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W&t ?j)?ilt?t0m Jails jfefeg, VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2179. ' CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR7 THE CLIMAX OF DISASTER. A LIVERPOOL SIEAMEIi WRECKED OFF NOVA SCOTIA. Seven Hundred Passengers Drowned All the Women and Children Lost The Vessel Dashed to Pieces on the Rocks. HALIFAX, N. 8., April 1. The steamer Atlantic, o? tbe White BUr Line, irom Liverpool, March 20th, for New Yqjk, running abort o? coa), made for Hali? fax, and when about twenty miles from that J port, ofl Cape Prospect, at hali past two o'clock this morning, abe ran asbore on Meagher's Head. There were on board over one thousand men, women aad children, and only two hundred and flity succeeded In landing. Tbe remainder, including all the women and cblldren, were lost. Tbe captain and third officer were saved, and tbe first offloer was drowned. On the flrst receipt ot tbe news or the disaster here, a Cunard steamer and a government steamer started to the assistance of tbe Atlantic, but tbe third ?ulcer, who arrived here at half-past five 1MB afternoon, said the vessel and cargo were a total loss. FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP. A Declaration of War by Holland. THE HAGUE, April 1. The Dutch Government has declared war I against ibe Kingdom o? ibe Ach?nese, in ibe Island ot Sumatra, for an infringement of treaty stipulations with the Dutch colonies. England Protecting Her Colonial Ter . rltories. LONDON, April 1. Tbe English Government bas declared its Intention ot sending a special envoy or repre? sentative io accompany tbe Eblvan expedi UoQrtp protect the Inieresis of ber Majesty, and j preserve intact tbe Integrity ot the territory of Great Britain and her allies. The Spanish Ferment. MADRID, April 1. The captain-general of Barcelona has re? signed, and notwithstanding the attempts of { the authorities lo preserve order, frequent riots have occurred. The populace, enraged at tbe burnisg of Berga and other outrageous acta of the Carlists, have attacked several Catholic Churches and seriously damaged the sacred edlfloes. The troops mutinied to-day and refused to obey the orders of their superi? ors. It ls expected that a conflict will occur between the troops and the authorities, and the government Is apprehensive that much bloodshed will follow. It ls probable that Catalonia will soon be declared tu ba in a state ot siege. Ten thousand armed citizens have posses? sion of the City of Malaga, excluding the reg- ? alar troops and customs officers. A force o? Carlists. commanded by Cucula, made an attack on Venaroz, in the Province of Castell?n de La Plana, yesterday aiter nooD. After a short encounter the insurgents j were defeated by the Rf publican troops and fled in confusion. Additional reinforcements for the Spanish troops in Cuba were sent to that leland by the steamer which sailed from Cadiz for Havana yesterday. The Spanish vice consul to Paris has ab? sconded", leaving a deficit of seventy thou? sand Iran ce. A Change of Ambassadors. BERLIN. April 1. Itl< officially stated that Couut Vun Arntm will probably be appointed to succeed the late Count Yon Bernsiorff, as representative of the German Government at the British court, and that General ManteuflVl will receive the ap? pointment aa German ambassador to Paris to succeed Yon Arnim. 9Ilnor Blatters. A party o? Catholic youths, while leaving j the Church of Je*us lo Borne, on Monday, wege-attacked, and several of them severely beaYen, Including a joun^ Englishman. Tbe gens d'armes final ly rettcued them. The lower House of the Danish Parliament has passed a vote of want ol confidence In the ministry. Tho Grand Duke Alexis bas'arrived at Shanghai. _ TSE WEATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON, April 1. Probabilities : The storm centre lo Indiana will move during the evelog ot 1 ueseay night J northeastwardly over the lower lakes, and on [ Wednesday down tne 8L_Lawreuce Yalley, and extending somewhat eastward over New York and New England. Por the Soutt ern States southerly winds, backing to west, fol? io wt d by clearing weather Wednesday after? noon. Por the Middle Slates increasing southeasterly winds, with cloud and rain du? ring tho best of Tuesday night, and continu? ing on Wednesday morning, with possibly southerly gales on the coast. For New Eng? land tailing barometer, easterly winds, cloud and rain. A severe storm will continue over the lake region during Tuesday nlgnt, and over the Lower La,kes on Tuesday morning, but followed on Ute Upper Latees by dimin? ishing northwest wlndB and clearing weather. A second storm of equal severity Is apparent? ly approaching Dacota and Montana. Cau? tionary signals continue at New Orleans, Mo? bile, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington. Nor? folk, Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, Grandhaven. Chicago and Milwaukee; and are ordered for Rochester, Ojwego, Cape May, Baltimore, New York, New Haven, New London and Wood's Hole. SPARKS FROH THE WIRES. -The question of the sanity of George Francis Train ls to be tried by a Jury. -The lower portions of tne Town of Pat? erson, N. J., are flooded by a rise In the Pas? saic River. -??She Judgment record and bill ol excep? tions, in the Stakes case, were filed yesterday In the New York Supreme Court. -A >ouib in New York, while endeavoring to Imitate the execution ol Foster, siraogleo himself. -A negro drew a razor on a car conductor In Washington on Monday. The police saved him from being lynched. -The bill to abolish capital punishment re? ceived only twenty-nine votes in the Ohio Legislature. -In the New Jersey Legislature the gene? ral railroad bill having passed both houses was sent to the Governor yesterday. -Collector Balley has seized eight more locomotives of the New York Central Rail? road for taxes. -The New York shoeroarkers will strike lt their pay Is not Increased flity ceBts per diem. The gasmen will also eirlke If tneir demands are not complied with. -A terrible rain and wind s:orm poseed over Augusta yesterday alternoon, uprooting trees, tearing down lences, and doing con? siderable damage generally. It Listed over half an hour. -The Catholic Total Abstinence Societies held their annual convention nt Philadelphia yesterday. An envoy sent to Ireland, returned with a proposition to lorm alliances with Irish societies. -The Indians bave killed Mr. Deming and three other government surveyors. Two others of the same party, with a provision iraiD, are missing. The outrage occurred one handled and twenty-five miles southeast of j Kan ea? City. -?1 the New York State Senate yesterday an amendment to the New York City charier was carried giving the mayor power to make all appointments, and providing lor the, con? tinuance In office o? the counsel of the cor? poration, the