Preceded by a band of muslo the regiment filed into King street, and marched down to Broad street, where they were saluted and received by the FIRST REGIMENT, Colonel W. N. Tait, commanding. This regi? ment Is composed of the ten colored com? panies of the city, and was drawn up in Broad street, with the right resting on King. The companies are all well uniformed, and seem to te a well drilled and efficient body of men, when compared with tbe general ron of mili? tia. Alter the military honors had been paid in form, Colonel Taft took command ol the j brigade, assisted by Captain W. J. McKinlay, who acted as adjutant. The responsibility of I ( commanding the first Regiment thereupon [ devolved upon Lieutenant Colonel W. H. W. Gray, with whom rode the Irrepressible Major Samuel Dickerson. The sable hero, blazing will alltbe pomp and circumstance ol glorious war, bestrode a loaming bay, and as he drove his star-shaped rowels into the heaving flanks of his steed and dashed adown the glisten? ing line, the word so f command rose spontane a onsly to his Ups like, the discordant groanings from the unlubrtcated wheefe of an ox cart. Headed by the Grant Cavalry, under Major Ciaussen, the brigade now mored forward in column, the march being enlivened by unlim? ited drums and the strains of two brass bands. The column moved up king to Hasel, and through to Meeung, down Meeting to Broad, u$d through to East Bay, and around East Bay and Battery to the South Battery. Along the march a heterogeneous mass of children, boys and women kept abreast of the militas?, raising clouds of dust and almost drowning the noise of the drums. In this way the crowd swept along and' settled down behind as the brigade was drawn np in Hue along the Shell Battery and fronting the distant homes of the "Possum Hunters." Cartridges were distributed, and a continuous fire was kept np for some time, each volley being balled with oheers of delight by crowds of women and children in the rear. This was a little after six o'olock. The soldiers were soon, but the small-beer women were sooner. Beneath every tree on White Point Garden was. spread ont the tempting s to ros of the smiling venders, and from every quarter the clatter of an hundred whirling lo? cream churns fell like sweet music upon the ears of the reeking mellsb. -From hundreds of stands ne solt allurements oi cold lemonade, sweet cakes, watermelons, ?fcc, attracted the faintly resisting victim In uniform, and lor a while trade was brisk. Alter a short rest, however, the brigade again got under way, and march? ed np Meeting street. The First regiment and cavalry were then dismissed,and the Fifteenth regiment repaired to Military Hall, where re? freshments bad been prepared for them by Cojsnel Mackey. After discussion these, the j regiment was dismissed until three o'clock, when lt was summoned out to hear the - speech-making on the Battery. Throughout the day the swarms ot colored women and children upon the Battery and in White Point Gardens never diminished, and all seemed walting for te alternoon show. It J was regular Fourth of July weather, and the heat was Intense. Tbe celebratlonlsts, how- j ever, seemed to enjoy the situation, and were but little Inconvenienced by the fierce rays ol the sun and the thermometer standin* at ninety-two !n the shade. The heat only seemed tQ.stimnlate the thirst of the peripatetics, and the stallkeepers drove a thriving trade. Ia the afternoon, about three o'clock, the mili? tary, in company with the Union League*, again assembled and formed a procession in Wentworth street. Headed by the Washing? ton Cornet Band, ot Savannah, which did good service throughout the day, they marched down Meeting street to the White Point Gar? dens, where the military stacked arms on the shell battery, and then all drew up around the new tribune to hear the speaking. Tnls was conducted under the auspices of tne officers of the league, and was Introduced by the reading of the Declaration of Independence by Deputy Marshal A. F. Farrar. Three colored students | or Northern universities, named Tbos. Jones, T. 8. Miller and J. W. Morris, were then In? troduced In the order mentioned, and deliver? ed pet Fourth of July harangues of the most approved style. Toe first speaker eulogized Grant, at the mention of whose name the politicians on the stand tried to raise a hurrah, but, strange to say, the crowd failed to re? spond, and the applause died away in an un? availing shuffling of feet by those upon the platform. . Lieu tenant-Governor Rattler was then In? troduced, and, as usual, launched ont Into politics, bot his wild appeals lo favor of Grant elicited as little apparent sympathy as did his abuse 04 Greeley and his attempt to prove that the latter was nominated by the Demo? cratic party. The Lieutenant-Governor then Bpokeof the eternal principles of Republican? ism, the great doctrines of equal rights to all, the progress of the colored man In education, 4c, and ended with a warm appeal to all present to stick to the party which had done so much ior them already and promised even more. His finale was loudly applauded, and the speech-making was over. The procession on Its way to the battery was accompanied by a vast crowd, which added Its numbers to those already present. A steady stream of humanity k-'pt pouring in from th? city during the afternoon, and at seven o'clock there could not have been less than ten thous? and colored people on the battery and gardens. The whole colored population seemed to have tamed out Into the open air, and the gardens were so densely thronged that it was* only with the utmost difficulty that locomotion was possible amid the booths, stalls and sight? seers. The Immense gathering around the tribune was but a small fraction of the assem? blage, and as far as the eye could reach a noisy concourse sang, danced, played and . walked In every direction. As soon as the speaking was over, however, a move was made towards Meeting street, and that spacious thor? oughfare was soon choked with the masses which kept moving up until a late hour. The 15lh Regiment lett at dusk, and was dismissed at the Military Hail. Notwithstanding the ex? traordinary proportions of the crowd, the utmost order prevailed, and not a single arrest was made. Incidents of the Day. The National colors were displayed from all of the public buildings yesterday, and all of the business bouses were closed. A turbaned