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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2203. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. DODGING THE ISSUE. A QUESTION ABLE TRIUMPH FOB "HONEST JOHN" PA TTEBSON. He Secures a Postponement of his Trial for Bribery Catii 1874-The Legisla? ture Yesterday. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, 8. C., Wednesday, February 5. Judge Carpenter ibis morning rendered bis decision upon tbe motion by Cbamberlaln to quash the panel ot'grand jurors Tor the Gene? ral Sessions of this county tor this year. He U.jtded that the jury was Illegally drawn, and . tif?n adjourned the court sine die. The effect of this will be, unless there should be some legislative interference, which is in the high? est degree improbable, to prevent the holding of any Court of General Sessions until Febru? ary, 1874. Patterson thus secures one year's re? spite. Tbe Legislature. In Ibe Senate to-day Clinton introduced a bill to compel all children between the ages of six and sixteen to aitend school, either public or private, at least three months in each year. Cain Introduced a bill to allow jory commissioners to prepare jury lists after January. The following btlls received their final read? ing, passed, and were sent to the House : The bill to refer to the voters of Barnwell County the location of * be county seat of that county. The joint resolution to allow Thomas Grim? shaw to redeem certain fon el ted lands. The bill regulating the execution of the deaih sentence. The bill lo provide for the establishment and support of a State normal school. The bill to Incorporate the Darlington Academical Society. The joint resolution requiring all persons holding claims against the County of Abbe? ville to register tue same with tue treasurer of that county. Tbe bill to punish persons for obtaining money, chattels, or valuable securities, by talae pretences. The bill to Incorporate Ihe town ol Nichols. The bill lo Incorporate the Presbyterian Church at Abbeville Courthouse. The bill to amend the act lor the preserva? tion and protection of useful animals. "The bill to require trial Justices to give bonds, and to otherwise define their duties. The bill to incorporate the Newberry aad Cheater Railroad Company. The following bills were passed, and having been already passed by ihe House, were or? dered to be enrolled lor ratification. The bill to revise and exlend the charter of 1 the Savings, Building and Loan Association. The bill to incorporate the Second Coosaw batchle Baptist Church, ol Beaufort County. The bill to fix the salaries of certain officers was read the second time and ordered to be engrossed lor a third reading The accounts ol Joseph Taylor and D. O'Niell were ordered to be paid. The resolution to meet In Joint assembly to elect Beven persons to Investigate the bonded debt of the State was laid on the table. In the House, Grant offered a resolution re? quiring the committee on railroads to Inves? tigate the recent sale of the Spartanburg and Union BaUroad. The bdl to make appropria? tions and raise supplies tor the fiscal year | commencing November 1, 1872, was read, finally passed and tent to the Senate, with $15,000 added lor publishing the acta of the Btate of Sooth Carolina. The bill to charter the Charleston Water and Canal Company passed Its second reading-yeas 58, noes 13 after a long debate. Adjourned. PICKET. MANUFACTURES AND INCORPORA? TIONS. A Hitc h in tbe Progress of the Bill to Encourage manufacturing Enter, prises-An Omnibus Incorporation Bill. J [FROM OUR SPEC AL CORRESPONDENT.] COLOMBIA, 8. C., February 4. The proceedings o? the General Assembly to-day have not been of any great importance or any particular Interest, the House having amused itself during most of the session wlib a series of squabbles over some lnfinltessimal claims of constables, school teachers, ?c., and the business of the Senate having been con? fined principally to the advancement by one stage of a number of bills ol no especial Im? portance. There was one debate, however. In ihe Senate, during which an altogether nil expected amount of opposition was mani? fested to one measure which it has been expected on all hands was to be al? lowed to pass without the slightest objection from any source. This was the bill to aid and encourage manufactures and internal im provemenls, the features ul which have so lavorably commended themselves to all classes of the members of the Legislature, that ita passage np to Its present stage ol ad? vancement bas been almost a matter of course. It haB now been finally passed by the House, received in the Senate, reported lavorably by the Senate committee on commerce and man ufactures, and it came up to-day for its second reading, wben-it was made th i subject ol a vigorous attack by a small raino' ii y ot the sen. atora, led by Senator Whlttemcre. The oppo? sition of this untiring orator ?rom Darlington did not appear lo have any tangible basis, and would rather appear lo have been caused by some pique or dlssaiisfaciion girhaps, because he bad not been ibe ther of the bill, for he advanced no real argument against its provisions but made Instead a speech ol glittering gene? ralities, which would have answered admira? bly for a Fourth of July oration and which was not inaptly described by Senator Dunn, of Horry, who constituted himself the champion .ot the bill, as a "volume ol sound and fury, Blenlfylng nothing." The Darlington orator first moved to strike out the enacting clause ol^he bill, but finding no second tor this mo? tion, be proceeded io attack that clause of the bill which proposes to extend its bene? fits to railroad enterprises. Senator Dunn re? plied to this that If capital were to be Induced to come to ibis Stale and develop Its natural resources lt could only be in connection with lines of railroads competent to brlug the raw material lo the proposed factories and to carry to market their manufactured pro? ducts, and that if lhere were any enterprises that promised to eventually repay the Slate for the limited exemption from taxation pro? posed in this bill, tbey were emphatically the railroad enterprise?, which, while asking lor ten j ear's exemption upon a strip of land one hundred feet wide, would enhance the taxable value of BU the surrounding lands to an extent that would far more thau make up for the loss. Senator Whltiemore pointed to the exemption granted to the South Carolina BaUroad, and drew a laney picture of ihe im? mense wealth of ibat corporation, which, he surmised, would soon own the whole Slate and employ the Capitol building as its Colum? bia depot. Senator Dunn explained, however, that the exemption granted io that road was not for ten years,as ls uow proposed, but in per? petuity, and thai whatever might be said of the Elicy which gave to ihe South Carolina liroad its perpetual exemption it could not be any argument against Inviting