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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. A CARPET-BAGGER'S VIEWS WHJL T TIM H URL ET THINKS OF THE SITUATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. A Man who "Knows the Ropes -Tin Tra? Story of those Pieces of Silver Harley think? Cumulative Voting will not be Accepted by the Blacks How the Investigating Committee will Proceed, fe. [Correspondence or the New York Herald ] COLUMBIA. S. C., M.-ry ll. "Do take*a glass of wine, lt's good dry Ver zenay. I Import it myself. Help yourself, mv boy,"' said Tim Hurley to the Herald corres? pondent, as we sat in comfortable apartments, belonging to the most distinguished politicians in South' Carolina. Two elegant spittoons, which had been ordered without renard to ex? pense for the South Carolina House cf Repre? sentatives, lay at our feet, emblazoted with fliding. A beautiful chromo copy of one of | urner"s most brilliant pieces of coloring, giv? ing a view of bright morning in ancient Greece, when tl at Republic had gods for law-givers and heroes to command her armies, hung on the wall, and busts and statues adorned the-1 room. Let me state that Tim* Hurley is a push in" RESTLESS IRISH YANKEE, born in Massachusetts, of the most indomita? ble energy and pluck, who ls building a large town inside of Columbia, thirty-two houses being already completed; and when the town is finished he- Intends to call it Hurlev-upon Congaree, that being the name of the river which washes Columbia. Hurley is as weil . known in South Carolina now as the old broken fort at the entrance to Charleston har? bor, and is a good subject to be Interviewed, as he is quite au fait in State politics. "I know the "ropes,"* said Hurley;-'I know all about these fellows who talk abc ut, cor? ruption and thievery. Why, it's all gammon and fraud. Only a quarrel between the outs and the ins, that's all. They talk about ad? dressing the virtue and intelligence of the Stale. Address the devil ! They mean the negro voters. . Why, there ain't three hundred niggers In the State cap read a newspaper, and still there are ninety thousand who have a vote. Look at the niggers themselves. Wouldn't they CLEAN* US CARPET-BAGGERS OUT at a j ump if they could do without us? They have no use for us, but they ain't smart enough to run the machine themselves. I came down here In 1865 and organized Union Leagues, and worked as hard and harder than any man in the State for the success of the Republican Barty; but they ain't smart at all, and I don't blame the white people for getting control ol the State, and they can do it if they only try. Here I am, and I have done more for Colum? bia than any man In it, and yet the white peo? ple take every chance they eau to Insult me, although I am the agent for a man in the North who would think nothing of putting up his $250,000 for the benefit ot this city. "Are you specially annoyed In a social sense ?" I asked. Mr. Hurley. Of course I am. Now look at | thaicase of the pieces of silver at Charleston, which I bought to present to the firemen on their parade. I was in WhHelen's store at an auction sole of silver and jewelry, and some of the firemen were there. You know they ali belong to the first families, and we got a talking-Bruns and the president of the de? partment-and they 6aid. "Why don*t you buy something. Tim, and give it to the boys?" I said, '-Airright; what will I buy ?" They said, "Let us have a tea set, or something of that sort," and I got a tea set, to be presented to toe handsomest mar, and another piece of sliver to be presented to THE HOMELIEST MAN* by their respective lady friends. Then at a meeting ol the department, they resolved not | to accept the presents; and a little sheet there i had an editorial headed -'Cheek of Tim Hur? ley," telling the Fire Department they had better be sure where Mr. Horley gofc-Ms lawey-} bet?re they accepted presents from him. They are so poor, proud and d-d mean, all ot them, ii a Northern man makes a dollar in a | way that has enterprise, and because they are too lazy to go to work and earn their living, why, then, ot course, he steals lt. Says the Quaker, "1 worri kill the dog, because I am a man of peace; but Til give him a bad name, and then every one will finn: stoneB at him and break bis head." That's their game. "What do you think of this Convention, Mr. Hurley ?"' I asked. "Ol this convention ? Why, its all d-d nonsense and waste of time. We are now get? ting signatures to call a Republican conven? tion to meet here in Columbia next week to have a talk; but nothing can be done without a constitutional convention, and l?t both par? ties be represented. Talk about cumulative voting; why what the h-1 does it mean? Talk to a nigger about such a thing and he'd tell you that you were crazy. Besides, THE NIGGER IS NOT A D-D FOOT. to ltftthe majority go out of his hands. There are good and liberal men In the convention, although' some of them that call themselves taxpayers are bankrupt and haven't got the first red cent. There's General Butler, Gov? ernor Porter and Tom Y. Simous; they are lib? eral men -enough. Then there's Magrath, Campbell, Governor Orr and Ge'neral McGow an,mvho understand the