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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1659. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. MORE CHARCOAL SKETCHES. A GREAT COLORED MILITARY RALL IR COLUMBIA, S. C. Social Barrier? Swept Away-White Mayors, Senators and Representatives Dancing with the Colored JzAute White Ladies Da nc In S With Colorid Gentlemen-Major San) Dickerson lit Another Unpleasant Dilemma. {Correspondence of the Sew Tort San.] COLUMBIA. April 5. "Would you like to attend thia ?" said. Gov ernor Scott the other day, as he handed me an elaborately gotten up envelope bearing a huge monogram. I took it and read as follows : : HEADQUARTERS COMPANY B, : SECOND KEGI.UXST. S. C. N. C., : March 28, 1871. : The pleasure of your company* ls respect- ; : fully solicited at the second annual ball to be : '"' : given by company B or the second Regiment : : >outn Catolina NatiouaS coard, at Janney's : : Dall, cornubia, on Saturday evening, AprH 1, : : 1871. By command of : . JACOB THOMPSON, : : Captain company ?. "Will this be a recherch? affair !" I Inquired as I folded the envelope. "Ob, yes," said the Governor, "the creme de la fr erne of our colored society will be "there, and If you go you'll have a pleesant time." "Shall yon and Hrs. Scott attend V "Well, hardly. You Bee," said the Gover? nor, "1 haven't b .?en very well, of late, and anything like violent exercise, such aa danc? ing, for instance, throws me off my leet. Hrs. Scott and I have sent regrets." ".Will there be any white people there P "Oh, yes, I have heard several signify their intention to be present." I pocketed the invitation and resolved to at? tend. SCENE AR01XD THE HALT.. Saturday came, and with it the martial dis? play so sum mm Hy checked by the Governor's order, and which was designed to preserve the peace of the oity. Notwithstanding the fact that the Second Regiment's drill and parade were thus suspended, the preparations for the ball of Company B went actively toward. At an early hour..Janneys Hall, which, by the way, was elaborately decorated for- Ure occa? sion, presented a lively scene. Members of the company and officers of the regiment in full uniform assembled In large numbers In and around the hall, and hundreds of less fa? vored colored persons thronged the strait below and gazed with envious eyes upon the gorgeous trappings ol their brethren. A band ol colored musician* discoursed sweet music on a balcony above, to the strains of which the guests marched into the ball-room. Captain Jacob Thompson, the gentlemanlv commander of Co. B, ls a .-oal black negro o f huge proportions, His-manly form was clad/ In a dark blue military suit, somewhat reseml blina in cot the dress of an Alpine hunter.V, The coat was trimmed with red washing, and on the captain's shoulders .gleamed a pair ol' the shiniest epaulettes. He was ubiquitous. He gallantly aided ebony belles to surmount the steep staircase, an& also flitted about the refreshment table, end superintended the goper arrangement el the choice viands. The ptain ls a very floe looking o facer. Hs ts not BO gracei ul in his ' ?ovements as your Colo? nel Fisk, but he ls qr .te A9 GALLANT AMONG THE LADIES. He ls very popular, and many a coal-black eye brightened in Intensity, and many a dus? ky countenance blushed ae Ure ponderous cap? tain smiled and escorted the ladles up the ' steep staircase. He was assisted In thia deli? cate duty by the lieutenants ot his.com mand. The lieu te nanua ace not so handsome as their captain. They have not been io long in socie? ty, neither have they travelled so extensively aa he. They did well, however. Like th? j captain, they were attired in the beigth of j military lasblon. sad were great favorites with the colored ladles on tho floor. By 10 o'clock the ball-room was crowded with the youth and beauty of Columbia's color ed society. There was also a fair sprinkling of whites, but not enough to mar the pleasure ot the company. Several unpleasant little incl* denis occurred, resulting ITO m the peislsCaat effortrff of certain bf the whites to ntooopclte? the society of the young colored ladles, but I am pleased to say everything passed off as quietly as at any Seventh Regiment ball I ever attended. SEVERAL WHITE LADIES WERE PRESENT, and evinced by their actions a full determina? tion to break ctown the social barriers which have so long existed between the two races. The colored ladles present did not, In every Instance, respond as cheerfully and cordially to these well-meant efforts as they might have dane,' but ibis might perhaps be attributed to the fact that the white ladies* were compara-1 Uve strangers, and they may have had some hesitancy about associating with them until proofs of their high social standing at home were furnished. The music was tine, the dancing was Xeot np continuously, and all erj J?^ed themselves hugely. "WHO WM? THERE. Of course where so -many were present lt] was impossible to get the names ol all. The more prominent of the guests, however, I knew, and hence I was not at a loss for in? formation. The highest civil functionary pres? ent was his honor the mayor of Columbia. Next to him were the board of aldermen of the city and the Hon. William J. Etter. the city clerk. Mayor Smythe ls a white gentleman, and danced very frequently. He was not ac? companied by ladies, but found no scarcity ol fiartners on the floor,'as the yoong colored adies esteemed it an especial honor to dance with his honor the mayor. The mayor seemed partial to the waltz, and the delicacy with which he clasped his partner in that enchant? ing dance was the admiration of all present. The mayor is a very gracetul dancer. Having long legs' Ire is peculiarly ilioed byuiatnre'-ler a votary ot Terpsichore. y Senator J. Y. P. Owens, of Laurens County, [ was also present. The senator is not eDjoy l lng very good health, and believes that the I atmosphere