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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-05-20
THE NATIONAL FINANCES.
What Grants Administration Has
Accomplished.
How Figures Can Lie.

go From the New York Herald.
1t will not do to place any dependence what
ever .pon the official or seni-offcal statements
OF alleged facts put forth by the treasury depart
ment at Washington for the purpose Of bolster
ing up the big tax policy Of the administration.
From time to time slch statements are published,
as they are issued to let the people see the best
that can be said for Secretary Boutwell,; but at
the same time. as impartial journalists, it is
proper to expose all the fallacies pompously
put forth.
We have been treated to several electoneerns
bulletin, sho wing wonderful reduction Of the
war taxes since the commencement of the pres
ent administration, amounting, We are informed,
to about $s0,O0O,OOO per annum.
Now, what Sre the facts Let us examine the
regular annual reports OF the secretary of the
treasury The receipts from all sources for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, were as follows
customs SS00s i26
kahus' i,U2O3i5
DIect taxes. 1851
The receipts for the fiscal year ending June
~ 1870, were a. follows
customs $l95isSi
oo
Sill 25 AZ
Increase OF $i13ll, 80
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
NJ DEFENSIVE MEDICATION.-IN

@- DEFENSIVE MEDICATION.-IN-
VESTIGATiON Is as necessary for the protection
Of the human body against disease when un-
healthy influences are abroad as iron armor and
granite easements are for the protection OF ships
and fortresses when assalled by shot and shell.
Hence, 1t is desirable, when those potent enemies
OF vltality-damp and cold-peryade the air we
breathe, to put the system In the best possible
condition to encounter :bem. The stomach Is the
organ by which every other organ is nourlshed
and sustained and therefore upon: Its vigorous
and regular action depends In great measure,
the capacity of the system to resist the assaults
OF the invisible enemies Of health and life, by
which, at this inclement season, It Is surrounded.
HOYTETTER'S STOMACH BIrTERS, an admirable
tonic and regulating medicine for all seasons, Is
never more needed than in winter, when the tor
plying influence Of chilly atmosphere affects all
the vital functions and renders the body extreme.
IL susceptible. BY toning the digestive organs
and the liver and the bowels with this unequalled
vegetable specific, physical condition ls attained
which seems to be proof against all varieties OF
temperature, and that Is inimIcable in the air Of
winter. Defensive medication is precautlon
which should never be neglected when danger 1s
present, and therefore course OF the Bitters at
this season Is particularly desirable, especially for
the feeble and sickiy. As q remedy for bilious
ness, dyspepsia, nervousness and bowel COM
plants, there Is nothing comparable to this whole
some restorative. jan7-sD&C
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
! Eighty e.pounders, breech-loaders, $50 shots

Eighty G.pounders, breecl-loaders, $50 shots
each (G0. 600 shots.)
One hundred and twenty l2-pounders,
breech.loaders, $50 shots each $50. 600 shots.)
One hundred and twenty long Npounders,
breech-loaders, $50 shots each 100000 shots. }
Twenty short 24-pounders, (6inch guns,)
1000 Shots each 10000 shots.)
Fifty (old-fashioned) 25-pounders: muzzie-
leaders, 500 shots each $4,000 shols.)
Six riAed mortars, or Sl-inch guns, declared
by Prussian artillery officers to be the most
powerful mortars in existence. These guns,
made after the Strasbourg "breech battery
model, but not, as has been stated, forwarded
from ST. Petersburg, reached Nantenil at the
end OF October, and were at once sent on to
Viliacoublay OF The 200-pounds. weight gre
nades OF elongated shells, fired by thee guns,
200 for each had, at that time, been received.
The transport OF heavy guns by road from
Nanteuil to Viacoublay has been one OF the
great difficulties attendant upon the. siege.
The artil!erymen march we'll and The horses
pull we'll but some Of the guns are very
heavy, and the roads here and There are very
steep. and 1t is very desirable iR escorling a
ponderous siege train to avoid the fire OF the
Paris forts. The artillery journey from Nan
teuil to villacouolay, as made it<a short time
since, extended over something like hun
dred miles, and occupied us four days, which
was one dag less than usual.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
BoNApARTIsT lNTRIGUEs.
An Effort Contemplated to Force Napo-
loon on the French People.

