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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1578. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. ? V'JiLiUI; XVI. THE CRISIS IN THE STATE THE PEOPLE J?m TSE TAXES. A Voice from Abbeville. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. -, , . ^ A few days prior to the adjournment of that rowdy body, styled the South Carolina Legisla? ture, a Joint resolution was passed authorizing certain parties to collect, by first November next, a tax 'of one per cent., assessed value, upon all the property of the State. I do not propose to ask here why the necessity of semi? annual collection of annual taxes, or the col? lection o? two years' taxes In a single twelve? month; nor do I care to portray the effect of such legislation upon our Impoverished people. But I do ask, In ali sincerity und with terrible earnestness, WW. the people pay this tax'? Some of us canner. Others can, If they will But will a man in the State consent willingly to be thus robbed of his property ? Air. Edi? tor, I oontend that the taxpayers ahould^t once make known their determination, and resolve not to allow the collection of that tax. What then ? Will the Executive order his minions to levy and sell; ?c., according to law ? Think you there 1B a man in-the Radical party that would go, or could hire a deputy tc go, out of sight of the courthouse for such a purpose, if the peo? ple resolved not to pay this tax ? What then ? Would the Executive appeal ? to the general government to enforce the collection ? Then let those who bear the bur? den appeal to the same authority for protec? tion against robbery. Think you that the United States Government would fall to listen to an appeal from such men as the intelligent people of South Carolina ccula send on to Washington in their behalf ? If Senator Rob? ertson ls hosest in Us assumption of the office of pacificator, could he withhold his influence in behali ol those men whom he has been reared to respect ? He knows as well as you or I, and must feel ag keenly, If he ls not lost to the entire past, what a disgrace fiat piebald collection baeVbeen to the State, and he must feel that ihey*h.ave no Just right to enforce trie collection of so btrrdensome a tax. Thea let his influence' be enlisted to protect us from ruin. Am I charged with lawlessness in advising this resistance ? I deny it. It ls simple self protect ion. Those who claim to be-oar legis? lators are themselves lawless, and should never agaln.be allowed to assemble; for they are a band of ruffians, who, under semblance of law, are stealing I rom you-and frc ? me. Can we, will we longer endure it? . I know that the word Law has ever bad, and stilLhas, a supernatural influence upon mott of our citizens, and particularly upon those who have passed the' meridian of life, and those who have made it their profession. But do tliey find that Law, which they so fal th fully reverence, analogous or arrullar to any of the enactment? of the exciting powers that be ? The law of the land as the; would construe it, if properly administered, would send to the gallows hosts of those who now annually legis-, tate for our control Then, away with, that puny sentimental ity that . woo" J, /under the most malicious roguery on the :<art of-legisla? tors, counsel order and obedienee to- law. We ' have no Law, norwin we ever h ave by patiently 1 hoplDg.against hope for a settled condition of thing?, all the while scrupulously obeying the 'behests of those who are compiling us "to make bricks without Btrarw." - I bellete the taxpayers of South Carolina, "In every county, should call a public meeting to discuss this question; and appoint delegates to a convention df taxpayers to beheld In Colum? bia this spring or Bummer; who would so ven? tilate the subjeot as-to prevent the-charge of lawlessness from any quarter. The State can? not be lawlesa to itself. We, the ? taxpayers, are the State. Therefore, 4c AGRICOLA. AbbevlR^MarchL;27.. TBZE COUNSEL OE "CHISBX.? How to Tte thtH?w??t>r Oar Radical littler s PeKertlly and yet Effeet r- . v_. TO THE EDITOR OF'TH? NEWS. In the article printed In your paper of yester? day, I showed that, tf the'people refuse to pay . taxes, the government cannot .collect them. ; At the worst the negro government could only buy In and hold the property exposed for aale ;. There could be concert of action an the part ol j the people, and the negro administration would at onee be stripped of its only strength the power of wringing money from the proper- I ty-h older s of the State. * "The only reluctance to the acceptance,of thia measure with ?ny'pdrtion" "of the white* peo^jj o? the State, will be lo ?be fact that it is an ac? ceptance of the reconstruction policy. There are yet-some who feel that policy to have been an outrage; that it was not within th? pro? vince of Congres? to determine the rights of people within the States, nor the office of-the general government to put JJlB negro upon the footing o? white people. THt feeling ling? ers, but, howover just, it must be remembered that we act upon facts accomplished. The ne? gro, in this State is a fact. His right to the elective franchise is a fact. It ls left for us simply to take these facts and make the most of them. That can be done only by accepting these conditions, giving the State the best con? stitution it can have in consistence with them, and then making the most of it. Without that, w? most quit the State or undertake the task of driving the rlegro ont of lt. Neither, I think, is possible. No people as largo as this, ia a body, can emigrate. If left to our-., selves, a contest of extinction with the negroes would be unprofitable, to say the least of iL With the necessary Intervention of the'general government, it would not only be unprofita? ble, but disastrous. There is, in my Judgment, nothing left but to put the restriction neces? sary to the protection of property upon the elective franchise in this State, and move on k with lt. That, however, may not be done without the measure I propose. Nothing will bring