of Columbia ls much more whole I some at this season ct the year than at Lau / reas. So he Is at present sojourning here. . The senator did not dance a great deal. He Ii suffering from consumption, and violent exer? tion is ju ore than he can staud. He is a white man, but is received in colored- society upon] terms of perfect equality. When dancing, the senator Invariably selected the Lancen, asl uh at figure requires less skill and exertion! khan any other. He donced'freqnently with jfl ^-THE BEAUTIFUL MISSES ROLLIN. who were present, and who were, of course, the helles of the evening. The Misses Rollin were accompanied by the white senator, Mc? Intyre, of Colleton The senator, who a very small mao, was attired in a full evening dress of black, and in bis buttonhole bloomed a rosebud which tad been* plucked by Miss Bottle. The senator was decided^ ;.uC mosi graceful dancer on the foor, and won un? bounded admiration by the skill with which he executed some of the most difficult pas seuls. The Misses Rollin, of course, attracted more attention than any other ladles In the room. Being the leaders ol the colored ton, and the moulders of fashion among the ?lite oi the city, this ls not at all singular. They were dressed most elegantly. Miss Lottie Rollin, wno ls en- j eged to be married to the white senator, Me? lyra, o? Colleton, wore a pearl colored moire antique, with long train, the drr?s cut d?collet? and trimmed elaborately with ?omi- (TAlen?on ot great depth. Over the skirt- was a white tulle pannier, looped* and lestooued with white roses and orange blossoms. Miss Lottie pre? sented a very beautiful appearance. She danced very frequently with her betrothed. She ls easy and graceful OD the floor, and ex? cited the highest admiration as she fluttered about clasped In the arm of Senator McIntyre. Miss Kate Rollin was attired in a heavy corded black silk, with sweeping train, it | was trimmed wllh rich lace laid on in deep folds, and headed with jet braid. She wore a red rose in her hair, and was entirely free from jewelry. She ie also a beautiful dancer, and was on the floor almost constantly. Miss Louisa was arrayed in a crimson satin, trimmed with heavy folds of the same materi? al. She also wore a light gauzy overskirt j dotted with red ros?s. Her dress was cut low, displaying her neck and shoulders, which were beautiful. Miss Louisa was the most admired of either of the young ladle*, and re? ceived many attentions Jroin the colored offi? cers, who vied with each other for the honor of her hand in the diff?rents sets. She danced constantly, and looked exceedingly attractive. Senator McIntyre danced with. Miss Louisa several tfmes, and the two, when on the floor together, were the cynosure of all eyea. AMONO THE ?WHITE LADIES PR SSE NT, and one that ar tract efl much attention for her beauty and elegance of attire, was Mrs. Covle sart, the wife a Northern' man, a merchant In this city. Mrs. Covlesart presented ?lovely appearance. She was dressed in plain white, with flowers and no jewelry. She tsjrfso a beautiful dancer, and attracted much attention In the VarsovlenneJ in which she had as a part? ner Aldermen Mine-rt, who is equally graceful in that beautiful dance. The alderman is a colored man, but is very fine looking and ele? gant In his manners. He clasped his fair part? ner as firmly as an Iron band clasps a cotton bale, and undulated softly to the music, like a ground swell on the beach. Wearied at last of looking at the dancers, of which there were SO many on the floor, I took a 'seat in the corner and watched those who came in at a late hour, as well as the many who, for lack of room, were obliged to refrain from whirling In the dance. Of course the colored element predominated. There were judges, Justices of the peace, known here as trial Justices, lawyers, members of both Houses ol the Legislature in iarge numbers, em? ployees in the executive department, and, in short, representatives from almost every rc-1 spectable walk in life. All were dressed with neatness, but with a few exceptions no dia? monds were worn. This I regarded as rather singular, lor it seems elsewhere to be the inherent right of politicians to wear precious jewels A well known Jeweller explained lt by the statement that the African mind does not aspire to ex? pensive jewelry. Your African legislator wants something very large and showy, but not expensive. He cannot see the use of put? ting au his money into one pin or a ring, when by judiciously expending lt he caa se? cure a dozen different kinds and shapes. Black Bults were principally worn by the Chilians, but of course the military appeared ?lu their un Ho rm s. % UNCLE JOSEPH. Toward midnight, as I was sitting looking at the brilliant arra}*, an unusual buzz and sensa? tion in the room attracted my attention. I looked in the direction indicated by the nth, and soon found the object of lt. A new comer bad Just entered the room, and all eyes were upon bim. He was dressed in light pants, a little too .-hort for his legs, a steel-pen coat ol' blue cloth,'resplendent with brass buttons, u. bnff colored vest, and dancing pumps. 