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VOLUME YL-NUMBER 941.]
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Oar European Dispatches.
[KEB ATLANTIC TELEGBAPH.]
t THE TEA FLEET.
i^IXMUDOr, September L-The Ariel, tho first
a. ship of "the tea fleet from China, has just ar?
rived in the Thames. She sailed from Fopchoo
May 28th, in company with ships Taepina and
Sir LamTcelflt. . ..; ? . j
. ' ADDRESS or ara. JOHN BRIGHT.
LONDON, September 1.-John Bright pub?
lishes to-day a long and eloquent address to
the' voters of the City of .Birmingham.- He
. gives-his vieW8. on nearly all the great ques- 1
, ttons afc issue, and explains to his constituents '
the defects of the ? late Beform bill. He xe- '
'Views afc large the question of Suffrage, and re- 1
peats his desire for such an extension of the '
franchise as will call into exorcise m >re of
the enlightened intelligence- of the country. -,
He denounces the principle of three-comer- '
ed constituencies, as applied to Birmingham,
and says he believes the disestablishment
and disendowment of the Irish Church would
strengthen both the cause of Christianity
and tho constitution of the country. He ,
closes by announcing himself as the cham?
pion of the principles above set forth, and of- ;
fers himself as a candidate fo.* re-election to
the House of Commons at the approaching '
general election.
THE THUNDERER ON THE CHINESE TREAT!.
LONDON, September a.-The Times has a
long criticism on the Chinese treaty, terming
it'a retrograde and exclusive measure, calcu?
lated to stop progress in China and put a mon- 1
opoly of the advantages there in the hands of ?
the United States. 1
TEE BERMUDA STEAMSHIP.
LONDON, September 3.-An unsuccessful at?
tempt was made yesterday to launch the Ber?
muda from the dry dock on the Thames. With i
the exception of the Great Eastern, the Ber- <
muda is the largest vessel that bas ever been j
constructed. ,
ABBEST OE MURPHY.
MANCHESTER, September 1.-Murphy, the
anti-Catholic agitator, was arrested in this
city and required to give bond to keep the .
peace. Being unable to give the necessary
security, he was sent to jail, where he now re?
mains.
* FRANCE.
PABIB, September 1.-A banquet was given
to-day in honor of Magne, Minister of Finance,
at Perigueux. Marshal Magne made an elo?
quent and pacific speech. He declared tbat
peace would continue because Europe needed
and the Emperor desired it. France was (
strong enough to preserve peace, and it was !
no one's interest now to break it. This dec?a
ration of the rninistor was received with the 1
most enthusiastic applause. 1
THE COKING WAR.
P?ars, September a-The Emperor has gone '
frito camp at Chalons.
BTTLTi OF A BISHOP. j
ST. PETERSBURG, September 8.-Bishop |
Platzk, for a refusal to send a delegate to the i
Catholic Synod, about convening under the ;
Emperor's direction, has been sent to Siberia, j
BERLIN. September 8.-Becruiring for tho :
Prussian army has been postponed for three ;
months. .
FLORENCE, September 3.-The Italian gov- i
ernment is increasing the military posts on the i
Papal frontier.
important from Georgia-The Negro
Members ot* the legislature Declared
Ineligible, and Expelled.
ATLANTA, September 8.-The House passed
a resolution yesterday to hold two sessions
dunns the eligibility discussion.
This norning Turner (negro) spoke, and
held the floor daring the session. He said that
he was entitled to hts seat, and that he would
not cringe or beg. There was no parallel in
the history of the world to the scene presented
to-day. Never before was man arraigned be?
fore a legislative body foran offence committed
by God himself. He did not know till the past
three weeks the imbecility of the Anglo-Saxon
race. This momentous question, he said, will
not be settled to-day, but will be handed
down to generations so long as the sun
goes down. Who first took np recon?
struction under Congress? It was the
brawny black man. The great question is,
"Am I a man ?" If so, I claim the rightB of
man. The Democratic leaders advised the
people to remain away from the polls, and
blame them for negroes holding seats on this
floor. Every 8tate reconstructed under the
act shall make no discrimination on r.ccouut
of race, color or previous condition. Sub?
mit the question to Congress or the
Convention, and we will abide their decision.
If this measure is carried, we will call a Con?
vention of our people, and send for carpet-bag?
gers, scalawags, Yankees, anybody for the
L?gislature except Georgians. You may drive
us out, but yon will light the torch never to be
put out. You will make us yonr foes, and do
all-yon can to poison my race against Democra?
cy. This thing means revolution. Look out,
carpet-baggers ! When we go they will turn
you ont, impeach Bollock and upset the con?
stitution."
In the afternoon session, on the vote being
taken, the negroes were declared ineligible by
a vote of eighty to twenty-three, unseating
twenty-five negroes. Four remain who claim
to be wbite men. Their case is to be investi?
gated. Turner walked ont and brushed the
dust from his feet; the other negroes bowed
to the Speaker and waved their hats to the
white members.
Trouble at Savannah,
SAVANNAH, Septembers.-The whi* -oy who
mysteriously disappeared was found murdered
by negroes near this city. His gun and cloth?
ing were gone, and it is snpposed that he was
murdered for them. An inquest was held and
a verdict given that he was killed by parties
unknown. There is great excitement in the
city, and parties wbo bad been ont three days
in search of the body met armed bodies /f ne?
groes, who baited them with military precision.
Parties are now out scouring the country lor
the murderers. Bobberies and assaults on
whites by negroes on the roads near here are of
hourly occurrence. The negroes in and around
the city are thoroughly organized, drilled and
well armed.
The Radical Convention at Blaokshear yes?
terday nominated J. W. Cliff for Congress.
Oar Washington Dispatches.
WSDHINOTON, September 8.-The Revenue
Solicitor Buckley's affidavit says: "The depo?
nent is informed and believes that the said E.
