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Tuesday Morning, May 29, I860,
How ?1 c Radicals Tax ?Uv Soutli.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, in & re?
cent avticlo, gives n summary of the
anticipated revenue .receipts of the
Goverr aient for the next fiscal year.
The items are: From oustoms, $130,
000,000; tobacco, $18,000,000: whis?
key, wine and beer, $55,000,000;
cotton, "$50,000,000; licenses, $20,
000,000; stamps, $25,000,000; hom
other sources, $35,000,000. Total,
?$333,000,000. Tt'will-bc seen, as
justly lemarks one of our Georgia ox
changes:
"That not a siugle item of the
above is a tax upon any articlo the
production or consumption of which
is wholly, or even chiefly, confined
tu th? Northern States. The general
term "miscellane?us" may cover two
ot three such, articles; but, as we
shall presently -show, the tax on them
is far below the rate imposed on
Southern products, and the bills be?
fore Congress reduce even the light
taxes imposed on such articles. The
heavy tax of five cents per pound on
cotton (estimated to yield $50,000,000
on a crop of 2,000,000 bales; and it j
would be $100,000,000 on a crop of I
?,000,000 bales) is certainly impre- I
cedented and severely oppressive for
a tax x>n agricultural productions. "
" The tax on another Southern pro?
duct, tobacco, is also very heavy, and
\t is stated that tho tax on this will be
so modified as to greatly lessen the
tax on tho inferior article produced
in tho Northern aud Eastern States.
But they are going to reduce the
taxes to the amount of $75,000,000,
which recuction is chiefly applicable
to the following articles:
Boots and shoes.$4,400,000
Sheathing and yellow metal. 700,000
Clothing.11,000,000
Income tex.20,000,000
Pig iron. 2,000,000
Paper, books, etc. 2,O7?,000
Crude petroleum. 2,100,000
Slaughtered animals. 1,200,000
Freights. 4,850,000
Tobacco. 550,000
General tax.12,000,000
It will be seen by this list that the
. proposed reduction is chiefly made
?ni the products and manufactures of
the North, while they inflict a tax of
live cents per pound on cotton, the
great staple and the chief reliance of
the Southern planter. Thus are
these radical legislators contriving to
oppress the South in every way they
can invent. Their own day, however,
is coming in the shape of a general
financial smash-up.
Confederate Dead.
From a long list of Confederate
dead buried at Cave Hill Cemetery,
Louisville, Ky., we extract the fol?
lowing names from South Carolina
regiments. The Co ur ?er, on publish?
ing the hst, says:
. ^It will be consoling to the friends
of tho unfortunate dead to know
that, on the 26th of April last, all
theso graves were decked with flow?
ers and wreaths by the ladies of Lou?
isville."
S. Whitfield. Co. A, 10th Regi?
ment, December 20, 1803.
S. O. Berry, Co. I), 19th Regiment,
February 16, 1861.
A. Biggins, Co. -, 2d Regiment,
February 3, 1864.
J. H. Mcclintock, Co. H, 20th Re?
giment, March 7, 1864.
The following arc buried nt Dan?
ville, Kentucky:
D. M. Fuan, Co. K, 10th Regi?
ment.
J. R. Smith, Co. F, 19th Regiment.
K. C. Bevins, Hart's Battery.
J. R. Ainley, Co. D, 19th Regi?
ment.
D. Turner, Co. K, 19th Regiment.
R. C. Hardee. Co. G, 19th Regi?
ment.
C. T. Byran, Co. I, 19th R?gi?
ment.
Tlie bankrupt bill has passed the
House, and there ia reason to believe
that it will pass the Sonato. It is
?sked by the creditor as yell as the
P^^^ebtor interest. This is not, like tho
y two former bankrupt Acts, a mere
temporary expedient to relievo debt?
ors, but is intended to curry out un
unexecuted and important constitu?
tional power, to establish a perma?
nent and uniform system of bank?
ruptcy. Some of the leading provi
sions of this bill have already been
udopted as a part of the bankrupt
^-4aw of England, and were duly cre?
dited to their American source.' Mr.
Jeuckea, of Rhode Island, is the
author of the bill, and it has been
matured and perfected and persever?
ingly urged upon tho House by him
I and his able associates of the joint
Lr- -t?Jm"mitteo which had the subject in
Jg charge.
f A new literary paper, called the
Southern Port/olio, has been started
?? in Richmond. The Enquirer hails it
with pleasure, as "calculated to wean
the people from the flashy Northern
periodicals "
-wit?* Nfc ? st?t?-r *? '**
The Nashville Union ami American
has the following, under the caption,
of ifWhat constitutes a Stole?"
