The New York Herald Newspaper, October 12, 1874, Page 4

SOUTH CAROLINA. Desperate Condition of Affairs at Headquarters. A Plan Proposed for Sav- ing the State. MAYOR CUNNINGHAMS VIEWS. | Political Indictments Sworn to by | Bowen and Butz. - Moses & Co. Tyrannizing Over | Charleston. CHARLESTON, Oct. 6, 1874, A serious effort is on foot, the leaders being | chiefly colored men, to redeem this State by beat- | ing D. H, Chambertaine, the brains of the carpet- baggers’ ring. There would not be a mote of | doudt if the federal ofice-holders here were as | fearless to speak out as they were two years ago. | But wey are a good deal paralyzed by the tactics | of United States Senator Patterson, the Wash- | Bowen has bad me indicted, and the newspapers | ington link of this satrapsy, who got a reso- | lution passed in the regular Gonvention advocating @ third term tor President Grant, '{ there could be any possibility for | & third term the President would go a good way | toward it by turning the lignt of his countenance upon the seif-sacrificing, honest men who are striving to give the State of South varolina sufi- cient character to tndorse anybody. If the Cham- berlaine faction could be got rid of the State | would be no less republican in bias. | It would be, perhaps, the most solvent | State of the South; it would put the | last vindication upon the right of free | labor and seli-government to have succe xed | the respectavle despotism of Barnwell Rhett & | Co.; and it would present the most signal and a just citizen in perpetual majority. Everything here, in spite of the blasphemy of the government, | 1s encouraging to the future ofthe State. The | proprietor of the only daily pewspaper in Charles- | ‘ton, a paper re markably just to the colored people | and devoid of political acrimony, said to me, to-day + “If Green were elected Governor to-day my | Charleston delegation in the Legislature and got | | ton city NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1874.--TRIPLE SHEET. tn your city administration, the blacks and whites coin promising i 11?” “les, A freedinen’s Durean man, Mr. Pilsbury, was our rst Mayor, He was believed to be hones The conservatives at the end of fis term put for- ward Mr. Waguer,a German. The Germans hav- ing the wealta and trade he) republicans, they influenced some negro votes. Qn elect jay the commercial class closed tue Stores nd weut to work for seli-preservation. Wagner *as elected by seventeen majority. He g@Ave positions to negroes and whites, and we kept out thieves of ali parties until toward tne close of Ins term, when there was some disturbance, ‘Then the repubitcans nomina the candidates being General Gurney and E. W. N, Mackey. The ring desired to elect Gurney, but finding he would not pull thiongh elected me instead, against my wul 1 was already County Commissioner.” ‘The tacts of Mayor Cunninghim’s election were already known tome. Asa shrewdyet bint phy ical business man, he had always commanded r spect, and as an Alderman he rap far ahead of his ticket. Mortifled at ws superior following the Bowen Commissioners cut his score down 1.700 and then, aware of his popularity, ran tim in as & torlorn nope for Mayor. They almed to keep him ignorant of his strength, yet to use him on deape- rate occasions because of that strength, “I nave now been Mayor a year,” said Mayor Cunningham. “1 am one of the three County Commissioners, too. The Commissioners snould govern the county, and, satisfied with my responst- bility in that oice, 1 desired to have nothing to do witn the city government. Chance gave it to me, to the aisappointment of Bowed, aud en- deavored to make everything decently harmoni- ous, Consistent with honesty. It was impossivle, however, to please Mr. Bowen. He is overbear- ing, malevolent and wicked. I regard him and bis creature, Butz, as two of the worst men I ever saw. They persecute prominent people for political independence, and obscure ones for money. The system of terror prevailing here in Charles- and county reminds me of the days ot the conscription during the war. Indict- ments are willully found, based on perjury, aud juries packed to convict. Persons are indicted, brought to trial, convicted and sentenced within twelve hours, Without previous notification. for three days have contained the fact, but no process has been served upon me. | apprehend that it 18 their intention to arrest me some morn- ing, take me right before @ jury already fixed up, and if they can convict me my oMce will be made | vacant by the act of coavietion.”” I tnquired more closely tuto the Bowen and Butz coterie. The Mayor then gave, as bis opinion, that Mackey, While a politician, pure and simpie, bad Ot been either dishonest or tyrannical in office. Bowen, on the contrary, was a@ desperado, or, as the Mayor said, “A cesperae coward. io your face ig not belligerent; behind your back he scruples not to say and order anything, and the machinery of tne law he will use as if it were his piivate arsenal. Ihe issue of Bowen’s coaittion with the Mackeys | was his rn to Congress, Tiere he gave p.enti- ful oifices to the negroes and greatly controlled their vote, Disgraced in Congress, he ran again against De Large (negro), and seats were reused to either, though both were compensated. he demanded that the Coroner should surrender his customary Tight to appoint the constabu- lary. This incensed the Logan negro fac- Vion, He next worked his creature, Butz, into the solicitorship of the Charleston district. Butz.” said the Mayor, “was a man of un- known origin and life, who used to sleep among the detectives in my office. With the assistance of the Custom House Bowen controiied the nd being generally | He | grateful instance of the black man’s capacity to be | then stripped for the Sherifi’s race, got the vfiice, | in store for us, | and proceeded to tyrannize over everybody. First | privy to it; and that Governor Scott protested uguiust signing so many bonds, bul was ordered to do so bY Chamberlaine, With @ hint that the old | Wise. Green’s speech Was aggressive and re- | spectiul, and he euded by saying thatif he were eiscted Goveruor he would d every puolie | station, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN PROSPECTIVE, Delany, was a bald, rather aged, quite black man, sor’ and fattish, He carried an eyegiass and Wore Wuite gaiters over lus boots, His career nas been memorable, born 1m the year 1812 in the town where Joun Brown was hi ngad, and of @ slave father. He was eaucated at Chambersburg, Wheuce browa invaded the lave States, and set. | thug at Pittsburg with a certain restlei constructiveness he began trary ani temperance societies am u piacks, Starved a colored man’s newspaper an studied medicine. He published a paper with Fred Douziass in 1847-9, and then took a iull | Medical degree at Harvard and was an undaer- | | eel railway director, From Canada, wuere | | he practised medicine, Sailed in 1859 to explore Alrica, und was highly considered by the scientific socielies of Engh and lecturea velore the Royal Geographical ety. He went into the army ‘rom Ou10, was made major, served jour | years 48 inspector, magistrate and soldier, and | settied in the State where he had been all the | whue on duty, and to tuts day ne has never held & Stace office. Comparing this old man, with griz- zied shreds 0! hair, \o the nimbie and unprincip.ed | Elliott, one sves that the black race as well ag crt white hag its Uer- vantes and ts Vegas. Poor and oid, a