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irr^T TTUff IT_N?TMRER 1259. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. COLUMBIA. THE CLOSING SCENES IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. DBLARGE SUCCEEDS LESLIE AS LAND COMMISSIONER. A PLUM FOR MOSES. A FUSS IN TEE FAMILY, WHAT IT COST TO VOTE DOWN THE VETO. Disorderly Darkies, &c ^SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOE WSWS.] COLCHE; A, March 2. R. C. DeLarge, color?!, has boon appointed land commissioner, vice C. P. Leslie, resigned. if The Senate adjourned-sine die last night at 10 o'clock, and the House=at half-past 8 o'clock. In koth houses farewell speeches were made. F. J. Moses, Jr., -Speaker of the House, was Toted $500 extra compensation Tor his services. He complimented hie Republicen friends on their successful legislation, and, haring an eye to the coming election, ntiered the fervent wish that tney might all meet tbere ag*, i P. and the Demo? crats be left "ont'in the cow." Wilder moved-that the thanks of the( neral Assembly be returned to- Governor Scott for his earnest defence cf thc poor man, as evinced in hl3 veto of thc Phosphate bill. The resolution was laid on th crab le. Cain delivered an address in the Senate, In which he stated that "he had no ill-will against his political opponents,-ac he considered two par tics necessary for the good of the State-one act? ing as a cheek on the oOber." Leslie mads an able and bold speech, In which he intimated that the present administration was a failure. He asserted that the colored men wanted to form a party for the purpose of driv? ing out the white men; but advised that the dis? honest and corrupt of both races bc driven out of the party, or lt would be destroyed. The negroes were indignant at this speech, and both Wlmbush and Elliott wanted to whip Leslie. Oller Justice Moses said that he would ?arrest RUlott if he did not cease threatening Leslie. It ls believed that, had not Leslie's wife been with him, he would have been mobbed. The bliis authorizing thc Investment of trust funds in State bonds, and appropriations-to pay the Interest on thc-Statc debt in gold, have both become laws. It is .reported that several thousands wore used to effect the passage of the Phosphate bill over the veto. The General Assembly has been in session nine? ty-eight days, the date of adjournmeni being the same as lost year, March 1st. During the closing hoare '.he galleries and ?oors were crowded with spectaors. The negroes are going around thc city demand? ing drinks at the bars, and insisting on being shaved, on the ground that they have aright un? der the Civil Kight3 bill. They have been refused everywhere, even by the colored barbers. The negroes are very drunk and disorderly. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. The Worlc of the Session. The following is, as well as can be ascer? tained, a correct list of the acts and joint reso? lutions which became laws at the session of the General Assembly now closed : An act to regulate the rormation or corpora? tions. Aa act to amend an act entitled an act pro? viding for the assessment and taxation of prop? erty. An act to amend an act entitled an act to amend the law in relation to recording mort? gages, and to regulate the lien thereof. An act to determine the maaner of collecting taxes post due, assessed under the late Fro vi 8ional and Military Covernment of South. Caro? lina. An act to provide for the payment or the In? terest of the hoads and stocks or this Stale In coln. An act to Incorporate the Clan ! n University. An ace to amend au act to provide for the enu? meration of the inhabitants or this State. Aa act to renew ttfc charter or the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society. An oct to incorporate "the Ashley Bridge Com? pany. An act to amend an act entitled an act to au? thorize the Governor to appoint a physician to at? tend on the jail in Charleston and the Magazine guard, In St. Philip's Parish, and for other pur? poses therein mentioned. An act to prevent and punish bribery and cor? ruption. An act to make appropriation for the per diem and mileage of the General Assembly and the sal? aries of the subordinate oolcers, und other ex? panses Incidental thereto. An act to better protect holders of Insurance policies In this State. Aa act in relation to the registrar of mesae con? veyance for the County of Charleston, aud to lix the tenure of Wui. J. McKinlay, elecled thereto. Joint resolution relative to the exchange of pub? lic documents. An act to supplement the act entitled an act to incorporate the South Carolina Improvement.and Trust Company. Joint resolution directing thc State auditor and county commissioners to.levy certain taxes. An act consenting to the sale of certain lands to the United Stutes, and ceding Jurisdiction thereof. An act to authorize administrators, executors and other fiduciaries to -eli certain evidences of i indebtedness ut public sale, .and to eompromise j in certain coses. Joint resolution authorizing the county coni Sssloners of Williamsburg County to levj a spe ,1 tax. Joint resolution authorizing thc appointment ol tish commission rs, and deli mug thc duties thereof. Joint resolution tu direct the county commis? sioners of Cha le.stou County to examine and re? port to the attorney-general concerning the lauds belonging to thc State. An act to repeal an act entitled an act to or? ganize townships, aud to dellue taeir powers and privileges. An act to protect the rights or persons lawfully in possession of lauds and tenements. An oct :o Incorporate the 1'ollc.vholders' Lire and Tontine Assurance Company of the South. An act lo estubilsii a company uiulvr the nauic Of the Mouut Pleasant and Sullivan's Island Ferry Company. An act io incorporate the Vigilant Fire Engine Company, of Columbia. Au act to Incorporate the Wateree Fire Engine Company, No. 2. of Canillen, South Carolina. An act to Incorporate the Win us boro! Hook and Ladder Company of the Town or Wlnnsboro'. An act to recharter Blythe's Oap Turnpike Road. An act to carry into eireet the provisions of the constitution in relation to the rigiits of married women. An act to Incorporate the Deutscher Artillerie Unterst?tzung? Verein. An actio designate the ottlcers by whom sales ordered by the Courts of Common Pleas, and Judges thereof, and of the Courts of Probate, shall be made, and for other purposes. An act io incorporate the African Methodist Eplseopal Church in this State. An act to alter and amend au act entitled an act concerning the office, duties and liabilities or coroners. An act to incorporate the Sisters of Our Lady ol Mercy, or Sout li Carolina An act to incorporate the Charleston Loan Com? pany. An act to incorporate the Wlnnsboro' Baptist Church, or Fairfield County. An act to amend the charter of thc Georgetown Aallroad Company, und the several acts amenda? tory of thc same. An act to grant and give the consent of the Legislature of this State to the conveyance to the United States of