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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1578. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. PROGRESS' OF THE SIEGE. XE S ULT S OF THE JS OME AMD XE N'T OF F ABIS VF TO THIS TIME. Fort d'Issy Silenced by the German Fire-The Popular Rising Throu(,V ont France to Resist the Invasion. VERSAILLES, January G. Manteuffel reports that an attack, made by considerable masses of the enemy, was repuls? ed near Sapignes, Monday, with small loss on his side and heavy loss to the enemy, Includ? ing 250 prisoners. On Tuesday the Fifteenth Division victoriously repelled an attack of the Army of the North, near Bapaume. At the end of the last fight the enemy b-jan to re? treat, which soon became disastrous to them in consequence ol the close pursuit of our cav? alry. We have already taken 600 prisoners. The German batteries south of Paris bom? barded Forts d'Issy, Vanvree and Mont Bouge; also the French entrenchments at Ville Juif | and Point du Jour; also the gunboats hi the Seine. The bombardment northeast of Paris was also continued with great energy, partly lrom newly erected batteries. The results thus far are most favorable to the Germans, not? withstanding the fog. LONDON, January 6. The French -army of the North returned to its encampment near Novelle after the battle ofthe-3d. Faidherbe, in an order of the day, says: "Soldiers-In the battle of Port Noyelle you victoriously held your positions. At Ba - paume you carried all the positions of the ene? my. This thne he will not deny you victory. By your valor and constancy you have de? served well of your country. As soon as we haye obtained provisions and ammunition we will continue o pe rallona." The Germans, on the morning of the ?th, surprised and dispersed a French force on the left bank, of the Seine, near Rousn' capturing three stands of colors, two cannon and four hundred and fifty prisoners. The siege efBer fort continues. General Glum?r, commanding 'the German ' forces In the Valley of the Saone, reports tlfat he evacuated Dijon in accordance with orders from headquarters, and reached Versoul on the 29th. He adds that he still holds the pas? sage of the River Saone. It is stated that the British Government has ordered 80,000 Roper rifles. General Troohu - accuses the garrison at J Avron ot contemptible cowardice. A World special from Brussels, to-day, says the batteries of.Clermart are throwing shot weighing twenty-four pounds, and shell weigh? ing sixty-five pounds. D'Issy, Vanvres and Moat Rouge, were bombarded yesterday and to-day. The forts reply with considerable ef? fect! with six and seven Inch guns. GermaH engineers expect to silence the guns by the night of the 7th. LONDON, January 7. The French under Roy are retreating. They were beaten by the Germans in two encounters on the 4th, on the left bank of the Seine. The Germans report an effective bombard? ment ol Paris on the south and-northeast sides, and also upon the gunboats on the Fiver. The Berlin press admire the English for their temperate, tone in discussing the seizure of j colliers, ob the Seine. It is said the casemates of Fort Avron have been destroyed hy the German guns. The German heavy guns at Meudon and other bat terriea in that direction are ready ror use. There is great mortality In the German regi? ments engaged iuthe siege ol Paris; it ls stated at two per cent. A dispatch from Havre says.I the people are indignant at the Inactivity of f General Pettingear. The Germans have reap? peared at Vallery and Yvetot. Tue Prussian garrison at Rouen has been reinforced. Chansey ls advancing in two columns, the main body of one al Laloup and at Vendome. The Duke, of Mecklenburg occupies the linps between Blois and Vendome, and Laloup and Verneuil. The French reserves from Orleans and Chateau Dun, Chartres and Dreux, in all 70,000, are hurrying forward. Chansey hos 150,000 In splendid condition. The forces of Faldherbe and Bovelles are In excellent order. y. is rumored that a Prussian courier has b??n captured by Franc-tlreurs near the Bel giar frontier, and that on his person were found dispatches urging the United States to' press the Alabama claims. The report Is hardly credited here. SUNDAY'S NIGHT DISPATCHES. VERSAILLES, January 7. Fort d'Issy bas been silenced. LONDON, January 7. Lille is crowded wllh the wounded. Fald? herbe is there, reorgnizing his commissariat department. Crowded meetings were held at Liverpool to-day in favor of the reorganization of the army. Dates from Paris up to the 3d instant, re? ceived to-day, report the damage lrom the bombardment as slight, The French losses thus lar have been twenty killed and two hun? dred wounded. The citizens and army are clamorous for offensive action. The French defenders of Havre are retirln? to Stromalne as the Prussians advance. It is reported that the Prussians have been repu sed at Ba lb re. Bismarck expressed his reluctance to accept Earl GranviUe's denial of .the violation of the neutrality. The government has assured the Subirme Porte of its fidelity to the treaty of 185C. KING WILLIAM TO HIS SOLDIEBS. The following ie the full extent of the order ? i*ued by King William to his army on the 6th ol December : Soldiers .of the Allied German Armies: We have again arrived at an epoch in the war. When I last addressed you the last of | the French armies which were opposed to us at tire commencement of the campaign had been destroyed, by' the capitulation ot Metz. Since then the enemy,by making extraordinary exertions, has opposed to us new bodies of troops, and a great part of the inhabitants of France have abandoned their peaceful avo-. cations, which we did not disturb, to take up arms. The enemy often outnumbered us, yet you have airain defeated him; for bravery, dis? cipline, and a Just cause are ot more value than a superiority ol numbers. All the en? deavors of the enemy to break through the investment lines of Paris have been decidedly repulsed, sometimes, it is true, as.? at Champlgny- and Le .Bourget, with severe sacrifices, but with tbe heroism you always display.