'His hair ?vas abundantly oiled, and was neatly combed and brushed. His countenance wore a calm, placid smile. This was the Hon. Joseph Crews, the great poker Dlayer, and the exiled repr?sentative from Laurens County. Uncle Joseph, as he is familiarly called, had arrived at the ball a little late, but be explained- it aloud by Baying that it took him a longer time to make bis toilet than he supposed lt would. Some white men were so une han table as to assert that he had been Indulging In a little game of draw, and that there were a couple of niggers that had given Jhim some trouble before he could clean them out Uncle Joseph at once Joined in the festivi? ties. Seizing a remarkably handsome young .colored lady hy the band, he claimed her for the next dance, which happened to be a Var so vienne. Uncle Joseph ls a superb dancer. He sways and rocks In his gyrations like a coi? to i ball in an autumn wind. He ls very fond of the Varsovie noe, Uncle Joseph is. He says i? i gentle, undulating motion ls graceful. Un? cle Joseph ls a vere graceful man himself, aud he can do the Varsevienne to perfection. Uncle Joseph does not always like the Virginia Tee). He says lt reminds him too-forcibly of his younger days, when he used to dance around the slave auction block in search of the likeliest aud most saleable young "niggers/' (Uncle Joseph still speaks of negroes ai "nig? gers.'' He says that is one of his early habits that he cannot broak.) Uncle Joseph never likes to do anything that will remind him of his early days, and the sinful pursuit? he was then -engaged In. Uncle Joseph feels proud that he has reformed, and that the curse o? slavery is removed from the land. He says he now sometimes feels that he would like to become a Christian, but hardly knowe how to begin. : THE SUPPER ROOM was well filled throughout the entire evening. The entertainment was very fine indeed. Champagne cider flowed like water, anti the viands were the very best that Charleston and Columbia could afford. Toward the close of the ball au unpleasant scene occurred In the supper room, which did much to mar the en? joyment and shock the sensitive feelings of the highly respectable young colored ladles present. It seems that at abont 12 o'clock Major Sam? uel Dickerson, ol'the South Carolina National! Guard, who, a? I should have mentioned be-! fore, was at the ball IQ his gorgeous uniform.! went Into the supper room lor. thc purpose ot) J getting something to ear., The major had danceoVuearly all the evening, and felt quite hungry.', He looked over the table and saw nothing-' Tho table had been stripped quite bare. The major was about -turning away i when he saw a napkin lying on the cloth. The ' major lifted the napkin and was rejoiced to find that it covered n plate upon which lay A PIG'S PICKLED FOOT. The major's eye glistened OB lt fell upon the prize, and he at once appropriated it and re? tired to a corner to eat lt. The major hud taken but two or three bites when Senator Mc? Intyre entered the room, having upon his arm the young and -beautiful Miss Lottie Roil in, to whom he is engaged to be married. They ad? vanced to the table. The senator looked around somewhat puzzled. He raised nearly every napkin on the table, and seemed, mush chagrined. He finally returned to Miss Rollin, and whispered In a low tone: "My dear, I had it and saved it for you; I had put it on a plate, and covered lt up with a napkin. I wonder who could have taken It -;' Just then the senator spotted the major In the corner, eating a pig's pickled foot. He looked at the major very hard. The major showed no concern whatever. He quietly munched away on . . THE PIG'S PICKLED POOT. The senator approached and said: "Major, did you get that from under a napkin on tho table V . The Major. I did.sah. (bowing very-pro? foundly.) The Senator. Well, I had placed it there for a young lady. The Major, (with a startled look.) I am sorry, Bah; but I have only eaten the toes, aud you may have the re3t. But stop. Perhaps we can get another. I do not believe but that we can. The Senator. I do not believe we can .gel another, and. besides I think il a devilish un? gentlemanly trick. You might have known that lt was Intended for some one. The Major. What's that, sah ? The -Senator.- An ungentlemanly trick - thai"s what it was. At this moment Miss Lottie's voice broke In : "Senator, I'want to leave the room."' The Major. I will Bee you to-morrow, sah. And with this the military clue!tain drew himself up with grand dignity and stalked ont of the. roomv his, long sabre Uan^lin^ and clanking at his heel? In a manner tbat?made several young colored ladies who witnessed his exit tremble with lear. The conversation between the senator and the major was carried on-In a very excited manner, and it created a great sensation. The friends of the senator were apprehensive at first that the major might send him a chal? lenge: but their fears have not yet been real? ized. THE END OF THE BALL. The festivities were kept up until a late hour lu the morning, when, with a tired and weary look, the guests departed for thei r homes. Company B's ball was considered a very great success. A. P. AS OUTLAW KILLED. WILMINGTON, April 17. George Apple While, one of the most noto? rious of Robeson County outlaws, was killed by a party of citizens yesierday. THE WEATHER I HIS DAT. WASHINGTON, April 17. Probabilities: It Is probable that a storm will be developed by Tuesday morning In the Missouri Valley and westward. Northeast .winds and threatening weather are probable for the Lakes on Tuesday. Threatening weather in the lower Mississippi Valley. No se rion* dhtturlance is probable for ihe Af ton? .tic coast. THE RED REVOLUTION. THE BSD APPROACHING. Paris Completely Invested-Th? Prus? sians Moving Up-So Spurender. PARIS, April 16-Neon. The attack on Porte Dauphlne continued all day yesterday. The quarter Champs Elysees ls damaged by shells, which still fall thickly. Fragments o? shells have struck the American legation in the Avenue Josephine, where Washburne remains. His family bave departed. The barricades ordered on the quarters Tuileries and Belleville will, it is supposed, make Paris Impregnable. The estimated loss of the Versaltllsts during the two days' light, is one thousand killed, fifteen hundred wound: ed. Cluseret says, ''the demand to surrender within twenty-four hours is nonsense. It is very well for persons accustomed to capitu? late, but our soldiers will let gunpowder bear back bur reply."1 The etty l3 provisioned for three weeks.. The sale of horseflesh is re? sumed. Departures from tire city, except o? males between the ages of nineteen and forty, are unrestricted. Chaudrey, editor of fhe Si?cle, has