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I The Press and Banner. Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1879. ! General McGowan Elected Associate I Justice. Our distinguished townsman General) Samuel McGowan was elected Associate { Justice by the Legislature last Thursday,! over his competitor, Judge Wallace, of]' Union, by n vote of 77 to 73. The State j had nothing to lose in the election of J either candidate, and we are confidenti that the election of General McGowan I will give universal satisfaction?to the j' friends of Judge Wallace, as well as to the , friends of Judge McGowan. The race,! was between two of the best and strong- i | est men in the State, and we are gh'd to : 1)6 able to state that it was conducted with 1 fairness throughout. iDcopuii <? mc House, and the President of the .Senate, were strong friends of Judge Wallace, and by virtue of their personal popularity, and by reason of their official position, they wielded a powerful influence for their favorite candidate. General McGowan had no kindred in the General! Assembly, and held no official position to L bo made vacant by his promotion { ?elements in a close contest, of great force and value ? and although a member of the Legislature and as such entitlecfto a vote, ho withdrew from the House before the election took place, without having "paired off" with any of the supporters of Judgo Wallace, in a contest the issue of which tho friends of both candidates foreknew to be doubtful. The result was as stated above, and will , give one moro evidence of what true worth and ability shall obtain as a reward from tho people of South Carolina. It must have been with special pride that the Laurens Senator and Representatives Rave their votes to elevate to that high position one who was born in their County, and who has from an humble beginning ascended to tho Supremo Bench of tho State. To the reflective reader, who is ac quainted with the facts, the examination of the names of those who supported McGowan and thoso who voted for Wallace will furnish food for thought. General McGowan preached the gospel of "reconciliation, fraternity and peace," and an "obliteration of the color line," to such an extent that in the campaigns of '7G $ and '78 the sobriquet of "Old Fraternity," was conferred upon him. So conspicuously did ho represent the conservative Democracy of the State, that extreme Democrats have sometimes claimed as an objection to him, that he did not quite come up to the rigid requirements of their creed. And on the up-country and low-country question, no man in South Carolina has labored more earnestly to ? prevent an antagonism of the sections than he has. He always claimed to be a citizen of the State, and held that what, ever injured the low-country injured the up-country. Under the circumstances, it was natural, to expect that he would receive a strong support from Charleston, as well as a share at least of the Republican votes. But, contrary to all reasonable expectation, Charleston gave him only five votes out of nineteen, and every Radical in the General Assembly voted against him. They voted solid for Judge Wallace, and General McGowan has the satisfaction of knowing that he was elected entirely by Democratic votes, against the unanimous vote of tho Radicals. It must be very gratifying to General McGowan, who has so long labored as a lawyer in the Eighth Circuit, to remember that tho numerous delegates from the counties composing that Circuit gave him a support waich, but for two votes, would have been unanimous. The tw??ntv-one deleeates from this Circuit wko voted for him not only paid General McGowan a high compliment but they reflected the opiuions of their constit. uents among whom he has so long been popular. Wo believe General McGowan possesses the requisites of an excellent Judge. Fair-minded, not subject to prejudice, laborious and pains-taking, scrupulously conscientious, he will mako as up-right and abk/a Judge as ever wore tho ermine of South Carolina. The election of Judge McGowan makes another vacancy in the Abbeville Bar. A year ago the Hon. T. C. Perrin ceased from his labors. More recently Jud^e Thomson gave up his large practice to . occupy a place on the Circuit Bench, and now Judge McGowan on taking his scat in the Supreme Court relinquishes a large and lucrative practice. In all probability the next man who will break ranks in the Abbeville Bar, will be Mr. Cothran. His ability, energy and force of character, together with his popularity, mark him out as the next man to be "called up higher." It is thought by some that he will be our next Attorney-General, and others again think ho should be on the Bench?our belief is that he can get any place he may desire, and that he will adorn any office he may accept, ah tnese | vacancies will necessarily bring ourj young lawyers nearer to the front, and they should aspire to fill creditably the places so long and so honorably occupied by the veterans of our Bar. i The Political Chaos of the Present Hour. 1 If there is one thing more than another which strikes the newspaper reader with surprise and wonder it is thenumber of erratic politicians who have of late come to tho surface in the South. Here and there a man whose fealty to the Democratic party had never been doubted,, advocates tho eloction of tho King Rad- I ical, Grant. Dr. Felton of Georgia, i a member of Congress recently astonished his constituents by his declarations looking to Independontism or Grantism. Only a few days ago, Colonel Ellison S. Keittof Newberry proclaimed for Grant and Ravard. with a "solid union.'? And now our own chouen Democratic Con-1 gre8sm:m, whom we have sent to the | outposts, flies off at a tangent and pro-! poses to disband the Democratic party j on the eve of going into a supreme con-' test with the Republicans for President. A proposition on the part of our Congressman looking to Independentism sounds so unlike the Honorable D. Wyatt Aiken that we can scarcely believe our senses when we read his declarations which are to be found elsewhere in the . columns of the Press and Banner. He claims to have had many advantages by reason of his travels and by his stay in Washington. These travels and his stay In Washington may account for his advanced political ideas, which would disintegrate the only political party that has ever shown the South any consideration, and into whose folds the South has made almost superhuman efforts to place the' local State governments. The Honora-! ble Congressman in speaking of our boys at Shenectenady, significantly says: \Were their plastic minds not more or; lesa imbued with icfens that alienated them from their native Stato?" It may be wise t? "go back" on the Democratic party now, but we fail to see it in that light. The letter of the Honorable D. W. Aiken will be read with surprise by constituents who have always regarded him as a simon-pure Democrat and Id genuine Radical hater, and as a politician with such pronounced Demo- j cratio views as would allow him to make no political affiliations whatever with Republicans of any sort. Skvator Maxwell will please accept onr thanks for a copy of toe Comptrollcr-Genci - j al'? aauual report. 1 "The South Carolina Syuod." A correspondent to the Keowee Courier under the. signature of "M." furnishes some choice reading under the above heading. lie states that "the Synod is "that chnrch court which is higher than : "the Presbytery and lower than the Gen-! "cml Assembly, thesupremecourtof the! "church. Tho Synod of South Carolina j "include* in it-s jurisdiction the whole I "State, being made, up of tho ministers | "and churches of tho five Presbyteries?, "into which the State is divided." And then UM." goes on to make the LUliUWJIJ?? OUUVIlll'lll. "The present Synod was quite a respectable body, there being in attendance About one hundred delegates J'roni all portions of the State, and for intelligence i mid piety could not bo surpassed by any similar body of men that ever assembled in solemn conclave." The italics are our own. The public ' will bo no less gratified that the Synod has "M's" certificate of "respectability," | than it will l?ie astonished to learti that Lhe South Carolina Synod met in "sol- ' einn conclave." Webster gives this deli- ' nition of "conclave "1. A private apartment, particularly 1 the room in which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic church meet in privacy, for (he clcction of a Pope. ( "2. The assembly of cardinals, shut up for the election of a Pope: hence, the body of cardinals. , ] A private meeting; a close assem- ( bly." , We should be glad if this clever report- ( er of the doings of the South Carolina Synod would tell us if they resolved themselves into a body of Roman Catholic cardinals; and if so, who did they , elect as Pope? If not a body of enrdi- , nals, why does "M." who is no doubt a member of this "conclave," report for the newspapers the proceedings of a meeting which is "private?" There being in the church no violators of any of the commandments, at least so far as "MV account states, ho says: " 'Worldly amusements' " again camo up for a full share of the discussion and thought of Synod. Scarcely a church court over assembles now without being vexed with that same question. There seems to exist a division of sentiment in regard to the action of the last <.ieneral Assembly on tho subject of worldly amusements. Therefore a proposition was introduced in Synod asking tho next Assembly to modify its last deliverance in such a way that its language cannot be capable of misconception. After much debate this proposition was adopted. This course was rendered necessary from the fact that newspapers proclaimed that the Assembly had sanctioned dancing, Ac. This is a wilful misrepresentation of tho Assembly's action." And as far as we have noticed our exchanges, we will state that "M." is mistaken as to the position of tho secular press. Wechallengehimtonam easingle; newspaper which has stated that the Gen-1 eral Assembly has "sanctioned, dancing." j We do not believe that any "newspa- j per" in South Carolina has made any I such statement, and until '*M" can call j the names of a number of "newspapers" j which have done so, his assertion may I be set down as a "wilful niisrepresonta-l flnn" nf t.hn nroQQ nf tlin Stiitn. Accommodation Trains. Tlie officials of tho Grocnville and Columbia Railroad have increased the accommodation on tho branch road from Hodges to Abbeville, so that doublc-daily trains will be run between these points every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday;' ?enabling passengers from above Hodges1 to visit Abbeville on the days named, and after spending several hours in that place, return home by tho evening trains. Now, we put in a plea for the same accommodation on the branch road from I Belton to Anderson. Greenville is much interested in the proposed arrangement, and there is a largo amount of local traffic lost by the present schodule. Anderson and Greenvillo, to say nothing of intermediate points, ought to urge this mat- ; tor upon tho attention of tho railroad authorities. We take the above from tho Greenville Daily News, which furnishes another ar-l' nnmanf uuatnln fho r>n?iHr?n \l'A tonk some time ago, that Greenville city or the Air Line Railroad, or both together should buy a controlling interest in the Greenville and Columbia Railroad whenever it is sold, that the headquarters or managing office should be located In Greenville; and that the schedule should , be so arranged as to suit our travel to the | Air Lino Road and to Greenville. If the , trains were properly run to Greenville i much of our trade and travel would go , that way