OCR Interpretation


The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 14, 1870, Image 1

Image and text provided by University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC

Persistent link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026965/1870-04-14/ed-1/seq-1/

What is OCR?


Thumbnail for

An Independent Family Journal?Deroted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence.
HOTT & CO., Proprietors.
ANDERSON C. H., S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1870.
VOLUME 6?NO; 42.
ACTS
Passed by the Legislature ( f South Carolina.
an Act providing for thi: general elec?
tion and the manner of conducting
the same.
' Section 1. Beii enacted ly the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina now met and sitting; in General As?
sembly and by the authority of the same, That
the general elections in this State shall beheld,
pursuant to the Constitution thereof, on the
third Wednesday in October, eighteen hundred
and seventy, and forever thereafter, on the same
day. in every second year, and shall be regula?
ted and conducted according to the rules, prin?
ciples, and provisions herein prescribed. ,
" Sec 2. Every male citizen of the United
States, of the age of twenty-one years and up?
wards, not laboring under the disabilities nam?
ed in the Constitution, without distinction of
race, or color, or former condition, who shall
have been a resident of the State for one year,
and in the county which he offers to vote for
sixty days nest preceding any general election,
shall be entitled to vote: Provided, That no
person while kept in any aim: house or asylum,
or of unsound mind, or confined in any public
prison, shall be allowed to vote.
. Sec. 8. That for the purpose of carrying on
such election it shall be the duty of the Gover?
nor, and he is hereby authorized and cm power?
ed, at least sixty days prior to any such election,
to appoint in and for each county three Com?
missioners of Election, whose duty it shall be,
and they are hereby, authorized and empower?
ed, to appoint three Managers of Elections for
each election precinct of tue county for which
they shall respectively be appointed. The said i
Commissioners of Elections, and said Managers
of Elections shall take and subscribe, before any
officer authorized to administer oaths, the oath
of office prescribed by Section 30 of Article II
of the Constitution, and the same shall be im?
mediately filed, in each instance, in the office of
of the Clerk of the County in which said Com?
missioners and Managers shall be appointed;
and if there be no such Clerk duly qualified by
law, then in the office of the Secretary of State.
Sec 4. That the Managers are hereby autho?
rized to appoint a Clerk to assist them in wlfet
ever duties may be required of them, who shall
take the oath of office prescribed by Section 30
of Article II of the Constitution before the
Chairman of the Board of Managers.
Sec 5. That the Commissioners aforesaid,
at their first meetings, respectively, shall pro- j
ceed to organize themselves as a Board, by ar>
pointing one of their number Chairman of the
Board; and such Chairman, in each instance,
shall be empowered to administer the necessary
oaths..
Sec. 6. The polls shall be open at such voting j
places as shall be designated at six o'clock in
the forenoon, and close at six o'clock in the af?
ternoon of the day of election, and shall be
kept open during these hours without intermis?
sion or adjournment, and the Managers shall
administer to eacb person offering to vote an
oath that they are qualified to vote at this elec?
tion, according to the Constitution of this State,
and that they have not voted during this elec?
tion.
Sec 7. Representatives in the House of
Representatives of the Congress of the United
States shall be chosen at such election, in the
.several-Congressional Districts, by the qualified
electors therein.
Sec S. The State Constables, and other peace
officers of each county, are hereby required to
be present during the whole time that the polls
aw kept open, and until the election is comple?
ted; and they shall prevent all interference
with the Managers, and see that there is no in
teruption of good order. If there should be
more than one polling place in any county, the
State Constable of such county is hereby em?
powered and directed to make such assignment
of bis deputies, and other peaceofficers, to such
polling places as may, in his judgment, best
subserve the purposes of quiet and order.
Sec 9. AR bar rooms, saloons, and other
Elaces for the sale of liquors by retail, 6hall be
e closed at six o'clock of the evening preceding I
the day of such election, and remain closed un?
til! six o'clock in the morning of the day there?
after, and during the time aforesaid the sale of
all intoxicating liquors is prohibited. Any per
son duly convicted:, before a competent court,
of a violation of this section shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by im?
prisonment not exceeding six months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment, in the discre?
tion of the court.
Sec. 10. That every person who shall vote at
any general election, who is not entitled to vote,
and every person who shall, by force, intimida?
tion, deception, fraud, bribery, or undue in flu-1
ence, obtain, procure, or control the vote of any
elector to be cast for any candidate or measure,
other than as intended or desired by such elec* j
tor, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
one hundred, nor more than one thousand dol?
lars, or by imprisonment in jail not less than
three months, nor more than twelve months, or
both, within the discretion of the court,
Sec 11. The voting shall be by ballot, which
shall contain written or printed, or partly writ?
ten and partly printed, tue names of the per?
sons voted for, and the offices to which such
persons are intended to be chosen; and shall be
so folded as to conceal the contents; and such
ballot shall be deposited in a box to be construc?
ted, kept and disposed of as hereinafter provi?
ded.
