The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, August 14, 1872, Image 1

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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE WAR WITHIN THE RING SCOTT AND PARKER GOING FOR CAR DOZO>S SCALP. Parker Emulates Ben Wade In Ugly Expletives-A Double Hanging In Prospect-The Pursuit of the Ring In the Coarta. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEW j.} COLUMBIA, August 13. Both Scott and Parker are coming out to morrow In long letters in the Pbceolx in reply JpCardozo. Scott ls wrathful and Parker abusive, dealing as extravagantly in "the He" as he has hitherto done in State funds. The _ sole effort ot both ls to Implicate Cardozo in the Issue of '?io fraudulent bonds, and there ls no attempt at justification of the acts of the finan? cial board in issuing the conversion bonds. Indeed, that enormous fraud ls now too patent, since Cardozo's disclosure, to ad? mit of any apology or excuse, much leas denial. Scott affirms that BO far as hesi? tating to carry the State seal to New York and asking his advice about it, Cardozo slipped off to New York with the seal without his (Scott's) knowledge, much less order. Alter arriving In New York (says 8cott) he was first Iniorm ed^of the extraordinary conduct of the secre? tary of State, and "severely reprimanded him for lt," Finally, Scott says, to relieve Cardozo's lears, he wrote hjm an order, dating lt back some time, requesting him to take the seal to New York. Cardozo ls ahead of them all here, both In the opinion of the white people" and the ne? groes. His party utterly routed the Biog in the late County Convention to send delegates to the State Convention on the 21st, and Car? dozo, his head clerk Jones, and two others ot lils friends, were elected delegates; Nash re? ceived only two votes, and was frequently b ised. Nearly every one ot the old leaders is badly backed; the negroes here are deu rain? ed on a change, apparently, at least. The 0 County Nominating Convention meets on Fri day, the 16tb. Preliminary meetlugs are being held in all the wards and end frequently In tremendous rowe. The old rascals fight hard to sustain their ground, but are very generally defeated. There ls to be a doable hanging here on Friday, two negroes,. Bill Lucas and Ned Har? ris, are to be executed-the former for the murder of John Simpson, and the latter for the murder o? Pat Murphy, an old Irishman Sheriff Frazee, who ls a candidate lor re-elec Lion, ls on thorns, and is making strenuous effort to got the Governor to pardon or respite the convicts. His -friends tell him that If he has to hang Lucas and Harris on Friday, the negroes will be sure to all torn against him and vote for bis antagonist, Dent. Judge Melton refuses to recommend any reprieve or commutation o? the sentence. The guilt o? the parties is clear, and lt ls hoped that Scott may, for once, stand firm and allow justice to take its course. The citizens here are responding liberally to , the call for funds to aid in the prosecution of the Bing. They have no idea of tamely sub? mitting to be taxed to the amount of nearly a million ? o? dollars to pay interest on bonds which every honest Republican even now ad mite to be fraudulent. General Chesnut will be here to-morrow, and probably Judge Al? drich also, and lt is strongly hoped that opera? tions will be commenced in a few day?. Will Charleston not help ? Qui VIVE ANOTHER RIOT NEAR SAVANNAH. An Arm'd Blob of Negroes Attack two Comstarbles and Rescue their PrHoner j -Colored Mea for Miles Around Flock? ing to the Scene-One Rioter Mortal? ly Wounded - Further Trouble Feared. [BT SOUTHERN AND ATLANTIC TBXEOBAFH ] ; SAVANNAH, August 13. j Yesterday afternoon a serinus riot took s place at J. S. Bryan's store, on the Ogeecbee < River, betJgeea Mr. Bryan and two officers of the law onrrhe one side, and a large mob of < negroes, infuriated with liquor, on the other j side. A resolute sheriff's posse has to-day 1 a gone to the scene of tba disturbance with the , ? determination to enforce the law. i Mr . F. K. Canuet, an^offlcer of the district, ! V who returned from the scene o? the riot this ! morning, Btates the following facts: a Yesterday afternoon, at about three o'clock, i at the Instance ot J. S. Bryan, Justice M. ' King Issued a van-ant against a negro by the , P name o? Morgan Anderson. The warrant was * placed in the hands of Officer Canuet, and with Officer Otterman and Mr. Bryan he went to the store ot Ben. Davis, where Anderson was, and served the warrant, but not without ?nuch resistance on the part of Anderson. A notorious *negro by the name of Butler King then interfered with the -effloers in the discharge of their duty, ? attacked Mr. Otterman, struck him several * times' and felled him to the ground with a stick. Canuet stepped back and lev? elled t's pistol, but it missed fire. He was then struck three times on the back o? his head by Butler King, who endeavored to get -<? tua pistol from bim but did not SP ?ceed. Otter? man, having gained his feet, commenced fir * lng. Three shots in all were (Ired, and each took effect. Anderson and King fell, both badly tended. The crowd of negroes by this timo nfjkl increased fearfully, and Mr. Bryan was badly beaten. The officers, seeing the A Jggssare too great, jumped into their ^ussjgles to return to . the office of Jus flbe King. They thought lt advisable to go by way of a bridge about ten miles from this city, but there they were met hy a band of negroes armed with clubs and pistols, who seized them and took them back with loud shouts and threats of hanging them Bri: if Anderson* should die. Some more sensible ta negroes now interfered in behalf of the - officers, and Lewis J. Moody, a colored justice #|^*he peace, who had taken the dying deposi TsTO of Anderson, suggested that they be passed to his care. He urged the propriety of letting the law have its course, and at length succeeded in getting them out of the hands ot the mob. Canuet and bis party returned to this city after being badly used up. It is their firm belief that they would have been killed had it not "been for the intercession of Moody. The house and store o? Mr. J. 8. Bryan were taken possession of by the negroes and robbed ol * everything. Justice King bad to leave his house. The negroes are gathering from every direction, and swear they will resist the taking of Morgan Anderson. The case will be brought ? up belore Justice Moody In the morning. THE SEE OF BALTIMORE. New YORK, August 13. A private telegram from Borne to Archbish? op McCloBky, announces the appointment of the Bight Bev. William Henry Elder, bishop of Natchez, to be the archbishop of Baltimore to > succeed the late Archbishop Spalding. Bishop Elder ls a native of Baltimore, where he was born in 1812. A VERT TRANSPARENT DEVICE. j The Grant Parly Makins; a Great Show ot Pardoning Innocent Men Convicted by Sacked Juries and Ju? dicial