negroes and can get along with them; but it's no use a talking to the hegroeB about cumulative voting. They won't trust these men, and these men won't trust the convention. Kershaw is fi good man. too, but the trouble here with the old class is that they are not tolerant of the Northern white man. Why, in New York does any one care a d-n whether you are from South Carolina or Japan? Will any man be insulted there be? cause he comes from Charleston, or Columbia, or Edgefield? "You know "how lt ls yourself." Then there are Republicans here who are try? ing to curry favor with the whites and sell each other out. Ihere's Chamberlain that's cutting bis throat, and he don't know or see . thar tb'e old arjstocracy are only u?lng him for what he's worth. And these Republicans talk about the corruption of the railroad rings and abuse each omer-it's sickening, that's all. "Talk about the Greenville and Columbia Rail? road ring, wh}-," said Tim Hurley, a8*he puceil the floor quickly and nervously, "it's all a fraud. They are"all TARRED WIrK TUE SAME STICK. The-- are all on the make just as well as I am, and" :bey know it. Let me show you," said Tim. as he went to an escritoire and pulled out a folio ol paper, "a railroud contrac*.. You can see for yoursell; here's the names of some of these pure Republicans who are denouncing this very Greenville Railroad Ring, and here are their names, with the amount of stock which they own: Niles G. Parker, Slate treasurer, $20,000; Comptr. iler-General Nea gle, $30.000; D. H. Chamberlain, $1000. but he's solt?tout;John G. Patterson, $2000; Timothy' Hurley-that's rae-I'm the purest of the lot, it yon were to believe me, but yon won't, Si s, 000; Eeuben Tomlinsou-he's pious, ia Tom linson, and has a flue voice-$10,000; George W. Waterman-that's the Governor's brother in-law-$50,000; H. H. Kirapton, the financial pgent of the State, whose books are now being, examined by the convention. That makes me laugh; Joe Crews, the pok^r-player, I'd be d-d If they haven't served attacbuieuis on me and Joe to-day-ain't Joe mad-I tell you. Joe Crews-$20,000; B. J. Donaldson. $5000; Rich? ard B. Carpenter, $10.000. but he's sold out; F. L. Cardoza, the negro secretary of State, $5000 . he's pretty uccent ; John B. Hub? bard, the State constable-he's fond ci wearing corduroys, $5000. You see we are ali in the same boat, sure enough. Then here's "tbis special Joint-investigating committee of the Senate and House of Representatives Why talk about corruption. Didn't the nhj gers in the Genera! Assembly impeach Judge Vernon, because he released somebody on habeas corpus. D-d il they didn't have seventeen stenographers and nary n steno- j graph was done, and they were ail drawing their my like bell. I 'don't blame them, i'd do it myselt if they let me. Well, I am on the investigating committee myself, and B. F. Whiltemore, he's a good fellow, you have heard ol lum before, the cadetship man, he's been awfully abused: and there is Swails, of the Senate, and Gardiner, of the House, and Geneial Dennis, the chairman and myself, and I tell you we are not going to present any whitewashing report. Fm sorry to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. It would turn your hair white it you were only to see what I see every day. We have power to summon every one and make iheui Dring papsrs and books, and I te l you we ?re go ing'o snow or THAT NEGRO LEGISLATURE. We will all work until about the ICtli of June. Then ve are going to New York city to examine Kirapton, the financial agent of the State, and it will take us three months to do that; and I bare hired a house in Tenth street, off Broadway, and got a cook and ser? vant?, and I will pay every cent of it myself and not a dollar shall come out of tbe people ol South Carolina, although some of them think I steal;f.nd lhere alut going lo beany band of music to meet us at the dock and es? cort us up Broadway, and the stores are not going to be olosed and .houses hung wlfh crape when we get in, either, as some ot our lriendssay. But when the time comes I'll give it -all to tbe Herald, and it's going to make people opea their eyes. Like a little more dry Verzenay ? Do. It will do you good.' I "am sorry I can't drink, and there's some good Cibanas: I Imported them my? self." _ _ THE J?lTEJt PHOSPHATES. The Payment of the Royalty and the Profil? of River Mining. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. SIR-In the report of the committee appoint? ed by the recent convention to wait upon the Governor, there is an excellent suggestion with reference to the appointment of -'aonded inspectors or weighers" ol phosphate rock mined or dug in this State, which is followed by this statement : "Your committee are ad? vised that a large proportion ol' the public ex? penses might be met from this source, if ] properly collected, whereas but-dollars nave so lar been paid into the State treasury.."' The "Marilin and River Phosphate Mining and Manufacturing Company" ls the ouly organized company in the State which ls required" to pay a royalty into the treasury, and we feel a little sensitive at the implication in the words above quoted that we have shirked or evaded the re? quirements of the law. By section ? ol