The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-09 00:00:00

4 NEW REIGN OF TERROR.

An indignation meeting was recently
Charleston, South Carolina, to take me.isuree iu Pi.c..a
to the murder of the Hon. B. F. Randolph, Lee :Cu..,
and James Martin. The following resolution: vr,:t
agreed to:

" Whereas, the Hon. B. F. Randolph. member )J :is
State Senate, and Chairman of the Itcpubli.au "Asti
Central Committee, was brutally murdered. .y
and in open day, at Cokesbury, in thus
the leith inst. ; and Whereas Hon. Lea Nano.
member of the late Constitutional Convention, els
likewise murdered by persons deeiguated as ...r..
known,' at Newberry Court House, on •.-.1
19th inst. ; and Whereas, The SAL U. W.
Dill, and the Hon. James Martin. member+ ,!
the House of Representative of South Carols,
have, in the recent past, been slain by the hr. 1'
of the assassin; and Whereas, It is notorious the.
these citizens were stricken down for their pobticAl
opinions ; be it
Resolved, By the Republicans of the city:of Cherie/VI.
in mass meeting assembled, that his Excellency L, K.
Scott, Governor of South Carolina, be and is most earns.:iy
requested to exhaust all legal resources to bring the enr-
de rere to swift and condign justice.
"Resolved—That the numerous murders of Republican,
in the upper
mainly due to the daily utterances of the Dem ,
crane press of South Carolina, and are the natural a.. 1
bloody fruits of the teachings of some of the leaders of t.. 1
Democratic party."
Advice. from Cooper County, Mo., say:—" Oa the
night of the 14th inst., an old and respectable citizen,
named Mapes, living nine miles north-east from Otter.
rills, was dragged from his bed and murdered. On
following day Mrs. Mapes, her brother, named M'lnt.)ih.
Thomas Good, and a boy named Bennett, were arrested
on suspicion of being implicated in the murder. an!
placed in charge of a constable and a guard, to be con-
veyed to Boonrille. While m reels to that place the guard
was overpowered by a party of men, and
Good were hung. Mrs. Mapes and the b 4. were ;he*
taken to jail."

Professor Cleveland, writing to the Daily News, quotas
some important statistics from a report of the specAl
committee appointed by the Texas Constitutional Connec-
tion, in reference to the alleged lawlessness and nblenuf
in that state. According to that report it appears that
the homicide' committed between the dose of the rebel lon
and the Ist June, 1868. were as follow:

WlUwe.
Killed in 1885 .... 39
.. 1968 .... 70
,9 1667 .... 166
1868 .... 171
Year unknown.... 24
Of unknown race..

Frealmea.
.. 3S .. 77
.. 166 331
..
.. 44

470 4V 93)
Making a grand total of 939 homicides committed in TOW
since the close of the rebellion.

The King of Prussia has taken a first, step to-
wards regaining the good graces of the Frankfort citi-
zens; he has given to that city an annual dotation of
80,000 fr. for the restoration of its cathedral, the gift `.sing
assured for 10 years to come. _ .

anticipationln of the issue of the writs on
Wednesday several nominations in both counties nil
boroughs have been already flied. As in 186.1. when the
dissolution took place on the 6th of July, there will be a
Casette ,Estreordimary containing the announcement in
the evening, and the writs will be forwarded to the v.ull=l
constituencies throughout the three kingdoms by the n4hr.
mail. _ -

The London and North Western Railway C.,:a-
pany have, with one exception, paid the whole of t...a
compensation claims which arose out of the Abe*,le
catastrophe. The amount has been much smaller thus
previous experience had led the company to anticipate.
PRESENTATION OF A TESTINONIAL.—OR
last the Duke of Richmond, President of the Board or
Trade, presented to Mr. E. A. It. Acton, of that depart-
ment, on behalf of the Italian government, a hanthottie
testimonial, which had been forwarded 1111 acknow !raj.
meat of the eminent services rendered by Mr. Acton. in
conjunction with Captain A. Albion, of the Royal It'll-in
Navy, the Italian edition of the " International Code of
Signals." The Italian government had proposed to mark
their sense of Mr. Acton's services by conferring upon
him the decoration of the " Crown of Italy," but as the
regulations of her Majesty's service do not admit of the
acceptance by a British subject of a foreign order, Mr.
Acton was unable to aooept the offered distinction.
THE THAM3B EIIRANENENT STRAYBOAT PIER+.
—The new piste—eimilar to that opened some few weels
since at Wansiseberandge—now being st Water-
-1.0 and the Temple fast approaching maple
will, is impeded, be opined to the publics this
The piers am being very appropriately
fitted up, and are provided with spacious waiting-room.
which will be highly acceptable in wet or stonny weather.
They are all to be provided with the means of saving life
in oases of eniergenc . 9n the completion of these two piers
the new H•peer will be commenced.
Tun TRAINING Elate Omuta-mi.—Nearly 130
boys trained in thin ship have been met to sea, whim
they have revue groat istinfattios to the ceptaine. A
few have been received into her Majedy's °hill.' but
the majority have been taken into me merchent ser-
viagiMiser. Green and other imminent ship owners.
this, the training and excellent discipline of Vim'
boys has been shown resin* in the neighboarbool where
the skip is onetime& The mist Moir of the coon rand
at Oreenhithe writes: " Being afloat on Tuesday lught.
the 27th inst., observed fire at 10 10 p.m. on boanl brt•
Patin* Beulah. of Houtlapool, laden w,th coals. Simit-
side of Greenhithe Wharf shortly
.afterwards attrected by
Chichester's fire bell, and surprised when the boat with
fire engine arrived to the burning veueel at 10 11 p.m. EGA
it not been for preempt mentance of the *Mows and bola
of the Chichester, with myself and crew, she would hoe
bees burnt to the water's e,a^ and valuable propiftl at
Oresabithe would have been &ikUoyed.—Out.