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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1S10. CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YR AK. r THE NIOBE OF CITIES. LATEST REPORTS FROM THE SMOK? ING RUINS OF CHICAGO. How Assistance Should be Sent-Tin Newspapers Rising from their Ashes The Relier .Movement Throughout the Count./ amt in Europe-Insurance and Losses. CHICAGO, October 12. Mayor Mason requests that ali persons de sirona ol aiding the Chicago sufferers send money instead of purchasing supplies. Flour. ham?, blankets and bedding are needed, but contributions should come in cash. Drafts should be made payable to the order of David A. Gage, city treasurer, Chicago, ard should be addressed to him. - The Republican this morning issued a halt sheet, and the Tribune an entire sheet, Ailed willi advertisements and announcements of merchants' change of localities. /ighty dead are now in the Morgue. The Relief movement. GALVESTON, October 12 Greenwell^ Opera House gives a benefit performance on Monday for the sufferers, The Galveston printers give their Monday's earnings to Chicago, and suggest that the craft throughout the Union do the same. The Chamber of Commerce is raising money for Caicago. NEW ORLEANS. Oe: ober 12. The Knights of Pythias hold a convention ^to-morrow for the benefit of Chicago. Bidwell's Academy of Music and the Min? strels give benefit performances on Monday. LONDON. October 12. The municipalities and trades associations throughout England are moving to the relie! of Chicago. The amount raired will be large. Large subscriptions will come in from the Continent. SALT LAKE, October 12. Brigham Young gives Chicago $1000. The Mormons give $10,000. This city gives ?50,000. Insurance and Losses. A Caicago telegram, ol Wednesday evening, says: A careful survey of the Insurance shows that there were written on the property destroyed over $200,000,000; add another $100,000,000 to this sum and a lair estimate can be reached of the los3. All the leading merchants who have been seen express a determination to resume business at once. The total loss of grain is definitely ascertain ed to be 1.600.0001 dshels. Four vessels were loaded with grain for the East to-day. and the Eastern movement will continue as there are fyfiTy five million bushels now In store. Insur ance items have been gathered from trust? worthy sources. The Royal Insurance Com? pany, of Liverpool, loses $133,000: Imperial, of Liverpool, $900,000; North British, Liver pool, $2,700,000. Good authority foots up losses of Liverpool and London Insurance compa? nies at $4,500,000. All the Chicago companies are bankrupt. All the banks will be able to resume business. A number of bank vaults have been opened, and their contents, without exception, a.-e uninjured. Every banK In the city claims that in time it will be able to pay every dollar of Its Indebtednes i. NEW \ IRK, October 12 The Home Insurance Company after paying two millions, their loss at Chicago, claim that they have two and three-quarter millions of assets left. ~ THE DESTR UCTION OF CHIC. 1G O. The Stoat Disastrous Fire Ever Known -The Commercial Importance or tue City-How the News was Received In New York-Excitement In Wall Street and the Produce Markets-The Dry doods Merchants. [From the New York Bulletin.l This is doubtless the most extended confla? gration the world has ever known, since lt sur? passes the great f re of London in 1683, that of New York In 1835, and that of Constantinople two years ago. TUE COMMERCIAL POSITION OF CHICAGO Chicago was a city of about thirty-five years growth. During that period its increase In population and material prosperity was greater than that of any other city of which we have record. At the time of its destruction lt was tire second grain centre in the world, Odessa bein.' the first. It was also the greatest rail? road centre io the world, being the principal Western objective point tor ali Eastern rail? ways between Portland and Baltimore, and the Northern objective point of ali railways be? tween Rlch'uond and Galveston. The commer? cial lmporta .ee of Chicago was primarily due to the tact ol its relatively favorable situation near the centre of the country that lies between the lines of latitude whose soil and climate at the same time favor the development of energy and enterprise, and the production ot such articles of vegetable and animal classification as are cf most value to mankind. IXCirSMENT IN WALL STREET. As successive reports of the progress of the fire were received at the Stock Exchange and private offices, lt began to be considered how much so vast a destruction of property in the great railroad centre of the continent might affect the general value of railway stocks, since a majority of all our railroads connect with lines that enter Chicago. The result of these reflections was to render the stock mar ket dull and weak for general shares, while concerning many of the roads whose main de? pendence for business is on Chicago, the stocks tell from 5 to 7 and 7 to 10 per cent. Seven per cent. Interest and one-quarter per cent, commission added were bid yesterday aller noon for money "over night;" and the more ?iously members of the Stock Exchange lected on the calamity the more they seem ed to be convinced ot its far reaching and disastrous influence. It may be properly men tioned in this connection that the strictly