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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1578. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE LEGISLATURE. ?THE PORT ROYAL JOB If OT DEAD. ' A Wild Proposition by Whipper-The Colleton Elections. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.} COLUMBIA, February 1. Thomas Dodamead, late superintendent of the Richmond and Danville Road, assumed the duties of superintendent of the Greenville and Columbia Road to-day. The Port Royal Railroad scheme is not dead yet. The interested parties are lobbying with all their might. The Senate to-day struck out the. enacting clause of the bill increasing the salary ol the judges ol the Supreme Court. In the House, Whipper gave notice of a bill to provide for the support of the widows and orphans of parties killed for tbeir political opinions, and to erect monuments lor the same. The attorney-general will submit an opinion on Senator McIntyre's case to-morrow, and will recommend that the election be declared void. A CURIOUS EXPLANATION RT THE < STATE TREASURER. A Knotty Question Settled--The Land Commission Affairs to be Published The Blue Ridge Railroad Invoking Congressional A id-Proceedings in both Houses. [FROM OUR Sr-ECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, . January 31. WQAT BECAME OF THE SCHOOL '.PPROPRIATION. In answer to the concurrent resolution re? quiring the State treasurer tb report to the General Assembly the reason why the appro? priation for the free schools for the fiscal years 1868-6^jdso thc poll-tax lor the same, had not been held sacred for the purposes intend? ed, the treasurer replied that the county treas? urers, in transmitting taxes collected, did not specify on what special account the taxes had been collected, and he consequently em? bodied them In one general item of funds. In regard to the reason why the ap? propriation had not been held sacred for the purpose intended, he says : "Lack of funds necessary to meet In full all demands authorized by the different appropriations in? duced bim to pay all claims presented until the appropriation was exhausted, and it would have been Impossible to have made a pro rata division or tjie funds in the treasury to secure each appropriation its exact proportion on ac? count of the constant changes." The answer was read in the House, and made the special order for Thursday next, at 2 P. M. A KNOTTY QUESTION SETTLED. %ie question whether a member of the Gene? ral Assembly can reluse to vote when the ayes and nays are called, has created considerable confusion in both Houses, and to settle the matter beyond any further doubt Mr. Swails to-day offered In the Senate an amendment to rule 15, specifying that no member shall be excused from voting when the ayes and nays are taken. The amendment was adopted. NOTICE OF BILLS IN THE SENATE. Wimbush gave notice of a bill to Incorporate the Savings and Building Association of South Carolina; and another to incorporate the En- . terprise Railroad Company, of Charleston, S. C., approved March 1, 1870. BILLS. A bill to incorporate the South Carolina Savings and Building Association, No. 2, re? ceived its second reading, and was engrossed _ior a third. A bill to renew the chatter of .the Town of Spartanburg went through the same course. HO V SE-ANOTHER-EFFORT TO INVESTIGATE. H. Cain introduced a resolution similar to that offered by Whipper yesterday to investi? gate the expenses of the fitting up ol the Hali ot the House ot Representatives, but the effort proved fruitless; for the resolution was tabled by a vote of G3 to 23. Later in the day Hen? derson introduced the following resolutbpD, which met with the same late : Whereas, The majority, ot this House are un? der the impression that entirely too much money has feen expended for the purpose of fitting np this hall; and, whereas, we, the members ot this House, are under the im? pression that we have not been justly dealt with in the matter, and propose to have a thorough investigation, for the sake of the people and the impoverished State of South ' Carolina; therefore, be lt Resolved, That there be a committee ap po&ted, consisting ol thirty members of the House of Representatives, for the purpose of. Investigating the entire character ol the fitting up of said hall; an i said committee shall hav?? power to examine all accounts and everything relating to the nature ol the fitting up of sale ball. LAND COMMISSION INVESTIGATION. The Senate concurrent resolution, directing the Investigating committee on the land com? mission to publish the evidence taken by them, was laid on the table in the House, and notice thereof was sent to the Senate. This wa9 en? tirely unexpected, and the Senate finally re? solved to publish the testimony without the concurrence of the House. It will be $ volum? inous document, disclosing a serles o? the biggest frauds on record. Garey Introduced a resolution in the House requesting the attorney-general to inlorm the House immediately what necessary legal steps should be taken to obtain a full and complete report of the transactions of the lam: commis? sion, which, after a short discussion, wa3 adopted. BILLS FROM THE SENATE. The House received the following bills frpm the Senate, read them the first time and re1 ferred them to proper committees: A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to establish and maintain a system of tree com? mon schools in the State of South Carolina." A bill to amend section 279 of an act entitled "An act to revise, simplify and abridge the rules, practice, pleadings and forms of the 4 courts ol" the State." A bill to require the county commissioners to report to the General Assembly. A bill to amend an act to define the jurisdic? tion and duiies of county commissioners. A bill to require county treasurers to report to the General Assembly. A bill to compel county treasurers to receive county checks or warrants for county taxes, and for other purposes. AID FOR THE BLUE