the lot of land situate on Rich? ardson and Laurel streets, in thc City of Colum? bia, hereinafter described, for the purpose or a postoftlce and courthouse, or for other purposes, and to cede to the Uuitcd States jurisdiction therein. An act to authorize the Governor to remove county auditors, treasurers, and other officers by him appointed. Joint resolution to authorize thc State treasu? rer to issue a renewal of six per cent. State stock to thc executor of the estate of Maria Brisbane, or to his legal representatives. Joint resolct ion to extend thc time in which the claims of teachers for services rendered during the year commencing October 31, 1807, shall bc presented for payment. An act to vest In Toney Stafford the charter of a ferry from Bill's Bluff, on James Island, to the City of Charleston. An act to incorporate the Heston Fire Engine Company, of Georgetown, South Carolina. Joint resolution authorizing t lie treasurer to ad? vance six thousand dollars per mont h to the soper intendentof the penitentiary of South Carolina. An act for the better protection of migratory fish. An *ct to incorporate the Dc Laney Rifle Com? pany of Charleston, South Carolina. An act to provide for the appointment of cer? tain officers therein named. An act to incorporare che Columbia Oil Com? pany. An act to regulate thc rights and powers or railroad companies. Joint resolution authorizing the State Treasurer to ri'.ssnc certitlcatcs of State stock to Wm. Docgherty. Au act to provide for a general election of coun? ty officers. An act to Incorporate the Independent Elliott Hook and Ladder Company, Ko. 1, ol' Orange burg, South Carolina An act to secure equal civil rights, and to pro? vide for the enjoyment or all remedi3S in law by til persons, regardless of race or color. An act to amend an act entitled an act to em? power circuit judges to change tue venue for the trial ot actions,'both civil and criminal. An act to incorporate the Sumter Manufactur ing Company. An act to establish and maintain a system of free commou schools for the State or South Caro? lina. An act to authorize the county commissioners or Darlington County to levy a special tax for the construction o' a courthouse. An act to authorize the county commissioners or Colleton and Spartanburg Counties to levy an additional tax to pay thc indebtedness or their res? pective counties, aud lor other purposes therein mentioned. An act to incorporate the Grove Station Bridge Company. An act to amend the charter of the Granltevllte Manufacturing Company. An act to regulate the publication of all legal and public notices. An act to bicorporate the Unity and Friendship Society ot Charleston, and to conter certain powers thereon. An act to estublish the weight ot a barrel or crude turpentine. An act to incorporate the Wide Awake Fire En? gine Company, ot Sumter. S. C. Joint resolution to authorise the Secretary or State to purchase one hundred copies or Richard? son's 15th volume or Law Repsrts, and one hun? dred copies or Richardson's 14Ui volume or Equity Reports. An act -to incorporate, as a public highway, the rood known as the Cox Bridge Road. An act to establish a ferry across the Wacca maw River, in Dorry County, and to vest the same in JjJ. Reaves, his heirs and assigns. An act to seil a eenuin lot of land io the Zion Baptist Church, of Columbia. Au act to provide Tor the payment or claims or teachers for services rendered during the Ilscal year, commencing November 1, A. D. isCS, and ending October 81, A. 1). 1809. An act to authorize the formation of a compa nylor the construction or a turnpike road through or near Sassafras Gap, and known as Sassafras Gap Turnpike Companv. An act to alter uuU amend the charter and ex? tend the limits of Hie City of.Columbia. Joint resolution to change thc name or Alex? ander Henry Riley to Alexandor Henry Buch? anan. An acfto determine the time when thc salaries ot the county school commissioners shall com? mence, and io tlx the dato of the llrst meeting ol the State Gourd of Education. An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Charleston Board ol Trade. An act to charter the Manchester and Augusta Railroad Company. An aet to graut, renew and amend the charters or certain towns and villages therein named. An act to amend an act entitled au act to Ox the salary and regulate the pay or certain officers. An act to recharter Rantowlc's Bridge. Au act to provide far the farmntlnn or religious, charitable and educational associations. An act to amend an act entitled an act to au? thorize the sale or thc Columbia Canal. An act to grant lo certain persons therein named, and their associates, the right to dig and mine in the beds or the navigable streams aud waters or the State or South cerolluu, for phos? phate rooks and phosphatic deposits. A act authorizing tue State treasurer to reissne to Martha H. Pyatt and A, H. Ab' aharas, certain certificates of State stock, lost or destroyed. An act to incorporate the Wilmington and South Casollna Railroad Company. An act to enfarce the provisions of the Civil Rights bill ol" the United States Congress, and to secure to the people the benetta or a republican government In this State. An act. to incorporate thc Enterprise itallroad Company -of Charleston. An act to bicorporate n home far Invalid cler? gymen. An act. to provide far a sinking rund and the management or the same. An act to limit the cost of criminal prosecu? tions. An act to provide far filling vacancies in county offices. Au act to authorize the State treasurer to issue certificates et State stock to Riobard P. Buck. Au act to restore to the family of Isaac Haith cock, deceased, a tract or land in Sumter. An act to incorporate thc i lymouth Congrega? tional chuck of Charleston. An act to Incorporate the Charleston Banking and Trust Company. Au act to provide for the appcintmcnt or trial justices. A Joint resolution authorizing the Attorney General to Institute proceedings against the South Carolina Railroad Conipauy far violation of charter. A joint resolution authorizing the State Treas? urer to reissue to Alexander Robertson, J. F. Blacklock and E. P. Couchman, certain certitl? catcs ol' stock. j An act to incorporate thc Coopers' Trades Union of Charleston. An act relative to the City Council nnder the charter to impose punishment far a violation of city ordinances. An act to make appropriations. An act lo demie the criminal jurisdiction of trial jusilccs. in act to exempt cotton and woollen manufac? tories from taxation for faur years. An act to authorise trustees to invest in State bonds. An act to amend an act to charter the Barnwell Railroad. An act to regulnte the fees or the clerks of the court, probate judges and trial justices. EUROPE. The Irish Church Ulli-Emigration. LONDON, March 2. Lord Redesdale* bill to amend the Irish Church laws passed to its second reading. Gladstone opposed the bill to aid emigration. The bili wes defeated by 152 to 48. There JE much indignation over thc Sadler aud Heath boat race yesterday, lils