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VOLLME XI.-NUMBER 1774. CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1871. THE STATE CAPITAL. *I,7; MEETING OF TUE GENERAL ASSEMBLT. Catting Oat trie W ?ratBran^-Nevr Measures of li11 re nc h. -? nt ?nd Re? form- Y Blast at Lotterie*. [SPECIA: TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.; COLUMBIA, November 28. At the openlog of the Senate to-day Lieu? tenant-Governor Banaler made a long ?peech, using strong language towards dishonest offi? cials and counselling prudence and discrimina? tion In discussing repudiation. The Gover? nor's message was read and made the. special order for Monday afternoon. Bijls were introduced, by unanimous con? sent, as lollows: By Nash, to punish persons engaged ia the business of lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets; by Owens, to regulate the deposits of public money by county trea? surers and the disbursements of public money. [Tae provisions of both bills have already been published In THE NEWS.] Notices of bills to be introduced : By S wails, to repeal the Joint resolution authorizing the Governor to purchase two thousand stand of arms, of most improved pattern, and the usual complement of ammunition; to repeal the joint resolution to authorize the Governor to em? ploy armed force for the protection of the peace; by Holllogshead, to repeal the charter of the Charleston Charitable Association School Fund; by Smalls, to amend the law In relation to fences; by Hay ne. to amend the tax law; by Whittemore,. to protect the finances and credit of the State of South Carolina. In the House, the unfinished business wes preferred to appropriate committees. Notices Of bills: By Berry, bill to amend the charter ot the Town of Pendleton; by Tocum, bill to pro Tide a punishment for the embezzlement of public money; bill to prohibit certain officers from being interested, in certain contracts; bili io prevent certain officers from dealing in securities or evidences of indebtedness; bill to prevent extortion In office, and enforce offi? cial duty._ PICKET. THE KU-KLUX TRIALS. Second Day's Proceedings-The Manner of Drawing the Jory-Mr. Corbin Carries bis Point- An Adjournment to Friday. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE SEWS.] . COLUMBIA, November 2S. In the United States Circuit Court to-day there was a Urge attendance, many leading lawyers from the upper counties being prea eot-v The juries were not full, and the district at? torney withdraw the challenge of the array made yesterday) and requested that the panel be filled, the marshal summoning jurors from the body of the district Mr. Johnson in tis led that the Jurors should bo taken from the district where-the offence was committed; if iu the western, from there; if in?e-east?rn,' from there, in Interesting argument fol? lowed. Mr. Johnson said that by the act of 1824 the State was divided into two districts. He understood that all offences were commu? tai in the western district. Th9 sixth article ot the amendments to' the constitution expressly fovldes, for tbe security of a citizen who ay be Indicted, thattheJury.td.trvMmshall be summoned from the distrioc wher?^ihe ' offence ls committed. There can be no mis? take as to the intent of thu amendment. To take the jury from the eastern district would be an error which he vas not at liberty to waive; because the constitution secares to all parties the right to be tried and presented by a grand jury and petit jury from the vicinage. Referring to the Jury order referred to on Monday, Mr. Johnson made the point that, if the legislative department only could district the State, what was now asked, If granted, would chunga an act ol Congress. The proceeder was unconstitutional. It was not In the power of the court to deprive the accused of the right to a jury from their own locality. Mr. Johnson said that should the court be of opinion that a Jory selected from thejfastera district was legal, lt would be his duty, should he represent the accused In the Supreme Court, to make this ground of objec? tion should the judgment be adverse to his Clients. The authorities cited by the district attorney show that the Circuit Court com? prised the State. The jury should be summon? ed therefrom. The judges sustained the opin? ion of the district-attorney. Mr. Johnson re? served his objection. Forty-eight hoors.'are required to summon the j aron, arid the court adjourned to Friday, at eleven o'clock. PICKET. NOTES AND COMMENTS RT MAIL. The First Day of the Kn-Kiux Trials Objections and Arguments of messrs. Corbin and Johnson-A Family Hit. [FROM OCB SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, C. C., November 27. The United States Ci) cutt Court convened for the November term pretty promptly this morning, in the hf "l of the Nickers on House, and lu presenoe of a crowd of eager specta? tors. Behind an impromptu bench OB the little raised platform, sat their Honors, Judges Bond and Bryan, flanked at either end of the stage by the tables devoted to the correspon? dents and the reporters ot the local press, the. past of honor being given, as ie usual and natural, to THE NEWS. Below the stage the tables devoted to th? counsel and efficers of the court, were arranged In the form of a T, the cross piece being re? presented by the desk of % the rubi? cund Daniel Horlbeck, Esq., clerk of the court, shared by Colonel Jno. H. Schreiner, the bailiff, Major Johnson, the U.'S. marshal, and bis deputy, Major Butiz, disposed themselves in negligent but not ungraceful attitudes upon the steps of the stage, and a distinguished ar? ray of counsel occupied each side of the long table in the centre oi the floor. - On one side sat Major Corbin, the prosecuting attorney; Attorney-General Chamberlain, Messrs. wor? thington and Treadwell, and half a dozen other?, whose connection with the case is not apparent, and opposite to them were seated Hvn. Beverdy Johnson, leading counsel for the defence^ General Hampton, Major Wade Hampton, Jr., Colonel T. T. Simons, Mr. Solo? mon N. H?ge* Just admitted to practice In this court from the bar of the United Slates Supreme Court; Mr. Bunkle, and a. number more. The pr?sence of Attor? ney-General Chamberlain, and his active In? terest in vhe proceedings, waa the cause of some comment, and it was surmised that Major Corbin-, finding his rather nun-, re duties as city attorney, district attorney, phos? phate president, leader ot the renate and codifier of the laws*aad made assistance ne? cessary, had arranged with Mr. Chamberlain to attend and conduct the prosecution alter to-day. when Major Corbin's presence wiil be s> needed in the Senate chamber. On either side of the room were arranged double