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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THOU SHALT NOT STEAL. A. ROUSING REBUKE OF THE RADICAL RING. District Attorney Corbin's Scathing; Exposure of Scott's Financial Admin* latration-\ "Government Witness" Wno Cannot be Impeached-Secrets of the Charnel House by One Who Knows Them. The recent speech at Greenville of United States District Attorney D. T. Corbin, late State senator, chairman of the State codifying commission, Ac, a brief summary of which has already appeared in these columns, is the most complete, systematic and unans? werable expos? and arraignment of the finan? cial rascalities that have been perpetrated by the present State administration ot South Car? olina since their unhappy elevation to power, that has yet emanated from a Republican source. The facts used in his argument have -already been patiently uneartned by the Dem? ocratic press, and have been spread before : the reading public of the State and country with equal eloquence and with hardly less particularity of detail, but they have nitherto been characterized by the Republicans as Ingenious romances of the Opposition, and bave thus been shorn of a portion ot their effectiveness, at least with the members of the Republican party. Their weight, however, is vastly increased when they come, as they now do, from a politician wlky has been Intimate with the innermost | councils of tbe South Carolina Republicans for years-the leading light of their legal circles, their champion ot invective when that weapon was needed In their defence, and who can, from his own knowledge and memory, fill up in many and Important places the rough out? lines of the disgraceful history that has already been given to the world. A DOUBLE AND DIFFICULT DUTT. Mr. Corbin, at Greenville, appeared first | before his audience as the chamoton of Presi? dent Grant, and next In his' double and rather incongruous character of Grant's advo? cate . and Scott's accuser, he commenced a j careful review and arraignment of the a.ato administration. He said : What lam about to say of tbe present Stale officers has long been a source of great regret and distress to me. I say it with shame, and with r~y heart sinking within me. Four years ago we elected to the high office of Governor of this State R. K. Scott, and two years aso he was re-elected-not, however, by my voice or vote. We also elected four y far a ago, D. H. Chamberlain, attorney-general; N. G. Parker, treasurer: J. L. Neagie, comptroller-general; F. Lu Card020, secretary of Stile; F.'J. Moses, Jr., adjutant and lnspector-genoral, and J. K. Jillson, superintendent of education. They have been in possession of the State Govern? ment since, and what ls the record they have written ' Four years ago, I addressed you In favor of their election. May God forgive me, as to a part of them, at least, for I am heartily sorry, and will never so do again. WHAT THE LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZED. Hr. Corbin then enumerated the financial acts o? the Legislature during the past lour years, and Bhowed that during that period the only acts authorizing Increases of the ?deddebtof the State'by the Legislature o as lol lo w8 : August, 1868.-For redemption of the b*.ls receivable.$ 500,000 August, 1868.-For payment o? Inter? est on tbe public debt, coupon bonds. 1,000,000 j September, 1868.-For the redemp? tion of the bills of the Bank ot the tsfiffe. 1,189,400 February, 1869.-"For the relief of the treasury.". 1,000,000 March, I860.-For the land commis? sion. 200,000 March, 1870.-For the land commis? sion. 500,0001 Total.......$4,389,400 He continued : These are the only acts ol the Legislature, passed during, the last four years, authorizing the creation of a bonded debt on behalf of tbe State, and, If you have followed me carefully, you will perceive that the whole amount authorized Is $4,389,400. Now, by the official statement of Mr. Treas? urer Parker of the public debt ot the State at the close of the fiscal year ending October 31, 1871, the bonded debt o? the State amounted to fifteen millions eight hundred and fifty-one thousand three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and thirty-five cents. ($15,851,327 35,) or, in round numbers, sixteen millions ol dui lars, ($16,000,000.) Now, take from this amount the amount of bonded debt iu exls tence when the present Slate officers came luto power, and lt appears that the debt has actually been Increased about ten and a half millions, WHAT THE RINO THIEVES STOLE. Now, how does this tally with the amount actu? ally authorized by the Legislature? The amount authorized by the Legislature, as already shown you, ls four millions three hundred and eighty-nine thousand lour hundred dollars, ($4,389,400.) Subtract this amount from the actual increase of the debt, and you find (hat, without authority ol law, there has been added td the State debt over five and a halt millions of dollars. Fellow-citizens, this ls- a true statement ot the case, as appears from the financial report of Mr. Parker, and I take it that he has made as favorable a statement as he> possibly could. My own opinion is, that the Increase of debt Is considerably more than the Bum stated, but thal I may not be charged with unfairness, I take Mr. Parker's own state? ment. How shall we account f?r this enor? mous but lawless Increase of the public debt ? The amount ls startling, and fills us with con? sternation. What can we say, what shall we do, in view of the facts, as they are admitted to be ? How was lt done ? I will give you the explanation that has been given for this Increase o? the public debt. Mr. Parker gave to the public an official statement o? the debt ot the State, at the close of the fiscal year o? 1871. In that statement I discover the deep and damning explanation, so far as lt goes. The Legislature, on the 22<l ol March, 1869, passed au act to provide foi the conversion of State securities. This act provided that the State treasurer should be authorized, on the application .of any person holding stock or bonds of the State, to take the same and Issue in place thereof bonds of the State. This act was intended simply for the accommodation of those who held one class of State securities and desired to change them into another class of State securities. It was never intended by the act, and no such intention appears upon its lace, to Increase the State debt. But in Mr. Parker's statement, before referred to, lt appears that there bas been an Issue, under the provisions of this act, of seven millions one hundred and ninety-one thousand seven hundred (7,191,700) dollars. In the name of heaven, why ie this ? Has he converted the Block and bonds of the State to this amount ? No. By his own official reports to the General Assembly, be shows that he has converted less than two millions ot the stocks and bonds of the State under the provisions of th? act. WHERE THE BLAME BELONGS. ' Thus it appears that there are now afloat upon the market, and probably In the bands of Innocent holders, without law, and without authority of any kind