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The Xleetorol Vots.
BRt'ORT or TUB JOIRt COMMITTI*,
WAsutadToa January 18. ^
In (livjr report, submitted Villi (be bill, the
coinmitteo eay tlicy hnvo applied the utmost
practicable study and deliberation to the subject,
uiid believe that tho bill reported is the best attainable
disposition of the 4iffioult problems
and disputed theories arising out of the late
election. Tho; speak of the difficulty of reaching
n conclusion* nud they dealt with abstract
vquestion only save so fur as they are neceeaarily
involved in (by legislation (proposed. The report
iiuplijjf that, HJblatieU maybe had ou the jpubfect
in a^irdduee With the eonatitution, but the
committee think thnt the law proposed is inconsistent
with few principles mid theorios on the
?ul?iwet\ The bill is only directed to ascertaining,
for the purpose atul in ni l of tho counting,
what are the constitutional votes of the respective
States; and whatever jurisdiction exists for
Midi purpose, the bill ouly regulates tbe method
of exercising it. For this the constitution gives
warrant, and therefore the law proposed is not
inconsistent with that instrument. Tho commit.
tcc regard it of far greater moment that the will
of tho people should ho legally carried out than
the question of who shall be president for a pres-rihed
term. They, therefore, endeavored to
frame a fair and impartial measure. The legislature
and the judiciary are represented in tho
tribunal in equal proportions. The composition
qf,tho judicial part of the commission looks to a
solccjmii from different parts of the republic.?
t We itjs thought to be freo from any preponderance
or supposable btm, and tho addition of
. tho necessary constituted parts ot' tho whole,
in order to obtniu au uueven nuuibor of the commisoiou,
is left to an agency farthest removed
from the prejudice of any existing attainable
ou?, it w>ul<^be difficult, if^aot impossible, the
committee think, toestahlish atribunnl tha-t could
be less the subject of party criticism (ban such
a one. The committee felt bound, by the highest
X * duty, to let no bias of party feeling stand in tho
way of a just, equal and peaceful measure fixextricating
the question from the embarrassments
that at present surround it. Tho co'mmittee
conclude as follows :
"hj conclusion, we respectfully beg leave to
" t itnprmsK upon congress the necessity of a speedy
^-* - do* ernivV^iion upon this subject. It is impossible
to cstitVvi^j tlie material loss the country dai
ly sustains froth^Ug existing state of uncertain'//'t
directly and povv^ftdiy tends/fo anaoitla and
*raly*? budness ; toN<j?&cii.*<?>>Vc rtl,<' private
C_r<Jit 1tl'Ca<. aDUl?ol?nrfw>!t;ll lln> mind* < t'
tho people (hat (istuvb ilfc peacfui tenor of
<hofc ways anil mn? rlfclr hupplncs- j0C3
Tar, iyr more. It tads to bring rcpubi?ftn institutions
into disepdit, and to create douo.. 0f
the success of our form of government and \s
the prosperity of 'bo republic. All coiisidcra>--?s
of interest, >f patriotism and of justice
iinire in 0?vntpiding/>f the law-making r?'vcr a
measure tint will bring peace and-prosperity '?
the country, and show that our nfiubttean institutions
are equal to any emergency. In this
connection vac cannot refrain from the expression
of our .satisfaction that yonr ccrtr.nittce, composed
of equal numbers of both parties, have fortunnlel/
been able to do what has been attempted
in vain heretofore?almost unanimously agree
upon a plan considered by them all "> be just,
wise and efficient. We accordingly recommend
the proposed act to the patriotic and just judgment
of Congress.
The report is signed by George F. Edmonds,
Frederick T. Frelinghuyseu, ltoscoe Conkling,
A. G. Thurman, T. F. Ltayard^M. W. llaiisota,
of the Senate Committee ; Payne, Eppa
Hunton, Win. M. Springer, George W. MeCrary,
George F. Hoar, George Willard of tlic House
eoniinittcc.
TUB NKW DILI..
A hill to provide for and regulate the counting
of votes for President and Vice-President
and the decision of questions ari ing thereon
ibr the term coinraeueing March 4, A. D.
J ?77.
]>e it cuactcd, &c., That the Senate and
iluiiso of Representatives shall meet in the hall
of the house of representatives, at the hour of 1
- _vl\ M.,?n the first Thursday in February, A. 1)._
TfiYY, and tho president of the senatorial! be
their presiding oilicer. Two tellers shaiTbc previously
appointed on the part of the senate and
two on lite part of the house of representatives,
to whom shall l>c handed, as they are opened by
the president of the senate, the certificates and
papers purporting to be certificates of the clcclorai
votes, wliio t certificates and papers shall
be opened in the presence of the two houses,
and be acted upon in tbe alphabetical order of
the stales, beginning with the letter A ; and said
tellers, having then read the same in the presence
aud hearing of the two houses, shall make a lis
of the votes as they appear from the said certificates
; and the votes having been ascertained and
counted, ns in this act provided, the result of the
same shall he delivered to the president of tho
senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of
the rote aud the names of the persons, if any,
elected, which announcement shall be deemed a
sufficient declaration of the persons elected president
and vice-president of the United Siutcs,
which, together with a list of the votes shall be
recorded in the journal jofthelwo^ouses.?
