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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1578. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE FIRST VETO. ALL QUIET JJV UNION ANB SP AS? TA ii BUS G. Withdrawal of Contestants-Passing or the School Bill-County Treasurers and County Checks-Another Futile Attempt to Investigate-Contempt of thc House. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, January 31. Letters have been received* from" the contes? tants ol the seats occupied by members of the General Assembly, irom Spartanburg, signify? ing their withdrawal. Mr. Lederer, Radical, returned from Union and Spartanburg, and reports all quiet. The Senate passed thc school bill and the bill compelling county treasurers to receive county checks-tlie Reform members voting negatively on the latter bill. . In the House; another attempt to investigate the expenses ol the Hall of Representatives failed. L. Cain was brought to the bar of the House for contempt, and apologised. A STUBBY BLOW EOE LOW TAX * ATION. A Big Job Hidden under a Bushel -The Jobbers Exhilarated-Georgetown ander the Wings of the Governor The Senate O. K. on Martial Law kLegislative Proceedings-How an Old Woman Whipped a Company of Ka Klux. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA. January 30. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. In the House the consideration of the reso? lution to appoint a committee to investigate the expenses of fitting up the House of Rep? resentatives, was resumed with unabated en? ergy by the opposing lactlons. After an hour's wrangling the vote whereby the reaolutlon was passed was reconsidered, by a vote of 49 to 42. Mr. Whipper then offered a substitute, "that a committee ol thirteen be appointed, whose duty lt shall be to examine all bills and accounts connected with the fitting up of the j halLjuid-also to ascertain what disposition was I made of the former furniture." This again brought forth a lively discussion-* appeals, motions and polntB ol order loiiowed in rapid euccession. Several severe thrusts j were made at the speaker, who was, however, j equal to the occasion,* and compelled the par ties to take back the offensive remarks. When order was somewhat restored, Mr. Jerrey of? fered an amendment to change the number of the committee from thirteen to fifteen, and . upotLthiB a motion tolay the whole matter on J the table was carried by a vote of 48 to 40. I Thi? coup d'?tat on behalf of the Iriends of non Investigation had a most wonderful exhilarat? ing effect upon several ..gabbers" on the floor, J who had, previous thereto, shown considera? ble uneasiness. This will, probably, end any investigations in this direction,.and the public I will have to be satisfied with what they may conjecture. Mr. A. P. Holmes, ol Colleton, presented his credentials, and was admitted to his seat. THE GOVERNOR'S VETO. Five minutes belore the expiration of the 11 time allowed to the Governor lor his -action 11 upon acts of the General Assembly, his secre P tory entered the Hall of Representatives and 11 transmitted tTieTollowing messijgfe:: ' li . To the Eon. F. J. Metes. Jr.^TSpeaker of the '. House of Repr?sentatives : * I < SIR-I have tbe honor to return to the 1 House, in wkich it originated, without my ' approval, the "Act to levy an additional tax of one mill on the dollar lor county purposes, < Georgetown County," for the following rea- 1 sons : 1 The general tax upon property for State and ! county purposes is deemed to be sufficiently large to cover all necessary expenditures, anil 1 1er that county and a few others lhere is already a tax of from one and hali to two mills more than ls required to meet the current ex-1 < penses ot most other counties in the State. I : can therefore see no just reason v. ay this addi- i tlonal tax should be imposed upon Hie people, i 1 feel it my duty, in this connection, to urge I upon the General Assembly Ute passage of un I act regulating and restrlcting^he expenditure i of the public moneys by the county commis- r 8ioners, and am confident that such rcstrlcton ] would make even a less appropriation than 1 has already been made sufficient tc "neet all i legitimate demands upon them. I have the honor to be, i Very respectfully, i (Signed) ROBEP.T K. SCOTT, Governor. : On motion of Mr. Jones, the consideration 1 of the message was made the special order for I 2 o'clock, to-morrow, The following resolution was then intro* 11 duced by Mr. Lee, and adopted: Whereas, The Hon. Wade Perrin, member 1 elect ol this House from the County of Lau- 1 rens, was murdered in the late riot at Laurens; and, whereas, the body of the said Wade Per-1 ' rio is now In this city, and his funeral will take 1 place at 3 P. M., this day; therefore be it Resolved, That this House do now take a re- 1 cess until that hour, and that the use of the hall of the House of Representatives be grant? ed lor the funeral ceremonies, and that a mes? sage be sent to the Senate inviting that body to be present. The invitation was accepted by the Senate, and the House Iben took a RECESS. . At 3 o'clock the House reassembled to wit new the funerr.l ceremonies of the late Mr. 1 Perrin, which were performed by Bishop Brown, ot the A. M. E. Church. At "the con- i elusion, the speaker declared the recess taken i until to-morrow, at 12 M., and the members then formed in procession and followed the 1 remains to the place of interment. SENATE-MARTIAL LAW. | The preamble and concurrent resolution, ? adopted in the House on Saturday, -'culling on the General Government for protection against 1 domestic violence." caine before the Senate ! to-*3ay. A lively debate ensued between seve- , ral members, the majority ol whom evidently , mean to act right in this matter. Senator Swans, In the course of hi3 remarks, : relerred to the proposltlon.of sending the mil- i itia iijr the up-country. He said it would be I, throwing a firebrand into those counties to send a militia force there; and, to go to facts 1 and figures, he thought the State could not al? ford to maintain live thousand men In the field . under its present financial circumstances. Then again, where were all the men coming 1 irom ? I