Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE ROGUES II? COUNCIL. A REGULAR KNOCK-DOWN AND DRAG OUT DISCUSSION. Trie Political Chief? In South Carolina as Shown up by Each Other-A Rich Political Paree-Nestle's Plea for Chamberlain-Orr, Elliott and T. J. Mme kc y in a Rough and Tumble De? bate-Will tte more on the Stool of Re? pentance-Bribery Proved all Around -Mose*'? Rascality and Clieek Win In the Fight-Crafty Speech of the Nom? inee-What hts Competitors are Going to do Next. [SPECIAL TB LS Q KAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, August 22. Tbe convention was opened this morning, at naif-past eleven, with prayer by the Rev. E. J. Adams. Then followed a long Interval of walting for the return of the committee on credentials. The crowd, meantime, heine sept In a good humor by a vigorous perform? ance of "Shoo Fly" and other equally patriotic and artistic melodies by the band. At twelve, the committee on credentials returned, and reported tbat they had had contesting delega? tions from six counties, Beaufort, Charleston, Coller?n, Lexingtou, Chesterfield and Union. Theyjpported In favor of Smalls's delegation j from Beau lort, Mackey's from Charleston. Mc? Intyre's from Colleton, Hayes's from Lexing? ton, Donaldson's from Chesterfleld and Mob ley's from Union. In all these cases, the dele? gations recommended by tbe committee are understood to be favorable to Moses. So much of the report as referred to the uncontested counties was then adopted, and the roll of those counties called, and Chairman E.liott announced that thenceforward, until the per? manent organization was effected, none but i those from tbe uncontested couti t'es should be allowed to vote. The question ol seating the Mobley delega? tion from Union was Art t taken up. The roll was called on this question, and the delega? tion were admitted >v seven to two. The question on the L.xlneton contest was next tallen, and the Hayes delegation was admitted unanimously. B. J. Donaldson's delegation j from Chesterfield was admitted by an unanl r mons vote. ? McIntyre's delegation from Colle? ton. ditto. The Beaufort contest being reached, s walis submitted a minority report from the commit? tee on credentials, In favor of admitting both the Whipper and Smalls delegation, giving to each half the Tote ot the county. Rai ney made a powerful speech in favor of this propo? sition, explaining the merits of the contest. Cardozo spoke against the proposition, claim? ing that Whipper represented only eighteen votes In the county convention, and Smalls eighty-three. The discussion was continued at great length by Swails, Cardozo, Ral ney and Jamieson, the last named making a full display of his usual antics, until called to or? der at least twenty times, and gavelled down by ttiechalrman, Jamieson still claiming the floor and calling out "Mr. Chairman," amid much confusion and laughter. Whitiemore moved that Jamieson be allowed to speak- ton minutes upon any subject whatever except the matter under discussion. This sally pro? voked roars of laughter. Cardozo move 1 to close all debate ou the subi set. This waa c ar? ried, and the question being put to a vow, tho ' majority report was adopted, and the Smalls delegation was admitted: : TSE CHABI ?STON' CASE : -. was then takenup, fifteen minutes being al t lowed to each faction. Much filibustering by Balney,Jones, Jamieson and Maxwell followed, which consumed the entire half hour allowed the contestants. Then Ralney, as chairman of the committee on credentials, was allowed one hour taspeak in favor of his report. He made a violent speech In support of the Mackey delegation, and denounced the course of the Bowenltes as Iraudulent, deceptive and Irregular. He glossed over the conduct of the Kaokeyites In seizin:; and carrying off the ballot-boxes of the Bowenltes, ao l loused to recognize any calls In Charleston County save those of B. H. Cain. Upon the conclusion of his speech the convention, with one dissent? ing voice, adopted the report, seating the Mackey delegation. On motion of Cardozo a committee consist in; of one fr??m each Congressional District and three from the State at large was ordered on permanent organization. The chair ap? pointed F. L. Cardozo, S. J. Lee, B. F. Whit? iemore, H. J. Maxwell, R. H. Cain, C. D. Kayne and J. S. Mobley. The convention then took a recess tor one hour. It reassembled at 4.40 P. M., with Sam? uel J. Lee in the chair. The complete roll -/as then called. The committee on PERMANENT ORGANIZATION reported In lav -.of R. B. Elliott as president; Whlttemore, A. Smalls, Cardozo and T. J. Mackey as vice-presidents; T. J. Minion and C. Smith as secretaries; J. E. Green and C. D. Lowndes as sergeants-at-arms, ani M. C. Long as doorkeeper. These officers were elected almost unanimously. Elliott being conducted to the chair by Mob? ley, Maxwell and E. W. M. Mackey, returned thanks in a brief speech. Immediately on the conclusion of Elliott's speech, E. W. M. Mackey moved to proceed to the NOMINATION OF GOVERNOR, bot withdrew his motion to allow Cardozjto make a motion. Cardozo. moved to appoint a committee ol eleven to draft definite rules for the govern? ment of the Republican party. Carried. Maxwell moved to appoint a committee of seven on the platform. Carried. Maxwell moved to Invite the State officers to lae privileges of the floor. T. J. Mackey moved to include editors. Carried. The question then recurred un E. W. M. Mackey's motion to go into nomination Xyr Governor, and lt was carried. Frc-:asked how the nominations were to be made ? Elliott replied: "By the call of the roll and a majority vote." Small;: moved to require a two-thirds major? ity to nominate. Elliott decided that the proposition could not be put. After some hesitation, much log? rolling and a little music by the band. Small* said that they all appeared to be waiting for some one to begin. He would lead off by nom? inating the Hon. Samuel W. Mellon. [Cheers.] Jamieson nominated Marita R. Delany. [Laughter.] Maxwell, in a speech of some length, nominated F. J. Moses, Jr. [Tremen? dous and long continued cheering. Jones seconded the nomination amid re? newed applause. He defended the over-is? sues of pay certificates by Moses on the ground that they were Issued to men who had been hunted from their homes In the up-country by the Ku-Klux. He was lrequently inter? rupted by applause. Tbe speech at, least con? verted Jamieson, who Immediately rose ?nd 'spoke in favor of. Mose?, deserting his own nominee (Delan}',) and advocating Moses a native Carolinian or hlgli