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ft Ihe Press and Banner.'" Br Hujjh Wilson and H. T. Wardlaw. Wednesday, May 26,1880* ;*? ? ? . r . , , I V> i Senator Gordon Resigns. | The public were surprised lost week V> I ^ hear that General Gordon hifct resigned i cr his seat in the UnitM States Scnato us j a Representative from the Statv of Geor- j? gia. No reason is assigned for this unex- w pected movo on tiie part of Georgia's bo- ^ loved and honored citizen, but it is hint- -pj ed that financial embarrassments had Ly something to do with his action. South! (>{J Carolina remembers General Gordon i with gratitude and regrets to lose the ser- | OJ vices of ho good a fr(<>tid at the capitul. j ^ Upon the reception of Senator Gordon's j tft resignation, Governor Colquitt wroto tol t| the Senator, urging him to withdraw his; resignation. Senator Gordon replied, >n-|cl sistim: upon the Governor's acceptance! of his resignation. The resignation was I ^ then accepted, and the Governor appoint- ^ ed ox-Governor Joseph E. Brown, as his j. successor until the next meeting of the Georgia legislature. The appointment^ lias Iwen accepted, and Mr. Brown is al-! ready in Washington. The action of j Governor Colquitt in conferring thel.j honor upon Mr. Brown has been c?n-]He demned by a portion of the people of|ej Georgia in unmeasured terms, while', others have approved his action in the i most complimentary expressions. One nj great objection to ex-Governor Brown is the fact that he is worth about a million ! j *. * dollars, and another objection is, that he! ^ Is of a positive character, with a will of j \ his own, and possessing the courage to I ^ express his sentiments* Few men have ^ taken a more active part in Georgia poli- m lies for the past twenty years than Joseph j. K. Brown. He had the audacity to have Idewj of his own even during the war, when it was treason to think differently i p from the views entertained by Jeff Da- . ^ vi"- ... p. Hampton's Speech* w Elsewhere in the Pros* and liannrr we publish the full text of Senator HampIon's speech in the Kellogg-Spolford case __ before the Senate of the United States. It j ^ is a bold and manly position taken in the j tj interests of right and justice, and against j tho popular prejudice of the political party in South Carolina whose exponent he! ? is. If there wore in Congress more men I ^ like Hampton the sectional hatreds be-! a( *wec? the North and the South would die! f(] out. Tho whole countrv, South and I jl North, owes Hampton a debt of gratitude! e) for taking a position so far above that of!_ the partizau. The speech has been more I ^ nonnr?llv mmmnntrti nn hv the ureas of!... "* ' 'k' a _ _ _ i u? the country than has been an}- spcoch in j e( Congress for years. Nine-tenths of these j f0 comments, regardless of the political cast| of the paper, speak of the speech in terms; 0I of the greatest respect. To copy all that j f( has lx*en said in praise of that speech | ft, would fill our paper. Elsowhere we give 0| a batch of extracts as copied from the .Ik- j, giixta Chronicle and Sentinel. All the paragraphs which we have seen reflecting (C on Hampton are embraced In that num-; , bor. The Chronicle and Sentinel, is a Ga-1 r( ry paper, which has no love for Hampton, J fc and we take it that that paper reproduced j1; everything which it has seen derogatory j w to Carolina's great Senator. The local j y, press of the State, so far ns we*have seen,! jj have been unanimous in their endorse-1 fr ment of the speech. No apology is uec- hs essary for devoting so much of our space | to it, and tho comments upon it. j n Not Responsible. Correspondents are responsible for their opiniens and assertions. We open our columns to a free discussion of all proper vj subject*, but do not wish to be considered : as endorsing any man's views, unless We say so. P; We copy the above paragraph from our | v esteemed neighbor, the Columbia 3"eo- j *r man. Wo have frequently seen in our j ? country exchanges, similar notices, but'1' as yet have failed to see necessity for an j P independent and outspoken editor to I ti make any such announcement. It would, J tl in our opinion, be fully as pertinent for; n the post master at Columbia to advertise e that he is not responsible for the senti-ih ments of the letters which pass through | P that office. j f' No such notice will relieve the editor js' from responsibility for publishing. But; n it seems to us like presumption on the] n part of the editor, and a reflection on the j11 Intelligence of the readers of a newspa-1 * /v\mru>lloH tn nnnnnnr?P i C IV* UIU1 VV IVVl WVii^itvxt vv | to them in every issue of his paper, that ^ he is not responsible for the opinions of ^ the town marshal, Dick, Tom and ^ Harry. For our own part, we edit and 11 publish the* JV6M and Banner, and arc t<i- ' c sponsible for the publication of all that! * may appear in its columns. i1 M ? S Editorial Change. j J Mr. J. C. Hemphill of the Abbeville Medium has temporarily withdrawn from the editorial control of that paper, and has been employed on the staff of the A'etc* and Courier. We wish Mr. Hemp-! hill great success in his new place. He is j ji a ready writer and an undefatigable . worker, and we have no doubt that hisl^ industry, aptness, and efficiency will j j i make him a necessity on the staff of the; News and Courier. He is a good news gatherer and a big dailg will furnish him ' * a larger field for work in his chosen pro-1 * fession, than he could find in a country village on a weekly newspaper. Although Mr. Hemphill had been in Char-! letston for a week, the change had been so j quietly made that we knew nothing of it | until last Wednesday's Medium made mention of the fact. The Medium, will j bo henceforth conducted by General j Hemphill, who will have sole control of ' the paper, which will pursue tlio even' tenor of its way. To each of the Messrs. I Hemphill we extend our best rfishes for! their success in their new relations. Be- j ing good newspaper men success is bound i to crown their efforts. Rattoonlng Cotton. Last year wo read with interest a long article from our esteemed friend, Colonel j T>y-kWA tKo fl/llfnr nf tliA T?crtiott>r nn tKn I A upv> VMV v. ?V ..vyvww., VMV subject of "Rattooning Cotton," but our recollection of the article is, that he left out then, as he did last week, the direction continuing from year to year tho existence of the cotton plant. How can that desirable result be attained, brother? That is what wo want to hear. The facts which you give are interesting, to be sure, but you should learn the rest of us how vre may prolong the life of the cotton plant, and realize the same great benefits therefrom. Our recollection is, that we did not reproduco the article of last Hep-1 tember becauso of this omission. If the! editor of the Register will give us thej practical workings of the system, he will! be a public benefactor, and wo know that' our readers will thank us for copying it I Into the Press and Banner. Do you cover j' the plant with earth to protect it from the. winter freeze*, and then uncover it in j spring? If not in this way, tell us how you preserved the Jlfeof the plant. That is the question. Speculating on the Elections. Elsewhere wo reprint in the iVess a?tdi Banner the News and Courier's estimatej of the strength of the candidates for Gov-' ernor of this State. The New York Her- j aid's calculations as to the strength of the t Republican candidates for President of the United States may also be found in our columns. Even if the figures are not i absolutely correct, thev show the present, indications of the strength of the respec- j tivo candidates, and they afford at lea^t;! interesting reading. onest John J. Patterson as a Spicy Letter Writer. Else whore in tho Press and % tuner \ c reproduce from tho New York Sun imo very readable letters from John J. iitterson, a\Vd we also reprint some edyi:d eomnventa on the samo by the ed-i >r of that paper. The remarks oT tho in would ftcctn to attach blame to Genal Hutler and CiovCftior Hampton for ic ills which have befallen Louiniana in iviin* Kellog for a Senator. No man ho gives the matter a moment's reflec >n will be hoodwinked in that way. lie fact is, in 1S77, CorWn and Butler ere contestants for South Carolina's va* int seat m the Senate, and KeUop and j aofford wore in a like position in refer* ice to tho vacancy in the representation nm Louisiana. Kach of the four constants used their best efforts to secure ie places. Butler went to Washington, ul from tho fact that he snccceded in sei ring the votes of Patterson and Cono ;r, ho obtained the vacant seat from mth Carolina. Spotford failed to pet le support of a single Republican, and is rival, William Pitt Kellog, camo otT iCtorious. That Spotford failed was no nit of Sutler's. Butler was not exacted to do for Spotford what ho could :>t do for himself. Spotford did not acknowledge his own inability to get the at, nor have we any evidence that he jtrusted Butler with tho duty or securg his place for him, nor does it appear at Butler at any. time accepted the office ' guardinn for Spotford. Neither Butler ir Hampton, individually or collective, ever had any right, title, or interest, in lofford's seat, and it is a wilful perveron of the fact to state that they traded f that which they could not barltvr if ipy would. Anybody with a fair ind, and with half an eye can sec that iCt. Admitting, however, for the sake of gunicnt. that there was a trade with atterson, the conditions of which being lat he should receive immunity for past )litical offences in South Carolina, if lie ould vote to seat Butler, how could that -issiblv offoct Louisiana's contestants? lie mea 01 such ? uuuh i? iw ?u.iuiU ?ed a refutation. The success with hich Butler met in tho management of is case, exhibited ability superior to lat possessed by Spofford. Only this nd nothing more. Butler has been in the Senate for three ears, and in that time has done more ood for South Carolina than all the Seniors that wo have sent to Washington ir twenty years. If he had boon less alitie and less shrewd, that alien arch leiny of South Carolina?D. T. Corbin would have been at the National Capiil to-day, misrepresenting and defaming s to the world. If it is trne, as jnnmai1 by the Sun, that Radical Seuators were ir sale as cattle in the market, we think ie fact that Spofford failed to buy one r two of them, only proves his tiwn in,'riority to Butler, and shows his lack of delitv to the best interests of the people f Louisiana, who are justlv entitled to is services in Washington. While it is true that Butler and Hamp>n, three years ago, did nol feel it their uty to take charge of Spotford and di>ct him how to act in his struggle >r his seat, yet if Butler and Hampton nd been in the Senate when tho contest as made, every intelligent mind in outh Carolina knows that no power in ie world could have prevented them om voting for Spotford. Now it is foolh and wicked to impute bad motives to iese gentlemen for refusing to disturb a latter which was then solomnly settled y the Senate. Talin&gc and Swing. iSoirie time ago the Rov. Dr. Talmage isited tho South and made a most pleasig account