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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE MAN FOR THE PEOPLE. JUDGE BLACK'S SPIRITED ENDORSE? MENT OF HORACE GREELEY. Grant and Greeley Contrasted-What we Blay Expect from Mr. Greeley-Re? construction Acts-Radical Rapacity at th? South-Tiie Negroes Corralled and Driven to the Polls-The Dat y of the Democracy. HOD. Judge J. S. Black, ol Pennsylvania, ex-United States attorney-g?n?ral, In a letter to W. H. Welsh, Esq., one of the editors of the Ballimore Gazette, presents an able re? view of the political situation. He draws a striking contrast between General Grant and Horace Greeley, summarizes the effect of Re? publican legislation, and concludes that lt Is the duty of the Democracy to support Mr. Gree? ley. He says: I have looked into his past history only to ascertain what ho ls now and what he is likely to be lo the future. I am bound to cate nothing for his ''antecedents," except as they furnish the means of estimating his cbaracter. I think I have lound out with reasonable cer? tainty how far we may confide In him. I de? voutly believe that, If chosen President, he will keep bia oath, preserve the constitution Inviolate, execute the laws faithfully, restore the States to their rightful autonomy, protect individual liberty by jury trial and habeas corpus, put the military in proper subordina? tion to the civil authority, use neither force nor fraud to carry elections, keep h.,s hands clean from corrupting gifts, set his face like a flint against all manner of financial dishonesty, Frarlfy the administration ol justice as much ?s n him lies, maintain the public credit by a A prompt discbarge of all just obligations, econo? mize the revenue and lighten taxation, give to capital the rights which belong to lt. and at the same time see that labor ls not robbed of Us earnings. He wi il certainly hold bis power ot appointment as a public trust, and not as a part ot his personal possession, to be used for the support of his family or to encourage the ?irivaie liberality of bis friends. He will, so ar as be can without transgressing the limits of hts legal authority, relieve the Southern States from the gangs that are now preying upon their vitals in open partnership witn the present administration. I think he will do all this; and my faith is founded on the testimony 01 his friends and enemies, on the known tacts of hts history, and on the moral Influence which the Democ? racy will necessarily exert upon his conduct. The errors of his past life were caused by cer? tain evil communications lrom which he bas clean escaped. He heads a great revolt against wickedness In high places, and I do not be? lieve he will go back upon us and be guilty of the same wickedness himself. The contrast between the two candidates be? ing BO very strong, no fair-minded Democrat can doubt what he onght to do. Yet the re? luctance which many of us feel to vote tor either ol them Is hard to overcome. I did, and do, most heartily sympathize with that class which received Mr. Greeley's nomination In much sorrow. I am sure this feeling pro? ceeded from no unworthy passion or prejudice, but was the natural result of sober thought on the condition of the country and tbe fitness of things pertaining thereto. In our view the controversy between the par? ties was not all about men, and not wholly on questions of mere administration. Tbe Liberal Republicans and some Democrats think that we owe all our sufferings to tbe corruption or incapacity of General Grant and the rings that surround him. But the prime cause lies further back and deeper down in wrongB for which the triumph ot Mr. Greeley, witb all his retornas, offers no immediate atonement, and only a partial remedy. In England, after every civil commotion, the victorious party vented its rage aud gratified Its rapacity oy passing bills of attainder and bills of pains and penalties against their fallen and helpless opponents. 'The best and-great? est men of tbefr respective ages were the vic? tims of these legislative decrees. In all the most notable cases subsequent Parliaments acknowledged the wrong, reversed the at? tainders, and made what reparation they could. Our fathers determined that no such thing should ever be done bere, and so they put their solemn interdict into plain words, and made lt a part of the fundamental law that neither Congress nor any State Legisla? ture should ever pass a hill ot attainder. Tbe reconstruction act of 1867 was a bill of attainder more deliberately cruel, and with pains and penalties more com pend uonsly un? just than any British bill that ever was passed. But Its anthon were conscious that it could, not stand, and they must replace lt with something else; for sooner or later the courts would be sure to pronounce lt void. Beside?, the object being to put the Southern people under the domination of greedy adventurers from the North, with unlimited license to op? press and plunder them, the officers of the. army were not very good agents in such a ne? farious business. Tne negroes would be in? struments of ty nanny much more easily man? aged. But an act ot Congress disfranchising the white people for offences real or Imputed, and handing over their State governments to negroes, to be run by them In the Interest of carpet baggers, would be merely another bill of-attainder, or.rather a modification of tbe first one, making it much worse, but equally ?within the reach of Judicial correction. In this strait they resorted to tbe expedient of converting the constitution itself luto a bill of attainder. Mr. Black then comments upon the manner In which the constitutional amendments were effected, and the advantage taken of them, to rob the peoble of the South and saddle them with Irresponsible government?. While Mr. Gre.ley's election, he adds, might not do all we would wish lo tree us from these evil?, lt will, be believes, begin the process of their gradual extinction. CARRY THE NEWS- IO HIRAM. Cracks from Greeley Rifles. -Senator Jerome Turner, of Corunna, Michigan, has declared for Greeley and Brown. -Tbe Hon. Ebon C. Ingersoll, of Illinois, ls ont for Horace. -Ex-Governor James Y. Smith, Republican, of Rhode Island, ls out tor Greeley. -Senator Fowler, of Tennessee, has written a letter declaring for Greeley. -It ls understood Senator Sumner is pre? paring a reply to Mr. Wm. Lloyd Garrison's letter. -Ex-President Asa Mabao, of Adrian Col? lege, Mich., ls out for Greeley, and will take the Btump for him. - General Dwight of Bridgeport, Conn., an officer In the late war and au active Republi? can, ls out for Greeley. -?A St- Paul (Minn.) paper has already pub? lished a list ot two thousand Minnesota Re? publicans who Intend io vote tor Greeley. -Simon Ward, a colored citizen of Eitfaula, Ala., bas published a card announcing his de? termination to take the stump tor Greeley and Brown. -Information from Kentucky is to the effect that Greeley aud Brown will carry that