the ' negroes to admit the qualification of'the elective franchise proper to allow the white people a Just participation in the gov? ernment but their inability to carry It on with? out them. That. Inability we demonstrate, and; the refusal to pay taxes, therefore, and the .necessary locking of the wheels of this negro government, is the thing now i u be done. I think it had better be done at once. There^ is, perhaps, difference of opinion upon this subject. Gentlemen hitherto acting, and wisely, for the white people or the State, have, I think, considered that tilts issue shall be made at a later period. My conviction is that it should be made now. We lose so much money as-shall be paid to taxes. They get lt, and it supports them in the contest. We want at once the economies that will then result.tq the administration of our State, city and coun? ty governments. Now the offices are parcelled ou^to the emolument of the largest possible number o? incompetent and good-for-nothing people. The government la the hands of the owners of its property, not only would the of? fices be properly filled, but with less emolu? ments; and in consideration of the poor and distressed condition of our people, the duties of very many of the offlceB would be perform? ed for nothing. We want relief from taxes which, however proper, are in such vast dis? proportion to oar ability to meet them. Sie .want to be done with the galling yoke of an adversary, Incompetent, licentious and most disgraceful -government Every dollar that we pay to lt argues a poverty of spirit, the want of a proper sense of manhood, and implies that we are flt lor indignities and wrong in that we have not the spirit to resist them; and .we want, as speedily as possible, : the repose to come from the adjustment of re? lations ia this State. No one can but be con? scious that var present state ls provisional. I For tea years upon the wave, ol a revolution, it la time that t here should be reposo. But there jiever can be peace to a white'Tace ander the arbitrary and capricious rule of the black. The evils of that unnatural condition are every day felt and exhibited-men be? come less hopeful o? their fortunes, less prompt to opportunities of business-values [ fall-such asean, move away-business leaves us for less gloomy and obstructed channels, and we mast end the troubles; and to avoid farther deteriorating and disastrous conse? quences, I think,, and so propose, that we shall ead it aow. What shall be the details of the movement la Its proliminary stages it is not important to suggest. Each individual in the State, how? ever, is In custody o? that portion of funds re? quired for taxes, which his public duty, as I conceive it, requires him to retain, until the object of it shall be declared by proper author? ity; and each for himself can begin the move meat, therefore, by ^withholding it until that declaration shan be made. A convention will be necessary to determine the proper principie of constitutional com? pact; bat whea and how that convention shall ; be held win be Indicated whea the people of the State shall have declared, by Ba?h concur reace in this measure, that they are ready for the Issue. CITIZEN. THE OXTY PEACEABLE REMEDY. A Constitutional Amendment Wanted -Ttte Views of the Hon. C. G. Jttem m inger. CHARLESTON, March 24, 1871. Sis Excellency R. K. Scott, Governor of South Carolirta: DEAR SUI-Not having been .present at the conlerence to which I was recently Invited by your Excellency, I have thought it due to yon that I should, as soon as it was ia my power, submit to you (he counsel which, in my opin? ion, the present exigencies o? our State call foe The remedy for any existing evil must depend upon the exact character of the j evil; and the f rst step to be taken towards a proper application of a remedy is to observe carefully the nature and cause of the evil. The leading fact which has probably induced your action, is the formation of combinations In I mai.. of the upper counties of the State, which exhibit themselves In acts o? violence upon those whom they deem flt subjects for extraor-1 dinary visitation. There caa be no difficulty in ascertaining the cause of these combina-1 tions. It is undoubtedly the conviction that j the existing Government of the State ie ut-1 t?riy corrnpt;and that it'-has failed in all the j duties which are required at its hands-that I there is no adequate security for life or proper? ty, and that the taxes laid by the Legislature must eventuate In virtual confiscation of the entire income of the citizens. Ls this conviction well founded ? 1. The corrupt character of the Legislature ol the State has been so distinctly evinced that lt may be set down as an admitted fact. ' 3. The failure to discharge the duties of gov-1 , ernment culminated In the action of the Le^Is ture at its last session upon the Chesterfield I election. This actiont.followlng upon the pre? vious election laws, which refused any check upon Hie majority, satisfied the white people of the State that they had no rights, recog? nized by the government, and that they must.. ; therefore,-protect themselves in the best way they could. The arming of the colored mili? tia, and exclusion ol' the whites from any par? ticipation, placed one class distinctly above the other, and plainly exhibited to the whites that force would take the place of law. 3. The wasteful expenditure of the" public I money, and the corrupt schemes for increas? ing the public debt, which have found'favor I with the Legislature, proclaim in the future I ?an lndeiinite Increase of taxes, while corrupt officers foment these evils and render hopeless any effort at amendment. . 