of his visit, and the secular ress have given his sermon or speech a ide spread notoriety. Rev. Mr. Swing l tho number of tho North Amei-iui Iteuiew for April published a long arcle in which ho arraigned the Southern ulpit for many alleged errors. Tho arcle to which we refer is "Tho Failure oi le Southern Pulpit," in which Mr. Swing lakes specific charges agallist the Southrn pulpit. It is strango, but neverthejhs true, that nono of the religious paers which we get have undertaken to ro>to what has been said. Tho charges are Brious ones, and we presume, they are lade in sincerity. We take it that each iltiister should prayerfully ask himself F they are true in his particular case, 'or our owu part, we know thero are oxeptions to tho rulo which ho has laid iown, but there may be instances where lis remarks will apply. While David Iwing makes these serious charges with mpunitv, and no attempts are made to orrect his errors, some of our religious >rethren arc not slow to criticiae Mr. Talnage for siting in the pulpit that the Southern pooplo wero loyal and peaceful, C"hoy preler to near somecuiug eiso iroin ? Northern preacher. The Greenville News. Lust Sunday's Greenville News anmnced a change in the ownership of tbat taper, Mr. P. H. Reilly having trausereditto Messrs. Lucas, Richardson <fc /O., with Mr. A. B. Williams as editor. ?o all we extend our best wishes. Our reations with Mr. Iteilly have been of the nost pleasant kind, and we give the new troprietors a hearty welcome into the >ress gang. The new proprietors of the News says: On the 24th inst, the publication of tho ireenvillc News, Daily and Weekly Ediions, will be commenced by Lucas, tichardson Co., under the editorial nanagement of Mr. A. B. Williams, ately of the editorial staff of tho News yid Courier of Charleston. By special arrangements the daily ediion will be delivered at Spartanburg, Vnderson, Abbeville, Ninety-Six and >ther points along the G. it C. and Airline Railroads, on the day of issue/row wo to eight hours before any other paper. t will give the latest telegraphic news, tscontained iu the Associated Press dismtches. and will have special market and general reports l'rom Atlanta, Charleston, Jolumbia, and all parts in South Carolina, t will he devoted particularly to the uterests of the "up country," and will lave superior facilities for obtaining the a test news by mail and telegraph from null outturn ui 4.4JV wwivi ^ The Primaries. We ask attention to the communication >f our correspondent "C\" on the subject )f the primaries. He takes, in our opinon, the correct view of it, when he terms ;ho old plan of local club nominations as 'preposterous." It defeats the very ibject for which the primaries were insti;uted, and must meet the disapprobation jf every man who wants to ascertain the true will offthe people. Heretofore they maj' have been hoodwinked while voters were subject to barter, wherever "ring masters" and speculators in official patronage choose to combine fortheirown elevation. This is a free country, and no tnan or set of men should prevent a man's becoming a candidate, nor has a local club, us a club, the right to tear down one man to build up another. Give candidates and voters a right to exercise their own judgment at tho priinery election. Tihlen and Stewart. As some of tho papers which advocate the nomination of Samuel J. Tilden for President have not made up a full ticket, we suggest that they put the name of A. T. Stewart down for Vice-President. It is highly probable that Ijis body will be found by the time Tilden is elected. The two corpses would then be congenial companions. Wo think it quits possible that Tilden has been dead for two or three j-eais. No one has seen him for that length of time, and we should not bo surprised, to hear at any time that ho is a lirst class mummy. Hampton's Great Speech. ad THE KELLOtfg CASE IK ITS LARGER qu ASPECTS. ,ri> tn wi A Qttestteft Which "Each Man Mn*t th "Determine for Himself; whea his wl . ' CO "only Gftufo mast b? his Conscience ri "and his Sense of Right." cJ( (Ccngretiional Record.) j** Mr. President, it is with the greatest reluctance that I approach this question, te| and I do so only from a sense of duly. f() Upon all questions involving legal points, ^ I have been content to follow those here who are ornaments to the profession of ' the law and whose opinions are of reCOg- g nized authority throughout the wferftle country. But on the matter under COti- j. uidcnuion such is t'ue wide difference of ' opinion prevailing among some of the er ablest jurists iu tbis body tunc ine unprofcssionul mind seeks in vain for light to i guide tt to a correct judgment. Artfd J this gruat and fundamental diversity of opinions among the eminent members of the legnl profession a layman like myiftlf may Well bo excused for entertaining grave doubts as to the settled principles Ctt of law which should determine this iflv Jie portant issue, and ho surely cannot be Jf * ? *? : tD blamed it, disregarding me mer? iwum- . calities of law, he strives earnestly to con- j" form his action to the fixed and immuta- | bio principles of justice. I can find in ,' this case no other guide inr my action, jv and should it lead me a^ray I shall at :P least hare the consolation of knowing that,I have erred only by following my sincere and houest convictions of duty. tr I have not the ability to discuss the defi- .. cate and intricate points of law involved in this cane. I can only cite such well known authorities as are accessible to All ^ and to which my attention has been dt- rj rectttd. . But while, unfortunately tor myself, I cannot speak as one having att- ce thority, I may perhaps on that, very count be able to weigh more impartially th all the evidence adduced and to form a g, judgment unbiased by professional pri<?e or unprejudiced by partisan feeling. I 0|, recognize painfully in my own case hoW ol difficult it is to throw off the shacklta ul forged by partisanship; to oppose tfce mandates of party, or to rise superior to 06 that spirit of sectionalism which has no often exercised its malign influence ott matters which have come before us. c* I appreciate as fully as any one the n(f- cc cessity of party organizations, and I afrknowledge to their fullest legitimate e* tent tlie obligations of party fealty. But P' there are sometimes ouestlon upon which we are called to act which each man must ** determine for himself; when his only " guide must be his conscience and his eJ sense of right. Such a question is the Cl present one; ono as grave, as important, cc as far-reaching in its contequences as ever ?I came before this body, and one which de- Ju mands all the prudence, all the wisdom, all the patriotism which should belong t? this the highest as well as the most conservative legislative tribunal in this country. We cannot afford, in a matter of 81 such vital consequence, to draw party lines or to be governed by sectional prej* udices. We are here as representatives of great coequal States, and in judging or 8' the rights of any of these States we are |* bound to do equal and exact justice to all* Ai while we protect inviolate the rights and * privileges of our colleagues. Any profeeding in this Chamber that could be considered as at all revolutionary or eveb irrogular would shock the sentiment of the whole country, and would shake the cj settled foundations of the Government it- n< self. We cannot tamper rashly with the a? principles, the rules, the traditions even which have obtained in the organization * of this august body. Some may treftt ta these fears as groundless while they bold- d< ly seek to establish new precedents, but I seek safety and repose in clinging to the old, for 1 realize how dangerous inno- h( vations may become.. H I've seen an Idiot clap bia hands and shout dl To see a tower, like yon, stoop to its base, rc In headlong ruin; while the wise looked P( round. And fearful soucht a distant stand to watch, What fragment of the fabric next should follow; J? For when the turrets fall, the walls are totter* tx lng, .. ti I do not wish to see a single one of the muniments of our grand ay atom of gov* w eminent brokeu down, or even touched by a rash baud. It is needless for m? to t< say, Mr. President, that I do not in the it j slightest degree impute to the distin- m guishcd gentlemen wdo presented this fr j report, or to those who have so ably ad* ?j, vocat.il its adoption, ono sellish or unpa* triotic motive. Not for one instant do I j doubt the sincerity of their convictions or the honesty of their purpose. Most (chcerfully do I accord to them what I |8 claim for myself, and it is therefore* lo matter of profound regret tome, that! a am impelled to differ with them in the conclusions at which they have arrived. tt | It is peculiarlv painful to me to express dl this difference of opinion, because it sep- w arates me on this question from so many w of my party associates, in whose integri- ? ty, patriotism and ability I have such confidence; but I trust that they will do me the justice to recognize that in the dis- " charge of this paiuful duty I am actuated 9* by the same sense of right that Inspires them. It would, perhaps, be sufficient " for me to announce my dissent from the resolutions offered by the majority of the committee, but a proper consideration for c| the opinions of my constituent* and of cl my associates prompts me to give the rea- di sons which control my action. These shall be stated in as brief a manner as tl """1 In fUo aWanA <\f nntl. 41 pUWIU!U| ttlJU U1V1V HI vuo oua^v w* WM- bi elusions than of argument. w The credentials of Mr. Kellogg as Sen- n ator-elect from Louisiana were presented p to the Senate on the 20th of January, 1877, (j and were referred to the committee on Ii privileges and elections in March of that n year. Mr. Spofford's credentials were re- 1< t'erred to the same committee in October, o By consent of parties the committee con- u sidered as evidence in the cause all the t< testimony taken by what are known as e the Howe committee, the Morrison com- d mittec, and the Field committee, as also a Mr. Sherman's report on the acts of the q returning board, together with the jour- li nals of the Nicholls and Packard Legisla- tl tures. On the iiSth of October, 1877, the b Senate passed the following resolution: si Rctolvcd, That tho committee on privileges n and elections on the contested eases of W 11- n Hani Pitt Kellogg and Henry M. Npoflbrd claiming seats as Senators from the State of Louisiana, and whose credentials have been referred to said committee, be authorized to ? i?ond for persons and papers, and administer d oaths with a view of enabling said committee n to determine and report upon the title re- ?i spectlveiy on the merits of each of said coo* r testants to a seat in the Senate. ~ There can be no doubt but that this ?. committee has the inherent power to determine and report upon the merits of all cases referred to it. But the Senate it- tl ?