presidents ot the boards ol police commissioners, of publlo works and ol, pabilo parks. A motion to retain the comp- j iroUer-general was rejected. GOULD AS A GOLD GAMBLER. A Desperate Fight Among the Ball? and Bears of Wall Street. NEW YORK. April I. Tbe gold fl j ht was resumed ia Wall street this morning with renewed vigor. The mo? ment the doors ol the Gold Room were opened throngs of excited men commenced to pour toto the apartment, and again commenced the bailie. The demoralization spread lrom the Gold Room imo the street, and on Wall and Broad streets the wildest excitement ?revalled. The demonstration In the Stock xahange was almost as great as In ibe Gold Boom. A rumor regarding the failure of two large banking houses yesterday has proved untrue. Tbe transactions of Jay Gould yesterday and this morning, ir. ia salo, will cover ten mil? lion dollars. While the Importers are looking on in dismay, Gould, Smith & Hatch are deal? ing heavily. Sbou'd this condition of affairs continue two or three days longer, lhere will probab'j be a number ol tali urea. Gould, Smith ic Hatch are acknowledged to be the m?ste? of the situation, and have It In their power to ranke Wall street tremble to Hs cen? tre. Tbe Joint transactions ol these gentle? men may Oe estimated at from twenty to twenty-five millions In a elogie day. TUE FEDERAL CAPITAL. Public Debt Statement-Gossip of the Departments. WASHINGTON-, April 1. The friends of Captain Jack nick, cblel of the finance division of the Indian bureau, who was recently arrested here on a charge of complicity ia t ne North Carolina Cherokee funds, assert that be ls entirely innocent of any wrou? or illegal acdon lo connection with that project, and that the verdict of his trial will fully exonerate him. T'ie Georgia commissions are wllheld until the l'resldeul's return from New York.whittier he went, with Secretary Fish, this afternoon. Minister Bancroft has not resigned. Cn lei Justice Chase goes to Richmond in a law days to hold the Circuit Court. Among tbe Federal expenditures for the month are one and a quarter million to the board of public works, and one and three eighths million in extra compensation to Con? gress. The secretary of the treasury has called In three-eighths of a million of three percents of the denomination ot five thousand, num? bered lrom 57,066 to 58.031. Inclusive. The public debt statement shows a decrease curing the past month ol one and five-elghtns millions, 'lhere ls now in the treasury of coln sixty-nine and a halt millions, and ol currency two and five-eighths millions. The Supreme Court has recently decided some important points regarding the rights of Stat es lo tax railroad corporat ions. In the case of ihe Pnilideiphia and Reading Road, plaintiffs In error, vs. Hie Commonwealth ol Pennsylvania, lt was held tkai thotmii States cannot tux freights on transportation direct? ly, an in violation ot ihe constitutional provis? ion as to commerce between the States, jet Simes can, in their discretion, reach the same result by imposing a tax on the gross profits ol ihe roads. The government has abandoned the suit against ihe Piedmont Road ns Confederate property. One million five hundred thousand dollars WHS Involved in the case. Tue Mobile postoillce, which for a long lime has been controlled by a special agent, bas passed into the hands ot Wyckersham. TOE BROOKLYN MURDER MYSTERY. The Inquest-Test Imo n > of I, nc? t tv Mey? ers. NEW YORE, April 1. The inquest on tbe body of Charles Good? rich was resumed to-day. Lucette Meyers tes? tified to her acquaintance with the deceased. 3he was once loiroduood to Roscoe and an? other man, named Birch, at her residence. She had beard that Roscoe was a dangerous mao. Roscoe and Goodrich had u difference one evening lu her apartments on Stanton street, after which Roscoe told ber if she pre? ferred Goodrich to bim be would be even with her. Goodrich had told her he was in trouble wltb some woman in Brooklyn whom he wunt ed to shake off. Witness caw Roscoe on the night alter the murder; be said he was toing lo Philadelphia. She never knew his uslness, but thought he was a counterfeiter. He wanted to give ber counterfeit money to pass. Witness had never been in Goodrich's house In Degraw street. Charles Delzar, ol Ha.vti, was to day arrest? ed by mistake tor Roscoe, the supposed mur? derer ot Goodrich, but was discharged. Another Version of thc Tragedy. NEW YOKE, March 30. The Brooklyn chief ol police staled yester? day that the public would be satisfied with the work of the detectives In the Goodrich murder case when all is known; that, there are three women in the case,- and that Mrs. Mey? ers is nor, the woman who was seen lo visit Goodrich's house. Tne mother cf the latter asserts positively that she was at home on the night ol'the murder, and she will probably be held only as a witness. Money la being sub? scribed In Brooklyn for her alleged destitute parents. A Sunday paper of to-day publishes a letter from Ballimore, which says the police of that : city are in search of a Spaniard, the alleged murderer of Charles Gooarlch In Brooklyn, and ibe lover ot Lacet le J. Meyers, now under arrest. On receipt of the letter the reporter visited the faiher of Lucretle, and he Bald he remembered a Spaniard wbotrequently called to see his daughter, but had not called since they came io reside In Rivington street. The 1 reporter then (rives ibe lollowing story con. i cernlng the main actors In the tragedy and j the murder : Before becoming acquainted with Goodrich Lucette was intimate with the Spaniard. Find? ing Goodrich was possessed ot ample means, and that his assertions of owning houses In Brooklyn were correct, she forsook tho Span- 1 lard for him. When her people removed from Stanton street she changed her workshop, , and strove to htde her whereabouts from the Spaniard. She gave a wrong address on em? ploying with Mr<?. Levy, and charged those In the place to deuy ber presence stould any one call for her. That the Spaniard was cogni? zant of her preference for Goodrich and Jeal? ous ol the lavored lover, ls Bbown by the dis? pute they had in her house, and to save bim from ihe Spaniard she thrust him luto another room. Afier removing to Rivington street, the Spaniard was at nrsi unable to find Lucelte, but ultimately discovered her, and the inti? macy which existed between her and Good? rich. Thursday night he watched her as she started for Brooklyn, and tracked her to Good? rich's house, In Degraw street. He sought for a way to enier, and, alter repeatedly travers? ing ine vacant lots at the rear of ibe houses, he climbed over the fence and gained an en? trance to the dwelling by the back basement, lilting the latch with the jagged Jack-knife found on the floor. When In the bouse, he closed the door and went to ihe room in which were Goodrich and