RIPOE RAILROAD. The committee on railroads recommended that the joint resolution requesting Congress to grant aid to complete the Blue ?tldge Rail? road be changed to a concurre at resolution. On motion, tn? report was tabled and the reso? lution made the special order for 2 P. M., to - morrow. BILLS INTRODUCED. Hurley introduced a bill to amend "An act to amend the charter of the King's Mountain Railroad Company; and another to charter the Yemassee and Millen. Railroad Company, In South Carolina. Both bills received their tirst read.ng, and were relerred to the committee on railroads. Bosemou introduced a hill to determine the day of election o\he Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Charleston. Referred to the com? mittee on privileges and elections. Ford Introduced a joint resolution for the purpose of providing payment to the special deputy State c nstaoles for services rendered at the late general election. Relerred to the committee on ways aud menus. NOTICES OF DIL\S. Dennis gave notice that he would Introduce a bili requiring till parties instituting civil ac? tions to provide by bond or otherwise lor pay? ment ol costs before prosecuting. Levy gave notice bl a bill to define and reg? ulate tlie jurisdiction ol the police court of Charleston, S. C. Jones gave notice of a bill to re^ Aal so much ot "An act to authorize a State k>uD to pay the interest on the public debt," as relates to the appointment of a financial agent. Boston gave notice of a bill to amend the charter ot the Greenville and Columbia Rail? road Company, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 1 * . THE NATION Ali CAPITAL. A Damper on Election Be ts-A Healthy Protest from rv cw England Women A French Sympathizer-HUI, of Ucoi [ gla. Sworn In-Important Bills Faw ed-T h e Rccoustrnctron Committee again Flt aid from. WASHINGTON, February 1. . Ia the Senate a resolution has been intro? duced amending the constitution so a.? to ex? clude*" from the rights of sufTrage all persona betting on elections, or who shall promise to give or receive a valuable consideration for his vot?.' Buckingham presented a protest from New EDgland women against femare suffrage, as imposing upou them duties belonging to the sterner sex. In connection with the subject of aid for the poor ol Germany and France, Sherman pro? posed, but afterwards withdrew, the fallowing resolution : Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to the French Government the proposed sympathy of the American people for the suffering entailed upon-the French ; and iurther, that the President be Instructed, so far as consistent with the law of nations, to assist the French people in thc establishment of a republic. Sherman thought we were bound to do this much for France, on account* of the ancient J bond bet wei us. i The Senate passed a resolution recommend-1 ing organized charity for French "tad German ' sufferers by the war. The President wa requested to commo.nl- j cate the correspondence of Mr. Blow, the min- j ister to Brazil, regarding the culture ol cotton, j and the commerce of that country. The discussion of the Georgia q estion was resumed. A motion to substitute Farrow for Hill, in Ifce minority report, Jailed by a vote of I 19 to 3G. Hill was then sworn in as senator from Georgia. The question then recurred on seating Miller. Trumbull gave' notice that he would offer? resolution that Miller was duly elected, and lollow it with a concurrent reso- j lution prescribing the form of oath in his case. j An unsuccessful attempt was made to take I up the matter of steamship subsidies. The diplomatic appropriation bill was pass? ed; also the West Point appropriation bill. In executive session the Senate continued Drii m mond as commissioner of the several land offices, vice Wilson. Adjourned. H0C8E. , The subject of the abolition of the test oath was resumed, and tTie bill finally passed by a l vote of 118 to 89. Tue -bill goes lo the Presi? dent. Butler, of Massachusetts, said that he had reported the lollowlng bill as the mouth-piece of the reconstruction committee, but could not support it : Be it enacted, That when any person who ls j not rendered ineligible to office by the provis- J ions of the Fourteenth amendment to the con-1 stitution shall be elected or appointed to any office ol .honor or (rust under tue Government J of the Uni ted States, (Cad shall not be able on account of his participation in the late rebel hon to take the oath prescribed in the act ot I Congress, approved 2d July, 1S62, "said person shall In lieu of said oath, before entering upon the duties of said office, take and subscribe the oath prescribed in fan act of Congress en? titled "An act prescrlbing-an oath ol' office to be taken by the person whose legal disabili? ties shall have been removed,'* approved lllh I July, 18C8. The bili for the relief of the purchasers of j land sold for direct taxes In the Insurrection- j ary States, was passed. . A bill that a railroad company passing through a State shall be regarded as a citizen of that State, and be forbidden to remove causes against citizens of said State from the State ta the Federal Courts, was passed. A bill discharging convicts of their fines I when their terms of imprisonment expires, 1 upon affidavit of their Inability to pay, passed. 11 A bill dividing Virginia into two judiciary 11 districts passed. Adjourned. MISCELLANEOUS.' I j The postmaster-geaeral has been directed to I communicate intormalion respecting the ser vic? upon the post route, No. 6162, between Baltimore and New Orleans, Department statements show a decrease of four millions. Coin in the treasury ninety nine millions; currency, twenty-five millions, j, THE PA CIF1 CA TION OF CUE A. 1 _ . 