Sec 12. There shall be one general ticket, on
which shall be the names of the persons voted
for as Representatives in Congress, and State,
circuit, and county officers.
Sec 13. The Commissioners of Elections
shall provide one box for each election precinct.
An opening shall be made in the lid of such
box, not larger than shall be sufficient for a
single ballot to be inserted therein at one time,
through which each ballot received proper to
be placed in such box, shall be inserted by the
Krson voting, and by no other. Each box shall
provided with a sufficient lock, and shall be
locked before the opening of the poll, and the
keys retained by the Commissioners, and shall
not be opened during the election. Such boxes
shall be labelled as follows: Congress, State,
. circuit, and county officers.
Sec 14. Each Clerk of the poll shall keep a
poU list, which shall contain one column head-1
ed "Names of Voters;" and the name of each
elector voting shall be entered by the Clerk in
auch column.
Sec. 15. At the close of the election, and
. within three days after the day thereof, the
Chairman of the Board of Managers, or one of
them, who may be designated by the Board,
shall deliver to the Commissioners of Elections
the poll list and boxes containing the ballots.
of the commissioners of elections as can?
vassers, and their proceedings.
Sec 16. The (^mmissioners of Elections shall
meet at the county seat, as provided in the last
preceding section, and shall proceed to organ-1
jze; and shall form the County Board of Can?
vassers.
Sec. 17. They shall meet in some convenient
place at the county seat, on the Tuesday next
following the election, before one o'clock in the
afternoon of that day. They may appoint some j
eompetent person as Secretary. The Chairman '
shall then proceed to administer the constitu?
tional oath to each member of the Board as
Canvassers; and shall administer the constitu?
tional oath to the Secretary, and the Secretary
shall administer to the Chairman the same oath;
that he shall have administered to the other
members of the board.
Sec. 18. They shall then proceed to count
the votes of the county, and shall make such
statements thereof as the nature of the election
shall require, within ten days of the time of
their first meeting as a Board of County Can?
vassers, and shall transmit to the Board of State
Canvassers any protest and all papers relating
to the election.
Sec. 19. Duplicate statements shall be made
and filed in the office of the Clerk of the coun?
ty; and if there be no such Clerk, duly quali?
fied, according to law, then in the office of the
Secretary of State.
Sec. 20. They shall make separate statements
of the whole number of votes given in such
county for Representatives in Congress; and
separate statements of all other votes given for
other officers. Such statements shall contain
the names of the persons for whom such votes
were given, and the number of votes given for
each, which shall be written out in words at
full length.
Sec. 21. There shall be prepared by the Com?
missioners three separate lists of each state?
ment, besides the lists to be filed in the office of!
the County Clerk or Secretary of State, and each
list shall be certified to as correct by the signa?
tures of the Commissioners subscribed to such
certificate.
Sec 22. After the final adjournment of the
Board of County Canvassers, and within the
time prescribed in section 17 of this act, the
Chairman of the board shall deposit in the
nearest post office, directed to the Governor,
Secretary of State, and Comptroller-General,
(the full postage paid,) each, one of the certi?
fied copies of the statement and certificate of
votes, prepared as provided in the last prece?
ding section.
of the formation and proceedings of the
board of state canvassers.
Sec. 23. The Secretary of State shall appoint
a meeting of State Canvassers, to be held at
his office, or some convenient place, on or be?
fore the tenth day of November next after such
general election, for the purpose of canvassing
tne votes of all officers voted for at such elec?
tion.
Sec 24. TheSecretary of State, Comptroller
General, Attorney-General, State Auditor, State
Treasurer, Adjutant and Inspector-General, and
the Chairman of the Committee on Privileges
and Elections of the House of Representatives,
shall constitute the State Canvessers; four of
whom shall be a sufficient number to form a
board.
Sec 25. If a majority of these officers shall
be unable, or shall fail to attend, the President
of the Senate, being notified by the Secretary
of State, shall attend without delay, and, with
the officers attending, shall form a board.
Sec 26. The board, when thus formed, shall,
upon the certified copies of the statement made
by the Board of County Canvassers, proceed to
make a statement of the whole number of votes
given at such election for the various officers,
and for each of them voted for, distinguishing
the several counties in which they were given.
They shall certify such statements to be correct,
and subscribe the same with their proper names.
Sec 27. Upon such statements they shall
then proceed to determine and declare what
persons have been, by the greatest number of
votes, duly elected to such oOices, or either of
them; they shall have power, and it is made
their duty, to decide all cases under process or
contest that may arise, when the power to do
so does not, by the Constitution, reside in some
other body.