banking cap'tal ot Chicago did not exceed $10,000,000. The partial panic which prevailed yesterday was reached the more easily in con? sequence of the sensitive condition In which the market has been for some days in sympa? thy with the feverish money market abrca i, and the growing scarcity of funds here. The I ! "tasar" speculators, too, had been maturing |1 their plans lor depressing securities, and a more serious panic than occurred yesterday would not have been an unnatural result. . Lively limes are looked for in the street to? morrow, unless the market rallies before the hour for deliveries. THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE. The feeling on 'Change yesterday was one ot . uncertainty. Various conflicting reports were i afloat, and It was found impossible to place re-11 llance on anything. In consequence of this but little business was done. The holders of grain in Chicago insisted that most o', the stock stored in that city had been destroyed, and asked for high prices for what was sup? posed to be left, but the buyers refused to respond until some definite information was obtained. Telegraphic communication having been interrupted, no market reports were re? ceived, and this served to increase the exist? ing uncertainty and confusion. There was but little excitement visible, and what little lhere was was caused by the eagerness of the mer? chants lo obtain the latest information In re? gard to the progress ot the fire. Business was for the ti me forgotten, or else confined to tbe actual necessities of buyers. During the day private dispatches were received by members ot the Exchange, that as many as Alleen elevators were destroyed, but as the telegrams failed to give their locality or the amount of grain they contained, they were looked upon as exaggera? tions, sent probably tor the purpose of advan? cing the market. Other dispatches estimated the number ot elevators destroyed to be six, .and this number was generally regarded as the truth. All these dispatches, however, tail? ed to cause anv excitement, or even specula? tion The loss of the grain, though it may in? terrupt many transactions, is not regarded as so serious as the loss of the elevators, for if these be destroyed the forwarders will be unable toondie large quantities and forward it as quickly as lt will be required. This at presi a serious consid?r?t ion, lor most of the crop already in. and all persons concerned are ?otis that they should reach tidewater bi navigation closes. All the reports rec? thus far from the grain growing districl Europe have represented the crops as si Large quantities will thereiore be require this market lor export. Tho supply in tht at present ls very low. and If communict between here and the \Ve9t should be ii rupted lor only a few days, the effect woul a general advance in tbe breadstuff's mai Holders of grain are fearful that the Chi* companies, in which most of them are insu may not be able to pay their enormous loi and io consequence anticipate a local di cial panic. The supply of grain in store and in elava at Chicago, on the 30th ol September, wa follows : Wheat.bush..1.Si Corn. Oats.1,6* Barley. 41! Bye. 47( Total.6,2s; The value of this stock may be roughly ? mated at about $6,000,000. What nart < has been consumed there ls at present means of ascertaining. The only article I was really affected on the market jester was broom corn. Almost the entire West crop was boused in Chicago, preparatorj being forwarded to other markets, and supposition is that most of it, if not all, been destroyed. About 4000 bales were by tbe Are Saturday night a week ago, an slight advance was the consequence, i now that the news of the great dre has rea ed this city, the market has advanced as mi as three cents per pound. THE PROVISION MARKET. The information received go far concern the fire has had no appreciable effect upon provision market. This ia chiefly owing the fact that the packing houses are tar moved lrom the scene ot the disaster, i they stand in but little danger. Pears, he ever, are entertained of great financial c tress, resulting from the destruction ot much property. But very few salea were mt yesterday, everything being held in abeyai until reliable information could be obtained IN THE DRV OOOD3 MARKET. The excitement among the dry goods de ers was intense over the meagre newsc patches received, although the destruction any of the leading dry goods houses had i been reported up to a late hour. It was knon however, that the fire bad reached a pol less than a block distant, from Messrs. Fie Leiter A Co.'s building, while the other let lng bouses are situated but lillie beyond the! toward the lake, and In the event ot th? building burning no hope was felt for t safety of the other large stores. Chica affords an outlet for a greater amount goods than any other city in the interior, ai fis business men are, therefore, closely co nected with those of this city, all the lar, Chicago houses having offices and re dent buyers here. Aside from the *yi pathetic interest Ml by our merchants, the pc sible effects upon business here of the i most complete destruction of a city of much commercial Importance, creates i much anxiety amonz them as among the re; resentatives ol the Chicago houses. The tl and its probable results have been the topi' ot conversation among all classes ol dealer especially In the domestic