old woman on Broad street hap? pened to recognize "Daphne Brudder" In the line, and almost went into hysterics with de? light. She ls '.gwine to tell Daphne" as soon as she gets back to "Jim" Island. A colored man fainted, at eleven o'clock A. M., under the porch, ol the South Carolina Hall, and was kept unconscious tor a long time by the suffocating crowd which closed up around him. He revived at length with much difficulty. A fight occurred yesterday In tho ranks of the militia company dressed In while, between a private and a sergeant, whom the former accused of having "been picking at him all day." It created some contusion in the line, but nobody was burt. The military career of Major Samuel Dicker? son came near having an abrupt termination on the parade, irom the bolting of his horse out of King and up B^aulaln street. The animal was secured In the nick ol lime. The only assignable cause for ihe bolt of the horse ls that the scavenger always takes the Beau faln-Btreet route at that hour. PALMETTO DIVISION, No. 4, SONS OP TEM? PERANCE.-At the regular weekly meeting of Palmetto Division, No. 4, Sons of Temperance, held on Monday evening, 1st Instant, the fol? lowing officers were Installed to serve lor the ensuing quarter : Thomas A. Baynard, W. P.; PTA. Sch Iffley. W. A.; T. Ogler 8mith, R.S.; W. E. Mongin, A. R 8.; John H. C. Weller, F. 8.; J. H. Wheeler, treasurer; G. L.G Cook, chaplain; R. Caldwell, Jr., conductor; J. W. McMillan, assistant conductor; E. B. Earle, I. S.; W. H. Sohlffley, 0. 8.; 8. G. Prooter, P. W. P. TABLEAU IN SUMME RVILLE. -A large and ap? preciative audience assembled at tl*3 school of the Missus Brownfield, on Wednesday evening, the 3d Instant, to witness the tableaux vivants given in honor c. graduating class. The scenes were admirably selected, and evi? denced much taste, both rn the arrangement and In the choice ot personators. That of Faith was strikingly personated,' and well deserved the hearty encore lt received. The dosing scene, a pantomime, was inimitable, and well repaid the audience for the exercise of a lil tie patience. The good behavior ot the obildren, and the excellent arrangement of everything, contributed to a perfect success, and every one was delighted with the happy termination ot the scholastic year of the Misses Brownfleld's school. . *L 0. 0. F.-SOUTH CAROLINA. LODOH, NO. 1. At a regular weekly meeting of South Caro . Una Lodge, No. 1,1. 0. 0. F., held on Wed? nesday evening, July 3, the following officers were Installed for the term ending December 31', 1872: J. W. Prescott, P. G.; G. N. Fu.ler, N. G.; B. P. Maull, V. G.; Roberl James. R. 8.; H. W. Tlencken, P. S.; W. A. Jones, R. 8. to N. G.; Jos. Samson, R. 8. to V. G.; A. Axson, L. 8. to V. G.; W. F. Strong, C.; H. Boda, 0. G.; H. F. Warneke, L G.f J. H. Boyce, R. 8. 3. ; H. Sch wacke, L. 8. 8. Committee on Fi? nance-R.JH. McDowell, E. Huguelet and Geo. Strong.' Committee on Belief-B. P. Maull, A. Axson and Jos. Samson* Committee on Constitution-H. W. Tiencken, H. Boda and J. W. Prescott. Committee on Cemetery-B. P. Maull. Committee on Hall-Geo. Strong. CLUBS AND STARS.-C. H. Flatman, found lying In a state of painful Inebriety in Duncan street, was conveyed lo the upper Guard? house on a cart, and fined one dollar for his fun. He paid up. ? Richard Dingle, who was silting up for the fourth, drank some liquor to keep his eyes open. The next thing he knew he was lying at the corner of East Bay and Market streets, with the sidewalks pitching about too unstead? ily to be trodden on. A policeman helped Richard to the Guardhouse, and the Mayor fined him one dollar, which he paid. Mary Robertson, an E liott street damsel, pitched Into a policeman, and while vilifying the decorous Clubs and Stars was arrested. She was fined two dollars, with an alternative of twenty days In the House of Correction. One more unfortunate who had taken a wee drop too much and brought up against a lamp? post In btate street, found his senses gradually leaving bim, and sank resignedly Into the arms or a kind-hearted Clubs a?d Stars. A visit to tae Guardhouse followed, and-William was fined one dollar, with ten days in the House of Correction to fall back upon. He fell back in confusion. Three cows were reported as estrays, of which one was discharged, and the other two were fined fifty cents each. GOSSIP FROM BALTIMORE. PREPARATIONS FOR THE DEMO? CRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. Baltimore Arranging for a Hearty Wel? come-Ford's Opera House-The Deco? > attona- How the Delegates will Sit Tile Quarters for the Drl?gates-Inter? view with Governor Whyte, Sits. [Correspondence or the New York Herald.] The evidences of the convention are not wanting In the Monumental CHy. Even the weather acknowledges that something is ex? pected, and the thermometer elands on tip? toe among the nineties. Friday and Saturday have been days warmed up to the occasion, and to-day especially, between twelve o'clock and three, Baltimore street has scarcely afforded the sight of a woman's dress, anima? tion being suspended and. perspiration having all its own way. Equally warm weatffer a week hence will put discredit upon a delay of any national convention whatsoever to a period BO late in the hot season; THE PLACE FOB HOLDINO THE CONVENTION. I went through Ford's Theatre to-day, the place oi meeting for the Democratic represen? tatives, and found that, with the gas ail light? ed, it was a spot admirably adapted to expe? dite business of a warm day. It stands in the western end ot the city, about half a mlle .rom the Carrollton Hotel and Barnum's, and ouly ODO block from the Eutaw House. The Wash? ington Raliway station is close at hand and haudy for Southern delegates, and the new Potomac rallwav station, which will commence running trains on the cheap line next Tuesday, as a fare of sixty (some say eighty) cents, or half tue price charged by the old line, ls no great way off. r'ORD'S THEATRE ls a new edifice on Fayette street by Eutaw, built lu the new style, with Mansard pavil? ions, several entrances and two trailer las. The parquet and parquet circle will hold eight .hun? dred persons, and the wholewheat re will give Beats to eighteen hundred, although, no later than Friday night, on the occasion ~of a school exhibition, there were twenty-five hundred people crowded in it. It is Bmall, however, compared to the buildings where the party con? ventions ot