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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE-niEL?ND OF AMERICA. SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE BALTI? MORE CONTENTION. Eloquent Speech of the Hon. M. P. O'Connor. !n the Baltimore Convention on Wednes? day, niter Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, had con cloded bis speech protesting against the adop? tion of the Cincinnati platform, Mr. O'Connor, of Sooth Carolina, rose and said: ffenfiemen 0/ the Convention-I profoundly regret that there should be any division of opinion either upon the platform of principles or upon our candidates lo this juncture ot our national affairs, [applause.] The whole na? tion ls at tbe present time in a crisis when all issues 9bould be merged in the one great and overshadowing issu.- of the deleat of the present national administration, which ls working such ae tri mr nt to the B< public. Mr. President and gentlemen, the great changes that bave taken place In the last eight years, tending to the complete centrali? zation of this government In all of Us depart? ments, have emboldened an unscrupulous Ex? ecutive to>iu; commission of acts of usurpa* . tlon and m tyranny tbat now endanger the very foundations of American liberty. [''That's . so!" and applause.] lu the rapid march of events, many of th? ancient landmarks of ail political organizations have been Bwept away add entirely forgotten, while many of these landmarks have been comparatively modified and changed to suit the creative situation of things. Toe reconstruction acts which In 13 >8 were, by this convention, denounced as un? constitutional and void, bave been accepted by nearly all the State conventions as fixed facts, [applause,] and acquiesced In by the or? gans ol almost all shaces of political belief throughout the country. Tue fifteenth constitutional amendment--the amend? ment which gave universal suffrage that amendment which was felt more* seriously In my State than perhaps In any other section of this Republic, I say that amendment whloh was at first challenged and resented, and threatened to be obliterated from the organic law of the nation-1 say tnat -that amendment has been acquiesced in as the? public expression of the popular will, and never aaa. oe successfully controverted. Eat applause,] and never can be repealed. ie wed applause.] Public opinion 1B higher all governmenta, and higher than all con? ventional principies, and before ita rising tide the old landmarks masc recede and new ones must be established. [ Applause.] I say, Mr. President, that lt ls just as imoos Blble in statesmanship to establish a govern? ment over men that ls inflexible, as lt is in , nature to create men without passing irom infancy to manhood, and without being sensi? ble io the changes of season, of growth and of climate. [Applause.] Here ls the great Democratic party to-day, with Its glorious tra? ditions, with Its splendid associations clinging to her nama and character, and the whole na? ilon la looking at her, appeallog to ber to lay upon the altar ot our Common country all of her prejudices. [Applause.] 'Mr. President, we have not come here to or? ganize a movement lora Bingle State, Honor a single section, but we have acme here to or? ganize a movement for the salvation of the whole Republic. [Cries of "gooa," and ap? plause.] Though South Carolina may be crushed almost to annihilation by the superin? cumbent mass of infamy and corruption which 1B weigh luz ber dowo, and though ber sister States of the South may ne exhausted Jiy the debilitating pressure of Radical mis? government, io the smaller, but equal ratio, the whole arteries which lead to the great national heart have been poisoned by the great public body at Washington-the exhala? tions that escape and infect the whole atmos here. It breathes of corruption, and every reeze that cornea to us irom Washington comes tainted with tyranny. ["That's so," anotapplause ] Why, slr, wnat ia the condition of this Be public to-day ? We have a President who does not present himself tn the guise of a simple ' civilian, but presents himself in the epau? lettes of a general before the Republic. We have a President who one day thrusts bis offen? sive claims In. the face of England, and the next day ingloriously Btrikes the American colors. [Cries of "edarno on him !" and ap? plause.] He submits to the superior British diplomacy of Granville and Gladstone one day, while the next day he orders his Minister Sickles, in Spain, to make threats against the Impotent Kingdom ot Spain. - That ls - the government and that ls the di plo macy of this government. Aye, gentlemen, I say to you, . that these great, these tremendous evils, are aufflclent to unite the whole nation into one holy and Invincible alliance to deleat these un? hallowed purposes. [Cries of "good !" and applause.] Mr. President, I fear that I have trespassed almost too much on your time, [Cries of "No," "No," ''Go on," "Go on,"] but 1 beg leave to say for South Carolina that when- the war closed she did hope to clasp hands with her Northern brethren over that bloody chasm, and she sees the day dawning now when that hope will be recognized [Cries ot "Good," and applause] and when lt wul be tully realized in the election of a man to the Presidency who ls the embodiment of benevolence [Applause] and who ls the very spirit of brotherhood and 'philanthropy. [Cries of "Good," and loud and continued applause.] We will not have a peace like the peace of General Grant, but we will have a peace inscribed upon the banners of Greeley [great applause] of universal am? nesty, universal equality, and for eternity. [Applause.] But let me say that South Carolina, under the si any fold cf that banner-the banner of the Union, under whloh she fought and did triumph, and afterwards against which she longm, but without success-that banner which ever will be triumphant as long as the banks of her great lakes shalt echo to the Re cents of freedom, and the Missouri and the Mlsaissppl shall roll through the Inheritance of freedmen. [The speaker was here Inter? rupted by loud applause.] Gentlemen, I nave trespassed tpo long. [Cries of 'Go od."] Let me say this ia reply to me gentleman from Delaware. Let me say this, the thirteen tn amendment ls practically out of view, because all the States have prac? tically ratitted the abolition of slavery. The fourteenth amendment ls practically null. In consequence of the late amnesty acts, and will become a complete nullity when Horace Gre&ley ls elected President of the United Slates [Great applause.] And, as to the fifteenth amendment, let me .say to the gentleman from Delaware that while our State bas had to endure what he ls so much opposed to-negro suffrage ad nauseaum-that, speak? ing my Individual convictions, I would be the last mau to assist in, and would deprecate the day when any party In this Bepubtlc would . ever enroll on its