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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. A GLOOMY PROSPECT. MOSES OR CHAMBERLAIN TBE CAN? DIDATE FOR GOVERNOR. Arrival of the Delegates-The Support? ers of the Rival Candidates-Bowen Supports Moses-Patterson's Purse Open-The Coolee between the Devil and a Witch-What will Orr and Cor? bin Do about It! [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, Auguet 18. The delegates to the Radical State Conven? tion have already begun to come in. Some arrived yesterday; more this afternoon. Quite a number ot county delegates are quartered at the rooms bf the I. 0. TJ. B., over which a flag ls flying, and around and about which are con? gregating the bummers and henchmen of the various aspiring candidates. The rival chief? tains from Charleston, Bowen and Mackey, are quartered at the Columbia Hotel; their names appearing In dangerous Juxtaposition upon the register. From the beat information I can gel, and I presume lt may be relied upon, the struggle tor the office of Governor ls pretty well narrowed down io Moses and Chamberlain. Such is the invariable opinion of the delegates and resl dt?it Republicans here with whom I have con? versed, and lt may be safely regarded ns the true reading of the political horoscope at the time of these presents. Chamberlain Is the choice of the financial ring-Scott is his most prominent supporter, and Neagle will lend him what countenance be has. Hones ls the choice ot tin lobbyists and the bribe-taking, thieving legislative crew; "Honest" John Pat? terson, of Blue Bldg?-, notoriety, Worthington, Hage and the bummers generally rally around MoBes. The Chamberlain combination ls, perhaps, the most respectable, and thereiore the more dangerous. They wonld do their spiriting in a financial and dignified manner. The Hoses craw is a heterogeneous mass, com? posed of ali of the corrupt elements In and around the legislative balls, from the pusil? lanimous rogue who wonld sell Ms vote for whatever lt will bring, (a drink, If nothing else) to the committee manipulator and legis? lative schemers of larger ambition. H?ge, Worthington and Hoses dined with Patterson to-day. Instead of Patterson buy* lng Hoses off, as was tbougbt to be the cass a few days ago, lt appears rather that Hoses bas captured Patterson with the promise of the United States senatoreblp. The Bowen faction, lt is very generally be llved, will support Hoses. Uackey is appa? rently treating with Chamberiain. They were oloseted together to-day. The oplulon now ls that Moses has the Inside track. Money was all that was lacked, and that be will now get In abundance from Patterson. Nothing much, however, can be ascertained until more of the delegates arrive. It 1B reported here that John Cochrane has the Anderson and Pickens delegations lu tow for Hoses, despite the efforts of Orr, Earle and the other Reform Republicans in that sec? tion. The question now is what will the Orr-Cor bln party do about ic. Neither Orr nor Corola can hardly support Hoses or Chamberlain, and they claim to represent Grant and the National Republican party. The county nominations here, with the ex? ception of that for clerk of the court and tor sheriff, are as bad as bad can be. Hiller is nominated for clerk. Swygert, the nominee for probate judge, knows nothing of Webster's elementary spelling book, much less ol law. The school commissioner is even more igno. rant than the present Incumbent, Edwards. There ls strong talk among the darkies of holding another convention. It they do, the candidates will propably be no belter, proba? bly worse. There was not a single white man In the late convention, and the blacks even commenced quarrelling bitterly with the mu? latto. Senator F. A. Sawyer ls registered at the Columbia Hotel. He takes no stock, 1 under? stand, in either Hoses or Chamberlain. It ls believed he will work with Orr and Corbin. Lively times are anticipated in the conven, tlon. Qm Vive. SERIOUS RIOTS IN IRELAND. A Large Number of Persons Injured. < - - LONDON, August 17. Further advices from Belfast confirm the reported serious nature of the rioting there Thursday. Several collisions occurred be? tween mobs of Protestant and Catholio pro? cessions, during which a large number of per? sons received injuries more or less ot a serious nature. The entire city was in an uproar of excitement, and the disturbances were only quelled by the most active exertions of the police. Many rioters have boen arrested. LONDON, August 17-2 P. M. A dispatch just received from Belfast states that the riots nave broken out afresh. Severe fights are now going on. The barracks of the police and several nouses have been wrecked Joy the mob._ THE SARATOGA BACES. SARATOGA, Augueta 17. The races commenced to-day. Two mlle race for three year olds was run In the mud, which was very sticky. Joe Daniels won In 3:4?, bealing Harness and Meteor half a length and Loudon two lengths, wi iii Cape Race four lengths behind, and others trailing. The sum? mer handicap, lor all ages, two arid a quarter miles, was won by John Morrissey ? Defender, beating McDaniel's Hubbard and Doswell's Winesap by eight lengths. Hubbard was sec? ond, with Winesap lapped on him. Defender was backed at nine to eight against the other two. Time, 4:24A. The Kentucky slakes, one mlle tor two year olds, was won by Belmont's Bilk Stocking, Reviler second, Catesby third, and Strachlnoo fourth. Silk StocklDg beat the others, who were lapped on each other, tty one length. Time, 1:52. Katy P. and Elec? tra were not placed. A BOLD ROBBERV. NEW YORK, August 18. Two highwaymen entered the office ol Bless ? Co., John street. Brooklyn, at five o'clock yesterday, while the employees were being paid, and seized a roll of bills amounting io four hundred dollars, and both preseniing re? volvers to the workmen present escaped to the dock. SPARKS FROM TBE WIRES. -Eight sunstrokes In New Tork on Satur? day. -Dr. Maynard, United States Navy, acci? dentally poisoned himself on Saturday at Brooklyn. -A fireman, brakeman and bajrgage-mas ter were seriously hurt by tb? wrecking of a train near Sirondsbury, New York, on Friday. The passengers escaped. -A Philadelphia police officer, Lewis H. Lare, WHB shot alter midnight, on Broad street, by Elisha Warne, superintendent of Warne's shooting gallery. The wound is sup? posed to be monal. Warne was arrested. -The surveyor of customs at Memphis seized a portion of the track of the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad for unpaid dues on the rails, amounting lo thirteen thousand dol? lars gold, and ls learing up the inclined plane leading to the ferry boat, and will brina the rails