houses, and i event, except of local occurre nce, lias affecte trude to such a degree since the close of oi war. The inability of the local Insurant companies to meet their liabilities is great feared, and as the amount of risks held t them ls very large the effect ot such a contli tlngency would, obviously, be disastrous < murchants there. .AlthOKgh no doubts are ei tertalned of the entire soundness of the Ch cago dry goods merchants, the loss of prope ty will so affect the business of the city th< Its trade for months to come will necessaril be light, and even though their preset indebtedness be promptly met, the lo: of their trade during the remainder c the fail months will be of serious lu portance to our market. E^lmatea of th probable loss are already placed at sever: hundred millions, and should ibe dry good houses with their present full slocks be d? strayed an additional loss of many million will be incurred. The leading jobbing and rt tail houses in Chicago engaged In the dr goods trade are Messrs. Field. Leiter A Co., J V. Farwell A Co.. Bowen, Hunt & Winslow Carson, Pirie A Co., Charles Gossage & Co Hamlin, Hale A Co , D. W. A A. Keith A Co and Richards, Crumbaugh A Shaw. The latte firm removed a week or two since to the! present location, and their lor rn er store ha already been destroyed. No direct iniormatioi bas been received by the representatives o any ot these firms as to whether their store have been burned or not, and it is greatl. feared that ere Its progress be Hayed that poi tion of tbe town occupied by this importan branch ol trade will also be swept by the dre INSURANCE. The leading spirits in the insurance Interes regard the press reports in regard to the fin as greatly exaggerated, and some of them gc so laras to slate that the dispatches have bert sent here with a view to affect the slock mar ket. It has been Impossible to obtain any es? timate of the amoila, ol Chicago property in sured in New Tork companies; but the pre vailing opinion is that it ls very large-proba? bly many millions. From the confused re ports that have arrived it bas been difficult tc obtain a correct Idea of what part of the cits has been destroyed or how far the fire has ex? tended. It is believed, however, by the In? surance men that the conflagration has, In a great measure, been confined to ihe western portion of the elly, and if such is the eas* most of the houses consumed have been small wooden structures of but little value. It is known, however, that the fire has crossed the river and penetrated toward Lake Michigan; but how far the inroads have ex? tended has not been ascertained. East of State street ls the most valuable business por? tion of the city. Here are situated tbe great dry gcods firms, and it ls stated that il the fire should reach them, the loss of the city would be almost doubled. The Tremont House ld In the immediate neighborhood, and lt ls known to have been blown up to arrest ihe progress of the flames. Most of the New York companies have risks in this vicinity, and ir lt should have been consumed some ot their losses will be very heavy. The prevailing opinion among the Insurance men, however, Istbat all the New York companies will be able lo pay their losses to the last cent, though it may give some of them a great deal of trouble lo do PO. It may be that some of the compa? nies will be compelled to call upon their stock? holders for additional subscriptions, but as inls will not interfere with their financial standing, it is expected that all ol them will remain solvent, though some may wind ip their affairs. With Hie Chicago companies, However, the case different. Since their organization many of them have possessed bur i nominal capital, which was only represented jn paper, and on which only a small percent ige ol' that had been paid in. Under these cir :umstances but few ot the companies will be nble to meet their liabilities, and it is highly probable that many of them will never be Heard of acain. New York has always been a iicavy creditor of Chicago, and our merchants may finally be compelled to bear a heavy por? tion of the loss. Even if the Western com? panies are able to pay their lesses, much con? fusion must inevitably result, and a long time must pa?s before the claims could be settled. Their buildings have been burned, and lt is probable that In many cases all the books and records have lallen prey to the flames. This will prevent the prompt adjustment of losses, and will lead to great tinancial embarrassment. The New York companies are well assured of their ability to oay. and having their books at hand, their losses can readily be seltled. At a late hour last evening a rumor was afloat that three city companies had falied, but no names could be ascertained, although Inquiries were made. No ioundation for the rumor could be discovered, and lt was generally believed to be false. In a word, thu New York companies feel perfectly sale under all circumstances and if the fire should not have extendeU east of State street, their losses will be paid without any great Inconvenience. Destruct lon of the Government Records. WASHINGTON, October 10. From dispatches received here to-day lt is learned that the records of the Customhouse and internal revenue offices at Chicago have been destroyed. Even if it be any longer pos? sible to ascertain the public debtors and ihe amounts ol' their indebtedness, collections