A. Rollins, he being then and there Commis?
sioner of the 'Internal' Revenue, and the enid
Thomas Harland being Deputy Commissioner,
and the said Thoa. E. Smith being Collector of
the Internal Revenue, with divers other officers
of the United StatcB, and other persons to de?
ponent unknown, did combine and conspire for
the purpose of procuring themselves to be
bribed in their said offices, and for the purpose
of levying black mail upon persons engaged in
the business of distilling and rectifying ?pi?
rita." There are.no further developments here
to-day, but the investigation is progressing in
New York.
Thc Mew Yoik Democracy.
ALBANY, September 3.-Resolutions wore
passed in tbe State Democratic Convention,
reaffirming tho National Democratic platform;
demanding the immediate restoration of all
States to their rights in the Uni in; amnesty
for all pa6t political offences; that the fran?
chise be regulated hy the people of tho States
without Federal interference ; the payment'of
the public obligations in strict accordance
with the terroB.-in gold only when gold is
stated- in 'the bonds,'and lawful money when
tho same .is specified ; equal taxation for
?very species of property including bonds; the
reduction of tbe standing army and navy; tho
abolition of tho Freedmen's Bureau, and all
political instrumentalities designed to secure
negro supremacy; equal rights for the natural?
ized and the native citizen; and to encourage
people struggling for national integrity and
constitutional liberty.
The Massachusetts Democracy.
BOSTON-, September 3.-Resolutions have been
passed by the Democratic Convention demand?
ing a return to the limitations and require?
ments of the constitution; denouncing Con?
gress for usurpation, and characterizing the
Reconstruction acts as preposterous, contemp?
tible, dangerous, unconstitutional and revolu?
tionary.
Tax on Job Printers.
BOSTON, September 3.-An official letter re?
ceived from Washington, states that unless a
?ob printer produces work which is sold by
himself, or by others on his account, ho is not
liable to the manufacturer's tax.
The Texas Cotton Crop.
GALVESTON, September 3.-Accounts from all
parts of the State agree in placing this season's
'rop far ahead of that of last year. The im?
pression prevails that 175,000 bales will be re
reived at'this port alone. - -
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
" INDISCRIMINATION " IN AN AMXKDED FORK
PASSES THE SENATE-A BOW IN THE HAPPY
FAMILY-DE LABOE IN TBOUBLE- THE DIS?
TURBANCE TN UNION DISTBICT-BE8ULT OF
THE INVESTIGATION-BATES SADDLED WITH
THE RESPONSIBILITY.
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DAILY NEWS. ]
COLUMBIA, September 3.-In the Senate to
lay, Whittemore's amendment to the diacrimi
?ation bill was adopted, and the bill passed.
Sis amendment substitutes a claim for equab?
ly on all public conveyances, instead of a claim
or equality in ali licensed places of business,
rhe discussion on (he bill lasted until four
j'clock. Cain made an able speech against
extreme measures.
In the House no business of importance was
transacted, and most of the members left to
to hear the Senate debate. An attempt was
made by the sergeant-at-arms to arrest De
Large, who was absent without leave, but he
resisted and cursed that official, who is a white
man, and his assistant, a colored mao. The
House spent the whole of the afternoon session
to 7 P. M., in discussing this case, but finally
released DaLarge from arrest and referred the
subject to a committee of inquiry.
Jno. B. Hubbard, the State constable, has
made a report to the Governor of tho lata di
Acuity in Union. He says that Bates, a negri
is the cause of the whole disturbance. Bat?
collected armed negro guards, and on the da
of the riot thirty whites and sixty blacks ba
assembled at the depot. One of the bl a ci
fired on a white man while his back wa
turned. The whiles then wheeling, fire
a volley, wounding and dispersing the nt
groes. He could give no reason for the gathei
ing of armed negroes except that they ha
received orders from Bates, which he pretenc
ed were issued by the Governor.
The Republicans of Barnwell have requeste
Leslie to resign.
The State Democratic Club have issued
circular declaring that nc man is disqualifie
from voling.
FURTHER BY MAIL.
[FROM OUE OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
a DULL DAY-PECULIARITIES OF THE NEW DIE
PEN8AT10N-A PBOPER PEA YEE-THE INDIi
CRIMINATION DILL-MAXWELL'S HABANO GE?
AN EARNEST SPEECH FROM CORBIN-WHITTE
MORE'S COUNCIL-THE BURNT DISTRICT AN]
SENATOR NUMBER TWO FBOM CHARLESTON.
COLUMBIA, September 2.-There was nothini
in the proceedings of the House of Represen
tatives to-day worthy of more extended notic
than that given in my telegram of this after
noon, unless, indeed, ono or two little odditiei
of pronunciation ought to bs recorded as par
of the history of this calico government. Th<
two following force themselves continually ot
my attention, but especially yesterday and to
day. RiUBier, McKinlay, DeLsrge, and per
haps others of the Charleston delegation, in
variably pronounce v like ie, and as the wort
"provide" ?B of very frequent occurrence it
legislative proceedings, their repeated mispro
Dunciation of it suggests to the listener a nev
dictionary with that useful word spelt "pro
W-ide." The other mispronunciation is com
mon to nearly all the members of the House,
It is "queschun" for "question."
A very short, very devout, and very propel
prayer by Rev. Sancho P. Saunders (black and
aged), deserves notice as affording a pleasing
contrast to the blasphemous supplications ol
some of his more pretending brethren, white
as well as black.
In the Senate nothing of note occurred ex?
cept the discussion of the Discrimination bill.
The discussion arose on the second section,
providing thai there shall be no discrimina?
tion made on account of race or color by any
person carrying on any business which re?
quires a public license-thc intent of which
section is to allow the negroes and colored
people generally to mingle with the whites in
public conveyances, in the hotels, at places of
public amusement, in restaurants, Ac, Ac.,
against the will of the proprietors thereof. The
effect of such a law would be either nothing or
a row. It would bo impossible to carry out its
provisions peaceably.