"A State in thc Federal Uniou is a.
eouununity of native-"bor!i mid : na-'
turalized citizens, under the law? of
the United States, numbering not
less than 140,000 souls, inhabiting a
certain designated and defined terri?
tory, having certain rights inherent
as such a community, and owing cer?
tain obligations as such, under au?
thority delegated to the Government
of the United States.'1
In our paper, on several occasions,
we have defined the rights of a
.State-one representative for each
140,000 inhabitants, excluding In?
dians not taxed, and including those
bound to service for a terni of years.
The Constitution also excludes from
the enumeratian <>f representative
population "three-fifths of all other
persons;*' but as this term was appli?
cable to slaves, and there are now uo
slaves, it of course has no application.
The law further stipulates:
"That direct taxes shall be appor?
tioned equally among tho States on
the representative basis; that its pub
lie act*!, records and judicial proceed
iugs shall have full faith and credit ii
every other State of the Union; tc
participate, through electors of it*
own choice, in the election of Presi
dent and vice-President of the Uni tee
States; that its citizens shall be en
titled to all the privileges and immu
nities of the citizens of every othe
State; that it may demand from th
I authorities of any other State th
I restoration of a fugitive from justic
j under its laws; that its territory shal
! not be divided without its own cou
! sent ; that, after having established fo
itself a republican form of Govern
nient, it shall be guaranteed in it
maintenance; that these rights ar
reserved to it and its people, and a
other rights and powers not delegate
to the General Government."'
This is a summary of the leadiu
characteristics of a Sbvte of the Ami
rican Union. By name, describe
boundaries, population and requisit
qualifications, there ure thirty-si
States composing the United State
Eleven of these States are exclude
from tho enjoyment of all the essei
tial rights belonging to them as Stat
hy a portion of ono of the depai
ments of the General Governmeu
and are thus, to all intents and pu
poses contemplated by the Constit
tion, not States. Such is now tl
position of the Southern Stetes, ai
it will he a subject for the futu
student ol' lpstory, who, we hoji
will write correctly.
Secretary Seward's Speech.
The Secrehiry of State address
an immense meeting of the citize
of Auburn, New York, on Tuesd
last. Wc have not space for the ft
report of his speech. The follow!
brief extract, however, defiues j\
Seward's position :
' 'The political system construct
by our forefathers stands now fir
compact, complete and perfect, ji
as it came from the builders' ham
It was constructed, not for eigl
j years only, not for a time of pei
j only, nor yet for a period of ci
i war only, but for nil attending con
j tiona of peace and war, and for
j ages and all time.
! "What, then, does this nat:
i need? lt needs just what I hi
I dwelt upon so much and so eames
j in these remarks. It needs reconc
j atiou, and just now needs nothi
j more. It needs just this Congi
I sional reconciliation, and nota
\ less. Let the reconciliation be m
first, either in Congress or in any
the constituencies, and it will fol
j in the other place immediately."
i "Tho President's position is al
I Intel}- taken, well-defined, and i
1 vernally understood. It is this, na
! ly : That so far and so fast as the
i represented States present themse
j unquestionably loyal, they are e
j tied to representation in Cong
! equally with all other States, and
I as well as if there had been no ve
j lion."
i TESTIMONIAL TO CAPT. MAUR'
! You will perhaps be surprised to h
I that no less a sum than $15,000
! already been raised in England
; testimonial to Capt. M. F. Ma:
! the former superintendent of
? Washington Observatory, "in
. kuowledgmcnt and iippreointioi
j the eminent and disinterested
j vices, which through forty year
i incessant labor, Capt. Maury
i rendered to science and luauki:
The Duke of Sutherland heads
list, and the other ninnes aro ch
those of men who sympathized
i the South during the war.
[London Cor. Philo. Enquirt
A "DEAD TRAITOR." -The P
j delphia Inquirer speaks of the i
trions "Stonewall" Jackson s=
j "dead traitor."
On which the Cincinnati Liq
very truthfully remarks: "Tt w
be much more correct to say tin
j is a dead lion, whose remains
j subjected to indignity from a I
! ass."