In their original issue, at least five millions of dollars in conversion bonds. Who ot our State officers are respon? sible for this? Firsr. and foremost among them are certainly Robert E. Scott. Governor; N. G. Parker. State treasurer, and D. H. Cham? berlain, attorney-general, who constitute the financial board, to which must be added, after tbe 1st of February, 1869, .T. L. Neagie, comp? troller^ ne ral. He next spoke of the attempt of the finan? cial board to oover up their guilt by the pas? sage of the notorious validating act, and after reciting the terms of that act, he said: Now, my friends, ti this ls not a plea of guilty enter? ed by our financial board, then I confess I do not, though fifteen years a practicing attorney, know what constitutes that plea. It ls nothing more nor less than a confession of guilt. If the bonds had been issued In accordance with law, why was it necessary to pass an act rati? fying and confirming their issue ? If they were not Issued lu accordance with law, then this act became absolutely necessary to cover the guilt ol these officers. Tnere is no escape for our financial board. They are shown tc have Issued, without authority of law, at least five millions of bonds, and, to cap the climax, they come bef. re trie State and coolly enter the plea of gul.ty. They should have added to their plea, "God be merciful to us miserable sinners." THE ACTUAL. CASH SQUANDERED. Mr. Corbin then showed the amounts of ac tuai cash that the State officers bad acknowl edged receiving during the pa?t four years, ana this be classified as follows: Collected from taxes to January 1, 1872.;t.". $3,780,000 Collected irom taxes since January 1, 1872, about. 1 000,000 Said io have been received by the financial board as the total pro? ceeds of the sale or hypothecation ot $10,500,000 ol bonds. 2,282,000 Total.$7,0G2,000 Of this latter Item he remarked: Probably one of the most startling facts in connection with this bnet financial statement is that our financial board bare permitted te be sold upon the market, (because that mat? ter was committed to them entirely by law,) ten and a halt millions ol dollars ($10,500,000; o? bonds for about two million two hundred and eighty-two thousand dollars ($2,282.000;) thus placing a weight of debt upon the people of this State that cannot be discharged for years to come, and for which they have re? ceived the most insigoficcnt consideration. No well Informed man believes they sold at this rate, but I am taking them at their word. Ii no more money thau this could have beeu realized by the sale of our bonds they should not have been sold. TUE LAND COMMISSION SWINDLE. Mr. Corbia then proceeded to allegorical exposure of the various schemes ot financial administration, by means of which "the State had been robbed and ifs revenues melted away like dew before the morning sun." He tirst, spoke ol the land commission saying that in'March, 18G9 the Legislature passed an act creating the land commission ostensibly to purchase lands as they might be offered for sale, and to sell them out in small lots to the poor people of the State, and provided for the Issue of $700,000 ol bonds wini which to pur? chase such hinds. The advisory board consisted ot Governor R. K. Scott, Comp? troller-General J. L. Neagle, State Treas? urer Niles G. Parker, Secretary of State F. L. Cardozo and Attorney-General D. H. Chamberlain. Without their sanction no tract of land could be purchased, and the land commissioner was simply the servant and agent of the advisory board. He continued: Now what has been done by the land commis? sioner and advisory board ? By the report of Hon. H. E. Hay ne, land commissioner, dated November 10,1871, we have some information. Here let me say that this ia the first, last and only report that has ever been given, although the law requires that there should be au an? nual reporr, made lo the Legislature. The truth ls that the transactions of the land com missioner and the advisory board wero so In lamons that they would not make them pub Ile. although great efforts were made In botn Houses of the General Assembly to obtain report. From this report lt appears that about $500,000 in cash have been expended in the purchase of lands, and no more. I mean by this that it appears that the whole aggregate of money paid for the several tracts of land purchased, as shown by the deeds ot purchase, amount to this sum. Now, if you look into Treasurer Parker's report ot thc. moneys paid out on behalf of the land commission, you will And that he charges to the State about $750,000 In cash. Thus, you perceive, upon their own showing, admitting all the transactions of the [and commissioner to have been fair and just, tiere is a quarter ot a million ot dollars unac counted for. Now, fellow-ciilzens. what have ?ve to say to such public servants ? THE SINKING FUND OEVICE. He went ou to speak ol the iuiamous trans? actions of the "Sinking Fund Commission .TS," and said : Fellow citizens, you are all amiliar with the history of Ibe Blue Ridge Railroad. That was an enterprise espoused by he Slate and City of Charleston. The State ind City of Charleston, up to 1871, owned all he stock, or nearly so, in the road. About hree millions of dollars had been expended n the construction of the road. The State lad expended about a million and a half ot lollara, and the City of Charleston had ex >ended something over a million. The State lad endorsed. In addition to this, and guaran-11 ?ed the bonds ol the road to the umount of I our millions more. About fifty mites of road I lave been built, equipped and put In running 11 >rder, and immens? labor Dad boeouMtrfer-raed )n important cuta and xiumeis." Whrro-me I j ?vork was In this condition, and the work of1 construction going on, the sinking lund com nisslon deliberately sold to a private corpora Ion all the stock owned by the Stale in the road, which was tar more than a majority of ! it, and gives a complete controlling interest ; in lt, for one dollar per Bbare, realizing the ! petty sum of $13,100. Thus they have passed ' out of i he hands ot the State an enterprise upon which had been expended a million and a hali of dollars by the State, and the credit of the State given for lour millions more, for a mere nomi? nal sum. In my judgment, the sale was abso? lutely illegal and void, as the act organizing the sinking fund commission did not authorize them lo make such a Bale as this. The- ic rms ot the act do not comprehend a transaction of this character. They were to sell only proper? ty not In "actual public use." What are we to say of public servants who would thus sacri? fice an important public enterprise ol the Slate in this manner ? I think you would agree with me that, at least, they ought not to be candidates for re-election to office. [Cries of "Put them out !" "Tell lt !" ?fcc. J The Fentlemen responsible for this transaction, as have said to you, are Governor II. E. Scott, Comptroller-General J. L. Nearie, Attorney General D. H. Chamberlain, W. J. Whipper, Esq., chairman ol the committee of ways and means of the House ol Repr?sentatives, and Joseph