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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. WAITING FOR THE VERDICT A'OT SO MUCH OF A SHOWER AFTER ALL. Seven Count teg Yee to Hear fromHtThe Official Count Most Decide the Elec? tion. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] WILMINGTON, N. C., August 7 Midnight. It ls Impossible to give any definite opinion as to the gubernatorial election. The con? test ls very close, and the official vote alone will tell the result. Caldwell, the Radical can? didate, has run four hundred votes ahead of the Democratic vote In 1870; but there are seven counties to hear from, viz: Cherokee, Macon, ABhe, Jackson, Allegbany, Graham and Swain. These counties in 1870, when .the Democrats carried the State by 499,> majority, gave a Democratic majority of 2299, and the same counties last year, when the Radicals carried the State, gave a Democratic majority of 1127. There should not, therefore, be any doubt of M?rrimo n's election. WHAT IS Kif OWN IN CHARLOTTE. The majority for Merri mon Expected to bt One Thousand, tn Spite of the Ad ' ministration Pre?ar?. CHARLOTTE, N. C., Auguste. All the returns are in, except from nine western connues, which gave a Conservative majority ia 1870 except two, and, ar the re? turns now stand, if those counties show no decrease In the Conservative majority on Shipp's vote, the majority for Merri mon will be 1000. Five Conservative members of Congress out of eight tire elected, and the Legislature ls two-thirds Conservative on joint ballot. If the western counties prove true to Shipp's vote the election of Merrimon is certain, and we have good reason for believing they will give an Increased Conservative majority, not? withstanding the immense amount of the funds of the government which were^ued in that portion of the State. Ii the sfle goes Conservative It ls against- the vast nSercnlnery of the government, including the- treasury, fraudulent voting and bribery. WHAT IS KNOWN IN RALEIGH. Na Decided Change In the Returns Eleven Counties Yet to Hear From The Conservatives Hopeful. RALEIGH, N. C., TUESDAY, August G. Official returns to-day from the counties al? ready heard from change but little the aggre? gate estimate heretofore given. The Demo? crats still hold the same "six hundred and fifty majority on Shipp's Democratic majority of 1ST0. - Eleven counties are yet to hear from, which conoties, lt Is conceded, will hold the vote of 1870. The Republicans are despondent tooday and the Democrats hopeful. Roth par? ties are figuring witu approxlmatujHesults. Information from the weat this evening will doubtless decide the matter, with the chances at present In favor o? Merrimon. WILMINGTON, August 7. The following are official maJoriUes: New Hanover, (revised,) 13C2 for CaldweUjp Bruns? wick, SO for Caldwell; Onslow, 400 for Merri? mon. We can get the official vote ol but few counties here, 08 they are all sent to Raleigh. Conservatives here are very hopeful, relying on the western counties to elect Merrimon. Many leading Republicans concede Merrlmon's election by a small majority. The Star and the Journal both claim Merrlmon's election by about 800 majority. jt Later News-Cheerful Cuiiflilem of Both Sides. * RALEIGH, August C-9 P. M. All the counties are heard from except len -western counties. Caldwell has gotten even with the Suipp majority of 1870, and, In the remaining counties, each candidate stands an even chance. Eight of the counties to hear from are In the Eighth District, and the eleven coonUes already heard from In that district gave Merrimon a net gain of over one hun? dred each. Everything turns upon Ulis, and the Democrats are hopeful of maintaining the gain. The Republicans are quite confident, and claim Caldwell's election. The excite? ment is subsiding, as the people have become exhausted. NORTHERN BISE A TCHES. What- New York Knew About lt on monday Night. Nsw TORE., Tuesday Morning, August 6. The Tri on ne of this morning estimates Mer? rlmon's majority Irom its dispatches, which nearly cover the whole of North Carolina, at 1311. The World's Raleigh dispatches say the election will be very close, and that, lt Caldwell obtains the same ra?o of gain la the connues to be heard lrom he will be elected by a very small vote. Onslow County gives Merrimon a gain of four hundred, which makes his cha?es more lavorable. The Herald's Raleigh dispatch says lt will take the official vote to decide. The Democra? tic and Republican gains come io alternately, causing excitement and suspense. H-ind? well ls declared elected, Merrimon willdon test. An estimate made by Phillips, the chairman of ihe Republican State central committee, giving the State to Caldwell by uoo majority ls generally discredited. No confidence ls to be placed In the reports of majorities on one side or the other. Cobb's, (Republican,) majority in the First District ls over 1000. Thomas's. (Republican,) in the Secood Dlstriot is probably 1000 majori? ty. Smith, (Republican,) Fourth District, 800 majority. Waddell, (Democrat,) Ttilru Dis? trict, has 700 majority. Leach, (Democrat,) Filth District, has 600 majority. Ashe, (Demo? crat.) Seventh District, and Vance. (Demo? crat,) Eighth District, are elected by large ma? jorities. ' FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Opinions and Effect or the News i>^n North Carolina-What Slr. Boutwell Did for bis Country-The Voluntary Contribution Plan-Effect or Sum? ner's Letter. The Washington correspondent of the Balti? more Sun writes on Sunday night in regard to the news from North Carolina: As far as the administration Is concerned, the majority amounts to nothing. They all ex? pected to carry the State, and are only sur? prised that the money expended there did not bave more effect. The officials did not want io hear anything from North Carolina; even a . email majority would net satisfy or please them. They wanted to produce an effect, and to do that they felt that ihe State must go largely for the Radicals, otherwise all labor was In vain. They have Been the effect, and cannot hide their disappointment. Some ot them now attempt to bolster up their confi? dence by saying that the unlooked-for result In North Carolina will only make the adminis? tration party more energetic In other States, and that the lesson of the election of August 1st will not be lost upon them. The Grant papers have taken