little vain, but nowhere weak, right-hearted, wn- | classical, & bit humorous anc very earnest, De- | Jany had 10 his simpie romance a touch of nature which made sympatuy and liking for him, He began by the assertion that wien the repub- Moan party took possession of South Carolina re- construction Was un fait accompli, and that it ‘Would nave been better ior the biacks not to uave become immediately partisans in oulk. However, it had suited & class of white adventurers irom the North to keep them a disti.ctive race, voting & contrary ticket ‘rom their white neigabors on all Occasions, Mence they were neld always respon- sibie for the excesses Oo! legislation and derived no | benefit of any kind from that profiigacy, while they vad fallen into contention and at last were conimanded by toe’ nobudies they had promoted. Not one pubiic man had been raised up amoug tle | bondholders coula bring @ sult against him other- | een! juuderer to the peniteutiary, however high bis | | nominated Jonn 8, Witcher, who represented the district before the repeal o! the disa) ling statutes, | under which ao one could be registereu as a voter Unies® he took The testoath, Hereford’s election is considered beyond question @ certainty, though | Ido not think there wil be a tuil vote polled, The republicans know that Witcher cannot be elected, and tne democrats are confident that no extraordinary effort wiii Le necessary Lo elect Hereiord, He has already -erved two terms in Congress al has given neral | though he 18 & carpet-bagee:, who came to this | State trom Caltfornia in 1ovJ, Witcher is @ Vir- ginian, who served tn the federal army during the war, The next fare will be called upon to A UNITED STATES SENATOR to succeed Senator Boreman, and a democrat will be chosen, a8 that body wi'l be largely democratic. There will not be more than two repubticans 10 the Senate and not a dozen in the House. The enty-iour members and the House of sixty-five. There are @ great maby poli- | tickang looming up all over the State as candidates for this position, prominent among whom are | Senate consists of t; Allan I, Capertin, who was one of Virginia's Sena- tors in the derate Congress; Judge Heymond and J. Jamden, Besides these others of less prominence are spoken of, Mr. Camden's chances are now considered the most hopelul, and a8 he Nas a strong hold on his party bis claims will no doubt be vigorously pressed. He was the democratiomnominee in 1872 for Governor, and was the only candidate on the ticket not elected. He was deleated by Governor Jacob, an {ndependent demo and the then Executive of the State, Mr, Cami has, perhaps, done more to organize, discipline and strengthen his party than any other man in the State. He ls @ young man (about forty), of fine sense, great energy, the highest character, liberal views and is thoroughiy devoted to his State. The repubiicans, of course, have no hope 01 electing a Senator. Their policy will be 1o revent.as mauy ocrats as pussivie from go- ing into the nominating caucus, with & view of aiding to elect an independent democrat. POLAR EXPLURATION. Adventures of the Austrian Navigators in the Aretic Region—The Commander of the Expedition Relates His Experi- ences—Frans Joseph Land Described. The London Times of September 26 publishes the native blaccs nor whites. The rapacious reRage bagger had mouided the State to the mode! of his Corruption, and was now threatening old | veteraus of the abolition part and fuitniul black | Soldiers like himsell with t! Mee Here the per- | spirauion burst from old Delany’s torehead, and | he said, “Belore God! let Shen Rut @ pand upon | my liberty and character, all 1 have got in this | lve, and { wiil make it the hottest aay Bowen and | Butz ever bad in South Carolina.” (A roar of | a@ppiause aNc satisfaction Went through the audi- euce.) ‘awake, a poor ensiaved brethren,” Said the speaker. “Tie white peopie of this State are the ouly possible frienus we can keep for ever. | Qur labor, their intelligence, should combine and | gq; | rear @ State, -These intruders from tne North, | nameless there, disgraced here, keep us in ever- | lasting fright with the scarecrow ol more slavery We can never be eusiaved again | | except by ourselves, Tey are @ curse to us!" \ Delany then told of the good of human nature | ne had Seen in pro-s.avery elements. Said he:— | “When I ran as conductor on the underground | railroad before the war, 1 got ten doilars Irom @ | democrat to one from @ republican. Aud in this | | State we go for every kind of advict except poll- | The war is | fies to the old white slavenolders. | done, Hate has lasted too long. Judge Green | and those men of South Carolina who havé joined | our party in che hopelessness of their aifairs to re- | property would be worth filty per cent more | reciprocal State aid for their votes. The Judge | create this State, are to be relied upon to conduct to-morrow. My building cost $40,000. Alter the | war I bought it for $20,000. Now, elect that inde- | pendent republican ticket aud you make it mar- | ketable at $30,000. Elect the Ring ticket and I | could not provably get a bid for it.’? | All the federal ofice-hoiders in Charleston, with | one exception, look favorably upon the indepen- | dents. The exception is Patterson’s creature, | Worthington, the Collector of the Customs, The | negroes of Charieston, by a very large majority, are | for Judge Green, and their compatriot Delany, who was Frederick Douglass’ old newspaper part- ner at Rochester; out the notorious O. 0. Bowen, Sheriff of Charleston, and his ally and protégé, C. W. Butz, the Prosecuting Attorney of the county, are already at work to control the ballot boxes | and procure indictments against the leading in- | dependents. Yesterday they had the republican | Mayor, Cunningham, indicted for misdemeanor, | on Bowen’s oath, for an alleged omence committed | gyearago, R. G. Cain (colored) is indicted for a libel committed in Washington and pubiished in New York. Cain 1s the mdependent can- didate for re-election to Congress, ‘To-nigat | 1s is rumored that they mean to indict | Delany him-eil, independent caudidate for Lieu- tenant Governor, on a charge oj larceny, exag- gerating to tuat definition a deot of this poor col- Ored Mun, Wo 18 sixty-two years of age. ‘Ihe Object of these mdicuments is to get the Mayor suspended so he cannot use the police to keep | order and equity om election day, and to make It | appear, temporariy, that Cain and Delany are as | bad as the state ring. It is probaoie that these measures will cost Mr. Bowen his iife t1 be persists in them. He js Gestitate almost of tear, so long has he run his desperate course. His influence ts | ‘Wasted wita the colored people, and his folowing Low amounts scarcely to a tacuon. AS TO BUTZ, the prosecutor, who is finding these indictments, he is @ new cower here, out his career is scarcely | they call of the names and numbers drawn the | This man turned out to be a | Sheriff irom his book calis off tie number, name | worth skerching. lawyer of the “shyster” sort, who had operated | between the dock and the bar in Various parts | of the word, though a native of New | Jersey, it 1s said. One of his performances was to essay to prepare tne case of De Large, Congressman, whose seat was contested by Bowen. He scia veLarge out, became Bowen's Jriend, and was brought to Charleston and pressed | upon the colored people for Puolic Prosecutor. | Smooth o: speech, if torbidding of lace, he has | been