1 i WASHINGTON, February I. | Regular dispatcher from Havana report thc ' surrender of tue Insurgent chiefs Dominiquez, Santa Parez and Perdome, each with small bodies of men. The New Yorjc Herald special says, the surrender of the leading insurgents 1 continues, und the work of paciilcation pro- ] gresses rapidly. It is stated that the Insurgent assembly has i been dissolved, and each member is looking to his own safety. The special adds : Don Mi? guel G. Gatoerez, the vice-president of the Cuban Republic, aud his son, are in Hie woods * in the neighborhood of Guaymaro. AID FOR THE GERMANS. NEW YOBK, JC ary 31. The North German Consul-General at thia port has published an appeal to Germans in this country lor renewed subscriptions to the German patriotic fund. He states that the European war, during Its latter period, has caused Germany inore sacrifices than during its former, and that the severe winter bas in? creased the sufferings of Germany from Hie war, and she has not only to.provlde for her own wounded and a large number ol French wounded soldiers, but also to support three hdndred and filly thousand French, prisoners. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The jury In the case of John Ware, for kill? ing his father in Camden, N. J., returned a verdict of murder In the first degree. The plea of Insanity, upon which the delynce reli? ed, failed. A Cleveland, Ohib, dispatch says Dr. Galen tin, who shot Dr. Jones tor a violation ol' his marital rights, has been conv'cted' of man? slaughter. ; Thc Holiday Hotel in Milwaukee has been burned. Five persons perished, two were fatally burned, and others werehurtby jump? ing from the windows. The smallpox introduced in St. John's, N. B., by a sailor, who died at his boarding-house, is spreading. Sixteen cases are reported to? day. The West Virginia Legislature have elected HI G. Dayls, Democrat, to the Senate by thir? ty-one majority. .The steamship Russia take3 out over a mil? lion of specie.' . While workmen were engaged in removing a large broken glass Irom a Canal street win? dow, In New Orleans, tbe glass tell, a piece cutting the throat ol Benjamin Levy, who was passlng by. killing him almost instantly. THE KAISER'S CONQUEST. j THE FRENCH STILL EFFERVESCING Disturbances Apprehended-B e 1 f o r t j Still Bombarded-Germans Sharing their Stores with the French-The Bourbons Candidates for the Throne -The Emperor* Still in Camp. LONDON, February 1. ; A dispatch from Bordeaux says that Gam? betta has telegraphed the prefects of provinces that ~he will announce thev resolution of the Bordeaux Government, alter communication with a personage expected from Paris; In the meanwhile he urges firmness and confidence, and directs them to drill incessantly the re? cruits which arrive during the respite. A dispatch Irom Versailles says firing was heard ld the direction of Belleville and Villette Chaus, and there is apprehension of a disturb? ance in Paris. Bourbaki and Gambetta cease operations to? day. A dispatch from Switzerland says the bom? bardment of Belfort continues. The reassembling pf the Conference is again postponed In consequence ol the illness ol Granville. Postal communication between London and Paris has been reopened. The Prussians are driving cattle into Paris to feed the Inhabi? tants. Bismarck has notified the British For? eign Office that the Dieppe line alone is availa? ble for transportation of provisions to Paris, but that until sufficient 'supplies can be re? ceived the Germans will share their stores with the citizens. General Fore gn News. FLORENCE, January 31. The debate in Parliament on the Papal guar? antees has closed. Explanation was made by the government that the responsibilities lt proposed tb assume towards the Pope were virtually the same as those adopted by the-ad? vice of Cavour with relation to the liberties of the church, and that the practical effeet of this policy would be to exenjpt the Pope from subjection to any temporal authority. ROME, January 30. ' Von Arnim, German Ambassador at Rome, has.presented to the Pope an autograph letter from Emperor William, thanking his Holiness for bis peace counsels, and expressing concil? iatory views. No reference ls made to tempo? ral power. NIGHT DISE A. TC ll ES. The Emperor of Germany Stays with the Army-The Kourbom Candidates for the Throne of France-Gambetta '' Accepts the Situation, but will not Order Election?. LONDON, February 1. The conference holds another session on Friday. The Emperor o? Germany will nut return to Berlin until peace ls concluded. A Constaniluople dispatch says that the dykes at Smyrna have been destroyed, and many lives lost by the Inundation. The Bourbon Princes will be candidates for the Assembly. Gambetta telegraphs that the Bordeaux Government accepts the armistice, but cannot ? order elections in the absence of further ex? planations. THE 'PACIFIC SAN FRANCISCO, February 1. 1 The steamship Colorado bas arrived. 1 Thc prohibition against hog culture In Japan has been removed, and the steamers are 1 laking large lots of brood swine. ' -m i LIGHT BREAKING. I NEW ORLEANS, February 1. 1 In the-Lcgislature the strong opposition to ' Speaker Carr resulted yesterday in his resigna? tion and the election of GeoFge W. Carter as speaker. The result is regarded as a success 3l the Conservative element. Immediately liter the seating ol Speaker Carteu, the Demo? cratic members, w'hose seats were being con .ested, were confirmed in their places. THE MONET MARKET. What is the Financial Future 1 [From the New York Beralii, of Monday.] ( The gold market was again very steady, the j highest price having been 110$, and the lowest ( HUI. 1" l^ct, on one day the quotation re- : ?mined unaltered throughout the dealings In 1 the Gold Room, so stagnant was the btis'nese of the market. TblB paralysis ol' the premium 1 ls due to the Introduction luto the gold pro- < blem o? several unknown quantities, or r rather quantities whose luture Influences-are 1 oot comprehended with sufficient confidence lo base a speculative movement upon them, t Reference is had to the prospective proximity i Df pence in Europe, and we thiuk the problem uo nearer solution by the announcement of lu( eventful capitulation ol'Purls,tliat result having ^ been fully anticipated during the latter half of lite week in Wall street. The luture which ( lies behind the surrender of the French capi- .t tal is full of vague uncertainty as to the results t and changes wtuch*areHo happen lu thu finan? cial world. We find the. loreign exchange t bankers stiffening their rates to a point which is near the specie-shipping figure; but they do I this moro for precaution and protection than < through any well-digested conviction that i they will be promptly called ott' for the* re- i turn ol the European capital which found its < way here last fall after tin? inauguration of \ hostilities between Fiance and Germany. The surrender ot Paris may be only a stage < in the progress . ol Europe to n greater t complication than ever, so that calen- 1 laiiuns ol peace are based on not the sure- < est of foundations when inferred from the ( capitulation of Hint eily. . Even were peace to ? follow the surrender, the questiou is ugaln I complicated by the absence ol certainty that < money will return so hastily to the devastated ] reg ons of the wan Looking at the situation I again from another standpoint, it is evident that in tho natural order of our necessities the prostrated people ot France will want food I before money, and that whatever ol' the latter ! will be supplied to them In reviving and re- i building their enterprises ami industries will j come In a large part to the markets which will i most plentiluTly supply them with the former. I The future oi our wheat and cotton i trade with peace In Europe ls one of l signal brilliancy. The hungry sans eultottu ? will need both our great staples. Under these circumstances lt is not to be 1 wondered at that the Gold Room paused, and < Unit on one day-the second instance of the i kind since the suspension ot'specie payments- < gold stood rigidly at one quotation all day, i wit hout the deviation of us lillie as one-eighth i of one per cent. In fuel, lt was only al the i very close on Saturday, -vlien the Immense Imports of the week-nearly $10,000,000-were reported, that anything like activity prevailed, and theu it was the result of prompt actiou ou th '.yuri ol' an lnielligent and keen operator. ? who believed himself warranted lu plunging | In, because the immediate local Influence ol' ; the above lad was ;a guarantee against any sudden mishap. Otherwise the gold question, In Its general ?eatures, prevailed'a problem to the end of the week. i -One of the lower couns of New Jersey recent? ly decided that a domestic servant who bad been discharged for wilful ami persistent disobedience of lawful orders, was entitled to recover of his em? ployer his wages up to the time or his dismissal. Un review, however, the Supreme Court or New Jersey rever.-cd this decision, holding, generally, thar, if a servant whose wages are due'and pay? able periodically, as quarterly, monthly or week? ly, refuses to serve In tue mauner contracted fur, or ls rightfully dlscliarged at any Intervening period between the days wheo the wages are due, he can recover nothing for that space of time which he has served stn ci his last per.ouic? pay? ment of wages. THE SOUTH AND HEB WASTS. The. problem of. Southern recuperation ls one of the great questions of the day, where ever commerce prevails or civilization pursues the earnest investigation of human affairs. The probable future of a country which re* celved so overwhelming a revolutionary-blow as the South, touching all the gravest Interests of society, financially, Industrially, politically and morally, cannot fail to awaken the interest of all earnest men who seek after truth in the varlet! problems pf human Jlfe and htiman efforts. If to others this is a question of deep and enduring interest, to us is is a matter o? life and death. We must rise from the ashes of a wide-spread ruin, rebuild our fortunes,' re? store civil ordef, renew the groundwork of peace and progress, relume the dark day of difficulty, doubt and despair, or we must sink down- by, flow degrees, perchance, outdone the less sure, to impotency and a wanton worthlessness-a curse to ourselves and all who may be allied to us. Twelve millions of human beings who do not something of hu? man good,-who supply not some great want of civlllzation-cannot long stand still in a negative posilion. Positive usefulness or pos? itive mischief are the alternatives before ns. It is useless to mourn over the past, bemoan the present, or forestall the evil of a future day. The splendor of victory intrinsically consists not in the formal pageant by which it is ifilro duced with din and ado to popular appr?hen? sion. The tedious marches^the disease of the camp, the hunger and thirst, the cold arri care, the bleeding' front of battle, the companion? ship In arms, the self-denial which is implied, the substance of-the glory that guilds over the ghastly set prospect, and makes that a splen? did page of history which otherwise had been a damned thing of crime and blood which would stain forever the escutcheon of civiliza? tion, and shame forever the name of man. The struggle before the South now is of no common character. It involves greater hero? ism than even the field of martial glory. At the conclusion of hostilities in the field she was a helpless hulk, which any fool might scuttle, any coward might oeard. She pre? sented a condition of confusion, dismay and utter prostration, which awakened alike the cupidity of the thief, the_ resentments of tho malignant, the experiments of the Innovator and moral reformer. And, hurrying to her devoted cities and fields and. fastnesses, these, and such as these, flocked to the South to plunder and spoil her; to spit upon and malign her, or yet to matte her a field lor political and social experi? ments which folly might de3ire| and malig? nity suggest. And thus things went from bad to worse, without leaders or practical ability. In the hands of sa raps and self-snfflcient philosophers, the unhappy country responded as best