pains to circu? late a report which was first stated by an ad? ministration organ in this city, that every merrberof the colored delegation addressed fcy Mr. 8umner in his letter ls now an avowed Grant "man. The contrary is the fact. The Republican, an admitted Grant organ, threw out a challenge the other day, and der anded the production of the names ol eleven col? ored men of this city who opposed General Grant, and who agi ' -??th the sentiments of Mr. Sumner's letter. j.?e eleven names were promptly forthcoming, and among them were Dr. A. T. Augusta and others who had ad? dressed the letter to Mr. Sumner. Other names will be forthcoming, from time to time, and lhere ls no risk in the assertion that the majority of the influential colored men here agree with Mr. Sumner, who they still recog? nize as their great champion. The administration make loud professions of civil service reform, and among other things lt professes to discountenance the de demand of money for campaign purposes. Nevertheless the clerks are asked to make voluntary contributions, but all understand that if their voluntary contributions are not forthcoming their tenure of office will be very brief. A private letter received here from North Carolina says that Secretary Boutwelrs speeches did more to defeat (he Radicals and to swell the Democratic majority than the speeches of Democrats could possibly have done. Boutwell was so Irjtenseiy bitter that he only excited disgust, and turned many of the Republicans to vole tor the Democratic ticket. A RELUCTANT PATRIOT. Why President Grant Consents to be Wnlppcd. NEW YORK, August C. A dispatch from the Thousand Islands, from an interviewer, makes President Grant say he does not care personally lora second term, but accepted the nomination to test the sen? timents of his fellow-citizens In his behalt. DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN'MONTANA, HELENA, MONTANA, August 6. The returns Indicate the election of a Demo? cratic delegate to Congress. [Last year the Republican majority was 413.] HOW PRESIDENTS ARE MADE. Wide Difference Between the Popular and Klee tomi Votes. All the powers of sovereignty in the United States rest with the sovereign people, and yet they do not elect their President or vice President. They think they do; but the near? est approach the people can make under the constitution to an election of these officers ls In the election, Slate by State, of the agents by whom said officers are elected; and, taking the will of the majority of the people of the United States as the test which would deter? mine the choice of their President and vice President, we see that it ls only in the chapter of accidents that these officers are in reality the choice of the people-that a man may by the electoral colleges be elected President with a heavy majority of the popular vote cl the Union against him, and that, worse yet, a man may be constitutionally chosen President by the electors for whom not one solitary vote has been cast by the people. The national constitution provides, In the election of President and vice-President: First, that each State, as the Legislature may direct, shall appointa number of electors equal to the whole number of senators and re? presentatives to which such Slate is entitled In Congress; second, that these electors shall meet In their respective Stales (the electoral colleges,) and vote by ballot for President and vice-President; third, that they shall make distinct lists of the persona voted lor and of the number of votes for each, and transmit said lists, sinned and certified, to the presi? dent of the United States Senate; fourth, that this presiding officer. IQ the presence ol both houses ol' Congress, shall open these certifi? cates, and that the electoral votes ot the several States tor President shall be counted then and there, and the person having the largest number ol votes, If a majority ol ail the votes cast, shall be President. Otherwise .from the three highest persons voted for by the electoral colleges the House ol' Represen? tatives, by ballot, Bhall elect the President, each State in these elections being limited to one vote.. A quorum for this purpose Bhall consist of a member or members from two thirds of the Stales, and a majority ol all the Slates Bhall be necessary lo a oiiolce. Finally, when such election shall devolve upon the House, and it shall fali to make an election In tho interval to the 4th ol March next follow? ing, (and under existing arrangements there elections come before the Hou?e about the 12th of February,) then the vice-President shall act as President, as In the case of death or other constitutional disability of the Presi? dent. In the next place the person from the elec? toral colleges having the largest number of votes for vice-President shall be vice-Presi? dent, If bis vote be a majority of the whole vote for this officer cast by the electoral col? leges. Otherwise lrom the two highest per? sons on the Hst from said colleges the Senate shall choose the vice-President. A quorum for this purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number ol senators, and a majority ol' the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. ' Under this system of electing Presidential electors by the popular vote on a general ticket wo have had some strange results from time to time since 1820. In the election ot 1824, generally known as our Presidential scrub race-betwef n Jackson, Adams, Craw lord and Clay-the electoral vote ol the Union was thus divided upon these men-for Jackson 99, for Adams 84, lor Crawford 41, .tnd for Clay 37. There belBg no election by tue electors, tbe three highest persons voted for-Jackson, Adams and Crawford-went be? fore the Home foran election. The House by States, one vote lor each State on the first ballot elected Adams, who secure'. 