The New York Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1871, Page 10

THE SOUTH. Wilitary Opiuions of Its Condition and Prospects, ‘Phe Demomlization cf Southern Soctety—Tims aud Patience Necessary for Its Care, *OUTSIDE PRESSURE” A MISTAKE iw Effect of the Political Ostraoism of Educated Rebels—Both Sides to Blame—The Status of United States Army Officers in the South—How to Put Dowa the Eu Klux. RUTHERFORDTON, N, C., May 23, 1871, There is probably no country in the world in which tt ls harder to obtain accurate and reliable informa tion, whetber as to actual occurrences or even as to the political sentiments of the people than in these Southern States, lam pretty sure that 1 could get more trath out of an interview by pantomimic signs with A CARIB INDIAN er King Tuakombau or the Gaekwar of Baroda than out of a Southern carpet-bagger or scallawag or & Southern conservative or @ Southern out-and-out Ayed-in-the-wool unterrified democrat. Ask these jatter in turn about somethtug which has come di- rectly under their eyes or is clearly within the com- pass of their experience and you will get diametri- cally opposite testimony from them all. Each will flatly contradtet the other two, and you will get to the end of your investigation with @ very decided belief that as the Apostle Paul has said in Holy Scripture, “Ail men (excepting Yoursel!) are Mars.” The explanation of this 1s very simple. It 1s one Of the saddest results of the war that honesty and truth nave been tndefiuitely banished from Southern poliucs, This broal and beautiful land has been handed over to the poliuting guardianship of PANDS OF GREEDY WRETCHFS, who are loyal, just as some worthless men are saints and other worthless men are sinners—for a pecu- miary consideration. Afew of the crimes of these Political birds of prey have already been publishea in the HERALD, bu! an exhaustive chronicle of their frauds wou!d be more voluminous than the Newgate calendar, and would be quite as unwholesome read- tng. A Northern man, even though he has lived through a year at Washington and be therefore hardened to common forms of corruption, is startled and disgusted at the clamorous chorus of accusa- tion that rings through the alr as soon as he crosses the line of Mason and Dixon. Judges, who have grown rich by baying for a song the claims of ruinea men and then pressing them through in thelr own courts ahead of others equally or more just; itiner- ant savers of souls, who have purchased lands ata Jew cents an acre and then sold them at almost as Many dollars to the State for asylums and peniten- Warics; railroad harpies, who have plundered by millions at a stroke; legislators, bloated with brfhes; these and such as these are the staple elements of whe NEW OLIGARCHY OF WEALTH With which Congressional wisdom has replaced the beggared slave aristocracy of the South, Every attempt to overturn this baieful cabal of greed and oppression has been met by one form of defence. Forthwith, the accused Nave posed themselves in the attitude of persecuted victims of disloyalty, and in tragic accents have Pointed at the treason-stained record of their ac- cusers, This defence has so far not only been suc- cessful, but has, generally, resulted in clothing the ‘Wrong-doers with added power for ill. Never was there a more bitterexample of tne proverb that “givea dog a bad name, aud you might as well hang him.” Remembering all thts, I do not wonder in the jcast that the alieged “unrepentant rebels” of ‘the South are now trying 10 rebut the lies of thelr oppressors with COUNTER-LIES. Take, for instance, this last Ku Klux agitation, ‘That there is aKu Klux Klan,.and that it has done many lawiess and a few crue] things, there can be no doubt. That the motivé for any of such out- rages is wholly political is, however, very duubtful; and that thelr number and character has been grossly exaggerated is certain. With a few excep- tions, every ofMice-holding republican tells me that the State is suffering from a periect tee Win a few exceptions, the ate and quibble, aud say “they Gon't know cbere are any Ku Kiux;” “they never gaw any;”’ and they then go on to demonstrate what is perfectly trae, that every outrage in this State so far iuvestigated has had NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS. They are afraid to tell what they know is the truth; that a [cw—a very few—ol the ou es have been tinged with politics, though the principal mo- tive for even these has been personal aud social. They know that such an admission, tnouga coupled with an honest expression of their loyalty to the vernment, and thelr inpocence of any intention again rebel, can be made at Washington a terrl- ble weapon against them, nis 8 @ loug introduction to a conversation, but itis nece: , to show its value. A few days ago, while at Ra) h, 1 went eut to Camp Pettigrew to pay a Vist to some of the officers, and, after chatt ‘@ wile, we current of talk naturally ran upon thi condition of the State. One ol these gentiemen & mo¢cerate republican; another is a radical; a thir is a Union democrat. They baye been long *ta- toued ip the State, they have seén much of the Ly le, and their views are exactly those that would be formed by any Nortiern gentlemen of the same po- litical stripe, WS0 had no aim but to arrive at the simple truth, Their opinious are, necessarily, there+ fore, entiied to great weigut. This is the sub stance of THE CONVERSATION, CORRESPONDENT—Do you tink it is safe to go through these so-called Ku Klux counties ? REPUBLICAN— safe as it isto go through any country sparsely seitied and very poor and some. what jiawiess. I dou’s pelleve there is any part of the State where the mere fact of your coming from the North would mark you out as a specially appro- priave subject lor assassination. There 1s one dan- gcrous place—Robesoa Couaty—where for six years @ band of outlaws, half negro, half Indian, have becn wurdering end robbing travellers, whether While or black, Couservative, democrat or republi- The rest of the State, so tar as 1 have heard, 4s gui¢t. CORRESPONDENT—Up to the average o1 security, ‘that ib? REPUBLICAN—It #8 more than that. There is not muuch crime of a Sort that you need fear. | would not fear riding (urough the entire State alone, Ido not believe J sould be incurring any very great NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. SHIPPING NEWS. Almanac for New York—This Day. Ee oe of the evil ts the demoralization of e country. Ravicat—Well, I think they are mostly ail pelt. to-morrow Af they were ale. ‘The only way to keep them in order 1s by sheer force. RepusiicaN—Very likely many of them are sorry that the Confederacy was not established. her wouldn't pe human if they were glad that they has been whipped. But, with the exception of afew hot-headed extremists, I believe the country is setiling down; the bitterness of the war feeling is subsiding, and in @ generation or 80 we shall again be a united country. The trouble is that people at the North are in SUCH A VIOLENT HURRY, They want these defeated men to turn right round aad make all sorts of confessions of having done wrong, and to declare their t joy at the over throw of their own treason. ey few men to do ail thit by giving them fat o! but the men who are too proud and honest to thus submit are only confirmed in thetr disgust at defeat by tho worldly prosper of their former fellow repels. 