command a brigade numbering one t thousand men, and I would be willing to bet , that by the time I got to Union I wouldn't have ten. They woidd leave and go home. Senator Hayne Paid he desired to uefine his i position. He was not in favor of sending mil- | Ula or any other military force in those coun? ties. Let the people understand that the laws of the State must be obeyed, and then let the r) prominent men of both parties take the matter in hand, and no more outrages will be heard ol. Senator Nash said he was in favor orthe res? olution or something similar. He had been informed that the laws of the State could not be enforced by the State officers, while the 1 United States marshals could ride from ono end of the State to Hie other without being molested. He therefore favored the presence ' of United States troops. Senator Leslie desired that the whole mat- : ter should be deferred for teh days, so as not to act rashly, for said he : uWe have done bad things enough, let us now commence and do good. We can't remedy this thing, and ask others to do ria-ht until we do riixht ourselves, and when the'State Government does right and leans upon the support of moderate men, we will have peace, and not sooner." In con? clusion he moved to propose further consider? ation ol the subject for ten days. Adopted. Concurrent resolution instructing the clerks of both Houses to draw pay certificates to January 31, 1871, was concurred in and re? turned to tlie House. A resolution sent irom the House, instruct? ing taje State treasurer to reoort by what au r % thority lie disbursed money appropriated lor the support ol'free schools and otkw purposes, was referred to the committee on education. The report of the medical committee on ac? counts ol G. W. Gurmanv, M. D., was concur? red In and returned to the House. REPORTS OP COMMITTEES. Committee on engrossed bills reported cor? rectly engrossed a joint resolution authorizing the county commissioners ol'Lancaster to levy a special tax. Passed its third reading aud was sent to the House. A bill to incorporate the Mar's Binn* Sons or Benevolence Association, was, on the recom? mendation of the committee on incorporations, laid on the table. BILLS INTRODUCED. Mr. Duval introduced a bill to charter tho Town of Chesterfield. It received its first reading and was ordered to be printed. NOTICES OF BrLLS. Mr. Wimbush gave notice ol' a bill to charter a ferry over the Catawba Uiver, and lor other purposes therein mentioned. ^ Mr. Johnston gave notice of a bill to incorpo? rate the Workmgmen's Mumal Benefit and Life Assurance Association of South Carolina Mr. S wails gave notice that he would asl leave on to-morrow or some subsequent day to amend mle -15. Mr. Whitemore gave notice of a joint res elution directing the State auditor arid county commissioners to levy certain taxes for the litcal year ol 1871; a bill to amend an act en titled "An act to define the criminal jurisdic? tion of trial justices-," and a bill requiring the board ol' commissioners created by' an ord! nance passed by the constitutional convention, to select proper sites lor courthouses, to pur chase land in the name .-ef the State, and sell the same, the proceeds ol which were to be devoted to public purposes in the Ccinlles o' Pickens and Oconee, to report to the General Assembly on or before December next. REFERHED TO COMMITTEES On motion of Mr. Whlttemore, the Senate then proceeded to clear Ss?i-.rday's calendar. Bil' to Incorporate Beaufort Railway Com pany. Read by title r.ad referred to committee on railroads Bill to amend an act to provide for the ap pointmentot trial Justices. Read by title and referred to judiciary committee. Bill to enforce payment of poll and road tax. Read by title and referred to same committee. Bill to authorize formation of Tugaloo and Chattanooga Railroad Company. Read by title and referred to committee on railroads. Bill to abolish Seventh Judicial Circuit, and to assign conn ties thereof to the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Circuits. Read by title and referred to committee on judiciary. Read by title and referred to committee on finance: Joint resolution (House) directing that tfie lunds known as the Cunby School Fund,remaining iu the hands o? county treasur? ers, be appropriated to the Free School Fund; Joint resolution i House) ordering that tue Hon. Jas. L. Orr, Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, toe allowed extra compensation for holding extra courts. Bill authorizing the county treasurers to take charge ot the lands of the State purchas? ed by the land commissioner of the State. Referred to the committee on public lands. Bill (House) to amend an act to regulate the fees of probate Judges, clerks of corr', trial Justices, magistrates, and all other . (ricers therein named. Referred to Jndiclary com? mittee. Bill to lncosporate the Water Cornpany in the City of Charleston, State ol' SouUl'Caro-. lina. Referred to commltte on incorporations, Some ten oilier bills of minor Importance were read by title aud referred to proper com? mittees. SECOND READING OF BILLS. On motion of Mr. Whlttemore, the report of the committee on county um ce s and officers on a bill to require county treasurers to re? port to the General Assembly, lhere being no amendments, the bill was engrossed for a third reading. A bill to require and compel county treasu? rers to receive county checks or warrants In payment for county taxes and other purposes, was considered as in committee ol the whole, and, with several Blight amendments, engross? ed for a third reading. A motion, offered by Mr. Nash, to go Into Executive session,jvas lust, aud the Sonate then went Into committee hf the whole to con sider "A bill to amend and renew the charters jf the towns of Bamberg and Anderson." Both sills, with slight amendments, were engrossed . lor third readmg. ? The joint resolution authorizing the keeper jf the Statehouse to purchase fifty tons of 3oal was, on motion ol' Mr. Swails, amended jy striking out tilly und Inserting fifteen, and | t so engrossed for third reading. After the disposal of some unimportant ex scut ?ve business, the Senate aajourned. I s DEFEATING THE K17-KLUX. A