rows of seats, tho-e nearest the statte on one ' side being devoted to ihe grand furors, on the other to the petty jury ^Een. Beyond the Jury, along the smVs and at the lower end of the court-room, the audience were crowded in, th? white and colored men on different sides, all interested, eager, curious and watchful. Two t< hours were occupied at the openii the court by calling the rolls o grand and petit Jurymen who had summoned, and out of fifty names but. Jurors were obtained. These, however, about to be sworn in when Dislrict-Att Corbin rose to challenge the array. He that it had come to his knowledge that had been certain irregularities in the dn ol the names of the jurors then present these irregularities might be object? thereafter, and that, to avoid the raising < question in the future, he would challen* array In order that the question might 1 cided at once by the court. He, then submitted the following challenge-. "United States, South Carolina Die Fourth Circuit, November Term, A. D. The United States, by D. T. Corbin, di attorney, come? and challenges the ari grand and petit Jurors drawn and summ to serve at the present term of the cour causes following, to-wit: "1. That the said Jurors were not desist and drawn in the manner provided by le "2. That said Jurors were drawn fcoE Jury box by a small child, and not by the i or marshal as required by law. "3. That said j arr ors were not drawn ii presence of the clerk and marshal, but1 drawn in the presence of the clerk only." The district-attorney aiso submitted al vite of Marshal Johnson, Deputy Mai Batz and Bailiff Schreiner, in support o challenge. The affidavit of United States Mars bal ] Johnson asserted that he was in the Cit Charleston on the Becond day of August and on going to his office on that day be informed that the grand and petit Jurors foi next stated term of the Circuit Court had been drawn, which greatly surprised him he ha? received no notice from the clerk, I iel Horlbeck, Esq., or any other person, ol intended drawing of the jurors that day by clerk, and consequently was not pre dorine any part of the time of the drawin said j uro rs as the law requires. , The affidavit of General Deputy Mar Edw. P. Buttz shows that on the second of August, while he was in his office in Chai ton, he was notified by the clerk of the ci that he was about to draw the Jurors for next rerm of the court to be held, in Col una and . he went into the room where Da Horlueck, Esq., the cltrt of the court, had jury box, which he, Horlbeck, unlocked opened in his presence, and a small boy be called in was instructed by the clerk to di from the jury box the ballots, and that boy commenced drawing the ballots; that Buttz, was called away after he had draw few, and left Mr. J. H. Schreiner, a bailil the court, to take his place. Deputy Bi deposes thal the marshal was not pres during the time of the drawing. John H. Schreiner deposes that he wa ballin* of the.court at the time named, ? was present, as asserted in the foregotng i davits; that his Honor Judge Bryan and clerk. Daniel Horlbeck, were present, t Deputy Marshal Buttz was present a part the time, and that the Jury box was brou; Into tne-court-room and opened in presenci all the parties, a small colored boy being < ployed to draw the ballots. Toe remaindei Mr. Sohrelner'd affidavit corroborates th given above as to the absence of Mars Johnson. Mr. Corbin, In supporting his motion, s that he did not attempt to impute eithei the clerk, or any other person, any desigi evasion or non compliance with the law; ' drawing of the jury's names by a child wi custom sanctioned by long usage-In the St courts, but which had 'been abolished in United States courts, and the clerk of t court had continued the practice, per aa from habit, he having been lor many ye Clork of the State courts lu which the cusC obtained; the jury order of the cou?t, hid ever, in aectloa 3, required the drawing to done either by the clerk or marshal, and presence of both, neither of witfc-h' xeqnj ments had been compiled with. Hon. Reverdy Johnson, in reply to the c trice attorney, asked for what purpose t district attorney sought to have the prese array set aside. ?Mr^ Cbrbl?. '"No purpo except to get another Jury.") He understo from the portion of .the Jury order that he h heard read that another Jury, if order? must be'summoned from all parts of the Sta and not from the vicinage: This proo< would necessarily cans M a delay of two three weeks, which would be vexatious a unnecessary. It had been Intimated that t objection then raised should be disposed of once, as, otherwise, the traversers might, some future stace of the trial, take advanta of lt; but, speaking as counsel tor a m ijori of the traversers, he gave notice that ] would not raise that objection either durii or after the trial. The objection was a pur? technical one-more In the nature of a spec! demurrer than anything else, and there w; no pretenc? that the fairness .or capacity the jury had been lessened by the alleged regularity. The. district attorney quoted the cases Clair vs. the State of- Maryland, and of tl United States vs. John. H. Burrett, and e deavored to show analogy between them ai the present case: he' questioned the power the defence, li. the jury ahould be held to I Irregular, to waive - the objection; every prl oner has a right to a trial before a lawful j ui -a right guaranteed by the* constitution ac by all written law. Ur. Johnson, in reply, said that the case i Clair vs. the State of Maryland differed mat nally from that, now under consideration; I that case the presence of certain Judges wi required at the time of drawing, showing thi lt was held to be in some degree a Judicial ac In the present case, however, it was placed I the.hands of certain officers oi the court, ac was a purely ministerial duty; the order < .the court had been substantially compile with, and In tact the spirit of the law was be ter served by the physical act of drawin being done by an automaton than by.tb clerk; it was not charged that there had bee any tampering with the boxes-any of the {iractJce which ls regularly known as '-stuf Dg" the ballot box, and which had bee known to be practiced even ln*auch a general ly correct State and sucha particularly coi rect city as Maryland and Baltimore; it ba been stated, moreover, that his Honor Judg Bryan was present during the very dp?wln? the regularity of wbloh was called in ques tlon, and be submitted that the* court wa thereby stopped from setting aside the jurors In regard to the right of the defence to walv the benefit of a technical objection, he pre sumed that his friend for the United State was aware that prisoners have a right to bi tried by twelve men, and