Horry news. (Conwayboro, S.C.) 1869-1877, April 01, 1876, Image 1
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THE HOI? UY NEWS A
?Ulil.lMlEI> i
ISverv Saturday
T W. BEATY, Editor.
TKltMiXi
o.vk ykar, $2.0')
$i\* Months, $1.00
All
cominnnlcitfloni tcnilliict In sorvc
prlvHio tnfrrr^l, **111 be oUiu'KChI lor ?. ?
advor( isvnu'iitt.
Professional & Business Cards,
W. I). JOHNSON. J. M. JOHNSON !
C. I*. Ql*ATTI.F.nAl?M.
JOHNSONS;QUATTLEBAUK3,
ATTOKNKV.s and COL'NSKLOKS A T LAW ;
Conwayboro, S. C.
I I )S T w A I VJ1
eJ """
Attorn37 at Law and :
SOLICITOR IN EQUITY,
W ill practice in the courts of Manou, Horry '
and ( corgelown.
v.OONVVAYUORU.ii, O.
N(.v V*. U7'?-11
Mi i. <iiiXKSi*VK,
Attorney and Connsoller at Law j
Will givp prompt attention to all busincs
entrusted to his caie.
CON WAYHORO, S. C.
line, 2, 1S71.
rj YD LAW At H A Iff,
Commission Merchants, !
162 FKUNT STRKtT,
NKW Y< UK
Liberal advances made on consignments
Naval Stores, Cotton. Arc.
Orders receive Promnt Attention.
Unexceptionable role unices given North and
South.
J. k. T it. a it J. h. H A rt.
of n. c. org.c
r I M1CS. L. HARK 1CLSON.
1
Commission Korchant.'
Shipping iut<1 Fot \\ artling Agent,
JU'LI, CUKEK, S. <5.
Special Mt tout ion given to the buying ami
sol ing ol"Tun Timiip.u, ami other produce.
#/#fortable Hmtses, Lots ami .Stables, J
for leit.us, will be furnished to transient limber
men, without Uharye, who entrust their
blixiiusx to me.
"j" J.\ WILLIA~MS7~
tJ
i m:\i.k it it in
(JKNLKAL MLUCllAN D1ZE,
MANUFAOTUKKU OF NAVAL STOCKS
COM MISSK) N M121IC11A NT.
A N i>
FOUWARDING AGENT.
enr Spoeial attention given to the buying
ami selling of Ton '1 imber.
HULL ( It FEK, ,S. C.
I.It". liOOZKH
WITH
EBMQNST. BROWN,
WHOl.ESAI.K nr.AI.Klt IN
MEN AND BOYS'
Caps A Straw ^oods,
A t.f O
Laiios Misses and Ckildron's Hate,
No. 43 HAYXK ST.
CHARLESTON",; s. c.
Opposite Chariest on Hotel.
nnv 13 fin.
rmH- i.i?jum?ni?i>iww" i ?u
TWENTY YEARS A <20.
I've wandered tn*dhe village, Tom; I've sat !
beneath the tree.
Upon the sehooi-bouse ground, which shelteio.|
you ami me, i
Put r.or.o wore left to erect me, Tom; ami few
were left to know.
That played with us upon the preen some
twenty years ago. I
The grass is just as green, Tom;^barefooted ,
hoys at prav,
Wore sporting just, as we. did then, wit (
spirits just as gay;
Put t,he "masler" sleeps'upon thej'hlll, which ,
coated o'er with snow, ,
A Horded us a sliding place, just twenty years
ago.
The old school house is altered now, the benches
are rejtfaeed 1
By new ones, very l'ke the same, our penknives
defaced;
Put the same old hiicks are in the wall, the 1
hell swings to ami fro;
Its music Just the same, dear Tom, 'twas ^
twenty years ago;
The boys were playing some old game, beneath
that nine old tree, '
I have forgotten the name just now?you've 5
played the seme with me ) {
On that same spot; 'twas played with knives, '
by throwing so and so; J (
The leader had a task to do there?twenty |
years ago. I \
i t
The river's running just as still; the willows j
on its side | <
Are wider than they were, Tom; the stream i
appoares less wide?
But the grape vine swing is k ruined now,
where once we played the bcair ' }
A fill uu'itnn A?ie on - * 1 *
?pri-iiy f^iris? i
just twenty years ago. i
The spring that bubbled 'neath the hill close i :
by the spreading beech, | (
Is very low?'twas once so high that we couhl ,
almost roach; | f
And. kneeling down to get a drink, dear Tom y
1 started so ^
To see how eaoVy l am changed since* twenty
years ago.