Sec. 28. That in case of a contest of the elec?
tion of Governor, the General Assembly, by
concurrent resolution, shall entertain the same.
The Senate and House of Representatives shall
each separately pi-oceed to hear and determine
the facts in the case, so far as they deem neces?
sary, and decide thereon, who, according to the
10th section of article VIH of the Constitution,
is entitled to be declared elected. If the two
branches of the General Assembly come to the
same decision, they shall, by concurrent resolu?
tion, declare who is duly elected, and entitled
to enter upon and exercise the office Of Gover?
nor; and such person thereupon shall, upon
taking the oath prescribed in tne Constitution,
be inducted into office. If the two branches of
the General Assembly do not come to the same
decision, then a general election shall be called
by the Governor, to take place in not less than
sixty, nor more than ninety davs, at which the
qualified electors shall proceed* to vote for a
suitable person to fill the office of Governor.
Sec 29. They shall make and subscribe, on
the proper statement, a certificate of such de?
termination, and shall deliver the same to the
Secretary of State.
Sec. 80. The board shall have power to ad?
journ, from day to day, for a term not. exceed?
ing ten days. m
Sec 31. The Secretary of. State shall fecord
in his office, in a book, to be kept by him for
that purpose, each certified statement and de?
termination which shall be delivered to him by
the Board of State Canvassers, and every dis?
sent or protest that shall have been delivered to
him by a Canvasser.
Sec, 82. He shall, without delay, transmit a
copy, under the seal of his office, oi Buch certi?
fied determination to each person thereby de?
clared to be elected, and a like copy to the
Governor.
Sec. 33. He shall cause a copy of such certi?
fied statements and determinations to be prin?
ted in one or more public newspapers of this
State.
Sec. 34. He shall prepare a general certifi?
cate, under the seal of the State, and attested
by him as Secretary thereof addressed to the
House of Representatives of the United States
in that Congress for which any person shall
have been chosen at such election as Represen-1
tative of this State in Congress, and shall trans?
mit the same to the Baid House of Representa?
tives at their first meeting. i
Sec. 35. The Secretary of State shall enter
in a book, to be kept in his office, the names of
the respective county officers elected in this
State, specifying the counties for which they
were severally elected, and their place of resi?
dence, the office for which they were respective?
ly elected, and their term of office.
Sec 36. If any officer on whom any duty is
enjoined in this Act shall be guilty of any will?
ful neglect of such duty, or of any corrupt con?
duct in the execution of the same, and be there?
of convicted, he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not ex?
ceeding one year.
bEC. 37. The Commissioner!- of Elections
shall receive, for their compensation, three dolr
larsper day for their services while actually
employed, and ten cents per mile for necessary
travel; and the Managers shall receive two dol?
lars per day while actually employed, and ten
cents per mile for necessary travel; and the
Clerks of the Commissioners, and the Clerks of
the "Managers, respectively, shall receive two
dollars per day while actually employed: Pro?
vided, No Commissioner of Elections' shall re
ceive pay for more than ten days, and no Man?
ager or Clerk for more than three days.
Sec. 38. At each general election suitable
persons shall be chosen to fill any vacancy in
any elective office in any county, of which at
least fifteen days' previous notice shall be giv?
en by the proclamation of the Governor.
Sec. 89. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this act. or in any way conflicting with the
provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.
Approved March 1, 1870.
an act to define the criminal jtjri8dio-.
tion of trial jtj8ttce8.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General As?
sembly, and by the authority of the same, That
Trial Justices shall have and exercise within
their respective counties all the powers, author?
ity and jurisdiction in criminal cases hereinaf?
ter set forth.
. Sec. 2. Trial Justices shall have jurisdiction
. of all offences which may be sjjbject to the
penalties of either fine or forfeiture, not exceed?
ing one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in
the jail or work house not exceeding thirty days,
and may impose any sentence within those lim?
its, singly or in the alternative.
Sec. 3. They may punish by fine not exceed?
ing one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in
the jail or house of correction not exceeding
thirty days, all assault and batteries, and other
breaches of the peace, when the offence is not
of a high and aggravated nature, requiring, in
their judgment, greater punishment.
* Sec. 4. They may cause to be arrested all af
frayers, rioters, disturbers and breakers of the
peace, and all who go armed offensively, to the
terror of the people, and such as utter menaces
or threatening speeches, or otherwise dangerous
and disorderly persona.
Persons arrested for any of said offences shall
be examined by the Trial Justice before whom
they are brought^ and may be tried before him,
and if found guilty, may be required to find
sureties of the peace, and be punished within
the limits prescribed in section 2; or, when the
offence is of a high and aggravated nature, they
may be committed or bound over for trial be?
fore the Court of General Sessions.