* munHof^rtr nrwtn thfiPAmmlL toe in this case to do so by a formal reso- tl lution as if to avoid all misapprehension [j and to make a final adjudication of the titie in issue. Shortly before the commit- R tee had closed its investigation Mr. Spfcf- * ford applied for further time to adduce f. additional testimony upon certain points ? in the case. The committee refused to ? grant that application and embodied their reasons for such refusal in the following c resolution: BetoUied,'itiat It is the senile of this commlttee thai the matters proposed by Judge SpoiTord an far iu? material have been fully ~ covercd either by the admission of Mr. Kel1oj;k or the evidence already before the com- t> mtttee. d I make no oomment on this action of b the committee except to express the opin- b ion that this ruling did injustice to Mr. d Spofford. But it cannot be denied that it r was competent for the committee to de- tl termine whether itshouid suspend its in- d vestigation of the case to enable a con- tl testant to adduce cumulative testimony 1 upon any given point. I apprehend that this power inheres in every tribunal au- tl thorized to hear and determine a cause. d If it were otherwise, a litigant so disposed might prevent a final adjudication of his tl cause by stretching out the line of histes- p timony indefinitely. Should a committee rl of this body abuse this power, an appeal P ?~ ??*!?/* * QftnatA uittinnr an U UU1 UV UIIWCI1 W vuu ucimvu Divwitg wu H Q court to judge of the qualification* of its members. The Senate in such case must judge of the sufficiency of the evidence e as the court of last resort, and its decis. ion thereon cannot, in my opinion, be re- ? viewed without doing violence to well- ft settled legal principles and establishing o the dangerous doctrine that the tenure of n a member of this body is dependent up- * on the will of the majority whenever any j, party pleases to litigate his title. tl The committee reported the case back c. to the Senate 011 the :56th November, with the following resolutions: c Resolved, That William Pitt KolJoge is up- e on the merits of the case entitled to a seat in c the Senate of the United States from the State c of Loulxlana for the term of six yearn, com- ri menclng on tbe 4th March, 1877. and that he e be admitted tnereto upon taking tbe proper oath. IU$olved, That Henry M. Spoflord is not en- o ] titled to a seat In tbe Senate of the Ualted e States. tl I The minority of the committee also h | made a report, declaring tbnt in their ii judgment Mr. Kellogg was not entitled a | to a seat in the Senate and that Mr. Spof- 1; j ford was. ri Thediscussion that ensued on these res j olotlons was protracted and exhaustive, e It may be assorted with confidence that c I every class of fact and every matter of s i law now urged to unseat Mr. Kellogg was d I either embraced in the minority report or U j was pressed upon the attention of the f< ' Konnto daring that heated and long de- n ibute. On the 80th November the Senate v j by unanimous agreement came to a vote a | oil the ypotTord-Kcllogg caso, This was a t an agreement to vote uponsomo mere terlocutory motion in tlio case, but to cide it upon its merits; to make a final judication upon the title to the seat in i leation. There was no reservation of a {ht of further contest; but on the coniry, when a proposition to that effect w made on behalf of Mr. Spoll'ord by e distinguished senator from Georgia, ho dissented from the report of the mmittee, it was promptly voted down, le Senate adopted the resolutions just* ted, announcing thereby as its deliberate dgment that Mr. Kellogg was entitled a seat as Benator from Louisiana. Yet, in face of this action it is now contided that this judgment, so exact iu rin, and so clear in its expressions of e intent of tho tribunal which rendered does not condude this case or stop lititiou in regard to it. If this case is to i heard again on its merits, what is to event its being reheard at some future Msion, and as long as tho unsuccessful ntestant shall allege that he has discoved new evidence, or shall assail the rerded judgment of the Senato as unst? For sixteen year* the causc was spun, And then stood wbere Its rtrstbej;un. In all questions of this character there ust be some point at which a linality n be reached or wo shall have penna snt chaos in place of reguiatea anu esblished order, and it seems to mo that is is one of those doubtful and perpiexg cases which should be determined by at reason which, as Coke has justly said, s the spirit of the law." It has been ;nied here that on questions of this sort e Senate acts in a judicial capacity, but is assertion can scarcely be sustained in ew of the high authorities to the conary. In Cooley's Constitutional Limitations e following language is found (section 3:) fn determining question*) concerning conned Benin the Houite will exercise Judicial >wer, but generally in accordance with a unto of practice which has sprung from predentfl In similar ca?e?. The great Chancellor Kent expresses le same views in distinct, emphatic lan " B" A* each House acta In these cases In ajudlal cbarnctnr, itn decisions, like the decision* any other court of Justice, ought to be regaled by known principles of law, and strictadhered to for the sake of uniformity and rtaluty.?Commentaries, volume 1, page 235. It will thus be seen that the highest uulorities on constitutional questions deare that the Senato does sit at times as a >urt. If they are correct in the views cpressed it follows that when so sitting le Senate is bound by those legal princiles and*settled rules of practice thatgov n other judicial tribunals of last resort. ; follows also as a logical sequence that le Senate does not possess the legal pow to reopen any case which has been dcmi it* merits, on the petition of a mtestant therein, unless it shall clearly >pear that the party against whom its idgment was rendered was prevented by fraud practiced upon hirn by the sucsssful party from preventing his whole we for adjudication or exhibiting eviance which was manifestly material in ipport of his claim. This view is sus,ined by all the reported precedents in ie British Parliament, and in the clecon cases decided by both houses of Con:ess, and by the 'uuiform decisions of ie Supreme Court of the United States. 1 a memorable case upon a petition for rehearing of a question decided bv the 'ouso of Lords in 1823, Lord Chancellor ldon said: I/joking ut the general Interest, It Is lnflItely better that the mutter should be here flilly decided upon one hearlngeven If theilc* slon Is wrong, thun that there should be a jw litigation unknown to our proceedings, i to this matter of rehearing, nor can any ie say where It Is to stop. In general it Is to j hoped that the decisions of the House are ftht; but whether right or wrong, It has been ken for grunted that considerations of in!flnltelv greater moment than the conslder.lons which arise out of the particular nils. lief In particular cases nave ieu mi* > determine that where a matter has been ;ard between the parties at the bur, nnd the ouse has given its decision upon the jncrlts scussed by those parties, the House will not hear the cause.?tihaw's Scotch Appeal Vases, ices 432-435. Wells, in his authoritative vrprk on the octrine of res adjudicata, lays down the blowing propositions, as supported by 9th the English and American autbories: The maxim that fraud vitiates every pro edlng must be tukeu, like other general a.ilms, to apply to cases where proof of aud is admissible. But when the suirie inutT has been actually tried, or so in issue that might have been tried, it is not again iidtsslble; the party is estopped to set lip such aud, because the Judgment Is tho highest rldence and cannot be contradicted.?Seeon 499. Judge Cooley declares that? A decision once made in a particular contrary by the highest court empowered to pass f>on It, Is conclusive on the parties t?> the lltation and their privies, and they are not alwed afterwards to revive the controversy in new proceeding for the purpose of raising le same or any other questions. A party Is itopped from disputing the correctness of le Judgment against hlin so far as the point Irectly Involved in tho case Is concerned, hether the reasons on which it was based as sound or not, and even if no reasons were ven therefor. ? Coiislilulioiu.il Limitations, jctlons 47 and 18. The doctrine for which I am contendlg was enforced by tho Senate in the lunrtf Pltoh nr\A Ttrinht Sjpilut/iru from ndiana, in 1859! The report adopted by le Senate in that case declares that? The Judgment of the Senate then rendered final and precludex further Inquiry into the ibjcct-raatter to which it relates. The deMoo vai made by an authority having exuslvejurlsdlction of the subject, and was JuIclul in iu character. On that occasion the Senate held that le matter was res adjudicata, although le parties who asked for a rehearing rere not the former contestants but were ew parties, whose application wns suported by a joint memorial of the two [ou.se8 of the Legislature of Indiana ndeed, sir, this wholesome doctrine has ever been departed from so far as I can iarn, either by the British Parliament r by the American Congrc-ss. It rests pon the sound legal maxim that "It is ) the interest of the Kepublic that an nd should bo put to litigation," The istinguished senators from Louisiana nd Mixsistiipni who have so ably and olouently urged the adoption ol' the rexoltions reported by the committeo cite tie case of Jumel vs. Johnson, decided y the Supremo Court of Louisiana, as upporting their views. With the Utiost deferenco to their high ability I oahot concur in the construction placed by hem on the decision of the Court in this ase. It appears to me that the Court recgnizes the Nicholls Government as one e facto, and the officers of this govefnlent as holding only by a prima facie tile. In pronouncing the opinion of the lourt in this case that eminent jurist, 'hief Justice Manning, used tliofollownor words: It 1b manifest, then, that lhe respondent nunot put at issue the title of the relator to tie office of auditor In this proceeding. The Issue thus attempted to be raised In tils petltiou for removal is Identical with tiat presented by the answer, namely, the tile to the office of auditor, and wo have seen bat under no circumstances can the title to n office be inquired Into try mandamus. * But this does not prerentthe respondnt from Inquiring inter the rightfulness of tie relator's title to bis rrttice In that form of recodure which the law bus designed for that urpose. In view of this lapgtingo held bjr the Ihief Justice, I do not see how the opinjn of the court decided the legality of he Nicholls government. That this govrnment was the legal one I have never ;>r a moment doubtefJ> nor do 1 enterlin a doubt that the court would have so eeided had a proper issue been brought ?fore it for its decision on this point; >ut as a matter of fact I submit that it id not so decide to (he case cited. In a ecent decision of tfro Supreme Court of he United States, Mr. Justice Millor, who ellvered the opinion of the court, used he following language [United States vs. 