13 States, against 7 for Jackson and 4 tor Crawford. According to the voice of the people Jack? son should have been elected, for he bad a popular majority over Adam s of 50,000. The choice of Adams, however, was a fair election by the House comoared with what may be done in un election ol President by that body. For Instance, let us suppose that three candi? dates, as In 1824, are before the House for an election of one ot them. Jones bas one hun? dred and Atty electoral votes, Smith one hun? dred and twenty-five, and Brown forty. Smith and Jones are beyond the reach ol a compromise, but Brown, of Delaware, with a half-dozen of the little States to back him, is acceptable as a last resort to the lrlends of Jones and Smith, o? other email Stales, and so, with the votes of Rhode Island, Delaware, Florida and so on, till we make up the nine? teen smallest States In population, Brown is elected, though the States electing him may represent less than one-third of the sovereigu people of the United States. ATLANTIC AND GULP RAILROAD] COMPANY. The Macon Telegraph has been furnished with a report of the 8late commissioners Hons. Iverson L. Harris, Wm. B. Fleming, J. R. Alexander, W. R. Bennett and B. F. Bruton, appointed to represent the million dollars ol ?Jock held by the State in the Atlantic and Gulf Ballroad Company. The oommlttft make a strong argument in favor of carrvln^ ont the original design of this road, and placing lt la connection with the Gull at Pen? sacola, Mobile and New Orleans, which can now be done by the construction ol one hun? dred and sixty-five miles of railroad from Bain? bridge lo Pollard,in Alabama, where It will con? nect with finished llnesiof railway to all these places. They say such is the poverty ol the soil which this road traverses, that Hs local traffic can never return the investment The whole taxable property of the region-leaving out Chatham and Dougherty Counties-does not exceed fifteen millions, and the whole i amount or cotton derived from 150 mites or the distance in 1871 was only 2236 bales They nay if the gap between Bainbridge and ?of lard were filled np, they would have concoc? tion between Savannah and Mobile in a dis tance of 476 miles, and to New Orleans In 610 miles-while ihe distance via Macon aud Montgomery would be 705 miles. The com? missioners do not propose any specific meas? ure to the Legislature. THE GROWING COTTON. ANOTHER REPORT FROM. THE NEW ORLEANS COTTON EXCHANGE. Heavy Raina Throughout the South, and their Effect. NEW ORLEANS, August 1, 1872. To the Resident and Board of Directors of the Mw Orleans Colton Exchange : GENTLEMEN-We respectfully submit tho following information condensed lrom letters received by us lrom the States herein named, concerning the growing crop of cotton. For the dates at which we put the commeno ment of picking, Ac, Ac, we take the aver? age of estimates and statements sent to us. Our letters are mostly dated about the 16th July: MISSISSIPPI. The weather since the 15th June ls reported to us as having treen warm with frequent showers, and much more favorable than dur? ing same period last year. Our correspond? ents have seen or heard of army worms In twenty counties, and boll worme In sixteen, but generally only a lew of these Insects bave appeared in each county. The plant, with very lew exceptions, is represented as being well formed and bolled. Laborers continue to work well. Picking commenced last year about 1st September, and will probably begin this year in early planting about 20, h August, and in late not belore iota September. LOUISIANA. The weather nas been lu some places toa dry, but generally warm with lrequent show? ers. Latterly too much rain has fallen in some parishes, particularly in those adjacent to the Mississippi River. The earlier part of the crop is weil formed and bolled. The later ls generally doing very well, but it ls said not to be "fruiting" well in some parishes, es- J pedal ly those on the Mississippi River, already j mentioned as having bad an excess of wet weather. Scarcely any complaint Is made of labor. Average of estimates in relation to commencement of picking place lt last year at about 3ist August; this year, In early plant? ing, at about 16th August, and in late at about. \0ih September. The army worm ls reported as having appeared in twenty, and the boll worm In eighteen, parishes. TEXAS. ; The weather since 15th June has been very favorable, much more so than last year. The plant ls in ?ne condition, well formed and bolled. No complaint Is made of the labor. I In some of the lower counties, picking bas already commenced, but, laking the average of our reports for the whole state, we find that it will begin In the early planting about I 13th August, and In the late (avery small por-1 Hon of the crop) about 1st September, lr Is I said to have been general last year about 22d August. A few army worms have been re-1 oorted In ten, and boil worms in seven, coun ties. ARKANSAS. ? The weather since 15th June has, in some parts of the State, been seasonable; in others too dry, and' In others too wet; on the whole not favorable. Throughout the Stale, aver-1 aging the reports sent us, it cannot be said to I have been either decidedly more, or decidedly less, favorable than during the same period I last year. In some counties thc plant ls Bald to be well formed- and bolled, butas a general thing lt ls not so. We have some complaint I of labor being interrupted by political excite ment, but '.he bulk of laborers are doing well. Picking began last year about 5th September, I and ls expected to commence about same time or a trifle later this year in early cotton, I and about 22d September in late. TENNESSEE. i The weather since ihe 15tb June has been, very favorable to the growing crop generally, more so than last year. A few only of our I latest letters speak ot' heavy rains. The pia UL is reported as very thrifty, being better "lorm ed" and "boilea" than usual. Neither army nor boll worm Is reported. Labor ls aatlslac tory. Picking la said to have been general last yearby l&iu September, and thia year will probably be ?o In early colton by 7th Septem-1 ' ber, and lo late by 25th September. ALABAMA. The weather from 16th June until early in July was favorable, but bas been since very I unlavorable. Heavy rains have fallen, caus? ing overflow of bottom lands, on which very many entire cropB have been destroyed. Il 1B j estimated by some of our correspondents that the damage done to the crop throughout the State by rains, storms and overflow, during the month ot July, will amount to a reduction of fully forty per cent, from what, at the end of June, lt promised to yield. Until the begin? ning ol July the weather was more favorable than last year. The plant ls said to be well loaned and bolled. Laborers are working well. We have reports of army worms having appeared lu fourteen named cou DI les. One correspondent reports them in ten counties, I