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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-15
Amnsements.
GRAND MASONIC, FAIR,

Under The authority and approval OF the N. ".
GRAND LODGE and M. f. GRAND ROYAL ARCH
CHAPTER Of the State of South Carolina, will be
opened
AT HIBERNIAN HALL,
ON MosDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18TH,
At O'Clock. Will open at the same hour during
the entire week, and will close at II O'Clock each
night, and on THURSDAY and SATURDAY AFTER
NOON at O'Clock.
Masonic Jewels and Regaia, Silver and Plated
Ware, Jewelry, Household Goods Perfumery,
Dress Goods, Clothing, Hats, Refreshments OF all
kinds, Fancy Articles, and large and varied as
sortment Of other merchandise, will be offered for
sale. Contributions and donations will be thank
fully received and acknowledged.
The lower Saloon will be opened every night, at
10 O'Clock for Cotiion and Quadrille Parties, un-
der the management and direction Of the officers
of La Candeur and Walhalla Lodges and fine
String Band will be In attendance.
Arrangements have been made to transmit
kilograms from the Hall to all parts Of the United
States, or by cable to Europe.
SENIOR MANAGERS.
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r. U N Ny c L O T II
100 bales extra weight, in store, and for sale
low in lots to suit purchasers, by
E. LAFITTE CO., No. 20 Broad street.
Oct27 WIN
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the said Edwin Staley, having given lawful noe
tice Of the same, and fled with the County
Clerk an approved bond, Andrew HiuBhaw,
James Shaw and J. w. Weaver were appoint
meet ak the house Of A. g. white In Empo-
ria township, on the - day of january, A. D.
1889, and proceed thence and view and survey
said road.
Signed according to law, asking the Board TO
cause to be viewed, surveyed and established,
n county road Is described in said petition, and
the said Richard Howe, having given lawful
notice ef the same, and fled with the County
Clerk an approved bond, r. G. Hunt, +.
SehmidIing and Thomas Murdoch were sp-
pointed viewers, and ID. T. McAuley surveyor,
TO meet ut the court house, in EmpoFia, on the
18th day Of January, 1859. and proceed thence
and view aud survey saia road.
Lewis Hayer presented petition duly sign
ed according TO law, asking the Board TO cause
to be viewed, surveyed and established, .
the said Lewis Hayer, having given lawful no.
tice Of the same. Thomas W bite, T. F. Little
and John W hite were appointed viewers, and
ID. Z. McAuley surveyor. TO meet ut the house
| Of Lewis HaveT, In Americas township, on the
18th day Of January, A. ID. 1859. and proceed
thence and view ard survey said road.
Joseph Ernrt, commissioner to examine c.
n. Withington's bridge across Allen creek. In
| Agnes City township. presented report which
was accepted and fled.
3 b. Hurst presented his resignation Of the
Office Of County Commissioner Of Lyon county,
! which was accepted and filed.
On motion Joseph Ernst was appointed chair.
/ man OF Board Of Commissioners pro tenn.
On motion !. Z. Perley was duly elected e
Office of County Commissioner TO I'LL vacancy
| caused by the resignation Of 3. b. Hurst, and
| the Clerk instructed to notify him Of his ap
pointment.
Ordered That the following bills and &C
counts be allowed and orders drawn on tk'
County Treasurer for the same, to-Wit:
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NEWS ITEMS.

Great Britain had a population of
80, 369, 345 in June last.
We imported S1,5OO,OOO worth of
English books last year.
An American newspaper has been
started in Florence.
Fig and banana trees in Florida have
been hurt by frost.
The gas in Stewards new store is
lighted by electricity.
A company is constructing stock
yards at st. Louis.
New York and Brooklyn support
1878 billiard rooms.
The late Gov. Tod left an estate of
over S5O0,OOO.
A six-foot bed of hematite iron ore
has been found near Denver.
The Mont Gents tunnel is to be fin
ished by the commencement of 1871.
New York city consumes weekly
$500 beeves, 2l,O00 hogs and 1900
sheep.
Out eff 3,429 Jesuits employed in
missionary work, 759 are in the United
States.
A gentleman in Terre Haute has Civ
en- Sl9O,OOO to establish female SEM
mary.
Nineteen negros are sueing for the es-
tate OF former master in Columbus,
Georgia.
Twenty million dollars have been
taken from one gulch in Nevada In five
years.
Wisconsin has larger proportion of
foreign born citizens than any other
State.
Of 1900 convicts in Sing Sing pris-
on 82S We're formerly Sunday school
scholars.
A company has been formed to ex-
port live cattle from Buenos Ayres to
Europe.
The King of Sweden declares that he
Will allow no more executions in his
Kingdom.
A MIR. Bancroft, living in Georgia,
has gathered 5000 pounds of cotton
from one acre.
I Salt Lake City's population is COM
posed of 28,OO0 Mormons and 5000
Gentiles.
: Il costs $4,000 . year to fold and
paste the Pennsylvania legislative doc
uments.
d. de Lesseps says the Suez canal
viii be finished on the first of October
next
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FReH THE CAPITAL.

