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. VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 2065 CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, J872._ EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR, OUR KILKENNY CATS. CRLKfflA TIO SS ASD RECRIltlKATIOXS IN TSE Ji ADI CAL CAMP. A Terrible Excoriation of the Bolters Chiffonier Mackey Throwing Chinese Stink Grenades-The Work of the Ri? val Conventions - The Two Tickets Completed-A Choice of Evils for the People's Consideration-Both Factions Lick-split lina Grant and Bidding for Futrrc Plunder. V [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, August 26. The "regular" or Moses wing of the Repub? lican State Convention reassembled at about noon, and the discussion of the platform writ? ten by Judge Mackey and submitted by the corni-uttee on resolutions last Friday was com? menced. A considerable nnmber of amend? ments were made to the original draft and the platiorm as Anally adopted, ls as follows, (the amendments being In small capitals :) First. We affirm our earnest adhesion to the platform ol principles adopted by the Nat ional Republican Convention at Philadelphia, on the 6th day ot Jnne, 1872, as embodying the true ideas ol American progress, and impelled by the spirit of the American Union. Second. We support for President and Vice President of the United States, U. 8. Grant and Henry Wilson, knowing that the safety of the nation and the rights of all American citi? zens will be secure under their administra? tion. Third. We pledge ourselves to effect, In? stantly, a financial reform in the Stat* gov? ernment, by suspending the payment of the Interest on every bond of the State to which can be attached the shadow of a suspicion, and providing for the punctual payment of the principal and interest of the unquestionably valid debt, AND THAT- THE MEMBERS OP TUE LEGISLATURE, ELECTED BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SHALL BE PLEDGED TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE MEANING AND INTENT OF THIS PLANK. Fourth. In the interest of financial reform and good government, we pledge ourselves to throw around the State treasury every safe? guard necessary to losure the faithful applica? tion of the public funds solely to the public service, pursuant to just laws enacted. In the interest of the whole people of South Carolina. Filth. As essential to the reform herein guaranteed, and imperatively demanded by the people as the vital necessity of the State, we shall require that the public expenses shall be reduced wilbla ifce* public revenues, to be derived from a moderate system of taxation, based npon a fair and equitable assessment or all property liable to taxation uader the con? stitution. To effect this needed reduction lu expenditures, we Insist that there shall be an immediate reduction in the salaries of all pub? lic officers, lrom the highest to the lowest, lr. the State and counties, and that there shall be a judicious reduction In the nnmber of the public Offices ! Lemsel ves; AND THAT THE SUM BEKKOF ATTACHES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL BB LIMITED BT LAW. Sixth. Experience having proved that the general license law, although hooestly design? ed by the Legislature to relieve ?the burdens of taxation on real estate, is, In Its practical operations, odious ind oppressive, we pledge OUI Bel fen to lui Instant rc poa l. - Seventh. Believing from ead experience that lt ls of necessity a safeguard to the pub? lic treasury that all Its tran SAC lo DB should be constantly open to public Inspection, and al? ways nuder the eye of the people, we pledge ourselves to secure the enactment of a law providing that no moneys shalt be paid out of the treasury except la pursuance of au appro? priation, specifying the amount to be paid, and such payment shall be made only upon the warrant of the comptroller-general, duly : countersigned by the Governor, and requiring the comptroller-general and treasurer to pub? lish, dally, a statement of the traubacuons of their respective offices, showing wliut war- i rants have been drawn, and the receipts and ' disbursements during the past twenty-four i honra. i Eighth. WE FLEDGE OURSELVES THAT THC I GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE SHALL HENCE- I FORTH BE SO ADMINISTERED IN ALL irs DE- I PABTMENT8 THAT NEITHER THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS NOR THE ASYLUMS OF CHARITY SHALL BE I CLOSED FOB WANT OF PROPER MAINTENANCE BT ( THE STATE. 1 . Smth. WE MAINTAIN THE AUTHORITY OF THE I GENERAL GOVERNMENT TO INTERPOSE FOR THE , PRESERVATION OF DOMESTIC TRANQUILLITY IN I THE SEVERAL STATES, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE I WITH GRATITUDE SUCH INTERPOSITION IN THIS I STATE; AND WITH THE HOPE THAT THE EXAM- I PLES LATELY PRESENTED TO THE CIVILIZED I WORLD FROM WITHIN OUR BIRDERS WILL | AVAIL TO ASSURE TO OUR PEOPLE THE ENVOY- < MENT OF FREE SPEECH AND HUMAN RIGHTS, WE I INVOKE FOR SUCH VIOLATORS OF THE ENFORCE- | MENT LAW OF CONGRESS AS WERE IGNORANT i AND UNDESIGNING THE MERCIFUL EXERCISE OF ; EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY. Tenth. With a full faith In the virtue of these principles, oonfesalog our errors of legislation and administration in the past, which have wrought grievous Injury to the State, we ap :peal to all true Republicans to unite in bear? ing our candidate to victory, io prove to the .world that In South Carolina Republicanism and good government are not inconsistent with each other. Eleventh. WE PLEDGE OURSELVES TO THE ENACTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF PROPER LAWS FOR THE LIBERAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF IMMIGRATION TO OUR STATE FROM ALL QUAR? TERS OF THE WORLD TO TUB END THAT THE AR? ABLE LAND IN THE STATE, THREE-FOURTHS OF WHICH NOW LIES FALLOW, MAY BE BROUGHT INTO SPEEDY CULTIVATION, MANUFACTORIES BB ESTABLISHED. AND OUR GRAND MATERIAL RE? SOURCES DEVELOPED UNDER OUR BENEFICIAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WHICH RECOGNIZES A3 BETWEEN CITIZENS OF SOUTH . CAROLINA NO DISCRIMINATION ON ACCOUNT OF RACE, COLOR OR NATIVITY. In addition to these amendment?, S J. Lee moved to amend the seventh plaok so as to promise semi-monthly, instead of daily, re? ports of the transactions of the treasury and comptroller's office, but the amendment was strenuously opposed and finally withdrawn. The ninth plank, as above printed, was of ferea by Moses as a substitute lor the eighth resolution in the original draft, which asserted that the enforcement of the laws and an en? during peace could be?t be secured in the State by the co operatiou of the citizens in a mutual respect for the rights of property and person guaranteed by the laws. Tae intro? duction ot the substitute by Mo.