the present year have been held, although larger than the Front street theatre and the Holiday street theatre-the latter also controlled by Mr. Ford-where previous great national nominating conventions hove met. The stage ls about Airy feet deep. The flies will be removed for the convention, and a platform. Inclined upward and back? ward, laid down to accommodate the officers, the telegraph operators, and two hundred correspondents. Cbuirs, with leather seats, will be provided for these, and the seats io the body of the house are reversi? ble, padded with leather, and framed of Iron, in sots. Toe colors of the house are bun*and green, with gildings upon the Iron columns, and woven iron work enclosing the galleries. The gas ls lighted by electricity, an? the wires are already carried Into tbe house, and the In? struments attached by the Franklin, Pacific and Western Uuion Companies lor newspaper uses. All the side scenes will be taken from the Btage during the proceedings of the con? vention. Committees must rei ire to the dres? sing-rooms below the stage or to one of the lower rooms on the third floor front. There are six private boxes, and seats will be dis? tributed, it Is said, to the unnecessary and un? comfortable number of three thousand specta? tors. THE DE00RATIONS. The proprietors of the theatre kept a bar for soda aod beverages generally in the saloon under the vestibule, and are now fliting up additional bars on the second and third galle? ry floors, where there are commodious front apartments, so that beer and alcohol will not be warn log. Tbe rich carpet will be taken up In the drawing-room on the second floor, but the Ine portraits of actors in character lhere will not be disturbed. ' These pictures are the property of Mr. Ford, and are leatures In keeping with the oouse, am ot a good deal of merit-in themselves. They are nearly all by Ballimore artiste, and comprise, perhaps, the best collection in the hands of any American manager. These pictures are Joe jefferson as Rip, by Allen C. Redmond; George Holland as Dogberry, by W. A. Walker; Owens as Ollapod, by G. O'Almanle; the elder Warren a? Falstaff, by Sauerwelu; Edwin BorJth as Richard III; several good land-cages, and, finally, a por? trait of Manager Ford; him neil historic as the owner ol ibe theatre at Washington v riere Mr. Lincoln was shot by J drn Wilkes Booth. The resident committee takes cnarge of the theatre for the u*es ol the convention, and has tully done its work. HOW THE DELEGATES WILL SIT. The Beat? In Ford's Theatre have been al? ready distributed among the State delega? tions, and a plan of the iheatre prepared, io put the arrangement within the comprenen sioa of every delegate. Maryland, with her sixteen del?gale*, ?its ld the extreme rear,< farthest of all irom the stage, behind even the eight Territories, which, with their two dele? gates apiece, sit in front of her, flanked by Ut di's two votes and Nevada's Blx. Tue front row ot heats Immediately under the Btage, In the parquet, wM be occupied, on the right hand of the president by Maine, with tier fourteen votes, and Louisiana, with her sixteen, on the preside ni's left. 'Next behind comes Arkansas, with twelve delegates; Michigan with ten, and Rhode Island with eight. In the third row will sit Mississippi, with sixteen votes, Connecticut with twelve, and the District ot Columbia with (wo. Next behind, and quite across the middle ot tbe parquet, will be Missouri, with thirty votes; Mafsachuselts, with twenty-six; Virginia, with twenty-two; Iudlano, wlih thirty; North Caro? lina, with twenty; and finally, In the rear of the parquet, nuder tho eaves, of the gallery, will oe West Virginia, wita ten votes; Georgia, with twenty-t<vo, and Illinois, with fon y two. The seats in the parquet circle, wblcn are noi so good, but still afford a lair view of ihe stage, will be occupied, In the front row, by New York's seventy delegates; Immediately behind Pennsylvania's fifty-eight, and then, continuing back on the right nand side to? wards ihe rear will be Kau-as with ten; Wis? consin, with twenty-two; Iowa, with twenty two; Michigan, with twenty-two; Nebraska, with six, and Minnesota, with ten. On the left hand side of the malo aisle, the front, row ef the parquet circle will be filled with Dela? ware's BIX votes, Florida's eight, and Alaba? ma's twenty. Next behind, on the same aide, come Tennessee's twenty-four and Kentucky's twenty-four. Behind Tennessee will be Ohio's forty-iour, and behind Kentucky California's twelve, New Jersey's eighteen, the sixteen votes of Texas, and the six of Oregon. THE STACK AND FIXINGS. The secretaries will sit on either side of the president, and the vice-presidents behind them, upon the stage, and prominent in front will be the Associated Press reporters, flanked at the wings by the Western Union Telegraph on the one side and the Franklin and Pacific on the other. To make- the matter of dele? gate?' seats more distinct small banners will be placed In tbe part of the house where each delegation ls tobe, bearing the coat-of-arms of the State so located and ibe name of the State in full. The delegates will all enter by one particular door, and by tbe other main door the audience exclusively. A triumphal arch is to be put upon the street in front of the iheatre, and the - whole exterior decorated with flags and floral Insignia. To-day ibe artist Is at work upon a new drop c?rtalo, which ls io fall about one-third of the way from the celling in iront of the Btage. The artist ls Mr. Saaffer, a scenic painter, and the design repre? sents a flag looped up, and beneath lt an eagle stretching half way across the stage, from whose beak flies a scroll bearing me motto '.Peace and good will." The shields and ban? ners io ornament ihe gallery fronts are nearly completed, and tbe entire arrangements have been conceived, perfected and approved.. SIGNS OF THE TIMES. The stores here are full of Greeley song books, Greeley flags, and Greeley hats and en? velope? and writing paper stamped with Gree? ley's pori rall abound. Good humor anl even merrim'iut prevail over the prospect even In the city where the first blood of the war was shed. It ls thought that a Northern or West? ern man will be made presiding officer of the convention. WHERE THE DELEGATIONS WILL STOP. Nearly every State delegation has secured Hs quarters, and the various hotels where they are to stop are making active prepara? tions