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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1578. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. NEVER GIVE?P THE SHIP! -#-. THE EIGHT BETWEEN THE ME' TE OH AND LE BOVTET. Plucky Conduct of the Germans-\ He ward of Valor-Reception of the Me? teor. All the Germans in Charleston, and their friends besides, have been delighted beyond measure to receive a fiying visit from the Ger? man gunboat Meteor, whose gallant right with the French gunboat Le Bouvet was one of the most cherished victories ol the late war. It showed that the German sailors stand as high as the German soldiers-that, whatever the odds against them, they will never give up the ship. As soon as the Meteor arrived, her officers were taken in charge by C. 0. Witte, Esq., one of our most esteemed citizens, the Ger? man Consul at Charleston. The gallant offi? cers have visited jmost ot the places qt interest in the city, and if they will only stay a little longer, the Charleston Germans will show ?rem what is the hospitality of a whole people. Yesterday the officers were to dine with Mr. Witte, and it is expected that to-morrow they will join in the picnic of the Bruderliclierbund. We only 'wish that the Meteor could remain here until the Schutzen ^ fest, the great people's festival. But ' It l9 natural that the.Meteor should hasten to Fatherland, where her officers and crew will enjoy the distinction they have so nobly won. THE FIGHT WITH LS BOC VET. From an article In the Deutsche Zeitung of | this morning we take the following pictur? esque and graphic account ot the late fight be? tween the German gunboat Meteor and the French man-of-war Le Bouvet: 1'After a part of the rigging ol the Meteor had been shot away, the French steamer came up under a full head of steam, and with the wind against her,- evidently intending to run her antagonist down. A timely ti?rn of the helm brought the two ships side by side. The Germans stood on deck with cutlasses dry n to receive the French boarders, but as the two ships shot past each other, the Frenchman toro off the rest of the Meteor's rigging. Lieuten? ant Kuhn seized his gun, and th? crew follow? ing his example, a volley was sent after the Frenchman. Now the Frenchman felt sure of j victory. A CRITICAL MOMENT. The moment was critical. There the Meteor lay a perfect wreck; the masts lay across the cannon; the rigging was entangled, in the screw?th? commander's bridge was.shotavray. Captain Knorr scarcely had room upon which to stand, but German sailors do not easily sur? render. Before ike Frenehmad could turn around, in order, .as he believed, to tow his prize Into harbor, the guns had been cleared; and, encouraged by their officers, the brave sailors worked with axe and knife to cut away the masts and put everything in readiness for the fight. On came the Frenchman: A wei1 aimed shot ot the Meteor tore down his mast, a second tore through ,the deck, and a ttilrd penetrated to the machinery... :, TURNING THE TABLES. Affairs had now assumed a different aspect. ^ Le Bouvet waa enveloped In steam, and the crew endeavored in every possible way to pro? tect themselves from being scalded, while the Meteor fired away manfully, her crew giving lusty cheers. The Frenoh lound thia, too hot, and, getting all sail, sought refuge under the guns of Castle More. The Meteor could not fol? low quick enough, her rigging being entangled In the screw, b at she sent several adieus In the form of73-pound shelle-after the flying French? man. TOE raero? 0? VICTORY. Arrived in Havana, the Meteor was joyfully received by the? whole population, especially by the German residents, all vielng to pay them well-merited honor. The Cuban ladies tenderly cared for those who had been wound? ed in the naval duel. The Meteor lost two men killed and several-wounded. Captnjb Knorr was promoted by the Kaiser Wilhelm for his i^llantry, and received the Iron Cross. The Meteor is now-homeward bound, and after she has taken .In coal and received "he necessary repairs she will leave Charleston, as we are sorry to hear, in the course ot the present week. We feel ensured that we are expressing: the wish ot every German in Charleston when we say, that we should be much pleased to have this bit of Fatherland longer in our midst. Those who have had the pleasure of making the acqa?lntanoe of Cap-' tain Knorr, and his gentlemanly: officers, will do all in their power to keep them here a while longer." A BALL TO-NIGHT. -' * To-night there will be an entertainment at the Freundschaftsbund Hall in honor of the officers of the Meteor. The members .of the Freundschaitsbund And of the BruderllVer? bund are invited to attend. THINGS IN NEW YORK. The Threatened Dea*-?.ock nt Albany- ' Mow it Came About-Beecher -%?d Yale College-A Comfortable Harmon-. A Theatrical Suit-The Renovated Battery-Long B ra. nc h-Growth of New York. &c. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.,] NEW YORK, April 15. Jere is some interest here in tho peculiar Ablative snarl at Albany, but only on accodnt of thejbother it is likely to give this city lulls financial concerns. Unless the lax levy bill is passed the municipal machinery will be block? ed lor a year, or until another session of the Legislature can be had, and just now the pros? pect is that the bill cannot be passed. The trouble up the river can be explained in a paragraph. The lower House of the Legis? lature stood, last week, 05 Democrats to 63 Republicans. The State Constitution requires an absolute majority ot the House lor the pas? sage of any bib. The, Democrats have had 65 vote?, which enabled them to control legfilft ?on. Last Monday;'-Mrv James Irving, a l??w York bruiser In th? Assembly, and, I am sorry to add, ar' Democrat, quarrelled with- Mr. Smith Weed,-a country Democrat,'1 and ?)n/ the presence 'Of the august, body ot" which, they Sere both* members, punched hfrnln the eye, en and Lhere. .' A?cqiflrh?tte?. td'investigation was immediately, ordered. ?;j : ?' ...... ,, .The Democrats' \?ere;in a quandary. To .con? sent to the expulsion of Irving! .would ba to throw away the vot? which garve thens the control of the Assembly.