-e3 provoked a lively discussion. June Mobley opposed its adoption, objecting, especially, to the recom? mendation of Executive clemency to some of the persons convicted of violations of the en forcement laws, because, he said, every one of the Ku-Klux had sense enough to know very well what they were doing. John Cochran, ol Anderson, said there was no doubt the Ku-Kinx hal done wrong, b the Republicans had not been free ? rom iau! We should, he caid, lorgive what they ha^ done, and ask them to forgive us for what v have done. I have myself done wrong, but I do wrong agata, I hope that God will remoi me from the lace o? the earth. The so-calk Bolters have stolen more, tn proportion I their numbers, than the rest ot the part Tim Hurley boasts that he lias bandied us ft lows successfully. If he did, it was when ll Republican Legislature was new and Its men bers were honest. He ls no better than oe who prostitutes a young girl and then bram her as a strumpet. One of those Bolters bi signed as marjy pay certificates as Moses ha They say their candidate, F. Gary, has bee like one In a hornet's nest. If so, he ought t sting that crew to death. It these so-calle Reformers had not helped ut' we should nt have been half BO bad. Anderson will giv her usual majority against them. I do n< charge Tomlinson with dishonesty, but h conduct as auditor proves him incompeten for when he resigned, his office was in hopeles confusion. Such a man is unfit for Governoi To the Ku Klux we must say, we havu don wrong and you have done wrong, so we aril shake hands and say no more about lt. ?? Congressman E.liott made a etroog spee:I supporting the resoluiion. He claimed tha the colored people, even those who had boer beac.'ii and maimed by. the Ku-Klux had tin kindest feeling towards tho whites, and. In said, we must show now mat we have no de sire to keep up disorder but desire all the pee pie of South Carolina to eijoy the blessings o peace. We must be magnanimous and lo re In as we hope to be forgiven. T. J. Mackey also supported the resolution He said he had traversed the Ku-Kiux region and be had also seen them in the court?. Ou of the eighty-five who had been convicted, no more than three or four were man ot ordinary culture. The rest were of the humblest class of white workingmen. In April last, Presl dent Grant had told him that he would with lr a brief p-rlod exercise executive clemeacj towards tbeiigoorant prisoners. The resolution was then adopted by a vol? of seventy-four to eighteen, and the platform was adopted as a whole. The platform, as a whole, was then adopted White, a coloredidelegate Irom Union Coun ty, on the Neagle ticket, explaned tttat he had gone into the Baiters' Convention, but could not stand it, and had come back to his old love, with which te live or die. Comptroller-General Neagle followed, show? ing the peculiar position of Turk County, and eiuhualaiilcally advocated Mosed, to whom ht pledged all bis Influence aad power. T. J. Mackey rose to a privileged question, and said I propose to reply now to the attack of the Reform or B liters' Convention. My first assailant ls D. T. Corbin, and I shrink from touching him with the loathing of a surgeon who dissects a putrid corpse. He is an index of the measure ot reform proposed. On tne banks of the Nile stands a c jimna, the Kilom? eter, which marks the rise aud fail ol the waters of that river by the mud line. Corbin is the Nilometer of the rise of corruption In South Carolina. His first appearance was as a provost judge on Wadmalaw Island, in 1865. His chief confederate there, as now, was C. C. Bowen. His conduct there was so infamous that an investigation was demanded. Bowen, whn ?ma IMA mUtj, bat more unfortunate, was sent to prison for stealing the funds of the freedmen ; but Corbin escaped. He next appeared as a State senator, when bis first act was to champion the bill to fund the bills of the Bank of the State, the courts having decided that these bills were not re? ceivable for taxes. Corbin worked the bill through, tins beginning a new debt lor which the people of the Stale had absolutely no benefit. Senator F. A. Sawyer is registered as having lony-slx thousand dollars of these bank bills, lor which ho paid tcu eenie on the dollar, and, through Corbin, those bills and hundreds of thousands of like bills were fund? ed at par. Next he appeared as the mauager of the phosphate bill, which gave an Immense source of Slate revenue to a private corpora? tion. By a sy-tem of debauchery theretofore unknown, he succeeded In getting the bill through the Legislature. Scott vetoed the bill, and Corbin telegraphed, "Damn the velo. [ have money enough to pass the bill over his head." And he did pass it. Others have dallied with Corruption,but Corbin bas clasped tier naked form to his bosom. When Corrup? tion stalked through the legislative halls, she leaned on the stout arm of D. T. Corbin, and her diamonds shone with the tears of an out? raged people. As soon as the bill passed, Corbin was registered as the owner of forty thousand dollars worth of stock of the phosphate company. He next cham? pioned the general ral'road bill, for which he received as a senator, not as an attorney, the sum of three thousand dol? lars. He next figures in connection with the sinking fund commission,receiving seven thou? sand dollars as a senator t ir the services he ren? dered. Like certain miracles of vegetation, which grow forty feet in one night, Corbin sprang from poverty to opulence in the flash of an eye. I deal with his public record, and will not raise the veil which covers his private life. It ls sufficient to say that he and Bowen might well be appointed the two superinten? dents of marital relations in ihis State. I now pass to G. W. Clark, who endorses Reuben Tomlinsons political paper, and vows that Corbin ls the soul of truth. For the sake of argument I will admit that Corbin ls truthful, and here Is Corbin's opinion ol Clark. Judge Mackey here read and exhibited the following autograph letter, written and signed by Mr. Corbin, unless the signature be a very exact forgery : Thus we have to smoke the rats out. Damn 'em ! They are worse than rebels; for we know what to expect of them. Clarie lu my Judgment is the mo-?t contemptible, dirty devil In the whole gang. He furnishes the backbone und animus of