He who is habitually tight is 1
1 to be habitually loose.
ii? ix - j? rT i i ?
j?cr?i?*?f "?o tUf Pre? Ule nt n?<l C?I?I
net.
' TUe National Union Club of Wash?
ington serenaded tho President nnd
thc ?embers of the Cabinet on
Wednesday evening last. The anx?
iety to learn with certainty the views
of the different members of the Cabi?
net upon tho existing political issues,
attracted a very larg?; crowd.
The President made a few remarks,
merely thanking the Club for thc
compliment.
Mr. Seward was not iu the city.
Mr. Fred. Seward acknowledge?! thc
compliment, and said :
F&x&OW-crQZKHS: lu behalt' of thc
Secretary of State, I thank you sin
cerely for this manifestation ?>f youi
kindness. 1 regret that ho is not
here to-night, for I am sure that i
would give him pleasure to witnesj
and share ii. > our demonstration o
patriotic t -eli lg of fidelity to tin
Union, and. of appreciation of tin
t wiso and earnest efforts of tl??- Presi
?lent for its restoration.
I Secretary Welles, in response I?
the compliment, said:
I thank you, gentlemen, for tin
compliment, which. I suppose, is t
the Administration and its policy
which w?', one and ail, approv?
[Cheers. I You need not, expect an;
; remarks from me, for 1 ?lo not ii J ten
to make any. You ar?', ?me and all
I suppose, f<?r thc Union. :\n?l forth
establishment of the rights of th
States. [Cheers.] These ure ni
views. I Cheers. ]
Mr. Stanton, after a long prefac?
3iii?l the President's earliest recoi
struction measures received the sam
tion of every member ?if the Cabine
At first. Stanton thought Congre.
ought to regulate suffrage for t!
States, hut he doesn't think so nov
He is for restricting the organiziu
power, however, to people "who ai
loj'al, and none others"-whatev?
that means. He holds that Congre
must decid?; for itself as to membe
who shall bc admitted. H?; had n<
troubled himself about it, and kne
nothing about it, becaus?' it was noi
of his business. He favored tl
Frcetbneu's Bureau bill. He ?aili
say whether he was in favor of tl
civil rights Act or not, but subi tba
as it was a law of tho laud, it was n
? now a subject of debut?1. He said t]
I same about the Bureau bill, but addi
his endorsement. He, closed by st?;
J ing his opposition to tho proposi
! measures of the Reconstruction Coi
mittee.
Mr. Dennison thought Congr?
and thc President were coming t
getlier. They wore nearer than
tho mooting of Congress. Thu ho
of the country was the Union part
)which had saved the nation's life, A
Attorney-General Speed wrote
letter, requesting to be excuse?! fr?
; making a speech, which letter cc
j tains nothing el.se.
I Secretary Harlan also wrote a lett
j in the radical, interest, declaring tl
j he was not going to betray the Uni
? party.
The great speech of tho evenii
however, was that made by Secret;
McCulloch. Wo subjoin a report
it:
FEixow-crrii'.EN.s : You are aw;
that I am not in the habit of maki
speeches; and T take it for grant
therefore, that, in making tin? <
upon me, yon intended only to ]
nie a passing compliment, and not
! elicit from me 11113' extended remar
' I shall not disappoint yon. I si
j not bo so ungrateful for your kii
I ness as t?> inflict upon you a spee
. My position, gentlemen, in refere:
\ to tho issues which are now engag
the public attention is not. f
iprehend. iuisun?lerst<^od by y
! [Cheers. | 1 took occasion, hist 1
! among my old friends in indiana
i defino my position; and since t
I time, T have se?;u 110 occasion
'change, much less to abandon
i [Applause, j I will say, therefore,
; suppose I must say something on
\ ?jccasion, that tho general policy
I the President in r?f?rence to
Southern States and the people
J cently in anns against the Fed
; Government has commended itsel
j my deliberate judgment. [Che?