thought the re? sult was prearranged far betting purposes. Thc Death Penalty- Ju Prussia. BERLIK, March 2. Bismarck, ma long speech, opposed the uboli tionordeath penalties. TiicReichsrath, notwith? standing, voted far abolition by a majority or37. Thc Carnival nt Home. 1(0X8, March 2. For the llrst tima since 180O the police permit masks at tim carnival. TUE STRUGGLE I.Y CUBA. HAVANA, March 2. The insurgent general, Napoleon Arango, who originated the rebellion ni the central de partmeut, has voluntarily .surrendered to the au? thorities at Las Tunas with seventy men. He promises to come to Havana to eon er with the Captain-General as to thc best means ol ending the insurrection without further bloodshed. The rebels have burned some warehouses at Incas. A ?pecial from Santiago dc Cuba, dated February 18, gives an account or the trial and execution ol members or the Cuban Junta at that place. Among those executed were two Americans, John Francis Patinada, und Charles Danuery, a native ot the United States. - Gustave Dore will cross the Atlantic in a few weeks for the purpose of making an artis? tic lour of the United .States, which will extend into the autumn mouths, when bc will return to Paris. WASHINGTON. LO! THE CONQ TIERING HERO COMES! Another Victim of Greed. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE XEWS.] ?WASHINGTON, March 2. Thc Reverend WhRtemore leaves Washing? ton to-morrow avowedly to canvass his district for re-election. Thc members of the Ilouse, how? ever, are almost unanimous in declaring that he will not be allowed to take his scat again in that body, even should he succeed in inducing the negro voters whom he has disgraced to forgive and re-elect him. The military commission will to-morrow report a resolution for the expulsion of Butler, a Tennes? see Radical, who has been caught trading In cadetships. It will probably pass without much opposition. [FROM THE ASSOCIATEO TRESS.] WASHINGTON, March 2 Thc Committee on Printing have commenced Investigating thc charges against the public printer, Clapp. Butler will press the Georgia bill as soon as the Iadian appropriations are over. Bullock address? ed the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning. The President has nominated Charles II. Lewis, of Virginia, as resident minister to Portugal. Among the conf-matlons by thc Senate, arc Charles IL Prince, postmaster at Augusta, Geor? gia, and Thomas F. Wilson, consul at Mata moras. On Monday while the Senate was In executive session, on motion of Sumner, thc doors'were opened for a moment, and during this unnoticed session of about a minute, he entered a motion to reconsider the vote on the passage of the so-call? ed Omnibus Disability bill, and that motion ls still pending. The motive assigned for this ac? tion is to reach the case of Senator CUngman, who is among'the number whose disabilities are to be removed by the bill. Whlttemore says that his friends In South Caro? lina have arranged for aseries of meetings In his district, to be addressed by him in vindication or his conduct in thc disposal of thc cadetships. His object ls to arrange for his re-election to Con? gress. Thc Senate, in executive session, postponed to thc 21st instant thc nomination or nradlcy, as associate JuBtlce or the Supreme Court, by a vote of 30 against 20. This gives time for the passage or the new law granting Louisiana, Texas an d Mississippi a judge resident in that district. Kellogg took a prominent part In defeating thc confirmation. In the Senate, a resolution was introduced and laid over for future consideration requiring the President to communicate whether any measures had been taken to suppress thc slave trallc on thc coast of Africa. The Funding bill was discussed, and Sumner read a long printed speech dissenting rroin the views of the Finance Committee in regard to the nature of thc bond In which thc debt should be funded. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Whitteniore to go Bu fore his Constitu? ents, with Datier to Dacie Him-If Re-elected will he bc Received by thc Ilouse !- Amnesty-Forney's Party Grant's Indecent Behavior-The Cur? rency-The Charleston Customhouse -Polygamy-Thc Petition in Favor 1 of Judge Bryan, &c. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WASHINGTON, February 28. The Rev. Mr. Whlttemore, .of South Caroli? na, as he is known since his expulsion from Con? gress, drew the last of his salary on Saturday, se? lected such of the documents as were allotted to that part of his term which he was permitted to serve, and, In the course of thc next ten days, he contemplates returning to Darlington to run ror Congress as bis own successor l If he ls renomina? ted, his counsel, Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, undis? mayed by the unanimous vote with which his client was turned out or Congress, Intends io re? pair to that district and make speeches In sup? port o? his re-election. But ir Butler docs WUitte morcas much damage In his own district as he did In the Ilouse of Representatives, then thc candidate of his own succession will not receive a vote. It will make no diflereuee, however, if Whlttemore is renominated and elected, he will not be received by the present House, which has declared him unwortliyof a seat as the representative of the people, and ll ls the greatest exhibition*of folly for him to run again, lt will not help his casein Washington to come back, endorsed by uu Igno? rant negro constituency, whose votes were bought lu his second elect toa, according to his own substantial admission, from thc tro cecds of Ute sales of offices within his gift 1 You will notice that in the farewell speech which Whlttemore was prevented from delivering In thc House, but which he furnished the New York Associated Press, he laid great stress upon the charge that his case had been prejudiced by the newspapers in the misrepresentations of thc tes? timony, Ac, and that he fell a victim to this so called manufactured public opinion. Pending the secret investigation of the cuse by thc Mili? tary Committee, there probably woulJ have been some reason lor such an assertion; but when I all the testimony is read oincialiy to the House, and it then appears that no newspaper ? statement had began to make out so bad a case against him, lt adds very materially to the many weaknesses which Whlttemore has exhibited. So far as the newspaper dispatches were concerned, there was absolute fairness-the special telegrams of THE NEWS giving him thc benefit of his own statement lo the committee as to what disposi? tion he had made of his ill-gotten money. Nor did the ilouse act hastily. They gave the evidence two days' consideration, and were unanimous at the md of that time for his expulsion. Wnitte more's attempt to manufacture public sympathy on the ground that he was persecuted by the press, is quite too absurd. Whittemore's expulsion, or compulsory resignation, has done much to ndd to the long-growing prejudice, among Republican Congressmen, against the carpet-bag