probably fatal, yet withal amusing ?ucl ?ent^ which transpired In Abbeville County rt j lew days ago, was related lu your correspc-n- ' lent's presence to-day, by a gentleman just ar- J rived from that' section. A party ot about ' thirty men, clad in the garments of the much 1 talked ol Ku-Klux, proceeded to a house 1 near Bradley's mill, for the purpose ol 1 whipping an old colored womau, who j had made herself obnoxious by bad be- J liavior. The woman being apprised ol' their ' ipproach, fled to the loft, where, armed with two axes, she took a position over the stairs. The first to ascend the stairs was a man named Waikins, and he hadbutjust reached tho head ol' the steps, wnen he re- 1 celved a terrible blow on the side ot the head, 1 which Iracfured his skull, and from which he i will probably die. The woman, in delivering 1 Hie blow, lost control of the axe, which fell and cut off another's toe. Several rushed up the stairs to assisi Watkins, one of whom also s received a terrible blow with Ihe second axe, < Inflicting a scalp wound, whereafter the party 1 became too much engaged with the wounded men to make any further attempts to capture 1 the old virago, in whose possession they left I too hoods and gowns besmeared with blood. I THE COTTON MOVEMENT. ? NEW YORK, January 30. The cotton movement for the week was largo both in receipts and exports. Receipts ?t all ports for the week were 150,800 bales igainst 140,337 last week, 13.2.585 the previous week, and 139,G31 three weeks since. Total receipts since September 2,108,213, against 1, 730,509 for the previous year, showing an in? crease of 4G7,701 in lavor ol the present season. Exports from all ports for the week 105,823, ngalnst 84.GGC for .the same week last year. Total exports for the expired portion of the cotton year 1,325,309, against 922,807 last year. Stock at all ports 5C0,C12, against 489,995 this date last year. Stocks at interior towns 123, 243, against 93,040 last year. Stock in Liver? pool 572,000, against 300,000 last year. Ameri? can cotton afloat lor Great Britain 285,000, igainst 103,000 last year. Indian cotton afloat for Europe 89,437, against 101,850 lasi year. The weather South during the past week tvas generally pleasant and quite favorable for picking operations. Advices lrom the in? terior towns report cotton pouring in from plantatious, and at many points warehouses ire overcrowded. This has caused some change in estimates of the crop. It Is difficult to find any one now bold enough to place the minimum below 3,700,000, and from this point the estimates run up to 4,000,000 bales. SPARKS PROM TUE WIRES. The President has signed the act equalizing the tas on Imported spirits. Nothing has been heard of the Colorado, DOW overdup a: San Francisco from Panama. Colonel J. N. Eastman, the great Indiana stage and mai! contractor, is dead. A dispatch from Havana states that a suspi? cious two-masted steamer appeared off Trin? idad. Hugh Hastings has discontinued his suit against the New York Express. AN AQUATIC VICTORY. LONDON, January 31. The cutter of the war steamer Shenandoah has beaten that of Hie British war steamer Helicon, in Havre harbor. The American crew made the quickest time on record. UMAPPY PARIS. A N O JU. I y O US SILENCE Gambetta Desperate-Bourbaki Nore So-He Makes War on Himself-Ger many to the Rescue of thc Poor-Lyons Still Holding Ont-Nine H n ml red Tliomand Frenchmen Getting Ready for thc Field-.V Dispatch from King William-Queenly Indignation. BORDEAUX,January 30. Gambetta forwarded a dispatch by telegraph to-day to Favre at Versailles, requesting him to break the -Hence maintained hy the Paris Government; to state the name o? the minister whose codling to Bordeaux has been announc* ed aud the motives of delay in his movements, and to give precise information respecting the condition of Paris. Demonstrations have occurred in several French towns against both the armistice and thc mutilation of France. The municipality ol Lyons appears to maintain its resistance" to the Germans, and has sent a deputation to Bordeaux to urge the adoption ot general measures for the.same object. General Chansey's headquarters are at Laval. Thc 15lh, lGth, 19th and 25th corps are at Vierzon, Buarges and Ncvere. General Bourbaki has the 18th, 20th and 24th corps at Roulands ?nd Porta Eilre. Garibaldi ls at Di? jon, with thirty thousand men. General Faid herbc has the 22d and 23d corps at Arras. Cambrai is In front of Havre, with thirty thous? and men. The camps of instruction contain two hundred and fifty thousand men. The conscripts of 1871 number three hundred thousand men. At the end of the armistice France will resume thc war with nine hun? dred thousand. LONDON, January ?'J. An odie i al dispatch to the Baden Minister states that Bourbaki has entered Switzerland. His attempt at suicide is confirmed. A World special from London, January 30, states that Gambetta bas ratified thc capitula? tion, and will not resign. The Empress Eugenie ordered the Duke de Perslgny to quit her presence for urging her to consent to a dismemberment of France. It is reported that Gambetta has committed suicide. VERSAILLES, January 30. The ?tstress in Paris is great. The destruc? tion of railroads prevents rapid revlctualllng. Tho Germans are supplying necessities from their own 6tores. A strict passport system will be enforced by the Germans during the armistice. NIGHT DISPATCHES. Provisions Going Forwardr-Repairing Damages -The French Inclined to Await Further Propositions. BRUSSELS, January 30. Immense quantities of provisions are going forward. The Solssons line will be repaired in lorty-elght hours, and the direct line In eight days. LILLE, January 30. The impression is rather favorable than otherwise that there is a disposition to await conditions before deciding upon future plans. LONDON, Januury 31. The armistice began instantly at Paris; three lays la'.er in the departments, and expires on .he 19th ol' February, at noon. ADDITIONAL IDI?P?