'rockmorton, B Otto, page 64:J There is noqoesWon of the general doctrine tiat fraud vitiates tfrermfostsolemn contracts, ocuments, and even judgments. There Is alii no question that many rights originally junded In fr??d beeom*, by lapse of t ime, by tie difficulty of proving the fraud, and by the rotectlon wbleti the law throws around IghU once ??t*Ml8hert by formal Judicial rooeedlngs iff Ulbnn&ls established by law ccordlng to the methods of law, no longer pen to inqolfy In the usual and ordinary lethods. In the same decree be nses even Btrongr language When be says} That the mlretilef of retrying everv ense In rbich the Jo^gment w decrecr rendered on ilse testimony given by perj&red witnesses, r on contracts or docoments whose genuineess or validity was lu issue, and which are flerward ascertained to b?r forged or fraudusnt, wonld be greater by reason of tbo endtss nature of the strife than any compensolon arising from doing Justice in Individual uses. The authorities which I have cited are onclusive to my Blind that In passing on lection cases tbe Senate acts in a judicial apaclty, and that when it decides such a ase on its merits its action is linal; it does lot possess tbe lawful power to reserve or ven review its action/ In disctfwtog this important subject I lave only considered the question whethr the Senato has the right, by a voto of he majority, to tinseat a member who ihs been admitted by a deliberate decissn of this body, expressed in the most uthoritatH'S manner. 1 bare studious y avoided teaching upon the question of a ere poHltaal expediency. The issoe involved Js Uta grave, too sol-* mn, too frxttght ititb danger to the whole ountry InaMow any snchde'gradingcofi-' (deration In exercise its influence. I are not trrtut myselt todfeeuss this mat9r with reference to the parties involved, ir fear Jbat my feelings would betray oy reason and my s3'inpathies would mrn my judgment. All these feeling*, 11 tnese sympathies are with the contestut in this catso, I kuow how great, how cruel have been the wrongs inflicted on Louisiana. I have witnessed them in that unhappy State, and I have felt them In my own. But the storm which swept with such fury over those prostrato States has spent its force, and the dawn of a brighter day begins to light up their horizon. Let our people have but repose, and that blessed light, harbinger of peace and hope, will spread until it illumines with its glorious beams in noontide splendor our Southern skies. It will aHBurcIy shine upon Louisiana as upon the rest oj our Souther!i land. I* admit the great wrong that has been done to her people, and n<? one in this chamber, or on her soil would more willingly strive to rectify that wrong than invself, could I see tlit way to do so conscientiously. Hut I believe that \v: have not the power, the rightful power, to rectify that wrong Tune, the great vindicator, lie who mercifully heals wounds and sets all thing* riirlit. can alone do this in the prouei manner. It is a painful reflection to mo sir, that many of the people of that greai State, with whom I hold so much in common, on whose soil my father fought bj the side of Jackson, may misconstrue my motives and misunderstand my action; but they are too brave, too generous too true, to do willing injustice to an ene my, much less to a friend. I havo ai abiding faith in their sense of right. The distinguished senator from Alabama, who so ably advocated the adop tion of the resolution of the committee hoped that no senator who saw the righ would "still tho wrong pursue." He die not, I am sure, intend to cast any reflec tion upon those of us who are so unfortu nate as to ditfer with tho committee. Hi: high character gives full assurance tha he would bo the last man to do so, but hi can readily see how easily his mcaninj might be perverted. We who do no agree with the maioritv of our party as sociates cannot surely bo open to th< charge of noting in violation of our con victions, for wo givo tlio very highes proof of our sincerity by following them in direct opposition to all our wishes, al our feelings, and in spite of the stronges temptations that political consideration: could possibly hold out to allure us Iron the path to which wc conceive that ou duty points us. We give by our actioi the highest assurance that we pursue th right as wo see it, and wo know that ou associates with whom we do not agree d< tlio same. This, Mr. President, is, as I have said no mere parly question; it rises far high er than any such can ever reach; it in volves issues which touch closely ever State in this Union, issues which canno be solved upon political consideration o upon sectional lines. The Hag that now floats upon thedom above tis'is bright with its galaxy of stars each radiant Btar representing a grea State, while the banner upon whose azur folds they shine symbolizes notthepowe alone but tlio unity of the people of th great Republic. Each of us on this floo represents in part one Stato of thi mighty Union, but we must never forge that we are Senators of the United States representing all of these States in thei highest legislative tribunal. We stam here, too, on common ground and upoi I a -* ISA-- ?t,iu l..t terms ui pcriccb equality. u|?m uim ?n Uir point soineof our friends on the oji posite side of the Chamber seem to enter tain donhts, if we are to judge from th language they sometimes indulgo in, in that would seem to imply that they rt gard us of the South as here only on pre bation. I beg them to disabuse thei minds of this delusion, if they cherish ii for the sooner they do so the sooner slini wo see here the courtesy and the proprh ty that should always mark our proceed ings, and the better will it be for tli whole country. We aro hero holding our titles nndc the great seals of our respective States and it docs not become senators to que* tion our rights or to express doubts as t our motives or our fidelity to the law and the Constitution. We do not thin it at all necessary that we should inak loud and constant professions of that 11 delity; we prefer to bo judged by our at tions. These, whether wise or unwis< will, I am lirmly convinced, bo dictate by u sense of duty, and no higher inutiv can inspire human conduct. One of tli ablest and most distinguished statesme to whom South Carolina has given birt ?and of these she has been prolific?gav utterance on ono occasion to a sentimcii worthy to bo inscribed in letters of gol 011 the"walls of this Chamber, which i former days he illustrated by his learn ing, his genius, and his eloquence. X nobler principle of action was ever ennti ciated, no grander exhortation to cling t the right was ever-uttered than wore es pressed in his simple words, "])o you duty, and leave the consequences t Ooci." I have tried, sir, to do mine, an it needed not the extraordinary exhorti tion nor the solemn admonition wit unnnfnr fi*nr Georgia [Mr. Ilillj closed his address t induce ine to do so. I thank him for d< nouncihg as slanderous the whisperin "which seeks to soil the character of tli most highly honored State in this Unioi in the days of the past." I thank hit for the deep solicitude he manifests l'r the honor of 8outh Carolina and that < her Senators, and I assure him that til honor of my State i.s as dear to me as m own. It has been the earnest effort c my life to maintain it unsullied in peat and in war. I have followed the Palme to flap on bloody lields that were "slio sown and Maded thick with steel," whe that standard floated far to the front sic! by side with tho colors of Georgia, born by the knightly colleaguo [Mr. Gordoi of the Senator from Georgia?that ma who, tested on field and in forum, hr never been found wanting. Those intei locked colors of the sister States led the Whore honor could be gained but persor al safety could not bo found. If in those dark days when it was n( my good fortune to enjoy what I now d< the benefit of the precepts and the exan fie of the Senator from Georgia, [M lill,] I upheld as best I could the hoiu of my Stale, I trust that 1 shall notprov rocreant to it now. The people of Sout Carolina can best judge how their hone is guarded hero, and should it ever bo m misfortune to misrepresent or disuippoit them in any way by having thocourajj to follow my convictions, they will; luiwi nay: Ho brnvctl tho shafts of consure and of sham And, dearer far than life, ho pledged u so dler's nume. IVadc Hampton and His-Log. [Brooklyn Eagle Letter.] It Is rather mournlul to look at Wade Ham; ton In the Senute, nursing his stump of a It and subjecting his splendid physique to tl support of crutches. He Is the only cripp In the body, I mean visibly so. To be hui his colleague, the dashing Butler, has but or leg, but you might watch him move about ft ten years and not know it, so perfectly doi he manage his cork. To be sure, too, there ai men who sull'orcd, sometimes intensely, f< trying, to stop bullets in the late unpleasan ucss, like Gordon and Ransom and Mnxej but their Infirmities are not visible. Not s with Hampton. He Is In the very prime < life, scarcely over fifty, and a hopeless crlppl Nobody feels pain on looking at Aleck Sti phens, for his case Is Just the result of aslo and natural processot decay, which he rnth< seems to relish. But you Insensibly feel deep sympathy with Hampton's loss ns wit the late Senator Morton's Infirmities, becaui both came along prematurely, like the liurr cane on the oak, and marred powerful frame And the General croons over his abbreviate limb all tho time?not In any growling or te: ty spirit, for lie Is the soul of patience, bnt mast bo remembered that his whole life hi been one 01 nerve, vim, dash, and his presei forced Inactivity must only Intensify tl: memory of his daring exploits and "movln accidents by Hood and flo.d." No wonder, then, that while the Gencri nurses Ills leg, he also nurses manly regret: Several interesting Incidents happened In single cM?, as told by one of Hampton's lnt raatfc friends, The General, in the hope c picking up .some views about cut legs, has way ol stopping people similarly alllictec As he was standing on his crutches In tli main hall, near the Senate entrance, a larfi man came along, hisrlglft leg lost above tli knee, and ho hart stone patent arrangomet that seemed like n farmwork, light and por uble, tohelphlm onrttof hM scrape. Accostln him, Hampton spoke of tfrelr mutual Infirm ties, and asked now that arrangement work ed.?"Very well," replied the Granger. "] 1r an Invention of my own"?anil he went o to explain It. "May I ask whirc you loi your leg?" inquired the General/ "Yes, ce tainly; It went otr when IJumpton elm rue our battery at Gettysburg." "Indeed; I't grieved to hear It," said the General, Ver sincerely, "My name Is Hampton." The shook hands very warmly over the b?ood chasm, and the stranger turned out la t Itepresontatlve Caulk, of Wisconsin. Primary or Convention. (Columbia Mcrcvry.) Whenever an election comes around wo hen of "cat and dried tickets," "log rolling," A< Now. there Is a way to stop all this. Have genuine primary elccllon, with no "swni ping" of votes, but every man who wants t< running belore the people on his own merl Wtwrcin favor of the primary plan, butoj nosed to the "whistle for me and I'll whlstl for you" doctrine. It is not the way to the sense ol the people lor any clnb or an meeting to dictate the candidates, but let a run who wish to. If club or district meeting make the nominations