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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-21

The annual commencement OF the Medical
Department OF the University Of NewYork VIII be held
thi. evening, in Association Han addresses 10 me
j. G.. Draper. and Or. l.. T. Preston.
The discussion in the Methodist Preachers
meeting yesterday on Official and unofficial papers, was
opened by tho Rev. Dr.. Crooks OF Tie lehodist I'M
officially who gave an historical sketch OF inc relations
OF the official papers
The'annual dinner of the resident Alumni
OF Brown University takes place at the Hotel Bruins
wick Fifhaye., at p. M today Among INC guests
invited are tfo. Nm OuI.i'i % J%n nay "T to
Kcndrck viii pre- ide and Chas TAurDer OF Brooklyn
viii read poem
Prof. Eggleston, at the meeting Of the Ly-
ceun OF Natural History, exhibited some remaTkable
yellow. black, and biuc diamonds nom France c. ~
Gilbert dwct on the glacial epoch or ONO ana a. ar
ceut beaches Of the Great Lakes and sad Lake .G.e
used t0 De go feet higher, Win ~ Quiet through the
Wabash Valley.
The first OF q series Of Baptist Union Revival
,ectiu-s 10 continue morning, az rHoou, and evening
through the week. held YESTERDAY at tho Plymouth
church, in Fitydrst ST., l'ldr tho auspices Of the
Piymouth aud Iily-.hiId So Churches. The E.y. VIM.
H. PUdetou preached OF the Necessity OK the Revival
Work"
The monthly meeting Of the New-Yorli Asso-
citnn Of sundaychOol Teachers held last evening In
the Fourthave Prrs ytJrian Church, fully attended
j.. O. Wilder presided. Tic death or Lucls NJ I.rt, %
I-rInl'r Of ne A,0riqtor was announced. The Rcy
WiUau Lo,d adore .sed The meeting upon the "t and
AbUs, 81 Illustrations iu Teaching" Remarks were also
made by Dr. John Han and William t.. .or
Prof. J. c. Zachos, n native OF Greece, who
was brought to this country IL his boyood by Dr. Howe
and who is widely known @ scholar has been engaged
10y the Trustees OF the Cooper Union TO give of
Il free Lectures ou English literature ia the leetUie 40
adjoining the rcadu OF the Union, beginning last
oral instruction ia The FTcnch language on Iues a}
and Fridays of each w.ak The lectures % llst am A'.f
rgrr aud De followed by social discussion OF the topic
tickets Tree TO those who register their names.
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SANTO DOMINGO.
PRODUCTIONS.
Continued from First Page.

enough to make Ncw-YOr, street urchin howl with
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anchor Yesterday and is ordered to accompany us to
Sonto Domingo II is reported on board to-day That
She is 70 be sent TO ST. Thomas or some other point,
with mails and with dispatches from Mr. wade to
the President. If this prove true, shall be enabled
10 forward this letter. The mail facilities in this
oorptrv are very meager. A tolerably certain mail
communication is had with the States monthly, and
all earlier opportunities are by mere chance.
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lTROM OUR OWN C0RRE7PONDENT.1

GENTLEMEN: have received with much pleasure the
autograph note which his EXcellency President Grant,
has sent me through 80 highly appreciated medium.
understand that your mission, ordered by the Congress
OF the United States, IL absolutely Of peace TINS Is
the aspiration and object Of this Republic one OF the
grand motives which has produced these negotiations.
Our people desire the paoicaton OF the country, the
development Of It's riches by Of labor and 10
guaranteed the existence liberty, and property of the
ctizcns You MAY count the most pie and absolute
liberty Ia the exercise VI youI Cgmmssi0n lie Govern
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-21

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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-26

AN Aor to incorporate the Winyah Guards, OF
Georgetown, S. @.
SECTION 1. Be il enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
scmbly, and by the authority OF the came:
rnat J. Harry Jones, George Pawley md
Br IS Richardson, under the name and style
OF the Winyah Guards, they, and their success
scrs and associates in Office, be, and they are
hereby, incorporated. and made aud declared a
body polite aud corporate, in deed and in law,
and as such body polite shall have the power
to use and keep o common seal, and the same
at will to alter, to make all necessary bylaws
not repuenaut to the laws of the land, and to
have succession of officers and members, con-
tormable to such bylaws, to sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded in any court OF compe-
tent Jurisdiction in this State, and to have, use
and enjoy all other rights, and be subject to all
other liabilities incident to bodies corporate.
SEC. a. This act shall be deemed and taken
to be a public act, aud shall continue in force
for the space OF fifteen years from and after its
passage.
Annrorod March 9 a, D. 1871.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-26
LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts and Joint Resolutions, Passed by
h General Assembly of South Caro-
lima, Session of 1s70-'71.
OFFIC1AL.]