^CHES. The following telegrams to the Northern iress give additional information as to the 1 nilitary and political situation : ) LONDON, January 29-4:30 P. M. ( The Emperor WHiain has sent the iollowing llspatch to the Empress : t "VERSAILLES, January 29-2 P. M. ] "Last night an armistice for three weeks was . ilgued. The regulars and mobiles are to be { .otalned in Paris as prisoners of war. The ? National Guard will undertake the mainte- t lance of order. We occupy all the forts. , ?arls reraaius Invested, but will be allowed to ( evlctual as soon as the arms are surrendered. The National Assembly ls to be summoned to meet at Bordeaux In a fort night. All armies a the field will retain their respective posl ions, the ground between the opposing lines 1 o be neutral. This ls thc reward of patriot sm, heroism and great sacrifices. Thank God or this fresh mercy. May peace soon follow. "WILLIAM."' Occupation of the Forts. LONDON, January 29-5:30 P. .M. A Versailles dispatch just received, says: The 12th Saxon Corps, at 10 o'clock this A. a., occupied Forts Romaluvllle, Noissy, Rosny tnd Nogent; the Bavarians Charenton, Mont ( louge and Vanvlers, and the SUeslan Corp3 ivry and Blcetre. Paris Is to pay two hun- ? Ired millions of francs. The entire garrison itirrendei- their arms except the National ( ; turd. The armistlee expires on the 19th of Februacy. Berlin ls rejoicing to-day over the news i rom Versailles. No confirmation of the re? ports of the capitulation were received there . ast night, and it was only this morning that :he announcement of the actual signing of ternis was received. The first officlaldispatch svas read in the churches. Bismarck and the Bonapartes. LONDON, .Urinary 29-9:30 A. M. , Bismarck, alluding to the reported negotia? tions between Napoleon anti tho Prussian Gov- 1 eminent, ?ays the Emperor refers everything I tu the regency. Bismarck denies that he has ever negotiated for the restoration of the Bo? napartes, or that he intends to Interfere in the 1 domestic concerns of France. The Times publishes, hy request, from Chis elhurst, a denial of Us statement that intrigues were going on between Bismarck and the Bo- ' napariists for tho restoration of 4ne latter. 1 LONDON, January 27. Favre was in conference with Bismarck at , midnight. Bismarck carried his point. The capitulai ion involves peace, the cession of Al- 1 snce and German Lorraine, and a part of the i fleet, a money indemnity to be guaranteed by Hie municipalities, a portion of the German army to return home and the war to cease. 1 It Is necessary that some territory be retained to secure the fulfilment of Ihe compact. The Mobiles are to be sent home and the German army to enter Paris. Tho Emperor will return Immediately to Berlin. Troubles and Suffering in Paris. LONDON, January 27. ? The following Is the substance of a Paris correspondent's letter, dated 23d : This evening official orders were Issued for? bidding future meeting of clubs, and suppres? sing the incendiary journals La Combat and La Reveille. The people generally approve of the firm stand taken against the rioters by Vi noy. Indeed, much satisfaction is lelt at the great change effected in rules during the past forty-eight hours. A few weeks ago It would have been regarded as treason to op? pose Trochu, who Is now removed from com? mand, if not degraded. For a few days past lt has been evident that such must be lils tate. The people are willing to admit lils honesty and bravery, and consequently but few, if any, deny Iiis complete failure iu times of crisis. His four months of rule have been four months of decrees, proclamations and prom? ises, and not ono successful fight. He has failed to organize the army during these months, for it is little better than an armed mob. General VUioy ls the real spirit o? the de? fence, although Ire comes too late where every chance of success is dead. It i3 impossible not to sympathize with the man in Hie seventieth year ot his age who, alter a life ol'service, ac? cepts so heavy a task. Yet even now it ls diUJcult to lind a man or woman who will say bo'dly let aa capitulate. A few days since, while the unusual crowd of women were walt? ing for their wretched rations ol 300 grammes, a poor wretch, halt dead with fatigue, cold and hunger, enceinte and wasted with misery, exclaimed, u Mon Dieu, que cela finisse. " Sim was immediately surrounded by other starving and suffering women, who abused and bustled her until (?he fainted In the road. She was rescued by some men, and carried away ia aa ambulance. This illustrates the moral cowardice ol the people. Eaoh one of these women in her cold room woulrfsay, with tears in**-her eye, "Mon Dieu, que cela Unisse." ? " . NOTES OF THE? WA E. Stripped"of Everything. Herr Wachenhusen writes on the 5th from Chartres to the Cologne Gazette: Four weeks in completely eaten-np districts, the last eight days in towns and villages in which absolutely nothing was to be hunted up, where on ?very threshold on which one trod there resounded the cry of alarm, "Du (oct, du lord, du tout," or, "Nix brou, ?ix fletsch,-' to such knowledge of languages has anguish driven the population. It was hunger chiefly which led me to rejoin headquarters, but even tbere the distress was great during the Inst week. It I had entered too late, when the meal and bread r?lions were already dis? tributed, nothing remained but lo beg a morsel ol bread ot one kind neIghbor,and a bit ol bacon of anot her, which sufficed till the nextflborn ing, when the anxiety as to food was renewed. Tlie worst days were the last three-the days of the battles of Loignl and Artenay-during whicli I lived on bad sausage and cognac, wandering about amid the north wind and snow. A desire to see the army besieging Paris, alter eight weeks' absence, drove me back to Versailles, and necessity also, lor my boots were out at the toes and my clothes torn. Everybody is not so lucky as thc Bava? rian Light Horse, who found the material for a new Sunday uniform in the green baise of every billiard table, and wherever they met with one, set their knives and scissors lo work. ?Il Fant en Finir." Herr Wickede, of the Cologu? Gazette, com? menting on the hopelessness ol further resis? tance on the part of the French, which might protract the war for months, but would only entail the greatest misery on the country, says: The house from which our troops are fired on is burned