they may rule oil th very man the people want, and open the wa for the worst kind of "log rolling/" It work Just this way?a strong club or populous dii trlet may agree to "swap" votes with com other strong clnb or populous district, an thns thwart the whole object of aprlmar election. Let '-every tub stand on Its ow bottom," andglvo all u fair chance. Dr. This week?and we carnestl; thank Ood!?we aro able to say that Wallac Bland Is sulllciently better to warrant the In dulgence of a lalrbope of Ills ultimate recov ery. The pnut week, up to Monday nighi waff the worst of the live during which h has lain so low ; and his life, like the hope ofonr whole community seemed to ebb almot entirely out. But since Monday night he ha been easier and Ills symptoms have teenbel tcr. 11 Is mind and spirits arc clear and strong and although still ilia most critical conditio!, vet the prospect of Ills getting well seeius t be brighter than ever before. ?A'dgc/icUl Ai vert iter, -Qlh insl.. Hill and Hampton. TWO SOUTHERN POLITICAL DOCTORS WHO DISAGREE. ,! Wide Diffcrcncc of Opinion Among > Partisan and Independent Papers. The following extracts were cullcd for f the A ugnata Chronicle and Sentinel, from ; which puper wo take them. That paper | being a Gary paper, of course inoludetl in the fallowing anything which it mignt ? see, reflecting on Hampton and at the \ same time giving its own representative | j Senator Hill, superior praise: A itlodel Speech. I Washington (Jor. Springfield Republican.] Wade IIampton vindicated anewhisrep[ u tat ion ns 0110 of the South's best friends . and wisest champions by his speech r 011 tlio Louisiana case. The speech was j almost a model in every way. It was . brief, occupying little more ?han a half , hour, yet it covered tho whole question. . It was clear and so a refreshing change , from tho dreary muddles into which .some previous hpoaiters have wandered. . It was dignified in its personal references, . and it was throughout broad and patriotic in tone and scope.?This is high praise, J but it was no moro than is desorveu by a j spocch which at onco elevated the discuss. ion from tho low partisan plan, to which . Hill had brought it down, to the states^ manlike basis on which the serious quest tlons it involved should place it. Gov. ? Hampton rested his opposition to thepro, posed ousting of Kellogg on the broad t ground that the Senate, having once for. mally and finally settled tho issne, cana not legally or rightfully re-open it, and . that any attempt to do so would be tho t tirststop in the direction of anarchy. He 0 mado an admirable vindication of his at1 titudo in resisting party edicts when he t believed them to be wrong, and proved 3 so clearly that he only opposed them 1 because lie believed it his duty, that even r the most Bourbon Democrat* cannot fail x to respect him. ? Gov. Hampton's Rpeech sounds the j! deathkell of the attempt by Blaine and o the Republican stalwarts generally to force the Democrats into such an attitude I on this question as would revivo the sec' I tional issue. Nearly all the ex-Confcdor. ate brigadiers will stand by Hampton, YI and with a dozen or more Democrats I! voting to keep the worst of tho carpetr baggers in his seat, because Jhey believe I aiitiMnH t/i if t.hnrn v;ill bo lio chance 0; to wave tho bloody shirt again over , j Louisiana. tj Not So Strong After All. el [Ojt. Courier-Journal (Dem.)] r| While Senator Hampton is undoubtedly guided by tho highost consideration* r in taking tho position that ho does, and s while he reflects credit 011 his party which has in two election cases this sesl? sion risen entiroly above partisanship, J his argument was not a slrong one. He 1 admitted that he could not argue the Q I question of rex adjudicata as a lawyer. " That will bo done 011 that side by Sen" ators Thurman and Bayard. " It Satisfied Edmunds. e j. . fO/r. lialtimore American (Hep).] i- The announcement that Senator Wndc 1- Hampton, of South Carolina, would adr dress the Senate to-day in opposition U: t, the resolution unseating Senator Kellogg, U drew one of tho largest audiences of the >- session to the Senate Chamber. Governoi [- Hampton's position* on this important e question has been known for several days, but it seems that his determination to b( r the first Democrat to speak against th( i 'outrageous action recommended by tfi( 1-1 Elections Committee was only reached ?. I lifter lie heard lien Hill's insulting refer slence to tho South Carolina Senators k I yesterday, of whom Hill said there were o "whisperings in the air" as to their coursc i- on this measure, intimating that thej would dishonor themsolves if they antagonized the resolution to oust Kellogg ci General Hampton, at the outset, disclaim o ed that ho proposed to make a legal argu <? incut. lie intended merely to state the n facts and draw those logical deductions j) from his premises, sucn as any man o e ordinary common senso was capable of it I He stated the ease as proved by the ollicia ci i record, and them briefly reviewed it? n j history down to the ad mission of Kellogg i- He declared that Kellogg's title had been o then prefected and adjudicated. The i- Senate was forever precluded froir o disturbing it. ile then read a half dozer standard authorities sustaining his posiir tion. Next came his reply to Hill'! ,, personal allusion of the day before. Or el this point, Senators from South Carolini i-; neod not to bo admonishedjby the distitill iguished Senator from Georgia that thej u must not lower the standard of tin Palmetto State in dishonor. Sir, weliav< ?. followed that standard on stricken liclds, jr shot down and bhided thick with steel, l0 without tho example of Senator from Georgia to guide us on the path of duty n I have seen that staudard, sir, in the fore ,r froufof the battle interlocked with the )f colors of Georgia, while tho Senator'* ,0 'knightly colleague' (Gordon), who sit> y before nio with tho scars of battle promi >r nent on bis face, moved forward beneatl .e both and added now lustre to tfio martia t,_ annals of his heroic State. While thesi I. scenes wore transpiring on tho field o n conflict tho Senator from Georgia (Mr |0 Hi LI) sat comfortably in the foruin, be ie yond tho reach of personal danger. As ,j the Senators from South Carolina wen n tree to the Palmetto standard then, tltoj us will do their duty now under the broadei r. ensign of tho Union." With these words n Gov. Hampton resumed his seat, amidsi much applause. At least twenty Senator: publicly congratulated him, Edmund: and other Republicans being ammi}. j tho number. Gov. Hampton was very ,! much fatigued by tho effort, and wm r compelled to leavo tho chamber shortly ,r afterwards. c A Fool's Errand. [Or. Atlanta Constitution.] y Senator Hampton read a lengthy speed apologizing for nis'votc, which would b< P0 to keep Kellogg in. His argument 01 the question of rc.s adjudicata, was brief and a very poor one at that. Ho failed tc controvert a single point made by Mr l' Hill. It is said that tho law ho relief upon was furnished him by one Judgi Mackev, a South Carolina Radical, am' Who was implicated three years ago in tin rumor that lie and others bargained witl: I thn R*nnti1if!iiiw hv ivliioh Hamilton wai P* to be recognized Tin the loyally clcctoc Governor of South Carolina, and thai l8 State was to cast its electoral vote foi re Hayes. Senator Hampton says ho will >c voto to seat Kellogg from a consciousness that it is right. His speech created nc r'g littlecomment, and many were the hand ,r criticisms visited on him. The surprise t- will bo greater to the Democrats oi the country, and especially to Louisiana, when they learn that J^enator Hamp ton is not the only Democrat who will pi vote to allow Kellogg to retain his illw gotten seat. It is thought that a dozer Jr other Democrats will act with Hampton, {* Kellogg will not be disturbed, for the <c Radicals will voto solidly to keep him in I- and with the aid of a lew Democrats thej ? can do so. The question will arise: ^ Why did the Democrats order a committet to'investignte the title of his seat, if tnoj is had already determined that it was ret it adjudicata, and he could not bo ousted, 't' no matter how much bribery and cor8 ruption was proven ? It looks as if the xl committee, at least, were sent on a "fool'f <. errand," and they havo a right to feel hurl a at the apparent insincerity of their brothor Democrats. The question, though it will be settled in Kellogg's favor, will bt 1. the basis of much troublo in the Demoie cratic camp hereafter. ? Hill Right, it [MUiouri Republican (J>em.)] The (Republican) argument assume? i. that no matter how or by whom a person : may be chosen Senator, no matter how it glaringly disqualified no may Ijo, lr no if " once admitted to a scat the matter is settled ^ forever and can never be re-opened. Bui J Senator Hill shows tliat this abusod docn trine makes the Senate nlone thesupremc y and final judgeof what is aState. 4,Tliere can be nothing more dangerous," say* *e he. ''than to say tliat the Senate or any powor but the State can determine what isa LegVslaturc. IftheSenate can gointc a State and decrce that any mob is its Legislature, what would become of the State? ilr. Webster hns well said that ir the State alone can decido this question I 3. and when she decides it sho decides it for a nil the world." It impossible to deny '* the foreffand virtueofthis reasoning, and though thero are several eminent DemocratsinthcSenato?ThurmarfyHampton, e Gordon and Butler?who afo conscien:t tiously opposed to unseating ftello<ig at ? this late hour,- it would secrrt that the ,H pre-eminent right of Louisiana,#* ?ssero ted by Vest and Ilill, ought to otitweigh y the fraudulent personal claim of the diss reputable adventurer who protends to * represent her. d Hampton [.Vrw York IVorUl(fycm).] Tno ground which the W<nl(l has all along taken is, however, that taken by v | rwimwu iirtiujjum yisawruny? uiu e Senate should noteroct what might easily - beco.no 11 pernicious precedent, by un seating, except by vrny of expulsion and for a cause arising after admission, any ? man whom theSenaio has once admitted, it This argument conies with great force s from Sonator Hampton, inasmuch - as tho people of South Carolina can not ?i bo suspocted by any rtnan of not sympa^ | thizing experimentally with the misrepref. sented people of Louisiana, or of failing I to appreciate at th?ir .full value all tho ? reasons whlVlh bavo been Urged for the unseating of Kellogg. In this matter, us in many other matters, Senator Hampton will be accepted as a truer represontutivt of Southern opinion and Southern foeling than Senator Hill. And it i-t Senatoi Hill's fault that this should be the ease. How It Reads Between the Lines. [Philadelphia Time*, (Ind.)] Senator Hampton's position on the Kellogg case has some weight because h< may be supposed to know upon whai torms his colleague, who was seated a the same time with Kellogg, gained hi: seat. He did not say that there was ai understanding by which both these seaU were tilled, but read between the linei his speech means that bore was such at understanding, and that ho for one pro poses to live up to