- The hostile armies which "ap? proached on even* Side to raise the sieg? of | Paris have all been beaten. Our troops, part of which only a few weeks ago lay before Metz and Strosbouig, have now advanced be? yond Rouen, Orleans and Dijon, nnd besides many small but victorious engagements, two great victories - Amiens and the battle before Orleans, which lasted several days-are added to our iorraer achievements. Several for? tresses ani ? great deal ol' wav material have been taken. I have therefore occasion only lor the greatest salislactlon, which I feel a pleasure in expressing to you. I thank you ail, lrom the general.to the. common soldier. Should the enemy ausist on continuing .the war, I know -you will continue to exert all your power? In the same way which has led to *"-.Y> V-v--.? 5/ y VT -. the great successes we have gained, until we Bucceed In concluding an honorable peace, worthy ot the sacriOce of blood and Hie which we have made. Headquarters, Versailles, December 6, 1870. (Signed) WILLIAM. OESERAL NEWS. N*w YORK, January 7. A negro woman was stabbed to-day eighteen times by a negro man. Judge Brady decided to-day that the State specially provides for the examination of the transfer books of the ?'rle Railroad Company. The plaintiff was ? stockholder In the road, and mulcted in costs. POUGHKEEPSIE, January 7. Three cadete, who allege they were dragged from their quarters at West Point by the first class, conveyed to the mountains, and threat? ened with tar and leathers should they return, were arrested and taken back to echool. SALT LAKE, January 7. The discovery of new and rich gold and sil? ver mines continue. Immense coal mines have been discovered near Nephi, Utah. HATTI, December 22. Th? whole country is quiet. The floods caused great damage. Coffee co tues io slow? ly, owing to low prices. Transportation ihr salt from Turk's Island ls needed. Heavy rains check sugar grinding, BATAVIA, JAVA, January 5. A plot has been discovered among the 8wlss troops in th? Dutch Indian army to as- j sassinate the Governor General and eeize the ] island. ALB ANT, Jwiuary 7. The Express car, while crossing the Hudson river, was robbed and the -meesenger shot. The robbers escaped. The messenger wHl die. . . CASACAS, December 24. The surrender of Maracaibo and forts sur? rounding thc town-ls confirmed. The navy also surrendered, and now the whole Republic is In the hands of Guzman Bianco, who has hopes ol lasting peace. ST. THOMAS, January S. Three steamers are preparing to laj the ca? ble to connect Porto. Rico with Havana. WASHIXQIOX SEWii. WASHINGTON, January 7. The Herald has the following Washington special: "Those interested in a general am? nesty bill have, after a thorough canvass of | both Houses, come to the conclusion that noth? ing of the kind is possible at this session. The character ol the President's reply to the reso? lution of Governor Moiton, inquiring about the condition ol affairs in North Carolina and other States, which will be sent to the Senate on Monday, ls such that lc would have defeat? ed amnesty even had it been well under way. The President's Irlends are decided on tho Bubject. Ben Butler, who claims to run Grant, has made amnesty his special hobby, while Morton, who ls known to be on very intimate te me with the President, regards it os one of { the greatest political heresies of the day. Grant himself is not in favor of amnesty, as was proven in his opposition lo the Mlssourl Brown-Schurz movement, but he may have been converted during the recent visit of Gree? ley here." Representatives Butler and Orth and the President had a consultation on San Domingo to-day. The Judiciary committee heard claimants for senatorial honors from Georgia. The secretary or \ha Treasury has ordered the redemption of $1,500,000 of three per cent, certificates. Pleasanton forbids revenue officers to leave their districts without leave. Vinnie Ream's statue of Lincoln was exhib? ited this morning to the Secretary ol the Inte? rior and a select company. The lair young artist has achieved a wonderful success. ELECTION MOW AT FRANKFORT. LOUISVILLE, January 7. The Courier-Journal's Frankfort special snys that the polls were crowded at the muni? cipal election to-day. The Democratic ticket has been elected. Between 5 and 7 P. M. some person fired a pistol outside of the courthouse, which seemed to be a signal, for Immediately a number of shots were fired into the courthouse. Wm. Newman, a respectable citizen, was mortally wounded, and Captain W. G. Thompson and two negroes slightly so. FIRE IS ZTSCHBURO. RICHMOND, January 7. A fire at Lynchburg last night destroyed the J commission house of Rocke & Armlstead, with a large stock of goods. The adjoining build? ings, occupied by Miller & Franklin, bankers, add H. T." Irving, insurance agent, were much damaged. Total loss, 525,000, which ls fully Insured; but a part of the Insurance is in the llome Company of Connecticut. TBE S O VT H ER lt MtLILS. RICHMOND, January 8.. _ The Southern mails and passengers, from Washington, came through via the Potomac route to-day, arriving only about an hour be? hind time. WEATHER REPORTS. WASHINGTON, January 8. It is snowing steadily here. Reports from Fortress Monroe say that a snow storm also pre rails at that point. SPARKS FROM TUE WIRES. The steamer Ironsides, from Washington to Aq?ia Creek, with passengers and inailB, on Saturday morning, was disable 1 by icc. The passengers and mall ? vie brought back at ll o'clock by the Wawasset. Cassius