[concluded from first face.] bonds of the State that wereovor issued for raising money. Ho was not obliged by law to exhibit his accounts to tho State treasurer, to the financial board, nor to render any vouchers thereof, and he never did ? so until his final settlement. When bis financial settlement was mado in accordance with a special act, ho re ceived from the financial board a duo bill of about ?150,000, and settled with the board upon what is stated to be a fraudulent set 'of books. Chamberlain was a member of the board, and took an active part in all that pertains to the issue, manage ment and settlement of its finances. Judge Willnrd told nie that Kimp tou had manufactured a fraudulent set of books, but I cannot assert it of my own knowledge. I suppose this statement will show my hand to him, but I do not care much. Chamber lain 6igued tho settlement and papers in that mater, and took part in all other transactions of the board. the printing swindle. Tho appropriations for the benefit of tho Republican Priuling Company were in the main a gigantic swindle. "Woodruff and Jones, who ran tho company, will be compollcd to tell bow the money was appropriated. Tho following dispatches to the Charleston Ncios and Courier supple ments Mr. Parker's prediction in re gard to Messrs. Jones aud Woodruff: "Tho agreement with Jones and Woodruff, the late clerk of tho House and Senate, is that a italicj?-os. shall bo entered on the indictments against them, they to testify in behalf of tho State when called upon to do so. Each surrenders 828,000 of Bonanza Warrants and all claims against the State for printing, &c; Jones also $12,000, and Woodruff surrenders the Republican Printing Company's building and fixtures in Columbia, valued at about $7,000, and also claims agairjst the Bank of the State for $130,000. Both Jones and Wood ruff saved their respective residences in Charleston as settled upon the wife in Woodruff's ense, aud the children in that of Jones'." As in tho thomas w- price printing com pany, continued Mr. Parker, I know that Thos;Price is a merchant in Philadel phia, Penn., and I am quite positive that, when his claitu.fbrji,?^'>'^*?^?^-? lirst presented it was for $0,000, and was afterwards raised to $10,000 James Thompson, Chamberlain's right hand man, and the editor of the Daily Union-Herald, acted as an n&entbelweon Price and the treasury. chamber la in directly charged wi7ii corruption. I don't wish to say anything which may appear like npersonal attack on Chamberlain, though I acknowledge that I have been offended by his treat ment of me. I do object, however, to being made the scapegoat o f the Ring, and 1 am by no means willing that Chamberlain and Kimpton should thrust off any of their load-on my shoulders. I am tired of hearing of what Parker did, aud how he acted in this transaction and that when I know that my sharo in the questionable doings r>f the King from 18G8 to 1874 was no greater, to say the least, than that of other members with whom I acted. ' During these six years the corruption and pecula tion incrcn&cd yearly, and it is idle to attempt to palliate or deny it. If the present investigation in South Caro lina is pushed, the extent of [tho corruption will bo laid bare, and all who were parties to it will be brought to judgment. I wish it to be under stood that I do not shrink from this investigation. I desire rather that it be made as thorough and searching ea possible, and I am ready to hold myself responsible for my share in it. If I have sinned in the matter I am ready to make the amends which the State shall direct. All that 1 ask foi ls that the part which each one of the Ring took in tho transactions of those six years shall be exactly determined, and condemnation meted out in pro portion to the extent of the offending. For Chamberlain and Kimpton to deny that they were privy to what was going on is simply absurd. Some things undoubtedly Chamberlain had no band in directly, though they were done uiuicr his nose, and he must have known about them. In other transactions his name did not appear, but there can be no question that he was concerned in them in some way." In other oases still he reaped a direct beuefit from this co operation. Like the ens of the^ MAUINJ3 AND RIVER PHOSPHATE MINING COMPANY for instance. -Tho shad} transaction s connected with tho management "of this company, and the bills lobbied through tho Legislature for its benefit, aro quite generally kriown> The measures by which the interests of its stockholders wero subserved in tho Legislatures have been published in tho Charleston papers; but Chamber lain's connection with it has not here tofore