A docament, signed by q large number of
French officers, appears in the Independence
Beige, December II, detailing facts which,
combined with other measures taken By the
Bonaparte party, prove, the officers say, that
1t is contemplated to force Napoleon on the
French people.
They state that the commanders Of army
corns have been sent to different cities In Ger.
mapv whore there are French officers, instead
of % being detained at Wllhelmshohe, their ap.
pSp5s place The ss sses Ssen sar eoasy i
srrot;. ~ them and that an old French diplo-
% @atlst freely visited the places where the pris-
Of waT are staoRsd although FTens
% q snv The officers declare that however
ps politcaly divided they may be, they are now in
81 M government xSd of 5aSne cS GfeRss
and that when they again take up Tie sword,
it viii be to support the decision Of the
people, expressed through universal suffrage.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07

In Philadelphia, the ordinance providing for
q paid lre department has at last been signed by
Mayor Fox, who speaks Of the volunteer system
which 1t supersedes as one which has been for
many years the pride Of the citizens "but for the
last few years not 80 much 3d." TIE ordinance
provides that there shall be elected by the
Select Council three fire commissioners, aud by
the Common Council four; also, that the minority
In each chamber shall at oil timeg be represented
BY one member in the board OF ire mmission-
ers. Mayor Fox complains of the ambiguity OF
the last provision, which is supposed to refer to
political minority; and suggest, that If, as may
hereafter occur, there should be- three political
parties represented In the Courclls, 1t would be
difficult to carry out the ordinance according to
Its spirit or, perhaps, to administer 1t at all He
also urges the adoption Of some system OF election
which shall give to the minority the power OF
selecting Its own Instead Of leaving
the choice in the hands Of its political opponents,
believing it very questionable whether the mnori-
ty can be legally represented by any one not OF its
own choice.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
ALL ABOUT THE STATE.
The Tom Black Murder.

Samuel Randall and John Xix, two of the
persons Implicated in the murder OF the negro
Thomas Black, near Harmony, In York County,
on the Sd of December, voluntarily surrender
ed themselves TO the sheriff Of that county on
Monday. Subsequently they were recognized
to appear at the next term OF the circuit court
Mack Byars, who was committed soon alter
the perpetratIon of the murder, also. appeared
and was bailed All the parties proved Ga6ls
In the investigation had before the judge.
Incendfarism.
Colonel John L. Young, of Union, met with
a severe loss by an incendiary fre, on
Sunday night last His stables and Clubhouse
were DESTROYED by fire. A fine horse and sew
eral head of cattle were burnt to death.
On Saturday night, the 3lst uitimo, the house
In the lower part OF Camden, owned 6y MI.
Player, known as the ''Salm0nd mouse" WAs
burned about 9 O'clock When the alarm was
given the flames had made such progress that
It was impossible to check them. Much valua-
bic lumber was consumed In this building, lt
being well and substantially constructed.
On last Monday night, the I'd instant,
the barn OF Messrs. Baum on their plaa-
tation on the west side or WateTee aiVeI,
about four miles from town. was Durneh, WIN
twenty-three hundred bushels OF corn. Ihere
was an insurance on the corn to the extent OF
$1,000, but still their loss at least $!50O. The
Camden journal says, that both hres were
the work of incendiaries, as. the first house
had been unoccupied for long time, ana q
person living opposite says she hearo tne
match being struck, saw man run away
from the house, short time before the alarn
was given. In the latter instance, watch
man, whose house was not q hundred yards
off, and who is very particular man, had,
not long before the fire. seen the horses
and mules fed, and everything carefully locked
up, without using any lights or allowing any
m he brought there
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
rHE DEPRESSION IN COTTON.
From the Baltimore sun,