M. Clay, in a speech at Richmond, Ky., opposes Grant because he ls not In sym? pathy with the Republican party, nor uses the Influence of the government in favor of the Cubans, and Clay thinks the issues of the war decided. Neither party should rely upon them. Dispatches from the coal regions indicate a general strike. The Illinois Central Railroad has declared a ilvidend ol five per cent, in gold. The City of Brussels took out $400,000. The body of G. W. Bartlett, or New York, a irummer for the firm of Brelhaup <fe Wilson, So. 4C Park Place, New York, was found dead yesterday about one mile from Savannah. No | :Iue exists as to how he came there. -There will soon be a railroad passing from i'eddo to Yokohama, Japan, and then on sooth hrough the entire length of the empire. With :tic completion or this roa1 the Interior; or Japan tvill be practically thrown open to the world. A ?reat change ls perceptible in the Japaner. Even the nobles are beginning to mix more free y with the foreigners. Some or them attend the ?emi-annual races and regattas at Yokohama, ind a few or them participate In the amusements. THE HOPES OF FRANCE. Alf E X<i J. IS H VIEW OF TUE SITUA? TION. The Lesson of the Seven Year?1 War. [From the London Spectator, December 17.] We would recommend those of our readers who disbelieve In the possibility of further French resistance to read the last volume of Car? lyle's "Frederick," or the short but accurate ac? count in Macaulay's "Essays" of the last cam? paign of the Seven Years' War. There they will see how these Prussians, now so indig? nant because. Paris keeps their troops encamp? ed in the cold, waged a war of s?ll-defence; how, after half their towns' had been' burnt, and their field) abandoned to women, and their very seed-corn* consumed, and their horses all carried off for the guns, an8 their police at an end, and their socI#y reduced, as the King said, to savagery, they still fought on. defying and wearing out the armies of States with, twenty times their popu? lation. Prussia did not perish. There was a mighty gap In her population, but the chJJdren had been born before the war, and dm not perish in its course, and, within ten years, the villages were full and the cities were rebuilt, and ibe crops were abundant, and Prussia was ready far war to prevent the absorption of Bavaria ia the Hapsburg dominion, and began that career which, within ninety-five years only three generations-has placed her at the head of thc world. Why is lt so impossible t.bat Frenchmen should, under similar provo cation, fight lllvb Prussians, go on to the bitter j end, lill this generation- of adult Frenchmen and Germans have perished In the field ? Be? cause, most men will say, they have not. the northern tenacity or endurance; but where, as yet, ls the proof of that? Thousands of Frenchmen, no doubt, in every great contest | run - away, most discreditably stricken with sudden panic as the unseen guns'pour shells j into their ranks, and thousands more betray after every engagement a want of self-respect, a carelessness of everything save momentary comfort, which is even more disgusting to the less mobile northerners than their fear cf | the shot. But, then, hundreds of thousands of the same men are hurrying up to the Iront, defending Paris, or, half-organized, hatf-iflicered, and, we fear, hall-feu, main? taining for seven days a hopeless fight with a violerions army, actually attacking again and again and again the finest troops in Europe, sometimes uselessly, sometimes with such suc? cess that the King of Prussia excuses himself for gaining no ground, but always Inflicting a loss which the luvaders can III afford. Week after | week Paris is to fall, and week alter week there is General Trochu drilling an army so great that it takes two-thirds of the German force to hold lt in check; now breaking out and inflicting a loss of 15,000 men, now walt? ing quietly till he hears of some movement from the provinces towards tlWUpltal; but never yielding, never gi vi og way lo impa? tience or to menace, to-day destroying the, Wurtemburg contingent, lo morrow trying Reds by court-martial for want of spirit before the enemy. Generul Chansey. the man ham? mering away there between Orleans anti Tours, is but one ot six generals, each with a large army at command, now intent upon delivering France. General Bourbaki has 75.000 men south of the Loire; General Faidherbe, 30,000 men marching past La Fere, on Manteuffel's communications; another general commends the Bretons at Le Mans; General Brian forms a new anny at Cherbourg, and In the centre of all, General Trochu once more warns Ganibet-1 tn, by silencing his forte, that he is coming I abroad. Not counting thc armies of Toulouse and Lvons, not reckoning anything that I France'south of Tours, that is a nailon ot j 15.000,000 can effect, France has in movement j 750,000 soldiers whom a single gleam of suc? cess, one day of victory, would make the equals, man "for man, of any troops in the world, and who, for aught any human being can tell, may have or may find a general who can give them, if not victor}-, some chance of ] an equal field. Nothing moro than drawn bat? tles ls required, for slowly but irresistibly, the nature ot things ls fighting against the Ger? mans. They are invaders, and cannot afford even to win' forever. The ballot for thexon scrlptlon in France covers every year 360.000 men, of whom about one-third are physically unfitted for active?war. There aro therefore still iu France 2,800,000 men between eighteen and thlrtr, or Allowing lor ?OO.OOO ot prisoners, 2 300,000'flt for flinting of a kind. Ic ls not necessarily good fighting In' all ways. The French never had at the best of times UK* splen? did constancy of the Germans; it would take years tu give them the same drill, and