Maxwell (colored) made a speech, or rather
read one from a voluminous manusciipt,
j which, from its style, and the intentness with
which Jilison listened, as if to watch for errors,
I believe to have been written by the latter in?
dividual, a miserable podagogue, who, on
account of his puerile correction of verbal
errors, is nicknamed, oven in this sorry Senate,
.'the master.' In the course of Maxwell's
speech he said that they, the negroes, only de?
manded their rights, and if that necessitated
war, "why, let it come." Ile also alluded in
gallant terms, and with pathetic tone, to the
'/air sex," and said that on their account he
demanded these privileges.
The dander of tbe colored folks was up, and
they seemed determined to carry the section
regardless of consequences, but somo nf the
wiser heads saw the blunder they wore mak?
ing, and tried to moderate their zeal.
Whit tem ore offered an amendment declaring
that no discrimination should be made by
common carriers on account of race or color?
but not saying anything about hotols and other
public i laces. He offered this as a compro?
mise, and Corbin seconded it and roso to speak
in its support. An effort was made to put him
down by a motion to lay the amendment, or
rather suosiitute, upon the table; but the Chair
recognized him, and he spoke-spoke indig?
nantly, angrily, earnestly, pathetically, in words
of wisdom and of warning.. A dirty, red-faced
disgrace to Erin, called Coghlan, sitting as
senator from Sumter, had accused Corbin ot
being guilty of a subterfuge in introducing thc
United States Civil Rights bill as a substitute
for tho original Discrimination bill. Corbin
opened his speech with a denial ot this mali?
cious slander, as he termed it. Ho said he
had hoped that the record of his post life, and
his history since he bad been in tbii State,
was such that no man would dare charge him
with dishonesty. He had the marks of wounds
upon his person-he had fought, bled and re?
peatedly fa'lcn upon the field of battle in defence
of equal rights for all men, which was more than
the senator from Sumter coul 1 say, or perhaps
any other senator upon the floor. Sinco he had
been in the Statu he had canvassed it from one
end to the other in support of the new consti?
tution, and if this was not proof of his honesty,
he asked, in the name of God, what proof could
he give. The charge that he bad been guilty
of a subterfuge was a false and malicious slan?
der, which he hurled back to the source whence
it came. [Here Coghlan interrupted him, and
said, in a very an e ry tone, that he hurled it back
at him again ten thousand times;] Without no?
ticing Coghlan'B interruption, Corbin went on to
say that the Civil Rights bill which he had offer?
ed as a substitute had been drawn by Charles
Sumner, the great apostle of liberty, whose
fame as the defender of the equal rights of
man was known in every continent. Ho then
compared a slander against Sumner to the
false assumption of the Jews against Jesus
Christ,, and said that it would be thrown back
into tho foul mouth from whence it came. As
Cogblan's mouth is foul in more senses than
one, this was considered a capital hit; but Cor?
bin afterwardfl denied that ho had any allusion
to Coghlan's dirty mouth. He then, as a
friend, which he claimed he was, and thought
ho had proved it, warned (ho colored momb rs
against trying to have moie rights than white
men, exciting political prejudice and animosity,
and bringing on a war of races, which could
only end in disaster.
Whitten*ore followed, equally vehemenL, and
earnest, but much less excited. He told the
colored members that although ho had boon
a life-long supporter of equal rights, and
hoped he might cease to exist when he fail?
ed to have his ?ice to the front in (hat sacred
causo, yet then) was danger of graspiug at
too much, and losing that which was nlready
in possession-catching at tho shadow and
loosing the substance. He used thc words
"we" and "our,' all through his speech, iu
sp:aking of tho cause of the negroes, and
showed, as plainly as man could by speaking,
that be regarded himself as one of them. Ho
warned them also of exciting prejudice aud in?
juring their cause.
But why follow out the debate ? You cannot
app eciate it without seeing the countenances
{ji the actors. How can I give you an idea of
the various passions expressed in their fea?
tures ? I have already tried to do so, but I am
aware of my utter failure. Cain was really the
only man who seemed to be perfectly cool.
Whittemore was excited by his own exertions
if nothing else. Wright affected carelessness.
The rest were passionate, mad. Cain, with his
strikingly ugly face aad curious voico, waB as
cool as a cucumber, laughed at the wrath of
tho Burnt District, and took a moderate view of
things generally. Bandolph, the most disgust?
ingly repulsive human being I have ever Been,
and the most tedious speaker in the Senate, un?
dertook to designate Oaiu a3 the "colored" sen?
ator/rom Charleston. Cain objected. Bandolph
then styled him the "Beverend" Senator. Cain
objscted again. Randolph wished to know
how he was to distinguish Cain from the other
Charleston senator. Cain told him to call
him the 6onator irom Charleston "No. 2,"
and he did so during the remainder of his
senseless remarks.
On a division of the Senate, Waittemore's
substitute was lost-ayes 12, nayB 13, and the
Senate then adjourned.
So wo will have another scene in this hybrid
debating society over the knotty question : "Is
not the black man as good ns the white man,
and a little better too ?"
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
HOUBE.
WEDNESDAY, September 2.-The Judiciary
Committee made a favorable report on the fol?
lowing bills, which were ordered to he over for
a second reading:
Bill to punish discrimination in the treat?
ment of prisoners by sheriffs.
Bill to punish persons attempting to hold
office under tbe authority of the late provision?
al government of South Carolina.
Tho same committee reported a substitute
for the Senate bill providing for codifying the
laws of the Stale.
The same comnr'ttee reported favorably on
fhe resolution declaring that joint resolutions
only require one reau;ng.
The Committee on Incorporation reported a
bill to incorporate certain fire companies. Bsad
first time.
The Committee on County Offices repoi ?ed
favorably on the Senate bill fixing bonds, ?cc.
A b.'U was introduced to incorporate the
Wateree and North Carolina Railroad Com?
pany.
