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Sile (fi$a?le$tjm 2PttU$ J?et?|. VOLUME IX._NUMBER 2035. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE RAILROAD CASE. THE ARGUMENT AGAINST THE PETI? TION FOR BANKRUPTCY. Carions Coincidences Between the Plauderers and the Petitioners-The Question or .Jurisdiction and the Question of Insolvency. The bankruptcy proceedings upon the pe? tition of Daniel E. Scanne!, of Nev York, in re. the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, were continued yesterday morning n the United States District Court before Judge Bryan; Messrs. D. T. Corbin and Geo. D. Bryan appearing for the petitioner, Messrs. A. G. Magrath and C. D. Melton and John T. Rhett, of Columbia, for the railroad company, and Messrs. Porter & Conner, Simonton & Barker and John D. Pope, ol Columbia, for various creditors. The argument on behalf of the railroad company and in opposition to the decree of bankruptcy was begun by Mr. John Bbett. He Bald that be proposed first to state some figures relative to the late management of the road. In April, 1871, long before the pres? ent direction of the road assumed control, the debt of the road was officially reported to be $2,010,ow, and the amount of second mort? gage bonds issued was $68,500. Their next report was made December 31, 1871, and showed the debt there to haye Increased to $2,409,897, and the amount of the second mortgage bonds to $97,000, making an In? crease of over $400,000 in the debt of the road in those lew months. Soon after that exhi? bit, on the 6th of January, 1872, the present direction of the road came into power. They proceeded to investigate the affairs of the company, and soon found that the treas . ury was empty. Examining into the cause ol the startling increase ot the debt they not only lound no explanation of the increase that had been reported, but they also found that Instead of $97,000 ot the second mortgage bonds being out, bonds to the whole amount of the second mortgage, viz : $1,600,000, had been Issued. Of these, about $600,000 were Bald to have been pledged to the Commercial Warehouse Company; $300,000 had been paid by the directors to themselves through the pretended purchase of the mythi? cal Continental Telegraph Company, and the remainder had been just simply stolen with? out any form or ceremony. They Inmediately employed counsel to examine Into the affairs ot the old board and to re-establish the com? pany in its former and proper position, but the facts were so entangled In a mesh of fraud that thoy could not be found out at once. The Investigation had been pursued, bowever. and a large amount of the stoled bonds had al? ready been restored by the guilty parties. There was every probability that more wo?ld be restored, and he was certain that if they were not interrupted they would be able to detect and punish all the thieves and compel them to disgorge. The company had in the mean? ness been ened ior interest on the coupons of the bonds of the road, judgments bad been obtained, and some of them had been paid to prevent the seizure of the property and the stoppage of the business ot tbe road. With the success of those snits, other suits had been brought and other judgments obtained, bat the levies apon the property ol the road bad been restrained by injunctions. Then the State bad commenced a snit for tho foreclosure of its two mortgages, amounting to $3,000,000. Now there came two creditors of the road who attempted to force lt into bankruptcy. One of them brings bis petition upon a small amount of coupons belonging to bonds lally secured by mortgage and by the guarantee of the State. The other brings bis petition on a small amount ot non mortgaged bonds, and the only effect that the success of tbe latter party's petition could bave apon Hts own bonds would be to make them not worth the paper they were printed on. To allow such a petition would be to stretch the provisions of the bankrupt act far beyond its intended scope, and beyond all equity, and to make lt nothing but a mighty engine o? oppression. He would say nothing against the petitioners. He knew neither Mr. Scannet nor Mr. Madder. Doubtless like Brutus and Cassius, they were "all honorable men." But lt was not for the court to make any distinction of persons, and suppose the thieves who hacf stolen the bonds of the road had taken those papers, and used a Mr. Smith and a Mr. Jones as the petitioners, and had come Into court with an effort to force the road into bankruptcy. There could not be a plainer case of the letter of the law being appealed to to defeat the ends of Justice. The counsel on the other side had indignantly disclaimed having any connection with any other parties than their clients, and be was inclined to be? lieve them. Their presence In the court should be sufficient to prove that they had no such connection; bat they could not undertake to say what relations might exist between their clients and the guilty parties. There were several striking coincidences In the case that would seem to show that some intimate rela? tions did exlat betwen those parties. For in? stance, Eimpton appeared to be the chief among the offenders in the case ol the Com? mercial Warehouse Company affair. Now tbe papers of the Commercial Warehouse Compa? ny bad been prodaced In court by the counsel tor the petitioners, and the very fact of their possession by the counsel appeared convinc? ing of some understanding between them. The counsel had alao In their possession and bad put in uvldence c letter which bad been sent from Messrs. Pope & Haskell to one Mr. Porter, of New York, who was well known, at lessfto everybody In Columbia, to oe the legal adviser ot Mr. K imp ton. Whenever Mr. Porter was in Columbia Mr. Eimpton was found to be not far off, and Mr. Porter appear? ed to be a sort of pilot-fish to Mr. Ki m pt on. It was singular that the petitioners, without having any connection with Mr. Eimpton, ahoold bave bad possession ofthat letter. He would also apply to this case the test of eui bono. The petitioners claimed that the road was insolvent, but if the road were proved losolvent what effect would that have upon the pets ti OD tr, Mr. Madder ? Simply to ebow him that be cannot realize one cent on his non-mortgage bonds. It was absurd, therefore, to suppose that Mr. Madder bad begun this action for tbe sake of bis bonds; and tbe question arose, for whose bene? fit are the proceedings brought ? As to Scan? ners small claim, lt was difficult to see bow the proceedings can help