Sec. 5. They^ shall have jurisdiction of lar?
cenies, by stealing of the property of another,
of money, goods, or chattels, or any bank note,
bond, promissory note, bill of exchange, or
other bill, order or certificate; or any book of
accounts for or concerning money or goods due,
or to become due, or to be delivered; or any
deed or writing containing a conveyance of
land or any other valuable contract in force; or
any receipt, release or defeasance; or any writ,
Srocess, or public record, if the property stolen
oes not exceed twenty dollars in value.
Sec. 6. They shall have jurisdiction of the
offences of buying, receiving or aiding in the
concealment of stolen goods or other property,
where they would have jurisdiction of the lar?
ceny of the same goods or property.
Sec. 7. They shall have jurisdiction of the
offences of obtaining property by any false pre?
tence, or by any privy or false token, or by any
game, device, slight of hand, pretensions to
fortune telling,, trick, or other means, by the
use of cards or other implements or instruments,
where they would have jurisdiction of a larceny
of the same property, and may punish said of?
fences the same as larceny.
Sec. 8. They shall cause to be arrested all
persons, found within their counties, charged
with any offence, and persons who, after com?
mitting any offence within the county, escape
out of the "same; examine into treasons, fel?
onies, grand larcenies, high crimes and misde?
meanors ; and commit or bind over for trial
those who appear to be guilty of crimes or of?
fences not within their jurisdiction, and punish
those guilty of such offences within their juris?
diction.
Sec. 9. All proceedings before Trial Justices,
in criminal cases, shall be commenced on in?
formation, under oath, plainly and substantially
setting forth the offence charged, upon which,
and only which shall a warrant of arrest is?
sue. ? .. N
. The information may be amended at any time
before trial. .
All proceedines before Trial Justices shall be
summary, or with only such delay as a fair and
just examination of the case requires.
I Sec 10. Every person arrested and brought
before a Trial Justice charged witht an offence
within his jurisdiction, shall be entitled, on de?
mand, to a trial by jury, to be selected in the
manner indicated hy section 6 of the act en?
titled "An act to provide for the temporary ap?
pointment of Magistrates, and to define their
powers and duties," ratified 24th day of Septem?
ber, A. D. 1868.
Sec. 11. Trial Justices are authorized to issue
all necessary processes to cany their powers in?
to effect, and may exercise all the powers here?
tofore conferred by law upon Magistrates.
Sec. 12. Every person convicted before a
Trial Justice of any offence whatever, and sen?
tenced, may appeal from the sentence to the
next term of the Court of General Sessions for
the county. The appellant shall be committed,
to abide the sentence of said court, until he
recognizes to the State in such reasonable sum,
and with such sureties, as the court requires,
with condition to appear at the court appealed
to, and at any subsequent term to which the
case is continued, if not previously surrendered
and discharged, and so, from term to term, until
the final decree, sentence, or order of the court
thereon; and to abide such final sentence, order,
or decree, and not depart without leave; and
in the meantime to keep the peace, and be of
good behavior.
Sec. 13. All acts and parts of acts inconsis?
tent or supplied by this act are hereby repeal?
ed.
Approved March 1,1870.
an act to aid and encourage cotton and
woolen manufactures in this state.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives, of the State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the same,
That for the purpose of inducing the invest?
ment and employment of capital in the manu?
facture of cotton and woolen fabrics in this
State, any individual, or association of individ?
uals, who shall hereafter invest capital in the
manufacture of cotton or woolen fabrics in this
State, shall be entitled to receive from the
Treasury of the State, annually, a sum of
money equal to the aggregate amount of State
taxes, which shall be laid and collected upon
the property, or capital employed directly and
exclusively in such manufactures, the said sum
of money to be fixed and determined by the
Auditor of the State, in accordance with the
tax returns, and to be paid by the Treasurer on
the warrant of the Comptroller General.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of all Coun?
ty Treasurers, and of the treasurers of all mu?
nicipal corporations, which are by law author?
ized to levy taxes, to pay to the individuals, or
association of individuals, described in the first
section of this act, a sum of money annually
equal to the aggregate amount of county or
municipal taxes laid and collected during any
year upon the capital described in the first sec?
tion of this act. '
Sec. 3. That the provisions of the first sec?
tion of thiB act shall apply exclusively to in?
vestments made hereafter, and shall not operate
in any manner until satisfactory evidence shall
be presented to the Auditor of the State, that
the capital for which the benefits of this act
are claimed has been actually paid in and in?
vested in this State.
Sec. 4. That the provisions of this act shall
be of force for a period not more than four
years.
Approved March 1, 1870.
Congressional Proceedings.
Washington, April 6.
The House, by a two-thirds majority, passed
the bill removing Shober's political disabilities.