down, the village whose inhab? itants take part in the struggle is totally de? stroyed, and the prisoners in arms without uniforms and not belonging to regular troops, usually suffer death. During the last few months in which these Francs-tireur bands have cropped up. many hundreds of houses have been burned, and very many men have been shot, whereas this never happened in vhe first period of the war, when we carried on a regular fight against regular troops. Even the capture of provision transports by Francs tlr?urs does France, as a rule, far more harm than good. If the troops receive no provis? ions, they requisition them without more ado, ' and, If it is necessary, forcibly to make r?qui? sitions, plundering and devastation, even with the strictest discipline, but too easily follow. Many things now occur which did not happen at the beginning of the war, and that .this la the case la chiefly the fault of the French. * * If one speaks with any pan icular French? man, he almost always deplores the war, curses Gambetta and the whole Republic, and yearns for peace at any price; yet, if a dozen come together, abd any lying victorious report ot their Provisional Government has appeared, the entire Impossibility ot which is evident to anybody with a shred of military, statistical, political and geographical knowledge, they ure Immediately fire and fury, deceive and ex? cite each other with all kinds ol sentences, ?nd believe that France is still the most pow erlnl country in the world, and that we, '.Prussian barbarians," cannot be or continue flclors. The single Frenchman ls usually imlable, polite, open to any opinion clearly mit before him, and even now, amid an em? bittered war, and in an enemy's country. I would far rather, as a mle, have intercoiise with the French than with the many German illgar venders, horse dealers, adventurers Imping for appointments-In short, with the jnly too great number of Germans who, tin? ier the guise or patriotism, seek only their ler.sonal advantage, frequently in very repul? sive ways. When, however, a dozen French pen come logelaer,It?ey 4adul#je In -political - speeches, und get Intoxicated with reported victories, so that they can be regarded only as unnlics. He believes, nevertheless, that the end of he war ls approaching, and that on being con? vinced that the Germans occupy Rouen and Orleans, the French will abandon further re? sistance. "Il faut en tinir, monsieur," said my hostess ;o me just now, the wife of a celebrated ?rench surgeon who manages a hospital at ["our*, when I had read to her our last official llspatches from Orleans, and she turned iway weeping. Yes, it must end; France mist submit to stern necessity and recognize ts as victors, or it is for decades to come a iompletely ruined country. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The Income Tax Bill-National Wel? come to the Fruin:n-The Georgia Election Case-The Oneida Disaster A New Test Oath-Views of Member* Tin rion-Confirmation Of Charleston Assistant Treasurer. WASHINGTON, January 31. In the Senate, the proceedings of the House jn the Income tax was non-concurred In, and i conference committee was appointed. The resolutions welcoming the Fenians were carried. A bill to preserve the purity of elections was ntrodticed. The question of the Georgia senators was resumed and discussed to executive session, when the Senate adjourned. HOUSE. In the House, a bill was passed ordering proceedings for the recovery ol the value of thc steamer Oneida, which was run down by Lhe British steamer Bombay; also, u bl il ex? tending the privileges ot Hie agricultural act Lo Mississippi; also, a bill benefiting soldiers, sailors and their lamilics. The House appointed a committee on the repeal ol' the income tax. A bill appropriating QReen thousand dollars for the expense ol the outrage committee was passed. Butler, from lhe committee on reconstruc? tion, reported back, with a recommendation that it do pass, the Senate bill prescribing an oath of office lo be taken by persons who par? ticipated In Hie late rebellion, but who are not disqualified from holding office by the Four? teenth amendment jf the constitution. May? nard argued against the bill as in effect repeal? ing the test oath act. He hoped the House would hesitate before taking so Important and so fundamental a step. Morey ar? gued as to the inconsistency of abolishing the test oath for those who could not take it, and retaining it for those who could. Farns? worth took a like view of the absurdity and iucongrulty of the bill. Porter argued against t'ne policy of a measure which would throw open appointments to public office to the ex rebels. He wanted rather to see some legisla? tion to protect ike loyal people ol the South. Cox favored the bill as a step towards recon? struction and reconciliation. Without dispos? ing of the question, the House adjourned. MISCELLANEOUS. Lewis Downing, the Cherokee chief, who was reported to be assassinated, Is here. The government has favorable advices re? garding the Tehuantepec Ship Canal." The outrage committee examined three wit? nesses, who testified that most of the trouble In the Southern States grew out of secret po? litical societies. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Joshua D. Geddings, assistant treasurer, Charlestan.