Upon :ucli reading of any or pa^ ^
per, jvhen there shall be only one return frfljjj
JJ objections : irwiy."'
made in writing,end shall state clearly and con- 1
scisely, ami without argument, the ground there- 1
uT, s-nd shall be signed by at least one senator and 1
one member of the house of representatives be- '
fore the sume shall be received. When all ob- '
jections so made to any vote or paper from a 1
state shall have been received and read, the senate.
shall thereupon withdraw, and such objections
shall he submitted to the senate for its de- <
ension, a?>ft ?l?o speaker of the.trouso of reprc- \
"antetives shall in like manner submit such ob- I
jcetions to ?lie house of representatives for its 1
decision, and no electoral vote or votes from any t
state from which one return lias been received 1
shall be rejected, except by the affirmative vote c
of the two houses. When the two houses have i
voted they shall immediately again meet, and !:
the presiding officer shall then announce the de- r
cision of the qucstiou submitted. f
JSkc. - That if more ihan one return nr m. r
per purporting to be a return c,.0In rt sb.le'sball li
ha\? been received by (be presides nf rhc sen- t
ate. purporting lo be thg. certificates of electoral f.
votes given at tlic lasf preceding election for k
alHRiicli rerttrus by f
liiin in tlie presence of tbe two houses, when s
met as aforesaid, mid read by the tellers, andnl! <
such returns and papers shall thereupon be sub- <
milted to the judgment and decision, as to which
is the true and lawful electoral vote of such state,
of a coinniissiori constituted as follows : 1 >n- .
ring the -ession of each house on the Tuesday 1
next preceding the first Thursday in February, i
1877, each house shall, by viva voce vote, appoint
five of its members who, with the five associate
justices of the supreme court of the Uni- .
ted States, to be ascertained as hereinafter proI
nioo.tiinie n oiiiiuissimi for the (le
cision of all questions upon or in respect of such |
double returns named in this seel ion. OntlicTucs >
day next preceding I lie first Thursday in February,
A. D. 1H7J, or as soon thereafter as may !>< ,
tiie associate'justices of thf Supreme t^urt of
the United Slalqs now assigned to the lit, 3d,
fth and Hth circuits shall select, in such manner
as a majority of them shall deem fit, another
of the associate justices of said court, which
five persons shall be members of said commission
; and the person longest in commission of
said five justices shall bd the president of said
commission,. 'J
shall respectively lake the foMoWing
ontli : "I, ?<?, do aoUtiinly swear
(or affirm, as the ense may be,) that I will impartially
examino and consider all questions
submitted to the commission *bf which I am a
member, and a true judgment give thereon,
agreeably to the constitution and the laws, tfo
help ma God " Which oath shall be filed with
the secretary of the senate. When the commission
shall have been tints organized, it shall not
be in tj|e poVer of either hou?e to dissolve the
nine, of to withdraw any of its members; hut
if .my such senator or member shall die or hc-l
W ' yosjjj
come phyaicslly unnblo to perform the duties
required by litis act, the fact of such death or
physical inability shall be, by said commission,
before it shall proceed further, comtuuoloated
to the souate or tiouso of represeutitives, as the
case may be, which body shall immediately and
without debate proccedHky viva toco vote to fill
tiic place so vacated ; and the person so appointed
shall take and subscribe the oath hereiubefore
prescribed, and beoome a member of said'
commission, and in like manner if any of said
justices of tho supreme court shall die, or become
physically incapable of performing the
duties required by this act, the otber.ef said
justices, rubbers of the comtbisiiou, wall immediately
appoint another justice* of said court
a member of said commission; and in such appointments
record shall bo hail In tlio imn??tt,l.
ity and freedom from bias Bought by the original
appointments of said com mission, who shall
thereupon immediately take and subscribe tho
oath hereinbefore prescribed, and become a member
of said commission, to fill the vacancy occasioned.
All thooortificatcsand papers purporting
to be oerliticatka of the efcciur.il votes of each
slate shall be opened in the alphabetical order
of the States, as provided in section one of
this act, aud where there shall bo moie than
one such certificate or paper, us the certificates
and papors from such state shall be opened, excepting
duplicates of the same return, thoy shall
be rend by tho tellers, and thereupon the president
of the senate shall call for objections, if
any, Every objection shall bo made in writing,
and shall state clearly and concisely nnd'jwithout
argument the ground thereof, and shall be
sigued by at least oue senator aud ouo member
or the house of rcpscseutativos before the lame
shall be reoeived. When all such objections so
made to any certificate, vote or paper ^fr^tn a
state shall have been received and read, all such
certificates, votes and papors so objected t? and
papers accompanying th?* same, together y?th
such objections, shall be forthwith submitted to
said commission, which shall proceed to consider
the same, with tho sgm* powers, Vf any, now
posscssod for that purpi^^by houses acting
separately or tnjf&ljJP au^ ^y A majority of
voi.es decidu whetnor ariy Aud what votes front
such Mate are the V^ufcjirovidcd for by *',c constiiutioa.of
the UuneWstaterfLand how many
ami who* persons were duly^ppopdcd electors
in' smell state; and mayJJ*"?'11 lake into view
such petitions, dopu^ji"^ ttni^ other papers, if
any, as shall byXho constitution find now existing
laws be,?<5mp?lcut and pertinent in such
ooms.Jeratirfh ; which deoisi^b shall be made in
writing, stating briefly the ground thereof, and
be signed by the members of suid commission
agreeing therein; whereupon the two houses
shall again meet, and such decision shall be rend
and entered in the journals of each house, and
the counting of the votes shall proceed in con
fortuity therewith, unless, upon objection nuulo
thereto in writing, by ai least five senators and
Ave Members of tlie house of respreseiuatives,
the two houses slull separately concur in tjfdcring
otherwise; in which case such concurrent
order, wliicii shall govern no votes or papers
from M,v '???*?, ne acted upon until
the objection previously made to (lie votes ?r
papery from any statesb*ll have beau.finally disi
posed of. r ;| f
Sku. .'1. That while the two houses shall bl i(il
mcotfng, ns provided inthi$ act, no dcbatfrs^afy|
be allowed, and no question shall fin put by tl^
presiding officer, except to either\ousc ortj1 *
motion to withdraw, and he shall havcuo power
to preserve urdcr. \ u
Sue. 4. 'fnat when the two liouscs scpafate to
decide upon an objection that ntny have ifcen
made to the counting of any electoral vote\or
votcs from any state, or upon objection to a Vc*
port of siid commission, or other question nilsing
under this act, each senator nnd representative
may speak to sujh objection oueslidu i
ten minutes, nnd not^ftencr than cFho^, bu\ I
when sucli debate sl?rtu have lasted twohokrs, it,
slu^U be Unduly g/ ouch bouse to pufth^bnain!