j And although it has been viole
! and, in sonn; iustauces, vindicti
assailed, 1 have an abiding con
tion that it will be approved by
people when they shall be allowei
pass judgment upon it at the ba
'. box. [Loud cheers. | This pla
fairly stated in the platform of
club which many of you represen
need not say, therefore, in regar
' that platform, any more than th
subscribe t?? all its doctrines fully
, without reserve. [Cheers. |
The President of the United st:
gentlemen, stands before the cou
in no doubtful attitude. His *
gmo utterance tono uncertain
guage when it denounced treasoi
1 th?; outbreak of the rebellion, in
Senate of the United States. [Che
He showell no faltering fidelity W
counting everything else as ?i
value, as mere dust in the balano
t comparison with tho Union and
Constitution, he went back to
nessee to fight treason and secei
in their stronghold, and peril his
ami tho lives of his family. [Che
His policy is straightforward, 1
ligible and practical. If better p
can be presented, one more in c<
nance with the principles of the
vernment, better calculated to
' serve the supremacy of Fe
' authority, while it trenches 11?
tko reserved and legitimate rights of
tho States; more just, more humane,
bettor fitted to bind the people of this
great country in a common brother
ood, at the same that it places just
condemnation on treason and vindi?
cates the majesty of the law -if inch
a poKcy can be presented, there is no
man in the United States who will
moro willingly embrace it than An?
drew Johnson, j Hearty cheers, j But
until that better policy be presented,
he must be falso to himself, false to
his record, and must, in fact, cease to
: be Andrew Johnson, if ho does not
adhere to his policy, and sink or swim
I with it. [Cheers. | lt is pretty good
j evidence, after all. gentlemen, of the
j correctness of his policy, that Con
i gross, after having been in session
j nearly six long, weary months, has
i been unable to present one which
j they eau agree upon as a substitute,
j ]Cheers and laughter.]
lt was once said. 1 think, liv John
Randolph, that of nil tinkers, the
Constitution tinkers were tito most
to b.- deprecated. [Cheers.] If tho
old man could ris.- from the grave,
what would he say to the present
i Congress, in which every third mau
i at least i-. a Constitution tinker?
' [Cheers and laughter. | But they are
: not wise enough to amend that grand
' old instrument, tin- work of oui' pa?
triot fathers, of the founders of thc
Republic, the glory ol' the United
States, and !iie admiration nf tin
, world. [< ?beers, j
My fellow-citizens, there is bilton*:
proposition that lias been presented
i that stands even the gho.-t ol' a chane,
of acceptance by the people "t th?
North: and thal i< the propositior
I basing representation on voter-.. Am
! who-.- fault is i! that that is not :
part of tho Constitution to-day ? Whj
was if not submitted with the amend
! ment abolishing shivery? Whosi
fault, was that?
Voices The copperheads.
Olli.-r voices Thad. Stevens'.
Mr. MeCulloch Was it the faull o
Andrew Johnson? ?Shouts ol' "Tin
i fault ot'Congress." " Thad. Stevens,"
and counter cheers for Mr. Stevens.
If the course which the Presiden
was pursuing ?a? obnoxious to tb
I charges made against it on the reces
of Congress. how happened it th?
there was no denunciation of it nidi
, the mooting >?;' Congr? ?? How hap
?pened ii that these Jupiters Tunau
of Congress were as silent as thong!
; they had been dumb? Those mei
; whose iluty it was to st.md on th
ramparts <>f tin- Constitution uni
I alarm the |><-o?>!e of approachin.
danger, why did they not denonnc
that policy ami demand of lue Presi
dent ot' the United State.; a Com en
ti. m of Congress? No such denian
was mad.-. No such denunciatio
w as then heard. Wc did hear a voie
from Pennsylvania, 1 believe, an
perhaps a response fi? ?iii Massaolu
setts, j Laughter. ? lint ibo peop!
I were silent. The press was silent, ;
'. not approving.
Fellow-citizens. I did mu inten
i speaking so much. [Voices, "(i
! on."] I have only this to say:
' have desired and hoped for the coi
Initiation of the great Union par?
j with which I have < ver been ident
tied. [Cheers, j But if its leaders cu
j present nothing better than the pr<
I gramme of thc committee, I a
1 greatly apprehensive that ils da;
! will be numbered. [Cheers.]
j ? trust, fellow-citizens* that th
?will iud be tho ,-ase; that it will di
'cardies hostility and its attempt
continue alienation between the tv
j sections of the country, and that
I will embrace those principles whw
; look- to harmony, to restoration, ai
! to peae?. If it should ilo^his, it w
j continue to be. tin- great and contri
, ling party of the country, and eov
itself with imperishable glory. li
does not, its days are numbered, ai
; the epitaph that will bo written ?