been arrested. PARIS,- April 16-Night. There ls firing lu all directions. Thirty three shells ha ve struck the Arch o? Triumph. No Interest i s? m an i Tested in the elections. WASHINGTON*, April 17. A dispatch from Paris yesterday evening, via London, says"the Germans at Creull have been reinforced by 18,000 men, and are prepar? ing to Intervene. The detachment of Versail lists on the Island o? Grand Jatte escaped. The Commune has resolved to continue the de? fence to the laiit. VERSAILLES, April 17. The government says Paris is completefy in? vested. A summons to surrender within twenty-four hours has been sent. LONDON, April 17. A special from Versailles to the Times soys the Versaillists occupy the Prussian trenches at Meudon. Sixteen guns pointing towards Issy and Vanvres are In po3ition.there. Mc? Mahon has surrounded the Insurgents at As nieres. The Prussians are massing around Paris. The correspondent of the Independence Beige says' the end approaches. The Asnieres affair was disastrous to the Communists: their lines are filled with dead. ;he Late a t-Desperate Fighting '^t Vanvres-Def ca t of the Versailles Troops-All Itu lti In Pari?. . LONDON^ April 17. Th??rs's circular says: liThe insurgents are emptying their hquses and Belling their furni? ture. The government continues to tempo? rize for the purpose o? collecting an irresistible force and also to allow.the Parisians time to re? flect. The Insurgente say that we shoot our prisoners and intend the overthrow of the Re? public and the suppression of the subsidies of of the National Guard. The'statements are farse."' Another aoconnt says: "Thegovern ment troops attacked the Communist's posi? tion at Vanvres on Saturday morning. The attack was sudden, and look the Insurgen* completely by surprise, but they soon rallied, j and after a most determined fight, in which ?any lives were sac? rificed, succeeded In compelling the gov? ernment forces to retire. Several times during the day the fight was renewed, but the Communists- in the .end were left masters ol the position". During the fight Fort Vanvres maintained a deadly flee upon the ranks ol the government troops. The fighting at this point contluued the entire day. Every inch pf ground was ob tinately disputed. When first attacked, the Communists fled precipitately under the cover of the guns ol Vanvres. Th^y rallied after some difficulty, aird, after an ob? stinate struggle, regained their lost ground. Both sides fought well, btit the government troops Buffered heaviest.'' i The fighting at Neullly on Sunday continued from morning'until night, without any decided advantage to either side. The government troops still bold possession of the bridge, and have strongly fortified their position. The in? surgents several Limes during the day charged the barricades of the government troop?, and each lime were handsomely repulsed. PARIS, April 17. Last night was quiet. The Communists cap? tured some colors irom the Pontifical Zouaves at Neullly._ WHAT THE COMMUNE MEANS. How th? Commune Sprang from and is Managed by the International Workingmen'* Association-Blanqul, the Drain of the Movement-Reorgan? ization of Europe on Socialist Princi? ples-Tue Bourgeoise und Peasantry to be Crushed Out, and thc Working, man matte Lord of All. [Correspondence of Die New York World.] PA m s, March 31. Being now. wholly under the' rule of "the Commune,"' which, in less than two weeks, has accomplished such a revolution as Paris has never yet seen, lt becomes accessary tb explain as lully and completely as may be ex? actly what this Commune is, and what are Its designs. In the first place, then, it should be under? stood that "the Commune," pure and simple, is not a bad sort of thing, nor, to Americans at least, ls it a new sort ul thing. You In New York have your commune In your own way. That ls, you have local self-governmeut New York governs herself by officers elected by her own people, and so does every other city and county lu the United States. But, above or with this, you have your Slate government aud the Federal government. Now, if you can conceive of New York throwing off her obligations ol' obedieuce lo the State and Fed? eral govern meute, and setting up In perfect independence on her own hook; Instigating Buffalo, Rochester, Troy, Poughkeepsie, and ali the other cities io dc LS* ?ai?i?' 2nd. situ an? nouncing that in some occult and mysterious way all these other cities and all the east ol the State were to be eubject to New York; and proclaiming, also, a new gospel In regard to the rights ol labor os distinguished from the rights ol' property; If you can conceive ot'this, I say, you will begin to understand what this Parisian COMMUNE RBALLT MEANS. It ie, In fact, simply putting in practice the dogmas enunciated wlihin the last lew years at the successive congresses of the InterAa' Uonal Workingmen's Association. There ls little doubt, I think, that the whole scheme lor the revolution which broke out here on the 16th ol'March, and which has been carried forward to thiB moment with such singular success, was organized in London, in a diugy room in Holborn, and that the men who plan? ned the work, und who have Inspired the tools who executed lt, were Karl Marx, the chief of the Internationale; J. George Ecca rlus, who is among your wonderful list of cor? respondents; Ass!, the French chiei ol' the so ciely; Bernini, the Italian cbiel; Dermott, the English, or rath?rlhe Irish, chief; and Blanqui, who, be it whispered sonly and at the risk of LD y head, is the BRAIN AND SOUL OF THE MOVEMENT. Ndw I am abie tc say that this Blanqul, who has Inspired all tills wonderful work, foresaw, with rare instinct, that when the central com? mittee-of which he was ihe hidden but all powerful head-should have given place to the elected deputies of the Commune, th would laok unity of purpose and be apt up Into factions, to accuse each other of ery, and generally