- Several billa of im? portance-10 the D?mocratie interest were pending;'and 'the temptation yfcas afrohjpptb' overlooTc tba indignity which the Nefr York shoul derail ter member had pi>t upon the House. While Nine Democrats werevdelibera ting, several Republican members advanced, ?nd made the pledge that the legislation of the majority should not be obstructed if the expul? sion ol Irving was agreed to. Under this arrangement, the Democrats consented to let justice take ita course, and ' I rv iii sr, ?orese?mg his fate, Bent in Me resignation. Thc Instant his letter Svaa reviv?a, theijepiiQ?jcans Bild a caucus, and resolved, IQ .a. marnia oppose all Uie.leadTn? ?eTStocVaflc fteW?rrA^KWdng the t??w Bork tax le?vy.-' TBte' otc-ugot ?b*\rt k dead-wok. Neither partv can nas9 any bill wu hot? Obtaining one or ra Ore wies from the ! other Bide. The Democratp lmt%"a-lMH '?befe-re the Assembly, ordering a t peela! election io ? n fill Irving's place, but they lack one vote, and party lines are drawn so tight that tbey can? not net lt. . The Tribune is In a flutter o?" alarm that some of the weaker-minded Republican mem? bers will be Beduoed by Tammany gold to abandon their party. No doubt there are sev? eral country members who would be willing to sell ont if they could find a/purchaser. Cal icott, a Democrat, 6old himself in this way to the Republicans, a number ol' years ago, and afterwards went to the penitentiary for whis? key frauds. Our Mr. Beecher has been offered a profes? sorship of theology. In Yale College. "The* salr ary is handsome, and his attendance need not involve an abandonment of the lat benefice he eDjoys here. The papere are inclined to laugh at the falling away of Yale's once rigid ortho? doxy. Nobodv knows what Beecher's religious belier is. It ls doubtful If he knows himself. Be is extremely liberal, and some say he ls secretly a sort of spiritualist, fie has an? nounced recently thai he does, not believe in a hell, and he has shocked many persons' no? tions of propriety by speaking in the pulpit of the Ajwstie Paul as a "blear-eyed Jew." What other antics he ls j to be guilty of no one can tell, but something odd and startling is ex? pected every Sunday. That Yale should take him Tor a teacher ls perhaps more startling still. Socially Beecher is a first-rate lellow. He likes*~good company, and gets off most of the best jokes himself. He is a trifle vain, both of his looks and his abilities. He is gen? erous, spends his money freely on good ob? jects, and is, I think, honest. How jolly life must be to.him;gcod health, pleasant domes? tic relations, the consciousness ot genius, idolized by half of Brooklyn, and admired by hal foi the United States, and plenty ol money. His annual income, from all sources, is not less than $25,000, and he could double it it he cared to lecture in oilier cities on his off nights. Besides he has his handsome town house on the Heights, and his summer villa on the Hud? son, presented to him by his congregation. Mr. Edwin Booth ha9 just become-involved in a curious law-suit, with a theatrical critic of this city. The latter has been publishing some severe strictures on Booth's acting, in his paner called the Season. The other night he was attemptiug to poss the ticket-taker at Beoth'B Theatre, on the usual press privilege, when he was stopped. He went with iudlgna*. tlon to the box office and purchased a ticket of admission, but waa still refused an entrance. His next recourse was to the courts, lrom which he has obtained an order to Booth to let him ID. The. next grand struggle will be at the doors of the theatre, between the critic, backed by the myrmidons of the law. and Booth, with his tragedy company. If it is done in costume, rt will be more Interesting than the fencing scene in Macbeth. Mr. Booth's manager attributes the offensive criti? cisms to the circumstance that the Season waa ejected from the theatre as the programme paper. Intending visitors-to New York this sum? mer must not omit a visit to the Battery. Those who have looked upon its wreck heaps and shanties any time during the past twenty years, will hardly recognize lt. Thanks to the new park commission, lt will shortly be oue of the greenest, shadiest, breeziest and pleas? antest lounging spots in the metropolis. The transtonnai lon is something wonderful. There are those who believe that, with the np-lown movement of business, the lower part ol' the city will again be occupied for resi? dences. About the Battery and the lower end of Broadway were once the homes of the no? bility and-gentry. The last of the fashion? ables who lived down there was Stephen Whitney, and he stayed for years after the rest CT Ms social equals had'moved away. The elegant edifices of the past remain, but they are used as steamship offices' and' lofts l?r storage. I learn that a well-known real es lita speculator is contemplating the purchase ol' several blocks of Battery, property, with the view of putting it into fine residences. Long Branch, this summer, is to bc the Mec? ca of the fashionable world of New York. It is to be considered highly improper lor our citizens to go to Saratoga and Newport. Our restless President wlH return to lils cottage on the beach as soon as Congress adjourns, and daring this dummer the Branch will undoubt? edly be the actual seat or government of the United States, and the gathering place of di? plomatists, officeholders and politicians, as well as of butterfly beaux and belles. The rise of Long Branch l as been rapid. Property there has advanced enormously. Land situated on Ocean Drive, which two years ago could have been bought for $1000 per acre, is now worth $0000 per lot of 100. feet lronk Hundreds or new private residences are going up ihiB spring. A sign ol the growth of New York arc the many new and magnificent hotels in the pro cen of erection on the' upper end of the Island. I Broadway is becomjngj? magnificent from Thirtieth to fortieth street as anywhere be low. Four very large first-class hotels have I been opened in "thu: section wfthm two years. The great hotel of New York, however, ls to ? be built on Fifth ?venue, opposite the-entrance to the Cjiutral Park. Ground was broken wee* before .last, and the building Is to be finished In thirteen months, or in lime to re ceiva guest's oh th J 1st of May, 187?. The hotel will occupy ten lull city lots, and will be eight stories high. The French style ot ? courtyard in the centre, into which carriages will drive and guests will alight, will be ihe most novel feature ot the new edifice. The