been stated. The stock of the company was owned largely bp mem bers of tho Ring, and Chamberlain held one-fifteenth of it. It was $500, 000,1 believe, in all; so that Chamber lain's share of the stock was $32,200. Tim Hurcly, Chamberlain's right bund man, and the Treasurer of Charleston County, lobbied bills for its benefit through the Legislature. Then there was tho G R E EN VILE E AND COLUMBIA RAIL ROAD. The bills passed iu connection with this road were notoriously disrepu table. Its capital stock was held in twelve \ shares, I think, of 025,000 each. Scott,. Neaglc, Patterson, Chamberlain, Cardozo, Kimpton, Hurley, Crews and my sei f, were stockholders. A HIT OF DIRECT CORRUPTION. I know also that Chamberlain re ceived $2,000 direct lor his connec tion with a transaction which fdo not care yet to make public. It was tho same transaction alluded to in the letter which Elliott read in the last nominating convention. He roso in his scat, ^ brandishing this letter and threatening to make its contents pub be. An agreement was thereupon patched up between him aud Chamber lain, and he made the best he could ot his f previous threats against him He read the letter, omitting the ua.nos of tho persons concerned, one of wh urn, was Chamberlain. I have spoken of the $150,01)0 due bill in favor of Kimp ton, audited by the financial board. .Now, when Kimpton was appointed financial ageut an agrccmcut was made between him, Chamberlain.and myself that all commissioners accus ing tb him slnuld be divided equally among the three. Scott was left out of this arrangement, although ho was on the financial board. Chamberlain and m}'self wero ih.ur entitled by this agreement to $50,000 of the audited' 'cnuiir. Aril uiuuer o r~rilc*C Wi inTve7* got. a dollar ol this amount,- for Kiinp ton's due bill has never been pusd, and I should be very much surprised if it ever should be, in view of the coining developments in the pending investi gation. Both Chamberlain and Kimp ton will deny this arrangement as a matter of course, but it is a fact nevertheless. You may remember the letter from Chamberlain tome published in the Nrios and Courier some time ago, which reads, as nearly as I can now remember: "Dcur Parker?How did the com missions foot up ?" ' What, did he care about these com missions unless he had a personal interest in their amount? No! Chamberlain kept in the banckgrouud as far us he could and pulled the wires, or cm, ">ycd Kimpton to act as his proxy. It is too preposterous for him now to pretend blindness and innocence. WHY PA KKICR SAXS JIE FELL. In.lS7-l a civil action was brought against me before a mixed jury, Judge Carpcntor presiding, to recover $ 150,000, of which amount it was alleged I had defrauded die State by funding coupons wrongfully detached The wie witness of importance to the prosecution was a forger clerk of mine, named Ladd, who swore that I had told him one day at dinner that I had funded that amount of coupons for Scott, Nengle, Kimpton, Cham berlain and myself. He did not say that the proceeds were delivered to Chamberlain as well as to'others, but that Kimpton 'received the amount which it was understood he was to account for to Chamberlain. Well the jury sat on tho trial J about two weeks, and finally agreed together that something must be done. So they brought in a verdict against mc for $75,000. Assuming, for the sake of the argument, that the verdict was legitimately rendered, why wero not indictments drawn against tho others who were impeached by the same testimony? If-Ladd was lobe be lieved, all concerned in this transac tion were equally guilty aud cvunlly exposed to prosecution for thoirshare in it. Iiis evidence, if it a?'ected one, allcctcd all. These statements will be denied, of course, but I'wave endeavored to stato the plain flicts as accurately as I could. I do |not souk to douy or extenuate tlioJpart which I took in this Iliug corruption. I frankly admit thesQ^ncts of mine in South j Carolina, whipll I now bitterly regret I and which I wjould give much to be ablo to blot one. I can only say that I went to South. Carolina an honest mau, and succumbed, like others, to the great temptations in my path. We were surrounded by enemies, and were obliged bo maintain our places by the exercisojof all the power which we could got into our hands. With the power aud ^opportunity presented to us, surrounded as we wore by an array cf uufhil|teniptalions, such as few men had evbr presented to them before, it is not strange, perhaps, that rings were formed and corruption reigned as it djd in Now York City under the Twied ring. So far, however, as my official action as State trea surer