capital for similar and much needed enterprises now by exempting them for a few years at a time, when the recent financial failures ot the State Government led foreign capital to fear that an era of heavy taxation must soon begin. Sen? ator Maxwell, the colored member irom Marl? boro', was afraid that the bill contained "a deep laid scheme" to Introduce an army ol people from other States to subvert the Re? publican government of South Carolina, and Senator Dunn, who ls himself a Republican, met this argument with ihe statement of lact that all of the States lo the Union which are eminent for their manufacturing Interests ?were States which were overwhelmingly Re pubUcac, and he thought, therefore, that im mi gration and Investmente ?rom those States were nardly likely to prove subversive of the Repub? lican party, although be admitted that it might overthrow some of the peculiar Repub? licanism that had been practiced In this State during the past few years. These were tbe ( principal points ol the debate, and at Ita con? clusion the oppo: ?nts of the bill managed to secure its postponement undi next Friday. There ls, however, hardly any doubt ol tbe ultimate success of the measure, as a large majority of the senators of both parties have expressed themselves in favor of it. and If a vole bad not been prevented to-day by the filibustering tactics of the minority lt would have passed by a nearly unanimous vote. A GENERAI, INCORPORATION BILL. Representative Cochran, this morning, in? troduced a bill "to provide for the granting of certain charters," which ls designed to facilitate the organization of societies and in? corporations without the delay and expense of legislative action. The bill proposes that charters for churches, cemeteries, fire, hook and ladder and military companies, Free Masons, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias lodges, charitable and re? ligions Institutions or societies, labor, agri? cultural, manufacturing, industrial or other like societies, ic, shall be granted by the clerks of court upon the written application of the parties desiring the obarter. If within ten da.\s nfty persons of the county, who may be affected or Interested by the granting of tbe charter, shall object lo it, the clerk shall refuse to grant the charter li he consider the objections sufficient grounds for refusal; and, In that case, the persons desiring the charter may then apply to the General Assem? bly for their charter. The remaining sections of the bill, which is very voluminous, pre? scribe the lorm of charter to be Issued to the various classes of organizations, and require the secretary of State shall Issue the necessa? ry blanks for the charters, which shall be Ulled np In duplicate, one copy to be issued lo the organization and the otber to be flied in the clerk's office, and the clerk ls to receive a lee of three dollars for each charier granted, to be paid by the corporators. OTHER BILLS INTRODUCED. The above was ihe only bill of anv particu? lar importance Introduced to day, but lhere were three others in the Senate, ol which the tilles are as fol'ows : By Senator Nash, a bill to amend an act to frant the use of a vacaut lot In Columbia to almetto Lodge, I. o. O. P., under ceriala conditions. Bv Senator Corwin, a bil! to amend Section 45, Chapter 25, Title 6, Part 2, of the General Statutes, relating to trial Justices. Thia sec? tion prescribes, asa penalty for (allure of trial Justices to pay over tines collected by them, a One, imprisonment and disqualification from office; and the amendment proposes to strike off from the section the disqualification from office. By Senator Duncan, a bill to amend Section 3, Chapter 3, of the General Statutes, BO as to authorize the Jury commissioners of Spar tanburg County to prepare the Jury lleta for this year In February, Instead of January. _ _ _PICKET. TUE TROUBLES IS SP?IS. MADRID, February 6. Considerable alarm has been created by ad? vices received In this city ooncerning the movements of the Carlist leaders, who are preparing for a vigorous campaign, and ure massing their lorces In the north for a deter? mined aggressive movement. The advicee received state that ibe insurrection ls extend? ing over the whole northern portion of Spain, where thu Insurgents are concentrated in large numbers. OUR SOUTH ATLASTIC SBZOHBORS. Storth Carolina. -The concert by the Wilmington Concordia Society will be repeated. -Mr. P. U- Bico h&a J mi&zied the position sf chief engineer of the Wilmington Fire De? partment. -A bill to give Rilevh cumulative suffrage in municipal elections waa introduced in the State Senate on Monday teat. -The Grand Lodge of the Kuigbta of Pythias of North Carolina will meet in Raleigh next January. -Ex-Governor Vance was to have lectured in Wilmington last evening, on "The Moun? tains ead Scenery of Western North Carolina." -Mr. T. B. Howell, a revenue officer, waa fatally stabbed by one Robinson, m Wilkes boto, hst Saturday. -On Wednesday night the dwelling cf Mr. Bagwell, twelve mues from ?nh3ld, was acci dentaiy destroyed by fire. The family made a narrow escape. -Mr. William Wilson, postmaster at Moores ville, Iredell County, was assaulted and robbed of two hundred dollars, last week, wb?e riding in the country near CoIumDia, S. 0. -Mr. E. J. Hatcher has given up the posi? tion of asrent for tho Southern Express Com? pany in Wilmington, and Mr. H. N. Latham, of Augusta, is appointed to fill the vacancy. -The county commissioners at Wilmington are canaidenng the proposition for appropria ing fifty thousand dollars in county bonds to the building of the Norfolk, Wilmington and Charleston Railway. -A very disastrous fire occurred at Wades boro' about daylight on Monday morning, by which five stores and ihe postofflce were Nirned. The dry goods and grocery store ot Mr. T. S. Crowson, the postofllce and a store kept therein, Mr. Jobo Boy lin's harness shop, Mr. William Murr's lin Bhop and Mesara. Gale & Hutchinson's confectionery Blore were all deairoyed. Georgia. -Dr. Louis H. Orme died in Atlanta on tho 3J. He was an able physician. -One hundred and seventy-five more ne groea bavo left Macon for Arkanea?. -Mr. Chapman, of Cartersville, bas taken a contract to rebuild the burnt block in Forsyth, amone; the other buildings, there will be a commodious hotel. -The augusta Council has passed an ordi? nance piymg a commission of three per cent, to any person or persons who will induce the investment of foreign capital in manufacturing enterprises on the Augusta canal, -Mrs. W. W. Montgomery, at the Kimball House, Atlanta, stepped through an open door into what she believed was the elevator. The latter had ascended, leaving an open space be low, into which she stepped and fell broaking several bones. * Florida. -A Degree Lodge ol Good Templars has been Inaugurated In Jacksonville. -There are fourteen colored schools in suc cessiul operation lu Alachua County. -C. B. Husled, of