A. Greene, chairman of the committee ol finance of the Senate. THE PAT CERTIFICATE ROBBERY. Mr. Corbin said he desired next to pay his respects to F. J. Moses, Jr., adjutant and In? spector-general of the State and speaker of the House of Representatives. About $110,000 had been expended under his direction to pay tor the "enrolment of the militia," but no ac? curate enrolment of the militia bad been made, or ll lt had, nobody knew anything ot the labor done. He said, however, that as speaker of the House of Representatives they knew more of him, and he continued : As the presiding officer of that body during the past four wars, la addition to his duties of presid? ing officer, lt has been his duty to countersign the pay certificates ol the members and officers ol' that body, and ttie pay certificates or orders lor all other expenses of the House. The House ol Representatives coos ls ts of one hundred and twenty-four members, and they have heretofore been entitled to re? ceive six dollars per day. The sessions have continued usually about lour months, and the members, consequently, were en? titled, for each session, to between six and seven hundred dollars each. Tie last session of the L?gislature lasted one hundred and seven days, and each member, COD seq ne ni ly, was entitled to $642, making the whole amount required for the session, for all ihe members of the House, $79,608. Now, there are con? nected with the House a considerable number of employees, such as clerks, messengers, doorkeepers, porters, pages, .fcc, numbering probably fllty or sixty. We will call them an hundred, and that their pay was equal lo the ?a y of members. This would give us $64,200. bis added to the pay ot members woula make the expenses of tho House $143,808, lor which Mr. Moses could countersign pay certificates. Now, fellow-cltlzenB, the number and amount of pay certificates signed by Mr. MOBBS, I am credibly informed, exceeds the mm of one million dollars ! Can it be posslbe that such a man, who has recklessly, lawlessly, and, as I think, criminally certified pay certificates In this monner, can have the audacity to pre? sent himself as a candidate for yoar suffrages in the coming election ? Will the people of this State tolerate such rascality ? Will euch a man receive a single vote ? THE SUMMING ?P OF THE WHOLE MATTER. Mr. Corbin next spoke ot the cloting of the PjWIo schools, enforced by the squandering ot the State funds, and, io conclusion, here viewed the embarrassments which are now staring the Stale In the lace, as lollows: At tills moment we are in the roost deplorable condition. There ls said to ba no money In th? treasury, although nearly one million dol ara of t axes have been collected since January last. Nearly all our public officers are unpaid, and our various Institutions 1er the insane deal, dumb and blind, and even our Peniten? tiary, are suffering for the necessary meanB to sustain them. All drafts upon the public treasury are dishonored. I learn that even the quarantine upon our coast, unless aided lrom other source* than the State treasury must be broken up, and our p3opie left ex? posed to many foreign and malignant diseases. If the sam* set of men are to be retained ac Columbia that have mismanaged our affair* lor the past lour years, then I say io you with anguish more than I can express. "God helli the people of Bouth Carolina!'' p TBE NILSSON N?PTkLS. OLD WESTMINSTER THRONGED WITH FASHION AND BEAUTY. The Brilliant Wedding Party and the Distinguished Guests - Gorp con-* Toi? lettes or the Bride and Bridesmaids The Happy Bridegroom and His Family Connexions. Oae of the events of the London season was the marriage ot M'lle Nilsson and Mr. Auguste Rouzaud, which took place in Westminster Abbey, on July 27. A London correspondent gives the following account of the ceremony and attending circumstances: THE CROWDS IN AND ABOUT THE CHURCH. The announcement that the wedding was to be solemnized attracted a miscellaneous mul? titude of curious people, who swarmed around the grim and venerable doors ol' the old abbey, and swarmed into the cloisters and corridors I opened to the public. As a parish church of i Westminster, the abbey canuof, under any I circumstances, be closed to the public. So tbe portion known as the choir, extending back to the chancel, and tho screen which separates the chancel from Henry VII I's Chapel, wa? enclosed and carefully guarded by police and officers of the chapter. On the outside ot the Iron railing, in the space known as the Poets' Corner, and in the space Immediately opposite, the public, to the number of perhaps two thousand, had swarmed in, and were eagerly clustered around pillars and under the arches and heaped over the chairs and benches In the most promiscuous and unseemly way; while within the choir, where there were probably seats and Branding room for a thousand people, the Invited guests slowly and Impatiently assembled. Tho en? trance to the choir from the Dean's yard was tryin/, on account of the crowd and the ab? sence ol discipline or foresight among the at? tendants. And as the hour of eleven drew nigh the choir was apparently well Ulled, and a long line of eager guests extended through the middle aisle ot the cathedral and the cloisters. AB the day was unusually oppressive there was much Bullering among the people in the corridors, and one or two ladies tainted. SCENES INSIDE THE ABBEY. The scene Inside the abbey at this point was exceedingly beautiful and impressive. A com? panion suggested that it reminded him ot the famous scene in "The Prophet," or more particularly the wedding pcene In "Don Cur? ios." But the fair and gifted lady who was about to march up the aisle-prima donna In the great opera of womanhood-had never witnessed In her most triumphant hours a scene so splendid and real and lull of color and poetry. Above rose the majesilc Gothic arches, gray with the incense and the smoke of ten centuries, under which kings and queens had walked since th? lime of William Rufus to the coronation chair. The warm, burning sun, arrested by the stained glass ot tbe venerable windows, lost its fury, und fetl soft and warm and generous upon the carved woodwork, the quaint panels and the mass of monumental ano mural ornamentation. There, grouped In eager expectation, were many of the fairest and brightest women lu England, the variegated colora ol'the summer raimeut adding Interest and color to the scene. On one Bide, within a moment's walk, was the Poets' Corner, and the gray figures of Ben Jonson and Dryden and Gay and Goldamiiii and Shakespeare looked ont upon the unusual pageant with what might have been fancifully regarded as wondering eyes. Nor was the interest allowed to flag. The coming of some distinguished face caused a ripple of comment and discus? sion. The American minister, General Schenck, with his daughters, arrived early, looking unusually well; and not the least con? cern In his resolute, grim, kludly face as to Washington treaties and international com ?llcatlous. Then came Baron Brunow, the 3 :s i tn minister, and Baroness Brunow, fol owed almost Immediately