Jugglery-Only tke Whining Hypocrites to be Released-' v Stamp Speech In Disguise. WASHINGTON, August 13. Colonel Whitely, chief of the government detective force, has addressed the following letter to Attorney-General Williams: NEW YORK, August 9, ?'iv-I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a communication from your de partment under dale of the 2d Instant, enclos lng a copy of a letter froti Gerrit Smith, ad dressed to the President in relation tu those convicts in the Albany penitentiary who were convicted of violations ol the enforcement acts, and requesting me to go to Albany and make a thorough Investigation into the condi? tion of these prisoners and report to the department my views as to the expe? diency o? exercising executive clemency lu regard to auy ol them. In accordance with your request I proceeded to Albany on the 7th instant for the purpose ol fulfllllng the duty assigned. As a means ol conducting my in qulri-s in a way best adapted to arrive at all tue facts In the case, and also to lead the prisoners to express themselves aB freely as possible, I deemed it best to see each ot the punies separately, without any knowledge upon their part as co my official character, or the object ot my vlMr. la ibis I received the lullest aid of Mr. Louis D. Pillsbury, head keeper of the prison, who brought each pris? oner In separately, with the simple remark to each that ibis gentleman desires lo talk with you. The prisoners were mainly frank and com munlcatlve. Some of them are very poor and unlearned, and have left large families behind them, and while acknowledging that they were members of the various orders ot the or? ganization known under the general head of the Ku-Elux Elans, and they had been Justly sentenced as such, plead In extenuation that they had joined the order without a full know ledgi* ol its alms and objects, and had been In? cited to deeds of violence by their leaders, who bad managed to escape from the country, leav iBe them to bear tue responsibility and the punishment ot their misdeeds. A number ol them stated that they had been compelled to Join the order to save themselves and families from visitations ot the Klan; others had entered into Us ranks under the sup? position that lt was a society organ? ized ior mutual protection, but learned sub? sequently that Its real designs were the extermination ot the negro race and the driving out of such ol the whites as were In favor of the political equality aud social ele va? tio u of the clacks. These severally expressed the heartiest contrition ior their misdeeds; stated that the organization wan one inimical to tue best Interests of society, and that tbe government was fully instilled In breaking lt up. In further extenuation of having been members of the order, they stated that the operations ot the Kn-Klux were widespread, embracing within Hs folds men Of superior In? telligence to whom they had beeo accustomed to look for advice and counsel, and who they did not suppose would lead them into any combinations that contemplated personal violence and even murder, If these were necessary, for the accomplishment of its ends. They were told that lt was a good institution lo put down some meanness In the country, and they ac? cepted the statement Implicitly. Upward of forty examinations were made in the manner above stated, neither prisoner knowing that any one but himself had been called out, aud noue of ihem being aware, as before observed, of my official position or the object of my visit. There was a singular unanimity In their statements, and a general expression of regret that they should have been drawn Into an order differing so entirely lu the object which they supposed lt had in view when iney joined lt. Ia reply to the general question, what was the obtects of the order, ihe answer was almost invariably, when we Joined ihe order we supposed lc lo be a society es? tablished for mutual protect iou, but after having been fully Initialed discovered lt to be for a political purpose, which purpose was em? bodied in an oaih, In which we swore to op? pose the Ridical pariy In all its lonna, and prevent the negroes irom voting. It was this great deception that milled us, and which han brought us imo our present condition. The contrition manifested by many of these prlson 3rs, the hearty penitence expressed by them lor the acts. Into the commission of which ihey claim they were betrayed by unscrupulous ind ' designing men ol more enlightened ninds, their mutual want of Intelligence, and ?heir extreme poverty, all appeal for mercy. Hy viewB as to the expediency of restoring any )f them to society, through the exercise of Executive clemency, are clearly in favor ot mcb a course with ' some - portion of .hem, and I believe ll may be done n some of the cases not only with great sal o ty, jut tully lu the interest of the public good. )f those to wh.ch I Intend respectfully to call pour attention, the prisoners appear not only iruly repentant, but absolutely ashamed of the worse which thoy seem to have unwillingly pursued. They express themselves as anxious o return to the peaceful pursuit* of industry whenever the opportunity is afforded them, ind to becomr law-abiding citizens in their respective con n unities. Colonel Whiteley then names four persons safely to be considered as proper subjects for the exercise of executive clemency. They are old men, poor aud unlearned, and were, undoubtedly, len i uto the Ku-Klux order by misrepresentation. In regard to others, should lt be the intention of the government to make ati extended exercise of Us clemency In that direction he submitted the names of eighteen persons whom he deems most worthy ot Its consideration. Aa to the remainder of the prisoners, who entered the Ku-Klux order with a full knowledge of its real object, Colo? nel Whiteley says lt would not be entirely ex? pedient to exercise the executive clemency. The names reported upon favorably are those of Collins and seventeen others from South Carolina Imprisoned. Collins was one ot the persons lor whom Gerrit Smith had in? terceded, and ls an Illiterate, simple-minded mao. The seventeen other cases are anala gous to that of Collins. Colonel Whitely re? ports against the pardon of Mr. Samuel Brown, for whom a recommendation was made by Mr. Smith. It ls understood that those recom? mended for pardon will be released Imme? diately, i " ? ? j _ TELLOW JACKIN NEW TORK HARBOR. A Scare for the Staten Isl antlers-. *. Spanish Ram with Twenty Cases or Yellow Fever. NEW YORK. August 13 Some excitement has been caused among the residents of Staten Island by the arrival, yesterday afternoon, of the Spanish ram Nu mancla, from Havana, with yellow fever on board. A strict quarantine Is to be maintained, and it ls hoped that the scourge will not reach the city. It is ascertained that twenty men on the ram are suffering from yellow fever, and il is unknown how manv Incipient cases there may he. Six died on the passage from Havana lo this port, and the seventh died a few hours ago. The remaining sufferers will be removed to the West Bank Hospital, io the lower bay, to-morrow. The Numancla is being fumigated. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON. August 13. On the South Atlantic and Gulf" variable southerly and non herly winda, with partially cloudy weather and rpre coast rains. PRECOCITY AND GENIOS UNDER DIFFICUL? TIES.-On Tuesday evening last a bov of about twelve years ol age, with ragged clotblnir, bul an earnest, quiet face, was seen io Wall sireet. New York, surrounded by a large crowd. He had marked on the sidewalk with chalk lines making a square ot Ave feet. In the centre he was drawing a picture of Horace Greeley, his drawing tools being while and red chalks and charcoal. He began at the head, and made a recognizable portrait of the great far? mer, with his spectacles on his nose. Contin? uing his labors, he finished a full-length pie l!.,r8Sr.Pr" GreS??y' representing him reading the Tribune The cheeks were shaded with red, ihe folds of the garments naturally touched up with white and black, and when he had finished there was on the sidewalk a picture that would have done credit to an older and more practiced hand. When he had concluded he passed his ragged cap around in? side the circle, reaplngqulte a harvest in scriD and pennies. v THE FOLLIES OF SARATOGA THE GORGEOUS LAIR OF THE AMERI? CAN TIGER. John Morrlssey's Oildrd Hell and the Gamesters who Visit lt-The Sinful -Splendors of Baden-Baden Outdone at thc Great Ame' .cnn Spa. A Saratoga correspondent of the World describes as follows the gamesters and gaming palaces ot Sarutoga in the height of the mid? summer season: Speculation, chance, belting, gambling (call lt what you please) is, and bas been for some time, the amusement ot Hie male popu? lation here, and when they cannot vent their speculative energies on racers or pools, they expend lt on poker or faro. Every facility is afforded them. There were never so many gambling houses in full blast as 1B the case at this date. The Union Clubhouse is closed, or used only as a lodging tender to the Union Hotel, but there is a large "hell" on the other side of the street, nearly opposite to lt; there is another some where on Philadelphia street; Chere are several smaller "games" on Broad? way. Above all, there ls the world famous establishment of John Morrissey-aman who cannot be omitted from any lau hf ul account of Saratoga. THE PRINCE OP THE OREEN TABLE. There is no more unassuming or unobtrusive man than John. He ls prominent only on the race track, where he preserves the best of order; but, the races over, he subsides. Now and then you may see him in the pool-room ; ever and anon he waists through the club? house; but he ls generally invisible to the public eye, is usually low-voiced, and, fora man of his size, soft-footed, and never makes a needless show of himself, being In this re? spect the very opposite ot the late James Fisk, Jr.; and yet the t.ifluence exerted In New York by the latter In his life-time was not a whit greater than that now dispensed by John Mor riasey In and about Saratoga-which place, by-the-by, is completely, though. Indirectly, under his control. He ls the leading splrii of the races; be is consulted and courted by the hotel lntefest; he ls on the best of terms with the police, while he ls universally popular with the villagers, and Is one of the largest real estate owners in the village. He ls also the chosen associate of many of the leading visitors during their stay lu Saratoga, and, altogether, acts the part here of Deus tx ma china, or the power behind the throne. Such as he is, this man controls thu greatest gambling establishment in the TJilted Slates, and ls at the head of the finest card and chance palace In the world. His domicile ls erected directly In the rear of Congress Hall, md embraces several lots, for which hu paid 120.000, though their original owner had only ?i few years previously purchased them for about one-fourth that sum. Over $200,000 have been expended on the buildings, so that the total Investment has not fallen short of a quarter of a million of dollars. . ., A PALATIAL ESTABLISHMENT. The drib house or club hotel proper (or Im? proper) is a superstructure ol brick, tastefully ornamented, ls approached by an Imposing Sight of steps, and ls guarded by metallic ?ffigles ot mystic enimals. You enter a wide, roomy, airy stone hall, and turning you find yourself in one ol the finest reception-rooms n America. No hotel room of the kind ap? proaches lt in taste and elegance. Here you neel, or at least the writer and his friends net, about eleven o'clock the other night, lome fifty or sixty gentlemen assembled, some teated ut cosy little tables lu corners discuss ng wine, others rambling around eyelug nings curiously, but the majority standing up, tat OD head and cane in haud, smoking freely md talking (occasionally sweurlng) loudly, ?aaalng throned th? reeeprion-ronw. we en-, ered the room said to be, and we should con ?Ive justly, the most delightful jungle which' ias yet been ufforded lor the retreat of Hu Lmericaa tiger. . The carpets are similar to hose) on tho p irlors of Congress Hall, and ?ost over tineen hundred dollars. Tnt* chao tellers ac? of green and gold of exquisite vorkmanshlp; tue brackets are items in their ray; the apartment ls flooded with gas, there teing sixty-six burners In this room alone; here are several mirrors o? the largest size ind finest, quality known outside ot a kiog's mlace; there are bronze knights, and natural ,nd artificial flowers aod ornaments lu pro uslon; the walls are light, und neat and clean, .nd pleasantly suggestive lo the eye; the celi? ne; ls elaborately carved, and, most proml lent of all, there are tables scattered th rough - mt the length and breadth o? the apartment vblcb tell their own story-tables ot ROUGE-ET-NOIR, ROULETTE AND KARO. Just now the rouge-et-noir table seems to be he chief attraction. The dealer ia un old rumbler, with white hair, lon;: white beard ind gold spectacles, and could readily be mis akeri for a clergyman. He ls "assisted" by an idlpose ana flashy sport, in light suit aod liglily colored necktie. Perieot silence ls ireserved, and a heavy game Is being played, ind now the crowd trausters itself to the Toil? ette table, and next we find it bu?y at faro. ?he tiger is chameleon, and assumes all forms, lut although thousands of dollars have hanged hands since we entered the room, he utmost order and outward decorum ls ?reserved, and as we leave the apartment and >ass on through the hall Imo the commo Llous and cool reading-room, where files ot he leading journals are preserved in much nore systematic manner than is customary at he large hotels, we can scarcely realize that ve are In a "hell" at all. The Saratoga tiger B a well-bred beast. And while we are