4. The formation of secret societies among ithe colored people, ander the name of Union ?Leagues, have banded them together in a secret organization, and while these societies render .useless any appeals to the better judgment of their members, they naturally suggest a like organization among the whites as their only ] means ol defence. ? ' These various evidences have settled a con? viction tn the minds or the whites that they j must seek, protection outside of the existing ?government, aad, as your Excellency doubt ess sees, these evils must result in anaroby mr civil war, unless some remedy be speedily ap-1 '. plied. The active cause of all this evil is : elear?y the Leirisiature of the State. There it all originates;'there ft baa its abode, and f rom thence lt must be removed before peace or I security can ensue. The character of this I body must, therefore, be changed. Instead of I representing Ignorance and vice, lt must repre? sent knowledge and virtue. This lt cannot do I until, you change Its constituency. There ls no ?possible method of reforming an agency, j ' wolle the principal continues the same, and j Ignorance and prejudice will never select for I its agents the wise aud the good. Oar troubles j rest?t from thts cause.'and from neglect of the j i great,American aphorism, that taxation with out representation ls tyranny. In bur present j i system of State government, those who pay I tiie taxes have no voice in the government, j | This Investigation clearly points to the only I , possible remedy, to wit: A change in the cori- , etlluency which elects the Legislature. Let taja oe Improved, and the improvement of the , other follows of course. A more intelligent body of voters, and one directly responsible to i pay the taxes which are imposed by their rep? resentatives, would speedily provide a remedy, j Under their auspices,.an Intelligent and virtu OU8 Legislature would again make its appear- , ance, and the laws of the land and the public officers appointed to administer them would again command public confidence and Insure the peace and tranquillity of the State. AU this can be obtained by simply following the lead ofthat State which our present rulers wouid regard as the fountain of political wis? dom, ana amending our constitution so as to , conform the qualifications of voters to that re? quired in Massachusetts. Let the voters be I omy swen as can read and have paid some tax for the support ot- the government, and the representatives will at oace change their char? acter. Such a quaUdcatioa.ia the voter? would ? discriminate only against ignorance, and would I place it in the power of every man to take part [ | in the government, whatever may be his race f or color. 1 The difficulty of such aa ameadment arises from the fact that lt mnst find sufficient favor with the existing authorities to command a two-thirds vote.' This difficulty is real; but is lt not worth the effort to overcome it? Without some such change .the State must inevitably drltt into anarchy or civil war, and surely w? already have had a sufficient experience of the evils of war to induce every one to seek their avoidance. It you, sir, would commence the movement by an earnest appeal to the Legis? lature, Immediately to submit the call ol a < convention to the decision ol tho people, it ia I not at all improbable that the movement may succeed. I It is true that lt will take much time, aad that mach agitation must eusue. But let every maa weigh against these considerations tha 1 danger which must attend any other course. Should, even, the violence which may be ap? prehended be suppressed by military force, lt ls not at all unlikely that, as their only remain? ing resource, the entire community will refuse to pay their taxes; and then, where will be the credit and government ol the State ? Doubt? less many bad men will agitate against such a measure, and will endeavor, as heretofore, to persuade the ignorant colored people that the whites will again reduce them to slavery. Bat yoar Excel'eocy will be fully able to repel such attem >\?. You know as well as I do, and can tell'them so, that they owe their emanci? pation neither Lo your party nor to mine, but alone to God, the Supreme Disposer of events. You can show them President lincoln's proc? lamation of September, 1862, ia which he un? dertook to recognize the right of the people of the Southern States to hold their slaves, if they would lay down their arms before the en? suing first of January. It was, therefore, from the resoluteness of the South, and not from the generosity of the North, that the slaves ob? tained their freedom. And even now, that freedom ls Insured only by the amendment of the Constitution of the United States, which was adopted by the white mea of South Caro llna. You would, therefore, be able effectual? ly to remove this Muderance to good feeling from the minds of the colored people. Then, again, you would he able to assure them of the kindly feelings with which they have always been regarded by their former masters beiore the heartless plunderers, who are now making use of them, had. misled and embittered their feelings. These, and other topics which will readily occur to you, will no doubt enable you to influence the action of the colored people. An equal, perhaps a greater difficulty, will be to restrain the impatience of the white peo? ple. Restless as they naturally must be under the corrupt and heartless despotism which they see domlueering over them, lt wl.l re? quire the strongest effort ot patience to await a remedy which will require so much time. The strongest motive which can be presented to them, for such patience, will be the earnest and sincere initiation of the amendment pro? posed. The first step towards calling a con? vention is a vote of the Legislature, and, as that body has adjourned, lt will be necessary to take some action, before its next meeting, to satisfy the people of the expediency of wait? ing. If the leading members of t he dominant party would come forward and pledge their support to the measure, and urge the adontion of the same, lt would furnish such an assur? ance as would, doubtless, restrain the Impa? tience of those who are smarting under their present burden. On our side, then, we could, with some show of reason, counsel our friends to endurance. We could 'turn their minds to consider other cases of grievous national wrong."which pa? tience had overcome. We could point them to the example of the noble spirits who, after the endurance for twenty years of the tyranny ot the Stuarts in England, brought about peace? fully the great revolution of 1C88. and estab? lished English freedom upon a basis from which It has never been removed. We can point them to the'American struggle against taxation without representation, which con? tinued for ten years before a resort to arm?. With these examples beiore them, we would be able to persuade them to await two years for the action of a convention, if we could assure them that that action would remedy the evile of which they complain. Persuaded, as I am, that no other peaceable remedy can be made available, I would most earnestly address these views to the serious consideration of your Excellency, and would urge them upon all those who seek the perma? nent peace and welfare of the State. With much respect, Your obedient servant, C.