to the Memphis side. MOVEMENTS OF THE OPPOSING FORCES. Caldwell'* Estimate of HI? Own Vic? tory. WASHINGTON, August 17. A letter received here irom the Governor ot North Carolina, in response to a request for a copy of the certificate of election irom the secretary of that 8tate, says the result ol the election, officially, will not oe made known until after the speaker of the House opens all the returns in the presence ot both branches of tbe Legislature, which does not convene until ihe third Monday in November. There are some fifteen counties yet to be heard from. Except partial returns, the most heard from are semi-official, and it ls pretty satisfac? torily ascertained that Caldwell's majority will range from 180v to 2500. Greeley at a Clam-Bake. PORTSMOUTH, August 17. At the Rye Beach clam-bake yesterday, Greeley merely made a lew humorous re? marks on the subject of clama, and said nothing political. Seeretary Robeson was also present and spoke briefly, likewise avoid? ing politics. Greeley goes this morning di? rect io New York via Boston. A Blac k Candidate for Congress. MONTGOMERY, ALA., August 17. The Republicans ot the Second District nom? inated J. L. Rapier, colored, tor Congress on the first ballot, over C. W. Buckley, late mem? ber of Congress. A Wise Nomination. BOSTON, August 17. It is slated that at a meeting ot the Liberal Republicans and Democrats here to-day, lt was resolved to ask Charles Francis Adams to become their candidate tor Governor of Mas? sachusetts. A telegram on the subject is said to have been sent to Geneva. Andy Johnson Agalntt Grant. NASHVILLE, August 17. Andrew Johnson made his promised speech to-day at the Exposition building In this city to about three thousand people. It did not vary much from his Knoxville speech, though more elaborate. He referred to the general preier ence for military men for office, and warned the people against it as ol evil tendency, and while speaking ot amnesty asked amnesty for himself. It Is interred from this that he de? siree the nominal lon for Congress for the State at large. POLITICAL NOTES. -Senator Doolittle is confident that the Democrats will carry Maine. -George H. Pendleton will return home from Germany in Ilma to take part lo the Presidential canvass. He expresses himself earnestly In favor ot Greeley's election. -John L. Clark, of Decatur County, Iowa, has just resigned his position upon the Radical State central committee, and declared himself for Greeley. -Captain Yeoman, of Fort Dodge, Ia., who belonged to the brigade which captured Jeff. Davis, was the first man In his town to declare tor Horace Greeley. -A few Democrats met at the Girard House, Philadelphia, on Monday night, to make ar? rangements for attending the Louisville Con? vention. The Press says that one hundred Democrats will go from Pennsylvania. -A correspondent from Columbia County, Penn., the home of the Hon. Charles R. Buck? alow, declares that the Liberal majority will be tully two thousand five hundred, being seven hundred more than the usual Demo? cratic majority. -Mr. Greeley telegraphs to the Tribune In relation to the special dispatch published In the Boston Traveller : "I have written none but private loiters, and have written to no person that we shall carry but two New Eog land States, as I know better." -The Springfield Republican says : "There, is no longer rea?onaUe doubt that ? aston will give a large majority tor Greeley, and it will probably elect two Liberal members of Con? gress. Besides the Times, which ls the Gree? ley organ, the Herald-which prluts more dally paper* than all me otner uuiiy journals or m? city altogether, and probably circu?ales twice as many in the City of Boston as ail the other papers-is an earnest, steady-going, and influ? ential supporter ot the Liberal reform." THE OLD NORTH STATE. -The Methodist Church In Fayetteville was struck by lightning on Wednesday, but not much damage done. -A fine chalybeate spring has been discov? ered on the lauds of Mr. Juna swisher, near Waynesboro'. -On Tuesday night a drunken colored man, carr)lng a bottle ot whiskey, was run over by a passing train, near Wilson, and killed. -The Roanoke News Bays : A crazy negro has been creating great disturbance In the Ringwood section, threatening ladles with death, and otherwise frightening timid folks. -The new Iron bridge on the Petersburg Railroad, two miles below Weldon, ls four hun? dred and sixty-tour feet long, exclusive of abutments. Trains will pass over lt In about a month. -At the grand Jubilation over our victory, which tonk place In Raleigh, on Friday night, Judges Merrimon and Shlpp, Hon. D. Barrin? ger, Hon. Josiah Turner, Hon. T. J. Jarvis, J. H. Separk, Esq , and others, were speakers. Judge Merrimon said we had solid cause for rejoicing; that it remained to be s :en whether our victory was not complete; that our work was not done, and that the gr M battle ls to be fought in November. INDIANS ON THE WAR PATH. SALT LAKE, August 17. The Indians of San Pele County are still on Ihe war path. Infantry and cavalry will be immediately sent in pursuit. SALT LAKE, August 18. Three companies of United ?states troops left for the field of Indian danger In San Pete County. Generals Ord and Morrow leave Im? mediately tor tbe scene of operation with cav? alry. J. D. Page, the telegraph operator at Mount Pleasam, was attacked last night by In? dians when leaving his office, and was terribly wounded lo the nead by tomahawks. The wound ls supposed to be fatal. A BLOODY REVOLUTION IN PERU. Nsw YORK, Aucrust 18. Mails by t he Rising Star, Irom Callao, give the particulars ot the recent bloody revolution in Peru, headed by Gutierrez, minister ot war, who was supported by the army. Ou July 22d he Imprisoned President Bala, and exacted forced loans, but a few days alterward- was deserted by the troops. Callao was made a scene of anarchy and street fighting. A brother of Gutierrez was killed; another brother, to avenge his death, shot and killed President Bala, In prison, atterwards. The president elect was placed In power, and the populace hung the three brothers Gutierrez in ihe plaza at Lima, and burned their bodies. MORE FEVER SHIPS AT NEW YORK. NKW YORK, August 18. The bark Pelayo, from Havana, and brig Bolear, from Central America, with yellow fe? ver on board, arrived here last night. There are now twenty-eight yellow fever patients al the quarantine hospital. The Spanish ram Numuncla ls now at anchor at Southwest Spit, twenty-one miles Irom ihe city. Several ad dliional iofected vessels ar* expected to ar? rive daily. The health authorities are taking all proper precautions. TWO BATHEBS DROWNED AT LONG BBANCH. " _ " LONG