traversing and admiring he club-house, another gum hiing saloon is In "ull blast within a stone's throw, on the same irounds, and under the same management. This ls a lrame cottage, airy, and painted of u pleasant y?llow, with ever open doors In iront ind rear, curtained windows which permit :.h>: glare from within to be visible, but which ??ectuatly conceal everything but the glare rrom the passers-by, and two large green screens, one in front ot each door. Entering this place, we find ourselves in the company of some hundred or so representatives ol oi pollox, men and bovs in their shirtsleeves, smoking and drinking, some playing faro at one table, others enjoying a game of poker, the majority eargerly looking on and "bel? ling." This is the resort of the Democratic or Republican or free-and-easy followers of the tiger, justas the club-house's the headquar? ters oi the more aristocratic and exclusive lovers of the animal. THE UPPER-TEN GAMESTERS. In addition io these two broad divisions, these two classes of democratic and aristo? cratic "players," Mr. MorrlBsey'a establish? ment accommodates a third-class of ultra ex? clusives-men who play high, but play pri? vately, and who find all thing? ready for Hiern in the upper stories ol the clubhouse, into which the general public are not admitted. The play at Morrlssey's is often very heavy. Not long ago $22,500 changed hands lu a single' game, and single stakes of one thousand dol? lars are not uncommon. Tne employees ure men of huuor in their peculiar line, und ii you lose your money, as you probably will-aa lhere is a heavy percenlage ia favor of the game or bank-you will at least have the sat? isfaction of knowing that you have lost it fairly. THE BELLES OF THE SPRINGS. The Belles of Boston, the Fair Ones of Philadelphia, and the Njmphsof New York. Another gossipy correspondent, with a taste for classification, thus pleasantly and humorously discourses upon the belles of the several hotels: THE CLARENDON BELLE. There is almost as great a distinction notice? able between the characteristics' o? the belles ol the different hotels here as there ls among ihe habits of the inhabitants of the different portions ot the globe. The Clarendon Hotel belle is generally from Boston or Pnlladelohla. She has been taught thut it is highly indecor? ous to smile at a young man wlih whom she been acquainted lees than a month. Three In? troductions make an acqualatance, nothing less. Then comes the half nod. then the three-quarter nod, then the tull nod, then the | smile and so on until, alter the third season, Bhe Is allowed to present the tips of her An? gers to a gentleman when taking his leave at exactly half-past nine P. M. ff lt ls not a moonlight night or If the gas be poor his exit Is expected half an hour earlier. In no case Is a Clarendon-belle lo walk on the same side of the street with a fellow who in not versed In the classics or whose- descendants cannot be traced to the Mayflower, or some other kind of flower, If she can help it. She ls not to laugh more than twice during the evening as she might otherwise be/deemed silly. Of course she Is not to dance, particularly if the music is seductive. TUE GRAND UNION BELLE. The belle at this house ls less eiiffthan those of any olher hotel In the place7. She Is a merry, laughing body, moves with an ease and naturalness that is perfeetly charming, and does not seem to "atndy to please," as to do so seems perfectly natural. She is foll of fun and animal spirits, laughs heartilv, pntllog. her lan cunningly to her mouth while doini? so, If she have defective molars. She dresses handsomely, and, when she ls on? dressed, she don't continue to arrange her toilette as she promenades the piazzas or sweeps down the dining-room. 8he> walks with thesweilp, and has wit enough to soe something iunny in their conversation, a leat that indeed calls for a perception that is very deep. She ls always ready for a dance, a walk ora ride, and drinks spring water wlihout thinking it necessary to make faces over it and call lt "nasty, horrid stuff." In a word, the Grand Union belle is a real, rlghl-down. Jolly, sensible, don't put on airs kind of a creature. . t m . THE CONO RESS. HALL BELLE* The Congress Hall belle "fa' very similar to the Grand Union belle? 8he Is, however, a little less natural, having been brought np with a part of the Instruction which the Clarendon belle has received. The aristocratic air that pervades the elegant Congress has somewhat toned down her exuberant spirits, and she Is, therefore, quite reserved. She wants the swells and other people to under? stand that her governor 1B either an Honora? ble, a banker or a retired merchant, and that her set ls mude up of the ?lue ol Gottiam. She dances a fashionable length ot time at the hops, that ls lor half an hour. She would rather a new acquaintance would supply her with a written chart of bia .pedigree, a list ol bis acquaintances, and a statement as to the. condition of his bank account. She tolerates the society of ordinary rich people, provided they have spent Beveral seasons In Europe, but while she talks to ..lie swells she gives them to understand that she could not think of marrying any one beloka Ulled foreigner. Poor devils with a small Itcome of thirty or lorty thonsand a year are lo be despised while the Jove-ln-a-cotlage doctrine has as great a horror for her as the Mormon religion. I have been at Congress Hall since lt opened, bu; have been careful io make no acquaintance among the wealthy belle.". Indeed I have been particular not io let my cane touch the hem of their garments, for I would not pollute even their dresses by a-contact with such a poor miserable cuss as myself. However, I still stick up lor the Congress Hall belle, for I don't believe that Europe ought to have all the aristocracy. I believe lo encouraging home manufactures. -? .-? ?y . ? PROSPERITY AND PEACE. Thc Charge of .Judge Bryan at Green? ville-A. Cheering and, "Patriotic Ad-' dreae. 