Jacksonville, has received thirty thousand dollars' worih o? orders for palmetto braids. -Quincy boasts that her enterprising peo? ple are erecting new stores and buildings dee pile the Texas fever. -Tne new Catholic Church, the first brick building of which Fernandina can boast, la approaching completion. -General Robert Ransom, of North Caroli? na, has been appointed superintendent of the Florida Railroad. -R. B. archibald, of Jacksonville, has been appointed and confirmed judge of the circuit court of the fourth (Jacksonville; circuit. -Key West exported to New York, lo one week, thirty-seven thoueai d dollars' worth of cigars and six thousand live hundred dollars' worth of sponge. -Winter Home ls the name of Ihe place about to go up at the mouth ol Pottsourg Creek, on ihe east side ol the SD. John's River, two and a bulf miles below Jacksonville. Une hundred houses are to be put up and a school established; all of which ls to be under the su? pervision of the Methodiet Episcopal Church. Toe object ol this new town is to furnish a religious retreat for Invalids and others who are opposed to hotel life. -The St. Augustine Press says: "It ls wlih much 8ailslacilou that we notice the rising spirit cf enterprise in the Ancient Ciiy. It leila well lor its future Drospects. The spacious and elegant mansion ot Mr. Aspinwall, one of tne merchant princes ol New York, has just been completed. Mr. Howard, ot New York, ls also about lo commence the erection of an elegant residence on St George street, the Filth avenue ol St. Augustine. Piles of mas? sive stone, on the magnificent lot, (mended for the erection ol ihe convent for the Sisters ol Mercy, on St. George street, show that this gr? at work Is also about to commence. We also hear that these noble ladies are about to erect an asylum or hospital for the Indigent and infirm whites ot the city and county. Great preparations, or at leaat great talk is going on about the shell road outside Ihe city." j DOWNFALL OF POMEROY, AN EXCITING SCENE IN TBE KANSAS LEGISLATURE History of the Movement which Rained Him-Dramatic Scene at Hs Triumph -The Wily Old Rascal Caught In His Own Trap-Exposed by a Senator whom He had Bribed-Losing the Sen aiorshlp and Seven Thousand Dollars In Cash. The Journals of the Northwest contain very | full accounts of the dramatic scene? In the Kansas Legislature when Senator Pomeroy was exposed and defeated. The following ex? tracts from the St. Louis Republican gires a graphic picture of the transaction, together with an Interesting history of the plot which brought about the exposure : SETTING THE TRAP. As early as Thursday of last week It became evident that there was tut one possible method of beating Pomeroy, and that was to set a trap for him whereby be should be in? duced to bribe one of the opposition who could be depended on to expose bim. At a council ol war held shortly aiterward by the opposition, lt was decided that Colonel A. M. York, senator from Montgomery County, waa the man most available for this purpose. A gentleman, whose connection with several Eastern raliway companies Interested In Pom? eroy's re-election gave him the old man's con? fidence, was brought up from Kansas City to begin the negotiations. Alter some skirmish? ing and sparring an interview between York and Pomeroy was brought about, at which there was some talk about money, and finally a sort ot understanding was arrived at. Pome? roy then began lo shuffle, as he always does, and tried to work lt wltb York through third parties. York, however, reiused to negotiate with the third parties at all, and Insisted on doing the business exclusively with Ihe sena? tor himself, averring that the old senator was a nice man lo do business with, and he wanted a full, lair and personal understanding lo the matter. NEGOTIATING WITH SENATOR TORE. At last Pomeroy suspended the by-laws of bis caution and his piety, and entered squarely Into negotiations with York. The latter was none ot your ten cent fellows. He told Pome? roy tbat his constituents had threatened to | bang bim If he voted for the old man, and so lt would be necessary for nlm to sell out lor enough to Insure his neck. He further said that if be voted for Pomeroy be should never jare to live In Montgomery County again, and uence he muBt Bell out lor enough to enable I Qlm to remove to some oiher locality and to Indemnity bim against any sacrifice of prop? erty he might have to make In disposing of j als effects in Montgomery. This recital bar rowed up the old man'a bowela of Christian compassion, and be offered York about $5000. This York felt obliged to decline. The case was one of desperation with him, and be must have at least $8000. At ibis old Pomeroy made a good many wry faces, but finally ef? fected a compromise on this basis, to wit, 12000 down, $5000 within forty-eight hours, md the other $1000 after he was elected. Well, York look his $2000 and attended Ihe Pomeroy caucus, where he made Ihe speech ot a proselyte, and was among ihe humblest of the late and contrite converts. The next day he went and got his $5000, which be quietly put In his pocket along with the other 12000, and having Pomeroy's promise to pay an additional $10u0 after he was elected. That last $1000 York will probably lose. MISCHIEF IN THE AIR. Things went on lovely lill after Tuesday's separate ballots, and Ihen tbe mischief began to bubbie up to tbe surface. On Tuesday night the antl-Pomeroy people had a caucus, at | which a concentration was effected upo i Mr. [ngalla, with a pledged strength oi sixty-two. VCM Souse ann* Ronato went !?*. J-1-* jallot to-day there was no man io ihe entire hall whose face had In it so much of the lurk og devilment of conspiracy as glittered In York's eyes and balelully lit up his face. It was not long alter the assembling of the lolni sonventlon before the presiding officer rapped order with his givel and Buuounced that the Legislature of Kansas In Joint con? vention woi'ld now proceed to ballot for United Slates Benator for Ihe full term, be? ginning March 4, 1873. THE DAMNIG DEED EXPOSED. There was a dead hush then as Senator York, of Montgomery, aro-o and claimed the Boor on a question of privilege, which was granted him. He drew from his pocket an invelooe containing $7000 in current, funds, walked down the aisle, and laid ll In front of I ihe speaker, with the request lhal he count the money. There was a little buzz of sur? prise, and then a hush of strained expectancy is the speaker turned over ihe crisp notes, ind York walked back lo his seat. "Gentle? men," said York, "I have an explanation to make to ibis body upon my vole for senator. I shall vote for Samuel C. Pomeroy for the best | reason In Hie world, and that reason I* DOW on the desk of your presiding officer." There were a good many pale and scared faces in thal ball Ihen. He men went on and de tailed the circumstances ol his bribery. INTENSE EXCITEMENT. As be proceeded