by some of the kreuch legation. Sir J. Benedict, the ?mi? rent musician, came early, and among those siba oompwy Buri? Lady JIAUly- I>??il, the Countess of Cork; Lieutenant Fitzgerald, ot .lie household of Prince Arthur; Mr. Caven ilsh Bentinck, M. P.; Mlle. Tltiens, Slr G. Armitage, Viscount Benington, Slr Michael Jo."ta, Lord A. Compton, Signor Gardoni, Colonel Tom I i ne. M. P.; Prince Po n i uto wak i, 3irR. Gerard, Dr. Doremus, of New York; vir. H. C. Jarrett and Miss Louise Jarrett, the laughter of Slr J. Benedict and two of the laughters of Baron Rothschilds; Lord Walter Jam pb ell, the brother of lue Marquis ot Lorne, lame In, looking unusually welt after his american tour. THE WEDDING PROCESSION. By the church law, all weddings must be loltunnlzed before noon. About twenty min? u?s after eleven th? Dean of Westminster, Dean Stanley, came into the chancel, accom? panied by me Rev. S. Flood Jones and the altar attendant", and proceeded down the lisle. At precisely twenty-seven minutes past eleven the first notes of music were heard, the hymn selected beginning "Now thank we all Dur God." Then came the procession of chor? isters In their quaint white gowns, who ranged themselves in line as far us the sacratarlum. Dean Stanley then took his position In front ot i raised stool, under the lantern, apparently In the centre ol the choir. The muBtc contin? ued. There was a rustie ol eagerness and expectation, and at precisely halt-past eleven the wedding procession came in sight. THE BRIDE, whose features and appearance nra too well known to the American people, looked unu? sually well; her lace rather pale and subdued. Sl:e bent her eye to the ground, and seemed to move Inadvertently to the presence of the Dean. Your lady readers may be Interested In knowing that the bride wore a wMte-corded silk dress, with a largeenlredeux at the bottom of the skirt, and large downward-running side bands of white satin embroidered with white roses. The bodice of the dress was not cut low, but decorated with bands of embroidered while Batln, fastened with festoons of orange blossoms. The whole was flooded, as lt were, with rich Alencon laces. Tne wreath was ol' orange blossoms, with a veil of tulle. Th? only jewelry visible were a pair of magnificent diamond abd pearl earrings, which belonged to the Empress Eugenie. THE BRIDESMAIDS. Miss Nilsson was attended by the Princess Catherine Ponlatowskl, the Baroness Florence de Britton, Mies Cavendish Bentinck, MIBB Kate Vivian aud Miss Venetia Cavendish Ben? tinck as bridesmaids. These maidens were at? tired alike in dresses that were extremely at? tractive aud becoming. They were composed of a rich underskirt of white muslin undera large oversklrt {manteau de cour) ot blue silk, trimmed with pink silk. In addition, there were wreaths ol pink roses, with white tulle veils and golden lockets bearing the mono? gram Initials C. N. In diamonds and rubies. All of these costumes came lrom Paris, and are said by cunning critics to be gems of millinery, costing tabulons sums-Miss Nilsson's alone, according to an accurate authority, costing two thousand dollars. THE BRIDEUROOM, who bore the battery of curious and perhaps envious ejes that turned upon him with ex? ceeding grace and coolness, was rather a pleasant-looking French gentleman, with kind, open features, of rather a medium height, his lace adorned with a tidy, dark beard, his hair carefully parted In the middle. Ht? was in plain morning costume, with a light blue necktie, held with a gold ring, and wearing lu his lapel a bunch of orange blossoms. He was born at the Isle of Bourbon-a half cre? ole. His grandfather married a creole woman and amassed a large fortune. His father married the daughter of Admiral Bosq, then in command of the naval forces of the Isle of Bourbon, and after retiring from business re Blded In Paris, which ls now the home of his family. The Figaro newspaper addi further In reference lo M. Rouzaud that he has n "mod? erate fortune of from lour hundred thousand io Ave hundred thousand francs," not count? ing his expectations. The grand fal her ol'M. Rouzaud, Rouzaud ot Comtois, was a poor iock BmlthofJouzac, (Charente-Inf?rieure.) His son left France ut fifteen years of age, Invited by a merchant to the Isle of Bourbon, who having observed his intelligence, chose him tor his clerk. Once there, the clerk speedily distinguished himself, became a partner, then maBter, married a young creole, daughter of Admiral Josq, and returned to France at the snd ef some years, leaving behind bim a large commercial establishment, and taking with him his wile and children, three boys and a girl. It is the eldest of these children, Au ernste, who ba9 married Mlle. Nilsson. The two brothers, Ars?ne and Mederit, have con? tinued the business of their father. One of them manages the establish nent In the Isle of | Bourbon; the other ls the representative and correspondent ol the Arm in Bordeaux, and the father lives in Paris, where he has an office, Hue de l'Echiquier. As to the sister, Mlle. Josephine Rouzaud, she married her cousin, M. Bosq. M. Auguste Rouzaud ls the only one of the family who abandoned com? mercial pursuits, from which his artistic in? stincts estranged biro. He was living alter? nately in Paris and at the Chateau de la Dlx marie, his own property, near Jouzac, when he became acquainted with Mlle. Nilsson and proposed marriage to her. . THE MARRIAGE CERgKONV. While we are dwelling on these details, the bride and groom are kneeling bet?re the Very Rev. Dean of Westmlnstir, who performed the service In an effective manner, his voice, as lt began the famous and time-honored invoca? tion, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered to? gether here, in the sight of God and In the lace of this congregation, to Join together this man and luis woman In holy matrimony," rising so lull and clear as to be heard.in every part of the abbey. The bride made toe responses in a clear and musical voice, so as to be heard throughout the choir. When the service reached the declaration "I pronounce that they be man and wife together, in the name ol the Father, and of the Son", and of tne Holy Ghost," the Dean, followed by the procession, marched into the Inner part ol the sanctu? ary, tho bride and groom kneeling before him, and the ladies and gentlemen In at? tendance also kneeling, wlitle.the choir, under the direction of Rev. Mr. JoneB, Intoned Psalm cxxvlii, beginning, "blessed are they that lear the Lord and walk in His ways." This was very sweet and effective, the music being an arrangement ol Betboven's. Atter this came the exhortation tot "all ye that are married, or that intend to take the holy estate of matrimony upon you," which Dean Stanley read willi feeling and emphasis, and. placing his hands upon the heads ol the bride and groom, closed the service with his blessing, ?ollowed by the benediction. A marriage charade, composed for the occa? sion, was now chanted, and the church cere? mony concluded. .; 8IONING THE CONTRACT. The company theo passed Into the Jerusalem chamber, where the marriage contract was signed. After