The reduction in the price, of cotton Is a
considerable drawback to the advantages Of an
increased supply. There has been, however,
remarkable falling of recently in the re-
celpts, owing to unfayOrable weather for pick
lp9 at the south Cotton Is now worth only
about $50 per bale; last year it brought SllO to
sl20 per bale at this season Of The year. So
that, while our receipts fo- the current year
are quarter OF million bales In excess OF
last year, at reduction of from 10 10 cents
per pound, the South will not realize by $780,
600, 900 as much money. This must make a
great difference in the financial strength of the
cotton-planting interests, as they agree In the
opinion that The present price does not cover
the cost OF production. This state OF affairs
must necessarilyrestrict the lar Southern trade
considerably, Us planters will be forced to re-
strict their purchases to bare necessities.
There can be little doubt that the production
OF cotton this year will be largely in excess Of
The worlds demand, as we can SEQ no evidence
that Great Britain will take rs much as she did
last year, and we are almost certain TO lose
one-half of the export TO the continent. Mr..
Wells, who has given the most careful atten-
ton TO this subject, and who has the best and
most reliable sources OF information, says:
stComlng down TO particulars, We lind that
the effect OF the war upon cotton and cotton
manufacture has been to almost entirely stop
pean markets of yarn and goods the total an-
nual export of which for the last few years has
been over thirty million pounds Of yarn and
lO5, 900, 900 yards Of cloth. The expectation
of raw cotton also to the continent OF Europe
from Liverpool and the American ports has
greatly diminished, and in place OF it a reverse
movement has to some extent taken place,
$780, 900 bales of cotton In store at Havre,
France, for the use Of French manufacturers,
oH~Ixy nnS fn
The diminished consumption Of raw cotton on
the continent for the year, in consequence OF
TIE war, Is yariously estimated at lrom 100000
to 500. 900 bales. Under such circumstances,
with an increase Of product In the United
States and an average crop in 1ndla the price
OF raw cotton has since midsummer steadily
tended downward, occasloning to the produc-
e!s in the United States loss which Is likely
to far more than Offset any realized or pros
creased demand for breadstufs and proyl-
SlonSD
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
sP4RKs FROM TIE WIRES.

Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania. in his an
nual message, denounces the presence OF
United States troops at elections, without the
consent of the local governments, as Injurious
and unjustihable. The New York Tribune iH
little disgusted with Governor Geary.
l: is stated that the Senate committee on
claims have been holding In abeyance some
five hundred claims similar 10 taat Of J. Milton
Best, which the Senate affirmed on Thursday.
The Chamber Of Commerce, of New York,
unanimously resolved thatsit is inexpedient to
petition Congress to stop prlvateering during
time OF war. it wan stated by Appointment
member that the government was opposed to
the scheme.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07

1t Is stated that David Dudley Field has the
largest practice Of any lawyer in this country BE
receives from one client alone, the Erie Railroad,
fees amounting to saoo,o 900 year, and his regn-
lar income Is stated as enormous William M.
Evarts, CHARLES o'Conor and E. W. stoughton
have very large incomes from their practice. Mr..
Stoughton's income exceeds sl5O,Uoo annually ;and
which he Is said to spend In the most luxurious
manner In the second class o. eminent New
York lawyers are ranked: Fred. Seward, Blatch-
ford Il Grlswold, Barrett, Brinsnade Barrett,
Beebe & Donahue, Martin Smith, and Brown,
Hail and vanderpool, whose practice ranges 10
some instances as high as sl5o,ooo per annum.
Among the third.class, referring solely to ages,
the Commercial names Joseph II. Choate, John f.
Parsons, W. E. Curtis, George TGknor Curtis A.
r. Lawrence, &C., with incomes from $4,000 70
s6o,ooo The four leading criminal lawyers OF
New York are John Graham, Henry L. CLINTON
Charles 8. Spencer and ". F. howe.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
TIE EGERMAN SIEGE GUNS.
Description of the Artillery for the
Bombardment OF ParIs.