Whipper introduced a bill to regulate the
admission ot attorneys to practice, which was
road the first time and referred to tbe Judici?
ary Committee.
Whipper introduced a bill to define and
regulate the practice ia justice courts, which
was read the first time and referred to the Ju?
diciary Committee.
Lee, of Charleston, introduced a resolution
congratulating the Republicans of Vermont
and Wilmington, Delaware, on their recent
success. Laid on the table.
Junks introduced a bill to incorporate the
Longshoremen's Protective Association of
Charleston, which was read the first time.
A resolution was adopted requiring the offi?
cers of the various executive departments,
and the boards of county commissioners
throughout the State to report to this House
at the next regular session.
Joseph Boston (black negro), of Newberry,
gave notice of a bill to regulate and perpetuate
the mileage and per diem of tho members of
this General Assembly for the next regular
?Bunion
A resolution was adopted appointing a com?
mittee to inquire into the loss of bills, Ac.
Neagle moved that the same committee be
required to report every Monday ?vhat bills be
eamo laws. Adopted.
The bi<l to incorporate tho Home Insurance
Company, ana ounriry other papers, wore re?
ceived from the Sonata, read aud appropriately
referred.
The bill to provide for the election of Presi?
dential electors and members of Congress watt
passed to a third reading.
The report of th? Committee on Privileges
and Elections on the con tes ted seats ot the An?
derson delegation was postponed for two weeks.
The bill incorporating the Wando Miniogand
Manufacturing company was passed to a third
reading.
The to bill regulate elections and punish the
abuse of the elective franchise was poseed to a
third reading.
The bill to close tbe operations of thc Bank
of the State was read a third time, passed by a
voto of 63 to 27, and ordered to bo sent to the
Senate.
SENATE.
The Judiciary Committee reported a bill to
alter and amend an act to organize circuit
courts.
Corbin introduced a bill to organize town?
ships, and to defino their powers and privi?
leges.
Dickson introduced a bill to incorporate the
Wateree and North Carolina Railroad Com?
pany.
Hayno introduced a bill to provide transpor?
tation for convicts discharged from the peni?
tentiary.
.?The.bill to codify the laws was amended so
as to authorize the Governor to appoint a com?
missioner and one assistant to codify the laws,
and changing tho salary of the commissioner
from $5000 to $4000, and passed to a third
ding.
Thc Discrimination bill was then discussed
to adjournment.
T11K CHATHAM KAIL HOAD.
The following lotter, written by a we]! known
North Carolina railroad man, has been present?
ed to the Legislature. It explains how the
Chatham Bailroad people obtained their sub?
sidy from tho North Carolina Legislature, and
what has already been the effect upon the
credit cr that State, as well as the way it is
hoped that the Chatham Bailroad bill may be
engineered through the Columbia Legislature,
and what will bo its certain influences upon the
trade and credit of this State:
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Gentlemen <">/ the ?Ser?ate and House of Repre?
sentatives:
As the apph- ation of tho Chatham Bailroad
Company or North Carolina fur a charter to ex?
tend its line from Baleigh to Columbia, eta
Cheraw and Camden, is still pending in the
Senate, it is important that all facts bealing
upon this lubject shall be laid before the Gen?
eral Assembly, to the end that you may arrive
at jH8t conclusions and vote under a proper
sense of the responsibility you owe to your
constituents.
The following letter will therefore be road
with interest, coming as it does from a distin?
guished North Carolinian, long identified with
the institutions of the State, and thoroughly
familiar witu its legislation-concerning rail?
roads. Further comment as to ino propriety
ot passing the Chatham Bailroad bill is unne?
cessary:
RALEIGH, N. C., August 28,18G8.
My Dear air: I have received your note
making inquir.es as to the Chatham Bailroad
Company, and informing me that its charter
has already passed the House of Representa?
tives.
It is a matter of extreme regret to all of us
here that poor South Carolina is about to suf?
fer like ourselves from tbe machinations of a
few men. who, for their own aggrandizement,
arc inveigling the new authorities of tbe State
into a policy that can only end in rottenuess
aud ruiu.
By tbe aid of money paid to the unscrupul?
ous, promises of bonds made to the poorer
legislators, and the employment of various
outside corrupt influences, the endorsement ol
tho State was given to the bonds of the Chat?
ham Railroad to thc amount of two millions of
dollars, which, added to other bonds issued by
Ihe company, make the sum total of their
bonds Uiirty-,.wo hundred thousand Jo Jars.
The road itself is a .i.yth. During the war
thirty miles were survoyed and graded, but no
track lias boen laid, and, were it not for the
improper influences used, the North Carolina
Legislature would never have jeopardized the
iuterest of her general railroad system by au?
thorizing a single rail to bo spiked to its bed.
Indeed, our General Assembly, notwithstand?
ing the .ffort nude by nearly every railroad
company m the State, utterly ignored the fact
that thc construction of the road would in
jurious.y affect interests represented by over
twenty millions of dollars, which North Ca?
rolina has in the several lines that radiate
to and from her coast.
The eff.ct of this endorsement bj the State
is already manifest. Oar coupon bonds, which
before woro worth from seventy-eight to eighty
cents on the dollar, have suddenly depreciated
to sixty and sixty-fire, while bonds without
coupons axe slow of sale at even fifty. The
debt of North Carolina has been swelled to the
enormous sum of twenty seven millions of dol?
lars, proper security is lackinc, and the capi?
talists of the North will scarcely touch our
bonds as a permanent investment. There is
no man who believes that the Chatham Bail
road speculators have any idea of completing
their so-called enterprise, even to our own
State line. Their means will be exhausted by
the reduction of more than half the value of
their bonds m less than one year. South Caro?
lina must then herself either guarantee addi?
tional bondi to the amount of two millions of
dollars or the road will not be built upon her
soil.