cannot bo forced t< trial without twelve men. Ii tried by ele vet men, against their protest, the judgment li annulled; but they or their counsel ma] waive that right-there is no right which the* may not waive, unless there be some consti? tutional prohibition. He was at a loss to con cetve how the counsel for the governmeral could possibly Imagine that these prisoners would be able to object to the trial, if tried by this Jury, upon the ground that the jury was not properly drawn, if, before trial, their counsel, with their consent, agreed to waive the objection, and stand the hazard of the die. Judge Bond asked if the court understood rhe counsel to say -that lt was out of their power, if the present venire were set aside, to summou a Jury de cirevmstantibus. Mr. Johnson replied that he was far from saying anything of the kind. He took it for granted that there would be no jury mim moned from the vicinage, as such a proceed? ing would be In direct vlolationof the jury order, and he had therefore said there would be a delay in summoning the jury, because he supposed they would be summoned according to the provision of the order; but he under? stood the district attorney as saying, there would be no delay, that another jury could be drawn; he supposed the district attorney meant from the box. It would be a danger? ous power to put In the hands of the officers of i he court to p'.ck out a jury for the trial of the cases that may come before this court; not that the district attorney, or his colleague, the attorney general, could be capable of any perversion of power, but the marshal, for In? stance, might not be above suspicion. These remarks of the distinguished counsel caused no little sensation. The allusion to Attorney-General Chamberlain as the "col? league" of the District-Attorney was sufficient? ly pointed to attract all eyes to that gentle? man, and that Mr. Johnson should take the marshal for an Innocent scapegoat jto point the Inference of irony in hiB former remark was recognized as an Innocent piece of family pleasantry. The discussion between counsel was continued at some length, the District Attorney referring to the case of Surratt, to which Mr. Johnson replied that the object ion in that trial was made on the ground that the drawing had been made in secret, which was by no means the case here. Judge Bond then announced thar, Inasmuch aa there was not a sufficient number of grand Jurors present to proceed with the business of the court in any case, and as the court desired to consult together upon the questions sub? mitted, an adjournment would be taken until eleven o'clock to-morrow morning. PICKET. Farther Reports? [From the Columbia Union.] We learn from reliable sources that e? Sheriff Gentry, ot Spartanbnrg, has been ar? rested and indicted for murder, together with others who made the raid upon the jail at Union last winter. Several others arrests have been made, and among them Bookster Foster, son of State Senator Joel Foster. [From the Columbia Phoenix.] It is stated that the cases from Yorkvllle will come up first for trial In the Ku-Etux court, and judge Bond expressed the belief I that from the pressure of criminal busin.es?, nothing wlil be done on the civil side of the court unless there should occur some unlooked for interruption in the prosecution. District j Attorney Corbin is assisted In the prosecution of these cases by D. H. Chamberlain, Esq. MARRIAGE OF DAN. SICKLES. MADRID. November 28. General Sickles to-day married Miss Creach, and departed fer New York. THE SICK PRINCE OF WALES. LONDON, November 28. The latest official bulletin says that the Prince of Wales's condition is unexpectedly favorable. He slept last night, and the fever is abating. The illness of the Princess Alex? andra is not serious. _ THE COLD SNAP. SALT LAKE, November 28. The Union Pacific passenger train was twenty-seven hours late. The snow is very deep io the cuts. QUEBEC, November 28. The thermometer is ten degrees below zero. MILWAUKEE, November 28. Reports from the Northern Pacific Railroad, say that the thermometer was twenty-three degrees below zero, and that the trains had been stopped. WASHINGTON, D. C., November 28. It is snowng heavily here. SPARKS FROM THE WIRI? S+ -The cholera has disappeared from Halifax. -Forty Catholic children were expelled from the public school at Hunter's Point, N. Y., yesterday, for refusing to read the Bible. -The Kansas Sunday Times publishes eleven columns ot letters from prominent men of Missouri endorsing the passive Democratic policy. -The New York Ring are in a bad way. Connolly is still under arrest and can't get ball, and lt is rumored that Mayor Hall has resigned. _.. EXECUTION OF G?N?RAL ROSSEL. PARIS. November 28. A dispatch from Versailles officially announ- ' ces the execution ot Bossel and two of bis Communist companions. At six o'clock Bos? sel, Ferre and Bourgeois were taken from their cells, under a large guard, to the out? skirts of Camp Satory whens a hollow squarei. . .eas formed, at one end ot which the condemn? ed were placed. The behavior of these men was most courageops. - Ferre- refused to 0* blindfolded^ Yoon^-Rcai?^ those wao,#ee|a^L^^ THE ^EATHER. T?IS DA F. _ WASHINGTON, : November 28. Threatening weather, wltb raln, will: prob- j ably prevail by wedhead^.TOornlng from Vir? ginia to New Jersey, with snow on LakesErie ' and Ontario. Northeast winds in the Middle and Eastern States. Yesterday's "Weather Reports of the Signal Service. U. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. Augusta, Oft.... 29.89 Baltimore.30.01 Boston....29.90 Charleston.29.88 Cntcago.29.99 Oincinna'l.29.98 Galveston.29.96 Rey Weat, Fia.. 30.01 Knoxville, Tenn. 29.85 Memphis, Tenn.. 80.10 Mt. Washington. 29.54 New Orleans.... 29.80 New Turk.80.M Norfolk.29.98 Philadelphia.3O.05 Portland, Me.... 29.93 Savannah ...... 29.8T sc Loni5.30.07 Washington,DC. 30.00 wiimlnfrmu.N O. 29.92 a, SM SS ar? ss 57 NW 86 SE 21 N 61 E 29 W 37i Calm. Bl N np 48 Calm. 35 MW MTW Light. Gentle. Brisk. Gentle. Gentle. Brisk. Light. SW w NE NE N Oalm. W E E Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Light. Light. Fresh. Gent:e. Gentle. Gentle. fl I? Lt. Rain Cloudy. Fair. Thr'ng. L.Snow Thr'ng. Thr'ng. Fair. Misty. Cloudy. Clear. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Clear. Wstlng Cloudy. Oloudy. Oloudy. NOTE.-The weather resort uated 7.47 o'cioCK, ibis, morning, will be posted lu the roomB of the Chamber of Commerce at 10 o'clock A. M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time dunne the day. MORTUARY REPORT FOR THE WEEK. The following is the official return of deaths for the City of Charleston, for the week ending Saturday last, November 25, 1871: C AU BBS OF Adults DEATH. Ohtld'n. ! BLACKS OB COL I . OBED, ? il Adults. cilium. 