banner the principle to wrest from four million Africans that which has been given them. [Great applause. ] Let-them have lt, and let them keep lt, and v?e will accommodate ourselves to it. Have patience, and this great party t$com? ing Into power, and we will have a govern? ment which will be equal In its laws and equal and exact in Its justice to all men. But above all let me say to this convention that all of the effects of this administration that we have felt moat severely, was the act by which the President of the United States was given the power to suspend the great writ of habeas corpus. Our poor State of South Carolina, the Ire? land of America, you may say the Niobe State, South Carolina almost broken upon the wheel of fortune. I say that us far as she is con? cerned, that when I think of the manner in which that a"t has been carried out-the man? ner in which that act suspending the writ of habeas corpus has been carried out, I say it would shock the sense of the civilized world. Now, Mr. President, the suspension of that writ, which may be suspended to-day In our State for one cause, may be suspended any other day for any other causo, and every ves? tige of your liberties will be swept away. ' Mr. President, I am satisfied that I have ex? hausted the patience ot the convention, and Jiave nearly exhausted myself, and I will not trespass upon vonr conrtesy longer, but will now cheerfully yield the floor. [Great ap? plause.] SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. _A number of persons were Injured yester? day by a collision on the Pan Handle Railroad. -The public schools at Paterson, N. J., are closed on account of the small-pox. TUE RING IN THE COU."TS. Parker Abandons the Bond Scrip and ls Ordered to Clear up his Accounts-The Blue Ridge Case Postponed for a Week-An Onslaught upon Judge Orr. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NBW8.J CoL?MBrA, Friday, July 12. Messrs. Chamberlain and Melton, the coun? sel for Treasurer Parker in the bond scrip case, declined to deliver any argument to? day, elvi cg up the case as a lost cause. The case of T. J. and H. W. Gibson, and others, creditors against Parker as treasurer, was called up. Tbe counsel for the plaintiff took exceptions to Parker's return, on affida? vit, as being inexplicit, and the court ordered him to amend, and postponed the further hearing ot the case till Friday next. The ob? jection wa? that Parker dtd not itemize his ac? count of receipts and expenditures. The case of John Mackay against the Blue Ridge Railroad, which was to have come up before Judge- Melton to-day, was also post? poned on aocount of the absence ol Ihe par? ties. It ls fixed for bearing to-morrow week. It seems that the Bing contemplate attacking Orr In his strongholds. L. C. Carpenter, of the Union, speaks in Abbeville to-night, and on the 30th instant there will be a mass meet? ing at the same place, which will be addressed by Scott, Neagle, Parker and other rlngites. Qui Viva. The Argument on Thursday. The Columbia Colon gives the following re? port of the arguments on Thursday, before Judge Willard, in the matter of the Bevenue Bond Scrip, a sketch of which was printed In TBE NEWS ol yesterday: * - Mr. Pope began his argument for the relator ast ?ti nu the positions taken In the complaint, i contended that lt never was the Intention ot the Legislature that pact dun taxes should be paid In scrip ; that the act authorizing the Issue of scrip waa contrary to the Constitution of the State of South Carolina; and that tbe act authorizes the emission ol Dills o? credit, and ls, therefore, contrary to the Constitution of the Uultfd States. He quoted from the aots under which taxes now past due wt*relaid to show than tbey were payable In certain kinds of funds, and could nor, therefore, be payable In revenue bond scrip. The bills re? ceivable were unconstitutional. It was con? tended that the acts of March 7, 1872, repealed all previous acts, and that the Legislature In? tended that all taxes were payable in this scrip; But he contended that proposition was un? sound and conld not be maintained; first, be? cause the act had no appealing clause; second, a repeal by implication ls not to be regarded by the court; and, third, that In all cases wbere two acts are not directly opposed to each other, and the latter does not expressly repel the former, they must stand t< gether and be Interpreted together. Mr. Pope quoted largely from Sedgwl'k on Statutory Law. The language of the aet of March 7th, 1872, does not refer to back taxes, but to classes ol taxes; that ls. whether for school purposes or lor payiog Interest on publie dent, &c. Pre? vious to 1872 there had been no specific levy to pay Interest on tne public debt. Judge Willard here suggested that there was really no separate tax t&pay interest on public dent, but that all taxeB were levied and collected at one lime as one tax, and wanted to hear Mr. Pope's views upon the duty of tne county treasurer li bond scrip .were, receivable for taxes, except Interest on public debt, should he receive a certain proportion or the whole in scrip. Mr. Pope thought that a certain proportion should be paid In currency. Mr. Pope contin? uing, said that the Legislature looked entirely to tne future. They supposed, or should have supposed, that all the back taxes had been collected. If this aet applied to book taxes It was offering a bonus to de.lnqueqt taxpayers, because such a currency as this sorlp was bound to depreciate. Mr. Pope then proceeded lo elaborate bis next point, contending that the issue ol the scrip was unconstitutional. He praised those provisions of the constitution WLlob limited the powers of the Legislature la regard to contracting; debts, and tbe provisions which make taxation the only source of revenue. He read these sections of the constitution re? lating to these matters. The General Assem? bly had the powercb provide for ordinary expenses. He showed how, according to the constitution, they could do this Until a debt or liability of the State was actually In existence they had no power to lame sorlp. lt was proper that the State should have no other resource than taxation. It obliged every citizen to bear part of the burden, and so to feel the State. He next de? tailed the method of levying laxes tor ordina? ry expenses, and for making up any deficit. The State mst;hi Issue bonds lor extraordinary expenses, and could meet them in no other way, and'then a tax might be laid to pay in? terest on the bonds, and for their redemption. There never was.a debt due from the State to the Blue Bldge Railroad Company, and there fore lt was unconstitutional to issue this eorlp. Mr. Pope next gave a history or legislation in regard to the Blue Bldge Rai ruad Com? pany lrom 1864 to 1872, contending that the act to promote the . consolida ron ot the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company and the Blue Ridge Ball road Company was