lamily, characl education and culture, wno, upon reconstr tiou, bad come forward to lead the poor col ed men to self government, while the Har tons, Butlers and DeSaussures held ale His record since had been honest, consist and brilliant. Cain followed in favor of Moses, defend his record Blnce reconstruction. He i heard that if they nominated Moses th would be a bolt; but if the threat was to made that If a majority ot thal convent nominated the man ot their choice the mlnoi would bolt, he would throw down the gaunl to those threatener and fight it through l campaign. It was the fight of the laborl men of South Carolina against the bond he era and speculators. The money which ml; have been spent by Moses had gone to t poor men ot Carolina. He defied his opi nents lo prove that he issued a million of d lars in pay certificates; but, if he had, th bad not been paid, and if they had been pal the money had cone to poor men. Brit were being freely used upon the other sic but he felt a pride In declaring that his can* date had never bargained to pay a dollar 1 his nomination. He was proud to say th Moses had never coquetted with the Demc racy, had never published love-letters biddii for their support, had never made any ov? tures of any kind lo the Democrats. He hi been a fearless and consistent Republican; hi been ostracised therefor, and had lost mai things dear to the beart of man. He hi heard it said that a bolt was already organl ed, but, he said, let lt come ! Il his np poner could convince the bone and sinew ol Sou Carolina ot the claims ot their candidates, I would be satlsQed. This was the poor mei fight, and they proposed to make ll BO. Win Hoses was nominated, tho people would ha1 school-houses for their children, their rlgb secured, taxes reduced, and money Inti treasury to pay poor mon's bills when wo; was honestly done. Ia conclusion, he said I was for Moses, morning, no >n and night, an If necessary, midnight. Allen, of Greenville, said he desired to r iterate every word spoken by Cain. Jamieson moved to allow each speaker thlr minutes. Tne chair said that would occupy too lon, T. J. Mackey begged the convention not I adopt the mle. It would prolong the questlc of a nomination over night, and lt was part i an organized plan lo gain time to purchai voles. Jamieson then withdrew his motioi Neagle then rose to nominate a gentlemu whose claims, he said, devolved the dui upon ibe Stale lo elect bim. He had no Ii tnntion of attacking any bo Jv. Moses was h firm personal friend, and rather than ai tao him he would throw the mantle of charil over him to conceal his nakedness. Th gentleman he would nominate was one of th most brilliant men of his age in tne Stat* or in i he country. Born In a lree State rocked in the cradle ol' liberty, raised as a abolitionist, trained lu the proudest universlt of the country, and learned in the classic and the law, when tbe tocsin was sounded h left all bis brilliant pursuits and opportunities shouldered his musket as a private in a Massa chusetts regiment, and tramped with then against the slaveholder.-,' rebellion. [Cheers. He knew that his name bad bean iu silled; bu he could refute every aspersion against bli fame. It wa3 only charged against hin that be was a member or the financia board, and, therefore, supposed to be respon slble for the over-Issue of bonds, if sue) had been made; but he would show that ih< financial board bad nothing to do with tb? issues of bonds, except as to threo mlllloi seven hundred thousand dollars. The finan dal board had nothing to do with Issuing tb? conversion bonds. The law distinctly sale thal they should be signed by the Governor countersigned by the treasurer, and Issued bj tne treasurer. It did not even say that thc Beal of the State should be placed on thoe< bonds. The only bonds with which Ihe finan? cial board had to do were three million sever hundred thousand dollars, created under the a :t to redeem the bills of the Bank of the State, the act to pay the Interest on ihe public debt, the act for ihe relief ol the treasury, and the act creating the land commission. The man whom he would name tor the nomi? nation for Governor had nothing to do with any other bonds. That gentleman was the Hon. D. H. Chamberlain. [Cheers.] As to this being a fight between the bondholders and poor men, lt was false. The bondholders had no choice between any two men who would execute the laws with equal fidelity. He had no do ibu hat either Chamberlain or Moses would faithfully execute the laws, and, therefore, the bondholders had no preference between them. He wanted Ihe integrity ol the R-publlcau^rty In the State preserved. He wanted a candidate who would bj ac? ceptable to the Republican party of the whole State and country. He wanted a nomination which would drive no men from the doors of the convention. They fought the enemy In front and van? quished them. But If they nominated a roan distasteful to many prominent Republicans they would provoke a fatal fight within their own ranks, and place themselves iu such a position aa to allow their enemies to rise from und?r their feet, and to throw their legions against either flank. The Republican party in the counlry was not uudlv.ded. Cin? cinnati had nominated a wariiorof the quill, Puiladelphia the great soldier of the Union, bolh claiming to be Republicans; and he ap? pealed to them tor the purpose of k*>et>'.og the party in the nation, as well as In tne State, compact and united. The defection of South Carolina, small a? she is, might at this critical time insure the defeat of Grant; and he appealed to them for God's sake lo keep the party intact. Place Chamberlain in nomina? tion and there would not be a Republican io the State who would not vote for him. But If they should drive their own people from Ihe doors of the convention, they would ruin and beat down the Republican party and insure the success of Greeley. Then, farewell to the rights and liberties of colored men. He ap? pealed to them, for the sake of their own free? dom, to put up the man who would cement the party and avert all schisms. Without such a man, he prophesied the dissolution of the Republican party lu South Carolina and the disfranchisement and re-enslavement of the colored men. Such a man was D. H. Chamberlain, who. being a Northern soldier, could guard the rights of the colored men, and, if they were threatened, could bring from the North a million men to protect them. T. J. Mackey here interrupted him to a9k il being a Union soldier was a test of Republi? canism, and instanced the case