cost, with the ground, will be over a miillon. NTM. AX OTHER REMEDY EOE EXISTING TROVELES. .TO. THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. You have expressed -in a single sentence the path ology- of tho disease which has prostrated the State qi South Carolina: "We are under the heel of the exaltant negro." The entire truth; the sale and whole cause of our unnum? bered woes: Will the disease become chronic ? It certainly "will ir the remedies suggested are our only reliance for relief. That man muBt have a poor appreciation, of hum au nature who thinks that a brutal majority, controlled ,by moneyed cormorants, eonld be induced so to ?ltcr or amend that political covenant which governs them as to diminish their power, while it increased the power of the more intel? ligent makiritv, .How futile io talk ol' cl:ang? ing the Constitution io check the "exultant negro,'', and give rein to the oppressed white man ! Far belter,ground our hopes of delive? rance upon a direct appeal for protection to the United States Government. Bot, slr, we need appeai to no one for aid. The means of deliverance axe witiiin our? selves. 1 would not counsel resistance to ex? isting statutes, (for common law we have none;) but I would insist upon the fullest exe? cution of the law ol' self-protection. I appeal directly to each individual planter and farmer in the State. Have you not laborers oh" your land making a subsistence by means of your assistance ?~ Do not these laborers invariably on election days march off to the polls and cast their ballots in tavor ol the direful disease that is destroying our very vitals ? They cer? tainly do. Then why employ the60 political destroyers ? Then let lt be a precedent condi? tion in yow contracts for 1672 that your em? ployees either do not vote, or if they dp, thal they vote as do yourselves. This is identically the resort of all Northern farmers, merchants and manufacturers. Why, Beast Butler would no more think ol' employing a Democrat ?han he would of doing an honest act. And all the Department clerks at the very head centre of Radicalism (Washington City) are sworn po? litical lriends to their employers-otherwise they are not employed. . But, asks some timid and selfish one, what will I do lor subsistence during 1872 '! The remedy is at hand between this and January next. In Aagust, at the last ploughing of cot? ton, and in October, alter the first picking of cotton, sow every loot of cotton land lu oats; sow all your red corn'land in October and No? vember In wheat; ihe gray land, in rye, and your driest boitoms in barley. Lament lor a while the dethronement ot King Cotton, aud by thc fall ol 1872, South Carolina will expe? rience a freedom lrom trouble she has not?elt for ten years. - All very weli, says another, but what will become, of the thousands ot idle consumers left In the'State ? If they will not come to our terms, and be disposed to stir up strife rather than work for an honest living without sacri? fice of principle, then my answer ls, . siuflclent unto the day is the evil thereo!.'' A PLASTER. -The Chicago* TJ saes notfices the fact that in PhUddeLplila they have taken to settlngjaw boaes ?ruvomen. and tuen asks ?Hatone ol' ghoul-like ribaldry, whether this- ia not tn tho nature of carrying coals to Newcastle. THE BATTLE AT NE?ILLY. PARTICULARS OF THE RLOODT CONFLICT. . . ____ Ev<ry Inch of Ground Stoutly. Con test? ed-Th? Village on fire-Women and Children Barned to Death- Panic Of che Nationals-Paris Wild with KT. c i tem c nt- Ml the Churches Closed and tile Priests Insulted and Imprisoned. LONDON, April 19. Details ofihe fighting at Asnieres have been received. The ' Versailliste compelled* the Communists to evacuate Asnieres. but the Communists reoccupied the place In the after noon, and '.vere again attacked in thc evening with a fierce fusilade. The Vereaillists, with, difficulty, held their positions. A Paris dis? patch of Tuesday evening says the Versallltats have not resumed the offensive. The- bellige? rents are separated ty the islaind of Grande Jatt. The Communists' losses yesterday were very heavy. It is said the Nationals are great? ly discouraged by their sufferings and losses. A special to the Standard says the spirit of the Versailles troops Is unsatisfactory. and even .discipline is wanting. Tfte insurgents will probably evacuate Asnieres to-day. The Vor jaillists have carried the woods of Columbee1, the Communists suffering fearfully in killed and prisoners. Asnieres is now threatened on both sideB. A dispatch from Versailles, dated to-dafr, says the government troops occupied Asnieres yesterday, driving the enemy across the Seine and capturing some prisoners. The loss of the Versailles-troops was small. A battery has been placed in position which preveas the insurgente irom using the bridge which crosses the river from Cilchy lo Asnieres. The insurgent troops were quiet and their bat? teries silent during last night. f . Herr Dolinger, the distinguished Bavarian theologian, has been excommunicated by the Pope. - , . . ? '-. : Thc Latest. LONDON, April 18. Dispatches from Versailles give some par? ticulars regarding the fight of yesterday at Nn'.tiliy. The incessant lighting around Neu illy, which lasted throughout Sunday and Sun? day night and all day Monday, was followed by an ominous calm on Monday night, which was broken shortly alter daylight on Tuesday morning by the insurgents. The conflict raged alf day, with little advan? tage being gained by either side. Every inch of ground was obstinately contested, and both sides fighting with most dele mlued vigor. Houses were on fire in various parts of the bown, and the inhabitants had all sought shel? ter In the cellars,-where many of them, ifl oiudlng the women and children, were burned to death. Towards night the Nationals, lrom some unknown cause, became panic stricken, and fled precipitately towards Paris, the cl edd 1 aurl wounded lying thick in the road. The : gover nment forcea did not follow the Nationals. The wildest excitement prevails in Paris, and the inhabitants are leaving by thousands. All the churches are closed, but war on the sacred edifices sljll continues, and thu priests are dally being insulted and imprisoned. Al? most every church in the city has been pillag? ed. The road to Saint Denis is "choked wiih fugitives from Paris. Provisions arg. more