TOPEKA, Wednesday Morning 20, 1863,
DEAR News: No language can de-
scribe the state ofthe road between Em-
poria, and Burlingame, as it was on
Monday afternoon. All have to cay
IL, don't try it il you can help it.
North Of Burlingame, the road was
better; rough, snowbanks. We crawl
ed out Of the hack into the arms of Un-
Gle Johnny Wilson just before sunrise,
yesterday, chilled, sore, and sadly dilap-
idated.
Topeka is quiet there are no senator's
to elect, and therefore money is scarce
aud but little excitement unaffected.
There was q slight breeze yesterday
connected with the election Of State
Printer. 1t was the old story the
large towns against the south and west
The Great Neosho Valley was for once
a unit, and our cadaverous Cassius, s.
s. Prouty, walked over the track. Now
that he has q fat Office, we have some
h Ope for his well-being. The general
feeling is, that a thoroughly incOrrupt-
ible an honorable man has been placed
| in q position where he can save thous-
ands Of dollars to the State. Burlington
is the loser. Stotler and Eskridge look
well-brushed. clean-shaven and happy.
The new Lieutenant Governor is sur
prising his best friends, and winning
golden opinions from all, by the ease
dignity and grace wherewith he pre-.
sides over the Senate. All observers
agree thac his equal in his Office has not
before served at Topeka.
One noticeable feature here IL the to-
tai obliteration of. all the animesities
engendered by the suffrage canvass o.
ST The knowing ones say that this
Legislature will act upon the question
The cOiored people hold their conven-
ton to-day, and will again demand en-
reimbursement. The advocates of Wo.
man Suffrage urge that petitions be for
warded at once. Emporia must send
up its collective autograph. The State
Tempe rance Convention meets this af.
ternOOn, to demand more thoroughly
restrictive legislation. Yours, II. B. N
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INTERESTING Prom GENERAL
SHERIDAN.

CHICAGO Jan-16.-Geu. Sheridan in
forms Gen. Sherman that the destrne-
ton Of the C0manche village by Col.
Evans gave the final blow to the back.
bone Of the Indian rebellion. At mid
night on the 3lst Of December delega-
ton of the chief men of the ArTapa-
hoes and Cheyeunes, twenty-One in
number, arrived at Fort Cobb, begging
peace. They report the tribes in mourn
ing for their losses, their people starry
ing, ponies dying, dogs ali eaten up, no
buffalo.
Gen. Sheridan further says: 1--WE
had forced them into the cam Ons, Oh
the eastern edge of the staked plains,
where there was no small game or buff
falo. They are in bad nix, and surren-
der Internationally. Iacceded to their
terms, and will punish them justly.
can scarcely make error in any punish
ment awarded, for ali have blood upon
their hands,"
In the same dispatch Sheridan repels
the charge Of Col. WynkOOp that Black
Kettles band were peaceable Indians
He says the band were outside of their
reservation, and some of Black Kettles
young. men were out depredating when
the village was captured. Much plum
der from trains and from murdered
couriers was found in the village, and
other indubitable evidence that ths
band had been engaged in murders and
/ Outragee uDOn the whites.
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GOVERNOR HARVEY ON SUFFRAGE.