State by 60,000 to 70,000 majority. Tennessee will do likewise. -Five ex-mayors of Pittsburg, namely. Sawyer, Lowrie, Weaver, Morrison and Drum, all elected by a Republican constituency, are for Greeley for President and Buckalewfor. Governor. -Senator Davis, of West Virginia, pays that West Virginia will be carried by the Demo? crats, and that the new constitution will be adopted beyond doubt, although the Badicals are using every available effort to elect Jacobs, Independent Democrat, aud defeat tbe consti? tution. -A correspondent writeB from Lowell. Mas? sachusetts, that he does "not know of a Demo? crat who will vote for Grant, while hundreds who voted for him four years ago will now vote for Greeley and Brown. The Gramiles will have to cast a larger vole than they did In 1868 to prevent losing the city." -John D. Bush, a prominent Democrat, and Georee H. Hamilton, a well known Repub? lican, of Dnbuqje. have deposited $5000 as a bet on tbe Presidential election, as follows: $100 on every State in the Union except Flori? da. Bush also bets $1000 that Grant will not carry three States in the electoral college; $400 that Grant don't carry ten States. >_Commodore Vanderbilt, the heaviest oper? ator In Wall street, goes for Greeley, and so does Daniel Drew, the great Methodist specu? lator; and so does Anthony Dlmock, the great steamship owner and the boldest of all the young operators on the stock Exchange, and to do Davenport and Van Sobalck, and hun? dreds of other bulls and bears. -The Hon. Austin Blair addressed a large Greeley and Brown meeting in Kalamazoo, Mlohlgan, on the 15th instant. The Liberal caus?is said to be gaining rapidly in the west? ern portion of the State, and Grant's prospects seem to have been considerably damaged by the speeches of Senator Chandler and Post? master-General Creswell. -Governor SteDben G. Harding, o? Milan, Indiana, one of the pioneers of Republicanism In the Hoosier State, has written a letter strongly endorsing the farmer of Cbappaqua for the Presidency. Governor Harding was Governor of Utah Territory, and chief judge of Colorado during the administration of Lin? coln. -The Boston Advertiser's Washington cor? respondent says of Mr. Sumner's future move? ments : l,He will leave for Massachusetts the latter part of this week, and will not take the stump for Greeley until after a season of rest, during which he will be Mr. Longfellow's guest. Invitations to speak in New York, Philadelphia and Boston have already been extended to Mr. Sumner." THE ALBANY PENITENTIARY. Treatment ot tne Ka-Klqi Prisoners from South Carolin??.-Imprisonment at Hard Labor, and on the Silent Sj stem. A reporter of the New York World has b?en paying a visit to the Albany Penitentiary, where the prisoners from South Carolina con? victed ol violations of the enforcement act are COLfined, and he describes at great length in that paper the condition of that Institution, the mode ol treatment of the prisoners, and the conversations that he had with several of the prisoners, moog whom was Mr. Samuel G. Brown, of Yorkvllle, a venerable and re? spected citizen, aged about sixty years, who, lt may be remembered, was sentenced ?ast winter, upon the tlimslest possible evidence, to five years' imprisonment and one thousand dollars tine. The penitentiary appears to be a well-arranged and excellent institution of its kind, and the prisoners iroin South Carolina appear to be treated as well as is to be ex? pected, excepting, of course, that, by being confined In a penitentiary, they are made to endure "Imprisonment with hard labor," in? stead of "imprisonment" alone, which ls the limit of the punishment prescribed by the act. The correspondent went all through the prison and visited the various shops where the convicts were at work. There are four j large shops, lu which shoemaking In all its ' branches 1B carried on; and this ls the only m an uiac tore, except that the women and very oilmen are employed In making cane-bot? tomed chairs. There are at present six hun? dred and twenty-live prisoners, of whom ninety are women. The institution belongs to the county, but they receive State prison? ers from certain counties of the State when the sentence is five years or over-as a prisoner sentenced lor so long a term ls a ] source of profit to the institution, his labor being, more than an equivalent J for bis board. It also receives United f Slates prisoners from Washington, Vir? ginia and West Virginia, North and South Carolina and Alabama. The prison costs nothing either to county or State, being en? tirely self-supporting, with a surplus to spare at the end of each year. I*, ls conducted on the silent system altogether, the prisoners not being allowed lo converse elmer while at work or In their cells. There ls a fine school? room attached to the building, where all who wish can go fdr two evenings out ot the week, the only requisite for admission b*lng the good conduct of the applicant. There are at j present sixty-five regular attendants at the schcol, of all ages up to sixty yoars. Tho aim is to take the most Ignorant and teach them to read, write and cipher, so that oo leaving I the Institution they may be able to get a j living hooe8tly. They are allowed to write letters lo friends every four weeks and to re? ceive all letters whlcn may be sent to them. These are distributed every Sabbath morning, aud every lour weeks j their friends may see them if they so de- j sire. Their friends are allowed to send them any little delicacies they may wish to. and a great many do send to them canned fruits or other fruit lu their season, Ac. Once In a year they get a roast turkey dinner, and on the Fourth of July and on Thanksgiving Day a grand blow out ls given them. Coffee every morning, with bread and mush, comprises their breakfast. For dinner, three days In the week, they have fresh meat, soup and vegeta? ble0, with bread. One day in the week pork and beans, and two days salt beef and vegeta? bles. On Saturdays they luxuriate on fish chowder, the component parts of which are, Tor the present crowd, fifty pounds ot fish, one hundred and Atty pounds of pork and three barrels of potatoes peeled and sliced. Food for the mind ls provided us well as for the body, and from a large and well stocked library the prisoners are allowed io draw a book each Sunday, returning and exchanging lt on the next Sabbath. Tne only newspaper allowed to be Been by the convicts ls the New York Ledger, as there ls never any news In it, and the stories are considered harmless. In charge or the library and of the hospital ls Major Hodge, one of Grant's delaultlng pay? masters, who is serving out a sentence ot ten years, and which employment was considered more suitable for him than making shoes. There is a fine ohapel in the upper story of the main building, and here on each Sabbath the spiritual wants of the convicts are minis? tered to by the chaplain of the Institution, who also has charge ol the school, assisted