3 8 Anaemia. Apoplexy., Cholera Infan tum. Congestion or Brain.... Congestion of Lunga. Convulsions.... Convulsions, Eplleptlform. j Debility, Gene? ral. Dlarr ncaa, Chronic. Diseaseof Heart Valvular. Dropsy from Cardiac Dis? ease. Fever, Yellow.. Hydrocephalus Lary n gi tie, Acate. Neglect. Paralysis. Phthisis Pul? monal ls. Pneumonia_ Trlsmus Nas centium. Scrofula. Wan: or vitality .. j Total.1 2 I I 3 RECAPITULATION. Whites 3. Blacks and colored 22-total 26: and 4 s Ill-births. Under l year ot Between l and Between 5 and Between io and Between 20 and Between 40 and Between 50 and Between so and Between 70 and age. 6 years 10 years 20 years 30 years 60 years 60 years 70 years 80 veara of age. of age. of age. of age. of age. Of age. of age. of age. ROBEBT LBBBT, M. D.. City Registrar. THE GOYERNOrVS MESSAGE. A MIXTURE OF STOCK-JOBBERY AND . PARTISAN POLITICS. The State Debt Once More-Propositions j for It? tren ch me nt-A Plea for Grant's Ku-Ktnx.Laiv. l&P^STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 1 ?s^*^ EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, > COLUMBIA, November 28, 1871. \ Gentlemen of the Senate and Rouse of Repre? sentatives : Too have assembled for the fourth time since the establishment of & system of free po vern ment lu South Carolina. Pursuant to the constitution, lt is the duty of the Governor to "give to the General Assembly information of the condition of the State, and recommend to tbeir consideration such measures as he shall Judge necessary or expedient." The present financial condition of the State especially demands a rigid and unshrinking compliance with this constitutional require? ment, in order that tbe General Assembly and every department of tbe State government may unite in a common effort to correct such evils as are remediable, and prevent their re currence. In this, the last annual message that I shall transmit i? the General Assembly, I propose to state my views frankly upon the chiel matters of public Interest, and to give all the facts within my knowledge, without reserve, as alike due to the people, and im? posed by my officiai obligation. I will thus, I trust, be enabled to correct gross exaggera? tions that are being diligently circulated in rete re nee to cur finances, and the entire ad? ministration of the State. In performing this duty I shall not shrink from charging upon others any Just share of their responsibility Wt evil consequences of their acts, and wig not hesitate fully to admit my own. - . ' The State Debt. The following Is the-treasure r's exhibit of the actual debt of the Btate. I know, from severe personal sonijftjythat this exhibit is full and correct. It shows the present debt of the State in its ent?t?tj^atopresslag nothing : STATEMENT CF TOTAL Afc Otfe*? OXBOWS AND STOCKS PKiransrTHa'??rot^^ COMPANY, AND ACCO?KTVD roa, ... .. . 500 bunds redtttttftio^^ a: lioco..$ soo.ooo 2000 bouda pwatent tnmt?t. public debt; at $1000... .>-..., . 2,000,000 1000 bonds rell?f .or^jBwuinry, at TOO bond's'^^Jt9vamggM^i^?o..f '"oojouo S^\t-tSfi^^^V' 800,000 1500 honda redamj^^^'bwi" tent or 3500 boajS ^f?^^?^-ji?smme'i, St |1000v^;i^^W......... 3,500.000 " ' I j ^ 4,000^000 i^n in effecting conver? sions at state treasury. 1,260,500 Conversion bond, No.620, cancelled and destroy? ed at State treasury.. 1,000 ?onda redemption billa Bank: State, issued at State treasury. 1,260,000 Conversion stock,laaued, cancelled and transfer- ? red at State treasury.. 432,700 -$13,026,000 00 $ 9,614,000 00 STATENT OP DEBT. Old debt...$ 6,665,008 08 Less Old bouda.paid July 1,1871. 212,000 00 $ 6.453,908 98 New bonds........$ 0,614,000 oo Less In handa or flnknclal.agent, to the credit of sinking rand com? mission. 200,000 oo $ 6.814,000 00 New bonds, in hands of financial agent, now In nae aa c iiateral se? curity for loans...$ 3.773.000 00 Amount or new bonds sold.$ 5,541,000 00 Old debt, aa above.:. 0,463,908 98 $11.094,908 9R The facts and data upon which the foregoing statement, wnlch'has been examined and ap? proved by the financial board, ls'based, are open to the inspection of the public, both at the State treasury and at the financial agency In New York. The financial board report that "the bonds have air been issued andused under the authority ot the act of August 26.1868, en? titled 'An act to authorize a loan to redeem the obligations known as bills receivable of the State of South Carolina;' the aot of August 26, 1868, entitled 'An act to authorize a loan to. pay the interest on the public debt;' the act ol February-17,1869, entitled 'An act to authorize a loan for the relief of tbe treasury;' the act of March 27, 1869, entitled 'An act to provide for the appointment of a land commissioner, and to denne his oowers and duties;' the act of March 1, 1870, entitled 'An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the appoint? ment of a land commissioner, and to define his powers and duties, and for other purposes therein mentioned;' the act of March 23, 1869, entitled 'An act to provide for the conversion oi State securities;' and the act of March 26, 1869, entitled 'Au act to authorize the financial agent of the State of South Carolina, in the City of New York, to pledge State bonds as collateral security, and for other purposes.' " The three first named acts authorized the borrowing ol two million five hundred thou? sand dollars on coupon bonds. Owing to the constant and increasing depreciation In the value ol the oonda, lt was found necessary, In order to carry Into effect the purposes of these several acts, to Issue a much larger number of bends. The act for the conversion of State se? curities, giving authority for a more available and unltorm class of bonds than the one which had, in the first instance, been Issued under the several acts referred to. the re? mainder of the bonds required to raise the amounts of money authorized by the several acts, were prepared, in accordance with the act for the conversion ot State securities, to the amount above named. .The indebtedness of the State being as above stated, the State authorities now hope to be able to retire the bonds in New York, and to save the securities now hypothecated from sale. It is also intended to discontinue the financial agency In New York, except to de? signate some banking institution as the place for the payment of the interest on the public .debt. Tax Levy, Taxea Collected, and Delin? quent Taxes. Many and extravagant statements have been made regarding the assessment and collection 01' taxes, and those not familiar with the actual lade, when compared with collection of revenue for the same purposes In other States, are doubtless frequently led to believe that taxation ls extravagant and unusual. I un? dertake to say that not a State In the Union has collected less tax in the same length of time in proportion toils population and re? sources. The followiog la a correct exhibit of the appropriation ot' moneys, the levy of tax, collection o? revenue per annum, and the delinquent list for the year 1868,1869 and 1870: STATEMENT OF AMOUNT OP TAXES LEVIED, AMOUNT COLLECTED, AND APPROPRIATIONS MADS, DOBTNO TEARS 1868, 1869 AND 1870. Total taxation for 1868, rate or tax?t ?on, State 7? mills.