Lucette. Dashing In, the startled pair leaped from bed, and sought to escape lrom the room. Goodrich and the Spaniard closed In a struggle, when the former broke loose and ran down stairs, followed by the latter, who had in the meantime secured a pistol. On reaching the basement, the Spaniard nred at Goodrich, shooting him In the temple, and as he lay on ihe floor, placed the pistol behind bis ear, discharging two more ehols. Taking the valuables missing from the pros? trate body, tte Spaniard told ihe woman all he had done, and the necessity for bim to fly. eayinz that he would go to Baltimore. When the woman had recovered from ihe fright, she sought io conceal the tragedy, and arranged the body as found. Locking tbe doors"and throwing the key of the basement in ibe bucket, she then left herself for New York in the early morning. Tne same paper adds that the woman bas detailed to Chief of Police Campbell a full history of the murder, and every particular connected with it. It also says that when District Attorney Britton was asked IC the statement In the Baltimore letter was correct, he answered, k,I believe lt is. Yes, that is so." It ?3 stated to-night that Mrs. Myers was home with her parents on the night ot the murder. She said she read an account of the murder ID the Friday evening papers, and meeting the Spaniard, whom she calls Roscoe, on Saturday morning, charged him with lt, since which time she has not Been him. THE CITY FATHERS. A SPICY DEBATE ON THE TREASU? RER'S REPORT. Opposition to the South Carolina Rail? road Extension-A New Engine-Home for the Pioneers. A regular meeting ot Council was held yes* terday afternoon, at five o'clock, at which the Mayor and fourteen aldermen were present. Several petitions for the, remission of pen? alties, reduction of assessments, ?fcc, were read and referred to appropriate committees. A petition of the South Carolina Jockey Club tor remission ot penalties was granted. A petition (rom a number of ' citizens ot Ward No. 7, and a memorial from W. J. Ma? grath, Esq., president of tbe South Carolina Railroad, against the opening of Shepherd street, between King and Meeting streets, were read and referred, together with the petition for opening the street, to the Joint committee on Btreets and railroads. A petition and protest ?rom sundry citizens ot Ward No. 6, asking for a reconsideration of the action of Council in granting the South Carolina Railroad Company the right to ex? tend Its track through the Btreets to the Cooper River front, was read and referred to the Joint committee on Btreets and railroads. A petition from the Shaw Memorial School protesting against the laying of the South Carolina Railroad track through Mary street, opposite that school, on the ground that the lives of the pupils would be endangered there? by, was referred to the same committee. A petition of residents of Line Btreet for the opening of a drain through that street from King to President, was read and referred to the committee on tidal drains. A petition was also presented for the ex? tension of Cannon street at the west end, and was relerred to the committee on streets. The following report of the chief of the Fire Department was re? J and received as in? formation: CH ARL Bf TON, 8. C., A or ll 1, 1873. Son. Mayor and Alderinen of CTiarleston, 3 C.: GENTLKMBN-1 have the honor io report to ? ou the condition of the Fire Department at tm? date. All the attainers and baud engines have the necessary amount ol hose, say eignt hundred feet to steamers and four hundred lo-t to hand en? gines, ia good serviceable condition, and ready tor any emergency. Very respeciinlly, M. H. NATHAN, Chief Fire Department. The report of the city sheriff for the month of March, with the receipt of the city treas? urer for I33G8 84, was read and relerred to the commltte on accounts. The Jjlot committee o? accounts and ways and means made the following report on the addendlum to the city treasurer's annual re? port: Tne joint committee of ways and means and on accounts, io whom was referred a paper is? sued from the treasury, amt purporting to bo an ordiiiiT.ce, and statements of receipts and ex pen cm ur CR, respeotially rep rt, that on exami? nation of sal<l paper they And li inaccurate In many lespecM. and ont or the usual order as ap? pertaining io the custom of former councils of the city. Under these circumstances they deem lt un? necessary to make any extended report to Coun eil on the subject, but would respectfully aud cocDdentiv refer io tho Mayor's animal report, and the oflklal statements accompanying ll, for a correct exposition of the financial coudltion and prospects of the city. BBRNABD O'NBILL, FBiNCIS J. PKLZfK, Chairman Comm itee Ways and Means, VL B. SMITH. Chairman Committee on Accounts. A motion waB made to adopt the report. Alderman Voigt requested the chairman of the Joint committee to read the addendum to the treasurer's report beiore action was taken. The addendum bad never been read in Coun? cil, and most of the aldermen were Ignorant of its contents. He therefore made a motion to have the addendum read. Alderman Gage was anxious to hear the addendum, and seconded Alderman Voigt's motion. Alderman Pelzer, the chairman of the Joint committee, was about lo comply with the aldermen's request, when the Mayor objected to the reading as a proceeding entirely out of order. Alderman Qige considered it a courtesy due the treasurer that a paper submitted by him to Council should be read. There were many rumors In reference to that paper floating about town, and tbe people bad become anx? ious to know its contents. These rumors were to the effect that the expenditures of the elly for the past year had exceeded the ap? propriations. If there was any truth tn these rumors, and that paper could show lt, he thought lt would be much the better plan to have the paper read, so that Council could know the mistakes it had made, and avoid falling into them again. Alderman Bowen thought that Council should have sufficient confidence in the honor and ability of the gentlemen composing the joint committee, lo whom the treasurer's paper had been relerred, to accept their re? port on that paper without question. The ad? dendum was said by the committee to be In? correct In several respects, and he believed that the people of the community bad suffi? cient confidence in the integrity of the Coun? cil to accept its statementF, lu spite of any? thing thal had been published by a newspa paper or newspapers against li Alderman Gage said he bad been fold on that very day, by a gentleman In a position to know, that the expenditures of the city were exceeding tbe appropriations. Alderman O'Neill said be presumed bs was the person alluded lo by Alderman Gage, as be remembered holding a conversation with bim on the subject. He bad told the alder? man tbut the expenditures