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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE DECISIVE BATTLE. LATEST RETURNS FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE. A Candid and Careful Statement of the Proportions of tue Vickory. [SPECIAL TELEURAM TO THE NEW?. ] WILMINGTON, August 5. The returns irom the remote countiep, especially those on the Virginia border and those in the extreme western portion of the State, continue to come In very slowly, and it is still difficult to estimate with any degree of accuracy the size of the Conservative majority in the whole State. Sixty counties have been heard from officially, and they give anet Conservative majorl'.y ol 1252. Of the remaining thirty-two counties, tweniy four are Conservative and eight Republican, and those thirty-two counties gave in 1870 a net Democratic majority of 3874, which, added to that of the sixty counties heard from, makes a net Conservative majority In the State of 5126. It is reported, however, that the Republicans have trained heavily in the First Congressional District, which, in 1870, gave a Democratic majority of 455, and how far these gains may reduce the above es? timate it ls Impossible to say. It is still con? sidered certain that Judge Merrlmon and the whole Conservative State ticket are elected, and'the Legislature is certainly overwhelm? ingly Conservative. The Conservatives have certainly elected four out of the eight Con? gressmen, and, In all probability, Ave. In the First District Clinton L. Cobb (Republican) ls elected over D. M. Carter (Conservative) by a majority of a few hundred. In the Second District, which ls the Republican stronghold, the figures are in for all but two counties, and Charles R. Thomas (Republican!) has a majority of about 7584 over W. H. Kitchen (Conserva? tive.) In the Third District, A. M. Waddell (Conservative) is elected over Nell McKay, Jr., (Republican) by 847 majority-an Improve? ment of 236 over the net. ' Democratic majority , In the same counties in 1870. Tnc Fourth District, in which William A. Smith (Repub? lican) is running against Sion H. Rogers, (Conservative,) the result ls still doubtful. One county remains to be heard from, but the rest give Smith a majority of 6. In the Fifth District, James M. Leach (Conservative) has defeated Thomas Settle by about 719 majority. The Sixth District Is all heard from but one county, and gives Thomas S. Ashe (Conservative) a majority of 2801 over oliver H. Dockery, Repub? lican. In the Seventh District the returns are in lor only hali the counties, but they give W. M. Robbins, Conservative, a majority of 1408 over David M. Furcbes, Republican, and the remaining co. m ties are strongly Democratic. The returns from the Eighth District are also meagre, but no doubt is entertained of the election in that district of Z. B. Vance, Con? servative, over W. G. Chandler, Republican, by 3000 majority. VIEWS OF THE NEW YORK PRESS. NKW YORK, August 5. A special irom Raleigh to the Herald says that seventy-seven counties have been heard from and Merrlmon ls now over 1100 ahead. The remaining counties will probably be heard from to-day. . A special from R?jejghjo the "Times says that Caldwell hasl434 maJorliy in seventy-four counties, and the returns from the remaining counties may probably reduce the majority to 300, but the official count only will determine the result. The Tribune, World and Sun still claim that the State has gone Democratic. NEWS FROM THE OLD WORLD. Election Trouble:a In Ireland-The Cath? olic Clergy Implicated. LONDON, August 5. The English government will prosecute twenty-two persons for interference with the Galway eleu Lions, including the Roman Catho? lic bis-top of Clonfert, Captain Nolan, his brother, Mr. Sebastian Nolan, and nineteen Roman Catholic priests. International Amenities. MADRID, August 5. King Amadeua has arrived at San Sebastian and met with a warm reception. He was visited by the prefect of the French depart? ment of the Base of the Pyrenees, who deliv? ered a letter Irom President Thiers to the Kto<* congratulating him on his recent escape from assassination. PARIS, August 5. President Thiers will leave Paris to-day for Tronvllle, a seaside resort, In the department of Colvados. THINGS IN SUMTER. The Crop Prospects-All Quiet Pol Ul. emily-The Whites for Greeley-Relic;, lons Mer lings. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] BlSHOPTILLE, AUgUSt 1. The season continues most favorable. It rained oe an average of every other day dur? ing the month of July. The corn crop ls safe beyond peradventure, and the anxiety of the planter on that score is relieved. Those who planted wita the expectation of making enough-which includes nearly everybody here-will have a sufficiency of "the staff of life." The pea crop, which was almost a total. failure last year, ls looking very promislog ina word, the appearance of the crops In the provision line betokens a plentiful yield. With regard to cotton, the general prospect continues good. Ou light Bandy and low, flat lands lt has sustained some injury from an excess of rain. There are serious appre? hensions of rust, lt having already put in au appearance on a few farms. It ls too long to make any confidential statement or prediction respecting the probable yield. The plant ls still BUbJect to many contingencies; August is the most important month for the fruiting. The only noteworthy drawback to be seen at this time ls the large percentage of late colton which, according to the most reliable authori? ty, amounts to very nearly one-chlrd of the cjop. While the early stands havn matured the bottom and middle crops, the late plant? ing bas very lew. If any, grown bolls-though lt ls all about equal lu point of size-a circum? stance well calculated io deceive those who look at the weed. There ls a pertect dearth of political newp. This community is remarkably quiet and con? servative. Tnere ls no agitation of politics at all, even among the freedmen, who have giv? en us no trouble, so far, by deserting the crop for political gatberings. Though not enthusi? astic, the whites, with but two or three exi ceptiens, prefer Greeley to Grant. The blacks will, of course, not hesitate to obey the be? hests ot their Radical leaders, and will go in mass for Grant. A camp meeting of the Methodist denomi? nation commencer) at Providence to-day. It lethe first that nasbeeu held lui his county since the war, and will likely be largely at? tended. On the 3d Instant a protracted meeting wil begin in the Baptist Church of this neighborhood, Rev. j. K. Durham, pas? tor. Among other officiating minisieis the Bev.J. K. Men."'