qncstrenfwithout'furtbcr debate. * n j
Sec. 6. That at such joini n?"c.iing of the tV?K
houscs scats shall be provided ns follows iNt'or
the president o^he senate, the speaker's chair;
for the spcaket^SBucdialdy uiiou his left; the
senators, Jinll inj-" * Urijrl f
of the presiding offiecrTloreil^^ipruseiitalT^*, ,
in tlie body of tbe halljKrw provided for theSeuators
for the tellers, secretary of the senate and
clerk of the house of representatives, at the clerk's
desk ; for the other officers of the two houses,
in r,.nnl nf lk?/?l 1.1? .1?I. 1 --- ? 1
... ...... V. uw V1V1& a UU3A UI1U 11 p 01 COC11 SMC
of the speaker's plntforui. Such joint lucctiug
shall not be dissolved until the count of tInelectoral
votes shall be completed and the result
declared ; and no recess shall be taken- einlcss
a question shall have arisen iu regardto cutin^
ting any such votes, or otherwise, turiiler this
act; iu which case it slikll be coutpeteut for
either house, acting separately, in the imrmu;r
hereinbefore provided, to direct a teccss of such
house, not beyond the next day, Sunday excepted,
at t lie hour of 10 o'jilock^Mrthc forenoon^ and
while anyj4U?au<^jii--b Ing
suid commission, 'einflft'tioiwe^pp^yfj'cced with
its legislative or other businesJT. ^
Sec. 0. That nothing iu ftct shall be Held
to Impair or effect any rigkf nowji xisting under
the constitution and lavyfl to question, by proceedings
in the in^Letal courts of tho ^failed
States, the right and title of the persons wiio
^^1 be declared el^l?vl,-or who sliall claim to
president of the United,
f*?tes. If any such right exists.
tr atlj I H t It r
own rules, keep a record of Jts proccealngs, |
and shall liavo power to employ such persons a." '
ai.ly he be necessary for the transaction of its
busincSa and the execution of its powers. The
report is >ign*Lby 13 members of tlio Committec
; Morton only dissenting.
i
A Voc.no Ladt Stabbed Bi.dvfs Tjmim. riie
loinmuuity of Wilunmston is shocked by a mo t
linl.olw.ol tw-> ?- -
uu.u.gs. nciiiicsuay mglil, "tmtjyeen
.lie hours of"8 and 'Jojetock, Miss l'uwoii, w j
lamlsyinc nnd verV ^B^cct able ymjjj^ T*4y /
laughter of Pinsoti, Trial Justice oMliil-^ fi
iamstcn, was ifltbb<fty eleven or twelve differ- .
>nt places ou her persfrti by her lover, one Law- "
ence Smith, who resides near Golden (Jrovo J
it at ion, on the Greenville nnd Columbia Ufi1* I
oad. Smith fens bedn visiting the yoiu^fTady j
or the past six^yf xiglit months, nnd itts suploscd
that itijbis fitlmirc to gain her afu0fioiis, 8
e concludc^n# taliVhcr life, lie intfffced her /
o nccotnmp^r liint a short distance from her d
ither's Jiouse, and then, stabbed her with a
nife until her condition is ^.very critical one.
. warrant 4"*" been
rout the slntion mentioned^ bore.He Ts nnout (
i.\ feet one or two inches itftieight, suactt*#ue. .
lurk hair, with inoiistnehe and goWse, has a !
||wn look, with florid complexion, ia
jy?> Since the above was put in typfcve learn
lint Smith has been surrendered to lli^nuthorties.
There is no doubt the man is of unsound
mind.
Mittkrinus oftiikStorm.?Concoru, N, II.,
January 17.?A Democratic State Conve tion
was lielil lierc to-<layt a id resolutions were adopted
donottucing the conspiracy organized at
Washington, by desperate and unscrupulous nen
among the leaders of the Republican party, to
thwart the clearly expressed will of the people,
through the action of illegally constituted and
corruptly controlled returning boards at (be
South, as revolutionary and treasonable in purposo
and etfcct, inasmuch as it strikes at the
very life of the elective franchise, w hicli is I he basis
and vital principle of this government. The.
resoluiius also denounce the use of the military
by President Grant in South Carolina and Louisiana.
The representatives of the people in both
Itla^ if Hit i 1 M* lilfl I iiT | ~*ti to n-nlto In 1
securing a peaceful solution of tho difficulty in
which the country is involved. Another resolution
counsels moderation, but claims that it is
a paramount duly to defend (be constitution
even to the last resort. The convention calls,
upon aM who believe in the election of Tildcn*
to unite in demanding his inauguration.
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The dwelling of Abram Hannerlj, a colored
cx-mcm bcr of the Legislature from Orangeburg,
who voted for Hampton, has bpen burned
I to the ground and he narrowly escaped with
I his life. Redpath will please mice.
?!tc (Silcrlito s.fBnion ?pl
? i ii i H . I ,,
K. m. STOKER Editor.*'
Umoil, FRIDAY JAMJAR Y L>tj|
' THRU* OF SUBBClIPTIOllf^
' fopr, one year, is advance, i' %ijbo
2 Copies one year," J| I a Jo
ADVERTISING. | v 2?"?0.
One square or one Inch, first Insertion* - J-- f 1.Q&
Koch Kiihscquent liMfrtion; - TJIhtuI
discount (A*do to merchants iwfBMiMp
tjsinu for six luontlfc or by the year.