Near by the apiing upon the elm; you know j
I cut your name; .
Your sweet heart's just beneath it, Tom and i
you did mine the same; \
Some heartless wretch ha? pooled thejbark? (
'twas dyug'slow lut sure, I
Just as that ono whose nomo you cut just ! 1
I
twenty years ago. )
VOL. 8. COJH
My lids have long been dry. Tom; but tears
came in my eyes;
I thought ot her 1 loved so well?those early
broken ties;
I visited the old elmreh yard and took some
flowers to strew,
I'pou the graves ot' those we loved, some ,
twenty years ago.
Alcoholic Stimulants During Physical r.xpos
n re.
Whor c men are Hiibject to great and j
proiongod exposure to cold, Rays 1)|\* I
I. I.under l?runton mi the I 'rat 1 it inner 1
fur I' i liniiu v, experience has taught. j
them the dinger ?>C taking spirits;
while t In* exposure continues. My j
(rend Dr. Fayer I<?1.1 me that. wlien (
erawIi11' hrough I h<* wet heather in I
pursuit ol deer on a cold day he ofl- j
e?'ed the keeper wlio accompatiied liini ,
a pull from his flash. The old man
declined, suyMig: "No, thank von,
it is loo col l." The Innilierets in Canada
whit are engaged in felling timber
tn the pin" forests, living thciv all
winter, sleeping in holes dug in the I
snow and Iving on spruce branches i
covered with hlltl'Jo robes, allow no 1
spirits in their camp, and destroy any I
tiial tnav be found there. Tin? exper- j
ionce of Arctic travelers on ihts subject
is nearly nnaniinou-; and I owe t??
mv friend, Dr. Milncr Fothnrgill, and
anecdote which illustrates i< in a very
striking wav. A putty < Americans
crossing the Sierra Nevada encamped
at a spot above the snow line, and in
an exposed situation. N-me ot them
took a good de:d of spirits bef(oro g >ing
to sleep, an I they lay do am warm
and happy; some took a moderate j
quan t it v, and thev lay down somewhat
but not very cold; rubers took '
none at. ull, and th v lay down very
cold and miserable. Next morning,
however, those who had taken no i
spirits go! up feeling quite well, those
who had taken a little got up feeling i
eolrj and wretelied, and those who
)> >.] 1 itr?.. .. .1 .4..ol .K.I ..... - I
...... ?t. .-*> H rt ??in><4 nrni 'I|I| I ? ? ^1 "{'
it all; they had perished from cold
durin;; llii! ni^ht. 'Plios-j who look no
alcohol kept their heart warm si tin;
expense of ihcir skin, and they rein
lined well; those who took much
warmed their nk'n al ihe, expense of
their heart ami they died.
Hut while alcohoi is thun injurious
during prolonged exposure to cold,
the case is \ ery different alter the ex |
posore is over, and its administration
may -hen he very heiieti.ua!.
IJakj) and Soft Duivkkhs.?One r?t
our exchanges sutntnarifces Dr. MeKin- ,
ley's pamphlet on the statistics ot intoxication
in the United States, thus;
Out. ot* every 300 men we are told that i
H2'2 never drink ardent, spirits at nil, 1
and ot 700 women 600 iwver taste al- ,
(toholien of any kind. Ol the 173 men ,
who drink 7H do so to intoxication. ,
<)l these 73 we are told thai 3 are ,
confirmed inebriate*, 125 are periodical
drinkers, f>o are ephemera! drinkers ,
Phe Kiatisties lor the wliole population ;
of.the country show that out ol ft,00o,- ,
1)00 there are 50,000 habitual dtun- ,
kards; in a nation ot 40,000,000 I,
lliere are 100,000 habitual drunkards. |
Dr. MeKinley states that n very ,
lar^e proportion o( the excess- .