the excitement became In? tens?, and finally whenever the name ot Pom? eroy was mentioned there would be a storm ot indignation. Il was a revolution. York ?anght Us lervor in Ihe fine fibres ol hts ner? vous organism and became inspired. He said : I know I am a disgraced man. I have wil? fully and ol my malice aloreibougbt betrayed i trust reposed In me by a fellow man. I did it with eyes wide open and a mind lull of com sreheuelon ot the consequences; bul I did lt jecause I ihought lt was a sacrifice required )f me to save my Slate lrom sinking still leeper Into ihe quicksands of corruption in which her once lair lame is already almost | ?wallowed np. I stand before you pledged to rote lor Samuel C. Pomeroy in consideration )i seven thousand dollars to me In hand paid n current funds, and a promise ot one thous ind dollars, payable upon a contingency. I isk you, must I redeem that pledge ? [Cries )f "No, no;" "Damn Pomeroy ann his j noney."] I ask you if I am In your minds a ilsgraced man? [Cries ot "No, no," "You lid right."] I ask von If the end did not Jus lty the means? [Cries of "Yes, yes," and oud cheers.] Then Mr. York closed his ipeech with AN IMPASISONED PERORATION. At the following passage, explaining Pome .oy's aitempt lo bribe him, ot which attempt .he evidences were then in the hands of the [ ipeaker. ibe excitement was Intense. "I rlslted Mr. Pomeroy's rooms in Ibe dark and tee rei. recesses ot the Taft House on Monday light, and at that Interview my vote was largalned for a consideration of $3000-$2000 >t which were paid to me on thal evening, 15000 the next afternoon, and a promise of lue iddlilonal $1000 when my vole was cast In his avor. I now, In ibe presence ot this honor tble body, hand over the amount of $7000. nsl as I received ir, and ask that lt be counted jy the secretary." As Mr. York continued hiB levelopments and his denunciations of Pome? roy, the excitement Increased lo a dramatic pitch, and the mention of Pomeroy's name was received with emphallc expressions of In? dignation. The scene was one rarely witness? ed ID the halls ol legislation-one that is hoped may never be seen again under the sume circumstances. POTTING TOE MONET TO A GOOD UsE. "I ask. Mr. President," he said, "that that money be used to defray the expenses of pros? ecuting the investigation of S. C. Pomeroy for bribery aud corruDtlon, as far as my limited in? fluence extends in deed as well as in thought. I have an aged parent whose life hag leen spared to bless me w iih her love and her ap? proval of the conduct of my life. I have a wile and little ones to whom I hope to be? queath a name which, however obscure, they may have no reason to blush to hear pro? nounced. Yet this corrupt old man comes to me and makes a bargain it r my soul, and makes me a proportion which, If accepted in the faith and spirit In which lt ls offered, will make my children go through life with hung I heads and burning cheeks at even mention of ihe name of him wno begot them." He de- [ mandad that the Legislature lake measures to thoroughly examine the actions of S. C. Pomeroy in ihe contest, and that the alleged corruption money ihen in the speaker's hands should be used to bring him to Justice. He stated that In the hour or two he bad passed In "the den ot Infamy, ihe Tafft House" Pomeroy's headquarters-he gained a knowl edee of the detestable practices of the Kan? sas" politician-of the depth of degradation a pure. Republican government has reached that no words of his could express. DISCLOSURES made lhere made him aware that some of the most prominent and respectable men In Kan? sas were Implicated In disgraceful scenes Prom Pomeroy'8 own Ups be learned that his splesand emissaries were working In thecau causea of the opposition to sell out the candi? dates who had been brought against Pomeroy He closed his nervous, impassioned address with these damning accusatory words : "These disclosures I will Dot now make; they are are sufficient to satiety me that the most con? scienceless, Infamous betrayer of ihe solemn trust reposed In him by the will of the people ia 8. C. Pomeroy. I hare been actuated by no motive, personal or vindictive, In my ac? tion here to day. I have not made the ngtt on Mr. Pomeroy in Mr. Ingall'a Inter? est, In Mr. Lowe's or Mr. Harvey's Interest, but In behalf of the betrayed and long-suffering people of this Commonwealth, and lu furtherance of the solemn oath I took when I entered these balls ae a representative of the people. AB to the truth of what I have stated In the presence of this august and honorable body of representatives of the sovereign peo? ple, and before the Almighty Ruler ol the Uol verse, I solemnly declare and affirm that evfry word I have spoken 1B God's truth, and nothing but the truth." The speech at the close was received with loud cheers and with fierce epithets hurled at Pomeroy, and wllh exclamations from the members which showed that his action was vindicated by the body, and that he was ex? onerated from all blame. The shouts In the hall and in the galleries were deafening as he sat down. THE BALLOTING. It was several minnies before the presiding officer could restore order, and theo the ballot? ing beean. The Pomeroy forces stampeded like a herd of Texis steers breaking for tim? ber when a norther comes to them. Cringing mercenaries, who had sounded his praises pre? paratory to their votes for him on Tueeday's ballot, shrunk down in their seats till you could have hld them behind a gopher hill or a stan d of bunch grass. When their names were railed they teebly voted for Ingalls and sub? sided. It was a rout and a slaughter. The battalions had gone for it in all tho pomp and pride and panoply of Pomernyism and patron? age in the moroiDg; they were shirking, suave, quiescent at noon. THE DISGRACED SENATOR. With ali his power and his money and his prestige of yesterday, to-day Pomeroy found not even a postmaster eo poor as to do him honor. The evil news had been carried to bim. and his room was locked in the face of ali comers. The old man was crushed at noon, as tbe ballot was finished and Ingalta declared elected. Shortly after the result of the election in tho Legislature was known a deputy sheriff pro? ceeded to thc rafft Honse, and arrested Pome? roy on a charge of bribery. His examination ia fixed for Friday. At first he professed to be indifferent to the revelations made by Senator York, declaring that be waa not demoralized, though his friends were, and that be was the victim of a foul cooapiracy. Bat as time paesed be began to realize hts situation and tbe damage to bis reputation, and completely broke down. Great as was bis offence there is something sad and pitiful in the spectacle of | this dishonored old man. The excitement in the city to-night takes the aha po in somo quar? ters of threats to lynch Pomeroy, but these are merely temp -rary ebullitions of a transient passion. The law wiil take ita course, and