$1.338.742 19 Total amount collected.. 1,168.053 28 Delinquent..'.....;... $176,688 91 Total appropriations fer . the year 1868, exclusive of interest on public debt, for which no ap proprlatlon was made. ?817,968 28 Total taxa'lon for 1869, rate, State 6 mills...... $1,014,901 88 Total amount collected.. 766,786 os . Delinquent. $248,165 76 Total appropriations for the year 1869, Including Interest on public debt. $1.191.806 09. Total taxation for 1870, State. 9 mull.$1,070 063 66 Total amount collected.. 1,146,087 06 Delinquent.~" $624,036 60 Total appropriations for the year 1870.$1,604,0(3 64 Total de'lnquent taxes. $947,881 26 TWehty per cent, penalty. 189,676 25 Total.$1,137,457 61 If tho taxes, as shown In the foregoing state? ment, had been paid, as they should bave been, it would have saved the State at least two millions and a half of bonded debt. Bonded Debt. It must not be presumed* that the increase in the bonded debt of the State is the creation, in any considerable degree, of the existing administration. This Increase represents most? ly liabilities contracted under previous admin? istrations, the form of the obligation, in some cases, alone being changed, while a large fraction consists of bonds Issued to meet the matured principal and accruing interest of (he ante-war debt, tn order to maintain the faith and credit of the State. The seven hundred thousand dollars of bonds Issued for the land commission form the only portion of the debt actually created by the present administration, and for this the State has an ample equivalent tn the lands purchased, which will ultimately repay both principal and Interest . By reference to the various acts cited in the foregoing statement of the treasurer it will be seen that, with the exception of those author? izing the Issue of bonds for the land commis? sion, they severally provide that a specified sum of money shall be raised on bonds of the State, and not simply that a given amount of bonds shall be issued. The amount of bonds to be issued for this purpose was not specified by law. as our secu? rities were untried, and, therefore, had no determinable market value. If the General Assembly bad attempted to approximate the probable market value of the new State secu? rities they would, doubtless, have rated them at not more thamflve or ten cents on the dollar, provided that in this they had been guided by the views of the opposltionlpress, which, in*its efforts to break down the State credit, fasten? ed upon these securities, in advance, the stigma of a threatened repudiation, and de? clared that they would be worthless to the I holder. .But lt was believed by the financial board I tbiat our securities might be so made to ap? preciate as to be negotiated at par, and that a I million in our bonds would thus purchase a I million of dollars. Aa the result of the financial policy adopted, these new honda commanded, In the early I part of 1870, from 80 to 85 per cent, of their I par value, and so weH satisfied was I that our I secdrltles?-bearlng, as they did, six per cent. I interest, payable In gold-would. In the natural I order of things, further appreciate, that I re I fused my consent to sell even at those com? paratively high rates. This apparent conti - I dence of capitalists In the State Government I aroused Its opponents to a combined effort to depreciate the bonds, and not only were the I most active individual efforts made to'dlscredlt I our securities, but even the Chamber of Com? merce and the Board of Trade, of Charleston, I lent their aid to the scheme of depreciation. \ The exchangeable value of a State bond de I pends : First, upon the ability of the State to safas*; sas^? I recognized and acknowledged disposition and I intention of those who administer the affairs I of the State to provide for the punctual liquid I btion ol all its Just obligations. As the re I sources of the State were, and are, nnques I tlonably ample, even on an ordinary scale of I taxation, as compared with its indebtedness, I the class of persons especially hostile LO the I State Government, and the principles upon' I which lt ls founded, directed their efforts to make lt.appear, to capitalists that the State administration was corrupt and profligate, and that a popular reaction had taken place that would soon bear them into power. Founding their claims to consideration upon these false I pretences, and pretending to represent the peo I pie of South Carolina, they boldly proclaimed I their purpose to repudiate all debts contracted I subsequent to the adopt I tu of our new State Constitution. I As, by this course of action on the part of I men professing to have the honor and credit 'of the State peculiarly at heart, the purchas I lng value of the bonds was seriously dimin? ished, thereby requiring an Increased amount I in bonds to raise a given amount m money, it I follows that they, and not this administration, I are responsible for any undue Increase In our I bonded debt, upon the just legal principle that I every man ls accountable for the natural con .sequences of his own acts. Added to these I causes for the decline in the value ol' our se I curitles was the manifest want of confidence I among capitalists In the management of our I fl nances by our financial ageist in New York. In proof that this scheme to discredit the I government of the State bas its origin in pollt I (cal causes, I cite the following extracts from I TUE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS, a widely clr'cu I lated journal, published at the commercial centre ol' the State, The first of these extracts, taken from the issue of that paper of date of I July 17, 1868, but ten days after the new State I Government, went Into operation, makes it I evident that the determination to depreciate I our securities was formed almost elmultane I ou*]}* with the advent o? the present admlnls I trutlon, and belora lt could have rendered it? self, by any act of Its own, obnoxious to the charges of corruption or Improvidence: " 'BAYONET' BONDS.