she could to the situation, and strug? gled for the morsel of the moment. Gathering her seed corn from the path of hostile armies, she strewed !t on the soil lor succor, and God in His own good time gave The ha?vest. She has risen to comparative competency. She no longer scrapes beneath the food troughs ol Sherman's army for the bread of the famishing mother and her children. But ls there any. steady accumulation, any established recuperation, which looks the fu? ture fearlessly In the face-any restoration or arder or wholesome prudence for a ''rainy :lay"- which makes her saffc or sound. Now, we hazard the assertion that tho great oppres? sing want, of the South at present Ia not labor, Dut capital. Indeed that, with our present embarrassing deficiencies of capital, the much :rav?d immigration, if Induced to any appre? ciable degree, could but result most de? plorably. - This I propose to show hereafter^ and then he only possible scheme of accumulating a arge and efficient fund for the gradua) but ?ure supply of that capital necessary to the oil development ol Southern Industries. JOHN W. R. POPE. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. What England U Willing to Do. A telegram to the New York "Evening Post, lated Washington, January 30, says that the Alabama claims have been discussed by the senate committee on loreign relations In an nformal way. The basis upon which Great Brita? is pre tared fo make the treaty, and which members )f the committee on loreign relations regard is concessions on the part of tho United States, s as follows: First. Great Britain to admit her liability In he Alabama claims, and to pay all damages lone by her. Second. To submit to arbitration the cases >f the Shenandoah, Florida, Georgia and other vessels. Third. To enter Into a treaty binding tho two sountrlefl hereafter to prevent the sailing ol' .he vessels of war from their ports to be used igalnst a friendly power. Fourth. To make and execute efficient mu llcipul laWs for this purpose. These terms, lt seems, are not satisfactory :o some prominent members of the Senate ?oramlltec on loreign relations for several rea? sons, the principal one being that they pro ride only for the settlement of the Alabama 'lairds proper, and that ibis would weaken ?ery materially the other claims. One of the most prominent members of the ?ominlllee does not conceal his opposition to tny settlement ol' this question until Great Britain stands ready to concede some of her Janadiau?Territory In part payment fur these mil ms. The prospect of concluding a treaty- with l?reat Britain on the terms proposed are ut best inly lair, owing to the objections made by Eastern senators, and the uncertainty ol its aeiug ratified by the Senate. CONFLICT or AOTHORITT.-A conflict of au? thority, as between the State and the United Suites, lately arose out ol the refusal of Gene? ral Neill, commanding- the- federal forces at New York, to obey a writ of Judge NcCunn re? quiring him lo produce In court a soldier al? leged to have been ifulawfuUy enlisted. Gene? ral Neill appeared Instead in a United States Court, and was In consequence threatened with punishment for contempt by Judge McCunn, who announced his purpose to- assert the Jur? isdiction ol-the State over the case. The claim thus set up was on Friday reviewed and reject? ed by Judge Blatchford. He decided that the case belongs to the United Stales Court, and that General Neill will be Justified in usliij the military force at his command in resisting in y claim of the State to authority In the premises. . _ _ DJOATII OF A DISTINUUISUED LADV_An event which has occasioned great- grief among the. .'rand Catholic families of England occurred lately in the death of Lady Victoria Hone Scott, sister ot the Duke ol'Norfolk, nt the early aire ol thirty. Lady Victoria, niece of Lord Lyons, formerly British minister at Washington, was the second wife ol Mr. Hope ScoCt, the most eminent member of the parliamentary bar. where he oitea makes bis $100,000 a year.' His first wife was grand-daughter ol Slr, Walter Scott, befog daughter of the great novelist's' favorite child, wile of Lockhart, his biographer, and the child he had by her ls the only surviv? ing descendant of the Laird of Abbotsford. Mr. Hope Scott, to whom that lamous-seat now belongs, joined some years ago the communion of the Church ol Borne, and Slr Walter's study 13 turned into au oratory. -The New York Ti lOuue notes' Hie u.-ual lamen? tation that1 the January thaw has ruined the ice crop," and cautions the public not to believe a word of it. There will be no short crop this year. THE BALLOT-BOX. THE If EC ROM Alf CY OF POLITICS. How Ballot-boxes are Manipulated The Testimony of Reformers, Bowen Hts and DeLargfsts-Continuation of a Remarkable Trial. We resume the broken thread of a some? what tangled narrative whioh was commenced iu the columns of THE NEWS yesterday. The testimony adduced, shows that the votes of Beaufort precinct were manipulated by some? body, and now we have further proof to the same fact. Mr. Pollitzer, a merchant of Beaufort, testi? fied that- he prepared several ?cketa with the names ol Scott, Butler and Bowen thereon, and gave them;to his employee's. Several of these voted the ticket thus handed to them. All were jiroduc^d upon the stand, and from the pile before them selected their ballots. In each instance the name of Bowen had been erased and that o? R. C. DeLarge interlined. Witness could not swear to the handwriting, but Imagined who was the writer. Colonel Wm..Elliott, of Beaufort, testlfled thal he was one of the committee on the part ol the Reform party; prepared a Reform ticket for a colored man by making certain erasures and interlineations, which he saw the man de? posit In the ballot box. Now recognizes the ticket but finds additional changes made since the election, to wit, the name of C. C. Bowen stricken out and that of R. C. Delarge substi? tuted. Would not swear to the handwriting, but on one of the' tickets