can scarcely be enforced against a bankrupt com? munity. In the face of BO ruinous a disaster Congress may feel warranted In giving ex pression to the national sympathy by remit ting the collection of taxes for a year, at least. The large sums involved in nnse"ttled and dis puted revenue cases are lost to the ireasurv beyond question. Seventeen national banks", representing a capital ot $10,000,000,are threat? ened with Insolvency through the destruction ot the material security for their investments and the collateral basis of their large tem? porary loans. The records of the military divi? sion of the Missouri, Including those transfer? red from General Sherman's tormer headquar? ters at St. Louis, have shared the common fate. These were principally of value In con? nection with Indian affairs, and it is not expect? ed that any practical Injury will resuit from their destruction. The papers and vouchers pertaining to the Montana Indian war claims are also lost, but the gross amount of those claims has already been reported to the proper committee ot Congress, and it ls thought that the amounts due to claimants can be determin? ed with sufficient accuracy. Chicago waa one of the largest depots of the quartermaster and commissary departments tor supplying the posts In the Noithwestern Territories, and those departments have probably lost consid? erable quantities ot army supplies. It appears that the county lana records ol Cook County have been destroyed, and it will be Impossible to escape much future litigation over titles to real estate of Chicago. A large portion of that city was once included In the mttllary reserva? tion, which was some thirty years ago laid out. and sold by the war department. The record ol those sales is understood to be no longer in possession of that department, and it has not been there for many years, nor can any infor? mation be supplied from the general land office. CHEAT FIRES IX MICHIGAN AND INDIANA. A Large Part of Michigan Darned Oat-Villages Destroyed-Great Loss of Life. DKTROIT, MICH.. October 12. St. Clair and Huron County advices are dis? tressing. AU that portion ot the State east of Saginaw Bay and north of a point forty miles above Port Huron ls swept by Are. A number of persons perished. Five villages are entire? ly destroyed, and two partially. Others are threatened. There were large stores in these towns filled with winter supplies. A steamer was sent to their relief from Port Huron, and returned with forty persons, several of whom are badly burnt. All the telegraph offices along the shore are burned. R. B. Hubbard, at Huron City, shot all his fine horses and cat? tle to prevent their perishing by fire. Alight rain yesterday seems to have abated the fires. Professor Chas. Scott.'ol Hope CollPge, perish? ed, also a minister whose name ls not ascer? tained. The fire at Windsor, opposite here, burned the principal business portion ol' the town. An incendiary was arrested. The cutter Fessen den has reached Port Huron, with seventeen refugees from the lake shore. Two were fatal? ly burned. LOUISVILLE, KT.. OC'Ober 12. The woods and prairies are burning along the New Albany and Chicago roads. THE OLD WORLD'S NESTS. ROME. October 12. The Italian Government wants the grounds occupied by the Convent of St. Andre tor an extension of the King's stables. The Jesuits have the American College there. By the Pope's order, the convent will yield only to torce. ANOTHER FENIAN RAID. MONTREAL October 12. The Fenian Official General, O'Neill, with a force not stated, crossed the border at Pem blna, seized the Canadian Customhouse and Hudson Bay Post. O'Neill was attacked by United States troops and captured. It ls re? ported that a large party had crossed at St. Joe. United States troops are in pursuit. TUE ELECTIONS. Texas-Ohio-Pennsylvania. COLUMBUS, Onto. October 12. Returns from forty-six counties show a Re? publican majority ot 18,700. CINCINNATI, October 12. The latest estimates are : Senate, 18 Demo? crats, 17 Republicans. In the House, 47 Dem? ocrats. 56 Republicans. The Hamilton County delegation stand : Senate, Republican 1; Dem? ocrat 1. In the House, 5 and 5. GALVESTON, October 12. The majority ot Geddings (Democrat) In the Third District is 4411, including 1630 majority In Limestone and Freestone Counties, which are under martial law. Il ls conceded that the other districts elect the Democratic candidates by large majorities. WASHINGTON, October 12. Iowa has gone Republican by 45.000 majori? ty, with Important losses In the Legislature. PHILADELPHIA, October 12. The riot was caused by some negro boys, who Insulted ladles, and killed a negro who voted the Democratic ticket. ALL ABOUT THE STATE. -Two United States soldiers and an illicit distiller broke out of Spartanburgjall last week. One soldier was caught. The others have es? caped. The alarm was given by a prisoner who is cha.ged with Ku-Kluxism. -The trial of case?. In which negro property was the consideration, progresses in Hie Sum? ter court nuder the dec'sion of the Supreme Court of the State-Judge Orr's adverse course to the contrary notwithstanding. -"Oakland" ls the name, and Arthur Harvln the postmaster, of a new postoffice, establish? ed on the route between Manning and Sumter. This office has been much needed, and will give postal accommodations to a considerable community, who have hitherto sadly felt the need ot such convenience. THE HEATHER THIS O AT. WASHINOTON. October 12. Partially clear and pleasant weather is proba? ble for Friday, from Georgia to New England, the brisk northwest winds in the latter region subsiding by Friday noon. Threatening wea? ther with brisk southerly wluds extend over the upper lakes to Lake Erle. Increasing easterly wind', possibly with raiu, on the Texas and Louisiana coast. Yesterday's Weather Keporfs of Hie Signal Service, U. S. A.