bim. The action of the other bondholders In Columbia, represent? ing a vastly larger amount, as testified to by Colonel Slmonton, showed that either they must have been very blind, or that Scannel most be so if bis interest ls only that repre? sented by his bonds. He claimed that lt was circumstantially proved that thia action ema? nated from the same parties who bad invented tfce Commercial Warehouse Company and tn* Continental Telegraph Company swindles, and with the same malicious objects. Mr. Rhett then referred seriatim to the lour causes In the return they had made to the petition, and sup? ported each of them with argument and au? thorities. The first cause urged why the de? cree should not be granted was, that the Uni? ted States Court had not the right to take cog? nizance of a matter which .vas at the time in litigation between a State and its citizens, in the courts of the State, except In certain cases specified in the constitution, of which this waa not one. The State waa now suing for the foreclosure of its mortgage, amounting to $3,000,000, and it was certain that the road would not bring more than that amount at sale, so that the State was a litigant lor the last possible dollar of the assets ot the road, There could be no surplus after the- State was satisfied, so that ii the road were adjudged bankrupt the court would have to enjoin the State heraell, which was impossible. He referred to the case of the State of North Carolina against the trustees o? the University and Dewey, assignee, (5 Bank. Reg., 466.) There it was laid down that the United States would not take jurisdiction where the State wan a plaintiff against its own citizens. It was not possible to enjoin the State itself, and while the State has, so to speak, seized the road for a claim of $3,000,000, the court had no process oy which lt could reach the assets for the other creditors. The court would thus be making a bankrupt whose assets lt could not touch In law, and calling lu creditors whom it could never pay. The second cause In the return was thar, inasmuch as the action of Gibbs et al against the road had been instituted before the present suit, whereby full jurisdiction had been taken of all matters affecting the road, that the court would not, in the exercise ol its judicial discretion, which was not disputed, Interfere In the case. A number of cases were cited in support of thia position, and the counsel called attention to the fact that the other creditors of the road had not seen fit to Join with the petitioner In his proceeding as they would have done, had they deemed them the beat protection for the honest creditors, but on the contrary had flocked to the court In alarm tor their own interesta and unanl mously opposed the petition. The third cause was that the case waa not yet in a condition lor the United States Court to Interpose, In? asmuch as the very question of Us solvency was even then on trial in the State courts. To adjudge lt bankrupt and then proceed with that examination would be like hanging a man and trying him after? ward. It devolved upon the petitioners to prove the Insolvency, and they had not intro? duced a particle ol evidence either to sustain the validity of the $1,400,000 of debt which the company claimed was fraudulent, or to show that, if it were fraudulent, ;Jl6 company bad not sufficient redress to compel Its restora? tion. The fourth cause applied to the origi? nal petitioner, Scannel, and was to the effect that the petitioner had still a valid and sub? sisting lien on the road lor the amount of his claim in the shape of a mortgage and the guaranty of the State, the mortgage having already been brought into the State Court (or foreclosure. Mr. Rhett then argued at some length upon the act? ual question as to the solvency or insol? vency of the company. He claimed that lt was not a manufacturer or trader within the meaning of the act or In the common accepta? tion of the term, and that the coupons upon which the present proceedings were brought were not commercial paper. In support of these positions, he cited a large number ot au? thorities, and he then proceeded lo review the testimony In the case, which has been given from day to day in THE NEWS. His argument occupied the court up to the hour of adjournment, and be will be followed this morning on the same side by Mr. C. D. Mel? ton, ol Columbia, after which the argument will be contlnned by Mr. D. T. Corbin for the petitioner, and Mr. A. ft. Magrath In opposi? tion. OUR PERIPATETIC GOVERNMENT. The President Junketing and (he Cabi? net Stamping. WASHINGTON, July 22. A careful Washington special telegraphs this: "Tho President, expects to return to Washington this week to bold a brief cabinet session prior to his trip to Niagara Falla and down the St. Lawrence. Alter that he will not be again in the city for quite a month. There will nor, however, b < a full cabinet meeting as Secretary Delano will be In North Carolina making speeches, and Secretary Robeson will remain for the present lu New Hampshire. Owing to the protracted absence of the executive officers few or no parsons now come to Washington on business con? nected with the government. Even loreign ministers with fresh credentials remain away because they cannot be officially received." A HORRIBLE FATE. ' The Jacksonville, Florida, papers bring us the details of a sickening tragedy which oc? curred near that place on Saturday last. It appears that James J. Johnson and his young son, James Henry Johnson, left Jacksonville about dusk on the evening mentioned tor their home, about five miles distant from the city, on the railroad. The man had In his hand a tin pail of whiskey when he lett town. After proceeding about two miles and a half, as stated, they halted, but for what will never be known. At nine o'clock, says tho Jackson? ville Union, a party of colored persons passed aloog the road, and noticing the man and boy en the track, warned them, saying, "You bad better get off the track and go home, as the train will be along soon." The man replied that be wonld take care of that. At this time he was holding the boy In bis arms, saying he was sick. The parties passed on. What transpired during the long hours trom nine o'clock In th? evening to one o'clock In the morning can oi.