as yet they have not generals sufficiently trusted by the troops to make panic Impossi? ble. But we see that these men at Puris and Beaugency can be induced to charge, can be used as to produce uneasiness at Versailles, can be so driven on-if the critics of France will have lt so-oe to give three lives or two lives awl a prisoner tor one. Il* they give only that, and- we have absurdly exaggerated the case against France, what hope can theGer inaus liuve ol ultimate victory, of anything except to endure with patient heroism and an overplus of glory the slow, steady whittling away of their hammer of Thor. They are fighting even now four separate campaigns, winning three of them, but losing every doy, as every officer who has seen service must know,.lrom one to two thousand men killed, wounded, invalided or taken prisoner; and their loss ls' not one of half-trained men, or "recruits," or unwilling rascals, as that ol' the French is said to be, but of good soldiers, the hard, disciplined men who have carried the German flag from the Rhine to the sea: Look what the Bavarian Corps has done, and how. alter all its victories, lt has declined Ironi a corps to a disorganized dlrisiun-literally '.warred out," debwata by bati.j. Bat Paris will fall ki a day or two, and then all will be over. Why should Paris full f rt h> not weaker, butstrouger than it was-stronger by the huge works which the German generals pronounce impregnable; stronger by eighty days of drill and three-days ot viciorlous fight? ing; stronger by the fact that endurance has settled lulo habit; stronger most of all in this, that the patient, sad Breton In command is undisputed master at last-dare disarm Belle? ville or ration the Faubourg SL Antoine could, if the necessity arose, as lt will not arise, rain down Are on treacherous citizens who advise capitulation. That Northerners should not understand Southerners, that Ger? mans should fancy Parisians only pleasure lovers, should hope for insurrections against | independence, and believe a defeat on the Loire sufficient to cow a people liable to Ats of | depression and exultation. 19 natural enough; but that average Englishmen should be unable to recognize th? facts before their eyes ls to us inexplicable. Th-?re ls Just as much evidence that General Trochu rules Paris and intends to keep on fighting, as there is that King William rules Germany and that the Germans intend to keep on besieging, while there ls absolutely no evi? dence at all that the provinces Intend to yield. The cities very often light very badly, the citi? zens being cowed by the fear which seems to paralyze Frenchmen out of Paris, the danger of losing their property; but not one has de? manded peace, or protested against war, or shown thc smallest symptom of a desire to re? bel against the war dictator. Leon Gambetta. When unoccupied they send up their contin? gents as regularly as if there were a legitimate government in France, or as If the "lying lawyer of Tours," as the German Moniteur de Versailles calls a man who will be remembered as l?ng as Frederlok, had armies with which to levy recruits. The contingents are not yet equal to German soldiers, but they make rushes regarded with far more respect bv Yon Moltke than by English journalist-1, and of dii nffectlon we cannot perceive one trace. The very soldiers, it is said, detest the war. Con? sequently, M. Gambetta, who, according to the Times, makes the war, transfers himself, and therefore the government of France, to the headquarters of the army, betakes himself | lo the exact position which- will enable the anny. If it hates war, to terminale ft at a blow by arresting its main director. If anything is clear, this Is clear-that Gambetta is "Dicta? tor;" ls obeyed by generals and admirals and distant provinces, because he represents the fixed determination of all Fiance-of the men who run away, as well as of the men who fight-to make no peace which shall include territorial cessions. We do not believe that this determination would be affected by the fall of Pavis any more than lt has been by Its Investment, and see no more reason for* the universal English expectation that Paris is to fal) m a lew dayB than there was for the same expectation six weeks ago. The armed popu? lation is not more disheartened, but less. Gen? eral Troohu ls as sadly resolved as ever, and as for food, all accounts point to this-that the original estimates were based on the returns or consumption in ordinary times; that the ef? fects of rationing, that grand promoter of thrift, of want o? wages, and of a gradual act cllmatlzatlon to hunger were under-estimated, and that Paris has all the food required to keep its people alive and its soldiers In stout health for at least three months to come. Government, says General Trochu, can go on rationing Paris for long alter the siege is rais? ed, and admitting tharne circulates, that state? ment to remove depression, General Trochu is no fool to play the walting game as he ?3 doing, with famine close at hand. We see, in lacfc, no reason for surrender except want of heart, much for believing that the hearts of Frenchmen are rising to the level of their country's heed. Till they have so risen, till theyhave gravely resolved that, on the whole, France must be free, or they will cease out of the world, every day of fighting, good. Indif? ferent, or even bad, 13* day gained, ls twenty four hours more for the appearance of the chief whose first battle shall reveal the fitting leader of France, the soldier whom French? men will trust even In retreat THE UP-COUNTRY TROUBLES TOUR SUSPECTED MURDERERS ItlXCHED BT A MOB. m i Manion by Negroes In Spnrtanbwrg Indignation meeting ortho White Clt . Isens. The Columbia Union (Radical) gives another version of the outrages in Union County. This