and scala? wag class sent here to represent the South. The Reconstruction Committee's so-called Gen? eral Amnesty bill, u synopsisof which has already appeared in TUE NEWS, does not meet with mHch favor in Congress, and hardly any without. The Democratic members of the committee will pro? bably support it on the ground that lt is thc very best bill that can be pushed through the prescut Radical Congress, though, or course, they will give a united support to General Farnsworth's proposition for granting universal amnesty. Thc latter's substitute Tor the committee's bill pro? vided ror removing the political disabilities or all persons who resided in States where the Legisla? ture had ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments, and would have cut oh* several hundred Southerners residing in New York City. General F., however, says he will modify his oin, when lt comes up lu the House, so as tu make it general in all the States, by striking out tue conditions about the amendments to the con? stitution. Mr. Beck, or Kentucky, also hos thc leave of the committee to move to strike our. of the general bill the exceptions therein named of all who have served in Congress or the army and envy of the rotted States; and an attempt will also oe maue to mouuy me term* vi mc mu t,v uo u?~w to the United States District Court of "fature good behavior." as lt is called, for lt requires con? trition for the past and moral indemnity for the fnture. The prospect for the passage of a univer? sal bill is about even. It requires sixty Republi? cans in the House to unite with the flfty-flve Democratic members, to pass the bill there. In the Senate, it ls believed that lt will go through with less opposition. Now that the Fifteenth amendment ls ratified, quite a number of bitter Radicals say that they will go for amnesty. Even Butler is relenting, and the other day moved to put on thc name o? General Humphrey Marshall, In the special bill that passed. . There has been a good deal of disgust over the "grand party" which Forney gave last week, to which he Invited nearly all the Democrats In Con? gress, to meet several negroes who hold low positions in the city government. Two of these colored officials were negro barbers, and Forney attempted to place them on a social level with thc men they shaved and shampooed, but he failed in this even among white Radical officials. But the worst feature of this mongrel gathering was the presence of Grant, who requested a clerk in the house to read to a roomful of card-players some ribald poetry on ex-President Johnson. If the President could not respect Johnson, he ought to have had some regard for the office he Ulled; but he didn't, and guffawed between his puffs of smoke at every stanza that ridiculed lt. The two Houses of Congress are at a dead lock on thc question or Inflating the currency-the House, by a small majority, being In ravor or lt, and the Senate, by' an almost unanimous vote, opposing lt. Thc latter fact developed last week, coupled with thc risc la government bonds abroad, have caused thc great decline In gold. Thc result of this situation will bethe adoption or the bill to rund tac public debt at a lower rate of Interest though its provisions will probably be discretion? ary willige Secretary of the Treasury. There Is a very hopeful reeling herc that wo will touch specie payments by thc llrst or September next, and that by July gold will be down to six and seven per cent, premium. The Committee on Appropriations ot the House have had the subject bcrore them, but have uot j yet decided to report In ravor or making appro? priations to finish the Charleston Customhouse. The bill to abolish polygamy In Utah will not pass .the House. AU of the Pacific coast people have made speeches against lt, and lt ls generally regarded as a moasure to get up another Mormon war In the Interest of contractors. It makes no provision for taking care of the superfluous wives whom lt ls proposed to divorce by the bayonet. Thc Judiciary Committee of the House have de? cided to report adversely on thc memorial ot cer? tain South Carolinians asking for thc Increase or the salary or United States District Judge Bryan. ZETA. SPARKS FROM TUE WIRES. John L. Marge, Jr., was yesterday elected Lteutenant-Governor or Virginia, and W. H. Rai? ner superintendent of public education. The Re? publicans declined to vote for lieutenant-gov? ernor, claiming thc election to be unconstitu? tional. Thomas w. Roche, convicted or dealing In coun? terfeit tobacco stamps, was sentenced yesterday tn Richmond to thc Albany Penitentiary for ono year. Thc North Carolina Legislature have refused to provide Jor thc payment of Interest on old or new bonds. Edwards whipped Collycr in New York in forty five minutes on thc forty-first round. Thc English underwriters still accept risks on the steamship city, of Uoston at llfty per cent. Later news from Taraguay states that Lopez, though much weakened by desertions, still holds ground against thc allies. A DEPOT AT (. rc,1 HAM'S TURNOUT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. I desire to call attention, through the col? umns of your Journal, to a matter which con? cerns thc Interests and wishes of thc people of Graham's Turnout and surrounding country. One of the military n?cessites of the late war, was lo deprive the above place of Itu de? pot, and since Its destruction by Sherman's army, the South Carolina Railroad Company has not erected another in Its stead. This has caused a great deal of Inconvenience to the country people, who have their wares and mer? chandise shipped to this point, to say nothing of the unnecessary expense involved of having them stored away by those livlug there. A goodly number of people haul cotton and other produce lo Graham's Turnout, for ship? ment to Charleston and other markets, and to thc same point ti variety of merchandise is shipped every year. Under these circumstances, arc not Ute patrons of thc Sont1: Carolina Railroad, at this point, entitled to a share ot that consideration which has Induced thc company to erect depots at other point'* on its line, for the accommoda? tion and benefit ol' thc surrounding commu? nity ? We hope the company will sec thc impor? tance of supplying this long-felt want, and go to work at unce and build a depot for thc benefit of those Interested. PAYSAN. Fork ofEdisto, March 1, 1870. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. Captured and Abandoned Property. In the United Suites Supreme Court, on Mon? day, decisions were annouucetLJn the caso ot the United States vs. Nelson Anderson, and three other similar cases, all appeals from thc Court of Claims. These were actions brought to recover the proceeds of captured and abandoned properly under the third section of the act of March Pith, 18G3. The act provides that any person Claiming to have been thc owner ol' such pro? perty may at any time, within two years alter the suppression ol' thc rebellion, prefer his claim to tho proceeds In the Court of Claims, and on proof of ownership and ot loyalty, the residue shall be paid over lo the claimant after deduction of expenses attending thc disposi? tion ol'the properly. Tile govern incut urged before the court below thal tho actions were not brought with? in two years from the time of the suppression ol'the rebellion in thc several localities where the claimants resided, and that such a limita? tion was the intention of thc act: also lliat the Court of Claims could not determine the amount of the net proceeds of the cotton and give Judgment for u specific sum. Both ob? jections were overfill cd, and judgment given for thc claimants. The government appeals to this court where the judgment below is now affirmed, Mr. Justice Davis delivering thc opinion. The court say, in substance, that it cannot bc supposed that this act was intended to operate specially in respect to localities and the date of the suppression of the r?bellion Hierein, but it must be considered to refer lo the dide ut' the suppression of the rebellion throughout thc country, and to apply general? ly lo all sections; also that lt could 'not have been thu intention ol' Congress lo leave that question to be determined by the people for themselves, or that thc people were bound to take notice ol' the date of the suppression ol' thc rebellion whenever it occurred, and to govern themselves accordingly, in regard to these claims and all other mutters. Some official moile of determining thc ques? tion must be considered to Mave been contem? plated by Congress. Accordingly Congress, bv the act of March 2d. 18U7, recognized the 20111 ol August, 18tib", as the time of the close of the rebellion, the date ol' the proclamation of thc President, and that date ls to be regarded rot? uli purposes of litigation as the day un which the rebellion ceased. The obj-jctiou that the Court ol' Claims could not determine the amount ol'the proceeds and give Judgment tor a specific sum, could not be maintained with? out holding that that court was a mere com? mission, which this court declined to assert. -M. Olli vier is said lo be the tirst French? man Who has ever roached the rank ol' First Ministe:' of thc Crown without having been thc recipient of a single order, native or for COUNTIES. Total. City of Charleston.| 20is| B307[ 2955] 354 NUMBER OP CH1LOKEN BETWEEN 6 AND 16 YEARS OF AGE. 1383 2012 16.17 1075 3858 670 020 1090 1395 1467 2048 066 381 2202 1001 014 845 1364 1241 1688 87C 885 1250 1257 1176 881 2486 1051 1180 837 1554 40050 2148 1329 2564 4160 7001 1478 1834 710 2736 2143 3167 1616 1091 1198 414 1162 790 1720 770 1607 853 1863! 394 2817 381 1881 1197 2848 1556 1577 1672 58776 1371 1867 1456 1038 5879 719 830 1035 1349 1509 1964 630 376 1996 1062 611 755 1318 1167 1432 771 854 1169 1183 1123 839 2372 H'07 1174 787 1613 41240 2305 1274 2388 3927 8176 1465 1777 078 2546 2303 2851 1659 1833 1210 390 1090 762 1621 714 1276 851 1680 358 2804 300 1808 1086 2432 1382 1587 1697 5620" HALES OVER 21 TR ARS OF| AGE. 2001 2653 2468 1511 7889 881 1468 1300 1775 2028 2858 109S 609 2879, 138&I 821 1010 1959 1698 2114 1116 1481 10?J 1828 1455 1661 3231 1486 1737 1125 2335 .09301 3286 1402 3505 7134 15871 1700 2408 804 4040 2743 3964 21731 3142 13' 665 1495 9B0 2211 867 1868 1117 23S6 419 3041 421 2704 1254 3313 1019 1998 2109 89415 TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS, OF ALL AGES. 4478' 6600j 6179 3138 12387 2136 3206 3202 4142 4946 6493 2301 1381 7153 3551 1902 2472 4540 4301 2598 2763 3021 3961 4401 3912 3143 7848 3375 3952 2071 5423 130803 7977 4274| 7893 14198 24977 4248 6305 2036 8473 7328 9416 6580 6266 3876 146' 3698 2431 6060 2426 1827 2871 5845 1220 8543 1231 0022 3491 4233 4491 6335 5535 170572 4770 6013| 9618 10275 10835 14295 FEMALES. 5004 7463 6254 303 13747 2314 360 3736 4248 5495 7454 2582 1308 7803 3780 207S 2655 5464 4643 3994 2852 3330 4478 4344 4347 3273 8973 3543 4512 2829 60121 14416S 20C500; TUE PHOSPHATE MONOPOLY BILL. VETO MESSAGE OP GOVERNOR SCOTT. A Pica, for Free Trade in Phosphates. Thc following is the message of Governor Scott vetoing the Phosphate Monopoly bill: STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. ) EXECUTIVE DEPAKTHENT, J COLUMBIA, Mareil l, 1870. ) To the Senate oj South Carolina: GENTLEMEN OP TUE SENATE-I respectfully re? turn toyour honorable body, in which it originat? ed, an act to grant to certain persons therein named, and associates, the right to dig and mine In the beds of the navigable streams and waters or the State ot South Carolina for ? phosphate roc k and phosphatle deposits, without my signature, with my reasons therefor. The following arc the provisions of the aot: SECTION l. lie il enacted by the Senate and Douse of Representatives ot the State or South Carolina, now met and sitting In General Assem? bly, and by the authority or the same, that the State or South carolina does hereby give and grant unto the following persons, to wit: George w. Williams, Charles C. Coe, James H. Taylor, Joseph R. Robertson, Edivln Platt, William L. Kradley, James Bridge, Jr., William Birnie, and such othor persons as thev may associate with them, the right to dig, mine and remove, for the full term of twenty-oue years, from the beds or the navigable streams and waters within thc Jurisdiction of the State of South Carollua, thc phosphate rocks and phosphatle deposits; pro? vided, that thc persons named, and their asso? ciates, shall not lu any way interfere with the tree navigation or thu navigable streams and waters or thc State, or the private rights of any citizen or citizens residing npon or owning the lands upon thc hanks or the said navigable rivers and waters ol thc State. SEC. -i. That this girt and grant ls made upon thc express condition that said grantees shall pay to the State ot South Carollua one dollar per ton for every ton of phosphate rock and pho-tphatio deposits dug, mined and removed from thc said navigable rivers and waters of-the State; and, runtier, that said grantees shall pay luto the treasury or the State the sum or live hundred dollars as a license foe before commencing busi? ness under said grant. SEC. 3. Before commencing operations under authority or this act, said grantees and their uMsociat.es shall Ale, or cause, to be filed in.the office ol the State auditor, a bond in tuc penal sum of ll Tty thousand dollars, conditioned that said grantees and their associates shall make true and fultnrul returns to the said State auditor annually, on or before the first day or October, and O? tener, ir required by the State auditor, of thc number of tons of phosphate rock and phos? phatle deposits dug, mined and removed by tnein I from the beds of the navigable streams and wa? ters or thc Stute, and shall punctually pay to thu State treasurer, annually, on the llrst day of Oc? tober, one dollar per ton for every ton of phos? phate rock or phosphatle deposits by them nug, mined and removed from thc beds of the naviga? ble streams and waters or the State during thc I year preceding. Said bond to be renewed