whice ne does not name, and which may per haps be included in the fourteen already men? tioned. Boll worms are reported In only a few counties. Picking began Ia9t year about li 27th August, and ls expected to commence I thlajyear in early cotton about AuguBt 17th, and in late about 7th September. NORTH CAROLINA AND SOOTH VIRGINIA. The weather has been generally wet since 15th June, and not more favorable than last year. The bulk of the crop is not well "formed" and "bolled." Laborers are not willing as well In North Carolina as In other Slates, a considerable portion of their lime being devoted to attendance upon political meetings. Army and boll worms are report-1, ed in only one or two counties. Picking last year began about 6th September, and this year will beglti In early colton about 10th Septem ber, and in late about the 25th September. . SOUTH CAROLINA. I The weather since 15th June has been showery, the ralos having become excessive I in some counties In July. On the whole, it has been mote favorable than last year. Ta king favorable and unfavorable reports to ?ether, which are about equal In number, the crop seems to be only moderately well "form ed" and "bolled." A few army worms are re ported In only one county, and boll worms (in small numbers) In three. Picking com-1 menced last year about 24ih August, and will probaoly begin this year In early cotton about I 2l8t August, and in late about 13th Septem ber. Laborers continue to work well. GEORGIA. The weather from 15th ' June to about 1st July was quite favorable, but since the latter date lt has been too wet. On the whole, bow ever, more favorable than la?t year. Tue crop is well "formed," and the early planting well "bolled." Laborers continue io work well. Caterpillars are reported to have been seen or heard of by our correspondents in sixteen counties-boll worm in only a lew. Average of statements put the beginning of picking last year at about 26th August. Pick lng ls expected to begin this year In early I' planting, about 22d Aug-tr, uDd in late cotton about 14th September. FLORIDA. ! Our reports from this State are meagre. The weather since 15th June ls represented as generally lavorable, (warm with frequent I showers,) aud as more favorable than during same period last year. Cotton ls said to be well formed and bolled, and labor good. Pick ing commenced last year about 20lh August; I this year, in early cotton, will begin a little earlier, and In late cotton about 2d Septem ber. Army worm ls reported io three coun-1 ties-boll worm only in one county, (Jackson,) but in considerable numbers. PERRY NUGENT, Cotton Factor. 3. DBG IS, Cotton Buyer. HARRISON WATTS, Cotton Broker. RICHARD FLOWER, Colton Factor. Ol the Committee on Information and Sta-1 tistlcs. NEWS ABOUT THE CROPS. Extracts from Letters of Well-informed South Carolina Planters. BLACKVILLE, (S. C.,) July 31. Crops are falling very last on account of drought and rust. Some are almost ruined; others will not make more lhan half what they promised to do two weeks ano, and the pros? pect ls very gloomy with us ali. It I can "et rain In a few days the loss may not be over one-third. I hear complaints lrom all parts of this county and Orangebug, and I greatly fear farmers will make a f?lhre. ORANGEBUBO, (I. c.,) August 3. The excessive dry and mt weatner has caused much shedding of forms and fruit. Early cotton has made all lt can make this year; late cotton has not sufflred as much, yet I do not believe lt will be asproductlve as the early cotton. The Worm In St. Foal's Parish. Trustworthy advices received from St, Paul's Parish, Colleton County, report the ap? pearance of the caterpillar anon two planta? tions In that parish. On the White Point plan? tation, of Colonel James Legtre, several speci? mens have been discovered, and also upon a plantation of Mr. James Kiar near by. The Overflown Planting Districts of Alabama. The Mobile Register of Wednesday has a let? ter from one of the sufferers, which says the best crop since the war bas been swept away not a hill of lt lefr. The condtlon of the peo? ple ls terrible. They worein debt on last year's operations, and they aie now positively without resources of any kind, and fifteen or sixteen months must elapsebefore relief can come from another crop. He says thousands ot them are without bread and must starve if they cannot get help. The Caterpillar In Louisiana. 'The New Orleans Picayune, of Wednesday, has nearlv a column of ext nets from its coun? try exchanges regarding crop prospects and especially with reference to the appearance of the caterpillar. The Vermllllonvllle Advocate, ot the 27ih nit., notes their arrival, and so does the St. Joseph's Journal of the same date. The West Baton Bouge Sugar Planter, ol'same date, says their ravages continue in that parish, and many farmers predict they will sweep the fields by the middle of this month. The Mad? ison Parish Journal tells the same story, as do Lhe Couchatta.Times and Coucbatta Citizen, which last named paper Bays lt may bs safely calculated that the colton fields will be laid bare by the drat of September. The Heat la Georgia. . The Macon Telegraph, of Monday, . says : ;,The heat of the euu for the last week or two In Middle Georgia bas been very severe. Coder lt, all vegetation has been more or less blighted. Many of the trees have shed their leaves-grass and shrubbery has been blasted, and blade fodder in the field scorched out of half ita value lnto.a dull, reddish brown color. It .has also done a' great deal ol damage to cotton-forcing lt to drop leaf and fruit toa very considerable extent. The shower of Friday In Macon gave.us considerable relief, but by Saturday evening the sun was hot as ever." Appearance of the Wo: m. The Macon Telegraph says: "We were in? formed yesterday by a gentleman who plants in Mitchell County, and whose statement can be implicitly relied upon, that the caterpillar was to be-found thinly scattered over almost every field of cotton that he had Been or beard from in Mitchell and Dougherty counties, and one or two others adjacent thereto. He says there are not any five acres on his place from which fifty or more could not be picked, and they are steadily webbing up. His opinion ls that bv the latier part ot August they will be under full headway, and will prove terribly destructive to the crop." HOT WORK TN BARNWELL. Tho Panting Times-A Flock of