unconstitutional, because lt related to more than one subject, and the subject was not expressed In its title. Tbe provisions of the act had never been carried out by the two roads. The act of 1872 com? mences with a recital whlob ls untrue, both In In point of fact and point of law. Tne whole aot Is u neonat lt m Ional. Th? act ls contrary to the Constitution of the United States, be? cause lt authorizes the emls-lon ot bills ot credit. Hr. Pope hero gave a history of the action of the convention in relation to the clause o? the Constitution of the United States which prohibits any State from issuing bills o? credit He contended that the revenue bond scrip are bills of credit, and cited decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States to sus? tain thlsoplolon. Mr. Magrath, as attorney for one of the holders of scrip, replied lo Mr. Pope. He pro? posed to present the other aide bf the case as a pure question of law. The State of South 1 Carolina has authorized the Issue of certain ? certificates o? Indebtedness o? a certain form and of certain d?nominations, setting lort n that the sum mentioned therein laduebyihe State to the bearer thereof. It was not a bill o? credit. The consideration of this question does not bri ^g bet?re the court all the parties who have an interest In this case. The scrip has passed Into the bands of third parties for value. Tne parties who held bonds have re? turned them and received scrip In exchange. It then becomes a contract between the State and ibo party who hold the scrip, which must be enforced. It ls lor a State alone to determine In what form the public dues sbaU be paid. No court can con? trol the form in which dues to the State itself shall be paid. The form of this scrip is aa un? like a bill of credit as anything can be. The contract between the State and the holder ls perfect. The validity ot such a contract and ibe competency of the parties , to it has been again and again affirmed by tbe highest au? thority in the United States. Mr. Magrath contended that the opinions cited by Mr. Pope to prove the scrip a bill of o edit sustained the contrary, and quoted from those opinions to sustain bis proposition. There Is no obligitlon on the part of a creditor of the State to receive this scrip In satisfaction of a debt to him. If the revenue bond scrip are bills o? credit then coupons representing the interest due on State bonds are bills of credit. Tbe Columbia Phoenix, in its report of the proceedings, says: Judge Willard seemed to have very well settled convictions that the bond scrip are bills of credit. In fact, be declared as much to the counsel, and begged that they would address themselves specially to the point. The bond scrip, as be conceived, being plainly Intended to answer all the ordinary uses o? a circulating medium, and acknowledging a debt due and to be paid, are certainly as much bills of credit as anything could be. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, July 12. The conditions continue favorable tor partly cloudy weather, and showers or rain for the Southern States, east of the Mississippi. THE COTTON OUTLOOK. SUDDEN AND EARLY APPEARANCE OP THE CATERPILLAR. Blue Anticipation?. Tbe news of the appearance of the caterpil? lar on the Coast was confirmed yesterday by Intelligence received from several additional localities. MONTGOMERY, ALA., July 12. The caterpillar, In unusual numbers, has ap? peared all through the colton belt three weeks earlier than ever before. The wet weather which develops the worm still continues. The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, of Thursday, says: Tbe planters of Alabama are complaining deeply and loudly ot an excess of wet weath? er. Too muon rain ls almost as fatal to tbe cotton crop as the caterpillar, and from all the evidences now before us lt appears that we are to have both this year. There were more cotton caterpillars in the city yes te: ?ay. We saw some specimens of tne noxious little reptiles, some ot wnlch came from plantations on the Eu 'tula road, as far away to the southwest as : .tz pat rick station. From what we can let o? their habits and history ibis ls the second crop of the caterpillar. Heretofore this crop has never put In its appearance before tbe last week In July, and even after that late date the third crop appeared .soon enough to destroy halt the growing crop. Tbere ls, therefore, no estimating the damages likely to ensue the present threatening aspect ol affairs. Wet weather is the worms fostering seas m. They always flourish best In raloy sea-one. Tne present wet snell is, therefore, ominous of ihe mi ure of tne cotton plant, for li nothing occurs calculated to out short the ravages o? this terrible foe, the cotton orop of the Booth will be tearfully short. . The Euf?ula Times of the 7th states on good authority that the caterpillars are now pretty generally on both sides of the river, from Neal's Landing to Columbia, Henry County, and In places where rain has fallen every day for a week or ten days. They are Increasing very rapidly In the fields below Gordon. A COMPARISON. An old and experienced Charleston cotton factor, now absent from the city, In a private letter, gives bis views as follows: The present season reminds me and com? pares with that of 1869 more fully than any previous one. Then as at this lime the cotton plant was more fully developed than in any previous year. In 1869 the season continued regular, und the plant seemed attaining per? fection in all paris ot the cotton region early In the month ot August. DurlDg tbe month ot August the caterpillar made lui appearance, and we know what the result was, both In quality and price. This season has all the prime causes to breed the caterpillar abundance ofraln, warm eun and a large growth of all kinds of vegetation. Apart from this the months of July and August are the months that make the colton crop. Al this lime the plant never looked more flourishing, having had good seasons and been stimulate J with fertilizers, and to use a familiar expres? sion, lt appears In all Its glory. Ills luxuriating and feasting upon all the good things of the earth. Now to keep up this revelry lt will re? quire something that we do not often see In the months of July and Auguct. It will re? quire moderate ram?, mixed with a good de? gree of sunshine. Without caterpillars, with three or four weeks of dry weather and hot sun the crop would be Uko that of last year. With a continuation o? the present showery aod wei weather we will have the rot, ooii worm and almost certainly the caterpillar. Taking ail things together, I look unod-toe cotton crop as being in a very precarious con? dition, fjuder the circumstances, lt I know what advice to .give you, I would give lt, . cheeriully. Wnen we look at the stock ra an our pori s we see lt very light. When we look at the marke LS we see prions declining, and without any demand-a very unusual state of things, and