<ive drinkers are men ot culture
ind refinement?actors, lawyers, physicians,
les^isln'ors and ministers ot the ,
tJutol 1 1 congressmen 1 is a j *
perpem il drinker, I an occasional j ,
irtnker, 5 drink periodically, and 4 (
Dnlv are sober at all tint ?. ,
I'Takit?'*1 trust, everything under ; t
ikv!," said Lord l-imugimm, <%h*l?i(,'<
upon which in all aio-s, the lawgiver, |<
is well :?v the schoolmaster, has main* <
y jiUf.ci his reliance; habit which I
makes everything easy, and c*-ts nil i t
liOicultics upon the deviation fiom a i I
wan'td course. M ike sobriety * |<
labit. and intemperance will be hate* t
ul; make prud'Mir/c a habit,, and reek
ess profligacy will be an contrary to 1
he naUire ol a child, grown or adult, ! i
i* t he nn-Ht. atrocious < i imcs are to viy j i
>1 your lordships. (<iive a e.liild the I <
labit ol sacredly regarding the trutli; i
arelully respecting the property of j 1
>t Iters; ol set upulourdy abstaining from ! t
til acts ol improvidence which can i<
nvolve him in distress, ?ud lu; will !
nst, as likely think ol rushing into an ; >
deneni in which he cstinot breathe, I
is ol lying, clieftl'ng or swearing." <
Will Thomas Nasty please draw
mother petticoat picture and this
,i;ne make Ih-lknap the central figure |
nstead ?! Icttei8on Davis? Kveu it ; r
Mr. 1 >:i v*ih ?1 i 1 wear a petticoat dur. a
ng tin; war, (which wo deny most i f
in piratical I y,) all is fair in war but ' *
ii'liat should be said of a man Jw!;o 1
itole tlx; public money ami then trim! ' s
o shield himself under Ins wile's petti- ?
;oat??Abbeville Medium. f
When a Missourian wan recently on
I
rial foi murder, be didn t say b? was j
iiHutie, but simply said: "It yer Honor
Mease, I am guilty. I killed the man
lecauso lie lo??k my gal ffom mo. She
vas about the only thing 1 bad; aid I
lidn't want to live alter she went, aid !
didid want him to live neither. Aid
should be oblucged to yer Honor it (
fun would hang me as hood as posihle. ' j.
^\ii Irulepei
VAY1VJRO, 8. C.. 8A
llclkiiap and Bribery.
( From tlie CircctiviKe Enterprise & Mountaineer.
]
There has been a tnoia! bowl
throroiiout i he Republican cohorts of
the pen and type in regard to the recently
discovered bribery of the St ere- j
tarv of War. They seem to raise I
their hands in holy horror at the corruption
of a member of their cabinet.
Il would seem from their feigned indignation
and hypocritical professions
and lamentations, thai nothing <?t the i
kind had ever before sullied the immaculate
purity of iluir patty. Kven
the Deiuoernls think they have found
a mare's nest, and will make capital
out of it in the next I'residential dec
ti-rn. Now lit us s'*e what all this
fuss is about, and enquire il it is the
discovery of something new under the j
sun uf Radical rule
\* hen tyrant was elected 1'ivsident J
of (lie r.iited States, Steward, a mil. J
lionaire merchant of New York, who
had never engaged in politics, and
knew nothing more of the duties of j
the secretary o1 tin* IVeasury than one
,o i.;. ..i... i... i . . i... i? : i .... i ....
- - HI - < HI F\r, Ml me lilt* I I V'hl'l"l|( V* IV' I" I
a pivseui <>: tiu\ t housaud dollars. I :i |
id urn lor this handsome present, to a
poor and '4 v ar icious m i ?, moral i
perceptions have ever h?*cu very blunt, '
he WSH appointed to preside over t.lio
Picasury \>op trMijont. Hohcson,!
smellier millionaire of Philadelphia, ,
oni ol urutitudo lor military services
rendered, <jhvo this Piesident elect
I lit it V I bonsai nl < 1 o 11 a t>f, ami bo w as
iov\ ac<I?>(! lor his eharit y and liencvoleUCC
Willi l.llO MftpOl Ml IMCIll < ' ScCJV ,
lin y ol i lu; Navy. Nol one man in
Ion thousand had com heard ol Mr. j
l\itlx'Kot?. Tin' public Vi'? re as ii*11?'rani
ol him ?? ho wan ol I ho Navy ?i?|
?H rl iitn lit. Mi" Vif.li, who otijn\K an )
iticiniie ol two hand rod I housaud <i 1 j
lars a year, made a. donation to President
(-Jrant ol titty thousand dollars,
nnd ho w is rewarded with the office
ol Secretin y ol Stale. These wealthy
men wanted political honors, and perhaps
had heard oi the Iuiperi il Purple j
ol Ibunc beim* set up at public auction
by h corrupt, soldierv.