BRANCH, August 17. Mary Culley, while bathing this morning, was carried away by the undertow, and when she was brought to land by a gentleman died on the beach. Four servant girls, employed at the West End Hotel, while bathing were washed to sea. Three were rescued. The fourth was drowned and the ooo y is not recovered. THE GENEVA TBIBUNAL. r,u , GENEVA, August 17. The supplementary arguments of the Amer? ican counsel beiore the board have been Diib lished in pamphlet form. The arguments of Evans cover one hundred paget? Those of dishing and Waite are less extended THE WORM AT WORK. DISCOURAGING REPORTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. "Liverpool and New York had Better Shorten their Estimates." The following extracts from leading papers show the present condition of the cotton crop in Mississippi. Alabama and Louisiana: MISSISSIPPI. Raymond Gazette, 7th: The fears enter? tained tor the last month as to the early ap? pearance of the enemy of the cotton crop are about to be realized. There can be no doubt now but that the cotton caterpillar has ap? peared all over the Southern States. They are not as yet In such numbers as to desolate the fields, but lt must be borne In mind that the hist crop IB always In limited numbers, and that the damage ls done by their progeny. The rains have continued so long that lt Is be? yond doubt this pest will destroy a considera? nte portion of the orop. Should the weather be favorable for their propagation, even a short time longer, there is great danger we may not only see small patches here and there stunted by the worms, but whole districts swept cleao, and but one quarter or one-third of tue average yield obtained. Woodville Republican, 6th: The worms are through this county on every plantation. The crops will not come up to anticipated results. Columbus Index, Sh: Rust has appeared lu many places, the worm has announced bis ar? rival, and the heated term ls causing the squares to drop off. Mead ville Journal, 8ih: The prospect fora Kood cotton crop ls still very dutering. No further reports from the cotton worm. Natchez Democrat, 8th: Prospect for the cotton crop In this region continues to be more discouraging. Worms are apnearlng in large numbers on some places on both sides of the river. Yazoo Banner, 9th : Captain Z. B. Stutts, a respectable planter In the Yazoo Swamp, near Ibis place, brought in a sialk of colton on Monday last, which was completely ruined by worms. He also brought in some of the worms, which the planters pronounce not to be the caterpillar; but if lt destroys cotton more effectually than that peBt, lt ls at least as much to be dreaded. Every form and boll were eaten off the stalk exhibited, and nota leaf disturbed. The ends of the limbs were cut off. As this worm does not contine Itself to cotton, but eats grass, we hope that the damage il may do may not reach the polut that some men greatly fear. We also hear ot the caterpillar on several plantations, but thus far have done but little harm. Enterprise Courier, 10th : Though we hpar of the appearance ot the cotton worm on many plantations in this section, our reports as yet do not represent them as doing any considera? ble damage. The next two weeks, however, will tell the tale. Aside from ibis worm, the cotton prospect at presenr, we think, ls decid? edly the finest since I860. Liberty Herald, 10th: Reports of the cotton worms come In from every quarter of the county. As yet they have not appeared in sufficient numbers to cause any serious alarm, bul a few days eunice for them to bring up reinforcements without number. Should they begin their ravages In earnest any time during the present month, the damage will be almost incalculable. ALABAMA. Union Spring Times, 7ih: It ls difficult to estimate the injury already done to the grow? ing cottou crop or the probable devastation of the caterpillar, which abounds In every por? tion of the country. Allowing for rust, drought and floods, all of which have affected and are affecting the cotton crop, and that, in addition, the worms will pretty effectually clean the Held* within the next three weeks, it ls believed that there will be a somewhat larger cotton yield in the county than there was last year. Reports from almost every section of the colton belt confirm the presence of the caterpillar, but generally they have not been verv destructive. Montgomery Advertiser, 9th: The army caterpillar, that pest ol' the cotton lands, has made its appearance in Macon County, and ls vigorously at work on plantations near Tus? kegee. Greenville Advocate, 9th: The recent pro? tracted rains have injnr the cotton crop in this county very materially. The stalks are rapidly shedding, and should the worms prove as numerous and disastrous as nome predict, the crop In our county will fall far below the expectations of the planter. Greensboro' Beacon, 10ib: As a natnral consequence of so much rain in July, the cot? ton worms are appearing in large numbers. The army worm appeared some two or turee weeks earlier than usual. South of this, on the black lands, they have already done seri? ous damage. The cotton crop on the rich black lauds of this section will certainly be materially Injured by the worm, and the yield tall greatly below the estimate made two weeliH ago. As yet lhere ls but little com? plaint of the worms on the sandy lands; but, with the weather we are now having, and have had for ten days past, there ls strong reason to apprehend their appearance ROOD, and In large numbers, on the sandy and all other kinds of land?. Greenville South Alabamian, 10th : That most destructive worm, the caterpillar, ls ruining the cotton crop in this section. Since our last Issue we have heard at leasl of twenty planta? tions which are almost totally destroyed. Tuscaloosa Times, 7th: Reporis of the cot? ton crop still continue favorable. In this county the yield, lt is believed, will be an average one, but the aggregate crop ol the Stale, it ls thought, will fall much below an average one. Demopolls News, 10th: We learn from a gen? tleman living in Linden that the colton worm has made Its appearance In that vicinity also. LOUISIANA. The Monroe Telegraph of the 10th says: A friend writes from Columbia, on the 6th In? stant, that the "cotton worms have appeared In large quantities throughout our parish." Louisiana Farmer (Ouachlia Parish) 2d : We regret io learn fsom nearly every quarter that the caterpillar has made his appearance. As yet no damage hos been done by them; but great fears are entertained that they will at their next webbing do much Injury. Rayvllle Beacon, 10th : Crops are still very good In this parish notwithstanding the coin