OMtuury Notices oJt. tou Hues or less, iMrMWE.
over tell lines, >^srMljrU]|Mc
ments.
Hv '20 percent additional for oilvcrtUoinWk oratyvd
not to appear in consecutive issues. ^
jSiT" Fells Ilnlo, of this County,-mo l ten
drawn to serve for the April term of the Ud ted
Stat.mo Court, as a petit Juror.
.#
OcaY" Northern Democrats who visit us jay
they have no doubt that Tilden will be ina garni
ed President of the Uuited States on tin 5tli
of March next.
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BMX- The Legislature of Now Jersey ate
elected John U. MolMicrson, Dcmocrot, Ui tod
Stntcs Senator, In place of F. T. Frclingliuj on,
Republican. '?
Mr. Asa Smith bus been appoints by
Gov. Hampton as Jury Commissioner of his
County. The appointment \s a good ono ,ud
in evcyrrespcct satisfactory to the people.
About twenty prisoner-murderers th*?a
A -?wePS/jb" ' 1 (fbl ' Hl?
Jacksonville^ (rw.^jnit tq ffi^olls, on election
day, with Republican ticketsjn their hands and
voted, in spite of the proLests of honest citizens.
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It is now reported that anew office is to
be created in (lie army for the special benefit of
Grant, in wliich ho will out-rank Gen. Sherman
and be again nl?ccd at the bead of the orruy.?Ti?u
rank of Field Marshal is io'be created for
biin, in iiiiitaiiou of the Auiiropcan organizations.
>1
'O?l
BHi-l'elcr Cauble, the uotLl Green villi Blncksmith,
who for jm> nmny yWrs kept 1th anvil
ringing indilifpidatcil bUlding on the lot
conuy of lliiiiojinba and Main^atrcets, nucli to
theaunovnncc of the tfhierprising aitfyens of
that city, died last Thursday. JJe was nearly
nipcty years old. '
B?*i- Messrs. A. lrwm &Sfa., have pnnjhascd
the Stock of Diugs, &r., formerly owned by Dr.
J. N. Moore & Co. Mr. IftOTl lis, on^af the
most competent and careful Druggists In the
State, and is also a very excellent youtil man,
and wo hope ho will receive, as lie dcsckcs, a
liberal share of the public patronage. 1 t.
^Advertisement camctoojale^ur this w^k. |
M. Iiv a. uiiuvui oiiiiuo Ul IlllSOlUie 11V mi*
dcrgonc*i?<i change aincc our last. Gov. rwnpton
still holds m), firm a^d confident and th?>eoplc
arc paying taxes to him. Ctitaa^cVlain peps a
guard of cornfield negroes aroutnLs|Ufc State
House; but what for is a great mysKnr. Ot
course it is a patriotic service ""for then i&n?
IJVnco of their ever gelling paid. 1 V
During ihe^iiast year lire of oiyrloi^^^
Lady residents liavl died iu this towt^^^^B
was taken from us Mrsi S. A. Dognn.lB H
Julia Joiner, then ^Vs. Mcllwnin,
Smitb^uid last week S\rs. Mullinax
to her everlasting rest. Each ol'tJics/^H H
p4au!cs. .l^id^ lived ueyoud'.1
three-scoiapnwi^ind tcirjfcr w
EST dH streets we ankle iieepi?
Since the snow lias melteil it has railed almost
every day. and our roads and strcctAart in on
awful cuin^aion. Intercourse betwem Ui#to WD
and County haajjccn impossildtS for Wjkrf, which
interfcria with^rasiuess very "ntiWerl dljrT The
boys keep out of the mud by walking on ntilts,
but us old folks have to wade through it.
Tjic~ftswU* of Mrs. .James Mc irath was
announcel"tn the Charleston papers Vat week.
>fa|riiihj?wJ<born in I his towJaud hero
8,lC "*'*5#; her cdiicalinn. She wfc n gcniul
companion, now Hvi?gl,sro hftve
pliant rnenin^v^f A, <iccca^. Jn lh jfrijhlly
TFu^ria alio mingled
with thcru in'thcir school-d.y j0ys and trials. '
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Our friends, F. M. Farr & VoT, have
iuovf'1 their place of business to No 2, East
Unio\ opposite thcstor^fr*M?. l{**ls t\L'o.,
the Kattrot# l?Jhh?te"^irc^
cr.cy what part of the town iho4? feutkinctt do
busiucstl in, their customers are hound to lnVnt
them up. Ne firm jn the i^atc has x highir
character for honorablo and fair dealing, *8 thci^
long continued extensive business attest.
? -o>
BtaT* A man by the uAmc of Danuiop Fowlcf
waaia^piitfcd cfhr of,0"?^villc list SaJ
1 T 0rad7- This ii.ub
, it fcfficITcvod, is the ^nan who has stole/
thrjfltfirses from parties in this Coujif^l'
Udrfpmf tiiifcs. 11 o is a
j^^^ccn living in Qcorgia soy JRffy a^,i fj.
cu visits his friends hetc; i*farnied
t is u remarkable fact that frVnjLr \(Jiwt
omcbody loses u Iiorse^ u l JTi I th? AorsJ
me rcason-^-no doubtfcjma^eut
^^^HH^Vhittcmorc, the incendifryj^cuAtor
t'onlity, has bcolf dlwiood -^old
soap grease,'' and fhit boys of Titmnousville
gave him an appropriate reception on his way
hone from the Legislature on tlic loth.?