i ne whole tight. For God's sake kill him off for any apppolntment or promotion. He was low and mean enough to ask for my endorse m -m. for the office of col? lector a few days ago. I'd see him lo hell first. He detles all law and the Republican party; aud yet asks them for an office. (Signed) D. T. COBBIN. A month later Corbin endorsed Clark as a staunch Republican and the soul of honor, and recommended him tor collecior. I pass now to Reuben Tomlinson, and again charge that in the House he was the special advocate of the phosphate bill. As soon as that bill passed his name also appeared as the owner of forty thousand dollars' worth of phos? phate stock. At that time Reuben Tomllnaon, as the auditor of the State, was required to receive returns of the quantity of phosphate mind. He was also employed by the Green? ville aod Columbia Bailroad Company, and at the very time was engaged as Stale auditor 1 In assessing its property for taxation. As a pioneer of education Tomlinson Mgnally failed, 1 as his conduct in Beaufort, as a freedman's 1 bureau commissioner, shows that he refused ' to do for the colored people what his succes? sor Instantly did. He pretends to be coy, but I this bolt was organized last July, when a cnlar was sent out inviting certain person: assemble In Charleston, to organize a mc ment in opposition to the present State ministration. The clrcu'ar offered to pay expenses to and from Charleston, and \ Blgned by Sawyer, Corbin, Clark and Tom son. In accordance with a natural law all rogues gravitated to that common centre, now take up P. A. Sawyer. On Decem 10, 1863, he enrolled himself in the Confeder array, In Charleston, In the company of Ca A. H. Brown. He did duty and served a guard at the Workhouse, where Union prl ners were confined. On September 13,18 when the Conlederacy was in Its death thro Sawyer obtained a pass and went to the Un lines. Time passed. He was elected senat I protested against his being seated, a Bowen made affidavit to the fact that Saw; was a member of a blockade-running compai which was engaged la importing rebel ar until 1864. Charles Sumner and Henry Wils voted against his admission; and on D.-cetnl 12. 1869, Senator Wilson, in the Senate, alli los to Sawyer, said: "I hope the time v won come when the Southern States will represented by true siatesmen, and not petty politicians." Another word about G bin. His opposition to Judge Carpenter 1370 was because Carpenter would not s the ermine ol the Circuit Court by givlog decidion in favor or the phosphate compar To Judge Orr, ? exiend the charity ot" silent But I sotely feel bis defection. He signed l ordinance of secession, and I, at his mandat entered the Confederate army. When I w near the bullet and the bayonet, Orr was f in the rear studying the law of safe distanc as applied to projectiles. Corbin ls infamo in private life and odious for public corruptlo It is natural that Bowen should be with Bo era, for he bas been controlled by bolte these sixteen years, during which time he h been beyond the bolts of Jails. When he w. pardoned tor bigamy, I told President Grai that Bowen had bet cashiered from the Co federate army for forgery and had murder< Colonel White. Grant was astounded ar shocked. He thought Bowen bad renden Bervlces to the Union, but such as he cou render the laws of civilized watfare do net a low. Another Reformer is M. McLaughlli who is indicted for fraudulent conan as county commissioner, and bas Ju been discharged lrom Jail on a charge i larceny. IT ihe Ballers had any regard fe the proprieties, they would have held the convention within the walls of the penile! liai y. Ju Ige Orr was right in saying that ttl bolt is supported by tried Republicans. Il supported, Indeed, by Republicans who liav been tried and convicted. The Boilers hav neither priuclples nor constituents, und a soon as the canvass ends, will fly the yellow hospital flag to mark tbe place of their kille and wounded. Whipper is another reforme] He says there hos been gambling in Stat bonds. Well, he Is an authoriiy on gambling a<) a recent little game in Columbia s ti ow.' Others gamble as an amusement-he Is gambler by profession. Whipper was a sink lug fund commissioner. It became his dui to transfer to the Blue Ridge Riilroad Com paoy the stock of that company owned by thi Sw:c. He refused to sign until he was pal< ten thousand dollars. ? dare George S. Came ron, of Cnarle8ton, to deny (hat he was st bLiottmoUod by ibis reformer. Edwin P Cary is the nominee of the reformers foi State treasurer. Tal? man is the Intimait Irlend of Scott, and was his candidate foi treasurer on the regular ticket. His nomina? tion ls the proof of an alliance between tte Bulters and Scott. The Boilers have one othu recruit, B. F. Whittemore, ot West Point cadet selling fame. Another limb has fallen from the Republican tree, bnt lt has fallt-a because nf its own rottenness. In conclusion, Mackey declared ihat he and his party meant genuine reform, and events would prove to the willies :>f this State that they meant what they auld, fudge (lackey was listened to throughout his speech with the most rapt attention, and his nights of vituperative eloquence and frequent Hashes of wit were greeted wlih l ong con? tinued bursts of applause and laughter. At the conclusion of this speech the conven? tion took a recess of one hour. Upon reassembling the Slate convention proceeded to nominate Presidential electors tvlth the following result : First District. S. a. Swails, mulatto, State senator from Wil? liamsburg. Second District, W. N. Tafr, white, coroner of Charleston. Third District, Henry Sparnlck, white, of Aiken. Fourth Dis? trict. T. J. Mackey, white, Circuit Court judge, Chester. For electors for the State at large, the following were the candidates : D. H. Shautberlalo, Wm. Gurney, Governor Scott ind B. G. Yocum, white, and M. R. Delan}-, SV. H. Nash, C. D. Loundes, W. H. Jones, Jr., ind E. P. Small, black. A ballot having been md, D. H. Chamberlain, attorney-general, re? lived seventy-six votes, Wm. Gurney, Ireas jrer of Charleston, seventy-four, and W. B. Nash, black, senator fromjRIchland, sixty ive votes; Scott received one vote, Delany ran strong, and come within three votes ol election. The Statehouse Convention adopted rules of organization us reported by the com ml nee, ind the following State central committee was elected. R. B. Elliott, chairman ; vice president, J. L. Neagle, this appointment being fought by Smalls, ol Beaufort; treasurer W. B. Nash, elected. F. J. Muses, Jr., in eulo? gistic speech, nominated