of Frank Blair, wbo had been a brave soldier of ihe Union, and afterwards tbe Democratic candi? date for vice-President. Neagle replied that he did not say that a man was any belter Republican because he had been a Union soldier; but such a man - could touch the chords In the hearts of U soldiers that other Republicans could not. Elliott (Lee being temporarily In the ct undertook to electioneer for Moses, and nled the existence ol euch a power on Gt berlaln's part. He had himself been a sol of the Union army, and Chamberlain c touch no chord in his heart. In reply to a question of Elliott's, Ne said he would stand by the regular nomi right or wrong, now and forever. He i eluded by 9aylng that, under Chamber? the canvass must be victorious, and, ur Moses, it would be filled with doubt and f Swalls, of Williamsburg, Implored the < vention to look at the present condition of Slate, and asked If this was a time for pi or race proposals. He would nominate I ben Tomlinaon, [cheers] an original Abolit 1st and Republican, who wa9 the first to Cl into the cause ot education, who taught first colored school, who was the friend or poor mao, who was free from any taint ol i ruplion. He asked colored men and t white men, one and all, to join bands for honest man and true Republican. Judge Orr warmly recommended the no nation of Tomllnsoo, a man personally"pt the educational pioneer; the ?r.-l State audi who formed our system or taxation and iamlllar with it; a man whom calumny ne touched; a Northerner whose sympathies i interest are with us, who has all ihe quali of head and heart to make a good Govert It ls very important that such a man sho be elected. Our finances are disordered, debt enormous, the treasury empty, the pul asylums and the Penitentiary on the potnl ol closing. A good man we must have. 1 was due to us personal ly,and to the party wh bas suffered by bad management aomewhe and has become a by-word and reproach. 1 Republican party, haying the majority, ls sponsible lor the public wrong-doing,and th wrongs mint be redressed within the rai or the party. [Cheers.] Feeling and perso: wishes should not be consulted. Delega must vote for the candidate only whom it believe to be a true man. The cnair lia vi ruled that ihe record of candidates could adversely scrutinized, Judge Orr said he woi only commend his candidate. Il ihe delega looked at his merits, and saw the abuses the government, they must recognize ihe ne or stopping extravagance and taking np man wholly disconnected from charges of c ruplion, and who will not add to the weig of infamy which brings the Republican pai Into disrepute, and which it cannot long < dure. Congressman Elliott took the floor in si port ot Mose?. Some facts must be laid ba which would demand public condemnate and show th'j means med to procure Mose defeat. The one potent means was monti No one could deny that promises and oflV had been made; that a lew hundred dolls had been carried around to buy votes. W are the men who put the machinery in m tlon ? Who are they who ofldr bribes ? Wb are their name a ? [Cries ol 'mame," "name. One or the delegation to wnom money bi been offered was Simpkins, ol Edgefleld. I said to Elliott lhat he was approached by State offici.il and asked to support Chambe iain and name his price. Who was the Sta officer? There he Is, (pointing toComplrc 1er Neagle.) -Behold Ult? man ! [Tua-te won caused a tremendous sensation.] Elliott,:coi tinning, said that Ellison, ol Abbevill was also approached and offered three hm dred dollars to five hundred dollars to vol ior Chamberlain. Who off-red ihar. money (Elliott painting to Neagle agtlo) I say, bi hold the mao ! Will the delegation, can Ihe support a man whose nomination was to b procured by such meaos ? The same persoc who supported Chamberlain Intended I thrust the old financial Ring upon the S'atc One ol the emissaries of Parker had offere three hundred dollars to five hundred doltai to Simpkins, of EJgeflsId, to vote for Parket That emissary ls Eichelberger, the count treasurer of Edgefleld, whose official hea would come off to-morrow. At this poiot Neagle BI ruck in aud asked Elliott was aware that Moses had offered delegate a thousand dollars fjr his vote That offer was made to Owens, ol York. Elliott said it was as false as hell, an known to be false. Moses had no money The sense of the convention would 1 ell then he would not offer such asura to a man knowi to be with the enemy. He declared that Hes gie had boasted that ll he had the roll or dele gates one day before the convention he coull nominate whom he pleased. He did not rea ihe bolters. They were all either new comer or old politicians. In conclusion, Elliott warm ly advised the convention to nominate Moses Jamieson moved to close all debate, bur after fillibusterlng, Whitemore was allowet to speak in favar of Tomllnson. Whittemon said he rose ia fear and trembling for th? future of the party in South Carolina. He hat been humiliated to the soul at the proof brought forward of shameless bribery and cor ruplion In behalf of both candidates. The re sponsibilllles of delegates were great. Ht begged them to pause and ask their own con sciences what they should do, aud ihen say tc Governor Scott and his ring that, if they coule not be Impeached of high crimes and mlsdc raeaoors, they would at least b<* removed by the voice or the people ut the ballot-box. He had himself committed one great blunder, and had been held up la Congress by the preceding speaker, (Eiliotr,) as a vica? rious sacrifice. God knew he had suffered rot that error, and he boped for mercy now. They were Instructed by their constituents to re? turn no mau connected with tbe frauda on the Plate, and he could no m.ire support the one ?-an who had been guilty of over-Issues of pay certificates lhan the other who was guilty of over-Issues of bonds. There was rotten? ness In the houses of both candidates. Whi? temore then reviewed the career of Tomlln? son In this Slate, claiming lhat br was an un? flinching Republican, unlmpeac. oly honest, and an unswerving friend of the colored man and or education. After Whlttemore had concluded, T. J. Mackey got the floor, and went savagely for Tomiinson and Whlttemore. He said he would lear the masks from the faces of both, and show their hideous ugliness. He would show that Tomllnson had enriched himself at the expense or the State, and, il' he did not prove the assertion, Tomiinson had his remedy against him in the courts. He charged, fir.