When the'train arrived at Tiiuinonsvillo it
boarded by a number of juveniles of both o*lors.
and a keg labeled '-soap grease," pUceifyn
bis sent. The hand performed on Co* bcjls,
horns, tin pans and other appropriate uusfcal
instruments. \\ hittcuiore remained in as^at
and chewed the cud of bitter reflection "ll'lbe
train moved off and the music dispeus#bfcspcrscd.
l!l
,
ffcif it is truly gratifying to read the rtnrts
fromj^oYcr the Slate of the promptness ifthe
pesfHo in paying the Hampton Taxes. liAery
County we have heard from more than htdhhe
amount called for has been paid, ami the Xas
urcrs offices are still crowded with tax jmors
I anxious to respond to the otfll of their (jtfvrnor
to sustain the Koveru^nt eleql^
Already me accessary aemanus 01 me saio
institutions have been relived, and ereryullar
paid into the Slate Treasury is beinf sbiased
honesty And e'liiitnbly among theitfj lo
political cormorants hang around Got. H( pton's
oflice, grab the taxes asthey arc reed I;
uo personal Claims upon the Treasury are isidered
; bi|k the whole fund is discreetly nJ
economically^jjplicd to the legitimate pre) ig
wants of the AnHtoblo and penal Instltu i?
of flic Slalg.
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Apologetlo.
If there is one thing we dislike more than
a.y other, in editing njnewspaper?except dunnjng?it
is writing an apology to our subscribers;
and only in an extreme case, when wo felt
it due to our readers as well as ourself would
we do so. The past month has been one of
great annoyance to us, and our patienee has
been sorely tried. In the course of more than
thirty years of editorial life we hare ccver met
witfc so many difficulties and unforeseen obstructions
inissuing our,paper qud delivering it to
eubsoti&rs.?Matwrall^ we hepr great complaint,land
we are not surprised at it. Persons
nho subscribe for a paper expect to receive it
regularly at the appointed time, and when it
does not arrive they are disappointed and must
grumble. ^
Of courso no one expect at us to issue a paper
1_ ___JLa . > ? ? ...
vjunoiujua muck, wuen ovcryoouy claims a Holiday?printers
iacludcd?bat ifcerns natural that
everybody should expect i paper tho week afterwards.
In this our subscribers were disappointed,
not from any earthly cause, but iu consequence
of the suo\v-st8rin which prevented
the K&ilroad from bringing freight, of any kind,
to this place for two weeks, and our paper laid
at the Spartanburg depot the whole of that time.
It arrived there a week before we needed it, but
did not get here until a week after our first paper
for 1877 should haTe been issued. Thus, it
will bo seen, it was no fault of ours that the
Timks was not ifesucd that week.
Our paper of-ihe l'2th was issued and mailed
" ? '* ?--nuk_received we cannot
tell the reason.
Last Thursday we did not send the papers to
the Postoffice until a later hour than nsual; but
that weuld not have prevented their being mailed
had not onr Post Master been taken quite
sick that nightVqd unable to give his personal
nttentiyn to dclivci ing'thc m??Uto the Mail riders
the next morning. We take occasion here
to state that Mr. Ges*> the Post Mastfc, has afc
ways been -very accommodating to roqucutly
it has been impossible for us to go^nr
papers to tho Postoflice until long after taofbflice
was closed, but Mr. Goss has been kind
enough to put himself to the iuconve^ieuce of
being at the otlice early aaough the next morar
ing to mail and send them forward, -^lad he
been able, lie w,tfuld have done so last vfeek, but
the young man who s delivered tbeJKail bags
kuew nothing about the olliccs ou tli^r different
routes, uml,if he had kuown, not having the
k?y. tiai?i^i'
pouches, consequently they were left in thefR
ficc and will be sent by this mail.
We rwgrcf theso inures mure than anyone
else, but they were beyond our control, consequently
no rcusotiabfe pisifkfti wjll Manic us.
k v.. ...:n t~. -?.i
m - ? unu ?iii lust; i? iminucr oi-?ue paper wnew
Ie fail to issue it, because we extend the time
his subscription that much. The loss is ours,
?j we have to pay on*"priutcrs and rent jftst ^
j^fShe paper had been issued. ^
B0U Tin; Cohuubii A'eyUter is one of the
8tnuuchcst and most readable Democratic papers
in the State, atvl always contains the latest auq
"most reliablo ftdvkot reports and news mat tor.
ft fought a good fiftht for the straight-out-ticket
in t'lChwt election and deserves the suppoft
oC the whofdybople of the state.
%lr. J. C. tit\bier, ui? pf the Guest little-big
kpien wc kuogv, i\uow in ouft^wu cauvassing
of
our oiMghts.'' VjKblieve it is (lie July as well
as the ntcrcstfiQBfc people in the upper Counties
to iupport, lilimlly, a sound ahd enterprising
democratic pay.*!', like the lleyitlyr, in Cc*
lumbia.y We get iter news of VI kinds by it",
and it tfcHr fuilsio come with the mail.
Tlio Ohnrly on 'jourioil />/ Commerce,
Columbia lieyister and (Mntville Ac us arc
sauabbling about witch was thffcrst to advocate
tl-wuraight-out policjin this Stato. The A'rtra
and Courier puts its finder into the pie^nd claims
that (lie Audcrton fnteiiyencer was flu; first adjMpUVWtt
the baptised it". Of
the little Union ftttsis ignored ftUo^h,
or, althougkit stood the interest fire fro^yiHe
Chgniberlaqp^emocratijwpress before any of
tbeui. care Bttjl ft\wut it, but we
c/n piorrcJwr our files tbBffuia the couvcn__
<~s.< lk. . . _ I
l'r. A '/v I, i
for collecting t<p? per ccyjyjhf the Inst year's
taxes, opci^edHiia books ii/xTic County Commissioners
offvlMt Tuesday morning. Dr. J. N.
\ioore hntWhe honor of he?.*^J>edir3t 'uaawho
paiJ; Ji^/W,"8 We-^q., and^^JiiarlesTTolt,
Clerk of tlib*hSnril f<;t!rycJ, Neither of tlreic
KjydJjPrri'eB^onfi 11 eil thc/sclves to the 10 per
cent., but paid nil they $ould, reeling assured
Hint their receipts ivoirtd be recognized when
the regular levy was made g^iAt&etnanilcd.