which now goes elsewhere. , Another reason why the Air Line should , own the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, is the certainty of the completion of the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad. The latter road of course will as a matter of necessity pass out of the hands of the prenent stockholders in a little while. If the Air Line owned the Greenville und Columbia Railroad and the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad, this would give uiu Air ijiuu u uueub uuntrt hj Aiigub'ui | and thenco to the sea. In fact the line from Greenville to Augusta would be of much more importance than the other end of the line which leads to Columbia. To Augusta tho river is navigable and could bring heavy freights by water much nearer to Greenville than by any other route. Until the South Carolina Railrond and the Greenville and Columbia Railroad were put into tho hands Of Recoivors it seems that these roads were run with the least accommodation to tho public while Btriking a death blow tc^ our chief city. Hut tho Receivers seem to be men of fine business capacity and seem to understand that it is profitable even for a railroad to be obliging to the public, and as far as we are concerned, we do not care how leng the road niay remain in the hands of Receivers, but when the Grefenville and Columbia Railroad is sold we believe it to boto the interest of the country for tho Air Lino to buy it, and at the name time have an evo tbo# purchase of tho Greenwood and Augusta Railroad. The Barnwell Sentinel. This paper sticks to it, that its circula tion is bona fide?that it has not more than a dozen "dead heads" on its list. We are glad to hear this, friend Sentinel. You are inoro fortunate than we supposed. We rejoice at your good luck. What wo said was intended as good humored. We think it profitable for editors and printers to exchange views on the practical business of running a newspaper. A friendly criticism which the Augwsta Chronicle and Sentinel onco made of the Pre?s and Bnnner has been of much benefit to us. We believe in "patent outsides" but the Sentinel does not. We printed both sides of our paper lor many years nuu iiuve uneu mo patent outside for four years, and we think we know whereof we speak when we suy that it is better for the reader and publisher, if a "patent outside" is used. We do not, however, fall out with those who differ lron\ us in opinion. We believe one-third of the printing paper used in this State is worso than wasted by using largo type, filling space with worthless advertisements, and in sending copies from the office to "dead beats" ^vho never pay. If an editor is going to publish a given amount of reading matter, isn't it a waste for him to use a large sheet when asmaller one would serve his purpose better, if his matter was set in small type ? The small type can be printed better, is more agreeable to tho eye, while the small sheet is much more conveniently handled. Every paper of any considerable circulation in the United States is printed on small type. We present much matter of an interesting kind this week, and hope that you may read dome of it at least. We have selected no much that we hare no room for couimcut. | LATEST FROM COLUMBIA. I MclTcr Declines the Chief-Justiceship. This has been a week of surprises. The last is the unexpected refusal of Judge Mclver to accept tho olliee of Chief Jus- ^ tice to which he was unanimously elected last Thursday. Yesterdaj' his letter declining tho ofliee was sent to tho General n Assembly, and rend. It naturally caused great astonishment. His reason is "that ^ grave doubts are entertained by some v whose opinions are entitled to the highest <> respect, as to tho power of tho General ^ Assembly to till the vacancy in the olliee; [ of Associate Justice of tho Supreme j li CViiirt which would bo caused bv his ac-1 P L'Cptanco of the office of Chief Justice, | Jj upon the expiration of the term for which 1| tlio present incumbent of that olllcc was elected." 1 This, startling all like a bombshell, has thrown everything into confusion.. The t likelihood is that Gov. Simpson will bo ' Elected Chief Justice. Gen. Connor and " Judge Pressley are both reported to have (j refused to bo candidates, thereby render- t' ing Simpson's election almost certain. a Judge McGowan took his seat for the s first time on the Supreme Bench venter- ? lay. His resignation as a Representative c was read in the House and ordered to be r placed upon the journal. The Judiciary ? Committee, whose chairman he was, pre- J sented him with an address signed by all ? expressing their regvet at losing so inval- ' uable a co adjutor, and at the samo time ] complimenting hitn on his promotion. f The Gary "interview" attacking Hamp- * ton caused little comment in Columbia. ^ The publie found nothing new in it?all e having been published several times be- 1 fore, although without Gary's name. The following is a copy of General Mc- t flnivnn'a Intfpr rpsicnimr in f.ho C House of Representatives. We know that j we speak the mind of his constituents ^ when we say that they part with him as 1 their Representative with deep regret, J while at the same time they feel a com- ? mendable pride at his elevation: SUPRKMK CounT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, t Columbia, S. C.t December 15, 1871). j To the Hon. John C. Shcppard, Speaker t of the Howe o/ lleprescntalives: e I have accepted the otlice ol Associate f Justice of the Supreme Court of the e State, which disqualifies me from being c a member of the Legislature, and my j seat, as one of the Representatives from \ Abbeville County, is vacant. It is not t without deep emotions that I sever the t political ties which for more than twen- 1 tv-five years have bound me to the good c people of Abbeville, who, during that t long and eventful period for no other S return tiiau earnest efforts to servo the c State havo, under all circumstances, in c prosperity and adversity, in peace and in S war, sustained mo with a generous confl- t dence and an unfaltering support. 2s'o t words can express my sense of obligation n and my highest hope is that I may be able <j to deserve their approbation in the future \ as I havo received it in the past. I With a heart full of gratitude for con- ji <*??/-! bin/lnoac rnnnt \/r?rl n t. \ DUIIIlr i wuugoj U(1U nnjuuvoo vv. . their hands, and with a firtn resolvo to do1 c my whole duty to the best of my ability, c I can only say to each and every member s of the House of Representatives, farewell, c I have the honor to bo, very respectfully, ?: your obedient servant. v S. McGOWAN. c r t The Legislature. The Legislature seems actively at work jj on matters of very little general import- c anco, and it seoms that they intend to ad- ? journ before Christmas. Tha action of 1 that body on Saturday last, in appropria- t ting money to pay interest on the bonds t of the State, which have been declared '' ... - * .. . . . , , i valid by Supremo uourt, is considered as a practical settlement of that vexed ques- ( tion. Lively discussions havo been bad '] on the letting of convicts to the new com- ? pany which propose to take tin* Columbia Canal and to build factories thereon. It r seoms that tho convicts will bo given to ii the company. The Greenwood and Au- J gusta Railroad has come in for a full i{ share of attention, and it is likely that a v thorough and searching investigation will 2 be ordered, examine and report on the truth-or falsity of tho charges of cruclty ^ to convicts at work on tho road. ? ~ r The Colombia Canal. c It seems that there is a fair chance of jj ctur dream of cotton factories on tho Con- i cjaroe, being a reality. If the State can t secure tho location of a good factory in ^ Columbia or elsewhere by giving the use s of any reasonable number of convicts to li do tho necessary ditching, we say give tho I convicts. But wo are in no frame of v mind to advocate tho giving of 11101103' to \ any such enterprise. Let tho convicts r build our Railroads, and help at any oth- 11 er work which will benefit the Stato or t help to develop our valuable resources, d ..... t The Governorship. l There seems to bo a good doal of trou- ^ bio iu choosing a euitablo candidate for t Governor 111 1880. Rather than put the s State into the hands of either of the pres- j ent prominent candidates, wo would like j, to see the State go into the hands of a Re- { coiver. We should then bo excused from 1 paying taxes, as the Greenville Railroad J has been, by the kindness of the Comptroller-General. Such a move would bo of ? inestimable advantage to the poor whose? ? lands will havo to be sold for taxes if ' Q the present arrangement continues. Give ( us a Receiver. > > Under Which King, Bezoninn ? Our readers will be as much surprised ? as we are at the letter of Hon. D. Wyatt i .l Aiken. He writes the epitaph of Democ- 1 racy. He isn't a Republican. Ho was i > elected as a very straight-out Democrat. I * We await farther information to tell usj'j where to place him and by what narno to 11 call him. f ii i Settlement of the Bond Question. t The vote on the Ficken Bill has finally J 3cttlod the Bond question, and settled it \ on the basis long ago and often advocated t by the Press and Banner. Wo arw hear- 1 tily glad to see Gen. K. R. Hemphill in ^ his speech in the House placing himseif c on the right sido in this matter. j1 (TiTH. # " Ha Gives the Legislature Some Ad? j * vice as to What Thty Should Db. j| Editors Prens and Banner : | J, 1 (suppose constituents have tlic rl^ht not exactly to dictate but to RUKjjeM. to their rco* .. resentatlves what they believe would be most |8 conducive to the prosperity of the country. V In obedience to that privilege I propose to J i; throw outone or two additional Innuendoes, a howtver insignificant they may appear to .1 their ocular appendages. I still entertain the idea if, they would abridge their diurnal ' wages, substitute a fee bill of a more dlininu* 1 tlve size, that It would not be condemned as f an uncharitable and selfish act. If they can- ^ not satisfactorily be remunerated for their faithful performance of their duties at the u rate of the paltry sum of three dollars a day u and mileage, combined with the honor con- v ferred. I would say, by all means, let them re- g duco tnclr compensation to four dollars per t diem as quantum sufflcit. Ono dollar subtracted from their pay certificates would alleviate taxation marimc. Also, a blessing would re- 0 dound to the country ir an act was enacted li that would have a tendency to bring about a s diminution of the ennine population. One dollar per capiUt would inflate the treasury to * such dimensions as would bo necessary to run t the public school system for ten months, pro- r vided, tcachers' salary did not exceed the y "niggardly" iwenty-fivc dollars per month. ? The country Is overstocked with superfluous , and worthless dogs. I class such a race in the c same category as l do tobacco and whiskey? a non-csfccntiafs. Again, I Imagine our law making expenses could be greatly curtailed , without Inflicting any detriment upon the I [J welfare of the State (vice versa) by submitting 11 an amendment to the constitution to cancel I p annual and insert biennial Legislative sea-It slons. Such modification would bo political economy and retrenchment. I can't perceive , the absolute need of agitating and revising ' leges every yea*. Poor law that can't survive n upon Its own merit* lor two years. Now-a- v days, elections with thelrconcomltant retinue t of evllB, are a prolific fountain of much trou- * ble, and disturbance of social Renslbllltles. 