An AIT to vest the right and title of the
State. in and to certain escbeatea property,
In certain persons therein named.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
scmbly, and by the authority Of the same:
That oil the right. t;t.e and interest, which
the State may have in a certain tract of land,
containing two hundred acres, more or less,
gituate and lying in Marlboro County, lately
held by John Rose, deceased, be, and the
same is, hereby vested IN John Wltherspoon.
executor OF the last will and testament OF the
said John Rose, in trust, 10 dispose of the
said property, and t, distribute the proceeds
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Approved March 9. A. D. 1871.

An Acr 10 incorporate the Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church, in Darlington County, s. c.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State OF South
Carolina l, now met and sitting in General As.
semb!y, and by the auth ority Of the same:
That the members Of the said society be and
are hereby incorporated, and are hereby de-
clarcd to be a body corporate by The name and
style OF the Pie ,sant Grove Blptist Church,
and by that name and style shall have success
sion Of off GERS anl members, and shall have a
common seal.
SEC. 2. That the said corporation shall have
power 10 purchase, receive and holdaDy real OF
personal estate. not exceeding IN value the
sum OF twenty thousand dollars, and to sell,
convey and dispose of the same, and by its cor
porate name 10 cue and be sued in any court Of
this State, and to make such rules and by
laws, not repugnant to Law, as it may consider
necessary and expedient.
SEC. 8. That this act shall be deemed and
taken To be a public act, and shall continue in
force for the term Of twenty-five years.
Approved March 8, 1871
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sPARKs FROM THE WIRES.

Heavy frost on Saturday night in Missouri
and Kentucky has damaged the fruit.
William Marsh, engineer Of tiie Belle Of
Alton, has been taken to New Orleans charged
with burning that steamer.
The Memphis Avalanche states that two
negroes, charged with destroying a part and
stealing a part of the papers Of The sherih's
office, at Dresden, Miss, have been hung by
masked men.
-Boder, the alleged fugitive forger, will be
retured to Prussia upon the Presidents extra
dition warrant.
The Newmarket stakes, in England, We're
won by "Bothwell;' Sterling second, and
liking Of tue Forest" third.
1t is reported that the ship Queen Of the
Thames, bound for London from Melbourne,
has foundered at sea. Many lives lost. No
particulars.
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4 sYsrEMATIC WlsDL
The French Consul art New York and
OTHERS Implicated.
New YORK, April Is.

NEW YORK, April Is.
The Sun says a gigantic fraud has been dis
covered, and asserts that Victor Place, late
French consul, with one Hector ChanVitan,
and some prominent personages, made large
amounts illegally from the French Govern
ment by the exaction OF commissions and
over charges on arms and provisions pur-
chased in this country. One operation in beet
alone is said by the Sun to have netted the
ring three hundred thousand dollars. Inc
total contracts amounted to over ten milllons'
on which two per cent. commission was levied
The Sun adds that fifty to three. hundred per
cent. profit was charged on large amounts OF
guns purchased of the United States Govern
ment, and :that a profit Of two hundred anu
fifty thousand dollars was male on thirty-hVe
batteries Of Napoleon guns alone. Place mas
been relieved by NJ. Bellaigue De Bughas, late
coHsul OF Charleston. A committee ofinquiry
has been ordered to Investigate all the trans
ac.ions.
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THE GREAT
Twelve Miles OF The jackson Railroad
Washed Away-The EItend-
ing.
New YORK. April Is.