plaint of the worms. Ii ts not a fixed fact yet that they will injure the cotton much. Vernon Standard, Jackson Parish : From the best lolormution that we have been able to obtain, the cotton worm has made its ap? pearance In this paush. It is In very small numbers thus far, doing but little damage, and nobody appears lo be seriously alarmed at its presence. Maust5 el d Reporter : On account of tho co D - tinned dry weather the prospects for a cotton crop In this section are not as flattering as we had boped for. The cotton . orin has made Its appearance in some place-- \n the parish, but not yet In sufficient force Lt do any very great damage. Claiborne Democrat, 6th: There Is no shut? ting our eyes any longer to the mournful fact that the army worm ts in our cotton fields. A field near Fort Hudson, on the Norwood place, ls eaten so badly as to begin to look ragged. Some confidently assert that the worms can be found In every field in the parish. They came in 1867 about the 1st ot September, au l before the 10th of that month Hie crops were entirely destroyed. Alexandria Democrat: Our reports of the progress of the caterpillars does not vary much from our last On the several places on Bayou Rapides which were much damaged, they have continued their work of destruction and nearly cleaned them up. They seem con? fined pretty much In one locality, that Is In a ravaging form, but they are everywhere In some state, more or less". The majority of accounts alill have them webbing up, and will do no harm until the 15th or 30tb. Madison Journal, 6tb: We have no chance to report In the cotton crop this week. We hear that the cotton worm has been lound on all the back plantations of this parish, except, perhaps, on a few small isolated places; and the crops generally are in such a backward cond 1 lion-necessarily from the fact that a great deal of lt was planted late-that worms will doubtless prove very desiruclive. Opin? ions vary as to the condition of the early crop, some protesting that lt ls indifferent, and others that it Is likely to be as prolific as cot? ton planted early In the season. Shreveport Telegram, 7th : We learn from an agent ol the Telegram, who has been irav elling extensively ihrongn several of the neigh? boring parishes within the past two weeks, that the cotton crop is now suffering terribly from the drought and that shedding has set ID. He says tbat the prospect for a full crop has been Badly interfered with, and that un? less there ls a timely rain and a late fall, the crop will lose over a third ot Its fruit. From various sources wo hear tbe same report, and we take lt that lt ls true. Liverpool and New York had better shorten their estimates of the growing crop In consequence. We are not near out ol the woods yet, and we very much mistake ll these authorities have not got their estimates entirely too high. The crop through' out this dlHtrlct will be cut short fully one third by the drought. COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT. NEW YORK, Alienist 17. The following ls the comparative cotton statement for the week ending to-day: Receipts for the week at all ports. 2.472 Against last week. 1,173 Previous week. 2,117 Three weeks since. 2,666 Total receipts since september l, 1871.2,714,436 Cones; ou'tiog period previous year.3,w9J.?>54 Decrease since September 1,1871.i,280,oi8 t- x porta from all porta for week. 7.6C8 For the naae Mme last year. 17,847 Tctal exports for expired portion.1.952,267 Last year.3,136.607 Stock at all ports. 67,298 Sa ne date last year. 114,421 At Interior towns. 6,976 Against last year. 13.312 At Liverpool. 9i8,ooo Lest year. 496,000 American afloat for Great Britain. is,coo Laat year. 67,000 india afloat for Europe. 801,000 Last year.j. 606,000 Weather at the South' bas been rainy in many sections, too much BO for the present condition of the crop. | TETE PEABODY EDUCATION FUND. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual meet? ing of tue Trastees. The Hon. William Aiken has sent to this office a copy of the report ot the proceedings ot the sixth annual meeting of the trust ees of the Peabody Education Fond, held at Boston June 25, 26 and 27. The following ls a sketch ot the report: Of the board or sixteen persons appointed hy Mr. Peabody In 1667, two have since died, Admiral Farragutand William C. Rives, whose places have been tilled by the election ot S. Watson, of Tennessee, and A. H. H. Stuart, of Virginia, and Mr. E. A. Bradford resigned, and his place has been filled by th? election ot General Richard Taylor, of Louisaaa. Twelve trustees were present throughout the meeting, three of the remaining lour belog now absent In Europe. It was ordered that the annual meetings be held hereafter In New York, during the month or July, the day to be fixed by the chairman, Robert C. Winthrop, and the general agent, Dr. Barons Sears, after consultation with the members. The long and Interesting report of the gen? ni ageot was read. It ls dated at Staunton, Va., June 24th, 1872, and reviews the educa? tional work of the year In the States where t he Peabody education fund is applicable. Dr. Sear's i ravels and correspondence give him an Intimate knowledge ol the legislation and the practical efforts at organizing public Instruc? tion In the Sonthern States. He says that though the practical application of the princi? ple of general education by public authority and the adjustment of plans ot operation to the condition and wants of the people ot each State are susceptible of great improvement, and require mucb consideration, the principle itself may be considered as pretty well settled. It is only a question of lime, then, until the South shall have a system of public Instruc? tion, of which ihe whole couutry will be proud. As Dr. Sears very careluliy points out, there are many difficulties yet to oe over? come. The legislation in many ot the otates ls cnide; the scnool fund in some bas been plundered by carpet-baggers; la some places suitable taxes cannot be levied, owing to uu peneaiwi matutes; in others the Influential lawyers andousiuees on*, nf vu? couuiry uguu the fax levy for this purpose. Despite all these drawbacks, the general agent ot the Pdabody education fund takes a hopeful view ot the matter. The total amount appropriated lo aid ol public Inst ruction lu the South since February, 1871, ls $141,350. Dr. Sears estimates the amount contributed by the people themselves at about $700,000. It should be remarked in passing that by the terms ot the bequest no moneys can be and none have been appropri? ated to any college or academy or to any pri? vate, pay or sectarian school. Only those public schools In operation under