-*.47 P. M., Local Time. " , ? ? Sj il S B'S P.ice Of g ?M S s.e. c zza Observatioa. : SL g : ? "2 T? j ?li?':3 s :g I . ?j 7j ; g i ? a Augusta..130.181 71; Calm, i. Olear. Baltimore.?3>.22 67 SW ?Fresh. Hazy. Boston.|2?.70 54;NW .Brisk. Fair. B.trralo. N. i"... |30.14 55 w" Fresh. Smoky. Charleston. 30.15 68 NE 'L'g-.t. Clear. Chicago.13.1.17 84|sE Fresh. i'ioudy. Cincinnati.?30.24 63?3K Gentle. Fair. Cleveland.30.1" 55 NE Gent e. Clear. Detroit.30.IS 63IS Get..le. Smoky. indianapolis....?30.ll 65|SE kentle. Fair. Key West, Fla.Ji9.97 84 E Fresh. Fair. Knoxville. TennJ30.20 ?9 NE Fresh, clear. Uko City. Fla.. 130.07! 73 B Gentle. Hazy. Memphis, Tenn..?30.ill 67 SE Fresh, .'lear. Mortie.30.111 68 Calm.;. Cloudy. Nashville.130.201 61 ?>E j Fresh. Ciear. Sew London, CLl29.90| 5J NW iFresh. Cloudy. New Orleans....?lo.ll 68 8 ?Fresh. Cloudy. New York.40.01 M NW High. Cloudy. Oswego, N. Y.... [30.11 5: N I Fresh. Fair. Philadelphia.;io.i2 HSW .Brisk. Fair. Pittsburg, Pa.... 30.28 SS SW |i;entie. Clear. PortUnd. Me.... iv.59| WSW 'Fresh. Cloudy. Rochester, N. Y. 30.13 5 I SW [Gentle. Fair. .Sdvannaa.[30.181 671 NW iLietu. cie.tr. St.Louis.129.99: 6S S ?Brisk. Fair. Toledo, o.?30.12 67 ?* iLlght. Clear. Washington,!)C. 30.11 SS|\"W ?Fresh. Hazy. Wwmm/toti.N C '30.2A Ot E |lentle. Clear. Norfolk.?30."jj! ?91 NW -res?. linzy. Lynchburg.?O.ss ;y?W kentle. Hazr. Leavenworth.... in.93'7? x ?High. lou'dy. '??Pc Ma/. 30.12 53 SW Ugh. Cloudy. Mt. Washington. 1.9.81' 2?|SW ?Fresh. |Oinndy. NOTE.-The weather report ?lated 7.47o'clock, IBU morning, wm lie posted in the rooms of the unamoer or Uommeri e at 10 o'clock A. M.. and, together with tue wear lier chart, may lb? thc courtesy of the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters a: any tirue nui mg ;ne day. "REBELS, DISPERSE!' PRESIDENT GRANTS PROCLAMATION TO THE sorra CAROLINA KU-KLVX. All "Unlawful Combination* and Con? spiracies" in Spartanburg, York, Marlon, Cheater, Laurens, Newberry, Fairfield, Lancaster and Chesterfield, Warned to Disperse Within Five Days, and to Deliver Tp their Arms, Am ina? nition and Paraphernalia. WASHINGTON-, October 12. President Grant to-day publishes the follow? ing: A PROCLAMATION*. Whereas, Unlawful combinations and con? spiracies have long existed, and do still exist, in.the State of South Carolina, for the purpose of depriving certain parties and classes of the people of that State of the rights, privileges, immunities and protection named In the Con? stitution of the United States and secured by the act ol Congress, approved September 20, 13"l, entitled an act to enforce tbe provisions ol 'he fourteenth amendment to the Constitu? tion of the United States; and, whereas, In cer? tain parts of said State, to wit: In the Coun? ties of Spartanburg, York, Marion, Chester, Laurens, Newberry, Fairfield, Lancaster and Chesterfield, such combinations and'conspira cles do so obstruct and hinder the execution of | the laws of said State and the United States, as to deprive the people aforesaid of the tights, privileges, Immunities and protection afore? said, and do oppose and obstruct tbe laws of t!ie United Stateg and their due execution, and Impede and obstruct the due course of justice under the same; and, whereas, the con? stituted authorities of said State are unable to protect the people aforesaid in such rights within said counties: and, whereas, the combi? nations and conspiracies aforesaid, within the counties aforesaid, are organized and armed, and are so numerous and powerful as to be able to defy the constituted authorities of the said State and of the United States within the said State, and by reason of said causes the conviction of such offenders and the preserva? tion of the public peace and salety have be-1 come impracticable in said counties; Niw, tnerefore, I, Ulysses Sv Grant, Presi? dent of the United States of Am?rica, do here? by command all persons comprising the un? lawful combinations and conspiracies aloresald to disperse and to retire peaceably to their homes within !J7e days of the date hereof, and to deliver, either to the marsha! of the United States for the District of South Carolina, or to any ol his deputies, or to any military officer of the United States within said counties, all arms, ammunition, uniforms, disguises, and other means O? Instruments used, kept, pos? sessed or controlled by them, for carrying out j the unlawful purposes for which the combina? tions and conspiracies are organized. (Signed) U. S. GRANT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE TRIENNIAL CONVENTION AT BALTISTORE. Admission of the Arkansas Diocese Discussion on the Ritual. SIXTU DAY. In the Episcopal Triennial Convention at Baltimore, on Tuesday, a message was recel v. ed from the House ot' Bishops concurring In the resolution to admit the Diocese ot Arkan? sas Into full canonical union with the General Convention. The names ef the deputies from Arkansas were then placed on the roll. A