lor their care. The Carrollton. the new and gorgeous hotel on the corner of Ballimore and Lieht etreets, will be the great place of recort for the more distinguished delegates and delegations. The New York delegation and Its attendants have secured the greater part of the Cirroll ton's best room?, nearly every gentleman of prominence having, besides a noe sleeping apartment, a superb parlor-some of them two. At Barnum's the array of delegations and distinguished Individuals ls also great. The Irrepressible George Francis Train will stay there. The Pennsylvania delegation make that hotel its headquarters. - OTHER HOTELS. The Tennepsee delegation, Michigan delega? tion, Louisiana delegation, Indiana delegation, Kentucky delega'loo, Mapsacbitsetis delega? tion, Onto delegation, and Mississippi have all engaged quarters at Barnum's, and ewen witl have a parlor as headquarters assigned them next *eek. At the Eutaw House the Texas and Nebraska delegations ire the only ones registered, but a large number ot private Indi? vidual have engaged roomB there. At the St. Clair the Am?rteos Ci un, of Philadelphia, num? bering ene hundred and fifty, with a band ol music, has engaged quarters. The Virginia delegation will also (-top at this hotel, and have fine headquarters there, where Its thous? and attendants, who come, to shout for Gree? ley, can gather from their humbler retreats in the various parts of the city wherever they can fiud a place to get shelter. Governor Walker, of Virginia, and ex-Attorney-General J. S. Black have also floe quarters at this house, and it will be the headquarters of the German Democrats, who are to meet here on the 7th. At the Maltby House, the Kansas delegation will stop, ana ponluns of the larger delegations who have headquarters at the larger hotels. INTERVIEW WITH W. PINK.MET WHTTE. . At. the first moment when the nomination of Horace Greeley was announced here there was quite a feeling against him; but its extent and au ration can be better described by relating an Interview with the present efficient Gover nor of the State, William Plnkney Whyte, who ls. perhaps, tbe best representative of the De? mocratic parly In the State. I called at his office for the purpose of an Interview, and found him, as usual, deep in the duties of his office. He invited me to a seat, which I took, and, after the usual salutations, began the con? versation upon political subjects. "Governor," Bald I, "you are against Gree? ley, I hear ?" "On, no," said he, "that Is not true. I am In favor of Mr. Greeley, as I believe nearly every Democrat In the State ls. When he was flrat nominated there was a little hesitancy on the part of many ot our people here, because they did not know how the party generally were going to take the nomination. In fact, lt took IIB all by surprise; but when it became aop?rtmt that he was acceptable to the party there was no holding back, and I do not be? lieve lhere ls a Democrat In the State but that will give him hearty support. The p'atform of the Cincinnati Convention could not have suited me better, and the only question In my mind." said he, was "whether Mr. Greeley pos? sessed the elements of strength necessary to make a successful run with our party upon that platform." "I suppose." said I, "that you have been as? sured upon that point?" "Yes, sir." he replied, "most satisfactorily assured. While my personal preference might have been for another candidate, there ls no doubt but that Mr. Greeley ls the strongest man lhat could have been nominated. Here In Maryland we are a unit for him. "The whole South appears to oe In the same condition," I'remarked. "Can you account for their attachment to Mr. Greeley ?" "Mr. Greeley," said he, "Is honest, and the people know lt, and believe in hts honesty, aud while they of the South feel the effects ot his hard efforts against slavery, they firmly believe that now he ls the representative ol th lr advanced principles and Ideas, and that he will make the same hard, honest efforts In their behalf as be did against tnem." THE WORLD ACCEPTS THE SITUATION [From the New York World.J The National Democratic Convention will assemble at Baltimore a wciek from to-mor? row, and we are reluctantly constrained to believe lhat lt will nominate Horace Greeley aa the Democratic candidate for President. Most of the State Conventions for appointing delegates lo Baltimore have been held, and lt seems tolerably clear that Mr. Greeley will have a two-thirds majority on the first ballot. Our readers know how earnestly we have deprecated such a result; but us this prepos? terous nomlnailoo seems ''fixed," we suppose we must make the be-t of lt. Mr. Greeley Is going to Baltimore without any competitors. Mr. Hendricks bas vlrtuallv committed him se<f to Mr. Greeley by consenting to run as the Democratic candidate for Gov? ernor of Indiana In close conjunction with the Greeley movemeut; Governor Ssymnur has publicly, and Cnlet Justice Church privately, indorsed this strange proposal; Governor Ran? dolph, who, so long as there was any hope, was lu most active and zealous opponent, bas given In; Mr. Thurmau's friends and Mr. Pendleton's friends make no sign; Mr. Kerr, who was perhaps the most thoroughly dis? gusted of our attie Democraito statesmen, bas accepted the situation;and even Mr. Voorhees bal withdrawn his opposition. The retreat of the Democratic press has not bean quite so complete. The Boston POBL the Hartford Times, the Philadelphia Age, the Washington Pairlut, and several leading Southern papers, which scouted the Cincinnati nomination at first, have, one bv one, succumbed to the in? evitable; the Chicago Times,' Detroit Free Press, and our able German contemporary, the Staats Z-dtung, alone remaining of the prominent Democratic allies of ihe World In opposing Mr. Greeley. Moreover, we cannot dl.?cover, In any quarter, signs o? a formidable or even a respectable bolt against this strange nomination. A Liberal Repuolican bolt against lt waB attempted in culling the Filth Avenue Hotel Conference; but that gat hering resulted In an endorsement. We have no reason to believe that a Democratic bolt against what may now be regarded as the certain action of the Ballimore Convention, would be more suc? cessful. It ls, therefore, a pretty well settled tact that there will be but two candidates In the field in this Presidential election, aud that citizens must choose between voting