plentiful. The Northern and Eastern railroads are still bringing in supplies. PROCEEDINGS IS CONGRESS. Final Passage of the $13,000 Appro* pri.ition for the Sisters of Merry-.I H ii rh upon the Ku-Klux Bill. WASHINGTON, April 19. The douse refused to concur in the confer? ence report on ihe Ku-Klux bil!. A new con? ference committee was appointedv The Sen? ate adopted the new conference report on tie deficiency appropriation bill. Both Houses are in session to-night, with an understanding that i hey adjourn finally. In the contusion it is Impossible to obtain the exact features of either the Ku-Klux or the deficiency bills, but" the new deficiency appro? priation bill reduces the appropriation to-tlte Sisters pf Mercy, at Charleston, to twelv.e thousand dollars, and' strikes out the clause appointing an attorney to represent the gov errroieat before the Southern claims commis? sion, and strikes out the clause increasing the compensation of census marshals. Sherman's amendment is the ohlef point of contention between the two Houses on the Kn Klux bil!. Thirty Republicans voted with the Democrats In the House, deteating conference Ku-Klux report. There were fifty absentees. The House adopted the conference, report on the deficiency appropriation bill. The session now only hangs on the Ku-Klux bill. It is un? derstood that the Senate will recede from Sherman's amendment. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.'' j Thu Nutional Guard und Newspaper Men. ; i From the cincinnati Commercial^) <. I The New York Sun correspondents rasped ! the powers thal be in so vigorous a manner iasf be called upon several tluies lor "satis? fac?an. ^ ? negro major or major-general-lt ' mutters little which-of militia, beard that the Sun, "which shines tor all,'1 was going to throw a few extra rays on him, and, after for? tifying himself with four big drinks of the most inspiring fluid he could find, ; went in on the Sun correspondent. He had wound himself up willi imaginary wrongs and straight whiskey until he was in a condition to run down in fine style. He touched himself off, and for fifteen minutes roared like a threshing-machine. He brought his No. 14 military boots down like patent steam hammers on hot iron. He swuug his arms about like the Wings of a windmill. His delicate mouth opened iu aa.effort to get out big words, until it looked wide and high enough to take in Webster's Dictionary. He imagined himself at the head of his gallant men. und charged also in imagination. After he had worn himself out, and the whis? key began to die down, the Sun, which shines for all, quietly replied: ;iI know very well what's the mailer with von. Major; you tried to borrow tbfee dollars bf me yesterday, and I refused to lend it.1' The gory Major of the National Guard willed In a moment, for he had on the day previous mistaken the Sun corres? pondent for somebody else, and endeavored to raise tue wind lo the extent ot three dollars. Two white official? wanted satisfaction, and calied on Pugh, thc aforesaid correspondent, to get lt. He listened to their tale, and re? plied, 'Tm not used to drinking with thieves und rascals, but I'll make an. excepilou this time; come in and take something.'' Here was u chance for drinks, if not for satisfaction, and the injured officials could not iel the op? portunity slip. .?-r. THE WEA TH ER ? TH IS DAY. WASHINGTON, April 19. Probabilities : It is probable that tho storm will muve northeastward, and that the winds will abate on the lower lakes. Clear and-par lially cloudy weather is probable 1er Thutsday on ihe South Atlantic and Gulf. A FLEA FOBAHSESTT. The Speech or Congressman DeLarge. [Prom the Chlcsgo Tribune.] Among the members of the present Congrees ie one Robert C. DeLarge, a colored man, re? presenting the Charleston District of South Carolina. In a speech ? delivered by him on Thursday, on the Ku-Klux bill, he put the very zealous Northern champions of the colored race to shame by the tearlessness and frank ness wIQi v?hichh"e discussed the subject. -He stated that .he represented a district in which there had been no outrages since the passage of the' reconstruction measures. He lreely ad? mitted that both parties were responsible for whatever disturbance there is. now in South Carolina, aaa thought that some .l?gislation was necessary; bul "rio legislation would b& sufficient unless political disabilities were re? moved." H? insisted that Republicans could 1 not expect'that those now resting under polit? ical disfranchisement would exert themselves to preserve the public peace when they have nothing to hope from its re-establishment. | It was well and truthfully said by more than ono Republican senator, during the recent de? bate, that peace could be restored in ever v village and district at the South .if the Demo? cratic party would so order lt. In other words, if all the men engaged in acts ol political dis? order at the South would abandon their prac? tices, give up-drinking and swearing, joiu the church, and become exemplary members o? society, there would be no Ku-KIuxery. But Mr. DeLarge explains why thc Democratic .leaders at the South cannot be expected to take these ruffians by the throat and suppress -them. A minority in Congress reiuses to give assent io the removal of the political disabilities o? the very class of men upon whom they, call to Ereserve the peace. Of what Interest is it ow an election terminates to the mantle graded by law lrom any active share in lt ? Why should A interfere to protect B's political rights, when the law brands A with inferiori? ty, and excludes him from political promo? tion '.' That there are men of high personal character, superior attainments and influen? tial social position in every part of the South, who could so control public sentiment as to suppress disorder, is. probably, truef but that very class of meD, whose services at this time would be invaluable-in making reconstruction floal and acceptable, are the class who are prohibited by law from being candidates even for constables, and who are punishable as felons if they perform the duties of a Justice of the peace or county surveyor. : Mr. DeLarge tells the trutli when he Btates that to emancipate this class of persons, per? haps the most intelligent and competent of the whole population, and upon whom the greater portion of taxation falls, would bo to