it. Whatever may b< the facts as to this branch of the subject and it is of no earthly consequenco to tin public what they are, Senator Ilamptoi is supported by tho most conservativ< element in his own party in declining ti eject even a pinchback Senator like Kel logg by revolutionary process. It is quit in accord with tho South Carolina Sena tor's character that be should tak such a position, but ho was not happy ii his statement of his reasons, and it wouli have been Jin better taste if he had not pat tod himself on the back so eomplacentl; and so openly when he got through. Mi Kellogg is likely to hold on to his seat. A Monstrons Doctrine. fiV. Y. iStar, (Dem.)] Senator Hampton treats tho caso c William Pitt Kellogg as res adjudicate We are bound therefore to believe that h conscientiously so regards it. Hut see t what a result this construction inevitabl; leads. Kellogg's ease was not decided o: its merits. He was permitted to retai his seat iu consequence of a bargair whereby Gen. Butler, Democrat, c South Carolina, was admitted to the Sen ate instead of the Republican contestani Coroin. This bargain utterly ignore tho rights of the people of Louisiam which, in law, equity and parliauientnr usage, were alone entitled to considei ation. By what rulo of justice was tli Senate authorized to seat a man whom tli Legislature of Louisiana did not elect, ii i order to secure the addmission of arepri sentative whom the lawful Legislature ( South Carolina did elect ? Tho two cas* were wholly distinct, and each shoul have been determined upon its separat merit*, and without regard to tbe que! tions presented by the other, i Wo totallydenv the power of the Ser ate thus to trade olf the rights of or ' State against tho rights of another. 1 tho precedent thus established were to k ' rocognized, it would virtually nulil'y tb constitutional provision which gives t every member of the Federal Union hi thority to name its representatives in tli Senato of the United States. Noconsidei ation of expediency, no partisan cotnpn i inise, can bo permitted to over-ride th clearly expressed direction of tho fund! ' mental law. Kellogg was either electe or not elected, and so far as his right to , seat is concerned, it makes not the sligh | est difference what tho lawful issueof tl Senatorial contest, in South Carolina wa The attempt to "bunch" tho two casesan set off one against the other is a moi strous perversion of law, reason an common senso. Hampton's Speeeh. (Correspondence Richmond Ditpaich.) ' Every portion of the gallery of tl Senute to-day was filled, and the attei dance of fashionable ladies was unusual! J largo. Republican Senators were gene ally in their places, and every Domoora ' 'ic Senator scorned intent on hearing u J tho gallant Carolinian said. Gener ' Hampton read his speech in a clear voic , and argued that tho Kellogg case is r adjiulicatu. Ho cited a great ninny ai thorities in support of his position, am ' at the close of his remarks, in replying i n reference by Senator Hill to the hon( j of South Carolina, in his speecli yeste; ; day he said that the honor,of his State is sa injhis hands, and that he had followed tl Palmetto flag in hours of danger in h< ' defense, side by side with General Gordc Senator from Georgia. Ho then paid ' glowing tribute to Gordon's gallantr; ! | anil a not very oomplimcntray allusion i LI the fact that Senator Hill had remains during the war in a placo of safety. H j i was congratulated upon his speech 1" 11 Democrats and Republicans, includit ? J General Gartield, who was among th j members of the House who were in tl ' Senate Chamber while ho was Hpeakiti] ,' lieartv Approval of Wade Hampton i Speech In the Kellogg Cnse. To the EditorXeivs and Courier: i I have talked to-day with very man > citizens, business men and others. The i; all agree that Senator Hampton has actf well and in good faith in tho Spoflbri ' Kellogg matter. Wo aro all sorry f< J Louisiana. Our sympathies are with he ! out we cannot forget tho fact that Kellojj was seated at the same time its our gallai , Butler. If one is unseated the oth< i may be hereafter. Senator Hampton hi . spoken tho words of truth, fairness an > I justice, and I hope tho people and tl i ] press of tho State will sustain him. \\ i ! wnnt. noiifp Wn mint to raise nil tl ?I cotton and rice wc can. We don't "wai 1stalwarts," who were in a safe plai i during the war, to dictnto to usasbusine: I: men. Wo prefer to trust our well know ' j brigadiers, like Gordon, Jjamar, Btitle I; Garj', and Hampton ; they will act hones . i ly. None canimpugne their honor. | Charleston, May 14, 1880. Merchan HAMPTON'S HONEST WORDS. [ How they are Regarded by Some < \ the Lending Newspapers. ^ Frow the. Sew York Tribune. ; There is one Democrat, at least, in tl Senate, who is honorable enough to ke< * tho agreement between the two parties I: r which Butler and Kellogg wereadmitte* His name is Wade Hampton. * * .Senator Hampton's declaration of his it teiition to vote against this most unjust liable docd will ao moro to bring him tl i esteem of all men whose esteem is worl J having than any other act of bis career. 1 From the Hew York Timet. ' . Senator Hampton made a manly pl< yesterday in favor of placing law an j justice above a shallow political exped , j ency in dealing with tho Kellogg cas i ! He pointed out very clearly that in a , litigation there must be some end of strif aim tiiiiL iiuiu9? uic oeuuto ?no iu i. bound by its own decision once made i i regard to seating its members, any di; 11 putcd case might be heard and rehear* j wettled and resettled, according to t! i caprice of a changing political majorit; ' There is nothing specially new in M Hampton's arguments, though there, ui fortunately, is in the courago with whic , he braves party censure, in stating then Were any considerable number-of h colleagues animated by the same spiri | there would be no such needless waste i [ time as marks the interminable discuss ion of one of the plainest propositior ' with which a legislalive bodv can deal. From the Wcuhington Star. j The defeat of the resolution to unsef , Senator Kellogg is now assured, and tliei - is accordingly a gnashing of teeth* in tl: : j Democratic party. Senator Hampton j speech yesterday in support of tho do< ' trineof res adjudicata as applied to th i case was tho first open expression of tli , Democratic opposition to the views of th - majority of the committee on electioni ! Up to the delivery of that specch the ac i vocates of the majority resolution sti ; expected to be able to prevent Domocral . from voting against it. They hoped t , bring sufficient party pressure to bear t > induce Senator Hampton and other Deuu . crats who agree with him to at least r< frain from voting, but there is no long< any chance for this. Senators Butle: Pendleton and Bayard are to deliver argi ments in support of Kellogg's title to hi 1 seat and the indications now are that tli resolution to oust Kellogg will bo defeat ed by eight or ten majority. It is a goo ' sign, politically, when questions of thi ' character are settled in Congress upo ' uiuir men is, auu uui ?nu it auic viu*v i party necessity. - m & 1 Press Excursion to Cincinnati. [LauroutvUle Herald..] Atfi meeting of the Kxecutive Committee < ' I the State Press Association, held at Oreci j vllle in Murch hist, among other proceeding .an excursion to Cinoinnatl, on theoccnslo I of the National Deinocmtic Convention 1 that city was decided on, and a Committee aj | pointed to confer with the ditlerent Knllron authorities with that view. The followln I letter from MiiJ. W. J. Houston, General Pa> isengerand Ticket Agent Atlanta and Chai lotte Alr-Llne Hallway, will explain Itself: Atlanta & Chaki.ottk aik-Line 1!au,-' way, PA&sengeu dei'autment, Atlanta, Oa., May 14.1S.S0. T. Tt. Crews, President Press Association, Lau rens, H. U. L)kak Kik?It gives mc pleasure to stat that the following telegram has JustcomcC hand, which fully explains Itself: Cincinnati, 0? May 14. J. K. Itrcncn, President H*. ?C* .-1. 11. It., (>. J I Forcncr't, Geii't Man. A. it* C. A. L. Itaitwav Yes sir/wc will with pleasure carry free th Press Association of South Cnrollna to Clu clnnatlcmd retnrn. \V. II. Clement, President. I add with pleasure that our General Mann ger has hisued instructions to carry out full; | the desires or your Association in tnismattci I and yotlr will confer upon him a favorby nink lng kifoWn your wishes Immediately, that w [ may arrange the preliminaries necessary fo ' a successful and pleasant excursion to Cincin I luiti. Yours truli\ W.J. Houston. CienT Pass, and Ticket Agent Tr.is is certainly doing the conrtcous am clever In handsome style.as the A^r-I,lnegen tinmen always do whatever they tAfre holdol I WMle the Committee appointed to'Rrmnf,'efo I thi'contemplated txeurslon to Cincinnati fa] ly appreciate the court* sy of the other au j thorities in tending the use of their road> ! they feel especially Indebted to those of thi Air-I<ine for kind and timely assistance li i perlixllug thcurruugciucats. gjgggg ????db??? 1 J. C. Calhoun's Successors. 55 ; 3 ; M. C. BUTLER, GEN. WADE JUMP r TON, AND JOHN J. PATTELSON. J ca Honest John's Tribulations Illustrated [ft in his Letters?His Happiness After a Conversation with Judge Hum- I* phreys?He Pawns an Ex-Congress- h" mou's TVatch?Saved from the Pent- ^ tentiary by Butler and Hampton. ed (New York Sun.) Ill 1 Tne following letters; wim one escepwou, i ! . were written by Senator John.!. Patterson of j South Carolina to Gen. H. G. Worthfngton, . * (Collector of the Port of Charleston under ? President Grunt's administration, and forB merly a Republican Congressman from Nc- cc I vada: nrl 9 Holiest John Bowing to the Storm, j 5 United States Senate Ciiamiieh, an Washington, June 10.1877. e Dear General: Yours received. The ac- th . tlon of the Legislature In regard to in; elec- fo tloD was telegraphed, and appeared In the pa- la e pent yesterday, I have written to find out all yc II lean, I think Gen. Butler will not let it go hi i too far, as he needs me In order to get his seat, fn but say not a word about It. I do not think kr v they can get any tlilug that will do me much * Injury, but I dislike the newspaper howl that be * will be made about It, and also wish to avoid tr! the expense and trouble of such an lnvcstlga- wi tlon. The objectof thlsCommlssion |Leglslu- cn tlve InvestigatingCommlttec] Is to goforall af the leaders and drive them out of the State. Ti We may as well all make up our minds to to that. God only knows what is to become of m ' us. It Is too late now to cry, and the only It 0 plan Is to meet the future. I will do all I can *t' o to keep you In until December. I am very "? y sorry to hear you have not wived anything, as y< I hud hopes that you had laid up something ra for a "rainy duy." Well, we are young enough ar 11 yet to start again. I will strike for the West ar >t when I leuve the Senate. I sec you have an w if election for members on 28th. What will our le people do? Did they appoint a Republican w . one of the Commissioners of Election ? Well gf j it Is nearly all over, and Chaml>crlaln's reform has ruinedthe party and all Its members, dl i, I slmll be glad to yee you, and will be here to gc v meet you If you let me know when you are y< .. coming. Your friend, J. J. Patterson, of ? ...... . _ m C nous ivuincrioru >rin i>ie. jt e United States Senate Chamber, te n Washington, June 17, 1S77. w Dear General: Hoycs told me you should w ', not be remove<I, except for cause, until De- 111 " eember. Now, I think we can prevent It un- If h til then, although he will lie, and Sherman sc d controls him. It Ik a mistake about Butler at e getting up the fight against me. It was John n\ ' Cochran, because he was not appointed Col? hi ltctor. bi He careAil what you say about either Coch- k( i- ran or Butler. The commlttec meets about Is i0 middle ol July. I think we can manage it so hi rr us not to give much trouble. Keep a sharp m lookout upon it. Excusc baste. w ,e Yours truly, J no. J. Patterson. 