19 . Mt?Hfi ny i ? (FROM OUR OWN i CORRESPONDENT.] GREENVILLE. S. C., August 10. Judge Bryan and Daniel Horlbeck, Esq , of the United States Court, arrived in our city on Tuesday, Gili lust., and were * cordially wel? comed. Tho courtesy, kindness and catho? licity of these gentlemen have made them very popular, and their arrival was anticipated by our people with great delight. They are uni? versal favorite.?, und J heard a gentleman well quannea to jnage, say ??tumno man In South Carolina could. In these times, dil the office of United States Judge so wisely and well and give euch sattelite!lon an Jugde Bryan." On Wednesday the court organized aud the juries, grand ann petit, were all arranged, and on Thursday the Judge delivered u charge of great ability and eloquence, and containing the noblest sentiments ol patriotism and virtue. He said, first, that he congratulated the peuple on the superb agricultural pronpecis; that the fields all smiled In freshness, and i hut they laughed with their tull and exuuerant harvest*. Secondly, that he congratulated thom that peace and harmony were prevailing to such an extent In the up-country, und that the two races were understanding each other better and co-operaliag more candidly for the coun? try's good, and ihat thus each adjusts Itself lo Un own wanta, necessities und capar lt ?et?, [ would, he hoped, bring a flood-tide ol prosper? ity to our land. Thirdly, ihat now that ihe public sentiment that niles the world had brought the whole country to one common platform, and that all parties harmonizing la granting the same civil and political privileges io the white and colored man, the whole negro question was now set at rest-was and should be no more before Hie public mind, bul that all now should address themselves to the building np of the country and restore It tolls former prosperity. Fourthly, he dwelt with great power and fullness OH the value of good government the obligations of all citizens io promote li; that If not maintained anarchy, confusion and ruin would follow; Insisted that we mus? have a better government than we now have, and that every mun, white and colored, should unite to thin end. Fifthly, he commended the United States Government tor repealing ail Internal revenue laws except on liquor and tobacco-two luxu? ries often pernicious and ruinous to men. It was an excellent charge, reflecting credit on both hin head and heart. The weather ls charming. The city is full of Churlestonlans. The Air Line Railroad ls being very rapidly built, and, lt ls supposed, will be next winter in tull op?ration. They have the funds, and that ls ihe engine of rail? road progress. SOMERS. A MYSTERIOUS DROWNING CASE. A Woman Falls Into the Rtvrr and ls Drown di While Her Husband ls Sit? ting on the Bank. . The Savannah Republican has the following account of a sad and plngular drowning acci? dent which occurred In that vicinity last Sun? day: Between two and three o'clock on Sunday afternoon we leam that Mr. Joseph 0. Mell and his wire, Sarah E. Mell, (formerly Mrs. Cronk,) residing at th; Isle-of Hope, took a walk from their residence to a creek known as the Back River, distance something over a hundred yards. Arriving at the landing, Mr. Mell was in a silling position with bis wile beside him. and engaged-so our Informant says-lu skipping his hand to and fro through the water. Sud? denly, having his attenilon attracted by some? thing, Mr. Mell was looking in au opposite direction to where his wile was, when, he says, he heard a splash iu the waler, and Im? mediately turning discovered his wife gone, and a straw hal floating by. He says he im? mediately halloed to his.children to bring him his oars from the house, but they not hearing he went alter them himself, ?'pon his return, he says he paw his wife rise, but had to launch his boat, which WHS hauled up. The news soon spread about the Isle of Hope, when assistance waa at once rendered to recover the body. Captain James King ar? ranged a drag with drum hooke and searched the river in every direction when; it is slated that Mrs. Mell fell In, while Mr. Lawson, from this citv, an experienced diver, went down In every direction, but no trace? of the missing one could be found. Thg search was contin? ued up to dark on Sunuay evening and re? sumed again cn ynsterday," but the body had not been recovered up to the time of the leaving of the Isle of Hope train yesterday afternoon. The whole affair seems somewhat a myste? ry, and many were the conflicting reports circulated yesterday in reference to the do? mestic relations of the husband and wife, and many surmises as to the manner ot Mrs. Mell's death. We forbear publishing any of these numerous reports, as upon a coroner's in? quest, should the body be recovered, all tacts bearing upon the case will be brought out. . THE FIELD OF POLITICS. GOVERNOR B. GRATZ BROWN'S ZET? TER OF ACCEPTANCE. The Hearty Co'ncurrence of Democrat* and Republicana to Restore Tran? quillity, Development and Constitu? tional Rale. .. 8T..LOHT8, August ll. . The correspondence between J. B. Doolittle and B. Gratz Brown, resp?ctrog^the nomina? tion of the latftr f^gr Vice-president by the Bal? timore Convention, ls published. The-letter of? Mr. Brown is as foilo*%9^ * . BigppTivB, DEPARTMENT, .? . jEHPEttSON ClTT, August 8. j, . Gjgnlkuien o?tlie Commut?e-I have the honor db acknowledge the receTpt of your communi? cation advising me that I? had been anani mously nominated os-ns candidate for the Vice-Presidency of the United States at Balti? more. For this mark of confidence oft the* part of so large a representative fcpdy of my fellow-citizens. I cannot too deeply express my gratitude. Trie distinction ls one which L feel to be lu a great measure undeserved, where so many more suitable could have beenftftind; and yet, shosfd. your action %e confirmed, I slialT endeaur j? discharge the duties ol that higftupluce with fidelity to your trust, with devotion to the-public interest, aiW with the inflexible resolution to prove not unworthy of suclt choice. Tbe*Jact that it repases also upon the declaration of principles affirmed by the Liberal Republicans at Cincinnati' and was proclaimed wimont, amendment by the Demo? cratic party of Baltimore gives assurance that In ibis combined expression there ls sought only the deliverance of '.the nation from present great peril to Its peace uAliberties. To that end all minor.considerations nave been subordinated and an' Illustration presented to the country of unselfish patriotism rather than any stickling for party advantage, which should convince all ol the perfect sincerity ol this movement. ?J lr, has Involved nd sur render, on either part of any former.?uvlcilons. Tc has not been negotiated or bargained. Its origin was from ihe people. Though differing lu the post In some issues ot great magnitude, yet, now Lhat they are settled, there is hearty concurrence between us upon airvital.questions agitating the public mind. Wliat conduct of n?il0bal affairs that involves your convention has well Bet forth in its platiostaT&nd its true, accord with the Democratic Ideas that tcnided.au ear? ner administration ls the.best guaranty that lt will restore equal rights,'tranquillity, develop? ment and constitutional rule. . * Mrmltme also, Tantiemen; through ?nlo express my thanks try t hereat masses ol your party, which has Binti raided this action with such signal unanimity, and"to say to them that in accepting (hts, their nomination, I do so believing their ls nothing In hpnor or con? science that should pravent the most cordial co-operation henceforth In behalf of politics presented. In concluding, lt ls. proper to stale that | severe Illness has Intervened since tne recen Hon of your communication, which has de layednbls reply until my recovery and return home. With very great respect, yours truly, B. GRATZ BROWN. POLITICAL NOTES BT TELEGRAPH. Plnchb?ck Trying^ to Stem the Hising T'JhrOr Liberalism In Lonlslana. NEW 'ORLEANS, August 13. TbePtnchback Republican Convention bad a B'ormy session last evening. General Hugh J. Campbell, the president of the convention, spoke In favor cf an al Hauet* with the Liberals aud endorsing Greeley, stating timt ii lils mo? tion failed he would withdraw from the con? vention. The proposition to fuse with the Liberals was lost by 87 to 198, whereupon General Campbell, with eighty-seven other mennn?TP^witnfirew-.