1¢ is a great fortune that so many of the best men in the South—men who were moderate Dut conscien- (uous rebels, and who were formerly the representa tives of the intelligence and wealth of their section, are still disfranchised. If they were again brought into Cpe ae T believe the condition of the count we improve. Rapiear—and a8 soon as they were able they would head-a second conspiracy against the govern- ment, REPUBLICAN—I don’t think 0, They are THOROUGHLY TIRED OF FIGHTING, and know teat the chances of success now are ab- surdly small. No, they sincerely submit in the only way We can expect them to submit in this genera- tion—they yield to superior force. But very many already see that some changes of the war are oniy blessings in disguise—slavery, for example. For- mer slave owners now often tell me thas they ind free Labor much cheaper and better. DEMOCRAT—Yes, and I have found among a good a all, of Course—a returning affection for e OLD FLAG, They say now that the war was & madness, which, even if it bad resulted in separation, would have soon passed away, and that the two sections would at no very distant day have again come together, I don’t say that 1s my opinion, but it is a good thing that our erring brethren should think 1t. I belleve that if the best men South were generously treated they would jump at the chance of burying every issue ot the war ip oblivion and being heartily reconciled to the North. As to their present attitude of sullen opposition to the dominant party down here, I don’t wonder at it Mm the least, Just look at the men who carry On the State government! There are some who are honest and reputable tiemen, but the majority, Judges as well, are little better tban so many common swindlers. The majority of these men have no desire whatever to bring about the re- storation of peace and good feeling, because the only means they have of keeping in power is to per- petuate the irritation created by the war. CORRESPONDENT—How do THE PEOPLE TREAT ARMY OFFICERS down here? REPUBLICAN—Well, we can't complain. They are very polite and courteous to us. They don’t ask ue to visit them, with a few rare exceptions. To me, however, that does not seem, at present, very un- natural. They are poor, and feel themselves hue mniliated, and though they bave no personal fooling against us, and, indeed, as I belteve, respect us ani know that we intend to do nothing tn the least un- fair to them, still they prefer to keep us at @ ais- tance. CORRESPONDENT—Do they receive any Northern men in thetr houses? REPUBLICAN—Very few. There is Mr. ——-, who went down on his knees and almost begged to be admitted, but in vain, DEMOCRAT—And for a very good reason, Who can wonder at it when we remember how he made his money? He came down South without a cent, and now that he has grown rich by public plunder he wants to turn honest and settle here permanentiy. I believe @ decent man, who comes down here to get his living in @ respectable way would be wel- comed—especially if he is a democrat. POLITICS RUN HIGH here, and among Southern men themselves map oops off into two camps. There is Mr, ——; he ad not come down here a week before everybody visited him, RapicaL—Why, he is 8 worse Northern democrat than the people down here. Of course he would be welcomed. My experience 1s that the people here are hee glad to use us, and drink with us in @ barroom, and play poker with us at our quarters; but I never yet was invited to a Southero man’s house, and never expect to be, unless I turn democrat. They are polite tous because they dare not be anything else, or, al any rate, kuow It would er. CORRFSPONDENT—What do you think of these Ku Klux outrages? RervusLicaN—I only koow what I have heard. There are & great many outrages reported, and al- dowing & goou deal for exaggeration. | have uo gta that most of tuem are founded on fact, There a GREAT DEAL OF LAWLESSNESS ofa certain kind. CORRESPONDENT— Of a certain kind? UBLICAN—Yes, and ou all sides, The negroes and the poor wWiites steal, and now and then e is & Murder Or rape or something of that kind, BUCH as that Greadtul case in the West the other day, ‘Where some negroes shamefully outraged abu mur- Gered a woman and her cluldren. But the stealing Gone 1s not highway robbery with violence; most of Pay pilfering at night from henroosts and barns. On he other eide there is, I fancy, a good deal of lynch- ORRESTONDENT—But these Ku Klux, how is it with them? Are they, in fact, @ treasonabie society, or what? RErUBLICAN—Well, I confess I don'texactly Know how to place them. But tirst of ail, realize Che ter- rible condition of the country—impoverished, almost Materiatly, and inhabited by ignorant colored peopic, who at the best are but poor citizens, by ‘trifling whites’ as they are cailed, who have lost all self-respect, and amount to about as litle as demoralizea negroca, and by white gentlemen, whom tic war not ouly beggared in wealth, but also in hope ana energy. Even with the best local government pos- sible—and I would not like to say the prosent stave jovernment is the Lest possivie in ai) respecte—tnat ould be a very TROUBLESOME AND EMBARRASSING COMMUNITY to govern. CORRESPONDENT—But isn't the country bie tf getting richer aud recuvering from the exects of whe rr RePvpricaNn— Not rapidiy—perhaps not atall. A par of the people of Unis State, aud no doubt of e entire South as well, have got so poor that they have lost ali selr- ot, Very few countries have ever been ina worse condition in this regard than the South is just now. There are encouraging gleams of #upshine, Lowever, here aud there, The vetter lies have in many cases thrown aside their pre- ice agaist Jabor. A majority of the negroes, #0, have worked pretty weil. Most of the new cabius you have seen through the country in commng from Weidon have been buiit by the colored people. ConnRBPON DENT—But ure the Ku Kiux iustigated by politica) feeling? KerCsLican—There ts eearcely anything tn this eountry (nat I know of that is not MIXED UP Wirth roLiTics more or leas. Very likely there ts a Unge of political feeling coloring @ great many of these causes; bOruepe a BoMe Mh me the Cuel motive. But we be very impolitic to be otherwise, CORRESPONDENT—I have heard many of them say they would prefer to return to military government bene than continue under tuelr present local rulers. REPUBLICAN—Of course they would. They know they always got even-handed justice from the army, Whereas now everything is one-sided, and stealing by wholesale has al = panes the State for twenty years to come. MISREPRESENTATION of everything done or said is simply shameless. Everything is twisted into political capital. I never believe halfof what is told me by anybody down here. I mean, of course, When the matter has a po- litical bearing of any kind. CORRESPONDENT—Suppose the Congressional com- mittee come down here; den’t you thing they will gotat the true state of affairaand find a remedy for REPUBLICAN—I have no confidence in _pollti- cians, whether from the North or the South. The in- vestigation would be regulated solely by its possibie political effect. I believe the repori of a single army oMcer would be infinitely fairer and more valuable. ‘The committee are sure to have a majority report and a minority report, aud the two will be exactly opposed the one to the other. CORRESPONDENT—How do you think these Ka Klux disorders can be put down? RErPUBLICAN—I have never studied the problem very thoroughly. I have no doubt that if the authori- tes were active and energetic they could PUT THEM DOWN with very little trouble. Personally, I do not believe there is any disposition on the part of the people down here to resist the law. They have broken the law, of course; but they would not, im my opinion, take