__ -The device proposed for General Moltke's pat? ent on his being created a count, was. according to a Berlin paper, "Echt und recht bel Rath und That"-"Honest and right in council anil action." Tho King, however, altered it to "Erst wUgen. dann wagen"-"First consider, then venture;'' or, to keep the play on the two words wagen and wagen-"First weigh, then up and away." j ?THE BAllOT-BOX. AN IMPORTANT ELECTION TRIAL. Curious Developments-How Parties Out-general Each Other- Mysterious Disappearance of Votes-M ysterions Handwriting on the Wall. One of the most Important causes growing out of an election-ever tried before a South Carolina Judge and jury, is now in progress In the United States''fS|krlct Court in this city. The charges afe brought against} the commis? sioners of election lor Beaufort County, and are to thc effect that they did not count the votes and make primer returns according to law; that they erased from-ballots the name ot one candidate for Congress, and inserted the name ol another; and,-finally, that they ab? stracted votes from the ballot-boxes, and sub? stituted others therefor. The case has been on trial since Wednesday last, and the prose? cution have not yet concluded their evidence. . A large number of witnesses have already been examined, and probably a hundred more yet remain to undergo the ordeal. The follow? ing is a summary of the chief points in the testimony thus far adduced: Mr. James McGregor, a nfanager of election for Beaufort precinct, testified that the duties of his office were properly performed, from morning till night. When the polls closed at six o'clock, paper was pasted over the aper? ture in the top of the box, duly endorsed, and he attempted to leave the hali for the pur? pose of delivering it to the commissioners. He was prevented by the crowd from do? ing so, and lt was demanded that the box be put under the guard of a com? mittee representing the several 'political partier. It was finally agreed that the box should be carefully wrapped In ribbon, and sealed with a private seal, which being done it was transferred to thje keeping of thc chair? man of the committee on elections. The count commenced on the following week, at which time the appearance ot the Beaufort box re? mained unchanged. When the count was ended the ballots were put on a string. Sub? sequently, the ballots of the several precincts were seized by the United States marshals, and the commissioners were arrested. The counting was conducted openly and fairly in the presence of representatives of thc DeLarge. party, the Bowen party, and the Reform party -tajlles being kept by them. On se veral occa? sions ballots were taken fromlLe box folded together, and thc fact was noted by one of the commissioners. Witness saw no attempt to alter, erase or cancel any ballot, and saw no ballot in which one name had been substituted for another.' Mr. B. Sams, of Beaufort, corroborated the above statement. " Mr. H. G. Judd, United States commissioner and clerk of the court for Beaufort, testified that he marked his vote before depositing it in the box, with a small "J," In the folded hands printed on thc back of a Bowen ticket, and also erased the name of Banaler, substituting therefor the name of General M. C. Butler. Was present at the poll not more than five minutes, and took no active part in the elec? tion. After the counting ceased, an affidavit being made that the ballots were In the hands of the commissioners, and that the latter in trmlfi'l tn mak'j bad use of tliem, aad^-doatrey the evidences of guilt, witness Issued a war. rant lo Deputy United States Marshals Fuller and Hauifan to take possession of the ballots in behalf ol the Uulted States. This was done, and they were delivered to him (the Uuited States commissioner) at half-past 12 o'clock that night. The next morning, witness ex? amined the votes, to Hud, if possible, the bal? lot he hud marked. The string of ballots was about a yard long. They were arranged In tiers. Found the Beaufort ballots, and a paper with handwriting, which he recoguized, and the figures 5G1. Counted the votes, and think they did not correspond with this number, there being a dedclency of five or six. Mr. Corbin called the attention ot the cotrrt to the fact that the p oil list shows the number of voters to have been 551. Witness delivered the.bundle to the Uuited States marshal In Charleston on the 13th of December; it meanwhile having been securely kept under lock and key ia his house ia Be m fort, the oaly change in their condition being the separation of the votes of the Beaufort pre* clnct from the string. He made no erasures or alterations. Being cross-examined, witness said he had lived in Beaufort since IS 62. He voted for Mr. Bowen this year, but at the pre? ceding election voted against him. On other occasions, In New York, had marked his ticket for subsequent identification. Hearing that other persons than himself could Identify their votes, he appointed a day for the purpose, and issued warrants for the parties to appear and make a sworn statement of the facts. Witness seized all the ballots the marshals could find, but discovered only ten or eleven precincts on the string. The vote declared by the commis? sioners was largely in excess for Mr. DeLarge Believed the election to have been conducted fuirly, and corroborated the statements of other witnesses as far as he knew. Mr. Corbin put in evidence the ballots them? selves-Mr. O'Connor on the part of the dp fence objecting thereto, but being overruled by tlie court, who admitted them, not as the identical suffrages of the people, surrounded with the proper legal safeguards, but subject to any imputation which might be cast upon them. Mr. Wm. D. Hanifan, United States marshal, detailed the manner in which he lonni and secured the ballots. They were in the fire? place in the sheriff's office on a string. He put them in an empty box, locked it, and de? livered the same to Mr. Judd, at half-past 12 midnight. The chairman of the county board of commissioners was present at the time of the seizure, but under arrest. He made no objection. Mr. Judd being recalled, testified that the ballots came Into his possession on the 31st of October, and so remained until the 12th or 13th of December, no examination being made ol them except on the occasions before alluded to. He allowed this examination for the pur? pose of securing evidence in the case as an ex? amining commissioner. The votes were spread upon a table and examined by seven or eight persons-Reformers and Bowen men-who thereupon made affidavit in the changes dis? covered In their respective tickets. Messrs. J. D. Geddings and E. P. Butts, United States officials, testified as to tho safe custody of the package of votes since its re? ceipt In the United States marshal's office. The court then adjourned. On the second day Mr. Judd was again re? called. He stated that about four weeks be? fore the election Mr. Williams, the chairman of the board, made use of these exact words, while standing at a table in his office : "We are the commissioners