A correspondent of the London Times, OF
December II, furnishes tie following interes-
ting description of the artillery with which the
Germans are prepared to lombard Paris, and
with which they are now reducing the forts
on the east:
The task of bringing up heavy gums from
the interior of Germany to the neighborhood
of Paris has been very severe one; and
don't think it is generally known that 1t was
not begun until the 9th Of October. The
Eastern Railway of France was not available
until after the surrender OF Toul, and when
that wel-defended little fortress had at length
captulated it was necessary In various places
throughout. from Weissenburg ITO Nanteull,
where, until only few days ago. an insuper-
able object In the way OF further. progress
toward Paris existed In the shape of blown
up tunnel.
The first transport of siege guns from Weis.
senburg conveyed thither from the interior o1
Germany to Nanteul was made on the 9Th ol
October, a fortnight or 80 after the capitula
tlon of Toul. A provisional siege park, OF
siege park OF reception, was formed at Man
teui, and from Nanteuil the guns were sent
on under cavalry escort, and ito avoid the
forts) by q very roundabout road TO Vlllaeou
blay, where the park is established for sup
plying the siege batteries opposite Paris. O1
the 9th or 10th of October, the first supply o
siege guns, fourteen In number, were deliver
ed at Nanteuil, and the next Gay drawn up in
the park, which, by the way, covers, or did
cover (for nearly all that constituted it q park
has now been forwarded to Paris,) space o
twenty-five acres. During the next nine days
siege gus, chiefly Of modern, and, Indeed
quite recent manufacture, were delivered at
Nanteuil in the following numbers: l4,s, IA
IA, Is, %. IA, As, l3. OF the last thirteen Guns
six were rlf1ed mortars, of the Strasboure
.brech battery" pattern, carrying 2-cWt
shells-the only thoroughly new gun That the
Pr,ssians have introduced since the 1866 war
Up to the goth of October, then, 100 siege
guns had arrived at Nanteuil, en- route for VII
lacoublay. But before the end OF the month
| 70 more had arrived, so that by the lst Of No
vember 230 siege guns, for the most part Of the
newest and lightest make. and of the most pene
trating quality, were either at Villacoubiay Oh
on their way to that place. 1t was interesting
at th-t time to see the various kinds OF artil
lery collected at Nanteull, and not less 80 the
beautifully prepared ammunition, especially
the elongated and almost elegant, shells fol-
the 200 pound weight riied mortars, each
packed. carefully In It's own peculiar case, sur
rounded and protected by hay, like bottles O.
valuable old wine.
When the park, at Villacoublay is quite com
plete, lit can scarcely be so at this moment,
1t will, believe, include, or will have Included
| In artillery and ammunition:
Fifty 5o-pound mortars, with 500 shots each
t25,QU0 Shots.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
THE STATE CAPITAL.
MEFTING OF THE ENER 4 L
ASSEMBLY.
a Batch of New Bil1s-Br,,ta1 Murder
near Columbin-The Impeachment of
Judge Vernon to go on.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TEE NEws.l

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TEE NEWs.]
COLUMBIA, December 6.
Both houses met at noon. In the House,
notice was given of bill to prevent persons
from holding more than one Office OF trust in
in the State at one time; by Smart, to provide
tor physicians liens on crops. The following
were read a second time: Bill c'sding the juris-
diction of the State to the United States over
such lands as may be acquired for public
purposes; bill renewing the act providing a
mode of perpetualing testimony In relation
to deeds &C.; bill authorizing tae Governor to
commission coroner for Beaufort County.
The bill to prevent and punish vagranoy was
indefinitely postponed. A concurrent resolu-
ton compelling the land commissioner 10 re-
port By January Is, and the advisory board to
report the transactions Of the former land
commissioner, was adopted sitter much dis
cussion.
In the Senate Cardozo introduced bill
amending the act Incorporating the State Or
phan Asylum, and giving the trustees power
to bind out orphans. Whittemore, from the
select committee, reported o aresolution that
order do issue for Judge Yernons impeach-
ment; also, gave notice of bill amending an
act providing tor the taxation OF property;
also, q bill defining the duties of county COM
mlssioners; also, offered the petition OF the
merchants OF TImmonsville recommending
the passage of the bill abolinhing lien law.
Whittemore's indemnihcation bill was read q
second time, and the recommendations OF the
Judiciary committee were adopted. The fol-
lowing bills were introduced: BY Corbinn,
amending the general election law 30 that
managers be appointed from each political
party; Incorporating the Charleston Rife Club;
increasing the salaries of justices Of the Su-
preme Bench (chief justice to receive five
thousand five hundred dollars, and the associ-
ates five thousand;l authorizing aliens to hold
and transfer property. A bill to amend the
charter of the Columbia Bridge Company vas
referred to the committee on interpretations.
Neither Governor Scott nor Treasurer Par
ker have arrived yet. Both are expected to-
morrow.
Mr.. Dubard, an old and respected citizen re-
siding on Cedar Creek, twelve miles from Co.
lumbia, was brutally murdered for his money,
a few miles out OF the city, last evening, as he
was returning home.
Both houses meet tomorrow.
Hagood's divorce bill is in the hands OF the
judiciary committee.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
5uerial. Nptlres.
~~--~~~~~~~--~~~~~~~

