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Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28

An attempt was made on Christmas
eve by some fend in human shape to
throw the night traio on the Savannah
and Charleston road, off the track near
Grahamville. by pntting a plank across
the track, but fortunately the train was
running slow at the time, and the obstruct-
ion was discovered in time to arrest ca
tastrophe.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28
Financial Statement


as corrected by the Chairman of the coun-
ty board
County of Beaufort, DR..
To checks issued by new board
from December 9, 1870, the
first meeting of the said board
after organizing, up to an
is7I........: ] $40 ,a95 80
money........'...................... .. 100000
To bills audited and checks is
sued to annual meeting Sept.
5. 1S7l.....................::........ 1882 q
To checks issued by county au-
ditor and allowed by this board 1000 W
3O,227 "a
Per contra Cr
By E. S Kuh late Treas 5 3.43S 6I
BY F. E. Wilder, Treas. 1l,9S7 81
Borrowed for public Buildings, 1000 W
.34,426 81
The above is correct account of the
financial operations of the new board of
county commissioners from the first meet
ing alter their organization, up W Inei
annual meeting held September ., 1871.
Signed,
JNo. HUM, Chairman.
At The annual meeting of the old Board,
held November II, 1870, they acknow-
lodged deficiency in the county treasury
of the sum of (S2S, ,OOO.0O) twenty-eight
thousand dollars.
Signed,
JOHN HUM, Chairman.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28
Public Meeting.

A meeting Of the citizens of Beaufort
will be held at the Council Chamber on
Tuesday evening next. Gen. Smalls wants
to get an expression of the feelings of the
people in regard to the county finances,
and consult with them in regard to fund
ing the county debt.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28

At a meeting of Harmony Lodge No.
%, held on the 9th inst, the following
officers elected for the ensuing year, were
installed: VIM. Elliott, W. M; H. N.
Stuart, S. W; Geo. Gage, J. W; Geo.
Holmes, Treasurer; c. II. Wright, Secre-
tary; A. Bdrkhart, Tyler.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28

The Christmas Hop at the Saxton
House was decided success. The Hall
was handsomely decorated, the music ex-
cellent, the company sociable, the sup
per bountiful and altogether everything
went as 'merry as marriage BELL"
Kingman besides knowing how to keep a
hotel, knows how to get up ''Hop.'
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28

Gu Friday last, the Port Royal R. r.
carried 95 passengers, in addition to dead
h eads. We think this is doing very well
for road only 40 miles long.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28

We,are glad to learn that Treasurer
Grace of Colleton County, has been hon.
orably acquitted Of the charges brought
!. gainst him.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28

A Bill for the relief of Beaufort county,
was introduced in the Senate last Thurs
day by Senator Small, which together
with the petition of citizens of Beaufort
county was referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28

Owing to the death of a brother of one
of the committee engaged in getting up
the Beaufort Club sociables, the one in
tended to be held New Years evening
will be postponed for the present.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28

The sloop Nautilus, Capt, McGill
brought down last week from the Comba-
hee, $50 bushels corn, 100 bushels rice, s
bags cotton, 25 bushels peas; consigned to
w. Kressel.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28

Geo. Holmes ESQ.,, has assumed the du-
ties of Sheriff, and friend Whitman has
taken once more to Theological pursuits.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28
PORw X SCOTT
Governor and Commander in chief.
COLUMBIA, s. G..
~ 40 1914

COLUMBIA, S. G.
December %, 1871.
Brig. Gen. RoM SnaaUs, Beaufort, s. c.
Gen: have this day received from His
Excellency Gov Scott, information to the
effect that l have been removed as Briga-
dier General 1st Brigade, lst Division n.
G. S. S. c.. and you have been appointed
in my stead.
/ desire to turn over the command Of
the 1st Brigade, n. G. S. S. c., to you at
the earliest date possible.
Very respectfully,
Your obt. servt.
w. J.sWHIPPER.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28
Editorial Correspondence.
COLUMBIA, Dec. Is.
s'LEFT.'' -

AS trial Of patience recommend an
experimenter to 60 t. Yemassee in first
class Port Royal car and get left. have
tried and found that '"the mad" got the
better of me. However, the temperature
of the railway station, the equanimity of
the officials, the evident tranquility of the
proprietor of the S9ller's House, and the
advantages of an early christian education,
enabled me to settle myself gradually into
something like resignation, or what is the
same thing "can't help yourself"
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28
THE TAXES.