acceunt shows that the murder of Mr. Stevens (said to have been the work of negro militia) was cold-blooded and deliberate; also that the Ellis brothers, suspected of the murder, were ? killed while resisting arrest. The Union says: We have learned another version of the Union outrages, and we give It to our readers as lt comes to us. The parties giving us the information are responsible men, holding high positions In the community at Unlonvllle, and express themselves as decidedly opposed to I these bloody forays, and anxious to lake what? ever steps may be necessary and practicable to put a stop to this hellish business. The murder of Stevens appears to. have been a cold-blooded, deliberate transaction, Judging from all the different versions that have reached us. They all seem to agree upon this point, however materially they may differ on i others. He was met In the road, taken from his wagon and coolly murdered. What? ever his crime was-if he had commited any -no man, or set of men, had the right to take the law Into his, or their hand, and punish him. It is said that he refused to give the whiskey which he had in his wagon to those demanding lt, and for this refusal he was killed. The people of Union, hearing of this murder, become very much excited, 'and sus? picion falling upon the Ellis brothers as being engaged in the murder, warrants were pro-, cured for their arrest. The officer detailed for this purpose, approached the bouse to arrest the Eillses and was told by them that they would not surrender, and immediately dis? charged their guns, one ot the balls, it is said, passing through the clothing of one of the parties who accompanied the officer. Upon this, the officer, and those accompanying him, set np an indiscriminate firing on the house, the former in the meantime being wounded so badly that he has since died. Finally, thc Mayor of the town, Mr. Goss, and Colonel McKIsslck arrived upon the spot, and volun? teered to go and arrest tho Ellis brothers, which they did, and conducted them to jail. It Is immaterial who fired the first shot In this last transaction. If thc officer had a war? rant for the arrest of the Ellis brothers they should have surrendered at once. After this, affair of Sunday, everything was quiet np lo Wednesday night. About one o'clock In the morning of Thursday, a company of disguised men appeared at the jail and demanded of the keeper or sheriff the keys. These he refused to surrender, but the attacking party entered the Jail, broke the locks of the doors, took six men from the Jail tva distance'therefrom, and shot two of them to death, left two more badly .wounded, while tho other_ two have not been seen since. One of tho murdered men was Elliott Walk? er, the captain of the militia company in Union, the one who was arrested on tho rail? road train on Monday last, and the other wus Charncr Gordon. The two wounded men were Joe Ellis and Andy Thompson. No one, lt ls said, knows who any of this band 01 ruffians were, but it is quite evident to every thinking man that they are people fully posted in regard to everything that is going on In that vicinity. We have no doubt that they were many ot them citizens of that county, and some of them, probably, of tho village. A large number of the citizens are here to ask assistance In the matter, and all parties seem anxious that a garrison should be sent there at once. We can see no way ont of this terribie state of affairs but for the people ol'the country to rise in their might and de? termine to shoot down, on sight, the first dis? guised man who ls seen prowling ?bout. lt ls an awful state of uncertainty fer people to live In. No one knows how soon he may be dragged from his bed, at the dead of night, and cruelly murdered In cold blood. Every day these malters seem to grow worse Instead of better. The people of that county owe lt to themselves, to the credit of the State that everything should be done that can be done to put a stop to these Inhuman barbarities. Hu? manity shudders at the mere mention of such flendish cruelties. They must organize vigi? lance committees Whose duty lt shall be to ar? rest all persons seen prowling about the coun? try, and Iring them at once to justice. Every outrage like ibis puts the county back at least a quarter of a century in Hie Beale of pro? gress. Will the people rise lo the necessity of this occasion ? ANOTHER MURDER. The Carolina Spartan (Conservative) gives the following account of the murder of a color? ed trial justice, named Johnston, in Spartan burg County. There was no Ku-Klnx about this. Johnston was very unpopular with the negroes. The Spartan says: We are informed that Anthony Johnston, the colored trial Justice of this county, and candidate for the Legislature* at the late elec? tion, was shot aud killed by .parties unknown, at or near his house, in the neighborhood of Pacolett Depot, on the night of tho 29tti ult. We have learned nothing ot the particulars of this outrageous act that excites even a sus? picion as to whom were its perpetrators. But accounts we have heard satisfy us that lt was a brutal and outrageous murder, and no doubt the good citizens in that section will exert themselves In attempts to bring to Justice the guilty parties. We will give the report we have had of the affair, which ls briefly this: That three persous went to the house of Johnston and made demonstrations of a kind that caused him to quit his bouse to find pro? tection tn the woods, and when he bad reached the distance ot a few hundred yards he was Bhot by parties unknown, and his body fell In a branch where lt waB found.' Johnston's mother was In the house and saw the party who is supposed to" have committed the mur? der, but did not recognize any one of them. We have not learned that they were In dis? guise, and