is concerned 1 deny that j 'there are any irregularities in my | accounts, Theta was no pin nde ring of .the Slate treasury, except that authorized by the Legislature. I paiu such demands as were audited and presented in accoulancc witii law but the books were carefully kept a?d no irregular payments made to any j person. The suit htought against mo was I for funding coupous niter 1 left the j office of treasurer, and the accounts which I delivered over to my succes sor' {have never been impeached. After the elections in 1872 I rem aiu cd in Charleston on private business. T began the study of law in Major Melton's office, and continued as a student there until I went to Europe in 187-1. PAREER AS A REPENTANT hi NN ER. In the fall of IS11 I cam-. North and settled in Jcrsfey City, engaging in business in New York. For the past two years I have-tried to live an I houcstand Christian life and help the \ temperance cause and other good ? measures so far as lay in my power. I do not wish to conceal the record of my life in Charleston, but I desire also that Ilia* life which 1 have been leading for the past two years should bo considered wlieu my case is passed upon in judgment, y" THE RING PICTU'jfacU IN DETAIL. I have no respect \w the men with whojfc I V>'j?i^"iii^r^^'* sixjears. 'iJhmnoeiTnn io^treae-rs .;;e:al a "cb'tt," I reserved, calculating and unscrtipu lous man in his ambition for power; place and reputation. In his conduct I towards me ho has been hypocritical, I as well-as base. Cardozo I believe to i be an oily, plausibly, intriguing, un- J principled fellow, and it seams likely that ho will be shown up, in the pre sent investigation, in Iiis true light. | Frank Moses is a good-natured, easy goiug man, with no principles in par ticular, and little pretension to any. I So long as his father was alive, he had no fear of the issue of any prose cution, and so was more open than some of the others in his underhand dealings. Kimptpn is a fit ally for Chamberlain, exactly the man to have been his most intimate friend in col- ' lege, and he baa worked in closo ac cord with him. Xhby were not warm flionds, because each was too sellis h to care much about anbody except himself, l'nttcrsou was an activo member of the Riig, and is dipped as deep as any of thorn. He may suc ceed in Suppressing the investigation, so far as ho is concerned, backed by the influence which ho control, but the suppression of evidence is the only thing that can save hi in from indict ment. As to the. PRESENT CONDITION OP SOUTH CARO LINA, I certainly think that it is better than when in the hands of t he King. Wade Hampton .1 will try to do his duty to all classed of the citizens. I have no doubt that many colored votes were cast for him in the last election. Many of the blacks had become disgusted with the Cnambcr lfiin government and the wholesale plundering that was going on under the King, and which Chnmhcrlain at least did not interfere to prevent. 1 am convinced that tho determined struggle which Chamberlain made to retain his post nj Govern or was due largely to his rooted dislike of hav ing the new administration overhaul the . records of the past eight years. If immunity from suspicion or direct charges could have been assured him, he would not have hold out fo long. Tho control of the Stato is now so entirely in Democratic f hands that the Republicans have practically no chance of political success for years to como. The party was trusted with the reins of government and misuse d its trust.' All people have lost con ft - dunce iu the integrity of the Repub lican leaders, and the party as a political organization, has fallen to pieces. >7jrc"ws_ \ TIJSOSS. ISSUED EVERY saturday MORNING IJY the OUANOEnURU-NEWS COM CANY. ?KO. ROblYKR, business Manager. J. FKIjDKR MKYKRS, Editor. Terms of Subscription. Oif ('?>}?/ one .Yriir.$2 00 " ? Six Mouths. 1 U? Rates of Advertising. One Square 1?! Insertion.51 HO Each Subsequent " . 1 00 Notices inserted in Load Column at 20c per Line. All Subscriptions and Transient Advertise ments Id be paid for in A dvance. ]$??;?' No lieeipts Jur Subscription or Adver tisements arc Valid unless Siyncd by Business Muntajcr. CW We are in no way responsible tor the views or opinions of our Correspond mis'. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBKR 22, 1877^ Governor Hampton in the Weft The speech made by Governor Hampton at R?ckford, 111., last week was au eloquent plea for peace and fraternization. He declared that his chief motive in going there was to promote a truo and correct under standing between the pooplc of the North and the South. Ho] said the South bad had enough [of war, and was now seeking peace and cited, a3 evidence of his truth, the fact that dining the recent Presidential contest the Southern members of Congress by their moderation prevented the country from being plunged into another civil war. He concluded his address as follows: "We arc standing under one flag, obeying one Constitution, and it is for us to say what will be the future of this country. Give us your help and wc will give you our hearty co operation. We feel and know that if this is done, if wc can have a restora tion of fratoriiity, if wo can make the people of this country understand each other, we feel then that there is a glorious future before the whole country Wc can make it so; jyc can TiTTuTe Tt S"o by duCU uh'u all offfld pA1- | forming in his allotted sphere his duty; and having done that, to leave . the consequences to (Jod?having perl or med ouf duty, looking back to I the past only to gain wisdom for the future, and using the present wisely, ; and looking to tho future. With hope and trust in God, I am sure that wo may ail say?North and South?para- j phrasing the wish of the fact that our States may all be "distinct as the billows, yet one as the sea." The North is fast beginning to understand the South; old sores are being rapidly healed; hatreds and j animositiesbetween the two sections! arc dying out; aud when we shall have buried all contention and strife; and arrived at an era of perfect good will between all parties, no one in America will have contributed more to this priceless consummation than our own immortal Hampton. In our next issue wc shall publish his Rock ford speech in full. [OMMUNICATKD.J Mr. luli'tor, Sik : A short visit to the Acndcmy of Orangeburg village, assures me that, under its present auspices, it can bo made equal to the necessity of the pre sent age, and with the bright array of talent at its head, wc may confidently look for a progress in lcaring that will not only compare with many of the institutions of the past, but even with the light that now flashes from every "Alma Mater," from the mountains to tho seaboard. 'Iho modes of instruction as biofly noticed supposes that the elements of langu age will be thoroughly taught, this being tbc basis of all well regulated institutions. Wc may confidently look fornn inlellcctural structure that will not only toll well upon the youth of our beloved ^County and village, but upon its bright auspices, Messrs. Sheridan & Mellichamp. They arc therefore respectfully commended not only to the citizens of this village, but of tho surrounding country. Respectfullv Yours, J. B. Extracts from a Rambler's Note Book. Mr. Editor : After reading the puff und gush and slosh of those grout writers "Argus,"and "Lignum Vitic," in the Religious J/vrald, it is difficult not to be infected with their delight ful style and manner, to that extent which amounts almost to the cqcoethes seribctidi, or itch for scribbling. In addition to the foregoing delightful experience, we have been travelling (juite extensiveiy of late, and have seen more or less of the counties of Union, Spartauburg, Laurens, Ches ter, Faiificld, Richlnnd, Lexington and Orangeb?rg. * Hence, it is not strange if we feel somewhat like Dr. Way land said he did, when first in troduced to the Southern Baptist Convention in Charleston in 1875, just like getting in and "sloshing around generally-." But wo are go ing to be very guarded, and do not intend to tell half that we saw and heard in our rambles. During our peregrinations we stop ped a few days in the town of Orange burg, where a scries of meetings was going oil in the Baptist church, con ducted by Key. T. W. Mclliehamp, the pastor, and Rev. J. B. Meiideu hnll. We attended nearly all the services while wc remained in town and were interested. The congrega tiom were large at night and Were oil the increase in the daytime. There was considerable interest, which j seemed to be widening and deepening. This church was organized, consti tuted rather, about 18 years ago, Rev. T. W. Mellichatnp, tho present pas ts r, being one of the founders. He remained pastor twelve years, and then came up the country'. The house of worship i.s an excellent brick .-tincture with galleries, baptistry, etc Tho audience room is about 03 by 40 feet. The history of this church has been somewhat checkered. It stiller cd from 'the war, as all other interests did, Since then adverse influences of varioui kinds have retarded its pro gress more or less. But we are pleased to learn from distinguished parties that under the mild, firm ovan geligal course and Christian labors of Mr. MelMchanip, the general condition of the church is improving. Wo were told by a gentleman of tho Methodist church, that Mr. Mclliehanp i.s mak ing _ an excellent impression in..