- G. MEMMINGER. THE STATE CAPITAL. The Wlasmith Outrage-The United States Troops and their Mission-Uni? versity Gonai p-Loewi Topic?. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.! COLUMBIA, March 28. The nows from Spartanburg by last night's train hardly bears out the blood and thunder? ous sensation of the Radical press. A letter received from there states that Mr. Winsmith ls not seriously wounded, although hil five or six times. The authors of the outrage do not appear to have been recognized, although lt is surmised that probably two of them were badly, ll not fatally, wounded. Three companies (not four) of cavalry ar? rived here on Sunday. They come from the West. Others- lumor says four companies are daily expected by ran from the Plains. There were here, before this last arrival, two companies and two fractions of companies of infantry. The ranking officer is Major Van derhorst. Major Black is expected to take his place in a short time. The cavalry here are ex? pecting jo be moved up the country very soon. Whatever may have been the expectation of those who sent these soldiers to us, lt is now quite manifest that they are not going to pro? tect and encourage lawless negroes, militia or otherwise, to the detriment of the whites. They are likely to apply power where it ls mainly needed-In suppressing our lawless negro militia, who thus far have.caused most if not ali the disturbances and "outrages" in South Carolina. Aad some of these soldiers do not hesitate to say that the negro militia was gotten up for the manufacture of "outrages." Poor Cu free's 'defenders seem likely about to prove Tartars to him. The Rev. Mr. Babbitt, the new professor in the University of South Carolina, ls a graduate of Brown University, abd a son of a member of the Charleston Democratic Convention. He preached in Trinity-the Rev".' Mr. Shandra church-last Sunday. Burglars are operating with some success In Colombia, but generally on a small scale. Mr. Eberhardt, tailor, is the last sufferer by them. His loss reaches about two hundred dollars. As a means ol living theft is practiced by a largo and Increasing number of our communi? ty, so much so that ourglariee, shoplifting and finding things must be expected constantly.. CORSAIR. .-' VL TS SE S THE EIEST. Ta the United States Senate on Tuesday, in discussing Sumner's resolutions, Senator Schurz said : If it was proven that orders had been Issued to our naval commanders In gross violation of the constitution, then something more than mere rhetorical flourishes about General Grant's services, or about the Secretaries of Slate and Navy, would be required to answer the proof. Schurz proceeded to argue that un? der the constitutional clause vesting in Con? gress the war-making power, the Executive could not commit an act of war unless in case of actual invasion of the territory of the United States, or hy express Congres? sional authority. -The instructions of the. President to our naval forces, directing them in certain contingencies to fire upon the vessels ot Ilaytl, a. power with which we are at peace, was most clearly a usurpation of war-making power. In reply to inquiries by Howe and Stewartyas to whether discretiona? ry power was not vested In the President, bchurz added that if those senators would turn to the debates of the Senate In February, 1659, they would find that President Buchanan had asked tor discretionary power to protect our citizens in transit over the Isthmus of Panama, and the Senate hud indignantly re? insert it. It was most audacious to contend, for that was the logic ot lt. that the President had the power to steal the war-making power from Congress. The fact was that President Grant had fallen into.the mistake of suppos? ing he was the United States ot America. It smacked very strongly ot what was called in Franco personal government. SPAEKS FRO Jil THE WIRES. -Sixteen Erie locomotives have been seized at New York to satisfy a judgment in favor of Mr. Vandyke for injuries received in the Carro Rock disaster. -A first mortgage of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company for twenty-nine millions of dollars has been recorded at San Francisco. It recites that the company proposes to build Lhe road to the Colorado River, 760 miles. -The steamer Belle of Alton has been burned to the water's edge at New Orleans. Her hun and machinery were saved. PROCEEDINGS OE CONGRESS. WMHINGTON, March 29. The Senate and Hones debated all day. Sumner's resolutions were laid on the table. Sherman's Ku-Klux resolutions come up to? morrow. Judge Carter refused to hoaor the requisition from the Governor of North Caro? lina for Bergen and Kirk. A requisition is also here for Holden. The vote on, tabling Sumner's resolutions was 39 to 16. Robertson, Schurz and Sumner voted na LETTER EEOM WASHINGTON. All'Hope of Reconciliation Gone-Sn ra. ner Formally Head Out Ot the Party - Carl Schnri to thf Bfstnt-Stene at the Capitol-Whm S?t? [FROM OUR OWN 0ORRK9PQNDRHT.] WASHINGTON, March 27. If even any Idea existed that a reconciliation could be effected between the administration and the ex-chairman of the ~ committee on foreign relations, there ls?now lb Bhadow of-it le?. The elaborate speech of 8frmner, to-day, nos dissipated the faintest hope that his voice will ever be lifted again In the support of | President Grant or his party. In consequence of that fact, the senator will be formally "read out" ot the Radical organization, , and we shall see that the administration men In the Senate will hereafter refuse him any consideration. This result ot the position taken by the sena? tor from Massachusetts had not been over? looked by him when engaged in the prepara? tion of the arraignment against the San Do- j mingo scheme he presented to-day. He count-1 ed well the cost, and has chosen to accept lt. The meaning is war, and the champions of the Executive have already sounded the charge. Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, who has been, next "to Senators Morton and Con kl lng, the firm apologist for tbe removal of Sumner from his late committee chairmanship, commenced a speech this afternoon thoroughly Indicative of the determination of the leading men of his pary, In the Senate, to allow Sumner no foot? hold within Its limits. They expect to be sus- ! tained throughout the country, so far as their own organization exists. Howe, In his re? marks, took occasion to allude to Chase and Seward as having forfeited their rights to be considered Republicans In good standing, and placed Sumner third in that category. Sena? tor Conkllng will undoubtedly enter upon the* ' discussion thus commenced-unless for palpa? ble reasons the administration should con? clude to suppress the earnest debate which now appears iuevitable. Carl Schurz-a power among the German Radicals In the Northwest-will espouse the cause ol Mr. Sumner. He, on the Radical side of the Se?are, ls its most potent debater, and it ls not to be doubted that if the opportunity arises when ie should raise his voice in de? fence of his friend-as XCHS the - case pending the debate preceding the decapitation of Sum? ner-he will give utterance to his sentiments, the echoes of which, in New England and the West, will furnish evidence to the party In power there that its days are certainly num? bered. Of the scene at the Capitol to-day, it may he said that, excepting that the representation of people from all parts of the South was lacking, lt resembled the days Immediately previous to the secession of the Southern States. The crowds were quite as numerous, though the sentiments animating them Vere as diff?rent as the zones. ' So iar as the question of sympathy in the present embrogllo is concerned, the burden ot lt to-day rested upon Sumner, and a general question to-night ls, what will be the next turn of the administration screw ? ELK RIDGB. .' THE MERIDIAN MURDER. -rr. ? U JACKSON*, MISSISSIPPI, March 28.; Theodore Sturgls, brother of the absconding mayor of Meridian, who published a card In the New York Tribune, purporting to be a cor? rect account of the Meridian riot, published a card denying the statements of his brother. I He says: -'I am fully satisfied that facts are misrepresented, and am convinced that the publication was gotten up for political pur? poses." This Sturgls ls a Northern man, and has resided South for many years. His brother came forth three years ago. ! ? Aaron Moore, whom Sturgls reported killed , ls here unhurt. The investigation in the case of the rioters is concluded. It shows that the negroes brought on the troubles by turbulent) overbearing conduct toward the whites, and murdering Judge Bramlette on the bench. The underwriters of the Insurance company refuse to pay the insurance on Sturgls's property, having proof that be was the incendiary. There ls perfect peace and tranquillity through? out the State._ A EROST IN VIRGINIA. RICHMOND, March 29. Ex-mayor Chahoon, before Judge Gulgon, on a writ of habeas corpus, was balled for a new trial. Heavy frost, with Ice, here this morn, lng, extending up to the Potomac. The fruit crop is destroyed. THE STATE OE THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON, March 29. Probabilities : It is.probable that clouds and i light rains will on Thursday extend along the j entire Atlantic coast and the lakes. Fresh winds are probable for the lakes and the At- J lantlc and Gulf coasts. -The Seneca red-slone quarry, upon which Logan opened so savagely just before the ad* Jonrnment of the Forty-first Congress, says the New York World's correspondent, was dis? covered, in 1867, by Mr. Kidwell, who Interest-1 ed Henry D. Cooke, now governor of the dis? ) trlct, in lt. The owner of the land, in igno rance Of its value, sold cheap. A company was formed, with several distinguished officials as members. President Grant was one, and General Mlchier, commissioner of public build? ings, which Includes street paving, another, and Governor Cooke was the engineering I genius. The Young Men's Christian Associa- \ tlon building was erected to advertise the stone, and the new sidewalk before the north front of the Treasury was laid in the same, at about three times the usual price. Since then the city has been paved all over with lt. The last Congress passed a bill for a new market house, to be of "marble or Seneca red-stone." The man who caused the bill to be drawn is a Seneca red-stone corporator. He knew at | the time that it was impossible to procure marble for such a building, except at an enor? mous price. The result ls that the market building will be constructed of Seneca red? stone, for the mutual benefit of the President of the United States, the new governor of the district, the commissioner of public buildings, and other prominent officials. BARON GEROLT AND FAMILY.