C. D. Melton as a member ol the State executive commiltee, aud hw was elected unanimously. In answer to a question it was announced that Mr. Mel? lon supported the regular ticket. Congress? man Bilney, elected; E. W. M. Mackey, elect? ed; H. G. Worthington, elected ; J. M. Allen, ot Greenville, elected; C. D. Hayne, of Barn? well, elected ; M. L. Delany, ot Charles? ton, elected ; R. S. Bennett, of Beaufort, sleeted. The election of county chairmen being next in order, the following were elect? ed : Abbeville, H. H. Ellison; Aiken, P. R. Rivers; Anderson, J. R. Cochran; Barnwell, to be filled by the executive committee on re? commendation of the county delegation; Beau? fort, Robert Smalls; for Charleston, E. W. M. Mackey was nominated, which led to an ex? cited debate, ending in the withdrawal of the ielegation lor consultation; Chester, John Lee, elected; Chesterfield, T. L. Westen sleeted; Clarendon, Rev. Wm. If er? rant, fleeted; Collelon, G. F. McIntyre, ilecied; Darlington, P. 0. Flood, elected; BdgeMeld, J. H. McDevilt elecied; Fairfield, U. S. Mliler elected; Greenville, Wilson Cooke ?lecied; Georgetown, Jas. H. Ralney elected; Sorry, James Thornton elected; Kershaw, A. W. Hough elected; Lancaster, Allen Hutson jlected. The convention will adjourn at a late hour to-ni?rht subject to a cail of the chairman, In order to meet any emergency that may arise. There is no doubt that Mac? key will be chairman lor Charleston Couniy, which will give him the regular nomination for sheriff. ; The Boitera' Convention met this morning, and the nomination for lieutenant-governor being in order, W. L. Jervey, colored) of Charleston, nominated James N. Hayne, (colored) of Barnwell, and he was chosen by acclamation. Macon B. AI len, (colored) the law partner of Whipper, in the firm of Whipper, Elliott & Allen, was norn Inated by A. C. Bichmona, for secretary of State, and H. E. Hayne, of Marlon, also nomi nated. Bowen supported Allen on the ground that Hayne was the nominee ot the Moses fac? tion, with which the Bolters could have noth? ing to do. Allen was chosen. J. Scott Murray (white) of Anderson, was nominated by Whip? per for computer and chosen. Edwin P. Gary, the present State auditor was nominated treasurer. Judge Orr said that Gary was offered fifty thousand dollars to stop the pro? ceedings against Blue Ridge scrip and refused to take lt. Gary was chosen. J. M. Sullivan nominated B. L. Roberts, colored, of Green? ville, for superintendent of1 education. Whi? temore nominated the present incumbent, J. K. Jillson, and made a speech bitterly attacking T. J. Mackey. Roberts was chosen. Phillp Ezekiel, colored, of Beaufort, was nominated by acclamation as adjutant general. For Congressman at large, the candidates were George *W. Clark, collector at Charleston, L. Cass Car? penter, editor of the Columbia Uuion; Louis Johnson, ex-Uolted States marshal, and Joseph Quash, colored, formerly a Charleston barber. Pointer supported Johnson on the ground of his Ku-Kinx ser?ze. Bowen with? drew Johnson. Byas seconded Carpenter as an Influential Radical leader in Ihe State, and be said he was authorized tb say that Carpen ter and the Columbia Union would go toolh and toe-nail with the Bolters. Clark and Car? penter were withdrawn, however, and Quash was nominated. A resolution was adopted that the chair appoint a committee of seven io frame a plan ot organization. Judge Orr appointed on the committee W. J. Whipper, B. F. Whitemore, C. C. Bswcn, W. E. Earle, S. Corley, B. Byas and S. Gaillard. A recess was then taken until eight P. M. The Bolter.', at their night session, adopted the platform already published In THE NEWS, adding a plank that every legitimate encour? agement should be extended to those develop? ing the natural resources of the State, and that the Interest of the laborer concur with that ol capital in demanding an earnest effort to develop the new and varied Industries within our borders as a means of Improving the condition and Increasing the wages of the bone and sinew of the Stale. The convention also adopted an address to the Republican party c f the State, setting forth the reason of this movement, and reviewing the course of the present Stale Administration. The com? mittee on organlzitlon recommended that ihe State executive committee be elected by the convention, with headquarters at Columbia, and that a chairman be elected for each dis? trict and each county. The executive com millee was then elected, as follows: C. C. Bowen,chairman; W. B. Jervey, D. T. Coibln, S. Lee, members from the Stale at large; B. F. Whitemore, member from the Flre-t Con? gressional District; W. J. Whipper, second; J. L. Orr, third; S. T. folnler, fourth; James Brennan, of Charleston, secretary and treasu rer. The county chairmen are as follow? Charleston County, W.H. Thompson; Beau lort._W. C. Morrison ; Oranggburg, W. N. Mount ; Greenville, Tnomaa .Bryan; Aiken, Frank Ar nim; Lexington, John J. Deni; Marion, E Pryor; O^onee, Alex. Bryce; Pickens, A. M Folger; Union, John Willlame; Spartanburg, Tarant Bryan; York, Ben. Briggs; Darlington, J. S. Flllebrown; Newberry, Mat. Grey; Ches terfleld, Thos. S. Cavanagh; Sumter, Sam Lee; Clarendon, Wm. Dixon. A resoluiion was adopted that the nominees for Presidential electors of the Statehouse Con vention be declared the nominees ot this body. This excited some discussion on the ground that it was postiole that, a'lcr endors Inc these electors, they might sell out and leave the State at the mercy of the Demo crats. Judge Orr shared this distrust, but believed thal the Statehouse electors would not dare to go back on Grant. The danger might be mel If need be by calling a new con veotion. He declared that no two men were more lu earnest in desiring the success of this movement than Grant and Wil-on. If this movement Jailed to secure the integrity of the Republican party In national politics, lt would wholly fall lu lt1? purpose. Orr then an nounced that the busluess of Ute convention was closed, and a delegate moved three cheers for Grant and Wilson. Orr said It was not necessary to put that question, and led off nlmselt with a huge howl for the Philadelphia candidates. The convention then adjourned '1 sine die. H. W. Purvis, the colored nominee of the regular convention for adjutant-general, and Major Sam. Dickerson, ot Charleston, bad a | ) lively altercation In the Statehouse to-day Dickerson, with bloody threats, drew a pistol on Purvis, but was collared by the bystanders and nobody was hurt. The Rival Tickets, < as now completed, are as follows: I Officers. Regulars Bolters. 