~DR. J. C. LUDWIG, BAUNSCHEID-
1sT.-Dr. LUDWIG would respectfully inform his
friends, and the citizens Of Charleston generally,
that he has returned to the city and offers his pro-
fesslonal services as BAUNSCHEIDIST, in the
cure and relief Of many diseases appertsinlng to
the human system. His practice Is particularly
applicable to all Diseases Of the Skin land all Gu
taneous innrmities,) rheumatism, Gout, Neural
gia, Dyspepsia, &c.
ONCE in WENTWORTH STREET, No. 10, north
side, between King and st. Philip street.
Dr. Ludwig would respectfully refer to the fol-
lowing gentlemen:
Henry Gerdts, D. Lesemsn, L. Groning, WI.
Middleton, J. b. Bores, Niles Drake, James N.
Caldwell Son, DR.. J. 3. Patrick, L. Weiskopf G.
O. schme,zer, A. Moroso and P. A. Mcbride.
-1tnth6
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
Obituary.

'LYNCH.-Dled in Columbia, s. G., on December
so, 1870, Miss ANNA LYNCH, aged SO years, daugh-
ter of the late Conlaw Lynch OF Cheraw, S. c.,
and sister OF the Right Rev. Bishop Ly nch.
Her amtable character and her accomplishments
won the esteem and love OF all who knew her. But
II was only in the circle OF her own family that
the spotless purity and tender fervent pety OF her
life could be fully appreciated. She long yearned
to follow other sisters into the happy secluson OF
COnventual life. But she reprcssed the desire,
that she might fulfil daughters duty to aged
parents. When the time seemed at hand 10 carry
her long cherished wish into effect, lingering
and painful Illness borne with more than patient
resignation was her novIceship, and sweet Chris
tian death her profession. She sleeps with those
with whom in life she longed to dwell May she
restin peace
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07

The address selt TO Mr.. Gladstone by his cor
stituents gives as reasons why hd should resign
the British Premiership, "thedestruction OF trade
through parslmonious economy, the silence in
the dockyards-a fact Of which Russia seems cog
nlzant--snd his suicidal apathy amidst the terri
bic complication OF European questions and the
aggressions of Prussia.n The Right Hon. Chi
chester Fortescue takes the presidency OF the
Board Of Trade; the Marquis OF Harrington goes
to Ireland as chief secretary. The Postmaster
General. In place OF the Marquis OF HartIns ton,
has not been named yet. The last named officer
will have seat In the Cabinet In future.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
TIE sU111HAN,s ISLAND LIGHTS

WASHINGTON, January g.
Notice has been given that on. and after the
9TH of February, 1871, the light on Sullivan's
Island, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina,
will be shown from an enclosed frame beacon,
On two story frame dwelling house, 100 leet
east of Fort Moultrle, and 1000 feet northwest
Of its present position. The dwelling and
beacon will be painted white. The character
of the light, It's heighth above the sea level,
and its compass and range of Visibility, will not
be changed
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
Marrle0.

IZLAR-FELDER.-On the 22d day OF Decem-
ber, 1870, at the Methodist Church. 0rangeburg, s.
c., by the Rev. Frederick Auld, Mr.. W1LLIAA '.
IzLAR to Miss ANNIE A., second daughter OF Col
one Paul s. and Ann Fielder, all OF orangeburg,
S. C,-No cards.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07

Count Bismarck recently said 10 great German
republican who was preaching the inlallible ne.
cessity OF German republic sooner or later
"My dear sir, am a republican, but the time is
ot .corna
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-07
SHIP LOST.

LONDON, January @.
The ship S. D. Thurston, from New York,
was wrecked in Bristol channel. The crew
were saved.