for Grant, voting for Greeley, and staying away'from the polls. For our part, we shall pdvlse nobody to vote for Grant; and as between the remain? ing alternative of voting for Greeley or stay? ing at home. we. have no counsel to offer. Our own duty and that of Democratic cltlzeus may perhaps more clearly appear alter the canvass.has made some progress. THE FOURTH'IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, July 4. The beat oontlnued excessive io-day, the thermometer at noon recordlog ninety-seven. The day was officially observed by a parade at nlno o'clock this morning. About five thous? and militia were in Hue. The display was very fine, and lt terminated at eleven A. M. Appropriate exercises were held at Tammany Hall, where the Hon. James Brooks delivered an oration. The popular demons!rations usual on the Fourth have diminished remarkably in fervor and enthusiasm. The streets were vacant, everybody belog out of town. There was little noise, and ihe city bore a Sunday appearance. There were thirty fatal sunstrokes, three yesterday. Total deaths In the last lour days eight hundred and forty-five. THE GROWING CROPS. The Sumter News says: "The rains have been very partial lp this county, so much so, that while some sections have never suffered a day lor the want ot them, add have even been too wet for the h adjie to work, others have not bad a shower since the crops were planted. We heard one farmer say that he bas only Just now got a stand of conon. Not? withstanding the lateness of the spring, and the scarcity ot rain In some localities, how? ever, the crops generally are unusually good for-this time ol the year, and promise an abun The Lexington Dispatch says : "We have been Informed by many of our planters and farmers, lrom nearly every section of the county.t.hat the crops present a better pros? pect than has been known for years." The Edgefieid Adveniser says: "Godlias ;lven us beautiful rains lately, a shower on londay, and one on Tuesday." TOO MUCH INDIAN. FIVE TEAMS' EXPERIENCE AS A SQUAW. How the Romanee waa Taken Oat of a Yankee Schoolmarm. [From the Kansas City Times.] The steamer Fontenelie arrived at this city yesterday momios, after a three months' trip to Fort Benton and the mountains. Among ber miscellaneous cargo of robes, furs, pel? tries and Nebraska corn was a female named Miss Amanda Barber, nee Squatting Bear, who, In a nt o? fanatical romance, offered herself in 1867 as a voluntary missionary to the Bruie Sioux, then occupying the territory between the Cheyenne River and the Big Hom Mountains, Dakota Territory. Mis? Barber created quite a sensation in the Rastern States by ber marriage with a young Indian named Squat ting B-ar. who accompa? nied a party ot Sioux to Washington in 1867. Miss Barber was at that time a clerk In one ot ' the Departments at Washington, In a position secured for her by Geueral Butler, before the Impeachment fiasco. According to her own statement, made yesterday lo our reporter, she was firmly Impressed with the Ideality and perfection of the red men of the plains. She had read everything relating to the Indian tribes, from the reports ot the commissioner ot Indian affairs down to the latest dime novel. lu a fit of enthusiasm or temporary Insanity, she offered herself to, and became the wife of, Squatting Bear, a Junior chief In the Lone Horn band of Bruie Sioux, and with him and his party returned to the Yankton agency, where ene was duly Initiated Into her new lite as a white squaw. Her romamic Ideas of Indian Hie seemed to have received a terrible shock since her Introduction to her new home aud relations, and though she en? deavored tu fulfil her mission as a teacher and missionary to ihe best of her ability, her progress appears to have been as slow as the progress ot civilization on the plains. She states that her first great surprise was being required to mount upon a wild, vicious pony, ana travel without saddle or attention over the country irom the Missouri to tbe White Earth River, a distance ot several hun? dred ml es. Her Inability to make the Journey provoked mirth among her hu-band's com? panions, and Unaly exasperated Squatting Bear until he bound her with a rope to the pony's back and led me animal' himself on the westward trail. She was still more surprised to find her husband possessed ol two ol her wives, one a vicious, dirty squaw, of forty years ot age, the other a girl ol scarcely fourteen years. Her life In his wig? wam, or teepee, was notas bright and happy as she expected lt would be. Her husoand's absence was taken advantage of' by her rivals to compel her to periorm the vilest drudgery, sucn as gathering wood, cooking meat, and scraping robes for the tdnulog process, but during Squatting Bear's presence at home Miss Baroer appears to have been better treated. Her husband, in a violent fit ot passion, killed bis oldest squaw during the erst year she was with the trloe, when with? out warping or notice she was hurried off to the nlraln camp of the Br J es, tn ree days' Journey towards the mountain, and from thence she accompanied the tribe on Its an? nual buffalo hunt,, where she became sick irom exposure and fatigue. She was left at a temporary drying camp-at Rawhide River, where she attempted to escape by walking to Fort Fettermau, a distance of six? ty miles. For this attempt she was beaten until nearly dead and then sold by her hus bind for three ponies to a Cheyenne chlel, who sported ihe expressive soubriquet of Coc Coose, or Baconsldes. She was tuken North In 1870, and has remained wltn ihe Cheyennes ever since, until her escape this spring, when she mane her appearance at aud claimed the protection of ihe authorities at Fort Benton. Miss Barber's experience would no doubt make a story more thrilling tuan that of the "Escupen Nun." She ls a woman rather plain in appearance, skin tawny and black, eyes small, dark and expressive, voice rattier masculine-and, in fact, Just such a woman as Mrs. Colonel Anthony or Teonle Claflin would choose for a second in com? mand. Miss Barber conversed with our re? porter without the least diffidence, and an? swered any question asked of her. 8he says that, so fur us the romance of Indian life ls concerned, ehe lound none of lt. Her efforts to teach and reform the young lu dian children Were treated with indifference and contempt. She learned the Sioux language easily, but the Cueyenne dialect was harder to