-colona -fi-' W 0.?rfw also declared for Greeley. Pinohback declar? ed that a Republican government In this State could only be had under the leadership of Grant. A Colored Champion of Greeley Seeking a Discussion with the Grunt Colorrd Alell. NEW YORK, August 13. It is expected that the pollileal discussion betwecu Saunders, colored Greeleyite, and G.irneM, colored (irantite, will take place next Thursday evening. A challenge nus also been sent by Saunders to Rev. W. F. Butler, ano? ther colored. Grannie, Inviting him to meet him or his colleague, George W*. Hatton, in a like manner. Senator Henry Wilson returned here yester? day irom Indiana. POLITICAL STRA WS. Thc Wind Blowing All One Way and i;tiing to a Gale. -The Philadelphia Age ae-crts that tbe Quakers are no longer for Graut. -Senator Carpenter, sneaking in Wisconsin, last week, said : "If we don't carry North Carolina by ten thousand majority, things will look blue tor General Grant." Blue lt is. -The Louisville Courier-Journal says to Mr. Sumner in relerence io his laie letter lo Speaker Blaine : "For (he first timo lu forty year?, Charles, your head begins to assume a marked degree of levelness." -The known frauds committed under the administration of Grant aggregate $3,194,247. The sub-committee on Indian affairs has just unearthed others, tn which the losses are esti? mated by millions. -The son oi Governor Blair, of Michigan, has been turned out of his mall agency for "violating the rules of the postal service." That Is to say, he refused to give fifty dollars to the Grant campaign fund. -Miss Matilda Symantha Fletcher is going about Illinois with the vow In her leetii t hut she will not stop stump-speaking until Grant ls elected. She has been prudent, enough to secure a railroad pass for ninety-nine years. -In his forthcoming letter In reply to Wil? liam Lloyd Garrison, Mr. Sumner, lt is said, will enter at some length Into a history of the anti-slavery movement, and attempt to dis? prove many of Garrison's charges of his tardi? ness to enter the contest by elaborate quota? tions from his own speeches. -The next State election In order takes place In West Virginia ou ihe 22d, it being ihe only one in August. The mailer of most in? terest ls the new constitution to be presented lor ratification. The contest for goveruor is peculiarly warm, because Governor Jacobs, the present Incumbent, is running Indepen? dent against the regular Democratic nominee. -The House of Representatives, at the ad? journment ot Congress, contained one hun? dred and thirty-seven Republicans, one hun? dred and five Democrats, and one vacant seat. Changes already announced aud others Im? pending are all io favor of Greeley, whose friends will be In sufficient ttrenglh, if not In actual .majority, next winter lo call the out? going administration to swill account lor the misuse of public money in partisan campaign expenses. -Among the crimes alleged against Presi? dent Johnson by Mr. Bothwell was thar, ol corrupt Interference with elections, hy send? ing agents of the postoffice and treasury de pan ment Into the several States electioneer? ing iu his Interest, these persons af the same time drawing pay from the government. And now Boutwell, secretary ot ihe treasury, and all the other members ol the Cabinet, followed by every office-holder whosB electioneering services can be commanded by the Gramiles, are perambulating Hie country advocating Gram's re-election, while Grant committees are assessing them, at the eame lime, to defray party expenses. A NEW DECLARATION OF INDEPEN? DENCE. LYNN, MASS., August 13. A large meeting ol' Crispins has been held here, aud the following resolutions adopted: While we recognize the right of manufacturers to offer such terms as Justice and a regard for their own interests may seem to require, we also shall assert and maintain at every cost and every hazard our right lo belong nnd par? ticipate in any organization, social. Industrial, rellglotip, political and beneficent, which, In our judgment, ls wise and proper, and any at? tempt on the part of any one to abridge or ob? struct auch right ls a vile and indefensible in? terference with personal liberty. COTTON CAPACITY OF THE SOUTH. A tanguin*, ?nd Hopeful View of the Situation. . . The following letter which- appears in the New York Dally Bulletin, ol the 12th?aetant, Indicates truthfully and forcibly the immense cotton capacity of the country, although the writer may perhaps be too sanguine In refer: encelo the rapid Increase of the crop in the ?ear luture, and may have rather underestlf mated the damage already sustained by the growing crop: CHARLESTON, 8. C., August 6. To tlie Editor ofthe Bulletin: About one year ago the writer noticed; through jour columns, an article published by the Commercial Advertiser, wherein some MaUstlca were given Irora the report ol the Manchester Supply Association, and Induc? tions were made that In the near future the cotton production of the South would be sur passed by other sections ot the world. We showed them that euch a conclusion was un? warranted, and that lu this matter the South would surely maintain and Increase her su? premacy. We are glad to see by a recent article lu your paper that you take a view similar lo that held by us. The fact ls that ihe South is actually a terra incognita to nine tenths ot the people of the North. Her re? markable resources are appreciated only by a v?ry lew. What she bas done la the past in this matter of cotton production ls but a foreshadowing of what sue will do in the future. We know that the progress made in India during the past twelve years has been great; but lt bears only a poor com? parison to that made here. In 1866 India pro? duced her largest cotton crop, which was larger than that produced In the -South-daring the same year. Since that year the produc? tion of the lormer has steadily decreased, until now the average yield ls fully thirty per cent, less .than lt was then. On toe* part ?pf the South, her production bas steadily in? creased, until this season lt will be more than double what it was then. The average yield of the years 1859 and-1860 was double that of 1849 and 1850. That of the years 1869 to 1871, Inclusive, waa over CO per cent.,-greater than? that ot 1865 to 1867 inclusive. Trnis we believe* that we can reasonably expect, for the luture.