the superin? tendence ol State and county officals can claim any assistance from this fund. The superintendents of public instruction lu the various States act as agents of Peabody's do? nation in their respective Stales. The follow? ing Is the scale accordlnz to which appropria? tions are made: For well-regulated public schools continued about ten mom hs of the year and having a regular attendance of not less than 100 pupils averaging 85 per cent., the agent pays $300; 150 pupila averaging 85 per cent., i he agent pays $450; 200 pu pi. s aver? aging 85 per cent., me ageut pays $600; 250 pupils averaging 85 per cent,, the agent pays $800; 300 pupils averaging 85 per cent., the agent pays $1000. Virginia has 411,104 children between the ages of five and twenty-one years; of these 130,460 attend the public schools winch have been organized wlih marvellous rapidity and success since 1870. The cost of the system was, for the year, $587,472. Received from Hie Peabody fund, $26.900. North Carolina.-Poor laws and poor scnools. Received $11,500 from this fund. South Carolina_Number of children In the State between six and sixteen years of age, 206,610, of whom more than hall are colored. Only 66,056 attend public schools, about one half bemg colored. The carpet-baggers have stolen the school funds. Received $500 from this lund. Georgia.-Laws imperfect. Number of chil? dren In public schoole, 80.980. Two-thirds ot tho State educational food has been diverted irom Us legitimate purpose. Received $7000 from this fund. Florida.-Appropriation for educational pur? poses very small. Fourteen thousand chil? dren ure now in the BChools. Tho prospects aro Improving. Received $6950 from this lund. Alabama ls tied by IIB constitution, which gives a kind of Polish veto to the Legislature over the action of the board of education. Received $9200 Irom this fund. Mlcslsslppi.-Children ol ihe legal age to at? tend school, 304,762, 01 whom 117,000 attend public schools. School laws faulty. School fund, $2,000,000, from which the schools re? ceive no benefit. Received from this fund, $5350. Louisiana received $9000 from this fund, erroneously stated ac $7000 In ibe report. Texas.-The new law relating to public In? struction very good. The school lund of the State ls larger than that of any other Soutn ern State. Nlneiy thousand children, or about one-third ol' the youth ol proper age, attend schools. We And nolhiog appropriated Irom this lund lost year, but as the column does not loot up properly, probably Texas received a donation. Arkansas has been teaching its teachers to live cu nothing and leach school besides. The public school system does not thrive under this training. Received $8650 from this fund. Tennessee-Waking up io Its bad eminence in the ranks o? illiteracy. Received $26,900 from this lund. West Virginia-The number of children ot scholastic age 166,749, rd' whom 76,599 attend the public schools. The total expenditures were $577,718, nearly half of which was for school-houses. Received from the lund $17,550. A committee was appointed to see what measures were necessary to recuver ihe value of the Mississippi bonds In Hie hands of the trustees, which have never been repudiated and yet never paid. TO BB, OR NOT IO BE. LONDON, August 16. A sppclal dispatch to the Standard irom Paris, says at the meeting ot Emperors in Berlin a proposition will be made for a con? gress or the European powers to panction ter-i ritorlal modifications ot France, the occupa? tion ot Rome and the revision of the Treaty of Paris of 1856. LONOOS, August 17. The Dally News discredits the Standard's report that the meeting of the Emperors ot Germany, Prussia aod Austria at Berlin ls for the purpose of settling pending questions In European national relations. FAIR PLAY IS A JEWEL. THE POLITICAL DISCUSSION BE? TWEEN GARNET AND SAUNDERS. Pandemonium Broke Hooted and menaced and Moral Victory. Loone-Sa un il cr? .A Gallant Fight The New York Herald gives Ihe following account of the discussion In that city, Thursday night, between W. U. Saunders, of Baltimore, and H. H. Garnet, ol New York, colored champions respectively of the Greeley and Grant parties: One of the most extraordinary meetings ever witnessed In any city was held in the Cooper Institute Thursday night. Four thou? sand colored people gathered together, not? withstanding the Intense heat of the night, to listen to a discussion between the Rev. Henry Hlgnlaod Garnet, of this city, and W. ?. Saunders, of Baltimore, Maryland, both col? ored, upon the relative merits and services of TJ. S. Grant and Horace Greeley. The debate has been much talked ot and long considered, but after sundry disappointments and much correspondence the preliminaries were finally arranged. Cooper Institute was engaged, the expenses were guaranteed, and the colored orators were afforded an opportunity of talk? ing the matter out, much to toe satMaciion of the negroes In particular and the public gen? erally. A BRAVE T?JK. Saunders, who, when the task he bas undertaken to convince a half-clvllized peo? ple, may be called the leader of the forlorn hope, espoused the cause of Greeley, and Mr. Garnet, the distinguished pastor of Shiloh Presbyterian Church, had the much more con? genial task ot presenting the claims ot General Granito an audience who were In entire sym? pathy with him and his principles. When eight o'clock came it was evident that the audience was entirely one-sided, and that the Liberal orator had not the slightest chance of getting a lair hearing, the feelings ot tue negroes being evidently wrought up to the highest pitch of excitement by ibe Influences which have been brought to bear upon them since the discussion was announced to come oft the narrow minds ot the great majority present being evidently unable to comprehend what an orderly debate meant. THE GLADIATORS APPEAR. Punctually to the hour the colored gladia? tors came upon the platform, amid enthusias? tic cheering for the Rev. Henry Highland Garnet. On the motion of the Rev. W. Bm 1er, the chair was taken by Mr. I. J. Yullie, cashier ol the Freedmen's Bank, a bullet-headed negro, who presided over the meeline with all ihe Impartiality lt was possible to exercise In an audienoe which acted like a gathering of Frjee Islanders. Mr. Halton, a colleague of Saunders, was appointed secretary. Tne articles of discus? sion were read-whether the ascendency ol the Liberal Republican party and the election of Horace Greeley, or the re election of Gene? ral Grant, would be most conducive to the welfare of the country and the proper admin? istration of Justice, without distinction of race, color or party. The chairman announced ihe terms