The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-01-06

!"mcrai~ Government, under the resolution of
,c"n ami In" nlnnn"r III which he has thus ar
discharged his du:irs nS the A.rn, of the state.
meets. with the entire approval Of this General
Assembly.
:" H'So/'rn, That in consideration thereof lh.
compensation Of the said james a. Black shall
ha rs follows: loprr cent. upon ii, claims rccoy.
e'eh FOR this State due for ADVANCES made in tl.c
Floriin and Mexican wars: Is per cent upon
all cias due in the war Of 1912, and 20 per
cent upon all Revolutionary claims and IN the
meantime that the Governor he and is hereby
authorized 10 p,y to him an additional fee Of
S.'oo on! of the con: inrcnt furt which sum with
the $500 already paid to Mr.. Black, shall l.. ac-
counted irr by him out OF his commissions as -,
innrh n"ney advanced /" him by tic State o.
that account. Respectfully submitted,
Jos. DANIEL Pore, Chairman.
U. S. COMMissI0NER's COURT.--THE WAN
DERER AFFAIR.
SAvANNAI, December % l"5S
Pursuant to adjournment. tile Court assembled
this morning and proceeded to The investigation
of til" Wanlercr affair. The viror with which
II Is h' lng pi"'' c cd is hcginninr to give very
different ASPECT TO tho IL was al first
Thought I" Il" Il f,icr, mere form Of l.w 10 l,c
gone through with, and then dropped and he for.
gotten. without the exposure OF anything Of an
unpleasant nature. Such We believe was tn.
general impression. Matters now look different,
and the Imprisonment OF Il witness vest cr,lav bv
.Iui-r Henry, will dnus,l.SS .ivc an ndii,nnil
impetus to the ease. District Attorney Gnnahl
Is IN "nrmrsl, and intends to make no chi's
play of til" matter. lie has fall powers from
the Government I" use all legal means To hiring
iiie pioscci::n: To Il successful ISSUE while the
energy displayed by h:n and his usSocn!c ~.
jackson. show that the interests of the pub.
sc could not have been inllu,,rl to safer
hands.
Upon opening the case al number of wit
nesses Appeared, Of whom the following were
sworn:
James Giubb, sworn-'rhe District Attorney
asked this Witness what his occupation was,
which u" declined 20 answer, alleging that it,
would crinintc himself. JUDI. Henry told
the witness that Ia" must answer the question.
nnd allowed him five minutes for cu;.s;,lrra,ion:
at the end Of the time. witness still refused
wh"a III" Jud:.'. c":n,,,i;lc' him iov contempt OF
Court and ordered him 10 be confined in jal nm
Ii! hr did answer
Capt. Hillary B. Fraser, sworn-Am COM
na:i'"r "f The steam boat Augusta. b .lan.imy 10
The Iron St"arn Boat Company. Ah"ut i!,c l2ll,
or l:i:h instant, carried up number OF m"-ros
nbou, 10 They were taken board from the
Carolina shore, al,"u; - or lG miles alnvc Su-
rnnnah. Was ordered 10 20 for them hv the
agent. lie did net tell me where | wonii line
them. nor where l should Si"p. Saw 4 gang OF
ncgros OH tIle Shore which induced me To stop
In going ny WAS hailed by some whit: persons
near Mr. Po;torS place. about 6 miles from here
and sent small boat for them and brougl,, them
on board. The ncT:os, when, seen, were j.,
charge of n white man who came aboard with
them Was hailed by this man. After the he.
gro"s were taken on board the parties who came
up from near MIR. P"ttcr's place, requested wit,
nrsS 10 carry them back in his boat. as they had
expected Il boat there to carry them back but
wrr" disappointed; witness carried his boat back
and after landing them pIucrc,lrd towards hu.
gnsta. The negroes remained in charge Of n
white man on board, who attended To then, AMI
tkI fhrn hnts
boy. about two miles below Anrvs;n on ;Lc
laioi:na side. 1t was nt Il woul ward about
half mike below Horse Creek. The boy who
remained Oh board was sent to witness house
Did not put him OH exhibition, but a good MANY
pe"pl" came to rec him out Of curiosity witness
supposed because it WAS thought he was AN Aft-
can. Witness believed hp: to he all African
So many people came 10 him that witness sent
Tor the one who left him in charge TO take him
away which was done The boy was one ur the
same lot carried up the river. All of them W IRE
similar in appearances. Did not hear them speak
English, though heard them talking often.
The wi,ne>s was then dismissed for the pres
cnt. No cross examination.
Capt Luke Christie. sworn.-Runs n tow.
boat, called the Lamar, at present. Carried her
TO Brunswick, the first tinc, about the LIST or ,2d
| instant. Declined to answer where lie went
TO from brunswick as it would criminatc HIM
self
District Attorney Ganahl requested the Court
| TO instruct the witness as to what would crimi.
nate him. lie knew from the high character of
Capt. Christie, that he would not he engaged
| in Ii disrrpuiabe transaction, and that h. was
under ii nnisarp'ehcns"n. The fact of his trans.
porting the nrgros for hire inland was not crimi.
| nal.
The District Attorney spoke with much ear
nostness Of the vigor with which it was his in.
ten'on t" carry on the prosecution of every one,
| either nearly or remotely connected with tins
n bDrl ed hy t1,.
no efforts should he spared to si the matter thor
onghly. No position should he u shield but
high and low would be ulike brought before
that bar, and if in his power brought TO punish
| ment.
Judge Henry adjourned the Court for tlepur.
pose of consulting authorities on The subject and
| Will deliver his opinion this morning. when the
case will be co"tinucd.-R'pubiica".
| The Jehuanirpec Route The Hon s. w
| lnge, pioneer passenger from California vic
| I"huhnteprc, and Il well known citizen of tha!
state, has authorized the New Orleans Picayur
TO publish the following report in relation to tle
| transit He declares that the difficulties III re-
gard TO Fenosa Bay are of trivial nature, mai
he obvmted, aud even now offer no serious impe
! di'n"nt I" dcharcation or embarcnlon. The road
i'"h |cnosa to Suchi he prpnounccs one of tIt
best natural roads ever travelled over for tha
| distance, ll2! miles. The road il adapted [,
the easy transit Of coaches. nnd The land trip bs
| tween thetwo points will soon be made in twenty
| four hours. The climate on The Isthnus is COO
agreeable, and healthy, and singularly free froh
ihe usual nnnoyances of the tropics. Col. Ing
! expresses the confident opinion that in a shot
| time, when arrangements now on foot are COM
pleted. the through trip will be made betweei
New Orleans and San Francisco in twelve dayst
( gnd tlInt the Istlimus Of Tefnnntepec is speedA
d'st"ed I" he the grsst vhoroughfnre for passed.
gers, ihh's, and treasure between the Slntes
the AtIantc, the G Gulf OF Mexico, and the paci ~
| coast. H.
lhc 1/rienn Boy.-There are one tr two fads
sh"n,a M'n the tn , abduction Of this ljluuJ tl.,t
by the U. ). BIars&l, Sa,urdatsnj.rninp, ffos,
the M BARRACKS I" tLsa!c room q JIr. Geo. VI.
WHY where there @cre no mean9 for securip&
III "sse of a" attssnpc'at rescue lra only gnsa
al night being Htaromsn on l,e premises SIT
""Td"y "itrrn"on Mr: Wyly ,lforned the Dehpy3