The new Governor is evidently man
who does not fear to speak his mind.
He has achieved the rare distinction Of
being the first American officer of his
rank who openly and officially advocates
Impartial Suffrage. The follow wing sem
fences from his recent message are very
much to the point:
From the moral nature of mankind
and the experience of States, we may
infer that restrictions, merely arbitrary
and conventional. like those based upon
color and sex, cannot last much longer
than they are desired, and cannot be re-
moved much sooner than they should
be. Expediency, that great
pretext for the infringement of human
rights, no longer justifies us in the re-
tention of a monopoly of political pow
male citizens"
Senator Ross, in his letter to Col.
Plumb, is nearly as explicit. After his
able argument in behalf of Negro Suf-
frage, he says:
might say further, and all the logic
of history would bear me out in the as
sertion. that in no way can national and
individual liberty be SO fully secured,
and the harmonious working of all the
elements Of parties be so fully sustain
ed. rs by the establishment of Universal
Suffrage in its 6roadest sense As no
human being of mature age and mental
development was ever designed by Ma
ture to be beneath another in political
right, so no one has the right to assume
to himself the guardianship over an
other"
The cause is growing America will
be truly a republic some day.
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Proceedings - the Beard 81 County Gem
laLssioaoss 81 LyOA COaaty, eE . ReRalaE
Nesting Aeld january Aths 4. ID. 1855.
Present, 4. b. Hurst, Joseph Ernst and D.
L. Ward.
Beard called % order by the chairman.
Ordered. BY the Board, That the County
Treasurer b. requested not 70 issue warrant Tor
the collection OF personal property tax Of VIII
liam p. Lewis for 1858.
Ordered, That B. T Wright be credited one
fourth OF the amount OF tax charged on per-
sonal property for the year 1858, by error.
Ordered, By the Board, That an order be
drawn on the County Treasurer in favor Of III.
Z. Ward for the SUM VI SI1.16 taxes paid by
error.
Ordered, By the Board, That an order be
drawn on the County Treasurer In favor OF
Mrs. z. HOrnsby for the sum Of $3.50 taxes
paid by error.
Ordered, That an order be drawn on the
County Treasurer in favor Of Calvin +. Lewis
Tor the sum Of $2-5O premium on hedge fence.
Ordered, By the Board, That John Hammond
De appointed commissioner 60 draw plan and
estimate the cost Of . bridge across Dry creek
in Emporia township.
a. G. White presented q petition, duly
signed according TO law, asking the Board to
cause to be viewed. surveyed aud established
zeoonty road. as described In said petition.
AID the said 4. g. Wl1hfle, having given law.
fui notice OF the same, and flied with the Coun-
ty Clerk an approved bond, Andrew Hipshaw,
danes Shaw and J. W. Weaver were appoint
ed giewers, and ID. 2. EcAuley surveyor, 70
meet as the house oil a. g. WiIhite In Empo-
d. 1855. and proceed thence 20 view and sur
Yey said road.
Edwin Staley presented petition duly sign
ed according % law, asking the Board 70 cause
TO be viewed, surveyed and established. :
county road, As described in said petition, and
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their posts, and are possessed win
strong desire and determination to
York for the interests, not only Of their
own districts, but Of the State a1 large.
Mr.. Drake ls chairman Of the import
ant committee on Agriculture and Man
ufactnres, and the writer IL chairman
of the committee on Public Institutions,
and member of the Ways and Means
and Printing committees. Mr.. Hunter
has taken part in several debates, and
will make q very useful and excellent
member. Mr.. Wilson, of Butler, shows
himself well posted, and has taken a
prominent part In several debates.
Messrs. Case, of Marion, Croker, OF
Chase, McNay, Of Morris, aud Osborne,
of Greenwood, are industrious, hard
workers. MIR. Croker has already in
troduced several bills, while Mr.. Os-
borne has occupied the door in the dis
cussiOn of important bills. Mr.. Case Is
working hard for the payment Of the
militia claims, and is member of the
committee having charge of such mat
ters- Southwestern Kansas, / think,
will give a good account of herself at
this session.
Among the Emporiaites who have
been here, are Messrs. Fraker, Norton,
A. r. Bancroft and John Hammond.
Governor Eskridge, Senators Mead
and Murdoch, aud Messrs. Croker and
StOtler are stopping at the new hotel
the Tefit House, having made satisfac-
tory arrangements with the excellent
landlords, Messrs. Harris j. Beasly. to
that effect. The Teft is unquestionabIy
the best hotel i'm Topeka. The ftIrni-
ture and fixtures as well as the building
are all new, and in first-class order.
This hotel is taking the lead and take
pleasure in recommending it to people
from Southern and Southwestern Kan
sas. Messrs. Tucker, Drake and Os-
borne are at their old favOrite quarters
DIR. Ashbaugh's. McNay is at the
Capitol House, while Wilson and Case
stop with relatives. The friends of Mr..
Bronson. of Butler, will be glad to
know that he has first-class clerkship
iii the Senate. Also, Mrs. Bates, OF
Morris, is provided with a good place
as Assistant Enrolling Clerk of the
House.
The Editorial and Publishers Asso.
citation of Kansas met at the hall of the
House of Representatives last evening.
Jacob StOtler was elected President OF
the Association for the ensuing year,
and Messrs. Speer of the Lawrence
Tribune, Murdoch of the Usage CArOH.
icte, Prescott of the Leavenworth Com
n'ercial and Ward Durlingame Ito be
lOcated) were elected Vice Presidents.
Mcdonald, Of the Record, was re-elect.
ed Secretary, and PrOuty of the Patriot
Treasurer. Col. Martin delivered the
annual address of the association, TO @
large audience. 1t was very able, and
was frequently applauded. One thOus.
and copies were ordered to be printed
in pamphlet form. The association i.
in fourishing condition. s.
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TIE RAILROAD BONDS.