for ibe street de? partment were at present exceeding the ap? propriations, but be held that the over ex? penditure would be more than counterbal? anced by the permanent improvement result? ing to the streets. Alderman 8weegan, of the Joint committee, differed from the other members In their views ol' the treasurer's paper, and favored the reading of the same. Alderman PeJzer stated that the treasurer In the paper under discussion had charged the city with a deficit of $130,000 interest due on city stock; whereas the truth was that $95,000 of that Interest did not become due until the present month, and as the report was made on the flrat ol January for the previous year, lt wai virtually charging the city with fifteen months interest in one year. Tne report also contained many other Inac? curacies, which could be enumerated il Coun? cil desired. Alderman Voigt thought the condition of the city finances was any t hing but satisfactory, and be held that the citizens were entitled to know the true stale of affairs. Several mem? bers of the Pillsbury Council had made an in? effectual attempt to acquaint the people with the real condition ot the city finances at that time, and he hoped that the present Council would cot deter the treasurer from making known the condition of the finances now. He denied the allegation that the statements con? tained In the treasurer's report were incor? rect. The citizens did not know how much money the olty owes, but be thought they should know lt, and, li Council refused to tell them, he hoped the press would have the courage to publish the treasurer's report to show the cltlzemi that condition. Be asked if any member of the joint committee bad in? spected the treanurer's books within the last fourteen days. Alderman Pelzer replied that he had not, because he had ne t felt called upon to do so by anything contained in the treasurer's re? port. He bad already referred to the inac? curacy, of that document; as another evidence to thal; effect, he would elie that the treas? urer reported $506,000 ef city stock as past due and unpaid, while$169,000 Ol that amount waa then lying cancelled In tbe treasury. Alderman Voigt called for a vote on his mo? tion to have the treasurer's report rend. The Mayor stated that there was a previous motion before Council to adopt tbe report of the Joint committee, and that unless the Al? derman would offer an amendment, that mo? tion would be voted on first. Alderman Voigt theo moved , lo amend by reierrlng the committee's report, with that of the treasurer, to a special committee. Tne amendmen t was lost, add- another vote being taken, the committee's report was adopted. Favorable reports on several petitions for rs raleslon of penalties and other unimportant matters were agreed to. Seren estimates for repairing Ihe Stonewall EDRItie-House were reported, the lowest of which at $1698 having been made by Mr. Thomas Murphy, he was awarded tbe contract on condition that he would lurnish good security. The bill to allow coal dealeri lo weigh coal npon their own scales, and tho bill to prevent the filling of streets and lota wiih certain material, were ratified and enrolled as ordi? nances. The following rppcrt on the petition ol citi? zens for extending the public promenade along the banks of the pond at the west end ol Queen street wis agreed to: On the m em or lu Bf J. H. Stein meyer and one hundred and fon y-joe ot her citizens for the Im? provement of the common bounce i t>y Ratledjre stieet on the east, Broad street on tbe Booth, Lynch streer. on thc weat, and laid? or stroheck er on tbenor'b. the petitioners isle that Council purc hase the strohockcr prupertj ac a cost of six thousand collars, s i as to carrr the northern bouudary of the common to teauraln street Your committee regard the proposed Improve? ment important to the interest )f the city, and the price asked for the property not unreason? able, and woola recommend that Council appro? priate six thousand dollirs for ;ue parchase of tue same. Provide l that no pure of the monev be paid until a valid, title to all thi land and baud in git now held RS private pnpeity ir, the area bounded by the four streets, lb ive named, ls made to the city, and approved ty Hs recorder. - ,_F. BROWN. ?tfk O Adi. On the subject of additional fire ?iiL.. the lollowing report was adopted: The special oommlttee on the lire Department, to whom was referred the comnnntcatloa from che Chief of the Fire De pan m en. relative to pro corlGg Mme additional alarm bells, would re? spectfully beg to report, that the/ find additional means nf alarm at times of fie necessary, and that the committee on the Fin Department be authorized to Invite o tr-rs for farnlshln* three suitable be ls of one thousand piun?j each from the foundries In our city and elsewhere, the pre? ference, If possible, consistent rat li the interests of the city, to be (il ven our own n echan les. Thar, ihe committee on the F ri Department be authorized to accept mo mosi ad'antngeoos offer, and have the b -Hs placed In sch positions as may be Indicated t>y the b >ardortlremasiers and ua ti r the supervision of the ofnetrs of that body. Alt of which Is respectfully snbttl ud by E. F ?WUEOAN, C. TOIOT. FRAJCI* J. PBLZBR, O. A BOWEN. S. R G AHRKTT, Comml'tee Hie Department. Charleston, S. C., april 1,1873. A favorable report on the petition of the Pioneer Steam Fire Company lor a new en? gine-house was c Iso adopted. The bill to fis the salaries of public weigh? ers, and for othe r purposes, received Its sec? ond and third readings and was ordered to be enrolled for ratification. Council then ad? journed. _ ALDERMAN GAGE VINDICATED. TO TBE EDITOR OFTDE NEWS. Sometime slr ce, when the appropriation for the "Sisters" was pending, a great deal was said on one side of the question, and very little on the other side. Bntas the appropri? ation has become a fixed lan, and the money has, probably, b;en paid oter, lhere ls little or no use In discussion il now. The object of this communication ls not lo stir up sectarian strife, but simply to vindicate the oharacter ot a good citizen lrom ihe aspetslouB sought to be casi upon him. In the advocacy of the measure, ihe writers ou the affirmative side, or, at least, some of them, took occasion, hastily, we hope and trust, to say Rome very hard things about the gentle-nan who opposed the measure In Council. Mr. Cage, in his representative character as au alderman, had the manliness and courage to state bis convic? tions of duly lo his constituents In his oppo? sition lo the" measure. What right ha? any one to attribute motives to that gentleman other than those expressed In his protest ? Yet one writer said that bis opposition was the result of ''religious bigotry under the mask of economy." Now, ail who ?now Mr. Gage, know that he doeB not carry two faces, aid so far from wearing