Now wh it is the lifleron.ee between
the onnduet of President <*irant, ami j
his secretary, llelknap V The one was ;
paid in advance lor a high office, and
t ho ol her sold an iusionitieant. po-ltradersiiip
on a credit. Tito one did
his vpvai shame publicly and tin* other
privately. The one seemed to have
no moral sense and was defiant <d
}>ulilie opinion . Tin* other did have
some scruples ol conscience, and tried
to conceal his turpitude. In plain Ihii*
ppiH'To, it, was the difference hot ween a
derni monde and an iota i?j a in tee.
Pile one sells her favors publicly, and !
I ho other tries to conceal thrm. The
i.)no h?;s no phtime, and is ?it Kant ot j
public, opinio;!, whilst the ot her lias
still some sense ol propriety and regard
for public opinion. Morally,
socially and politically, t he chief is
worse than his subordinate in the!
r.ourse he has iHir^tifl. The poni-tr;*fcr
only sells liiw orooris at an e:c>rIIIOIIM
| ?l {S ? X'lii rttit'Ct'S M< >t)l f* Hvt* (if six j
hundred soMiers. The 1 ?ration of a j
tthinel in :m injury to lip* whole Kepublic.
Hit corruption in a national
disgrace.
No President over before, w?n surrounded
with such :i corrupt set |
vdiene.k, minister to Kngland, had to
runttway Irom the court of St.. James,
to CSC'tpe being H< 111 to Newgate pltHmi.
Ivohitvon, Seere'. ary of Navy, and j
I *ierccpon t, Attorney (ToicrHl, xr" |
.hrcHtcficil with iut|ics? hmcot. U?h i
jock, private secret:trv of the IVcsilent,,
euiitv, though acquit ted, of I
whisk V If oils, and actually stole a. { ?
otter Iroio tins President whilst his i
rial was going mi, The brother o< '
President f-irimt is charged with heing
; jutiooted with frauds in the post- <
radernhips.
It d?>es seoni that, the whole Kepnbicftti
p nty, in office and out of office, !
n ctit itcly corru pt ami are now trying
U fanigrens to screen the guilty o|?i- ; 1
. I.. 11 * i i : - '
;i ? m. > > l? n (I'lCII IH me ('H-t', WIIV I
link.! Kuril A III! UmImIoo A Won I Hl-L I
cn;i|t. I Ir* poor h-lln*' wis <??ily I
rying in snyt.tin 111^ wi!<* in her 1 v? <
>1 VX I I'* V'AJJ* ?lt lilTHS, \ I
Ire?o<'iv?? Im'Hm-k nn?iiT coinpiiUiun, <
i i??l if he r?'????i v?ni tln-m r< lun'ani I v, if
w:im only Following in 11*f? fnn1*l <*i?* ' i
>l I?is illustrious rhiut. I?. K. I\ <
Thk Habco< k I>iaMON!M?.-\Vln*lirV?*r <
Foycc t.'ss in \V ushini?lon lie *n.1
{jikcoek <v?re utmost, ltiAi'p.'irahk1.
Tlicy w;i}ki*({ together, ro?io lotxmher, j I
imi r?n? ii fti'.i 1 I?? r H ? I " / ?? !#
etoeined Joyce un highly that ho 1
uilertained him an his h|>. < i:-tI guest at i
V>H$r Branch in the summer of 1*74.
md permitted Mrs. Bahcoek to accept i
51,<><)0 worth of diamonds ana pre- (
<?nt from the dashing and sentimental
cvenue ai?t.. which diamonds will i 1
irobahly descend hs heirlooms in the
kboook family.?fit. Louis Times. 1
Already, when a Washington belle ' t
a detected in any lit11??. sinful game, ! <
he is spoken of as Belle-napping. 1
Why i* a selfish friend like the lotorP7--Breau.sc,
though lie is the j
irst in pity, he is the lant in help. ''
ridont .Touvual.
TIJRDAY, APRIL I
REFRESHING INFORMATION.
WHAT W'OIiK IS l>OXE !l\" 77/ E PE\SIO
A K rU EA U C /. Eli KS.
Tho Widows and Oaof Soldiers Systematically
Rubbed?I'ttor Looseness,
Corrupliou, and Absence ef Accountability.