acquire. She has a much higher opinion ot the Chey? ennes than of ihe Sioux. Tbe latter trine, sue says, are to blame tor neany all thieving and murdering done kn ihe white settlements. She found lt necessary to paint and coior like the re.at of the tribe while she was wl?) them, and twice witnessed the murder or executions ol while men, once a soldier belonging to the Tlnrtj-econd United Slates Infantry, who bad been taken while out hunting, "who was burnt and scalped; the others were two team? sters, brought 'rom Fort McPherson. Ali three were burnt at a place called '.saddler's Hill." in the Nebraska "Bad Lands." Miss Barber has a poor opinion of Gram's Quaker policy, which she says ls a perfect farce, and la so regarded by the Indians. She asserts that there will be no peace while men intrude into the buffalo range or tempt the cupidity of the Indians by bringing stock and valuables out into exposed ironiter settle? ments. The Indians have the greatest con? tempt for ihe wnlte mau's Judgment and the efficacy ot the soldiers. Miss Barber left the steamer Fontenelie at this port, and alter a few hours' rest started on her way no life hume of ber Irlends at Millford, Massachusetts. STRAUSS WRITES BOMB. HU Opinion of the Moiton Jubilee. Herr Strauss has addressed a letter to the editor of the Vienna Musical Journal, of which the following ls a translation: . Being convinced that a genuine recital of the arrangements and grind success of the Boston Jubilee will be of particular Interest, especially as great doubt has existed In Eu? rope concerniug the whole undertaking, and the accomplishment of Its announced pro? grammes, I must assure you that not only bas everything stated been carried out, but that a great deal more than was agreed has been ac? complished. The giant Coliseum, elegantly constructed and perfect la its acoustical ar? rangements, has an auditorium capable of seating over tifiy thousand persons. Besides this, the orchestra contains some fifteen hun? dred Instrumentalists and nearly twenty thou? sand singers, A munster organ, blown by steam, noble in tone and overwhelming in Its effects, ls reared at the baok of the grand plat-. form. When the* European idea of the standard of music in America ls considered, the realiza? tion of so successful an undertaking ls simply wonderful. It was only made possible by per? fect organization, and the willingness of everybody to make personal sacrifices and to labor for the general good. Thus . lt ls that the reputed fable has become a present truth, When I consider the grand effect ot ihe fresh voices of ihe chorus, me splendid orchestra, and the mighty organ. I am forced to confess that the Jubilee Is a superbly impressive enter? prise. And this noble Impressiveness results uot only from the huge masses ot the per? formers, but also from the talent and admira? ble pt eel sion with which all of the music ls executed. From all portions of America the people flock to Join in the festivities, and every day witnesses assemblages of upward ot' flity thousand persons. I cannot dpny my Joyful experiences la this extraordinary festival are marred by one serious thought. That ls, that In, Europe, where exists every musical advantage, and where such au artistic under? taking ought io be much easier, there ls no one with the enterprise to project such a grand International gathering. . The 4th day of July will close this Incompara? ble musical event. JOHANN STRAUSS ITEMS*FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, July ?. A lady fell from the filth story of the Metro? politan Hotel early this morning and will die. A man, helpless irom small-pox, lay two hours on the avenue to day. Toe smail-pox ambulance was said to be on duty at a colored picnic. A private dispatch received before the storm states that Longfellow won the great race to-day. A COTTON PLANTERS' CONVENTION. Propoied Formation ot a Southern Cot? ton Company, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. ASHLAND, near Vance's Ferry, June 28. -We would call the attention of the cotton planters of the South to the urgent necessity ol uniting their bralae and their money for their mutual protection and benefit. The cotton planters of the South have lt In their power to control and regulate, In a great measure, the price of cotton at a particular standard, and thereby preventing those great fluctuations in prices, which tco often prove disastrous to the planters, and entail ruin and reappointment cn thousands of our most industrious and en? terprising farmers, and also consequent ruin upon the State, particularly when nine-tenths of the taxes is paid by this class of citizens. Our plan la to form a Joint stock company with a capital sufficiently powerful to control the market price of the cotton produced in the Southern States; and we want every planter who raises cotton to become a stockholder. We want a board of directors in every county; a State board in every cotton State; and a general and supervisory directory for the cot? ton States. We want this to work like a wheel within a wheel, from counties up to the general or cotton States directory; In purchas? ing all colton that is likely to be forced on the market, which cotton is to oe held by the company, andsold at a standard price, fixed by the company, of which each stockholder is to receive benefit In proportion to the amount of capital invested. A standard price is to be fixed by the company, and no cotton is to be sold for less. And In case the Northern and European buyers will nut pay the prices fixed Dy our company, the corporation is lo erect factories with a portion ol Hs capital and maDulaciure lt Into yarn and cotton gooda, to be sold for the benefit of the stockholders. And In this way to * control the price of our raw material, and make ourselves masters of the situation. - . Wny ls lt that the cotton planters of the Southern States cannot unite lor their mutual advantage? Our commercial men can nnlte and hold* conventions lor their mutual ad? vancement, and I have noticed that many of our most Intelligent planier? are appointed delegates to these conventions, when their proper business. In my nplulon, would be to use their influence and all their Intelligence io getting up agricultural conventions and in building up tue Interest and the fortunes ot tneir own hardworking class. Oor specula? tors caa form cliques and unite their capital to keep down the