The pcpple of Unidf witj^fow show their devotion
to the llniutuoiygovernincnt by n prompt
and libdrnl response to tb? cull made upon
them. ^
BfljuEojiiplninLs ye made to us against pub
lishinkje uiany old advertisements. Well, vh
would W groatly plcnsod if we could leayo then:
^put, nsrthcy are "de?t scatter" to us?most ol
them having beoipioedered out and we get scarce
ly a dollar for them ; but as we have uo new ad
vertiscmenls to insert in their place nnd it woult
involve an expense of $.100 a year for an cxti\
printer to set up new matter every week, wear
compelled to keepthctn in. Ifthose whogrumbh
about it will send us 250 new subscribers, pnii
in advance, we'll invest the whole amount in i
printer for that purpose. Let us hear from you
gentlemen.
6*ay- A report has been started in the Net
Vork clubs that Governor Hampton intends ti
call en his friends in that city for a loan. Th
ever vigilant correspondent of the Newt an
Courier upon reading tho report called at th
Grovcrnor's office to know if there was anv trut
in it, and was informod by Lieut.-Gov. Simpso
(Gov. Hampton being absent) that the Govorno
"did not need a loan for nny purpose, as tli
incoming tax is amply tufflcient to meet gUn
guiniMnlt." an ansrffcr would not Lav
como from Chamberlain orGleaves. They nci
er had enough money.
Nationai. Pkmocbatio Convkntion.? Wa$l
inyton, January 18.?The Executive Committc
of the Democratic Committee met to-night, Mi
Hewitt presiding. Resolutions were adopted ai
thoriting the Chairman and Secretary of th
i committee to call a meeting of the national con
, mitteo at an early day, if they think it necessi
' ry.jn relation to the proposed national convei
' Hon of the Democratic parly, to be held in th
city February 12.
k
The Electoral Vote.
We publish in another column the report of
tho Joint Commission appointed by Congress to J
report eomo plan by which the pi esent complicn- (
ted state of our politic 1 affairs may be arranged
satisfactorily to the people. i
The bill embraced in the report of the Com- 1
mission presents a fair face-, but we are not (
ready to giro it our annunlifled.andorseuient.? ,
Should it pons nnd the two houses elect lionorn- i
ble, fair-minded men?men who would ley wide j
all partisan bios?to carry out its provisions, we (
may hope lor n satisfactory solution; but we ]
eaunot shut our Jyu to the feet that the bill, t* t
it mow stands, gives n preponderance of Radical (
influence in the Commission to determine upon j
the votes of the contested States. The Senate <
has a Republican majority, end would elect Ave i
Republicans as Commissioners; the House is '
Democratic and would elect five Democrats; the
political status of tlio Judges of the Supremo ,
Court, designated by the bill, '.0 one Dcinocrnt, I
one "liberal Republican'* and twotlllra-Ropuh- J
lio^ne, and it is morothan likely th?t those four ,
will select nn undoubted Republican to make the
filth. In thai case there will be eight Republicans
and one liberal Republican to six Dc^iofrats.
If the four Judges should elect a "liberal
Republican" the coso would be changed but
littl 3 for the belter? tlio Commission would still
be strongly Republican. THc fact that Morton
refused to put bis signature to the '
Joint Commission lins no weight with ngi Morton
is a tricky^ scheming politician, and we have
no cop.tldenqfin him. His refusal to sign the
report.mny have Two objecTsT" TTOCffiny bcttere
the bill, if passed, will bring about an hones^
and fair adjustment of the difficulty and put
J^ilden iulo the Presidential chair; or he may
scejartt a loop-liole through vvl^cli Hayes will
tr?p iulo that ijoportiflfl. audi* trying
to blind Democratic hv
I,'0 knowM^re w4!l b? s?m!Sip- i
p^Rtsn to the tiilt nmoAjfL&ht Democraftte (%. '
gressmcn, and that ^ Mposltion woulcM,^ 1
it. The 'in tfic Senate is ^
jjuJ] acquainted *^itU^Wi?k/anU arc, porhaps, q
lnughlninjfcdhelr sleeves ft^lkgrtou'.jt shrewd- o
ncsay^^ / ; ^--4^ I
"m* hope is that in jSithcr Hgsuc no.extrd^F ^
fflisans will bo elcct&l to?he^nominission; but t
phat^. decent 11 .;s K
fcntioying and vexntious qucsTlon now disturbing |"
every portion of the couutry, in the interest of I (
pence and to secure confidence in the govern- t
ment throughout the nation, will prompt our 'Jj
Senators and Representatives to select men 'f
reputations for firhirtPss of ehlft- I |
acter.-pSiiior and fair uiindeduess, will be guar- c
untecs to*|hc people that tiieir rights will be rc- v
spccttd and the blessings ofo pure Republican .
govcrnu?nt preserved to iH^nlct the scale fall
which xt$v it may.