I it will be, "Tt knew how to proseen
i tho war with vigor, but it lacked t
I wisdom to avail itself of the bi lief
, ! of victory." [Applause, und thr
. cheers for Secretary MeCulloch. j
llr.Ol.SNINO A.T TUE Wl?ONO E>?l>.
? Thc New York liquid says that P.
; sident Johnson is removing fri
; ollice quite n large number of ail?.
I dimite officials, and contemplates t
, removal of a good many more. lt
presumable that the victims ha
? made themselves obnoxious by tlc
. radical tendencies, if not their v
lent opposition t<' the Presiden
, policy. Uni ? hile it is decide?
, couiinendiddt! to remove this class
persons, tho question arises whet!
; the ['resident is not beginning at 1
wrong end in decapitating tho sub
i d??ate office-holders. Ile ought
, commence with the men in high s
I tion who arc manifestly hostile to
I policv, some of whom --it aim
daily in his councils.
.
The last steamer from lau?
, brought an official communient
from the Bishop of Cape Town
the semor Bishop (Hopkins) of i
. Protestant Episcopal Church int
country, formally announcing the
communication of Bishop Cole:
, for heresy, and requesting that
! fact may be dul> made known to
. Episcopal bod} of the United sta
Bishop Hopkins has already publi
, e.l a reply, approving tho ex-corni
. nication, '?nt lamenting thc defect
of the Bishop of Natal, n^ a scan
to the church at larg?.
The New York Jvermdof Cvmm
.?says: "(Jen. Santa Anna has ta
, ! the house opposite the one occilf
[Thy the travelers' Club, on V.
! I te.-nt!! stic t. for a year
Tlic Uisv.-uu.
The following extracts are from thc j
report of Generala Ateedmau and j
Fullerton :
Without attenuating to discuss the
propriety of officers of the Burean in
the military service of the United
States, who are paid hy the Govern?
ment for tho performance of their
dut ies, engaging in private Inkiness,
and employing freedmen for snch
purposes while controlling through
their official positions that class of
labor, we deem it our duty to ?tate
some of the effects produced, both
upon the officers themselves and upon
the planters with whom they come in
competition, by such conduct. Maj.
Wickersham, in contracting to furnish
forty laborers to work a rice planta?
tion, becomes at once interested
: against tho laborers, whom he com
J pels to labor, perhaps unjustly, when
unfairly dealt with by tho person
working them on the plantation; and
on their refusing to work, be inflicts
upon them unlawful and, for a breach
; of contract, unheard-of punishments,
; puttingthem on chain gangs as if they
j were convicted crimin?is. Col. Whit
i tlesey, or any other officer of los.**
I rank and influence in the Bureau,
I who are engaged in working planta
! tions rented for cash or on shares,
becomes interested in securing a low
i rate of wages and in making the most
1 stringent labor regulations, to tin
.?Teat detriment of the freedmen.
They thereby give the sanction of tlu
Government to the establishment o:
wages far beyond what the labor L
really worth. Officers of the quar
terniaster's and commissary's de
partments who are thus engaged an
subjected to thc temptation of appro
printing to their own usequartermas
; ?er's st?tres and rations to supply am
pay their own laborers. Complaint
have been made to nm by the planter
that the agents of the Bureau use th
power of their position to obtain an<
control the best labor of thc State
There is no doubt that some of th
ill-feeling manifested toward the Bu
roan on the part of the planters i
attributable tb this fact.
We ascertained by the testimony o
Messrs. Barham & Ballard, auction
eers at Goldsboro, that they had sol
at unction for Chaplain Glavis fort
blankets marked "U. S." and a ?mai;
tity of clothing that had been sent t
( iohlsboro for gratuitous distrihutio
to the needy by a freedmen's ai
.society at or in tin1 vicinity of Bc
cloister, N. Y. We learned, also, thu
lie had disposed of a large amount <
Mich clothing at privat?; sale. Th
chaplain stated himself thut he ha
received from such sales $260, thong
subsequently ho asserted that th
t'^tal cash receipts of his otlice froi
all sources amounted to $126.50. B
kept no books or even memoranda (
moneys received and expended.
Capt. Rosekranz, sub-agent of tl
Burean at Newborn, under Capt. So?
ley, and Commissary of Subsistent
as will bc semi by reference to tl
i paper hereunto attached, is also ci
1 gaged in cultivating a large plant
, tion near little Washington, N. C
i with thc labor of freedmen, whom 1
I supplies with rations as n part .
their wages.