the responsibility of gppoe either the State officials or a squad of United States soldiers by armed ance. They are foolish, but their folly stops short of that. Bad government and the de- moralized state of the country, as I have already explained, account for this disorder. /BRESPONDENT—Thes you think if the Ka Klux are put down the State will still be disturbed ? REPuBLIcAN—Ever since I can remember nearing abont the South, the people here have had different notions of order to what we at the North have, and Ido not believe you can ever change the South by OUTSIDE PRESSURE. You can bring the entire United States Army down here and there will still be an occasional outbreak of Southern feeling—an affray on the street about nothing, or the mobbing of a white woman for living with a negro, or something of that kind. CORRES PONDENT—Time, then, is the only medicine you woula administey? = REPUBLICAN—Time and attention 10 the eral beaith of the commanity. A rie loc: gov- ernment could do a great deal. jucation and the encouragement df every meane that can restore ma- terial prosperity are, in my opinion, the PRINCIPAL AGENTS tobe relied upon. But those are means that only rate very slowly; we innst walt twenty five or fifty yeara ‘before their effect becomes apparent, Then foreign emigration would do much for the country—if you could only succeed in diverting a little of 1t into this channel—which ig not very likely, while the West remains open to it. You cannot, how- ever, hope to do sway ail at once with the demorall- zation of the war and the evil influences of two centuries of siavery by @ Congressional enactment. Patience is absolutely necessary; if we do too much It is quite as great a blunder as doing too little. To @ great extent the South must work out her own saivativn, and I hope and believe she wiil do it ANOTHER CALDWELL ON KLAN, its True Origin, Character and Resulte— Frack’» Opinion of Tedd’s Patrictism and IntelligencemGeneral Sherman the Man for the Democracy=The State Debt, Repadia- tion and the Convention. GREENSBORO’, N. O., May 24, 1871. As the HERALD has already had, through one of its correspondents, an extended interview with the acting Governor Caldwell in relation to the Ku Klux disorders and other affairs in this State, I thought it proper to visit this prosperous and quiet little town to obtain the views of David F, Caldwell, his namesake, on the same subjects, The latter gentieman was born in this county, and is now in the fifty-eighth year of his age. In politics he has always been known a8 @ zealous whig, and for twelve years he represented his county in the Legis- latare. In 1860 he was chosen as elector on the Bell and £verett ticket, and when the war broke out took his position openly agamst secession and for the Union, to which he remained a devoted and steadfast friend to the end, sacrificing personal friendships, frequently risking his life, and in 1864 he ran as a peace candidate for the Legislature, and canvassed his district against the remonstrances of his best friends, Several times during this campaign he was assalicd by the mob and NARROWLY R&CAPED DEATH, but his indomitable plack always prevatied over threats and violence, and he was elected by a hand- some majority. 1p 3866 he was elected to the John- fon convention, after the session of which he returned home and was chosen prosecuting attor- ney, which position he held until the passage of the Reconstruction acts. He afterwards declined the conservative nomination to Congress, but he made @ vigorous canvass of the district in the Interest of the nominee of that party, who was defeated by Israel G. Lash, the radical candidate, There is one THE KU KLUX thing accorded him by all parties, and that is un-, flinching honesty and integrity, and he is one of the incorruptible few who have ever miagled in politics and carried through nis honor ana honesty untar- nished, Under these circumstances, and asa re- Presentative’of, and devoted friend of the Union, f ¢alled upon Mr. Caldwell and found nim in his ofice. After a few brief remarks I asked:— “What is your opinion of the origin and cause of the recent Ku Klux outrages in this State?’ “After much investigation I give it as my decided opinion that nine tenths of all the crimes and mis- demeanors that have been committed in the State can readily be traced to the radical party. The sad demoralization of that party is due to low, vuigar, agrarian officials, and the worthless and impe- cunious aspirants for political preferment, who found it necessary to succeed in estranging the co- lored population from their former owners. After the commissioned agents ef the Freedman's Bureau had succeeded in getting the colored people initiated nd sworn in as members of the leagues, with @ small portion of the white people, and their passions and prejudices thoroughly aroused against all former slayeholders, the party then proposed to ‘abolish ALL SORTS OF PUNISHMENT for crime, except imprisonment in our county jails. This measure was hailed with great joy by the colored population, who believed that their former masters had forfeited all their rights and property, and that as they (the colored people) had been turned adrift to shift tor themselves, it was no harm for them to follow the exampie of the Israelites and borrow from their former taskmasters any and everything they might need to make them comfort- able, These pernicious and demoralizing ideas in- Billled into them soon produced their lexitimate re- sults, Nearly all the jails in the State were CRAMMED TO SUFFOCATION, ag were also all the poor houses, Then for the want of room in the jails and for the purpose of curtail- ing expenses, it was said, many noted villains, and many who had committed minor offences, were tarned adrift and allowed to ply their avocations unmolested, or if arrested for grave offences, were bailed out on insuflicient bonds, with insolvent se- curity for their appearance. In this way was tie Old North State, from seaboatd to mountain top, thus suddenly manipulated by radical leaders into a PARADISE FOR THIEVES. All who violaved law claimed to be ‘truly loyal,’ and the anoinied leaders of the party, as in duty bound, felt called upon to defend their brothers of the leagues, as they had swern to do, And to do them justice they did this moply, even to pardoning hundreds of the most notorious thieves and despe- radoes in the State after they had been duly con. Victed before radical {ndges, prosecuted by radical solicitors and tried by radical juries, In conse- quence of this demoralization life, virtue and prop- erty were unsafe and had no proper legal protec- tion. In this Felgp of triumphant anarchy, general disorder and indiscriminate pillage it was felt by many that {t was absolutely necessary to check the evils complained of, if not eradicate them. ‘Inese were the causes, and such tne design that led to tue formation of the SO-CALLED KU KLUX organization. It did not originate in party, nor had itatfirst any political significance whatever, as 1 have been informed and believe.’’ “Then I sappose you would infer that the radi- cals seized upon the acts of this organization jor Sel ae of political capital ?” “Yes,” said Mr. Caldwell; ‘that party soon found it convenient and profitable to charge all the acts of punishment committed by this organization as he- ing prompted by political prejudices and infictea upon the thieves because they were ‘loyal’ citizens and members of the radical party. TnisIstate to be an UNMITIGATED LIBEL upon the Ka Klux, reprehensible as some of their acts have been. 1 feel confident they punisuea no one simply because he or she was @ radical, Bat this was the turn gives. to their operations, and it succeeded in enabling the party to carry the last elections In some States North.’