^t. on this symbol or honor, thar, In 18G9, a bill wus brought up before the Legisla? ture, ot which lie was a member, to char? ter a phosphate company. Tomiinson was the special advocate of that bill. The bill passed, vesting the control of all this vast source of revenue to the State in that company, and Just after the passage of that bill Tomlinsons name appeared on tbe books ol that company for forty thousand dol? lars or its stock. The lime had been when a legislator ol South Carolina would have shrank from such an Imputation as bribery as from j the fang of a deadly serpent. Next came bill to create tbe sinking fund commission which the Greenville and* Colombia Ballr was to be turned over to a commission, could prove that H. H. Eimpton paid Tom son ten thousand dollars for one half shan the stock of that company. He could j. duce the partnership. Tom,(neon was tl State auditor, and he charged that soon at the passage of the phosphate bill, Tomlin waB made treasurer of the phosphate c: pany. Tomlinaon could be convicted of these charges In the courts, and he (Mack only wanted the opportunity to get Tomllm before a court and prove them. Tomlin! waa in the pay o( the Greenville and Colt bia Railroad Company, and was treasurer that company at the same time while St auditor. He turned then to Tomi son's eulogist, Wblttemore. He was gentleman from Darlington, whose lo mansion reared lia noble front will ten miles of Boston, and' had be purchased within ayear. It was the old tri of the thief putting on the uniform ola poll man to escape detection. Who, he asked, < not remember the Blue Bldge.scrip swlndll bill last winter ? Whlttemore waa silent the grave during Its passage through t Senate in the last hours ol the session. Fe days after the adjournment Wblttemore w lound In New York selling bia Blue Bid scrip. He was glad to see bim in a spirit repentance, but lt was a spirit which li arleen yesterday and would pass away morrow. He was a tlc reformer on the pr clple admitted In medicine that to Innocule a patient you take the virus from the wo case ol small-pox you can find. [Laugh! and cheers.] He was willing to throw t mantle ot charity over repentant crimina but to claim that he had only committed o blunder, and that his crime ol selll West Point cadetshlps,/ for which was twice kicked out of Congress, was t much. He owned broad lands In South Cai lina, bought since be had been senutor a since he was kicked out ol Congress. Bich? te had become more corrupt, or like a drow ed body, he rose as he roued. He said supported Moses because fie was the beat ai the strongest man in the 81 ate. The Legis ture must be cleansed, or there could be i reform. Even John C. Calhoun would paralyzed by a corrupt Legislature. It ls ct reutly believed that lt Chamberlain should elected all the State debt o? $16,000,000 will made good, and laxes immediately levied pay past due and accruing Interest; while Moses ls elected, the lazes will not be preBsi uuul the State ls more prosperous, or tl debt reduced far below Its present volutn Better a dead party than a dead Slate. - Moses ls elected, Whlttemore shall not stay ! the Senate thirty days, and the opulent e Land Commissioner Leslie would bo strlppi of bis gains. LeBlle broke In here, and Bald he cou prove that Moses was the first man In tl S.aie lo make money out of the land comml sluu. Mackey replied that Leslie accused Moses stealing the drst money to excuse himself li sieallog the lase. Judge Orr here said that he had trastwortl Information that Moses nari offered Maher, Barnwell, two thousand dollars for his vote. Maher was caileu to the bar, aud deolan that the offer was so made. [Tremendui o beers. J Mackey said that Maher was an enemy < Muses, and the mun who attempted to kl Elliott at Allendale. Johnston, ot Sumter,nura mat Maher wi pa cl three hundred dollars lo make th charge. Elliott said that Judge Orr was pow-wowlc with Maher Ju.-i before the charge was mad Judge Orr said he met Maher accidental wno told him of the attempt to bribe. Elliott said that it was well understood i hi the Barnwell delegation was for sale, und I was Informed thal Moses had a-ked Mab? tvha: was his price, aud would two ihousan do ? and Maher ?aid "yes." Maher flatly deuled tula, aud said Moses sei for him frequently, and last night a-ked tili If his mind was made np to go tur ulm. Mah? said he would go fer the be'si man. Mus? then offered two thousand dollars for bis von Which was retuned. gwalla now charged that Moses had offere Owens, of Yum, oue thousand dollars tor hi vote. A scene ol' terrible confusion eusuei lasting some time, wnen, under the one aide rulings of I he chairman, a n> mi nation wo ordered, the oallot resulting: Muses 69; Me ton 18; Cnamoenulu 16; Toinliusou l?. Th announcement of the nomination was re ceived with cheers. - A committee was then appointed to notlf. Moses uf lus nomination, and Invite him li address the Convention. The committee sooi lb mid the nominee, and escorien mm tuto tin ha l, the band changing "Dixie" to "See, th couque-ring hero couieB." Wnen tnu applause subsided, Moses com meuced his address. He said iherowereoc casions In the life of every mun when he lei ?mulions almost too deep for utterance. I ever there hud been un occasion lu bis Hf. fraught willi pleasure aud granulation, it wai at that moment, when he was surrounded bi Republicans who had fixed upon him lur theil candidate for chid magistrate ul the State o bunill Carolina. He also fully recognized UH Immensity of the responsibility he took upot himself In entering upon the campaign as theil standard-bearer. He had no studlea words ol eloquence io uddress them, but he coule speak unprepared, because his language came irom his heart. First, he de? sired hilly and cordially to disclaim all feel? ing ol enmity or hostility to any one on ac count ot expressions evolved by the momen? tary passions of a heated canvass. He bad noi one unkind feeling, not oue harsh thought or expression toward any Republican in Hie Stale. He paid a high and warm tribute to his opponent, Chamberlain, the anle, scholar' ly and brilliant ornament to the Republican party of the state ot South Carolina. To those Republicans whose Judgment led them to sup? port other gentlemen, ne would say that lie believed them to have been actuated by the purest ?ind best of motives. Tiley had loughr. well, aud done their Whole duty lor their friends. Now he asked tu let all conflict cease, and be brothers ugaln. To think more ol party lliati men-of principles than per? sons. He Dieu announced lils principles lo guveru him, If elected. He prophesied thal, If elected, he wutul Inaugurate an era ol economy which would satlsty every man within the couhnes ot the State-Dem?cratas well as Republican. First, he wuuld aim to reduce the piioitc debt aud bring lt within such limits as io enable nie State tu pay us Iniere.