by four or five volunteers among the officers. There are five of the women confined for long sen? tences, those here being regular attendants, going out for a few weeks to be rearrested and seot back for short terms, the prison receiv? ing prisoners ol the county for terms as low as sixty days, and the terms of the Inmates range from this low term to life. The health ol'the prisoners ls uniformly good, and but few ot the beds of the hospital were tenanted yester? day, and every part of the Institution won a model of neatness and cleanliness, from the kitchen to the attic. The view from the super? intendent's office Is a peculiarly fine one, and except the fact that the inmates cannot visit their friends and acquaintances as olien as they might desire, lt would seem lo be a most delightful place of residence. Detective Whitely's Report. WASHINGTON. August 12. Colonel Whitely, the chief of thegovernment I detectives, who. under the Instructions or the attorney-general", visited'the alleged Ku-rv lux I prisoners at Albany, has made an elaborate report. The attorney general will confer with the President on the subject as soon as the lat? ter returns to Washington. THOSE MURDEROUS MEXICANS. BROWNSVILLE. TEX., August 12. Mr. Alexander, a prominent frontier mer- i chant, has be?n assassinated forty miles above here on the Rio Grande. Tne coroner's jury rendered a verdict that Alexander was killed by an officer of Cortina's troop. The depreda? tion commissioners were all present at the inquest. A strong feeling ls manifested to j organize and pursue these murderers. THE ACODEST ON THE PORT ROYAL j ROAD. Blame Attached to the Officials. j An inquest was held in Beaufort on Wed? nesday on the body ot 8mlth, and a verdict was returned that the deceased came to his death by being violently thrown from the pagine lender of ihe train on the Port Royal Railroad on Tuesday last. The Jury further found that the conductor, i engineer and section master ot the said Port Royal Railroad were free and guiltless of I blame, carelessness or neelect or duty but ' that the trunk serving as a water vent was utterly insufficient to discharge the water re? sulting from excessive rain. They blamed the officers of the Port Royal JRallroad Com? pany, who have general supervision and man? agement of ihe affair, business and the condi? tion ot the track and roadbed. They have been remiss and negligent in constructing and maintaining the insufilciet water vent through road bed al the said Fraser's Salt Water Cove OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. A NEW STEAMER SUING EOR MISSION. Absurdity of the Proposed Increase In the Number of Steamers-A Sugges? tive Comparison with other Cities. The Comet Star Fire Engine Company, an organization composed of respectable young colored men, and now 'lorming a portion of the hand Ure department of this city, is now besieging the City Council with a demand to be incorporated into the Steam Fire Depart? ment of Charleston, (with the view of obtain? ing the additional $1000 per annum appertain? ing thereto,) and a bill to that effect has been introduced by Alderman Garrett, and received Ita drat reading at the last meeting of the City Council. There are now twelve steam fire engine companies attached to the department, with an aggregate annual pay of $21,600,!and upon the admission of the latest members of the steam department-the Stonewall and Vigilant Companies, on the 5th of March, 1872-lt was distinctly enacted as an ordinance ot the city, "that the number of the steamers shall not be increased above the number now in the department, viz: twelve in all." The Comet Star Company bases Its demand upon the fact that lt purchased a lew months ago, with money advanced for that purpose by Sheriff E. W. M. Mackey, a second-hand third class Clapp & Jones steam fire eugine from a company In Jacksonville, Florida. This en? gine, it ls said, had been condemned as unsafe and unfit for service in Jacksonville, but since its arrival here it has been overhauled by a j competent engineer, and it may now, per-1 haps, be as efficient an apparatus, in propor? tion to its class, as any steamer In the city. It Is considered, however, by most of those who are well informed in the affairs of our fire department that the proposal to Increase ihe number of the steam companies at this time and thus saddle another thousand dollars per annum ol expenses upon the city is extremely Ill-advised, and ls not only unnecessary, but ts absolutely extravagant and absord. The argu? ments against the proposal are not?t all based upon the lact that the new claimants for admis? sion to the department are men of color, for our citizens are not unmindful ol the general? ly faithful services of the colored members ot the department, nor of the fact that the color? ed mea of the city have, in proportion to their limited amount ot property, as much interest In the prompt extinguishing of fires as the white citizens, but the argument ls based very solidly upon the conviction that we now have all the steamers we need, and, In fact, far more than we need, and upon the remarkable but easily proved lact that, in proportion to the number of her population and the frequency of her fires, the City of Charleston bas from two to fifteen times as many steam fire engine companies as any other town or city In the doited States. This is an astounding state? ment, but its accuracy ls fully established by the following table, which exhibits, in com? parison, the statistics In this respect ol' ] Charleston and every other city In the coun? try, from which we have been ablo to obtain the figures : COMPARATIVE STATISTICAL TABLE. New York.. Pnlladelpntaj St. Louis_ Baltimore... Boston. Ci II ein na.l .. B?llalo. Newark - Louisville... Cle Vf la d .. Pittsburg .. Detroit. Albany. Providence.. Richmond .. New Haven. CUARLBSTON S i van ii ah... Nashville.... Quincy. Poughk'p?lc. MUM 674,0? 310,864 267.364 250,528 210.239 117,714 106 069 100.75-? 02 829 86,076 -9,677 09,422 68,904 61.038 60.840 43,956 24,236 25,865 24,0521 3 20,080) 1370 623 21U 167 188 213 119 113 183 143! 