-miall, an able revivalist of the Baptist denomination, will be in attend? ance. The gathering promises to be one of much interest. The meeting will probably con? tinue the greater part of next week. The week alter a series of religious services will begin In the Methodist Church here, which ls under the pastoral care of Rev. S. A. Weber. The weather ls extremely hot and sultry even the nights are oppressively warm. Thc uniform heat is so relaxing to the system and has such an enervating effect as to render one almost good for nothing-almost incapa? ble of exertion. H< A J. SUMNER ON THE WAR PATH. Speaker Blaine Provokes (he Classic Senator to Strong Limgnnge- \ Scathe lng Indictment of Grant and his Apologists-/V Document for Colored ' Olen to Read and Ponder. WASHINGTON, August 5. Senator Sumner has addreBBed the follow .iug reply to Speaker Blaine's letter, dated at Augusta, Maine, July 31st, accusing him of treachery to Republicanism in his support ol Greeley, and ot "turning his back on the mil? lions to whom in past years he had stood us a shield and bulwark o? defence :" WASHINGTON, D. C., August 5, 1872. Beai' Sir-I have seeu the letter addressed to me by you through the public prints, and I notice especially that while animadverting upon my support of Horace Greeley, you say not one word'ln vindication ol that compound ol pretension known us Grantism, in con? tradistinction to Republicanism, which you would ins ?ill anew lu the government. You are greatly concerned about the company I keep. To quiet your solicitude, I beg leave to sny that in Joining the Republicans, who brought forward aa original Abolitionist. I hud rm sell and so many others devoted to the cause I have served alwajs, that 1 had not missed you until you hastened to report ab sence, nor had I taken account ol the "South ern Secessionists" who, as you aver, are now co-operating with me In support of this orlgl nal Abolitionist, except to rejoice that If among former associates some like yourself hesitate, their places are supplied in un unex? pected quarter. You entirely misunderstood me when you introduce au incident ol Hie past and build on it an argument why " should not support Horace Greeley. What has Preston Brooks to do with t he Presiden liai election ? Never while a sufferer did any body hear me speak of him In unkindness and now after tue lapse ot more than halt generation I will not unite with you in drag ging him trom the grave where be Bleep* ic aggravate the posaions ol a political conflict and arrest the longing lor concord. And here ls the essential diff?rence between you and me. At thlB Juncture I Beize the opportunity to make the equal rights of all secure through peace and r?conciliation, but this infinite boon yon would postpone Seven years have passed since we laid aside our arms, but. unhappily during all this period lhere bas been a hostile spirit towards each oil er, while i he rights of colored fellow citizen? have been in perpetual question Seven years mark a natural period ot human life; should not the spirit be ctianged with the body ? Can we not, after seven years, com menee a ccw lite, especially when those once our foes repeat ihe saying, "Thy people shall be my people; thy God shall be my God ?" I declare my preference for an original Aboli tionist as President, and you seem to create, diversion by crying out mat i^mocrats will Bupport him, to which I repi.7 so much the better; their support ls Un assurance that the cause ne bas BO constantly guarded, whether of equal rights reconciliation, is accepted by Democrats and this ls the pledge of a true union beyond anything in our history. It ls a victory of Ideas, without which all other victories must fall. To Intensify your allegations, you insist that I am ranged whh Jefferson Davis and Robert Toomba. But, pardon me; nobody knows how the lormer wilt votp, while Robert Toomba is boisterous against Horace Greeley, and with him are Stephen?, Wise and Mosby. This Is all very poor, aud I men lion lt only to exhibit the character of your attempt. In the same spirit yqu seek to avoid I the real issue by holding up tbe possibility of what you call a Democratic administration and you have the courage to assert as within my knowledge thar, with the election of Horace Greeley, Congress will be handed over to the control of the party who have positive ly denied the rights ot the black men. You flay that I know this. Mr. Speaker, I know no such thing, and you should oe suf? ficiently thoughtful not to assert lt. 1 am en? tirely satisfied that a canvass like the present, where ihe principies doctored at Cincinnati are openly accepted on on? alan and not con? tested on ihe other, must result in a larger number of Congressional representatives stn cerely devoted to the rlghls of the colored citi? zens lhan ever before. The Democrats will be pledged, as never before, to the ruling prlncl pie that all men are equal before the law, and ulso to the three couotliulloual amendments, with the clause In each empowering Congress to enforce the same by appropriate legislation but, besides Democrats, there will be Liberal Republicans pledged likewise, and also your associates, who, I trusr, will not betray the cause. Senators and re presentat ives, calling themselves Repub? licans, have been latterly lu large ma Jority in both houses, but the dual measure of civil rights, to which you refer, though urged by me almost daily, has failed lo become law-less. I lear, from Democratic opposition thau from Republican lukewarmness and ihe want of support in the Presidential office The great issue which the people are called to decide in November ls on ihe President, and nobodv knows better than yourself lhat the House'ot Representatives, chosen at the ??me j time, will naturally harmonize with bim. So lt has been In our history. Now, harmony .wit a peace freely Involves whal I most desire, i With Buch a President, Congress will be changed, and, for the first time since the war, the equal rights ol all will have a declared representative at the head of the gov? ernment, whose presence there will be of higher significance than that of any vic tor In war, being not only a testimony but a constant motive power. In this great cause, oppression, whether open hostility or mere subtle treachery, will yield to the steady infill ence ol such a representative. Therefore, In looking to the President, I look also to Con? gress, which will take Its character in a large measure lrom him. In choosing Horace Greeley, we do Ihe best we can tor the whole government, not only In the executive but la the legislative branch, while we decline to support nepotism, repayment of personal gilts by official patronage, seizure of the war power-, Indignities to the black Republicans, and ihe various incapacities now exhibited by ihe President and the Rings by which he gov? erns, none ot which you can delend. You know well lhat the Rings are already con? demned by ihe American people. For myself, I say plainly and without hesitation that I prefer Horace Greeley with any Congress that la possi? ble on the Cincinnati platform to President Grant with his pretensions and his Rings, a vote for whom Involves the support of all his pretensions with prolonged power in all .the Rings. There must be another Influence and another example. The administration ia all ita paris is Impressed by the President. Let his soul be enlarged with the sentiment ot Justice awakened by Industry, and not only the two houses of