the act granting us the right to dig and mine in the navigable streams and waters of the State, we are required on or be? fore the first clay ol October in each year, and oftener If required by the State auditor, to make a return of ali tue rock dug and remov? ed by us, and to pay punctually into the State treasury, on -he first day of October of each year, one dol ar per ton for every ton of rock so dug and removed. On the 1st of October, 1870, we returned to the Slate auditor, in ac? cordance with law. 1089 tons of rock, the amount dug and removed by us up to that time, and paid the royalty on the same; and ex? pect at the tinje fixed by law to moke a full re? turn and payment for all dug and removed since that dat i. Moreover, our books are open to the inspection of the State auditor whenever he may desire to examine them. It is very possible that the return of rock dug and removed by us will not be so large as is generally expected. The public seem to have an exaggerated opinion as to the ease and cheapness with which the phosphate rock is obtained rom the beda of the rivers. As this is undoubtedly an honest opinion, but based on mistaken notions, we desire to say that as yet this company has not dug a ton of rock on which it has not lost money, and al? though it hafi Invested nearly two hundred thousand dollirs, its facilities are not yet suf? ficient to fully develop this industry and make it what we trust it will be in the future, remu? nerative to the company, and a source of reve? nue to the Stat e. In addition to the sum above, mentioned as invested in the operations' of this company, machinery and other Improvements have been ordered, whicK will largely increase the heavy outlay already made. Much of the delay in securing anticipated results has been caused by experimenting in machinery adapted to the work, and the ma? chinery, seemed at great expense, now in use, is even yet an experiment. This statement is made not lor the purpose of finding lani1; with the suggestions of the com? mittee, but simply lo correct an erroneous impression which seems to have genera! pre? valence. Very respectfully yours. REUBEN TOMLINSO.V, Treasurer. A.\ WCj'.DEST OF THE PAST. How Mr. Ho:irwan Driven from Charlev toD-The Facts of thc Cae?-. In the May n umber of Ll pp! neon's Magazine appears a cont radlction of 6ome assertions put forth in an article on Mr. Charles Francis Ad? ams in the previous number of the same mag? azine. The expulsion of Mr. Hoar, o? Massa? chusetts, is the particular matter In hand, and will be read with special interest by the Charleston pnollc : That unhappy event was sufficiently discred? itable to our State without any exaggeration, and has probably been more misrepresented than any lact of ?ike importance which has oc? curred In the cresent century. I have no intention of correcting any ot these misrepresentations, save those contained in the lollowlng sentences : "Mr. Hoar's life was threatened In the streets. A sheriff's officer assaulted him. A mob, headed by one Rose, who hal profited so little by the educa? tion which he owed to the bounty of the Mas? sachusetts University, conducted him to a steamboat about to depart, and South Carolina onee more drew tranquil breath/' As I was an eye-witness, of Mr. Hoar's de? parture from the Charleston Hotel, I feel com? petent to correct some of the errors in thi* ex? tract. With regard lo Mr. Hoar's life having been threatened in the street, I can only give negative testimony. I heard nothing of it ar the time, but I did hear that a policeman, who met Mr. Hoar, in the street, advised him to leave the city as speedily as possible. The "mob, headed by one Rose," was composed of said Rose, Joseph Leland and David 'Leland, (two natives ot Massachusetts,) ami the distin? guished James L. Peligru. These gentlemen called to advise Mr. Hoar's departure, especial? ly as he was accompanied by his daughter. They told him of the angry feeling which his mission had created, and represented that, as he could do no good by remaining, his proper course was tc depart belore ihis feeling culmi? nated in vlo'ence. From Mr. Rose'K lips I heard what was Judge Hoar's reply: "Gentle? men. I have been appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts lo attend to a public duty, nad I mean to perform it. regardless of conse? quences." This moi? leider. Mr. Rose, who had previ? ously njrgsd the removal ol' the daughter to his private residence, then told Mr. Hoar that, if he was determined to remain, he and his other friends would remain with him. and pro? tect him as far as lay in their power. As soon as the matter was presented to Mr. Hoar in this light, he immediately changed his mind, and said, "l?inilemen. I will "go. 1 have a right to peril my own life, but I nave no right lo expose you to any danger iu ray defence." His luggage was brought down, and Mr. and tlss Hoar got. into Mr. Rose's carraiiic which uas waltimr at the Charleston Hotel, and drove to the steamer, without any escort save Mr. Rose himself. The insinuation that Mr. Rose was educated by the "bounty ol tbe Massachusetts Universi? ty'' is probably about as Into us that he 1 head? ed a mob." Mr. Rose Inherited an ample for? tune, and doubtless