further message was received from the House of Bishops concurring in the proposed amendment to the constitution, inserting the word "or" in place of the word "and" between the words '-clerical" and "lay.'' Formation of New Dioceses. Mr. Judd, of Illinois, offered a resolution, which was referred to the committee, on canons, providing for thu formal ratification of article 5 ot the constitution, relative to the for? mation of new dioceses, proposed at the last general convention. Thunk* to the Lord JBIthop of Litch? field. Rev. Dr. Paddock, of Long Island, offered a concurrent resolution to ap; oint a joint com? mittee to tender the thanks of the convention to the Lord Bishop of Litchfield for the words of wisdom and counsel received from bim during his visit, and-particularly his sermon last night, and to wish him and bis clergy a safe return home. Adopted. On motion of Rev. Dr. Haskins, five thou? sand copies of the sermon were ordered to be printed. Rev. Dr. Perry, the secretary, announced that the offertory last nlj-ut for the people ol Chicago amounted to $2050 In round numbers; that he had telegraphed to the mayor of Chi? cago to draw on him for that amount, to be applied to the relief ot all, without distinction of race or faith. The Order of the Day-The Iii tani. Mr. Welsh, ot Pennsylvania, called up the order of the dav, the question on concurring In the message oi the House of Bishops or a joint committee on the uniformity of the ritual. Mr. Welsh considered that there was not the necessity for actlou on this subject there had been three years ago. Of all the things he was least afraid of was the possibility of any con? siderable growth of ultra ritualism. He mourn? ed the wrong-doing of those engaged In this ritualistic movement, but his experience and his Information was that nothing they had done had in the least retarded the growLh of the church. Rev. Mr. Gasman, of Nebraska, raised the point of order that ritualism was not belore ihe house. The chair overruled the point of order, on the ground lhat the question of appointing the committee necessarily brought luto the discus? sion Ihe question ot ritualism. Rev. Mr. Gasman appealed from Ihe decision of Hie chair. The appeal being put, the decision of the chair was overruled by a vote ol' 138 to 91. Mr. Welsh then said that, as he was not to discuss the question of ritualism, he would with pleasure lake his seat. Rev. Dr. Nelson, of Maryland, then submit? ted the following : Whereas, At the General Convention of j 18C8 the House of Clerical and Lay Delegates did request ol the House of Bishops the setting forth of such additional rubrics in the Book of ot Common Prayer as in their Judgment may be deemed necessary; and whereas Hie House ot Bishops has not complied with the above mentioned request; therefore, be lt Resolved, That the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies do hereby, In reply to message No. 5 ot the House of Bishops, most respect? fully and affectionately renew the request that our right reverend fathers, assembled as the House of Bishops, prepare and propose for the consideration oi tue House of Clerical and Lay Deputies some well digested scheme ot such additional rubrics in the Book of Common Prayer, or such further canonical legislation as in their judgment may seem necessary. Rev. Dr. Nelson briefly urged the removal of the question from this arena, and to transfer lt to the House ot Bishops, a much smaller body. He wished to reler to our reverend fathers In God whether this Prayer-Book, so endeared to all, and which had endured for so long, was to be altered. He thought that with them the question should rest. He hoped that the unanimous vote of the house would be given to his resolution. Rev. Dr. Beardsley, of Connecticut, offered as a substitute that the house concur m the message of the House of Bishops, that the committee on the part of this house shall con? sist ol five presbyters and five laymen, to be nominated to this house by a committee ot three presbyters and three laymen to be elect? ed by ballot. The question was then taken on the amend? ment ol Dr. Beardsley, winch he had modified so as to merely concur in the request of the House of Bishops for the appointment of a joint committee. Adopted. The discussion as to the mode of appoint? ing the committee of conference continued at much length, but was uninteresting, the de? cision of the house excluding allusion to 'Ritualism,'' taking from the whole debate of the day much of the interest that would other? wise have attached to it. Rev. Dr. Hanchel. of Virginia, advocated an amendment offered by him that the commit? tee on the part of the House ot Deputies should consist o? the committee on canons. The question was taken on the motion of Dr. Hanchel, when Mr. Judd, of Illinois, on behalt of the lay delegation of that diocese, called for the vote by orders. The motion was rejected, the clergy of sixteen dioceses and the laity of seventeen voting in the affirma I rive, the clergy of twenty three dioceses and the laity of eighteen voting in the nentlve. the clergy of one and the laity ot five .ceses >eing divided. Adjourned. "Regenerate" In Infant Baptism. BALTIMORE, October 12. The declaration of the bishops In council, October ll. 1871 : We the subscribers, bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, being asked, in order to the quieting of the conscience of