1 Governor.F- J. M- sen. Jr.R. Tomllnnon. 1 r/tuovornor... K. H. Gltaves, c.. J. N Havne, c. 1 Treasarer.F. L.cardozo,c.,E. F. Gary. 1 Sec'y of Sr.Mte..H. E. Hayne, c....M. B. Allen, c. Att'y-General.. a. M. Melton.J. T. Ure no. Oomp'r-Ocn'l .i*. L. Uoge.j. ?.Murray. A<lJ>i-General...H. W. Purvis, c....P. Ezekiel, c. Sup't Kdncai'u.J. K. Jllluou.B.UKobcrts.c. ., uongrets.i. H. Gain, c.j. Quash, e. Many or the delegates have lelt Columbia by 11 this evening's trains, and the rest will proba b'.y leave to-morrow morning. F. W. D. WEATHER AND CROP ItEPORTS BT\ TELEGRAPH. [From the Financial Chronica, August 24 ] There is increased complaint In eur tele grams to-night of the prevalence of rust and the shedding of bolls, while the report or the | ] presence and Injury done by ihe army worm in Alabama are more emphatic. On the other hand they have had rain In Texas which, if it has been extensive enough, may help to im? prove the prospects In that Staie, wnlcii hui begun to be les? favorable on account of the drought. Our Galveston correspondent states ttiul it has rained for iwo days there; picking ls progressing finely, and ihe planters are mar? keting their cotton freely. Our telegram from New Oi leans to-night says ihat this week it has rained more than hall the week-showers and heavy rain storms. At Mobile it has rain? ed oue day. Crop accounts are said to be 11 less favorable, as UM army worm ls reported ? to he everywhere and doing much damage. I To the same effect is our dispatch from Mont- ' gomery. It. stites that the worms have already done "real Injury. Our Macon correspondent =avs It has ramed there oue day this week. Cotton is opening rapidly. The receipts of . new cotton up to lb-night were thirteen bales, < atrainst five bales last year. It. has also rained i one day at Columbus. Much rust ls reported < on the gray lands. There has been no rain < at Augusta; the crop Is promising; new cotton i comes In HIOWIV. At Savannah lr, has rained three davs; crop reports less favorable. They have had some showers at Charleston; the i complaints ot rust are becoming more exten- I ?ive. At Memphis the plant is Baid to be i shedding, and the reports less favorable. i THE CHICAGO SMASH. BLACK TUESDAY-COLLAPSE OF 3 G HEAT WUK A T CORNER. Fearful Panic Among the Grain AI? Fxanttc Scenes on 'Change-Coma sion Merchants Losing Alor? Than the Great Fire, ?tc, die. The wheat market of Chicago has been I ?tate of excitement almost ever since the : Early In the year lt was rumored among c merdai men that the wheat crop of Eut must be very short, and that the crop of United States would also be much below average. In the fore part of May two or li prominent operators conceived the idea straining the market for June deilvr They were Joined by George F. Hi lng, ol the firm ol Harding & McC the well known lawyers ol that c and succeeded In running through corner, popularly known as "Hardli corner," which collapsed about the sa time In the month as the present corner, i was generally supposed to have netted loss to Mr. Harding of nearly five bund thousand bushels. It was no nearer a succ than this one. The market subsided 1 quietness for some little time, and was lt taken hold of by the combination that eng eered the making of tho bubble which bu last Tuesday. They operated through u nu ber of brokers, not less than a dozen of whi were employed al different times, and lt Bald that none of them knew the business the other. Hence the combination were al lo buy in a large amount of opil?os befi their project was suspected. It ls probal that they purchased morej than 3,000,C bushels of "shorts" on the option caiied "<? lers August;" but nobody expected lb though lt was suspected that they were abc to corner Hie market. The Chicago Trlou Di Wednesday says: The buming ol the Iowa elevator show that HughManer, a member of ihe ring, hi shipped out some 216,000 bushels ol corn lb did not belong to him, but was simply t toi lu his house by other parllee, and used t money realized for that corn to deposit margins on his wheat contracts. The h.qui was at once instituted. "Was me same tnit being done by other elevators; and if HO, wh security did the holders ol grain paper, pop larly cal eJ 'grain receipt?,' have tor th? money cr tor thc delivery ofgraiu when tbi snould call for lt from the warehousemen Hence arose a widespread want of cou tide nc Parties who were short bolbin Hie eilyar country called upon tho combination for mrj deposits ot money as murgina io secure ii fulfilment ot their contracts. Ic ta uode ato JU ibata gentlemen irom Des Moines, It furnished Hie list straw wliicb broke tl camel's back. He called i*r large deposita 1 money ou Monday, which the comolnaiic were nimble IO procure, and hence the mu kel went down. The; were un u?e lo ste the tide, Ihougn they strove hard to do so. TOE BEOIKM.NO. The market weakened on Saturday. Tl genera! crowd of operators knew nothing i the circumstance lhat the comptroller ol tl currency had notified the banka ol this cl thai they must adhere to the terms of tho la under which they were chartered; that tin should not loan any more than 10 percent, < their capital to uny one man or nrtn. Bul tt banks had non tied the combination or th tact, and the knowledge that they could ut raise money on collateral as before tenden them powerless to operate. Tuey were um ble to buy up all Hie grain that was offered I th? market on Saturday, and the price fe several cents in consequence. Toe marin vrcaKuned uUu on Munday for tim san reason, the receipts of grain being very Hoi ral, wmie tue clique were only able to bu sparingly. It was uot Ult live o'clocK, hov ever, that the great break occurred. At ti "call" on Mouday afternoon, wh en last? from about half-past titree to hait-pa9tfot o'clock, wheat was rather leverlsh, but ex ti j t lied Utile change in price. Alter the call wt over, when the crowd had gathered on lt sidewalk in Iront ot Ceutral Block, at aboi five o'clock,- one or two parlies tried t sell grain, and found that nobudy wante to buy ; there was no one there thc represented the coinolnailon. Then arose th suspicion thai, the clique was powerless, andi wuB whispered around by a lew ol thu know lng ones that no mn lier aid could be exuecie from the banks. Confusion worse coufounc ed followed. There were one hundred seller to one buyer, and amid the most h?lense en cte ait-nt the price of wheat tell raoldl through a runge of about twenty-three Cent In three-quarters of an hour, making a tola decline ot thirty cents