Bowen's associate in all manuer oi terroriz- ing, and is now indicting for political ends who- ever dares oppose Chammbveriaine’s eiecuon. No federal office-uider passes these twain without holding mis nose, except Patterson’s creature aloresaid. ) THE MAYOR OF CHARLESTON is @ prosperous butcner, respected by ail ranks, } just to al, and generally of a hale, Joyous youth, ue day after be was indicted by Bowen and Butz | was presented to wim and made an ap- ointment to meet him this moruing. At the City jall, a gray marble edifice, on a street corner, I found His Honor, for be appeared to be “iis Honor” in beari.g no less tuan in word—a stout- ish, Sandy, prugent man, now Well serious in tue central place o: & mooted prosecution which atects tis fellow citizens no less than Dimseif. He may goto prigon, but it will be @ prison where the good are un and the male- Jactors without; lor never in my lie, as & stranger to ail this sort of legal horror, have! ever feita sense Of terrorization like the present. I shalt give my conversation with the Mayor without re- serve. I wink taat the temporary effect upon Lumself will be to bis long credit, and ‘here is no possible Way of making the situation plain to you here feels the fear of him. Moses, the Governor, desirous of getting his oid place of Speaker of the | both property and liberty to a state of security and virtue never known under the rule of Cnam- | them ts recorded, following account of the recent meeting of the Georgaphical Society of Hamburg, at which the commander O! the Austrian Arctic Expedition and one of hig officere recounted tneir adventures in the Polar Sea:— Captain Weyprecht, who was received with a partons storm of cheers, tien addressed the meet- ig. He said:—Much is told of the fatigues undergone by sailors, but they are generally tor- govten When once they arrive on snore. How much more is this the case when tley receive such a weicome as the one prepared for us! All dangers re easy to Overcome When sucn a recognition of In tue name of ali those who have taken’ part im the expedition I thank you. As 1s @iready known, the year 1872, so far as regards the condition oi the ice, ‘was most uniavorable. Regions where nothing but open water was lormerly found were then full ofice. Even 100 miles to the west of the Admiraity Isiands, in places in previous years periectly ice free, we Came upon a thin but firm ledge of ice, 80 that it was unly with great aificulty we forced our way as far as Nova Zemola. After we had lain there some days in the ice we came through with a@ north wind, On the 12th of August, 1572. we had the joy of greeting Wilczek and Sterneck on the yacht Tsbjirren, Until the following day we sailed | on through well-packed ice, The next morning | the ship was fast fxed in the ice under the iee of a smali cape near Bear Isiand. Here we lay for Legisiature, will oot antagonize him. After Pat- | berlaine, Scott and Bowen. For me, I hate only bad | eight days; @ fresh breeze so drove the ice about terson’s the United purchased election to States Senate, the new Coliector, Wor'h- ington, co-operated wath Bowen’s cohort Consequentiy, sir, all parts of this system of organization unite in Bowen's rson; the State Ting, the United States and the Charleston county government. They require to have the city, waich 1s certain, of itsell, to go against them, and tuey must keep the present Commissioners of Election in office in order to count themselves in if de- feated. WhenI undertook, with an intelligent negro republican (Guililard), to have shat com. mission reconstructed, they got up an indictment against me, on Bowen's personal oath.” Trequested the Mayor to explain this more at | lenge. “There are three Commissioners of Election, to whom ig absolutely committed the counting of the ballots, Bowen is one; Hoyt, a man controlled by Bowen, and a School Commissioner here, is an- other, The other Commissioner 1s a negro, Greg- @ Custom House office, oi which they would deprive him ifhe showed any independence, The conse- | quence is that any election here would »e a farce. Every citizen knows it, | was requested to go to | Columbia aud solicit the Governor to give us, in- stead of Hoyt, anotner republican, and to- stead of Gregory, a member of the Taxpayers’ | He 1s a trifling, cor- | Union, I saw Moses there. rupt man. He promised to make the change, but be never Meant to do so, And because | made that request Butz came to me and said, ‘i am sorry, Cunningham, you went up t Columbia. Is wil) give you trouvie.’ THE CHARGE OP PACKING A JURY. The next thing [ was indicted on the oath of Bowen that I packed a jury, as County Commis- sioner, one year ago, alleged offence had not been heard of. AS soon as 1 periormed a citizen duty obnoxivus to these twain I was indicted by @ jury already arranged, and the petit jary was already selected.” The Mayor then explained the process of drawing ajury. Three Commissioners sit together beiore a box filled with 1,500 names, each numbered. As and residence of the drawer. Tne Clerk of the County records it. “Now,” said the Mayor, “how could @ jury be packed without collusion with the Sberiff and Clerk? The Cierk ip this community is universally trusred. The Sherif, who makes oath to tunis fraud, was himself a ‘gid to the drawing. No, sir! Tuere were just two circumstances on which Bowen and Butz relied to make this charge plausible. My wile’s two nephews were tried by that jury, and having owertul advocates the jury disagreed. Another jury, selected by our commission and the Deputy Sher? (Bowen a absent), convicted both boys. So if there was fraud, it was when Bowen called the names.” The Mayor continued, without feeling :—“It 1s to | me almost a proof that Divine justice has ceased when I see two men like these absolute over the lives and property o/ nearly one bundred thousand people. They can indict anybody, convict anybody; and they do it. Here we have an election ina month, They have already prepared to indict the Mayor, the independent Candidate for Congress, the candidate ior Lieutenant Governor and the proprietor of the Charleston News, criminally. “When we organized our County Commissioners we declined to employ this man Butz as our so- licitor and took, instead, Corbin, a Northern man of good character, Butz, aa District Solicitor, procured A | diferent indictments against us on charges like this. We are forbidden to incur a debt of above $i without advertising. Butz found that our hardware bill had run a few dollars over that sum on the running account. Forth- | with he imdicced us ali. We were pes- tered in this way to Dire his services, until, at last, We broke down, discharged Corbin, and Butz For @ wauole year this | men. I reach the outstretched hand to every white man in this great oid State. They say to You are in the mMajority—ve generous! Give | us honest men and we will vote for them.’ Honest | republicans fa ail they ask. Can we be guiltless be.ore God If we refuse their supplication?” ‘The old darkey’s lace was full of beads of per-* spiration when he came down, amid the cries of | “Go on all niyhti” THEN COLONEL DUNN, the Chairman of the Bolters’ State Committee and head of the Committee o1 Investigation in the | last Legisiature, related how Chamberlaine bad been one o! the twelve persons for whom the Biue Ridge Ratiroad had been sold in trust, the profits being $480,000 to the conspirators. He accused Chamberiaine of being the brains of the Financial Board which had disgraced the State. Said he, | “Attorney General Meiton is reported as saying at @ remote point of this State, that I once | proposed @ scheme to bim by which several reported, { put this proposition to him. | native of the Palmetto State, one of its chivalry. | 1, Northern man, who came on your cuasts & sailor with @ national vessel of war. I have | brought to this State ail my fortune and look to politics va to protect it. If ne is correctly re- orted he is a lar and the truth ts notin him, Vhen we meet again he shall either take that back | or one or the Otuer of us will close our career at that moment.” ‘The sense of a plucky Northern man was notlost on the natives. It gave the negroes a proiounder | respect. | . “By gad,” said an oid rebel officer, ‘that word | ‘lar,’ as he said tt, Was a reai fighting liar.” } Dunn continued:—“I do not know what estt- | mae of manliness men like Patterson and Cham- | berlatne hola; but where I have lived iu the North | a commonwealth were plundered like ours the people would have risen in arms and swept these beggars into the sea Great God! | ig it to be conceived that the properiy holders | of this State will consent to Stand this plunder for- | ever, Toeir patience already has been one of the most admiravie things iu the history of America! men? | tell you, men of colur, there is a coming | storm, unless we avert it by this movement. Lue | is not worth having witn government like this.” Congressman Cain (colored) said be lived in the | hope tnat a row of galiows on the Battery would | soon determine the end of carpet-baggery and plunder tm South Carolina. Bowen has indicted nalf the speakers at this meeting. WEST VIRGINIA POLITICS, | A Congressional Canvass Without Any Issues—A Full Democratic Delegation for the Next Congress. LEWISBURG, Oct, 9, 1874. After an unusually quiet and orderiy campaign the Congressional canvass in this State is now about to close, The election is set for the second | Tuesday of the present month, whicn will be the | 13th inst. There were no issues to speak of, so that the contests in each district rested rather upon the persoual merits and records of the op- | posing candidates than on any party principles or | measures of public interest. All of the candidates— | democrats, republicans and independents—are in | favor of that great water line trom the West to the East, the James River and Kanawha Oana All of them are opposea to the Civil Rights bill— which here {is a dead Jetter; all of them are third- ¢ forenoon wi passe gh | time @ 3 Ceilinged buliing to oi8 office in the second story, | was indicted in advance for fear he would not | SADPOrs Ne; Ts SSN, «ANG siOB-third-tortiaes a square room, Witt a full length portrait of | yote right, He had to vote as Bowen wisuea, and | if he does mot, and ail of them want Wastingtoo against tue wail, and an open | nolle prosegui was entered and the bond dis | more money, whether by inflation or otherwise. door communicating with the counsel’s cnam- | charged.” So that here in Weat Virginia, leaving out local ber in the in this room was a | [tis very evident the present election in Char- raider bid i of w —_ pons jull size, a | jeston will close the career of C. C. Bowen, afairs, there was presented the novelty of a Con- a eng o ainoan, @& portrait | _— gressional canvass without any issues of moment of Genera~suuter and a fine antique miniature _ ‘ Of Lalayette. Across the street stood—on one | 2@tifieation Meeting of the Bolters— | yyon which either the parties or candidates were corner the guard louse, the county edifice on an Other, where Sherif BO presides, and on tne | third the nigh church steeple at whose clock all ‘the camnong of General Giimore were directed. The Mayor is @ native of hast Tenoessee. He adhered to the prejudices of the people. of that | Moubtalhous part against secession, and never did any Work Jor the Confederacy, except a8 @ ma. | agent. He is not lacking in fortitude, howeyer, | and personally heads his police to Keep the peace, | presides with intuitive knowledge of character | and vigor at tue Mayor's Court every day, and | holds tae conidence o/ each c.ass by the security | he gives to ail. | Said the HERALD correspondent :—‘Mayor Onn- | ningham, I have come to South Carolina to get at | the realities of your condition, regardless of poll- tica, aud would ‘like to have an account of the city government since the war.” “Charleston,” said the Mayor, “is not an ex- pensive city. It a8 @ population of over fiity | Shousand, ¢ city debt Of about $5,000,000—none of | Which bas vsen incurred since the war, except Some funded interest of perhaps $700,000—and it | Costs less than $700,000 to carry on the city gov- ernment, or, exciuding interest on the devt, about $400,000. My clerk will give you the items. The joliowing wemorandum was brought in by the cierk :— CHARLESTON APPROPRIATIONS FOR 18' Almshowe. $:0% Commisstoners Gen- Hoard of Health 2.00) “eral Sue e fund... 30,000 City officers... S00 Orphan Home. 1,000 Commissioners Pub- an Cathol le Land: « asylum 6,000 ire Department ablio Printing: 4,009 Gasgnis..... 5 Steet pavements, nuingent.. aun 2 ai drains 9,009 Holy Com, . an) lnsutute 5,000 Cost of the city government. eee $907,000 “We have,” guid the Mayor, “ninety poucemen | receiving $604 month, the majority blacks, ‘The biacks make first class police. There has no rioting since the war. Urder ts preserved bavitue pily. th races are well behaved. The wiht bave been prudent; the blacks have advanced in. creditabiy tu inteliigeace, self-respect and v Tbave been presiding at my court now for or year and! cannot charge either rae with worse conduct than the other. ‘they were equal tn morals, While nearly equal in population, The trade ana improvements of the city bear along weil. If we were left to ourselves there would be great confidence and investment here. Uniorta- bately We present the only point in the Stat yviting the robber politicians to spollation, their field having been Ciosed vy the Courts and the constitution as [0 Making State bonds and piling up the State debt.’ “Yet [hear that von ate exceptionally anate | the stairways. | Regro, made a speech pronouacing the right of in- | depencent action, and took the chair solidly ana Fierce Talk—The Blacks Going for the Carpet-Baggers. ™ _ CHARLESTON, Oct. 7, 1874 Last night the Green ratification meeting was held, About 4,000 persons were gathered before the old stone City Hall, whites and blacks, nearly equal in numbers and all orderly. A brass band on the high front steps played the “Wearing of the Green” as Judge Green came up, wearing, in- Stead of the green, a low, std gray hat, with a biack band. He is @ grave, Montgomery Bilair- ish sort of a man, and with him were the leaders of the cause, perfectly concordant people, of tne least and the best descent, late slaves, recent rebel captains, coa-eyed, tali mulattoes and laughing. faced Loval League men. It was a wonderful pic- ture, before this grimy building, where, in the initiation and course of the repellion, great masses and columns of men, in and out of uniform, bad roamed and marched—a peaceful gathering of both races, with upturned faces, waiting for argu- ment. The United States fag was spread behind the speaker. Policemen of botn colors guarded The presiding oMcer, a well-to-do blandly. JUDGE GREEN, hat off, small-footed, very tall and dressed wholly m black, made a very presentable gubernatorial figure. He nas @ musicai voice, a firm address, dignity