\y be surmised. It ls thought, however, that either under the influence of liquor, or being wearied by bis day's labor, the lather tell as)>'. p with his sick child In his arms. Che night freight train, which passes this point at or about one o'clock, waa approaching the victims. On came the heavy locomotive, not rapidly, but quietly, even giving irs usual cau? tionary whistle at tho crossing, (as toe testi? mony before the coroner's Jury shows.) but, like a death fiend, rushed upon them. No jar was felt upon the train, and on lt sped, un? mindful of the souls lt had launched Into titer nlty. In the morning the rising sun looked down upon a ghastly pcene. Stretched upon the track, with hardly a whole bone In his body, was the lather. So complete was this human wreck that many portions o? the body could not be lound. The head and shoulders were about lour leet from the body. The child was not so completely mangled, but as his body was ploked up the whole of the skull bone dropped out. The two bodies were car? ried nearly two hundred yards by the engine before any blood was spilt. Fragments of the bodies strewed the ground for nearly fifteen yards. Such was the scene of horror as dis? covered by a colored man early Thursday morning. The old lather-lo-law, who was tottering toward the city in search of the missing ones, was the next person on the spot. The feelings and suffering of t he old man, as be gazed upon the dead, baffles de? scription. The news spread rapidly, and many gathered at the scene of the tragedy. Coroner Bell was summoned and held an in? quest over auoh mangled relics o? humanity as could be gathered together. The result waa a verdiot to the effect that James J. Johnson and James Henry Johnson, his BOO, came to their death by falling asleep on the Jackson viii .', Pensacola ana Mobile Railroad track, and were run ov?r and crushed by the loco? motive o? said road. GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. CHURCH AND LITTLEJOHN- CONTIN? UED ILLNESS OF GRATZ BROWN. Malicious Stories About Him-President Grant's Intellect-The Ice Famine Proposed Demolition of the Tombs The City Hall to be Enlarged. [FROM OUR OWN COREES FON DENT.] NEW YORK, July 20.. The proposition to make Chief Judge San? ford E. Church the Democratic and Liberal Republican candidate for Governor, with ex Speaker of the Assembly Dewitt C. Littlejohn for Lleutenant-Governor, meets with appro? val throughout the State. Judge Church is at the head ot the State Judiciary, and bears so high a character lor ability and integrity that he was the choice of the New York delegation, at the National Democratic Convention of 1868, for President, and his name was also mentioned in connection with the Baltimore nomination. Mr. Littlejohn ls one of the old Republicans of Interior New York, who has recently joined tbe Liberal movement. He has been speaker ot the Assembly Ave times and baa been to Congress. He ls, probably, the most influential Republican in the west? ern part ol the State. Of course, a ticket so compounded would sweep the State hy an im? mense majority and would help the Presiden? tial ticket also. Governor Brown, of Missouri, still lingers in the city, a prey to relapses, and lt seems to be doubtful it he will be well enough to re? turn home to Missouri for some days. The report put In circulation by his political oppo? nents and harped upon persistently by the malignant Times that bia habits are Intempe? rate, is without foundation in truth. In his younger days, Graiz Brown, like a great many other good Kentuckians, indulged in the native Bourbon freely, but ior several years he has led a strictly temperate life. I notice this matter particularly, because there is evidently a disposition on the part of the Radicals to make political capital out of the Governor's cholera morbus. People who live In glass houses should not throw stones. If they want to compare the habits of their Ulysses with our Gratz, I don't think Ltoerala will shun the trial. At any rate, Horace la a cold water man and Uiyases ls not. The Interview between the President and a Herald person, reported In a late number of that paper, exhlolts Mr. Grant in a very Ignoble light. He 1B represented as being so wanting In dignity and good taste as to ridi? cule and abuse his opponent for the Presi? dency. II the report was correct Grant talked like a fool throughout. Mr. Greeley in his most voluble and reckless moments never said any thing halt so damaging to himself aa thia Long Branch horse-Jockey when Inter? viewed by a newspaper mao. Tnere are two new stories about Grant as Illustrative of his mental calibre, lt ls possi? ble they may not be true, but from what we koow uf Grant's wast of Intelligence, the probabilities are the other way. One ls to the effect that when Grant last visited Brooklyn be was the guest ol a wealthy citizen on the Heights (a subscriber to the gift fund.) The host took him up to the top of ?ls lofty man? sion io give bim a view of the bay and sur? rounding-. HlB Excellency gaz-d upon the magulflceut panorama for a moment, and then, shading bis eyes with bis hand, ex? claimed, "I can see see Jersey City and the quarantine grounds, but pray, tell me, which is Long Island ?" The oibcr story ts like unto this: Graut entertained a party ol office? holders at his cottage by the sea the day when the yacht club regatta took place. They were beslavering him over with praise for "saving the Uulon" and "paying off the debt." Gentlemen," replied Grant, a dim recollection ot one ot Henry Clay's sayings struggling through his cloudy brain, "I would rather be light than president ot a yaebt club." One of our summer troubles Is a scarcity of Ice. It ls really puzzling to my mind how our ancestors could survive a Bummer without ice water. lt hardly seems possible that there was a time once when nobody used tobacco nor drank rea and coffee, nor was acquainied with ice-water. The latter bas become such a necessity with degenerate city mortals thai a day's deprivation of Ice in the Bummer throws the city into a panic. Yesterday the ice-carts did not come around as usual. The servant maids stood stretching their long necks from every urea Btepu, gazing up and down the streets from morn till night. Inside the houses, the suffering was Intense. The women and chlidreu could not. see how they would be able to get through the day alive. Pater familias probably saved his life by taking refuge IQ some bar-room, where the proprie? tor had a good stock of ice on hand. Late In the evening the ice-carls appeared, and the ice-men reaped a harvest of Illegal fees. The packing esiablisementfl, butchers, green-gro? cers and dealers of perishable goods lost thousands ot dollars by the temporary famine. The reasons given by the ice companies for the breakiug