Shall the Board OF County Commits
sioners take stock for Lyon county to
the amount of 100000, in the Atchis-
on, Topeka q Santa Fe Railroad COM
Lany. This proposition, submitted by
the County Commissioners ut their last
meeting IL one that should engage the
candid aud thoughtful attention of
every citizen of Lyon county. The
propisition is q plain one, and Is de-
void of all legal technicalities that
would be likely to nlislead the people.
Our readers are well aware that the
contract has been let for building this
road as far a. Burlingame, aud that u
large force OF hands are now at work
near Topeka, building bridges, grading,
aud preparing the rOad-bed for the
iron. The contractors propose to have
the road completed to BurIingame by
the 9th OF June, in order TO secure the
Bonds voted by Ossge county. The
President and some OF the Directors of
this road visited this county q short
time ago, and expressed desire to
continue the road on TO this point pro-
vided that sufficient encouragement
could be given them by this county. A
number Of our citizens, having great
faith in this enterprise, and believing
that It would be Of immense advantage
to this section OF country to secure the
construction of this road to this point,
at once petitioned the Board of County
Commissioners to submit the PROPOSE
ton to the people, whether or not we
should take stock in this road to the
amount OF $500, 900, fully believing that
the intelligent citizens of Lyon county
would almost unanimously respond in
the affirmative.
II this road should be completed to
Burlingamc by next June, there will be
but IS miles of track to build to give us
short and direct railroad connection
with the East and West, and 1t is for US
as voters TO say whether we shall offer
this company sufficient encouragement
90 continue their road on to this place.
Let us examine this proposition with
all candor, and be prepared to vote in
diligently on It.
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Later-State Printer Elected.

