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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A THE WAR ON CHARLESTON. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTH CAR? OLINA RAILROAD COMPANY. The Georgia Ring Cn mu sk their Bat tertes-Audacious Threats or Mayor John H. James, or Atlanta-Thi Kir.it Attack Handsomely Repulsed The annual meeting of the stockholders the South Carolina Railroad Company and the Southwestern Railroad Bank was hole yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, In bank hall, on Broad street. A large numbei of stockholders were present, and a lively terest was manifested in the important sub jecls to be discussed. On motion of W. J. Magrath, Esq., president of the railroad, the Hon. H. D. Lesesne was called to the chair, and Messrs. Jas. T. Weis man and Edward H. Barnwell were requested to act as secretaries. The chairman having briefly expressed thanks for the honor conferred upon him, the reports of President W. J. Magrath and Vice President Alfred L. Tyler were read, both which were printed in full in Tm; NEWS yesterday. The chairman stated that at the lust annual mating a committee of five had been appoint ed to consider the next annual report of the president and directors, to whom a copy the sild reports were to be furnished at least two weeks before the regular meeting; the said committee having also the power to send for persons and papers, and being charged report on the first day of the meeting. The meeting was now ready for the report of thia ?committee. Mr. C. Ii. Burckmyer rose and said that of the committee appointed, two (Messrs. Seibels and Colhran) had been absent, one (Mr Lebby) parted with his interest in the road and declined to serve, and the other two (Mr E. S. Bruns and himself) had not felt author? ized to make so exhaustive a report aa the resolution appeared to contemplate. The ml norlty of the committee had, however, pre pared such a report as was customarily made which report he was prepared to present if the meeting so desired. The report having been called for was read as follows: The undersigned, from the committee ap? pointed at the last annual meeting of the stockholders to examine the report of the president and directors of the transactions and business ol tbe road for the year 1871 respectfully report: That they have given to the report and the accompanying documents their attention and consideration, and while from the absence or .disability ol the other members of ihe com mlttee they have been unable to make such an Investigation of the affairs of the company as the terms of the resolution seemed to con t?mplale, they have gone into these matters .sufficiently to satisfy themselves of the ability and efficiency witn which tbe business has been conducted. In making tblB examination your committee have been met with the ut moBi courtesy by the offlc-rB with whom they were brought In contact, and In all directions Investigation was invited and courted. It ls a matter of much regret to your com? mittee, as it- doubtless will be to the stock? holders, to notice from the report of the president the decrease in the earnings of the roa l for the last year; but the caus?s assigned for this decrease are BO reasonable, and the facts so evident to ail, that your committee deem it unnecessary to do more than make a passing reference to them. The decrease In the receipts of cotton at the ?hipping ports for the current season, and the .consequent close competition for the lessened business, Involving, as lt did, a reduction in the rates of freignt, will fully explain this falling off In the earnings. It is, however, to be remarked, that ibis lading off has not been so great in our case as in the case of compet? ing l1 ne?, which we cannot but regard as a favorable feature in this connection. Your committee, however, cannot close their eyes to the fact that competition in tbe future threatens to be largely increased by the con? struction ot new roads, which do not seem to be required by the business of the country, and that it will be necessary for the adminis? tration to take active and energetic steps to retain fer the road the business which it now controls, as well as to make connections for the supply of new business. We are pleased to note that the attention of the board .' has been effectively directed to this ? matter, and that they have purchased control? ling Interests in the Greenville and Columbia 1 and the Macon and Augusta roads. These j purchases seem to be oi such vital Importance ? to your road, aud have met with such general . approbation on the part of the stockholder?, tass-your committee believe this meeting to , be tully prepared to give its approval to ibis , action ol the board. As these iraosaollonB do. ; not come within the business of the year now under consideration, the details of these pur? chases do not appear in the report before us, but your committee are assured and believe that they are favorable in their character, aud that tney are such as will afford to your road the means of largely increasing its business and Its profits. The arrangement o? the past due sterling debt o? the road, and the exchange of a large proportion ot those bonds lor tue mortgage bonds of the road, are matters which cali lor special mention in this report. For several years this Outstanding debt bas been a source of anxiety and annoyance to all who have felt an interest in the road and Us fortunes, and the fact that it has now been so arranged as to be within the control oi the board cannot fall to afford us tbe liveliest satisfaction. With reference to the Southwestern Rail? road Bank li appears ihat the board have been moving towards the carrying out of the reso? lution passed by the stockholders at their meeting in February, 1871, aud your commit? tee are informed that tn the course of a few months the bank will be closed and its affairs wound up. The considerations which have influenced the board In declining to cont nue the pay? ment of dividends for the pt es eut, seem to your committee to be rea^ouable. It is to be hoped, however, that the time will soon arrive when these shall cease to have weight, and when the stockholders shall receive ,-ome re? turns upon tbe property which has been for euch a length of time unproductive. All which is respectfully submitted. C. L. BORCKlfTER, E. S. BROMS. The report was received as