for Ihe day. tittil th time was one of the most Intenso knowuoth Ingism. No one seemed to be aware of tlx condition ot the market or of t he consequences hut In the evening there was much figuring ii| 3t accounts and preparation for a can of mar [jins the next morning, which establisher another break. Yesterday morulng Hie mar ker. opened lower than al the close of the pre ceding ?vening, but became firmer, and ud rauced some four cents within a lew minutes, the transactions being confined, however, lc jutslde operators. Then came the call fd margins, und as one after another, upon whom these calls were served, failed to respond, there was another season ol panic, during which every person seemed to mistrust his neighbor. FRANTIC SCENES ON 'CHANGE. The scene was one which Is not likely to be repeated again In Chicago lor mauy year*, in ihe Intensity of tne excitement produced sy the meeting of geutleineu lu no humor to trust one another, but rather prepared io ioubt the inspired record itself, the most ex raordtnury gesticulations were indulged in. lacksonviile, in the event ot the destruction A the insane asylum, would have presented a iceno of not more than ordinary excrement is compared with that produced by the expio ilon ol Mr. Lyon's torpedo. Young men, int enlng ou tne remote prospect ol operating arg*iy In Hie future, aud thus consoling mern? ie.ves for their present very suoordtuaie post? ions, were running In every conceivable ilreciloo, bealing mysterious slips of paper lupposed to signify some obligations. They louttit checks, produced grain receipts, nsked li lett ?ons heartlessly, ami received nervous replies; communicated mysteriously with their respective employers, wno were apparently irlveu lo occasional frenzy by ihe hews Im? parted. Men with the last drop of perspir? ion oczitig from their loreheada tan excitedly from one to another ot the members ol the illustrious board, as though the mercury was not above a hundred degrees In that uncom? fortable hail. Indifferent to heat, and only jonsclous ot some incomprehensible catastro? phe, these amiable gentlemen spent the lore uoon most unpleasantly. They christened the my of dtsasier "Black Tuesday," and quoted the lamons B ack Friday of Messrs. Flatt and Coroin. The excitement in the Gold-Room :oulrt scarcely have beeu greater. The panic 9Xtent)ed to corn lu a minor degree, os Hie :ombiualion was know to be largely interest td In cora. Soon Johu B. Iv. on DULI tied a notnuer sf pariies who had gralu to deliver lu him thal they raust?"proteci themselves," meaning ihm it tney could not "linld" the grain they snonld sell il out io somebody else. Tuts caused im? mense quantities ol grain io be thrown upon Ltie market, und resulted in a decllue of Ai? leen cents from the highest figures touched luring ihe morning. After this the market relupsed into a semi-comatose condition, with iuie doing for nearly au hour. Then it be? came somewhat ii rm er. ?is lt was found lhat .he offerings were ueur;y all exhausted, and :losed with little apparent excitement, lt nay be mentioned here iltal one or two ope? rator*, wini are among our moneyed men, nought a great portiou of ihe grain ouered resterday, evidently believing that ihey had a jood thin?, ?nd there is little doubt'thai a .onion ol the immense decline stistaiued in :onsequence of the excflement will be recov? ered from when the market assumes its nor? na! condition. There are some twelve firms outside those llrectly engaged in the corner who are known to have been badly Miaken. Something like twelve or fifteen others have lost severeiv by the transaction, but will, In all probability, be ible to continue their business without more serious trouble than tbat of borrowing money (rom tbelr friends. It is doubtless true, bow ever, that the commission men, as a class, have euflVred more from this corner than they did hy the great Ure, as their busin er s losses on that occasion chiefly consist ed of loss of office furniture and the books In which their I accounts were kept. THE GENERAL EFFECT o? the collapse will be this : The country Is lull of wheat that has been prepared for mar? ket and cannot be sent 'forward. For the next two or three dajs the wheat airead; loaded on cars will be coming In, and tbere will be no buyers, and ?be poor fellows In the country who bave bought Inls wheat from the (armers will lose most heavily. Shipments urevSry 8eldom made direct by the lat mer. He brings bis grain to the country station by the wagon load ata time, and it Is bought by a man whose business lt is to bny up until he can obtain enough, not for one car load, but tor half a dozen or a train. This operator gen? erally protects himself by selling ahead, a-'ree lng to deliver so much during a month, and contracting with the farmer to lurolsh him so much grain. A great deal of the gram that is now being forwarded to market belongs to thea? men, who have solcl It at a high price in advance, and paid the farmer* for lt a correspondtnglv high price. Hence their losses will be heavy. Many of the country operator* may be compelled to retire gracefully from business. As a class, they are even as essential to the farmer In helping him to market with his grain as the commission men In this city. They are more so In the winter, when these commission meu take large orders to send car-loads of gram direct? ly East without Hs touching a Chicago eleva- j .or at all. and large portions passing around Chicago bv the various cut-offs without even entering the limits of the eily. Many of the commercial men In this elly will be affected as badly as the country operators referred to. They bave sold this grain for the parties In the country, and will be expected to stand be? tween their prlocioais and the parties for whom they sold. In many cases their trans? actions are covered by deposits of margins, but this Is far from betng'unlvereally the case, and even where margins have been deposited lt is very seldom that enough money ls posted to cover such a big drop as haa occurred during yesterday and the previous day. NEWS FROM THE OLD WORLD. The Belfast Troubles Ended. LONDON-, August 26. The reinforcements which had started for Belfast have been recalled, as the trouble there is over. The Spanish Radicals Defeated* MADRID, August 26. Additional returns from the provinces of elections for mem hers of the Cortes have been received. They show that two-thirds of the successful candidates are members of the Government party. The Radicals supported the government. The Geneva Arbitrators. GFNEVA, August 