a mask, is about as ouispoken a man as one may meet In a day's val k. Another writer Indulge;- In a fling al Mr. Gageas belne "an Immigrant from th? Icy regions of the North." Would lhat we tad many such lrom the same region. And we would ask how long does H: take an Immigrant to become a citizen ? Mr. Gage bas been Here for twenty years, and has seldom beeu out of the city In ' ull that time, except on his own business. ! He ls an Industrious, energetic and enter? prising citizen, whom any section might covet. By alteodlDg to hlB d vu business as? siduously he hai accumulated a competence which is used ir, developing the resources and furthering the interests of his adopted home. He ls always ready with his purse and influ? ence to advance every good enterprise, whether religious, moral or material, which IOOKS to the good of t his city. And now 1 wsuld ask, is Charleston BO pros? perous- has sh? so much capital that she can a?brd to throw dirt at good immigrants who devote their money, industry and brains to her prosperity ? Shame on such narrow minded sectionalism, equally as bad as secta? rianism. But one writer attributes to Mr. Gage "re? ligious bigotry under &mask of economy." Did it occur to this wriier that the very best and surest way to nurture "religious bigotry" ls to keep children apart and prejudice their young minds in favor of any particular sect, leaching them by euch training lo look upon allother sects as un tit associates-that, like sheep ol different breeds, they must be kept In separate folds, lest the blood should be contaminated oy contact? Outside of the church* s this principle ls repudiated. Dowe uot buy lrom, and nell lo, ali or any who may differ Hom us lo their religious views ? Does the merchant refine to transact buMness wu li his fellow-merchant, whom he dally meets on 'change, because he is of a different lakh ? Is there no confidence In the word of one who was born in a different religion ? We do not recognize the?a distinctions in ihe ordinary transactions ol life, Iben why should we in the churches and v urioue sects into which Christen? dom ls split up. Let each man worship as his conscience dictates. Let each remain In the oburch where he receives the most benefit, but accord ihe same privilege io all men as the constitution of the country does. Let all agree to disagree, and to hold the lalth in ihe unity of the spirit and in the bond of peace; theti will we no more call eacb other hard names, and apply unchristian and unchari? table epithets to such as conscientiously do their duty according to the light vouchsafed to them. Axions. ? A LONDON DOTER PARTY. HOW THE "BLAJtSTED BRITISHERS" ENJOY THEMSELVES AT TABLE. The Premier "At Home"-Gladstone as a Host-Dinner Parties and Evening Receptions-West End Hospitalities Slassire Piat o a nd Artistic Heirlooms The Etiquette and Conversation, ?CC. {Correspondence of ibe Boston Post.] LONDON, March 15. The very day alter be was so fairly beatea In the House of Commons, Mr. Gladstone had a great dinner party at bis residence in Carl? ton House" Terrace, and afterwards one of tbose select, aristocratic receptions known bere as "at-homes." Tbe right honorable gentleman could hardly have left the House on Wednesday morning before three o'clock; and at six P. M. he had to be ready to receive under his hospitable roof no less a personage than Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second son of Queen Victoria. The pre? mier lives In a spacious, substantial and rather ancient mansion, fronting the Carlton House, where the prince regent used to hold bis or? gies with his brothers ol Tork and Cumber? land, Beau Brummel, and the rest of the court favorites of that dissolute period; -patri? cian repose now rests upon the quarter, which ls just aside from the bustle of Pall Mall and 8t. James's; and Mr. Gladstone may boast of having dukes and earls on every side of him. A Cabinet dinner ls the ambition ol every young sprout of the aristocracy or of the foreign legations who finds blmselt Involved In tue gay whirlpool of London society; even to be invited to the ''at home," which always follows the formal din? ner In the upper circles, Is a distinction craved by young ladles of most respectable family and the most finished education. The fashion of a dinner, to which the select few are bid? den, followed by a reception to which from filly to a hundred are Invited, ls one, so far as I know, confined to London West End, and lt ls a very shrewd device for paytng off social scores. Of course the dinner party is the creme de la creme; the most distinguished guests are honored by it. Then the reception iollows to clear off the account with the world in general. I don't know that a better im? pression could be given of society among the upper ten thousand, than by jotting down a few notes descriptive ot these at once eminently formal and eminently social occasions. For lt ls a fact which extended observation only tends to con? firm, that the English aristocracy are at once the most punctilious and the least stilted ot all aristocracies. Tou aro ushered Into my lord's presence by u footman six feet two high, with, portentous calves, a bead literally pasted with a Binnum of powder, a livery which I defy any one to see for the first time without a mingled sensation of awe and amusement, and with a sienas stately as the biggest cathedral beadle (I can't Imagine a more striking comparison) in France. But when this awful creature has vanished and closed tbe door, and you find yourself face to face with my lord, you are surprised and re? freshed to observe thal he ls perfectly simple, ".-.. <?nd amiable In manner, dressed with an apparently studied plainness, succeeds with? out effort In putting you quite at your ease, and enters as glibly into conversation as if he were your brother-in-law dr your creditor. As the man io "Hard Times" would say, "lhere ls no bigged nonsense about bim" whatever. It ls much the same at the dinner parties that take place nightly at th s season, ny the dozen, west of Tratalgar Square. There ls very little difference, too, between a dinner party given by a prime minister and one given by a noble earl or a right honorable baronet; only the former have an official color, and are almost always given with some publio aim. Now it ls lo receive a royal prince, now some Illustrious foreign statesman; again to to gather round the groaning board tbe party chiefs for intimate exchange of ideas; then to the patriarchs ot the church. But Ibe salient characteristics of the aristocratic Loudon din? ner are much the same whether the host be a oablnet minister or the titled dispenser of a private Hubstantlal and profuse feast. Lei me lake lt for granted that you area distinguished literary or political foreigner, who has gained the entree into the upper social sphere, and to whom