information. At the call of the chairman, Mr. &<>. C. Cochran, the president of the Southwestern Railroad Bank, submitted the following report, which waa received as lniormation: The president and directots of the Soutlt .wes'ern Railroad Bank ask leave to report: That with a view of carrying out the resolu? tions of the i-tockholders, passed at their la-t meeting, a fch- dole of the assets of the bank bas been placed In the bauds of ihe solicitors of the road and ban R, for the purpose of making the necessary transier ol the same to the road, and lhat the bank bas been ptaoed in liquida? tion, and a portion of it s assets turned over to the road. The bank has- continued to redeem its circu? lation, now reduced to $42.195, and perform such other duties as were requred, until the transfer ls made, which will be effected as soon .as possible, couBlstent with the welfare of the company. I have to report three vacancies in the board. Respectfully submitted. JOHN C. COCHRAN, President. .Charleston, February 13. 1872. 31o iurther business being presented, Mr. 3)eLeon moved an adjournment until noon on Wednesday, which was withdrawn at the In . stanoe of Mr. R. W. Cubbedge, who offered the following preamble and resolution: Whereas, I' ls reported that an offer has been mate of a ?ease of the South Carolina Railroad for a term ot'years at the rate of four per cent, per annum; and whereas the stock? holders are desirous of getting some return for ,their invesiment. Be it, therefore, .Resolved, That lian offer of five per cent, or more Is made for the lease of our road, the president and directors are hereby authorized to call a meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of considering any such offer, by giving sixty days' notice .n the city papers; all stock held thirty days prior to said meeting shall be entitled to vote, and stockholders ' passed to and from the meeting free as usual. A member rising to second the resolution, sala : "I am a stockholder, and will tell you who I am. My name is John H. James, of Allanta, Ga., banker. I run James's Bank. I have eighteen hundred shares in the South Carolina Railroad, and have no Interest in any other road, except in a street railway In Allan? ta. I am Mayor of Atlanta, but I am not here as Mayor, but to look after the interests of John H. James. I want a dividend on my stock. The president and directors bad done well to put the road in so good a fix, but if a lease, paying six onjfeven per cent., could be got for the road, lt would be a big thing. The lease could be protected by the directors lo this city, and lt would pay the stock? holders something. And how could Charles? ton be damaged? With a proper board of directors, lt is imposible for the Georgia Central Road to hedge In Charleston or Injure her. It is an important matter to the city; and if the Georgia Central offer six cr seven per cent, on a lease, they ought to have the road. It ls said they now control one third of the South Carolina Railroad stock. It is worth but forty, and a lease guaranteed by the Central Railroad would put the stock at eighty-a gain to the stockholders of two and a half million dollars. I have seen the sensa? tion pieces In the papers, bul these are for the stockholders alone. One ot the directors of the Georgia Central Road 4Mr. Moses Taylor) ls worth thirty millions of dollars, and, If he gets his back up, can buy up the whole South Carolina Railroad, and every other road he wants to. If, then, while you have the road, you can make a lease of lt for six or seven per cent., it ls more than we can get any other way-that or nothing. You can guard the lease so that it will work no injury to Charles? ton. It ls one of the issues of the day. Meet it like men. I have no more to say." General Tyler here rose, and inquired of President Magrath it any offer bad officially been made to lease the South Carolina Road. The president stated that no such offer had been made. General Tyler then moved to lay the pream? ble and resolution offered by Mr. Cubbedge on the table. The vote was taken, and the preamble and resolution were laid on the table, with two dissenting votes-those of the mover and the seconder. Mr. DeLeon here renewed his motion, and the meeting adjourned until twelve o'clock to-day. _ _ GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM. The Successor ot Archbishop Spalding The War Fever-Tho Great Radical Scandal, Ac, Sic. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, February 10. The death ot the Archbishop of Baltimore raises a question which is not uninteresting to the people of Charleston-who shall succeed him ? There is a strong opinion prevalent here that one of two men. not unknown In Charleston, will be promoted to this high dig? nity, Bishop Lynch or Dr. Corcoran. The lat? ter gentleman, you will remember, was one of the theologians summoned to Rome, before the meeting of the (Ecumenical Council, to aid in the preparation of the Schemata to be submit? ted to the fathers of the council. He is not merely one of tho most eminent scholars ol America but also of tho entire Christian :hurcn. He has always held a high place both 3D this account and for his administrative lbllity. It ls, however, more likely that the Bishop of Charleston will be transferred to the Primatlal See. Of high talents, he has had long experience in the service of the church, ind his services are of that eminent character which would Justify, If not demand, a promo? tion to the Arch-Episcopal See of bis province. What Charleston would lose in his services Baltimore and the American Catholics would lalo. The Alabama muddle occupies much atten? tion, the papers devoting their heaviest artil? lery to lt; sim there has been a lull in the populur storm, which was never so high as it ip pears to have been lu England. Whether it will break out more violently than ever on the arrival of the malls from England, remains lo be seen; but when the speeches of the English leaders and the fierce assaults of the most popular English journals are read here, a calm examination of the question will be more difficult than now. Already the people are asking the question, how are we prepared to fight ? Thanks to our Radical administration we have neither ships nor shops, and were there to be a war our ports would suffer first and most severely. The more prudent are of opinion thai there will be no war, that