paid tor all the education he received at Harvard University. . AS soon as the carriage drove from the Charleston Hotel, Mr. Fetigru walked over to my store, his bearing and manner indicating great excitement. ~To roy remark that our Legislature had made a dreauful blunder in voting to expel Mr. Hoar, he replied, in the most emphatic language, thar lt was a mo-t unhappy business; and he also stated, with a solemn oath, that before a hair of Mr. Hoar's bead was touched, thev should have walked over his deiftl body. -Another skeleton has been added to the interesting collection of the museum of Pom? peii. Tne bed ot ashes in which this sixth skeleton was found, or rather which preserved the impress of it, gives the lorin of the de? ceased with an exactitude which far surpass? es that observed in any other instance. The head is preserved to perfection, aud the legs and feet art well finished. Apparently the form is that of a man of the lower blas?, in the flower ol yo ah. In his flight he fell back? wards, and his agony is strongly expressed in the contortions of his lace and the convulsive clasp ol his left hand. The discovery excites especial Interest a1 atme when Veiuvlu-; is again in full operation. THE POLICY OF PEACE. A STRONG LETTER FR03T AN HONEST | AND EARNEST REPUBLICAN. The Hon. B. Odell Duncan on the Situa? tion-The Prime Canse of the Disor? ders in the State-W hat Governor Scott Hhonld do, Sic. UNITED STATES CONSULATE, NAPLES, April 24, 1871. J Hon. T. J. Robertson, United Stotts Senator, Washington, D. C. : Mr DEAR SIR-I am delighted to see your letter to Generals Kershaw, Butler and others. The sentiments therein expressed I can most j heartily endorse, and were they acted up to by those in authority in our State generally, I am convinced our troubles would be much less serious. We need, as you say, "Justice aud kindness to all classes, so that none may feel themselves alien to the government." Your idea, too, of appealing to the leaders of the Democratic party is a good one; for by proper organization they can contribute im? mensely to the maintenance of order. Besides, such appeals will tend to restore a better feel- j ing between the two parties, which in itseli will be a great gain. But the preservation ol law and order does not, In my opinion, depend alone, or even mainly, on the opposite party. You well know that the disorders from which our State ls suf? fering so terribly are the natural result of the disgracefully corrupt government we have had for the last three years. To defend such a government, aller all the corruption and vice we liaVe witnessed, would be most ridiculous. But prominent Republicans like yourself, who hope to accomplish some good as "pacifica? tors," should exert yourselves to the utmost to remove the original causes of the troubles. I give you full credit for having done much in this direction. General amnesty will do more, probably, than any other one thing to allay bitter feelings; and I am glad to see that your efforts in its behalf have been most earnest. I have read yours and Senator Sawyer's re? marks on the amnesty bill with the greatest pleasure, and am hoping and expecting to see that DeLarge and Rai ney have both spoken out unequivocally on the same side in the other House. But the main work is to be done by Gover? nor Scott and those nuder him In South Caro? lina. I give the Governor full credit for what he ha3 done since his re-election, He vetoed several corrupt bills passed by lr. Legisla? ture, and seemed to be earnestly desirous of protecting the State treasury. -He has dis? banded the partisan and lawless militia in sev? eral ol the disturbed counties. He should do so everywhere, and, if necessary, send Unit? ed States troops In their places. Or if Slate troops are to be used at all, let a select body of white men be organized, as proposed by Governor Alcorn, of Mississippi, aud after proper training be used merely for the sake of restoring order in disturber! sections. To use colored militia will Invariably bring about such a contest as all good men must wish to avoid. Let him continue to remove corrupt and inefficient officials, and put in their places good, peaceable, law-abiding men, who are respected in their several communities. Let this be done especially iii the cases of trial Justices and financial oiDoens. A bad trial justice is a standing danger in his neigh? borhood, and the people wilt be still more ad? verse to paying the enormous taxes, seeing them assessed and collected by corrupt and worthless men. It is bad euough lor thu property-holders to witness the taxes heaped up by a corrupt Legislature until they almost amount to confiscation, without being insult? ed by having them assessed and collected by men ol'the lowest character. I am very well aware of the difficulty ol the Governor's position. He must not seem to be weak, or he will lose the respect aud support of both parties. But he can afford to be just. Let him be as lenient as possible in the collec? tion of the taxes; let him be judicious in his appointments: and, above all, let him take a Arm stand against corruption wherever it may occur, and I believe he will have the support ol the good men of both parties. Like you, I