price ot our raw material, and to secure to themselves all the advantages of a rise In prices. And why can not our agricul? turists unite their brains aad their money for their mutual protection, and thus drive out from amongst them these ruinous niasses of men, and raise themselves from a si ate of penury and dependency to that of affluence and power ? . * THE COURSE OF COTTON. A New Torie View ot th? Prospectiva Price of the Staple. E. J. Donnell, the : New York cotton broker, In his circular, lssrxfa, on Tuesday last, says : Just now speculation is almost wholly sus? pended. The cotton market ls left to Itself, to lind ita basis In the average opinion and finan? ?ai Btrenglh of holders. The situation ls peculiar, almost unexam? pled. Last season the amount of cotton afloat tor Europe continued large all Bummer; this season it ls certain lt will Boon dwindle down io a mere trifle. Ia fact nearly all the supply Europe can expect In the next four mom hs is now in sign t. The threji to lour hundred thou? sand bales of useless cotton held In Liverpool and London are counted as stock, and, lor the moment, because people are lo the mood to see externals only, they have a great moral eflect. The mood will change and then it will be viewed differently. * One thing seems to be admitted on all hands: we will commence the next season with s very BCADt supply ot American cotton everywhere. Tbe stale of opluion In Liverpool, as io the luture, ls shown by a sale reported to-day. even in ihe present depressed condition* of that market, of Orleans, for September deliv? ery, at 11} peace. At the saine time lt ls quite natural that our Southern friends should be free sellers of the growing crop, alter ibe many disappointments they have had. I think they do nut compre? hend the era of expansion to- which we are living, and which seems to me to be only in Its commencement. Taere are certainly nib Signs ot its .having culminated, or even having arrived anywhere near Hs culmination. What? ever pauses or temporary reaction may take place, lt ls morally certa: u that we are to haye more than one year yet of great activity and ?Lli 1 higher prices in most articles of trade and sp?culation. Io Northern Georgia at the present time, pig Iron tnat costs $17 per ton, put on the railroad cara, sells freely In Cincin? nati for $60 per ton; cost of transportation $9 per ton. Of all the productions of human in? dustry, there ls none so true an Index io the condition of trade as Iron. That ls my reason for mentioning the above fact, and also because lt is lo the Immediate neighborhood of ihe cotton planters and probably known to very few of them. There is another faot with willoh they are probably < more familiar; I mean the enormous profils realised by the colton factories ot the Souih during the past two years. These profits are unexampled, yet ihey are by no means acci? dental, but on ihe contrary the natural fruit of a condition of trade and finance Just coming to maturity and producing its fruit, to-day In one direct iou, to-morrow In another. These observations of course refer to the future aod to the general course or events. For the time being the price of ootton must depend upon the activity or inactivity of speculation. So much ls this tbe case that people have no patience with legitimate trade. When an article ls left to legitimate demand and supply nearly everybody tires ol lt and wants-to git out of lt. How long the present relaxation may continue In the cotton market it Is im? possible to predyt. The exolied upward movement commenced more than a month ago, continued until the shorts were all tor? tured loto covering; on the same principle I suppose the speculative long holders must be tortured out of their holdings. That is the usual course In such fluctuations. A PATERNAL PRESIDENT. LONO BRANOH, July i. The President, in excusing himself from at? tending the reunion of the Army of the Ten? nessee, writes io General Force: "My son, who ls now at Harvard, will return on the 28ih June, and BB be has taken passage lor Europe on ihe steamer leaving New York on the 6th or July, to be absent a year, I do not see ibat I can very well leave bim Just at the only time I can possibly have him with me." THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, Joly 4. Rising barometer, with pleasant weather and northwest winds, will probably prevail on Friday north and westof West Virginia; south? west wi ods veering io northwest, with clear? ing weather, will prevail on the lower lakes and In the Middle States. Cloudy weather in Kew Eugland, clearing away Friday night. No material change Is indicated for the South? ern and Gult Stales. Hotel Arrivals-July 4. PAVILION HOTEL. Junlus D. Potts, North Carolina; A. Morgan, Georgetown; Cnarles Barnum, Columbia; M. S. Jordan, Darlington; J. L. ewens, lady, two children and servant, Port Royal Railroad; L. C. Dorons, Savannah; S. H. Beall, South Carolina, J. A. Mosely, city; William McMa nany, Ireland"; W. C. Bagge?, South Caro? lina. CHARLESTON HOTEL. William Ludlow, United States Engineers; E. Sprlnz, Macon; G. W. Berry, Savannah; E. H. Freeland, Baltimore, THE NEW YORK. VEGETABLE MAMKET. The Dally Bulletin, of Wednesday, Joly-8, [says: ,..,.,>, Nev Loog island potatoes are held at Ha 2 60 per bbl, and Jersey at $1 76a2 60 per bbl. Old potatoes are neglected aod not quotable. In vegetables very tew changes took place ti day, toe supply ot most articles ls Uberal, and the demand about equal to the receipts. We. quote as lollows: Green peas, Long Island, two bushel bags, 76c; Bermuda onions ii per crate; cucumbere,:Norfolk, per bbl, $160atj Sf: do, one-eighth crates. 76c; do Jersey and Long Island^ $1 60 per 100; summer squash, per crate, 76c; newtnrnlps $3a6 per 100 tranch?e: new cabbsges $4a6 per 100; ctrlng beana, Lr-ing island, per two bushel bags, 76c; gre o onions Si per 100 bunches; beeta, Jersey. $4*5; cauli? flowers, tl 75d3 per dozen; Southern tomatoes tlal 60 per crate; do, Norfolk, $2. THE NEW YORK FRUIT MARKET. The* Dally Bulletin of Wednesday, July ?, says: - ?.V A good many strawberries were received to-day, and State's sold at loaicc per quart, but Eastern berries ?ere generally in bad or? der, the bot weather having moulded them, and some Bold as low as 6c per quart. Seed Hug blackberries brought 18*20?, and com? mon 10al6c. Whortleberries plenty, and many poor lots sold very low, bat choice are worth aoout 20c per quart. We quote: New apples $2a3 per bbl, 75*ii 60 per crate. Old russells 15 a G 50 per bbl. Raspberries 10al6o per quart. Peaches *4a6 60 per era' e. .. Cher? ries 3al2o per pound. Currants' Saldo per pound. Pears $3aS 26 for'Sogar'per orate. Gooseberries $2 60a3 60- per bushel, ant watermelons *50?60 per 100. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The following directory of tbe Health De? partment has been prepared by Dr. George 8. Pelzer, the City Registrar, and ls published for the information of the public: o m oe of Board of Health and City Hecla trar at Olly Hall. 9 BO ABD OF IXHAXTII. Hon. John A. Wazener, residence No. St St. Phillp s treet, Mayor, Chairman. 1 Uenerat W. G. DeSausaure, Ward No. 1, resi? dence No. 27 East Battery. George H. Moffetc, Ward No. s, residence Na io Legare street. i -, ? Thomas M. HanckeL Ward No. 8, residence No. 47 Hasel street. Captain Jacob Small, Ward No. 4, resldenoe No. 14 Bull street. . . Thomas D. Dotterer, Ward No. 6, resldenoe northeast corner Henrietta and Meeting streets. H. B. Olney, Ward No. o, r?sidence No. Ito Oom ng street. Thomas D. Rason, Ward No. 7, resldenoe No, Ti America street. William L. Webb, Ward No. 8, resldenoe No, ?7: Butledgo avenue. MedioaZ commut?e. George s. Pelzer, M. rx, city Registrar, real dence No. 48 cannon street. Eil Geddings, M?D., residence -No. 1? George Btreet. J. P.-GSssai, M. D., residence No. s Wentworth. I street^ Standing Committee*. '(.' On Hospitals and Dispensarles-Dra. Felser,, Geddl.;,-- and OhazaL . ,. On Low Lots, Drainage and Nuisances-The ? Mayor. Dr. Pelzer and Messrs. HanckeL Small; and Webb. oo Barlil Grounds, Sextons and Hearses-Dr. Ohazal, General DeSaossure aod Mr. Monett, Oo Pabilo Institutions-Dr. Geddings and M esra. Easou, Dotterer and Olney. On Epidemics, Pabilo Hygiene and Quarantine -Dra. Geddings, chazai aaa Pelzer. On Accounts-nra. Pelzer, Geddings and Oha. . zaL . : COMFLAINT BOOKS are open at the upper and lower w?rds Guard? houses, and citizens are requested to report all nuisances prejudicial to the public health aa . promptly aajiosalble, at either ot the above named places. CTTT HOSPITAL. . Mazyck st eat, above Queen street. Bargara in charge, J. S. Buist, M. D. Residence and office, - Na 206 Meeting street. Marine Department, etty Hospital, Mazyck I street. Sargeon In charge, J. B. Buist, M. D. . HSALTH DISTRICT NO. L Bounded on the north by centre of Calhoun ftreet, on the ease by Cooper River, on the south by sooth Battery, and on the west by centre of Meeting street. Physician lo charge. Dr. Manning Simons. - Office and residence, Church street, above Broad, next to the charlea on Library building. - HSALTH DISTRICT SO. 3. Wesera Division, surras'Dispensary. Bounded on the north by centre of Calhoun street, on the etat by centre or Meeting street, on the soot* by . south Ba tory and Ashley River, and on the west by AsMey Bl ver. Phyaidan in charge. Dr. Joseph Tates. Office at sn lr ra's Dispensary, Society street, between King; and Heeling streets. Aealdeaoe No. 14 Lib? erty street. The physician in charge of this district ls re? quired to attend at the Lower Wards Guardhouse when called upon. HEALTH DISTRICT NO. S. Bounded on the north by city Boundary, on tne east by Cooper River, on the sootu by centre of Oaihouo street, and on the west by-centre of Meeting street. ' Phjsto.an In charge. Dr. J. L. Ancrum. Office, and residence No, io Mary street, opposite Elisa? beth street. The physician In charge of this district Is re? quired to attend at the Almshouse whan called . upon. r HSALTH DISTRICT NO 4. Bounded on thayiorth by City Boundary, oh tba east by centre ofSmito. street to Cannon street, then by ceu tro - of Caa non to Katie ige ave a oe, then oy oestre of aatledge avenue to George street, and tnea by a llue running m the same di? rection through to City Boundary, ou the eonth ny centre ol calhoun street, and on the west bj Ashley River. Physician in charge, Dr. T. Gr inge Simons. Office No. 18 Ashley street, oopoelte Ualced ?tates Arsonal. Residence No. 21 Rutledge aveline, op I poslte Radcliffe stree*. The pa y-L-lan in charge of this district lt re? quired n attend at the old Folks' Home woe* called upon, . HSALTH DISTRICT HO. S. Bounded on the north by Oliy Boundary, on the* east by centre or Meeting street, on the. sooth by centre or Calhoun street, and on the west by cen? trent Smith street to cannon airest, then by cen? tre ot Cannon street to Rutledge avenue, then by centre of Rottedge avenue to Grove street, then " by a line running In the same direction to City Boundary. Phi niel an tn charge, nr. Isaac W. Angel. Of ! ace and residence, st. Phillp street, opposite Ute Neds MarSet. : r The physician ls charge of this district ls re I quired to attend at tho Upper Wards Guardhouse when called upon. OFFICE HOURS. - ".' From 8 to e morning; from a toa afternoon. All dispensary patients who are abie shall bs required to attead at the office of the heall h du ' i net la wh'ch they may reside daring the above specified office hoare. Tho p lynlclans in attend ance win afford medical and aarnlcal redef and medicine J gratuitously to all destitute Sick poor perxoas. residents of their respective dlsulou I applying for treatm-nt, wno may, in their op in- . I lon, be entitled to dispensary relief. It ls recommended that office patient? attead punctually at the beginning of the office hoare. Calla may Deleft on tne slate at any Orno dating the day at the respective offices, and at night at the residences or the physicians in charge. Tne number and street must be carefully given in all' applications for attendance at home. ?Mitra! $ aturo. GR \Y.-Died on the 4th Distant, at his real deuce, lo this city, HBNBT TAKOST GBAT. ??-HIS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS and those of his family are requested to attend his Funeral Services, at circular church, THU APTBRNOON, &t S o'clock. Jal y 6? ?HF THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ti edemas And family, are respectful ly Invited to attead th) Fanerai Services of their lnrant son. MI o WARD WARREN, at their residence, Na 32 Society street, THIS AFTBBNUON, at 6 o'cl'ick. J0'** ?nsiTteaa" Cards. ?j^j-OSES GOLDSMITH ? Ss BON, COLONNADE ROW, Vg?D?B RANG! Highest Cash Price fiild *<* WOOL, WAX Hides, Skins, Paper stock, Iron, and all tads ox | MEUD*- "ALSO, i Deniers W OOTT?N, Narai ?wres^Bcoi* / pig ir?. vupa-wwnft