from present appearances Pomeroy will be prosecuted to the full penaltv, which is seven years in the Penitentiary. Prom the United States Senate to tho Kansas Penitentiary what a spectacle I HIS EXPULSION DEMANDED. To-morrow Senator Moonlight, of Leaven? worth, will introduce a resolution demanding Ihe expulsion of Mr. Pomeroy from tbe United Siotna Konolo ,TTlB Tjr?jirotnarir ?T9min>*H>? (vi 1 take place day ar cor to-morrow nnder the criminal statute of this State, and there is a league formed which will prosecute tho case to the last court and with the last dollar. Pome? roy baa published a letter in which he says: 11 only ask a suspension of public judgment until a fair hearing can be had in the courts. Iho verdict will decide who has committed crime, and tho measure of the guilty." JUTTING S AI?O UT TBE STATE. -The Black Star Minstrels are at Columbia, -J. P. Mayes and J. L. Rice, of Orangeburg County, have been appointed trial Justices. -Aiken id to have another dramatic repre? sentation next week. -Mr. Jobo B. Patterson died at Midway, Barnwell County, on Saturday laal. -A daily stage lino is to be run from Wal? halla to the Air Line Railroad. -Mr. '1 humas Scruggs, of Fairfield, fired into a flock of black birds, recently, killing sixty-two, at one shot. -A little son of Mr. Caleb Sauls, hotel keeper at Waiterboro', tell down a pair of steps last week, dislocating his shoulder. He is now, however, doing well. -The board of county commissioners of j Colleton have decided on the rebuilding of a bridge over the Edisto River, on the road lead? ing from Waiterboro' to George's Station, at the point known asRaysor's Ferry. -There are at present two flourishing free schools in Winnsboto', superintended, the one for colored children by Misses Griffin and |Fripp, and the other devoted to tho whito children by Rev. J. O be ar. TUE GREELEY WILL SQUABBLE. NEW IURE, February 6. R. H. Manning and Charles Storry, execu? tors under Greeley 's will of 1871, publish a card to-day condemning the article In yester? days Tribune, which they construe as a great mlssluiemeut of facts regarding themselves iud ail coucerned In tne lltlgallou. They hen proceed to give their history ol the iffair, staling that they are conscious they ?lave acted not only in the interests of Gree? ley's daughters, but that ia preventing the icceplauoe of the will made under SUCH ex? ceptional circumstances as the last one waa, .hey have acied ia ihe interests ol both Justice ind law, and hav? preveuted great iruuds ipon the public. CONGRESS IN BRIEF. WASHINGTON, February 6. The bill prepared by the comptroller of the reiiBury lor consolidating Ihe national banks ?vas presented to the Se?ale committee on inance to-day. In the Senate, petitions pro md con regarolng ihe repeal ol the bankrupt aw were presented. The finance bill, which provides lor resuming specie payments this year, and for iree banking the next, waa .abled, 29 to 27. The coufeience report con-1 cernlng sloops ol war was adopted. It pro? vides lor the construction of eighty-lour at urivate yards. The discussion on the diplo? matic bill W88 resumed. The clause making in appropriation for the use ot ihe Mexican commissioner was stricken out, thal commis? sion being abolished. Adjourned. in the House, Beck, of Kentucky, reported i hill lo amend the iaiernal revenue law, which was passed. Packer, of Pennsylvania, reported irom the committee on roads and canals the bill authorizing the construction ol i railroad bridge across the Mississippi River it Memphis, Tenn. He stated that the span ol' the bridge was to measure at least lour hundred feet in th? clear, and that a draw ml 'ht oe provided. Considerable discussion arope, during which Ihe morning hour ex? pired, and Hie bill went over until to-morrow. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, February 5. Probabilities: For the New England States, winds shilling lo easterly and Boiiilierly, and pauly cloudy weather. For ihe Middle Statep, e .Blerly to southerly winds, and partly cloudy weather, wiih ?robably areal of light rain from Virginia to" southeastern New York. For ihe Northwest, and extending eastward and southeastward, over the upper lake region and io the Ohio valley, westerly and northerly winds, and generally clear weather. For the South Atlantic Stales, winds veering to west? erly, with clearing weather. For the Gulf Slates, east of thu Mississippi, light to fresh variable winds, and partly cloudy weather. For Tennessee and Kentucky, winds veerlne to wesierly and probably northeasterly, with generally clear weather. OUR SUBURBAN RESORTS. MOUNT PLEASANT- A SKETCH OF THE PILLAGE BT THE SBA. The Approach to Mount Pleasant - An Enchanting Water View-A Health Giving Spot-The Churches, the Stores and the Schools, ??c. [PB0H AK OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.] MOUNT PLEASANT, February 5. Having given to your readers so graphic and interesting a sketch ol the pleasant su? burban resort of Summerville, long and Justly appreciated lor Its health and salubrious cli? mate, and aware.of your disposition to aid in developing our resources and bringing our resorts Into notice, I am induced to offer a sketch of our village "by the sea," Mount Pleasant. Approaching by the ferry steam? ers the long line o? bluffs, dotted with white? washed houses, modestly peeping out from the foliage, and relieved by the dark lines o? the distant forests in the background, pre? sents quite an attractive appearance, while the lovely and expanded water view, bound? ed by Sullivan's Island and the open sea on on the east, with the now historio Fort Sum? ter in mid-channel, and the low shores ol James and Morris Islands on the south, the ponderous sea steamships ploughing their way through the white-capped waves, the lighter craft gilding hither and thither, lorm a panorama as beautiful as the most enthusias? tic admirer ol' water scenery can fancy. The village was settled many years ago by the planters ot the parish asa summer resort, and as a resort for invalids, and especially In j Infantile disorders; in common with Sullivan's Island, lt has been fully appreciated by all who have availed themselves of it. The de? lightful breezes, fresh from Old Ocean, soft and balmy in summer, have fanned the wan cheeks and weary limbs of many a drooping | infant, and Infused fresh life and vigor into ihe woraout and su?Vrlog frame, and glad? den may a parent's heart. The Episcopal Church ls a neat gothic wooden building, painted brown, the interior walls ] plastered and marked In Imitation of stone, the pews neatly painted, and the chancel en? closed very tastilylwiih a Gothic railing. The organ IB one which was built by Mr. John Baker, of Charleston*and exhibited at one of the earlier fairs of the South Carolina Institute. The church ls under the ministration ot Rev. T. F. Gadsden, a son of the late Rt. Rev. C. E. Gadsden, formerly bishop of the diocese. The Baptist Church is a plain and neat structure, the pastor of which is the Rev. 0. F. Gregory, and 1B well attended. Both ot these reverend gentlemen have labored most acceptably here, and have won the esteem and affection not only of their own congrega lions, but also of all with whom they have been thrown In contact, and to their zeal and labor In the good cause much good may be attrlbnted. Assisted by those "foremost In every good work"-I mean the ladleB-sewing societies have been Instituted, and lt Is sur? prising what results have been attained by nimble Angers, actuated and urged by zeal ln.