*" that the production of cotton will be doubled ' during every period often years; and accurate statistics show that this rate ot Increase has ex? isted si nee 1820. The population of the.eleven cotton States, at present, ls only about (12) tweL-e Inhabl *ants to each square mile, while, thar bi' New England ls about (51) fifty-one, and that of New York Is (91) ninety-one to trie-square mlle. If the South can yield now nearly 5.000,000 bales of cotton, what lean she not yield when her population ls increased nearly eight-fold, to equal that ol the State of New, -York? The Increase in the supply of colton would not cause a decline in price, because the consumption Is steadily Increasing also. Fifty years ago, with a crop oC only 200,008 bales, the average price was about 17 cents, which was about the price of the crop of 1870. The cotton crops are generally reported to be fair throughout the South, and really lt Is seldom that we have had such steadily good accounts from the planters-as'tve have had this summer. The crops on the coast of Soulh Carolina, known as sea Island cotton', are very fine, and promise a large j leid per acre. The caterpillars seem to have disappeared-at least nothing more ls now heard or them. The reports from the Interior? of this State and other sections of the Sooth Ve generally favorable. Some complaints ure made about Caterpillars In Georgia and Alabama, but we do not believe the damage resulting from thean Insects to be of material Importance. The floods lu Alabama appear tq have done considerable damage in that section, but, after ail, the suction visited ls a small one. What In now to be feared isa very early frost. The aver? age period ot frost throughout the South Is the j 29ih October, and during the past two years lt [.occurred fully ;three weeks later. We haye, probably about the middle of October. The more important reason, however, ls the very electric condition of the atmosphere. For electricity causes cold, and ls accompanied by a certain, amount of atmospheric moisture. Last sn mmer was remarkably devoid of all electrical phenomena, but this season the at? mosphere has been uncommonly electric, thunder-storms and tornadoes have been severn and numerous. This electricity is* a great stimulus to all vegetation, aud Is one of the prime causes of the fine crops through? out the South now, while its absence was one of the causes last season of the failure of the crops then. Some of the estimates given of this crop are unreasonably extreme, for we can not possibly exceed the yield of 1870, nod all the chances are that we will not equal lc. TERRIBLE MURDER IN ATLANTA. The Citv of Atlanta was greatly excited last Saturday evening over the killing of Ur. Frank Phillips, ol the grocery firm of Phillips & McCandless, by a gambler named Milt. Ma lone. The difficulty grew out of a rivalry be? tween the two, In which a woman was con? cerned. Phillips was In company of several of his friends on Decatur street, when tbe conversation took place which culminated In the homicide. Prom Ihe evidence obtained, It appears that Malone contemplated murder when he approached Phillips. The latter wai unarmed and made no show of desiring an altercation, Malone brandishing his pistol, ex? claiming that he would shoot Phillips, which he did, tiring two shots, one passing through his heart and the other through bis side. Phil? lips, who lived but a few minutes after being shot, was only about nineteen years of age, and was highly esteemed as a clever, industri? ous and orderly young man. The populai feeling In the community runs strongly against Malone, who has given himself up aud ls now la custody. DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE BT A NEGRO, NEW YORK, August 13. A Greensboro', North Carolina, dispatch says that a negro named Jim Johnson was ar? rested there yesterday for an attempt to polsor a party of twenty-six ladles and gentlemen, or the occasion of the commencement at Rev Mr. Fontaine's female academy, at Reldsville on the cth instant. Johnson, to avenge him self for a supposed grievance by Mr. Fontaine poisoned the ice cream which had been en trusted to him to freeze, and the entire suppei party of twenty-six, including many young ladles belonging to the elite or society, wen subsequently seized with poisonous symptoms No one has yet died, but the physicians sa] several will not recoveX When arrested John son cilled upon the negroes to rescue him The community threaten bim with lynching. NO ABOLITION TET.IN COBA. LONDON, August 13. A special dispatch from Madrid to the LCD don Timen says that King Amadeus has not, a reported by telegraph from that city, signed i decree providing for the gradnal abolition o slave!y in Cuba aud Porto Rico. The doce ment which he has signed is-simply a code c niles providing for the enforcement of the la\ passed by the Cortes in 1869 making prepara Hon for the emancipation of slaver In th Spanish colonies. . SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -Grant is expected in Washington Ftiday. -Six cases ot sun-stroke yesterday in Ne' I York. I -Princess Helena, wife of Prince Christiai has had a daughter. -The representatives of the London pref have eutertalned Stanley, ihe Herald's Aft lea explorer, at a dinner at the Garrick Club. -Messrs. Wadsworth & Co., bankers an brokers, ol New York, failed yesterday, an were "sold out under tie rules" at the sloe exchange. " . ." -A large cotton factory at Geneva has bee burned, causing a loss of ten thousand francs and throwing eight hundred workmen out( e^PNe?dwln,the -Irish ghat." who I matched to fight Jem Mace next Thursday was arrested yesterday la Baltlmore^nd ? leased on giving two thousand dollars DOUU I not to fight In Maryland, JIMMY O'BRIEN'S PLOT. , j A DEEP-LAID SCHEME TO SELL OUT NEW TOBE TO THE RADICALS. Surrender of thc mag of thc Bourbons to Greeley-The Liberal Movement la Kew Hampshire-A Sign la the We?t Musical Celebrities oa the Wists; to America. * [FHOH ODB OWM OOBBXSFOKDBKT.] :Nrw YORK, August 10.' j The plot of Tweed, O'Brien and Mnrpby toi carry the State for Grant by splitting the city Democratic vote, had wider ramifications than } I bad supposed. It is now reported th adjudge. Dowling. one of the moet^.jnJI?ptJJJ^Rpthe local leaders, was in thesecre# T30krfange ment was simply this* Murphy waa to fur? nish O'Brien with money,, and pledge to him, - on Grant's word of honor, the dlsr/Sbal' ot the Federal patronage of the port, "while O'Brien ' was to Insure a sufficient diversion In the j Democratlo ranks here, s D as to throw the StateT over to Grant. O'Brien used to have charge ot the ballot-box stubing and repeating depart- 4 ment in old Tammany times, ar? he proposed M to lot bis experience ?serve him In carrying ont thu bargain. The 8tat? election law provides for lbs ap? pointment of poll officers by tbe board. or police commissioners, and to Insure impartial? ity tn the administration ot the duties thereof' il requires that the officers shall be selected from the two political parties In equal num? bers. Tbe plan concocted by Murphy, O'Brien and Tweed was aa follows : O'Brien was to - wait until the meeting OT the- bolters' conven? tion at Louisville; and declare for its nominee for President, fie wai then to organize a straight Democratic pam In, New York. Ic was supposed that T ml would - bave In fl u?