-It w'ould doubtless be a I very comfortable thing if the debt of the State I could be paid, or the Interest funded, until the I people, under a legitimate government are able to meet their pobllc obligations. But this cannot I be done by the motley Legislature now lu session In Columbia, nor can they, by the issue of 'bay? onet' bonds, provide, as proposed, for the deficit I in the annual revenue of the State. J "The Legislature wiil; of coure, bleed freely I every property-holder in South Carolina, and, as I long as they usurp the machinery of the law, I may compel the payment of taxation. Negro legislators, negro sheriffs, and negro constables I may distrain, and tbere the scheme of financial white-washing will come to a premature end. "Beyond thiB they cannot go. What capitalist I would touch 'bayonet' bonds issued by our bogus I Legislature. Would New York or Boston toucn I these bo .'ds, Issued by authority of a horde of I negroes, and m face of the protest of the white I people of the Stater Would not oar Northern br-ihren prefer to walnt until after November ? "The State debt of South Carollaa-the debt now exiting-will be paid to the last cent, what I ever the General Assembly may do; but no 'bay? onet' nonda, for whatever reason Issued, will I ever be'recognized by the white people of the Referring to the act of the leneral Assem? bly providing for the payment of the interest j on our State bonds in specie, the same paper says, under date of December 1, 1869 : "We can pay oar debt as lt stands. The ques I tion ls, whether one year more or Radical mle will I not so largely swell the total that the people will, at the first opportunity, shuffle off the we ght or care and repudiate every dollar or debt contracted arte- the war. * * * * * . ..*. * * "Had the Governor advised that the wa* debt I be paid-a debt contracted for the advancement or a canse In which our people emMfrKed for? tune, life and honor-an attentive ear and wil? ling heart would have met the proposal, and tal whole subject would have beeu considered with kindly and g?neros c ire. .* ....?*** "Every merchant or financier does see, or will see, that the whole scheme ls a job and a swindle. Beyond this, th-re ls the certainty that the law or specie payments will assure Hy be repealed as so jn as property-holders and honest men have a majority In the councils or tbe State. This ma? jority we shall have in leas than a year." The cry of repudiation thus raised by a large portion of the press, and continued, with a shameless pertinacity, in the interest of a small and malignant political organization, has done much to produce the recent depre? ciation of our securities, coming, as lt did, at a time when the money markets were render ed peculiarly sensitive and stringent by ons causes. ' The debt statement made affhemeelli the Taxpayers' Convection iQMay last, thatTarmaecroj me to the Congrea8l committee In September, were correct tc ; best or my knowledge, at those dates. ' M formation as Jo the sale ot booda was necessarily limited to the amount reporte the financial agent and treasurer. Twenty-two hundred thousand of amount of conversion bonds, issued as a , stated, were signed by me'for the express pose of withdrawing from the market cancelling an equal amount of those 1 and hypothecated under the acts for rel li the treasury, the payment of the ?nteres the public debt, and for ?he land commis Tbey were signed about the time the Tax era' Convention assembled. Subsequently, financial agent represented tbat the rapic cline In the value of our State securities abled brm from getting control ol the b< deposited aa collaterals, and to relieve w these conversion bonds were signed at date. The action of that body, and of the Cha: ton Board of Trade, In reference to the posed sterling fond loan, warning capita abroad against Its negotiation, and deda that, if negotiated, lt should never be p bad a most disastrous effect upon "our sec ties, and thereby compelled a large and n ' increase In the volume of our bonded d At the time the sterling fund Dill was enac I deemed its policy a wise one, and lt was dorsed as a good financial measure bv m leading financiers both In this State ant New York. Its design was to replace securities, already issued, with a unlf< , class of bonds, many of such securities beluga good delivery at the Stock Exchang New xork. 1 his loan was calculated to c mend itself to capii alista, for, while lt chan the form of the debt advantageously, it 1 Carded with the Irrepealable restt lotion 1 proceeds should be "exclusively used in change for, or in payment of, the existing pi il debtor the Slate." Its very terms thus show how un warr an was the action of the convention in stlgi tizing it as an intended increase of the bo ed debt of the State. In view of all the ft In the premises, the sterling loan, thus < credited In advance, was not put upon market. The gentlemen who guided the action of convention on questions of finance, express as a further objection to the loan, their wi of confidence In the financial agent In N York. In evidence ot the real purpose, t the wantonness of these systematic attai upon the State credit, I would mention tha thereupon proposed that they should design the syndics, qr agents for the negotiation the loan, both in London and .New'York, further proposed, with the unanimous cona? of the financial board, to guard holders um thia loan from loss, through any possible s sequent action of che General Assembly In gard to lt. by entering Into such stlpr.iatli on behalf of the Stat o with the syndics char? with negotiating the loan, that no future L Islature could divert its proceeds without tempting to 'Impair the obligation of c tracts," thereby giving the courts of t United States Jurisdiction, should a quest! .of the kind ever arise; involving the' rights the bondholders and the faith of the State. I Instanced to them, in this connection, I decision in the ca3e of Minnesota, where, i der a similar stipulation, the rights of 1 bondholders were enforced by the Fede Courts, on ex post facto grounds, even agali a provision la the constltutlen of that Sti adopted subsequent to the creation orita de Nothing, however, could change their pre termlned purpose. Had they and their all displayed the same diligence In co-operati with the financial board for the negotiation the sterling loan that they have shown in th efforts to discredit the securities of the Sta our entire bonded debt would not now exec ten millions of dollars, and the State woi have been aaved near three millions necea rii v sacrificed la the negotiation of ita depee a ted bonds. For them now to complain of our immer bonded debt and high taxation, and to ola commiseration for these direct and Inevltal consequences of their own acts, ls to lml ti the criminal who, having murdered his ] rente, plead