01 !? Those Tell-Tale Book* of Parker's. ?{ . United States Senate Chamber, st Washington, July 17, lst7. ' al ie Dear General: Your letters received. I w r- have also one from Bray ton Buying that Den* ol )- nls was mud at me when he returned, und was m iC saying he would tell what he knew. Now, he b< don't know much, only that I talked to him *T about getting Klllott otr, but It was not done, a Bray ton says he shamed him out of It. Now a he Is mad because he was not appointed Colt lector or Postmaster, but there 1* no danger l0 of him. He don't know much, and If told It would do no barm. But If he could save his y< neck by telling on others he would do lt.? The tt id Democrats arc after him more than me. But o< l- do not say one word about It, or it will only n id exasperate him. From what Judge Bacon ir writes me and all I hear, I do not think they w want to Injure me. I mean the Democrats. >1 aome nepuuucans nii^niwani 10 uou uj save a themselves. Iloge and Bacon both say Coch- ai run Is noiso wicked against mc. If Parker's H ic books for 1871-1572 are gone they can ttnd out r< j_ very little. I do not think either you or I will is have any trouble. My family Is up at Mon- n - terey, a delightful, cool place. I was up there P r" on Sunday. Hawlins was here yesterday. I si t- hear nothing new about your place, and think C ,1] Hayes and Sherman will keep their word to V -i let you alone. By the way. Carpenter has not la Kome home yet, and is at New York. Well, II (? lit* don't seem to wire for any one but himself, ft KJ Early writes me that. Trescottsays McCrady o l- will be appointed U. S. District Attorney, ct j Write me often, as I will stuy here. gi t<) Yours truly, Patterson*, a; >r Hampton can Save Honest John. r- Columbia, iflth July. *77. n fe Dear Sin: Your letter of the 13tli did not w ,e reach me until this morning, owing to my a ubsencc on professional business. -'r Oen. Butler Is fully aware of theCorbln n camc alluded to In your letter. I sincerely a trust thut you will persevere In your good ln> tentlonsof seating him.?Gen. B. ?' Your persecution comes principally from e< I your own party. Tills I know. k Your a\'owed Intentions to support Butler, fi le ami the frank manner In which you spoke to b iv tint President In my presence as to the Ellen- I ,% ton riots, are appreciated, but Cochran & Co., i n * are very savajje, and to them you owe the i tl 10 present pressure. u >0 Gen. B. will be In Washington in a week or! n g. so, and will advise with you fully as to Cor- B , bin's Intentions. I " You are implicated before the committee In II ] the ?lX7,t*)0 matter; also In something else h i which I cannot discover. " h J Scott, I think, Is screening himself by bo- B' >' | fouling his former friends anu associates. ft y I With nty exDPrlence and efficiency and h ><l > stronir endorsement from the Southern Sena- h j tors, Gov. Hampton, and the better portion of B ImK. I{i>titihlirnnu fho ml?<lnn fn Tfiilv tl jr and Brazil should be tendered to me. Let the ??: r; President understand that my endorsers are c< :g i In earn ext. ax they are. h it! Yours truly, .Toiin E. Bacon. 2r Model Letter From n United States h ** Senator. B ' United Statks Sknatk Chamber. t. c Washington, July 22,1877. e Dear General: Yours received and of ic course gave ine great anxiety. I have em* c. it I ployed Col. Cook, one of our shrewdest law- jj I yers. and he says they can only require me . ul to give ball here, and that I can demand a i hearing, and they must prove their case, and n | that I can ofler proof of my Innocence, anil if r. the Commissioner thinks proper hccandischarge me. lie says I can resist even if I am F indicted, which cannot be unlll October. *< ' Judge Cartier would grant the requisition, '? T.and he Is all right. It will be so apparent un S effort to get me out of the Senate that every P one will understand It,and innke me friends n and create sympathy for me. I will keep a <x sharp lookout, but in no event shall I be tuk- vv en back to S. C. t< 9f Dennis Is staying here, nn'.l seems very un- ? easy. I have seen .Scott to-day. He Is uneasy C but pretenils otherwise. I can't think they b will attempt to send for any wf us without an t< Indictment. I will telegraph you if they * >e come for me. and I may neeu your testimony f )piin my behalf, and you will understand If I ^ ,v I telegraph you to come here. Now to pleas- ? j | ure : rl i One day last week I saw a splendid looking P ! girl In the Ninth street car. I wus bad struck v l- I wiw her anotherilay In a store. On Friday P j- I wrote a note to your friend Miss Van Buren [ S ie to meet me at Crosby's on Saturday, but she did not come. I sent hern note that 1 would y "u like to see and sny where I could see l>er, and j tj she sent me word to come and see her at her I tl rooms yesterday at 4, and when I went, found ; s< lif>r to be? mv Ntro??t nir lnriv. Slin Intrortreous. ! -'J!She put on airs, and was very vtltt. and I ? id ! made an excuse that you wanted me to help C i- i her to get nn olllce, nnd had asked me to cull, " c | but I had forgotten her address and had writ-' " ,J I ten you for it. Hlie seemed afraid of me, was K | engaged lust evening, said she would go away n to-day for a few days. I asked her to let me 1( )C! know when she returned, and sho only half v n promised. She said she was going to write J . you, and If she does, tell her I will befriend d j her. We must not let thatjrooot of the foml- H| *? ly. Keep up heart; keep me posted. w if \ our friend, Patterson. >' Gov. Scott an old Liur. p r United States Senate Chamber. ej J Washington, July 22. 1K77. fc h Pear General: I enclose your letter from v> i. Judge Bacon. I presume he refers to the t? is Mooney <t Leggettjorders. Jacobs writes me g f Scott Is an old liar, as he often told him those tl {. orders were all right, i am to meet Jacobs on nr 51 Wednesday evening, at Philadelphia, and t< 1- will fully nost him. We can easily clear our- H is selves of tbnt charge. I will see Butler when fr he comes. PennIs says Cochran told him the ti endorsement on one of the orders was In my handwriting?. This Is all nonsense. Pennls fl it Is, like Cochran, very anxious to see every- P -e body but himself involved. Old Scott and C Cass C'urpenter were here, but I did not see ? I? them, I have only seen Pennls once. I will a s not run after him. a.s his conduct Is lnexcus- b 2- able. Cwcns is here, and Is all right. He H is Hays Cochran is bitter, but thinks they may tl ? get him into trouble. It ts going furtner than t< he intended. They found warrants in his lc 16 favor. Strange Melton don't respond. 1 still 3. do not think they will attack us? Yours tru* al 1- ty, Jno. J. Patterson. * t< 1 Tell as Little as Possible. v< United States Senate Chamber. }' ? Washington. July a, '78. lc ? Pear General : Just returned : have seen Tol/n Ua \*i nil rlfrht. ami trill fir* u-hnt iu wanted. I haveJreceived your loiters, and ^ ,r also your dispatch saying you are summoned. I would go and refuse to answer anything, esr? peclally on the ground of your being counI sel for Parker and Scott and Moses. Yon can p is prove that by Jacobs and me. Tell them vou e only knew of tlie.Mooney and Loggett warrants as counsel. The story of Moses about 'j those certificates is nil stufF. If ever I bought any It was on the street. He can't substanis tlate this story, and Jacobs and I kDow It is R n not true, but don't say anything about It. ? jq Tell tho committee as little as possible. In bi regard to my election, decline to answer oil Is the [ground that you were my counsel and fo acted as such, and ail you know was obtained n< in that confidence. They cuu't commit you | for contempt until the Legislature meets,and 1 P< by that time I think we can have it stop'd, j pi Jf oryouont of their reach. Write me after ni i- you testify. I send this to Columbia. I still CI s, do not think they will find anything ,'ngalnst' ' n you and me except In regard to my election ' of n and I do not believe they will press that. I'M > still think they will let you and nie alone. I; w: d am anxiously looking for Hutler. If lie is In cc g Columbia let me (know), and Hnd out whon ] si' i- he is coming. I wire nothing for what Moses! r-1 may tell or say. I will write you to-morrow | I again. I will keep Jake posted. ) Yours truly, J. J. Patterson. l" Ilappy and Don't Care a Damn. i- United States Sbnate Cjiamhek, fa Washington, Sept. 16, 1577. In o Dear General: Your letters till received, 0 The letters of Moses may be useful some day, wl but not very Important now. It Is not the! so merits of this matter 1 am now lighting, and ; wl r. hope never to go Into them. Moses Is not a ' pe : witness against me In any of these charges. 1 e He has written me In behalf of ltedding, and ! e!