Wood made sixteen charges of corruption in
office against Howard's department?the Freed?
men's Bureau. The matter was referred to the
Freedmen's (Committee, with power to send for
persons and papers ana to report at any time.
The Senate Committee on Claims have repor?
ted in favor of referring the memorials of loyal
citizens of -the South for compensation for
losses to the Committee on Appropriations.
The bill transferring the property of the
Freedmen's Bureau to tne Educational Bureau
was referred to the Committee on Retrench?
ment.
The Senate was occupied all day on the de?
ficiency appropriation bill, the Georgia bill, at
the expiration of the morning hour, having
been passed over for that purpose. Amend?
ments were adopted increasing the amount for
the construction of the New York post office
from $300.000. to $800,000, and inserting appro?
priations $26,000 for repairs on the Charleston
custom house, and $25,000 for the New Orleans
custom house,
After the passage of the bill, Sherman moved
to suspend prior orders for the purpose of tak?
ing up tie income tax bill. Notaggreed to by
yeas 20, nays 27.
The Georgia bill then coming up, it was made
the special order for Tuesday next, in order to
afford Senators appointed to attend the funeral
of Gen/Thomas an opportunity to be present.
After executive session, the Senate adjourn
ed.
In the House, the following is Wood's ar
riagnment of General Howard:
1. ' That he has taken from appropriations
made for, and receipts of, that Bureau more
than $50,000 improperly, and without authority
of law for Howard University Hospital and
lands.
2. That portions of the land alluded to have
been sold tor the benefit of Howard University.
Funds were disposed of improperly to members
of his own family and officers of his staff.
8. That bonds issued in aid of First Congre?
gational Church of City of Washington were
taken for a portion of this land, which has not
yet been redeemed or paid, nor have they been
returned in his official accounts as such.
4. That the university building and hospital
were built of patent brick furnished by the
American Building Block Company, in* which
Gen. Howard, Chas. Howard, Gen. E. Whittle
sey and C. W. Alreid, all attached to the Bu?
reau, were interested as stockholders.
5. That the specifications for the construction
of those buildings, provided that the material
used in their erection should be taken from the
brick made by this company, thus preventing
competition and securing use of that brick and
no other for that purpose.
6. That brick so used was. unfit and nearly
worthless. Parts of the building have fallen
down in consequence,. and other parts have
since been repaired and rc-built at an expense
of $13,000.
7. That by his consent, and with his knowl?
edge, lumber belonging to the Government was
used by this company and appropriated to its
own benefit, being re-sold to its employees.
8. That he pays rem to Howard University
from the funds of the Bureau for privilege of
headquarters.
9. That he draws three salaries, viz: ,One as
Major-Generai of the United States ? Army,
another as Commissioner of the Freedmen's
Bureau, and third, as head of Howard Univer?
sity.
10. That he has paid out of the income of
the funds of the Bureau over $40,000 for the
construction of the Congregational Church in
this city, taking the church bonds in return,
which he has either returned in his accounts as
cash on hand or sent South for the purposes of
the Bureau.
11. He has advanced a large sum from funds
of the Bureau to the Young Men's Christian
Association in this city, taking their bonds in
payment, which has been sent to Tennessee. to
help the freedmen's schools in that State.
12. That he caused, or knowingly allowed,
lands in this city, owned by an officer of the
Bureau, to be transferred to afreedman's school
in North .Carolina, the officer taking money ap-"
preprinted for that school, thus perpetrating a
j fraud both npon the Government ana the freed
I men.
13: That he was interested in the purchase of
a farm of about 300 acres, near the Lunatic
Asylum in this County, for which the public
funds and other property of the government
were used. Buildings were erected thereon,
built of lumber belonging to the Government,
and then let or sold to frecdmen at exorbitant
prices; and that he and his brother Charles
Howard^ were personally interested in this
transaction as a private pecuniary speculation.
14. He has discharged the duties of the office
of Commissioner of Bureau with extravagance
and negligence, and in the interest of himself,
family and immediate friends.
15. That he is one of a ring known as "Freed?
men's Bureau Ring," with connections and
influences with freedmen's savings banks, the
freedmen's schools of the South and the politi?
cal machinery of a party in the Southern States,
and whose practice lias been to devote the offi?
cial authority and power of the Bureau to per?
sonal and political profit.
Adjutant General Sheridan left for Louisiana
last night, having secured her quota of arms.
The resignation of District Attorney Mor?
gans has been accepted. A paper was presen?
ted this morning, signed by Kellogg, Harris,
Sheldon, Sypher, Darrell and Morey, recom?
mending A. B. Long for the placo.
General Howard is rapidly winding up the
affairs of the Freedmen's Bureau. About
twenty clerks were dismissed yesterday.