tbe Earl of A-desires lo pay marked attention. Tou receive accordingly a large piece ot very smooth pasteboard, whereon you are bidden to dinner on a eertaln day, usually at the hour of six or ball after. Attired ia dress suit and white necktie, you are expected to present yourself at the front door at pre? cisely the designated hour when you will probably find your modest cab-for a voiture de remise even ls not demanded by ell Juette; Indeed, I have seen the Lord Chief ustlce of England go to a dinner party In a handsome cab-mixed up with a motley Hoe of gorgeous, emblazoned cabriolets and heavy family coaches. A stalwart footman in op? pressive livery swings wide the door; and as yon eai.er, another footman, with equally op? pressive livery, conducts you to a room which ls noi celdom my loi d's library-where you leave your surtout and hat and cane, and give a final brush to locks and whiskers. Il there be ladles of the party, they pre usually provided with separate rooms; ond Joining them on the staircase, you ascend to the drawing-room, Just at the door ot which ls stationed a thlra footman, with a trebly op? pressive livery. To tbla august being you whisper your name, to be shocked by hearing lt resound-usually pronounced distressingly wrong, and twisted Into something unheard of-through the stately apartment, tbe vista of which opens through the doorway to your view. Here is my lord, fault? lessly dressed, who advances easily and naturally, grasps your band with a brief word ol welcome, and leads yon forward to a balloon ilke being, all silk and lace, to whom be presents you as to tbe Countess of A-. Sne Is the central figure of a bevy of ladles, and you are in turu Introduced, with very little formality, to the Lady Angelina and the Lady Gertrude and ihe Lady Constance, until ihe blooming family ls exhausted. Here and there In lillie knots about the room the guests are standing, chatting quietly and easily together. You recognize the arch? bishop and ambassador, the eminent historian and ihe parliamentary leader, judges and literati, and men und women ol fashion; if a prince ol the blood ls present, he mingles lreely with the rest, although narrow observa? tion detects a trifle more deference paid lo bim Iban to the oiher guests. In a very few minutes-for all Is promptness in the aristo? cratic bousehold-dluner ls announced by ibe burly, rubicund, knee-breeched butler, whose apoplectic countenance looms for aa in? stant only lu Ihe doorway. Aa easily and naturally as possible the company proceeds io ihe dlalng-room by couples, the hostess and mon distinguished guest leading ihe way. Tou cannot but be struck by the aparimcut into which you are ihns Introduced. The rich sombre? ness andvsiateliness of lt bespeaks age and dignity; you think of lt as a place where peo? ple of rank 6at over their wine a hundred or two years ago. The oaken wainscoting, floor and ceiling ls dark and shiny, and gives a mellowed, BOber coloring tb the big room. Huge open sideboards, wonders of Intricate carving, are loaded down with an astonishing wealth ot gold and sliver plate, so massive and antique and deitly chased, as to speak of long accumulated heirlooms and a descent (rom long gone days. The curtains are heavy damask, and fall in ponderous folds to the floor; toe chandeliers are Immense, butsome how seem only half to light ibe apartment; lhere are a few pictures banging from the high, plainly and darkly tinted walls, por? traits, most often, ol noble ancestors, painted by no ooe less famous than Lely and Eneller and Holbein and Slr Joshua, BeynoldB and Lawrence and Gainsborough. The orna? mentation ls as heavy und substantial as ia Ute baron of beef which Is aboul to be brought smoking lo the table, table, and as costly as ihe Tquem and Johan ulsberger which will ere long sparkle lu your little group of vari colored glasses. When all are ai last seated-perhaps lineen or twenty In all, ladies sandwiched carefully between gentlemen, and each according to rank-the various courses succeed each other with com? mendable promptness-the soup and the Ash, the game and the roast, ihe sweets and lrults. ending with port and sherry-and conversa? tion nows with equal ease and apparent ab? sence of any effort or consciousness of social distinctions. There are the liveried lackeys, stately and sombre, and long-faced, behind I the chairs; but almost always they are the O?lf solemn folk In tbe room. Yon bear peo? ple chatting French on your left and English on your right; the company grows more loquacious, yet never boisterous, with every course: ibere ls throughout the best ot good breeding, that which instant? ly puts the least notable guest at bia ease, and keeps him so from beginning to end. The topics talked about are very much what yon would bear at an evening party or at tbe Carl? ton or Brook's. You find the bOBtess quite familiar with the politics of the day, ana the host's daughters very much interested in the last book ot Matthew Arnold or even Herbert Spencer; there ls apparently, among all, a a lively and gennine Interest In all that ls going on In the world. When the fruits and nuts bave been duly discussed, the hostess rises and repairs to the drawing-room, fol? lowed by the other ladles; while the gentle? men remain, perhaps fifteen or twenty min? utes, ll the dinner ls a formal one, or longer If lt le not, and then rejoin the fair, when coffee ls served. Soon tbe guests Invited to the evening "at home" begin to arrive, and keep coming and going all the evening till after midnight. Befreshment ls provided in the lunch-room, usually cake and wine only, whither any one may repair when he or she so chooses; the apartments are all open, you can wander where you like, and either walk about In the drawing-room, where tbe merry, body of tho guests are ohatting, standing In groups, or have a cosy confab wiiha friend in the library or the smaller rooms off the entries.' In & word, the English aristocracy aim to do DO more, lei giving.ent?rralo m en ts, than does I tbe refined and voaltby American host, that ls to make bis guests comfortable, and BO*%r range that they shall carry away a pleasant Impression. ^ BOW-BELLS. COMPLIMENTS FOB CHARLESTON. Oar Commerce Viewed throng h. New j Torie ?pcctaclc?; [From tbe New Tort Daily Bulletin.] The Charleston Chamber of Commerce bas published Its last annual report of tne trade and commerce of that city. It shows a record of continued Improvement, which Is most satisfactory under tbe circumstances. The city must certainly be endued with an Intense vitality to emerge from the terrible losses of one of the most severe and protracted sieges on record, and the scarcely less severe ordeal of the most viciously stupid legislation to which lt has since been exposed. The war extinguished the entire capital invested In banks and Insurance companies to