and no little tact. 1n short, the candidate fitted the occasion and the office he requested as well ag any Candidate might in any Stace. Alter he had spoken @ few minutes a Bowen negro made an interruption, One of his own color, in police uniform, rushed upon him like & raven, and he was forced under the steps the cellar, and @ negro on the platform quietly said:—"Go on, Judge; he’s rightin the guard house." It was plain to me that the Sourh Carolina negroes possessed @ more conscious citi- Pp than their new fellow citizens | had seen Lhe same circumstances {a Louisiana, are tired out with meetings and have not the ulu®Of Opposition, ‘ the Judge charged the Land Commission, or iswindie upon Mr. Chamberiaine. Next ovk up the conversion fraud bonds, and read ‘ling letter to snow that the Treasurer, Parker, we Attorney Generali, Chamoeriaine, were the sole p ks responsible thing, being for this Here | divided. In the FIRST DISTRICT the contest ts closer than in either of the other two, for it willbe remembered West Virginia only contributes three Solons to the House to make up the combined wisdom of the nation. The demo- cratic nominee 1s Benjamin Wilson, of Harrison county, and Nathan God, the present United States District Attorney, is the republican nominee, The chances are decidedly in favor of the election of Wilson, who was elected to the last Congress, but was not allowed to take his seat by a repub- lican decision. The legal election in this State, prior to this, wasin October, 1872, when Wilson received @ decided majority over bis opponent; but there was another election the same year for | State oMcers in August, An independent candl- | date was voted for at that election, who, having | Ro opposition, received @ heavy vote. This was the first election under the new constitution of the State, and as that instrument was sijent as to Congressional elections the old law still pre. vailed which xed the time for electing Congress- | menin October. Congress saw fit, however, to admit the independent voted for in August, and thus Wilson was cheated out of his seat in the last two sessions Of that body. He has always been & democrat: Was @ member of the late Constit tional Convention, and ts @ men ot bold, forcible and incisive speaker. M Om, b, | Opponent, is @ young man, a republican of the Strictest type, and is Very popular With his party. ‘The contest in the SECOND DISTRICT | Hes between two ex-United States Congressmen, both of them well known to the readers of the HERALD, but one of them particulariy. Charles J. Falkner, who served several terms in Congress prior to the war, and who was Minister to France | Ruder Mr. Buchanan, is the democratic nominee, | He ls opposed by Alexander Boreler, who runs a8 | an independant, merely to gratify an ancieut and | inveterate political antipatiy to Mr. Faikner. | Boteler also served in Congress vefore the wat | and isan old Opponent of Faikner’s. The latte: | will be elected, Hon, Prank Hereiord, of Monroe | county, is the democratic renomince in the | THIRD DISTRICT, and wil! nnqnestionably be elected, as it polis @ | majorivy Of over 5,000 votes, He was opposed un- til recently by John Hall, of Masoi*vounty, an inde- | pendent democratic candidate, who, finding polt- tick too expensive and the prospect 0; being elected to stay at home almost cercain, witharew | from the canvass tn disgust tor Hereford. The Renus feild leaving @ clear 4 then tn Committee | that at one time we were embedded in tce and at another time the ship was in open water, On | the 2ist the wind sbiited, and we said goodby to | the Tybjérren, and continued our course on in an | easterly direction. In the afternoon we came to | clear tract of water, but at midnight, an | east wind having sprung up, the ice closed. The | wind fell, and again the ship was hemmed in. Intentionally, we remained in the ice, since under the uDlavorab'e conditions we were loath to lose the twenty mtles we had gained, and we hoped | that aa easterly wind would again open the ice; | added to which we did not want to winter at so cold a part as Cape Nassau, | an easterly wind, a calm, with a heavy suowiail, set in; the temperature fell and the louse ice be- | came @ compact mass, in Which we lay for three | weeks.” ‘ne spore ‘then Went on to say that it | was only on the 9th of Septemoer that the ice broke up, ‘ong borth wind parved tne ice into | immense masses, and in the midst of one of these | ory, whom they do not consult at ali, aud he holas | persons conld make $100,000, if he is eds He 18 a | the Tegetbott, irmly frozeu up, drifted now to the east and then to the west. Again the temperature | fell, ana the pressure o1 the pack ice began to be jelt. On the 13th of Octover the ice floes began to get smaller, and the ship was in danger Of beg crushed, at one time being raised up and at an- other sinking down. For five months the expiorers lived Jn continual excitement and danger, ana tis constant state o! perii by day and night was the | hardest part to beur Of the whole vovage. The \ boats, With provisions in them, were kept always reudy OD aeck, 80 that the Tegethom might be abaudoped at @ moment’s notice, in Januury, 1873, they reached 73 degrevs north latitude. For worked at the extrication of the ship; but im vain. Everything was tried; but there was no getung | back. By the end of August there were thirty ieet of ice under the vessel, so in September tue work of extrication was relinquisued. It was at the end of August that the new land was nrst sighted, and this greatly rejoiced the explorers, as it was felt to ve the first positive resuit of the expedition. By the miadie of October they were in 80 degrees orth latitude. Tne ice floe in which the vessel was embedded diminished tn size, and at last reached the mainiaua, where tt nxed on to firm ice, aud tnere the ship lay immovable. At this point it was that the explorers were especiaily struck with the extraordinary splendor of the Northern Lights, aud here it was that Lieutenant Payer made his sleign journey. In the spring the explorers re- solved to a>andon their vessel. The boats were jiaced on roliers and provisioned, and at eight P. i of the 20th of May they pushed of trom the Tegethot. The commencement of the journey was Jeariul. Between huge ice blocks, deep snow and pools of water the boats proceeded, every instant death threatening the explorers. in & fortnight they had only succeeded in making seven nautica! miles, On the 17th of June they came trom the land ice into the sea, and what with the ice and whe water their labors were tremendous, After two months they again sighted the ship, Then came stronger winds and iarger tracis of water, so that they were able to get over greater distances with the boats, it was not, however, uni the 15th of August that they came to periectly open -gea, and here it was decided that the crews should all row 1m turns, which was accordingly done and progress made at the rate of forty miles a day. The expedition steered toward Nova Zembla in the hope oi finding there some Norwegian vessels; but none were to be found, The condition of the explorers was comiortiess tn the extreme. The sea ran high, the temperature was low; olten wet through, they were unable to cook anything. No Norwegian vessei being ound, they determined crait in any of the bays. On the 24th of August they discovered a schooner, by the crew of which they were taken on board and treated most kindly, ‘They shared with tne explorers all ek