When your State commences to saddle the
people with these burdens, at the beck and
nod of the few intent on filling their own pock?
ets, and despite the real interests of the mer?
cantile and planting community of tbe State,
especially wnen, as in the case of the Chatham
Railroad, less than an hour is saved in time,
aud thirty miles in distance, "woe. woe, woe
unto you." You will go the way of Tennessee,
whose credit has been reduced one hundred
per cent, in less th ?n four months; you will
follow in our own sad footsteps, and behold
your State stasrsrering under a load from whieh
there is no relief save in repudiation and a
broken faith. Tne citizen will suffer; taxation
wiU be overbearing; enterprise will be checked,
and the capital that would naturally seek your
soil will look elsewhere for profit.
You make inquiry concerning the coal fields
and the relation of the Chatham Railroad to
them. I answer that the road will not run within
ten miles of them, unites present plans are ma?
terially changed. When reached, these fields are
by no means'so valuable as the persons inter?
ested would have the public believe. Some
coal has been taken out and shipped, but my
information is that the stratum is deep, and
the best deposits can only be reached by shafts
sunk from five hundred to one thousand feet
below the surface of the earth. If this be the
case, there will be little inducement to the
capitalist to expend his means when the same
expenditure elsewhere will produce an easy
and abundant yield of this material.
As to tue guage of tho "proposed" Chatham
Road, I fully agree with you that South Caro?
lina should imperatively demand a guage that
corresponds with ber present system, at least
until Cberaw is reached. Justice to that once
thriving locality demands that a change of cars
should take place at that point-that the com?
pany shops and locomotive depots should be
located there, aud not that it shall be a more
station where tho boasted "Great Trunk
Line" will stop no longer than at a wood pile.
It will be an astonishing freak of fortune if
the Chatham people should KO blind the eyes
of your Legislature that in addition to a char?
ter, and an eventual loan of credit, they also
secure the privilege of nianing their narrow
guage cars to the very centre of your State,
and thus cause every other line which concen?
trates there to pay toll to this ambitious for?
eigner. There are many strange things in
legislation, but this would overtop them all.
From the above commentary-which I can
assure you reflects the views of our thinking
people-you may judge for yourself whether
we have confidence in the faith or ability of
this corporation to perform all they promise.
Their three millions of bonds will at best yield
little more than one million of dollars, and
without further aid from North Carolina it ?di
be a miracle if they reach even the North Car?
olina hue. What South Carolina will do in the
premises remains to bo seen. My own impres?
sion is that you should give your own people
the first chance.
Our mutual friend Townsend, of the Choraw
Company, labors under the hallucination that
the ten miles he has built towards the coal
fields will bo absorbed by the Chatham Rail?
road, ><nd that he can obtain a charter from our
Legislature to run a line to Salisbury. Such
divei8ion of freight and travel would never bo
permitted by legislators practically interested
m the perpetuation or improvement of our
railroad system, and I am positive that in the
flu:? or tho opposition of nearly every other
railroad in the State, our General Assembly
will grant no such privilege.
Veiy truly, your friend and obedient servant,
Tilt; BANK OF THK STATE,
DECISION OF THE COUBT OF EBBOBS OK THE
QUESTION OF THE OBLIGATION ON THE PART
OF THE STATE TO RECEIVE THE BILLS OF THE
BANK IN PAYMENT OF TAXES.
The decree of the court was as follows :
IN THE COL'S T OF ERRORS, DECEMBEB TERM, 1867.
The Granite-villa Manufacturing Company vs. Benja?
min Boper, Tax Collector. Opinion-(?lover, J.
As a qu stion of constitutional law arises in
this case, it has been referred for determina?
tion to this court.
In answer to a rulo served upon tho re?
spondent, as tax collector of Edgeneld Dis?
trict, to show cause way a writ of mandamus
should noe issue, compelling him to receive
the bills of the President and Diiectors of the
Bank of the State of South Carolina, in pay?
ment of the taxes due to the State by the rela?
tor, he made a return, justifying his refusal
on the ground, that the 5th section of. an act
passed December, 1866, "to raise supplies for
the yeal* commencing in October. 186G," directs
that the taxes herein levied shall be pi id only
in gold and silver com, United States Treasu?
ry notos or notes of national banks, or the bills
receivable of this State, and also pay certificates
of jurors and constables for attendance tn the
courts. Hearing this return, the Circuit
Judge, who.grained the rulo, ordered the same
' to bo discharged. From this order the rela?
tors appeals ou the following grounds :
1. That under the lGtb section of the act of
the Legislature incorporating tho President
and Directors of the Bank of the State of
South Carolina, th; bills of said bank are re?
ceivable by all tax collectors, on all payments
for taxes due the State.
2. That the ace of the Legislature of tho
State, ratified December 21,18t>6, impairs the
obligation of the coutract made between the
Stato and the .billholdors, in violation of the
Constitution of the State and of the United
States.
If the decision of the points raised by the
grounds of appeal depended on the construc?
tion of tho 5th section of the act ot 1866 only,
or ou the several acts to raise supplies, the an
8wei of the respondent would be conclusive.
The puolic expenses of each year are a charge
against the annual income, aud as the act of
1866 and all acts to raise supplies are annual,
and their operation .espires with the year, the
tax-payer and collector are equally bound by
their provisions. But the relator relies on the
16th section of an act passed in 1812, "to es?
tablish a bank on behalf, and for the benefit
of tbe State." This bank was established, as
is recited in the picamble, "on the funds of
the State," and by the terms of the act the
faith of tho State is pledged for its support.