WashtNi.'i'ON', Match 1'L ? Mr. In<>h1Is,
ilepuLlican, from I\ una*, cltaro.
ed openly in I lit! Senate, a few wc? ks
al?<>, that at least live millions v?t dollars
is Iran lulentlv |>ai i out every
year on account ol pensi ms. II is eslunate
is below the t? :*!i< v. This ser
vice disbursed I a -1, year $810,2 4 8,(5(?o
1)1 this enormous sum *2 <1,2SV?,.SIR was
paid at the annual rate to pensioners,
and $2,885,180 * a* claimed to be paid
lor arroare.iH on pensions, ot which no
separate account is k' pt. The office
expenses and disbursing assents ctoi-j
sumed $ 1,07 1,7 78.
Ii thus appears that four p?-r cent
on the total amount paid to annual
jK'iiAioners is appropriated for the otiicial
machinerN 'o yet the. money into
their hands. The pension office, lik"
all other branches ot the public ser\ ice,
is corrupt, ineHicimit, ami directed by
I;: vol it ism. Toe ins! claims of tbous.
ands ol wool- koMicim, Ui'ir widows,
and their children, are po*ijtoiicd pit;cm,
i i?> 11 > 1, iiihi const mil i y i ejected in
order that lone claims may bo preferred,
con.-idoi "d, and allowed,
A par' ial inces! ijratiou of the manM?r?Minait
ot this bureau by the Comniiit?-e
on Invalid IVmikumis discloses
foiin' curious lads, us will lie lounil in
the following extracts iioin the testimony:
II. M. Atkinson, late (dinini^fiioficr
ol lVnsi*uik. ? Q.? l'nor to your appoiiiiuicut
had you any opportunity
to acquire a knowledge ol tlie manageuieiit
or conduct ol the oliiec? A.?
N <?, Kir.
Q. ? 11 :i <i \ou any knowledge of the
pctikiori laws, or ol the regulathum
pertaining to I lie granting ol pci sioii:-?
A ? \ < i ??i i
? Alter you w?r? appointed did
you |?hy any compensation tow^nl the
political luu.iy A. ? Not as Co minis
sinner ol Pension*. I paid it volant i
j ily as an iiidiv iduvi!.
Q. ? llnw r*?*oit ftlicr tlio appoint,
omul? A.? Perhaps two or three,
w eek*.
Q.? At the time you paid $dO wx*
there a Relict al assessment. (Ml all the
< mployee* ol ihe oitiee? A.?So ( nit
(iei'fs'ood. The employees in the othee
were per naps solicited to Kuhsirihe.
Q.? I >.? you know (.?en. Stiles? A
V OH.
Q?Wii? he employed in the Pen
niou Kureau hist Milium i? A.? Yes,
si r.
Q.-\Y:4n he not a cleik of the ('on
jrrv*sionnl comtuiitee list summer? A.
-lie was employed hy that ooiinnit.
tee, I believe.
Q. ? I >id In* not spend the greater
p:nt ol the summer attending to the
duties o( the clerk o( i lie Congressional
Republican ('oiumitlee? A.?Tint
I cannot say; Ik. was not in the oilier
t he cniire t iuie.
Q.? Rid he not draw pay regularly
Iroui the Pension Oilice? A. ? 1 suppose
he did.
Q ? I > i you know t s o clerks named
Railing ami Aoule? A.-Yes, sir.
Iv.-NN'efe they not in editing k den.'irtnicnt
al joiiriiKl last suniuier? A.
? Yes.
Q-IIas that journal any cjitneo.'ion
y. it n the PeUMon bureau A. ? No,
sir
h>.-Ril these men n?d draw their
pay during the tune they were
editing tins journal? A.-\ < s, but
ihoy neve ?t the cfhei duriMi$ the
usual oliice hours.
Q ? NVerethev not. employed dtiiiiitr
nfliee hours in writing editorials tor
their paper? A -Not that I know ol.
- I ) ? you know William C.tflicy?
A.- Y* s.
Q. ?Was he in the employment. <d
I l. IJ . . I . . O A
' iu# i i nmr*u \ n * u iiint't
- v?*.
Q.-What *ork did he do? A.-He
* hs ? ?? id' > *? d V?v i he (lonwo oiimI '
!U?M1 mill ee, Mild, Sy the VC?I>hI direc1
imi* lit the A**iM ml N ( r. t:iry (Cow |
i', ju-t icui^ited ], he Hn<i Mihn were
MMMitfiti'd, ;?H thai h :?M cUfMuin iry, j
*?:d hence w.*n not cxoudercd iin|>r<>{?- !
ur.