< i- I h ve given him a letter,ashc requested, but! qu of eoursc you know better what to do. 11 tli thought his letters meant something. Well, 'j - I have not written until 1 felt safe. Itiscer-ipu y talnly all right here. I have had a long In-1 fot , tervleW with Humphreys ta Judge of the< In Dislrict Supreme Court appointed by Presl-! ( p dent Grant), and he fully uuderstands the' on r case, and will do what is necessary. If it eljj - were "not for the fuss, I would prefer they i would send c requisition. Itwouldstump; . them badly to be beaten. Butler wrote mo, 1 none would bo sent, and so did Bncon, but! - that the Attorney-General would notify mo! p. I by letter ol the iindlng of the indictment,! I r which he has done In a vorv respectful letter,i or [ and nsks me to notify him by the 'JUtli wheth- cu - er I Will appear voluntarily without requlr- in.' i. ins; a (requisition, I will reply on Monday hi) i I very respectfully declining to go, ami we will pri i then .Ice Whether he will Issue. Melton was fri I here, en route home, 011 Monday, and sakl he 1 hi: 1 raid find ont nil about It when begot ho me 5 telegraphed mc last evening tbnt they re afraid und never would send for me. Ho Id be would be sure before telegraphing. ie newspuper* here Insist that they will. it of course they ant that. ; now feel neriectly easy and happy sineo I w Judge Humphrey* ye*rerduy, and don't ro a damn. Cant. Patterxon wiuauthorized Gov. Hurtrnnrt to telegraph me logo over ere and all would ba cafe. He write* me Ik morning that the matter was talked out at the Convention among the leader*. >n (Cameron). Kemble, Mackey, and other*, d *ald I ought to go over there and defy *mpton and hi* crew. So come what may tm all safe, und will be Senator ontil 4th of iueh. 1879. Trescott nay* he and Evart* talk;itover, and that Evarts any* they can't ke me, and that It whs all wrong; that ho ted me. and ;would do anything be coold r me. Sherman sent for me to hi* hoo?? in s carrlaga, and talked abontit, and mid I lint stand up, and that they wonld help me I they can, and hooted at the idea of their Irftxr mnnirn rwinliltlnn The fwllne i* rtuiniy getting strong in my favor, and I 11 satisfied now it will not hurt ine, bat will uko me a semi-martyr. [ nm Kind it i/over, as I now consider It U, id I dont care how soon they send on their qnisition. Jacobs Insists upon telling that e Mooney A Leogett warrants were collected r you and me. He has beard from some one 8. C. that yon and Cochnm fixed it up for m to swear ignorance of them, and to haver in Indlctcd in order to shat his month la y behalf. Cochran tells that you swear you iow nothing about the warrants, and had > Interest In them. Jacobs has been led to lleveyougotontbypnttinghimin. IhavB led to convinco him otliorwlso.bat he has nrm Mi>ni<iamn>ii> Ihn TVtmsvnruta f hAfo And n get Jnsticu where we could not. I nnt ralu he will go down volnntarlly, as Tom tylor andfethers havo written him, offering go his ball and help him any way. HI* anion much better one than any of our*, and Is ft mistake to offend him. He can't underrind why yon was not indicted along wllh i, as the book* show the collection* were for >n and me, unless you bargained with Cochn to swear ont. I care nothing about It, id am glad you are not indicted, bnt he doe*, id may make trouble if he goes down. They ill believe him before cither yoa or I. I will t yon know if be goet. He promised me he ould not. Now, 1* thero any way for me to it some help? In nil these matters yoa get as mnch as I d, and inserted nothing. Yon bare had as >od and better office than mine, and It cost >a nothing, and yet I am to bear tho brant ' the tight and all the expense. I must pay y counsel at least 1500, and how am I to do ? I think you should. My salary Is no betr than that yon and yonr employe** enjoy hen all things are considered. Mr. Rawlins ants to bo your successor, and let him show ? Is willingness to help me In a light place. v ^ I get no help I must.'go to boarding and nd my furniture to be sold to raise money id rent the; honse. I am keeping May vay from f>chool*to cnt down expenses, anu ippose by tills means I can raise the money, it think it protty hard when those I have spt in place for four year* will not help me. there any way to raise me at least three undred, and this Is a small sum among so any. It would be a godsend, j know yoa ould if you had the money, and of course, .n't do what you would like, for want of illity. Do what yoa can. and let mc know. you can let rao draw upon you for S300 at lort date. and certain to be paid, I could gat ong. I think Brnyton would help, and so ould Wilder, but can't say. Bmyton may iject. as he ha* not been nonflrmed. Let ie hear from you on the subject, land would j delighted If you U'letrmph me to draw. Yours truly. Jno, J. Pattehson Hampton is Very Friendly. United States Senate Chaxbkb. Washington, Hept. 30. 1877. Dear General : Yours received. I haveDur watch and drew 011 you for500?W W for ie watch, 50 cents to the bank, and S10 yon wed me. as I need every dollar now I can ilse. This makes the $80. I dislike very inch to go to a pawnbroker'*, and hope you ill not ask me to again. The affidavits of loses are very good, but could not be used in court. Judge Bacon 1* here, and says ho nd Butler nave arranged matters with [ampton, and that I can rely npon it that no . M]ui*ltlon will be sent. H* says Hampton \ 1 very friendly. Of these things ron most otspeak. Northrop wasappolntedtoplease lampton. Hayes asked me to make nooppr. Hon to It. I told him I would not. Pick arpenter was horcand terribly chopfallcn. fell, I du not owehim anything. All I want i to get out of this scrape and serve ont my me. Rawlins wrote me to draw upon bim >r 8100. which I did. Jacobs says Cochran Hers to give him immunity to go before tho jmmlttee and testify, but I will not let him i> nnless they will nolle pros, the Indictment yalnst him, and then his testimony would e very valuable. I am coin(5 ton weddingn Tuesday at Holladaysbnrg, Pu? and will ot return until Saturday. Will bo hor<? hen you como. Raise all the money yon in. Yours truly, Jno. J. Patterson. A Bad Year for Negroe*. United States Senate Chamber. Washington, Oct. 4. 1877. Dear General: Your letter received. Of lurse you have my letter before this. Maeay and his committee got no encouragement om Hayes, as he told them no change tronld e made now. They have all disappeared, think the negroes found they did not inako inch Impression. This Is a bad year for riem. Your watch Issafeand ready for yon pon your return. Rawlins wrote m<; to draw Don mm lor ?iui, wuicn i mo. ixjrry ?nu [oilmaneachsent raciW). This is all Ireceived am .sorry to hear of yotir trouble with Itawns.and hope you will set It nil fixed np and ave no fuss, as it will no us all injury. Our ope Is In keeping things quiet They enn't i't nn Indictment against you nntll court, lurth Monday In this month. I think yon ad better get awny nDd come 'here* and thus c out of the State when the court meet*, y stayln^ihere they might arrest you. I still link I can keep anything from being don* jainst you, Jacobs, and myself at the next iiirt. Better be here, nnd we enn commit. I ave another threatening letter fromfim. lolntyre. In which lie refer* to Menton. Yoq lould tell Menton to he very cureinl of what e tells Mclntyre. Ho (Me) write* from rooklyn. N. Y.f and say* he will .retorn to liarlcslon in a wcekor two. I care nothing ?r his throats, only ho might try to get W'ar>n Into trouble. Nothing new hero, a* very !\r persons are here. I did not go nwsy as I xpected, thinking It better to remain hen*. ?tler come here. Mccormick will give you ave any time. Yourstruly. Pattkiwos. n?mnrk< hv llio F.dilar. M. P. Duller of South Carolina nnd William Itt Kellogg of Louisiana were admitted to a ts i n the Senate at the sain# session. But;r represented the Hampton Government of outh Carolina, which Hayes recognized In ursuance of the bargain by which the el?*ctoil coant wo* completed. Kellogg represent* i tho l'ackard Government of Louisiana, blch Hayes In like manner bound himself ?overthrow. The Committee on Privileges nd Elections of the Senate In the Forty-fifth ongress reported that Hayes did wrong tu oth eases, and decided that Butler ought not 3 be Senator from South Carolina, nnd that Lellogg oughtto be Senator iron' Louisiana, he Republican majority of the Seuatc sun- . lined the committee In tho lust Instance, and n the merits ol the case continued Kellogg'* Ighttobls seat. But in Butler scase twocaret-biig Senators, I*utlcraon and Conover, oted with the Democrats uud against the report of the committee. Butler was continued cnator from South Carolina. It has always been alleged thntthis remit as reached In pursuance of an arrangement. I whs char:;wl by Senator Edmund* at the me of the voteon Outier'scuse that Patterin was to have immunity iu South Carolina i consideration for his service* to Butler. ,tthat time Patterson was Indicted In South iirolInu for bribery. He denied tliat there 'as any such understanding, and so did Bat>r. Immunity for l'atterson coirfd only be uaranteed by Wade Hampton, then Govcror of South Carolina. The friends of Kel>gg have always Insisted that Butler was not oted out of the Senate because mere was an grceraenl that the Democrats were not to lsturb Kellogg. It"an honorable underbinding" by which the corneals In the two ises were disposed of. The other day Senator Ilill, in his speech efendlog the report of the Committee on rivilegesand Election* recommending the lection of Kellogg and the seating of Spof>rd, who was elected by the Legislature 'hlch Hayes recognized as the only legal on* I Louisiana, referred to this talk about* barain. agreement, or understanding. He'sald int this talk had itone Jurenouch to comproilse Jhe honor of South Carolina, and ho x>kfpon himself to deny that South CaroII a would have purchased "her redemption om onrpeMmg Infamies by agreeing to connuc those iniamles upon Louisiana." To this Gen. Wade Hampton replied in n owery speech. Avoiding the issue squarely resented, lie talked about following South arolina's palmetto Hag ou bloody Held* that ere "shot sown and bladcd thick with steel," nd told how Gen. Gordon, Hill's colleague, ore the colors of Georgia in the samo way. lochurged Senator Hill with bravery in tho me of peace, and announced that he (riamp>n) would vole against the unsctaing of Kelwg. On Wednesday Senator Butler took his torn l Senator Hill. He denied that he was ad?d to the United States Senate In porsuancn r n bargain, and announced his intention to nto for the retention of Kellogg. Head in le light of his denial, ex-Senator Patterson's Iter* are retlrcshlnifly Interesting UGUSTA AND KNOXYILLE RAILROAD. roposals to Build the Bridge?A Mile of Tract to be Laid at Once. (Augxutn Chronicle and Sentinel.) The Directors of the Augusta and Knoxrllle ailroad held a meeting yesterday aud rerived to advertise lor proposals to build a lilue across the Savannah river, at Walton't* land. The advertisement will call lor bid* r both an Iron and wooden bridge, as It lias- * 3t yet been decided which will bebnllt. All accounts and matters Involving the ex-nditure of money were referred to and ami In the bands of the Committee on Fl?nce. composed of Messrs, W. C. Sibley, >?s. Kstesand President Verdery. Ihe question of laying a mile and ? quarter tract from FeDwlck street, near Clark's 111, to a point at the site of the Sibley Mills, Ith a view to securlnp the hauling for the >rporatlon| was discussed and It may be conJt-rcd certain that It will be laid at ooce. ? -<*? lYalhalla Itoms. \Keoivce Clnrrier.] rhe crops over the County have beeTrpnt In ?? ?li?? ilrv tvf-fiMinr nn.iblinc th? rmers to get thelrground clear of grawand a thorough state of tillage. We hear from all part* of the County that beat has been greatly injured by rust. In me cases It will not be worth harvesting, iille In others as much as a half crop Is excted. ft'e hear that the town of Westminster has ?ctod a dry ticket and no licenses td'sell 11orin the Incorporation will be granted for c next twelve months. The Masonic fraternity of Walhniki havo rcliased the lot on the rornerof the' Pieprr : with the view of erecting a Masortlc hall, iprovement Is now the order of the'day. 'urn Is scarce and u selling011 Tusalooat e dollar per busheK Western corn !s worth [hty to ninety cents cash. Col. James S. fothrau. Laurr.nsvSlc Herald. t would bcgmtlfylntr to the many (Vlends the distinguished Solicitor of the 8th Clr It. it' I hoy knew how ntanjr now friends no ule and how brilliantly he sustained his ;li reputation t>n Hie o-vasion ol liis late >fe.?Monal visit to our tMvn. AsonUof hltt ends of An Id 1 4tiiK Syiie, tfe cou^ratuliitof ?: and bid bliu uou *i*C9d !