-The elder daughter of Baron Gerolt, the Prussian minis? ter, ls announced to wed Mr. Rangabee, charge d'affaire of Greece, on the 17th ot April. The younger daughter, it is said, will join the Or? der of the Visitation at Georgetown. Both the young ladies are natives ot Washington. The Baron will return to Prussia early in May. Washington Republican. -The prolific novelist who writes under the norn de plume of Louisa Muhlbach Is BO inhar? monious with her husband, says a Berlin cor-1 respondent, that they are about to separate on ! terms of the profoundest mutual satisfaction. rms WAT OTT RE VOL moy. Paris Still In Tumult-The Red Flag In the South-The -Government Mak? ing Beady to Suppress the~Reb?115on. PARIS, March 28. The sub-central committee as formed con. sists of twelve members, Massy, the real Gari? baldi, the honorary president A decree has been issued organizing twenty-five battalions Of 'infantry and twenty batteries of artillery, with fifteen batteries ot mitrailleurs, rmvaii organizes the artillery and heavylnrautry, Ber g?ret the cavalry. They authorized a levy d< contributlons.on everythTng. General Ghfer, a member of the committee, commands the gunboats on the Seine. Flourens has resigned.' Valgrannels suspended. Th? Commune will be officially proclaimed on Thursday. The Prussians are concentrating at Line, and will remain until the disorder in Paris Is ended. A London Times' special, from Versantes, says: Forty thousand Prussians are expected .there to-morrow. The government is steadily organizing a trustworthy force for a march on Paris; which possibly will be made In eight days. The Marseilles Republican ' committee have Issued an address'recognizing the Paris Gov? ernment. A dispatch from Aix says the Min? ister ot War has declared Marseilles in a state of siege. PARIS, March 29. The red flag ls displayed everywhere. The central committee have split. Some members were arrested by colleagues. The Latest. PARIS, March 29. At the inaugural sitting of the Commune council a resolution was adopted declaring the National Guard deserved well of the country. The council adjourned to midnight without coming to a conclusion upon vital questions. VERSAILLES, March 29. The government have Issued a circular an? nouncing that order ls restored In Lyons and - Toulouse. The Insurrections tailed in all the large towns save Marseilles and Narbonne and Saint Etienne. The government are ready to-, day to meet or crush the Insurrection. Ver? sailles ts rapidly becoming a military camp. The Gardes Mobile are continually arriving from the departments. Amicable arrange? ments between the Paris and Versailles gov? ernments aro still regarded as possible. PARIS, March 29. The committee of the Republic resigned their powers, but were newly elected. r LONDON', March 29. A dispatch to the Daily News says the Arab chief Sldl Makrani, leading forty thousand troops in Algiers, has declared war against France. ?_._..'. LAWS OT THE STATE. Acts and Joint Resolutions, Passed by the General Assembly Of South Carolina, Session of 1870-'71. ? [OFFICIAL.] AN ACT to alter and renew the charter af the Town of Darlington. 0 SscnoK 1. Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State o? South Carolina, now met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same : That an act entitled "An act to incorporate' certain towns and villages," approved on the 28th day of January, A. D. ono thousand eight hundred and sixty, be, and the same is hereby, altered and amended as follows, to wit : That from and after the passage of this act, all and every person or persons who shall have resided in the corporate limite of the Village of Dar? lington for two months, are hereby declared to be members of the corporation hereby to be created. Bsc. 3. That the said persons shall, from and after the passage of this act, become a body politic and corporate, and shall be known and caUed by the name of the Town of Dal? lington, and its corporate limits shall extend one and one-half mile from the conrthouse, ex? cept on the northeast, east and northwest1 Bides, which shall bs bounded by Swift Creek and Indian Branch. SEC. 8. That the said town shall be ero*- .ru? ed by an intendant and four wardens, who shall have resided in the State for one year, and within -the limits of tho corporation for sixty days immediately preceding their elec? tion. The said intendant and wardens shall be elected on the second Monday ot the month of April in each year, ten days' notice being previously given, and shoU continuo in office one year, and until the election and qualifica? tion of their successors; and -all male inhabi? tants of the said town who shall haye attained the age of twenty-one years, and resided there? in two months immediately preceding the election, shall ba entitled to vote for said in? tendant and wardens. SEC. 4. That the said election shall be held in some convenient public place in said town, from six o'clock in the morning until eix o'clock in tho evening; and when the polls shall be closed, the managers shall forthwith count the votes apd declare the election, giv? ing notice in writing to the persons elected. The intendant and warden^, for the time being, shall always appoint the managers to conduct tho election, who, before they open the polls for the said election, shall take an oath fairly and impartially to conduct the samo. And the intendant and wardens, before entering apon tbe duties of their offices, re? spectively, take the oath prescribed by the constitution of this State, and the following oath, to wit : "As intendant (or warden) of the Town of Darlington, I will, equally and impartially,, to the biet of my ability, exercise the trust reposed in me, and will ase mv best endeavors to preservo the peace, and carry into effect, according to law, the parp?se for which I have been-elected : So help me God." And if any person, upon being elected in tend? ent or warden, shall refuse to act as such, be shan forfeit and pay to said town council the sum, of twenty dollars, for the use of said town : Provided, That no person who has at? tained the age of sixty years shall be compelled to serve in either of thc said offices, nor shall any other person be eompelled to serve more than one year in any tex m of three years. SEO. 5. That in case any vacancy should oc? cur in the office of intendant or any of tbe wardens, by death, resignation, or otherwise, an election to fill such vacancy shall be held by the appointment of intendant or warden, or wardens, as the case may be, ten days' pre? vious notice being given; and in case of sick? ness, or temporary absence of thc intendant, the wardens, forming a