of the discussion, an hour for Saunders In opening, an hour and a half for Garnet, In reply, and half an hour to Saunders to close. PANDEMONIUM BROKE LOOSE. But the colored rowdies took no heed ol the action, and one hideous looking ruffian struck a policeman for a simple remonstrance. Saunders went on to show what the past re? cord of Mr. Greeley had been, and how, In conjunction with Sumner-[terrific groans for Sumner]-he had borne the brunt aud heat of the battle against slavery, when lt was a crime to be an abolitionist. [Cheers for Gree? ley, counter cheers for Grant, cat calls and waving of handkerchiefs by the ladles and flags by the visitors.] In striking language Saunders showed the incapaoity of Grant, his neglect of the colored men and his Democratic piMwvtvli H?,*" lt- fpiia ?.n,.??1 g. --~ i . ?fc. --? - - ence would have nothlog against ?traut, and any statements mad? concerning him were re? ceived with derisive laughter, ihe while men In the hall made a good show for Saund? ers, and fer a time succeeded In securing for him a partial hearing; but the wild blood of the Africans was aroused, and they soon burst through the little decorum that had hitherto been preserved. According to the terms previously arranged, the opening speaker was lo be allowed an hour, but more than half Ibat lime was con? sumed lu wanton and uncalled-lor Interrup? tions. As an instance of the discernment dis filayed, the following will suffice: Uaunders, n the course ot bis speech, alluded to tue fact, which might be apparent to all, that God freed the slaves, but this sentiment, lu com? mon with everything else uttered, was cor? dially hissed. Had saunders been a Demos? thenes, be could not bave borne up against such a torrent of opposition, and before the close of his hour he was visibly exhausted. Il was only by aa extraordinary exercise of lungs that he could make the closing sen? tences ol lils first address audible to ihe re? porters, and he resumed his seat amid ap? plause from the few irtends he had in the hall, and a babel of shouts ot opprobrium from the large majority opposed to him. OARNET'S RESPONSE. Rev. Mr. Garnet, a lull Hedged African, wnose blood Is uncontaminated with any white mixture, and whu has the reputation of being one ot tue ablest men In the elly, rose to reply, aud was greeted wi iii enthusiastic cheetlug, clapping ot hands and waving ot handkerchiefs, watch were again and nguiu renewed, mingled with counter cheer? for Greeley ana Saunders. Mr. Garuet com? menced by saying that no matter what the result of the discussion would be, he should always treat Mr. Saunders willi the respect he entertained fur him as a friend, and iu the same breath proceeded to give a scathing pic? ture of his motives and character, to the In? tense delight nt the grinning ..niggers," who thought the jokes of the gentleman replete with wit and uumor. Garnet showed an ad? mirable knowledge of ihe audience he bad to deal with, and, in a speech replete with sar? casm, oratory, mimicry and u tincture of buf? foonery, held up Saunders to the ridicule or his congregation, whose delight knew no bounds. Tne reverend gentleman called frequently for cheers for Graat, the Freedmen's Stvings Bank, the memory of Lincoln and Stamou and John Brown, whose soul ls m irching on. He did not attempt to answer the arguments ot Saunders, but treated him in a manuer which, considering the audience he had to deal with, was simply admirable. It ls ea<y lo under? stand how bis reputation as ar. effective minis? ter and revival stirrer up is so good, and his political effort was In the same railo of excel? lence. Ol course, ll it was addressed to au audience capable of measuring ir, it would not go for much, butas an appeal to heated pre? judices coming fiercer has ever been uttered in Cooper Institute. Mr. Garnet has not much oratorical style, but his powers as a mimic and his earnestness amply compensate lor the deficiency. He spoke for upwards ot an hour, recalled the spirits of the Republicans gone to glory, exhausted the great names which the parly still contains, and after an eloquent peroration sat down as much exhausted as a dancing dervish. A WILD SCENE. Long belore Garnet had concluded it was apparent that the feeling ot the negroes was worked up beyond the power of control, and when Sauuders rose to make ihe flual speech ihe audience ran at him, many of them rushed io the door, and Hie balance who remained yelled like demons. Mr. Garnet and the chair? man endeavored to secure order, but their e! fort was unwalilng. The undaunted Saund? ers, however, would not be conquered. He threw off his f-hirt collar, flung back lils coat, and advanced to the iront of the platform tu encounter a scene which would bo a discrace io a party ol'cannibals. The police, seriously alarmed lor his gaiety, grasped their clubs more firmly and ranged themselves around the stage. Every moment the situation became more perilous for Saunders, and grave fears were entertained that he would be taken bodily from ihe platlorm and mobbed. He succeeded In giving utterance to a few dis? jointed sentence?, atid after a forcible rebuke to the uncharlty of Rev. Garnet, whom he ac? cused of using his profession as a cloak for his foul play, resumed his Bear, having elicited the admiration of every Impartial mind in the audience for his coolness and daring. When the closing scene of all came, a rush was made for the platform, and, in an instant, lt was crowded with a demonstran -e group, some congratulating Saunders a"d others manifesting a strong determination to go lor bis scalp. All this time cheering was going on for Garnet and Grant, the reverend gentle? man being fairly embraced by his admirers, male and female, after their kind. CHARGE OF THE POLICE. The policemen eventually had to clear the stage, which was done wlih difficulty, a num? ber of bullet-headed ruffians showing a e t nong disposition to resist, but a vigorous use ol muscle and clubs finally cleared the hall of whai was probably the most unruly audience lt has ever contained, and thus ended the great colored political religions discussion. The feeling was overwhelmingly with Garnet, but Saunders has gained a moral victory whlob should be more gratifying to him than the senseless yells and fiendish applause which were given to bis opponent The arrange? ments of Captain Byrnes for the preservation pf the peace were admirable, and lt is entire? ly owing to his own precautions that no dis? turbance took place. After leaving the ball, the combatants were lollowed by their frlendB and enemies, who made the vicinity ot Eighth street melodious with unearthly music. GRANT SIGHS SOR PEACE. A