^ Upon that Commission is oo place for either ]
? strftng, bitter and relentlessnfrtlsan or a weak, <
' crouching phvty tool. Tbe^lnelion they will be *
required to decide is oneof 1?eggrtKniP8((tence
to Vic entrusted to sucfp^p^pt^TtinvWv^lJio ]
weal or woq of the Cfrauiry7^?c liTe or death of
Hej uhiiciMi institutions; and the people demand
ftat n;en of ability, character and responsibility
j??men in whom Mil classes h^vo confidence? (
jgT?jr?r- - ^ ^
11 ?Hi>la^uni?uled.ooud^li?y*f ounpolifltal a^'airs.
has so ma'erially unsettled and stagnated ull '
the businfctMis of. the couutrj^ that there is a
growing disposition among Home classes of tnfn
people to accept nny compromise that gives the
least promise of lestoring tranquility and improving
trade* We, of the Soi.lli, are yifl'eiing
\a much as any people from this disturbing
cause, but we are not ready yet to give up the
results of a fairly won victory for permanent
good and accept terms which can only give a
temporary lull to political anxiety, and in all
probability entail upon the country permanent
injustice and corruption. We ask only what is
right and will not be satisfied with anything^ ,
less. We l*lieve Tihlefc and Hendricks werefairly
elected, and it will require the assurance
of men of the highest nmf most liberal political 1
character, with proof stronger than bas as yet
been adduced, to make us believ? that Hayes
nud VNbteler received a majority "of ra^^ratea
tiio
Until the bill passes and the commission rl^
cln se^uo one can give any idea of what the
. result will be. We only hope each member of
the Commission will feel the gravity of his position
and with an eye single to tho present and
future th^lfarc of his country, cast from him f.11
- ^octioitflBor party prejudices and dqf-bi* cfMp <
faithfully to his v au<r'QpHiF \
From wh .t wc can '.S^^.-om^cj^ofrspapefS,
it is very probable tlie bill will pass bo'.li Houses
and receive (be signature of Ibo President. If
it t^ocs the whole matter will bo finally decided
by the 14th of next month.
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i The Chairman of the Hoard of uouiUy
commissioners having refused to recognize J. S.
Mubley as Auditor of this coiWfty, the board of.
Jury commissioners could not be orgunized, con- '
sequently no jurors havj been drawn for the
J next term of Court. Ktforts are being made,
however, to linve an Auditor appointed, so thai
the law many be complied with in organizing
^ the board. As the time specified in the law for
drawing the jury has passed, but it being actually
accessary that a Court should he held, it is
confidently expected that, under the circumj
stances, no objections will be made to the juries
if the Judge conoludcs to hold court.
?
, \\ 11 at yppnonarT or rut Joint Rkpokt.?
The report of the jeiiiLdtammitfctf^jtyfJeceived
with general satisfaction It will be combat ted
v by the more ultra of Jmth parties. It is regar0
ded as indicative f>f the choice of Tilden nnd
c Wheeler. Sensible people see no chance for
Hayes in nny 41 the features of the proposed
'' bill. Tlio Democrats of tli% House hold a caue
cus to-night and General Ilunton discussed the
I, mil. /roomer caucus tor coiiMinaiton
will he held on Monday.
11 The four Associate Justices of the Supreme
r Court who farm part of the commission, and
c elect a fifth Associate Justice, are: First Ciri*
? fid Davis, (Lib. Kep.): Eighth Circoit, Hamr"
uel F. Miller, (Hep.)
??.
Oor. Hampton has re-app:Anted Mr. VanTasi
sail County Auditor for Orangeburg County.?
o Mr. Van Tnssal is the present Auditor, a Iter.
publican, a gH^l officer, and thoroughly in aci
cord with tho Irauipton Administration.
.? The troops have tyuni^Llhe forty rounds of
i- rmmunition which vfaa isaK&io then about the
t- time it was thought tfWy would hava to wade
is waist deep in "rehel^Lgure. TWTtoys are !
I agreeably disappointed.
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Th# Way-the Fi|ttr? Lied.
Columbia, January 17.?An important reveation,
assuring the election of Gen_ llagood aa
'omptroller-Gencral, has just been officially esablisbed.
A week ago the Democrats who oitended the
nvestigatlon of the returns l>y Referee Wilkes
Ictected the ftact that certain retnrns hud been
ampercd with. The fraud was bluuderingly
lone, as the inserted figures were iu ink ot a
liffcrent color from that of the original. A
lote was made, but nothing Was said, and agenlemnn
was sent to Horry County for witnesses,
fhesc witnesses were the Republican managers
it {Simpson's Creek or Mill, snd apon their urival
(his fncrraingthe matter was pointed out to
iicui. The figures in one instance gave Dunn
|Rep.)?82 votes. These Republicans testified
hat he received but 2 at that.polf, and tho ft"' v
ind been prefixed after the returns left Horry
bounty. In tho other instance 10 had been
similarly altered to "20" or "30."?Jfetes an<t
Courier.
"Old Pirns."?Tho report that Gen. Long?
street had unreservedly acknowledged the election
of the Democratic ticket in Louisiana proves
be true. The following telegram was sent by
liltn to President Grant, pn the day thai Governor
Nichols was innugut'ated >
Kkw Ori.ba.v8, January 8.
To Frtriiltftl Grant. iVathiAylon, D. ~C.:
Gen. Nichols wns to-day inaugurated Governor
of tills Htnte amid entl^iaa/ie denmnstmdoite
of patriotism that oMuNh bo gratifying td
sveiy AstectBun cblsert. 1 bim fairly
sleeted to the office to w'hieh hHtW been inducted,
and (hat he will mainfafr peace and good
sedlp* throughout, tho Stdte. I beg, therefor*,
that you will maturely consider the premised,
notwithstanding adverse seniationol dispatches
that msy reach you. -w, .
.Most respectfully, J. Loxobtrskt.
places "WJ l??taV on this riabf lia*AntT jdK^
sve do'no! despair of seeing him and Gen. Earlyr^?*
>n good terms again. 'I Iicy can come fo am v~a
igrcctuenl^tbout Gettysburg, or agree to diaa?, 4P^
?rce, witbont firing nny more long letters at eoch'?
)thcr.?jVetrA and Courier.
Manipulating?At Dogwood Neok l'recinct,.