had, and on the 3d of September janded them in Norway. LIEUTENANT PAYER'S ACCOUNT OF FRANZ JOSEPH LAND, Lieutenant Payer, who followed Captain Wey- precht, gave a most Interesting description of the newly discovered Franz Joseph Land. He said it Was doubtiul whether the new land was an isiand or acontinent, At first they saw only a high wre wall, Between the 9th of March and the 410 Of May the explorers made three journeys to th country on sieighs. The sleighs carrie sixteen hundreaweight, and ere dragged by himsell, five of the crew and taree dogs. the explorers found a jong sound over 100 miles in preadsa, which divided the coun- try into two parts. In monolethic, The general character of the land differs widely from otuer Arctic regions and pos- sesses none Of the Alpine Jormations met with in East Greenland and Spitzbergen. The lana ig full of plateaux, ampnitheatrical forma- tions. and blunt cones, and it posst- bie that the country also possesses volca- noes. It varies in altitude, The hilis are trom 2,000 to 5,000 feet in height. An immense glacier, fifteen German miles in length, ts iound in the greatsound. Alithe sounds are full of colossal send ad which possioly Mind their way through some Asiatic sea passage. After journeying tor twelve days the explorers arrived in latitade 81 deg. 36 sec., and at that point the barometer rose to ten degrees; Dlack clouds appeared upon the horizon, the ice became brittle, the biras flew northward, aud everyihing betokened that they were in the vicinity of an open sea, many foxes, and countless birds covered the rocks along the coast. They conciuded their journey in a horsheriy direction on the 12th of ril, When they reached latitude 82 deg. 6 sec. Lieutenant Payer does not believe that this coun- try is accessibie to ships, for if they came irom the norvh how could they return? in the south and | inthe sound of Franz Joseph Land there is no | anchorage, and even ifa ship should succeed in | reaching the nortn of the land the return would be too dangerous, Both the speeches of Captain Weyprecht and Lieutenant Payer were most enthusiasticaily re- ceived, SENATOR OAMERON'S ADOPTED DOG. [from the San Francisco Chronicle.) Senator Cameron and party and a number of in- vited guests were taken on an excursion around the bay on Wednesday on the revenue steamer Oliver Wolcott, The party did not land anywhere, but were giver an opportunity to see the fortifica- tions, Mare Island and our surroundings. When the steamer was passing between Goat Isiand and the city front a dog was discovered midway in the stream, swimming from the isiand toward the city Wharves, Senator Cameron's sympathies were aroused im behalf of the poor brute, and at his re- quest the steamer Was stopped, & boat lowered and the dog taken on board. pleased with the pluck and intelligence of the dog thai he adopted the animal and will rake him Hast ! on bis return satissaction, © Instead, however, of | five months during the summer Of that year they | to see if they could find & Russian salmon fishing | this sound there were | many islands. The suriace of the country is chiefly | They saw | The Senator was 50 | FORMOSA. American Official Complications---The Result of the Late War. GENERAL LE GENDRE’S ARREST IN CHINA. The United States Consul General Charges Him as an Agent of Japan. Released by Order, but No Satis- faction. 4 JEDDO, Sept. 12, 1874 The Japanese government has just received from Shanghae the full and complete details of the arrest of General Le Gendre, at Amoy, and o! the subsequent proceedings connected with the case. ‘The various documents throw a new hight upon the origin of the action, and place the responsi- bility tn an unexpected quarter. As nothing be- yond the merest outline of the affair has yot been made pubic, 1¢ may be interesting to relate the circumstances as they occurred from the begin- ning. . HISTORY OF THE CASB. General Le Gendre, having been the confidential adviser of the Japanese in all the business relating vo Formosa, was sent to Hong Kong tn the latter part of July, with instructions to proceed nosth- ward to Foochow, and there enter upon peacelul negotiations with the Viceroy of Fo-kien, having concluded which he was to go on to Pekin, to assist in the deliberations that were taking place respecting the agreement en- tered {oto last June between General Saigo and Commissioner Shen, in the Japanese camp at Liang-kiao. His mission was purely in the interest o! peace, and no action on his part could have tended to any other result, To reach Foochow tt was necessary for him to pass through amcy; on landing at which place he was forcibly arrested by the Marshal of the United States Con- Bulate, assisted by officers and marines of the United States stip Yaatic. This occurred on the 6th of August, On the tollowing morning, accom- panied by four bondsmen—Messrs, N. C. Stevens, John Middleton, J. ©. Wardlaw and Randall H. Pye—he went into court, and, in the course of a slight delay before the opening of proceedings, | asked for the reasons of his arrest. He was in- formed that it was needless for him to inquire; that tt had been decided by the Court to hold him for urial and that no explanation could be given him for the present. Tne American Consul, Mr. J. J, Henderson, then delivered the following ADDRESS. Mr. Le Gendre, yesterday, upon official complaint by Chinese provincial authorities, together with public information, tacts within my own knowledge and others, whico [ have good reason to believe to be true, bat finally, and above ali, acting under instructions irom the United States Legstion at Pekin, I caused you to be apprehended on a charge of advising, aiding and ae an expeaition in hostility to the government of China, to wit:—ihe Japavese armed expedition now operating in the isiand of Formosa, in vivlation of the laws of the United States and their treaty obligations with Chins and the peace resting on those laws and ob- ligation. It ts claimed that the island of Formosa & part of the dominion of the Emperor o/ China; and in the landing of an armed jorce upon that island ana making War upon its inhabitants con- stitutes the offence, the commission of which you are charged with alding and apetting. In proof that tuis expedition ts hostile to China, we bave the official deciaration of her government. The Violation of the laws of the Uniteu States and their treaties with China will, tor the present, be pre- sumed to follow. The charge of your connection with the enterprise 18 based upon the items of evidence I bave recounted as justifying your ar- rest, Some of the articles of the treaty and pro- visions of jaw bearing upon the case are the following:—(vide Art. I, treaty of 1858) in the broadest language establisning the peace be- tween the two nations * (see Art. II, 1d.) This articie defines offences in the most com- prehensive language—the phrase ‘or commit any other improper act in China” is particularly s0— (see section 1, Law of United States, April 20, 1818; see section 7, Law of United States, June 22, 1860). The terms employed in this section are somewhat indefinite, but most compretiensive; | “the Consul Ln upon facts within his own know- ledge, or which he has good reason to believe to be true, &c,, issue his warrant for the arrest of any citizen of the United States charged with coinmitung in the country an offence against law * * © (see section 20, id.). Tunis section author- ized the Minister or Consul “todo and perform whatever 18 