26. The court o? arbitrators reassembled nt halt-past twelve this afternoon and adjourned, after a three hourb' session, to meet again Thursday noon. As usual, the avelon was held with closed doors. Only the live m birra Iflfl wpre present. The absence or the Eng? lish and American counsel and agents indi? cates that the consideration or the general question has been concluded, and that the Anal work of the board has been reached. POLITICAL NOTES BY TELEGRAPH. Where Charles O'Conor Stands. NEW TOBE, August 26. The Herald of this morning says: "It ls re? ported on good authority ihat Mr. Charles O'Conor has addressed a letter to the Louis? ville Convention of straight-out Democrats, prohibiting the use of hts name bv them for Hie Presidency or any other office." Mr. O'Conor says that '-the tee simple of the world" would not Induce bim to accept the nomination. The Sun sara: "Charles O'Conor. In an In? terview with Jxmrfl-ttcKeuoa, who asked him lt he would become the Democratic and Liberal candidate for Governor of New York, replied that he did not seek the nomination but would accept It nominated." The West Virginia Election. WHEELING, August 26. Thirty-three counties give Jacobs a majority of six thousand. The result upon the consoli? dation ls doubtful. THE PLAQUE IN THE EAST. BOMBIT, August 27, via LONDON. 26. Asiatic cholera has appeured lu the Valley ot C.si?mere, and ls reported io be raging with great violence. THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON. August 26. Clear weather generally continues on Tues? day over the So?inern States east of the Mis? sissippi. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -There were eight deaths in St. Louis yes? terday from the heat, which was unabated. -Four cases of sunstroke occurred at Mem? phis, Tenn., yesterday. -Mary Desales, mother superior at Xavier Convent, Bangor, Malue, ls dead. -Seven smuli fires occurred In St. Louis yesterday. Four nremen were prostrated by the heat. Thermometer 98 io 100. - Balph Ingersoll, a lawyer, and lormer minister to Russia under President Polk, died at New Haven, Conn., yesterday, aged eighty four. -At Fort Wayne, yesterday, a horse at? tached to a buggy was siruek by a thunderbolt aud knocked loto a canal J rom the tow-path. Two occupants ot the buggy were drowned. -Alderman McMaiieu. ot Philadelphia, who holds the stakes for the Mace-O'Baldwln prize flght, refuses to give them up until the brui? sers have had their set-to. -A Are occurred yesterday morning, In the bonded warehouse of Charles Zusr, No. 8 Washington street, New York. The loss, which falla principally upen Importers ol' liquors, will aggregate a quarter million dol? lars. The origin of the fire was accidental. THE COURSE OF THE STAPLE. The Kew Yorls Cotton Market. [ rom itu Financial Chronicle.] NEW YORK, August 23. The market the past week nas been vari? able. Tue last few days lt has shown coosld erabie firmness, and prices have. In fact, ad? vanced ic as compared with last Friday, low mlduilng uplands closing to-night at 21c. on t h? spot aud 20 6 16 io 18| for tsvptemoer to Decemoer. Dui lng the nrst bait of the week, however, the market ruled very duU. the sales of cotton on the spot the three days ending Tuesday night aggregatlog only 3C28 balee, mainly for consumption, und 16,200 bales for niture delivery. But on Wednesday, with stronger accounts from Liverpool, there was a lair degree ot activity for export, and priced advanced ?c., the demand lor tullin delivery still continuing smai), and prices were wit lout general advance. On Thursday thu market tor spot cotton was again better, middling uplands closing ut z2c, with a large business for export and .couautnption; but for future deliveries tbere was less buoyancy-while cotton on the spot had advanced i<? since Tuesday, '.he Improve? ment In contracts was not more than 1-16 io ic. Tc-day the buoyancy was checked, Influ? enced, in part, probably by the lallnre at Lon? don. There was less demand, and at the close was Irregular-Arm tor spots, but some decline in contracts, and less activity gene? rally. The prices for lut ares last reported were (basis middling:! 20 5 16c for Septem? ber, 1!) 15 16 for Ooiooer, 18 13-16 for Novem? ber, 183 fur Decembur, and 18$ for January. Tue total sales of this description for the week ure 40 000 bales. For immediate delive rv, the total salen toot up this week 11,688 bales, lacluding 4122 lor export, 7220 for con? sumption, 110 foe epec-ilatlon, and 100 in irau sit. -Dr. Wm. Cloud, of Beckhamvllle, Chester County, died on W?*doesday last. He was quite advanced In yeiys, being eighty-six at the lime of his death, ALADDIN IN CALIFORNIA/ TRANSMUTING BASE METALS .INTO PURE GOLD. A. Chemtst'a Wonderful Dlaco-rery- Hair a Million of Dollar* Han a fae ta red tn TWO Month?-The Coin Pronounced the Purest Gold Ever Pat la a- Cru? cible [From tue San Francisco Chronicle, August li.]1 The following story as reported to UR has much of romance lu lt, but the fuiure may demonstrate Its truth, revolutionizex com? merce, and make the possessors of the marvel? lous talisman the veritable Midas cf the nine? teenth century. It ls oo less than the dis? covery of a chemical process, which, when ap? plied to base metals, transmutes them Into gold-pure, shining, veritable gold. The ru? mor of the diamond dlscSVeiiea la Arizona have somewhat precipitated the disclosure of the facts we are asout to relate, and though ' ac the riek of breaking faith with our Infor- . mont, we consider his statement too lmpor-. tant io be withheld from tne pu oil c. " TBE MODERN' HI DA 3. Some three m muiBagoapiain looking man, of American binn, presented M rasen at one of ' our leading banks an J BO Ucl led an interview with -the managt-r. Tne banker was very much occupied wlm his caw, overburdened with offers ot paper tor discount, and harassed with the prove?* of losses on loans for which he . held collateral in the shape of mining stocks, seemly descending on his bunda. He surveyed his supposed customer, and almo-i bet?re the tirsi words of salutation bad lallen lrom the newcomer's lips, he said: "No, slr; cau't do lu Very sorry, bnt have gone beyond our limit to accommodate bur ' own customers. Doing nothing on the outside to-day, at any rates." The stranger made no reply, bat depositad a leathern valise on '.ho banker's desk, opened ? and took lrom lt a mass of dingy metal, look? ing half like copper and half like brass, and banded it to him. The man o? money examin? ed it curiously, and returned it, saying he waa no Judge of mineral'substances, and bad no time to study this particular specimen. - A CONFIDENTIAL PERSON'S JUDGMENT. The ?tranger asked Moi.lt ho would know gold If he saw lt ; and, lt not, would he be kind enough to send for some confidential person, on who?e Judgment he could rely, to aai-ay end determine the quality and value of his lump ot metal. The proposition waa reluctantly acceued to. One ot our most prominent as? sayers was summoned, and arter rjumlning th?