Sheep Lightning Strack-Thc Effect apon t life Crops. ~ . -;iii n: I .. [FBOU OUB OWN C0BBB8P0NDBNT.] BLACKVILLE; August G. Since I wrote yon last we have had some intensely warm weather. I have seen the dog barrow himself In the dirt under the house, the butterfly to seek the shade and lan Itself; I have seen the fig and oak trees wear their autumnal livery. The fowls would pant for breath, aua ali nature'seemed to he under? going the process ol suffocation. The conse? quence is that both corn and cotton bave suf? fered seriously. For two days I rode from home and examined thu crops, and I lind the In? jury general. I think, Judging from ruy own cotton, that one-halt, at least, will be lost, t o UP. The disappointment is very serious, and will be no to trade generally In Charleston. OQ last Friday we bad a thunder storm. About ten o'clock A M. the rain poured like a flood: flashes of lightning and horrid peals of thunder came In rapid succession. I am In? formed that a gentleman, not far from Barn? well, had his whole flock of sheep struck by lightning-thirty-two In Dumber. The storm has brought with lt a cool atmosphere; the half blighted cotton begins ro revive; and, making a virtue of necessity, we are more comfortable in body If not In mind. GIUPOO. THE FIRST BALE IN ALABAMA. M ONTGOMERV, AUgUSt 6. The first bale of Alni? ima cotton was receiv? ed by A. & H. Strassburger, of Montgomery, and brought sixty cents, and was shipped lo A. Proskaner <Ss Co., of Mobile, at once. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, August G. Partly cloudy weather, with occasional rains and southeast winds, are probable on the Bouth Atlantic; and northerly to easterly winda and partly cloudy weather on the Gulf. THE DIRECT-TAX BALES. WASHINGTON, August G. The claims to be made under the direct-tax regulations (printed In THE NEWS ol yester? day) come chiefly from the Carolinas, Virginia and Florida, and will be over one thousand in humber. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -Two Pennsylvanians were smothered In a coal-mine yesterday. -The Iowa elevator ls destroyed by fire. Loss one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. -Judge Chase is gone to the White Moun? tains, and ls very ill with Bright's disease of the kidneys. -There was a riot in Quebec yesterday be? tween the French and English population. Several persons were killed and many wounded. -President Grant returns thanks for the in? vitation to visit Chattanooga, and would like to go, but don't know whether he will or can. North Carolina is another Chlckamauga for him. A PENNSYLVANIA PORTENT. HARRISBURG, August G. A tornado and hall storm a mlle wide, at ten o'clock last night, carried off the rools of the Slate Capital Hotel, Brant's Hall, and many private buildings, and the gable end of lhe German Reformed Church. Hundreds of tiles were blown down and thousands ol' panes of glass were broken. The telegraph wires were prostrated, and communication wusonly restored this morning. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. -Columbia and vicinity were blessed with refreshing ruins dnrine Sunday Dight and Mon? day. The advantage to thc crops will be im? mense. -A colored man by the name of Elbert Woodruff, In the employ of Mr.' Hemy Easter ling, ol Barnwell, was lound drowned in Tur? key Creek, at Barnwell, on Saturday morn ng last. -The unknown colored man, who was run over by the Charlotte, Columbia and Augsuia Railroad train, proved to be Peter Montague, a resident ol Columbia. He was quite deaa when discovered-lhe head bel?g severed from the body. -.The statement that Nauphletand Johnson, two of the Harmon murderers, from Lex i n g ton County, were the parties who escaped from the penitentiary by swimming the Congaree a few days since, appears to be an error. There were two men wno dla escape in a nude con? dition, however, one of whom has been recap? tured, and the other is reported to beata house In Lexington County, severely wound? ed by the Are of the guard while they were swimming the river. A ROW UN" THE WIGWAi STORMY MEETING OF THE C COUNCIL. The Appointment or a City Auditor considered-The Comet Star Eng Company Seeking- Admission to Steam Department - Bllscellane Business. A regular meeting o? the City Council held at rive o'clock, yesterday altern? Present : Mayor Wagener and Alden O'Neill,Voigt, Gage, Garrett, Kenny, Mlcbi Sweegan, Johnston, Glover, Brown and wald. The minutes of the last meeting being n Alderman Voigt objected to the confirma o? that portion- of the proceedings of meeting which related to the appointmec a city auditor at a salary of fifteen hund dollars per annum. The minutes, howe' were confirmed, and (he subject of the ; posed offlce ol city auditor was brought u? the Introduction by Mr. Voigt of the follow resolution: Whereas, all city offices have been cres by ordinances, and those ordinances h always designated and defined the du of Buch offlce- ; and whereas, Council at last regular meeting created the offlce of i auditor by resolution, whose duties shall bi "audit all accounts" and do "such otber Iles as the Mayor may assign him," thereby Its vagueness not designating and deflo the duties of that offlce so created, t placing too vast a power In the hands of Mayor and the said auditor, and actually per sed lng the committee on accounts ol ( Council which ls established bylaws and ru and similar committees of other city boat who are In fact the auditing committee of th bodies; therefore be it - Resolved, That City Council, for reasi above named, hereby abolishes the offlce cltv auditor, created by resolution on the ol July, 1872. Alderman Sweegan seconded the resolull He said he had, at the former meeting, bi la favor of the proposed office, but be foi Hint doubts bad arisen as to the necessity < city auditor and as to the dulles of that offi and he could not then see the deslrabl! of lt. Alderman O'Neill said that be had sustali the resolution authorizing the appointment a city auditor, because he had considered I necessity forced upon them because of I absence from the city of all the members the Council committee on accounts, exe? the Maydr, and the impossibility ol his p forming all the duties for want of time, supposed the power proposed to be conieri upon the Mayor would not be abused, but would have no objection to have his appol ment of the city auditor approved by I