? “You have heard of the outrage; in Chatham, Harnett, Rutherford and Cleaveland cougties, 80 vezy recently perpetrated ?”” “Qertainly, | have. It was not very long before the radical leagues resorted to the same method as the Ku Kiux in carrying on their operations in the counties you mention, Where they have committed more murders, outrages upon women, robberies, ar- sons and thefts by FIVE HUNDRED PER CENT thanhave been committed by all the Ku Klux or- ganizations in the State. Yet the Ku Klux, though they had disbande1 prior to the exposé at theim- peacument trial of Governor Holden, are held he as the perpetrators of all these bloody midnight crimes and flagrant misdemeanors. In short, the radical party trained the men in the counties named who have committed the crimes which that party parades before Congress and the country and charge upon the democratic and conservative par ties, And their leaders, both tu aud out of Con- gress, know this to be the fact; yet tley persist in their reckless course, simply because they believe it to be their strongest card, and one that they can play to most advantage to aid them in carrying the elections.” “Will the use of United States troops by Deputy United Stutes Marshals have any wholesome effect iu restraining these outrages?!’ “T feel contident that there is no State in the Unton of the same area in territory and number of population where there are fewer crimes or misde- Mmeanors than there are in North Carolina; nor 1s there any crime but could be as well and more ade- ately punished by the State authorities than vy e federal courts, especially if our State officials were competent 10 ill the offices they respectively hold; nor have { ever heard of a crime committed in the State where the perpetrator was known or even suspected, that the criminal has not or could not be arrested by due course of law; therefore am I confident that sutee Logan’s letter was written to have the Ku Klux bill passed, Grant's proclamation issued and troops sent to be marched and counter- marched throughout this and other Southern States for no other purpose than to aid we radicals in car- rying the NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION by intimidation, fraud and raising a false clamor against the South, and thus perpetuate their power until they ultimately succeed in establishing a con- solidated despotisin or oligarchy.”’ “You are of opinion, then, that the Enforcement bill and the Kn Klux iaw have for their object tue success of the rauical party in the next Presidential campaiga f’? “T think I may safely,” said Mr. Caldwell, with peculiar emphasts, ‘as I know f can conscientlousiy answer your inquiry tu the afiirmative. The hue aud cry raised and kept up against the Ku Klux was, and still is mtended tor BUMCOMBES that is, to guil the unsuspecting and credolons por- ton of the honest masse#. But this has vecome the keystone in the radical arch or party. Take away the Ku Klux; then their case has no plausible pre- text to pass such outrageously uncoistitutional bills as the late Ku Kiux act—no pretext for ge | troops into and through the subjugate’ Statea, I other words, give us peace, and that day the radical party TUMBLES INSTANTLY tothe ground, never to rise again. It lives by strife and violence and perpetuates itself im the South alone by such means, And it would be in- finitely better for the Southern States that an honest aud able movarchy should be at once estabiished than that the radical party, wich all its odious ante- cedents and violence, should continue to reign and dominate over us in the arbitary aud cruel tanner ey have done siuce the surrender.” “If the troops were withdrawn and honest men placed in control of the local and hational offices would the good and tfue men, as is General Sher. man’s opinion, put a siop to midnight outrages by the Ku Kigx?? * “No sane fian who is at al) acquainted with the habite and customs or antecedents of our people can entertain a shadow of a doubt upon the subject. Our people are, and ever have been, a law-abiding peo- le, and it Was only when we had no law, or when te laws of the State were perverted to propagate and enooura; pirit of lawlessness, that any one was punished in any other way than the law directs, and that after due conviction and bya jury or his countrymen.” “In Tegard to the propozed State Convention, called by the last Legisiatare for the purpose of amending the State consittution, what was the ob- jeot of your namesake, Governor Ouidwell, im op- posing itr” FRANK ON TODD, “Tt 18 impossibie for me to divine the motives that rompted him pb pital the dictatorial course he has, ut, knowing thé views he has horetofore heid as to the power of the majority of the Legisiature to calla convention and how he vapored when he signed the Western oddress, in 1852, favoring tue call of a con- vention, to say nothing of his vote ou this question, J cannot give him credit for MUCH PATRIOTISM Without diminishing my respect for his intelligence. I think all he hes done or yet may do in this matter has no higher | poor perpone than to make politi- = capi for his , Which bas ever been in inority, and 01 iy perpetuates itself by musrult fraud and violence.” “With your knowledge of the people, can you form any idea of what the personnel of that con- Ks Will be in @ social and politcal polut of view THE CONVENTION, “If che people are ieft to yoie as they desire! have no doubt whatever but they will call a con- vention by an overwheiming majority, ana elect gentiemen to rej them of the highest foie and standing, 4 that, too, withou regard vo party. ee wilfnot be permitted by the radical leaders. Iam satisfied they will resort to all soris of VIOLENCE AND OUTRAGE to prevent the call of @ convention to amend the present ‘THIRF-INSPIRING, inconsistent and ill-advised constitution. do this, as one of their proi some short time since, for ihe reason that they ere of opinion, if they ylelded to the call of a convention at the present time, it would resuit in the total annihilation of the repubiican party bu this Stave for all time to come.”’ “How will the convention act with regard to the je ata and will it repudiate any great portion 01 THE DEBT. “The only fear I have of her ultimate repudiation of the old bonded debt of the State arises (rom what bag been plveauy done by the radicals, Neary ail of They wil nent leaders told me them who were candidates for the Constitutional Convention boldly took the ground that the ola State was dead as Julius Cesar; that North Carolina was now a conquered territory; that her debt would or should be paid by her conquerors, Yet they did not fail to engraft the most stringent provisions in the constitution forbidding any part of the old debt to be called in question, anu requiring that am ade- quate jd be levied to pay the interest annu- ally and, after the year 1880, one-tenth of the princi- Pp ‘The Supreme Court has since decided that the constitution requires this tax to be levied, notwith- standing the limitations on the Legislature found eigewhere in the constitution as regards the amount Ol taxes permitted to be levied on the polis and pro- perty of the State. Aye, instead of levying the required tax to meet the interest on the old debt as it fen due, they added some twenty millions to the bonded debt of the State and squandered