am desirous of doing hil I can | | to restore order in our State, and. were I not so far dlstanr, I should lose no opportunity of | J doing all in ray power. I should regret bein-: absent, if I could see my way clear to doing t any good by being at home. But I shall < always be delighted to see such efforts as 1 yours to calm excited feelings and restore i peace and quiet to our unhappy State. f Very truly yours, t B. 0. DUNCAN. i I NEWS PROM MEXICO. WASHINGTON, May 10. The treaty prolonging the mixed commis mission has been ratified by the Mexican Con? gress. The opposition elected the president and vice-president of Congress. Romero's impeachment is progressing. He is making a stroDg delence. His impeachment is Improb? able. Three steamers with troops leit Vera Cruz lo quell the insurrection in Tampico. THE NEGRO DEBT QUESTION. 'From the Greenville Mountaineer, May 10 j No case involving the payment ol debts con? tracted for the purchase ol slaves has been or will be tried al. the present term of the court. When the firs: case was called, Judge Orr ex? pressed his regret that he could not concur in the recent decision of the Supreme Court ol this State, and that he woirid leel himself con? strained to Instruct the Jury that debts contract? ed for slaves could nul be collected, and that the prohibition in the Stale Constitution was not a violation of the Constitution ol the Uni? ted Stales. He suggested thar. ir. would per? haps be most prudent to continue all such cases until the decision ol'the Supreme Court of Un; United Stales upon tho question should be announced. The members of the bar ap? proved ot Hie sugesti?n, and ai: that class of ca-=es was continued. Judge Orr has a very distinguished precedent lor his determination in this case. In the case of the Stale vs. Wells, Cid Hill, C87,) Judge Earle decided that the Congress could not confer jurisdiction on the State courts to try violations oftne criminal law ol' the United States. It went to the State Supreme Court; the court reversed Iiis decis? ion. Two years later, the case ol Hie State vs. McBride, involving the same principle, came before him on the circuit, and he refused to recognize the deffisiou of ihe Supreme Court in the case ot the State vs. Wells. An appeal was tauen, and the remodelled Appeal Court of the State overruled the decision in the case of the State vs. Wells, and sustained the posi? tion lakeu by Judge Earle. This last case will be found In Rice's Law Reports, page -NW. -The Georgetown Times has an earnest and pleading appeal lor aid to finish the railroad, long projected and partially constructed, from Georgetown to Cade's Depot, on the Northeast? ern Railroad, lt concludes with the iollowing indignaut outburst : "Weare not mendicants. Thougti greatly In need ot svrapathy, we are not asking for charily. We otWr quixl pro quo - nay more, we offer a gratuity. We offer as a bounty that which cost ns sevenly-five thou? sand dollars fthe road bed aud chartered rights.] Is lhere no one-no individual, no company.no corporation-who will take this enterprise in hand ? Has wisdom no money ? Has wealth no brains V" THE OUTS ?GE IS NEWE EB EY? Attack Upon Con ut y Commissioner Young-One of lue Ku-Klux Badly Wounded-He ls Arrested by the Sher ifT and Taken to Jail-Young Shot Twice-His Wife and Child Both Wounded.' ?From the Columbia Union.] The Ku-Klux, to the number of about one hundred, made one of their characteristic vis? its to Newberry Courthouse, Bunday morning, between 1 and 2 o'clock, and succeeded in shooting one county officer, wounding him in two places, and, it is thongut, fatally wound? ing his wife, she being shot through the back, and also wounding her child of three years of age through both hips. The facts, as related to us by Mr. Simeon Young, colored^ the wounded man, who is Chairman of the board of county commission? ers, and whom we visited last evening upon his arrival in this city, are as follows : Young, says : "I live in the Town of Newberry, and on Sunday morning last, between 1 and 2 o'clock, my wife "woke me vp, saying there was Ku Klux outside. I Immediately jumped out of bed and took ray rifle. They broke in a window of the bed-room and threw a turpentine ball into the room, which I smothered with a blanket. They then went to the front door ol' the house, burst tbat in, and threw several of the turpentine balls into the roora, which made lt light, and then burst open the bed? room door and fired through the partition some ten or twelve shots, wounding my wife through the back, and my child through both hips, as they lay in bcd. Aller pushing the door shut several times, I let it come open and fired upon the nearest man, wounded him se? verely. I then Jumped through the window, and as I was run ni ug4h rough the crowd, and about to leap the fence, I received two shots in the thigh." This is the statement of Young, as made to our reporter last evening, and it is corrobora? ted by other parties, b?th white and colored, who were wituesses to some parts ot the sub? sequent proceedings. The squad that came to Young's house numbered about thirty, being nearly one-third of the party, the remainder of the band remaining In the road, except when one squad was sent