Council. Alderman Voigt said that the city offli ought to be created by ordinance, and the ( lies of their incumbents clearly defined by ? dinances. He bad lound that the citizens wt opposed lo the creation of Buch an office, the score of economy; and he was opposed it both on that account and because i : was p posed to abridge the rights of certain aid men. If there was to be a new officer to au all accounts, there would then be no need their committee on accounts. He object also to the payment o? ?1500 per annum for t auditing of accounts, and believed lt conld be done for two hundred dollars a year, was airange that Charleston bad got along, a city, for nearly one hundred years, and h never, until just then, discovered the necea ty of a city auditor. The gentleman (Aid? man O'Neill) bad said that some ot the aid? men on the committee ol' accounts were a sent from the etty, but that was all the mo reason why their powers should not taken from them, because lt won be riding over them In their absenc It would be far better to lill the vacancies upi that committee lrom the remaining membe of the Council until their return. The clllzei who had elected the City Council had h: confidence In their abilities lo fulfil the duff of their positions, and lt was not necesaary go outside of the Council to get the duties the absent members attended to. In regal to the Almshouse board and Orphanhoui board, he asked If lt were Intended to Inclue the audltlog ol' their accounts among the d ties of the new auditor. If BO, he thougl that was wrong. The Council in electlc those gentlemen had shown that they hs confidence In them, and If an officer were l be elected to supervise their accounts lt woul be a reflection on them which they would fe hard about, Just as he felt hard about the pr? position to supersede the powers of the aide men. ? Alderman Sweegan asked, for lnformatloi il the Mayor could not at any time make aj pbintments to fill vacancies in the standin committees, and the Mayor replied that h had that power. Alderman Sweegan Bald be would certalnl not have voted for the appointment of a cit auditor lt he had known the supposed necei slty arose lrom the absence from the city c two members of the committee. Those va candes could be filled from the Council ltseli and to go outside would be as much as t say that the remaining members of the Cour ell were unable to audit accounts. Alderman Gage remarked that legislativ bodies were very apt to create offices, bu much less in the habit ol' abolishing them. 1 a temporary auditor was to be appointed th time lor the continuance of the office shouli be specified In the resolution. Adlerman Voigt said that be had that even lng gone, in his official capacity, to Mr. Sim ous, the clerk of the Council, and asked bio how much additional compensation he wonk require to audit the city accounts, and be bat replied that he would do it for $100 or a inti? more. Alderman O'Neill had said that by the appointment ol an auditor thousands ol dol lars would be saved; but he.could not possibly see how. He could, however, see bow $1501 a year could be saved by not having such ar officer. Alderman O'Neill said that he did not lutenc that the city auditor should supersede or ig? nore the committee on accounts. He would simply precede them and facilitate their la? bors by making a preliminary examination ol the accounts. Alderman Garrett said that he had voted for the creation of the new office, because he had understood it was a necessity; but he had since found that it was not at all so. They had already cut oil' some offices and established a principle of economy with which the present action would be inconsistent. Alderman Brown said be did. not believe that the committee on accounts did correctly audit the bills. They were men who had large private business to altend to, and when they looked over the accounts tneir heads were full of their own affairs. Even the Mayor, he believed, could not examine the accounts fully and carefully. Alderman Voigt said he was sorry to bear such language from any Alderman whom the I people had elected. If the gentlemen of that committee were not able to do their dalles, let them resiga. But to hear an Alderman come forward and say that he was not to do his duty to the people because of his private business, was something that he had never expected to hear. Should they acknowledge that they were incompetent to db the duties for which they were chosen ? He also asked if the accounts were after all to go to the com? mittee on accounts, why should there be an auditor ? Mayor Wagener said there was hardly a city bf twenty thousand inhabitants that did nojj bave a city auditor, whose duties were not only to examine bills, bat to enter them under appropriate heads, to report when appropria? tions are exhausted, Arc. Alderman 8weegan Inquired it lt were not the treasurer's duty to keep the accounts of appropriations and ezpeuditnres and report thereon to the City Council, and the Mayor re? plied that lt waa. Alderman O'Neill called for the ayes and noes on the question of Mr. Volgt's resolu? tion, and Mr. Voigt seconded the call. The vote being taken, Aldermen Voigt, Gage Gar? rett, Kenny, Sweegan and Slgwald voted for the resolution, and Aldermen O'Neill, Mi? chaels, Johnston, Brown and Glover and Mayor Wagener voted , against lt. Six ayes and six noes. The Mayor announced that] there being a tie, the resolution was lost. Alderman Gage said he thought the presid? ing officer only had a vote In the case of a tie. Alderman Voigt said that he had always understood that lt was only when there was a tie that the presiding officer bad a right to vote, and he claimed lhat his resolution had been carried. The Mayor said that If the alderman desired to appeal from the decision of the chair he could do so.-.