_ * en ce enough with the police commissioners to Induce them to make the appointment ot poll officers from the Grant Republican and "truo" .Ovjnocratlc parties.In other woraV from among1 jB?e partisans of Murphy anoaiO'Brien.. By ?2?3?. arrangement O'Brien would nay? oom- ? . pfate control of the eleotlon returns, and "could manipulate the vote to ?ult the exigencias bf tho case in November. Thia precious swindle has been exposed by . some ot.tho leaders of the O'Brien wing of the Democracy, who bad been let Into the siseret, but who have quarrelled with O'Brien since, lie premature exposure will probably. kill It, for all the local Democratic leaders adberiDg to the regular nominations .are how on the alert, ana there are some of them Just aa . sharp as Mr. O'Brien, lt ls doubtful If tbe ."Reform senator" will organize, bis third par ty., He certainty could not:parry five thou- g .sand voters with bim Into a new natlonal or- " ganlzatloo. or'over to Game ?> We have another o? the signa of.the times lo the surrender ol the New York I? Book to the Greeley movement. For oeariyTwenty years, the Day Book bas been the most ex? trema Democratic paper In the country. lia "Straightness" and boldness brought down upon lt the vengeance of the Lincoln Govern? ment during the war, and for a while ltapub Ucatlou waa suspended, t During all Itu Hie, Greeley bas been its oeto.noir. It, was for a straight nomination at Baltimore, andabas . been holding out vigorously against Greeley ever since. But the pressure of the torrent bas been too great. This week the most Radi? cal ct Democratic papers gives In to Qmetey ? $n/i Brown. Tho editor,. Pr., Van Tmie, wrtOs: * "We are-over whelmed by ' this cry from the South: 'Anything to beat Grane' ???.-., .*~c-# Grant defeated, the gigantic mumbo-jumbolsm that now oppresses' tbe South beaten down, 5 and we shah all breathe the air of freedom again; and for this one BI mp le, dlreefpur puse-thIB, terrible, overwhelming necessity now pressing upon us-we must all do our ? "couatrVfrom^e^ ? watched and prayed for daylight in some oLher way In vain, and now, as Goa rorces the wrath . of man to praise Him, even so we believe that ' lt ls tbe will of beaven that Horace Greeley shall become ita Instrument In opening,a way of deliverance and r?conciliation of this'great American people." - It ls needless to remark tbat the course of Hie Day.Book deprives the Blanton Jhiucaa folly, of what Utile strength it had. It was in the Day Book office that' the Fl andersten Allen maniiesto was prepared and the Mary? - land Institute meeting arranged. There seems to be really nothing left for Duncan' and Flanders to do but to go over bag and baggage to Grant, Mr. Greeley Is quietly reposing to-day atibe house of his friend, Mr. Tappen, In Bradford, N. H., while tbe New York reporters in bis train are prowling about th? neighborhood in quest of news. The tour ot Greeley through New England has greatly developed^heLlbe rai feeling there. His appearance^ Rhode Island and New Hampshire bas been every? where received with enthusiasm. Tbe newest conversion from Grant to Greeley is that of E. . A. Boil i ns, late commissioner of Internal rev? enue and chairman ot the Republican State committee of New Hampshire. Mr. Rollins resigned on Thursday ah<i pronounced for Greeley the next day. He ls celebrated as tbe p blest organizer In New England, and has always been credit ed w itu the carrying of New Hampshire, a close State, against the Democ? racy. His secession from the Republican party and bis active co-operation with tbe Democrats and Liberals Insures the Granite State to Greeley and Brown beyond a ques- f lion, and its influence will be felt tn Maine. I talked yesterday with a cool-headed gen? tleman from the interior of Illinois, a Republi? can In politics. He seemed lo thick that at least a third of the Republican vote ol his State has been swept into the Greeley movement.q?f He spoke of bis own county, arra said tie knew of hardly an influential Republican in lt who bad not come out for Greeley. The amusement managers are beginning to ? make their announcements for the coming - season. The brightest star destined to shine T In our musical firmament this fall and winter is Lucca, who ls expected to create almost as much nf a furor as Nilsson did io this country. Miss Kellogg also returns for the season. Grau brings over from Paris a new French opera bouffe company. He bas also engaged the great pianist, Hubenstein, whose corning ? is heralded with lithographic portraits in (be music store windows, and flattering biograph- 4 leal notices In the newspapers. Cariotta Patti Is under engagement likewise. Her sister Adelina comes In 1873. Among the theatnfl| stars from abroad will be Bouclcault ffia wife, Sotbern. Charlotte Cuehmau and MfSa Neilson, a London celebrity and beauty. _, ? ,._ TRICKS IN ALL TRADES BUT OUR?. A case of enterprise on the part of a London newspaper reporter has recently come, to \ light, which reflects more credjt upon the in- - dustry and Ingenuity of Us originator than oh bis honesty. -Our readers may^osslbly re? member reading accounts ota discovery made lu London In 1867 of a carpet-bag containing haman remains, which discovery caused l^Bfeg;. excitement and furnished material for DST rous articles under the title of "The Waterloo Bridge Mystery." All the detectives of Lon? don were at work oa the case, and all were thoroughly baffled. Lately the matter has been brought luto notice again by a British soldier stationed in India avowing him? self to be the person who threw the sack with its contents Into the river; but as his story was found -lo disagree with the statements published In the news? papers at the time of th? j*1800T?'.,? was coDlectured that the soldier bad lied about the affair In the hope pf beingseat home to England. The revival of the subject, how ever has had the effect of bringing ont a let- # ter frotan old sub-ediior, who writes to the Birmingham Gazette that the whole affair was the result of a scheme concocted by an Impe? cunious penny-a-llner In order to supply ma? terial for an exciting newspaper article. Tbe human remains contained In tbe sack were procured by the reporter from a dissecting room, and the sack was let down from Water? loo Bridge by a confederate, who was dis? guised as a woman. *9be trick succeeded, the originator of the pen eme was first on the ground with the news; and all London was set agog by tbe rumors which gained currency in regard to the "horrible mystery," which DM never been explained until now.