The attorney general, in reply toa ques-
tion from Auditor Gary, decides that there
is no warrant of law for the postponement
of the time for the collection of taxes. Sew
eral times during the past year, the gov
ernor has extended the time for payment
beyddd that fixed by law, but this action
has been unlawful. In accordance. with
this decision the auditor will probably de.
cline to fulfil the promise Of the governor
on the subject made to the taxpayers con-
vention. 1t is the opinion of those best in
formed that it is only those best able to
pay who desire to delay payment. The
poor men came up promptly, all over the
Stae, while the capitalists are groariug
and whining about the taxes. The fact is
that many men would never pay as long
as they could have the use of money for
speculative purposes. The nabobs of the
taxpayers convention do not represent any
but themselves in this question.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA !
Executive Department.
Columbia, Dec. 90, 1871. J

Briqadier Gen. RoJt. SmallS,
1st Brigade, 1st Division, N. G. S. S C.
SIR: You are hereby appointed Briga-
dier General 1st Brigade, lst Division n.
G. S. S. g., vice W. J. Whipper removed.
You will at once assume command of
your brigade.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28
National Guard S. S. c.

1t will be seen by the following CORES
pondence, that COL Robtert Spalls has
been promoted to the command of the
1st Brigade, 1st Division, of the State
Militia.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28
TIMBER.

A timber train on the Port Royal road
was the first cause of our late arrival at
the junction. In seeking for consolation
in our desolation we found it in the fact
that first-class lumber detained US. We
had heard of the good quality of the lum-
Der found on the road, but were really
surprised in looking at the splendid sticks
which are being transported to
Whale Branch and there thrown into the
river for subsequent rafting to Savannah.
The great waste of labor in the mode Of
shipment is evident, and we trust soon to
see all the lumber brought over the road,
shipped from the dock at the terminus of
road.
The load on the bridge had consisted Of
thirteen cars. 1t was a, part of a contract
f)r four million feet of ship timber for the
English market. Some of the stick were
very handsome, measuring from fifty-five
to sixty feet long, and squaring all the
way from l2x12 to lSx1S, solid heart pine.
The demand for such timber is immense,
and if there is much of it on the Port Roy
al road, it will be as good a paying line as
any in the country
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28
COLUMBIA.

After passing through the ruins Of
Charleston, where all seem dead or sleep
ing, it is pleasant to arrive in so brisk a
city as Columbia. On every hand are sigus
oflife, energy or enterprise, not a street,
and hardly block, but is obstructed by
great piles of red clay, dug from cellars of
projected buildings. There are above one
hundred buildings now in course of erec-
tion. The new city Hall which is to COM
bine with its municipal purposes, those Of
stores and an opera house, is progressing
rapidly. A new hotel is also under way.
1t is needed, for Columbia can certainly
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1871-12-28
boast the worst hotels ever run in city OF
its size. No charge for this notice.
THE LEGISLATURE.

The bill providing for the payment OF
members was put through to-day, and the
general assembly will adjourn on Thurs
day for the holidays, after having spent
some weeks in doing very little. Impeach-
ment resolutions against Governor Scott
and Treasurer Parker were presented in
the house to day. 1t is not likely that any
action of a decisive character will be taken
by the general assembly on this or any.
other matter connt cted with the disclos-
ures in the over issue of bonds. It is con-
ceded that no appropriation will be made
for the payment of either the January or
July interest on the public debt So 1872
finds South Carolina financially in bad
way, with no one to blame but officials of
our own party. This is disagreeable
statement to make, but it is the truth.
The people have marked the men respon-
sible for this shameful condition of affairs
and the places that know them now will
know them no more forever after next Oc.
tober. So mote it be.
THE KU-KLUX TRIALS.
These trials are dragging their slow
length along. Several convictions have
taken place upon confession OF the crimi-
nails. These have not yet been sentenced,
and it is believed that division of the
court upon the question as to what section
of the enforcement act they should be SEN
fenced under, will carry all the cases up
to the Supreme court OF the United States,
all the counts where murder, arson and
burglary are charged, are certified to the
Supreme court on the question o. iurisdic-
ton. The trials are therefore proceeding
under that section punishinga a conspira-
cy to intimidate voters. The case OF
Mitchell went to the jury to day, after
very able arguments by counsel On both
sides. Messrs. Corbin and Chamberlain
have acquitted themselves with honor in
their legal combats with Reverdy johnson
and Stanbury. The court is daily crowded
by an audience about equally divided be-
tween sympathy and prejudice against tn
accused.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-12
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
Defeat Of General Chauzy's Army.
THE GERMANS IN PURSUIT.
Successes in the East.
&c, &C., &c.
DEFEAT OF GEN. cHAUzzY's ARMY.

