The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-03
That ELECTION BUsINEss.
The Facts and Gossip of Yesterday.

spire their intention to protest the election IL
Beaufor. County, which movement, Il successful
wonld give Mr.. Bowen the seat for which he has
worked SO hard. Mr.. DeLarge counts confidently
on the support OF the State Government If any
trouble is brewed in Washington. and expects to
have three congressman and one Senator from
South Carolina as his defenders at the National
Capital AS race question both Elliott and
Rainey will stand oy DeLarge, and Mr. Wallace Is
expected to do noies than his colored colleagues
1t s understood, besides, that whoever Is elected
10 the United States Senate, in the place OF sena
tor Robertson, will be required to pledge flmsel
to the supper: OF Nr. DeLarge the coloreo mem
bers Will have majority in the next Legislature
and .heY. as we are told. are determined 10 STICK
10 seei- own people.
THE CASE OF ISAAC WHITE.
| Isaac White the coiored man, whose arrest was
| noticed in THE NEWS OF yesterday, appeared be
fore the United States commissioner yesterday
morning to answer to the charge OF illegal voting
and OF acting as q manager OF elections In Beau
3 Fort County when he himself was not qualified
voter. M. P. O'Cennor, Esq, counsel for White
after the charges had been stated and the VIII
aesses for the prosecution examined n oSeo 'na
the srisoner be discharged upon the ground thai
the evidence for the prosecution showed him tc
| be innocent. This motion was refused, and when
it was proposed to adduce testimony Tor the de-
| fence the commissioner declined to hear It upon
the ground that the case was closed, and that the
evidence showed that White had voted Illegally,
| although without intention OF fraud. The COM
missioner required bal! in the sum Of Slo,S0o for
the appearance OF White at the January term OF
the Cnited States Court. This bail was objected
to as being excessive. and the accused was re-
moved on writ OF haoeas corpus to the United
States District Court, where Judge Bryan ordered
that the bail be reduced to $500. The accused
gave the required bail and was released.
OTHER ARRESTS.
Warrants have been issued for the arrest OF
several other persons who are charged with viola
ting the election laws.
TIE MOVEMENTS OF Mr.. BOWEN
gumor is wrong again. Mr.. Bowen, instead OF
taking pleasure trip to Louisville or washing.
ton, Is still in Charleston making preparations to
contest the election of Mr.. DeLarge, before the
board OF State canvassers, on the ground OF sys.
tematic and deliberate fraud, and soforth.
THE ARREST OF THE BEAUFORT COMMISSIONERS.
The arrival OF the steamer Pilot Boy, at
ouarter.past ten O'Clock on Tuesday night, with
Messrs. Laug:ey. Gleaves and Williams. the COM
mssioners OF elections for Beaufort County, caus-
ed some stir in the ranks Of the Bowen and
DeLarge factions The commissioners were arrest
cd under the provisions Of 'an act to enforce the
right OF the citizens or the United States to vote
in the several States Of the Union, and were IN
the custody OF United States Deputy Marshal Full
Ter. Upon their landing they were taken to the
office Of United States Commissioner Porteous,
where the following affidavit. upon which the
warrant OF arrest was Issued. was read:
State or South Carolina, County and city or
Personally appeared before me this 2sth day Of
October, 1870. Isaac Reid. citizen OF the United
States, who. being dulv SWORD, deposes and says:
That certain parties to wit: 5. L. Langley, X. ID.
Gleaves and Alfred "iuiams, ol beauIort Couaty
terfere with the ballots OF the election that TOOK
place on the 10th Instant, and In wnlcn Con
pressman OF the Cni'ed States was 10 oe elected,
and prays that warrant may be issued against
the said parties. hs
Mark.
Sworn to before me, this Goth day Of October,
1870 JOHN +. PORTEUs,
United StaeS Commissioner.
Reid, we believe, was candidate for county
commissioner on the Bowen ticket at the late
election. and can neither read nor write.
1t will be noticed that the charge is couched In
the most general t. rms, but the accused were
neremp,orily ordered to be Gem uttted in default
OF bail, to the amount OF $4,000 each, for their
appearance tomorrow ior a preliminary exauli-
nation. The friends OF the accused, 1t being alter
midnight, called in the professional assistance OF
Mr.. NJ P. o'Connor. When that gentleman ap'
peared he asked that the prisoners be heard, OUT
this was denied to them aud their counsel. COM
missioner Porteus insisted upon the $4,000 BALL
and the proposed ondsnen were produced.
When one OF the bondsmen swore that ne
was worth over ten thousand dollars III
real estate above his debts and liabilities aud
homestead exemption, the commissioner was NOT
satisfied, asked the amount OF taxes ne paid' and'
fnslly demanded to see the deeds OF MS properly.
Mr.. F. wa, offered q bail for another OF the coin
missioners but the commissioner rejected MIN
'upon the ground that he was already upon one
bond for $4,000. AMI declined taking him as
further surety. Nc O'jonnor's objection TO this
ruling was not sustained. Another 6ondsman was
refused because though he WAS worth the needed
amount OF real estate In tue State, he was hot
,ossessed OF 1t in the City Of Charleston. THIS oo-
lection, however was sub eiu ntl3 waivei by the
commissioners, and bon is were given aAhsll-past
A. NJ. In the sum OF $4,000 by freSh'l'lers to
answer for the appearance OF the three eommi'-
sioners, L. s. Langley. r. H. Ceaves and Alex.
Williams, before the United States Commissioner
at IL A. NJ. today.
TaE FIRE YESTERDAY MoRNrSG.-A fire
broke out at hall. past 8 O'Clock yesterday morn
Ing In the house at the corner OF Morris street
and Jasper Court, belonging TO Mr.. Groobmann,
and occupied by colored family named CoRin.
The alarm bell did not r.ns until some time after
tho alarm had been given, and by the time that
the tiremen arrived, the fire had gained headWay
81 rapidly that it was impossible to save either
1le house in which the fire originated or the ad-
i,Ining house, in Jasper Court, owned by mr
Perry, and occupied BY colored family named
Deun;son. Both houses were insured.
TIE STATE DENTAL AsS0CIATIoN.-Thisa asso-
ciation met, according to adjournment, at 10
O'Clock yesterday morning. paper was read oy
DR.. Chup, in ON alveola abscess, which led to an
interesting discussion in which Drs. Patrick,
Rodrigics and Moore, and others, took part. DR..
| Rodrigues then introduced a young lad, for the
purpose OF demonstrating the operation OF FORM
iYg un artificial slate, and spoke at some length