neither country is willing to fight, and that the Eng? lish will not pay its little bill. Some Englishmen here persuade themselves that ll there were a war, the South would side with England. This is answered by others, who st.tte that the South ls, after all its suffering, loyally American, and whatever its causes of com? plaint against the rapacity of the North, it has no reason to specially love England. There was a time when England could have aided it and did not. The investigation committee has left us. Readers of newspapers, subjected dally for five weeks to eight columns of solid agate, will be happy; so will the President and his military family. So infamous a record has never beer published of any collection of public officials. It has done the Grant party Immense harm. The other day a leading Congressman said to me that in Washington little else Is talked ot, that Tammany Unforgot? ten, and tbat Grant would require a foreign war to make men forget his connection with Murphy, Leet and Stocking. One hundred and sixty-three witnesses have been ex? amined, and ninety-three were to have been called but for the partisan Interruption of the Investigation. The total expenses of the In? vestigation have been under six thousand dollars, the cheapest official money ever ex? pended. _ _ VAL. THINGS LS NEW YORK. NEW YORK, February 13. The officers of the Bowling Green 8avlngs Bank were arrested to-day on the charge of a misappropriation of the lunds of the instl tutiou. The Morrlsania Hotel was burned this eve? ning, and the Inmates narrowly escaped. The Methodist preachers favor a longer term of rri ,isl ration, and the subject will be brought before the General Conference. 0'Ba:dwln, the prize fighter, accepts Mace's challenge. The French residents here subscribed forty thousand dollars during the week in aid of the payment of the German war debt. Eleven jurors have been secured for the Stokes trial. Receiver Sturt!vant reports that the savinss banks have assets enough to pay their liabili? ties. The officers of the Bowling Green Sa? vings Bank were balled for fifty thousand dollars. THINGS IN UTAH. SALT LAKE, February 13. The Mormon ticket was elected, and the women and children voted. The Japan Emba?8y will be obliged to return to San Francisco, and tike the steamer via Panama, as there ls no prospect of raising the snow blockade for perhaps a montb. The Postufflce department are proposing for stage service around the snow blockade, for sixty days. JOHN TS. JONATHAN. LATEST ASPECT OF THE ALABAMA CLAIMS CONTROVERSY. The British Note to the Slate Depart? ment-The American Case Criticised at Washington-Opinion of Hon. Rev? erdy Johnson-The Decision Left t the Arbitrators. WASHINGTON, February 13. On Tuesday last, at eleven o'clock, the State Department received a telegram, In cipher, from our Minister to England, General Schenck, which Included a copy of the Queen's communication to the United States Govern? ment, mentioned In her speech in Parliament, relative to the cicim for consequential dam? ages in our case before the Geneva Arbi? trators. The Queen's communication ls very brief, and expresses unbounded friendship, and men? tions several unimportant errors or irregulari? ties In connection with the arbitration, and then, without seemingly attaching great Im {lortance to the subject, calls attention to the act that in the cuse our agent has made a claim for indirect or consequential damages. The communication is exceedingly diplomatic, and in Us character cautious to a degree. No appeal is made for reformation ot the treaty or of the case. No appeal is made for any remedy, but the object of the communication ls evi? dently simply to command a reply from the United States Government. This copy was telegraphed as a matter of | expediency by Minister Schenck. before mall? ing the written original communication from the Queen, the latter being delivered to Min? ister Schenck a few hours before the Queen's speech was read in Parliament. As heretofore stated, no action will be taken on this com? munication by the administration until the original arrives by steamer. The case made out on our side bas been thoroughly discussed here, and the general verdlcl ls that it Is lnartlflcially drawn. Inex? cusably redundant, and full two-thirds of lt Irrelevant or uncalled for. The document was prepared by Bancroft Davis, as agent for the United States, and be? fore its final adoption was by him submitted to several prominent citizens and statesmen for their criticism and suggestions. Among those to whom it was thus submitted was the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, whose criticism to Mr. Davis was that the tone ol the argument as it then stood was loo acrimonious; that there was too much in lt as argument and statement of history that was merely cumulative, and might be dispensed with without detriment, and that as to the claim for consequential damages, whilst lt might do to imiert il, that it might be finally passed upon, or In somewise ancillary to the main points, the claim for these Indirect or consequential damages could not be sustained under the clause in the treaty upon which Mr. Davis rests bis argument. This opinion of Mr. Reverdy Johnson ls con? curred In by all the statesmen here with whom your correspondent has been able to converse upon the subject, and it is known that the Administration does not propose to emphasize this clilm nor to take any special steps to enforce lt upon the arbitrators, but will Btand uDon the treaty and our case pre? sented by Mr. Davis, and abide by the deci? sion ot the arbitrators thereon. Much surprise is expressed at the transpar? ent dodge of Disraeli and Gladstone. That men holding thc position and enjoying the reputation they do as statesmen should have Indulged in the excitement about the points made in this case presented for consideration by the arbitrators, ls matter of wonder. They, of all men, should have shown that the func? tions ot the arbitrators do not extend beyond the rules and agreements of the treaty itself, and that they must be governed by the strict interpretation of that treaty, and the perti? nent proofs that shall be offered thereunder by either party. THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. LONDON, February 13. The Anglo-American Association have re? solved not to discuss the Alabama question while the hope ot a friendly settlement re? mains. The Persian famine continues, L .d many are dying dally. Bombay telegrams say that the assassination of Mayo causes intense excitement throughout India, and business was suspended in Calcutta and Bombay. The Franco-German postal convention has been signed. AN EXAMPLE FOR COLUMBIA. TALLAHASSEE, February 13. Tbe resolution impeaching Governor Reed passed the House, and the Lieutenant-Govern? or to-day assumes the governorship. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, February 13. The British and American mixed commis? sion rejected the claim ot Thomas Sterling for property taken by the United StateB army in King and Queen County. Virginia, and then adjourned to the 4 th of March. Under the present law tobacco is divided into two classes, one paying a tax of sixteen and the other ot thirty-two cents per pound. The House committee of ways and means, at their session this morning, agreed to reduce the tax on the latter class to twenty-four cenis. leaving the tax on the other as at present. Ex-Congressman Stokes, ot Tennessee, has been convicted ot acting as claim agent while a member ot Congress. In the House, the bill revlslug the mints, assay offices and; the coinage of the country was made the special order for the second Tuesday in March. The bill appropriating three hundred and fifty thousand dollars fur public buildings at Albany, N. Y., was pa-sed. Tue House went Into committee on the naval appropriation bill. It appropriates nearly eighteen millions. The debate developed the tact iii.IL the government could not add vessels to their present force In case of war until the personnel of the navy was increased, which is now limited to eighty-five hundred men: while the British navy had sixty-four thous? and men. In the Senate the bill tor removing goods in bond from their original packages in case ot accident or legal interference was passed. Alter an ineffectual effort to get up amnes? ty, with the threat from Sumner that he would again amend lt, the appropriation bill was taken up; yeas 31, nays 18. Adjourned. THINGS IN VIRGINIA, RICHMOND, February 13. The report of the special committee on the State debt failed In the House. A prolonged session will probably be necessary to Beule the question. C. W. White, deputy postmaster at Barnes yille, has been arrested on the charge of rob? bing inc malls. Colonel John W. Jenkins, a prominent Re? publican, was arrested to-day by the serjeant at-arms of the House, under a resolution charging him with contempt lu refusing lo answer questions before the committee of in? vestigation luto alleged bribery and corrup? tion in the passage of the funding bill last ses? sion. Jenkins had testified that himself and General Bradley T. Johnson had been employ? ed professionally to lobby the bill, but refused to tell who employed them or what amouot of fees had been paid them. Jenkins ls now in custody and will be arraigned before the bar ol the Hou<e to-morrow. A bill was Introduced lu the House repeal? ing the section of ihe ftindlm: bill making coupons receivable for taxes, and was rushed to engrossment by 96 yeas to 18 nays. SPARK8 FROM THE WIRES. -A swindler, pretending to be the nephew or General Lee, was escorted from Frankfort. M., yesterday. 1 -The postmaster-general has issued a circu? lar to postmasters urging that the name of the county be placed npuu mall matter, thereby saving delay, confusion and loss. -Stanley and his African exploring party were at O jara September 30, inwood health. e ?ffl?era of ,ne st- L?.U?8 penitentiary convict y lndicled T flagging a negro oft7^!le 6Ternor of Kentucky has Bigned the Southern Railroad bill. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THE NEW BLUE RIDGE PLUNDER BILL PASSED BT THE HOUSE. Wesley -ivii h his S totk-Jobbing Scheme Tarns Up Again-Eighty-two New York Speculator* on the Anxious Bench-Two Villages Incorporated, .bc,, &C. [STECIAL TELEGRAM TO TH'S NEW?.] COLUMBIA, February 13. Mr. E. B. Wesley, of the Union Trust Com? pany, of New York, is again In Columbia with a petition signed by eighty-two of the New York bondholders, proposing to scale their bonds, upon certain conditions, at the rate or seventy-five cents on the dollar. The petition was presented In the Senate to-day, and re? ferred to the committee on finance. The Senate Railroad committee reported against the bill to aid In the construction of the Georgetown and Charlotte Railroad. The election committee made a report, in the contested election case from Lancaster, against Clinton, tbe Radical Incumbent, and in favor of Tompkins, the contestant. t The House passed the bills to incorporate the Village of Little Rock, io Marlon County, and to renew and amend the charter of the Village of Rock Hill, in York County. The House then took up the new Blue Ridge Railroad bi l, and passed lt to a third reading. The following is the bill: A BILL to relieve the State of South Carolina of all liability for its guarantee of the bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, by pro? viding for the securing and destruction of the same. Whereas, the State of South Carolina ha?, by and in pursuance of the provisions of an act, approved the 15th day of September, A. D. 18G8, emitted -An act to authorize additional aid to the Blue Ridge Railroad Company In South Carolina," endorsed a guarantee of the faith and credit of the State on four millions of dollars of bonds, Issued by the said Blue Ridge Railroad Company, comprehending the Blue Bldge Railroad Company, In South Carolina; the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, In Geor? gia; the Tennessee River Railroad Com? pany, in North Carolina; tho Knoxville and Charleston Railroad Company, In Tennessee, and the ' Pendleton Rail? road Company, in South Carolina, for tbe purpose of aiding the speedy completion of the said railroad, which bonds are liable for the debts of the said railroad companies; and whereas tbe present condition cf the finances of the State, and of said companies is such as to make the further continuance of said bonds on the market inexpedient and unadvlsable, and a serious injury andprejudlce to the credit of the State; and whereas the existence of the said four million of dollars of bonds, so guaranteed, creates a large liability upon the part of the State, which the treas? ury may be required to meet at un? foreseen and inopportune times ; and