DEFEAT OF GEN. CHAUzzY's ARMY.
VERSAILLES, Jan. 1.-THE army Of Gen.
CChanzy is retreating at all points. The
Sermans are in pursuit. and have already
taken 49, 900 prisoners.
1here Is good news from the eastern de-
paIsments; In an engagement on the 9Th
WIN tne darl6aldians at Mont5ard, in the
department. OF Cole Dor, the Germans
were VICTORIOUS Vs., zen. Werder advanced
place by storm. The goth French corns
was engaged, and lost two staff and tol1r.
teen other officers, 600 men, and two
eagles. The French attempted to retnko
the position, but failed.
FRENCH ACCOUNT OF A VICTORY.
BORDEAUX, Jan. 10.-The Aomteur pub
fishes the following news from the Army of
the East
"Bougemont, Department Of Doub, Jan.
ga battle was fought to-day north of this
place, ending at p. NJ. with victory for
our arms. Night prevents us from ascer-
tanning the full extent Of our success. The
General commanding Is bivouacked in the
centre of the battlefield, and all pre-as-
signed positions are occupied by our troops.
We carried Vile SeXal, which was the key
OF the enemy's position, with shouts of
Long live France and the Republic"
BELGIAN NEUTRALITY-THE LONDON CONFER
ENCE.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 10.-The Echo to-day says
that the Belgian militia is again summoned
to the frontier, and the staff officers have
already gone to the neighborhood of Lou
grony.
The Prussians continue the investment
of Givet. near the Belgian border.
LONDON, Jan. 10.-Berlin letters to the
London papers assert that the London con-
ference is likely to consider the question of
peace should Paris fall during its session.
BERLIN, Jan. 10.-It is reported that
Manteufel will be transferred to the COM
mand of the Army Of the Vosges, and Goe-
ben will succeed him at the head of the
Army of the North.
THE BoMBARDMENT OF PARIS.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE bombardment of
the Notifications of Paris on the north,
east, and south sides, was vigorously kept
up all day Tuesday. The French kept up
q moderate fire.
MISCELLANEOUS.
English travellers bear testimony to the
generous treatment of French prisoners of
war in Germany.
The British Government is testing new
powder, claimed to be of uncommon
strength.
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COMMISSIONERS OFFICE, !
RICHMOND, December lst, 1870.
T0Y AGAINST TnyJS EXE(oR AND


FOX AGAINST COX'S EXECR AMI
~ OrHEES.-IN THE CHANCEkY CoUha
OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND.-By decree
entered In this cause on The 18th day OF june leo,
1t is ordered that the same be referred TO one Oh
the commissioners ofthis court TO take an account
OF the administration OF Henry Cox, executor OF
Edward Cox, deceased, upon bis testator's estate,
and also legatee accounts, showing what each OF
10 receive under his will, and what amounts each
one has received II any, from the said executor,
or otherwise, cbargeable with on account Of his
or her legacy, with the balance due TO each one
and also on account OF the outstanding debts and
liabilities Of the teStator'S estate, the amounts
hereof seyerally and 70 whom coming, and the
order and priority thereof and also 20 Inquire and
make report to the court ,d 10 ~ w ,b aolm e
the said executor Is 10 render TO the said
commissioner an account or bis admlnstiatson as
aforesaid and such information as ls III ms power
in regard TO the other matt rs o. aScouns anu N
nurv herein fore directed to be taken ana msde.
A nd the said commissioner Is dlfected " saAs'
audit and state SAID accounts, anu make sAio IN
ouiry and report the same 10 tnls court WIN guy
matter specially stated deemed ~ ~ asav.
nroceedIng to take the said accounts tee sala c9m
missioner shall cause notice or the time ana RiaCe
OF aking the same to be published once Wei %
four weeks in some newspaper puolsIeo IN I'LL,
mond city and tats shall be equiva!ent 70 persona
service oT such notice on all tIe parties " s,IY
suit except the plaintiff and deienoant, nsnIty
Cos. executor OF Edward Cox, deceased; ano az ~
taking said accounts, ING ssld S, nahie b,
he surrharyed and falsfed any exparie aeSo ILL.,
heretofore settled by the said cxecnto.. ah@ oon-
armed by a court OF competent )urtsoict.ou; ,ho
In pst on TUESDAY,. the d Of January 1,
IA u, ,S n1c,ock A. NJ at my ONCE In tne slty o.
HaSmond. as the time ana place 20 axe Sac 49, -
Counts and make th inquiries MrsI Evkss'
going decree. Commissioner.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-12
Domestic Markets IBY TELEGRAPH