191 "?9 90 92 20 24 Proportion ol a s to 17,132 to 28,088 to 28,260 to 38,193 to 11,929 to 11,381 to 14,714 to 16,008 to 14,393 lo 13,261 to 9,664 IO 13,213 to 11.670 to 8,613 to 12.759 IO 10,168 to 4,078 to 7,059 to b,466 to 8.017 to 10,0? SB to a o o' 1 to 25 1 IO 22 1 to 10 1 to 24 1 to 9 1 to ll 1 lo 16 l to ia 1 to 26 1 to 20 1 10 IB 1 to 31 1 to 12 1 to 23 1 to 18 1 W IX i to e lao 4 The above table shows, first, that, this city, having one steamer to every 4078 inhabitants, has from two to nine times as many steamers, in proportion to its population, as any other city In the country. The only one that at all approaches ll in the proportional number of steamers is the little City ol Nashville, which, with its tour steamers, and its population ol 25,865, has one steamer lo every 6466 Inhabi? tants; while mo3t of the cities specified have a very much smaller proportional number, Bal? timore, for Instance supporting only one steamer to every 38,193 inhabitants, and Phil? adelphia one to every 28,088. The table also shows that the number of steam engines In Charleston is out ol all pro? pon lou with the number of fires that they are called upon lo extinguish. This city had, during the year ending April 27, 1872, but 20 fires, and at times during the year whole months elapsed without a single conflagra? tion, and yet lt supports 12 steam Are engines, 7 hand Are engines and 2 hook and ladder trucks, a total of 21 machines, or rather mora than one apparatus to every fire ! Omitting, however, the hand engines and trucks, for the sake of a perfectly fair com? parison, this city had 12 steamers to 20 fires, or 1 steamer to lj fires. This is more tUan twice as many as rJhy other city in the country, (the City of Quincy, Ills., with 1 steamer to 4 Ares, coming next,) and more than eightoen tlmes.as many as some others, as, for Instance, Detroit,' itfhlch had I steamer to every 31 Ares. These tacts and figures would certainly ap? pear to f urnlsn-conclusi ve evidence that any in? crease of the steam fire department at this time by the City Council would be an act of unwar? rantable extravagance and absurdity. The only argument lh.Its favor is that the Comet Company?, has possessed itselt of a Bteamer, but surely the fact ot its having ill-advisedly poid ?SOffto^e superfluous luxu? ry of a steam engine is no sufficient argument why the city should be required to pay that company during every year of its future exisr tence the 6um of $1000 over and above th e $800 per annum, which it is now entitled to and receives as a hand company. The deliberale judgment of the chief of the fire department upon the size of the loree waa; expressed as follows in his annual report of last April, and is remarkably pertinent and forcible at this time and in view ot this pend? ing application: There is at ihe present time twelve steam? ers, seven hand engines and two hook and ladder trucks, comprising as per reports. Now, I consider the force as sufficient for ont/ and every emergency, and any addition would only tend to create more expense, and would not. make the department any more efficient. If I mistake not this is now the ordinance of the city, os this board bas not the power to create or admit new companies into the de? partment. I respectfully suggest that the City Council be informed that ther board con alder lt inexpedient to admit arly nev paales Into the department. I would a commend the necessity or an inspection: the steam engines used In the depar and also the examination of all engl nee olng steamers os to tbelr quafficatlon to this can be accompllsed only by an ord of the city. _ . TBE CITY HOSPITAL QUESTIt A Tart Letter from the Sarge? Charge-The Present Accommoda not so Bad as they might bc. TO TBE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. An article In your paper of yesterday's and signed oy "Observer," contains so allegations that are manifestly groundle Incorrect, and at the same time caleula mislead and create excitement among tl poor, as to the Internal management < City Hospital now under my care, that I incumbent upon myself to refute them give, the emphatic d?niai to the chare there specified, as a ground for the city a Hies to leise the Roper Hospital. Wit controversy now existing between the M Society of South Carolina and the Boa Health, as to the advisability of renting Institution, I have no concern; but when I server" attempts to use as an argument t peal to the passions of the "poor masses, manifest that he feels the ground upon ' he ls standing- slipping from under bim, i compelled to resort toother means to bu a tailing and obnoxious cause. "Observer" charges that the buildln present use are Inadequate, because the terlor appearance 1B not as superb as th phanhouse that strikes the eye ol the beh in its truly palatial o J Hine, and theo aski we have not a hospital that looks less 1 io rt l tied CUB tie In the middle ages. Tr. s wer is. that in this civlllzefango extern! pearances speak for naught*lhd howsoe "magnificent Institution," externally, mi desired, yet, that lt is not essential and lutely necessary to the proper conduct hospital. The present buildings are I strong and commodious, easy of access, di' Into lu numerable wards, well ventilated amply sufficient to meet all the requirer that have hitherto been made upon t And If "Observer" would recollect tho m that external appearances are very oftei moBl treacherous, be would, perhaps, ei bin vision, and take a more broad view i what the excellency ot a hospital consls "Observer" next charges that the pr< City Hospital is more ot a "peat-home tl hospital," a place to contract, rather thai pel disease; where the sick are promisc?e huddled together, and where the respeci I female H made t he unwilling companlc the very dregs of society I This is so n fest ly absurd, and bears upon ?its face sud utter ignorance ol the facts, that but fo tendency to mislead and convey to the pi an erroneous Idea as to what the eil Charleston Is, and has been, doing for lu tressed honorable poor, and at the same t reflects so strongly upon the medical mst ment of the past nod present years, th would never bear a passing notice. The City Hospital has been in exlstenc a separate Institution for near eight yt During that period near ten thousand pat! of all classes, nationalities, races, from highest to the lowest, have passed under control. The utmost care has been take to the management. Races have been 1 entirely distinct-mile separated from fem no excessive huddling of disease has i been known. The respectable poor li always been treated with kindness, consul Hon and never been forced to be the unwll companions of the dregs of society, but the contrary, have had every opportuoli; cultivate the moral as well as the phys! I The institution ls constantly under Ihe suj vision of those In authority subject the Inspection and direction of those ^ are qualified irom age and experience todd and control. It has borne the test ot mi commendation. By Its adaptability to m the wants of the poor, and ha Increasing re tallon, lt has drawn to its gates hundreds fi adjacent States, who have been only too g to avail themselves of Its benefits; aod at i late date, when Its success ls assui when Its pay department ia relieving "hundreds of taxpayera" of thousands ol' < lars, "Observer" finds out that the Internal rangements are no arrangements at all, i thar, forsooth, the Roper Hospital Is In ev way suited to meet the requirements of city. The best lest of the avalllbillty of Institution ls its success, and If the preui city hospital contained but a tithe of the b rid specira which "Observer" attempts picture, Its doom would long ago have bi Bealed by the Indignant demands of an c raged community. The public, Mr. Edit is rapidly becoming aware of the statf things aa existing In this controversy. Tl