to bring to naught tl they had undertaken. With admirable v therefore, he ordered-and the ord? obeyed-that above the elected mern the Commune there should be created ? "CORDON ?AXiraraE,? or secret committee ot twelve persons, ed by himself, In whose hands would the whole executive force ol this extraoi government; since lt alone should cont military forces of the Commune. You y member that in that remarkable Int which your correspondent had with the i committee at the Hotel de Ville, citizen I expressly stated that, although the < committee would reBlgn and give way deputies of the Commune, they still wo tain a certain control over the acts of t ter. Very weh. This secret commit twelve persons ls itself subject to the dc tion of another and still mor? powerful c of six persons, also named by Blanqul, ai councHof six ls presided over and is the ! the eyes, and the mouth ol THE GREAT BLANQOT himself, who remains in very myBterlc elusion, and Is spoken of when lt ls neo to speak ol' him, as "the Master." This whofe arrangement, 'so far as any 01 knows It, and In communicating this I gence I communicate all that any one of the secret committee of twelve, or couneil of six, knows about the matter, else the great Blanqul may know I cann? -for witj what I hope is not a pusillanl regard for my own safety, I have not ye! lured to Interview him. N >w, what is lt that the central comm first, and the Commune, its successor, done, under the direction ol "the Ma and what li it ?hat they intend doing li future* What they have done all the ^ knows. They have driven the Governmi France-the government ol the *Nut.lona sembly elected* by universal sufTrage Parls; they have obtained complete posse ol' the capital; they have murdered some ( men who stood In their way, have ! m pris others, and have banished, by terror, more; and they have proclaimed, with al pride, pomp, and circumstance, THE RID REPUBLIC. with all the proper accompanfments of erii flags and Phrygian caps. They have em into negotiations with Prince Bismarck, c lug to be the real government of Paris, vt they are, and ol France, which they not, and have taken Into conslden the means-^f obtaining the five mill] which miiBt be paid to Germany. They poce, as the best means of getting this mc to ?eli at auction all the crown property. Anglo-American company have offered a Hard for the chateau and park of Versaillc German company have offered 800,000,00 St, Cloud, with the object of. starting gai tables Ilka those ot Baden. Five hundred Hons have been offered for the park and teau of Fontainebleau: It ts calculated ina total result ?ftbese sales will amount to BI milliards. France will thus gain two mi)'! clear, after paying the Prussians. Then, also, they have op af tily providei the erection ol a POWERFUL STANDING A Rill", In quiet mockery ot that section ol' the tral committee's programme which decl that standing armies shall be abolished. army ia to be well paid-two and a half fri a day for a private, exclusive of his ral and clothing-and it 1B to consist, in fu does consist at this moment, of twenty bat tallou's lor service hi thc field, twenty tories ol seven-pounders, fifteen batterie mitrailleurs, and a body of cavalry. Bel this force, which ls composed ol picked u many .of them soldiers ol the regular ai is the whole National Guard; the whole," is, of the able-bodied men ot Paris who sign a certain paper prepared by the C mune. Those who do will get one and a francs a day, and may attend to their bush as usual except when, the Commune ord them Into service; those who won't sign cet nothing anil will have their guns tai from them. It ls all very simple, you see. What eise have the committee and Commune done ? Well, time is short and tl ls a limit to Qw space,- but here are a things they' have done. T quote from Journal officiel and the Vengeur of resten and to-day: Tn? committee has given orders that alic! "albs arc to cease celebrating mass in the pris to which they are attached. The committee declares that if some an iHssementa of Paris have thought it their dot; fitid ont the hames and addresses of the enen of the Republic; the private committees or th arrondissements have acted well. If the cilia Ul question do nat think themselves safe In Pa they are at liberty to go away. On the propo-ltion of citizen Ass!, senteno death par contumacy was pronounced on ClUi Wilfrid de Fouvlelle for ontrage agaiust the Cv mun?. Citizen 'Rlgault is charged with the s arv lane? or the town, and the security of the public. Citizen Duval Is given full powers to emp force m everything that concerns the pat safety. He is authorized to make the neoesai per q ut-11 iona at lite houses of all persons Huspec to be hostile to the Republic. . * In order to procure the money necessary to | rid of tlie Prussians round Parla, Citizen Maljo nal proposed to levy a tax on all citizens n were not in Pails during the siege, at the rate ten francs for every day the National Guard* In the trenches, and one hundred francs for ev< day's lighting In which they (the absentees) ons. to have taken part. ; Tue delegates of the central committee charil with the administration of the Eighteenth Arn dtssement-, lnrorms the public that Cltlze Schneider, Bardot, Olouxoart and Le Mousst are commissioned to receive information agau citizens suspected or complicit, with tue treac erons government which fell Ht Montmartre. Comment on this would, be superlluoi Near this was another notice, which al speaks for itself. It mus thus: The commissary's office is open from o to : and from 2 tu 6 o'clocK. tn case of absence, apii at the wine-simp . pposite. And to-day lt ls understood-that the comm tee will Issue ?ertuln proclamations orderli tt)e confiscation ol church properly and tl expulsion ol' the priests and nuns. Yo otht-r correspondent here ha?, I think, a prised you of the decree in which the Cou miine statt; that, inasmuch as labor, Industt