Politic Letter to the Mayor of Chatta? nooga, T. < .. . WASHINGTON, Aagnst 19. The following letter ls sent to the Mayor of Chattanooga : EXECUTIVE MANSION, ) WAXHINOTON, August 16. J To Hon. J. J. Bryan, Mayor of Chattanooga : SIR-At the hands of Governor Samuel Bard I received the kind invitation of the Mayor ?nd Board of Aldermen and Board of Trade ot the City of Chattanooga for myself and Cabinet to visit your city and Lookout Mountain some time during the present sum? mer. I have delayed a final answer to this In? vitation, to consult with the Cabinet on the sub? ject. I am compelled, most reluctantly, utter this consultation, to Inform you that lt ls not practicable for us to accepr. I assure you, however, and through you the gentlemen to whom we are Indebted for the Invitation, that, on my part, I highly appreciated the compliment; doubly because lt ls Independent of political or party predi? lection!), at a time, too, when party feeling runshigh. I shoulrl enjoya visit to Chatta? nooga under any ordinary circumstances, and particularly to as the guest of the citizens, without respect to carty. My desire ls to Bee harmony, concord and prosperity exist every? where in our common country. With re? newed assurances ot my appreciation ol the invitation to visit your city, and with my best wishes lor its future prosperity, I subscribe myself, very respectfully, your obedient servant, (Signed) D. 8. GRANT. BAO FOR DE LARGE. NEW YORK, August 18. Cjngressman De Large, of South Carolina, writes to the Herald that the statement that he has declared for Greeley ls false. THE MACE AND O'BALDWIN FIGHT. NEW YORK, August 17. The backers of Mace and O'Baldwin will meet Monday and Bettie the place or fightiog. Ooly a few will be allowed to witness the mill. CHEERFUL CUBA. HAVANA, August 17. In an editorial article on the situation, the Diario says: "We are now at the middle of August, and Indications are that a winter cam? paign against the iosurgenls will be neces? sary. We are convinced that this campaign of 1372 '73 will he as lt should be, the last we will have to sustain." The Diario says. If necessary, sufficient troops will be at the dls THE "ARMED FORCE" FUND. An Indignant Dental from General Whipper. CHARLESTON, S. C., August 16. TO THE EDITOR OP THE NEWS. In your issue of this morning you give the opportunity to such persons as have drawn money from the appropriation for the armed force to come forward and explain. I am charged with having received tbe In? significant sum of forty-eight dollars, and sub? jected to the inquiry If I, wllh others, who have drawn very large amounts from that appropriation, am a member of the armed force. I am tree to assert that I have never performed aoy services that could be legiti? mately charged to the "armed force," nor have I any knowledge ot ever receiviug a single cent from that appropriation. If the amount of money charged against me, as having been received from that source, has been received by me at all, it has been tor services rendered ot another character, and paid out of that ap? propriation without my knowledge; and I do not believe even that. I would bit very glad if the parties who have rendered this exhtoit would State the lime and other facts connected with the payment. Respectfully. W. J. WHIPPER. THE M'ALLEN CASE. CHARLESTON, August 18. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. Io your issue of the 17th appears a card from Trial Justice Wooli disposing of a "fla? grant outrage" on Mrs. B. McAllen. In Justice to me I call on you to give my side ol tbe question, and to publish the enclosed certifi? cate from my neighbors. I am over twenty years In Charleston, and I have never been to a court of any kind before. Il my adversaries can say as much, the records must He. In thia community I am not afraid to be Judged. The testimony of my good and respectable neighbors on the one band, and Trial Justice Woolf and Manning on the other. B. MCALLEN. This ls to certify that Mrs. B. McAllen, liv? ing lu Jasper Cour., opposite Marlon street, is one of the most peaceable and courteous In? habitants of that neighborhood, and we have never known of a single Instance wherein she overstepped the bounds ot propriety. Signed : E. G. Hoffman, John Welch, Eliza? beth Holloway, neighbor six years; Selina Wilkinson, F. R. Jones, J. M. Bogues, neigh? bor six years; A. Huxol!, neighbor six years; A. Luckin, neighbor six years; Richard Hogan, neighbor six years. Charleston, August 17, 1872. Hotel Arrivals-August 17 and 18. CHARLESTON HOTEL. Louis PolBdamer, Philadelphia; W. Ludlow, U. S. Engineer Corps; James R.-Gilmore, New York; H. E. D. Bell, Ballimore; W. Adler, At? lanta; E. G. Francis, England; L. Ruthrauff. Macon; Miss Simpson, Virginia; N. 0. Til ton. Savannah; Jos. Fars, Miss J. Woddey, Thomas ville; J. B. Jewell, Savannah; J. B. Connelly Augusta; F. G. Nowell, Portsmouth; S. T. Sou der, Philadelphia; E. F. English, St. Helena A. W. Jackson, Aususta; J. W. Peregoy, Phil adelphia; J. M. Bolles, Wilmington; J. Cohen T. A. Davis and wile, Davis Wisbeln, L. Opt man, Savannah; E. A. Marshall, Philadelphia G. A. HudBon, J. C. Bruyn, H. M. Connor, Sa van nab. PAVILION HOTEL. 8. 0. Kown, Wm. Cose, J. Tonville, Florida E. L. Ward, Kingstrec; C. S. Bartlette, Co lumbla; J. C. Hess, Philadelphia; D. Epps, E H. Freeland, Baltimore; J. H. Mather, Beau fort, S. C.; Mrs. H. R. Long, M. A. Johnsor, Griffin, Ga.; Joseph M. Clarke, St. John's; C. R. Harvin, Clarendon. THE TRUTH LEAKING OUT.. I PRESIDENT GRANT AS THE PATRON OF FORGERS AND SWINDLERS. The Way the Military liing Plundered the Publie and Choked Off Investiga? tion. fFrom tbe New York San.] i Wheo, by an arrangement with President Johnson, General Grant displaced Hr. Stanton and became secretary of war ad Interim, en? tering upon the personal control of the war department, he at once gare peculiar atten? tion to three objects, as follows: I. Paying In fud large sums of money, amounting In che aggregate to half a tuniloa or more, which had oeen retained by Mr. Stan? ton on account of frauds In mixed grain fur? nished for the army of the Potomac. The frauds having been detected and part of the money restored by the immediate agents o? the fraudaient contractors, in whose hands lt was, Mr. Stanton also withheld farther sums which would have been due bad the frauds not been lound out and proved. These sums Grant paid in full. II. Tue secoua of Grant's three objects was ihe transfer to a ring of speculators in Cali? fornia-a certain military ring hud become In? terested In the affair-of a tract ol land known as Military Reservation No. 7, com? manding Mare Island Navy Yard. This prop? erty, whose