Congress, but the whole country will ieel the Irresistible au? thority over-spreading, prevailing, permeat? ing everywhere. Therelore, in proportion as you are earnest tor the rights of colored citi? zens and place them above all partisan triumph, you will be glad to support the candidate whose heart has always thsobbed for humanity. T V country needs such a motive power in the White House. It needs a generous fountain lhere. In one word, it needs some? body different from the present incumbent, and nobody knows this belter than Speaker Blaine. The personal chargea vou make upon me I repel with the indignation of an honest man. I was a faithful s?pporter ol' the Presi? dent until somewhat tardily awakened by bis painlul conduct on the Island of San Domingo, involving the seizure of war power In viola? tion ol instructions, and an indignity to a Black Republic in violation of International law, and, when I remonstrated against these intolerable outrages, I was set upon by those acting in his behalf. Such is the origin of my oppoBlllou. I could not have doneTesB with? out failure in that duty which ls wilh me the rule of my ute, nor can I doubt that, when partisan sentiments are less active, you will regret the wrong you have done rae. Meanwhile, I appeal confidently to the candid judgment of those who amidst all present differences of opinion unite in the great objects, far above party or President, to which my life ls devoted. I am slr, your obedient servant, m .u rr ? CHARLES SOMSER. To the Honorable Bpeaker Blaine. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. , . . ",.. _ WASHINGTON, August 5. Probabilities : Variable northeast and south? westerly winds in the South Atlantic and Gull States, with continued rain fall, but clearing weather In the lormer on Tuesday BAD FOR THE BONIFACES. TE E FASHIONABLE SUMMER RESORTS INA SAD PLIGHT. A Recoil. Against the High-Price Sys? tem-Too Much of a Grand Thing Killing the Goose with the Golden j Eggs. A Saratoga correspondent of the New York Tribune discourses as follows on the effects of I the present style ot keeplug hotels at popular [ places of resort, especially In the North: At last the vengeance so long predicted by Indignant and outraged touriste has overtaken the hotel-keepers. A reaction against sum* mer travel In ihls country has sec In, which threatens to involve in ruin many enterpris? ing landlords, and to work a complete revolu? tion in the hotel Bystem at our fashionable re? sorts. The present season is the poorest ever known to the hotel-keepers, lt is now the lust week of Joly, and lt is safe to say that fashionable Bummer hotels are not half lull, and that In many Instances uot more than a quarter of the rooms are occupied. Hotels ol wide celebrity-hotels whose advertisements read so attractively that it seems aa if they must be overcrowded, are not paying their running expenses. There is even, with but a few guests, an absolute necessity for keeping up the standard of the table. WHAT IT COSTS. Armies of servants have been engaged for the season, and must be paid and led. Rent must be provided for, and altogether, unless August changes the whole aspect of affair?, many of our best rural hotels will change hands after this season. During the war and for the Ave years following the hotel-keepers revelled in money. Everybody went to the most expensive resorts, and paid the moat ex? travagant prices with only a feeble murmur. The hotel-keepers, like Jesurun of old, waxed lat and kicked. They saw the public seized by a maola, anti they look advantage ot it. When their rooms were full, and often when they were not, they put up cots In the parlors, and crowded their guests as in barracks, charging for this uncomfortable and Insuffi? cient accommodation the same rates they nominally asked lor separate rooms. Four to six dollars a day were paid for sleeping on a cot and lor a chance to fee the wailers at th? dialog-table; and on the public-the most egregious and gregarious of the asinine kind struggled for a chance to add its contributions lo the Pactolian stream flowing Into the capa? cious pockets of the all-absorblog Bonifaces. Ol'course, the everybody was specially at? tracted lo the houses which were known to be the most over-crowded. HOTEL DESPOTISM. Landlords strutted and hotel clerks ruled travellers with a rod ot iron. It was proposed still further to Increase the rates of board. Seven dollars a day were talked of ss a rea? sonable figure In the early future of the first class hotels. The masters were triumphant, the paying slaves (the public) were humble, silent and crushed. Suddenly the "corner" in hotels broke. The first symptom of weakness showed itself early last season. The papers were filled with the complaints ot grumbling "constant readers." European trips became more popular than ever, and the patronage of our summer hotels fell off. There were several bad failures, and among them those of three of the most prominent hotel men in the coun? try. The Idea of Increasing the price of I board was then at once abandoned, and a de- [ crease was decreed, being an average, how? ever, of only fitly cents a day. The seven dollar chimera vanished, and opulent land? lords sighed for the golden days which had passed away. The present season was entered upon with fear and trembling, especially as the number of hotels had greatly Increased ot late, and several new and very attractive re? ports had been just opened. But repentance came loo late, ff the b. oae which laid the golden eggs was not killed, ehe certainly was seriously wounded and had become exceed? ingly Bby and Um id. ' The primary cause of all tills trouble lay in tue men rates pr board. The secondary In the incivility ot landlords, or rallier their subordinates, wi th whom the travelling public hid been brought into con? tact. "EXTRAS." The mere nominal price of board was always much enhanced by extraneous charges-Dy the tees to walters, bootblacks and porter?, and by the prices of carriage hire, ?fcc. Anoth? er Hem was the absurd rate of omnibus fare. For len ceuts. a mao may ride In a New York omnibus Irom lh<i Battery.CO Fortieth street. For going a quarter-one-eighth-of that dis? tance, lrom tne steamboat lauding or tbe rail? road depot to the fashionable hotel he-would be charged half a dollar, and this, too, in places where h ./ses and their teed were much cheaper than in the city. This item, perhaps, looks rather too trilling to deserve mention, but, when Mr. Smith was on his summer tour with Mrs. Smith and the two Misses Smith, and and Master Smith, and Mrs. Smith's unmarried sister, it counted up rapidly. Then the nomi? nal ooard price only Included sleeping accom? modations, and Hie price of a prtvaje silting, room was always made disproportionately high. TUE MODEL CLERK. A goodly part, not by any means the largest, but still a noteworthy portion of the patronage of the summer hotels, comes l rom gentlemen travelling alone, or In parties of two and three. The indignities heaped upon this class of the community form a fearful record, and this brings