The 16th section provides, "that, the bills or
notes of said corporation, originally made
payable, or which shall have become payable
on' demand, in gold or silver coin, sholl
be receivable at the Treasury of this State,
either at Charleston or Columbia, atm
by all tax collectors and other public offi?
cers, in all payment of taxos or other moneys
due the State." The intention of the Legisla?
ture was to increase and secure public confi?
dence, and to give credit to the bills of the
bank,and thereby extend their circulation. Thc
bilis were received and currency was given to
them under this guarantee ut the l?tate, that in
payment of taxes, ?fcc., they should bo received
at the treasury. The relator applies for a man?
damus on tho ground that by a refusal to re?
ceive tho bille the State has impaired the obli?
gations which bouncLher to pei form her con?
tract. Conceding t hat the 16ih section of the
act of 1812 creates a vaiid contract bet ween the
Stace and tho bill Hullers, we must examine
the terms employed and the conditions stipu?
lated to ascei taiu thc nature of the contract
and the obligations imposed by it. The under?
taking of the State was not, in the language of
the first ground of appeal, to receive the bills
ol the bank in all payments for taxes, Ac, but
such as aro "originally made payable, or which
shall have become payable on dom:i?d. in gold
or silver coin," Ac. These words were first
aged in 1802 in an act to charter the State
Rank, and aiterwards in 1810 and 1811 the
same language is employed in the charters of
the Uniou and Mechanics' Bank, aud in sever?
al other bank charters subsequently granted,
and in acts to raise supplies, annually passed.
The construction of the words "originally made
payable, or whieh shall have become payable,
on demand," is aided by the additional wordsj
"in gold or silver coin." If the purpose of the
Legislature was merely to indicate tne form of
tne bills, without regard to their availability in
the payment of the public creditors, thero was
no necessity to add that they should be payable
"in cold or silver coin." Tho intention could
not bave been to receive the bills not only of
the Bank of the State, but of private banka,
without reference to their convertibility. These
words were inserted to guard against the re?
ceipt of worthless paper, and it is not denied
that those tendered by the relator are of no
appreciable value and constituted no part of
the currency of the country. An authority to
receive bank bills in payment ot the taxes, re?
gardless of their value as currency, might, in
times of great pecuniary embarrassment, de*
prive the State of the means necessary to car?
ry on the government. We apprehend that a
fair construction of the 16th section of the act,
which constitutes the contract between the
State and the billholders, requires that the lat?
ter must tender in payment of his taxes only
such bills as are payable, or shall become pay?
able in gold or silver coin, on demand, and not
such as possess neither a specie basis nor Dub?
he confidence to impart value or give them
currency, and before the relator complains of
the breach of the contract by the State, he
must show a performance by himself.
The decision in the case of Woodruff vs.
Trapuall, referred to by the counsel for appel?
lant, depended on the construction of tbe
twonty-eighth section of an act of the Legisla?
ture of Arkansas, to incorporate the Bank of
the State of Arkansas, which provided that the
bills and notes of said institution shall be re
c?ivabl? in all payments of debts due to the
8tate of Arkansas. This language differs wide?
ly from that used in the sixteenth section of
the act to establish a bank on behalf and for
the benefit of th?vBtate. No restriction or
limitation is imposed on the authority con?
ferred to receive the bills; no provision is
made guarding against the depreciation of
them or tho insolvency of the hana. A tender
by the public debtor of bills of the Bank of
Arkansas, without regard to their converti?
bility or currency, waa a compliance with the
express terms of the contract, and a refusal by
the State to receive them impaired the obliga?
tion binding her to the performance of it.
Admitting the authority of the case of Wood?
ruff vs. Trapnall, and of other cases affirming
the samo doctrine, it cannot control the de?
cision of the principal case, which presents for
adjudication the construction cf a different
contract. But if there be error in our construc?
tion of the contract, and that the true intent
was to authorize tux collectors to receive the
bills of the bank whether they possessed any
value as currency or not, the relator is not en?
titled to a mandamus according to his own
construction. The act of 1843, directing that
"all taxes for the use and service of the Stato
shall be paid in specie, paper medium, or the
cotes of the specie paying banks of tbe State,"
was a virtual repeal ot the sixteenth section
of the act of 1812. And although the act of I
1843 may be within the constitutional inhi?
bition, prohibiting a State from impairing the
obligation of a contract, the prohibition can
apply only to bills in circulation before the
passage of the act, to which time the guartntee
of the State extended. If, therefore, a tender
is made of bills issued and in circulation after
1843, it would not be a compliance with the
conditions prescribed-to pay in "specie, paper
medium, or the notes of the specie paying
banks of the State." This point was mace in
Woodruff vs. Trapnall, and the court held that
"the notes issued by the bank after tbe repeal
were not witk'n the contract, and might be re?
fused by the State."
After due consideration of the points made,
we are of op nion that the order discharging
the rule for a mandamus was correct, and the
motion is discharged.
We concur: BENJAMIN F. DUNKIN.
D. L. WABDLAW.
R. MUNROE.
J. P. CARROLL.
JOHN A. INGLIS.
F. J. MOSES.
T. M. DAWEIN8.
H. D. LESESNE.
/mural Hatters.
MO- Thc Friends and Acquaintances of
Mr. ?od Mrs. H EN KY HEINS are respectfully invit?
ed to attend the Funeral of the former, at his late
residence, No. ll South Bay, at Four o'clock Thit
AfltrntKm. * Koptomhsr 4
Special Mitts.
AS" NOTICE - PALMETTO PIONEER CO
OPEBATIVE AA OCUTION.-A Dividend of SIX
PER CENT, o i Pu chases and FIVE PER CENT, on
Instalments, hiving kee a declared, Stockholders are
requested to present their Deposit Books at the Store
of the Association, No. 107 Market-street, in order to
have the credits duly entered.
By order. W. H. WELCH,
September 2 8 Secretary and Treasurer.
?-A FACT WORTH KNOWING.-THE
best investment for an invalid, who Buffers from
debility or loss of appetite, is a bottle of PAKZ
NTN'S Hepatic Bitters, as it will be sure to give relief.
For sale by all Drus pi a ts. f
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IONS, etc., removed without pain, by
MONS. BERGER,
No. 214 King, near Market-street.
August 4_tuf
?B-NEW MARRIAGE GUIDE.-AN ESSAY
for YOUD g Men, on Physiological Errors, Abuses and
Diseases, incident to Youth and Early Manhood,
which create impedimenta to MARRIAGE, with sure
means of relief. Sent in sealed letter envelopes free
of charge. Address Dr. J. SiTLLTN HOUGHTON,
Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa.