necessary to carry the provisions of the treaty into full effect (see also section 24, 1d.). The atep which has been taken, with what jow, involves considerations of great 1m- portance not only to yourself, but 10 to the gov- ernment ot China, the United States and probably the Japanese government and the expedition you re charged with assisting. It is, therefore, obvious that nothing relating to 80 grave a matter Should be done without due consideration and reparation. In view of the present imperfect nowledge of the Court and the peculiar and ex- traordinary character of circumstances, it 13 im- practicable to proceed with the investigation at this time, ana I can only hold you subject to the further order of the Court dependent on the re- Ceipt of instractions trom Pekin, Every effort will meantime be made to bring the cage to a hear- ing 43 BvON a8 pozsible. wiil remark that, out of the respect feel for your character and position, past and present, it 18 My Gisposition to treat you considerately; it 18 for the first importance, however, that you do not depart the Court, The circumstances—the prob: | wble value of your services to the expedition you | are charged with serving—demand that you give & heavy bond, and, since you are not among strang: | ers, it will not be dificult for you to obtain ample | security for your attendance at Court. ‘Therefore it is offered that you be held subject to the fur:her | order of the Court, and your bail will be fixed at $25,000, your wond to be executed in compliance with the rales of the Court. in default you will ve committed, | AMERICAN DIPLOMACY AND OFFICIAL MISTAKES. Notwitnstanding the fact that Consul Hender- son declared his action to be “above all, under in- | struction from Pekin,” there were many points in the above statement that excited much surprise. He was known to have been. at least untii re- cently, quite opposed to the, Chinese side of the general controversy, and to have issued certain | former admonttory documents to Americans in | Formosa, solely in consequence of orders irom Mr, Williams, phe United States Chargé d’Aftaires. | The few attempts at legal justification in this jn- | stance were therefore unexpected, A word or two of remark concerning them will nos be out of place, The allusion to “complaint by Chinese authori. ties” is based upon the letter sent by the Vicero! of Fukien to Mr. Henderson, ‘which has siready | been published, and in which the writer says:— “I! in the vessels that are gone to Formosa there are American citizens aiding the Japanese, we ask you to punish those that are acting improperly, whether on iandor sea, in accordance with the eleventh articie of the treaty and the laws ot your country.” General Le Gendre, how- ever, Was Not in one of the vessels that went to Formosa, nor had he been in the tsland since 1872, He was not even purpostug to go there, If he had been he could have sailed on one of the Japanese Mmen-ol-war that leit Amoy on the day of his are rival before his arrest had taken place. It was periectiy well Known that his desunation was ‘oochow and Shanghae, and that a transport was in waiting in Amoy harbor to take him to those places. oreover, he was ready to prove his in- ventions by showing his oificiai credentials and in- structions; but this, the Consul tniormed him, he could not be allowed to do, Consul Henderson’s charge of violation of the “peace resting on the laws and obligations” between tue United States | and China is disposed of by the jact that no war existed, or even yet exists, vecween any Powers with which the United States are at peace, and an ample recognition of this tact happened to be aflorded on the very day of the arrest by the circumstance that the Japanese Consul at Amoy breakfasied, by invitation, with the Chinese Admirai, Li. ‘he Consul quotes from the treaty to prove that among possible Offences is the commission of any “improper act in China.” The only act that General Le Gendre had committed was that of landing from the british ship Kwan Tung. The formai asseveration by the Consul, that because China has declared the Formosa expedition to be hostile General Le Gendre’s “violation 0; the laws of the United States and their treaties will be presumed to fol- low,” needs no comment, THE PRISONER'S PROTRST AND DEFRNCB OF HIS conpuer. At the close of Mr. Henderson’s remarks General Le Gendre commenced to speak, but was inter- Tupted, told that shia was “unnecessary, and as- sured that all he could say for the present to se- cure his release would be of no avail.” fle replied that he had no desire to argue the Case, Out simply LO enter protest, which he was allowed to do, He read a lengthy paper detailing | the fact of his mission and commission trom | Japan, his arrest and so torth. General Le Gendre concluded by urging that he | should be sent to Shanghae, where he should at least have the benefit of counsel. This, as we are | aware, Was Subsequently done, But immediately upon his arrival there the case assumed new aspect. ‘The accused was unconditionally dischseged. This at first was a greater surprise than the Original seizure, but iL now needed Only & few in- quiries to fully elucidate the whole mystery. It was found that some time previous to General Le Gendre’s appearance at Amoy, Mr. Henderson had written to Mr. Williams, at Pekin, asking how he shoula proceed, in the event of having to deal directly with the visiior. Before the Chargé had had time to send bis answer, or her before ti Answer could reach its destination, Gener Le Gendre had landed. Hearing tats, Consul Gen- eral Seward telegraphed from Svanghae, on his own responsibility, sofar as is known, “Arrest Le Gendre, provided you can do so without confitct- ing with Japanese authorities.” It must be remembered that although telegraphic communication exists between snanghae and Amoy, there {ts no quicker transit between Pekin and the South than that afforded by steamboats. Mr. Henderson, being under the impression that Mr. Seward acted by grder of the Chargé, wook proceedings a8 above narrated. While General i Gendre was un the way to Shanghae Mr, Williams’ reply to the original in- quiries reached that place, It stated, if [am cor- rectly informed, that General Le Gendre was no‘ to be arrested #¢ all, Learning this, Mr. Seward sent &@ Marshal to the prisoner—ior such he must, In tact, be considered—to say that he was released. by order Of the Minister, and that there would be BR onpaARaA, to try him, rom that moment until the departure of = eral Le Gendre for Pekin, on the auth of ste the Consul General never alluded to the aftai althougn the two gentlemen met and neld con- Versation on other subjects, Possibly, under the circumstances, it was Mr. Seward’s dest policy to preserve an absolute silence, inasmuch as, in the present aspect of the case, no justification, nor ) omnia of Lis Course could be put ior- ari THE BUFFALO BODY SNATOHING, Removal of the Body Found in the Diew secting Room of the Medical College= The Question of Identity Growing in Importance. (From the Buffalo Courier, Oct. 10.) The body of the woman tound on one of the dis- recting tables in the Medical College on Thursday, and fdentified by the husband and others as that of the late Mrs. Richard J. Carey, was removed yesterday forenoon to Mr. Crowley’s morgue, where it will pe detained uatil the present mystery which hangs over itis cieared up. Nothing of in- terest has transpired in reierence to the case since our last report, and further