Q.-And while he wns mi time he [
'lre\v Ioh jmy Irorn lUo /'? iimom Olhce?
A.- W's.
Q.-f'or what length <?1 time? A?I
iiiiiik from June to Nrjit- niher.
Q.-Mow much did lie dri'v during
I list, time? A.-One hundred dollar** *
tnon; h.
Q.-l)id you .n)?f???ir%t * detective
F'iO\il* \ itLl'l C L' ) U? In t )k>i.i AIWKA Ikilull
iit'lii vi ii'i ? i ? i w * >\s\j ?n,i ii I
itovi'iior ol that 8:ale? A.-Yen.
Q-\Vhat wan liia nana*? A.-II, W. |
KurnisH.
(J.-Did he not Kolioit you i<? appoint 1
[vim in or.lor that he might have an
pportunily to travel? A.-No, wr;
[*ov. Kuinirtrt had been in good cir[ nnirttancoB,
but ho wart untoriunuto in
burtineHH.
Q-Wluit |?ay did lie get per mo: 11??
A.-lie drew at, llie i ate ot $1,000 a
year.
-Traveling expensvH in addition?
WSJ
, 187<>. NO. 13.
A.-Y oil.
he still in the employment of
the Pension Bureau? A.-Yes; ho is
still an agent.
$.-Pid he stale to you that he
, would like to have an opportunity to
travel in the United State? A.-t do
i not recollect; perhaps he may have;
I expect he did. I have no doubt he
j did, and he has had a very good opportunity
as special agent.
ft).-l>o von know ot any Democrats
; in thti Pension Bureau? A.- Yes. t
appointed one since 1 have been there.
<^.-1 would like to have hts name,
' A.-They are not on now.
t^.-llave von discharged 130 clerks
since the 4th of March last? A.-I do
nut remember tin* number of discharges.
<^.-Did you not appoint 9G ?onoe
you have been there? A.-It. is possible,
hut not new appointments.
f^.-Wa* not the largest number of
'0 appointments which you made new
appointments of persons who had not,
j been in the oilier before? A.-There
i was quito a number ol stu b eases, I
Nllimose Tin* Sreret are of the lute
I .11 ............ J . nor
made the appointments.
tf.-llow in^nv clorU ;iic iln>rr in tlio
Pension l>urc;ui? A-Then' are H0*?
clerks, according to the classification
allowed by law. There are now .893,
but there are a less number of a certain
(rrade.
f^.-And you have now got 3*3
clerks there, u Idle the appropriation
authorizes but 3(35? A,-Vrs
(J.- WI\y did you not comply with
the law? What was the ditt'culty?
A. - The <>n?!/ tfijjicttffi/ was tin. pnasuvc
for office.
These are only snmph-fl of confeapiouu
extorted from thi* ev t'onmiis.
sioner ot Pensions, who, liks his predecessor
that went out under a cloud
ot suspicion, has been promoted to be
a Surveyor-tit iters I, with large opportunities
tor plundering. The next
witness was John Stiles, one ot this
noble band of idle and venal clerks,
referred to by Atkinson:
t^.-State whether you were in the
employment ot the reunion Ibireuu
last summer. A.?Yea, sir.
t^.-Froiu that date to what date?
A.-From the first ot January, 1875,
right through the year.
(^.-During the summer what were
you doing? A.?During a portion ot
I lw? till Ml tuft I* I U' !1 ti 11 i > 1 1 I 1... 1 ..i? eivnoiol
?liit y.
$.-Were yon not a clerk of the
Republican Congressional Committee?
A,-l was writing for the committee.
(^.-How much of your time did you
coiiKiime iu writing tor the Republican
Congressional Committee? A.-I tliink
from the 13th of May to the 4th or 5th
of November.
(^.-During nil that time you were
working for the Republican Congressional
Committee? A.-Yes, sir.
V-How much salary did you draw?
A.-l drew my usual salary, $1,200 a
year.
ft>. -After the 4th of November,
were you not promoted from the Pension
Ruroau to a clerkship of higher
grade in the Interior department? A.
-Yes, sir.
Q.-And you arts holding that now? i
A."Yes, sir.
Q.-At whose instance w era you ]
detailed ks clerk to the Republican (
Congressional Committee? A.-The
order came to me, I think, from Mr.