11 Let them be "few and far between." Perhaps F It would be necessary to overhaul tho flnnn- y clal department yearly, but that can be ar- jranged without holdinpa concourse of Legislators annually. I submit the above meagre points without an expansion of views. t! J O. P. H. o Jeff Davis has written another letter. In t about a month the different newspapers may a begin to publish it. b THE BOND DEBT. ntcresting Debate on the Debt of tin State?General Hempliill Right 01 the Record. Tiio interest section of the bill \va: lieu reached, Mr. Jlnist introducing rom the committee, the following ad itional clausct (5.) On the consols which the said com nissioncr may ascertain to bo invalid ir art, according to the decision of the Su remo Court, viz: Thedetacbed coupon! nd outstanding interest orders thoreo /hich, having passed out of tho hand.1 f the holders of tho bonds and stock ertificatcs to which thcv relate, or foi ther causc, may not be surrendered bj he holders of tlio said bonds and ccrti icates, the siiid desig#itcd detached con ions and outstanding interest orders t( ie payable on their surrender and cancel ition at the treasury for such portion on y of tho same as is valid and justly dn< iy the State, as shall appear from tiiecer ificato of the commissioner, to bo lilec t tho treasury. (t>.) On all other consolsor valid portlot hereof which may not bo included ii he foregoing specification which tin foresaid commissioner may ascertain t< ie so valid in whole or in part under tlx locision of the Supremo Court referre( i), the interest on which shall bo paid ii ccordanco with tho certificates of fh< ornmissiener, filed at tho treasury, anc ctting forth the interest duo 1st January nd 1st July, 1?79 and ISiSO, on tho sai< onsols. Mr. Murray moved to amend tho ap ropriation to pay the coupons and inter st due on tho first days of January ant uly of the years 187.S and 18?>0, on tin ntire valid consolidated debt of tin ilato by striking out ?-lfi(J,000 and insert ng in lieu thereof $324,750. JElc said tha ie considered it best to fund the iuteres or 1S7'J dollar for dollar. He favore< ho recognition of the dooision of tin Supreme Court, and was willing to ap <V... ?l,n litllMnailf llf 1 lin (.st of 1880, and forever thereafter. Ii hat way no question could be made a o the disposition of the people to abidi >y the derision of the Court. It was tru ho proposed tax levy was only a tota >f nino mills, but it would be heavio icxt year, becauso tliere would bo n< >alance in the treasury as now. 13; unding the unpaid interest for 1878 ant 879. the levy would bo only eight mills ;t would not bo a repudiation of any hing, but only and simply giving a not o pay the future. Mr. Ficken, of Charleston, oppose! he amendment. The bill as it stool noposed only to do a simple act of jus ice. It proposed to deal justly am squally with ail classes of creditors, an< jut holders of valid bonds whose inter ist had not been paid on account o loubts regarding them on an equal foot ng with the holders of similar bond: vho had already received their interest heir securities having been approved bj ho bond commission. The law wa ramed in accordance with the decisioi if the Supreme Court. The interest ha< >een paid ou those bonds embraced ii Schedule 5 of the report of the bone om mission. Others who, under the de isionof the Court, should have beenii Schedule 5, it was now proposed to pay in erest upon. No fraudulent matter en ered into them. The bonds were goo< ,nd valid. Could the House make tb listiuction in favor of those creditor vho had the good fortune to have thei >onds in Schedule 5? There were iv grounds for such a distinction, and if i imrii innrln thn ntlipr erfttlitiirs Would 1111 lerstand that they had been unjustly din rimitiated against, not because of air liadow of fault of their own, but be auso of a question of one or two mill if tax levy. The credit of the State wa vorth far more than that, and gentlemei ould understand the importance <i naintaining that crcdit, especially at thi imo. Mr. Haskell, of Richland, said ho wa ;lad to see that members were dispose* 0 discuss this question no longer as t>on< >r anti-bond men, but on the commor ;round of obedience to the decision o he Supreme Court. Now it was merely 1 question of what was host for the in erest of the State, and he believed tha he better plan was that proposed in tin eport of tne committee. The committed laa carefully considered the matter, aid d by the advice and knowledge of Col ?oit, the treasurer, and the comptroller fhe question was whether it would In tetter to add to the bonded debt of th ilate, and go on Increasing it year afte 'car, or nay the interest Tor lN7tf and iff/ iow, and thus dispose of it. The bulanu 11 the Treasury has been alluded to 'hat amounted'to only about one-filth o , mill levy. If the interest was fundei t would 'make a debt on which in teres i-ould have to be paid for years to come Cino mills was only a moderate levy Vas it wise to rediico tho levy bclov line mills now and thereby add to th londed debt of the Stato? Mr. J. J. Hemphill, of Chester, sni< hat the difference oetween the two pro >ositions was simply whether the inter at already raised to be paid on the for nerly questioned debt of the State an< iow in the treasury should be applied a ntended or not. "That money belongei o the holders' of that debt. Tho ques ion was whether they should be ken ut of their money who stood 011 th amo footing had obtainod theirs withou laving to go through the courts. Tin tlan proposed had been at tho sugges ion of Col. Coit and the comptroller, an: k-as conceived on tho hypothesis that i rould sottlo tho vexed matters, an< ilace tho valid debt on unquestioned an< dvantaKeouB ground. Mr. Blue, of Marion, said if it wa he purpose of the House to stand by th locision of the Supreme Court, the onl; hing to bo done was to pay the in tores m the valid debt for 1878 and 1870, a lad been provided for. If this were 110 lone inero womu ineviuiuiv uo ? subpi ion against the bondH and'the credit n he State affected. % As had been said ,uch action would be only one of simpl ustiue. It w.us not, he thought, gooi >olicy to increase the bonded debt am >*U off the evil day. This money wouli lave to cotno from the people sooner o ater, and it would bo ^better to pay a hey went than to have a vast accumula ion of indebtedness come upon them a >nce. He earnestly wished to seo th state again assume her former position md have her bonds above par. Whei n that condition the debt could be fund id at four per cent, instead of six pe :ent. as now. Mr. JJro\yn, of Anderson, said it woul< >e.exceedingly liberal in the State to sai o theso creditors that as their claim hal he J color of law?not that any mora ibligation to pay them was recograzed>ut from respect to the law, sho wouli >ay them. Being, however, at preson inpoverished and not able to pay, sh vould give them bonds that would sooi >e worth par. The tendency of all State vas not to increase their indebtedness rhe debts of some were far less thai wenty years ago. The property of th teoplo of the State would soon increase nd a less percentage of taxation wouh ie sufficient to pay the small increase t ho debt caused bj' the funding of thi ntcrest. He tliouuht that, in the presen mpovcrlshed condition of tlio people, i vould bo wrong to impose upon tlien he additional burden that would be en ailed by the payment of this interest. Mr. Seegers, of Richland, said tho opl; [uestion regarding the proposed fund in] ?f the interest was the one as to the prin iple of the thing. Was that right? I le had owed a man ?200 for two years nd his creditor came for his interest vould it be right- for him to tender a du >ill, with the money in his pocket? I vould be unwise, ho said, to leave o deb or their children to pay. Let then iqnidate the just claim now when the; lad the money in the treasury. Mr. Murray, of Anderson, said th imple question was whethor the Stat vas able to pay this interest no Mr, and f able, was It wise to do so. Tlio way nd means committee itself had made i iistinction in its bill, for they funded tin inquestioned debt for the years 1877 ant H7S. lie only wished lo extend tin unding they had begun one year further 1879. The State would be telling lie reditors that she recognized her claims nd proposed to pay them some ^ day, bu vas unablo to pay cash down. Tin redit of the State would not suifer b' hat. Mr. Johnstone,of Newberry, said tha very consideration, both of policy am ionor, demanded that this interes houldbepaid immediately. Tho Stati vent into the flghtagainst the fraudulen londs, as he understood it, on principle egardless of the amount to be lost o von. Failure to pay this interest woul< ie dishonoring the Court, to whoso ar litrarncnt the ease was left, and tho Stat* nd the House. Mr. Buist, of Charleston, said it gavi lim pleasure to see tho spirit m an i fester >y tho IIouso. All were evidently (lis osed to sutsain tho previous action o ho General Assembly, in |\vhich it hai aid that so soon as the valid debt hai teen clecjded upon provision should bi nado for the payment of interest. II vas alike a question of honor and policy jQ t the appropriations bo passed now t< neet the interostsquarely, and the peo ile Would not have to shudder nex ear over an enormous levy to rnee heir debts with. Mr. R. R. Hemphill, of Abbeville, saic hat he viewed the matter from the staix f the law. He believed that under th< iv.' the Legislature was bound to mco his interest. They would not, thej hould recollect, decrease tho amount U o ultimately paid by funding. Thej would only be postponing tlio ovil day of \ payment, and would ha.nl down an ud- 1 8 ditional burden to bo paid interest on in the future. Tlio State was now, ho believed, firmly on a tidal wave of pros- ^ pority, and the best way to continue that 5 was for her to maintain her credit untarnished, and show to the world that she I was willing to meet her valid obligations rr squarely and pay them dollar for dollar. A striking feature In the dt bato was , the general expression of a wis.j to m'eeb . the State's dobts fully nnd satisfy bor i creditor^. Another, and very significant f one, was tho confidence in a bright fu- . , 5 ture for her, and a general return of S( : prosperity and tranquilitv that was uni- hi | versally expressed by representatives ci , from every section. h Tho previous question was called, and . a voto taken on .Mr. Murray's resolution ,] , resulted Yeas, 11; Nays, 87; the voto "bo- h 4 intf as follows: Yeas?Austin, Barron, Beard. Bcaty, 81 } Bowen, Bowman, Brown, Cherry. Davie*, 0 . Moody, Muller, Murray, Sojourner and 0 I Wilson?14. s Nays?Aldrieh, Alien, A. P. Anderson, il , D. \Vt Anderson, John C. Anderson, jj j Bacon, Bailey, Beaslev, Bell, Bine,'Brad- f, 3 ley, Brice, Britton, Brodie, Buist, Calli- n } son, Cannon, Carlisle, C'aflsidv, Chase, ti B C'lai'ksoii, Clement*, AV. C. Cleveland, 0 I Clowney, Cooke, Dargan, Davant, Deal, " , Davis, Dewberry, Donaldson. Eason", ? 3 lick hard, Edens, Elfe, Elk ins, Fieken, r [ Frederick, Fulmoro, Gaillard, Gantt, ? GonaalfK, Graham, Haiti hunger, Hamer, ^ ] Mane, Harper, Haskell, J, J. Hemphill, 1( It. lit Hemphill, YVm, Henderson, Hum- t _ bort, C. J. 0. Hutson, Isaac M, liutaon, II . Johnstone, Keller, Kennedy, Laehicotte, <* 1 Law ton, Leap hart, Manigault, Massey, r B Miller, Minus, Morrison, Perry, Red- ], e foam, J, H. Rice, W? B. Kice, Richards, fi . E. D. Richardson, John I\ Richardson, a I Rodgers, Rutledgu, Scarboro, Seegcrs, F t Shaw, Simmons, Simons, Simonton, v 1 Skipper, Smalls, Stephenson, Suber, ,, u Trantham, Walker, Watts and Wiggins t . ?87. Lost. Mr. JJuist moved to amend the bill by ^ , I inserting an appropriation of ?956 lor the t s payment ol' the unpaid expenses of the t. a Bond Court. This, however, was do- 1: 0 feated, the motion boing referred to the 1 committee of ways and means to report , upon in the legislative supply bill. ii d Tho appropriation bill ttu-n passed to t y its third reading, the only additional a- fc j mendment being tho increaso Of tho sal- ? ary of tho watchman at tho armory to % . ?100 from 5300. c o ?. ' ? n COLUMBIA GOSSIP. * Speculations on Politics and Line of * Promotion?A Plea for Conservatism * ?Federal Pap?Tho Bond Cbnrt? r Tho Comptroller - Genernlship ? A \ Sketcli of Some of tho Prominent { Young Members of tho House?Com- r pliments to Abbeville men. s [Crescent Special Correspondent] } COLt'MTUA, S. C., Dee. 8. 