the bonds and the tax collected on the new special tax bonds. If the people in calling @ convention do not succeed I areas fear that our State debt, both old and new, wi QUIETLY IGNORED hereafter, as the radicals in the past Legislature neld, after the constitution went into operation. If this policy should be continued for a few 0) the people of the State will be easily induced jlausible aspirants for legislative honors to plead the statute of limitations against the whole debt of the State and the interest thereon. ‘This the Con- vention will do nothing lo encourage, but will man- struggle to make a FAIR AND JUST COMPROMISE with the creditors of the State; at least this is my opinion,” PSOme radical leaders Vary to think the Con- ition will Speer on the civil and political right ol Sowed ae i" race, Is there ground tor such an ap- eusion x “None in the world. I do not believe there is man of any political party in the State that enter- tains the most remote desire or intention to futer- fere with any of these matters, and no persons know this better or believe it MORE FIRMLY than the radicals themselves, however much they may argue and pretend to the contrary.” “How will the State go in the next Presidential election, allowing thatthe Ku Klux law will be rigidly carried out??? “It is impossible to answer that question satisfac- torlly to my own mind, for te reason that I am not able to conjecture how many Ku Kiux outrages the radicals may deem it necessary to have commitved, or where they may deem it most expedient to have them perpetrated, or what degree of cruelty, bru- tality or terror may be used if the Ku Klux law 13 rigidly enforced, “It certainly interests President Grant and his agents to arreat without warrant and imprison and keep in close confinement any and all Persons he may please, and as long as he may de- sire to dogo. It is clear that he has the power bend Ie bill to render it impossible tor his oppo- T HIM IN THIS STATE, confident that if the people heir own sentiments his own party will not vote for his (Gramt’s) renomination in Ubelr national conventions. Nor will the people of this State, should he be renominated, v. for him. A large majority of our people will vote for a true consistent national union man who loves the union and the constitution and who ie willing that the same privileges shall be extended to the WHITES AND THEIR CHILDREN as the colored race now enjoy. Any honest, patriotic and liberal minded man who loves our free institu. tions and willlabor to malntain the reserved nights of the States, tne PRDERAL CONSTITUTION and local governments as first established, can and Will, at any fairiy conducted election that may be held, carry ‘Uns State, and no other, in my opinion, “Jo you ging the democracy of North Carolina would favor the nomination of General Sherman as the Presideatial candidate of that partyt’? “I have already virtually answered your question, The terms proposed by General Sherman to General Johnston at the surrender were votn liberal aud Just, as they WERE POLITIC AND WISE at the time, and, if they nad been accepted by the administration, would bave soon healed all our breaches and the country would have been at peace, For these and other reasons I entertain little or NO DOUBT, if General Sherman should get the democratic con- servative nommation, but he will carry the Siate by & triumphant majority, despite the Ku Klux bill and the presence of the army among us, no matter how formidable may be thetr numbers or how rigidly or cruelly the Ku Klux bill may be enforced.’ “You think @ candidate having for his banner general amnesty and general amity would be elected” “I feel confident of that fact.” This concluded our conversation, and from per- sonal observation and experience in this State 1 can endorse @ great deal that Mr. Caldwell said, particue larly his sentiments with regard to the popularity of General Sberman in the Old North State. THE FLUSHING BIGAMIST. The Search pantou—His Experience with Four Wives. ‘Thirty years ago John Seaman, then a young and dashing man, murried the girl who now calls herself Julia Seaman, and who instituted the action which 1s likely to deprive him of his liberty for perbaps thirty years to come. The Court of Special Sessions, Justices Hamilton and Quarterman, has already oc- cupied the greater part of two days in trying to unravel the mysteries of the case. From the evidence taken it appears that after living with ‘wife No. 1 for twenty-four years, and having by their union four children, he snddenly conceived @ passion forthe Jady who 1s known as wife No, 2 For three years, while still kee! tng up the relation of husband to wile No. 1, he lived with No.2 as her husband. As the two wives lived in different villages the existence of the one was unknown to the other. During all this Ume the reputation of Seaman as an honest and Tespectable member of the community was good. He divided his attentions about equally between his two homes to the satisfaction of both his families, At the end of the three years Mrs, Seaman No. 2 died, but leaving a grown up daughter from some previous Marriage relation. John soon after transferred his atfections to the daughter, which resulted in her be- coming wife No. 8. For three years this last matri- montal venture was a success to outward appear- ances, but John becoming uueaay and wishing a change threw off the mask, Hannah Blair, a maiden of some twenty summers, now filled the eye of ths torice married sinner, but oeing aware of the exist- eance of wife No. 1, all of Jon's sophistry failed to rsuade Ler to take this faise step, and a pretended ivorce from No. 1. Was obtained. For pru- dential reasons both the divorce as well as the marriage ceremouy was kept @ secret. Thus matters stood when wife No. 1 obtained a warrant inst Seaman, and also wife No, 4 née Hannah Blan, for threats. The latter person was promptly held under bonds to keep the peace, and John 1s still on trial. At the last session a little episode occurred which produced great excitement, at one time some of the timid expecting nothing short of a personal encounter, The defence was conducted by Hon. J. W. Covert, and many of the points taken up by him were overruled by the Court, as he contended on personal grounds, which considerably embittered tl. A copy of the divorce was offered as evidence by the defence, but was refused by the Court. This led to some very sharp and personal language and the withdrawal of Mr. Covert from the case, which he said was the last one he would ever conduct before that Court. To enable the prisoner to procare other ‘counsel the case was adjourned uli Thursday and Seanian remanded to jail witaout bail. DUBLE DROWNING ACCIDENT IN HEWAAK, On Saturday evening there was found by oficer D, Smith, in Newark, on the bank of the Morris Canal, near Orange street, a suit of boy’s clothes, It was feared that the owner had met asad fate, but it was not till yesterday that the fears were realized, A diver found the body of a boy em- bedded in the mud at the bottom of the canal, near the bridge. The body was identified as that of John, son of James Leddy, of Prospect place. The litle fellow while bathing, It seems, got beyond his depth and sank unobserved, Also, on Saturday night, about nine o'clock, officers Lang and Van ness found the dead body of an elderly man also floating in the canal rear Chatham street. Yesterday deceased was identified by Alderman Trandt as Edward Krummer, seventy-eignt years of age, and a resident of Keppler’s Hotel. Deceased was near sighted, and pronably accidentally