annu? ally, aud approved by the Attorney-General. The I books of said grantees and their associates, shall be open to thc Inspection of thc State audi? tor, or agent duly appointed by him for that purpose. Divested of Its verbiage and circumlocution, this act proposes a naked grant by the state to a few individuals or a most valuable franchise, es? timated as worth many millions of dollars, the consideration for which ls a contingent ouc, and may easily be evaded altogether. Upon exami? nation lt will be found Hint there is not a single guarani ec- or si ipul 11 ion that thc corporators will at any time remove a solitary ton of phosphatle deposits, or phosphate rocks from the beds of the navigable streams and waters of the State, and consequeutly they could not be required to pay one ceut into the treasury ; while, by thc privilege conferred upon them, they could prevent all other persons from doing so, thus depriving the State or a large amount or revenue, and thc coun? try or thc advantages of the vast deposits or fer? tilizing material, so essential to the development of our agricultural resources. That there ls strong temptation to such a policy will be admit? ted when lt is recollected that several of the lead? ing corporators In this act have already large In? vestments In phosphates, by thc purchase and lease of lands containing phosphate deposits, and the erection or buildings and machinery for their prepara.ion, which would be greatly dimin? ished in value ir thc immense quantities or these submarine deposits were brought Into competi? tion with them. The interests ur thc corporators would be as completely subserved by permitting or comncUing them to remain Idle and un? developed, Instead ot Incurring additional expense in working them, and, by bringing more of thc material into thc market, endanger the stability of the present highly remunerative prices of fertilizers. Such a policy has already had an Illustration In this State, in un almost parallel case, in which a company from one of our Northern cities acquired thc exclusive right tu mine an extensive deposit of manganese on the Dorn estate, la Abbeville and Edgeileld Coun? ties, the condition of which grant was, that they would pay a valuable consideration for every tun or the material mined and removed; but tlie les? sees were the proprietors or another mine, In one of thc Normern States, thc product of which was . abundantly ample for the supply or the market at existing prices, and of course there was mi ne-1 cesslty of availing themselves of their South Caro? lina riisuurces. winch could only endanger exist-1 lng prices and protits; and having secured their | object. In olitiuulng thc control of thc deposits, I and tims preventing competition from that source, the mines were permuted to remain idle, not a ton or manganese was removed, and not a dollar of revenue was received by the owners of this valuable properly. The act under consideration ls so iincauiloiisly drawn us to afford ample room for .motlier illustration of the danger ol confer? ring privileges without adequate provisions to secure compliance in good faith with the promis? ed equivalents. Caution ls thc more necessary In the present case, where tlic property is so Im? mensely valuable to the State, und its develop, meut so essential to Hie success ol'Its nuances, and to the prosperity ur Its agricultural interests. The temptation to restrict tho supply of fertiliz? ing materials io such proportions as" will enable those who now have the control of them to com? mand their own valuation, ls almost irresistible, especially when it ls recollected how much maro desirable, as well as profitable, if. is to derive high prices from moderate sales, than to lie compelled tu take moderate prices, however abundant may be tue sales. Thc interest of those who produce thc material, and those of Hie consumers of it, as woli as of the general community, ure, therefore, antagonistic, ?mil lt ls ueltliar tim part of patriot? ism or sound pulley, to throw thc weight of gov? ernment, influence, or government patronage In the seale ol' the first named. There ls little doubt i hat. a fair competition in the production or thc piiu-pliates would reduce thc price or fertilizers from sixty and sixty-five dollars per ton, as at present, to thirty-five or forty dollars, which would afford nu abundant pruitt to the manufac? turer, and render essential relief to the farmers iff the State bv enabling them to compete, on their impoverished soils, with those ot inure favored sections. The exclusive nature of the grant ls also objec? tionable. I am aware that, the word "exclusive" was stricken rrora thc bill during its considera? tion, by which it was proposed to divest lt or the odium nf being a monopoly, but this was coun? teracted by thc defoat or other bills, which pro? posed to mrow the business open to competition, and especially to Individual competitors, who would comply with the prescribed regulations. The defeat of these bills was, In my opinion, un? fortunate, and left the corporators under the pre? sent set us the only persons authorized to dig and mine for phosphates In the navigable streams and waters or the State. All others must be con? sidered trespassers, liable tu arrest, and punisha? ble by tine und i in prison men t. And ir the State has the right to confer this granr, it may be oall d upon by the grantees to pro'ect them in thc exercise of Its privileges, by the removal and pun? ishment of intruders, a duty which, from the large extent of territory embraced by the grant, and the tempatio'is and facilities for its viola? tion, would Involve the State lu a heavy expense and extensive litigation. Tlte huni'-eds of poor men now engaged In the business, and who are willing to pay for the priv? ilege, must cease their occupation and dispose of their boats and rafts, in which they had Invested their humble earnings, while, perhaps, a dog-In the-inanger policy may be pursued bv their tri? umphant rivals, by neither working the deposits themselves, or permitting others to do so. The exclusive right to exercise powers so subversive of Individual interests, and which may be per? verted to measures inimical to the general weal, cannot be considered other than a monopoly, and one or the most danzerous character, the confer? ring of which cannot be jnstided except by show? ing that the objects contemplated could not be accomplished In any other manner, which ls far from being the case In the present Instance. For these reasons 1 have deemed lt my duty to withhold my assent to the act, and respectfully return it to your honorable body. Very respectfully, ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor. THE IRON-CZAH "MONARCH." Interesting Description of the Ship-Her Armament, Speed, Construction, Orn? e?is, etc. The British Iron-clad ship of-war-Monarch, now at Annapolis, ls attracting a grea: deal oi attention at thc hands of the Northern papers. The following is a detailed description of this remarkable vessel: The Monurch is a vessel of commanding ap? pearance, of 6098 tons. She is 330 feet in length, 67 feet 0 Inches beam, and draws '?8 feet. Her engines are 1100 horse power. Her battery Is carried in two of Captain Cowper Colo's turrets, with throe chase guns of a less calibre mounted-at the extremities and pro? tected by an afinored casemate. The weight of the hull, wirli skin louting and extra girders included, ls 3074 tons; the other weights, boil? ers, machJnjBttL spars, <fcc, amount to 4632 tons. The hun; vvTitch ls of Iron, ls protected by seven-inch Iron armor on thc most import? ant parts, and six inch on the other parts, the plating being supported by twelve inches of teak backing, witli one and a half inch thick? ness of skin plating and an arrangement of longitudinal girders, which arc worked at in? tervals of about two feet, thus forming a net? work of framing in conjunction with the strong vertical frames inside the skin-plating, which are about the same distance apart. This de? vice has proved so satisfactory as regards the efficient support lt gives to the armored, side that it has boen adopted in all British iron? clads built since the famous Bellerophon. THE TURRETS. The turrets of thc Monarch are 2C feet C inches in diameter, and aro constructed on the same principle as her side armor. The iron plating on thc turret ls 8 inches in thickness, ls laid upon a teak backing of 12 inches, with an iron skin of H inch. Each turret ls pierced for two guns, and near thc port-holes the plating is increased to ten inches. The turret bed rests upon thc main deck, additional sup? port bciug given to the deck immediately be? neath by u combination of iron pillars aud sup? ports. On tho main deck armor-plated bulk? heads arc placed athwart the ship, Inside of which arc thc turrets, eugine funnel aud steer? ing apparatus, the latter intended to he used when tho ship is In action. These bulkheads aro similar in construction to ber sides, with the exception that the war armor is only 5 Inches in thickness, laid upon a teak backing of 10 Indies, and the usual skin-plating stiffen? ed and supported by thc ordinary longitudinal girders and frames. The entire central por? tion of tho Monarch is thus enclosed and pro? tected by shot-proof sides and bulkheads, which enclose tho turrets and ship's machinery. Thc turrets arc thus deprived of their primary and supremo advantage-that of providing au all-round fire for tho guns, and more especially a head lire. The deprivation, her buildersuys, ls cons?quent upon thu determination of the admiralty to adopt forecastles, which aro in lomlcd to keep thc ship dry In steaming against a hoad sea, and to enable tho head sails to be worked. IL was to make np somewhat this loss of head fire from the turrets that the two Gk-um guns were put on the forecastle of the main dock. Tho forward turret guns are ca? pable only of firing at an angle of not less than 10 degrees with the vessel's kool. The after turret lunettes arc the same, and the 20 de I greet lost ls made up by placing a GA-ton gun ' lu an armored casemate similar to tho forward one, which keeps tho circuit of lire unimpaired, except iu force, or rather weight of metal. ARMAMENT. Tho guns in the turrets arc an unusual height above tho water, the Monarch having a "free? board" of upward ol' 12 feet, which enables the guns to be fought at a height of IC feet above thc water. The bulwarks within the range of tho turret guns aro hinged,' and when the ves? sel is cleared for action, they aro allowed to hang alongside of tho vessel out of the way. The turret guns, four in number, are known as twenty-five ton guns, and arc rifled, throw? ing six hundred-pound shot. These guns are | twelve inches in diameter of boro, and are charged with seventy pounds of gunpowder, giving lo tho shot when Hied an Initial velocity I ol' 1212 feet pur second, thc total "energy'' of the projectile at WOO yards being5H& foot-tons. Tho three c.V-ton guns employed at the extrem? ities are rilled. The diameter ot bore is 7 inches. The projectile used weighs 115 pounds, and 22 pounds ol' powder are used in obtain? ing an initial velocity ol' 1130 feet per second, thu tolal energy ol tho projectile at 1000 yards being 1143 loot-tons. SPEED. The speed of the Monurch has attracted much attention, und has on several occasions ex? ceeded 14 knots. Her highest rate of speed, officially recorded, ls 14.937 knots, the highest attained by any of tho British armor-clad ships at load draft. From u table recently pub? lished by the chief constructor of the royal navy. E. J. Reed, C. H., some Idea can be gained of the time and distances some of the principal iron-clads can steam before the coal is exhausted : SPEED OP 12>i KNOTS. Coal. Time. Distance. Vessels. Tons. Days. Hours. Knots. Warrior.800 4 18 1,420 Achilles.620 3 19 1,140 Minotaur ....ooo 3 ll 1,040 Bellerophon.. 600 4 ll 1,340 Hercules.GOO 4 14 1,380 Monarch.ooo 6 5 1,560 SPEED OF ll KNOTS. Coal. Time. Distance. Vessels. Tons. Days. Hours. Knots. Warrior.soo 7 23 2,100 Acullica.620 6 9 1,060 Minotaur ....600 6 20 1,540 Bellerophon.. 500 7 ll 1,970 Hercules.600 2,030 Monarch.600 2,310 the like facts In reference to some 01 me mst unarmored vessels of the British navy, that the iron-clads can make equal speed with the wooden vessels, and while carrying less coals can keep at sea under full steam nearly double the length of time and on nearly one-third less consumption of fuel; so that, while the Monarch ls the fastest Iron-clad in the British navy, she can keep at sea for a longer time on a less amount of fuel. CONSTRUCTION. The bow of thc Monarch is specially construc? ted and strengthened to allow her to be used as a ram, while provision is made for the pre? vention of serious consequences should- she sustain injuries while so employed. The spur or ram may be completely knpckeo>off with? out endangering the main structure In the least. She was hullt at the Chatham dock? yard, and cost about ?55 per ton. The bills footed up a total outlay on labor and materials ?175,513, or a total, with I2h per cent on ac? tual outlay at the dock-yard, of ?194,152. She is fitted out as a full-rigged ship, and instead of the "tripod" masts she has ordinary iron ones. A light, lofty upper deck receives the boats and affords a passage tor the officers above the turrets. Thc running rigging is worked upon the upper deck, over which the turrets have to fire, and consequently a num? ber of contrivances have been fitted to keep both the standi nc and running rigging tolerably clear of the guns. The standing rigging is of Iron wire, and when the ship goes into action it ls quickly triced up, and the flying iron deck is topped np out of the way. An armored, pilot house is provided, in which the comman? der is stationed in action, and by means of a system of telegraphy is enabled to command cate with the steering wheel, engines, turrets and the batteries located at the extremities. The Monarch, as well as other vessels of the British navy, is fitted with