council, shall be em? powered to elect one of their number to act as intendant daring the time. SIC. 6. That the intendant and wardens duly elected and qualified shall, during their te*m of service, severally and respectively, be vested with all the powers of a trial justice or other inferior court; and the intendant shall and may, as often as may be necessary, summon tbe wax-1 dene to ro? et in council; any two bf whom el with tbe intendant or any three wardens, stttnte a qnonrm to transact basin eas, Hiey shall bo known by the name of the 1 Council of Darlington. And they and their eessors, hereafter to be elected, may ha common sea), which shall be affixed to all t ordinances, may ene and be ened. rosyp and be im pleaded m ant court of law or eq in' this 8 ta te, and purchase, bold, possess enjoy to them and their race essors in- pe toity, OT for any term of yeare, any estate, or personal, or "mixed, ?nd sell, allen, br ? vey the sante : Provided, The same shall exceed, at any one - one the sum of ten th< and dollars. And the intendant and ward shall have fofl power to make and establish such rules, by-laws and ordinances reaped the roads, streets, markets and police of i town, as shall appear to them necessary ; requisite for the eeenrity, welfare and coi nlence of said town, or for preserving hes order, peace and good government within same; and all the by-laws, rules and ordinal the said connell may make' shall, at ail tin be subject to r?visai or repeal by the Gem Assembly of this State. And the said cou: may fix and impose fin?s arid ?penalties for violation thereof, and appropriate the same the publie uses of said corporation : Provid That no punishment shall exceed fifty dolh or thirty days' imprisonment. . 8x0. 7. That the intendant and warden? said town shall have full and only po wei grant or refuse Uceases to keep taverns! retail spirituous liquors within the corpox limits of said town, upon such conditions, i under such circumstances as to them al seem T? ght and proper: Provided, That in' instance shall -the price of a license to k< uvera, or to re teil spin tao ns liquors, be fb at a less sum than: is established by the li wt thia State; and all moneys paid for lioens and for fines and fcrJeitures for retailing gpii uous Liquors, keeping tavern and billiard tab within the said limits without licenses, Bl be appropriated to the public uses of s town: Provided, That the intendant and w dens, duly elected and qualified, shall : bave power to grant any licence to keep tare: or retail spirituous liquors to extend beyc the term tor which they have been eleoted. SEO. 8. That Jabal? be the duty of the tendant and wardens to.keep all roads, ?tre and.ways within their corporate limita ot . and iu good repair. They shall haye power compound with all persorfs, liable to work I streets, ways ?nd roads in said town, ni each terms SB they by ordinance ahaU cati lish, the moneys so receiver! to be applied the public ase of said town, aad all persons faning or failing to pay such caramut J ti shall ba hable to such fine, not exoeedi twenty dollars, as the town council may i pose, Sec. 9. The said town council shall bo power to regulate sales at auction within t limits of said town, and to grant lioeni to auctioneers: Provided, Nothing herein cc tained shall extend to sales by sb en ff, clerk court, judge of probate, eoroner, exeontorori minis tr?tor, assignee in bankruptcy, or by a of the persons oat ot the order, decree of a court, trial justice or other inferior court, * SEO. 10. They shall also have power to i pose au annual tax not exceeding twenty cai on every hundred dollars of the assessed val of real and personal estate lying within t ' corporate limits OT said town, the real and p sou al es ti te of churches'"and school assoc ti ons excepted. The said council Shall ht power to regulate the price of licensee upon public shows and exhibitions in the said to? - to erect a powder magazine, and compel a person holding moro than twenty five poon of powder to store tho same therein and make regulations for th orates of storage thei of, and for keeping and delivering the san The said council shall have power to en for the payment of all taxes levied under autbori of this act, against the property and person i all defaulters, to the same extent and in tl same manner aa is provided by law for the cc lection of the general taxes, except that exec tiona to enforce the payment of the town tax shall be issued under the seal of tho corpon tion, and directed to the town marshal or oth< person especially appointed by the town com eil to collect the same; and aU property upc which a tax shall be levied whereby declare and made liable for the payment thereof, in pr< terence to all other debts against the said pro; er ry, except debts due to the State, which sha first be paid. Sic ll. That the said town council shall hav power, with the consent of the adjacent lan owners, to close all such roads, streets an ways within the town as they shall deem neoet sary, by the sale ot the freehold therein, eitbe at public or private sale, as they may adjndg best for the interest of the said town; and the; shall have power to lay out, adopt, open am keep in repair all such new streets, roads ant wa> s within the town ss they may deem oeceja sary for the improvement and convenience o the said town: Provided, That no new street road or way shall be opened without first hav Lng obtained tho consent of the land owner o owners through whose premises any such nev atreet, road or way may piss. . SEC. 12. That the said town council shall hay* power, and are hereby authorized to elect tbre< or more marshals (in addition' to the sheriff o; DarUngton, who shall also be a marshal of said town,) to fix their salaries and presonbe theil duties, wno shall be sworn in and invested with all the powers and subjected to all the duties and liabilities that constables now have or are subjected to by law, in addition to the duties and liabilities specially conferred and imposed upon them b . the town council : Provided, That their jurisdiction shall be confined