Horry County, Capt. T. C. Dunn,' as candidate
for Comptroller-General, received 10 votes ; but
jy a mysterious change of the figure 1, 80 vote^
were returned-?the tran.sfnrmaii?" wMNaisiyft< vl
tfjMr J;ahJ-4Mpl wju? JJ*?i4nt colored ink ;
BBnotal rctffainea as before?evidently ovarsadtwh-rAt
Simpson's Crvek, in the same Couny
r?c??*cd by the same caadilate
/ 'Use when the returns were afterwards-a
ixnmined?presto, change! 82 votes nppeurod.
riie managers swear that changes have been *
aade in the figures since the returns had left
heir hands, Ths Jthnle affair was ventilated
MCMMoMmrnissiener Wilkes, yesterday. Why 3^
s this Hhia.? Gen Day good is elected without
'ie shadow of it'douW4
?
TMBphiff*
ir?nafc?*the Democratic Electoaal vote of South
'uronmt to Washington, says that, if the decors
unpermitted, tlioy will show ihat South
Carolina waa carried fonJfftyes by gross frauds.
?hey proipiso to show Wat 1,600 women voted
or Hayes, and that in one liatHot. where Hayes
lad a majority of Stwgl? vote was re:oi
ded for Tilden, and this last fraud, it is said,
vas accomplished by the Republican clerk of
he County Hoard.
MAUUIK1>. *
OR EGO KY?HEM B\lEE.?Mooted, on the
18th inst., by Rev. j. Gibtafc Mb. Or.iNTncs
3rk<iouy to Miss Lavinia, Itaiguw!, nil of thia^j
bounty. ?r?WF'
DAW KINS?HARRIS.-?Married, on the 7th
nst., by ltcv. J. S. lJiiiloy, Mn. Mrsno Dawkins
to Miss Marth a IIahhis, nil of this CountyAffhe
Markets. V'-j*.
OsiON, Ju^^BESc'iUton?ftilc.^100 ball* at 7(<Ml5?. *
0)i.t-MiiiNflHr24.-Cottoi>sn-aily-rinhI(irhig 11%M 12. - '
3aic? '">3 bati'St* wifi;
Cflmti.KsrM^Jlin. 23.?Cottofc" firm?middling 13J.&.
M^aaUa y,ooof -a- ?
nfr^ni.K, Jim. 1.1.?.H(iU(i7T4. iiUHl l\VU/$. H**- _
^hunje?long 4-83'.,; short-UUSJa. Cotton tinner?upland ?
I I't [ 13 7-|ii; I * S?|
LlVBKroot., Jan. 23.?Cotton market quieter?iukl>
lUllfflBht"1" '? "liilillini; Orleans 7 3-1 ti; sulus 10,0001
iinil ex|Mii t 2,n0t>fWfc>-l|)l? fi'J.'.IH).
Notice.
T*ITK earnestly request our friAd\who tfrer
V\ indebted to us eitlicr by Note or open
Accouiii'tfo cotrtte forward and settle. Wc^niust
Imve tnou?y to pay our dchls, m
Mr. S. S. Stokes is authorized |o collect and *
sign receipts for u*. OUiBSh& t'O.* /kj
J (In 20 ^ 3 i' 3t
: HAMPTON TAXES.
m.'*'' *Tlhi ? to
F Unfifc haafTnlplaces narfted, for tl??purpose
J. jjf^^c^ying .CotilrTbutions o:\ account of
4 Pish. Darn?Monday, January 20th.
Sanluc?Tuesday, January 80th. . V.
Jonesvillo?Tuesday, Fobruary'TSt^^'* 4
All other Joys (Sunday's excepted) at
Coprt House until the 20th of February,
u JOHN P. THOMAS.
Special Agent.
Jdn. 26 3 *A
aSt^to of South Carolina,
"* votftrr of union, j/f*
In the Court of Probate.
Jly j6s. F. GIST, Judge of Pr obate in Union
County. . .
Yfr7IlKH?#M. C. Shettlesworth llafh applied
^V fqtitffor I.etterjMAaVdniinistratien on the
hdtftlo-oflAl'KA C. EA\\'SO>^ Unio?
Codify, <f#cea.s?J. ' , .< 4rhe^Mre
therefoi? 16 cite an (Ujtoanioft ?n
Kd st^pihir -the kindred and crTaltyga of ihtf'
id deceased, to be and appear before me at a
Court of Probate for the said C unty, to.be holden
nt Union Court House on the Tenth
day of February, 1877, at 10 o'clock A. M. to
bow cause if uuy, why the said AdmijJsljratiou *
should not be granted.
(liven under my linnd and the Seal of tb<l
Court, this twenty-second day of January
A. I>. 1877, and in (lie lUlst year of Ameriw
can iqi|^iieiid9noe. *}j()S. F. GIST, * - , /
* * Judge of Probate..
Jan. 2?, 1877 8 2t*
ThQ State of South Carolina, ?
COUNTY OF IS [Off,
In the Court of Probate.
BY JOS. F. GIST, Judge of Probate in Unioi)
\ County.
WIIRRKA8 Levi Sparks and Fliplins Peats
den, hath applied to me for I.ettera of Ad*
ministration on the F.stntc of \\, J. SPARKS, late
of Union Coi uly, deceased.
These are therefore to oiltf and admonish all
and singular the kindred" ait(P CVcditor* of the
said deceased, to bo and AtfHanr before mn at a
'Court of Probate for the said Cfltthty, to be hol?
den at Union Court House'on the lifth day of
February 1877 f 1" ?" mm
\I vCy, why the ^aid Administration should not
bo orantcU,
Glven'under niy band and the Seal of tbfe "
.Court, this Nineteenth day of 9hnuaruXr *
, 1>.i 1877, and in the lOlilyear of Amenlhl
Independence. " "**:s'IDS. F. 018T,
Judge of Probate.
Jan 20 8 3t?
THE KINQOF SHIRTS~
MADKOF WAMA8UTTA Ml'fiMN and X|
Hundred I.inen, perfttt fitting, for f 10.Oft
per flot'n, Cn*h, at
? FOSTER $ WILLIS'S'*'
I Jan. 1 \ * ft
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