New YORK, April IS.
A special from New Orleans, at 9 o'clock last
evening, says: "Bouves Care Crevasse is
still extending, and twelve miles Of the Jack
son Railroad have been washed away. The
president and engineers of the road set out to-
night for the scene ofthe disaster"
1926 P. M.-The engineer in charge OF Bou-
vet sends the following dispatch: 1--WE have
of necessity abandoned the idea of closing the
creyasse, and are combining our efforts to
check Its extension. / au satisfied our exer-
tons in this direction will be successful and
the further spread of this direful calamity
avoided. have sed our tug to assist some
of the distressed planters in removing their
household furniture. Two other crevasses
one at Point Monolr, west of Baton Rouge,
and one on the McDonough estate, below the
city, are reported"
NEW ORLEANS, April 25.
Communication with the North by rail tenn
porarily severed by the Bouyet Carrie creVasse.
The e%mbankment of the Jackson road for four
teen miles, together with the telegraph lines
along The track, have been entirely swept
away by the flood. The entire country as far
as Lake Pontchartrain Is submerged. At II
O'Clock last night the crevasse was about. a
thousand feet wide. About five thousand men,
including the railroad laborers, are at work
upon the establishments, aud hopes are enter
tanned that the further widening Of the breach
may be prevented.
The latest from the crevasse reports a break
seven hundred feet wide. Nothing Official has
been received from that point this morning.
The water Is running over the track OF the
jackson road between the thirteenth aud four
teenth mile posts at Kenner's. Volunteers
have turned out to throw up works to stop the
water coming from the rear.
Chief Engineer Thompson. has Just received
Official information that the Wallace crevasse,
in st. James, has been effoctually stopped.
The Merero and Viliero crevasses have both
been closed. Men and material have gone 10
the McDonough crevasse, which is expected
to be closed by night. Nothing has been re-
ceived from Poverty Point to-day. General
Thompson asserts that there is no danger OF
the city being overlooked.
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Approved March 9. A. D. 1871.

AN ACT to incorporate the Mechanics Union,
No. 1, of the City Of Charleston; s. q.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State of South
Carolina, no 7met an sitting in General AS
semJly, and by the authority OF the same:
That Henry GAINESVILLE and such other per-
Sous as may now, or hereafter shall be asso-
ciated with him, are hereby made and declared
to be a body polite and corporate by the
name aud style OF The Mechanics Union, No.
l." OF the City of Charleston.
SEQ. 2. That said association shall have sue
cession OF officers and members according to
its bylaws, shall have power to make by laws
(nos repugnant to law and to have and use a
common seal, and the same to alter at will, to
cue AMI be sued, plead aud be implicated in
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-26
. a CANNONADE OPENED ON
THE REDS YESTERDAY.
A Bloody Repulse-Ducrot's Successor
THERE'S Last Pledge-The Heroes OF
Grnvelotte to the Frontal Red Flag
Captured.
PARIS. April 24-Evening.

PARIS, April 24-Evening.
The expected suspension Of hostiitles did
not take place to-day, but it is believed VIII
commence to.morrow. The Communist news
papers of to-day combine In an attack upon
Theirs. A placard upon the walls invites
friends OF ORDER to be in readiness to aVenge
their brethren murdered in the recent butch
cry in Place Vendome.
VERSAILLES, April 24-Evening.
Fort valerlen slightly cannonaded the Mall
lot gate of Paris to-day. General Ducrot has
resigned. The Masons of Paris are endeaTor-
ing to compromise the troubles.
BERLIN, April "a.
Parliament has passed the loan bill.
Bismarck stated in the House to-day, that
although the French should pay the first in
stalment of indemnity Immediately, the forts
north and east of Paris would not be eyacua-
until the. final treaty of peace was con-
Guided.
Negotiations at Brussels make slow progress.
The French were trying to better the condi-
tions, but Germany was ~infexlble. The move
ment Of the Commune entailed sacrifices on
Germany, but she would not NEEDLE with the
internal affairs Of France.
MUNICH, April "a.
The King Of Bavaria has written a letter to
DR.. Dollinger deploring the sentence Of excom'
munication pronounced against him.
The Latest.
LONDON, April "a.
The insurgents made a sortie on Sunday
towards Chatillon, and at first captured a
barricade held by the Versailles troops, but
were eventually repulsed with heavy loss.
General Douai has replaced General Ducrot In
command Of q portion OF the army Of the As
sembly.
VERSAILLES, April "a.
a heavy cannonade was opened this morn
ing by the Yersaillists from Meudon, Creten-
nil and Chatillon upon Issy, Vanvres and Point
Du Jour. +.
.Thiers's circular OF the oath instant says:
ssThe last few days have been employed In
engineering work and concentrating our
New corps have been formed al Cher
bourg, Combral and Auxerre, composed OF the
heroes o. Gravelotte. Generals Douai and
Chinchant will command them. The late: en-
gagements al Bagneux were successes for our
who captured a Red flag. The great
operation will soon commence"
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NWSUSJ
Approve March 9, A. D. 1871.