are perfectly aatlsdeil and have every coi dence that t ne Board ot Health have a ke eye to the needs aud wants of the sick po and would soon check any attempt to deg? the respectable female and make her a cc panton of "the dregs." In conclusion, would say to "Observer" that li he extet his observations Roper Hospitalward? he * soon find good reasons why the Board Health do nor, lease it. I am, very respecttuily, J. S. BOIST, M, D., Surgeon iu charge City and Marine Hospita THE DEFUNCT BUREAU. Thc Freedmen to be Cared for by t War Department. WASHINOTON, August 12. Orders have been Issued lrom the war c partment prescribing for continuing the wo of the Freedmen's Bureau under the dlr? tion of the adjutant-general of the ara In pursuance ot the act ol Congre abolishing that bureau. A chief dlabursli office will be established In the adjutant-gee rat's office at Washington, D. C., with d horsing offices at Louisville, St. Louie, Nae ville, Memphis, Vicksburg, Natchez and Ne Orleans. Payments to claimants lu Delawat Maryland and Virginia will be made thron; the Washington office. In North Carolin 8onth Carolina, Georgia ami Florida, ai States wherein slavery does not exist, office will be temporality assigned to that dut The order prescribes at some lenglh tl duties and powers of attorneys In collecilr the claims, and States that advances or Ioai by attorneys will not be recognized. MURDERS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, August 12. Joseph Carrigan and James Dunn wei raially stabbed thia morning. Dunn receive his wound? while endeavoring to save a wi man fi om being outraged by a party or mei The ruffians were arrested. THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON, August 12. Cloudy weather, with southerly and wes erly winds will probably prevail in the Sout Atlantic and Gulf Slates. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The weather continues excessively hot I New York City. -Senator Sumner has left Washington lo Boston. -A lot of irregularly stamped matches hav been seized at Sr, Louis, und the seizure c the factory at Cleveland ordered. -Rev. Thomas Tracy, a Unitarian clergj man, died In Newburyport, Mass., yesterday aged ninety-one. -Tne city of Worcester, Mass., was visltei yesterday by an unprecedentedly violen thunder storm. Four nouses wera struck b; lightning, and the streets were badly washed -Dr. Lowell Mason. Jr., a well known com poser and publisher of sacred music, died las Sundav at Orange, fl. J., ?ged eighty-one. -The Italians In New York have decided t< celebrate the anuiversnry of Italian unity thii year by a picnic only, and not to have a streei parade. -Our planet is declared by the astronomer! of the government observatory to bo now oui of meteoric belt, and no more displays of eeles tlal rlre-workB need be expected until Novem? ber 13. - Davis R. Brown, who recently eervpd oui a sentence of foin teeu years In the Charles? town, MBBS., State prison for procuring an abortion was arrested yesterday In Boston foi a like offence on Catherine Vauneser, aged eighteen. OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM. THE SPECIAL TERM OF THE UNITED STATES COURT. A . Sadden ' A dion rh ment-The Way Juries are Pac md-A Promise of a Fnll Disclosure or the Radical Jug. glery. 4f COLUMBIA, August G. The circuit Court of the ^ted Stall con? vened at this place yesterday, liff pee* term, and on the same day adjourned.jjThe only ms0rs of any Importance beforejj^were the cases of one**r.t^ parsons chargea with vio? lations o^'-tha^ enforcement act." ?Aa or d# wds*?anted for. the discharge of W. H. Trezevant, who has been the victim ofjwnost ferocious persecution on the part of the gov? ernment officials, both civil* and* military, giving great pickings to tfr? greedy cormor? ants woo hang abcut thls^Wr^pd rake up the prosecutions. This case has cost the gov* e rn ruent a great deal of money, but the con? fession by ail the parties fggaged In lt, that the defendant is an entfssfy innocent man, ?bKgs no blush to the face of the officials, but only* makes them more hungry for- new cases. It ls with the officials of ihegoveHnment only a question o' making money. Congress, at Its la-: session, made a ridiculously _rge appro? priation for the extraordinary*T penses of these trials, and the sleuth-bounds* of the law are determined that they will shaw how "ex? traordinary" the expenses can be. It ls whispered among tbe knowing ones that Judge Bond bad denied aalhorlzlng the special term, as the order for _e same -had been Issued by Judge Bryan alone, after the former left Charleston last Bpring; but those who ought to know, suy?r was at the special instance bf Judge Bond. "It has always been my opinion that it was a meja ruse, adopted, hath In this State and North?rollna, to hold the court in^ terrorem over the unfortunates within its Brt'ches. The court being manipu? lated as a terror to keep the people of the up-country out of politics. The sudden adjournment was not, there? fore, a surprise. But lt seeming me that Judge Bryan would have been o^feed to ad? journ for another reason-events** lt not already been pre-ordaine'd. No' Wan with a particle of self-respect could haye ascended the bench and sat face to face with the grand and petit juries ot this special terni. The Juries* brought to this placa In Novem? ber last, at thone notorious asslzeVf and thpse produced at Charleston in April,jKi %ow to have been carefully packed with n~ oes, Rad? ical officials, members of the Legislature, and others of violent partisan feelings. But on each of those occasions there were five or six men of respectability to be found upon the grand and petlt?-les. At this special term an observer wouTtrhave been struck with hor? ror the spectacle presented by the Juries ol tue court. Nearly every man upon both Juries was as black as the ace of spades. The jury box, from which they were drawn, on the in? side must Indeed be as black as midnight. Even the mulattoes seemed on this occasion to have been excluded, andd^ato white men their faces were not to oe sq"p. As one glanced at the eager countenances of these Jurors it was amusing (if a scene of dis? gust can be so) to watch the disappoint? ment when lt wa^anounced that the court would adjourn. iMep and bitter were the re? grets of tnose who came here with their ver? dicts already made up. Another feature about these Jurors, worthy of note, is that they were not only9 black, but as we were assured by gentlemen from many ol the counties, most of them were persons who have been prosecutors, Informers and witnesses against the accused they were brought here to try. It is perhaps net known to your readers how these Juries are obtained. Under an order passed when Judge Chase presided at Charleston, the clerk: was directed In April of revenue "collectors'"olf ' the'*'STnteT'ro~1r?riifsr*i each one hundred name?, and the three hun? dred so furnished were placed In the Jury-box, and from it the clerk