| the work ot charily and love. The Presbyterian Church ls a commodious wooden building, with a porch Buppo?**^ ueavy columns, auruiuunleu oj a steeple Of Borne height. Tnere is no resident minister attached to the church, but occasional ser? vices are held by clergymen from the city. There are a number of resident physicians, gentlemen of skill and ability In their profes? sion. In whose hands the Invalid stranger may be sure of recelvlog every attention he may require, as well as those of the hospitable residents. There are a number ol stores where every article needed by housekeepers caa be ob? tained at about the current rates In Charles? ton. Among them (not to discriminate) I will mention Messrs. J. H. Pat Jen, B. Bequest, Witschen, Torck, Claus Keeper and Schien? dorff. Mr. P. Welnhelmer bas a dry goods and tailoring store, and Is now completing a new building of two stories adjoining, which be intends opening aa a grocery store. Mr. H. S. Tew's broom factory Is in active operation, and dispenses these implements of feminine Industry, (which, io their bands, If not slanderous to say BO, may also be ren? dered formidable weapons,) In considerable numberp. All visitors and picnic parties know the large building at the head of the bridge, called the "Mount Pleasant House," kept by Mr. Torck, In the ar.pie hall of which the votaries of Terpsichore so often "trip on light fantastic toe," and the belles and beaux promenade in pleasant chat. There are several schools for children and girls, so thal vlstors Intending to locate for some lime need have no fears as to the dis-1 poial o? ihe younger ones. All have the bene? fit of such experienced teachers that lt would be invidious to particularize. The Confederate Cemetery ls an Interesting spot to visitors who desire to keep In view those who so cheerfully rendered up their lives in the service of their country. _KAPPA. " HONEST JOHN" AT HOME. How his Old Neighbors Talk of the New South Carolina Senator. [Harrisburg Correspondence Pittsburg Leader,] Silting in the parlor of the Lochiel House, yesterday, watching the struggling currents ot lobbying and caucusslng humanity that flowed and eddied through every room and corridor, and up and down every alalrcase of the house, a political friend suddenly pointed to ihe door and said : " Do you see that man who Just came In " Which one !" Why that man with the red whiskers." II Yes." " Well, take a good look at him ; he is Senator John J. Patterson, of South Carolina." I did take a good look at him, for 1 regard? ed him as something of a phenomenon worth seeing and studying. Rather tall and slender, with a full, reddish beard, which some forty years bad converted into a griz- j zled roan, he -looked like a slimmer Boss I Tweed or ycaipfr Russell Errelt-not a bad looking man, either, with a certain air ot ihe honest, genial farmer about him that was quite engaging. "What ls he doing up here ?" I Inquired. "Oh, he lives om here at Mafilln, only forty miles away." "Lives here ! Why I thought he was from South Carolina." "Oh, well, yes; so he does. He gops down lhere every now and then-always when ihe Legislature ls In session-and keeps his citi? zenship lhere. Bm he really lives here, where all lils folks are." "How is he liked al home ?" "Ob ! they think he ls a splendid fellow In Mofflin. He knows how to manage them. When he was elected senator, and ugly rumore J about his buying ihe South Carolina Legisla? ture began lo spread around home, he sent on a thousand dollars to bis lrlends In Mafflin lo get up a reception for him there. They got op a grand one. Everybody in the country around waa Invited-elegant entertainment, champagne, and ail that sort of thing; recep-1 lion speech for "Mafflln's favorite son, whom ' a sovereign State bad fitly honored. Then the 'favorite son' responded in a Bpeech full of the most Bounding sentiments of Justice and humanity, and assembled Mafflin dispersed In a state ot virtuous exultation." "The most curious thiDg about Patterson," ] I resumed our friend, "Is that be don't seem to think that he baa done anything wrong in buying the South Carolina darkeys. He de? fends nia conduct. 'Why,' says he, ?they were openly lor sale, and the best bidder won.' 'Caldwell,' said he, the other day, referring to th? Kansas senator who has got Into such trouble, 'Caldwell Is a fool; be didn't lay his wires deep enough; everybody can eeo them. I could have managed so there'd have been no trouble at all. He Bhould have fixed lt so ihe Legislature would never have complained, and then the 8enate would never have Inves? tigated.'" "That, I suppose, is what he calculates on in his own case." "Yes; and I think with good reason. If the Legislature of South Carolina certifies that Patterson is duly elected, and neither Legis? lature nor Court of South Carolina mike com? plaint. I don't see what the United S ates Senate can do. It has no right to go behind the record of a sovereign State. If South Carolina should say that a penltentinrv con? vict waa her choice for senator, the United 8taies Senate would have no choice but lo take him." "Is Patterson a Cameron man ?" "Yes, he la now. He was educated In the Cameron school, and bis political morality Is thoroughly of the Cameron type, but he went to South Carolina pretty much on his own hook. He went with Alexander McClure and two or three other Pennsylvania politicians, who emigrated lhere five or six years ago, all 'on the make.' Their first operations was lo get some railroad bonds authorized. Patter? son was confidentially deputed by the crowd to 'place' these bonds advantageously. He 'placed' them In bis own pocket, and let Mc? Clure and the other fellows wniatle for their money." ' "What did McClure do ?" "He could do nothing but come home dis? gusted, and became a reformer In Pennsyl? vania. I met Patterson once and asked him about this transaction. "Well," said he, 'wasn't lt all right, McClure would have done Just exactly what I have done, If he'd bad the chance.' " TBE CBOLEBA IN ENGLAND. LONDON, February 5. The cholera has appeared here In a violent form, brought by several ships lrom Busala and Hungary._ TBE ATTITUDE OE G BRU ANT. Bu JILIN, February 6. The new bill for the reorganization of the German army, provides for a service of twelve years, to be divided Into three classes, viz: Three years' service with