developments will scarcely be made before the preliminary examl- nation of the medical students. In view of the importance of the case, and the interest which the general public and the outraged family have in it, @ reporter of the Courier was last evening requested to procure from Dr. Julius F, Miner his views of the case, since it was understood that he had opinions on tue subject. Our reporter found Dr, Miner unex- pectedly outspoken and positive about the affair. je 18 @ Member Of the College Council; Is its Pro- fessor of Special Surgery, and is devoted to the welfare of the tnstitution, Setting aside the con- versational feature o/ the interview, the following is DR. MINER’S STATEMENT, 1 have bestowed upon this matter my personal attention, and am perfectly satstied of the inno- cence o! the college. Iam not connected with the anatomical depurtment; but it is very important to the citizens of Buffalo, a8 well as to the Medical College, that the innocence of the college shall be thoroughly established. The Faculty @eply regret that aby depredation of the kind should occur in tnis vicinity calculated to excite suspicion against the institution. This is the dissecting term in ine college, and subjects are suppiled from legal sources, Our dissections are made in open session, with doors open to all who may ask admission— as much so as in any of our punlic schools, although, of course, it 18 not expected that the privacy of the dissecting room will be invaded by the public. The fact that the body found on the dissecting table had almost been publicly exposed 4s proof of the innocence of the college. The author- ities have taken tie body of a female trom the dissecting tabie, and the husband, the sister and undertaker Crowley claim it as the body of Mrs. Carey; while the college has the best of proof that the body in question was on the dissecting table before the death of Mrs. Carey. Furthermore, her attending physician and many well acquainted with her, are ready to swear that itis not the body of hrs, carey, In other words, the coliege knows that It is not the body, and have sufficient evidence to prove it to the satisfaction of all. The college has made a formal claim to the body taken irom its dissecting room, and intend to enforce the same. A post-mortem examination is to be made, which will show beyond a doubt that the body taken is not that of Mrs. Carey. A CLEAR CASE is here made, and the question of identity can only be satisfactorily settied by a post-mortem ex- amination, The parties on both sides of this case are beyond doubt nonest in their convictions, but, necessarily, one or the other Is {n error, AROHBISHOP tects ON CHURCH SPOLIA- Archbishop Manning preached in St. John's Cathedral, Manchester, Septemoer 27, in ald of the funds for rebuilding the Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury, in Rome. His subject led him to re- view the controversy between Thomas & Becket and Henry U., of England, which ended in the Martyrdom of St. Thomas at Canterbury. He said that St. Thomas died in defence of the liberties of the Church to elect her own bishops, to appoint her own priests, to define who were her cwn mem- bers, and of the principle that no man could lay hands upon property once consecrated to God by the faithful, without sin and riiege, even as kings, princes, peoples and revolutions bad committed in every century and were com- mitting now more widely than ever, thus robbing the Church of Goda. He then narrated the lie of Thomas & Becket and summed up uy saying that 300 years ago the cause of Henry Il., which Thomas & Becket re- sisted, became triumphant under Henry VIII., who robbed the Charch of all it possessed in this world, The cause of St. Thomas was the cause of the peo- ple of Engtand tn his day; but it was also the cause of the Holy Catholc Church through- out the world, and tne cause of Pius i 5 Why had the Sovereign Pontiff for tour long years never put his foot over his threshold [t was be- cause the liberties of the Holy See bad been vio- ed, Pius 1X, Was now standing on identically the same principles as Thomas A Becket did. and, Itke him, was ready to lay down his life for them if need were. 5 AN INHUMAN WRETOR. He,Murders Two Men at Oswego, Kan« sas—Particulars of the Crime. {From the Fort Scott (Kansas) Monitor, Oct. 6.) John Bagby, who is a resident of Howard county, Kansas, attended the fair which was neid near Os- Wego and became intoxicated, A difficulty arose about a swing between the prisoner and some | Sowre other persons, in which two policemen in- terfered to put a stop to the disturbance. As near as we can jearn the names of the policemen are Hogset and Westfall, the latter being @ special po- liceman and the former on the regular force. Hogset attempted to arrest Bagby, when he drew a large pocket knife and plunged it into his bow- els cutting an awful gash and letting his bowels completely ont, He jell to the ground and expired almost immediately. Westfs! then stepped up and tapped Bagby on the shoulder, and said, “You're my prisoner.” He at once straock kim several times with the same knife, cut ting him in the abdomen in @ horrible manner, when he turned torun away; but before he got out of his reach Bagby dealt him two more blows on the back, which penetrated his lungs aud felled him, At last accounts Westfall was alive, but bee yond all possible nope of recovery. The bystanders then closed in on Bagby, who was secured and taken to tie jail, followed by an immense crowd, who yelled and hallooed ail kin of epithets against nim, and made an effort totake him and beg | him up without a judge or jury, and it was with the greatest difficuity that they were restrained. On arriving at the jall the prisoner ‘was hurried in and the door quickly closed, and an extra force of men stood guard, and had it not been for the efforts of Mr. Bettes, who addressed the crowd and advised them to jet the law take its rep ogg they would have hanged him then aod there. The jail being insuMctent to protect the prisoner, @piece of strategy was resorted to to get him aboard of the train to bring him to this city. While the crowd was clamoring for and whsagpae ba | tne re- lease of the prisoner, the officers took from the | jail another prisoner, whom they took to the depot, followed by the crowd, which was deter- mined to have him, and it was only when they found out their mistake in the man that they de- sisted. In the meantime, in the absence of the crowd, the authorities took the murderer and, in aroundabont way, brought bim to the railway track, nailed a freight train and put him aboard, He was taken to Parsons and then transferred to the passenger train and brought to this city. DISRABLI’S PARTY DISCIPLINE. (London (September 27) correspondence of Liver- pool Post.) ‘The admirable discipline maintained in the com Servative camp is tlustrated by the withdrawal ol Mr. Powell, one of the conservative candidates for Cambridgeshire. Four or five days ago Mr. Powell pledged himself to go to the poll against ait comers; but a little reflection and little judicious advice from headquarters quickly dissolved his resolution, Mr. Powell was led to understand that unless lie yielded to tne advice given him by bis party leaders the countenance o/ the conservatives: would be Withdrawn trom him in any future elec: tion comtest, It became evident that Mr, Rodwell was the Javorite wirt the farmers, and Mr. Powell has only by a timely retreat avoided a aevere de- feat at