and commerce have'supported all the war e: penses, property should also take a share I the sacrifice. The Commune, therefore, d cre> s a general abatement to tenants In tl rents to be paid for the quarters ending Oatt ber, January and April, such' abatement to L allowed in the rene due next'quarter. Th decree also grants a general remission of rei to lodgers lrom October, 1870, until Aprl 1871. The amounts paid during those 6eve mouths will be reckoned on 'for as man months to come. Leases may be cancelled b tenants during six months from the presen date. Notices to quit, should the lodgers s demand, must be given for three months. The sale ol' anieles at the Mont de Plate i suspended. The employees In the public service are lo the future to couslder null and vord all order and communications which Issue from the gov eminent at Versailles or Its adherents. All functionaries or officiais who disobey this ordei will be immediately dismissed. It is, likewise lorbidden to placard no?cei emanating irom the auiltoriiiea at Versa Iles, Bill-slickers contravening this order will bi vigorously prosecuted. These are the things, with others of which ali the world has already suug. that the com? mittee and Cominuue have done. Now the question ls . WHAT WILL TH ET DO in the future ? Ah ! who can tell ? The very worst is to be teared. The men who are uow ruling the whirlwind and guiding the storm are capable ot anything. I have seen them; J have talked with many of them; I know some of them well: and I know of what I affirm. They are nul the men lo stick al trifles. They are men who have the courage of their opin? ions, and they are the only men in Frunce at this moment who seem to have that courage. I should noi be surprised lu Hie leuat to see THE GUILLOTINE SET UP to-morrow morning, and a dozen or a score ot beads chopped off before break last. These men, whoare not bad fellows in their way, and with whom, Heaven help me : I have drank many a glass ol' wine, and smoked many a pipe, are quite equal to uoiug this thing, or any other thing that may seem to them necessary for the complete triumph of their Idea. But what is their idea? After a great deal of study as to the formula lu which lt might be best expressed in the fewest words, I arrive at this coacluslon: It is ihe idea that their mission is to REORGANIZE EUROPE ON SOCIALIST PRINCIPLES. and that to accomplish this the bourgeoise and peasantry must be crushed out. and "the workingman; made lord of all. This, yon will observe, ls BO new idea. It is simply putting in practice the theories advanced at every Congress of the Internationale which has been held since 1864. In Prance, the one great obstacle to the realization of these theories was the peasantry. It Is impossible to con? vert them to communism, very well, then, let them be crushed out beneath the heel of TUB UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC. In all the great towns the "workingman" was In a majority; ?et the great towns be taken by the workingman; and let the great towns govern the country. This Is the sum and sub stance of what Is meant by the Commune as expounded by its present apostles. Paris, they announce* "In her own name and in the name of Lyons and Marseilles, and often other large towns, will study the clauses of the contract that bind thea to the nation, and lay down an ultimatum, to the treaty which they Intend to sign-a treaty guaranteeing the au? tonomy and municipal sovereignty of. the cities, the freedom of the connections between the Commune and the National Assembly, and an electoral law by which the townB cannot be swamped by the country."' When you look a little closer into this, you will see that the whole thing resolves itself into , A CLASS WARFARE. The fons etorlgo of the whole affair Is trades unionism. In the eyes ol the members of 'the Internationale the workman ls alone to be re? garded, and he is a brother, be his nationality what lt may. The French employer and the French consumer, la their eyes, ls an allen and a stranger; the Swiss, English. Belgian, or even German workman, Is a brother. The In? ternationale has sought to unite the workmen of every nation in a league against every one who is not a workman-a workman, that 1B, in their sense. TBey don't want a Republic such as you have in America, or such as M. Thiers proposed to have here. They want a Republic in which they shall be tbe masters'and every one else their slaves. This ls the Commune a government which is a gigantic trades union. It seems to be about to carry everything before lt. Heaven help us I AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. D. rvat of the Amnesty Bill-Expected Modification of the- Ka-Klux Bil I - Progress of the Joint Commission. WASHINGTON, April 17. The Republican senators, after several hours' caucus, on motion ol Rice, of Arkansas, tabled the amnesty proposition ol' Robertson, tims defeating the measure this session. Vote 20.tol6. > . The Senate refueed to recede from the Ku Elux amendments by a vote o? 17 to 30, and a committee of conference ls ordered. The Ku EIux committee on the part ol' the'Senate are Edmunds, Sherman and Stevenson. It is believed this conference committee will modify the Sherman amendment and reject the 4'lron-cladh for jurors, and that It will pass lu this shape. ' The. conference committee on the deficiency bill made no progress'. The Senate confirmed Clift as collector of first Georgia district and Manning for the first Texas; also Rankin as pension agent at Vicks? burg. It is stat?frthat the Senate will con? vene In extra session io the middle of May to act upon the high-commission proposition. Ihe members of the high commission, though they give no Information, authorize a contradiction of published statements, and In? timate Indirectly that little or no progress has been made. On the other hand, each'cobsul tntion develops new perplexities. In thc House, the committee on elections were authorized to take testtmony regarding ibe credentials of toe Mississippi d?l?gation ia the House and the validating of the election under which they hold their seats. The com ' mlttee has authority to send for. persona sad papers. The bill amending tho revenue law, taxing dealers In leaf tobacco, failed-?8 to 1*0. Coburn read a dispatch from a marshal ol Tennessee announcing the assassination of one and the wounding of another o? his depu? ties. Brooks faid the officers were serving a process against a distillery, and charged Co? burn with trying to create the impression that this was a political assassination, when it was no snch thing. Adjourned. Judge Chase was on the bench to-day. The legal-tender case will be argued to-morrow. Governor Dumont, Governor of Idaho, is dead. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Among the proceedings of the Circuit Court, which we publish this morning, appears a case of great importance, as lt Involves the interest of many non-resident creditors, and we pub? lish the case in full for the benefit of our read? ers. The case was argued on Friday, the 14th instant, and thc decision rendered on the loth, Saturday: . William Dawson vs. James Rankin and Wil? liam L. Salisbury. Motion to dismiss for want of Jurisdiction; motion overruled and defend? ants ordered to plead instanter. This ls an interesting and important case. A Judgment was obtained In tbe State Court, Muscogec County. Defendants appealed to the Supreme Court, and gave bond for $33,000, with SallBbnry os security. The Jurtgmc it was affirmed. The pla! ut i ff and security tailed to pay the judgment, (this being an old debt, the relief laws of the State embarrassed plain? tiff) and now plantiffhas transferred the juris? diction by suing the principal and security In the United States Circuit Court. A motion was made to dismiss, on the I ground that plaintiff ?tad his Judgment In the State Conrt., and remedies under his execu? tion. Tbe court ruled that the stipercedeas bond was a new contract ; that Salisbury had not yet been sued In the State Court; that by the bond plaintiff had the right to enforce the sam? against principal and security jointly or seve? rally. He had elected, as he hud the right to do, to sue J ol ni ly. The effect of this decision will be to enable many plaintiffs who are non-residents to es? cape the operation ot the relief law. R. J. Moses for plaintiff, Peabody A Brannon and T. M. Norwood for defendants. The case was fully argued upon authorities.-Savannah lie tes, April 17. ZAWS OF THE STATE. Acts and Joint Resolutions, Passed by the General Assembly of South Carolina, Session of1870**71. [OFFICIAL.] AN ACT to authorize theformition of, and to incorporate, the Tug do and Chattanooga Railroad Company. Whereas, it ia desirable that-'tbero should be a councctioo, by railroad, between some point uu the Blue Ridge Railroad and Chattanooga, Tennessee; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Sonate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Ga?era 1 Ae tembly, and by tho authority of the samo: That Ihe formation ot a corporate company is hereby authorized for the purporo ot con? structing a railr jad from some point on the Blue Ridge Railroad, in Oconeo County, to the Towu of Chattanooga, in thc State o? Tennes? see, so tar aa said railroad shall run through tbis State, the said company to hav* exclusive right to mane, seep aud use snch railroad; and for the term of time hereinafter mentioned no other railroad shall be constructed betweeu tbe same points. . SEC. 2. 1'bat for tbe purpose of raising thi capital stock of Baid company, it shall be law foi to open books at Walhalla, under tbe dire* tion of Bobart A. Thompson, E. P. Yernei L. Dean, 0. M. Doyle and A. E. Norman commissioners, a:.d ai auch other places, under the direction of such other persone the said comm issi OD era, or a majority of tb may desiguale, for the purpose of recen subscriptions to an amount not exceeding millions of dollars, in sheree of one hun: dollars each, to consulate a joint capital st for the purpose of constructing and carrj into operation the said1 railroad; and on e share of the stock the subscribers shall pa: tb? commissioners, who shall be authorize! take the samo, the sum of fifty dolls re in lan money of the Uaited States. SEC. 3. That when the sum of three hund thousand dollars shall have been subscrib in the manner before specified, the sn bea ers shall be, nod they are hereby, d?clar?e be a body corporate, to ber known by the na and style of the Togalo and Chattanooga B toad Company, and may meet and organise sud company at such time and place as n be designated by the commissioners lief named for Walhalla.' Sec. 4. That the said company shall h power, and they are hereby authorized, to e struct one or more branches from the saidrt to connect with other ioads .in this State, such point or points as they may deem mi and proper, and said company shall hare po? to consol idate or unite with any other comps or corporation haying like powers'. ISso. 5. That for the parp?se of organizi lbs said company, all tbe powers conferred the charter of the Greenville and Colnml Bailroad Company on the commissioners Greenville sbaD be, and they are hereby, cc f ei red on the commissioners herein appoint -it Walhalla; and all the powers, rights a privileges granted by tho said charter and amendments to the Greenville and Coronal Baiiroad Company shall be, and they are hei by, granted to the T?galo and Chattanoo Railroad Company, and subject io like reac? tions as are therein contained,.except as to t capital stock, the szm necessary to anthon organization, and the amount of shares, a except so tar as may be necessary to conto: to tbe special previsions of this aol: Providi however, That nothing herein contained sb be BO construed aa to bind .the State to si scribe stock in said company; or