* substance and inquiring, with vislole ex? citement where lt came lrom, and receiving no ratistaction, departed, taking lt with him; promising to report on lt the next day but one at noon. Punctually at Ihe appointed Hoe) the three men met at the baok. The assayer produced the metal, which boo been run into, the form ot a bar, and had ali the appearance) of the ordinary gold tngot ot commerce. ' "That looks like gold," said the banker. . "It ts ?told," sala the assayer, "nearly a thousand floe-the purest I have ever put In " a crucible." ANOTHER SEARCHING TEST. The ttl anger said nothing., The others plied him with questions concerning tba source from wblcu lt came. Ile civilly,' but firmly declined to furnish any information, leqiieailng them, as a further test of Its genu- ' i ueness, to send lt to the mini la this cliy for coinage. To this they assented, aud ihe bar was sent, with other bars, to the mint It was there again submitted to the tests usual la such cas. s, and the next day Ile value was re? turned In doub'.e eagles-something mor? than eight thousand dollars-which was placed to the credit of the now decidedly in? teresting stranger. Fer nearly a week no? thing was seen of bim or beard of bim. The banker was In a fever of excitement. He could think of nothing bur. ibe owner of-tne gold. He ran over all the mining news of the public press for some record of a strike In tba gold producing districts; and, lt the "truth must oe toid, ne wished tor some Intelligence of an audacious robbery ol the treacu re-box ot an up-country Blaire, or of the rifling.O? some UauK -r r in ij ffl i lu II II 1 Iiii inn Sosa friend should play u prominent part. - - A. SECOND INSTALMENT. So well satisfied was. e ot the correctness ! Ot this latter conjecture that he was on tba point of advertising the possession by him, under peculiar circumstances, of a large quantity of refined gold, when the depositor ? appeared bringing with him a much , larger piece of the same metal as formerly, which, wlih some ceremony and dignity, he submit ted for Inspection. This was done, and then tbe stranger Inquired If the banker was en : Urely satisfied ot he genuineness. "Perfectly, perfectly," was the answer. "It Is gold. Where did you get lt?" _ "I MADE IT XT8ELF." It ls no wonder that the amazing disclosure almost unmanned the listener. Toe stranger quietly said: "I made ic myself;-' and after a pause ha added: "I can make lt by tbe ton, lean freight a ship with lt within a month irom the time I have enlarged my present laboratory, as I am now about io do." The banker piled him with questions as to its locality, and with prayers to- be permit ted io vlrit the scene of his marvellous labor ?, bot to no purpose. He then held up beiore the discoverer the power which ihey would wield in the community, the vast possessions which they might acquire, and the certainty of mak? ing together a fame unequalled since the world began. He represented io him the im? possibility of concealment, except with the aid of one situated like hlmsefl, who could turn this new accession into the DOW steady money tides of commercial exchanges and swell without destroying them. Ile ai templed to show him the danger to himself from the chagrin of those whose values he might Im? pair or destroy, and the need of caution in utilizing for himself his terrible secret. THE BECKET NOT DISCLOSED. His hearer sat with I ra per tu i bable connie nance until the close ot the banker's harangue, and then replied: "I will make you the depo? I tory of my gold. . Yo o-TE ay control Its Issue, and we will togeih er share the power lt brings. But myprocesa roust remain forever In my own beait. I shall never reveal lr. I wni bi lug you in a verj f w nays more than you hare nos? in your vaults. My laboratory ls near the New Paik. tn * building which would at.root no attention, save fr un its dilapidated appearance. I was at work tbere during the most of ihe past winter, and . have by degrees succeeded In making myself quite comfortable without at? tracting attention. I have several wai s of access to lt, and never use the same way twice In succession. I admit I have experienced some fear of discovery and attack, but my guards are my dogs, and they are lalthtul and silent. Theiels now more danger than ever in the Increasing volume of my product, which will need other means of transporting raw material aud bringing lt back in tbe shape of gold than this old valise and my hands." THU CHEMIST'S LABORATORY. He then turned to a convenleut table and wrote a few linen, which he sealed In an en? velope and handed lo the banker. "Tnere ls the direction to my retreat. I shall return In a week with more gold, and If I fail to comen ou may know some evil nae be? fallen me. Then come io me." The banker promised fall biol observance of the injunction, and with many protesiatlom of mu ua fidelity snd good will they parted. The paper has never been opened aud ihe manufacturer of gold bas steadily and puno? lually reaipeared, bringing his weekly enor? mous additions to the ouliiun ol the bank. It Is said that more than hail a million have been manufactured wu hin the past two months and deposited In the bank. THE MANUFACTURED COIN li 0IRC0XATION. ' Some of lt has been converted toto coin and put In circulation. Many of our readers *bo believe they are handling the products ot our gold mines, now dally receive and pay out this subsiaoce, created from base meials by one ot our most unobtrusive citizen*. Some of?1 aaa been run Into ihe customary WH?? nardana, stamped with the brand and records or ont most ?mous refinery, and has been?^PP*d abroad, as the basis of excange tor ^???"8 insiitiitlon ona colossal scale, to be estub ishedon the Comparatively ?all beginning ? one ot our noted banks,, and t ie effort ?iii be made to make .-au Francisco the centre of all commercial exchanges and the grew.de> D08itory ol the products or the world. .>Th? scheme ls va?!, propoiHoned to the- power which two men hold In their grasp;' lils frightful to reflect what maybe the result ot their ambition, If lt should pass beyond lia present reasonable limits.