within .the limits of the said town. 8zc. 13. That tbe said town council shall have powarto erect a market house, and pro? vide regulations for the same: Provided, That no market ho ase is erected upon the pub? lic squares, so as to endanger, by its proximo ty, or the materials of which it is constructed, any other public building. They shall also have power to establish a guardhouse, and to prescribo, by ordinance, suitable rules and regulations for keeping and governing the same, and until euch guardhouse shall be es? tablished, they eball b2 authorized tb use a room in the common jail of Darlington County for the confinement of all persons who may be subject to be committed for violation of any ordinance of the town, passed in conformity to the provisions of this act. And the Baid town conned may, by ordinance, or the said intendant and wardens in person, any one or more of them, authorize and re? quire any marshal of the town, or any con? stable, specially appointed for that purpose, to arrest an i commit to said guardhouse or jail of Darlington County, as. the case may be, for a term not exceeding twenty-four hours, any person or peraons who, within the corpor? ate limits of said town, may be engaged in a breach of the peace, any riotous or disorderly conduct, open obscenity, public drunkenness, or in any conduct grossly indecent or dange? rous to the citizens of the sa)d town, or any of them; and it ahall be the duty of the marshals to arw?at ?adooi?scitrftil snob offenders, wheo required to do BO, who shall have power tocal 1 to their assistance the pis se cotmtatus, if nee ? be, to aid in making i nch arrests; and upo n faifaro ofthe town marshal to perform each duty* as required, they shall severally be soo - ject to each fine's and penalties as the town" council may establish; and all persons .'sb Im? prisoned shall pay the costa and expenses in? cident fo their imprisonment, wbioh said coets and expenses shall be collected in the aame manner aa provided by. thia act for the collec? tion of fines imposed-for violation of ordi nsacest Provided, That each imprisonment shall not exempt the party from tho payment _ of any fine the eonncrl may impose for th? offence for which he may bave been com? mitted. SEC. 14. That the said town council shall' have the power to collect the taxes from all' persons representing, publicly, within the cor? porate limits, for gam or reward, any plays or show?, of any Kind whatsoever, to be used for the parp?se of said town. Bxs. 15. That ali the-flnes which shah here-* : after be collected for re tail mp, without t?cense, within the corporate limite of the said town, .shall be paid one-haLf to tho informer and th?' 'other hall to the council, for the ase of the said town.*' Usa 16. That the. ?aid town council shall' have power to abate au nuisanoee -within their corporate limita, and also tb appoint a board of health for said town, and to pass snob ordinan? ces as may be -necessary to. define the duties and powers of the said board, and to impose fines and penalties upon the members of the Said board, for neglect of duty or ref a sal to serve-. Provided, That no fine hereby au? thorized to be imposed, shall exceed the som of twenty dollars. The said town council of Darlington shall have power and authority to require the owner or owners of any lot or lot?, .in the ?sid .town, to keep the streets in front of the said lot or lots clem or all filth and rubbish, and, also, to make and keep in good repair sidewalks in front of ?aid lot or lota, where the same shall front on or adjoin any oT the public street? of the ?aid town, if, in the judgment of the said town council, snob aids* watts shall he necessary, the width thereof Fand the manner of their construction to be designated and regulated by the ?sid town eonheil; and. for default or refusal on the part -of ?weh owner, or owners' to keep the said. Lstreets oleas, or to make and keep in repair .?och sidewalks whenever required, the said town condell may cause'the said a tresta to bs oieetned, of such sidewalks to bs mads and kept in repair, and require such owner or own? ers to pay the costs and expense thereof: Provided, howevet^Tbat contracts fdr dean? ing the said streew/making and potting In repair such sidewalks, ?hall be let to the low? est bidder. SEC. 17. That'the said town ooancB shall hare power to borrow money for the public use of the corporation, by issuing, from tim? to time, as occasion may require, the bonds of the corporation, bearing interest at a rate not to'sxeeed seven per centum a year, to De paid semi-annually, lor an amount not lo exceed five thousand dollars; and for tho payment of the interest, and the uKhnato redemption of? the pi ?he i psi, according - to the terms ?of tho loan, the ?aid eoporsikm shall, at ali times, bs liable^ Provided, That the private property af the inhabitants of the e ai i to wn shall bs 1 bound for the "redemption of tba said loin in no other way "than by th?- imposition of an an-. ntl al tax, according to the provisions of this act. Sro. 18. That the intendant and wardens elect ebal!, during their term of office, be ex empt from street duty. Each town council shall, within one month attor the expiration sf their term of office, make out and return ta their successors, a foll account of their receipts and expenditures daring their term, sad shall pay over ail rooneys in their possession belong? ing to the corporation, and deliver np all book?, records and papers incident to their office to their successors; and on failure to do BO they shall bs Hable to be fined In a sima sot exceeding ons honored dollars, to be collected in soy proper action by the town council. 8xo. 19. That for aoy wilful violation or ne? glect of duty, malfeasance in office, abuse ot oppression, the said intendant and wardens, Jointly and severally, sbaH he liable to indict? ment in the Court of Sessions, and, upon con viction, to punishment, a? prescribed in the preceding section, besides teing liable fer - damages to any penen or persons injured. SEO. 20. 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