the amount of fifteen millions of dollars, so that the work of recovery was attended by all bot Insuper? able obstacles. The scarcity of capital was BO great that interest for a long time ranged at eighteen per cent., and did not at any time'' fall below twelve per cent. Then there was the total disruption of all social iles; the revo? lution In labor, and ibe elevation of the* for? mer slaves I nto the position of legislators, the whole being attended by a flood of corruption and extravagance and a burden of taxation which were calculated lo Involve tbe city and Slate in hopeless ruin and bankruptcy. The statistics of the Chamber ot Commerce rep jrt show that, In spite of these obstacles, Charleston has made slot? but steady progress during every jear since the war. Tie colton receipts have Increased from 111,714 bales, or five per cent, of the crop, ia 1865 66, to 282,086 bales, or ten per cent, of the crop, In 1871-72. The receipts of local cotton have increased 90,000 bales. The receipts ot rica have In? creased from 4019 tierces in 1865-66 to 42,677 tierces In 1871 72. Ia tbe lumber trade, the exports were 18,460.339 feet In 1871-72, against 8,389,17'. leet la 1866-66. The naval store trade snows a corresponding Increase. In 1865-66, the exports were only 32,136 barrels; last year they were 147,910 barrels. Nearly every other department of business and Industry shows evidences of Increasing activity and prosperity. Th ?j .Increase In the wholesale grocery and Jobbing trade In 1872 h estimated at 25 per cent, above the amount io 1871. A large amount of capital was In? vested in new buildings, and the work of clearing the bar and removing the obstruc? tions in the harbor ls pursued with creditable activity by the Federal engineers In charge. Tne shipbuilding trade has also chown signs of Improvement, several new vessels for tbe coastintr trade navlng been lately launched, while others are in course of construction. Truck (arming, a new business since the war, now affords employment to a considerable number of persons. Last year 217,000 pack? ages were shipped to ibe Northern cities. But the phosphate trads ls the largest and most profitable trade la South Carolina. Tne first shipment from Charleston of crude phos? phate look place In 1867, and last year 242,416 tons were exported. There are now in Charleston aod vicinity six factories, with aa aggregate capital or $4,000.0.0 engaged io the manufacture or commercial fertilizers. The demand now exceeds the supply. The ma? chine shops and sash and blind factories of Charleston are also doing a thriving business. Ia (lae, Charleston shows a recuperative en? ergy, '.nder a combination of the most d preBsltg cl rcumstances. which affords the sur? est guarantee of her future growth and pros? perity. __ TAXATION ?N LOUISIANA. A Woeful Picture-Twenty Million* to be Collected. Ihe New Orleans Picayune, in an article upon the question of paying taxes to the Kel? logg usurpation, has the following: Are the taxpayers of this city, who are lo any doubt whether they will.combine with their lellow-cltizens to resist the attempts, by the most outrageous and shameful modes ever proposed in a country prolesslog to be tree and Republican, to collect tbe exorbitant and illegal taxation upon our people by a usurping government, aware ot tbe amount ol laxes which lt ls proposed to collect this year ? Many of these flatter themselves with the Idea rh at they will get off with a lax of Ave per cent. State and city. This ls a grievous error. Besides the regular State and city tax for the past year, the act of the bayonet Legislature to enforce the collection of taxes, which our readers will find In our columns to-day, gives to the State officers the same power and au? thority to collect all antecedent unpaid taxes i for the years preceding the last as are con terred la regard to the taxes ot last year. The taxes will amount for the State, we learn, to $7,000,000, whlcb, added to the $5,000,000 collectable for the year 1872, will swell the grand total to say $12,000,000, which can be collected by the same process? es provided In the Infamous enforce? ment act passed by the Kellogg Legisla? ture. Add to ibis ihe city taxes uncollected, and we have the enormous sum, say of $20,000,000, or over twenty per cent, ol tbe assessed value of the property of this city, which is to be collected according to Kellogg's proclamation by civil or criminal process out of the people. It would be well for those timid or over prudent people who now pro? pose io pay their taxes for last year, to bear in mind the effect of their submission to euch demands-which is simply an acquiescence lo the spoliation and confiscation ot the property of thia people for the emolument of Jobbers, adventurers, rings and the agents of foreign holders of bonds, prominent among whom ls tbe present fraudulent and usurping so-called Governor of Louisiana. ELECTION AT WINNSBORO'. There IB to be a town election next Mooday lo Wlnnsboro' for an Intendant and four war? dens. There are about two hundred voters lhere, and the contest bids fair to be a lively one. It IB said that politics will not enter Into the merits of the case, the ticket being a mixed one and the question being a dry or a wet council. The dry ticket basas its support? ers the better class of citizens, aided Dy ibe ('ooo1 Templars. The present council raised the price of liquor licenses to two hundred and fifty dollars, and the dealers desire to re? duce them to one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum. The dry ticket support? ers intend, If ihey cannot elect temperance men io the council, to try to get such men as will keep np the licenses to the higher figure, and thus Keep liquor dealers out. There Is also considerate excitement in the town among the last named class, on account of Judge Mackey'a charge to the grand jury at Chester regarding those who sell liquor in vi? olation of the old law known as the "Topper law." -The Governor has pardoned Hardtimes McOlary, convicted ol perjury at the last Feb? ruary term of the court in Williamsburg Cou n ty, and sentenced to two years and a half la the penitentiary. 