-t, without bringing poverty to every dre.-id ? in the State. Second, and consequent upon the drst, he would secure u rednoilvD of Hie taxe*. Those weie relorms tliuiihe Repub? lican party must effect, or it- doom was sealed. Tne peuple Iud spoken intones ut thunder, aud iliat voice must be responded to. It wus not yet too late-never too late to strive to do right ir they exnibiied.i.iuits and lollies In the past it was time lo benin io eradicate, them, and the standard bearer ol the It-pub Ucau party snould remember that while 'he should Inscribe upon his banner "Equal rights fur all," he should battle as well fur the pock els us for i lie rlghlH ol' the whole people. He then said thai he was exhausted with tue mental strain o? the last few days, and would noi delay t hem longer. He would address bis views to the people in lull through the columns ot the public press. Atter a runtier expres? sion or thanks he said good nlnnc. Cneets tollo wed, amid which the convention adjourn? ed till ten o'clock to morrow. The indications tn-night. are that aBerious bolt wl.l be organized iu-morrow; but Moses wlil so arrange his ticket as to weaken tho bolt as much us possible. Throughout the convention Elliott was notoriously partial io his rulings, and, by word and gesture, advocated Moses from the chair. Tu his arbitrary con? duct ls due much ol Moses's strength. All Republicans dissatisfied with the nomination of Moses are lo meet at the Courthouse at noon to-morrow. Simon Black, sentenced to be hune in Lex? ington to-morrow for the murder of Harmon, I has been respited for thirty days. PICKET. PERU'S MODERN PIZARRO. REPORT OF TETE UNITED STATES NAVAL COMMANDER. A Four Day'? Rrvolatlon-Captiire of Che Government and the Army-.Har? der of Ihe President-Blood r.,r Blood Gutierrez and his Brothers Slain, Mutilated and Burned- Restoration of Order. Tbe news recently published of the brief but horrible revolution in Peru ls fully Confirmed by an official report from Commodore S.N. Stembel, commanding the United States naval forces of tbe South Pacific squadron, to the secretary of the navy. In this report Com? modore Stembel, who bad previously notified the navy department of anticipated trouble In Peru, sajs: I have now to report lhat the Insurrection has actually taken place, but In a different form and beaded by entirely different people than any one had anticipated or even sur? mised. TH? CONTEST FOR THE PRESIDENCY had reeolved ltselt into two parties-the sd minlsiraiioo party, whose candidato was Dr. Arenas, and tne popular party, whose candi? date was Don Manuel Pardo. Both houses of Congress held their preliminary meetings on the 13th of thlB month, and although all their sessions were held In secret from that lime ?p to the hour of their forced dissolution, lt was quite apparent that Pardo would be the choice of tbe legislative branch. So well founded were these impressions that a general under? standing seemed to exist that the President, Don. Jose Balta, would quietly turn over Hie Insignia ot his office to lils successor, Pardo. Oa ihe 2d of August this seemed not only to be ibe probable issue, but at the same time the one which GAVE TOE OREATERT SATISFACTION TO THE PEOPLE at large. Fears of a revolution were to a great extent subsiding, and - everything seemed to be progressing calmly and quietly, when on the22d inst., abouti wo o'clock P. M., General Thomas Gutierrez, minister of war of President B .lia's ctblnci, appeared on the principal plaza in Lima, directly In front ol the government palace. At the head of a force of Infantry and artillery he ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED BALTA, declared himself dlctalor under the title of "Supreme Chief of the Republic," dissolved boih houses of Congress by driving ibe sena? tors and deputies from their halls At the point of ibe bayonet; dispatched a force of soldiers to arrest Pardo, in which, however, he was not successful, and scouring the streets of the capital with armed soldiers created a panic of fear and alarm that left him tor ihe time com? pletely master of Ihe situation. So sudden was all this, so entirely unexpected und so in? timidated were the public by this lawless and forced assumption ol' power that no resistance could at once be made. Commodore Stembel then relates bow tbe: usurper gained control of the whole army, numbering seven thousand men, and, deem? ing himself secure, Issued pronunciamientos, and congratulated th? country upon his as? sumption ot power. The revolution was doom? ed to be short lived. The moral strength of the people was against it. Demoralization ensued among ihe usurper's supporters in the army, offices, and among the people. The four ehlps of war belonging to the navy had Balled out or his reach. At this time, (Commodore Stembel con? tinues,) li was uncen ai n as to how long Gutier? rez would be able lo usurp the power, or as how rar through ihe Republic me insurrection might extend. It raient be all ov?r In a few days, and lt might, last a month and more. In. this umerzency I deemed lt my duty to l?? crense roy force and be' prepared to have a' vessel at some other point ot tho coast of Peru lor tue protection ot the lives and INTERESTS OF TUE UNITED 6TATES ClTIZRNS should ihe Insurrection spread ut oilier points, aud accordingly telegraphed to Payta a mes? sage, io be sect by the steamer leaving there ou the 25th Instant for Panam i, for ihr Sarannc lo be sent immediately io (his port should I there be no 4"orders io the contrary." Oa the 24th Instant, the second day of the tron?les, DESERTIONS FROM THE DIFFERENT FORTS and cuartetes of the "Supreme Chief" were of Irequeot occurrence, and more than one half ol his soldiers left him during ihe thirty six hours that succeeded that lime. Street, firing became irequeni; soldiers deserting ttircYw away iheir Winchester rifles, leaving them to be picked up by the lower and worst clas-es ot the people, aud the few re? maining torces ol' the Gutierrez fsotion In Callao became thoroughly demoralized, and wer?) fluni lng and shoot lng among themselves. On the 25r.D. while Lima was quiet and under control of Hie dictator, THE DEMORALIZATION IN' CALLAO BECAME COM? PLETE. Forts were deserted, ihe soldiers throwing away their arms and uniforms. The rullroans connecting with Lima were torn no, the