whereas tbe liability of .he State, on account of such guarantee, should be faithfully met and discharged; therefore, In order to aecure the recovery and destruction of the bonds and coupons ot the said company, issued under and in pursuance of the provisions of the aforesaid act, now pledged In the City of New York and elsewhere, and to relieve the State oi'aliliabilities whatsoever, by reason of its endorsement and guarantee ot said bonds, Be lt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Caro? lina, now met and sitting In General Assem? bly, and by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That the State treasurer ls here? by directed, with the consent; In writing, of the president ot the Blue Ridge Railroad Com-1 pany, io South Carolina, to require the tl nanci al agent of the State. In the City of New York, Immediately to deliver to the State treasury all the bonds of the Blue Ridge Rail? road Company, endorsed and guaranteed by the State of South Carolina, which are now in his possession, and held by him as collateral security for advances made by the said financial acent. by the order of the financial board, to the Blue Bldge Bailroad Company; and upon the delivery of said bonds, the treas? urer ls hereby required to cancel the same, In the manner hereinalter directed; and the said Blue Bldge Bailroad Company shall thereupon be discharged from all liability to the State on iccount of such advances. SEC. 2. That upon the surrender by the said company to the State treasury of the balance jf the said lour millions ot dollars of bonds, issued by the Bald Blue Ridge Bailroad Com? pany, and guaranteed by ihe State, the State treasurer is hereby authorized and required to deliver to the president of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, In South Carolina, treasury certificates ot indebtedness (styled rerenue bond scrip) lo the amount of one million eight hundred thousand dollars, the said certificates to be executed in the manner hereinafter directed; and if the said company shall not be able to de? liver all of said bonds at one time, the treas? urer Is authorized and required to deliver to the said president such amount of such treas? ury certlflcat-s as shall be proportional lo thc amount of bonds delivered. SEC. 3. That to carry out the purposes of thlB act, the State treasurer ls hereby author? ized and required to have printed or en? graved on steel, as soon as practicable, treasu? ry certificates of Indebtedness, to be known and designated as revenue bond scrip of the State of South Carolina,in such form and of such denomination as may be determined on by the State treasurer, and the president of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, in South Carolina, to the amount of one million eight hundred thousand dollars, which revenue bond scrip shall be signed by the Sute treasu? rer, and shall express that the sum mentioned therein is due by the State of South Carolina to the bearer thereof, and that the same will be received in payment of taxes and other dues to the State, except special tax levied to pay Interest on the public debt. SEC. 4. That the faith and funds of the State are hereby pledged for the ultimate redemp? tion of said revenue bond scrip, and Ihe coun? ty treasurers are hereby required to receive the same in payment of all taxes levied by the State, except in payment ol special tax levied to pay interest on the public debt; and the State treasurer and all other public offi? cers are hereby required to receive the same in payment of all dues to the State, and, still further to provide for the redemption ol'said revenue bond scrip, an annual tax of three mills on the dollar, in addition to all other taxes, on the assessed value of all taxable property In the State, ls hereby levied, to be collected in the same manner and at the same time as may be provided by law for the levy and collection of the regular annual taxes of tue Slate; and the State treasurer is hereby required to retire, at the end of each year from their dale, one-fourth of the amount of the treasury scrip hereby authorized to be issued, until all of it shall be retired, and to apply lo such purpose exclusively the taxes hereby required to be levied. SEC. 5. That If any such revenue bond scrip ls received lu the treasury, for payment ot taxes, the treasurer be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay out such revenue bond scrip in satisfaction of any claims against the treasury, except for interest that may be due on the public debt. SEO. 6. That upon the delivery to the Slate treasurer of the said guaranteed bonds of the Blue Bidge Railroad Company, or any part of them, the treasurer is hereby required to cause the same to be cancelled and destroyed In the presence of the president of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, in South Carolina, and in the presence ot a Joint committee of the Sen? ate and House of Repr?sentai ives of this J State, to be for that purpose appointed. SEC. 7. That whenever the whole number of ! the said guaranteed bonds shall have been de? livered to the treasurer and cancelled, as required by the provisions of this act, the lien of the State of South Carolina, upon the estate, ,property and funds ot the said Blue Ridge Railroad Company in this State, and of the other associated com? panies in the States of Georgia, North Caro? lina and Tennessee, as secured by the provi? sions of an act entitled "An act to authorize additional aid to the Blue Ridge Railroad Company in South ' Carolina," passed on the fifteenth day of September, Anno Domini one thousand eicht hundred and sixty-eight, and all other claims or liens which are held by the State, against sold company or companies, on account of said guarantee, shall, from thence? forth, be forever discharged and released; and should the said company be unable, from any j cause, to deliver all of said bonds, such liens shall be discharged and released to an extent which shall be proportional to the amount of j such bonds actually delivered. SEC. 8. That if the said company shall ac? cept the provisions of this act, it shall be authorized, If the board of directors may de? sire, to change the corporate name of the company to that of the "Knoxville and South Carolina Railroad Company," and shall have power to extend Its railroad, or to construct branches thereof, to any points or places in