orphanage in mitigation of BI tence. ? Gua this j}ueattQU of xeaponsibfllty betwe them and the State administration, llave and fearlessly await that just Judgment wbl always springs from the sober second thomj of the people. Tbe depreciation In oar bonds, therefo: springs from causes purely artificial,and In th nature temporary.. The State can and will i deem all her obligations, to the last cent, might, with propriety, end this branch of i message here, but I deem lt both proper a: timely to show who these men are that ar gantly and falsely assume to represent abro the wealth of the State, and the sentiment .the people of South Carolina. They area re nant ol the class who ruled this State wh the many tolled and Buffered for the benefit ? the few, and ita government subserved t largest good ol the smallest number. Asse lng add exercising a prescriptive right to gc ern wrong, in times past they made the lab? log masses," without regard to race, thdr pac horses, to bear the burdens of a go ve rn me that conferred Its benefits only upon a limit and select c ass of its people. They are esse nally non-producers, and do not contrlbi five per cent, to toe thirty millions value the annual exported products, of the Sta) Claiming to representa large amount ofcaj tal; their names are chiefly round upon the s rear list, when found at all in the tax boos and nearly all of them have long since volu cur Hy recorded themselves upon the roll bankrupts. Their pretence that they are tl guardians of the honor and credit ot Soul Carolina would be supremely ridiculous, if were not so supremely shameless. Their-present ory of "r?pudiation" ^s m surprising. Repudiation ls their chronic di ease. When they were lo power in 1862 thc repudiated all their debts due loyal mea, bol private and public, and nave themselves bee repudiated by the people of South Garollm upon the blood and muscle and sinews < whose hard-banded laborers these privilege few eo long fattened. Professing to be tb champions of good government, when the were In power, Instead ot effecting an eqnl able distribution o? the taxes over all classe of property, they created numerous railwa and other corporations, exempting them. ? roi all taxation forever. These corporation! although owning millions of property througt out the State, pay not one dollar of taxes int Its treasury, and even successfully claim, li the courts, exemption from all municipal tax ation for the residences and pleasure carriage and horses of their officers in our towns am cities, where, in nearly every street, thea wealthy beneficiaries of the State oWn lom rows oi houses, untaxed and untaxable,- whlcl they buy and pell'on speculation. Remembering the general private suffering that they have caused, and the great publli burdens that they have aided to create bj their treasonable acts, lt would belter become i hese self-styled representatives of So ml Carolina to walk more humbly, and to ehow ( grateful appreciation of the generous magna nimlty that they have received al the hands o the National ana State governments, by hon esily endeavoring In some measure to repaii the ruin that they have made. As these per sons have been pleased to except from theil proposed scheme of "repudiation" the "ole bonds" of the State, lt may be weil te inlom ihem that should the ev ri day ever come foi South Carollua t? proclaim her perfidy or In solvency by repudiating any part'of her valle debt, she will not first dishonor that class ol her obligations In the benefits arising from the creation of which the largest number of bel people, have shared. On auch a financial doomsday the last would sorely hot be the first. In dismissing this branch of my message, I would observe that the local combination against our finances was simply Eu-Eluxlsm applied to the State credit, and naturally bad, upon the exchangeable value ot our securities, the same depressing effect which that infa . mous system nas bad upon the material pros? perity of tbe State. Tbe Financial Agent of the State. When the present State Government was in? augurated, (July 6, 1868,) there were only forty-five (45) dollars in the State treasury. A large bonded and floating debt, incurred by former administrations, Had to be provided for. The ancient credit of the Stale, that had once stood so Justly high in the money mar? kets of the world, was gone. It had been blown away with the smoke of the first gun fired at Fort Sumter. In order to met t the cunent expenses, until money could.be realized iron the tax levy, it was necessary for the Slate to borrow on ita securities. To effect this object on the best term* for the State, the General Assembly au ttiorizt'd the Governor, attorney-general and the treasorer, "to appoint, under a commis? sion signed by them, some responsible bank or banker in-the City of New York, to act a? financial agent of the State." To thia end I visited New York and con? ferred, with leading banks. They all declined i the agency, alleging that the duties werear aaous ana the time of payment uncertain; that w? were only borrowers In the market. while thus endeavoring to secure the servi SX-?1^ responsible and efficient financial agent, the name of Mr. BL. H. Eimpton was f?nV?m? ?e WM M?hl* endorsed^ prom? pt* offlc\Sls ? tne ?tate, and by leading bankers n New York, among whom werethe presidents of the Broadway Bank aid the Bank of the Bepublle. . Although averse to appointing any Individ? ual banker financial agent, lor reasons which time has since ion ?fled, there then appeared to be no other alternative, and I, therefore, as one of the financial board, gave my assent to the appointment of Mr. Klmpton. but on the con? dition that he would give a bond to the State In the sum of five hundred thousand dol?an ($500,000.) conditioned for the faithful dis? charge of his trust as financial agent Mr. Henry Clews, a prominent banker ot Hew York, was proposed and accepted as bonds? man, and I was afterwards Iniormed by the treasurer that Mr. Klmpton had executed and flied Tils bond. It ts proper that I should here remark that the law did not require the financial agent to give a bond, nor are bonds ever required of their financial agents by other States, out I in? sisted upon lt out of an*abundance of caution in the Interest of the State. I mention thia fact simply to show that this trust was not care? lessly conferred. In re?errlng to ' lt I do not mean to intimate that th# depreciation In our securities bears any relation to the bond of tte financial agent, for, even though his bond had exceeded In amount the total raine of our se? curities la his hands, that depreciation and the consequent loss to the State could not have been thereby prevented, as it would have in? dem