- Alderman Gage moved, how? ever, to suspend the whole subject for the present, and this motion being agreed to the maller was dropped, and the Mayor called for the reading of petit lons. , The first petition presented was from Bruce Howard, asking for the remission of the penal Ty?pon certain past drre taxes. Referred to the committee on retrenchment and relief. A petition was received from Charles L. Dubois, asking for an appointment as a olty gauger, and accompanied by recommenda? tions from various merchants. On motion of Alderman Voigt, the petition was granted. : The monthly return ot the city sheriff and of the Cily Hospital were read, the latter being a very encouraging report of the con? dition of that Institution, and showing that Its cost lo the city during the month had been only a little over one hundred dollars. The committee on buildings reported favor? ably upon the application- of Ann C. Curtis for permission to repair the roof of the house No. 48 King street, and unfavorably upon an application for permission to erect a wooden building on the west Bide of Church street. Both recommendations were concurred lo. - The committee on accounts reported bills to the amount of $6430 85, which were ordered to be paid. The committee on public grounds and buildings called up their report upon tho pro? posed alterations at the City Hospital, which had been submitted al a previous meeting and ordered lo be printed. Alderman Gage moved that the matter be referred back to the medical commlltee of the boord of heal Lb, with Instructions to have a further consultation with the trustees of the Boper Hospital, to see if any arrangement could be made with them to promote- the In? terests ol the olly and those'needing hospital accommodations. The motion was agreed to. ; The committee on quarantine reported that they had arranged for a visit of inspection next Saturday to the Lazaretto buildings In ihe harbor, which the State proposed to turn over to the city. This report was agreed to with the proviso that the expenses of the trip should not exceed one hundred .and fifty dol? lars. Alderman Garrelt introduced and read for the first time a bill entitled "A bill to repeal an ordinance of March 6th, 1872," which pro? vides that on and after the passage of the bil), the Comet Star Fire Engine Company shall become a-part of the Steam Fire Department of the City of Charleston, and shall be paid at at the rate of eighteen hundred dollars per year, payable monthly, and that the number of steamers Bhall not thereafter be increased beyond thirteen. The bill received Its first reading, and was ordered to be printed, and the Council then adjourned. LIFE Iii WALL STREET. The Ups and Down? ot Two Celebrated Speculators. A New York letter says: I met not long since two celebrated operators, viz: Leonard W. Jerome and John M. Tobin. The former of these gentlemen, who reigned with such splendor in the palmy greenback era, Is now somewhat out of health, and ls leading a very quiet life, rarely being Been In the stock mar? ket. His wealth, which was once counted by the millions, ls now considerably reduced. "How much ls Jerome worth ?" inquired I, lately, ol J. M. E., that well known though now retired stock operator of Boston antece? dents. "Well, not much," was the reply, "about three-quarters of a million." This illustrates the Wall street idea of a fortuue, A man who bas a hundred thousand ls gene? rally Bpoken of as having "a little money;" a half millioner ls said to be "pretty well off;" a mlllloner ls called "well off;" while the pos? session of from live to ten millions gives a man the title ol "rich," or perhaps "money king," if he uses his money skilfully in -the street." . John M. Tobin was looking wan and worn; his opal eye not as lustrous as In those famous campaigns of 1863- 64, when it blazed over the crowd like a meieor, as he snapped up million after million of gold and stocks. He, too, In the zenith of his power, was worth $4,800,000, made In less than three years from the time he entered the sireet, obscure and penniless, und now, with half a million remaining out of his splendid fortune, he wanders about the street complaining of his poverty, and amus? ing himseit with trifling flyers of five hundred share lots. These mun are comparatively fortunate examples of the proverb, BO often illustrated in Wall street, "It ls a long road which bas no turning." The possession of a million won across that great gaming table, the stock market, is more apt to turn the head and lead to loss and ruin. .If Leonard W. Jerome and John M. Tobin have survived the shocks of chance and still possess a competency, a score of others like Anthony W. Morse and W. H. Woodward see .their millions melt into "thin air" and them? selves stranded high upon the beach of specu? lation, without a wave to rock their hulls or a breeze lo fan their Balls. CEiEAJP, IF TRUE! MADRID, August 6. Detailed accounts o? the operations of the Spanish troops in Cuba show that 13,600 re? bels were killed and 70,000 submitted; iO,oou horses, 60,000 arms and 3000 swords were cap? tured. THE NEW GOLCONDA. A MYSTERIOUS MINE OF WEALTH. The Wonderful Field* or Precious Stones an Ute Pacific Slope-, The New York Tribune a ta tea Liai Ihe pub? lication of the dispatches from San Francisco announcing the Incorporation of the San Fran cisco and New York Mining Company wi th a capital of ten million dollars, to develop*the new diamond fields near the headquarters of the Bip- Colorado Chiquito, bas attracted con-. Blderable attention, es joally as capitalists In' New York have faith Jn the new undertaking.. The controllers of the mine still refuse ' to give any details of 'its exact location: or ita prodno lions, but affirm that it Is the richest diamond mine that has ever been discovered. Small boxes full of gravel, which fairly glistens with preci?os stones, have been brought to New - York for exhibition. " ./ ; - - Upon Inquiring at the establishment of Messrs. Tiffany & Co., In reference to the gems . which have been cut In this city, a Tribune reporter was referred to the chief of th? dio-, mond department, who answered all ques tlons, except snell as,in his opinion, Involved the secrets of the company, A large number of diamonds from the recently discovered fields-bo? many he declined to state-and a few rubies*!) ad been received by Tiffany dr Gov, for the parp?se o? having their value jested:.. A. few ot these had been cut r No stone of . a , greater value than four hundred dollars or five hundred dollars bad been cut by them, but some which would be probably worth cot less than five thousand dollars each had been | cat sufficiently ta show their quality. The diamonds were pronounced by him fully equal1 io those irom Sout'i America, and far superior to those from.the Sooth African fields. No stones from Arizona, have been .placed upon. the market, the cutting having been' done'' solely with a view to estimate the quality and value of the gems. The rubles examined by t Mr. Gook? wer?