1 The New York HentM, in alludirj
to the testimony of Gen. Sherich
j before the Reconstruction Coinini
? tee, thus alludes to < reu. James J
i Steedman :
"We are reminded, b> the vie*
thus expressed by Gen. Sheridan,
I those of den. James B. Steedman,
i not less gallant and practical soldi
: of th?1 volunteer army. This o the
; was questioned by a member of tl
Committee on Reconstruction,
! order to elicit his view s before sui
! mouing him to testify. His opinio
1 were, like those of Gen. Sherida
j not of the character to suit the coi
j mittee, and Steedman was not c
unlined, lu reply to the questio
j 'What class of people in the S?.>n
are most loyal to tin- Union?' Gc
. Steedman, instead ?d' praising t
j negroes, as his questioner expecte
answered very laconically, 'ihe i
turned rebel soldiers.' Ou bei:
? asked to explain the devotion
i these soldiers t?> their former leade:
: whom they almost unanimously sn
; ported for all State and natioi
. offices in their gift, Steedman repli
i that h?' ?Hil not well see how anythi
else could be expected o? them. Th
, professed sincerity alike to engagi
; m th?' war aud in submitting to t
: arbitrament of anns, and they wt
naturally devoted in peace to 1
men who had led them in war and
; danger. To have supported Uni?
, ists who stayed at home and reniait
j loyal, would have been to ackm
; ledge not only that themselves w
j wrong morally, but inferior intelle
: nally, lt was not in the nature
j men to do this: and more, <?<
Steedman thought, was to be boj
; from laen who proved t?eir shicer
I by their consistency than from th
! who abandoned principles which tl
1 believed honest for tho sake of se
! rity. Tin* testimony of our practi
! Geuernls, such as (.?rant, Thom
: Sie ilium, Sheridan and Steedman
indeOtl of all those free from polit
an?l paly complications, atte;
I while acknowledging theexistenc?
what (icu. Sheridan calls the 'dis
sitioii to glorify rebellion,' thc ?
I eerily with which the rebel h a?.
ami .?lidi?is have submitted lo
j feat, ami the honesty of their ?le
to s?>e tlf.: country fully restore?'
Ii thc prosperity amt strength of tho
Union. "
< -? ??- ?
j Tho I{e?I River levees have gi
j away. The whole country is ?
I merged from Nntchitoches down.
Local l?eme.
Mortgages abd Conveyances ot Real Es?
tate for wale at this office.
Mr. C. 8. Jenkins advertises his stock of
groceries; liquors, provisions, fancy arti?
cle?, otc, at ami below cost. Consumers
would do well to give hiin a call.
THE CONCEKT.-Our reader? are remind?
ed that the "Johnny Keb. Minstrel?" will
give their first performance, under the
uew regime, thia evening, in Gibbes* Hall.
Good singing, tine music mid droll conuiti
dnims comprise tho bill of fare. You will
certainly get your money's worth.
SMALL-POX. -There are now, we are in?
formed, six cases of small-pox in a build?
ing occupied by colored persona neat
the post-office. Two deaths from the
disease occurred last week in the name
building. This state of a tia i rs in the heart
of the city should not be permitted. What
is our boord of health about?
Coner OK APPEALS.- At the opening of
the Court-, on Monday, opinions wurt- de?
livered in the following cases:
j Richardson, Pinckney el al. rx. J. S. Lu
! glesby. Executor. Decree reformed. In
|glia, J.
I Henderson, Kirtlaud et al. rs. Haddon,
seager Sc Cn. Appeal dismissed. Dun?
kin, C. J.
Executors of A. Houston ads. Wm. Mc
i Kelroy. Appeal dismissed. Wardlaw, J.
Isaiah Uolin and J. R. Davis rs. M. E.
Thompson. Appeal dismissed. Ward
! law, J.
0. T. Porcher, Executor, vs. Joshua
; Daniel et td. Appeal dismissed. Inglis, J.
Andrew Wherry, Administrator, TS. Mar
! tba McCammon. Appeal dismissed. Pei
! cariant.
\ 1). C. Roddy et a-', rx. H. 8. Elani and J.
N. McElwee. Appeal dismissed. Per
curium.
Klizabetfj C. Douglas cu. J. T. McAfee et
I a!. Appeal dismissed. Inglis, J.
Reicher A Belcher, Administrators, rs.
I A. P. Connor. Decree reformed. Ward -
I law. J.