down of their supplies are that the prolonged hoi weather has doubled the demand, while lt has doubly melted the Block. Then the workmen up the river, where the great Ice-houses are, struck for higher wages, (hough they were receiving two dollars ni ty per day, and green hands had to be procured, who did the work slowly. Finally, the barges coming down with me morning's load yester? day were loat in the log for a while. One company, the Knickerbocker, has nearly a million tons ot Ice stored up the river, all of which, it expects, will be consumed this sum? mer. A large fleet ot barges towed by steam tugs bring the ice down to the city. An army of men, at least five thousand strong, ls em? ployed at the depots. Five hundred wagons are used to take the Ice around to the retail customers. These figures will give some idea ol the immense business of only one company. There ure three other companies of Importance in the city, and a number of little one's. There ls a prospect that that gloomy old building, the Tombs, where persons accused of crime are detained for trial, will 6hortly be taken down. It was built many years ago on the ground made by filling In the ancient pond that was located there. The spot is therefore unhealthy, and business In keeping criminals has grown so much of late years that the prison ls over-crowded. It ls proposed by the mayor and others to pull down the Tombs, and put up a new building, or sell the ground and build elsewhere. An enlargement of the city ball is also projected. The old building was finished In 1812, and with Its dingy, stained marble front, looks badly in comparison with the splendid buildings around lt. The archi? tect's plans embrace an addition of two stor? ies, with a Mansard roof, an extension of the wings, .tod another wing In the rear. When Hula neu, the new city ball will look something like the late Hoiel de Ville In Paris. Then lt will be respectable enough to keep company with the pompous new postoffice a few yards distant. KYM. THE MARRIAGE OF NILSSON. All About the Bridegroom, Bridesmaids and Wedding. Mr. Conway wrlteB from London to the Cin? cinnati Commercial : There ia a good deal of Interest felt here just now at the apprachlDg marriage ot'M'lIe Chris? tine Nilsson. She ls to be married on the 27th of this month, In Westminster Abbey, by Dean Stanley. Perhaps I may venture to whisper so far away what a little bird has told me of the affair. The fortunate gentleman ls M. Auguste Rouzand, a stock broker of Paris, and soo of a French admiral. As there are only twelve admirals in France, this means a high distinction. M. Rou? zand, as I have reason to kuow, does not need, to those who know bim, any rank be? yond that whicE he Intrinsically ls-a cultiva? ted and amiable mao. He ls thirty-six, she twenty-four years ot age. The wedding will have some features which will, perhaps, sur? pass those of the Marquis of Bute and of Miss Fox, ot Holland House. For instance, all the dresseB-bride's and bridesmaids'-are to be made by the famous man-mllllner of Paris, Worth. Baron Rothschild 1B to give the bride away. The bridegroom's first man ls to be Prince Pooianowski, the author of the new opera written for Patti, "Gelmlna." Among t e bridesmaids are to be Miss Bentinck, daughter of Lord George Cavendish Bentinck; Miss Hate Vivian; Miss Dodge, of Boston; United States; Miss Burnham and Miss Spooner-the last ihree being ladles whose ac? quaintance M'lle Nilsson made on her voyage from ?m erica. j THE RADICAL CANVASS. Bowen on the War-Path-The Collapse of the Opposition-General GraM Backing Bowen and Fighting the Scott Ring. Last week seems to have been a stirring one among tbe Radical politicians. Large meetings were held on James Island, John's Island. Wadmalaw and Edisto Islands, and were addressed by the Hon. C. C. Bowen, L. C. Northrop, Cyrus Gaillard, T. A. Davis, Hoyt and others. It appears that Sheriff Mackey, with a few of his adherents frem the city, followed the Bowen party, but, from ail accounts, met with very cold comfort. Mr. Bowen made some very able and eloquent speeches, and with such effect as to complete? ly neutralize the distribution of arms amoDg the people by the Scott-Mackey Rlng, which Bowen denounced as a trick to corrupt and purchase the votes of the militia. He said that the muskets were bought and paid for by the State and did not belong to Mr. Mackey or Governor Scott, and had been laying in Columbia for two years, and were only given out now lor elec? tioneering purposes. That the State made every man a soldier between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, and that as long as they did not Injure anybody and tshaved themselves, no man or set of men had the right to take them away simply because they might not vote for Mackey or Scott. He elo? quently portrayed the terrible condition of the State, and said that he bad no?compromise to make with the scoundrels who had robbed the people. That no man's Hie or liberty was sale, and that there was no time, for the last two years, when any man who bad taken his life would not have been safe by a verdict of a packed jury, and wheo, If he had slain a man In self-defence, be would not have been bung, without hor e of pardon from Scott. That he had walked faithfully and tearlessly along the precipice in defence of the rights of the peo? ple, and at whatever personal risk, be would be i rue to himself and the cause of good gov* era men r. He made an appeal to the women of his audience, which, we learn, had the moBt marked effect, and created much feminine enthusiasm. ? We understand that Mr. Northrop on Edisto island among other things made the point that General Grant was dlreoily Interested In the war against Scott-that the strong argu ment against Grant In the (forth was the con dltlon of the Southern Slates, and that he was determined to clean them out at any coat, and that Mr. Bowen was the right hand man of General Grant lo this movement In our State-that Bowen was a poor man, living on his friends, because he bad never been among the thieves, and that if be could have been bought, he would have been as rich as they were-that whatever has been said, Mr. Bowen stood to-day a blgb example of political In tegrlty and personal sacrifice, as be was un questionably one of the ablest mea In the country. He stood in the gap when there was no one else to save the State, and he de? served the support of every honest mao, from the mountains to the seaboard. From what we hear of these Radical meet? ings, lt looks BB li the Islands are with Bowen lo a man. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, July 22. The low barometer lu the Missouri Valley will probably move eastward to Ohio and the lower lakes by Tuesday afternoon, preceded by rains and also Dy threatening weater lo the Middle States. Pleasant weather will continue In New England. A severe local storm Is apparently passing northeastward Into Alabama Monday night. GRANTS COLORED KU-KLUX. Federal Officeholders Balling them Ont of Prison. RALEIGH. N. C., July 22. The trials of colored Grant Republicans for j Intimidating the colored Qreeley Marshal Gross continues. Two cases were tried to day and both the prisoners were convicted and bound over in large bonds. The bonds are signed by Supervisor Perry, Collector Young, U. d. Com? missioner A. W. Chaffer and eight more lend? ing politicians. It ls believed that many more warrants will be Issued to day for the urrest of alleged conspirators In the Gross case, THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS IN\ ALABAMA. Thousands of Acres Under Water and the Army Worm on the Rampage. The following letter bas been furnished us by a large cotton house of thlB city : MONTGOMERY, ALA., July 18. The rain continues. I saw a gentleman from Selma this morning, and he Informed me that the Cahaba Blver was higher than it has been for twenty years. The crops on the river are all under water. This river runs through the canebrake country. The Warrior River ls very high Indeed ; lt rose twenty-five feet tn one night. All the crops on the river are under water, also trie Blgbee ls as high or higher than ever known. There ls no esti? mating the damage from tbe flood. Tbe crop ls shedding tbe forms and young bolls badly trom the effects of the heavy and continuous rains we have been having every day for ten days. It Is impossible to give an opinion about the damages ; all the river and creek bottoms are a total loss. The fear is that cot? ton will shed everything, and things look very unsatisfactory to me. Tne army worm ls on us, and no mistake about the matter; bow soon they may destroy the crop who eau tell. Old planters say they will destroy the crop on or before tbe middle ot August. The weather was never more favsrable for them; they are three weeks earlier than any year since 1868, aud I fear they will olean up things In three weeks. The damage by the overflow is Immense lu this State. Thousands of acres are under water, and have been for four days Planters are wearing long laces this morning. The situation is a critical one with the crop; fully one-third of the plant in this State ls lat?*. If the worm should accum? ulate enough to strip lt in four weeks, tbe late cotton win make nothing, and the early cot? ton ls shedding very badly on the red sandy and uplands. THE COLUMBIA WATER-WORKS. [From the columbia Union ] A trip to where the work bas been progress? ing upon the Columbia water-works, discloses the fact that for a little stir much has been done. On the river bank, this side Geiger's mill, have been erected pretty and substantial buildings, required lor the machinery, offices, Ac; a turbine wheel bas been put In position, substantial masonry built, piers, supports, ba slue, ic, ?c., one of the basins contains three hundred thousand gallons. Two Unes of twelve lucb Iron pipe are be'ng rapidly laid, and the whole surroundings denote Industry aud enter? prise. A large fore? ls required to do ail thia and the engineers, Major Mahan and Mr. Lowe, tbe latter a namesake of Colonel Lowe ol the Blue Ridge Railroad, with their overseers, are on the spot constantly. At the foundry of Major Alexander the pipe ls being made now, and ls nearly completed. Here, under the direction of one of Colonel Pearce's men, every section ls tested by a pressure of three hun? dred pounds to the Inch. Tbe least little vent of spray causes the piece to be thrown aside, and many a fine looking section is thrown out. The whole business at tbe works and the canal ls interesting, and worth the ride out there to see. THE KIDNAPPER CAGED. DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE ABDUC? TION OF DR. BBATTON. The Trial of the Miscreant Cornwall at London, Canada-He is Sentenced to Three Years in the Penitentiary. Tbe London (Canada) Free Press, of tba 17th instant, brings us the full details of the trial of J. B. Cornwall for the forcible abduc? tion of Dr. Bratton, of South Carolina. We present in condensed form the most interest? ing portions ot the evidence. Dr. James Rufus Bratton deposed that og the afternoon In question he was walking out on Waterloo street. He saw a cab standing in the distance, and three men; two of them were standing in the road, and the other was seated on the box; as he walked on the two men separated, one going, the other coming towards him; the latter he recognizes as Corn? wall. When within about Blx feet of him Cornwall sprang towards him and seized bim in a rude and violent manner by the arm and shoulder, telling him he arrested bim under a warrant. He (BrattOB) demanded to bear the warrant rea ?, and desired bis assailant to show cause why he should be arrested. Corn? wall returned that he would do that Boon enough. Witness resisted and still demanded to know the reason ot his arrest, but received no satisfaction beyond being told that he would find out soon euougb. A straggle en? sued, In the course of which both o? them fell to the ground. Cornwall knelt on his body and arms and proceeded to put manacles on bim. He called the cabman to help him. After some further struggling, the cabman came to Cornwall's assistance and held wit? ness' arm. The handcuffs were then placed upon his (Bratton's) wrists, and he was led between the two men, Cornwall on the right and the cabman on the lett, to the cab. into which he was pushed. Cornwall gave orders to drive to the station by the back streets. Witness asked that they should drive around by his boarding house to get some of his clothes, but ibis was refused. While on the way, wit? ness repeatedly protested against the degra? dation of the irons upon bia peraon, and de? manded to know the authority upon which Cornwall prooeeded. Cornwall told him to keep quiet, and not create any outcry, lest be should expose himself with the handcuffs upon bim. Witness returned that be did not fear to be taken before any jsagisirate or commission? er for examination, bat objected to the humil? iation of the Irons, ?pon again demaadlag to hear tbe warrant re au, still protesting against the arrest, and telling Cornwall