of election, and we calculate to manage this affair ourselves." Witness being now examined as to the change In his ballot, which was produced, testified that he cue the name of General M. C. Butler from another. ticket and pasted lt over the rame of A. J. Banaler. That name ha?r been scraped off, and the name of A. J. Rangier rev written In Ink; that the name of C C. Bowen was crossed out with a pencil, and the name of R. C. DeLarge^written In a handwriting which he believed to be that of Langley, one of the commissioners of election. These changes were mode after the vote w<ss de? posited in the ballot box. One hundred and fifty votes in the Beaufort precinct bundle are altered in this same way, from C. C. Bowen to R. C. DeLarge, ninety-two being in the hand-" writing, as witness believed, of Langley, and thirty-six in the handwriting which he recog-. nized as that of Mr. Williams, chairman of the board of commissioners. [The votes being counted, it appeared that In addition to the above figures there were 258 printed Bowen tickets without erasure, 1G3 without erasure for DeLarge, ll mutilated tickets, and one changed in a different hand from Bowen to DeLarge, making in all 561 votes.] Witness stated further that he thought;; he perfectly recognized, the handwriting in which the name of A. J. Ransier appears on his o wa ticket as that ot Mr. Cleaves, the third commissioner of elections. The present condltlonvof the ballot ls precisely that id which it was- discovered. Took no active part in the election, wa*-; busy atthe Courthouse during the entire time ot the election, and was present at the polls only five minutes. Is not a partisan, but feels a deep Interest In the result of this trial, and a desire that the truth shall be shown and Justice be done. Bears no ill will to any patty on trial, and hos simply performed his duty as a public officer, and a citizen having due regard for the purity of the ballot box. [The Beaufort precinct box was now put lu evidence by the district attorney, and exhibit? ed to the jury. ] Witness resuming, testified that the box was seized, with others, on the 12th of Janua? ry, and that lt bears marks of a chisel, or something of that kia l, thrust in the bottom of the box. There is also the mark of another sharp instrument like an awl. The examination of Mr. Judd here close's for the present, the district attorney announc? ing that he reserved the right to recall witness for the purpose of testifying to facts connected with other precincts. pur account of this remarkable case has al? ready reached the limits of the utmost space we can afford In one issue of THC NEWS, and we accordingly reserve the remainder of the story for to-morrow, with the usual announce? ment which precedes an interesting pause in romantic narratives "TO BE CONTINUED." MEXICO. MEXICO, January 26. The prospects of the re-election of Jnarez are flattering, though the Intelligent and wealthy favor Leordo de Tejado. The war In Guerrero continues unfavorable to the govern? ment The Tehuantepec expedition progresses fa? vorable. The engineers report sufficient water on the summit for canal purposes, and rich placers._ _ THE GEORGETOWN CENSUS. ? .-r-- amii cnn ot:? ctfrntflen?c. . -A The Georgetown Times prints the following article in regard to the "curions coincidence" mentioned by Itself and TUE NEWS, and taken exception to by Mr. E. P. Butts: While we are always ready and willing to make correction of any error that appears la our columns, we wish it understood that no false notion of the exposure of the guilty par? ties to the error will prevent us from giving such facts as may be necessary to acquit us ol' blame. An abstract from the "Ninth Census of the United States lor Georgetown County" is now before us in the precise shape and form that we received it irom the clerk ot the Court of Common Pleas for -the county,<, and was made by, and is in the handwriting of, the chief census-taker of the county, ft gives the number of white males as 1381; ot white females 1300; of colored . males 6266; of colored females 7426, making a total of whites 2681, a total of colored 13,692, and a total aggregate of white and colored of 16,373, as published by us a fortnight ago. But "Mr. E. P. Butts, chief deputy and acting mar? shal," figured out matters very differently. Ac? cording to him, the white males number 1424, white females 1369, colored males 6244, and colored females Tine- total 16,163. Now, whether Mr. Butts, who sits down In hie office and does the figuring, or his agent, who took the census, be right, ls a matter of no concern to us except as going to show that a still more curious coincidence might happen by finding that the returns of the census-takers tal? lied with the report given of their work by those whose business and duty lt ls to make up that report for publication. Even snppose that Mr. Bults ls right and his agent la wrong, we feel exonerated from blame. The only way that members of the country press can reach information of this kind ls by ' and through the local public offices and offi? cials, and if information derived from such sources ls not to be relied upon, then we in? voke the charitable aid of Mr. Butts to put us In the direction where correct Information can be obtained, and in return for his kindness we will promise never again to offend by taking for lad any statement hereafter made by any one of his appointees. If "a false Impression" has been given to the public, In regard to lhe ?opnlalion of Georgetown,- the Georgetown Imes ls in no way responsible for it, as our inlormation was derived from official sources. Either Mr. Butts or I1I3 appointee ls wrong, and we leave the matter to them to reconcile the discrepancies of their different statements in the best manner their several or combined Ingenuities may invent or suggest. FIBE.-The blacksmith shops of Messrs. W. D. Lewis and J. S. Floyd were destroyed by fire on last Saturday night. The fire orlginat-. ed in Mr. Lewis's shop, which adjoined Mr. Floyd's, from new coal, which contained fire. {Darlington Southerner. AN INCENDIARY ACT.