and marshal have drawn the juries. Mr. Corbin, the district attorney, ls said to have been the Inventor and proposer of this order. At the time it was signed, the cases to be tried were almost entirely for vio? lations of the Internal revenue. It will be seen at once that lt was tho object of the order to ger. Jurors who would convict In that class ot cases, and lt may, therefore, be safely said that since lu passage no fair or impartial Jury has been drawn In the Circuit Court of the United Slates. When the Ku-EInx cases became prominent as those wnlch tho court would try, tlieso ladle Internal revenue collectors'-'tooK the cue at once. The JurleB drawn lor the special term came from th? first box, specially prepared for the occasion, aud have fully sailsQed the ex? pectations of the most violent purtlsans. It has, however, brought most complete disgrace on the court which has permitted it. All these ma'tera of the packing of juries and stuffing of the Jury boxes aw well kuown to the officials about the court|and must bH to Judge Bryan. He will fall far short of his duty if be ever ul lows another Juror to be drawn therelrom, not to say that he, ns a man, would be derelict In everything becoming a man, if he does not pro? tect his fellow-citizens irotn this .most detest? able outrage, and clear the court over which he presides of a disgrace more than odious. It would be no more iban right In him that he order thejury box to be taken from "the place whence lust ll came" and be carried to the place ol public execution, and by the common hangman be burned. We are promised at a near day with a full disclosure of tho frauds practiced -1n this mat? ter ot Juries, how they were obtained, and who were the directing and controlling spirits therein. Of Mr. Horlbeck, the efficient clerk of the court, it ls koown that he not ouly knew nothing of lt, but views the whole thing with horror and disgust. Of Judge Bryan's opinions in this matter, every one ls well saUstled; what his Mlow-cltlzens com? plain ol ls, that, knowing, he will not act. Q. NEGRO BONDS. Chlcr Justice Chase Denies their Valid? ity. The Supreme Court of the United 9tates de? cided at the last session, In the cases ot White vs. Hart and Osborne vs. Nicholson, that notes given lor the purchase of slaves could etill be enforced. Chief Justice Chase has directer! a dissent to be entered for him from a>ch a judgment, on the grounds: ? L That contracts for the purchase and sale of slaves were and are against sound morals and natural Jusllce, and yithont support, ex? cept In positive law. I. That the laws of the several States by which alone slavery and slave contracts could be supported, were annulled by the thirteenth amendment of the constitution, which abol? ished slavery. 3. That thenceforward the common law of all the States was restored to its original prin? ciples of liberty, Justice and righten conlorm I Ity with which some of the highest courts ot the late slave States, notably that of Louisiana, have decided, and all might, on the same prin? ciple, decide slave contracts Ap be invalid, us inconsistent with their Ju?ruuence. and this court ha* properly refused to interfere with those decisions. 4. That tho clause In the innrteenth amend? ment of the constitution, which forbids com? pensation for slaves emancipated by the thir? teenth, cm be vindicated only on these prin C?pl68* fi, That clauses in S'ate Constitution?, acts of State Legislatures, und decisions ot State Courts, warranted by ihe thirteenth and four? teenth amend menu?, cannot be held void as In violation of the original constimtlon, which forbids the States to pass any law violating the obligation of contracts. ROTAL SPORT ON THE OCEAN. LONDON, August 12. The Royal Yacht Squadron regatta was brought to a conclu?! m Saturday. The chal? lenge cup presented by the Prince ol Wales was won by Ihe yacht Guendolln. At one lime during Ihe race, Asbnrj'a yacht, the Livonia, was three miles ahead of all com? petitors, and it would undoubtedly have won the cup had not her progress been stopped by the carrying away of her main-topmast. THE M'DOWELL JO.UBDEB. Commencement or the Coroner'* In? quest-Farther Details or the Terrible Tragedy. A large crowd of white and colored persona assembled around the Main Guardhouse about nine o'clock yesterday morning to get a look at Cain Simons, the murderer of McDowell, who had been conveyed thither at an earlier hour. At tea o'clock the prisoner was taken from the dark hole and escorted to the coro? ner's office by two policemen. The shirt he wore still retained marks of blood on the front and the sleeves. .He is about Ave leet six Inches high and possessed of a stalwart Irame. His complexion ls of a dark molasses color. His hair ls muchflonger than that ol negroes generally, and he wears a heavy, long and dark moustache. Bptb were dishevelled and slightly sprinkled with gray. His flat, heavy features had a bloated appearance, and his eyes were dull and bloodshot. He sat in a chair drawn close to one end of the coroner's table, composedly chewing tobacco, and ap? pearing to taite a lively Interest In the evi? dence; but did not' utter a sound. Th? jury and witnesses were seated around the room, close to the walls. At the table, a short dis? tance to the left of the prisoner, sat the coro? ner, with writing materials before him. The door of the office, and every available window, were filled with eager faces, of every age and color. William Darrill, colored, being sworn, Iden? tified the prisoner. He had, with the assist? ance ot Frank Mason, arrested him on Satur? day night, about twelve o'clock, In Tbiele's grocery store, at the corner of Line and St. Philip streets. Had beard lu the store that a murder had been commlttea. Shortly after? wards Simons came in; the clerk of the store said Simona was the murderer. Saw blood on the Iront ot Simona's shirt. Immediately ar? rested him; Simons put bis hand In a pocket as it to draw a knife; deponent then drew a revolver, when Simons signified his willing? ness to proceed quietly. After going a few siens, Simons told deponent to let him go, as he wanted to kill that d-d mulatto, Frank Mason, who was a few feet In the rear. Oppo? site Wiley's store on King street, Simons sud? denly Jerked himself from his grasp, but was quickly recaptured. Just below Spring street he made another unsuccessful attempt lo get away, after which be proceeded quietly to the upper Guardhouse. Lieutenant Heidt, of the Detective force, testified thal he was at the upper Guardhouse about half-past ten o'clock Saturday night. Cain Simons came In apparently much ex? cited and told Lieutenant Webb, toe officer in charge, that a row was goiog on at the corner of Rutledge and Nunan streets. He talked wildly, seemingly unconscious of what he was saying. Said he thought as much of Mr. McDowell as be did of his own areegra Nothing was said by any one present that WHS calculated lo make Simons speak of McDowell. Bimons appeared to be drunk ; deponent judged he was from his excited man? ner. Simons went toward the pump. Short? ly afterward, a policeman ran in and said a man had been murdered at the corner of Hut ledge and Shepherd Btreets. Simons ex? claimed, that ls exactly what I want lo tell you. Deponent mounted his horse and pro? ceeded directly to the spot; Baw the dead man, and was told that Cain Simons had murdered bim. Returned Immediately the Guardhouse; found that Simons bad left with a squad of policemen. Went back to the scene ol murder; lhere heard that Simons was in a store on the corner of Line and St. Phillp streets. On reaching the store the occupants said Simons had been arrested and taken to the Guardhouse by William Darrin and Frank Mason, two colored men. When deponent got to the Guardhouse Darrin was searching the prisoner for weapons; did not see any taken lrom bim. Simons said next morning that the blood on his shirt came from bia nose. Lieutenant Webb, of the police loree, recog Ot tn'tV Vippr'r"'?rtr.'