11 THE PLMDERIES OF M?.; STARTLING DISCOVERIES BT. TBK INVES UGA TIN G COMMITTEE,, Hundreds of Thousands Paid to Sena? tor Tweed tor "Legal Services at Al? bany." 1 New Tone, April U , Io tod ay 's eesalon of the Erle investigating committee Mr. Aroher explained tba project or : tbe Southern rmproveme.it Company?, by which lt appears that there was a combina- ' tlon or me Erle, Pennsylvania and New * Yore Central Kallroads to "control tbe whole oil trade of New York by monopolizing..oil ' freights from the oil regions at $2 iO per bar? rel, of which the- proposed improvement Company was to have $1 40 on each barrel, tully-three per cent to be divided between : the Erle and New York Central whether they transported the oil or not, while the Pennsylvania Railroad was to bav? the other sixty-seven per oente The project1 was one of Mr. Watson's, the present presi? dent of the Erie Ball road Company, bot it fell1 through." Henry L. Antes, formerly In Flak's private office, testified that no ona could ever tell from the records to whom money was paid for legal services at Albany, aa,the entry was simply for legal services at Albany. In October, 1869, one hundred thousand cullan : were paid to Wm. M. Tweed for legal ser? vices. At another time ten* thousand aeren hundred were paid Tweed. Vouohers con? ti nae at certain periodst in 1870, showing Tweed hid as much money as he wanted, and whenever he wanted lt. In 1871 over four handred and forty thousand dollars were paid to Tweed for legal services; brit the entries do not appear OD the books of tbe company. ~ ? ? - ? ? THE FLURRY TN GOLD. . .. The New York Times, of Sunday, says: , There was considerable excitement In Wall. street yesterday lo consequence of tba ad? vance lo the price of gold to 117. Many bank- ' era and brokers are short of lt. and will toan ' heavily If the price le advanced, oreven main? tained, at the present figure.. Thaipartletwbo will suffer most from the rise, however, are tba merchants who have been borrowing gold to pay the duties on their Imported goods,, and who will be forced to "walk qp and settle". when they ask to have their loans renewed of. their bankers In Wall street Many of these came Into tbe street yesterday through tba : pelling rain to Inquire regarding the prospect*, . and consider whether it would not be wise to Batik on ihe present basis rather than trust to the chances ot a decline. -There waa anim* > menBo business done during tba day by the leading bouses ia gold, and a general feeling prevailed that the "bull" party would still fur? ther advance the price. ?l-l? TAKING THE BLACK VEIL. A Solem* and Impressive Ceremony. ' . At half-past seven o'clock this morning, saya ; the Columbia Herald of Monday, the bell of the convent at Valle Cruels was tolled by one ot the lay sisters, wheo, everything having bean previously prepared and arranged, the nuns entered the chapel, in procession, singing 9 meanwhile the hymn Teni Creator, each hold? ing a lighted candle. The young lady who was to i?nma the black veil, KOas Spann, ' from Texas, walked ianthe centre of tba pro- ' cessloa, wearing a white veil, until arriving before the gate, when she Bginmed a kneel? ing posture. Several appropriate hymns were then song, and mass said by ' Right Reverend Bishop P. N. Lynch. Father Merry weather officiating. Tbe newly pro? fessed then arose, and, passlog a lillie way from ihe grate, sang three times the following verses, while the choir turned toward the altar: "Susclpe me Domine secundum eloqol um mum, et vlvam et non contundas ajfcaM... expectatlone mea"-the choir answering after each, amen. The assistant tben took the can? dle front the professed, when the latter ap? proached tbe grate and kneeled again, while. the celebrant put ihe black veil on ber bead, saying: ''Susclpe velum sacrum pudorisa et reverential Signum quod perferras ante tribu? nal Domini nostrl Jesu Christo ut habeas vitar.', ?s'eruam et vivia lo ?acula satmlorum." The aaaintant replied, amen. Then she turned toward the Superioress, who pinned the veil, while the assistant took away the white veli. Her candle was thea given to her. The Te Deum was Intoned, which ihe choir continued alternately, facing each other. Meanwhile-, - she prostrated, with ber arms extended In the form of a cross, and remained In that position., till certalu veralcles and prayers were, said, the younger girls strewing beautiful and sweet natural flowers over her prostrated form. Tba bishop then sprinkled her with holy water, after which she rose and the ceremony cen-. eluded at 9 A. M., the nuns and lay listara leaving the chapel in procession, singing hymns. It is thought that there will not be another assumption of ihe veli for some time. The Binging was excellent. There wera a number of visitors present lrom tba city. OUR SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS. Georgi?,. -There were seven mea bang lo Georgia, last Friday, fer rat*?, all colored. -Tbe Brun8wickers want u have tba Charleston and Florida steamers stop at their town. -A colored man and woman were killed by llghtnlngflast Tuesday, near Columbas, and tba flesh almost completely stripped lrom their bodies. -The flrst shipment ot cotton yarns manu? factured by the Arkwright Cotton Milla waa sent to Philadelphia, last Saturday, by tba. steamship C. W. Lord, and consisted of eight bales. -Tbe stray tiger, which bas been roaming In Columbia County, has boen captured. by> Mr. P. J. Kenny, one Of the engineers of tba Augusta Canal, and brought to Angosta, with a lasso about his neck, to the triumphant strains of Cal. Wagner's band. - ..;..< -A fixe at Albany last Wednesday rdght, which originated in the drug store oIw.S.' Hilsman, damaged the building to the extant of 11500, dea t roved Mr. H Haman's stock Of drags valued at $8500, and caused comidera o?a damage to the gooda In the neighboring stores by smoke and water. -A Methodist minister, Rev. Fletcher Weems, in Bartow County, bas been discov? ered on terms of criminal intimacy with Miss Dully Ylncect, his sister-in-law, aged about twenty-three. Weems, who ls a man o? fina - appearance, and about thirty-six years of age, has fled from tba neighborhood. -A Joint stock company la in coarse ot formation in Atlanta, Georgia, for the manu f acture of paper from palmetto leaves and wire grass. Successful experiments havobeen made, showing that palmetto paper Is superior to that of wood, straw or rags, both In texture and cost of production, and will yield a profit of fifty per cent, to the manufacturer. ... -Here isa speoimen of Albany justise. A. colored boy 14years old employed in a barber shop, stole $140 from a easterner's overcoat, gavo ono of the barber's twenty dollar? to keep quiet, and proceeded to spend the rest. Both, were soon after arrested, and ninety dollars of the one handred and forty dollars found on the boy, who, however, was turned loose/while his accomplice after the act wu sent to Jail for ox months. The moral to little boys. who steal pocketbooks is obvions. Florida. -A negro boy, aged tea years, bas been sentenced to the penitentiary for manslaughter In Sumter County. _ , ' -The boiler of E. F Henderson's steam saw miU at Live Oak exploded tnt Tuesday;an Btaatly killing Jerry Jsejaw, tba and horribly scalding Bobart BawSja*.aqp explosion created a good desjof exc^menfT Sward M. Cheney &J?J??& Union for sale. It ls a trl-weeklyjeper. pub? lished In the City of Jwkaonvlll^iana is claimed for lt that lt ?as the lar?*J^tmbv Sonand the heaviest advertising petrona** Of any Journal lo the State. ?t