The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-14

'THf oRANeEBuRa NEws.n-We had ne pleasure
yesterday evening Of visit from our h1end Mr.
S. DBBLE, Of the Ne,cs. He is in tow only 1or
few days, andwin be glad to see his frsnds at the
Charleston Hotel.
REGISTRATION IN SUnndERvMLE.-B nave re-
ceived the following account OF the relsrstion Id
summerville, the Fifth Precinct, on ihe l2tn IN
slant: Whites 16; colored, 75 total 81 majority Oh
colored, SO.
IMPORTANT TO REa1sTRARs.-The number OF
candidates for voters privilege whocannot Sign
their names is alarming, and the gratest pans
should be taken by the registrars to have tnelr
signatures certified to by the requisit witnesses.
In the different precincts yesterday large num-
Der of colored candidates we're compded 10 make
their mark and we learn that in SOLE instances
the names we're written by the regirars msteao
of allowing them to afix their mark certified py
witnesses. Unless this latter plan ipursued tne
parties will not be legal voters, andare haDie 10
have their votes protested. At the Thrd fre-
cnct forty-two colored persons couldaot write; az
the Fourth, about one-third, while to proportion
at the remaining precincts was abot the sane'
There was also at each precinct fT white men
who could not write, and the same remarks are
,;,,h,, :, +bo;r ooeoo Il
REGISTRATION IN THE C1TY.-Thespject OF reg
stration still occupies the attentionof the puohc
mind, and though the weather prsents 1t Demg
up to fever heat, sufficient anGetHs mannes1ed
to warrant the belief that all cities, both wmte
and colored, will have their names eroiled before
the closing of the polls. The returs OF the Gay
give large colored majority, buth wnlte clu-
zens are evidently biding their tim, and Will en-
roll en- n,asse toward the end. Thes ls probably
no more truthful saying than ''preras sanation is
the thief Of time" and we advise esry one not TO
postpone the duty Of registration, ut, necessa-
~, devote whole morning to its accomplishment,
and the satisfaction Of having plaed themselves
in o position to do their country sryice Will DO
sufficient reward.
Yesterday passed quietly and whout any unto
ward to mar the proceedigs. The rain
OF the morning served to lay the dst but the neat
was intense. and the crowds who altered around
the precincts, while they drew insration from the
mouths Of the three judges, e1hed perspiratlon
in streams that required constaI moppmg, ana
which compelled all who had aegard Tor their
personal comfort to keep on the outskirts, where
the air was purer. The same ariety was mani
tested by some Of the enfranchisd to witness the
proceeding, and this caused or unpleasant jam
that probably kept many ffomenrollng their
names. If the plan Of the cue,- e., standing in
single file and waiting for the next turn, was
adopted in every precinct, there 'ould be no diff
Guilty, and the applicants would beasily accommo-
dated. We commend the subjet TO the proper
authorities.
The patience Of the registrarsis often severely
taxed by the foolish answers thahre given to ther
questions. At the Hope Engin House, sd Pre-
cinct, colored candidate was aSed IL he was Il
He replied not yet, but proceedd to state that he
was married and had children His appearance
contradicted his statement oflis age, and fur
ther questioning brought fromhlm the astound-
ing statement that he had o youger brother who
was g. he was evidently all r!ht except on nu-
merals and was passed in. Tis is only one OF
many instances in which the APPLICANT either can
not or will not understand thequestions put to
him and renders the questionerlncomfortaby hot
in his endeavors to explain.
The registration to-day in thdiferent Precincts