.fcWR3S 'bu UljAiV_Lri(P-1 j Confirmed the testimony of Lieutenant Heidi as to the prisoner's words and actions at the Guardhouse on that night. Tne prisoner had commenced to tell something about McDowell Hint had occurred a few days previous. Wit? ness told him he did not wish te hear anything about lt. Noticed blood on prisoner's shirt; asked him how lt came there; prisoner said be ii tul been ?truck In the nose, which bled on his shirt. Told the policeman to take prisoner to the scene of the murder, and be sure to ! brlnit him back. Believes prisoner to have been drunk. He smelt very strong of liquor. Fannie Robinson, colored, lives at the cor? ner ol' Snepherd and Rutledge streets. Was at home on Saturday night, about eleven o'clock. Simons came to the house, In the alterooon, and carried off a puppy belonging to Julia Baxter, an occupant cf the same house. About eight o'clock he returned without the puppy. Baxter asked where lt was, und told him to go and get it. He said it was in the yard. Baxter insisted on his going, but he said he would not. Baxter then opeued the gate and ordered him out ol the yard; but he having ?gain refused to go, she called John T. McDowell, Jr., another occupant of the house, and asked him to put that nig? ger ont of ihe yard. McDowell came to the door and said, Cain, go out. Simons cursed him and asked what he had to do with ir. McDowell said, Miss Julia asked me to tell you to go out. Simons cursed him attain, where? upon McDowell came out ol tbe door and Simons drew a knife. McDowell then picked up a piece of wood and knocked him down, after which he re-entered the house. Simons went to the kitchen for his gun. Baxter ordered bim out. He replied that he would not go until he had got bis revenge. McDow? ell at tli 1B time was sianding near a door In the back part of the kitchen. When Simons took up the gun, he Jumped upon bim and took lt away; afterwards, turning to the fire? place to see, by the lamp-light, whether the gun waa loaded. Simons said, let go my gun. McDowell Bald, no, I will noi. Simons tnen ran toward McDowell, with a knife In his hand, and slabbed him In the right shoulder, close to the throat. Witness tnen ran up stairs, and saw no more of the affray unid Rachel Gardiner called out that Johnnie Mc? Dowell had been killed. Came down stairs, and saw bim lying in the yard, near the end ot the piazza next to the kitchen. Simons did not appear to have been drunk. McDowell did not seem to have been drinking. Simons did not live on the premises; some nights he slept in tue privy. McDowell rented two rooms from Baxter; he had been staying there only about two weeks. Knows of no previous rilillculiv between the men. Julia Baxter. Rachel Gardiner, Phillp Washington and Eliza Washington were present when McDowell took the gun away lrom Simons. Philip Washington, colored, was next exam? ined. Witness lives on the same premises. Early Saturday night he went loto a store on the corner of Line and St. Phillp street with McDowell; met Simons in there and saw him drink twice; he went home alone; about half an hour later McDowell came in, and soon after Simons; Baxter ordered Simons out, and he went into the yard; Baxter followed, and, picking up an axe, threatened to knock his brains ont; Simons backed towards the rear of the yard. Witness confirmed Fannie Robin sou's i.stlmony regarding the manner In which McDowell was drawn loto the affair, und ihe words that passed between him and t?imoos. The latter drew a knife and McDow? ell knocked him down with his fist. Simons, in tailing, cut himself on the hand. McDowell gave Simons several blows with his fist while lie waa on the ground. He then went Into ike house und put un his coat and shoes, saying that be was going out to get rid ol' the fuss. When .simons took up the gun, McDowell got hold of the butt, and turning hie back to Sim? ons, knocked the cup off. Simons held on to the muzzle with his left band, and at the same lime, wlih his right, slabbed McDowell in the right shoulder. McDowell's arm then fell, and the butt of the gun dropped upon the floor. Simons then tore? down the gun and both had a tussle McDowell threw Simons down, but the lattet reached over and stabbed bim in the back, He then turned McDowell over and stabbed him again in the shoulder. He afterward! dragged the body by the feei Into the yard stabbing him three or four times more. Hi then turned back and made ot the wltneas, who jumped out of a window Into Shepherd street. . . , Rachel Gardiner, colored, was examinee next, but her evidence was of no Importance, she having been sick in bed at the time. Tnt jury then "adjourned to ten o'clock this morn? ing, when the examination of witnesses win be resumed. BAFFLED, NOT BEATEN! THE NORTH CAROLINA CHEAT TO BE EXPOSED. . A Sickening Tale ot Fraud-Tne Evi? dence Accumulating-A Protest Der termlned on with all thc Chane?? Ut Favor of Merrlmott. RALEIGH, August 10. Official returns of the vote lor governor nave not jet been received here. It ls generally ' conceded, however, that Caldwell is elected by a majority ranging from 1000 to 160fi\count? ing tie great mass of Ill?gal and fradd ule nc votes polled In nearly all-of the negro conn ties throughout the State. ' Aside from these, there are so many Instances of Illegal inform* alitles In numerous Republican counties which will cause to be thrown ont so many counties, precincts and wards when the Legislature meets as to elect Merrlmon Gov? ernor of the State hy a handsome majority, wi bout the more disagreeable necessity of contesting the election. The law requires that the sheriffs of the precincts and town- * ships should publicly announce the vote cast for all the candidates, from the courthouse door, within a certain specified time alter the day or election. It this provision ls not oom-' plied with, the precinct, township or county can be thrown out, as established in the con? tested case ot Edward vs. Lasslter. l'or a sen