fell over- board, He wasin very poor circumstances, and was a member and beneficiary of Diogenes Lodge, A. F, and A.M. He bad ason living in Brockiyn who, it is alleged, siamefully neglected the old gentieman. In both cages the County Physician ‘Was notified an4 cei tifcates of burial granted, in- quests being deemed unnecessary. WeARY OF WAITING. James C. Egbert, aged twenty-six years, residing at 661 Ninth avenue, yesterday afternoon committed suicide by shooting himself through the heed at his resiJence with a revolver. Coroner Herrmann las been notified, and will hold an inquest to-day. Francis Edward Elarig aged forty-six years, Peta me at the National Hofel, yesterday afternoon called into Hunt's arug store on Amity strect and gave the clerk in charge @ to put up, While he w: he drew & knife from his pocket ang attempted to commit suicide by stabbing himself in tne nock, near the jugular veln. He was removed to the Fit. teenth precinct station honse and attended by Pollce Surgeon Freleigh, who pronounces the wound not ofa serious nature, Kidridge was locked up and will ve before Justice Shandiey at Jeffer- son Market this morning. Sarah Ticker was arrested yesterday afternoon by an officer of the Twenty-seventh precinct for intoxication. While confined inthe station nouse she attempted to comimit suicide by hanging herself to the cell door with her shawl. She was discovered by the doorman in time to save her lfe, RAILRGAD MEETING IN TRENTON. ‘TRENTON, N. J., May 28, 1871, A meeting of the directors of the United Railroad Companies of New Jersey was held here yesterday for the purpose of inaugutating & systematic enort 1o procure the signatures of the stockholders of the different companies to the lease of the roads and Chiat bo the Penusylyania Raiiioad Company. Sun rises... Sun sets, . 432 723 Moon eets...morn 1 58 High water.morn 3 44 OCEAN STEAMERS. DATE OF DEPARTURES FROM NEW YORE FOR THE MONTHS OF MAY AND JUNB. le vanes Paris,..|June eae fi 68 Broad st. :|7 Bowling Green Broadway. 7 Bowling Green 68 eet '7 Bowling Green «|? Bowling Green . 17 Bowling Green PORT OF NEW YORK, MAY 28, 1871, ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YAORTS, Steamsh Jueenstown ‘aneklyn. Steamship Cly Weat 34 mi tase an May 21, lat 2 east; bth, date, lat New York; Py sailed from K Steamshi; ‘20, and the Co, May 26, Georgia, Livingston mdse anc 1:30 PM, C Camp! Steamsh' oy on 10 hence for teras. sleamsiups Morro hence for Savannah. Steamship Gen Barnes, Maliory, 4 passengers, to ‘bt lab 74 48, lon 74 belt, steering N. tp B C Knight, Jobne mdse and passen Steamship Panther, Bell, Georgetown, DC, for Hoboke: ken. Steamship F: Lorillard Sleamatis Bhip Pleiades April oh 5 hours, hee hy since fine weatner. * rel spoke al om ih Maren 1 Tat lea Sion 83 W, mutta for Lot Sbip Asiana & \ Merchant & with Ii jinneb: with 743 tons pig iron an Had lght westerly winds ; been ‘May 9, lat 4433, 10n BOW, passed weather, Bhi Co, days west of the Banks, i a large iceberg. Bark Brace (Nor), Jorgensen, Cardiff 46 days, with railway tron, to or — Bark Guiona DeWol toHs Bankt a inde. May L rom Messina for Philadel Bark Maria (Aus), Pe Sp icopviek & oo f jark Alti!a (Aus), Babarovich, Gibraltar, 35 di to order; vessel to Siocovich & Co. ho ela Bar Susan Sioan (Br), Sloan, Montevideo 63 day: hides, wool and one passenger, to master. _H throughout the Bank *% ord the northe: the e May 13, 01 nort Alice jark Attila W Elwell & Bark I Cummi: sugar to D R de if Ei th, 0 ‘ 21, with mc £S 20 di AHA Ke. fainter (Br), Los) with cottee, to Pendergast Bros. 8, in lon 40 W; had fine weather throughout the Bark Uaroline (Br), Worsnop, nambuco, May 1, with sugar weather the whole pasar W. The ers, Bark Otawa (Kuss), Kibok, Havana, to Walsh, Field & Way—vessel to order. of Hatteras, NP Ratavia (Br), Sowerb BM, with mdse and Gl Jon 85 Jon bark ‘Cromwi }, mdse and le, 4g 43, ers, to @ B Merri gone el palace to 0. meee hr JF Farland, bound ship Flying Spur, do; same Liverpooi May 16, and passengers to Chas May 18, via Key ‘oft Mallory & Or Kk, from Matanzas for 7 brig Aquidnic! FN TD ees pod West, May Pohono, for Cuba, Clapp, New Orleans, way wel 1 Ghatlesion; same day, Castle, ben ) to HB Crom passed steamsh| 100 miles N of Hat- efor Havana =, Savannah M by vingston, Fox & Co. 2th i re exchanged signals with schr Ann one Georgetown, DO, with lelphia, with muse, to the P Plerce, Calcutta Jan 90, and St Helena 20 fo assed Nesmith far. ndon. & Son; vessel to 1t winds and calms. a (Br), "he ih re ‘Crossed th ge. anchored at apenas Bon DY enti r—veasel to Wendt, Tetens & Bockmann. Lian gy os and ; trom thence 16 di 44 18, | 18 20, pas bark B lon ‘spoke bark Bonito, from Rotter ‘ork; 224, lat 4155, lon 63 16, abip Admecal, from Hammell, Antwer Had strong w snow e off Cape Cricutta for ahip City of Madrid, Br), Selkirk, London, 60 days, with o. ‘Came the southern Passage, ‘and had fine Londond jengers, to G Rlo Janeiro. 41 da , sed the Equator ‘iay of Fuiatey BA ds ‘I Kuow ¢ ire pi Came up to winds. 15, lat ‘or New Averpool with mdse westerly gales light rior) May 50 da: enterly winds up to the west of that point with light, variable 42 14, }on 8810, epoke bark iX'J Smith, ipl esarel, Cotte, 58 days, with wine, Had fine weather, Hal fine weather, 8, with lad fine weather juator April fay tasaze. Macico, April 3 Per- TaH I Bwitt € Oo” Hat fae Crossed the Equator May 3, in the Souibweet Sprite For or- Tl days; with sugar ‘Had tine weather 3 Nor, Faulk, Hi: (Nor Faulk, Havana, 13 days, with sugar, to ings (Br), Hookway, ‘olf & Go, Had t) days north of Hatteras. Brig Leopoldo (Ital), Liguori, Alicante 65 days, with wines, &o, to order. Frig Surprise (Br), Smith, Traxillo 18 days, to Laayeratt & Co. Had glittery Had fine weather. weather; 8 day Brig Annie (Br), McDonald, Barbados to Platt, Hewett & Co. Had light winds and west of Rermuda, gentle Abby Thaxter (ot | P ays, Sugar and molasses, to L W sel SC Loud 4'Go. Had “ Brig Caprera (of Stockton), Hichm: with sugar to Danforth Knowlton—' War. Hind ” Bri fin Bon x ter for New Orleans; 23d, lat ras. M ght Left St Jago, 21 days, w' Co—veasel to master. tad 5 lad fine an, vessel moderate. weatner; been 4 days teras. Brig Wilite (Br), McDonald, nce, Montacue & C * Sirig Abby Watson (of Sedgwick), W y K , Watson, Calais, 7 da on to George Holyoke; vessel to Soba’ Boyton: Schr Veto, Staples, Goree, WCA, 28 ¢: pean passenger to fett: Sou’ Cox. Had ‘age weather weg ae lat 38 43, lon 6445, spoke bari ‘aibarin, 18 days; with winds and calms 0, light southerly wind: north of Hatt fo vessel. “2° ‘$ DO. ls. 18 days, with angar, calms; been bangor), Parker, Mayaguez, PR, 16 P Armstrong—vea- wOderate weather. Catbarien, 1 di 1. to Walah, Pied north of Hat- weather. May 21. le McNeill, from Glouces- 81 BI, lom 64 46, brig Eugene, steering N. Schr Annie Whitin (of Castine), Hutchinson, Demerara 19 aay: with su, waa 5 day: Schr D B Steel Schr A Jenn! ings, to Edwin Schr B F Woolsey, Johnaon, Virginia, avey, Georgetawn, DC. mn, DO, for Pawtucket. Schr 8 Morgan, chr Evergree Schr Ridgew: aval stores, to Dollner & 0. Schr Belle Hailady, Potter, Geo Schr St Mary, Steelman, Phi Rowe & Co, Had tne weather; ‘of Hatteras, many Scull, Yast. witier, Virginia. mn, Burton, Geo! ‘ood, Derickson, Seorgeiows, 80, 5 days, with otter—veasel to ED urlbat own, DO. iladelphia for Saici aiem. Schr H F Townsend, Perry, Calais, 6 d. h Simpson & Clapp—vessel to Jed Frye Gon” it! lumber, to Passed Throng fell Gate, BOUND souTA. Steamship Wameutta, Mes with mdse and passengers, to Brig H Meni Schr Freder! stone to Weatervi sehr