An ACT to Incorporate the Workiugmen's Mu-
tual Benefit Life Assurance Association OF
South Carolina.
SECTION 1. Be it enacled by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
sembly, and by the authority Of the same
That Edward Mickey, Samuel J. Keith, A. j.
Ransier, Isaa: Fl. White, W., b. j. Brodie. r.
Il. Humbert, Stephen Geary, Samuel B.
Thompson, N. E. Edwards, Thomas D. Nc
Doweu, W. J. McK'nlay, P. R. Rivers, F. b.
Frost, W. E. Johnston, William Hayne, and
their associates and successors, are hereby
made and created a body polite and corporate
under the name aud 3 yle Ct the W~orkinsmen's
Mutual Benefit Life Assurance Association OF
South Carolina.
SEC. q. That the said corporation hereby ere.
ated and established shall have succession OF
officers and members according to its bylaws,
and shall have power to make such bylaws,
no. ~repugnaut to the laws of the land, and to
have, use and keep a common seal, and the
same to alter ut will, to sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded in any court in this State,
and to have and enjoy all such property, real
and personal, as may be given. bequeathed or
devised to it, or may be in any manner Whatso-
ever acquired BY The said corporation Provi-
ded. The amount so held shall not exceed the
sum OF twenty-five thousand 1925. OOO) dollars.
Sec. 8. That the said corporation may, from
time to time, invest their funds, moneys, assets
and all other property, stocks, public or pri-
yate notes, bills, bonds, with or without Sc
curity. by mortgage of real or personal prop
erty, or by surety, in such sums and on such
terms aud conditions as they may deem proper,
and it shall be lawful for the said corporation.
from time to tins, and at oil times, to sell, con-
yey, mortgage, assign or transfer sl OF its
property, real and personal, as aud when it may
be deemed proper and exoelient, and to make
and execute bonds under their corporate seal,
with or without mortgage, for the purchase OF
real or personal property.
SEC. 4. That this act shall continue in force
Tor the space Of twenty years, and that the
same shall be taken and deemed Q public act,
and may be given iu evidence without being
specially pleaded.
Approved March 7. A. D. 1871.
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,ON. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 26. 1871

any court in this State, to retain, possess, and
enjoy oil such property. real and personal, as
it may possess or be entitled TO. or which shall
hereafter be given. bequeathed to, or in any
manner acquired by it, and to sell, alien or
transfer the same.
: SEC. 8. This act shall be deemed a public
act, and continue in force for a term Of TWEEN
ty years.
Approved February %, 1871.
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4 cHlPEER OF CASUALTIES.

NEW ORLEANS, April %.
A heavy thunder storm prevailed yesterday.
A house in St. Cloud street was struck by
lightning, instantly killing Mrs. Giese, and
seriously injuring Mrs. Helmke.
The tugboats Aspinwall and Admiral while
racing on the river yesterday, ran into the har-
Dor police boat, knocking it to pieces, and In
stantly HI ling Officer Douglass. Three other
officers saved themselves by swimming ashore.
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THE STATE OF THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, April Is.
It is probable that on Tuesday night the
barometer will continue 10 fall over the lake
and that on Wednesday cloudy and
rainy weather will be very generally expert
enced ftom Wisconsin to Alabama, and east
ward, with brisk winds, 10 the Middle and
Ea stern States.
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Prizes, notices OF the press, names OF Committee
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aE- Residents OF Charleston and vicinity can
secure Shares by applying to ]. RUSSELL BAKER,
SO Society st.; at @. HICKEY'S, No. 34S King street,
WILBUR l. SONS, No. So Broad street, aud JU-
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FEARFUL FiTE.

Boston, April 25.
The debris found in the bay indicates GER
tainly that the bark Merrimac, from Boston
for Montevideo, was run down by some out
ward bound vessel, and. all on board lost.
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Mem p%ubIlratlons.
EOGARTIE'S BOOK DEPOSITORY.
FAMILY AND POCKET BIBLES.

We have recently made large additions to our
We are now offering an unusual large variety Of
Englsh and AmericaR Family Bibles, Pocket
Bibles and the Episcopal Prayer Book at.extreme-
" low DrIces,
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An Acr to incorporate the Lebanon Presbg
terrain Church, Of Fairfield CO. y.

An Acr to incorporate the Lebanon Presby-
terian Church, of Fairfield Col ..
SECTION /. Be IL enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General As
sembly, and by the authority Of the same,
That the Lebanon Presbyterian Church, of
Fairfield. in This State, ,s hereby incorpo rated,
with all the rights and privileges awarded to
religious denominations within this State.
SEC. Q. That the said Lebanon Presby-
terian Church, of Fairfield, may acquire lands
in this State for religious and educational pur-
poses, and regulate and govern the same as
they may deem proper, in accordance with
their laws and discipline. such laws not being
inconsistent With the laws OF this State.
Sec. 8. This act shall be deemed q public
act, and shall continue in force for the term Of
twenty-five years.
Approve ! March 8, a. D. 1871.
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5ueriai Notifies.

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those who are Teethiog. A safe and secure RENE
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