the regular regi? ments, lour years io the reserve force, and five years' service in the landwehr. By the provisions ot this bill the army, on a peace footing, will number 401,659 men. The Gazette, semi-official, this morning con? tains an article on the difficulties now exist? ing between Great Britain and Busala on the Eastern question, arising out ot the proposed Russian invasion of Khiva. The Gazette in reviewing the question aayc: "It remains to be seen ll England will yield, where ber vital Interests are endangered. Germany can never forget that England bas tor centuries been her trustworthy ally. The Interests ot Germany and England are unlikely to 8T*T clash." This article ls much discussed In political circles, being viewed as a declaration by Germany of her Intention to aid England Bhould the Eastern question assume such a shape as to Involve '.be latter country In a war with Russia. GRANT AND TBE SAINTS. Utah to be Taken In Hand N< it-Oar Relic of Barbarism to be no Longer Tolerated-A Commission of Inquiry tobe Appointed. A Washington dispatch ot Baturday, to the KT_t-"_i. n-1 J ? i i. congress ls beginning to think that It ls high time lo settle the troubles In Utah, and by some sort of legislation correct the abuses which have been so eloquent ly depicted before the House' by several ot the territorial dele gales, who declare that In this ireeaRepubilc. there exists the most shameless despotism, a despotism more galling than that exercised by a Pasha In the remotest parts ot the Sultan's dominions. General Negley, of Pennsylva? nia, lo company with Delegates Claggeit and Merritt, called upon Ibo President to-day to have an Interview with him upon this subject. The President received tne party at once, and signified his willingness to listen io what bia visitors might have lo say. The conversation began as tollowe: General Negley. Mr. President, I have called to-day with the delegates from Idaho and Montana to draw your special attention to the terrible condition of affairs in Utab, with ihe request that you will give them your speedy attention. President Grant. I am willing to listen lo you, gentlemen. A Mr. Claggeit. It is a shame. Mr. President, that our beautiful country should have such a plague spot upon Us wide domain as ibis gov? ernment of lilah. Though you live at a far distance from Us lawlessness, Mr. President, you cannot but (eel the urgent necessity ol some steps being taken to remedy it. President Granu That ls very true, Mr. Claggett. The social, political and Judicial condition of affairs In the Territory of Ulah ls rotten and corrupt. Every principle ol- the ( government of Brigham Young Is In direct , opposition to the principles or our govern? ment. Il Ulah were not within our borders, if it were an adjacent province, we might well excuse ourselves lrom interfering except by the moral effect of condemning Its prlncl- . pies; but, as lt la, the final Issue with Utah ] cannot be avoided. General Negley. As the conntry becomes more and more settled by Immigration along i he line ol ihe Union Pacific Railroad the con? flict between tbe Mormons and the so-called j Gentiles will become inevitable. It Is a ques- j ( lion, Mr. President, that is not easy of eoiu- . lion, but nevertheless it is one that cannot be . evaded. We are well aware, Mr. President, ot your desire to contribute to the welfare of the country, and that to you we can confident- J ly look for a solution of ihia problem. j After thia President Grant eat la silence for some time, as if he were reflecting; although , his face wore no reasonable outward ex pression. Finally he remarked, "It is a sad , case." Mr. Merritt. For a long time we people of J the Territories {adjacent nave waited In pa- ! Hence for the government to abolish the despotic and corrupt rule at our own doors, but lhere has been delay alter delay until we , feel that the evlla of Brigham's management should be no longer borne. The demoral lziug effect of thia rule, and Its exclusion of all others except Mormons from a share in the , riches of Utah, should be abolished. ? President Grant Exclusion ? Mr. Merritt. Well, equivalent to that. The , laws discriminate with great severity against those who do not belong to Brigham Young's Church, BO that lt amounts to virtual exclu? sion. a?y General Negley. One of the worst features ol this government isthat lt legalizes, In a measure, slavery, almost as degrading as that i of the Macks before ihe war. President Grant. That is really a bad state 1 of affairs. Mr. Merrill. That is one reason why Brig- i ham Young can build railroads and all kinds ] of public works so cheaply as io drive away all competition. i President Grant. Just so. 1 Mr. Claggeit. The whole Mormon sjBlem ia a legalizing of what in all other States ls pun- i Ished with Imprisonment as telony. It stamps < the brow of every child born In the Mormon I creed with the name of bastard. Then followed very Interesting statementa i from the delegates, who furnished the Presl- '. dent with copious statistics In regard lo the i affairs of Utah. When the subject was fully stated the Pres- I Identsald: "Well, gentlemen, what ls your i immediate desire In lids matter ?" 1 General Negley. Tue appointment of a I special committee to look into the malter and < prepare a basis for future Congressional legis- ? lailon. I President Grant. Gentlemen, I assure you that what you have said to-day has awakened my Interest, and I agree with yon that some? thing should be done to remedy the unhappy Btate ot affairs in Utah. I am inclined to fa? vor your proposition to appoint a special com? mittee. The delegation than withdrew. General Negley when outside said that a resolution will probably be introduced in the House on Monday requesting the President to appoint such a commission. NOTES FROM NEW YORK. HOW TWEED PACKED A JURY-MIS ULTIMATE CONVICTION DOUBTFUL. Visitors to Mardr rr ra' Row-New York Obs? r vat o r ! e i-A True \V oman's Worlc-Wciu'i Shakespearian te? ures-Bigotry Rebuked-The Last Par [ulan Sensation!. [FKOU ora OWN CORERS PO ND INT.] NEW YORK, February 2. The beiiei ls widespread that two, at least, of the Jurors In the Tweed trial were bribed In the Interest of the defendant. How trae tb ls Is, probably never will be ascertained; but Mr. Tremain, In his application for a new trial yes? terday, dell berately charged that one Juror waa "a man totally destitute of property; that ba was what was commonly called a bummer on the docks; that he was never known or seen for years with a decent suit of clothes until he was dressed up and by some mysterious process brought Into court." Mr. Tremain's inference ls that this man was one of Tweed's tools smuggled Into the Jury-box to prevent conviction. When lt is considered what Important In? terests Tweed had at stake, and also the frailty of poor human nature, a disagreement of the |ury ls not at all surprising. Had a verdict of guilty been brought