-.Oiv^ augcuiTrg oii*.Ut"C!Ti??(*s:?*fr: Wc had something of an adven ture, and we may as well confess it. J We weie in charge of the Sheriff a portion of the lime we were in Or I augehurg. lie generously gave us j the '-prison bounds," and after being satisfied that we meant no harm by I strolling into Orangcburg in the un I ceremonious manner that we did, he ; allowed us to depart in peace, telling j us, however, that if we ever came there again -. The Sheriff and ourself were lellow-students before the war. We were pleased to meet our old friend Rev. S. W. Weber, pastor of the Methodist.church. With him we took tea on Wednesday evening, and j had quite a pleasant time. ?? r. Weber had invited the Baptist, Pres by tcrian an Lutheran pastors to be present. The two first responded. We were much pleased with the 1 appearance of Rev. Mr. Brown, the Presbyterian pastor, and also heard a good account of him. At the west end of Orangoburg we saw the old court house in which it is said that Lafayette was given a re ception during the revolutionary war. Wc judge it to be thirty feet square, two stories high, hip-roof, with two chimneys inside which divide the house into nearly three equal parts. It has been renewed, however, till probably littlo more than tho frame remains of tho original house. The Edisto runs near the town on the west. It is a beautiful aud inter esting stream at this point. It has a brownish appearance, owing to the color of its bottom and banks, but its waters arc clear, deop, and run with a beautiful, winding, rolling motiou, at the rato of four or five miles an hour. Another feature of interest in connection with the river is tbo large, j tall, moss-festooned crypross that cover its banks.. Among the wild animals of these swamps, tho wild cat, catamount aud bruin all come in for ?place in the picture Another class of tho denizens of that part of tho country is represented by tho stuff ed skin of a rattlcsnako four foot long, more or less, and nino or ten inches in circumfcicnco, with a dozen or so rattles appended, which may bo Been mounted across a frout window of Dr. Hydrick's drug store. Tho color is similar to that of the so-called "pilot/' only brighter. It has all the appear ances of a bona fide snake with his head in a hole, and the sight of it would doubtleas seusibly affect a per son of weak nerves, who should sud denly find himself standing in closo proximity thereto. Wc left Oraugcburg Saturday morning aud at preseut we are some where else. jNTOTICE. ~ OitANUKiicuo, S. C, September 21, 1877.' DeliqunAt Taxpayers arc hereby notified that immediate sic])* will betaken to collect the License and Heal Estate Taxes now tine the Town, By paying up promptly money will be saved. liy Order of the Mayor, T. R. MALOtfE, Clerk of Council. ' sept 22 ? ' 3fr NOTICE. OFFICIO OFSCUO?L COMMISSIONER, OiiANOKnnto, September 21, 1877 Persons desirotB of making application to teach in the Free Common Schoo!? of Oraugcburg Comity are hereby notified that tlx.' Moard If School Examincrsfot* said County- will jiolil its Pensions for the" Examination of tc-Lhcrs of said schools on the 8th, 9th, lSlh Ad 16th days Of October A. D., 1877. Perbas holding coruscates to teach which w2l expire before tho la* day of January lS78iwill make application for reissue at said uic ting as tho Board will not again meet prior il 1st January 1878.' thoIas phfllips, ' Co.School Com. O. Co? sept 22 I 41 - establish Id IN' 1874. GE?. 13. lpWARDS, Cotton and GV STATE OF SUbAli CAROLINA. _ Ouaxoiuicuo CbcxTVl \ 'In Probate Ex. tfarte 1 J Court Catharine F.^YnuiijuV Petition " blood, /. for Homestead. Public nolle c h hereby giv n thit Catho.riae F. YtymgbbO'l, widow of Curtis" Ynmigbhiod, deiva-u t, Jhns applied by Pc tilioii to me as Probat t Judge for County of Omngebtirg to have he- I fomefllead apprai sed and tfet'otf aeourddg to law oUl.of the October,1877. ?'???'? V I ' ' aatm I Judge Ulrobutf!, & Orangebu* County* - Sept 22 . ?t Medical Notia Dr. Tho*. Loga re respec?ful!.J intorVi^hifj' Paticiits and Friends that he b? cliscpniinV nod the practice of his Profe^siotin Orange burg County, in consequence of ftia BemoT-? al to the City of Charleston, S. 1. sept 15 \ - 21V".' _:_j!--j -.. -Int rTSi?. ???M?srtrH* At,lib i~ ^ ^V*ith such a %t?ming be-' font us,, let us at Jleast be' i reared to ir -fthxs befuTe" con i TtTTi W4M\W^ -^WreBhofflecfE coil," and we can only bo sU'cngfiVe?^j UTj our defence by fully supply of (hffi Invalu able medicine, which, while mtlving'tlie bowels vciy gently,/mr