place the control of the Democratic organization ip those States in the hands of men deeply inter? ested in preserving law and order. Twenty five Democratic leaders, owners ol . property, respected by all classes for their personal in? tegrity and their intellectual ability; would do more in one week to suppress the &u-Klux than a regiment of soldiers would accomplish in a year. If the people of the North will ex? amine this question they will Hud that Mr. DeLarge has not exaggerated Ihe importance of emancipating the whites of the rebel States. SPARKS FKOM TUE WIRES. -The Chevalier Rangabe and Miss Gerolt were married, yesterday*-afternoon, by the chaplain at the Greek Chapel, in New-York. in the presence of the Russian and Greek Le? gations. -It has been ascertained that the peace conference, at Berlin, concedes nothing to France. ' . -Brown, of Arkansas, has been confirmed as Governor of Idaho, and Garland as attorney for the Western District of Texas; Quash, as postmaster at Aiken; Fraser, at Chartotte.'?f. C.. and Bond at Macon. . * - rrmrrcir, rx n/*i,rvir M?M,- - [From the Washligton Patriot.) The officers of the Wac Department are prosecuting Inquiries to obtain evidence "of the death or whereabouts of Frederick Wil? liam Keyser, a native of Germany, and for? merly a Union soldier.. When lust, heard from, he was a paroled prisoner at Wilmington, North Carolina, lying sick and not expect? ed to live : but whether he ' died! pr recovered is not known. Inquiry for more definite information as to hts fate is now made at the Instance of the Prussian Gov? ernment, who have applied, through the con? sul at Hesse-Darmstadt, to our State Depart? ment It appears from the correspondence that this soldier ii one ot the h?urs ot an es? tate, valued at a million and a half of dollars, and the singular feature of the case consists In the utcr. as stated on the Herman side, that the estate cannot be divided for seventy years alter the decease ol its former owner, unies the death or whereabouts of this one heir can be established by satisfactory evidence. THAT "CULLVD" BALL. CBABLX8T0N,-S. C., April 19, 1871. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. ' Indyour paper of yesterday a letter of one "A. P.," published originally in the New York Sun, was copied. I desire to say, in the briefest language possible, that I was not present at the colored pall alluded to, know nothing af the adair whatever, and have been selected tn all probabili? ty only to dil a p'.:ce;in the dramatis per.'onno.ot a sensational correspondent. I trust to your sense of justice to give this statouient.publlcity. Very respectfully. u. F. MCINTYRE. LAWS OE THE STATE. Acts and Joint Resolutions, Passed by the General Assembly or South Caro? lina, Scanlon of I870-'7J. [OFFICIA Lil AN VACI io renew and amend' the chu ter ol the Town ol Anderson. SECTION L Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Caroima, now met and fitting in General As? sembly, sud by the authority of the Bane : That fro n and immediately after the passage ol this act, all and every poresn or persons who may have resided within the corporate limite of the Town of Andereon for one year, or who may own a freehold theieio, and their succesors, are hereby declared to bc members of the corpora? tion hereby intended to be created. "SEC. 2. Tbat tho said persons and their suc? cessors shail, from and after the passive of this act, become a body politic and corporate, aad shall be known and called by the name of the Town of Anderson, and its corpo? rate limits shall extend one mile in tbe direc? tion of the cardinal points, from tho Court? house thereof, as a centre, and form a square. ?EC. 3. That the said towu sball be gova-n ec by an intendant and four wardens, who shall be persons that actually reside within the limits of .the corporation and have so resided at least twelve months immediately preceding tbeir election. The said intendant and wardens shall be elected on the second Monday in Sep? tember in each year, ten days' notice having been previously given, and shall continue ia tffice for one year, and un'.il the election and qualification of their successors; and all male inhabitants of said town who shall have attain? ed the ago of twenty-one years, and" resided therein aixty days immediately preceding th3 eloctioo, shall be entitled to vote for said in? tendant sud wardens : Provided, That no per? son shall be aUowed to vote at any Buch elec? tion who snail not have registered bm uamo o a voter with the clerk of tho councU in a book or books, to bc kept by him for thal purposej bj 10 o'clock A. M. on the day succeeding e' such election. SEC. 4. That said election shall be '. ia some convenient public place in said U from nine o'clock in the morning until ?o'clock in the evening, and when the polls G be closed the managers shall forthwith : ce od tb co ant the votes, ander oath,statthg Whole nomberf of votes cast for eaeh candil or peraon voted for, and shall transmit tl report of the same in a seale d envelope to intendant of the town; and if there b< 'such intendant, the same shall be transmit to the clerk pf the court of Anderson Com The said intendant or clerk of the court si open the report of the said manHgere, i shall announce and publish the whole nam of tb? votes oast, and . Cha whole number c far each candidate, when -the '-several cai d?tes receiving the highest number of le votes for the offices for which they were vo for, shall be declared dilly elected. The int dont and wardens for the time be shall always appoint three manag to conduct. the election, who, before cl open the polls for said election, shall t: the oath fairly and impartially to conduct i same; and the intendant ac d wardens before tori up upon the duties of their office, shall spec ti ve I y "take the oath prescribed by the Ci stitotion of this State, and also the- folloni oath, to wit: "As intendant (or wardi of the Town of Anderdon, I will fail fully and impartially, to the. best of i ability, exercise the trust reposed in a and will uBe my* best^entleavorB to piesei the peace and - carry into effect, accoi ing to law, the purposes for which I have be elected: So help me God." SEC. 5. In ease a vacancy should occur the office of intendant, or any of the wi dens, by death or resignation, or otherwise, election to. dil such vacancy shall bo held tiie