tele? graph cut, the mob in possession of the town firing at anybody and everybody; firing imo business offices and private dwellings, and no authority or head to control tnem. The morn? ing ot tne 25MI I wrote to the Hon. Francis Tnomus, ihe United Stales minister at Lima, and to Mr. W. J. Williamson, our consul ai Callao, OFFERING MT FLAGSHIP AS AN ASYLUM to any and ali of our countrymen who might be pleased to avail themselves of the protec? tion of our flag during ihe disturbances which were agitating the country. Several Ameri? can families of that city saw flt to accept the Invitation, feeling that their lives were In dan? ger from the lawless mob lhat were shooting at random through the streets. Colone^SU veslre Gutierrez, mlnlsiar of war lorhis I brother. Ute "Supreme Chief," was killed on the morning of the 26th, at ihe railroad depot In Lima, by a pistol ball tired at him tram nm jug a crowd ot' citizens, as he was taking . thu tralo for Callao. Some ot the crowd had said, "Viva Pardo," Silvestre discharging hts pistol among ihem, and IMMEDIATELY RECEIVED HIS DEATH WOUND. ThlB act seemed to arouee the masses of Lima lo a sense ol their position, and commenced at panic amoug the Gutierrez party, and twelve Hours, morn or less, from timi um?, witnessed the complete do-votai ol' tbe usurper, lils brothers and his faction. DON JOSE BALTA, the imprisoned president, confined In UM bar? racks ol'Colonel M.itcelluuo Gutierrez, anoth? er brother of the dictator, became, ut once the object nf i he usurper's veugenace aud deBpei ailun, and was KIM.KP IS' HIS CELL, KECEIVIXO TEN WOUNDS, four from revolver balls, two from rifle bala ami four from stubs. He evidently died struggling for his life. Tomas Gutierrez, wltn his few remaining friends and soldiers, then enclosed themselves In the citadel ot Suma Caialiua, in tne city of Lim i. lo make a final re.aliiituice lo the mass of intimated citizens that were now aroused tu a determination to capture and summarily execute the person who had b>-en th? author or Hie lour days of | anarchy, bloodshed and confusion. In Ihe meantime the first vice-president ol Hie Re? public, Dun Mariano Herencia Le vallas, wno, by me deaih ot me actual president, succeed? ed by law io ihe position, was ENABLED TO RESElZB TUE REISS OK GOVERN? MENT, organize a Cabinet, and systematize and direct, tn a certain extenr, the conduct, of affairs., While the people were attacking the lort ot Santa Catalina, Um*ral Tomas Gutierrez and the leaders or the soldiers escaped from Hie lort in disguise, and the soldiers In a demoral? ized and panic-siruck condition, fought among tnemselves, leavlug the tort Itself an easy capture. TUE DICTATOR WAS RECOGNIZED, NOTWITH? STANDING Hrs DISGUIsE, In the street near the lort, seized by a crowd of citizens, and despite ot all efforts to deliver him to the legal authorities ot the Vice-presi? dent he was carried oy the mob and hung to a lamp-post in the principal plazi, me scene of his triumph. In declaring himself ihe "Su? preme Cnlei" of the Reuub.ic but tour days before. The bodies of the two brothers, one I of whom I have descrloed as having been killed at the railroad depot and toe other as having been killed during the attack upon the forts, were soon brought to the same plaza and hung to neighboring lamp-posts. The following day witnessed the sad and Inhuman' spectacle of the bodies of. those three Gutier? rez brothers cut from the lamp-posts, TRICED OP A HDNDRED PEET ON" THE CATHE? DRAL TOWERS, ont down and suffered to fall In the street; then quartered, saturated with kerosene and publicly burned. All of this done by an ex? cited populace, who, In their mad desire for vengeance on the authors of- their misfor? tunes, could not be restrained by any power that the newly resuscitated government could brine against them. On the evening of the 26th a steamer was dispatched from Callao 'tb pearch for and recall the absent vessel of the fleet, and at the same time the various cities along the coast in telegraphic communication with the capital were Informed of the re? sumption of the legal and constitutional gov? ernment. Pardo, who waa at Placo, Imme? diately started lrom tbat place io one of the before-mentioned vessels, the Independencia.: and arrived her? In Callao to-day, the27tb, at one o'clock P. M. ' PAROO'S RECEPTION' both In this city and Lima was warm and en? thusiastic. At present all ls quiet again In the Repub.ic of Peru, though what the next few days may bring forth none can tell. THE GREAT BANK BOBBERY. Additional Facts--Public Opinion and Speculation - The. Terna " Burglar. Proof" Obioletc-The Toplr of the Hour- Y Brare of Witty Hogues. [From tho Baltimore sun, August 21.] Perhaps no criminal occurrence happening In Baltimore for the past ten years has created so much excitement and sensation, or caused so much of public comment and criticism, as the robbery of the Third National Bank, on South street, the particulars of which were, given yesterday. Happenlog as lt did over two days ago, and bel?g so extensively venti? lated during Monday, oue would naturally luive supposed tbat ihe excitement would bave dieu out, as such things generally do, very quickly. Not so, however, as lhere was something more startling than a mere "rob? bery" in this case. The. skilful and daring operations of the thieves in tearing away brick walls, drilling through Iron stabs and chipping out cemented vault walls, seemed to have fairly astounded every one, and caused owners of valuables to wouder exactly what ls safe as against thieves. ADDITIONAL FACT?. Since the general excitement and confusion attendant upon th? discovery of the robbery on Monday the bank officers buve been .busi? ly engaged In gathering knowledge of toe lost valuables, but as yet nave got ho trace'of those stolen or or the thieves; As heretofore, stated, ibey had twice heard strange noise* several days adjoining the bank before the robbery, but no suspicion was aroused. The detectives continue nonplussed by the pecu? liarities of the op?ration, and whatever they may have learned they have kept Beeret Tne bank watchman, Michael Burnett, who seems silll to .have the confidence ot the bank offi? cers, could tell,nothing except that be acci? dentally saw the Stabler dc Co. party going In and out of the adjoining GUtings building, which the thieves occupied, and irom which ihey operated, but attached no particular Im? portance to anything he saw. No traces left hythe shrewd villains can yet be followed, and although lt la an old adage that "murder will out," lt