to force aalen at ruinous rates ls very unpleasant to any factor aa well aa his lrlende. I think I would place myself on the walt-and-watoh platform for the next thirty days, and see what will turn up la the mean? time. Before the middle of August you may see cotton higher than it has been this season. TBE FIRST BALE. GALVESTON, July 8. The first bale of new cotton ls reported from Brownsville. It was baled on the 3d,*and will be shipped to-New Orleans by the first seamer. It ls classed low middling. rae GROWING COTTON. An Important and Trustworthy State? ment. NEW ORLEANS, July 6,1872. To the President and Board of Directors of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange: GENTLEMEN-We beg leave io submit, with? out comment, the following report of the growlog crop of cotton, made up by us from replies to our Interrogatories during the month of June: MISSISSIPPI. We have numerous letters from this Slate. lu a lew counties planters complain of un- 1 favorable weaiher since the 16th of May, and ! Borne imperfect stands, but nearly all our cor respondents report the former as much more favorable than last year, and the latter as ! being very fine. Taking the average or estl- : mat-s, we flud ihat about forty-five per cent, ot the crop, owing to long continued dry , weather, did not cerne up unui after the 20th of May. The present condition of crops ls generally excellent, and with a favorable and late fall the yield ls expected to be a "full 1 average." ! LOUISIANA. The weather, according to all of our corres- < pondents, bas been, since the 16tb of May, I very favorable, and much more BO when com? pared with last year. Fully one-third of the orup ls reported not to have come up until after the 20th of May. Sunds are said to be generally good, though In some o? ihe parishes j on the Mississippi Biver, where a considerable I portion came up late, this ls said to be not In ? a very good condition. With good seasons, ' and late lall, an avenge yield is looked for. ' Worms have appeared In small numbers In the ' Parish of Naicbltoches, and, as ls usual on 1 their first appearance, have done no damage. 1 TEXAS. " .j Replies to our interrogatories from this Slate ' date from 16th to 281 h of June. Weather has j been, since 15ih or May, very favorable to the i frrowth of the crop, and muon more favorable i n comparison with same period last year, j The percentage of late planting in this Stale i Is very small, say five per cent., and cotton was generally up in time. Stands and present condition are Bald to be very fine, and the prospect is, with an average fall, that a full average crop will be gathered. While, wkh a late fall and favorable Season, appearances"In? di cate that a very large crop-will be made. . Worms are reported to na In the counties of < Upsn ur, Liberty and Jefferson, but no injury i to the orop has as yet been done by them. ARKANSAS. In this State the weather bas been, since ! 15th May, very wet and unfavorable, heavy j washing rains having fallen nearly through- ; ont the entire State, making the season this year much less favorable for the growth of the young plant thaa last year. The stands and condition are represented as unotvery 1 promising, the plant being -'small, backward and In the grass," the wet weather having ' prevented the proper working of the same. We have reported as planted late 36 per cent., and about 40 pjr cent, as not having come to ; a stand belore 10th May. Our correspondents say that even with an average fall less (han an average crop must be made, while with ?avor bie seasons and late fall no more than an aver? age can be obtained. TENNESSEE. From tbls State our correspondence dat?s from8ihio 2lst June, and ihe large majority repoitthe weather since 16tn May as favora? ble, and as more favorable to the growing crop than aam? period last year, with very good Btands, and generally In good condition. About 15 per cent, of the cotton was planted late, and about 20 per cent, was late In coming to a stand, which ia reported to hare been perfected by lSih May. Prospecta are prom? ising in thia State for a full yield with an aver? age fall and seasons, and for a large yield with favorable fall and good seasons. ? ALABAMA. In this State, according to average of esti? mates Bent us by over furry correspondents, there was about fifty per cent, ot the crop planted wiiioh did not coin? tip until after the 20th of May. In twelve counties the late planting ls reported not to, have come to a stand before the 1st June, although the weather since the 15th May ls very generally reported to us as having teen very favorable and seasonable, aud as muon more favorable when compared with same date last year. With an average fall, our correspondents, look for a lull crop, while they say, "should the seasons be favorable and the fall late, a large crop may be expected." NORTH CAROLDJA. Our reports from this State date from nt n to 20th June; the weather smce the 16th May IB represented as having been generally favor? able, though less favorable wnen compared wlih same date last year. 8iands and condi? tion are generally reported as good, though in many parts ol the State as small and back? ward; aoout one-third of the crop was planted late, and a small increase over this, say forty per cent., was late In coming up. wnlch on an average came to a Btand on or aoout the 16th of .May. With a favorable .fal], a full yield is expeoted. . .., '.. SOUTH CAROLINA. 1 Our letters from this State are not very nu? merous, and date from 17th to 28th of June. The weat her has been dry, but on the whole more favorable than last year since 16th of May. One-halt of the crop In this State was planted late, and did not ooma up until the l?th of May. Stands and condition are said to bf, on the whole, good,though in some places email but clean and healthy, and our. corres? pondents are led to believe that with an aver? age lall .an average crop will be made, and that a late fall wltn good seasons will give thlB State a tull yield. , . . GEORGIA. - By the letters of our numerous correspond? ents In this State, the weather, since the 15th of May ls represented ss having been gene-, rally'dry and bot, and to have been much more favorable to the crop than at same period1 last year. They report as planted late in this stale one-fourth ot the crop and one-third as having come up late, say from the 20th to 25 h ot May. and In some lew counties stands from the late planting were not -.secured until alter the 1st or June. The re porta as to blands and the present condition of the aro ps vary, but on tue whole are considered goodland with an average fall a fair j leid Is anticipated, while with favorable Reasons and late lall a full crop may be expected. * FLORIDA^ . Our reports from this State' are meagre, da? ting from I5tn to 2lth June. Weather bas been very dry and hoc since 16th' May. ?and compares favorably with seasons-same time last year. Ten per oeut. of