-A communication from Dr. J. E.j?yrd, of Timmonsvllle, dated the 24th, informs us that early on that morning his S'n-house was discovered on fire, but that by e timely efforts of the people-both white and colored-lt was subdued without serious damage. This attempt to burn the gin house is thought to be the work of an incendiary, as the building ls some distance from any other, and had been closed np for a week or more be? fore the fire.-Darlington Southerner. . STTIRIE POP! DEATH TO RATS, ROACHES, BEDBUGS, &c, NEVER FAILING. BOXES DOUBLE THE SIZE AS OTHERS. HERMETICALLY SEALED AND ' ALWAYS FRESH. Sold at. Wnolesalo by DOWIE, MOISE & DAVIS, And at retal by ali Druggists. febi-emoa l-^jfot?ty**8' '?sm THE MOST. SMMSF?L te i ?TAGNUM Boorai * ll FOR^TBB COTTON CROP, ANALYSIS. Soluble Bone Paosphase of Lime..15,38 Bone Phosphate of Lime.19.5* Ammonia. (Equivalent to 12 per cent, of Sulphate of Anm monia.) -- Potash.1.... .4.8Z ' lt will be observed that oar Phosphate baa sa ample supply of the all Important and vital crop producing elements, viz : Soluble PlioapUatB, Ammonia and Potash, and in new of tnu raak - and the strong testimonials which have beaa given in its favor by so many planters who bara given the "Magnum Bonum" an Impartial teas under Cotton the past season, may we not, wit? perfect candor, assert that we have aa UNEQUALLED COTTON FERTILIZES, And arge each planter to give lt a trial the com lg. DUGDALE & G1BVTJ*., TESTIMONIALS, EQUAL TO PERUVIAN GUANO-POUND FOB * POUND. WASHINGTON, N. 0., September 18,1819. Messrs. JOHN MEYER'S BOMB: I used the "Magnum Bonum Soluble Phos?, paste" bought of you, alongside of Peruvian Guano, on Cotton, and find the product equal to Peruvian Quino-pound for pound. > ' I am mach pleased also with its effects on Obra; ' WILLIAM J. AROHBELL. '. FULLY EQUAL TO PERUVIAN FOB COTTON. ,i STATBSVJLLE, N. C., August 17,1870. : Messrs. DUGDALE ? Gravm, Baltimore, Md.: Gen (temen- Our Mr. 0. A. Carlton tried under ' Cotton, this year, your "Magnum Bonum Soluble^ Phosphate" alongside of Ne. 1 Peruvian Gnana? and thinks your Phosphate folly equal to th?. Guano, and believes that If be had used the same money value of each, the "Magnum Bonum*7' would not only have equalled the Peruvian, boa far surpassed lt. Yours truly, CARLTON BROS. A CO. MUCH BETTER FOB COTTON THAN PERUVLAH GUANO. -" - . EDENTON. N. C., August 20,1870; " f Mr. A. H. BOND: - i - Dear sir-The "Magnum Bonum" made by Messrs. Dugdale A Girvin, of Baltimore, and pur? ' chased or you, was used ander a portion of my Cotton, alongside of Peruvian Guano, and the Cotton ls mach better squared, and will produce more than that nader wtilca I ased the Guano, Yours, most obedient, W. W. HOSKINS*. Price-^60 Per Ton Cash, 80> Prr Tan Payable (with 7 ?Per Cent. Interest Added) on NuytmbcrU M M. CALDWELL & SOU, COTTON FACTORS, ACCOMMODATION WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. a, GENERAL AGBBTS. SEND FOR CIRCULARS I jan23-mwfp&c3mo8 p U RE GYPSUM! CONTAINING 80 PER CENT. OF SOLUBLE MATTER 1 GROUND AND PREPARED ES THIS CITY, AND WARRANTED FREE FROM ADULTERATION. The annexed commcn'.catlon-from Prof. Charle? U. Shepard, Jr., of the parity, of this article, iii a guarantee of its highly valuable qualities to rite farmer, belog available wheo mixed with other manures, to the great advantage of any lind of orop. Unequalled a9 a top dressing for wheftt, rye, barley, Ac, and the grasses, one peck of which wm show visible improvement oo aa-acre of ground. This valuable Manure ls offered for sale at the low price of $15 per toil cash, or on time for city acceptance with interest added. Put ap for shipment in bags of 200 pounds each. All orders by mall lo accordance with above terms will be promptly executed by JOHN H. HOLMES, Commission Merchant, Boyce's Wharf, Charleston, 3. 0. OFFICE OF STATE INSPECTOR OF FERTILIZERS, l LABORATORY OF MEDICAL COLLEGE, QUEEN ST., I CHARLESTON, S. C., November 24, 1870. ) Mr. John H. Holmes: DEAR SIR-The gypsum submitted by you for analysis ls the most remarkable I have ever seen for Its freedom from Imparities of ivery kind, containing as lt does bat one-third of one per cent, of insoluble matter. If lt can be supplied of sim? ilar quality lt cannot fall to prove a great boon te Southeru agriculture, as there is no crop to which it is not beneficial, whether applied alone or ill conjunct loa wi1 h other manures. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, (Signed) CHARLES U. SHEPPARD, JR., M. D. Janll-wfm22_ TjTTANDO FERTILIZER. Casu-FIFTY DOLLARS per ton of 2000 pounds, at factbry. Time-FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS per Ott of 2000 pounds, at ractory, payable November l, 1871, without interest. For sale by WM. C. DUKES A CO., General Agents. No. 1 South Atlantic Wharf, jan4-wfmlmoD&c_Charleston. 3.0. pACIFIC GUANO COMPANY'S (CAPITAL $1,000,000) SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO; This GUANO ls now so well known la all me Southern States for its remarkable effects as aa agency for increasing the products of labor, aa not to require especial commendation from UR. Its use for five years past has established Its character for reliable exceUence. The large fixed capital invested by the Company la this trade, aflords the surest guarantee of the continued ex? cellence of Its Guano. J. ff. ROBSON, Selling Agent, charleston, S. 0. JOHN S. REESE A CO., General Agents, Baltt more._dec22-p*o pok.POUND ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIMB? FOR COMPOSTING WITH COTTON SEED. This article is manufactured by the PACLFI?" GUANO COMPANY, at Charleston, s.e., under the superintendence of Dr. ST. JULIEN RAYE NEL. When composted with an equal weight ot cotton Seed, its results have been found foUy equal to the best standard fertilisers. Its econo? my must commend lt to the notice of Planten generally. For spedflo directions for composting^ anti for supplies, apply to J. N. KOB>ON, Selling Agent, Charleston. S. 0, JOHN S. REESE A CO., G?nerai Agenta, Balti? more. dec32-p*c-fniw2mo4 g 0 U T H ERN DYE HOUSE. A new FRENCH DYE HOUSE oas been OMMA at No, SM King street, where WRING ia aQMK ors, and Oleaatat or all kinda lt doa? M IM ?horte? notice and In Ute beat ?Arle, 1. BILLER. Preaea Dyer, No. si? Kine street, near corner Georto jatea. MfiMjC