J Hi al Sehr chard orden, ir CC Morton, Morton, Norwich for Ni hr Ida Deering, Deering, ny nf lng, Dightou for New stone to Bradley & Co. Schr Breeze, Overton, Bebr B! ne, Wick: Schr M. ichr Sehr lack! Ki Schr Sarah, hr De stone to Kberhardt'& Co, Sobr Fountain, Senn Sebr Cornelia, Denn! Selir W Arthur, Hutchinson, lumber to Simpson & Schr Greta, Simpson, rr. Schr A J Woolward, W ‘with lumber. penile) ‘let tick Hall, elt & Co. Hulse, Port Jefferson for Ne Borden, Fail Rivet for New Bedtora for New York, Ferguson & Wood. a Abrams, Boston tor New York. Hall, Peyton, Portland for New York, with helps, to Simpson & Clap Sebr J. ‘ork. Schr Sehr Convoy, Freneb, ite, Sehr El! Sehr 8: Hamilton & jl & A Baker, Jerome, Davis, Portland f 10. Yortiand, Ut, for New New Haven for New York. ton" Providengs tor New Work. Wood's Hole for New ndieton, Bangor for New York, 70. ‘orwich for Rondout. ford for Philadelphia, esebro, Stonington for Ne York. f keepasie. York. York, with ‘ork. lew York, with elt, Fail River for Poughkeepste, son, Mystic for New York. hingoo, Hortiand for New York, with St Jobn, NB, for New York; with lum- Ellsworth fur New York, Quoddy, Fanning, Calais for New York, with lumber un Comstock, Henry, Nantucket Shoals for New E L Gresory, Thornai o! wiht an ae gen ike, Rockland for New York, Schr Flash, ih, Nantucket tor New York, rie, » Rockland for New York, with gran, Georges Bank for New;York. for New York, with lumber to ‘Schr Jacob Raymond, Hayden Providence for New York, BSenr 01 Holyone 8cl jon, Osborne, Belfast Murra: Hi Herat away, 2 Mu Trio meet Ef 7. G for Rondout, with lumber to Sheridan, Athens for New York. ily, Portland for New York, with lumber pal a rowne, Lubec, § days, for New York, with Bo NJ Adams, Gilchrist, Vinalbaven for New York, with Rockland for New York. ew London for New York. Sehr Laconia, Hall, Kockland f i vest pao land for New York, with lime to Sobr Mary Brewer, ‘with lime to Brown & gannders, Rockland for New York, Schr Emily Kelle, Jones, Falmouth for New Yor! Sehr Si with brio! Sehr More! to Btmnyeon Sebr Velma, Sebr Exeter 4o Browne & Co. Schr Ada Hert fish to Mark Sehr RM Clark, to Arnold ght, Bradfor & bo. 7, Pe ‘S & Co. Sebr Franklin ‘ork, Schr Peter Ritter, ierce, stone to Williams & Co. Schr Geu Meade, Samson, Lubec for New York. Sehr Cornel Schr Sarah Ellzabeth, Bord Bebr 8 P Godwin. Waterbury. in nh Eliza! “fo Cogswell, Oyster Bay for New York, 0. rd, Calais for New York, with lath k, Portland for New York. naleton, Rockland for New York, with lime bert, Allen, Gloucester for New York, with nrg | Middletown for New York. ighlanden, Bridgeport for New Revaolde, Cromwell for New York, with Ferris, Fall River for New York. Sebr Fairwind, Bowma: Schr Frank M. ber to Biumpron & ap Sebr Sallie W Ponder, Thrasher, Taunton for New York. Scbr GA Hayden, Harrison, stone to William: Schr A Bi Schr Henry th ofl to Hi iene will Schr Sobr John At Wave, jaria, 1p. Chase, —, Fall Ri iver for New field, Newport for Haverstraw. Doris, Noank for New York. Fall River for New York. Stamfora for New 0, "a4 ford for New York, Wood, Calais for New York, witn ium- ‘ork. nngoer ry for New York, with burg Bric UO. Rick, Providence for New York. New Bedford for Co, lley, Now Bedford for New York, A New York, York. team yacht in Time, Chesebro, Northport for New York. iy Pearl, ke Taal teamer Doris, Youn, mage and amer Brig Magni, Danvil, No Sebr Nautilus x Bebr Justing Sehr Sehr Nevad nee. Bebr © Sebr Sebr J Cc M Pater Bene T Bodin hr Agues, Smith iy angen gers, ets, i (hg Crockett, enn McUomb in brvch 0 Sehr Angetine Vancl Rebr Lake, Miter Schr MR West Behr Minnesota, Bohr Sarah Louleny Behr Kia: to Ieano Odell, Proviienoe for New York, with avis, Providence for New York, with mdse and passengers, to Isaac Odell. BOUND RAST. iee for Dorchester, NB. jew York for Salem. ), New York for Bostor Behr }rogress, Russell, New York for Oak Neo Barker, New Yoru for Bangor. er, Hoboken for Boston, hia for baimer. lent, Carter, New ¥ ‘Gandy, for Rondout @ mat date av , Bouthe Amboy for Providence. port for Pawtucket, Bostor Providence. en fast, Mey bia for Dighton. Money, Philadelphia for Bos! ws altimon 4, Hall, tilaabeth port) Bebr Angler. Hardy, hebr Thos Eilts, Keily, hr F Randolph, A gist, Me. 7s ‘ofwin, Albany for River end. Schr J & H Jewitt, Foster, Camden for Newport and Provi- Ph Lt Elizabeth Joddard, Eljzabet! ‘hersou, Phliadelvl bia for Taunton, bpott tor Providence, for Bostom ee 5 Philade'phia fof Wewpore, ew York ior Waverly. ir Pampero, Holden, New York for St Join, NB. Schr W Warwick, Philadelphia for Hartfo chr Sarah Jane, Forttam, Hicboken for New Haven. Rehr K LB Hutchins, Hoboken for Boston. : FS aa een eee js Schr Susan McDevitt, McDevitt, Fuiladelpnia for Norwicl ‘chr Mary Ann, A‘ Philadelphia for Norwich, iatelpbta for Lynn, Hi for Portsmouth. © Warner, Dickson Gow, N Par ind, ford Schr E Brainerd, Hnil, New York for Porti Seht R Savon, Gibson, New York for Boston Schr Nellie Rich, Rich, New York for Wellfieeet. Schr M Vassar, Kelley, New York for New Bod‘ord. es Sehr ate lew York foi a i George Washi New York for Norwalk. ir Scl . Pook, Sel fe 8 Tyler, Geatih, Phliadelphia for New Haven Schr Haitmore, Lander, Hoboken for New Haven. Schr Angola, -—, Elfzabethport for Salem, Schr Favorite, Jeakins, New York for Cornwallis, NS. Schr BF Brainerd, Au New York for Portland. goer ore Tu aye 7, Phi pany tg for Boston. a i Schr William L Pec New York for Hartford. Bobr J ll Bartlett, Hurris, Philadelphia for Boston. Sloop Cito, Chase, Hudson river for Pro Schr JC Henry, Tike, Philadelphia for Lynn, Schr Mary Allee, Howe, New York for Fort Jefferson. Schr Marthe P King, Swift, Clinton Point for Norwich. Schr Union, ey, New York for Bi Behr Floriag, Woodman: New York (or Boston. jc Echt Kate McLean, Alien, New Yore tor Hartford. br 8 Parker, Carpenter, Murphy, Bobr Atmelia Terry, Prllgdciphin for Now Bedtord. Behr Josophines Baylis, Bilestetaport for Bridgevert. / Wurrestonr, LI, May 23--8:89 PM. The police boat Ser.ece. reported anohiored here over night of ith thats proceeded thie AM. ‘Theaschr raone, from Bangor for New York, with lume ber, to E & J Pettis, received hic ns at Whitestone to deliver cargo to Messra & Grossman & Cole, lege Point. Vessel is now alongside dock at that point, dis- charging, “Wind KSB, good Lreoze, ‘Wind at sunset 8, light. Marine Disasters. BARK ARLEN ANGLER, at Portinnd 27th tnst from Livers pool, reporis had heavy weather, during which shifted argo ‘and was obliged to steer south for better weather. j Souk BFLLE (Br), from Ponce, PR, at Boston May 26, be- fore reported ashore on Nix's Mate, went on at 3 AM sam morning, and came off at high water with the assistance o! two tugs, after discharging about 40 hhds molasses and’ maki Uttle water. 