crop planted late, whloh came up about 25th May. Stands and present condition reported aa generally good, and with average fall and seasons a full yield' Is anticipated, while with favorable season and late fail a large crop may be expected. PERRY NUGENT, Cotton Factor, R. DKOA?, Cotton Buyer. HARRISON WATTS, Cotton Broker, RICHARD FLOWER, Cotton Factor. Committee on Information and Statistics. REPORTS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. In York the crop is very promising. lu Winnsboro' the prospect ls good. In Darlington now the crops are flourishing. IQ Cheater the prospect for a good crop ls fine. In Greenville cotton Is doing as well as can be expected. The crop In Abbeville bas suffered from the drought, and the stands are defective. Ia some parts of Marlboro'rain ls needed, but the crop* generally lor-K well. 1 --'to Do too n^itnn.la.pJ>'Her than usual, and the indication now ls that the crop will be as large as It was two years ago. That, however, depends ou the August rains and the fall sea? son. In Barnwell the cotton crop Is greater In acreage than that of 1871, bot not so great as that ot any other year since 1865. It is gener? ally clean, and while the stand is not so good as we could wish, the crop in most localities ls up to date above tbe average. The exceptions to this rule being In the three different por? tions of our county visited by the destructive huil-Btorms In May. COTTON MOVEMENT FOR THE WEEK. NEW YORK, July 12. The 1 olio win g table shows the cotton move? ment for the week ending to-day : 1872. 1871. Receipts at all ports for the wees. 3.140 16,403 Ti.tal for the year.2,690,285 3,741,748 Rr ports Tor tue week. 3,913 7 87. Toral exports Tor 'he year... 1,921,198 2,999,869 Stock at all ports lu the Cul teil Slates. 136,99 2 203,036 Stock at interior towns. 10 495 17,112 stock In Live pool. os2,o_o 6s0,000 American cotton afloat tor Great Britain. 39,000 93,000 THE NEW YORK VEGETABLE MARKET. The Tribune ol Wednesday, July io, says: Old potatoes can be had for caning them away. A canal boat is trying to charge 10 Dents per bbl. New potatoes are doing rather belter. They are coming from South Carolina. Tomatoes from Long ls aud are on sale, and 30 ls green corn from New Jersey. A teW Bermuda potatoes still arrive aod sell at $6. Quotations : Cabbages, per 100, $4i6; corn, burlington, $1 76*2; cucumbers, u I, per 100, tl; onions, Bermuda, pur crate, 76c.a$l; do., Connecticut, per 100 strings, Ui5; puiaioee, L I., Bose, per bbl. $2 50i3; pO'aioes, rare? ripes, per bbl., $2 60a3; potatoes, Md. and Ya., Der bbl., $2d3; squashes, L. L, per oasket, 26a 37c ; sqnashes, marrow, per bol., SI 6012; to? matoes, Va., per orate, $1; tomatoes, L. I., per Dushel, $2 50J3; watermelons, S. C., per 100, hoaeo. The Dally Bulletin, of Thursday, July 11th jays: New potatoes are about steady bot not firm u $2 60a9 per bbl. Bermuda held at about $6. [Q vegetables, green corn has appeared from Jersey and sold at $1 76 per 100, Other kinds without essential ohange. We quote as fol ?OWB:?Green peas, Long Island, two bushel aags, 75c. Bermuda ont >DB 50ca$l per crate. Southern onions, per bbl, $2 76a3; do, Con? necticut. $1. Cucumbers. Norfolk, per bul, 50'.a il; do Jersey and Long Island $1 per 100. squash, per basket, 25x37c! do, marrowfat, per bbl, $1 50V2. New turnips $3 48 per 100 bunches. Cabbages, tua per 100 String beans, Long Island, per iwo bushel bag 75c. Breen onions $4. per 100 bunches. Beets, Jer? sey, tU5. Cauliflowers, $1 75a3 per dozen. Southern tomatoes $1 per crate. THE NEW YORK FRUIT MARKET. The Tribune, of Wednesday, July 10, say 9: ?Apples vary from day to day according aa the Norfolk steamer ls heavily or lightly load? ed. Some very ao?d fruit has been sold at 1450 per bbl. Pears are not yet quotable. Aorlcots vary from 30a35c In quart boxes to t3ii tor puny peach baskets. Peaches take the wide range of 60c*ll for those from the South In poor order, to $i 50a5 for choice, and E2a3 for Hale's Early from North Carolina, loose sent irom Sout u Carolina are generally In poor order. Some very fine Wilson's early blackberries are coming from Jerser, with good Dorcbesters. They sold at 25c per quart this morning, but late arrivals were offering at 20c. Antwerp raspberries sell readi? ly, generally at 10c. Quotations: Apples, Va., new. $2a4 per bbl; do erste*, $i 50*2; Peaches, N. C.,' per crate, $2a4 60; do poor, SOoaSl; Cherries, common, 6a3 per lb; do good, 8al0; do extra, 12al5; currants, 7a9 per lb;do cher? ry. Mile; gooseberries, small. $3a3 50 per bushel; iiOO?ebe.rrle<>, large, per bushel, $6a6; raspberries, B cap, 10al2 per qi ; do Antwerp, per-J qt, 8-ilO:.blackbernt-s 12al6 per qt; do Wiisou'aand Lawton, 20*26; Whortleberries, Delaware, $3 60a4 per bushel; do Jersey, $4 50*5. REPORTED EXPLOSION ON BULL Brrsa.--It was reported lu tbls city last evening (hat the boiler of a washing machine on Bull River had exploded, killing two men. HAIL TO THE CHIEF ! HORACE GREELEY ACCEPTS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION, Cheering Intelligence from all (?nartera Regarding the Liberal movement? NEW TOBE, July 12. Tbe committee appointed by tbe Baltimore Convention to communicate to Mr. Greeley hi3 nomination, consulting of ex-Senator Doo? little, of Wisconsin; Jamed S. Thayer, ot New York ; Judge Abbott, of Massachusetts ; James Cbeanut, of South Carolina; Jobn C. Burch, of Tennesse, and A. A. Miller, of Illinois, arriv? ed at the Fifth avenue Hotel, every member belngpresent Soon after twelve o'clock the committee proceeded to the Lincoln Club room to meet Mr. Greeley, who was present with two or [ three friends to receive them. Senator Doo? little, addressing Mr. Greeley, said the Na? tional Democratic Convention had devolved upon the comm;ttee now present the pleasing duty to wait upon him In person to notify him of his nnanlmoua nomination for the Presi? dency by that convention, the official noilfl cailon of which he now presented to him. Tne published report of the proceedings showed, that there was great unanimity, but only those who took part In them bad any idea of the enthusiasm with w h ich lt was de? termined to sustain the Liberal Republican movement, and to support the. principles contained in the Cincinnati platform, and they felt that the surest means of doing so was to nominate and elect the same candidates. The senator then in? troduced each member of the committee to Mr Greeley, who, Bfter a cordial greeting replied to the announcement Greeley said that perhaps lt needed more time and consid? ?ration before replying fully to suoh an im? portant communication. It may be that he should have replied in writing, out, Inas much as he had addressed a letter to a committee of another convention which had been exten? sively published, perhaps it was not necessary that he should, at this time, make a formal and lull reply. He "?accepted the nomination,'' he said, and, "with more pleasure from the