the State, with all the powers and privileges with which the said com? pany ls now vested by the provisions of its charter, and the said company shall also have power to issue bonds, and to secure the Bame by a mortgage, to such amount and in euch manner as the board of directors may direct. And all eales of stock In the said Blue Ridge Railroad Company, in South Caro? lina, and its associate companies, formerly held by the State and sold by the commission? ers of the sinking fund be, and they are here? by, confirmed. SEC. 0. That if any person shall forge or counterfeit the treasury scrip hereby autho? rized to be issued, or shall, directly or Indi? rectly, aid or assist In the forging or counter? feiting of such scrip, or shall issue or in any manner use any such forged or counterfeited scrip, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in the discretion of the court, and shall be Im? prisoned in the penitentiary for a term not ex? ceeding ten years. The vote on the passage of the bill was yeas eighty, nays nineteen. PICKET. THE RECALCITRANT SENATORS. Hauling Messrs. Sawyer and Robertson Over the Coals-Details of Legisla? tion. [FRC M OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, February 12. The House amused itself to-day during a considerable portion of Its session with one ot its characteristic debates upon the question of I race, or, as Mr. Sumner calls it In one of bis [ two hundred dollar lectures, "Caste." The text was found in that silver-tongued Bosto? nian's amendment to the amnesty bill, and the provocation was lurnished by the alleged re? calcitrance of the Hon. Messrs. Sawyer and Robertson, in speaking and voting against that measure. It may be remembered that a few days ago the Assembly passed a resolu? tion requesting the South Carolina represen? tatives in Congress to give their Influence and votes toward the passage of Sumner's supple? mental civil rights bill, which aimed to do away with "invidious distinctions on account of color," and this resolution was duly certified and Bent to Senators Robertson and Saw? yer, and also to the members from this State in the lower house of Congress. Now, how? ever, when a square vote comes lo be had upon Mr. Sumner's measure, Mr. Robertson is found to vote against lt, because, as he says, its adoption would Jeopard izn the amnesty bill which he himself Introduced, and to which lt was offered as an amendmenr, and Mr. Saw? yer follows his example, presumably on gene? ral principles. Ot course this doesn't suit the Geueral Assembly, with Its preponderance of colored members, and hence the howl that was raised to-day. The trouble began by the in? troduction by Elliott, of Charleston, of the lol lowlng preamble and resolution: Whereas, The Hon. F. A. 3awyer and the Hon. T. J. Robertson, senators in the United States Congress trom the State of South Caro? lina, owe their positions to the colored people of this State; and wberea?, they have betrayed the sacred trust s reposed in them by the colored people la using their influence and costiug their voles to defeat that eminently Just and wise measure, the supplementary civil rights bill, in open disregard and defiance of the ex? pressed will of their consiituents through con? current resolution ot the General Assembly of this State; and whereas, they have on every occariou ignored the Just claims and voted lu opposition to the declared wishes of ihe color? ed people, their condiments; therefore. Resowed, Ac, That ihe Hou. F. A. Sawyer and the Hon. T. J. Robertson, senators of this State In the United States Congress, be re? quested forthwith to resign the honorable posi? tions they hold by the suffrages of atpeople wnoee rights they oppoBe ?nd wishes they misrepresent upon the floor of the Unit?u States Senate, This bruUi?ht a dozen members to their feet,, all primed wirh speeches on the negro ques? tion, bul the floor was accorded to Mr. Bow? ley, who offered as a substitute to the ubove resolution another, which was aimo-t similar in ail respects, except the substitution of the words "republican party," instead of "colored people," wherever tuey occurred. The trouble then began on the adoption of toe substitute. Hurley "objected to this hasty action, saying that none of the members knew exactly what they were talking about. They had seen lu the newspapers ihai Messrs. Robertson and Sawyer had voted nay on a certain measure, but ihey did not know just how ihat vote J came up. or what lt was upon. Even ihe dis? patches in the newspapers themselves were contradictory, and he quoted from THE CHARLESTON NEWS, the Georgia Constltutlon aii-t. and other papers, to show that the state? ment in this morning's Columbia Union was probably Inaccurate. He, therefore, moved to postpone the matter until Wednesday next, by which lime they could be In possession ot the official record and know what they were talking about. The tide was too ttroog, how? ever, For Mr. Hur.ey, and after a lew spread ea"le speeches from Byas, Jones, Hunter, Jamison and others, the resolution was adopt? ed by a strict party voie of seventy to nine. Previous to thii little episode a number of bills were passed, as already reported by tele? graph, and the following bills, Ac, were in? troduced. By Mr. Neuem las, a bill to amend an act to proviiie for the election of superintendents of ihe State penitentiary, which provides tnat such otflcers shall be elected at a general elec? tion by the people, and shall each hold office tor the term of four years. By Mr. Hurley^otlce of a bill to protect railroad corporations In this State from being swallowed up by corporations In adjoining States. By Mr. Crews, bill to Incorporate tbe Lau? rens and Asheville Bailroad Company. This bill names as incorporalors J. B. Fowler, Wil? liam Mills, Lawrence Owens, Samuel Fleming, William H. Langston, Y. J. P.