Into prominence that wonderful being, the hotel clerk of the period. Young, han?? some and supercilious, with his hair dressed In the most killing style, with plump red cheeks, with elegant garments ot the moBt fashionable out, with a diamond pin, with a J large-linked "waich-puard, with superb cuff buttons, with an indifferent haughtiness of de? meanor wonderful to behold, with a sovereign contempt tor the sovereign people, with all the attributes of power, with all Ibe overbear? ing qualities which come from irresponslb e sway-ibis is that marvellous and magnificent mixture of Jove and Apollo. And inls ls what he did with the gentlemen travelling alone or In parties of iwo or titree: He would delibe? rately banish them to the hot rooms lu Hie attic, or to the interior apartments looking | upon dismal court-yards, or exposed to the odors of the kitchen. He would calmly tell them lhat all the good rooms on the lrom were occupied. He would know this to be false, and his victims would know lt, too, but be was omnipotent and they were helpless. This was the general practice in al) fashionable hotels. Now the occupant of the poorest rooms has to pay precisely the same price as he who, by favoritism and a personal acquaintance with the dork, has the best one. ONE-SIDED MISTAKES. He must also be careful to see, In his bills, that there is not an extra charge for some meal dating Just anterior to hiB arrival, or some omnibus ride he did not take. Here lhere is to be noter* a phenomenon. I have travelled much for many summer/*, In this and other lands, usually frequenting the best hotels, and ol'the very many "er. ors" found In my oills I have observed that they have been Invariably In lavor Cf the landlord. I have never once lound the extra ball-dollar, or the shilling, or the franc, or the thaler, or the rouble put down lo my credit. I draw no Inference, but simply state ihe fact as a curi? ous phenomenon in hotel mathematics. TOURISI3 DBI VEN' ABBOAD. The growing dlslavor which our hotel sys? tem is gaining lias driven many of our sum? mer travellers to Europe. Never before have [ the outgoing steamers been as numerous and as crowded as this season. Experience has proved lhat a foreign trip can be made at no greater, and often at lees, expense than a tour among our lavorite wateriBg-places, or even than a comlortable residence at one of Ibem. This tendency to vist Europe will Increase with increasing lacllltles, ano as everybody who has been lhere once wants lo go again, the American hotel-keepers will find they have raised a rival which, like the ghost of Banquo, "will not down." Tne European system introduced into some ot our hotels-lhat is, ihe system of only pay lug for what yon eat-is a concession to the spirit ol disaffection in regari to our preva? lent hotel arrangements, but is too often a delusion and a snare. The prices for articles of tood are placed so high as to be equally an Insult to the undemanding and to the pocket. This, too, will be remedied in time. The other aay I asked a summer hotel keeper, ol gentlemanly instincts and long ex? perience, his opinion ol the polniB alluded to in this letter. He acknowledged lhat Euro pean travel was liavlg thia season a disas? trous effect upon the vatering-piace patron? age, but maintained Ut every season brought out a fresh supply of munger home tourists young men just begining to travel, young bridal, couples; and le nouveaux riches who would fill the vacan eic He declared that the high rates of board vere made necessary, chiefly by the expenseof help, by the army of waiters who had to bovell paid and who ate so much. He did no deny that fashionable hotel-keepers general' (until the last season dr two) had been m a ki g large lortunes, nor did he seem to deprede the system of feeing the walters. THE FEENOrSANCE. He mentioned an ?nance of a fashionable Saratoga Hotel whee the newly arrived guests could llterallyget nothing to eat UH they feed both the hea-walter and the sable attendant at their parc ular table, and when they complained atthefBeeihe landlord cool? ly told them that be "kd nothing to do with the dining-room arragementa, which were entirely In the handsof Mr. Moses." 'And where ls Mr. Moses ?" "Mr. Moses ? Au, that is he-the head-walter there !" This, my In? formant seemed to this, was, perhaps, carry? ing the thing a little ta far. lt is but fair to Bay that Saratoga and Long Branch are full even this season, but tere are special reasons in these cases. The prccimlty of Long Branch to New York insures umeroua visitors. At Saratoga the waters, tb races, and the celeb? rity of the place lu tb South and among travellers from Europe, account for the large number ot visitors tfere. To see the other side of the story vlsi the Catskill, Sharon, Niagara, Cape May, Vest Point, the White Mountains, Lake Georg, and other recogniz? ed and really attractve places of resort. Hotel-keepers and othrs Interested In the success cf theee places nay hide the facts ol the case, but ihe tr th ls that the elegant hotels at these points, eren at this advanced stage of the season, areiialf empty. A HUNDRED OUNi POR CtREELEY. N:w YORK, August 5. A dispatch from Bristd says that on the re? turn of Horace Greeley D day to that place he will be given the honor M a sa'nte of one hun? dred guns and a inti nc! pal reception. Last evening Chief Justice Ciase met Mr. Greeley at the house of the foroer's son-in-law, Sena? tor Sprague, at Narragansett Pier. A CHAPTER MT DRINKS. iliivr pinny Gallons of them we Con? sume-What they Cost-The Profit on them. The New York Evening Post has been ex? amining the statistics o: drinks, and submits them In a form that would make a taking tract for the temperance people. Ol courae there ls another side of the drinking question, but this one is suggestive : In addition to' the 62,314,627 gallons ol home-made spirits, and 7,159,740 barrels of fermented liquors on which taxes were paid In 1871, we imported of ?lue 9,788,983 gallons, and 431,562 dozen bottiss; of spirits 2,629,326 gallons, and 123.667 dozen bottles, and of malt liquors 832,431 gallons. Four millions out of me nine ol wine cost only 29 cents per gallon, and 3,000,000 of them 32 cents per gallon; the small remainder varied In price, from wine at 64 cents aaoVrum at 77 cents to brandy at $1 64 per gallon. The home-made articles averaged perhaps 60 cents per gallon for spirits, and 30 cents for beer, as these are the prices of our exports of the same ar? ticle?. Tnecoat of the foreign importation was (12,438,980. If to thia we add $38,000.000 oPexclse duty and the first cost of tue home? made articles, at the above pi ices, our total outlay for one year's stock of drinks will ex? ceed 1162,000,000. Four thousand five hun? dred and twenty-four. DISTILLERS out of the 8192 registered were employed In the production of the home contingent ot these drinks, and 153,522 llcena^*-""*"4-;;-"V"" .Tin.tr? "i.V..j- --unters, brandy smashes, mint juleps, gin slings and cocktails; and, of course, we paid lor them 5, io, 25 and 50 cents a glass, for that which cost