gratifying spirit with which lt was presented.'' His ''position was a proud one, and .lt was nevertheless an embarrassing one,'but he trusted this embarrassment was only tempo? rary. It subjected him to misconstruction on the part of valued and life-long friend., but ne was assured that time only was neces? sary to vindicate his motives, and the disinterested and patriotic course he had determined to pursue before he received suoh heany co-operation, while you," said Mr. Greeley, "In making tn ls nomination are not less Democratic, but. even more BO than bad you taken the opposite course I, in ac? cepting it, was as much a Republican aa I ever was." [applause.] "He was not much ac? customed, he said, to receive nominations for President; If he bad been, probably he should have responded more fitly. This was all he had to say, except to Invite the mem? bers of the committee, or as many of them as could make It convenient to visit him at bis farm at Chappaqua. He could assure them of a warm weleome. He should be there to? morrow,: and they COU?d tben con eu lc and confer more freeley than at this lime.'' . The committee then withdrew, and Greeley made a brief visit to the national committee of the Liberal Republicans. Governor Gratz ?rown arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel this morning, and at noon at? tended a meeting ot the national committee ol Liberal Republicans. The meeting was held with closed doors, and no reporters were ad? mitted. Governor Brown, at the close of the meeting, was to visit the committee of the Ballimore Convention at the Filth Avenue Hotel. In the evening Governor Brownjwas taken violently 111 with cholera morbus, and even Carl Schurz was refused permission to Bee him. Serenadlos; the Sage. NEW YOEE, July 12. Greeley was serenaded at the Lincoln Club House, and his appearance was cheered. Greeley stood smiling on the upturned faces, while the band played "Hall to '.he Cnief." The clamor tailed >o bring him out again. Oratora irom Kentucky, New Hampshire, I,linois, Tennessee, Missouri and Masaanhn seits pledged their respective States for Gree? ley. A STIRRING AND PATRIOTIC SPEECH BV GOVERNOR GRATZ BROWN. NEW HAVEN, July ll. Governor Gratz Brown, responding, to a serenade, said : "Yon will fiad thal ML-sourl and arkana is, and Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee are coming up ia solid phalanx, casting their votes. You will find that the State of MlSKOurl, which gave forty thousand majori y for the Liberal Bepubitcau liiket In 1870, will give. In 1872, not les* tba >, one hun? dred thousand maturity. You w ll lind that the Sate of Illinois will . oat ,?cd by three thousand majority. You will lind that all these great states are comlug up. and are going to supplement the votes that are cast In tne ??astern Braies; and while I am no prophet whilst I do not, pretend to be a prophet, yet I am frank u?m\y to you lhat, In my Judgment, I shall not be surprised if Gene? ral Grant does not carry three States In the Du lon." (Applause.] Alluding to Gteeley, be Bald: "It uas been tue custom and habit, when any of the gentlemen who may nave been antagonise lo us, or to some ot tbe gentle? men whonave been In the Liberal Republi? can "movement, to say that they had no confi? dence lh the great chief who had been nomi? nated at Cincinnati; that they were willing to recognize him as meir leader, and that perhaps, they were wllllog to vote for him as President; but all the time qualliylng this with doubis, with questions, with interrogations, with arched eyebrows and large mouths. I want to say to vou that I do not belong to that class. I believe bim io be a great and good statesman. [Applause.] I do believe lhat he bas got the largest bead in America, [ap? plause.] Now, my leilow-cliizens, I have some opportunity ol understanding this question. I have been, as far as Greeley 1B concerned, In conflict with him on large and vital questions. 1 have known him tor long years, and I have been In relations with him through the press. If any of the gentlemen who stand before me bave been his readers, I say to you frankly, wlih the honest experience of an antagonistic Journalist, ibat I believe be 1B the ablest man to-day lu America. I have dll lered with him In great, and, as I believe, In fundamental questions. I have differed with bim on great and grave questions In the pub? lic prese. I have antagonized, and I have op? posed him, and I may perhaps have occasion? ally ridiculed him, but I am trank to say that at all men who assume the opposing side, there was, as long as be represented that ques? tion, no mau that undertook to say that be waa ridiculed or captious. He look the plume from them all, and lhere are men to-day who are assailing him. who were the very ones who were praising him to the skies as tbelr chief, ibelr leader. Now, I say IQ you, in perfect IraokneFS, that if Mr. Greeley had been nominated for President ol the United States on distinc? tive Issues, on what are termed Protection, I should never have sustained him; but when he baa been nominated on recognized grounds, on bis stalesmansmp, his patriotism, nts pure and unsullied honesty, amid all ihe parodies of politics, tben I am ready to accept bim as my chief, and to say that I will go the last ditch with Greeley." Sommer Still tn Suspense. ~ Nsw YORK, July 12. A World sp?cial says that Charles Sumner was asked directly yesterday, whether he would support Grant or Greeley, and replied that the time had not come for him to speak out yet. At present, no man was authorized to speak for him. CARRYING ON TBK CANVASS. Arrangements of the Liberal and Demo. eratic Committees. WASHINGTON, July 12. A lull meeting of.the Democratic Congres? sional executive committee was held at the capitol to-day. The Hon. Thomas J. Randall, who was recently eieoted chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic State committee, re? signed his poritlon as chairman o? this com? mut?e, and General H. W. Slocum, o? New York, was chosen to fill the vacancy. The committee was visited during Its session by Messrs. Casserley, Beck, Marsha 1 and other prominent Democrats. A conference took place between this committee and that of the Liberal Republicans, beaded by Senator Fen? ton. Preparations were made for the Imme? diate publication ot documents for distribu? tion, aud a resolution was passed. asking the chairman of tbe Democratic central commit tee of each State, and of each county In all the States, to forward at once the names and postomce address df the' members of their re? spective committees for the purpose or en? abling the Congressional committee to lor w ard documents io them for distribution. A Breve Beginning In North Carolin?. WELDON, N. C., July 12. A grand Greeley and Brown ratification meeting was held here to-day under the auspices of Senator Ransom. Several thou? sand people were present. Senators lip? ton and Stockton, Governor Waker of