make any i pro pr i attona to ona ble the said company to bu the eaid road, or in any manner to loan i credit of the State thereto. SEO. G. That in the event any vacancy shot occur in the commissioners herein appoint at Walhalla, from death, refusal to serve, otherwise, the senator and members of I House of Representatives (at the time bein from the County of Oconee shall ba, and th ore hereby, authorized and empowered to sn ply the same by appointment. SEO. 7. That the charter hereby gran! shall continue to endure for the tenn of th ir six years from the date thereof; and this ? shall be taken and deomed to be a public a and all acts and parts of acts in consiste willi this oct be, and the same are hereby, j pealed: Provided, That said company sb' commence the building of the said road' wrt in two years, and have the same complet within six years. Approved March 7tb, A. D. 1871. JOIST R?SOLUTION to provide for the payme of mileage certificates of members of t Stato board of education of the State of Son Carolina. .-Whereas, Section 2 of au - act entitled ". act to establish and maintain a system of fi oom mon schools for the State of Sooth Care na," approved February 16th, 1870. distinct sets forth .hat m nubers of the State board education of tho State of South Carolina shi be entitled to receive a mileage at the rate twenty (20) cent? per mile going to and r turning from the meetings of the said Sta .board of education, to be paid by the Sta treasurer, on presentation of a certifica signed by the chairman and secretary of tl board aforesaid; and, whereas, me?tings the said State board of education has been held in the City of Columbia, nam ly: Oo - the sixteenth, seventeenth ai eighteenth days of March, 1870, and on tl fifth, sixth and seventh days of Ooctober, 187 and, whereas, certificates of mileage pr perly mode oat and signed by the chairman*&i secret M ry of the board were issued to membe in attendance at tue said meetings of tbe sai .State board of edncation; and, whereas, tl State treasurer refused to cash the said cert Ucatcs of mile ige when presented to bim f< pa}ment, giving . as his reason that t specific ^appropriation had been made f< that purpose; and, whereas, of the ai propriation of twenty thousand dollars fe the pay of county s:hool commissioners as specified in section 4 of an act entitle "An tc: to make appropriation and raise sap plies for the year commencing in October, on thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight,'' af proved March -23, 1869 tbere remains in tb State treasury an unexpended balance of fot thousand. eight hundred and twenty-t? (14832) dollars and toity ono (41) cents; then foro, Be it resolved by tho S?nate and House c Repr?sentatives ot the State ot South Carolina now met and sitting in General Assembly, am by tho authority of the some: SECTION 1. That the aforesaid balance t four thousand eignt hundred and twenty-tw (14822) dollars and forty-one (41) cents re maiuiug, and unexpended, of the appropria lion of twenty thousand dol?ate for the pay c the county school commissioners for the fis cal yeai ending Ootober 31, 1869, be, and i hereby, appropriated and set apart for th payment of mileage certificates of members o the State board ol education of the 8tate o: South Carob LI a, and thc same shall be applied by the Stato trea nrer for the payment o miloage certificates aforesaid. SEC. 2. That this joint resolution shall tak effect from its passage. Approved March 1, 1871. AN Ace to renew and amend ihe charter o; certain religious' associations heretofore " granted. SECTION 1. Be il enacted by ?the Senate and House of Representatives of the Stato of South Carolina; normet and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same : That the charter incorporating the trustees of Fairview Church, in tho County of Green? ville, passed December 19, 1848, be, and th? same is hereby, renewed in Dr. David R. An? derson, Thomas C. Harrison, David M. Peden, Wm. L. Hopkins and Cyrus B. Nesbit, and their successors in office, for the tenn ol twenty one years from the passage ot this act SEC. 2. That tho charter heretofore grantee to the Protestant Episcopal Church, in Green I ville, be, and the same is hereby, renewed ant i extended for the period ot fourteen years from i the passage of this act, with all rights, powert and privileges heretofore granted to eade i church. SEC. 3. That all acts done, or authorized te . b9 done, by the officers of said churches, cine? the expiraron of their foraex charter, be, ana the same are hereby, declared valid and bind? ing in all respects and to all intents. Approved the 7th day of Marco, A. D. 1871. AM ACT to amend an act entitled "An act es? tablishing a line beyond which the ?harret shall not be extended in this City of Ciaarles? ton, and for other purpo see," ra ti fled the 21st day o? December, A. D. 1888. SECTION 1. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresenia?vest? the State of 8onth Carolina, now met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the anthon ty of fte same : That the line established by teetfon 1 of aa act entitled "An act establishing a Une beyond which the wharves shall not be extended in the City of Charleston, and for other "pur? poses," ratified the 21st day of December, A?> D. 1886, be extended to tb e bine une, lettered . fi, C, D, E, F, as marked and laid down.on ?. pkt of the wharves on the eastern boundary. of the City of Charleston, by Louis Barb city engineer, dated the 6th'day af January A. D. 187L ;,. * [j Sac. 2. That it shall be the duty of the City Council of Charlea ton to canee toe aforesaid' pla t, with the line marked eut by the criy engi? neer aforesaid, to be recorded in the office of the secretary of Seato, and also in the office of registrar of mesne conveyance for Charleston County, within six montan after the passage of this net. 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