NEW YORK Jan. l1-NoGn.- Flour shade
frmer. Wheat very firm. Corn scarce and firm.
Pork, s3o@$so.5o. Lard steady. Cotton dull and
is,c' Iurpentjne, ass9aSc. RosinSSftaiped. g. Is
Q1s2 so. Freights heavy.
Erening-Co!ton dull and heavy sales, $500
settled at oi@s2c., and closed firm WEeat If
regular and unsettled; winter red aud amber
western, $l.4s@tl.5O. Corn lc. better. and In
fair demand, partly for speculation; new, 7sg!
Beef steady and quiet. Lard shane tirmer !;
kettle, 1?S@l2ic. 1urpentine quiet. Rosln dull.
Tallow steady. Freights-per sail, -four, IS. Cd.
per steam, wheat, 3D.; -four IS. load.
BALTIMORE, Jan. Iva a's-old, 81 bid. sit
Flour very active and firm. Wheat firm and
scarce. Oats active at 56@j7c. Rye quiet and
unchanged. Bacon In GOOD demand; shoulders
l0c. lib sides, l2c.; clear rib. l9Ac : hams, log
lsc. Pork in good dem and at $40 5O9l o.75. Lard
l2c. Corn in fair demaud; white, slGS2c. Wills
key, Ole.
C1Nc1SNAT1, Jan. u:-Flour In moderate de-
mand; family; s5.eoQ*579; Corn que. ia ana nn d
steady, with a moderate demand at 1lt@lltc. Ba-
con In only limited jobblng demand; shoulders,
aic.; clear sides, 1ltc. Whiskey quiet and TIN
changed.
ST. LOUIS Jan. ll.-Flour active supertine
winter. 81 25MS4.50 Corn firm at 40Gd23c. Whls-
key steady az ssic. Tobacco and nagglng unI
changed Provisions trmer. Pork, $ls. so. LARD
quiet; prime, lie.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. r:-Flour quiet at s5gs5 Is
Corn very dull aste dss
Whiskey Sic. Bagging very dull ut Csc.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. n.-sugar dull prime, o.
@loc. Molasses easier; common, a7tga5c.; prime
55@Dj6c choice. 5s@60c.
New York sight, discount. Gold, llcS.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. u.-Tobacco-.Common II
good lugs, s5.ao@s5.7s; low to medium lear $7.5
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-12
hit BELL, of Augusta, passed by-ayes, 90 ;
OTHER BILLS PASSED.

BELL, Of Augusta, passed by-ayes, 90
noes, 81.
OTHER BILLS PASSED.
Senate bill to authorize the county OF
Carroll to borrow money to build court
house. .....
Senate bill to amend the charter Of the
town of Warrenton, Fauquter county, with
amendments.
Senate bill to amend and reSnact section
2, chapter 391, Acts 1S69-'70, entitled an act
to secure identification of persons convicted
OF criminal offences.
Senate bin incorporating the Bank of Vir-
ginia.
Senate bill to incorporate the Lee Memo
rial Association. The incorporators are +.
W. Nj. Holiday, c. s. Venable, j. w. Mas
sic, Chas. A. Davidson, VIM. Mclaughlin,
J. B. Dorman, VIM. Allan, VIM. 7. John
ston, s. &. Bonde, S. S. White, A. Graham.
Jr., VIM. Terry, VIM. A. Anderson, John
S. Mosby, John Echois, Thos. S. Flournoy,
Robert Stiles, and Jas. K. Edmundsop.
BILLS, &C., PRESENTED.
Thefollowing bills, &C., were presented
and appropriately referred:
By Mr.. SEGAR: Inquiring into the expe-
diency Of repeating the proviso to section
Of an "Act to protect the oyster-beds in
the waters of the Commonwealth"
BY Mr.. JACKSON: Petition of 2. w. Nc
Kinney, IT. +. Perkins, &C., asking an ap-
preparation from the land-script fund.
BY Mr.. GUY: Petitions of 706 citizens OF
Richmond, asking part of the educational
land grant in aid Of Richmond College.
Adjourned.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-12
The Cuban 5nsurrectiOn-Place for
Reinforcing the Insurgents.

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Aspinwall CORE
spondence says 8" am informed by Gu
ban officer that a plan was organized to
seize the steamship Ocean Queen, from
New York on the Sd instant. General
y. A. C. Ryan, of Cuban celebrity, sailed
in the Ocean Queen under the assumed
name of Ashbury after shipping aboard OF
her two thousand cases OF arms, and it was
expected that 800 Cuban troops would go
aboard as passengers, and during the yoy-
age seize the steamer and land themselves
and the arms at some point on the cuban
coast. and then release the vessel. The
embarkation Of 200 United States troops on
the Ocean Queen on their way to Califor
mia alarmed the tillibusters, who remained
ashore. Ryan went alone to Aspinwal
where the stores were landed and after
ward shipped on the Hornet, which sailed
for Cuba.'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-12
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.