only from a tenth to a twentieth part of these- amounts, thus putting iulo the pucket* of the dealers the Bum of mere than $500,000,000. Those thus licensed to sell liquors make one In 250 of the popula? tion, und they have, on an average, one or two assistants, making one In every 100 lo one In every 130 of the citizens engaged in drlok selllng. Leaving out ihe women and youths not yet arrived at the drinking age. and making some allowance for teetotallers, those who support those drinking establishments are less than twelve millions In number, so (fiat on un average every EIOHTY DRINKERS SUPPORT A DRINKING ESTAB? LISHMENT and consume 460 gallons of spirits, 80 gal? lons of wine and 2000 gallons of beer 'an? nually. This would be utterly incredible were il not for the iwo lac ts that the census gives 38,000,000 as ihe population, and that the Internal revenue department, In their report lor 1871, pms down $3.051.484 as re? ceived and accounted for from persons taking out licenses at $25 a year each, and il they' had all taken a lull year's license it would have required 146.05'J In number to have made up this sum; but as some of them Dald less Uiau a full year's license lhere must have been more than this number licensed. In the same way I he department accounts for the re? ceipt ot $746,696 from those who pay $100 a year for license; and as some of them would pay for less than a year, lhere must have been more than 7,466 of them. These two numbers added together make at least the number li? censed as above given, The eighty Individu? als who supporta drinking store will require to pay Ks expenses-say, on an average, $15 for rent, $5 to $10 for wages paid to servants, and $10 as profit to the proprietor-In all $45, or nearly $60 each. OP THESE STORES THERE ARE NEARLY ONE HUN? DRED AND FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND, and their total expenses will therefore amount to six hundred' and seventy-seven millions of dollars, or about the same as the est?male ar? rived at above by a different process, in which the profits to ihe licensed dealers were put at five hundred millions, and the first cost of the liquors at one hundred and sixty-two millions. The state of New York has 23,846 licensed sellers, or one for every one hundred and eighty of the population, while one In sixty to one in ninety of its people are engaged ia these liquor stores. The City of New York has 71R3 licensed Bal? ers of drink, or 1 lor every 140 or the popu ailon, while 1 in 50 to 1 in 70 of Rs people are engaged In drink-selling. Massachusetts, ia 1871, had 8622 of its people licensed to sell, and 1 In every 85 engaged In selling drink. Pennsylvania had 14.431 licensed, or 1 lo every 240. Ohio bad 12.377, or 1 in every 210. Illi? nois bad 9569 licensed, or 1 In 260. Maine had 1053. or 1 in 600. Other Stales range between 1 lo 200 and 1 in 600; so lhat, on un average, every 80 families in me land support a drink? ing store, willi Us two or three drink at? tendants. These iwo or three attendants make up an army of 300,000 to 400,000 persons, who, li Ihey were not thus employed, might be earn? ing on an average $500 to $1000 a year each. Thus withheld from remunerative work, the nailon loses lhereby from $200,000.000 to $400,000.000, which, added to the other out? lays already given, make a total of EIGHT HUNDRED TO A THOUSAND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY as the cost to Hie nation ol the drinks in which our people indulge. Nor is this all. If we could calculate the amount by which the effects ol drink increases our judicial and prison expenses, lhere would be another large Item tn add to this enormous amount. Tnese are net imaginative figures, os loo many such estimates are, but the sober realities of the Internal reveuue reports, so far as the number of licenses ls concerned; and it anyone should think two to three mure than ihe average number employed in each store, or $4500 loo much lor reel, wages, Income and other ex I penses ot the stores, let him lake lils own estimate ol these item3, and he will find mat by no possible "scrimping" can the cost, of our drinks to the nation be reduced to less man seven or eight hundred millions, of dollars annually, or from eighty lo one hundred dol? lars for each family. " -The Israelites from Alsace and Lorraine, who are about founding a congregation in New York, held a meeting In lhat city las) evening and subscribed twelve thousand dol? lars towards that purpose. THE DIRECT TAX SALES. HOW THE OWNERS MAT RECOVER THEIR LANDS. Important R?gulations of the Internal Revenue O Mire, Governing the Process of Restoration. The following aro the regulations for re? deeming and restoring lands owned or held by the United States under the provisions of the direct tax acts, and for ca rrj i og out the provisions ol an act for the relief of the pur? chasers of such lands: TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ) INTERNAL'REVENUE OFFICE, y WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29, 1872. J All lands now owned or held by the United Stales by virtue of proceedings under an act entitled "An act for'the collection of direct tuxes in insurrectionary tlistrlcts within ifte United States, and for' other purposes," ap? proved June 7,1862, and under acts supple? mentary thereto, or upon the same subject matter, except such lands ns are excepted by thc 7th and 8th sections ot the act of Congress approved June "8, 1872, viz: Lands, farms, plantations or lots which are now in whole or in part used or occupied by the .United States for national cemeteries, or for the burial of the dead, or other public purposes, or wbioh, under instructions of the President ot the United Slates, have been reserved for military or naval purposes, or such ipt of land on Hunt? ing Island, South Carolina, as may be neces? sary as a site for the erection of a llgnthouse; also block one hundred and twenty-three, Beaufort, South Carolina, now occupied as a courthouse for the County of Beaufort, may be redeemed and restored to the original owner, heirs-ai-law, or devisees or grantees, upon an application therefor lo the secretary of treas? ury through tho commissioner of Internal revenue, made in compliance with theso regu? lations and the provisions of the law in rela? tion thereto. I. The application must be made within two years from June 8, 1872. II. Satlsiactory evidence 'must be furnished in each case that t he applicant was, at the date of sale, th 3 legal owner, or ls the heir-at-law, devisee, on grantee in good faith, and for val? uable consideration, ot such legal owner. III. The amount of tax charged against the lands described In Ihe application for redemp? tion, together with the coat ot advertising, and of the sale of said lands, and all other proper charges against the same, together with Inter? est at ten per centum per annum upon the tax from the date ol its assessment, and upon the costs and other legal charges from the time they accrued and were payable, must be paid Into the treasury of the United States bet?re redemption Is