Vir? ginia, ex-Governor Vance, ex-Senator Cllng tnan and Colonel Hlndon, of Norfolk, spoke. Senators Tipton and Stockton Joined hands with Senator Ransom in token of the recon? ciliation ot the North and** booth, amidst the shouts and cheers of the immense crowd. Hon. T. H. Kenan was president. The utmost harmony and good feeling prevailed. The State campaign is fairly Inaugurated, and will be pushed on both sides with the great? est enthusiasm. Senator lipton and Carl Schurz will speak In Raleigh ou Tues? day?. A committee of German citizens Is here to meet Senator Schurz to invite him to their city, and were disappointed at not meeting him. They have addressed him a letter, endorsed by Senators Tipton, Stock? ton and BiQSom, ex-Senator CUngman and Governor Vanoe, inviting him to North Caro-1 I lina. Senator Stockton created the utmost | [enthusiasm among the Democrats o? inls section by bis 8ble and manly stand to-day. His endorsement of the nomination of Gree? ley by the Baltimore Convention, coming from this distinguished sou of New Jersey, decided the doubtful Democrats. BOKOES OF BALTIMORE. Nzw YORK, July 10. The Herald believes tnat the Democrats at Baltimore made the wisest nomination la their power. It welcomes the straight, square Issue proposed between. Grant and Greeley, and says: '.Che Herald baa hitherto supported General Grant and his administration, and sees no reason yet to wholly condemn or abandon them. There Is yet time lor Grant to avail himself of his great popular strength and stay the tide against him by cutting loose from sur? roundings and adopting a policy of his own. Toe administration cannot afford defeat in a single State election, and should commence Its reform before the first of August." CHICAGO. July 10. The Tribune to-morrow says: "lhere ls no! prouder event ld the history of any nation than this Instance of the reconstruction of a whole people alter a long cly ll war." LOUISVILLE, July 10. The Baltimore nominations were received here with general satisfaction. The Courier I Journal to-morrow wttl say : "It la boped mat all who call themselves Democrats will now eater heartily In support ot Greeley ?nd Brown, and all who are worihy of the name will do lt. As Democrats no other course ls left them." NEW YORE, July 10. Dispatches report numerous salutes and rati? fication meetings over the nomination of Gree ,ey and Brown at Buffalo, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, O-iwego, Saratoga, utica; Loog Branch, New Jenny; Bangor, Maine; Elmira, Na-hua, ? Augusta, Bedaat Lucoula, New York; and various cities in the West. SAN FRANCISCO. July 10. The Dally Examiner, the leading Democratic I I journal of the Pacific coast, hitherto opposed j to the Cincinnati movement, hoists the names ot Greeley and Brown, and editorially endor? ses the nominations. PrrrsBDRO, July 10. The Pittsburg Post, which opposed Greeley | and Brown, will now support mern. ' NEWBURGH. N. Y., July io. The Democrats here are firing one hundred guns lu honor of the nomination of Greeley and Brown. RALEIGH, N. C., July 10. There ls great rejoicing among the Conserv? atives and Democrats over the nomination of | Greeley and Brown. SALT LAKH CITY, July 10. The Mormon portion of the community unanimously endorse the nomination ot Gree? ley by the Baltimore Convention. INDIANAPOLIS, July 10. Daniel W. Vorhees ls anuounced to speak at Spencer, Indiana, on the 18th instant, and it Is asserted he will support tn? nominees. Nsw YORK, July 12. The Republican general committee, at tbe meeting last night, passed resolutions chang? ing its name to the Lloeral Bepublican gene? ral committee, and accepting the Cincinnati platform and nominees. * * MEMPHIS, July 12. The Democrats and Liberal Republicans of Knoxville ratify the nomination of Greeley and Brown on the evening of the 13th. WASHINGTON. July 12. Members of the Southern delegations to the Baltimore Convention are requested to mall Immediately to the Associated Press, New York, carefully corrected 1 mts of delegates for use In the official record of the proceedings. THE LOSS OF TBTE FANNIE. \v ii a t the Crew Say About lt. NASSAU, July 1. The schooner Charles bas arrived with the crew of the Fannie. They report that the Fannie struck: the rocks a mi ie from shore, when the men and cargo were landed. Gene? ral Bvau sent out scouts and capmred the only Spanish picket within nine miles. He caDtured nine men, who were executed'upon reaching Ryan's camp. On the 23d President C?spedes and staff arrived at the lauding, and gave a flattering account of the progress ol me rebellion. The Fannie could not begot off. Captain Brown burned her, and the crew of twenty-three left In two boats. OUR COUNTY '/IRREGULARITIES." OFFICE COUNTT COMMISSIONERS, ? CHARLESTON, July 12,1872. j TO THE EDiTOti OF THC NEWS. Certain allegations having been set forth in your issue of this morning, by Mr. M. Mc? Laughlin, county commissioner, I deem it a duty whloh requires me as chairman to an? swer. n These assertions, ll allowed to go unnoticed, may induce certain persons Dot cognizant of the real state of affairs of the board to believe what has been asserted by-Mr. McLaughlin to be true. There ts now before the Criminal Court o? this county a serious charge against the com? missioner, and until such lime as that case ls determined, I desire a suspension of public opinion, knowing that at that time certain facts will be brought forward which will plas? malters In their true light, and the onus upon the proper party. Very respectfully. F. C. MILLIK, Chairman County Commissioners, GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. THE BALTIMORE NOMINATIONS LN SEW YORK. Attitude of the City Pres?-The Two? fold Drama of Jame? F uk-Revela? tion lo the Brie Railroad-Newspaper Enterprise-Plenlci for the Street Arab?-The Foreign Banda. [FSOK ODS OWN CORBXSP0ND1NT ] NEW YOEE, Ju'y 10. While I write the can noa In tbe Oliy Hill Park ls thundering welcome to tbe new? irom Baltimore. As soon as we pais ont ot the present heated terni, no doubt the campaign will begin in earnest The firs t. m o verne n t of consequence, In this city, wiU be preparations for a monster ratification meeting, In .whick. Democrats and Liberal Republicans will liber? ally fraternize on the rostrum and in the audi? torium. The position of the dally city press la Inter? esting from the fact that three-quarters of lt ls for Greeley. The pro-Greeley papers have the following (estimated) daily circulation: News, 90,000; Sun, 60,000; Staats Zeitung, 30 000; Tribune, 26,000; World, 25,000; Star, 6000; New Yorker Demokrat, 6000; Express, 3500; Journal ot Commerce, 3000. To-these may be added the Herald, 60,000. which' leans io wards Greeley, and which win, doubtless, be for bim in a few days. Total -lally circula? tion of the Greeley press of New York 296,500. The Grant newspapers coriki o? the Times, with a dally circulation of 30,000; Commercial Advertiser, 8000, and