we have not heard Ku-Klux men? tioned in connection with the affair. We learned from our informant that' Johnston had ren? dered himself very unpopular with several 1 colored persons in his neighborhood by acts ( of tyranny and fraud towards them while act? ing as trial Justice, by laking the little prop? erty which they had exempt by ?aw, In pay- 1 ment of his costs In cases which he bad in- 1 duced them to institute without causo, and in 1 various ways deceiving and defrauding the 1 more Ignorant of his color. We only mention these facts which we have learned to indicate the course of probabilities. At this time we have learned nothing that attaches this foul 1 deed to any one. Efforts will be made to de- 1 tect trie guilty parties, because our law abiding and peaceful citizens are determined to put a stop to such occurrences in this county. In this instance we think it proper to state the ' impression exists that this act was committed ; for the gratification of some personal, malici clous feeling, disconnected with politics, as the facts above stated might suggest.* A COLORED MAX MURDERED BT A NEURO. The Spartan gives the following account of another brutal murder: "James Hammett, a colored man, was shot with an Enfield rifle and ! killed by Harry Jackson, also a colored man, on the night of the 29th of December ult. This murder was committed oh the plantation of Mr. James F. Jackson, on North Pacolett Elver, where one of the parties lived, A Jury of inquest waa assembled by Coroner Willis, who returned a verdict in accordance with the facts above stated.** PEACE RESOLUTIONS. A mass meeting of citizens was held at Spartanb'irg Courthouse on the 2d. .The meet? ing was opened by Dr. R. M. Sm!tb, who nominated to the cbalr|Captaln J. W. Carlisle. The object of the meeting waa explained by Dr. Smith, Major D. R. Duncan and Colonel J. H. Evans. The latter gentleman moved, sec? onded by Dr. R. M. Smith, that a committee of | ten be appointed by the chair to draffresolu tlons expressive of the meeting. The commit? tee was composed of the following gentlemen: Colonel J. H. Evans, chairman; R. M. Smi?L D. R. Duncan, W. M. Fleming, J. B. Tolleson, J. G. Harris, George Hardy, Colonel R. C. Poole, W. P. Bishop and F. L. Anderson, and reported the following resolution; Resolved, That we. as law-abiding citizens of ? Spartanburg County, do iook with abhorrence and condemnation upon the recant outrages against law*and order perpetrated! In our coun? ty, and we do feel it to be the dnty of every citizen to use all efforts, singly .and unitedly. In their power to arrest the perpetrators', and put an end to such a spirit of disregard of law and life. NEGRO SHOT AND KTLUID. A difficulty occurred .on the S'lth ultimo, at or near Saluda Bridge, tn Greenville County, between Elleck Cox and Amos Budgens, both colored, In which the former received his death, at the hands of the latter, from a pistol, the ball entering the lower abdomen. The de? ceased lingered until Sunday evening. The difficulty occurred at a wedding, and it ls sup- j posed the parties were'at the time drinking; no misunderstanding liad previously existed. The evidence is sufficient to convict. 8BRI0?S AJTRAT. An unfortunate affray occurred on last Sun? day night, at a social gathering n the neigh? borhood of Lebanon Chnrcfi, 1n Abbeville County, in which Calhoun Hamb .in was stab? bed by his older brother, Lafayette Hamblln. He is still lying very low, but.hojtes are enter? tained of his recovery. HORE OOTRAOES. ? , The Spartanburg Republican (Radical) says: Last week more outrages were committed In the lower portion of the county. Ten white men visited the house of Bird Jones, a promi? nent colored man in the county, one night last week, and broke down the door. Not find-1 lng Jones at home, they struck bis wile on the head with a stick. She. In return, knocked one of the party down with a shovel, when they all left The injured man U supposed to be Dick Daniel, who has since then been lying at the house of Major Hunter too seriously hurt tfi be moved. The same party, the same night, fired Into the bouses of Mr. James Lit? tle Jeld and of Mr. Thomas Hackabee. We believe all the parties engaged In this outrage* ? can be identified. INCENDIARISM.-Several small houses on the plantation ol Major T. W. Woodward, near Ridgeway, were burned on Tuesday night last. Major Woodward has not learned the extent of his loss. Captain R. C. downey, near Yonnguesvllle, had" several "tales of cotton set on fire on-TtwB day morning last, but discovered the fire in time to save the cotton. Both of the above was the work of the Incendiary.- The'only remedy lor these midnlorht scoundrels ls the bullet and rope.-Winnsbortf Muss. ?tlarric?. r O'BRIEN-HUNTER.-On^he evening of the 5th Instant at thc residence of the bride's fattier, by the Kev. John Moore, Hr. W. H. o ii RIB s to Miss LIZZIE A., second daughter of Itooert H. Hunter, Esq., all of this city. . (Dbitnarn. WITH ERS"OON.-Died, January L 1871. Mrs. HESTER L. WITHERSPOON, wife o? Dr. J. B. Wither? spoon, ot Sumter, S.e. 4. Special Notices. ; jjSf* OFFICE OF THE CHARLESTON GASLIGHT COMPANY, DECEMBER 20, 1870. The Board of Directors of this Company having declared a Dividend of Fi ET Y CENTS pee Share ou the Capital Stock, thc same will bc paid to Stockholders ou and arter MONDAT, Otb January, 1871. Thc TrJnsfer Books will be closed from this date to loth January, 1871. W. J. HERIOT, dcc2fl Secretary und Treasurer. ?