awarded and title restored. IV. The amouDt of lax and oiber legal charges will be ascertained lu cachease by the commissioner of Internal revenue, subject to the approval of the secretary of the treasury. V. If any person other than the applicant, shall, in any case, lu good faith and under color ol legal title, have made valuable and permanent improvements on the lands owned or held as hereinbefore mentioned, alter ac? quisition of the tille by the United States, and oefore June 8,1872, lc will be ihe duty of ihe applicant for redemption to pay to such person or persons the reasonable value of such per? manent improvements at the time of actual redemption. VI. if tue applicant and the party claiming compensation for Improvements fall to agree and to settle the matter, then notice of that fact may be flied with ibe secretary, of the treasury, who will thereupon inform the United Stales district judge ol the district where the lands are situated, tnai a claim for such compensation ls pending. Upon receipt of Buch Information said Judge will appoint three disinterested Ireehoiders, residents of. ihe county or parish lu which such lands are situated, who shall assess and report me value of the same lo the secretary ot the treasury,, under oath. Tne report of said freeholders must set forth the nature of the Improvements, when they were marte, by wu o m madeyaoei the reasonable value i hereof, us aforesaid, and ail other faciB that may be, In their judgment, material to a fair and just determination of tim rights of the parties. a VII. They must make their report in dupli? cate; must send one copy ol it to ihe secretary of the treasury, and Hie Hie other In ihe office of the clerk of ihe highest court ot record of ihe Stale In the county or parish where such lands are situated. VIII. The expenses of such freeholders In the discharge of the duties herein mentioned are to be borne and paid equally by the parties lo the controversy. IX. Wnen the lands have been redeemed under the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 8, 1872, the commissioner of internal revenue will make out certificates of release In duplicate and present the same lo the secretary of the treasury for his approval. If approved by him they will be returned to ihe commissioner ol internal revenue, who will deliver the original lo the party redeem? ing, and retain the duplicate on the file in his office. Such certificate shall be In substance as follows: UNITED SI'ATE S OF AMERICA-CE UTI PICATE OF RE? LEASE. Whereas, on the - day of-, A. D. 180-. the rollowlog dosorlbed trace, lot or parcel or laod, situated lu the couuty or-. In me ?state or -, aud particularly described aa toKuwj, viz:-, sold for ho unpaid tax charged thereon, under an act entitled -An act for ihe collection or direct taxei In insurrectionary dis trici s witmn the United states, und for other pur? poses," approved June 7,1802; and whereas -- -has produced satisfactory evl ;eoco thar, be is legally eutltled to redeem the above ?leam Hied property, and that he has paid Into tho Treasury of-the ?ulted Sta>es thc amount or tax. penalty, costs and Interest required by au act entitled "An act to provide for the redemption aud Hale of lands held by the United states under the several acts levying direct taxis and for other purposes,'" approved June 8,1812, amounting to the sum of - doilarsi aud-cents, the receipt whereof, la ra 1. ls henil y acknowledge t and coures -?ed: Now, therefore, this I?, to certliy that tne proper? ty herelnbeforexdejcrlbed ls hereby hen-M'jrth discharged from all Hen, charge or claim by rea? son or said Wx, penalties, intense and c st. -, Oommi8sloner. Approved by me. this - day of -, 1872. -, Secretary of the Treasury. X. Purchasers of lands in South Carolina under "army and navy sales," which were not paid for lu tull June 8, 1872, will be allowed to redeem the. same at any time prior lo Decem? ber 9,1872, and applications for redemption made by them prior to the last-named dale will take precedence of all other. XI. In all cSees in which the claims arc foi the refunding of the purchase money paid ai a United States direct tax sale lor lands ol which ihe purchaser has been dispossessed by judgment ol a Uulted atates coori, the claim? ant will be required to surrender to the treas? ury department the tux sale certificate Issued on account of said sale, where it Is possible lo do so. Il fur anv reason thlscaunot be done, affidavits must be furnished by the claimant, setting forth a satisfactory reason why said certificate cannot be surrendered. XII. A cerillled copy of the records of the proceedings of the court by which thc pur? chaser was dispossessed ol the lands purchased by him must be fur nibbed in each mise. XIII. The purchase money paid by one whe has been evicted from or turned out of pos session o? lands purchased by him, by th* decision of a United States court, rendered prior to June 8, 1872, will be refunded to him upon his application therefor, supported bj evidence ol his purchase, lils eviction, and o the payment of the money claimed by him but the land itself will remain charged will the amount ct tux, penalty, Interest ano" costs. B. J. SWEET, Acting Commissioner Internal Revenue. Approved by me, this 29th day ol'Jnly, 1872 WM. A. RICHARDSON. Acting Secretary ol' the Treasury. CONFLAGRATIONS ON SEA AND SHORE. CHICAGO, August 5. The Iowa elevators, willi is,OOO bushels o grain, were destroyed by fire lo-day. M. Burne's saddlery warehouse, Compton ? Garret t's grocery store, and Lareman & Co.'i and Olwen & Brot?ers' dry goods stores, oi Market street, were burned thia morning. Th? stocks were nearly all destroyed, and the losi ' will reach $75,000. NEW TORE, August 6. Casey's turpentine lactory was burned to day. Loss $20,000. i COLLINGWOOD, August 5. ; The propeller Robertson, bound hithe > from Chicago, with over 16,000 bushels o wheat, has been burned. No lives were lost GREELEY IN GREENVILLE. A Rousing Ratification ot the Liberal Ticket in the mountains. [SPfiOIAL TE LEU KA li TO THE NEWS] GREENVILLE, 8. C., August 6. The largest, most respectable and most en? thusiastic meeting held in Greenville Count; for many years was held here to-day to ratify the nomination of Greeley and Brown. The entire Conservative strength of the county turned out te swell the demonstration. A series of resolutions, endorsing and applaud? ing the action of the Cine!;,natl and Baltimore Conventions, were unanimously adopted, and ringing and eloquent speeches were made by Governor Perry, General Butler and others. The addresses were applauded to the echo, and the utmost enthusiasm and unanimity prevailed. The people ot Greenville County see in this movement "the beginning of the end," and are more hopeful of the political future than at any previous time since the war- BOZINA. THE SAVANNAH STREET CARS. ?int cr Condition or Affairs-Two Sets of Cars-An Expedient that Doesn't Pay. [From tho Savannah News, August 6.] On Sataday Messrs. Melia? ? Co., in accord with Commissioner Wajne's decision In the case of Messrs. Godfrey, Segur