this there was a wedding break? fast at the house of Mr. Cavendish Bentinck, No. 3 Grafton street. At twd o'clock they re? turned to Roy's Hotel, leaving at lour o'clock In the train Jor Dover. Afteriesting the night they propose to cross the channel and spend the honeymoon In Baden. Mme. Rouzaud will continue to Russia, and singa mooth in Mos? cow and a month In St. Petersburg, -m i. -? ? * OUR TRIAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. An Rnglne of Annoyance anil Oppres? sion - Social fiqaalllp/ and Alack Mall. A remarkable complaint was brought to the office of Trial Justice Michael Caulfield, last Friday, and some very remarkable proceed? ings instituted upon lt by that judicial func? tionary, which are noticeable mainly ns show? ing to what absurd lengths some of the lit advised colored people of this city will go In their peculiar notions of civil equality, and lo what an extent of personal annoyance and pecuniary loss a respectable member of the community may be put by our present wretch' ed trial justice system. The facts ol Hie case appear to be as follows : In one ol' the busi ness offices of the South Carolina Railroad Company, on the corner of King and Ann streets, a water cooler and a tumbler, used by the gentlemen ol the office, stand near an open window. Some dais ago a negro came along and, wlihoutnsklng'or obtaining permis sion, look the tumbler jrraui- nfl thu stand nnea rt ta n crstrm near by, and ariensatn? fylng his thirst was putting the tumbler back when Mr. E. M. Cudworth, one of the clerks in the office who had witnessed the impudent transaction, rebuked him, and told him that the glass was for the use of the office and not for every thirsty man who might come along, Thc negro became insolent and abusive, and Mr. Cudworth told him that if he attempted to take Hie tumbler again without permission he would lind means to prevent him. Tho negro went away grumbling, but nothing further was thought about il nulli last Friday, when a colored constable called at the office aod politely informed Mr. Cudworth that he had a warrant for his arrest. Mr. Cudworth demanded to see the warrant, and Duding l\ drawn up against E. M. Cuthwood, refused to recognize lt. The constable went off, and on Saturday another one, accompanied by a negro boy, called al the office with the same warrant and arrested Mr. Cud won h, the negro boy being brought along to point him out. Mr. Cudworth did not koow for what he was arrested uolll the constable asked him ll be remembered having had a difficulty with a colored man about the tumbler, and Ihen the Idea occurred to him that there was a disposi? tion to make money out of him. Attended by a friend, Mr. C. O'Meara, he repaired to Trial Justice Canlfleld's office, where he was Inform ed that his own bond for appearance on Mon? day, at ten o'clock, would be taken. The bond was presented and signed by Mr. Cudworth but when he waa about to leave, thinking the matter was arranged, Mr. Caulfield said he could not go until he paid one dollar cost for ihe bond. This he relused to do, whereupon ihe trial Justice order? ed him to jail. Mr. Cudworth requested his friend, Mr. O'Meara, to go and bring Mr. T. G. Barker, and when Mr. Barker arrived he Inquired imo the case and offered any bail lhat might be required. The trial Justice said he would take one hundred dollars security and the names of two freeholders. This was furnished, and a blank bail bond was request? ed, but this Mr. Caulfield refused to give, and when Mr. Barker demanded of him to furnish lt, the trial Justice immediately committed Mr. Cudworlli to Jail. This certainly appeared a very hard case, but Mr. Barker and ihe friend of Mr. Cudworth went off, and procur? ing a blank bond filled il up and presented it lo the trial justice, who accepted ll and sent an order to Jail for. the release of Mr. Cud? worlli. On the reappearance of Mr. Cudworth at his office, however, he refused, on some trivial pretence, to accept the bond, and lt was not until alter much difficulty that Mr. Cud? worth was finally released. CORRECTION.-Under the head ol, "Religious Intelligence," in our iFSue of Saturday last, we stated that the committee appointed by the Citadel Square Baptist Church, at its last meeling, to invite different clergymen to preach in ihe church with a view of making a selection lor the pastorale, were Beacons Zim? merman Davis, William Thayer and R. S. Gantt. It should have read the "Beacons and Messrs. Davis, Thayer and Gantt," the three latter not being deacons. FATAL, DROWNING ACCIDENT. - A balteau containing Scipio Smart, Joseph Grant and another colored man, name unknown, was capsized on last Thursday afternoon, about two o'clock, while crossing Accabee Flats, on Ashley River. Smart and Grant were rescued by Captain H. C. Palmer, o? the sloop Black? bird, but the other man was drowned. He was unknown to either Smart or Grant, and bad been taken in their boat as a passenger. The cause of the upset seems to have been a load too heavy for the boat. A BLAST FROM THE RIDGE. ANDERSON ENDORSES GREELEY AND CALLS A STATE CONTENTION. Proceedings of a Mass Meeting or the Opposition Held on Monday Last. In response io a call, Inviting tbe citizens o? Anderson County who are opposed to the administration ol the Federal and State Gov? ernments, and disposed to nnlte with the Liberal Republicans and Democrats In Ihe grand effort that ls now bclDg made to save the country, a very large meeting, composed, of intelligent larmers, planters and working? men from all parts of the county, was con? vened in the courthouse, at Anderson, on Monday last. On motion of Colonel J. N. Brown, W. H. D. Gaillard, Esq., was called to the chair, and Messrs. .A. H. BroyleB aud W. A. McCall ap? pointed secretaries. On taking the chair. Mr. Gaillard explained briefly and Intelligently that the object of the meeting was to consider the action ol the Lib? eral R^wblican Convention at Cincinnati, and the Democratic Convention at Baltimore, and take Bitch measures In relation thereto as might be deemed advisably Whereupon the following preamble and resolutions were In? troduced by Hon. J. P.