&-TttE GREAT MEDICAL WONDEB, DR. HASKELL'S ELECTRIC OIL kills all pain In two minutes, cancers, Bolls, Tetter and Old Sores, cared in 43 hours by DB. HASKELL'S CAR? BOLIC CANCER SALVE. For aa le at retail by 0. W. AI MA Ft, COHEN'* MEDICAL DE* DR. H. BAER, POT, A. 0. BARBOT, Dn. 0. J. LUHN, ED. S. BURNHAM, W. T. LITTLE 4 CO., M. H. CULLINS & CO., ALFRED RAOUL, M. D., 0RAMAN k SCH WAKE, DR. W. A. SERINE. . E. H. KELLERS, M. D., And at wholesale by DO WIE, M OISE Je DAVIS, sole Agents for South carolina. npvll-3mosnAW ?Sf EXPRESSLY FOR THE LADIES. Married and Single, 811 classes and conditions, are liable to suffer from derangements of the sys? tem, painful Irregularities, nervous Irritability and many troublesome complaints that invite premature old age. Tliesa complaints may all be cured, controlled or relieved, by the use of the PUILOTUKEN or Femate's Friend. Sold by the Druggists at $1 per bottle._Jan5-th3tn3 THIEVES ! KNAVES 1 SWIND? LERS !-These aremlld terms with which to des? ignate thDse adventurers, who hive been induced by the high reputation which Dr. SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY bas won to offer for sale i worthless imitation of this celebrated medicine. Remember that Dr. Pierce's private stamp, which is three and a half inches lon? aid has upon lt his purtralt, and the word3 ?. S. O?niflcaroof Genu? ines;," Is upon every package of tho genuine. Sold by druggists or by mail sixty cents. Address Dr. R. V. PIERCE. Buffalo, N. Y. jan?-t)istu3DA0 : ?fr- PIMPLES ON THE! FACE.-FOR Comedones, Blackworms or Grubs, Pimply Erup? tions and blotched disfigurations on thc Face, use PERRY'S COMEDONE AND PIMPLE REMEDY, Depot No. 48 Bond street, New York. Bohr by Druggists everywhere. decl5-th8tn3mos pST- FOR MOTH PATCHES, Freckles and Tan, use PERRY'S MOTH AND FRECKLE LOTION. The only sellable and harm? less rem;dy known to BClen:e Tor removing brown discolorations, from the; Face. Prepared only by Dr. B.C. PERRY, No. 49 Bond street, New York. Sold by Druggists ?verywhere. deol5-thstu3rnos_ pm* DEFENSIVE MEDICATION.-IN VESTIGATION ls as necessary "or the protection of the haman body against disease when un? healthy influences are abroad os iron armor and granite casements are for the protection of ships and fortresses when assailed by shot and shell. Hence, lt ls desirable, when those potent enemies of vitality-damp and cold-pervade the air we breathe, to put thc system in the best possible condition to encounter them. The stomach ls thc organ by which every other organ ls nourished and sustained, and therefor* upon Its vigorous and regular action depends, In a great measure, the capacity of the system tc resist the assaults of the invisible enemies or health and life, by which, at this inclement season, lt ts surrounded. HpSTETTER'S STOMACH BI rrEHB, an admirable tonic and regnUtiug medicine for all seasons, ls never more needed than'In winter, when the tor pUylng influence of a chilly atmosphere affects all the vital functions and renders the body extreme? ly susceptible. By toning the digestive organs and the liver and tlie bowels with this un equalled vegetable specific, a physical condition is attained which seems tobe proor against all varieties of temperature, andthatlslnlratcable In the air of winter.. Defensive medication ls a precaution which should never be neglected when danger is present, and therefore a course of the Bitters at this season is particularly desirable, especially for the feeble and Bickly. As a remedy for bilious? ness, dyspepsia; nervousness and bowel com? plaints, there la nothing comparable to this whole? some restorative. Jan7-?p*c Spinal flTxrtiaa. pa* CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP SOUTH CAROLINA, from Kew York, are notified that she will discharge cargo TO-DAY at Pier No. 2, Union Wharf. Goods uncalled for at sunset will remain on wharf at owners' risk and expense. WM. A. COURTENAY, J an o-l_. Agent. SHOULD NOT SUFFER FROM a Cough, which a few doses or AY ER'S CHERRY PECTORAL will care. Time, comfort, health, are all saved by lt._Jan8-fmw3D&w ?&TRE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL BANK, CHARLESTON', S. C.-An election for DIRECTORS of this Bank, to serve for the ensuing year, will beheld at the Banklng-honse, on Tusso AY, the 10th instant, between the hours of ll A. M. and S o'clock, P. M. ' H. G. LOPER, Cashier. Jan2-mwf4_-J-.?. .p?T- MT FRIEND", STOP THAT TERRI? BLE cough, and thus avoid a consumptive** grave, by using GLOBE PLOWER COUGH SYRUP, for curing all throat, bronchial and lung diseases. It ls perfectly peerless. Never has been equalled. It ls pleasant to take, and certain to core. For ?ale by all druggists._dcc-wfmimo PW STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, EDGEFIELD COUNTY.-Court of Trial Justice P. A. EICHELBERGER.-H. A. ADD ISO V VS. W. J. SMITH.-Debt $60. To W. J. Smith, Dyunilant in this action Yon are hereby summoned and required to answer thc complaint tn this action, which is flied in thc office of P. A. EICHELBERGER, Trial Jus? tice, of the County and State above named, and to serve a copy of your answer on the subscri? bers, at their omoe, within forty day? from the date hereof, and if you fall, judgment will be taken against yon. BUTLER ? Y0UMAN8, deci2-m6_Plaintiff's Attorneys. p9~ THE WORKING CHRISTIAN Organ ot the Baptist Denomination In South Carolina-is now a permanent enterprise of this city. Toe paper has obtained a wide circulation, and ls one of the best medinina for advertising In the State. It ls to be enlarged to eight pages on the 1st of January, and many thousand copies issued. Business men are solicited to send ra their cards and other advertisements If they wish to get soob notices before the thousands that would not otherwise see them. Address WORKING CHRISTIAN, Charleston, S. C., or cali at the Editor's office, No. 16 Hasel street. dec6-mo _' ptr TEMPE!'ANCE MEN ADMIT ITS UTILITY.