and Beulen, pat on an extra car, wltb each wblte car, es? pecially lor colored people. Though all of the cars are the same, some of the negroes do nor like to ride separate from the whiles, though they have the front car. Three negroes got on the white car at Anderson street during tue day, and when Informed that the other car was for their accommodation refused to ride in lt, and walked down town. A num? ber of the more respectable and sensible col? ored people I lave, ho tve ver, accepted the addi? tional cars as an evidence ot the desire of the lessees to meet their wishes under the law, and by thus availing themselves ot the accom? modations tendered at great expense by the management, show their appreciation and gratitude as well as their politeness. Now that the colored people have as many and as good cars as the whites, all running on the same time, what more should they reason? ably ask ? He must be a captions and bad spirited person who would expect more, much less express a desire for it. However, by the spirit in which ure new arrangement ls met, the good citizens of every color may judge whether the motive for the recent attempts of some colored people to ero wa in with the "white trash" originated in absence of necessary accommodations or in a desi re to ferment a disturbance between the races. The lessees very justly complain lhat the in? creased expense ol running iwo cars each trip will be a pecuniary loss to them. We would Buggest lhat the two cars be coupled together, thus doing away with one horse, a conductor and a driver. We think this plan ls possible, as there are no gradea to overcome. United States Commissioner Wayne has ren? dered his decision in the case of the United States, on complaint ot Avery Smith, colored, against Wm.p. Godfrey, white, for conspiracy to deprive the complainant ot his rights by ejecting him from a street car on the 28lh ul to. The commissioner carefully reviews the law and facts lu the case, and Bays: "So far, theh, as the court has been able to sift the evidence and bring it to the lest ol the law, the complainant had no right, privilege or Immunity under the constitution or laws of Congress to be abridged. But, on the contra? ry, he stands before this court a delib?rale violator of a legal regulation of the street car company, and, pro tanto; a disturber ol' the public uunquiluuv.. Hulaing moreover,-? po? sition of trust and emolument under the Unit? ed Slates Government, he should have been the last to foment disturbance ol (he public peace; and a comparativa stranger to ihls community besides, should have come among us bearing the olive branch of peace, and nut the firebrand of social discord. . Ic was by such men as himself that the riots of the even? ing at the 29ih of July, in this city, were originated. Aod, Justice to the truth of the Inquest, compels the court to add, though with regret, that me management of the road, by Its timid course, must lake Its share of the re? sponsibility for them. t "in conclusion, lt is a matter of gratifica? tion to the court to observe ibat none ol our respectable colored citizens appear to have been mixed np in the scenes that marred ihe fair tame of our peaceful city on the 28th and 20Hi (if July last, but lhat ihoso disgraceful act? appear lo have been conceived, promo? ted aud executed by bad men from other parts ot the country, backed, however, lt ls true, unfortunately, by a few native rumana; loi lhere are rurUans among ihe colored people as well as among the whites, no race or color being exempt from the curse of ruffianism. "Tne charge against the prisoner not having been sustained, the marshal will discharge him from his custody." HOW GRANT TRAVELLED TO UTICA. Taking t lie Kr le Route Became he has to Pay on the Central. [From the Syracuse Courier, July 31.1 U. ??. Grant, President of the United States, arrived In Utica yesterday. He came by the Erle Ballway to Binghamton, and thence by ihe Delaware, Lackawanna aud Western Rail? road to rjtloa. Our readers will wonder why the President prelerred to hazard his life on the Erle Raliway, inasmuch as be ls accus? to m ed to ride In palace cars over first-clasE roads like the New York Central. The reason is as follows: Grant was dead headed ovei the Erie. He has to pay tare over the Central and Hudson River Road, and Ulysses isn'i in the habit ot paying anything when he cai help it. Ic wilt be remembered that Grant attended the funeral of the late General Thomas ai Troy, April 8, 1870. He returned to New Yort ina special car via the Hudson River Rail? road. Shortly before the train arrived ai Poughkeepsie, the conductor went into the car for the purpose of collecting lare from th? President and party. He was met at the dooi by the Dent, wno gruffly asked him "what hi wanted." The conductor replied that be want ed the fare of the party. Dent declared thal the President was Insulted by such a request as he was not In ibe habit ot paying fares ot railroads. He declared that the Presiden and parly were Insulted by the conductor, ant that they would not pay one cent. Then, re piled the conductor. I Bball cut your car off a PougbkeeDsle and leave it on the branch Dene saw" the conductor was in earnest, ?ne proposed to compromise mattera by telegraph lng to Commodore Vanderbilt. The con dudor assented to this proposition. In a few moments ihe answer returned: "Collect far? lrom the whole party." Dent payed, and swon the President should never travel a mlle ove: the Hudson River aod New York Central Shortly arter this Bom well ordered a tax o Mut).ooo to be collected lrom the Central. Tin was simply a mean revenge. The money ha not yet been paid, and may never be. So nov Grant came to Utica ou a couple of railroad on which he could get a pass. Commodor Vanderbilt probably feels very bad about lr, a be hus such a high opinion of Grant. It ma be Interesting to learn that ihe commodor and his whole family will vore against Grant and will give iheir immense influence to Hoi ace Greeley. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -Simeon Leland, an old hotel proprietor < New York city and Saratoga, Is dead. -Sheridan and Grant went fishingSaturdaj but they got to swearing over the result i North Carolina and caught no fish. -Trevino, ihe defeated Insurgent leadei scorns the offer of amnesty made by the Mex can Government. -The New York Internationalists have pr< mulgated their loDg-threatened address to th people of the United States. -A special dispatch to the New York Heral , says that. Dr. Wieners and Colonel Mosby hav ( gone to Bladensburg to settle their little di j terence of opinion at ten paces. THE COLORED CADET.: PRESIDENT OR ANT AS THE BETRAY? ER OF THE BLACK RACE. Astounding Revelation*- Young Fired* '.' Grant's Conspiracy Against the Col-* oreo Cadet-The President Packs a - Court.Martial to Secare hie Expul Blon-wny the Plot Failed - Some-' thing for Colored Republicans to - Read. Every one remembers the case of Cadet Smith, the colored boy, who, more than a year ago. was sent to the Military Academy at West Point, and