1870. \ J Thf> fnnltal Is cenrenlv a fair nlaco from f i which to Judge of thp atmosphere by the po1 lltlcul thermometers or barometers. The . mercury here rises or falls from reflected lirnt, , and It Is Impossible to ascertain the actual Indications within the circle of revolving sys* t?nis around the several planets. Ofllclnl pat rona/e and administration favor go far toi ward forming a latent heat for the lncum0 bents of public station, and, to hear tne present dependants talk, one would be persuaded that no change In the present Slate olllcers is r either expected or desired. Some of the [> clerks are even in favor of r ot disturbing the t present wheels of government at all, seeing . in It, by the rule of rapid promotion, a chance for the very lowest becoming Oovcrnor. if the * precedents arc preserved of sne<;esnlon which V\ commenced with Gov. Hampton's promotion - | to the United States Senate until it has reaciis | ed Senator Jeter, who will he Governor If ' | Simpson Is promoted to the Supreme Bench. Should Senator Jeter bo as rapidly advanced, 1' and the proper order be observed, there is no f telling who will be Governor in the latter 9 months of 1XS0, and scarce any clerk In any of the departments but would take the placoand dispenso the function* rather than have It , go by default. We knew an old fellow In our 1 back woods who, whenever he heard of a j death In his neighborhood, would Immediatei ly lnquiro, "Who git he clothes?" So It Is r now, as the several condidates fall Into other places, the question Is, who takes his place? Y and It becomes a very Interesting question to - the several aspirants below Speaker of the t House as to who would bo Governor In the conllngcncy of Jeter's obtaining a foreign i mission and Sheppard's advancement to the L Bench, as each have a temporary ten ure upon " the Executive otllce for a space. Politics here are in a very nlastlc state. Ab , topnrty.lt Is absorbed In the universal scram- |i ? blc for office. It# fealty Is tested by the| amount.of adulation and sycophnncydlsplny-. e ed to the powers that be. No one scarcely | r seems disposed to be very pronounccd as to ; [) what are their politics. | e Young Macksloan. son of the present Clerk j of the House of Rcprcsentatl ves. expeclssoon ' to set nn appointment as clerk of one of the ' committees of the United States Senate, :1 through Senator Uampton.s Inllucnce, Nat t Myers, the colored member whom you re, member with Hamilton turned the tide In favor of the Wallace House in IKT'I, has been offered a position also through the same inV I fluence, at first he declined accepting it as it C'Wnsu menial one. Apropos to Federal npj polntinents it Is reported that strong cfTorts j nave been made to cause Judge Bryan to retire from the circuit bench, as he Is entitled " to on account of his age, and without rcnoun clnc his salary either. Senator Hampton It - Is said wljl fill the vacancy by the appointilmcntof Col.Slmonton, of Charleston. But ] Judge Bryan don't sec it, as he hns set-erai ,! sons who nre lawyers and nro correctively ' | benefit led by their father being on the bench. -I It Is reported tfyata resolution will be Introduced to declaro the places of the three pj circuit Judscs who constituted th? Bond ; : Court vacant, on account of their having forfcitcd their tenure to their positions by Itsace ceptance. We scarcely think such a proposl ' t.lon would be entertained. It would certain-i 1 ly be unjust and unenilefnl. As a matter of t j precedent only, mit-ht it be done, but they would surely be Installed U" such a thing was * considered expedient. i | We heard reference mode to thn Comptrol | ler-wnunu i? ricpi'ri, muuii vuiiuimuu mi s returns of the nmountof license fees required from every Insurance agent doing business G| In the Stale, and which. according to the ltcvV! ised Statutes. ean-ed thp revenue from that t j source to redound to the benefit of the State. 31 Under Itiulicai reglmo an amendment was t made to the law In this respect which omitted the clause refcrriug "to the benefit of the State" aud may be construed a* entitling the i Comptroller-General to appropriate It to his L own use. What the Intent of the amended e act could have been but to allow Neagle, who j was then the Comptroller-General, to got an , additional amount added to his Hilary. does J not very clearly appear, nnd In the minds of i some it seems yet to be doubtful whether the r Comptroller-General is entitled to it or not, u even under the strict construction of the letter of the act. At the salary of the Comp- j " troller is the only one that was not reduced, t it Is thought by some that the spirit of the act e In accord with the Democratic policy of retrenchment and reform and should be lnop!' eratlve, even if not abrogated. 1 There arc a number of rising young law* years in this General Assembly who aro r bound to make their mark, and are already men of note from their several counties. i There is Hon. 11. P. Barron, of Clarendon, a clear-headed, able and thoroughly consclen\ tious representative. Not only Is the subi stance of all hesajs listened with attention, ,1 but his very address and frank appearance Is _ calculated to win and to convince In the inter* j- est of whatevef Is right and Just. There is : [ the Hon. J. H, Rice, from Abbeville, a young M lawyer who is winning golden opinions from e all who know and estimate bim as a true, n j inuniui aim biiicuil- puuiic mtyuuij cuui, 8| courageous and undaunted In tlic cause of | | the people, ho Impresses all classes of the * House with an equal regard l'or his uttern ances. There Is also Hon. John C. T)avant, of c Barnwell, always courteous, considerate, I bright, and apparently ever on the alert for j the interests ot his constituents. Nftt to for pet Hon. J. J. Hemphill, who Is spoken of 0 very highly ns a laborious worker In the s committee rooms, one instinctively recurs to t General K. R. Hemphill, lawyer and editor, 1 of Abbeville Court llousc, who Is said to be . enjoying the next largest practice In his 1 county to General Samuel McGowan, He Is " an electrical genius, and truly It may be said t there is no telling where bis lightning may l' strike. Hon. George Johnstone, of Newber? ry, may certainly be classed as one of the b most adroit politicians on the floor of the " House. Sharp, quick, and with a decided i tingo of MaclilavellMU In his composition, i, he has the voice, the address and the brain ' to encompass any measure to which he adp dresses ills Indomitable energy and pluck. ~ Hon. E. B. Murray, also a lawyer and editor, 1 from Anderson, Is not only a bright, well Int formed member on account of his singular i advantages in connection with the press, but v lie Is an active and Intelligent worker In nnv 1 e-auseln winch the people are concerned, lie is as bold, firm and scrupulously conscience tlous In the discharge of his public rcspone slbilltlcs to the whole Slate as ho is to the Interests of his special constituencies. Hols i ' >?k1nt>4 t>nli*A(r mfttnlwtru t\f 1 h A . IIIIU Ui luv nuiv.iv JUUII6 *uw>.vw?. ...? v ' House. J 11 Taken nil In nil, the present General As- c B seinbly Is us fine h representative body of c 1 men as ever assembled with like credentials i Q In the State Honse In Columbia. Censor. j , ? r s Sullivan's Island, I > Charleston Haruor, \ tj December fl. 1879, ) d Hon, ir. D. Simpson, Governor of South Cari olina. Dear Sir: We regret that press of busi- I . ness prevents our calling upon you In person t 1 tourge the cutting of n ship canal across the * 1 track of the South Carolina Railroad Compn- t I nv by the State. If we can get to the railroad I c with our lints wc will buy all the stones for ' t the Jetties In Columbia, probnbly amounting r 1 to a million dollars. It will plve employ- t i mcnt to yourconvlct laboras well as to all the t r private quarries in your State capital. We 0 ] have also taken the liberty of urging tlie n . measure upon the honorable committee ap- I pointed by the House of Representatives to t 0 consider the bill cutting the proposed public work. Aside from the Jetty interest, we be- T n lievc such a work would make Charleston in- r , deed a greut port. Respectfully, g 1 ISaNr.,s <v Dolby, n Contractors for Jetties Charleston Harbor. A f II I Charleston, December8, 1870. ? i To Hons. It. 11. lintlctlye. G. L. Itu 1st, James S ftimoiut and John 1. Ficken, Committee of T ft I 1 r- Kttttf nf tumth flirt)- I n /iriMCl// -J t Una. O Gbntlehkn . We notice by the public tl 7 prints that it bill for cutting tlio ship .canal d ncross the city of Charleston has been refer- cm " rt'd to you. We write to urge the importance I tl ' ol silch a work, as it will enable us to buy our i h t stone, for the Jetties from Columbia. Too ei much importance cannot be attached to this tl . great enterprise. It. would, If accomplished, p 1 make Charleston a great city. Nothing could tl 1 chock the flow ol trade with free wharfage. & j such as in Boston and New York. Itlsawlso'v and grand measure, and worthy of the great- tl est efforts. We will take probably millions In of dollars worth of stone. Respectfully, <) > Uanos it Doi.ny. li r Contractors forjettles Charleston Harbor, v iVadc Hampton at Home. N INTERVIEW WITH THE GREAT SOUTHERN LEADER. lie Present Attitude of South Carolina ?His Opinion of Public Men audi Thing's. [ Correspondence Boston Herald] v? Coi.fMur.v, S. t'., November 28.?T wan sit-1 im in tin: ofllce of the Governor's private! pcretnrv yeslerdsiy, waiting for ft chance to I 3c the Governor, when in walked a mail of I nm mainline figure. with a tinoiy shaped! end, gray side whiskers, a gray moustache! nd handsome, iron-gray hair. His tones, as j e made achcery salutation all round, were: cep and full. He leaned on crutches, and I Is left, leg was gone below the knee. "Is that Wndo Hampton ?" I asked inLlnotively. ' Yes. sir,'' replied theseeretary, and In an-i t her moment I was Introduced! to the Hero j f South Carolina, the man who defended the tftto against Sherman, and whom Sherman fterwaril reported (so 'tis saldl as have bnrnd the beautiful city of Columbia, including Is own house, to prevent anything of value | om falling into Union hands; the man who. aide the President, withdraw the Federal mops from Columbia and theStftte, after an j ceupancy of eleven years, in April, 1K76 : the | Kin. finally, who Is credited with redeeming j heStflte in the same year, almost by the I lagic of his name, from ft reign of such out- i iigeous corruption and bnrbnrism as the ,-orld nev.er witnessed before. Here he was, Vade Hampton, the planter, a lone gentlrlan, who proposed to no limiting to-morrow f It wasn't "so d?dcold."' [This cllss-word is n be excused as a newspaper man's embelshment, Hampton doesn't curse. En's. P. P.] "I understand, General." I began, "that the lepubllcans Intend to secure Mouth Carolina 11 the Presidential election of 1880, with less ass than attended their efforts last time, nd tht< t they are already at work on tho prcicratlons hero." "Indeed; but I don't think it will do them nucli good. I had heard rumors rif that kind nyself, but I have paid no attention to hein. The Result of tho Next Election Vlll depend in this State on hojv the cam>aien is managed. If the Democrat* pursue lie proper course, I have no doubt they will nivo a majority for their candidates." "How canyon hope for that when the negro otlng population exceeds the white 23,000?" 