The following circular has been issued by
Commissioner Delano: "It has heretofore been
the practice of assessors to publish the annual
list of assessments made on the incomes of tax
payers. Believing that this practice is not for
the best interests of the government, but that it
is in many respects objectionable and offensive,
I desire that in future it be discontinued. This,
however, will not prevent the public from in?
specting lists as heretofore, under the provis?
ions of eeetion 191 of the act of July 13,1866."
The President nominated Hugh L, Bond, of
Maryland,, as Circuit Judge, vice Pearse, with?
drawn.- J
Joseph P. Root, of Kansas, has been nomi?
nated Minister to Hague.
A reduction of force at the navy yard must
continue until Congress appropriates* There
is plenty of work, but no money.
Boutwell announces that the reception by
custom house officials of money ox outer con-'
sideration for Services, either inside or outside
of business hours, Is cause for removal.
The President signed the bill, bridging the
Delaware from Philadelphia to Camden.
Canby's headquarters is about being changed
from Richmond to Washington. It is stated
that he will be nominated Muijor-Gensral, vice.
Thomas, deceased*
Washington, April 7. .
In the House, Butler^ resolution met short
objections, mostly from the Democratic side,
and went over. The Election Committee con?
sidered the Grafton application for further time
in his contest with Conner, from Texas; no
conclusion.
In the House, the Committee on' Commerce
agreed to report favorable on Root's bill for es?
tablishing water-guages on the Mississippi and
its tributaries. Clarke introduced a bill ma?
king appropriations for the hnprovement of
Galveston harbor; also, whether further legis?
lation was necessary to entitle Texas to school
lands. A bill was passed extending the time
for trial for forgery and perjury in bounty
claims, to four years. The bill regulating the
exercise of admiralty jurisdiction in the Uni?
ted States Courts, was passed. The tariff was
resumed, when the House'adjourned.
In the Senate, a resolution was passed, order?
ing the Judiciary Ctonunittee to report the
status of Indians under the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments. %
In the Senate, McDonald introduced a bill
for the relief of Edward Fitzgerald, Catholic
Bishop in Arkansas.
Kellogg introduced a bill to secure a uniform
and permanent system of levee, to protect the
Mississippi Valley from overflow.. Referred to
the Committee on Commerce. Joint resolution
extending the time for building the first twen?
ty-five miles of the Cairo and Fulton Raiboad,
passed. A general discussion then followed on
the policy of granting land to railroads. A
declaratory Act, extending the income tax on
official salaries, dividends and interest,'-payitble
by corporations, till the end of the year 11570,
was passed. .
A treaty has been concluded, making letter
postage to Germany 7 cents, direct; 15 cunts
via England.
Andrew Johnson is going to Europe'for six
months.
The impression is strong that the Priming
Committee will exculpate the public prin ter,
Clapp.
Commander J. N. Miller has been ordered to
duty as chief staff officer of the Southern
squadron.
Gen. Sidney Burbank, after forty years con?
secutive service, has been retired at his own
request.
The Secretary of War forbids the court-mar?
tial hearing the testimony of accused in his
own defence.
Washington, April 8.
. Gov. Senter testifies before the Reconstruc?
tion Committee to-morrow. The conservatives
apprehend that Senter will favor declaring ?he
election a fraud, and finally, that Senter - will'
continue Governor, as the successor to Broirn
low, and be the provisional Governor. A part
of this scheme involves allowing Georgia to re?
main in her present status.
The House discussed private bills. Clark*, of
Texas, was placed on the Committee on Com?
merce. The Elections Committee heard Con?
ner and Grafton this morning, from the Third
Texas District; no action. The Pacific Rail?
road Committee heard General Hunter on* the
trans-continental route. M. G?bertv.of New
York, attorney of the Memphis and El Paso
route, favors the txahs-continental road.
In the Senate, the morning hour was-occu
pied with District affairs. The Joint Commit?
tee's report on Indian affairs was resumed;?
Davis entered his solemn protest against its
passage. He was satisfied that it meant noth?
ing but fraud and treachery towards the In?
dians, and nothing but rain and desolation, for
them. It requires a two-third's vote of toe
Senate to ratify the treaties, but if you give to
the House concurrent jurisdiction in this mat?
ter, the very principle underlying our treaties,
will.be overthrown. After further discussion,
without action, adjourned.
In the House; the credentials of Barry from
the Third Mississippi District, were present?
ed and referred to the Committee on Elec?
tions.
A resolution for the relief of the sureties of
W. D. Kindall, late postmaster at New Orleans,
passed.
Barry, after an examination.of credentials,
was seated.
Tariff was resumed, when the House adjourn?
ed.
Delano decides that each lottery vender must
pay a license and managers must give bond for
venders.