- Owens, J. Crews, W. E. Earle, Thomas M. Cox, Alexan? der. Isaacs. Wilson Cook, Alexander McBee and H. P. Hammett, and authorizes tbe con? struction and maintenance ol a railroad from the Town of Laurens to the Town of Green? ville, and thence toward Asheville, North Car? olina, by the most direct and feasible route. The capital stock of ?he company ls fixed at $2,500,000, in shares of one hundred dollars eacb, and it ls provided that the ^corporators may meet and organize as a company when four hundred thousand dollars ls subscribed. In the Senate, the only business of any 1 n 'terest. in addition to that already telegraphed, was the introduction by Mr. Beckman of a bill to Incorporate the Charleston Joint Stock Company for the benefit of the State Orphan Asylum. The incorporators named are G. W. Rouse, A. A. Asplnall, Robert Smalls, James Brown, Thomas B. King, John L. Little, Charles W. Sumner, David Green, Lewis Wil? son and Jessie Browsher. The company Is invested with the same privileges and powers as a bank; ls authorized to establish agencies In any portion ot the State, and, in considera? tion of its charter, ls required to contribute two thousand . dollars per annum to the State Orphan Asylum. PICKET. OUR DEAD HEROES OF THE WAR. . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. A letter from Mr. N. G. Taylor, of Morris? town, Tennessee, Informs me that during the winter of 1863 the bodies ol two Confederate soldiers were burled on bis farm. One of these was named E. West, and belonged to Company H, First South Carolina Volunteers. Of the other, only the initials are known, W. F. S., of Company E, First South Carolina Volunteers. As no attention has been paid to their graves, Mr. Taylor Infers that their friends know nothing ol their place of inter? ment. He can Identify each, and ls willing to grant the privilege of removal or enclosure, or will make any disposition of tbe remains which surviving friends may deem proper. As the regiment to which these soldiers be- j longed was raised in and around Charleston, I shall be glad to have Mr. Taylor's notice published In your paper. Respectfully, E. T. WINKLE R. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, D.C., February 13. Northeast winds will veer to southwest throughout the Atlantic States ; clearing weather, with felling temperature, will pre? vail on Wednesday south and west of Penn? sylvania. An area of high barometer, with cold and pleasant weather, will prevail In the Upper Mississippi Valley and westward, fol? lowed by falling barometer and threatening weather Wednesday night. Dangerous winds are not anticloated for Tuesday on Atlantio and Guli coasts. Yesterday7? Weather Reports of the Signal Service, TJ. S. A.- 4.47 P. BL, Local Tim?. Place of Observation. Augusts, Ga.... Baltimore. Huston. Charleston. Umcago. Ot nein natl. Key West, Fla.. Knox ville, Tenn. Hempbts, Tenn.. Mt. Washington. New Orleans.... New York. Norfolk. Philadelphia. Portland, Me.... Savannah . .sr. Louis. Washington. Wilmington,N.C. CE i Z 29.79 29.62 29.94 29.82 2 j. 80 29.49 30.04 ?9.85 30.24 29.89 30.1U 29.71 29.70 29.69 29.98 29.84 30.13 29.65 29.78 W calm. E SW W w N W NW S N SE SW E NE SW W NE SW 3 Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Light. I* risk. Gentle. Brisk. Fre*h. Brisk. Brisk. i-resh. Fresh. Brisk. Fresh. Fre-h. Brisk. Light. Gentle. & o L ! : ?* : e* Fuir. Lt. Rain Thr'ng. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. CMg Up. dear. Cloudy. Clear. L.Raln. Cloudy. Lt. Rain Cloudy. Fahr. Fair. L.Raln. Clear. Hotel Ar ri vaia -February 13. PAVILION HOTEL. John F. Riley, Orangeburg; E. M. Law, Yorkville; J. C. Jones, North Carolina; A. S. Bobo, Union; J. M. Kennedy, Camp Bldge; J. Merrick, Pawtucket; W. U. Wolf, Ballimore; T. D. Kieps, F. Alts, Aiken; B. B. Sams, Beau fort; L. D. Clark, St. Mathews. HILLS HOUSE. Wm. D. Kyle, Charles A. Eccleston, New York; J. M. Tal bott, Kentucky; J. F. Custer, Macon; John H. Hall and wife, Mrs. E. C. Hall, Miss M. J. Hall, Chas. C. Hall, B. H. True, New York; H. G. Otis, Montana; Jos. Dunderdale, J. K. Go ad lev, Mrs. Mills, Miss Mills, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Jones, Miss E. Jones, S. C. Jones, New York; ii. Emanuel, Wilmington; R. Plas kin, New York. CHARLESTON HOTEL. J. S. Black, South Carolina; G. Freeman, C. B. Newklrk, New York; P. C. Cohen, B. W. Cubbedge, Georgia; S. A. Dunham, W. H. M. Clarke and wife, A. E. Hutchinson, Miss Lizzie H-, Dr. J. M. Simpson, C. M. Miller, B. A. Thompson, D. Zimmerman, J. A. Fraser, J. 8. Perrin, J. M. Moseley, D. Fleming, A. J. Set ton; W. B. Mill wee, C. A. C. Wallace, South Carolina; T. J. Goodpe, S. Blackley, C. A. Reed, Miss Lucy B. J. H. Cathcart, James B. Boyce, H. L. Goss, J. L. Young, G. H. McMas ter, O. A. Peckle, E. W. Loyd, T. R. Gaines, J. R. Aiken, W. Beattie, J. A. Foster, South Carolina; W. L. Humphreys, Philadelphia; A. K. McCully, J. D. Southern, H. M. Gibson, South Carolina; J. Hursley, Georgia; J. Ward law, New York; C. C. Hubbard and wife, Miss S. Fay, Connecticut; J. P. Chase, J. K. Howe, A. M. Corrie, A. McKenzie, J. S. Law, J. P. Chesnut, South Carolina; S. F. Jones and lady, Connecticut; D. H. Tuthill, D. M. Waldruck, Miss h. Waldruck, J. R. Hurlbert and wife, Mrs. H. C. Hurlbert, J. Lawrence, wife and daughter, Mrs. Tyler, Miss J. Tyler, Mrs. J. W. Pinch ney, New York 5 Mrs, J, Ar Cage, Boston; J. R. Simpson, J. O. Elliott, O. C. Williams, J. Cockfleld, W. Martin, H. Martin, A. A. Moore, B. C. Kennedy, J. A. Young, F. F. McDow, 8. R. Beckwith, C. W. Culler, A. F. Frederick, J. L. Moorer, Orangeburg; W. W. Wannamaker, St* Matthew's. ?m- AT A REGULAR MEETING OF the Board of Commissioners of the Almshouse, held on the 6th Instant, the following Treamble and Resolution were unanimously adopted and ordered to be published : Whereas, The city Connell having materially reduced the appropriation for the support of the Almshouse for the ensuing year, the Board of Commissioners, in order to make the appropria? tion meet the requirements of trie helpless poor of the city as far as possible, ft el themselves com' pelted, in the discharge of their public duty, to require a more rigid inspection of the condition of muse obtaining uut-door relelf; therefore, be it Resolved, That from and after the first day of Marun, ensuing, all out-door reUlf will be dis? continued, except to such as may present new appllca Ima, said applications to be recommend? ed oy two imm-uiate nelgnbors of respectability, wno sha 1 cert!ly to ihe worthiness of the appli? cant as well as to his or her Incapacity to earn a livelihood, in cate the applicant shall be inca? pacitated from earn np a livelihood, e.tiler by <ilsease or permanent disability, the certincate of a fhysiclau, in good standing, will be required. All applications lor relief will also be required to be attested by aa Alderman of the waru in which the applicant resides. Blunki will be lui matu d by tbe Master on application to bim at the A.ms? house. 