'IVrw, thn nnorn vof.fi. In its till 1 Strength. b in<),(XX); the white vote Is 75.000, ilnd a few of hese, perhaps, arc Radicals. But a largenumicrof the negroes in this Stato are Demorats. The negroes are gradually alienating hemselves from the Radicals. Tllfcse fellows, rou know, who came down here at the close if the war, Instilled Into the negroes here .nd everywhere elso a deep political opposlion to the native whites. So all these years, vhllethe negroes would never hesitate beween a Radical and a native white In boro w I n g money or ask 1 n g a fa vor, bu t. go d I recty and every time to the native White,, yet as ureas election day came round, he went to he polls and voted with the Radicals. Valoiis causes contributed to produce this obellent. unchanging direction ho took. His Irst belief, received from Radical teachings, vas that to voto for his old master was a step jack townrd Hlaverv. Fewofthem arc now WHSCssed of this idea. Then the Radicals vcre the dominant party, and could carry hem easily by that Influence. Hatred for heir old masters lias very little room In the lecro breast now. As I said, the causes vhlch made them Radicals were vnrlous, nit must needs be over active to produce >ermanent results. They have not produo;d permanent results, and the negroes are iradually recognizing that ibey made a mlsj?ke In voting against a government comjosedof sons of the soli, and men who have ivery right to govern the land of their birth, n other words, they see that when tho Demwrnts are in power their rights are better ooked after than when'they were under Radcal rule, because the Democrats aro governnir their own .State for tho mutual good of ts citizens. Not to appear onesided in my . lews, I will say that I have my own Stato In mind. Yes, this State, In which, according ,o the popular sentiment of the North, sedllously fostered by your newspapers, every vhlte man Is a rifle club anrt the State a ne:ro graveyard. In 1*711 this :*tate was In such i condition of corruption and barbarism from mIuhhIa h,wI nn<l nnMniimim nlstrovernment, tlint the Republican party ?f the North repudiated tho men In It, and Icnied that they were Republicans; they ecngnlzed them only as thieves and robbers itiid senlawngs, who were pillnging under ,hat (Inc. Tliey had lost the countenance of he National party. I cannot describe the Awful Despair of the People "If this State when I was proposed us a c(\ndiiate for Governor against Chamberlain. We iiud run against Chamberlain in 1874, with VIr. Green as a candidate, and alpo made an ill'ort against the lUullcals lu 1872, with M. C. hitler's name at the head ol the ticket. We ivere defeated on both occasions. I accepted he candidature In 1870, with the understandngthat 1 was to conduct the campaign ac:ordingto iny own notion i. There were some vlio counselled making it, aggressive and biter, but 1 utterly refused to do any such tlilug; md when I told them what my Idea was, 1 tin afruid they hud not much faith In my suc:es's. There was so much., tliey thought, In ,he way the .State had su tiered, that ought to ie made clear to the negroes, who were our ipponcnts so largely. It was certainly a itrong point, as some would have looked at t. One of the lirst things 1 did, on receiving ny nomination, wu* toolTer to divide my ime and opportunities -A-lth Chamberlain, lanviuslng the State togel her nnd speaking ilternutely to the same uui Hence, lie refused, md made no personal c anvass at all. The tad lea Is feared that, If Chamberlain went on he stump, he would draw the negroes out to icar us speak. Their gr( at point was to present the negroes from attending my meetings is I would alrcitdy catch all the while men. A'ell, 1 started on my caavoss, nnd I made a horough one. There arc;J3 counties In South .'nrollna, and I spoke in all. Tho Northern mpers falsltled and villi tied that campaign julrageoufly. They wer ? hardly less honest hail the thievesln our own State. Talk about Itie clubs and barbecue massacres and mIdlight murder of negroes t I suppose I must luve spoken In that can vnss to at least three lundrcd thousand people', many of them ne;roes. butl never saw a g tin, a knife or a plsol (except a few 1 may have seen of small ;allbre, sucli as men carry habitually.) J icver saw a weapon or a fist used in all my :auvass, and I took In 'Beaufort and Charlesou, and other places where the committee beleved I was unsafe and in peril of my life. I lever saw a weapon nsed by cither party, md I carried none my self: indeed, I never lo. I never solicited the attendance of the icgroes, but I welcomed them to my meet IlgS, linu IIJIII 1^ CUIUC, K/l C?C1I L11CJ, JMIUIUUt is tiloy wore, knew tha.t the ?tate was In a Irendful condition. On one occasion, happennu to speak ncar a good sized negro village, [sentan Invitation for them to come and isten to nie. They can ie in a body. It.was a argc meeting, and nil around the outskirts .van a double row of men on horseback, who lad ridden a long dista ncc to hear me. They mrtcd right and left, and tho colored men, inder my direction, marched down to the ront seats and stayed to hear me out. They vere at liberty to halloo, and did halloo, for ,'hnmberlaln at thes<? meetings. Does this ook like terrorism and bulldozing ? We had jolltleul clubs, as 3011 have them in the Sorth, and. In the Isolated parts of the State. ,wo thousand or three thousand men woulu rather and rideto my meetings on horseback, )ut they never molested or quarrelled with lie negroes. It was Igninst Our Own Interests to do So. More could be manifestly done by peaceful vords with the colored men already underitandlng the situation, than by force. At my rate, there wus no force used in that sampaiirn of 1870, to my knowledge, what:ver you may have heard to tho contrary In he North. I had sorao claim upon the negroes, which 1 knew they would acknowledge . was the first man to propose a (juallfled suf'rage for thom after their emancipation. I lid It after Oliver P. Morton bad said no to he subjcct, and I did It here right among hem. I knew that I was in their favor, and he resultjustiflcd my belief. I believe that here was fraud used in the election of that rear, but Mr. Hayes was clearly elected by he returns. The total voto of the State was Cf: <VV? V/v?t Hitnrne tho Ptirilr.llfi nade them showed that 188,500 votes had been a?st. It Ik simply preposterous to suppose hat all but 1,500 men In the State voted in ,hat or any olhcr election, or ever will. Sev:nly-Ilve per cent, of the whole number of rotors Is tne highest that lias ever been heard >f here, and that has been brought outouly >nce. Tilden was behind some two thousand wles, although Mr. Hayes' majority was less lian mine, some five hundred, I think, Jhatnberlaln, according to the returns, had 0,000 more votes than ho received In 1874. his /ofc being about 1)1,000. I had calculated on 1,000 and received some twelve hundred more han Chamberlain. Charleston returned a rote 10,000 larger than her voting population, ind IJeaufort.1,000 moro than hers. They had til kinds of men acting as repeaters; they mported villains from other States, and even tressed up women and sent them to vote. The Republicans In Charleston had 10,000 tl?ue ballots printed, and the Democrats, liearng it, printed a large batch themselves and ised them. It was a clearly demonstrated act that the Republicans printed them first, ind the Democrats followed the lead. There vere 3.000 cast by the Republicans in Charleson. but they had no effect on the election, as ve had a heavy majority. They were only ised, in all, eight counties, and the principal iHC to which they were put is this: When hero isan excossof ballots In the box, a man illnd-folded takes out a handfal. By the aid if these tissue ballots, which were much imaller than the regular size, the Itcpubllaina would bo able to toll what ballots to put ?ut. If they were cast under the regular bal* ots as a duplicate, I am not aware of It. I enow that I was very popular. Kvery white nan In the State voted forme, and the Union oldlers, quiet observers of what had been gong on, voted for me (laughing); when the oto came to be analyzed, lo! 17,000 negroes lad voted for me. Docs That Look Like Terrorism? was elected, as I have said, by about wclvo hundred majority. I ran ahead of n.v ticket; even of Mr. Simpson, the Lieuenant-Goveriior. Men had voted for Mr. iayes and for me. We had fi? members of he Legislature, lower branch. The whole I" !,? irn.^nlu 111 Tlmnlirlil t.nlYirn ho Legislature was to inect. Chamberlain elegraphed for two companies of Infantry to ccupy the State House. Tne soldiers were tiarched to the State House and encamped In I beforo 12m., tha hour for the assembly ol lie Legislature. Meanwhile, it was decided y the Radicals that overy member as ho resented himself at the outer door should be equested to exhibit his certificate of election ranted by the Returning Board. The negro ilnorlty were hurried upstairs into the.As-j Lssembly room. Our delegation presented iself and the members had to go through the >rmula nnder tho bayonets of Hie United tates troops of showing their certificates, his they did. Then they were allowed to larch to the foot of the stairs, where a guard f soldiers stood ready to meet them. Hero liey wero told that they must disperse, llnerstandln^ that both delegations wore refusd admittance, they retired. In the mcanIme the colored minority met, although they ad no quorum, and never had one, and eleotd that unprincipled manipulator, Mackey, rtelr chairman. Then they undertook toapolntall the county otHcors and till all posllons. The Democratic delegation had retird by my advice, and met in Carolina Hall, hero I was Inaugurated. I was passing Srough the corridor when the officer comiandlu? tho troops asked me to help him in Dieting a crowd which had assembled in ont of the capltol, threatening attack. I cut out on the steps. Tliero were 5,000 men :% j or more In front of the building. The." hod come to the number ef 3,(MX) or 4.000 lrom Hie surrounding country, and embraced many negroes, thplr object being to put In power the men they had elected. I told them I did not want any disturbance, and asked them to go I away. In three minutes the crowd was outof tslght; yet, as I stood on those steps I felt that nothing had yet happened to us so app&Hlng as the danger threatened by that mob, which was so friendly to me, That was u Democratic opportunity. You see how we hsed It. Well, after my Inauguration I wrote to Grant J that, If I was to continue in the duty of the oltlee to which I had been elected, tie must withdraw tho troops, which wskB done lu April, I think. I then callcd the Legislature together and the business of the government proceeded quietly. lu 1878 the Hadlcals put no ticket In the field In opposition to ours. Now here Is a point about the neeroes. We have only 75,000 white voters In the State. I renclvpil I I'l (KM) vntm. If t.lio uocroPH did not vote for me. who did? Counting every white o vote in the Htsite ns thrown for me, I must H have received about ) '>,000 neuro votes. I do v not believe there It) u innn in this country 1 who could draw the negro vote uwtiy froin me li to-day. s "Now, there you have an Idea of how. tho e negroes sire coming to regard the native t whites. They seethe contrast between the " Mlato government as It Is to-day wnd as It was t In 1S7U. Their rights are belter looked after I In the Courts^ they sit on every Jury; their 1 children In the public schools outnumber the t whites; they live In perfect harmony with c us," Have you seen anything to the contra- c ry ?" , c I answered that, as far as 1 had been ena? u bled to observe, there was perfect harmony ?nd ... ( Good Feeling Between the Race*> ? ".See some of the prominent black Repub- ^ 1 leans here and ask them how the negroes are I treated here," snld Gov, Hampton. "See tho t Postmaster at this city of Columbia; he is an s intelligent colored man," and he enumerated !