Judge Bradley has gone home, in Jersey, pre?
paratory to going South. %
The nomination of Judge Bond to the Fourth
Circuit will not be considered till Senators re?
turn from the funeral.
The National Banks of New York held $25,
500,000 in specie on the 24th of March.
-j-*-:?- ?
A Remarkable Reporter.?The New
York World says of George Wakeman, a New
York journalist who died a few days ago: "He
was sent by the World in August, 1866, to Phila?
delphia to report the proceedings of the famous
Johnson convention. In this he was assisted
by Mr. John C. Jacobs, now a member of the
Assembly, but then an attache of the World
staff. The World report of the convention was
remarkable for its fullness and accuracy, but
the occasion tried Mr. Wakeman's qualities of
readiness and presence of mind, in a curious
manner. On the night of the assembling of the
convention, John w. Forney mounted a ros?
trum in the street, and in a wild and bitter
s^ech harangued the crowd to lynch the
Southern delegates. Mr. Wakeman happened
to be on the snot, and occupied a position
where he could near every word the demagogue
uttered, but unfortunately he had left his note?
book at his hotel. In the uncertain light of a
flickering lamp, and jostled br as excited crowd,
he took down every word of the crazy speech
upon his wristbands and shirt collar and two
envelops. The next morning the speech ap?
peared verbatim in the World, but it read very
differently from the calm and carefully-revised
report in Mr. Forney's own paper of the same
date."
Stealing a State.?The N. Y. World calls
attention to a recent act of the Florida Legisla?
ture. It is entitled "An Act to Organize the
Aquatic Tropical Plant Propagating Company/
by which, if certain of the carpet-bag gentry
infesting Florida will tt?dertake to drwfl the
everglades, they are to receive fee-eimple about
one-quarter of'the geographical area of the
whole State. The charter gives them the conn-*
try south of Township 88, which tire reader
will perceive from the mat), includes about one
half of Manatee county, the whole of Monroe,
nearly all of Dads, and all the keys and islands
south of Cane Sable. Hating stolen? about
everything else in the/State on wnich they could
lay claws, we now find the reconstructed govern?
ment of Florida actually stealing the State it
Belf and portioning it out, by the two and a
half counties at a time, to the thieving crows
which environ the legislatore.
The Late Interview Between Horace Greeley
and the ot the ynmit^to Hews.
Contrary reports having been spread in the
community as to what occurred during the in?
terview, upon Friday last, the 1st of Aprflrbe
tween*Mr. Horace Greeley of the Tribune and
ourselves/ we think it best, at the risk of seem?
ing egotistical, to reprint an account of it as
given by Mr. Greeley himself, and published in
the number of bis paper just received. Mfj
Greeley telegraphs, " I called at the residence
of Mri Stuart of the Wihnsboro Neva, as I
passed1 ?? nry way to Aiken, having "be?&: in?
formed; so soon as I crossed the line, that it is
quite probable that we will have him with us.
in a year's time, in the capacity of " Financial
Agent'of the State of South Carolina in the
city of New York;" that is, if. the Conservative
party carry the fall election. I was somewhat
aisappointed in the appearance of his residence,
on Congress street, which was- without shutters
and had not been painted for years, and the
walls Of which; he laughingly informed me in
conversation. We're, ill the various apartments,
painted all tne different colors of the rainbow,
He met me at the door himself, and upon learn?
ing my name, cordially invited me into a room,
in which he had evidently been overlooking his
exchanges, and writing out in pencil marks on
narrow strips of paper one of those interesting
editorials which nave lately attracted the gaze
of the politicians of. the Union towards the lit?
tle State of South Carolina, My time being
limited, I immediately entered into conreraa?
non as follows:
Horace Greeley?1 was informed, sir, of the
probability of your appointment to a very im?
portant position in Our "city next year, aid
thought I would just cali in and give yon an
invitation to come and see me, when you come
to New York, since I shall take great 'pleasure
in contributing to the financial prosperity of
South Carolina. Mr.. Stuart (somewhat .con?
fusedly)?Thank: you,Mr. Greeley; it is cer?
tainly kind i^yotf" to believe1 beforehand in my
success in obtaining the office which I claim of
my party, as the reward of my services, and
should I ever come to New York, I .shall do
myself the honor of calling upon yoitt 'attfi&
earliest opportunity. ?'-'?'? <
Horace Greeley?-Yon must not feiI to do eu
Had we but a-hundred such men as yourself in
each of the Southern States, reconstruction had
proved an easier and a.less odious process, for
you are rightjSn attributing a great deal df ?b<j
hostility of the Radical Tparry to the Whites' ojf
the South to their known preference lbt this
Democratic party. It was, as -yon have sug?
gested (for I read your paper; regularly), tho
plain policy of the South to have Deen^' as "fair
as it is possible in human nature to be, simplj'
Sassive and neutral in Federal politics for i.
ecade at least,-while bending ell her energieii
to educate, elevate and improve her people, and
to revive that prosperity whicb'had existed be?
fore the war.