- Beed : Whereas, after twelve years o? practical disunion between the peoples of the North and the Sooth-lour o? them spent In a san? guinary conflict ot arm's, and eight In a con? flict ot passions and prejudices-?under the In? fluence ot which the common government at Washington, whilst pretending to reconstruct the Union on tho basis of the constitution, continued. In tact, to wage against a prostrate and ruined South an unrelenting warfare of I tyranny and oppression, depriving her of every muniment of good government held sacred by free men; and whereas, by the ac? tion ol the Liberal Republicans at Cincinnati, and ot the Democracy at Baltimore, a Na? tional Plattorm bas been erected on which all good- men, of all sections, who have the welfare o? their country at heart, without regard to race, color, previous condition, or paBt pglltlcal affiliation, may stand shoulder to shoulder, heart linked to heart, and grasping haods "across the bloody chasm," unite In one grand effort, laying aside all the bitter memories of ihe past, and looking steadily to the future, to restore the Federal Union, with its millions of lately en? franchised freedmen, to the condition In which it came from the hands of Its Illustrious found-1 ere. when, In the enjoyment of peace and good will, "life, liberty and the pursuit of | happiness may be effectually guaranteed to all Its Inhabitants; and, whereas, whilst our fel? low-citizens, of every other State In tho Union are rushing with patriotic enthusiasm to mount the uloresald platform, and range them? selves In line, under the command of those great clvlllaus, Horace Greeley, of New Yoruf and B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, lo aid In the coming conflict tor the redemption ol their country, In which the pass-word will be "peace," and the weapons '.truth, justice and the constitution,'' it ls the sense ot ihls meet? ing that South Carolina should not longer stand aloof, but that she, too, with an assur? ance that a redemption of the National Gov? ernment must work out her political salva? tion, should claim her "place In the picture," and, by her energy and gallantry In the com mou strife, endue herself to share with ber sisters the glorious trulls of the victory they Are hastening to achieve; be it, therefore, Resolved, Thaw he plattorm adopted by the Liberal Republicans at Cincinnati, and ap? proved by the Democracy at Baltimore, with the candidates placed thereon for President and vice-President of the Caned ?tales, are cordially accepted and ratified as the platform and candidates of this meeting; that In the Horace Gregley ot to-day, we recognize the Benjamin Franklin of '76, and wIMi me meas? ure that we-revere Franklin as o::e of the lathers of tho American Union, wo hope henceforward to regurd Greeley us Us restorer and preserver, not lu theory merely, but In Tact, rrrrrra-warn LO WW?--i.y.?./^,_;t _ Resolved, That whilst tho colored voter's, who are In large majority, remain confined lu the toils of the carpet-bagger, the prospect of j carrying this Slate for the Llneral candidates may seem a forlorn one, we recognize the duty resting upon us lo make the effort, and are not without hope that the reformaliou which has eomrnenced lo Bweep the country may include even unfortunate South Caroiluu; but whether or not, we utterly repudiate the idea so Irequeutly urged, that we should take no Interest, in the pending national conflict lor lear of prejudicing our local Interests. We uro satisQed that the redemption of the State from the hands ot Its spoilers ls dependent. In a freat measure, on the restoration ol' the federal government to civil supremacy under the cousi lim lon and laws, ami that by aiding in the olectlon of the Liberal Democrat k Repubiican candidates lur President and Vice-President, we adopt the only available means lor I he restoration of our own Common? wealth. Resolved, That it ls the sense of this meet? ing that an organization of the friends of the Liberal candidates lor President and vice President should be effected as early as practi? cable, and to this end we respeclfulty call upon our fellow-citizens In the several counties of this State, who concur with us In opinion, to assemble on the earliest practicable day, and arrange tor the appointment of a number o? delegates, equal to the number ol their repre? sentatives in Hie Legislature, to meet In Co? lumbia on Wednesd?y, the 28th August, in? stant, for the purpose of organizing f"* the Presidential election, and consideiing what action should be taken in regard to the Slate elections. Resolved, That the citizens of the respective townships In this county, who concur in the objecta of this meeting, be reqirsf.ert to hold meetings on Saturday, ihe 24tu August Instant, to appoint iwo delegates lrom each township, with one additional from each Incorporated town, to meet in convention at ihe court? house on Monday, the 26lh instant, io appoint tour delegales aud four alternates to represent this conni.v in the proposed meeting in Colum? bia on Wednesday, the 28th August. The foregoing preamble and resolutions were announced to the large audience with great distinctness, and, alter a very lull ex? planation and discussion by the mover in his usual clear, forcible and eloquent style, were adopted unanimously, except that two or three dissenting volceB were heard from toward ihe colored side ot the house. On mo? tion, lt was Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet? ing be published in the Anderson Intelligencer, and that the other Liberal and Democratic papers In the State be requested to copy. On motion, tho meeting adjourned. PALMETTO POLITICS. The Anderson Intelligencer says that the Radical meeting held at Relton on July 31 was slimly attended. Tne Radical meei lng held atLaurensviile on Friday was a signal (allure as to numbers. So says The Herald. Judge Orr decided the other day that no legal tribunal in the State can take cogni? zance of cases ol bastardy. The town election in Beaufort resulted as follows : Intendant-R. S. Benneit. Wardens -D. C. Wlkon. P. E. Ezekiel, F. Talbird, J. E. Boyce, Josiah Jackson, Cato Perry. A private letter from Laurens says that Mr. Joseph Crews has uniforms for four compa? nies, besides guns and drums, all complete. The above are fact?. There wos a big North Carolina meeting In Columbia on Friday. Among the speakers were Messrs. Neagle, Jillson, H?ge, Mellon and Burley. A meeting of the Conservative citizens o? Lancaster is called lor August 17, to settle upon some plan ot nominating county officers and members o? Hie Legislature. The Richland Radicals elected the following delegates lo the State Convention : Hon. F. L. Cardozo. Adam Thomas, Charles H. Wilder, Waller Jones. We understand that a resolu? tion was adopted enjoining the delegates lrom supporting any of the present "RiBg" lor re? election to office. The following nominations were made by the Conservative party of Plckens on sales day, Monday last : For House of Representa? tives, Colonel Robert E. Bowen; sheriff, John Riley Ferguson; clerk, Stephen D. Keith; pro? bate judge, T. H. Philpot; solicitor, W. H. Perry. The Greenville Mountaineer says : "We are convinced that the white people of this couu f ty are almost a uolt for Greeley and Brown, and firmly believe we can defeat any ticket which can be placed In the field In this county by the Radical party from eight hundred to one thousand votes at the ensuing elections." THE MAINE CANVASS. Pall Dick, Pull Devil. NEW YORK, August 10. Dispatches from Maine say that very active canvassing ls going on on both sides through? out the Mate. Senator Doolittle ls working very hard in behalf of loo Greeley ticket. GOJERN?R IS oves, of Ohio, has arrived, and ls address ng Republican meetings. Senator Wlleon ls also shortly expected. A Confusing Posion. an,,* T.u , RTNEWORLEANS, August.10. c. . e Ll,Deral Convention nominated a full 8 ale ticket. It is now believed that the Pinchbackers will fuse with the customhouse Mellon. The Crescent City Ablaze for Greeley. ? - A N NEVR ORLEANS, August ll. A