> many others. . i "I say. then," ho continued, "tlmt.althongh the black population here exceeds t.'ie white, I the Republicans), In atj honest election, can- J not assure themselves of victory. I believe j that, If the campaign next year is not made i aggressive on our part, and is conducted as t mine was, wo will return a majority. Deliver t mo from bitterness, iuve> live and personal l abuse." t "What among the Northern papers has 1 been the most odious on account of Its miB- i representations of Southern affairs ?" i "Tho New York Sun. The Tinvrn has been ( very bad, but ono would expect that sort of I I thing i In a Partisan Radical Paper, ' But the New York Suu, pretending to be a ] National Democratic paper, has lied about < and perverted and maligned our actions and < opinions most shamefully. I don't know I whether It is done through Ignorance or in- i tentlonally, but Its course has been very ban made another attack on inc. In the < first place. It quotes me ns opposing Bay- i aril, and saying that the South, representing 1 so large a per centngc of the Democratic 1 strength of the country, Uhd a right to some > cmisideration In the choice of candidates. I was pluced In the position of opposing Bayard nnd McDonald. as only representing the I North und the Northwest. That Is Just the ' reverse of my true position, und tho reverse i of what I said. I told them that all we In ( the South naked was that they should nom- < InAte strong men from the North and the Northwest, and that we would support them ; neartlly; that we had no desire toputforward any claims of our own. I think Mr. Bayard Is a remarkably strong man, and I believe lic will be elected if he Is nominated. He will draw out the strength of the South as r.o one could whom I now can recall. Mr. McDonald, of Indiana, is another strong candidate, and i the people of the South are highly satisfied i with him." i "If Seymour should run?" "If Horatio Seymour should run he would be the favorltelof the South, but I thlnkthere Is nothing to bo hoped for In his case, ills health, I understand, would make It Impossible for him to be a candidate." "Mr. Tllden?" "Mr. Tllden is dead, politically,here." "What Is the idea of such united Southern opposition luCongress to the Federal election laws?" " "You mean with referenco to tho appointment of marshals at the polls having power to call for armed assistance and make orrests? Why. because It revives the old opportunities for corruption and bulldozing which we have labored so hard to drive away, and are now seeking to keep away. Give I such an appointee such power and he has the question or what the result at the polls will be In his own hands. It Is io avoid such scenes as wo have witnessed here that we Want the llepeal of These Laws. For Instance, on the occasion of the Wallnec election In this SUite, when no many people were arbitrarily arrested for Ku-Kiuxlsm and one pretense or another, and subjected to Indignities to prevent them from voting, that the people became alarmed, and many of our quiet, respectable citizens left the district to ! avoid the Inconvenience and risk of arrest. It Is to avoid such things as that that wu oppose those laws." "I have spoken with many Southern gentlemen, who seem to acquiesce In the selection of Grant as tie Republican candidate, deeming him a person representing less danger to their Interest than uny of the present Republican available#?Sherman, Conkllng and Blaine, for Instance. They say that with Grant the campaign will ii9t be so bitter us it j would with either of these men.'' I "I don't know. The world, and partlcularj ly the South, knows what Grantdld and was when he was President. What he may do | agalu nobody can say. But he Is not a candidate. When he Is, I will feel at liberty to espress my opinion of him, ns I told a Chicago editor who telegraphed to mo for my opinion of him. We have not begun to disturb ourj selves in this Slate over these questions yet." ' ? IA NEGRO'S ATTACK ON HAMPTON. ! The Old Falsehoods About Whipping, Mooil-Hounds, Oppression, Slavery. The Chicago Intcr-Ocean has been IntervlewI ing one John .Jackaon.nn lntelMgeni^contra I IJIllJU.Jl.Cl. 1II JDtU 111 mill til/ Hum ^uiintoI ton, and gives this narration. Jackson wan I born of slave parentage on a plantation near j Coluuibiu, S.C. lu the year 1S50 his master, Charles A. Logan, sold him to Wade Hampton, for 81,500. The ex-slave describes the Governor of Month Carolina as a very hard master, cruel and relentless, treating his slaves as Inhumanly asdidany of the Legrces of Southern chivalry. On one occasion, ho, as coachman to Hampton, was currying his horses In the stable when his owner entered. Taking a handkerchief from his pocket he passed it over n horse's hide, and, nnding the linen slightly soiled thereby, hegave Jackson a blow that sent him reeling to the ground. At Hamptou's plantation, known as "Gadsden's Turnout," there were some 200 slaves, who were worked early aiid late, and "for all ! they were worth," The overseer was a white man, and had a colored subordinate, known as "the driver," whose duty It was to turn the negroes out before daybreak, ltccp them at work under the lash dnrlng the day, and keep j watch with a leach of blood hounds at night to prevent cscnpes. After the war thlmrs changed In name only with the slaves of South Carolina. Their condition was, according to this witness, changed very little from the days when the lash was the strongest argument and tho bloodhound the lastcourt of appeal. Before leaving Mr. Hampton's plantation he witnessed the flogging of a colored woman by a white overseer, and further states that the colored women of the Hampton mansion were frequently whipped at the request of the white young ladles, and for the most trivial causes. "Hut you get paid for your labor now-a-days, don't you ?" "Yes," said Jackson, with a sardonic smile: "if you'll take It In stuff and promises." He explains that each frcedman Is engaged to work for wages, at from S15to $30a month and Wlmn tho lohnror n*L-C f?f?P mnneV tllG overseer will teil lilnl llint he has none to give him, but offers him "orders" on the plantation store, whero the poorest articles are sold at the highest prices, Jackson pave some specimens or prices current, which never vary: Potatoes at$)JjO a bushel; meal $1.50 a busuol: Hour at 810.50 a. barrel; molasses, 75 cents a pint- 35 to 40 cents a pound for sugar, and 50 to SO cents a pound for bacon, and 75 j cents to 51 for ham. Dry goods are sold on a like scale?75 cents per yard for calico, which sells hero for 20 cents. If the unfortunate laI borer should re|cet this method of giving "a ! fair wage for a talr day's work," and, should j he bo Importunate, he Is said to bo "sassy," I and is punished with the cowhide. With his own labor Jackson raised, four | bales of cotton, for which his employer, or j master, agreed to pay him 3200. He paid him : $25 cash and "promised" the balance, which is unpaid to this day. This is not an exceptional case; thefreedman cannot get an honest wage or honest treatmeutfrom the white men of South Carolina. When the ex-slaves wish to leave the plantations they are compelled to sell their live stock atmerely nominal prices, and arc glad enough to escape with their lives. Of his own escape from the embraces of a "solid South" the facts makea thrilling story, the proofs of his sufferings being borne on his own body. About 10 o'clock one June morning ho asked the overseer, one William Pickett, for the cash balance due him from Iiampton. The balance was paid in klnti by the overseer tie-! inn iiwi Ciivprnnp'u crmiitnp hv the arms to a 1 1 tree, and lashing his back till Ft was drenched with blood, when the overseer was tired with this new way to pay Wade Hampton's debts, he drove the creditor into the field to work. Kick and sore, with his back festering , from the lash, the victim labored through the weary hours till the darkness ctfve an opportunity for the persecuted wretcn to turn his face to the land whose people believe that humanity Is better than'"honah, sail!'' and liberty to men of all races is the truest chivalry, i Kl.ve miles from "Massa Wade's" place he met a friendly colored woman, who washed his scarred back and gave ointment to heul the soreness. Journeying from her shanty he fell asleep, and was aroused by the deep-mouthed baying of "nigger dogs,' as he calls the blood hounds. Then ensued a race for dear life. To battle !hc four-legged brutes he took to the creek, and waded far enough to accomplish that purpose. All of one long, dreadful night 1 he fought oft'the dogs, and early next day hid In a freight car, and by short Journeylngs at nlghtarrlved at Charleston. . 1 Jackson declares the colored pcoplo are i anxious to leave for Kansas, but are closely i watched and punished by the white men.? ' Detroit Evening yews. I I | Genkkal Wade Hamitox to Address l .the OKAND AltMY ok the reprfilic Al l < PlTTSBUKO.? Washington, Drr ember 10.?It,1' surprised and otreiuled leading stalwarts J when they heard that theGrand Army of the Republic, at Pittsburg, had invited General j j Wade Hampton to deliver an address before |' them at such time as will snlt his coven-|< lenee. General Hampton has accepted the t invitation, but has not fixed the day, as yet, 1 for theaddress. This Is a compliment to a r j brave Confederate and one of the most mod- t erate members of theHenate. As I have before f stated In my dispatches, he approves of the c same conservative ami conciliatory line of ? policy that Is advocated by Gordon, I^imnr, t hiintnm Vlrwlntsi unil West, Virginia Ken- | ators, and tlie Democratic Senators generally, j (l General Hampton's friends here arc delight-1 H rd that he will have an opportunity of talk- c Ing to those he met on the battlefield, and j are sure that lils words of wisdom, patriot- U Ism and peace at this Juncture will accom- c pllsh a great deal of good.?ipccUU (a llich- ] moncl Dispatch. I r IP Arrivkd.?'We aro pleased to learn lhatju Rev. J. L. Hemphill, who was assigned by v Synod to White Ouk, Ga., has reachcd his ill field, and has entered upon his work. Tho 11< White Oak people always welcome their j r Missionaries anil always treat them well, u too.?Associate Reformed I'rcatytcrian. t< Aiken's New Departure. lONGRESSMAN AIKEN PREACHES THE FUNERAL SERMON OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY? % ? [e Attends the National Grange?He Attends Talma?e>s Tabernacle?He Sees and Hears Much In Both Places ?He Visits New York and Attends the Funeral of the Demooracic Party. Washington. Dcccmbcr 5.?It is n source f constant regret to me that the farmers of imitli Carolina have no channel through rhich they can communicate with each other lileiligcntly, Time and again opportunity las been tendered them, but they never ecmcd to appreciate It. Fortune has favord me since the war, and frequently I hove >ecu so circumstanced that I would have given the world" (to be a little extravagant) o have had the farmers nud citizens generaly of South Carolina to have Keen, heard