sundry members of the said church, do declare our conviction as to the meaning of the word "regenerate" In the offices of the ministration of baptism ot infants, and do declare that in our opinion the word "regenerate" ls not there used as to de? termine that a moral change in the subject of baptism ls wrought In the sacrament. This declaration ts signed by all the bishops. A PERSONAL EXPLANATION ! L'entenant-Governor Ranstcr Replies to the Washington Chronicle. CHARLESTON, S. C., October i>, 1871. TO TUE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. SIR-A friend of mine now in Washington has sent me copies of the Washington Chron? icle, of the 5th and 6th Instants, containing severe criticisms, editorial and otherwise, on the action of the Republican State Central Committee ot this State, at its recent meeting at Columbia, and anything but complimentary notices of Its chairman. Now, so far as I am concerned as an Indi? vidual, I care not what the Chronicle might say derogatory of me-my conduct as an officer of the party ls a flf subject of discus? sion; but when the Chronicle seeks, at least so far as a portion of its editorial staff ls n cerned, to make capital in certain directions, and to carry out its purposes by abusing and vlllifying me because I happen not to agree with It on certain questions as to men and measures, and to assure the administration at Washington that we are a pack ol ignoramuses and scoundrels, and that no significance or importance whatsoever is to be attached to the voice or action of the State committee, though they may plead ever so much in the Interest ot the life of the party as well as that of the ind vidual members of it, and in the in? terest of outrages liberty and law, then It be? comes my duly to speak. The Chronicle says "such a man as Lieuten? ant Governor Rinsler ls totally unfit to be chairman of a ward committee, much less of the State commltee," Ac; and speaking ot the committee and the party in general, it says, "and so of dozens of others having no brains, no education, and less than no charac? ter;" and volunteers the following advice: that "the committee attend to Its business, and as a first step in that direction, let lt muz? zle Its chairman." Now, we are told that the editorial staff of the Chronicle consists of that staunch and per? secuted loyalist, ex-Governor Holden, of North Carolina; Mr. J. M. Morris. (Mr. Morris being chief editor,) and Mr. Myron Fox. If this be so, bow could these latter gentlemen allow such complimentary allusions to myself to creep into the editorial columns of their paper, the Chronicle, when Just after my nom? ination as a candidate for Lieutenant Gover? nor ot this State, when conducting the Dally Republican, which did yoeman service for us as a party, referring to myself, they said editorially: Hon. A. J. Ransler was nominated for Lieu? tenant-Governor by acclamation unanimously, and with great and prolonged applause. He ls acknowledged even by opponents to be a Just, honorable and capable man. Whatever charges of corruption are tossed to and fro, no man or newspaper has yet put one on him. The Reformers boast of their candidate for Lieutenant-Governor as a gentleman of the first order. By l>>? side we place our candi? date, and challenge comparison in any and every attribute of manhood. With one heart and one voice tbe Republican party enters on this campaign, to which there must be no end but victory ! If I was "Just, honorable and capable" then, am I any the less so now? I was chairman of the State committee, too, then, having Berved two years previous to the lime the above was written, and no one knew this better than the two gentlemen referred to. Has this ignorance and want of character overtaken me since then? If so, I demand the proof; or am I to be muzzled because I dare utter my opinions and differ from the Chronicle. No! The Washington Chronicle, whatever its influence or ability, cannot "muzzle" me, the Stale committee, nor the Republican party of this State, because lt makes certain demands of the administration in the Interest of its very existence. The ob? ject of these editorial notices In question, written just at this particular time, ls well un? derstood, even by the most ignorant here, if not in Washington. Cannot the Chronicle ef? fect Its object, viz. : to break down what? ever of confidence the administration may have in the party here or its leaders, and thereby checkmate them in what? ever they may attempt, without the ad? vice and consent of the Chronicle, with? out resorting to low and vulgar abuse. The writer of these effusions, however, is wri? ting at a comparatively safe distance; let him go on. Oae thing ls most certain, the Chroni? cle cannot aid the party here in closing up Its ranks and securing the electoral votes of the State for the Republican party of the country In the campaign of 1872 by these low, vulgar and unwarrantable attacks upon Individual members of it, and by venting its spleen and dragging into every question of South Caro? lina politics old feuds and individual Issues which should have been settled long since; nor can it, or anybody else, "muzzle" the chair? man of the committee referred to, except by brute force. He will not down at the bidding of the Chronicle or any one else. He demands (air play, and both as a man and an officer of ihe party, invite examination, Investigation or criticism ot