that ft was not law, but force and violence, Cornwall read a warrant lu his hearing. He (witness) then said the warrant did not embrace bis name; did not call for him, and afforded no legal pretence whatever for his arrest. Cornwall then said that it was not his province to discriminate be? tween persons; he (Bratton) would have togo to Windsor, where be would have a chance to vindicate himself before Mr. Commissioner Ca? ron, by whom the warrant was signed. Witness objected to go to Windsor, caylng he was pre? pared to suomit himself to any authority of this city, and be thought that in a place of twenty thousand Inhabitants there should be some> authority competent to deal with bim. He was told that Mr. Carou was (he only com? missioner for this district, and that be would have to go bf fore him. He could also get good legal advice In Windsor. When the cab arrived at tbe station lt stopped, and the driver said the train (Pacific Express) was late. They then drove up and down one of the back streets until the train arrived. Thea the cab was stopped. Cornwall then took wit? ness to the Pullman car and thrust him in the Interior part of lt, Into a small apartment with one or two seats. Cornwall said we onght to get to Windsor by ten o'clock; no one except the porter came Into the compartment until we arrived at Detroit; I did not hear Windsor aunounced from the train either by the conductor or porter; when the conductor called Detroit he could not get in, and Cornwall opened the door for him; so soon as the door was opened, Hester, the de? tective, stepped In and said, 4,Tou go with me now;1' I replied to Hester when lie said he wished me to go wirti him, "No, I'm under Canadian law, now; that warrant does not al? low you to detain nw here, and I, under pro? test, refuse to obey you; neither your govern? ment, or you, slr, have a right to detain me here, and If you do, yon will pay for lt." At the conclusion ot this sentence the crowd In court made demonstrations of approval, which the court Immediately suppressed. Witness continued : Hester then arrested me on a United Stales warrant, having the signature ol the President of the United States written thereon; Hester, alter I remonstrated with him, said, "I will show you that 1 have a commission to arrest yon," aud we (hen proceeded to the room where there was a light; he then showed me a commission, botn as detective and United States marshal, but my name was not on the warrant; Corn? wall was present during this conversation; we then went to the police station, and all my papers, pocketbook, money, &c, were taken lrom rae; I was afterwards put into a cell In the police station; I was there for an hour or two when Cornwall and Hester came and called me, and the superintendent ol police let me out where Hester and Cornwall were; the former then asked rae to go with him and Corn? wall to an hotel, and I gladly accepted the in? vita lyn; we got a room In the hotel, with three beds lu lt; I told them If they had no ob? jection I would go to bed, and did so. 7 saw no more ot Cornwall after that; I was taken to Yorlcvllle, South Carolina, by Hester, and was not allowed to come back to Canada; I was not taken before Commissioner Caron, at Windsor, nor any other Canadian magistrate; I certainly was taken across the lines out of Canada against my will on that occasion by Cornwall. Cross-examined: Cornwall did not read the warrant to me until we were on Richmond street. It purported to be a warrant signed by Mr. Caron at Windsor. The name on the warrant was James William Avery. I told him I could give every satisfaction that I was not the person, and he said lt was not for him to discriminate. He also replied that at the proper time there would be a person able to testify as to witness' Identity. I never saw Avery either in London or Cunada. When we were riding down Richmond street, Cornwall said to witness: "I know you are Avery, be? cause I saw you walking down tne street with your daughter the other dav." The perron who was to Identify me In Windsor as Avery knows both him and I perfectly well. The cabman took hold of me by the arms and held me until Cornwall put the handcuffs on, but did not after I got up. I made no effort to get out at Windsor, lrom the fact that I did not know I was in Windsor. Mr. Bratram then addressed the court In a long speech on behalt of bis client, contending that the case was not one of kidnapping; thur Bratton went over te Detroit of his own ac? cord, and that Cornwall relinquished posses? sion and all care of him after the manacles were removed. He spoke for an hour. Mr. Barker also reviewed the evidence, and showed most conclusively that the prisoner bad committed the lelony obarged, aud on both counts ot which the evidence was very direct against him. He recounted the testi? mony adduced and mentioned that tho evi? dence given by Bates and Biatlon was similar, except In those poluta where li the former had told what be really knew about the affair he would uave criminated himself. Toe whole matter, be said, was so|olearly proven that no othw conclusion could be arrived at than that ihe prisoner waa guilty ol the crime of which he was charged. His Honor ?poke ol the offence la terms of condemnation, eapeclally when the prisoner was known to bea man ol undoubted ability, and well versed In criminal law. The suppor sitian was that the deed had been committed for gain, and for his part, he could not, re? viewing the evidence adduced, find any other verdict tb^u that tbe prisoner was guilty of tb? crime. Mr. Barton. On both counts your Honor. His Honor. Yes; the charge on both count j ba- been clearly proveo. Mr. Barker asked that the Judgment of th? court might he pronounced upon Isaao Bell Cornwall, convicted of the crime of kidnapping. His Honor Inquired of the prisoner if be had anything to say why the sentence of the court should not be passed upon bim, to which Mr. Cornwall replied, "I have nothing to say, slr." His Honor then prefacing tbe sentence with a tew sympathetic remarks, sentenced the prisoner to three years' Imprisonment In the Provincial Penitentiary. -General Ryan, of. the Cuban army, passed through Savannah yesterday. A FIT REPRESENTATIVE OF AN IRRE? SPONSIBLE ADMINISTRATION. Beast Batter's Nephew Kicked ont of | Egypt for Shameless Conduct. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TES NBW8.] ' WASHINGTON, D. C., Joly 22. Starrlng's report of tbe Investigation Into Butler's diplomatic career In Egypt not only substantiates every charge made against him, but discloses other and most discreditable facts, showing that he has wrought the utmost disgrace upon our diplomatic service In that country, and subjected tbe dignity ol his office to a most humiliating condition. He has been peremptorily dismissed, and is now supposed to be on his way to the United States. A copy of Starring's report has been sent to ? the State department, but it Is carefully guard? ed from publication, though lt is the opinion of some of the best friends of the adminis? tration that General Grant ought, tn his own justification, to give it to the newspapers. It ls said to abound in disclosures of shameless acts of Butler in his diplomatic capacity, which illustrate to a certain extent a doctrine of total depravity. ?. OMENS OF VICTORY. Alabama Wheeling into Line. MONTGOMERY, ALA., Joly 22. Ex-Senator Warner and S. F. Bice, late I Chief-Just ice of the Supreme Court of Alaba- | ma, have declared for Greeley and Brown. An Immense Greeley ratification meeting was held here last Saturday night, at which resolutions endorsing the Lib?rai Republican nominations and the action ot the Baltimore | Convention, were unanimously endorsed. A large number ot colored men participated in the meeting. The Liberal Magnates, WASHINGTON, July 22. Senator Schurz, after speaking In St. Louis goes to New Orleans, thence to Mobile and thence Northward through Alabama and Georgia. Nsw YORK, July 22. Gratz Brown bas lett for Kentucky and will shortly commence his stumping tour. Wallace Tappan, of Syracuse, another mem? ber ot the Republican State Committee, has | resigned and declared for Greeley. SPARKS FROM TBE WIRES. -William Malloy, a New York boy of six? teen, while drunk last Sunday, fatally stabbed I John Lee, a boy o? the same age, and has been arrested. -Dispatches to the navy department from our fleets In South America and China have been received at the department. Nothing ol extraordinary Importance ls detailed. -The old Federal Council of the Interna? tional Society, which was repudiated by the I London Council, held Its last meeting In New York yesterday and prepared to turn over Its effects to Its successor provided for by the Philadelphia Congress. RESCUED FROM THE POLIOS.-Yesterday afternoon, William Peck and Edmond Hoott, two United States soldiers, were arrested by a policeman for being drunk and disorderly. While they were being carried past the Cita? del a detachment o? soldiers lo charge of an officer, said to be a lieutenant, came out and took them away from the policeman. The matter will be brought to the attention of the Mayor this morning. CHARLESTON COVNTT TAX SALES. The sale o? county real estate of delin? quent taxpayers was resumed at the Fire? proof Building yesterday. The following pieces were knocked down to the Slate: Jackson, Moses, 210 acres. Blxth Dis? trict.$ li 24 Jackson, Edward, 200 acres, Sixth Dis? trict. 26 17 Jackson, Edward, 10 acres, Sixth Dis? trict. 13 46 Jackson, Searman, 150 acres, Sixth Dis? trict. 16 46 Jackson, Estate T. M., 76 acres, Sixth District. 56 49 Jackson, Jack, 57 acres, Sixth Dlstrlot. 19 82 Jaokson, P., 39 acree, Sixth District.... 27 93 Jaster, Charles, houses and lots, Sum? merville. 89 90 Jefferson, Henry, G5 acres, Sixth Dis? trict. 34 69 Janes, Wm., 1 acre, Slxih District. 69 49 Keith, Estate Miss, 1000 acres, Sixth District. 213 20 Keith, Charlotte, 700 acres, Sixth Dis? trict. 171 73 Keith. M. J., 600 acres, Sixth District .. 177 91 Kennedy, Ann, 2 acres, Sixth District.. 39 26 Kirk, P. Sidney, 825 acres, Sixth Dis? trict. 268 00 Kinloch, Estate H. W., 2 houses and lots, Summerville. 21 25 Lawton, M. M.,300acres, Sixth District, 195 63 Livingston, Arnold, 97 acres, Sixth Dis? trict. 7 82 Livingston, L. R., 640 acres, Sixth Dis? trict. 69 20 Livingston, Wm., 85 acres, Sixth Dis? trict. 329 24 Lynes, 8., 1060 acres, Sixth District... 173 61 Manigault, H. M., 404 acres, Sixth Dis? trict. 66 68 Mazyck, Frank, 76 acres, Sixth District. 9 30 Millard, S. W., 87 acres, 81xth District. 15 30 Millard, S. C., 87 acres, Sixth District.. 29 72 Millard, Estate W. H., 6600 acres, Sixth District. 757 75 Meacher, G. W., 1 acre, Sixth District. 28 06 Mims, John C., 120 acres. Sixth District. 32 34 Middleton, J. J., 500 acres. Sixth Dis? trict... 94 38 Mixer, Estate D, 47 acres, Sixth Dis? trict. 224 52 Michel, John, 1 acre, Sixth District.... 16 ll Mltchum, Estate H. W., 650 acres, Sixth DlBtrlct. 47 16 Moore, Mrs. Elizabeth, 140 acres, Sixth District. 36 54 Morgan, T. B., vacant lot, Summerville 29 14 The sale will be continued to-day at the let? ter M of the delinquent list for the Blxth District. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded at the Mesoe Conveyance office during the week: June 10, 1867. Tract St. John's Berke? ley, George P. Whaley to Stanley Read.....$ 600 00 ?Tune 24,1867. Tract St. John's Borke lry, C. T. Carr to George P. Wha? led . 512 00 October 19,1865. 137 acres, Charles? ton District, Wm. Shecut to E. M. Weatherford. 1,000 00 November 16,1871. Plantation Charles? ton County, A. C. Godfrey to Joseph Jamison. 300 00 December 29. 1871. Tract Charleston County, Sarah Pegler and others to Edward Johnson. 40 00 May 6, 1872. One-half tract "Bella Vista." St. James Goose Creek, Sheriff Charleston County to Sam? uel W. Pearlstein. 200 00 June 3, 1872. Strip to widen Frleod street, E. F. Carrere and others to City Council of Charleston... 1,000 00 June 17, 1872. Lots on King and Queen streets, James Berry to George F. McIntyre. 2,250 00 June 27, 1872. Tract St. Stephen's Parish, Theodore L. Gourdin, per executors, to Chance Gillios. 280 00 July 1, 1872. Lot and buildings sul? livan's Island, Joseph Ellison Adger to Augustine T. Smythe, truBtee. 800 00 July 1,1872. Lot and buildings, Sul? livan's Island, Susan D. Adger to Robert Adger. 1,200 00 July 10, 1872. Lot No. ll Archdale street, Relief Loan Association to Annie H. Clanoey. 800 oo July 20,1872. Lot north side of Tradd street, John W. Lewis to Mary Donahue. *?? 