seems very questionable whether this great robbery will ever be relieved of the shroud of mystery en clouding it PERSONAL DESCRIPTION. Not even a uood personal description of the robbers could'be gotten In the excitement of Monday. Yesterday, however, Mr. John S. outings was Interviewed, and from him some new facts are gathered. He elves that the Stabler & Co. firm were also known as E. Washburue & Co. The man Washbnrne being "rreoun>zed as the head of the bogus drm, and lt was .through his negotiations that the bund? ing was rented. He Is described as a man flue built, about five feet seven Inches high, witn a good face, pleasant expression, genteel deportment, quick ol speech and fluent in conversation. Hin bair and side wnlsken? were yellowish. He bad the air of a shrewd and active business man and inspired confi? dence at. once, so much so that when he had paid $050 fora quarter's rent in advance, Mr. Gu Huge at once decided he had a good ten? ant In reply to an Inquiry as to the style of business to be carried on, he responded that they were going Into the grain commission business, but lt ibat should not prove suc? cessful, he intended to "open a bauk." The sequel proves ibat he did open a bank, and lo some purpose. His coinpaulon, supposed to constitute the "Co.," is described as a short, stoutiy-bullt In? dividual, looking like an Englishman of the lower order. He had a cast in one eye, a very red face, dark huir, and was of rather unpre? possessing appearance. He Is accredited with a loudness for stimulating refreshments and was a frequent visitor to a saloon near by, lo which he went several limes with s'eeves rolled up, explaining, ou one occasion, that he was hard at work at the "office." Ii ls In? ferred that this very hard work was ui on the wall leading to the neighboring hank vault WHEN LAST SEEN. Careful inquiries ma ie about the neighbor? hood go to BUow that the man Washbnrne (or Stabler) was seen in the building on Saturday by afr. Sauerhaus, agent for Mr. GltUngs, ap? parently deeply engaged with a set ot huge books behind the a esk railing. The rear rooms were then closed, and Washburue seemed very busy In iront. A German watch? man employed at the corner of Second and South streets slates that he also saw the man on Sunday aiterooon enier the Glttlngs building, and aller a few minutes come out again with a bundle. Some conjecture that this very bundle contained at least a portion ol the valuables, but of course all such con? jectures are Idle. Another resident of the neighborhood states that on Saturday night a maa was seen quietly sealed on ihe steps ol' the Merchants' and farmers' Bank, opptslte ihe GltUngs building, lor eeverp.1 hours, who is now supposed to have been a confederate, but ibis ls mere conjecture. Beyond this, not a single tangible fact has been developed to lead io any possible trail of the thieves. THE SPANISH PLAGUE SHIP. NEW YORK, August 22 The Spanish frigate Namancla has been con? demned bv th? health offlceraas a plague ship. Fumigation ls useless, and new cases ol malig? nant disease break out. dallip. Applications of her commander for divers Locleao her bottom and lor coal have been denied. THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. LONDON, August 22. Dispatches lrom Belfast lust evening report the condition of ihe city somewhat better. Kncouniers between the Inhabitants had ceased, but mobs of desperadoes were stlil engaged in wrecking. Messrs. G adstone & Colarge, vast Iodia and China raerchauts. heretofore a first-rate credit., have failed. Their ilablllilea are over $2.000.000. Tne Arm ls represented In the di? rectory of the B mk nf England and other banking Inslinitions. The failure flattens the mai kai for consols. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -L J. C. Lamar has been nominated (or Congress by ihe Conservatives ol the First Mississippi District. -The Cbicazo wheat, corner was more dis? astrous than first reported. The total loss ls over two million dollars.' -euler Justice Church, of New York, de? clines the nomination lor governor by the Democratic State Convention. -The recent collapse of the wheat corner at Chicago does not affect parties tn New York as dealers at the New York Produce Exchange held aloof from lt -Aa engraver named Cunningham has bern arrested In New York charged with manufac? turing bogus warrants of Mississippi, of which it ls said flay thousand dollars have been paid._ FIRE.-A fire occurred this morning, about half-paBt one o'clock, at No. 65 East Bay, be? low Tradd street, In a shoemaker's shop, oc? cupied by Mr. F. Fischer, lt was speedily extinguished without the aid of the engines. The damage was inconsiderable. A CURIOUS CAMPAIGN,: RADICALS WH OSE BRA INS ABE TURN? ED BT POLITICS. Greeley to Head a New Rebellion Intolerance of the Sew York BTegro?? -The Mobblasrof Sanader?, che Gree? ley Orator-The-Teltow Fever Frrght -Signs and Wonifers In th* Weather. . . (FROM OOH. OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, August 16,. Tbe political excirem?Tifr develops the latent Insanity resldleg la some, people. I was talking with an Englishman yesterday who has resided many years in this country. He ls an Intense Radical (lt ls noticeable "(mat nearly every English born citizen one meets In the Northern States ls an Administration Ist, while.the reverse is the case, I believe, in the Sou th, and In Canada the sympathy ls with the Democrats or Liberals.) He was giving me his reasons for supporting Grant, "roe election of Greeley," he said, '-would com? pletely upset the country. The South would rise In reoelllon." "What preposterous stuff and nonsense," I replied, with Impatience,. "Is lt possible an Intelligent man like you" .'I nave lived in tne South," he said, ex? citedly, '"and I know tbe people. I. tell you, slr, they are r.pe lor rebeiiloo, and (briagjog hie fist down on bis desk) Greeley would let 'em depart in peace." I found lt no use reasoning with this zealot. The craze was on him, and he as firmly be? lieved that Greeley was in horrid compact with the Ku-Klux as did bis English*eacoa*t ancestry that Bonaparte bad horns and wore a long forked tall. . . I mention this incident to show yon, what curious notions have gotten possession or the brains bf some of the people here. The Grant organ keeps np tbe oclusi?n by harping on the ..disloyal" feeling In .the. So'ith, though they announce with great cheerfulness the ac? cession or any bid "Bebel," Mee Mosby, to their side. ' . . . .'