Standard, 3000,. to which should be .added the Evening Post1'6000, which leans towards Grant and1 wnich- wlil probably support him before the campaign la over. Total dally, circulation of the-.Grant press 40.ooo. This Is ta the proportion of about six sevenths for Greeley to one-seventh for Grant The disproportion: In the weekly circulation of the metropolitan Journals ls still greater, for the combined weekly circulation of four pro-Greeley papers, the Tribune, World. Bun and Staats Zeltung. is ten times that of the Times, which is. the only Grant dally paper ot the city which bas any weekly circulation." . , , 1 ' " ." . The Stokes trial continues 'to instruct and amuse. Both sides have, dragged tbat emi? nently harmonious profession-ihe doctors Into couit, and lt has been conclusively proved by such distinguished authorities aa DTS. Wood and Sayer that Fisk died from the effects of Ihe pistol wound, and Dre. Camochan and Mac ready that he did not It ls true that no? body doubts that Stokes premeditatedly' mur? dered Fisk; bot here we go along enjoying these pleasant fictions of ihe defence,-and speculating whloh tbe prisoner will get-five - vears or an absolute acquittai. The defence has three positions: First, that Stokes -'killed Flak in seli-defeace; second that tue doctors killed Fisk; third, that Stokes was loasoe. These polola have been very skilfully managed oy McKeon ' and Tremaine. Already the evi? dence for the defenoe ls beginning t? have Ita effect on tbe community, aa I predicted. I beard one who was la favor of Lynch law. when the ? murder was committed; heave a sigh, yesterday, after reading Stokes's own story on the witness stand, and exclaim? ls really very plausible." . Thesecond part of the great drama lu" which " Flak was a principal actor came to a close in the Erle Ballway buildings yesterday. The road passed out of the possession .of any of the.old employees as th* Flak-tfouId-Tweed ring into new and clean hands. ' Superintend? ent Bucker banded in his resignation, and with him go nearly all the dents, conduc? tors and otnet officia la of .the old regime. Tue revolution la compl?te. "' wno would bavo thought tblB possible a year azo, who had walked Into the gorgeous office of James Bisk in the railway building, and seen him io his shirt-sleeves at his desk dispatching birainesa like a steam engine at wora?f ' -J The newspapers bave various- devices for advertising toecn-lcea at the expense O? their co te m po rar les. The Henld'a search for Liv? ingstone, the World's exposures of the Brook? lyn - frauds, the Tribune's celebrated raid on the keno saloons and panel-game houses, are oases In illustration, rhey get themselves very widely talked about all over the country, and that waa Just what they wanted. - The Times has hit upon a scheme whloh combines aa opportunity to puff Itself with a ready benevolent and praiseworthy purpose. Ic bas been calling for subscriptions to enable lt to get up free p?cnica for the children of the poor. Hooey flows In liberally in response, and the drat of the ''Times' picnics for the poor" cornea off to-morrow. Five hundred children, col? lected irom the Blums of the Five Pointa, and who rarely see more than the loathsome, dens surrounding tbem, are to be taken to a beautl tul grove on Long lair d, about twenty ailles from th-J city, where tue? are to apead tne day In pleasures quite unknown to meir previous ttXDttl*lt)DC*98. The only condition precedent to their going on the excursion, prescribed by the Times, io that they shall be clean and have meir clothing as neat as possible. Tney will march lo grand procession through the streets to th? East River, and be taken on board a steamer to the pleasure grounds, where they are to have all the means lor recreation, such as swings, balls and facilities for games. Then a banquet of ice cream", roast meats and other luxuries will be served up, and probably there will bs Se akers present who will take adyan tajea of Is unusual assembling of the. street Arabs to Interject some moral and religious observa? tions. A number of Times reporters win go along to manage the affair, and undoubtedly lt will be a succ?s*:. Other picola will follow during the summer. This ls really adever business idea-doing good to yourself and the poor at one lick. Even the moat inveterate rater of "Grant's Own" must wish luck to Us selie me. ... .. . ' The foreign bands from the dead Boston Ju? bilee have all appeared lu this city, the Eng? lishmen once, and ihe Prussians several limes. But the band o? the French Garde R?publi? caine has borne off the palm for superior music here as lt did In Boston. It performed at the great rink on Third a renne yesterday to a -de? lighted audience of three or. four thousand people. The Prussian band is in the bands of the lager beer saloon proprietors, and has not yet played anywhere la the city where ladles could be taken. These loreign men of brass Britons, Teutons an&c.Oauls-axe giving our people some correct notions sf what martial music should be. We have two or ttl ree mag? ul flee nt local bands: but all the genius or Dow? ling, Dod worth or Grafalia cannot supply the want of. that training which army discipline exacts. The foreigners are soldiers as weil as picked artlBts. Tney play with a precision our musicians have not attained. In other .re? spects the bands are about equal Dowling wlih the Ninth Regiment band- created' a furore at the Jubilee, for In bis show pieces he waa superb. NTM. TUE SQUEEZED OBANOEMEN. NEW if ORE, July 12. The Orange precession - was a fiat, affair. Only four hundred persona' were In the pro* ? cession, when they disbanded lb the Bowery, where they folded their banners and quietly dispersed. At the start there were only three lodges with their bauds and about two hun? dred men. Twelve hundred policemen were present _ . _ _ ' _~- .. . . i i ? . ... .... JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. . -There were several "colored?, rows'* id Barnwell on Saturday. -Sergeant Keating, stationed at Yorkville, fell out of a three-story window on Friday. No serious injury. -Candidates are as thick as hops in Barn? well County, but few will know wno they are "until after the election. They are waitloir foe a nomination, and how many a poor fellow will be left out in ihe cold. ^ ^ -The Abbeville Press says: "A characteris? tic of the heavy storms which have visaed various portions of our district recently, hos been the severe lightning ai tending them. For? tunat el v, there bas been hut lillie Joss ol life. Mr Bobert A. McCaslan imorms us that on Monday the dwelling of Mr. Thomas Griffin, of Cambridge, was otruck wllh llghfjungi-whlcb. after shattering celling and doors, passed one without Injury to Ihe Inmates. Oa the same - evening a mple was killed tn the vicinity and me rider stunned. We have beard of some "big scares" and narrow escapes in, other seo? tiona," ; ''ti c '"? T (.tuen* .?' :;...-!.* -vi KU