and earned what I saw, heard and learned. Periaps your paper is now the best medium of ommunlcatlng with the greatest number of tur citizens, and If you will allpw it, I wll> rcvtiniuuuujr gi>v Lurin BVllieilllllg lO 1(1 IK ' .bout, and perhaps think r.bout too. The two lust weeks in November I was In 1 ;nnnndalgim, X. Y., attending the annual 1 esslon or the National Orange. Thirty-two States were represented at this session, and tonth Carolina ably and well by Worthy faster J. N. Lipscomb, who will doubtless ell the Statu Grunge, at Its approaching ses- i ion, much to encourage Putgons all over South Carolina, Let a few words suffice for iie. Patrons, alios Grangers, from New Jersy, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and as far West as SUchlgun aud Minnesota, were at Canandai;ua by the scores to see the Natlonai.Orange. Jne good Brother from Central New York old me lils Orange numbered 280 members, i majority of whom met every Saturday at 2M., and were usually lu session from four o six hours, and that many of their number, malo and femafc, frequently came ten nlles in sleighs over the snow with the thermometer at zero. At such a time oar formers would tind more comfort In hugging the Ire. This Grange had not missed a weekly meeting since their organization in the ipringof 1874. One or two daily sessions of the National Grange were old-fashioned "experience meetings," and could the farmers if the state have hoard the recitals of some if the Masters from other States there would In the early future be a new impetus given to the Grange organization In South Carolina. Several valuable papers were read upon subjects vital to the cause of agriculture, all -jf which will be published .in the "Proceedings" and placed In the hands of the secretary of the State Orange by the 10th or 15th uf January, and every Patron in the 8tate should get a copy and read It Canandalgnais the oldest town in Western New lorn, ana one or tue prettiest towns 7,000 Inhabitants) In the United Strtes. It In beautifully located on a lake of the same aame, and Is connected by rail with Syracuse and Rochester. It has always been the scat of much learning and great wealth. Many of the "F. F.'s" or New York have ever lived tbere, among them theGranger;family (singular coincidence,) one of whom was postmaster-general under Jefferson, and another attorney general, a son of the former, under Harrison. The elder entertained LaFayette while on his visit to America in 1826. This town was the home of Morgan, who, in 1&for threatening to reveal the area?ia of Masonry, was whisked away by the some -evil sprite between sun and sun, aud has never been heard of since, Canandalgua Is noted,* for Its grapes, which were served upon the table, fresh and luscious, while I was there, at breakftist and dinner. The town has no manufactures, except of beer, for which it is noted. The brewery exports 25,000 kegs of lager annually, besides supplying a very large home demand. Lager is made from barley and hops. The barley is soaked until it sprouts. It is then placed on a kiln till the sprouts are killed nnd the grain Is dried. It Is thcu ground and then made into a'mnsh or mail, and then mixed and boiled with hops, and drawn off Into mammoth casks, holding about forty barrels or 1,500 gallons, sometimes 2,000 gallons, arid after a season of fermentation drawn off In barrels and shipped. No little capital- Is required to conduct a brewery successfully. From C'anundalgua I went to Now Tork city, 370 allien, in 12 hours and 40 minutes, stopping 20 minutes for breakfast and half an hourfor dinner: and passing through Schenectady, where I learned from two young friends there arc seventeen South Carolina youths now in attendance at Upton College. This gave me food for several hours' thought. Why were they heret Because tuition was free, and board was necessarily less than S3 per week. But an anntiaU trip hither and back home wn? a pretty heavy tuition, ?nd while boys might learn much there from books, were their plastic minds not more or less Imbued with Ideas that alienated them Irom their native State? If at least (300 annually are paid to defray travelling expenses of these seventeen boys, is not enough money p#ld out this way every year by the parents of South Carolina youths to moi^ umu a**vbuiui isu uur nutic v,uur|t'.Huu uihkc It the Alma Mater of all these una hundreds of others of our rising generations? These unU sundry other kindred questions were ruminuted, but before I couid answer them uli satisfactorily the brakeman at the door of the enr cried out, "Kew York City." / Sunday was spent in New York and Brooklyn, and I went to hear Tannage. His church Is built after the style of?a theatre, and seats comfortably 2,000 persons. If so, there were &UI0 there last Sunday, for every able was full of persons silting on crnnp stools. That portion of the stage upon which are tho shitting scenes of a theatre is occupied by tiio organ. The width of the stage and about ten feet back from the footlights Is the pulpit, or?us Talmage called it?the plat:o;nt. It was the Sunday after '"Thanksglving'" and 011 either end of the -platform" u us a lime tree In full bearing, and between these specimens of broad leaf palms, cacti uud other plants growing In tnbs. Throughout the length of the platform bearing against the organ stood large sheaves 01 ripe grain. Dangling from the edge of tho "platform" were all sorts, sizes and colors of corn with the shuck drawn oil'the ear and fastened' upon the edge of the floor of the "platform." All around the church were bouquets of ripe grain and corn. The singing in this church Is grand Indeed. One voice, or an oignn, could not lead thnt Immense assemblage, nearly all of whom sing us if they were paid for it, I pitied some or their bronchia) tubes. But a leader Ihey must have, and lience a pedestal about thirty Inches high is located llear the end of the " platform," and on this a precentor mounts at the close of tho reading of the hymn, and, wnving his hand totbecongregato rise, places a beautiful silver cornet to his mouth and leads otr most sweetly. It Is a necessity, and is played as such, for the musician gives not nn extra note or sound, but simply substitutes the instrument for a leading voice. Talmage read the hymn "Hold the Fort." and at the close somewhat tragically said, "That is the war cry, let us shout It as if we were in battle." They obeyed orders. Ho thnn nrnvM nnri npnr maklnir his petition universal. Ho prayed for the world, the country, the city, ihe merchant, lawyer, clerk and hod-carrlcr, but, standing as he wan to the waist among the products of the farm, he never uttered a word in behalf of lhe onfortunute farmer. Truly the farmer Is ignored in both Church and State. The Doctor's text wan from Proverbs XXIII and Cth verse. WUen he read the text, he appended, "yes and I think they gften go the other way"(an audible tltterovertbechorcb.) lie began by saying, "Money is a golden breasted bird, with silver head, that may perch upon the family altar, the parlor table, the factor's desk," Ac. &c., and may without warning take wings and fly away. He then said the money of Wall street hod well nigh ruined the country, for It was the richest street in the world except Lombard street, London, and he"intended to run the ploughshare through Itthls morning, and if tneteam held out he would upturn the very curbstones from end to end." Along this zigzag line was built in 1785 a wall to protect tbecolonlst* from the lncnrslons of the savages, and the path that led along this wall is now Wall! street, New York. He did not plough very deep, for although he had much to say abont the "tip-top swln^leism," and other similar extreme expressions concerning the corruption of that street, he said no same space In the world could show as large a lot of men who had withstood temptation, and who had lived and died unscathed by the tongue of scandal. Hp said all nations bad had their seasons of momentary excitement. Holland hod her "tulip boom," when tulips sold for thousands of dollars, and one because It was tho only oneof its kind In all Holland brought SI,000,000. France had her"boom" when John Law organized companies to transport the gold mines of Peru to France. And staid old .England had her "boom" in 1683 when gold being discovered in America, millions were Invested In stock companies to take mines and all over to England. "But it was left for America, which had the highest mountains, the largest rivers, and the deepest harbors to cup the climax of boom,' when the young man;in West Pennsylvania, boring a well 'struck oil,' and selling bis land for half a million of dollars came down to Philadelphia stopped at tho Continental Hotel Jordered dirner and after eating It, threw down a 55.000 chcck to the hotel keeper and remarked, you Deedn't trouble yourself about the change, landlord." (An audible laugh over the whole church.) Close observation Impressod mo that fourflfths of Talmoge's auditory were strangers, whohad gone, like myself, to see one of the Institutions of Brooklyn. Talmage Induces people^goto church; If he ever converts any sinners?well, I hope he does. A run of six. eight or ten hours In the limited express, the express or accommodation train, brings one from New York, 310 miles, to this beautiful city, the seething cauldron ofpolitlcal partisanship. Party ruleand pap ty limits measure the patriotism of those who come here to make laws. "Distance lends enchantment to the view;" and, possibly, as one approaches greatness Its awe-In' spiring majesty appears. It seems to methere Is no greatness?statesmanship?here. The leaders of both parties are partisans, not statesmen : they arc sectional In politics, unit not patriotic. Every question of fmport.oo f?u nni! RPDnbllCftn friends and enemies. A "yenand nay" vot? icnerally separates the flocks, but at heart there are sheep and goats in both flocks. Sectional measures show that blood Is thicker than water. Pension appropriations ar Northern improvements easily close up he pup between Northern Republicans ana Northern Democrats. Southern pensions or Northern improvements keep it close op. \t the 8outh we have struggled most manully for home-rule, and style ourseltes Demwrats. At the North a mere sentimenthe Solid .South?has whipped 76 cent, of the I rotlng population into the Republican party, j ind it our Southern leaders continue toi hrost into Northern faces Southern choices or Presidential honors, the remaining 25 per I ent.'will be there before the ides ofne*t| November. And tlien, "what are yon going odoaboutit7" Looking the field all over, Messrs, Editors, j ind analyzing the incentives that prompt tne | ct Ions of your legislators, I am irresistibly; odVlneed that if we Wish to live in jeaceandi1 irosperlty uuder our own vines and flg trees j, it the South, and cement this Union with a i' obeslon really patriotic and triM, the time ' lasoome for a "new deal" politically { or if j lot yet, is not far distant. Both the politlcat iariles of this country have out-lived their 1 isefnlness, and should bo wiped out. The rord Republican, used in a partisan sense, is atcful to every respectable Southerner who aves the land that gave him birth. I have I ensontoknow that the word Democratic.!] sed In a partisan sense, is no less distasteful i' o a lunjorlty of the voters o 1 the North, and |J CM m they of the be tier dame*. Then tow can these two discordant element# assimilate tor thepubilowealf Thoy cannot. 