everybody, we Imagine, waa content that the temporary excitement over the matter hadpretty much settled Itself and passed ont ot mind. Not a little credit waa claimed for the persistency with which the lad's rights were maintained ''irrespective of race and color?" most br lt, of course, failing to the share of the Pr?sident, the secre? tary ot war, and that immaculate Chris? tian soldier, General Howard. The dismal truth ls now coming out. A state ot things is revealed, which, in meanness, shabbiness and unworthy conduct, certainly has no parallel lo the misdoings of this administration, and the-wltnesstoproveitls the stout Connecti? cut Republican who has been this boy** steady friend from first to last, and who, we have a right to Inler, down to the time when the scandal 'to which/we refer was discovered, was a steady Mend of the President and his I administration. He la Ur. David Claru, ot Hartford, and from his lett?r, Just published In the New York Tribune, we glean these salient faotsv MY. Clark Was thia boy's friend and patrorrrand 'the recipient of his confi? dence, when he told his tale of real or fictitious woe. In his despair he begged to resigo, sod would have been allowed to do so, buuhe Pres? ident, on one of his gyrations through Connec? ticut, being consulted by Ur. Clark, earnestly deprecated lt "Let him remain there," said the President, "and I will do all I can io protect him in his right?, and BO EV. U* the offl-. eera of the Academy, for I understand ho passed the best examination of any of the .ap? pointments this year." These were ' brave words, and, cemlng from a soldier's lips, made their impression, and Ur. Clark, an lie says, reluctantly acquiesced. Toen came the court martial, of which Howard, as a mark ol great favor to the race, was president the acquittai of Smith on two charges, the con-sic Hon on the minor one of a row at a "water-tank; and the reversal, totally unexpected by anyone, of the finding ot acquittai by the War Depart- : ment. 'The secrety of war," says Ur. Clark, : 1 . was evidently disappointed that Smith waa not expelled." The rest of thls^dlsmal'story we ' preter giving in the witnesses'own words, not. being willing even to seem to overstate thia amazing affair: "General Howard visited me during the month of December following, and, in con? versation with regard to the court-martial, * aald there was Kreut disappointment at Wash lugton that sufficient cause was not found by - the court to expel Cadet Smith. I inquired of bim, 'Who were disappointed V and he replied, - .Both the President and secretary of war.' 1 ' then Inquired, 'Why are they disappointed V General Soward replied,. 'In conversation ?: with the secretary of war, be Informed me that President Grant had called upon hipa prior td ihe appointments of the courts-mar- - Hal and said: . _ .' ' '"I Biippoae, Ur. Secretary, rta*,yon rajwr about to appolut a court-martial lor the trial of ihe colored Cadet Smith, at West Point I . have received two or three letters from: my son Fred., who Informs me that the cadet is very objectionable there; (hat lhere are strong prejudices existing against him, ic. Now, an this trial is to come off. Ur. Secretary, I trust ' that you will so make up the court aa to cause : bis removal.'" "There can be no doubt that the secretary . of war, acilog upon the suggestion Ct Presi? dent Grant, did constitute the court, Including the judge advocate, of whom I have spoken, ; with a special vow to secure the dismissal of Cadet Smith; and General Howard was placed ".' at the bead, so lhat In case a majority of the court should meet the expectations ot the President, his name might add weight to the verdict before the people of the country. But " the record of the cadet was so good, the testi? mony of bis accusers so flimsy, that the court could not find even an excuse tor ordering, his expulsion; and because of this fact the verdict. as found was disapproved by the secretary oT war, as it answered In no way to serve the plot to disgrace the persecuted colored boy." . Well may Ur. Clark add : - v "From that moment np to the present time I have never believed that General Grant bas ? been lu sympathy with the colored people. Bul I am convinced that all his professions of friendship for them have been for the sake of ; his own personal or political advancement." Having said, and now repeating^ that facts like these if proved.(and they are not con? tradicted) ought to arouse the sensibilities of " the negro race more Xhan hil the letters and essay8 on human equality that were .ever . written, we dismiss the matter la that aspect, and ask, with emphasis, what can be thought ot the degradation ot the public, and especial? ly of the military service, when, at the in? stance of his own son, and he a party, inter? ested, the President of the United States, com? mander-in-chief of the army and navy, per? sonally directs the secretary of war (who as? sents) to pack a court-martial, Judge advocate ' and all, In order to convict and punish a mili? tary student, black or white, who happens to be obnoxious to a member ot his own family ? , ROUGH WOOING OF DEATH. NEW. YORK, August 5. Fred. Tilitzke last night shot Uary Sneezer, because she refused to marry him, and then rushed to the East. River and jumped over? board. Tllftzk'e was rescued by police and conveyed to a station-house. It ls thought that Miss Speezer will recover. -A report recently made lo the French As? sembly shows that if the Communiste had been lees ot an undisciplined and ignorant mob their defeat would have been more doubt lui. om of seven hundred and twenty-six cannon with which they were provided, they used only ?three, hundred and twenty-one. Ammunition was wasted In the most reckless manner; and order and system there was none. A blind, fury, a temporary matinees, eave the insurrection ali its strength, and when that was exhausted, from the pure Ina? bility ot human nature to sustain the violent strain put upon both mind and body, the col? lapse came swift and sudden. It ls sad to read of the children, over six hundred in num? ber, who took au active part with the Com? munists, and whose ages ranged from fifteen down to seven years. One thousand women were arrested ofter the entry of the troops into Paris. That fifty-seven of these gave their occupation as washer-women Is not sur? prising; but lhat dressmakers, milliners and teachers should lake part In such horrible scenes from free choice is most extraordinary. And theBe women were among ihe worst or the insurrectionists. -A circular has been issued by the t reasury department calling attention of mariners to ^dangerous character rf^W.? Brazilian coast, o^emn^aMtx point of the Province of Pernambuco. Four l-irce American ?hips have be?m wrecked lu that latliude. wltnln the last lour years. These eblps stranded upon a reef which do., not ap? pear to be put down in the charts. -Eight lines of railroad are now under con structlou lo Nonhern Texas. Many ot these are extensions of eastern lines, and three are ?IDks ia the transcontinental system.