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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. *