January 31
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tinte; remedies the ill effects of bad dyes; invigo?
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properly applied at Batchelors Wig Factory, No
Bond-street New York. lyr January 3
PHYSICAL EXHAUSTION.-W OBN
ont with the buming beata of Summer, tho human
system requires to be reinforced and regenerated at
this season. Strength has literally been steaming
out of it under a temperature that necessarily pro?
duces exhaustion. Fall ls the season of remittent
and intermittent fevers, and the weak and enervated
are always their first vieb'mt. Now, therefore, ls the
time for invigoration. Those who have neglected to
tone and regulate the digestive and secretive organs
during the months of June and July, can no longer
continue to do so without imminent p'ril to health
and life. Commence a course of HOSTETTER'd BIT?
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sustaining preparations this is tbe most wholesome
and thc most potent It d -es not unduly excite the
most sensitive organization. . Its mission is to pre?
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and aperient vegetable elements w'jich it centalns
are associated In the exact proportions necessary to
put the whole pysique into perfect working order.
The purity of all its ingredients is guaranteed. It
rouses the languid appetite, gives unwonted energy
to the digestion, calms and braces the nerves, and re?
places lassitude and depression with energy and
cheerfulness; besides being agreeable to the palate
aud free from all the objections urged against the
adulterated etimulants and tonics, of which it is de?
signed to supply the place.
Augutt 29_PAC
?STA YOUNG LADY. RE-URNING IO
her country home, alter a sejourn of a few mooth*
ls ti e city, nt hardly recognized hy her friend*.
In place of a coarse, rustic, flushed face, she had s
eo.t ruby con plexion of almost marble smooth?
ness, and Instead twenty-three she really appeared
but eighteen. Upon inquiry as to tho cause ol so
great a chango, abe plainly told them that she used
the CIRCASSIAN BALM, ard considered it an in?
valuable acquisition to any lady's toilet- By ita use
amy Lady or Gentlemen can improve their persoaaJ
appearance an hundredfold. It is simple in its
combination, as Nature h erat If Is simple, yet oas ur
pasted in its efficacy in drawing Impurities ton,
also healing, cleansing and beautifying the akin and
complexion. By its direct action on the cuticle it
draws from itali ?ts impuririee, kladly healing thf
same, and leaving the surface as Nature intended i
should be-clear, ?oft, smooth and beautiful. Pries
$1, sent by Mail or Express, on receipt of an order,
W. L. CLARK h CO., Ches?rfs<?,
No. 3 West Fayette-etreet Syraetue, N. Y.
Tbe only American Agents for th? tale cf the ?ame.
March 30 iJI
Sbippt'H?.
FAST FREIGHT U.VE TO BALTIMORE,
AND PHILADELPHIA.
THE FAV0E1TE AND 8WITT
Screw Steamship FAL''OH, JESSE
D. HOBSET, Commander, will sail
_i fer Baltimore on Saturday, Septem.
ber 6, at Eight o'clock A. M., from Pier Mo. i.
Union Wharves, making close connections, and de- -
livering freights in Philadelphia promptly and mt toto
fate*.
'J ks nsnal Through Bills of Lading will be giren to
Philadelphia, Boston, St Louis, Louisville, Cincin?
nati, and other Northern and Western points.
For Freight engagements or passage, apply to
COURTENAY k TBEXHOLM,
September 2_wffl Unton Wharves.
KEW YORK AND CHARLESTON
STEAMSHIP LINE. -*
FOR NEW YORK.
THE SPLENDID SIDE WHEEL
'STEAMSHIP JAMES ADO ?B,
LOCKWOOD, Compandor, will leave
. Adder's Wharf on Saturday, the Stn,.
September, at Eight o'clork A. M.
The Steamers of this Line insore at three-quarter
per cent
For Freight or Passage, having elegant cabin
accommc dations, apply to
JAMES ADGER k CO.,
Corner East Bay and Anger's Wharf (Up Stain).
August 31_ - 6
FOR NEW YORK.
EEO ULAH LINE EVERT WEDNESDAY.
TBE STEAMSHIP MONTEREY,
Captain C. RTDEE, will leave Van?
derborst's Whar', on Wednetdzy,
oth September, ut Eleven o'clock A ?
HAVEN EL k CO., Agesta.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMFY'?
THEO UGH LlS'ul TO
CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN.
FREIGHT AND PASSAGE AT GREATLY BM
DU QED RATES I
STEAMERS OF THE ABOYA
Uns leave Pier No. 43, North River,
foot of Canal-street, New York, a
12 o'clock noon, of the 1st, 9th, 18th
aad Uth of every month ; except whan tri ?to dates
fall sn Sunday, then th? Saturday preceding).
De san are of 1st and nth connect at Panama with
steamers for South Pacific and Central asssrisaa
ports. Those or 1st tones, at Man asnillo.
Departure of 9th ot each saonth Ammerts with
the new steam - Une from Pananas to Australia and)
New Zealand
Steasaakip G BEAT REPUBLIC leaves San Eran ?
ciao?, for Cals a and Japan, October L
No Calilacmia steamers touch at Havana, bot go
direct from New York to Asp in wall
One hundred po an da baggage free to each adult,,
Medieia? aad attendance free.
For Passage Tickets or farther information apply-,
at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, os the wharf,
fsot of Canal-street North Elver, Nsw York.
Marsh 1*_lyr_F. B. BABY, Agent
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD.
STEAM BETWEEN
BALTIMORE AND BREMEN-,.
Tia Southampton.
TEE SCREW STEAMIES OF THE NORTH OEBICAH LLOHJ'
BALTIMORE.Capt. VOECKLER,
BERLIN.Capt. UNDUETICH.
OF 2500 IONS AND 76? HOBSS-POTfiR.