?:i:-.v I suppose there Is Justas much ofthladflor sion among y our colored people. No amount of solemn asseveration by Sumner that tiri Gree? ley will respect ihe rights acquired by the negroes under the amendments, would weigh against the simple word ol a carpet-bagger or scalawag. How hide-bound the ' negroes are In this city war Illustrated by their treatment ot Saunders, lue colored Greeley orator, at Cooper Institute the other night. ., Mr. Saunders is an Intelligent and we!!-edn caied gentleman, who was nomtaatei tor eleotoron the Grant ile? ec In-Maryland, but who resigned about (helimp ot the Baltimore Convention, and took the stump lor Greeley. One or the colored preachers here, Ber. 'H. H . Garner, who ls for Grant, bad boastingly ex? pressed a wish to.meet the .Greeley champion la debate. Thia reached Sauudera's ears, and, as soon as the Norm Carolina campaign was over, he came to this eire to gratify his chal? lenger. He lound Garnet very, slippery .-ult was difficult to bring him ta terms. ?e pro? crastinated, prevaricated and, after several back-down", consented to meet- Maunders on . Thursday evening, tn the great hail of Coop? Institute- .... ....... i,t__ The place ot meeting wes crowded, the au? dience being moally negroes.' But lt was evi? dent as soon as Sauuders opened- mat His hearers were not in. sympathy with: him. As if by preconcerted arrangement, they .hissed, hooted and howled like demons when* Saun? ders opened his Ups. His speech was drowned lathe uproar. Hts opponent,- Garnet, sat on the stage, grinning-with delight, and occasion? ally calling for "three cheers tor Grant.'* When Garnet's turn begun, and all through- a harangue of an hour aud a half, he was rap? turously cheered. He bad little to.say .of tho eau did ates, as the burden of. his remarks was personal abuse of bis opponent' lu the debate'. By the terms ol the tourney Saunders bad half an hour's rejoinder. But .the audience bad been worked up to frenzy by the preache 'a appeals; they, would not permit the obnoxious Greeley man to be heard; they kicked up a perfect pandem?nium about'nts ears, cheered on all me lime Dy Garnet, and at last some of them rushed on me stage wllh threatening gestures-: Saunders', - who' had braved ihe fury ot' this demented mob with splendid pluck, saw that lt was no use to rtay any longer and quietly took his leave. But he had to be surrounded wilh his white and colored friends as protectors, for some of the moo foliowed him to the streei cars, a quarter of it mile distant, with threats against bis life. Tne comments of the press (with the'ex? ception ot the Times, of course.) were very severe on this exhibition of Illiberality-and ruffianism. The Herald, which ls inclined to favor Grant, remarked that such events as thia bad the tendency' to suggest grave doubts la the minds of many who bad been Irlends of ihe negro If he was yet fitted for cUlzmBhju. aud suffrage. It ls buijustlce to the respecta? ble colored men ot N?w York "to add that the day a for the. riot they were calling all day at the Liberal headquarters lo expresa their re? gret? for ihe bad oehavlor of their race. We have another yellow lever scare. Com? ing so quickly on the heels of the comet scan, upon a people enervated by beat, I am afraid li lt gets amongst us lt will make havoc. The pejt ships, however, have been moved to the lower bay, out ol me breathing or the Sta'?fl islanders. Alarm bas started up, th elga la another direction. It is B& I'. that ankles thrown overboard from the yellow lever ships will float ashore on Coney Island beach, where a thousand New Yorkers bathe dally. Now we want a cholera sensation to add to our misery. . Every bods has been talking about the heat. The present? severe heated term ls ramer more exhausting than mat of June, though, there there have not been so many deams from sunstroke. But people complain more generally of "feeling badly." Borne attribute the trouble to Piaotamoiir's comet, (invisible, but near at hand;) others adopt tb? London Spectator's theory, that the sun ls beginning to exude an alarmingly increased quantity or magnesium, and that we are In danger shortly of having tue weather m tv-rour-toid botter or the thermometer at 4860 Faurenbelt (tthaa been figured as fine as that.) It ts generally believed, however, that some great climatic changes are going on, and that most wonder? ful things may happen-such, for instance, as , a fall of snow on ihe Fourth ot July. There was actually a clap of thunder from a clear sky io Troy last Thursday. The firmament was blue and serene, when suddenly there ? came a crash like ibe explosion of a million torpedoes. People ran oat of their bouses' in terror, supposing the "crook of dooral had arrived at last. . -~ -. - . Elder Campbell, the second adventist, hat taken advantage of the unusual uneasiness about sublunary matters to Invite people to Cooper Institute, to-night, to hear about the "second coming," whicn he says Is at hand. Elder Snow, also, who has slipped up on sev? eral of bis predictions, Is going around again beatlog up recruits. There be persons who say Greeley will never be President, I hey must be entertaining secret hopes that the final smash ls coming before next March. NYM. POLITICAL NOTES. -The Germans of Mobile, Alabama, held a mass meeting on the 12ih Instant, and passed resolutions declaring their Intention to vote for Greeley and Brown next November. -A Grant orator speaking In one of tba New York districts recently, said, "I look upon tbe public press as a public nuisance, and the people ought to arise lu their majesty a ad put down the newspapers which malign our Pres? ident," -Jesse W. Fell, ol Bloomington, Di., wrifea to the Chicago Tribune lo say that Judge Da? vid Davis authorizes him to announce his in? tention of voting for Mr. Greeley. Judge Davis is tbe United Slates Supreme Court judge who was drat talked ot as the Libera candidate for the Presidency. ? ... . -Mr. Wendell Phillips, being Invl'ed xo make Grant speeches in VermoDt, sent nw "regrets." adding, however, **.. J*g deeply ihe Indescribable ImP0^^^T1",* election.? Phillip? has often M i 'le &WtA can party 'had ot.tlived tts usefulness. FOOT years ago. Mr. Phillips admits, be denied Gen? eral Gram's fitness for the Presidency. -Tn old New York Journalist writes 'from. Los Angeles. California: "Thereare Seventy eight Jews here, and all except two are fox Greeley. Forty-nlne-fliiletbs ol the German and Irish vote ls for Greeley; and rn? Demo? crats are nearly a unit for hita. I know o seventeen prominent Republicans In thia city who are openly against Grant," Los Angelet Indeed. ' -