1 SCHR ADALINE, at Salem 27th from Belfast, grounded in the harbor and filled with water. © QUEBRO, May 26—Ship Forganhall (Br), Liddell, from oes Yor Grocnoeky wait Tiber went ashore th at ate mip staamer bas goue'to her assistatice. Island, and wi anchored near Bi Miscelinneous. : Wo are indebted to purser G@ W Whiteford, of the steame ebip Batavia, from Liverpool and Queestown, for bis atten- vannab, has our thanks for favors, ; We are indebted to the purser of the steamshtp Geo Crom well, from New Orleans, for full files of papers. Lannched from the yard of Boss JJ Harris at Port Jeffers, ‘Qch, schr William Young, of about 180 tons, owned by ullder, Capt Geo M i asa packet betwe raon and oth ° ao, been 10} few York, Ender command of Capt P. H ‘At thg same yard ache Belle, of Newark, N, J. ie being re bulit, wfeo barkentino Fleetwing, Capt Jas Davis owner, to be completed by Aug. Mr Harris railways, are also fully ote ge vessels undergolug & ber Geroaetto launched at Patchogue the 16th on . handsome sloop named the Morning Light, to be employed in the clam an oyster trade from Patohogue, under be mand of Capt Howeil Terry. Notice to Meriners. SOUTH PACITIO OCKAN—WEGTERN PART, ‘The following information relative to the pono of Leo petween the Giffbert and Fijl Archipelagoe. has been reo from Commander Henry J Ubutlis- K N, of her Majesty's abip. Rosario, 1570: BYRON ISLAND. The south point of this Island lies io iat 1 about rixty tmulies weatward of he position ' 258, lon 176 40 Fy’ iuslgued 10 8 ok chart No PERU [81 The south point of thi inland Ines ND, } im lat] 95 8, lon 176 08 Ey OPOIA IBLAND, The are of Sophia Island found to be in lat 1046 8, lon Ti9 BLE. ‘On the Sth of November, 187, the Rosario passed three miles westward of a doubt(ul reef shown.on chart No 9464, { Lat 13 80 8, lon 178 40 B, without observirg any signs of al at water, and as there are other mrong corroborative proofs o! ite non-existence, it has therefore been removed from art, ‘On the 7th of November, 1870, the Rosario passed four milew westward of the pose of Onaseuge or* Hunter Island, said to ve situated in lat 16 81 8, lon 176 11 1, but no land was seen from the mast head. Mariners navigating these seas asscrt, that this isiand is not ip the position assigned to it on the chart. A ‘The above longitudes depend on the meridian of the school! house, Levuka, Ovalau, Fiji Islands, being in lon 178 49 LK. RAPA I6LAND, The following information relauve to Rapara or Oparo Island, in | lon M411 W, takea from the weather. register of Captain DE Mackellar, baa been forwarded by. the Meteorological ofce, 1870 :— WINDS AND WEATHER, / The prevailing winds during eight months of the year, from’ Octover to April inclusive, are Jrom the eastward, but about once in three wecka during the summer westerly winds occur, for a short period. From May to the middle of September westerly winds pre? vail, blowing io heavy gusts, with ralu, down alleys of Aburet Bay, owing t the harbor beiug open (0 the eastward ‘and land-locked in other directions, ) ‘rom native report hurricanes arc sometimes experienced’ island, destructive to house, ana rooting up the cocoa = orn ere are nO cocoanut trees et present on the, land. A pecullarity of this island ts the absenoe of surf and swell ;’ n boat can Jand without risk at any part where not too pre- cipitous, There are no known daugers balf a mile from the shore. Burean of Navigation, Hydrographic off Wasbi Shige Te a INDIA—WEBT COAST—1.16 The government of Kombay bas given notice that from the” first day of December, 187), a ght will be exbibited from & Nybthouse recently erected un the outermost ot the Vingorla Rocks or Burnt Islands. ¢ light will be a dioptric li_t of the rourth order, elevated 110 feet above the From the lighthouse Vingoria Point bears E by 8 ‘one-half and Malwan N nine aud oue-fo Position, lat 16 53 20 N, lon 73 26 40 B, GULF OF BIAM--KUSROVIR ROCK, The commander of the Netherlands lodia bark Ellen Bange Ka reports that hie vessel, while under sail on the 12th Ni Asi the neighborhood of the Kusrovie Roo! LS on a shoal on which there was only eleven feet water. j ‘The vessel was at that time north five or #ix miles from the Kusrovie Rock, which was visible from the deck. The dat ger bas accordingly been placed in Jat 111] N, lon 102 47 B. Spoken. Park Amanda (Br), from Stetiin for Philadelphia, May 275, Jat 82, lon 73 50 (by pilot boat Charlotte Webb, No 5). Foreige Porta, Gori WCA, May 2—In port brig K M Healen, J Ady tors poston ct Betiored, = worn iad > Bayan, May 26—Sailed, steamship Cleopatra, Phillips, ‘Harirax, NS, May 97—Arrived brig Mary Givan, Fowler, altimore. Livexroon, May 27—Arrived, ships D W Chapman, New Oneans; Chance, Elmes, Savannah ; Lig ad ¥ y jelet merston; Slocomb, Galves- Chase, New York barks Thos Morris, New Orleans; Lord Pi ton; Moselle, Lefevre, Charleston (all before reported ia news columns). i 4 Ibth, Redbreast, Walsb, New York; GeoS Hunt avann. pRO, May 27—Sailed, steamship Prussian, Dutton, Q Liverpool. oa Amertran Ports. FOSTON, May 27, AM--Arrived. schra Astle Garwoody Goatrey, Richmond, Oa; Taylor & Mathis, Chessman, ani Harriet 8 Brooks, Lore, GeorFetown, DO; Irvine, Laren, Baltimore; Wihem Kennet) Wiegias, and J 8 Lee, Van- Biter, Phiigdeiphin; Harry Leo, Mayo Jaabethnort, Cleared--Bark Scotiaud, Beverley, Mobile tris J 1¢ (Br) Allen, Port an Prince; sclrs A Richards, Jack son Titles Jane L Newton, Rich, Alexandria,’ Va, ‘ahd George- town, O. 2sta-—Arrived, ships Moant Washington, Calentta; Abbots: ford, Liverpool; bark Brunswick, Cadiz; brigs’ Western ON VINGORLA ROOKE. ie and miles. Star, Alzoa Bay; M E Thompson, Cienfuegos; L'C Madero, Kew Orleans; sche Telegraph, ‘Port Ani jonioy also bark George T Kemp, Algon Bay; Yalavere, New Grieans; brig. Waltham, Wilmington. CHARLESTON, May 75--Creares bark Carmen (Sp), Bar- tle, Barcelona; schra AJ Fabens, Bragg, Providence; Lilly, luighes, New York. “Arrived, bark Totimen, Savannah, Salled—Brig Sebastian, Barcelona. MOBILE, etn oe brig Ellen Jones (Br), Jones Portmadoc, W: NEW ORLEANS, May 23—Arrived, steamships Fire Queen (iy Dey, Liverpool; Binliy B Souder, Crowell, Boston} schr, R Rradiey, Chase, do, Helow ship’ Massachusetts, Lezac, rn Fretmared. Schr Royal Arch, Hawkins, Sayannab, Cleared — al Arch, Ha \° 26th—Salied, steamship Juniata, Hoxie, Havana and Phila; SORFOLK, May %#— Arrived, barks Palastina (Br), loch, altumore; RB Mullhall (Br), Stewart, ——; ac Yguig, Barney, New York. abet Bark Harrlaburg HILADELPBIA, Ma: aes Tomiie dary ink, Rotterdam nab ; bark Lydia tin 3 y Cals gry Ryder, Havana, AM—Arrived, steamer Aries, ntwerp vis Bavan- brig Faustina, Pat- Godfrey, Jackson- Kennebec Kiver; George Taulane, ob; Transit, Rackett, and EH At rk: Cohasset, Gibbs, Allyn’s Points x; R Law, Kldridge;J 8 Moulton, mpton, New York, Nickpreon, Boston; Dulitys inez (Ital), Criscuolo, Bristoly Rotterdam ; gchrs Rebecca Flor- Senator Grimes, iF), terron, Ci nas; schrs “Wraith Hh vile: Htattle Page, ‘oot dams; EH Furber, wood, Norris, New brook ; L Smith 5 ‘ett; J K Lawrence, Torrey ; Anni roth nae ey i tra feng agin May eae rus Fossett, Harding; Jonathan May, Smith, ant ‘00d, Gandy, Boston; 8t Mary, Bteeiman, Salem; Jos W Wilson, ) Mo- ‘ork; Chelsea, STOR LAND, lay 26—Arrived, bark Liverpool (Bry, sher, Seer i nL sowanG, Ratringeey New 8 if Int fon ew . RIGHMOND, May 20-—-Arrivod, acir Seabird, Hogan, New YOAVANNAH, May 28—Arrived, steamabip Herman Liv-, ingston, New Yort ; sch re RLLY OBTAINED 1H’ “{ BSOLUTE ORCES LEGALLY OBT. Ae fst de ection, don, cum eo Ww Pubitelty; wo charge until atvores guiaineds anyee ciway. MISCE: HAIR IM- P logant Closter Curl Chatelaine an 8 TUR ONL! A. porte PURCHASE OF $160; two andsome Swit rho retaiis. Fl 13; real Hair (one len) Braide, 83 60, MeN TARLES V. Twa Ber Broadway, near Amity, and 261 Grand street, near Bowery. Cut this out a tertnanennsnceessnietaci® Bg p+ DIyoroes. LEGALLY OBTAINED FROM! the Courte of diferent States. No publicity. Advice Public and Commilagioner for er tate. free, Notary Fitting, Coucseltor-av-Law, 000 Browivway. ai os or tte bona \EORGE W, READ & CO., G Manufacturers and impor Veneers, Fancy Wood: pave in store the finest arsoriinent French Veneers, Hungarian Ash, to which they invite the paflicular attention Of tite trade, ‘Send for @ catalogue and price list. 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