* not so good In quality as others la the market. Even If diamonas prove to be as abundant' in the new fields as the reports indicate, the effect upon the market value of the brilliant si one will scarcely be appreciable. Before passing Into the bands of the dealer, the dia? mond must be cut, and toe number of persons-' capable of performing this delicate operation . ls small. Ia Amsterdam, where.tile business ls more largely carried on than in any other part' ' I ofthe world, the diamond-cotters have re? cen tly raised their price,. and entered. Into a 1 contract not to receive apprentices or give Hn [structionto others, pot even'tb their own I sons, for three years. Diamond cutting ls also done In London and by two nooses lo .thia - country. Messrs. Tiffany ? Go. and a Boston . house employ about a dozen men in this work. ' The diamond-cutters have been overwhelmed with work for a longtime, and the largest In? crease In the sap ply ot the rough stones wlM .' not cause, therefore, a mach greater number of diamonds, to be thrown upon the marker. The discovery of diamonds In North Amer? ica, without regard to Indian traditions, ls. by no means unprecedented, and geologists have been led by the formation of. the soil to look for precious stones In the region where they have been discovered recently. Twenty years ago a diamond now worn by a prominent poli? tician was found In Virginia, and for.a long time its value was unknown, as there were no - diamond cutters in America then, and Yew persons were capable of determining the val ne of the stone In its rough state. The . stone would be worth five thousand dollars If'per? fect, but ls said to have slight flaws; Other valuable diamonds have been found In Ken? tucky. ;, j> j j ., . . THE REDUCTION IN DUTIES: A Rash at the New Torie Customhouse^' OverThre? Millions IQ Daile? R*c?4v ed In Two Days. The New York Herald, referring to toe COO* \ tlnued heavy business at the custom house in that city under the effect of' tue ten per cent, reduction, says : ' All through the business hours of Friday ibo rush ot merchants, brokers, ageste,' 'clerks and messengers continued In the warehouse . a ep art ment and naval office ot the. custom? house, consequent upon the ten percent, re? duction of duties on Imports authorized by act of Congress approved June 6. The pressure of clerical business was tully as great aa that of Wednesday, toe first day pf toe operation ol,, the new law, though the receipts ' for ' duties fell considerably below the "re? ceipts of the preceding day. . The reasons v of this. apparently anomalous result axe that the withdrawal permits granted on Wednes? day embraced the lists of the heaviest lmpor- ? ere ia the city, among them being A. T. Stew? ard, H. B. Clafiln, Phelps, Dodge ? Co.. and other gigantic concerns. Friday the smaller Importers had almost the entire withdrawal business to themselves. The clerical labor In -: the rou tine of Issuing a permit for the with? drawal of a $5000 invoice of soods would be the same as for a $500,000 invoice. On Wed? nesday there was received about two million three nu nd red and eighteen thousand dollars, - the largest amount by probably one-ball ever received here in a single day. On Friday the receipts fell off to$900,000, makings total re? ceipt ol two days ol $3,218,000. To use the ox- . pression of a gentleman la toe warehouse de- . partaient yesterday afternoon,'; "Keep that np. a little wini* and we shall soon pay off the na? tional debt,-' " ' 'r . Bat, leaving aside the consid?ration of tba. elerie al labor at the customhouse. st ?. as inter- . esting to note the perfect (nror that prevailed at the bonded warehouses. There are shoat one hundred o? these warehouses-la'New York sad Brooklyn. At nearly sll of these : establishments there were demands present- , ed for the withdrawal of goods, while at some the rust) was something tremendous. A very ' large proportion ot the orders granted wera for heavy goods la hogsheads and cases and ;< for heavy metal Invoices. Of course every " importer was desirous of obtaining his goods at the earliest possible moment, and ihe amount of physical labor performed at these warehouses in the past two days, consequent upon the handling of the goods, cannot be esti? mated. Collector Arthur states that the present re- . ductlon in duties ls not likely to prove of. much benefit to the masses of the people, although that was the undoubted object sought by the passage ot the law. He found lt very difficult to explain toe reasons .why such a state of affairs should ensue, but Cited the law abolishing the duty on tea and coffee to sustain bis opinion. The general lmpres-1 sien bad been that as soon as the duties on . these articles were abated there would.be a ' considerable reduction In their retail'cost, whereas, in point ot face, there had been a 1 slight advance. He could only attribute such a result to the operations of monopolies in the ' trade, who In a spirit of speculation held large quantities of stock, so aa to create- astringen-1 cy in the market, and thoa enhance the value. The rush, la all probability, will now terml ? nate at the customhouse, though It IB proba? ble that the warehouses will be pressed to an unusual extent for a week to come. ' NOT MUCH OF A DUEL AFTER ALL. WARBENTON, VA.. August 6. There bas been no meeting between Colonel ' Mosby and Dr. Withers, and a duel is not ex? pected. It ls exceedingly annoying to both gentlemen, as it ls to their friends, that Irri? tating sensational rumors have oeen pub I llehed concerning them. Colonel Mosby has gone to Jordan's Springs, and Dr. Withers; la I attending to his business in Warrenlon.. KU-KLUX ARRESTS. [From the Phoenix or Tnesdsy.J A Uolted States'sergeant and three soldiers arrived in Columbia lastjrigfc bringing with them twelve citizens ot Edgefleld, (with their friends,) on a charge of violation o? the^n forcement act-riding on a rall John C. Hsr ris a trial justice, andan ludivlduslof doubt lul'cbaracter, who has eluce beeu Imprisoned rna charge of perjury. "Let us have1 peaced The following is s list of the prisoners: Wade Taylor, F. B. Cooper. John Lewis,-EJia?.Ats way. John Blatlng, William Url?Jih,iJdmund Martin, Lafayette ' Adams,' James Culbtvtn, Oliver Haltlwaogfer, George Horne, Hamp. Christian, colored; Silas Morris, colored; Mack Smith, colored. , . ...