possession was essential to the military safety ot tbe navy yard, was worth $10,000,000. Mr. Stautun had sternly re? pelled aud resisted every overture looking to its traorier; but Grant, after he became sec? retary ot war ad interim, promptly surren? dered lt, the government receiving between $3000 and $1000 only. III. xne intra uoject to which General Grant especially devoted himself wheo he be? came secretary of war ad Interim was the pro? tection of hts old associate and crony, Pay? master-General Brice, in carrying through and concealing the payment of a large amount of public money upon forged bouuty claims. Tuese forged claims bad been got up by a claim agent in Washington, named .Lowen? dal, wno bad presented them to Brice, Irom whom he had recelveO various payments, one ol wnlch, and not the only one, bad been proved before a committee or the House of aepresentatlves lo a m ou Lt to about lorty seven thousand dollars. Grant was exceedingly Intimate with Brice, and they were bom members of a coterie mich met habitually for toe purposes of re? creation In the rooms of General a. Ingulla, on Pennsylvania avenue. Brice being paymaster general of the army, had embarked extensive? ly In me business oi paying out the money ia bis charge upon Lowenthai's forgeries. Ii tb? fact mat they were forgeries had not been known to him be tore the papers were first pre? sented at bis office, lt bad certainly been dis? closed io him and established by tbe moat con? clusive evidence shortly aiterward. Toe clerks through whose hands these forged papers had. passed bad reported to Brice that they weie forged, aud had been rebuked lor their offici? ousness. An agent appointed by the defraud? ed soldiers-ali of whom were colored men bad come to Washington and bad exhibited to the paymaster-general clear evidence ot the crime oi Lowe nt hal; but some con? venient friend had notified ihe forger, and be had gone to New Orleans, where he had es? tablished an office lor the collection ot new discharge papers on which to base more forged Dounty claims. Thither the agent of ihe soldiers followed, and the fact that Low enthal was engaged In the preparation of forged claims for bounty money was duly re? ported by General Sheridan at Washington. More thau this, a subordinate paymaster, dis? covering the fact that checks to a large amount bad been issued from the paymaster general's office upon forged papers, hastened io stop the payment of mese cbecks at the New York sub-treasury. General Brice learn fissue ane w ro"r?^r"re'mov?ng1 the 1 directing the payment of the checks to go on. The affair got partially Imo me newspapers, and having now oeen brought to the notice of Secretary Stanton, he Induced some of his friends in the House of Bepresen tail vee to move an investigation by a committee of tbat body. The committee was appointed, and Mr. Stanton detailed clerks who were familiar with the pay department to assist in Um In? quiry. Evidence of the most damning chanc? ier was taken, and though the Investigation was not completed, the report of the commit-' lee was partially prepared. Hereupon Grant came into office as secretary of war ad interim, and his first act was to dismiss from me ser? vice the clerks whom Mr. Stanton bad detailed to aid the committee. At the same time his friends in the House of Representatives got through a resolution, whloh, without mention? ing this committee, effectually stopped Us la? bors and prevented me printing of the evi? dence it had taken and me presentation of Its report. ?. Upon this occurrence two of me members of the committee waited upon General Grant at ihe War Department, to urge bim io withdraw his opposition and allow the Investigation io commue. Tney represented to bim plainly the nature of the testimony already taken. They told him that lt established the faa tbat forged claims had been paid by Paymaster General Brice, be knowing them io be forgeries. Tney represented to bim the duty ol'ihe Republican party and of all the officers of the Government to arrest such lrauds and to make the Administration honest. To all this Grant turned a deaf ear, rudely rebuffing the gentlemen who made the appeal, ana stolidly evincing his determination to sustain Brice in the paying ot these forgeries, and aa tar as p o ss i ole to conceal me laces from public knowledge. Baffiea m their attempt with General Grant, the gentlemen Interested in the investigation at ter wards went to President Johnson. It was near the close of his term of office, and when he had heard the facts, Mr. Johnson told them that the only thing he could do in tbe prem? ises was to retire Brice. This be did,but ten days later, wben President Grant was inaugurated, his very tl rsi act, performed before the appoint? ment oi his Cabinet, was to issue a new order restoring Brice to the office of paymaster? generali The tte ts in this case, with the official docu? ments, are tully set forth In tho letter ot our Washington correspondent, published this morning. That letter Includes also the. sup? pressed report of the special committee cf me House of Representatives, precisely the same in form and language as the committee lett lt. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, August IS. Northerly to easterly winds and threatening weather on the Southern coast, irom Wilming? ton to Southern Florida, and on the Eastern Gulfs. THE NEW TORE VEGETABLE AND FRUIT MARKETS. The Dally Bulletin, of Saturday, August 17, says: Potatoes are qnlet and prices unchanged. Sweet potatoes are arriving freely and sell at $3 60a4 tor reds and $4 60a6 for whites. Our quotations for potatoes are in bulk, In shipping order 60c. per barrel mast be added. We quote at $1 60a2, and early Goodrich and Jackson whites $1 2?al 50. Vegetables of all kinds are in lair supply, but nearly every one ls complaining of me extreme dullness of trade. We quote green corn 50c.a$l per 100; red onions, per bbl., $2 50a3; do. Connecticut, $2 50a3 per 100 strings; cucumbers, Long is? land, 25c. per 100; squash, j?""*"*: JP? bbl., $lal 25; new turnips, $lal 50 P?/* ; cabbages $8all per 100; beete, tomatoes, Long leland, 50a76c per basket, eg? plant $150 per dozen. t/vdav Peaches are looking up a trifle b>day owing more to the arrival ^**j&?5 oflrutttlian, to KSK H plenty and low. Grapesi arr b Virginias ra^er"uhnuchsSonmporUUce. Wequote fru".8? New apples 26ca$l 60 per bbl. wVriS>'.StfSSr-lOQ lor Caroda, and ?.tm ?er 100 Vwlula, Delaware and Jersey. Mtotmec melons $2*3 per bbl. Pears, common ?2a2 60; do. Bell $3; do. Bartletts, per erat ?3 60a4 50. Peaches-Delaware 75ca$l 75 per crate; 30a60c tor baskets, and Jersey 20*60o per basket. Plums $3a3 50 per bbl for all