0. B. SIG WALD, Secretary and Treat-urer. Charleston, Feb. 7, 1872. feb9-4fmw405 Matrieb. McOABF-CARR-On the 6th instant, at <sV Peter's Church, Fernandina, Florida, by the Rev. O. F. Thackara, B. F. MCCABE and |ROSALIE FRAN? CES, youngest (daughter or the late c. D. Carr, both or this city. . _ . * CAHILL-CLEAR.-On Sunday evening. Feb* mary 4, 1872, at the residence of the bride's mother, by the Rev. John Moore. D. D., MT. 2ima P. CAHILL to Miss ELLEN CLIAR, all of thh city. Ko cards. Spf rici JXotites. VIRGINIA, from' Philadelphia, are hereby noticed that she will discharge cargo Trna DAT, the 14th Instant, at Brown's Wharf. Goods un? called for at SUD set will remain on the Wharf' at owners' risk and expense. . feb?l-l WM. A. COURTES AT, Agent. iCa-NOTICE.-CENTRAL POSTOFFICE BOX -By permission of Stanley G. Trott, Esa., Postmaster, a PObTOEFICE.BOX bas been placed in my Grocery Store, Ko. 276 King street, nearly opposite Hasel street, for the aceommcdation of the public r All Letters deposited will be delivered at th? principal Postofflce In time for the regular mails. EVERT E. BEDFORD, '.'. Successor to W. s. Corwin A Co., - feb] 4-6 No. 276 King street. ~~?&- CONSIGNEES PER COMMERCIAL Line Schooner M. A. TYLER, Tyler, Master, rroor Kew York, are hereby normed that she' is TKO DAT discharging at Pier No. 1 Central Wharf, AR goods on the wharf at sunset will be stored at owners' expense and risk. No claims allowed af ter goods leave the wharf. H. F. BAKER A CO., febl8 Agents. ' $1B- FRESH VACCINE .MATTER, ~~ TAKEN FROH THE ARM, FOB SALK AT B TJBNH AM'S DRUG STORE, ?j NO. 421 KING STREET, \ feblMmo . CHABLKBTON, S. C. ~?&~ THE CHARLESTON CHARITA* OLE ASSOCIATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREE SCHOOL FUND.-OFFIOAL RAFFLED NUMBERS. CLASS Ka 847-MORNING. 39_43_67- 2-42-64-62-38-78-19 -32 -2?. CLASS NO. 848-EVKNINO. 62-32-66-19 -22-66 -63-31-49-1C-68-41 AS witness our hand at Charleston thia 18th day of February, 1872, FENN PECK, JAMES GrLLLLAND, oe ts ?worn commissioners. ; ya* ST. JOSEPH AND DENVEB orrr RAILROAD COMPANY. RXECCTITB Omca, No. si NASSAU STRKBT, Nxw YORK, February i, 1872. ? The Coupons and registered interest due Feb mary 16, 1872, on the First Mortgage Eight Per Cent (8 p. c.) Gold Bonds (E. D.) and the Eight Per Cent. (8p.c.) Gold First Mortgage sinking Fund Land Grant Bonds (W. D.,) of the SC Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company wm be paid at the office or the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company of the City of New York, upon presenta? tion and demand on and after that date, Free or Tax. FRANCIS A COFFIN, Asa't Treasurer, febS-12_St. J. A D. C. R. R. 00. ^STNOTIOE.-THE BOARD OF TRUS? TEES OF THE SAILORS' HOME, CHARLESTON PORT SOCIETY, will proceed, at their next' meeting, to elect a Superintendent or said Instr totlon. Applicants will hand In their letters on or ba fore the 16th instant to the undersigned, iront - whom au information may be obtained with ref? erence to the regulations and restrictions by w hi cb they wUI be governed. WM. J. MIDDLETON, feb9-fm w 3 Chairman Board or Trastees. j?r BOAED OP COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC LAND.-The Board or Commissioners of Public Land will, at its next Meeting to be held February 14,1872, receive Contracts for Supplying the various Institutions under their charge with Oak sud Pine Wood, ont ll the fl rat day of May 1872. Parties apply lng for the contract win hand in the same on or before that day. By order of the Board. J. M. F. DE REEP, ' f<3b9-fmw3 Secretary B. 0. P. L. itltmicipal -Nutiwe. TAXES.-THE TAXPAYERS OF the Seventh District of Charleston County, oom*. priiitng Edlsto, John's, Wadmalaw, James Island and St. Andrew's Parish, are hereby notified that the Tax Books wUI be la che city, at the Fire? proof Building, February 16, for the Collection or Suite, County, Poll and School Taxes, for tho year 187], and will remain open 16th, nth, 20th and 21 st, closing 22d. N. B.-The delinquent Taypayers or 1669 wlU have no farther time allowed from that date. ' WM. H. W. GRAY, . febl2-6 Deputy Treasurer; pkr* CITY TAX K0TIGB.-0F?10B OF CITY APPRAISER, CITY HALL, CHARLES? TON, S. 0., FEBRUARY 6, 1872.-Notice Is hereby given to all concerned that Returns for all Real and Peisonal Property within tie limits of the City of Charleston shall be made and delivered at this office, on or before the 2lst of February, Instant, for the year 1872, verified by the oath of the person whose duty it ls soto return said property, as principal, agent, trustee, or otherwise. By Act of the Legislature, passed March 1, 1870? lt is made the duty of the City Appraiser to add Fifty Per Cent, and One Dollar as penalty for failure or neglect to mnke returns of property within the time prescribed. The following must be returned for taxation as Personal Property, viz : Horses and Mules, Keat cattle. " Gold and Sliver Watches. Gold and Silver Plate. Plano Fortes, Melodeons and Cabinet Organs. Carriages, Wagons, Drays, Carts and other vehicles. Dogs. Average value of Goods, Merchandise or other commodities pertaining to any business as Mer chant, Agent, or otherwise, between the 1st of January, 1871, and ist January, 1872. Average value of all materials used, or provided for use, os a Manufacturer, or otherwise, between lat January, 1871, and 1st January, 1872. Value of all Machinery, Engines, Tools, Fix? tures and Implements nsed, or provided, and of all manufactured articles on hand on January 1st, 1872. Value of all Moneys-Including bank bilis and circulating notes on hand or deposit. Value of all credits, over legal indebtedness. Value or all investments in the bonds or stocks of any company, corporation, or person, (includ? ing City of Charleston stock,) in or out of thia City, ^except National Banks out or the City,) and or the gross receipts of Insurance Agencies, la money and notes, between the first day of Janu? ary, 1871, and first day or January, 1872. Value of all other Personal Property, including household furniture. All persons who shall pay their taxes la one In st aiment, on or before the 1st MARCH, 1872, shall be allowed a redaction of Five Per Cent, on the amount or the same. - W. H. EASTERBY, febMnwfB City Appraiser. .^TRAPPING PAPER FOR SALE.-OLD YV NEWSPAPERS la large or smaU q^O??" Prtcc 60 CENTS PER HUNDRED. Apply ? office ol TUE NEWS. maJ"