gas works, and can be lighted throughout with gas. She can be steered by steam, with one man at the steer? ing machine, nnd a variety of labor-saving machines are distribute' throughout the ship. Among them are s?ve;.1 f Cameron's "Spe? cial" steam pumps, an American ' Invention, which bas found favor In Europe, and is now being extensively adopted In the royal navy. Some of the turret engines and machinery of the Monarch have been supplied by the agents of the same Inventor. Her accommodations for officers and crew are complete, and she ls ventilated in the most perfect manner. There can be no question but that she is the "crack ship" ot the royal navy. Mr. Beed says : "It is hardly possible to foresee In what way the competition between guns and ships will ter? minate; but having the experience we possess of the successful accomplishment of what only a few years ago were regarded as Impossibili? ties in the construction of iron-clads, lt would be folly to attempt to set a limit to the results that will be attained in the future. The admi? ralty have long been in possession of a design for a turret snip, with sides plated with 15 inch armor, and turrets with 18-inch armor. .1 have also prepared outline designs, not on ex? travagant dimensions, to carry 20-inch armor, both on broadsides and on turrets." THE SOVTH CAROLINA. BAIL HOAD. Its Management and Prospect. "CIvls," a correspondent of the Columbia Phoenix, writing of the South Carolina Bail- ' road, says : I do not propose to write a history ol thia railroad, which was the first railroad ever con? structed in the Southern States, and for some time the longest road In the world; but merely to throw out a few hints, so that stockholders ma, see their true interest and not part with their stock, when we have evidently passed the crisis In bur affairs, and with ordinary pru? dence and foresight on the part ol thu direc? tors, the stock, so long almost worthless, will now continue steadily to advance to its par value. The directors, doubtless had many difficulties to contend with when thc war closed, and it ls not necessary in this article to discuss the wisdom of their manage? ment; suffice lt lo say, all thc difficulties have been overcome-our future prospects . are bright and the road in excellent condition. Our foreign debt, of about $2,000,000,- went'to protest during the war; add to this, the road and rolling stock was almost totally destroyed by Sherman's army: tho prospects, therefore,, were gloomy indeed in 1865, but in February, 'CU, the road was In complete running order. We have now, If not enough, at least a hand? some outfit of locomotives, passenger and freight cars, of all kinds; our foreign debt has (except a-small sum) been settled upon very liberal terms: five per cent, and twenty years to pay. The receipts of the road have been heavier within the last twelve months than ever before In the same period, and there is every probability that they wlU reach $1,600,000 by February next. Our prospects justify us in such reasonable expectations. Consider them for a moment. The Columbia and Augusta Ball road hos not ruined the South Carolina Bond,, os was confidently predicted, and lt is evident there is room enough for both, and instead of the receipts foiling off, they have actually in? creased. This ls attributable to two causear First, the Increased energy, zeal, vitality and spirit infused into every department of busi? ness; in a word, the progressive spirit of the* age. Second, the Important connections this road hos only partially made with the Geor? gia roads. In less than one month, the con? nections will be complete, and passengers will take the cars at ?lacon and get out In Charleston. Thousands of passengers, who go North every year Irom Macon and points in the interior beyond Macon, have heretofore gone down the Central Railroad to Savannah and took steamer to New York and other points North; they will now have a much moro desirable and d Ireokroute from Macon to - Charleston via Augusta, roo miles shorter; in a few months, also, tho cars will run through the city to the water, where they can step from the cars on board the steamers and go di? rect .o Liverpool, New York, Boston Balti? more and other points. The steamers are already on the lines and doing a success? ful business, and if Southern people will look to their interest, our cotton need not, In future, go to New York, on its way to Europe, to be tolled. The receipts over the Central Hoad are over $1,000,000, and lt ls not unreasonable to expect one-fourth of this for our road. The directors have determined to declare a dividend In July, to bo quarterly thereafter, and those stockholders who gave up lu despair and sold out, I think will only regret it, for unless war or an earthquake, or some other unforeseen casualty happen, stock wlU be double its present price In less than twelve months. For political as well as pecu? niary considerations, I would say to South Carolinians : Keep the control of the South. Carolina Railroad. _One of the most novel dramatic entertain? ments ev- offered to a public is attracting large houses In London. Il ls a combination of pantomime and readings. Mr. J. M. Bellen stands in the orchestra of St. George's Hall to read "Hamlet." The curtain rises and dis? closes most beautful and carefully-painted scenery. Actors and actresses, whose dresses are said to be more rich and elegant than are usually found even in the elaborate revivals of Shakespeare, walk about the stage, gesticu? late and move their lips, but are silent. Mean? time Mr. Bellen reads the text, assuming each of the characters successively. The judgment of the London press is that willie each of the two departments of the play, the a :tlng and the reading, ls admirable in'itself, the two do not harmonize. There Is, of course, no illusory effect when a lady moves about the stage and pretends to speak while a man's deep voice re? peats the words ol'a play. The highest praise is accorded to the reading of Mr. Bellen, os being "so Impressive, so original, so full or " passion and purpose, that the spectator may well feel iuclmed to wonder that such a mas ter of elocution should have allowed a thought about accessories to enter his n.Ind, and to close his eyes to prevent his attention from being distracted by the action on the stage," and the tableaux, as such, are pronounced to . be "redolent of genius and research." -i-The Swedish government is going io estab- - lisha medical college at Gothenburg, where ladles of the age of seventeen and upward? may go through a complete course of study1 laating three years, and including clinical and anatomical lectures. The diplomas obtainable In consequence will give them the right to es- - tabllsh themselves os physicians In any port of the kingdom. -When Milton's great work first appeared. Edmund Waller wrote tims concerning it "The old blind schoolmaster, John Milton has - published a tedious poem on the fall of man-If" Its length be not considered a merit, lt has. no*