00 NEWS OF THE OLD WORLD. A PROSPECTIVE CHANGE ZN THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY. McMahon for President-Widespread Stagnation of Trade? NEW YORE, Joly 22. A Paris letter to the World says it may be reliably asserted that Marshal McMahon hu consented to accept the Presidency of France If Thiers resigns or dies. Trade is stagnant In Paris. Thousands of shops are closed for rent and a monetary crisis reigns. Many ot Th lens's old friends are deserting. The Attempted Assassination of King Amadeus-Thc Bravos Hired by Poli? tical Conspirators? MADRIB, July 22. A large sum of money was lound on too per? son of one ot the prisoners who was engaged in an attempt to take the life of King Ama? deus. This, together with the antecedents ol the other prisoners. It ls believed conclusively establishes the fact that the men had them? selves no political feeling which would have prompted the assassination of his Majesty, but were merely the hired instruments of a political conspiracy. Previous to the attempt at assassination the King had received aa anonymous communication warning him that his lite was In danger. When the attack on the royal party was made a sharp engage? ment occurred between the would-be assas? sins and the police and King's escort His Majesty himself was anxious to participate, bot was prevented by his attendants. It la generally believed that the parties arrested are the ones who assassinated General Prim. TH? Geneva Arbitration. ? GENEVA, Joly 22.. It ls generally understood that the tribunal of arbitration first took up, and bas now under consideration, the case ol the privateer Florida. THE BONDHOLDERS' FLURRY. A Card from Treasurer Parker. The State treasurer bas addressed a letter, of which the following ls a copy, to the com? mittee on the part of the bondholders of South Carolina : OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER, ) COLUMBIA, 8. C., July 12, 1872 J Messrs. E. A QuintanL E. B. Wesley and A. A. Drake: * GENTLEMEN-I see by the newspapers that you have been appointed a committee on the part ol the holders of South Carolina bondi "io take concerted and immediate action to oompel the payment of the accrued and un? paid Interest on the bonds of the State, with authority to employ counsel to commence l?gal proceedings against the officers of th? Slate, or Its legal financial board." I am glad that the bondholders are moving In this matter. Th y have rights which are indisputable, and they should oe respected. I write to inform you that I heartily endorse the bondholders la their movement, and advice au united and de? termined effort on their part to secure their Just rights. The State debt ls a sacred debt. It has been Incurred by necessity and in ac? cordance with law. The resources or the State are abundant to meet the interest, and lor my part, either as a private citizen or a public offi? cer, I have done and shall continue to do all In my power to accomplish the end at which you aim. The State auditor, who ls appointed by the Governor, ls authorized by law to levy a tax to pay the entire interest on the public debt, and should he fall to do his duty In tuts respect, the Governor should enforce compliance with thee requirements of the law. I would sag* gest that all the bondholders you caa secure unite at once In demanding of the Governor an immediate levy or taxes, and I think your object will be attained. The statement, said to have bera mada by Judge Willard, "that $1,100,000 or $1,200,000 had been received Into the treasury irom the sale of delinquent lands," ls totally at vari? ance with the facts in the case, aa compara? tively nothing bas been received on that ac? count. . The Legislature have made ample provision for the future, and all that ls required lethe execution of the laws. . .. ? , - ? Respectfully, your obedient servant, NILES G. PARKER, Treasurer State South Carolina. THE NEW YORK VEGETABLE AND FRUIT MARKETS. The Dally Bulletin, of Saturday, Jnly20tb, aays: The receipts of new potatoes are mostly early rose, and rule about steady with a fair enquiry. In green vegetables there ls bat Utile change to notice. We quote: New pota? toes $1 50a2. Green corn ?lal 25 per 100. Southern onions, per bbl, $2a2 25; do Con? necticut, $2 60a3 per 100 strings. Ne.w rare? ripes $2 per bbl. Cucumbers. Jersey, $1 60 per bbl, and Long Island 50ca75 per 100. Squash, per basket, 60c; do, marrowfat per bbl, $1. New turnips $3a$6 per 100 bunches, and $1 60 per bbl. Cabbages, $4a6 per 100. Green onions 14 per 100 bunches. Beets, Jersey, $4a6. Southern tomatoes, $1 per orate; Jersey, tlal 60 per crate, and SI per basket, and Long Island, $2 60 per basket. New apples are exceedingly plenty and low; stock must be very choice to bring our outside prices. Peaches beginning to arrive freely from Delaware and Maryland, but the-earlier varieties are not so desirable as those that will be sent here a week or so hence, and the prices obtained are only fair. Pears plenty and about steady. Melons rule abou' steady. We quote: New apples, good, $1 60a3 per bbl, 75ca$l 50 per crate. Watermelons $60a7O per 100. Nutmeg melons $4 per bbl. Pears $4a6 per bbl. Peaches, Delaware, per orate for choice and firm, $150a2 per crate for south of Delaware. NO ICE FAMINE YET. Plenty or the Crystal Luxury for Pres? ent Cse and nore on Ul? Way From almost every large city In the country the newspapers have come-teeming during the past few days with complaints of the great scarcity and terrible cost of lee, and gloomy pictures are presented In New York especially ot the condition of the ice consumers lo view of the threatened famine. Il has also been rumored In Charleston that the stock of Ice was rapidly becoming exhausted, and that fears were entertained that In a few days er weeks we might be left without an adequate supply of the crystal commodity which has become such an article of necessity In every household. This hal led to an investigation or the part of THE NEWS, which ls always wide? awake to the questions which Interest the citi? zens of Charleston, sad we have now the pleasure of reporting that there appears to be not the least ground for apprehending any lamins in the Ice market, or any serious in? convenience to the householders from the scarcity of the article. Messrs. Alva Gage & Co. have still an ample supply of Ice, and, la fact, claim that they have never been without a supply at any lime during the nineteen years that they have been in business, with the exception of a portion ot the time during "the late unpleasantness." The Tudor Company, of the Meeting street Ice House are still supplying their regular customers and at their regular rates, but they have been compelled to busband their re? sources to some extent and ai? not now sell lug to transient customers. It ls doubtless from this fact that tho whole rumor of a short supply arose, and the fact ls In cons?quence ol the temporary delay by head winds, as already reported, of a whole fleet of the coasting vessels which are engaged In the bringing of ice and other commodities from the Northern ports to this olty.