TOPEKA, Jan. ~, 1861.
The Joint Convention of the two
houses of the Legislature assembled to-
day at o'clock for the election of State
Printer. On the fourth ballot 8. s.
Prouty was elected, having received
sixty-nine votes. John Speer, S. D.
Mcdonald and Sol Miller were the
principal opponents. Prouty led OH eV-
cry ballot and gained constantly, so that
after the fourth ballot members began
| to change their votes, and enough did so
| to elect Mr.. PrOuty by a good majority.
1t is proper to say that Sol. Miller per-
haps knew nothing about his being run.
1t was the work of the members from
the Northern tier, without consulting
Sol. Their vote was certainly a very
flattering compliment to the editor OF
the Chief.
1t is understood that Mr.. Prouty will
establish first-class printing establish
ment here, and a seven-cOlumn daily
paper.
We congratulate our oleaginous friend
on this streak of luck, and hope he has
.'phat take" The NeOshO Valley was
united for once, and now they see the
result of union.
The following resolution has been in
PRODUCED in the State Senate by DIR.
Grimes, one of the Senators from Atch-
ison, and understand has fair pros
pect of passing that body. What its
fate will be in the House / am unable
even to conjecture.
RESOLVED, By the Senate, the House
concurring.
WHEREAS, The Hon. E. G. Ross, a
Senator from Kansas in Congress, BY
his course in the impeachment of the
President of the United States, violated
the confidence repOsed in him by the peO-
pie of Kansas, and by his vote on that
! question, justly incurred the censure of
his constituents, therefore
Res0tced, That the said Z. G. Ross be
requested to resign the place he now
holds into the hands of the power from
whence he derived Il. in order that q
person NAV be selected on whose honor
and integrity we may rely, and who
viii more fully respect and represent
the views and wishes Of the great ma
Jority Of the people OF the radical State
Resotped, That the Secretary OF the
State be requested to forward = copy of
the above preamble aud resolution to
the Hon. E. q. Ross, in the United States
Senate.
A concurrent resolution has been in
trOduced in the Senate, also, by Mr..
Snyder, the other Senator from Atchi-
son, looking to the impeachment Of
Hon. Mark w. Delahay, United States
Judge for the District of Kansas, for
drunkenness. 1t is a notorious and
disgracefGl fact that this high Official
is frequently SO drunk that he has to be
''smuggled" away from the public eye
by his friends. Whether the resolution
will be adopted or not, am unable to
say, but all who feel an interest in the
welfare of the State, agree that some
thing should be done 20 bring about a
change. It is reported that Delahay
promises to resign if they will let him
alone, sa s.
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In the financial article of the Chicago
SiSses recently appeared the following
statement:
''Telegraphic advices from Kaansas
say the interest coupons, due January
/, of the bo1ds issued by the counties
in that State i'm aid of railroads, were
promptly paid, on presentation, By the
County Treasurers. This lie the FIRST
interest which has accrued on this class
of securities in Kansas. It's prompt
payment iaRnot otheawise than naateri-
ally promote future negotiations OF
such bonds as mry be issued for the
public enterprises now in progress, aud
TEND to dispel the aspersions recently
made upon the good faith Of the coun-
ties"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-01-22

Additional information from the
Indian country leads several Senators,
who have canvassed the subject to
form the belief that the battle OF
Wichita was in all its main features a
repetition of the Sand Creek massacre.
j. appears that Custer left his dead on
the field for fifteen days till he could
ride with his command to carry the
news of n great victory, and on return
ing, the bodies OF Manner, Elliot, and
sixteen others were found torn by
wolves and birds, and the matilatiOn
charged to the Indians.
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The New York Tri6une bitterly con-
dennis the boarding of gold in the
Treasury, contending that it should be
used in buying up interest-besriug gold
bonds. But the Tribune seems to over
look the important fact that every three
months large amount of gold is re-
quired to to pay interest, and that
boarding" is necessary to meet accrue
ing interest. A little while ago the
residue in the Treasury was only $685.
100000. A moderate amount of IL
probably might be used in taking up
our matured bonds, but the effect would
not be perccptible in the market.
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FRAUD.

Our eastern exchanges contain elabO-
rate reports of frauds in the Interior
Department in printing paper, and sta
tionery contracts, by which the Gov
nment has been defrauded of thous-
ands of dollars. Among the items it
has been discovered that the depart
ment has been paving S4S per thousand
for brown MANILA envelopes with
printing added. The envelopes them
selves probably cost from 81 to 2S per
thousand. The Department paid for
100000 at this rate but received only
10000. Other swindles of equal mag
nitude have been discovered. There
is point in this matter that needs at
tentiOn, because it underlies one OF the
worst frauds perpetrated in this De-
partment- 1t is in the Government
undertaking private enterprise in
printing envelopes for the market, and
selling envelopes for less than they can
be afforded, thus interfering with pri-
vate enterprise. The Government has
no right to take bread out of the mouths
of the people by such competition. 1t
ought not to do any printing or any
other job for the people that is not di-
rectly connected with official business.
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The dreadful muddle of financiers is
singularly illustrated by the fact that
there are no less than two hundred and
nineteen financial propositions now be-
fore Congress. The leading members
OF the New York Chamber of Com
merce prefer the bill introduced by
General Garfield in February last. 1t
provides for the resumption of specie
payment by contracting legal tenders
monthly at rates diminishing in regular
ratio until we reach the specie basis.
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We are to be afflicted by another mes
sage from Andy johnson. He is pre-
pairing to communicate to the Senate
his authority for pardoning all the reb-
ella. He insists that he has . right to
pardon before conviction. But what II
an accused person should prove limo
cent on trial? Perhaps the President
thinks IL eminently proper to forestall
the market and pardon if guilty. But
in this case doubt is cast upon the in
nOcenk ........