appointment of the intendant and ward or wordene; and in case there be none, then the appointment of the clerk of the court Anderson County. SEC. 6. That the intendant and wardens di elected and qualified shall be, daring their tei ot office, vested wi;h all tbe powers x authority wiUi which trial justices are at pn eat vested by law, except tbe trial pf ci cases, and except as it may be otherwise pi vided in this act; and tho intendant shall a: may, as often as may be necessary, aumin the warder.e to meet in council, any two whom, with the intendant, or any three wt dens, may Constitute a quorum to trans* b.iciness; and they shall bc known by t name ot the town council of Anderson; a they and their successors hereafter to elected may have a common seal, which sh: be affixed to all their ordinances; may sue ai be sued, plead and be impleaded in a court of law or equity in this State and pt chase, bold, possess and enjoy to them ai their successors, in perpetuity, or for a: term ' of years, any eBtate, real, persor Or mixed, and sell, alien and convey t s J me: Provided, The same shall n exceed at any one time the sum - ten thousand dollars. And the so intendant and wardens shall have full pow to make and establish all such rules,- t laws and ordinances respecting t -roads, streets, market and police of said toi as shall appear to them necessary and i anisjtefor tbe seenrity, welfare and con vm eoceof the ?a?cTT?w'n* oYfoT~pr-Herviiig ntlER! pence, order and good government within tl same. And thc said council may fix and ii pase tines and penalties for the violatit thereof, and appropriate thc samo to tl public ase of said corporation: Provide That m all cases of trials to be hal before tl said town connel, as hereinbefore provide* the party charged Shall be cited to trial, t nero ce upon him of a sommons, under tl hand of the intendant, any one ot the warden or the clerk of the council, wherein shall 1 expressed, with certainty, the offence charge and-the time and place of trial, which sor vi shall be made at least five days before the di of trial. SEC. 7. That the intendant and wardens i the said town shall have full aud only power i grant or refuse HOOT se to retail spirituoc liquors within the said limits,which license sha be granted in the same manner, and uf>on ts same conditions as they aro or may hereafti be, under the laws of the State,-except that tb town council shall have the power to r?gul?t the price of license to keep taverns or to reta spirituous liquors; Provided, That* in no ii stance the price of a license so to beep taverne or retail spi ri Indue liquors, Bhall be fixed at less sum than is established by tbe laws of thi State; and all the powers vested formerly ii the commissioners of roads are hereby grant ed to the said intendant and wardens wit hu the eaid limits, and all moneys paid fo licenses, and tor tines and forfeitures for rotaii inc spirituous liquors, keeping taverns anc billiard tables within the said limits withou . license, shall be ap pro prill ed to tho uses o eatdcorporation: Provided, That the intendan and wardens duly-elected aud qualified ebal not have power to grant any licensee to kee] taverns or retail spirituous liquors to extent beyond thc lime for which they shall have boen electra. Ssc. 8. That it shall be the duty of the sait intendant and wardens to keep all streets, roads and nays within their corporate limits opec and in good repair, and for that purpose the] are invested with all the powers granted for? merly to the commissioners of roads; and they shall have power to compound with all persons liable to work the streets, ways and road* in said town, upon such terms as they shall by ordinance establish; the moneys so received tc bo. applied to the public usc. SEC. 9. That the said tcwu council shall have power to imposo an annual tax upon the keep? ers of all billiard tables and len-pin alleys, or other pm alleys within the discretion of said council, and to grant or refuse licenses Xor the same, upon such terms and conditions, and subject to such regulations as they may by or? dinance establish. They shall also havo power to impose a tax, within their discretion, on ali sales made by itinerant traders and auction? eers, on all public drays, wa conn, carriages, omnibuses, and other vehicles kept for hire, and on the owners or proprietors of all dogs, hogs, sheep, goats, and cattle kept within the corporate limits ol Baid town. The said town council shall have power to impose an annual tax on the amouutof oil sales ol jroods, wares and mercbaudise, and also on tbe amount of income arising from all factorage and mer? chandise, employments, faculties and j-pro? fessions, including the profession of den? tistry; also, upon the amonnt of income from all moneys loaned st interest, and from dividends received from bank and all other stocks : Provided, That no tax Bhall be -imposed ia any one case to exceed tbe rate ot thirty cents on ci cu hundred dollars, of the value of euch sales and income; and the said tewn council Bhall also have power to impose an annual tax on all oarriagee and wagons, ot whatever kind, kept tor private ase; on all gold, silver and other watches kept for private use, wi th i a the limita of said town; and the Iowa council shall haye power to impose ai nual tax, not exceeding thirty cents on ,e hundred dollars of the value of ail real CE lying within the corporate limits of said U the real estate of churches add school ass< tiona excepted; and for that purpose they ? appoint three freeholders^ residing ^herein assess the value of said real estate upon o and return the assessment within one mc to said council for taxation, and to fill vacancy occasioned by the death, r?sign?t refusal to serve, or removal from ?nice, of said assessor; and the said town council B have power to' regulate' the prio9 "of licei upon all public show's and exhibitions in i town, to erect a powder magazine, and compel any person holding more t twenty-five p'ouhds of powder tb .st the hame therein, and tb make regulations lates of " storage thereof, and for kc ing and storing the same; and the i tow:: council shall haye, power to enfc the payment of all taxes and as?eseme levied under the'authority of this i against the property ana persona of defai ere, to the same extent, and in the same m nor as is provided by law for the collectioi the general