The call of the docket was then retuned.
! and eases disposed of as follows:
Eli Manning, Executor, mis. Franklin
Mantung. Argued by Mr. Mciver for
I motton. Written argument of eonnsel
contra road by Mr. Melton.
W. I). Wallace cs. Thomas P. Graham.
Brief and written arguments on each side
read and submitted.
Es parte A. C. J. Pan is. Mr Pope for
motion. Mr. Melton contra.
Execntors of Peay rs. N. Ramsay tt al.
Brief read by Mr. DcSaussure.
Jacob rs. Burrows. Continued.
Rroedeu rs. McLeod. Struck off.
PROVOST Co ?BT-The following cases
have been decided:
Thu United States vs. Jahn Mc (?ninnis.
Thomas Jackson, a freedmen, deposed:
That bc was driving a cart in the street,
and was accosted by John MeGuinnis, who
wanted to know what he said or done to
his father. His reply was, "I done noth?
ing." McGuinuia took the whip away from
thu prosecutor, and struck him several
times with it. Prosecutor ran off-the ac?
cused pursuing him. Went down to the
butcher-pen, w-hero he was employed. Ac
I cused followed him down there, abont a
, mile, and beat him with a stick. Fined $'23.
T!te United States ts. Israel Pawls, freed
! :nnii. -This young lad walked into the re
I s iden cc of Mr. William Scarborough, on
; Sunday last, while tho family were at din
I ncr, and helped himself to two new hats
that wi re on the table. Ono of the family
coming into the entry, saw him standing
near the front door. Asked his business.
Si-.id ho wanted to seo Miss Crow. Wasin
j funned that she was not thero. Jnst then
i the hats were missed, the accused pursued,
and the hals found concealed under his
coat. Sentenced to thirty days hard labor.
Tltf United Stales vs. Linton Howell and
(''tlc i H Chistar, freedmen.-Tho accused
were driving au omnibus out of the ordi?
nary speed, in trying to get to the depot
nf tin- Greenville and Columbia Railroad,
as they said, to get the first passengers.
They, ' having forgotten that there was a
city ordinance against fast driving, wert
fined $3. in order to refresh their memorv.
The Uni'ed States rs. Ilidiard Rairli,
freedman. -The accused had been imbibing
pretty freely of Mr. Barleycorn; was in a
lighting mood; said he could whip the
whole city of Columbia; required several
ladies to leave the pavement; was finally
taken care of by the police and gijt-n lodg?
ing at the guard house, and charged $5, or
live days' hard labor; he chose the former.
The United States cs. Thomas I lobins?n,
freed l>oy.- Master Cathcart, a youth ct
about fourteen years of age, deposed that
ho ami the accused were good friends up to
last Friday; they had been raised together;
accused formerly belonged to his mother,
lu passing ont of the yard, accused wat
standing in the gate; witness hit him with
an empty bag which he had in his hand;
witness told him not to be mad-he was
only playing. They left the yard and went
into tho next street, when a light ensued.
Ti>o witness drew his knife, but did not use
it. They were separated by somo persona
passing. The accused not being satisfied
with the result, was sent to the guard
house for five days to vool off.
Thc I'nited States cs. Cicero Payne and
Tour y Howell, freedmen. -The accused
were charged with stealing cattle and sell?
ing them in the city-avery common oc?
currence. There being no sufficient prool
against Cicero, he was discharged. Tonoy
has not yet been arrested.
The United States cs. Andrup Johnsor
and others, freedmen.' -Charged with shoot
ing und stealing a bog. The proof nol
sustaining the charges against Andrew, hi
was discharged.
There Were several esses for debt dis?
posed of by tho Court.
The Court will bc in session until Wed
nc-sday.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Attention is call
ed to thc following advertisement?, whicl
are published this morning fur the tirs
tune:
Concert at Gibbes' Hall.
C. F. Jackson- Bargains.
E. E. Jackson -Perfumery, A.c.
T. J. Gibson White Lead, & c.
.). Si T. It. Agnew-Fresh Butter.
lt. D. Senn Acknowledgment.
C. S. Jenkins- Groceries, Liquors, Ac.
Thomas H. Wade-Final Tax Notice.
Apply at this office -Store to Rent.
A despatch from San ' Francise
states that an extensive gold field ha
been discovered fifty miles ,Wost <
Cleveland bay. Queensland.

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