Mr. Stuart?I am flattered, sir, tt your" a>
proval of my first feeble efforts in -an editorial
career, for you know, I suppose^ sir, th.it teach?
ing is my profession. . ?? . ~
Horace Greeley?Yes, I had curved-is
much in your paper; but yet you seenfi? w?te
as one who has ever taken a keen rn1;erest:in
Solitical affairs, and as entertaining indepen
ent and earnest convictions,.and it. hi for the
purpose of having some conversation tith you
upon the subject of a New National (tohstitu
tional Party, which you so ably advocate as the
true Federal policy of tie South, tnat.r have
taken the liberty oft%alling on you this morn?
ing. ? -'. ? :.D So ..v.-. ;-.cr ''
. it was evident that I bad. now struck, tne
right key. The quiet schoolmaster, jj?; tanjre*
possessing in appearance, and' whose mahnet
has only a sort of' sober sincerity to ?imrnend
if, seemed to overlook entirely the com pliment
I had paid him, through absorbing int exeat in
the theme I had suggested. He rose at d paced
the room, as he talked. I had hardly expected
such fire and enthusiasm as now -beamed from
his face. His whole manner was that of a man
of deep convictions, and earnestly irr.pressed
with the dignity and importance of his subject
With humorous sarcasm; he described the nisi
of the secessionists, with Governor"-HckcnVin
the van, to the convention of 1865, to ratifvthe
thirteenth amendment, and insert in the'eohsti*
tution aftehvards so contemptuously reiccted by
Congress, that " all political power (specially
that, said he, .exerted in South .Carolina,in
1865) springs from the free consent of t&Sjpeo*
pie." He described Governor Orr' ?i tnVPffll*
ndelphia convention, and made decided fun "of
Judge Wardlaw's pocket being picked Uppn
that memorable occasion, saying he bad better
have stayed at. home. u- Orr," said h^' ^m a
political- disjunctive conjunction; alw?yss<b,!be
found 27i a comfortable position between two po
litical contradictory extremes; and he may be
parsed as belonging to and connecting both the
party that has office to give and lie party "that
is going to have it '-ButfOrr is,"at present, de?
servedly the most popular' and iniucntial-poli -
tician in South Carolma/' -The negro code
came in for its share of denunciation as so un
suited to the times^ "The convention of 1869/
said he, " perhaps showed mote weaToiess tian
any polrtical- 'body of tile nineteenth century,
by yielding tie question of colored suffrage,
while it was still a national issue extremely dis?
tasteful to thousands of white men at the North,
and which bad been finally" a8opted, under the
leadership of Morton, of Indiana, for whose
great speech he expressed admiration, as the
best means of-'neutralizing the influence of the
South in Federal affair? for a decade at least
And he bitterly invieghed agsinist the short
sigh tedness of the Democrats in desiring to
identify the-white peopleOf the^(onth'wi&%n
unsuccessful organization which was carrying
a load of prejudice sufficient to sink- a. navy,
proclaimings himself in favor of tacking on to
the tail of no national party as at present con?
stituted, but of having the 8outh under the
lead of the conservative Republicans of Vir?
ginia, whose tictory had given them the pres?
tige of authority, dictate to the Union a new
National Constitutional party.
The timer* my departure to Aifcwlwtrap
proacbing, I was obliged to i&urnq^fcif*.- Stu?
art ha an argument as to the -policy of & con?
quered section with, reference to the fears, jeal?
ousies and. sospiriotfs of the' trittmpbant sec?
tion. He-apoiogtzed for forgetting himself aid
usurping so much of the conversation, and,
promising^ call on me in New York, shook
me corfu?ly by the hand and bidmegoodrbye.
As I was on my way to the cars, I was informed
by Mr. Brown, of tie - hotel, that there is some
talk in Fl?rfieidt of nominating Mr. Stuart tor
the next- Congress, where bis moderate -coun?
sels, combinedi with bis devotion to the South,,
would, doubtless, make a favorable impression.
??"New Toil mbune, April 4.
"-=-- An editor who bai been married about a
year, speaking of the bkKes,. s?ys :: "The- de?
light ot days, the torment of the nuhts; el>'
{zant in full dress, -but horrible in dishabille f
beautiful on the smiley but maddening on the
yell; exquisitely iff place in the nojsery,but
iiwfully out of place in tie parlor or railway
carriagef-the weU-springs of delight^ and the
recipients of unlimited spankings;; tire glory of
'pa/ tie happiness of 'ma'?who wo$4a^&ave

xml | txt