1 w< aid not destroy parties. They are neceatsry oestabHuh a wholesome public opinion* But they ihontd never be allowed to become sectional \ Hoi Id South vs. a Solid North simply means a house divided against Itself, ana as tree as the book in which It wa? written will be the sequence of such division. We have the "Solid South" to-day. The "Solid North" will ?me so soon that it will seem Itlce to-morrow irlien His pussed. My conviction is the partisan does not live who ran "carry" New York ns a Democrat. Neither will Democracy "carry" Indiana. All else t> Republican. If this result is fnevltable, as I verily believe 11 Is. what Alternative have wet . The people have it In their power to remod* il the structure so unwisely built bj their leaders, The industrial elements of the coontry, both North and South, comprising at least 7o percent, of the voting population of the Union, including farmers, mechanics and at her artisans, should rally to the rescue of the tottering fabric, and In national convention place before the American pcoplea Prea- \ . Identlai ticket not recognised by its former H ' ulleglunce to either existing party?a ticket V that would know noNorUi.DQSoulh.noEast. ^ no West, but patriotic enough to he beyond the behests of party and uble enough to gov ?rn wunoui prejuaicc, oax. vita eqmwy mu lustlce. this entire country. That sue!) a tickit can be framed I do not for one moment Joubt. That it will be, before It is too late, ' time alone can tell. I bad moch more that I bad intended writing pertaining to public matter*, concerning ?*hlch almost innomornble inquiries are mad# tup by correspondent*, but 1 feel that an apology la dne you for the apace already occupied/ and therefore mnut defer. Your obedient servant, D. WY42TAlKC!r. rhe News and. Cornier on Coigrafman Aiken's "5ew Departure." This Is the Sensation season in South Carolina oolitic*. Last week Col. Ellison Kelt* advocated the nomination of Grant and Bay nrd, as the candidates for President and ? Vice-President in 1880, by way of solidifying the Union. This week Congressman D< Wyatt Aiken, of Houtb Carolina, a thoroughf;oing Democrat hitherto, proclaims the oplu* on that "both the political parties of this country have outlived tbeir wefolneks, and ( hould be wiped ouk" that "the partisan does not live who can 'carry' New York as ? Democrat," and "neither will Democracy 'carry' Indiana." Congressman Aiken advisee the industrial elements of the country, as the remedy for our present Ilia, to place before "the American people a Presidential ticket not recognized by its former allsglanee to cither existing parly," but "patriotic enough to : be beyond toe behests of pafty, and able XL enough to govern wltbont prejudice, but ^ with equity and Justice, this entire country.** That each ticket can be found be does not . for a moment doubt. This frank enunciation of opinion by Congressman Aiken will take away the breath of the hide-bound politicians woe conceive of nothing beyond, or blgtfer than, what la now known as the Democratic party. It i? somewhat novel, we admit, to rind ? Demo- ' crot.holdibg a high public office at the band* of the Democratic party, preaching Its funeral sermon and ordering Its incremation. But Congressman Aiken wlll,of course, be a loyal Democrat until bis millenlal party etiftll hamr\A hfa millftnlftl MAfflhktlV ' j be found. This is not yet. We grant tbat there are objectionable features In the Democratic party, bat we have no Idea tbat equally grave objections will not be found In any other political 'organisation/ in the present or tbe future. Hew parties dor not spring into existence perfect and fblly armed, They grow up little by Ititle, year byyear, and it is useless to attempt to hasten the process. If tbe Democratic candidates be badly beaten in UBO, tbe National Democratic party will be considered weakened, ax! it may go to pieces. Bnt to assert now "that It baa outlived Its useful nine and sfceald ber wiped out la neither jodlcioaa nor inets Whateveris tbe case in the Nortbi there laser hope or rest for tbe 8octb except W cad by tbe Democratic party. To proclaim JUdown^ fall In advance is to place ourselves. In oar nakedness, at tbe merer of oar enemte*/ South Carol ina> main bnainen is to bold what she hasand to earry tbe State again next year. Tbe next hlgbest duty to to help toefcet the Democratic candidate for President. Neither one la>k nor tbe other will bemad* tbe easier by giving np the fight before it beglila, and casting about for novel methods with sew men. There certainly is not In existence, at this time, any existing political party, oct' <04 side of tbe Democratic party, to wbteh we can turn with any expectation of Improving our position. Tbe National Labor party and the Greenback party. In their various forms, have no attractions for prodeat men who want Just and stable government. Neither Butlertsm nor Keerneyism is tbe party of the future. In oar opinion, any movement tbat Is.prcdlctedof the belief tbat tbe National Democratic party la dying, or ought to be, simply gives. encouragement to those who hanker after tbe Strong Man with whom the Stalwarts threaten os. Tbe wisest thing for the country to do, at presont, is to make tbe best of the two great political parties by nominating the worthiest candidaiea that can be fouud, and instating tbat the leader* adhere to Constitutional principles instead of dyeing and turning their dogmaa to salt tbe whim-? ?- Ikart | am wi (lie iijucb. m cn?ici tvw *?? to obtain equal good mom: and patriotism , from Rome new party, inasmuch as tbe a Meat and loftiest Americans now living are found in the Democratic or Republican ranks. There are ktiaves and demagogues them in abundance, but tlie wise, the pure, aod the unwltisb statesmen are there also. The letter of Congressman Aiken !>, as we have said, one ol the sign* of the churningup that is in progress. Wc like to see It, because out or tlio agitation and dl*cus*lon, with a free expression of opinion, will 'comer a better understanding oT what la needed and how It can be obtained. JUDGE McGOWAff. Some Remarks on the Sonth Carolina " Jndicial Elections. [Avffiuta Chronicle and fkmtimt.l f The General Assembly of Sooth Carolina met in Joint convention yesterday for tbepurpo#e of electing a Chief Justice of the 8n* preme Court In place of Wlllard. Whose term of office bad expired, and an Associate Jostice of tlie Supreme Court In place of Judge Haskell, who recently left the Kenrh In order lor accept the Presidency of the Charlotte^ Columbla and AugustaRailroad. A* was anticipated, Judge Mel v?r was elected Chief Jostlce without opposition. Judge Jtftilver wis made Associate Justice In- 187B, and was the first Democrat clectcd to that position sinew the beginning of Reconstruction. He ha? made an admirable Judge, and his promotion by a nnanlmouM vote to the highest Judicial office in the State is a merited tribute to bi* legal ability and personal Integrity. Willard 'gave notice some weeks ago that under bis I constrncllon of the law he was elected to 1870 for n nill term of six years, and not for the on expired tern' of his predecessor, and tbat he would not give op the position nntJI besbouid be ousted by a writ of quo warranto. For the place made vacant by the rerignatlon of Judge Haskell there were two candidate* ; Circuit Judge W, EL Wallace, the Speaker of what was known as tbe Wallace Iiouseof Representatives, and General Samuel McGowan. of Abbeville. Of one baadred and fifty vote* cast General McGowan reeelv ed seventy-seven to seven ty-thrce cast for hla opponent, and was elected by a majority of four votes. The CkrrmkWt preference for General McGowan haf been no secret to Ita readers, and tbismorning it congratulates tbe representatives of tbe people of Booth Carolina upon the wisdom of their eholoe, Gen-' eral McGowan was a gallant soldier (taring tbe war between ths sections, and more than once attested with his blood bis devotion to the Southern cause. He Is a man of tbe highest character and a lawyer cf great ability. Tbat he will prove an ornament to tbe Bench no one who knows blm eaa doubt. Tbe promotion of Judge Melver creates another vacancy, which will probably be HIM by the election of eltber Governor Simpson or Judge Wallace. Begititr. Tbe election of Associate Justice Melver to tbe Chief Jastleeshlp on tbe expiration of the term now held by Chief Justtee Willard teems from the first to have been a foregone conclusion. It Is an election, however, which all must candidly admit tobeaa eminently proper one. ? c Tbe election of Gen. McGowan m Asso- .jg C1UIC ?justlev was uy noncaui ioro?vu? uu^ but will prove nooe tbe 1cm acceptable to tho peopleand|3outh Carolina Bar; for ytty sorely the distinguished candidates over whom he ha* boen elected need take no tort of rebuke to themselves In tbe election of so distinguished a citizen and member of the bar am Gen. McGowan. Wecannot elect all who are willing to offer, and in selecting Ge?. Mc Gowan to wear the black povn those who rc^ remain in tbe whUe will be J net enough and wise enough to fold tbem away ever se qui' etly and accept the situation, which,in honoring Samuel McGowan, cannot be held in all South Carolina as dishonoring any man# (A'cwt and Courier,) The General Assembly yesterday elected Gen. McGowan, of Abbeville. Associate Jus* tlco of the Supreme Court to nil theva?ancjr caused by tbe resignation of Jedge Haskell. Gen. McGowan is best knownln the StaU* as a gallant soldier, one of tbe heroes of the Confederate army: but be Is also a lawyer of longstanding, enloylng a targe and lucrative practice. The wish of every one wiM be that* now that the law spqpks again In Se?th Caro1 Ilia, the toga of the Judge may be worn by Gen. McGowan as worthily as he wore tbe sword.- There is no doubt that Judg* Mc Gowan willdcvote himself witfc all the seal of his ardent nature to the duties of hie exalt" ed office, and be is sure, therefore, to strength-* en tbe respect and love with wMeh be Is regarded by the people of tbe Stale. Anderson, S. C., Dec. II. 187?~ Dkar Sjb?Our people were greatly rejoiced when the telegraph brought tbe .news that Gen. McGowan bad been elccled Associate Justice. The McGowan Artillery brought "Old Reformer" and llred thirteen gens to honor of tbe event. Respectfully, R. R. TODD, Manager Joarnal. * The Air Line Bailroid Taxet. Editorial Qprttponaence 0/ me nevwnt uwvr. The Air Line Railroad Company bu presented a memorial to the Legislature, salting an abatement of back taxes. Tbey eialnj that under the decision of the Supreme Coart they are not liable for taxes ?lne prior to the time they came la to possession or the road, whleh was In April, 1877. >'or tto purpose of taxation, tho Legislature made railroad property personal, and as tales jure not a lien 011 personal property, they clataa ex. emptlon prior to their possession of the road. Hot railroad property Is really real estate, and the eourts would probably so> decide, which is admitted by the attorney* for the rood, but in that event, they claim that they can take advantage of an act of the Legislature of December, 1878, allowing parties to redeem tbelr lands by jmyln* hair tnelr simple taxes for the year 187tt?Tf and the fall tax for 1878, and, by complying with its term*, he exempt from any further back taxes, and If the Legislature insist e? iraytnlng more they will go to thecoi?ts,?nd Aeep the matter lockIamaao Tha? ?. tTU up iw.n /vuio * u*^ uau (? conference with all the representatives from the counties through which the road runs on the subject, but we only heard their statements, and will take no aetlon until after t,he Attorney General has thoroughly examined the law and given us his option. ? The Rev. G. W. Gardner, of Abbeville, hn* , jj accepted a call to the Baptist Pulpit at tbln since, for the ensuing year, a*d will enterun- * jn his duties ns pastor the fln>< of January. ?* Lancaster Ledger. " in J