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t of a plurality over our competitors. 3d. Had we secured all the suffrage we thought should have been extended to us, we would have been elected. 4th. We did not secure, that suffrage; consequently we were not elected. 5th. We were defeated because "Republics are always ungrateful." And it being doubtful with some as to whether we are living in a Republic, they concluded to wait and ascertain the fact before they cast their votes either way. A Praiseworthy act. Dr. Wm. Elliott, of this city, acted a noble and self sacrificing part in and after the battle of Fort Royal, and it deserves to be noted. He accompanied the Georgia troops in an unofficial capacity, we learn, to the island, and was present ministering to the wounded throughout the action. At the time a retreat was ordered, he was engaged with four wounded men in the hospital, and had every opportunity to make his escape, but he preferred rising capture and a protracted confinement in Lincoln's dange