WILL BON SECULARLY BB
1TWIEN BALTIMORE AND BBI_
MEN, VIA SOUTHAMPTON. Front
?Br* DJ cn on the 1st of each month.
From Southampton on tbe ?th of each saonth. From
Baltimore en the 1st ot each month.
PUCE OF PASSAGE-From Balumore to Bremen
London. Havre and Southampton-Cabin ?0; Steer
age $36. From Bremen to Baltimore-Cabin $90
Sicerage $40.
Prices of passage payable in gold, or ita equi va-,
lent
They touch at Southampton bom gola* and re?
turning. These vessels take freight to London and '
Hull, for which through bUls of lading ?re signed..
An capurleucod Surgeou ls aile, u?ad to each veeseL
AU letters mnit pass through the Postofflee. No
bills of ladiug but those of the Company mil DO
signed. BUls of jading will positively not be de?
livered before goods ai s cleared at the Customhouse.
For Freight, cr Passage, apply to
A SCHUMACHER k CO.,
No. 9 South Oharles-atreet, Beltimore,
Or to MORDECAI ic CO.. Agents,
East Bay, Charleston, 8. 0.
April 20
STEAM TO LIVERPOOL.
CALLING AT QUEENSTOWN. -
TBE INMAN LINE. SAILING
8EMT-WEEELY. carrying the U.
S. Mail B, consisting of the following,
steamers :
CITY OF PA BIS,
CITY OF BALTTMOBE.
CITY OF WASHINGION,
CITY i .'F BOSTON:
Saning every Saturday and every alternate 'Mondavi
at 1 P.M., from Pier No. 45 North River, New York.
BATES OF PASSAGE.
ST THE MATT. BTXAXXBB SAILING E VEUT 8AT?BSAX,
Payable in Gold I Payable In Currency.
1st Cabin.$100 j Steerage.,.ta
1st Ct bin to London.. 105 Steerage to London... 3
1st Cabin to Paris_113 | Steerage to Paris..... ?"
Passage by the Monday ste lmers-First- Cabin $90 J
gold; Steerage $30; payable in U. S. currency.
Rates ofnassage from New York to Halifax; Cabin?
$20, Steerage, $10; payable in gold.
Passengera also forwarded to Havre, ? Hamburg,
Bremen, kc., ?tmoderaterate*.
Steerage pasnure from Liverpool and Queenstown,
T40 currency. Tickets can be bought here by per*
sons sendini; for their friends.
For further information apply at-the Company*
Offices. JOHN G. DALE, Agent,
No. 15 Broadway, New York,
June 4 tono
FOR GEORGETOWN, S. C.,
CHEBAW, GARDNER'S BLUFF AND ALL LAND?
INGS ON THE PEE DEE RIVER.
THE FINE LIGHT DRAFT STEAM
_?ER PLANTER, Captain C. CARROL
WHITE, is now receiving freight, and wal leav
TliurtdayNight, the 10th instant
For Freight or Passage apply to
JOHN FERGUSON.
September 1 Accommodation Wharf. '
[ONE TRIP A WEEK.] ?
CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAM
PACKET LIN"!,
TIA BEAUFORT, HILTON HEAD AND BLUFFTOX
STEAMER PILOT BOT.Capt. W. T. MSNKLTT >
SIEAMEB FANM?.Capt. FENN PECK
r ONE OF THE ABOYH STEAMERS
S-^lpY^S^ will t-harlmtnn erery Tu&sday
Morning, at 7 o'clock, and Savannah ever. Thunda}
Morning, at 7 o'ck ck.
For Freight or passage, apply to
JvHN FXBGUaON,
June 29 Accemmodalion Wharf.
FOR PAJLATKA, FLORIDA,
YIA 8AVANNAH, FERNANDINA, JACKSONVILLE
AND ALL LANDINGS ON THE ST. JOBK'ff
RIYER.
THE STEAM El CITY POINT,
_ Captain CHABLIS WILLST, will
leave Charleston every Tuesday Ntytd at 9 o'oise k.
and Savannah every Wtdmuday A/Urns**, at 3
o'clock, lor the above piases. H alai rn lng wUl lea va?
ia van nah tor Charleston every Saturday Mtrnmf,
at 8 o'clock.
AU gooes not removed by sunset will be stored at
the expense and risk of owners.
All freight most be prep-id.'
J. D. AIKEN k CO., Agents,Tfll
September 1_south Atlantic Whnr .
?-WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU t
This is the familiar question put to every invaUd.
In many cases the answer ls, "I don't know exactly,
but I don't feel weU." Look at the countenance of
the man or woman who Bakes thia reply, and you
wUl generaUy find that the eyes are duU and lustre?
less, the complexion sallow, thc cheeks flaccd, and
the whole expression ol the face dejected. Interro?
gate the invalid more closely, and you wiU discover
tint constipation, the result ef a disordered stomach
and a torpid Uver, is at the bottom ol the mischief.
"That's what's the matter." Whoever has expe?
rienced ?he effects of TARBANT'S EFFERVESCENT
SELTZER APERIENT in such cases, need not to be
told to recommend it as a remedy.
TARRANT k CO., Wholesale Druggists, No. 27S '
Greenwich and No. 100 Warren streets, New York,.
Sole Proprietors.
told Uy al) Druggists. 3mos 22 . -Inly 0
ULXETT'S PATENT STEEL lilt CS H
COTTON GINS.
THE SUBSCRIBER bi ftOW PREPARED TO RE?
CEIVE orders for the above celebrated GIN \ 1 heir
merits were fuUy tested last sea&ou; and to those m
want of Gins this year reference is given to the seve?
ral Factors aod Cotton Mercuants ol this city.
Citai igues, giving fuU particulars. n:*y b * had on ?
appUcation to C. OR.vViiLt'.r,
No. 62 Eist Bay. South of the Old ^ostofn:e,
Agent lox the State of South Car - ina.
ju-iy20 mlS