-No attempt has ever been made or ever will be made to disguise the character of PLANTATION BITTERS. It contains alcohol; and no Bitters that does not contain alcohol Is worth a rash. Water wm neither preserve the virtues of tonic vegetables nor render them active in the system. TbU is a chemical fact which no? one competent to deliver an opinion on the sub? ject wiu deny. Water tonics turn sour on.the stomach, If they are not sour to begin with, (which ls frequently the bas?) and produce and promote Indigestion, instead of curing it. Let lt, therefore, bc distinctly understood that PLANTA? TION BITTERS ls sn alcohol restorative. But mark this: lt ls strictly a medicine, not a bev? erage. It ls to be taken In limited quantities and at stated times, like other remedies and anti? dotes, and therefore its u-ie ls in accordance with temperance law, as we? is with that "higher \ laty," which renders lt Incumbent up.? every being gifted with reason to resort to the best pos? sible means of accomplishing a salutary end. SEA Moss FAKINE, from pare Irish Moss, for j Blanc Mange, Puddings, Custards, Creams, Ac, Ac. The cheapest, healthiest, and most delici?os food In the world._'_mwfSn&c po- DIVO?CES .-ABSOLUTE DI-1 YORCES. legally obtained in New York1, Indiana, Illinois and other States, for persons from any State or country, legal everywhere; desertion, drunkenness, non-support, Ac. sufficient cause; no publicity. No charge antll divorce ls obtained. Advice free'. Address, MOORE ? RICHARDSON, Counsellors at Law. dec20-lyr 180 Broadway. New York City. ?#~ THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C., DECEMBER 24, 1870.-SAYINGS DEPARTMENT. Depositors are requested to leave their BOOKS to be credited with the January Quarterly Interest, due 1st proximo. AU Deposits made on or before the 20th Janu? ary, will near Interest from 1st January. Interest, 6 per cent., will be compounded quarterly. THOMAS R. WARING dec24-8tuthll Cashier. A CARD.-JOHN BINNS, AGENT, respectfully informs tho merchants and business people generally, that he has engaged in his old business of DRAYING, and holds himself In readi? ness to engage m hauling for any person t hat needs his services. By uniform charges and personal attendance to business he hopes to share a por? tion of the public patronage. Caa be seen at the Old Postoftlce._Jau3-tnths6? pB*DR. J. C. LUDWIG, BAUNSCHEID IST.-Dr. LUDWIG would respectfully inform hie friends, and the citizens or Charleston generally, that he has returned to the city and oners his pro? fessional services as a BAUNSCHEIDIST, In the cure and relief of many diseases appertaining to j the human system. His practice l'i particularly applicable to all Diseases of the Skin (and all cu? taneous Infirmities,) Rheumatism, Gout, Neural? gia, Dyspepsia, Ac. Office lu WENTWORTH STREET, No. 70, north side, between King and St. Phillp street. Dr. Ludwig would respectfully refer to the fol? lowing gentlemen: Henry Gerdts, D. Leseman, L. G runing, W.I. Middleton,. J. H. Bolles, Mlles Drake, James M. Caldwell & Sic, Dr. J. B. Patrick, L. Welskopf, G. C. Schmetze'r.-A. Moroso and P. A. McBride. jan7-stnth6_ pt- MEDICAL NOTICE.-PATIENTS suffering from Diseases pertaining to the GENITO URINARY ORGANS, will receive the latest scien? tific treatment by placing themselves ander the care 01 Dr. T. REENSTJERNA, office No. 74 Hasel street, three doors from the Postofflce. Bep20-tutblyr_ pf FIRST NATIONAL BANK OP | CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON, S. C., DEOEMBER 30,1870.-The Annual Election for Directors of | this Bank will be held at the Banking House, on TUESDAY, January 10,1871, between the hours of { ie A. M. and 2 o'clock P. M. Jan6-thtu2_WM. C. BREESE, Cashier. $9* THE STATE OP SOUTH CARO? LINA, COUNTY OP ORANGEBURG.-Court of Common Fleaa-C. A. STALEY* H. N. STALEY, M. C. ?LMER, F. D. STALEY alfi ANNA D. CUL? LER aad L. HAN E CULLER, Plaintiffs, aga'ast J. WESLEY HOUSER and RACHEL HOUSER, De? fendants.-Summons. To the Defendants, J. wesley Homer ana sachet | Houser : You are heroby summoned and required to an? swer the complaint In this action, which is filed In the office of the Clert of Common Pleas for the said County, and to aerve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers, at their office in Orangeburg, S. 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With the determination to keep np with the spirit or the times-the distribution or "Prizes be? . lng a popular Idea-the proprietor has deter? mined to adopt a system or GIFT DISTRIBUTION among the subscriben or the ENQUIRER, but upon a plan different from that so prevalent. In which brass Jewelry, "dumb watches" and shilling pic? tures are the chief attractions. lt ls deemed pre- ' rora hie to award a substantial gift, tn aft equita? ble manner, upon the following plan: Commencing with the first week In Janaiiry, . 1871, the name of each yearly subscriber on tte - list, who has paid In advance, wfil be placed tn a box provided for the purpose. On each Wed? nesday morning throughout the year, arter tho? roughly mixing the names, one name wHl te drawn from -the box-the person whose aim? - shall be so drawn to be en tilled to a prlte of FIVE j DOLLARS in cash. aa-Aa names are added to the list they will be placed In the box.-to The name of the person drawn each week will be announced In the issue of the paper succeeding the drawing, and the money promptly forwarded to the ad? dress. TERMS, IN ADVANCE. One copy, one year.$ 8 00 Two copies, one year. s 09 Ten copies, one year, with an extra copy to tte person making the clnb.25 00 Money can be safely remitted by "registered" letter. Specimen copies will be sent on applies? l tlon. Address L. M. GRIST, decl7 . Yorkvllle, S. 0. Bitters. r QLD CAROLIN A BITTE RSI OLD CAROLINA BITTERS \ OLD CAROLINA BITTERS ! OLD CAROLINA BITTERS ! OLD CAROLINA BITTERS ! CURES '.OGRES CURES . . . - CURES GENERAL DEBILITY! GENERAL DEBILITY! GENERAL DEBILITY! GENERAL DEBILITY!' 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