his acts and doings, provided it is confined within decent and legitimate limits. He knows his rights, and knowing, dare defend them whenever attacked, though the attacking party be the Washington Chroni? cle. He will never suffer himself to be kicked with impunity and then turn around and lick the boot that Indicted the blow. In conclusion, permit me to assure the writer of the criticisms in question and others nearer home, knowing their fears and the secret of their studied onslaught on me just now, whatever their pretensions, that I am not a candidate for any political office, nor is it at all likely that I Bhall accept, or putfmyself in a position to obtain one, if to do so means that I shall crouch and cringe at the knee of those who forcibly' remind me of the snake that was taken in a louse and warmed, ?tc, &c., or that I shall be acuzzled because I dare utter my opinions. I sssii continue to utter then? In the interest of tao- party of which I am a member, and of the place to which I be? long, a? long as God gives me the power to raise say voice or wield a pen, with a total dis? regard aa to whether or not I please the Washington Chronicle or any one else parti? cularly. "Muzzle its chairman !" Try it ! Very respectfully, Advt.]_A. J- HANSIER. 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C., on . the twenty-eighth day of November, 1871, at 12 o'clock M.,*o, answer to the said complaint, or Judgment will be given against him by default. Olven under my hand and seal, at Charleston, the tenth day of October, one thousand eight hun? dred and seventy-one. [L p) JOHN C. MI NOTT, Trial Justice. To the Defendant, LOUIS McLAIN: Take notice, thatjthe summons in this action, of which the foregoing is a copy, we- filed in this office on the loth day of October, I87i. JOHN'C. M [NOTT, octl3-fO_Trial Janice. pm- O N MARRIAGE.-^ Happy relief for Young Men from the effects of Errors aad Abases in early life. Manhood re? stored. Nervous debility* carel. Impedimenta to Marriage removed. New method of treat? ment. New and remarkable remedies. Books and Circulars sent free, In sealed envelopes. Ad? dress HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2 Sooth Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa. octl3 pm- THE CHARLESTON CHARITA^ BLE ASSOCIATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREE SCHOOL FUND. -OFFICAL RAFFLED NUMBER'S. CLASS NO. 174-MORN INO. 7-2-61-65 -40-45 -42-52-10-8-16-30 As witness our hand at columbia this 12th day of October. 1871. FENN PECK, JAMES GILLILAND, octa_Sworn Commissioner!. pf DISINFECTANTS. -THOSE LT* want of DISINFECTANTS will And a full assort? ment at the Dru g Store of Da, H. BA ER, In Meet? ing street. sept pm-Lk CANDEUR LODGE, No. 36, A F. M.-Any member ot this Lodge who may be taken sick, or who may require nursing or medi? cal attendance, ls requested to give notice of the same, without delay, to Senior Warden D. MUL - LER, No. 325 King street._sepal pm- CHARLESTON BIBLE SOCIETY.-* The Treasurer of the Charleston Bible Society will receive Subscriptions or Donations at his office, No. 68 East Bay, corner of Atlantic Wharf. The payment of Two Dollars will constitue a person a member for one year. Bibles are kept on hand for distribution. The Society has one Colporteur tn the Odd. and solicits aid to introduce another. Persons interested In the work or seeking farther Information wUl please call on the Treasurer. J. N. ROBSON, anrtS-emo*_ Treasurer C. B. 8. pm- CHARLESTON COLLEGE, JULY e, 1871.-At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That a committee of three be appoint? ed by ihe Chair, who shall be authorized to con? sult with tne Faculty of the College and take proper steps to present the names of such gen? tlemen wno shad be deemed qualified to HU the Professorship of Classical Literature, recently vacated by Rev. Mr. Miles, and report at the anniversary meeting of the trustees In October next, viz: on. the Monday preceding the third Wednesday. MB. ALONZO WHITE, ) MR. W. A. PRISOLE, } Committee. MR. WM. RAVENEL. ) N. B.-Persons desirous of filling the above named Professorship wlU please confer with the committee._angi4-mf pm-TUE STATE OF SOUTH CARO LIKA-COUNTY OF GEORGETOWN-COURT OP COMMON PLEAS.-WARNER K. HESTON, Plain? tiff, against JAMES M. COOK, and HARRY P. CROWELL, Defendants. Summons for Relief. Complaint not served. To the defendants, JAMES M. COOK and HARRY P.CROWELL: You are hereby summoned and re? quired to answer the complaint In this action, which ls med lo the office or the Clerk of Common Pleas, for the said county, aad to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscri? ber at their office, In Georgetown, South carolina, withla twenty days after the service hereof, ex? clusive of the day or such service; and ir yon fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this action will apply to the Court lor ths relier demanded In the compialnt. WILDON A DOZIER, July ista, 1871., Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the defend an ts, JAMES M. COOK and HARRY p. CROWELL: Take notice that the summons la this action, of which the foregoing ls a copy, with, complaint annexed, was flied tn the office or the Clerk or the Court or Common Pleas at George? town, la the County or Georgetown, and State or South Carolina oa the eighteenth day or Joly 1371. WILSON A DOZlf-R, . Plaintiff's Attorney *, Georgetow n, 8. C. sepl&e