to visit the house of Trial Justice Long, who secreted himself and es? caped them. On Sunday night they also visited the residence of David Hailstock, another of the county commissioners; but he had intima? tion of their coming, and took to the woods, and thus eluded them. The Ku-Klux wounded by Young, at his house, turns out to be a man named Watt Faulkner, who was formerly a gambler in tills city. He is very seriously wounded, and it is reported amputation of one leg will be neces? sary. Alter he had been shot, his companions pressed lalo service a horse, carriage and driver from the stable, and carried him about four miles from town. . The maUer was so atrocious, however, that the sheriff proceeded to the locality and arrested Faulkner on Sun? day and lodged him in kill, where he was yes? terday. The Impression prevails, however, that his release will be attempted by his com? rades. There was another shooting scrape also in Newberry yesterday, growing out ot the refus? al by a colored man to exchange silver money for greenbacks. Upon his refusal, a yoting man, living about lour miles from town, fired four shots at the colored man. None took effect. - Information was received yesterday of the killing by the Ku-Klux ol a man near Gist's Station, on the Spartanburg and Union Rail? road, on Saturday night, and also of the brutal whipping of a young'giri at the same time and place. JV J? K'S FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON", May ic. It is asserted that the Southern claims com? mission is about Issuing an order that <jvi Jence in claims under $3000 may be'taken at lome. W!tne?aes iii "Terser oaT^-mast como, lere. Mrs. Julia Tyler Spencer, daughter ol Presi? dent John Tyler, ls dead. Sheridan interviewed the President to-day, previous to resuming command of the depart? ment ol' Missouri, with headquarters at Chicago. it is slated that Reverdy Johnson urges a ratification of the new treaty. Secretary Fish is negotiating a treaty with England for extra? dition for all crimes except petit, larceny. The Sonate was in executive session all day an the following nominations: Nicholas Fish, of New York, assistant secretary of legation at Berlin: George A. Gordon, assessor of the First District ol'Texas; Joseph Shepard, col? lector at St. Mary's, Ga. ; Robert Bolling, col? lector ol' tho Second Virginia District. Uevcnue Commissiouer Pleasanton has is? sued a circular instructing assessors and col? lectors to act in accordance with the attorney ieneral's decision in regard to income and jlvldend taxes for the five months ending December 1st, 1S70. The Senate, in secret session, passed resolu ions directing Messrs. White and Rarasdale, :orrespondents of the Ner York Tribune, to je arrested and brought to the bar ot' the Sen ite, to answer lor contempt In refusing to inswer from whom they obtained, and whether hey paid for, a copy of the treaty of Washi? ngton, which they procured and caused to be ? mbllshed last Thursday in that paper. These rentlemen. in th?lr testimony before the se- 1 ect committee on the subject last night, ex? plicitly declared they did not obtain a copy (ither from a senator or any olllcer ol' that jody. The accounting officers of the treasury have ssued orders to Immediately close up accounts if tho direct tax, by the commissioners em )loyed in Hie Slates lately In insurrection, lhere are some three millions unaccounted lor md some hundred persons directly interested, lot Including bondsmen. Judge Robert Rose, ot' Texas, was found Jead in his bed to-day. Supposed cause, heart lisease. THE NUTMEG STATE. HARTFORD, May IC. Jewell took the Governor's oath and read his , uaugural to-day. ffOIT ADVERTISING COMPELS AT? TENTION. A writer in All the Year Round say.?: 1 The truth ls, in this world sheer labor and I ndustry always make themselves felt. This is ? i theory that would be dear lo Mr. Carlyle as ^presenting something real and genuine. ?Vork, he would tell us, ls never thrown away. 1 lien who spend sums ol' money and sums ot \ .rouble and toil, together with much ingenious , mlychromatlc device, in flourishing their mmes and wares, are pretty certain to lind J inch bread as they have cast upon thu waters I .eiurning to them. The wise who. navel in ? ,he underground railways, and see '"Kilto starch" staring al Ibera li om over the heads of 1 .heir cis-a-uis iii the carriages, or the .'.Gra.-i- I lopper Sewing Machine.*' no doubt salute | ,hose titles with a "pish!" and a '".pshaw!" But later, as their eyes wander over Jie newspaper, or dead wall, or omni- ! JUS knife-board, or fly-leaf of magazine, and | ;ee everywhere, as a murderer does: blood, , .Kittos 'Starch,'" "Grasshopper Sewing ma Shine," a kind ot omi, insensible impression is ! produced. By-and-by. tvlien either of these ; important necessaries is in demand in the reader's family, and when there is an impres? sion ol' doubt or Ignorance, the poor aide-de lamp of conceit, or conscious superiority, steps in, and aids the advertiser. Where all are ?roping hi the dark, it is hard lo resist, the conscious sense of superiority. "'Starch! Why, Lhere is a fellow called Kilto, who seems to be in great demand; at least, his name is every? where. Sewing-machine ! Get the