nilled the State only ta the event of damage received tt-ough neglect or fraud on the part of the agent; neither of which ls alleged against him. Subsequent events have made lt manntet that lt was a grave mistake to appoint? an in? dividual instead of a. chartert i company as our financial agent An Individual banker, whatever may benia capacity as a financier, cannot In the man? agement of large money transactions, com? mand the same high degree of confidence on the part A capitalists teat a corporation oatt. Especially ls this the case when the basis of the proposed negotiation consists of a olas's of securities new to the market, at a time, too, when there was an active speculative move? ment In the stocks and bands of ali tte Southern States, and the value of the currency to holders was constantly made to fluctuate by operations o? speulators In the gold market Hence, I again visited New York a year ago lor the purpose of effecting a change in tte financial agency. I found thia impracticable, as the State was Indebted to the agent and could not then arrange to liquidate that in? debtedness. The financial agent has probably done the best he could, under the circumstances, em? barrassed and cheeked as he was by-conetant "bear" movements, originating ia the State, as a part of an organized scheme te discredit Its existing administrator!. Nearly every leading man-of the Opposi? tion-those who had capital and those who had none, but pretended to have lt-Joined in this scheme. I am ready to take my share ol the respon? sibility for our present financial embarrass? ment, but those citizens who combined against the credit of the State, at home and abroad, and systematically depreciated the market value o? Its securities, cannot evade theirs. I am, In public estimation* held responsible for the action of the financial board, when, In law and in fact, the Governor has no more power in the board than any private cltlseri who might be a member of lt I would add, in reference to the financial agent,, that te te* been greatly embarrassed by the practice, on the part of the treasurer, qt drajritenpoaite agency tor !uQd8t t? meet wttepieynem^ treasurer for thw ebwse, as heTrofiwffi thought lt warranted by the exigencies of the treasury; but the practice is a bad one. abd i would recommend that lt should be prohibited by proper legislation, which should at the same time provide that hereafter no ninney shall be borrowed or debt contracted to defray the current expenses ot the State Government, but let all those to whom money Ia due from the State await the collection of the taxes. This course, coupled with a system of rigid retrenchment, wlH BOOQ lilt the State above all present financial embarrassments, and pre? vent their recurrence In the future. - For a detailed statement of the transactions of the financial agent, I refer you to ha repot t to the comptroller-general, for the quarter ending September 80,18TL Expenditures Ct tn? Stat? Gove rnment. While' holding the political opponents of the State Government responsible for the great depreciation in the market value of our securi? ties -a depreciation directly due to their con . spiracy against the credit of tbe State-I am bound by my sense of public duty to expose to the reprobation of the people the Improvi? dent expenditure's incurred by the General As? sembly, and the extravagant and illicit dis? bursement of the State moneys, to which the legislative department bas given either its ex? press or Implied sanction. In so doing, I do not wish to be considered as wanting in a due and proper respect to a co-ordinate branch of the State Government bat I desire to appeal, In plain and earnest language, to the sober judgment the deceit self-respect and the pub? lic spirit of each member of the General As? sembly, to give his active aid in effecting an instant reform In this direction; for tbe whole people, with united voice, demand lt and the condition of our finances, and every instinct of self-preservation, require lt at your hands. It would scarcely nave been possible for the men who combined to destroy tte credit of the State to have executed their purpose BO successfully bad not the General Assembly lent them its practical cooperation by ex? hausting, through its extravagance, the fonds in the treasury, thus leaving the State with? out any reserve balanc? to meet the financial .exigency. I Instance the following' among many other items of extravant expenditures: The money drawn upon the orders of tbe presiding offi? cers of the two Houses during the last session for current printing amounts to $68,904 90, In addition to this large sum, $30,000 were ap? propriated for current printing for the same session, making a total o? $98,904 90 expend? ed on this item alene. There was farther drawn from the treasury and disbursed by , the cerks of the Senate and House, for print- , lng the laws, ?bc, the sum ol $103,651 iL ' These figures show the enormous aggregate of $202,556 34 expended on printing alone during and incident to the last session of the General Assembly, while large claims for pub? lic printing are still outstaying. In addition to these expenditures, the sum of $29,814 05 was drawn upon the orders ol the president ot the Senate and the speaker ol the House for purposes not very well defined, but designa? ted as "contingent expenses and repairs," making an aggregate tor the above specified objects of 3232,370 39-a sum startling In ita magnitude for one session of the General As? sembly, and which may well bid the legisla? tive department panse In the path that it has been pursuing. The appropriations, Including those vetoed by the Executive, aggregate a total of $480.000 To this ls to oe added the amount of {103,651 44, as shown above, drawn upon the certificates of the clerks of the two houses of the-General Assembly, on account or print? ing the laws, and the grand total of expendi? tures, on account of "legislative expenses," amounts to $583,651 44. As an evidence of the pernicious conse? quences of permitting this "money order" svstem'on the part of the presiding officers of the Senate and House, I refer to the fact, well known to the members ot the General Assem? bly, that during the past year, upon tbe order of the speaker of the House, an alleged lia? bility against the State was contracted to the amount of $91,500, for furniture for the State? house. This was entirely without warrant of law, and il the principle la admitted that moneys can be thus drawn trom the treasury, or debts contracted without '.appropriations made by law," then all proper safeguards of the treasury are broken down, and a few min? isterial officers in the State may mortgage ita - Concluded on Fourth Page.