grand Democratic torchlight procession marched through the pilnclpal streets of the city last evening. Over six thousand men were in line, with mualc, banners, torches and transparencies. It was the most brilliant spectacle witnessed In the city since the car? nival festivities of Mardl-Gras. < Movements of the Next President. NEW YORK, August ll. Horace Greeley ls expected io return next Wednesday from his New England trip. Theodore Tilion addressed a large meeiiog of colored Republicans and Democrats last evening. AN EX-PRESIDENT ON TEE STUMP. Andrew Johnson Adds HU Condemna? tion of Grant as a Usurper-Greeley to be President by, the Force ot Uni? versal Pressure ot Circumstances be? yond Human Control. KNOXVILLE, TENN., August ll. Ex-President Johnson spoke, by Invitation, last evening to a crowded audience, for two hours and a quarter. He was introduced by Judge T. A. R. Nelson, who presented him to the audience as the people's man, plain "Andy Johnson." Mr. Johnson said be was no candidate for any office. It was well in times of popular upheaval to take our bearings, and see whither we are drifting. Recurring to first principles, he showed at length how the gov? ernment had been drifting from consti? tutional moorings, and bad become the plaything of an Irresponsible Congress, at the dictation ol a usurping executive. He reviewed Grant's administration with some severity, but still with moderation, characterizing official gift-taking as bribery, and citing the case of Sir John Trener In Eng? land. He favored the one-term principle aud the election of tbe President by the direct vole of the people. The re-election of Grant, he said, would be a great national disaster. He accepted Greeley oin the principle of uni? versal pressure. Circumstances beyond human control hud limited the choice lo two men, and patriots could not hesitate to choose Greeley. It was no time to say this or that is or is not my party, but all should unite In saying this Is my country. Tbe country must have reconciliation, restoration of civil rights to all citizens, confidence between sections and a relorm of the civil service. Ha pleaded for a return of the ancient reverence for the constitution and official obligations. The speech was well received and generally ap? plauded. A PLEA FOR THE KU-KLUX. WASHINGTON, August io. A dispatch says that since the letter of Ger? rit Smith, Interceding for the imprisoned Ku-Klux at Albany, similar recommendations have been received from Influential Republi? cans. The report of Colonel Whitely, chlel of the secret set vice, who has been directed by the President to investigate as to the several cases, will be the basis of the Presldem's ac lion, who has already Intimated a willingness )n A/imnlir with ??~> wllajg.gM^n THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHING ros, August ll. Variable southerly and northeasterly winds and partially c ondy weather is expected to prevail In the South Atlantic and Gulf States on Monday. _ _ THE CUT HOSPITAL. Another View of the Question. TO TflR EDITOR OF TUE NEW?. The Interest now manifested by the Board of H^th and elly authorities In reference to hospital accommodation ls ono 1.1 which every citizen has a share. The accommodations of j the present hospital call loudly lor Improve? ment. It ls no exaggeration to say that Charleston has the poorest accommodations for its sick of any other city of ilka preten? sions In this country. I do not speak of the medical attention, norths care which ls other? wise bestowed on the city's sick; but I refer to the inadequacy of the present buildings for hospital purposes. The city may spend twenty thousand dollars on improvements and have in relurn a patched up concern, which will be a perpetual eye-sore, and In no way afford the relief now demanded. We have ?tn Orphan house that strikes the eye ol the beholder In its truly palatial outline complete In all Us arrangements. ...Why have we not a Hospital, if not as superb, at least something that looks less like a fortified castle of the middle ages ? Many of our poor are hard-working mechanics and laborers of irre? proachable character-seamstresses, house-1 maids and others of known respectability. Forced from stress of circumstances to seek the city's charity, they must not on that account be degraded and sent to a place having more the character of a pesthouse where disease is contracted than a hospital. The Interior ar? rangements are no arrangements at all. Dis? eases are promiscuously huddled together, and no separation whatever between the dying and the convalescent. The respectable female is made the unwilling companion, by proximi? ty at least, of the very dregs ot society. The public is not aware of a state of things, the moral and physical tendency of which is degrading in the extreme. The Board of Health has given no good reason why the city should not lease tin Roper Hospital at the small sum of five hundred dollars a year. The interest alene on the amount required for the contemplated improvements will more than treble that sum. If economy ls urged, then rent the Roper Hospital, in every way suited for comfort and convenience, and in ten years the city will gain as many thousand dollars, beside diminishing the number of Us sick by superior accommodation and greater comfort. If ibis cannot be accompUghed, let tbe city authorities build a hospital ?tonce and leave the present building to Its original purpose-a prison. No one will regret Its non-occupancy it such be its fate. OBSERVER: DEATH OF MR. EDMUND YATES.-The num? ber of sudden deaths which have taken place In Charleston within the past three weeks is something startling. But a little while ago three occurred In one week, and on Saturday another was added to tbe roll, by the demise of Mr. Edmund Yates. Hr. Yates was a native Charlestonlan, was about thirty-five years of age, and was well known In the best circles of society. His congenial nature won for him many friends. He was for a long lime a con? ductor on a City Rallwty car. At the last elec? tion of city officers te was an unsuccessful candidate for the office of city appraiser. He leaves a wife and ona or two children. His funeral services were performed last Saturday afternoon. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME. TBE DISAPPOINTMENT OVER TBE NORTH CAROLINA TABLE-T?BNING. Better News from Maine-The Great Political Revolution In the North? east-Harper Brothers' Insult to Sum? ner-The Battles of the Caricaturists Private Madhouse Exposures-What will the Women do Vest. [FR?H OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORE, August 8. Tbe news In tbe morning papers of tbe torn of affairs in North Carolina spoiled a great many breakfasts. The assurances of our friends In Raleigh Of the election of Mer ri mon have been so positive up to the very latest moment that lt has rather irritated us. that they have allowed themselves to be so de? ceived. An unpleasant part 01 the business ls that nearly all the bets on the election have been already paid and the money pocketed, (and spent recklessly probably,') by the Dem? ocrats. To have to disgorge under these cir? cumstances is distressing. Tne Liberals, however, console themselves with the thought that they bave the Legislar' turo and a majority of the Congressmen, and that Settle and Pool have been smashed. The Radicate will, of course, make all the ines they can over the election of Caldwell, .asit ls their last hope of checking the-Greeley tor? rent. Tbe Times ?lames with Jubilation.Ulla . morning, and, though I am out ot nearly T have no doubt the Radicals are firing oj In the City Hall Park, just on the apof? _ we fired a hundred on Saturday. TbelFawn battle in North Carolina will have tue ten? dency to make the fight tn Maine only the fiercer. The news from there, though, for our side, Is all good. As an evidence or the pro? gress of the Liberal movemeut. among the Maine Republicans, it may be mentioned that Just one-half of the towns In Blaine's district were hastily canvassed for names last week to ? append to a call lor a Liberal Republican Dis - trlct Convention. The canvass was not tbor ougb, by any means, but five hundred and . sixty-two names were obtained. This shows, ut least, eleven hundred Liberal Republican votes in the district, which, If subtracted from the Republican, strength and added to . that ot the Democrats, will wipe out the Speaker's majority ot two years ago, and give tue district to a Liberal. I am assured that the ,L Greeley craza has-developed Just sA " .strongly ta other parts of tbe State. Ii lt has, we snail carry Maine next month. This will be a victory worth twenty North Carolinas; . There ls a great deal of indignation felt among the Qreeley Republicans over tbe last Nast cartoon In Harpers'* Weekly, represent? ing Senator Sumner, In a penitent attitude, strewing flowers upon the grave ol -Preston K Brooks. The idea of .holding a man up. to scorn and ridicule because he ls willing to forget his fancied injifties, "abolish hate" and' : be at peace with bte lalft?pemlet?, ls thought to ? be nothing ItS?lhaa fiendish. The Harpers made a mistake il they supposed they would help Grant by printing such an Insult to Sumner, - tor the cartoon will only excite the dlSghstOf people generally and exasperate those ad mirers ol Mr. Sumner who have still clung to tne fortunes of the - President. This circum? stance ls another proof of toe Intense bitter? ness into which this political struggle'ls de genreatlog. rjf' .MC A hew carlcatnjrlstJias entered the lists* against Grant,.(SM??KT an old one has been placed lo a poa?S where he can make hla work consploudPr^ The Fifth Avenue Journal has gone into ui?torial satire, with Bellew as lis draughtsman.' .Three of his cartoons ap? pear In the last number, and they are excel? lent. lt ls evident that* the struggle between Mutt Morgan, In Frank Leslie's, and Nast, In I Harpers* Weekly, ls an unequal one. Nast is greatly the superior. His exaggerations of fluuienuJJarllleB 9! theLlberal and-D^nooraUc Morgan ls but a fresh arrival in this country, and ne has not been able to get the hang of our politics and our politician's faces-at least 'not as compared with Nast. Bellew, however, has worked the American mine for a long time; his caricatures here have more point and are belter drawn, and he makes tb? fight more equal against Nast. The latter's - . genius, By the way, Hes almost wholly in tbe - drawing. It is seldom one can get a clear Idea of the "nub" of bis Batir?. "What sense, for Instance, ls there in this week's cartoon rep resenting Greeley on his knees before the devil? The likenesses are clever, that of Mr. Nast's candidate particularly so; but where's the point ? Some interest ls being excited by revela? tions being made In the Trloune of maladmin? istration and cruelly in the Bloomlngdale Lunatic Asylum. This is a private institution, and ls largely patronized by our wealthier classes. A Mr. van Yleck, who insists he is sane, and who was Imprisoned In the asylum by his relatives for several months, anrt bas managed to escape, has taken legal proceed? ings to expose the institution and effect tbe release of other persons confined lhere, who, he claims, are of sound mind. These persons owe their imprisonment to the efforts of their own relatives and friends, and, ol course, tbe attempt to get them out creates a commotion in those Quarters. It ls so difficult to draw the line uetween sanity and insanity, as we are all crazy more or lees, that ri ^oubt peo? ple with a reasonable amount >< saneness often get locked up in the mad-houses. The terrible exposure made by* Charles Reade in "Hard Cash," of the private mad? house system in England, was not ex agerated. It was only a few years ago that here in New York a distinguished officer o? the navy was seized by his lamily upon the purchased affidavits of two physicians, who pretended lo examine him, and was im? prisoned, and it was with great difficulty that ne got out again. A lawyer friend of his told me at the time that the commodore's bead was Just as level as my own. The proceedings now instituted by Mr. Yan Yleck will create some excitement, and probably lead to an ex? amination of ihe Bloomlngdale Asylum by the authorities. It ls evident that private mad? houses should be visited in the manner pre? scribed by law for State Institutions of the kind. The very latest sensation ls a proposed revo? lution In female equestrianism. Mr. John W. Carrington, in Appleton's Journal, has printed a powerlul plea in favor ot women riding horses man-tashlon. He holds that that style is the most reasonable, comlortable and health? ful for the sex, and that side-saddles are a barbarism and abomination. The dully papers have since published an announcement that five young ladies have determined to adopt Mr. Carrin ?ton's suggestions, and on Saturday next Inaugurate his "reasonable and comfort? able" manner of riding on horseback in Cen? tral Park. They have devised a sort of Bloom? er costume, and Invite all ladles disposed to join them In the revolution to meet them at the entrance or the equestrians' road at the Park at three o'clock P. M. How much ot a hoax there ls In this announcement I cannot say, but lt la likely there will be a crowd as? sembled on the Bpot on Saturday to see the fun._' NTH. GLIMPSES OF GOTBAM. NEW YORE, August lo. The French band sailed for home to-day, a large crowd seel og them off. A gang of striking laborers drove off twenty five men lrom work on the cellars lu Attorney street this morning, beating some with their own shovels. The strikes fled before the police arrived. It was very hot to-day, (he thermometer ranging near 90. . Ex-Secretary Seward and family arrived in town from Auburn ro-day. The number of deaths for the week foot up G45. f [ m t t riCTOBIA'S VALEDICTORY. LONDON, August 10. Parliament has been prorogued. Tbe Queen's speech was read by the commission. She rejoices that the controversy over indl reot claims was composed by the spontaneous declaration of the arbitrators. Perfect har? mony between England and the United States is announced. Tne French Government has desired further correspondence upon the ter? mination of the commercial treaty of 1880. *