Grasshop? per-only lour guineas.'" It will thus be seen that advertising owes a good deal to the pardonable little Infirmities o:' our nature. THE ASSAULT AT HAND ! THE WALLS OF PARIS BREACHED AT LAST. Terrible Fire or tile Versaillists Changes in Commune Commanders Attempted Destruction of the Column in the Place Vendome-Preparations for thc Assault-The Prussian Royal Guards Recalled from France. . LONDON, May IG. The Paris Communists claim to have re-' pulsed the Versaillists at NeuIIly. General Mazon, chief ol staff, has been arrested. La Liberte says the Versaillists entered Paris through breaches at Portes Maillot and An teull. Entry at Point du Jour is imminent. Cluseret and Megy have been released. The armistice at Vanvrea has been arranged for Wednesday, to allow the people to move. The Germans are concentrating their forces^ toward Paris. The fall of Fort Montrouge Is imminent. The western and southwestern arondissements ol Paris are uninhabitable. There was great loss of Hie and property in those districts. The trl-color h not flying from Fort Vanvres. All mechanics over forty yeais of age are compelled to work on the defences. A new military commander succeeds Delescluze. The central committee ol safety has absorbed the powers of the various committees. General Henri has been appointed minister of war. A new general commands the forces between Pont du Jour and Avenue Wagiam. The arrangements were completed for the destruction ol the column In the Place Ven? dome about dusk last night, when a member of the Commune appeared with an order post? poning its demolition to 2 o'clock to-day, say? ing that an act ol justice, decreed by the Com? mune, should be periormed in daylight. It is apprehended that the concussion'wlll break the sewers and ruin the foundation of build? ings. VERSAILLES, May 15-Night. It is now determined that the assault shall toke place to-morrow night. The breach near Anteull gate is wide enough to admit two omni? buses. Twenty-eight thousand projectiles have been hurled Into Paris wkbln the last twenty-lour hours. WASHINGTON, May 16. Dispatches from and around Paris are volu? minous but indefinite. Dissensions within the wall continue. The grand assault will proba? bly occur lo-day, though the ditch protecting the ramparts was not occupied at latest ad? vices. An order has been Issued from the' Prussian war office recalling the illoyal Guards (rom France. LONDON, May IC. Upon a division in the House of Commons on the army regulation bill the government had sixty-five majority. The Latest. VERSAILLES, May IC. Thc bombardment of the Paris wall was un? interrupted to-day, with no Important results. The Assembly appointed a committee to re? port on the Frankfort treaty. It is expected that the cession of territory will provoke severe criticism. F-M9, May 16. The Communists sortied iast night and found thc Vutooiiiisw atrvu?ijr jwt-t-.-? uu? Bois de Boulogne. The Communists were forced to retreat with heavy loss. The Versaillists* /Ire continues around the ramparts irom Font du Jour to the Porte Maillot. The Versaillists have bridged Hie Seine at Puertreux and brought over much artillery. The Cri du Peuple says chemicals have been prepared to annihilate the Versaillists when they assault the ramparts. The attempts ol the engineers to overthrow the column In the Place Vendome were inef? fectual. KEW FORK ITEMS. NEW YORK, May 16. The salaries ol county and city officers have been reduced twenty per cent, under the law reducing expenses of the departments. The specie shipments to-day were over one million. The effort to get a jury in the Fostc street car murder case was resumed. The court was crowded. The Vanderbilt ticket was re-elected direct? ors of the Harlem Railroad to-day. George Peabody's will was probated to-day. SAVANNAH AND HER RAILROADS, SAVANNAH, May 16. At a public meeting held to-day the Mayor and Aldermen were authorized to order an election to be held on the 25th instant, to de? cide if tiie city will or will not subscribe five hundred thousand dollars to the Atlanta and Savannah Railroad. TUE STAR VINO COAL MINERS. SCRANTON, May IC. There was a great meeting of miners whose families are starving. It is believed that they will be compelled to go to work. THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON, May IC. There ls no material change Indicated for Wednesday. Increased cloudiness will proba? bly prevail east of the Mississippi, and rain is probable for to-night in Western Pennsylvania and New York. -A duel was recently lought in Havana be? tween two judges of the Ordinary Court. The immediate cause of the duel was tho caning Dfone of them by the other, 'on account of some published strictures of the one caned on a friend of the assailant,) and the affray took place in the presence of the prisoners at the illy jail, where the two jiulges chanced to meet. The jail birds highly relished the en? tertainment, Hie more especially as two judges were concerned-and urged on the belligerents by such encouraging cries a?, "Go it, Baldy !" "Go it, Long Nose I"'-relerring lo certain physical peculiarities of the gentle? men combatants-"Sentence him !" "Toro .' '.oro r '"Bull : bull r as In a bull fight;) "give him another for