shown him recogni? zes a distinct resemblance to the writing of L. S. Langley. The election was conducted quietly, and at its close the box was ofirefuily sealed. There were very lew DeLarge tickets In proportion to the Bowen tickets. The large proportion of voters were avowed Bowen men. In counting, the rule adopted was to hand every ticket to witness after it had been counted by one of the commissioners. Wit? ness objected to their counting folded or double votes, and lt was finally agreed that a note of the Irregularity should be taken. The votes were strung In the presence of the managers. Phillp E. Ezekiel testified that he voted for Bowen In the Town of Beaufort, and could identify his vote by his own name written on the back. [Witness examined the ballots, and recognized his vote.] A change was made in the ballot since it was deposited, the name of Bowen being stricken ont and the name of DeLarge Inserted. The alterations Were made in pencil. Witness was present on a wharf in Beaufoy when Mr. Williams, one of the com? missioners, told Mr. Judd, in the presence of a large crowd, that he "had things in his own hands, and would manage them as he pleased." The point at issue between the commissioners and thc public was that the citizens wanted the boxes kept ID a public placo under proper guard, while the commissioners insisted on their right to keep them In a private:- place. When the invitation to identify votes was given by Mr. Judd, the United States commis? sioner, lt was generally understood that it extended to all parties. Witness did not like the way the election was conducted. In some places out of Beaufort the Bowen party were not permitted to speak by the DeLarge party. Witness belonged to the former; believes that nine-tenths of the people of Beaufort town voted tor Mr. Bowen; Judges ot. this fact frsm seeing the tickets Issued and deposited, and from the general expression of the public sentiment. Fully one-half ot those who voted could read enough to understand their tickets. Sam Black, colored, stated that he voted for Mr. Bowen. The only change made upon his ticket by himself was the erasure of the name of John W. Moore, candidate for the House ol Representatives, and the Insertion .of the name of Gabriel Haynes. The latter name was written by Mr. Middleton Stewart. Wit? ness would know the 'handwriting again, and be able from that fact to recognize the ticket. ?On examining the votes, witness selected his ballot and swore to its identity. Another change made upon the ticket since, consists in the striking out ol C. C. Bowen's name and the insertion of the name of R. C. DeLarge; cannot read writing, but knows enough of letters to read C. C. Bowen. Major Louis E. Johnson, United States mar? shal, testified that lie received the package o? ballots from Mr? Judd, ordered them to be re wrapped, and they were sealed with his pri? vate seal; then deposited thf.m with the United Slates assistant treasurer, Mr. J. D. Geddings," since which time they have been in his possession. Witness identified the seal aud wrapper as the same. Witness could not state whether the result of the election lu Baruwell and Colleton was made before the arrest of the commissioners or not. Does not know who instigated the arrests, or the man who made the affidavit. [Counsel here produced in evidence the Affidavit of Isaac Reed, upon which the war? rant was issued.] Mr. Bowen wo3 managing his own affairs at the time, and witness simply attended to the tl mies ol the marshal's office. Have, heard Mr. Bowen say, however, that he intended to protect his own interests. Messrs. Mo3cly, Dayton and Freeman, depu? ty marshals, were examined to complete the chain of evidence going to show the custody of Hie package. The district attorney now proposed to put in evidence the record o? votes kept by the members ot" the committee present at the counting. He stated that for some reason the commissioners had nol returned the vote of the several precincts, but au aggregate vote of all the precincts, thus not making the re? cord required by law. The court admitted the evidence, and ex? ception was taken thereto by counsel lor the defence. Colonel Wm. Elliott being recalled, testlfled that he was present at the counting of the ballots during the first two days. Three check lists were kept, and the tallies were compared with each other on the completion of the count of each box. It a mistake occurred, lt was corrected on the spot, so that the result was Identical. [Witness produced his lists for a large num? ber of the precincts.] Mr. Wm. J. Verdler, of Beaufort, attorney at law, testlfled that he was present at the counting when the vote of many of the pre? cincts was announced, and produced in evi? dence other tally lists than those offered by Mr. Elliott; believed them to be correct with the exception o? the last two or three-Beau? fort, Cypress Creek, ic, In which the discrep? ancy might have been some ten or fifteen votes. The committee consisted of three from each party. In ^counting the Beaufort box there wa3 an interval in the count, the com? missioners adjourning from half-past 3 until 7 P. M. Meanwhile the votes were lelt on a table, under paper weights, in Mr. WllUams's olfice. Don'i know that any one was there in the Interval. The votes .seemed to have been [?undisturbed when the commissioners met again in the evening. Mr. John Barnwell, of Beaufc-t, attorney-at law, testified that, as one" of the committee on the part of citizens, he kept tally, and pro? duced the same. Saw a number of '/bided tickets, and noticed discrepancies between the poll, lists and number of voters, the latter several times being in excess. The district attorney now announced that he would proceed with the examination of the ? Cypress Creek box. [The tallies above refer red to show 67 votes for R. C. DeLarge; 5 for* ? C. C. Bowen, and 1 for C. Bowen.] Mr. Wil? liam Youmans, father of Hon. Leroy F. You mans, law partner of General M. C. Butler, testified