State tax; except that executione enforce the payment of town taxes Bhall id sued under the seal Of the corporation, t directed to the town marshal or other pera* especially appointed by the said town com to collect the same, aod all property u] which a tax shall be levied and assessed hereby declared and made liable for tba p ment thereof in preference to other de due by^tbe person owning such property the time of the assessment, except debts c the State, which abai! be first paid. The si moneys, together with all other moneys c leeted by authority cn the provisions of tl act, and the ordinances passed in conform thereto, from whatever source said mon? may arieo, to be paid into the treasury of t eaid town, for the use of the corporation. SEC. 10. That returns shall be made, onoal to the clerk of the town council, during t month of January, in each year, of the arnot of all eales of merchandise, professional, n chaulcal or other incomes, and of the quint and kind of all other property than real est?t subject to taxation under the provisions of tl act, by per ions who may be liable to pay t taxes on the samt; aniLjthe said taxes shall paid on or before the first day of March tb next ensuing, upon failure whereof any pai in default shall be subject to the penalties n provided by law for failure to pay the gene State tax. , HBO. ll. That the said town council shall ha authority to require all persons owning a ; or lots in said town, to maka and keep in gc repair sidewalk? in front of said lot or lo whenever the same shall front on or adjoin a public street of said town, if, in t judgment of the .council, euch sidewalks ah be necessary, the width thereof and the ma ner of their construction to be designated a I regulated by the said council; and for def a or refusal to make and keep in repair su sidewalks, the town conned may canse -1 same to be made and put m repair, and : quire the owner to pay tbe price, of ma kl cr repairing; and the said town council i hereby empowered to sue for and recover t same by action of debt, in any court of corni teat jurisdiction in Anderson County: P?ovi ed, lhat such contra:t for making or r?palrl be lotto thc'lowest bidder. SEC. 12. That thc said town conuoiJ shall ha power, with the COD e eut of the adjacent la owners, to close all euch roads, afreets a ways within the ?aid town aa they may dee necessary, by sale ol the freehold therein, eil er at private or publio sale, as they may s judge beet for tbe interest of said .town; a they shall also have power to lay out, ado| open aud keep in repair all such new stree roads and ways as they rosy, from time time, deem important or necessary for the ii provement and convenience of said ton Provided, That no new street, road or w shall bo opened without first having obtain tho consent of the land owner or owne tbrougn whose premises any euch new Btre< road or way may pass. SEC. 18. That tbe said town conned sb: have power, and are hereby authorized, elect one or more marshals (in addition to ll sheriff of Anderson, who shall also be a ma ebal of the town) to fix t?eir aalaries and pr scribe their duties, who eball bs duly sworn i and invested with all tho powers, and sui jected to all the duties and liabilities that coi stables now have OT are subjected to by lar io addition to the duties and liabilities special ly conferred and imposed on them by the tow council: Provided, That their jnrisdictio shall be confined to the corporate limits < said town. SEC. 14. That the said town council aha have powor to establish a guardhouse, an to prescribe, by ordinance, suitable rules an regulations f.,r keeping and governing tb same; and until such guardhouse shall be el tabliehed, they shall be authorized to use room in the common jail of Anderson Count] for the confinement of all persons who may b subject to he committed for the violation of an ordinance of the town, passed in contenait with the provisions of this act; and the sail town council may, by ordinance, or the sai' intendant aud wardens in person, any one o more of them, authorize and require any mir shai of the town, or any constable specially ap pointed for that pnrpose, to arrest aod eommi to the. said guardhouse or jail of Andersen County, as the case may be, for a term no exceeding tweniy-fonr hours, any person o persons who, within tbe corporate limits o the said town, may bc engaged u a breach of the peace, any riotoui or disorderly conduct, opan obscenity, public drunkenness, or in any conduct grossly io decent or dangerous to thc citizens of the uaic town, or any of them; and it shall be tbe dut} of tee town marshals to arrest and commit al such offenders, when required to do so, whe shall bave power to call ?a their assistance the posse comit at us, if need be,toaidiu making such arrests; and upon the failure of such marshals to perform such duty as required, they shall BeVerallv be subject to each fines and penalties as the towu council may establish; and all per? sons so imprisoned shall pay the COB ts and ex? panses .incident to their imprisonment : Pro? vided, That such imprisonment shall not ex? empt the pany from the payment ot. any fine tbe council may impose for the offences for which he may have been committed. SEC. 15. mat tbe said town council shall have power to collect the taxes from all per? sons representing publicly, within their corpo? rate limita, for gain or rewaid, any plays or shows ol wha? nature, or kind soever, to be used for tbe purpose of said corporation. BEC. 16. That all fines which shall here? after be oollected by conviction in the Court ol Sessions, for retailing without license, within the corpoiate limite of aaid town, shall be paid, one-half to the informer and the other bali to ?he said towu council, for the uses of the corooration. , . " SEC, 17. That the eaid town counc? shoji bave power and authority to abate afffifli?im ces within the corporate li mi ls, and a^o to ' appoint a board of health .'or said town, ami to paea all such ordinaneea as may be necessary to define the powers and duties of said board . SEC. 18. That the - Bald town conned ehaTi have power to borrow money iqr tee publice 'use of th?'corpora tfoD^by rggWhg, from'tirade ta time, as occasion may require, the bonds o i -, said corporation, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed seven pt r cent, per aonnm,to bo paid