my sake !" ic. The by? standers were too much astonished to Impede the caning process, and thc fighting judges were separated at last hythe convicts, who. ?iuce then, have done nothing but talk about the Inn of seeing two judges thrash each other._ _ -It appears by a Berlin dispatch that the peace treaty just concluded between France and Germany is by no means so flattering to the Versaillists as was indicated by previous dispatches. The Paris forts are still to be held by the Germans until a billion and a half of francs shall have been paid, one half billion within thirty days after the occupation of the city by the Versailles Government, and a bil? lion by December. ?ron? |Pri?e ^Distribution. $500,000 TO BE GIVEN AWAY! -1 THE SOUTH CAROLINA w MB mullid mu1- ?in Thc undersigned have entered into an Association for the purpose of introducing Immigrants Into South Carolina and procuring homes fer the same. They propone to establish Agencies In the principal Cities of Europe and the >. oreti and Northwest, and assist Immigrants In coming to our Sta'e, where they will have homes provided, and aid them In becoming permanent settlers npon the soil. They will be able to offer the best Cotton. Grain and Track Land in the healthy portions of the State, at very low prices, and on long credit, enabling the purchaser to pay for the same ont of the crops lalBed. They will also assist Immigrants, when necessary, to transportation and subsistence for the first year. Circulars will be prepared and distributed, explaining our plans more In detail. Central Office, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, CORNER KINO AND MARKET STREETS;. Charleston,. South Carolina. BUTLER, CHADWICK, GABT & C0. -o References in South Carolina : General WADE HAMPTON, General JOHN S. PRESTON, Hon. B. P. PERRY, Hon. W. D. SIMPSON, % Governor M. L. BONHAM, ANDREW SIMONOS, Esq; General JOHNSON HAGOOD, Hon. G. A. TRENHOLM, HOD. AHM1STE AD BDRT, Governor J. L. MANNING, Hon. JAMES CHESNUT, Hon. J. B. CAMPBELL. References in New York City : AUGUST BELMONT* CO., Bankers. MORTON, BL'SS ? CO., Bankers. Hon. CHARLES O'CONOR, Counsel'or-at-LaW. Hon. JOHN E. WARD, Counsellor-at-Law. Hon. ROGER A. PRYOR, Counsellor-at-Law. Colonel RICHARD LATHERS. T. A. HOYT, E iq., President Gold Room. HUNT, TBOMPSON ic CO., Factors. ANDERSON, STARR k CO., Merchants. PETTUS Sc CO., Merchants, j $500,000 TO BE AWARDED TO THE TICK ET-HOLDERS OF THE SERIES OF CONCERTS TO COMMENCE ON THE FIRST OF OCTOBER, 1871, AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, CHARLESTON, S. C., ON WHICH DAY THE DRAWING COMMENCES. THE SOOTH CAROLINA LAND AND IMMIGRATION ASSOCIATION, UNDER THE AUSPlOEg of the "South Carolina State Agricultural an? Mechanical Society," will give a series of Concerts at the Academy cf Music, Charleston, S. C., commencing October 1st, 1871, for the purpose of raising a fund to enable Emigrants to settle upon lands selected by the Association for Home s of Northern and European Farmers and othe'S, tn the State of Sooth Carolina, and for their transportation thither and support mr the first year. 150,000 SEASON TICKETS OF ADMISSION, AND NO MORE, AT FTV? DOLLARS EACH. ALL THE PREMIUMS. INCLUDING DEED AND CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO ACADEMY OF MU? IC, will be deposited with the National Bank of the Republic, JNew York. $500,000 JUS GIFTS ! ist Gift-ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Charleston, S.e., cost to build $230,000, having an annual rental of about $20,000, from Opera House, stores and Halls; , the building being about 230 feet by 60 feet, and situated corner of King and Market streets, In the centre of the city, and well known to be the finest building and most valuable property !n Charleston, valued at.$560,000 2d Gift-Cash. 100,000 I 3d Gift-Cash. 25.000 ' 4th Gift-Cash. 10,000> ! 5;h Girt-cash.?. ??000 ! 25 Gifts-Cash-each $1000. 26,000 ! 25 Gifts-Cash-each $500. 12,500 350 Girts-Cash-each $100.... 36,ooo 250 Gifts-Cash-each $50. 12>500 600 Gifts-Cash-each $26... 12,500 1250 Gif ts-Cash-each $10. . 12,600 _- - 2i04 Clfts, amounts to.$500,000 BUTLER, CHADWICK, GARY & CO., Agents S. C. Land and Immigration Association, General M. C. BUTLER, j JOHN CHADWICK, Esq., > CHARLESTON, S. C. General II. W. GARY. J --0 AGBNTS WANTED-LIBERAL COMMISSIONS ALLOWHD.] Commissioners and Supervisors of Drawing: General A. R. WRIG3T, of Georgia. General BRADLEY T. JOHNSON, of Virginia. ' Colonel B. W. RUTLEDGE, of South Carolina, non. ROGER A. PRYOR, ol New York. A. FAIR AND COMMENDABLE SCHEME ! CHARLESTON. S. C., May -, 187L We take pleasure in certifying that we ure acquainted with General M. C. BUTLER, JOHN Cn AD WICK, Esq., and Genera'. M. W. GARY, of r.he Arm or BUTLER, CHADWICK. GARY* CO., and know them to be gentlemen or integrity, and wc regard the object they have or assisting immigrants to homes in South Carolina or great Importance s the State aa well as to the Immigrants, and we have every confluence that their enterprise will be carried ou; with fairness and honesty to all par? ties concerned. GEO. A. TRENHOLM, I. W. HAYNE, B. H. RUTLEDGE, A G. MAGMATH, JAMES CONNER. THOS. Y. SIMONS, JAMES R. PRINGLE, HENRY BUIST, mayi3-3mos WILMOT 0. DKSAUSSURE. *