New foFk stcek ard Money Market.
NEW YORK, Dan. ll.-Eoon- Stocks strong,
dull. State securities dull and heavy. excent On
Tennessce's, which are strong. Gold, 11oseS11I
Sterling-Loug, lOaa; Short 1903. :
Euentng.-Moncy easy at sG7 per cent. STIR
ling steady at loos@lo0s. Gold strong NJ
llodG1l1. Governments declined to /. is.s.
1851. Southern securities dull: Tennessees
heavy; South Carolina new weak Tennessee gs,
say; new. saa. Virginia s's, ss; new, 81. Louisl-
ana Ts, 81; new, 90. Levee o's, 60; s's, 80.
Alabama s's, o5; SIS, 10. Georgia ss, IS; rs,
$50. North Carolina s's, As; new, %. South Car
slina c's, 81 new, 6os.
Ldter.--Gold was strong all day but not very &C.
tive. Governments SIS, lO5s 1928. 1888; 1915,
1884, 'es's 1888; new, 1919; '67's. 1913 'es's 10s
1o-4O's 1073
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-12
The Case of the steamer Fl0rida-Dis-
charge Of the Vessel.

NEW York, Jan. 11.-Judge Blatchford,
of the United States District Court, gave
his decision this afternoon in the case of the
steamer Florida, libelled by the United
States for alleged violation of the neutrality
laws. The court held that the fact of yes
Sci being laden with war material did not
constitute violation of the neutrality law,
and as there was no evidence before the
court to show that she had been fitted up
to cruise against State with which the
United States Government was at peace, the
vessel was released and the libel discharged.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-12

The ASCENT OF MOUNT WASHINGTON m
WIaTER.-Professor Huntington, one of
the meteorological party spending the win
ter at Mount Washington, writes:
From the depot Of the Mount Washing
ton railway, in summer, the ascent, on
foot, II a person Is accustomed to walking.
Is comparatively easy. Although the ties
are three feet apart, and there Is a rise of
one foot In three part of the way, vet a
person with muscles strong from exercise
can walk TO the very summit of the noun
tair without sitting down to rest. But
suppose it is winter.
| The snow has accumulated to conside-
bic depth, even in the ties, but then it is no
| great hindrance should it, however, be
attempted second time, you will find that
| the snow that was compressed beneath the
foot has changed to ice, and the oval forms
| give still less secure footing; If it Is thaw-
ing, and the ice is almost ready to slip of
as you tread upon it, every one will see
that upon trestle thirty feet high walking
! is somewhat dangerous, and to walk down
| is a feat from which even a most expert
| acrobat would shrink. If at the depot we
| take now shoes, we can walk with compare
| tive ease half way up; and then the snow
is so compact that they are no longer
| needed, and as there are few Irregularities
in the surface, the walking is better than in
| summer.
Above the limit of the trees the railway
| is covered with ice of every fantastic shape,
and the framework of the Gulf tank Is now
| so ornamented that one can hardly believe
| that it is the rude structure we see in sum-
mer. The Lizzie Bourne monument, which
we have been accustomed to see only q
rough pile of stones, IL now an object of
architectural beauty such as no sculptor
can carve from marble. Immediately above
the monument the timber trestles are COM
| pletely covered with deposits Of frozen
mist extending two or three feet horizon
| tally from the timber on which the track is
laid, and every piece of timber which forms
the trestle is ornaluented with beautiful
forms of "frostwork," deposited in grace
full curves as the wind sweeps through the
trestle.
On the summit the buildings, the piles of
rock and stones, so rough in summer are
now completely covered with frost, while
the snow fills the space between the jagged
rocks. On the sides Of the buildings toward
the northwest the frost has accumulated so
that now it is more than foot in thick
| ness. The "frost work" on the depot,
while it has everywhere the same general
appearance, the points show exactly the
direction of the wind as it came into every
nook and corner of the building. The frost
| on the braces and timbers that extend out
| ward seems like one triangular mass, and
on the chains it is often two feet in diam
eter.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-12
A Shooting ARRAY.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIS

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.]
LYscHBURG, Jan. IA tragedy was en-
acted in Liberty to-day. W. w. johnson,
son of j. Foote johnson, about nineteen
years of age, shot DR.. W. Fl. Roberts, den
fist, through the heart, killing him in
stantly. The cause of the difficulty, as al
legged, was about dog. Great excitement
prevails. johnson gave himself up. S.