semi-annually, tor an amount not to exceed the stun or fifteen thousand dollars; and for the payment of the interest, and the ultimate re? demption of the principa], according to the terms of tbe lo?n, tbe said corporation ,8h?dl bo, at all times, liable: Provided, That .tho * property of: the inhabitante of 3?tid tewn shall be bound fdr the redemption "of. esdd' : loin in no other way than by the imposition of ah annual tax, according to the proT?rione of this act: And provided, farther, That ,tm majority- of the owners of real estate; within j the corporate licute of said, town Bhall first vote in Ja vor: of issuing said-bonds; andthod sail town council shall give at least thirty.' dava' notice of holding such ejection. A SEO. 19. That the. intendant and wardens.: shall, during their term of office, be exempt from street duty. And each town^ootrncil . . BhaD, within one month after the expiration oft their term of office, make out and return to: [their successors a full account of their r t ceip t s and expenditures during their term, and shall pay over all moneys in their , hands bes: longing to the corporation, and deliver up ali property, books, records and other papers in? cident to their office, to their eueeessore, And on failure BO to do they Bhall bo liablp to the; punishment pi escribed in the twenty-first soc-: rion of this act. . r SEO. 20. That all ordinance? heretofore passed by tbe town council of Anderson, in con? formity with the authority granted by existing laws, shall be, and they are hereby, declared. legal and valid. SEO. 2L That for. any wilful violation or ne?: gleet of duty, malpractice, abuso or eppreb? A sion, the said intendant .and wardens, joint-, ly and severally, shall te liable to indictment .io the Court, of Sessions, ?nd, upon convic? tion, to punishment by fine, not exceeding . one. hundred dollars, besides being liable for damages.to any person injured. . . SEO. 22. That all acts aod parts of acts here? tofore passed in relation to the incorporation lol the Town of Anderson, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. And this . act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and con? tinue in force for the term of twenty years, ? and; until the session of tbe Legislatura then next ensuing. Approved the 9th of Hare h, A. I?. 1871. A? ACT to incorporate the. Moses Guards, of ? Ridgeway, in Fairfield County. a SEC. L lie it enacted by the Senate and Hood? j of Re presenta ti vea of the State ot South Caro? lina, now met and sitting in General Assembly,, and by tbe authority of the same : .. ThatS. IL dnjart, Jack P. Jamas,. Wy at Bo al w are and Samuel Adams, and their aucce a - - . s pi B in office, be, and are hereby? constituted a body corporate and politic ander . the name and style of the Hosea Guards, .with a capita) stack not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars,, with the right to ene and bo sued, to. plead and be impleaded in any court of com peTcnt junadiofion, to have ana io use a com? mon se al, a ad the same to alter, at will and pleasure, and with all other rights, privileges and immunities that are now secured, by law ta. like incorporated bodies, j SEC 2. This act shall be deemed a public, act, and shall remain in force for a term of fourteen yearn. The foregoing act having been presented to > the Governor of this State for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the branch of the General Assembly in which it originated within the time preaenbad by the constitution, bas become a law without hie ap? proval. F. L. CABDOZO, Seore ta ry-of State. JOINT RE? orrao5 to provide for the publica? tion of dre derisions of the Supreme Court, delivered during the years 1868, 1869 and 1870. . SECTION 1. Be it rejoi ced by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting'in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same : That the justices of the Supreme Court be authorized to contract with the Hon. J. S. G. Richardson, of Sumter, South Carolina, ta pre? pare for publication, and superintend tbe same, the decisions of the Supreme Court de? livered during tbe years 1868, 1869 and 1870, now on file, at a price not exceeding one thous? and dollars; and tbe printing of said decisions ' shalt be done by the Republican Printing Com? pany. ; . ? SEO. 2. That William Boteon Wigg, late re? porter of the Supreme Court, on demand of the Hon. J. S. G. Richardson, aicerthe making of the contract in the first section provided' for, deliver to said Richardson the certified copies of the decisions of the Supreme Court, furnished by the cle*k of the Supr?me Court1,, during hu term Of "office, and all papers rela? tive to said decisions coming to him by virtue of his office. Approved March 2d, A. D. 1871. AN ACT to require the county commissioner* to report to the General Assembly. SECTION 1. Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen-' eral Assembly, and by the authority of the same: .? That the county commissioners of each coun? ty shall, on or before the fifteenth of December: in eaoh year, report to the General Assembly' all accounts chargeable to (heir tesoective . counties; what have been allowed and settled: the number and amount of or lera drawn upon the county treasurer; the taxes- levi?d aud col lee ted ; the amount expended for rebuilding or repairing courthouse, jail, poorhouse and bridges; in fact, a detailed account of all their, doings, aa required by an act entitled "An aet. to define the jurisdiction and duties of county commissioners,'' approved September 26, 1868 . And upon failure so to report, they shall be fined a sum not less than fifty, nor mord than two hundred dollars. 1 Approved the 7th day of March, A. D. 1871. AH Acr to confer the rights of legitimacy on certain children. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the3enateand House of Representatives of tho Btate of South Carolina, new met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the aam9 : That the children begotten o? the body of Anna Smith, late of the County of Ocdnee, _ called by the names of Jacob Ferrel Smith, : Sarah Melissa Smith, Artamissa J. Bx ith, and Joseph Beary Smith, be, and they are hereby,, invested with all the rights and privileges of legitimate children, in the Bama manner and to the same extent as if they had been born in lawind wedlock. Approved the 9th da; of March, 1871.