atorshlp by the last Legislature, In which the vote ortho County of Granville was thrown out. This provision .of (he tew was not complied with in the County or Craven, which gives Caldwell a majority of 1462. Granville Coun? ty, whtoh also, gave bim 679 majority, failed la this legal requirement Ia Warren County * the poll-holders, contrary to all law, carried home the ballot boxes, and did net count.tho votes until the next day. Several other of the Republican counties In the Emt Congressional District, where John Pool resides, are report? ed to? have held the boxes over onttHtwas convenient lor th em. to count the ballots. . . Evidence of these illegal Informalities are rapidly accumulating, and will be laid before the Legislature when lt meeta. The first duty of that body after Ita organization is to canvass the returns and declare the candidates who . are elected; and as there ls * Conservative ma? jority ol six on Joint ballot, lt is clear they will not be slow to act upon i be alleged frauds and informalities, and proclaim Merrlmon the Gov- ? eroor elect. .... ? The Rep ubi leans. In the Counties of Clay, Cherokee and swain, la the west, not having received their printed tickets, were forced to write their cand Idaiea' n ara es o n si I ps of paper and vote; and lt now appears that lo dring this they omitted all the State officer^ but Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, which may defeot all the remainder of the State tic? ket in the present count. Reports of fraudu lent v?i.|?g accumi?e so rapidly that the Re? publicans here are beginning to loee confi? dence in the election of their candidate, and to-day their enthusiasm has simmered down to a weak and superficial show of triam ph. The following Republican counties-cast;a vote exceeding .the ; d?ng population estab? lished by the census of 1870: In Sladen County the voling strength ls I put down at 2610; .toe -' number of votes actually cast ls 2656. in Cum? berland County the voting strength ls put down at 3262; the number of voies actually cast ls 3773. In Dnplln County the voting population Is pat down at 2959; the number oz votes actually cast ls 3485. In Franklin Coun? ty the voting strength ls put down at 2270; the number ol votes aotuallyfcast ls 3035. Ia Hali tax County the voting strength ls put down at 4455; the actual number of votes cast for - Governor in the late election ls 5307. Ia this county tbe registration- books were said* to have been lost. In Lenoir County the vot? ing strength ls pat down at 2081; the number of votes cast was 2264. In Nash County the vot? ing strength ls put down at 2181; the number of votes cast is 2527. This Increase ls In part, however, accounted for by the recent annexa? tion or a part of Edgecomb County to Nash. Ia ly cast ls 30S5. In Robeson County CTo'Vctrng strength ls put down at 3043; the number ol voles actually cast ls 3214. In Sampson Coun? ty the voil ng strength ls put down at 2986; the vote actually ca?t ls 3131. THE GENEVA ARBITRATORS. The General DecUlon Rumored to be Favorable to America-Exhaustivo Arguments Pro and Con. GKNEVA, August 12. Mr. Cohen, the English barrister who drew up the report for the Crown on the subject of the American claims for losses sustained by the mercantile marine of the United 8ta*es, has been summoned here lrom London. Tbl gives rise to the eonjecturetbat a decision has been rendered by the board of arbitration upon the general question of England's' re? sponsibility for the direct losses claimed by America, and that Mr. Cohen ls called ia to assist the British counsel In arguing upon the amount or damages to be assessed by the board. One ol the many reports current here concerning the proceedings of the board and the present position of the arbitrators is, that after the cases ot the two governments were presented the counsel on either side went into lengthy discussions regarding England's re? sponsibility, the argument turning mainly upon the question whether the Brillan author? ities had exercised due diligence to prevent the Confederate cruisers from escaping out of her ports, and whether any such responsibility as tne Americans claim has followed upon the permission to said cruisers to take coal at British stations. SlrBoundell Palmer opened the discussion on these points, and spoke at great length la support of positions taken la the British case. Messrs. Waite, Evana and Cusblng replied, the latter closing the argu? ments on behalf of the United States. In hts summing up Cusblng strongly urged the point that the same diligence upon the part ot the British authorities whloh a? ter wards served to detain the Confederate rams could have been equally effectual In preventing the escape of the cruisers bad lt been exercised in reference to them. " _ '. NEW YORK STATE POLITICS. New TOBE, August 12. The Democratic State Central Committee will meet at Saratoga to-morrow to issue a call for the State Convention. Au aoswer ls ex? pected to-morrow from Chief Justice Church as to whether he will permit his name to be used as a candidate for Governor. MOSBY AND WITHEBS. Beginning and End of the Quarrel. A Washington correspondent of the New Tork Herald gives the following concerning the difficulty between Colonel Mosby and Dr. Withers, at Warrenton, Ya., and Its origin: It is stated that ever since Mosby resolved to support Grant as the lesser ol' the two evils, he has been overbearing and disposed- to question the sanity ol those who favored the support of Greeley. Dr. Withers, who has been major of Warrenton, and wbo enjoys the esteem ot a large circle of lriends, was one ot the first lo avow himself In favor of Greeley's election. On Saturday last lt ls reported that a gentleman at the Warrenton Hotel playfully remarked that the Conservative party wonld not send Hs trained speakers to Salem to answer Colonel Mosby, but would send a novice in such malters, referring to Dr. Withers. This remark was communicated to {^Colonel Mosby, and, construing lt into con? templated affront, he, In his hear, made lt known that he would denounce Withers and those who sent bim If he put in his appearance. Withers heard ot inls alter the speaking was over at Salem, while a meeting was In progress at Warrenton to celebrate the reported victory in North Carolina, and, on being called opon for a speech, referred In general terms to ms readiness to meet Colonel Mo*by Mansfield. The well known character of both P*TT lor playing with the ttl?MW-^MSSSt jude* at Warrenton very nervous. He passed a restless night Saturday; and on Sunday ?ame to the conclusion u?t Colonel Mosby ISS?S w?r?sM^^ ? keen had SOpportunity ol probing the origin of thrmFauSderaiandlng. Ic was beUevecT that; rhp affair would be settled. I? the way of atoning lor his political en ors, Mosby says he wlil stump it for Grant until the Louisville Convention nominates a straight-out Democratic ticket. Aller t-at he expects to find expletives enough to denounce, both Greeley and Grant.