that he was present from morning until night; sat at the table with the managers; kept an accurate list by name of every voter; saw every vote deposited, and recorded the three first names on every ticket, to wit: The*] Governor, Lieutenant-Governor and member o? Congress. There was no HI feeling, excite? ment or disturbance, and no crowding of the poll? during the day. There were but tfiree kinds of tickets on the table. Forty-iour tickets were voted with the name oMl C. Bowen upon them, and thirty-two fdffete Large. Some of the Bowen tickets were torn off below his name. The resHlt was compared with the managers' list, and corresponded. [Colonel Carew, the foreman of the Jury, being requested to count the votes of Cypress Creek, reported that there were 76.] Witness here examined the ballots and identified two as having been voted and noted by him on hie memorandum at the time. The name of B-wen was either torn off or changed since the election. The foreman of the Jury belog requested again to count the votes for member cf Con? gress, reported 7 votes for Bowen, 66 lor De Large and :? blank. Witness finds thirty-five in wjtfch Bowen's name was erased and DeLarge's substituted therefor,and swears positively they were not In that condition when deposited in the box. There are thirty-eight white voters at this poll, and all o? the voters, white and black, snowed their tickets to witness before folding and putting them in the box. Alter the election the box- was sealed and carried away by the managers. The district attorney now produced about a dozen witnesses from Cypress Creek, who testified that they had voted for C. C. Bowen at the last election. The testimony ' o? the managers f u>r the Cypress Creek box was alBO taken to corroborate the statements ot Mr. You man.-, and show how the box was carried to Beaufort and delivered to one of the com? missioners on the street. We a jain arrest this narrative on account of I our limited space, reserving another chapter concerning Gray's Hill and other precincts for J to-morrow. j_i_ ?bitnarn. GORDON.-Died, in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, on the morning of the 13th January, ALEXANDER GORDON, formerly of this city, in the 7lst year of his age. ELLIS.-Died, on thc 29th December, U70, at Sumter, S. C., Mrs. JAKE E. ELLIS, in tte sith year of her age, after a lingering illness which was borne with exemplar} patience and Christian resignation. * jt9-3umt>!r papers please copy. Special Jfotuee. ?ar'nmz BACHELORS' BENEVOLENT' SOCIETY will celebrate its Anniversary, THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock, at Tully's Restaurant. feb2-?_G. S. SIMONS, Secretary. ?&* CONSIGNEES PE S STEAMER NORTH POINT, rrom Baltimore, are hereby noti fled that she ls THIS^AY discharging cargo at Pier No. 2 Union Wharves. All goods not taken away at sauset will remain on wharf at con? signees'risk. MORDECAI Sc CO., Agents. feb2-X_ ??-CITY APPEAISER'S OFFICE, CITY HALL, CHARLESTON, S. C., FEBRUARY 2D, 1871.-Owners of Real Estate who regard their property over-assessed, may appeal to the Board or Equalisation for1 a redaction of the, same. Written communications, stating location and description of property, most be addressed to the "BOARD OF EQUALIZATION," and left at this office. P. J. COOOAN, City Appraiser. feb2-3_. .jar FOR COUGHS, BRONCHITIS AND. Consumption,jin its earliest stages, nothing equals Dr. PIERCE'S ALT. EXT. OR GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERT. It ls also a great blood purifier and strength, restorer or tonic, and for ?'Liver Com? plaint" and Costive Conditions of the Bowels lt has no equal. All Scrofulous and skin diseases, as Pimples, Blotches, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas and Eruptions, yield to Its wonderful curative pro? perties. Sold by Druggists. feb2-thstu3DAC ^ SOONER OR LATER, A NEGLEC? TED cold will develop a constant Cosgh, Short? ness of Breath, Falling Strength and Wastltfg of Flesh-the avant couriers of Consumption. In some Instances the same cause will produce Bron? chitis, a disease of the branches of the windpipe, in all affec tions of the Pulmonary organs, as well as In Bronchial complaints, JAYNE'S EXPECTO? RANT Is t-oth a palliative and a curative, as the testimony of thousands, and Its world-wide repu? tation attests-while in Coughs and Colds it acts speedily, and when taken according to directions, ; promptly removes them. Why not gh*e this stan? dard remedy an Immediate trial? Sold by all Druggists, and by GOODRICH, WINEMAN A CO., Charleston, S. 0._feb2-thstu3 ??f PIMPLES ON THE FACE.-FOB Comedoue?, Blackworms or Grubs, Pimply Emp? tions and blotched disfigurations on the Face, use PERRY'S COME?ONE AND PIMPLE REMEDY, Depot No. 49 Bond street, New York. Sold by Druggists everywhere. Wholesale by DOWIE, MOISE & DAVIS, Charleston, S. C. decl5-thstu3mo3_ . gar- OUR INVISIBLE ENEMIES.-THE raw, astringent atmosphere of winter creates and aggravates many ailments. To protect them? selves-as effectually as possible against the Invis? ible dangers which surround tr ~i at this season, should be the especial eire of persons constitu? tionally delicate. As there is no medicinal pre? paration In use which so thoroughly braces and invigorates the stomach, the liver and the nerves as HUSTKTTBR'S BITTERS, a course of that agreeable tonic ls particularly advisable for dys? peptic, bilious and net vous sufferers, In the cold, damp and trying weather which generally pre? vails in our climate at this period of the year. Sudden chills have a very bad effect upon dys peptics and Individuals of bilious habits, not nn frequentlj producing congestion of the liver or bowels, or low fevers, sometimes of an Intermit? tent or remittent character. Attacks of rheuma? tism arc also to be apprehended, and when there ls a tendency to that complaint the Bitters will be found the best preventive. The operation of the great vegetable tome is direct and simple. It stimulates and strengthens the digestive and se? cretive organs and the nerves, and puts the system in a condition to resist the action of those formid? able foes of vitality, a low temperature and un? wholesome winds and fogs. By quickening the superficial circulation, without-creating anything approaching to fever, lt imparts tone to the skin, and thus renders the surface of the body compar? atively impervious, to unhealthy external influ? ences. Jan2S-6D*c Special ??o?ctB. ^NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAVING claims against the Estate of BENJAMIN JOHN? SON, will present the same duly , attested, and al Indebted win please make payment to ? Jan26-th3_JOHN JOHNSON, Executor. ' ^THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY.-NOTICE TO STOCK n OLDE RS. T- An election will be held on MONDAY , 6th February, for Eighteen ?irectors. or this Company, to serve for twelve months. Polls open at the office, No. 19 Broad street, from 12 M. to 2 P. M. . THOS, R. WARING. . Jan30-fl_?_ j' Cashier. ] TAX NOTICE.-NOTKE IS REBE BY given that the Treasurer of CoUeton County will be ready to receive the State. and County Taxes at his offlce, in Walterboro', February Sta, nntu March 22d. After this date an addition, or twenty per cent, will*be charged on all amounts of taxes remaining unpaid before May eyl and arter that date the Treasurer will proceed to col? lect by distress or otherwise. * ? ? + AU jeal and personal property are charged wira nine milla on the dollar for State, and three mill? on the dollar for County Taxes. All taxes payable in this Connty' will be paid .In this office as above. Office County Treasurer, Coll eton County, S. C., Walterboro', January 27,1871. JAMES W. GRACE, . jahaoia_Tresstrrer. ?fr- WM. McKAY, AT NO. 140 MEET? ING STREET, will- make advances on any tad) everything sent to hhs on consignment. jangf_. . .., . ^CONTRACT FOR LIGHTING THE CITY OF ST. JOHN'S, PORTO RICO.-MAYOR'S OFFICE, ST. JOHN'S, PORTO RICO, DECEMBER. 21ST, WI.-On the 20th day of March next, 1871, wm be offered at auction, In the City Hall of SW John's Porto Rico, the Contract- for Lighting the sald City by Gas, for six years, to commence on the 13th, of April, wi, np to the same date ol 1877, subject to trie pamphlet of conditions which wiU be found at the office of Mr. , -W. P. HALL, where they win be exhibited to the persons who may wish to examine them. For further information, apply to w. p. HALL; Jan27-6_Brown A Co's. Wharf. . J/S- TO THE CITIZENS OF CHARLES? TON.-The YOUNG AMERIOA STEAM FIRE COM? PANY woola respectfully represent that their pre? sent financial condition compels them to mate an appeal to your well-known liberality atid pab? ilo spirit. After five years' uninterrupted service our appa? ratus, worn and injured by the faithful duty per? formed, has been sen; to the builders for repairs. The pay from the city, having been greatly re? duced, is in ad equate to meet our current expense? and ray tue debt Incurred by the company for the necessary repairs now being ms&e. The following gentlemen have been appointed to call on the citizen u for donations: > A. W. LEWIN, vice-President, P. FINN, J. MCDOUGAL,, GEO. RELYEA, J. ROSIS, jj. C. MAHER, JAS? QUINN, ' M. CAREY, M. KINO. By order of the Company. R. & BRUNS, President J. S. WESTENDORFF, secretary. I cheerfully recommend the appeal of the above Company. M. H. NATHAN, Jan25_Chief Fire D?partaient. jm- GETTING MARRIED. -ESSAYS lor Young Men on Social Evils, and the propriety or Impropriety of getting Married, with 'sanitary help for those who feel unfitted for matrimonial happiness. Sentires, in sealed envelopes. Ad? dress Howard Association, Box P, Philadelphia,. ^a. _. . -- pf MEDIOAL NOTICE. -PATIENTS suffering from Diseases pertaining to the GENITO URINARY ORGANS, win receive the latest scien? tific treatment by placing themselves under the care oi Dr. T. REENSTJ ERN A, offlce No. ?*.Ha*el street, three doors from the Postofflce. . , Bep2?-tatiilyr jith FOR MOTH PATCHES, Freckles aila Tan, use PERRY'S MOTH AND FRECKLE LOTION. The only reliable and harm? less r;m"dy known to science for removing brown discolorations from the Face. Prepared only by Dr. B.C. PERRY, No. 43 Bond Btreot, New York. Sold by Druggist s every where. Whole? sale by BOWIE, MOISE A DAVIS, Charleston, S. C._dccl6-tnstn8moB piTTSE GREAT MEDICAL WONDER, DB. HASKELL'S ELECTRIC OIL kills all pain in two minutes. . Cancers, Boils, Tetter and' Old Seres, cured in 48 honra by DR. HASKELL^ CAR? BOLIC CANCER SALVE. For ssie at retail by G. W. AIMAR, COHEN'S MEDICAL DE* DR. H. BABE, POT, A. 0. BARBOT, DB. G. J. LTJHN, ED. & BURNHAM, W. T. LITTLE * CO., M. H. COLLINS A CO., ALFRED RAOUL, M. D., QRAM AN A S CH WAKE, DB. W. A. SERINS. E. H. KELLERS, M. D., And at wholesale by DO (VIE, MOISE A DAVIS, sole Agents for South Carolina no vi i -3m OSD AW _Sitters. '_ AID CAROLINA BITTERS! OLD CAROLINA BITTERS 1 OLD CAROLINA BITTERS ii OLD CAROLINA BITTERS !; OLD CAROLINA BITTERS I j CURES S ' CURES CURES CURES GENERAL DEBILITY! GENERAL DEBILITY! GENERAL DEBILITY! , GENERAL DEBILITY! , WANT OF APPETITE I \ . .?'& WANT OF APPETITE ! WAN71 OF APPETITE I . 1 ,WANT OF APPETITE I CHILLS!i CHILLS! CHILLS! CHILLS! NERVOUS BXHA?8TIOHI NERVOUS EXHAUSTION! NERVOUS EXHAUSTION!--" NERVOUS EXHAUSTION! DYSPE-P8IA! DYSPEPSIA! DYSPEPSIA! DYSPEPSIA! SOLD BY BOLD RY SOLD BY' BOLD BY DRUGGISTS AND OB0CBB31 DRUGGISTS AND GROCERS! DRUGGISTS AND G R O C EflS ! DRUGGISTS AND .GROCERS! EVERYWHERE EVERYWHERE! EVERYWHERE! EVERY YT HERE! - Principal Depot, GOODRICH, WINE MAN A CO. JTJ S T REOEIVED, . O ARBOLATE OF LIME, the best Disinfectant and destroyer of Rata, Mice Boga, Cockroach os. Ac A small quantity placed where they frequent wul at once disperse them. ? _ Pendleton's Panacea, or Vegetable Pain Ex? tractor. ' " . ^ A fresh supply of Flemlug's Worm Oonreottona, the most reliable m use. - AIBO, a fresh supply of SEAL OLEUM, the great remedy for Rheumatism. Fdr sale, wholesale and retail, by Dr. fl. BASK, may 3d No. 181 Meeting itreeV