in, Tweed would not only have had to go to Sing Sing as a common lelon, but a precedent would have been eetab llabed lor the civil suits In wbioh he would have been stripped of all his wealth. He contd afford, therefore, to pay a Juror a quarter or a naif of a million of dollars to hold ont against i conviction. How many average human be? ings are there wbo would be proot against 3uch a temptation ? Herein ls ihe difficulty that will attend all the efforts lo bring Tweed to Justice. He has immense riches, ana ls wining to use them lreely to buy an acquit? tal. With the most polentoi wands in his hands, even the officers charged with the pros? ecution may be enchanted. A petition lo ihe Governor for the commu? tation ot Foster's sentence to Imprisonment Tor life Is being circulated for signatures at the City Hall. It ia doubtful li tn ihe present state of public feeling tbe Governor would :are lo interfere. The murderous company it the Tombs will have io be thinned oat be? fore the voice of mercy can be beard. "Mur ierers' Row," by the way, is one of the chief utracilons in the city at this lime. During visiting hours the corridor is thronged with surlous strangers, as well as by friends and lympatblzers of the Inmates of the cells. Che illustrious Train, who occupies apart nenta in another section of Ibe "baalile," as ie calls lt, "purely from principle," bolds a evee every day. Among his comforters are nra. Woodhull ?nd Colonel Claflln, for whose rile sakes he bar, sacrificed himself thus. His .a?t kick is that be ls going to be "dictator," ind avenge himself on bia enemies, Including Marble, ol the World. The directors of the great Industrial exhibi? tion scheme have succeeded in gaiting the (1,600,000 subscribed for the ground on Nine :y-elghlh street, on which the building is to be erected. It will be an enormous structure; is large as the Ylenna Exposition building and il most as magnificent. One ot tbe featurea ?viii bea dome seven hundred feetblgb, from which a wide view of surrounding country will be obtained. There ls alto a very high Lower being constructed at Central Park, and a tower at Prospect Park in Brooklyn will bo begun In the spring, wbioh will rise a hun- ? dred feet from ihe top of a lofty hill and af? ford slght-seers a survey ol the country, from Sandy Hook to Yonkers on the Hndson, and from Rockaway, In the east, to Newark and Ihe Orange Mountains in Jersey. These ob ^6TO*6?Tto*tf?fflo& b,e almoBt ihe first places the firstAia^?tnr^^J^mJ?^&^ an Impression of the city and Its suburbs be obtained. With the map In bia head the stranger may venture everywhere without a guide. Miss Emily Faithfull, the fat, good-humored Englishwoman, who ls making a visit to the United States al this time, gave a leoture last evening at Association Hall upon the eminent men and women whom she bad koowa. Her reminiscences extended from the time of Rogers to that of the latest literary prodigy, and In point of social eminence from Mrs. Trollope io Queen Victoria. She ls chatty and amusing, and told some new stories about -Bogers's crabbed temper and Lord Brougham's magnificent self-esteem. Miss. Faithfull ls doing really good work for the cause of the laboring women In England and this conni ry. Her appeals In the Lyceum and through the press are awakening the public mind to the great wrong which is Inflicted upon woman By excluding ber from vocations for which sha ls as well flited mentally and physically aa men. In this respect Miss. Faltblnll differs irom her sister agitators, the Anthonys and Cady Stantons. She ls striving for practical benefita for ber sex, while ihe others are run? ning alter the wlll-o-the-wisp el the ballot. Rev. John Weiss, who has risen te fame within a lew years as one of the most bril? liant and-rare combination-one of the most profound of lyceum orators, ls announced for a series of lectures on Shakespeare. His lec? ture on music last year was the theme of gen? eral praise. Mr. Weiss belongs to the class of theologians called "Free Religionists." He ls of the school of Frothlngbam and Emerson, which to the orthodox mind is that of nearly pure materialism. When he came here from Boston to give his Shakespeare lectures he secured the convenient hall o? the Young Men's Christian Association on Fourth ave? nue. What was his astonishment when ae attempted to take possession to receive i notification from the secretary that permlf ilon to use their hall was withdrawn. The Dni v reason given for this action waa that the Christian young men could not let their ball ,o an Infidel. The next day an indignant arti :le appeared In Ihe Christian Union news? paper, signed by Henry Ward Beecher, pro? psting against ibe bigotry which would ex? clude this eminent lecturer from ibe assocla ;ion building, when a purely literary subject vas to be discussed by him. This was fol owed by a card, signed by Mr. Bryant and a lumber of Ihe leading citizens ol New York, -equeBtlng Mr. Weiss to deliver his lectures ileewhere in the city. The affair oreated quite i breeze and brought the whole dally press lown on the over-zealous secretary. The two last Importations from the Paris Hage are the best plays being periormed In few York at present. " Aiixe," at the Fifth Lvenoe, promises to run throngh the remain ler of ihe season, owing to the wonderful leting of Mles Morris. The other play ls, 'One Hundred Years Old." which bas been irought out al the Union Square. The ohar icter of the Centenarian ls performed by Mr. Hark Smlih, who bas made a hit In lt. __ NTH. SPARKS FROM TRR WIRES. -A severe snow storm impeded operations igalnst the Modoc Indians. -Bowles was acquitted ol the misdemeanor or which he was tried In Londontjon Tuesday. -The Indiana Senate has rejected the Joint resolution endorsing the President's Indian . jolley, by a vote of twenty-one to twenty. . -An accident, yesterday, on the Memphis jud Louisville Railroad, near Guthrie's, Ken ucky, killed two men and wounded several. ' -The graud Jury, In New York City, bas to? ileted Simmons, who killed Duryea, for mar? ier lu the first degree. The prisoner wau jailed In $10,000. -The claimant Tichborne haa removed to nore plebeian quarters from Brompton equare. The Bubscriptions to the "defence fund" have almost ceased. -The attorney-general of the United States aaa Instructed the district attorney at Savan? nah not lo prosecute the suits entered against Importers, for ihe recovery of money paid to Ihe Confederate Government as customs luring the war-such action being baa<'d upon ibe same grounds as taken in regard to Bults recently discontinued at Mobile. -The cabinet of the new King of the Sand? wich Islands is composed almost enUrsT/oi Americans. In a recent speech the King sam that his people were fraternally placed by na? ture on a great ocean-the highway of?R na? tions, and the commerce of al] flags should he promotion of their commercial relations wouia meet with his hearty approval.