Atkinson (Commissioner of Pensions).
Q.-Where were you when you re- j
coivod the telegram? A.-At my desk,
in tlie 1 Ynsou Ruivhu. I
Q.-And you reported to Mr. Atkin* i
son? A.-Yes, and he ordered me to j
rojvort to Judge Kdmunds. i
<J.-Who whs Judge Kdmunds? A.- t
Judg-* John M. Edmunds, City Post- ?
master of tliccitv ol Washttigton, and i
Secretary of the Republican Congees* ]
ei<mia1 (/Oinmittee.
Q.-Pid yon receive anything for I
your clerkship except from the Pension <
Ru,eaw? A.-Y<*s, nr. I
Q.-How much did you receive from ;
the Congressional Commit to? A.? :
Fifty dollars a month in addition to <
my regular salary. i
Q.-What salary do you got now? j
A.-I am paid at the rate of $2,00<) a 1 I
year. # j j
First, Stiles was ordered to icport *
to the Postmaster of Washingtou for
political duty, drew his pay regulaily 1
roil! the Pension Oflice, and received <
$50 a month in addition from the <
Republican Committee, and, after ? lee* \ '
tion, was promoted for these services j '
to a place ot $2,000 a year.
O. I'. J. Clark, chief clerk of the | I
Pension Bureau, furnished some re* ' ?
freshing information when drives into i
a corner: <
<^.-llow many desks arc there in i
that diviaion? A.-There are forty* '
eight persons employed in that divin*
ion. !
C^.-Ts not that whole division in your '
judgment, almost or altogether useless?
1 should think not.
g.-Cive us your host judgment.
Ought that division not to i>e lopped j
< 11? A.-If the work of ti*c Auditor's
Otliee was up to date, the work of that
division would be useless. (One is a
fiuplicitu of the other.)
g -Is not tho work of ihe Audit*/ s
Ortic? up to date? A.-No, sir.
Q.-VVhy not? A.-It never has been
! A DVEliTISEMKNT*
.Mi'cil at fl.DQ per squ.ar* for fiis', hm
f'fiv u'* for each subsequent insertion.
<>;.?? in !i Hpure wlil constitute a gqnar*
r, !ii'ili?u in brevier or display typo: les? m.i .
an inch will !hi charged for as a equate.
JlAiri.i;;a notices tree.
Death* anil Funeral notices free.
Ibligioua notices of one square f ee.
A liberal discount will be made to those
whoso advertisements Jaro to be kept in for
three months or longer.
up to date. I do not know why. I understand
they aro nearly one year
behind with their accounts.
- I)o you know N. V. Richards?
A.-Yvs.
Q.-What work doos he do? A.Mr.
Diehard* has been a sort of gen1
oral utility man.
<j.-Roe* lie do any actual work?
A.-I would not say whether be was a
good worker or not, for the r?:i*o:i
that I am unable to state.
q.-Roch he not spend a good sliar
of hi* time around the Capitol a i l
amusing himself generally? A.-I cannot
tell you, because I have J\o in an
of knowing it.
,Q.-fie lias no special luties tisxigm* I
to hi in? A.-No* I <lo not tbiiik i i* :?r,
I can say bo is an Kxamiiur ?h* aia thing
else*
The testimony throughout i* of tin*
character, showing looscr.es*, corruu
lion, und tbo absence of anv aeeouni i
ability* Ktauds on tbeJJiK'nsion fund'
collusion with outside rascals, delay
and injustice toward honest claimants,
and demoralization arc the nulumd
outgrowth of a rotten system liko
thin, which has no other object than
the ascendancy ol party and a division
ol the spoils*
Horn St kali no. ? Two cased of the
boldest stealing we have yet heard 01
occurred in our town on Monday 1?!At
one a home and the other a set of
harncsH. The horau in the prop
ci ty ol Mr. A. lb Campbell, w ho says
his loss is severe. He think* the
home was taken to Chesterfield or
Wadcsboro, N.C. The horse in dark
bay, medium size, with black mane
and tail, and a knot on inside of right
hind leg. The harness w as the property
ol a Mr. King, and was taken
olV lrom his horse near Mr. I (list's - '
shop.? /hirlimjton {southerner, 10t/i. *?
Tiik Hui'iikmk Couut Kioiw? Dowm
a C'itizicm.?A little alter*?* o'clock
yesterday morning, Associate Justice
Wright, while driving down Mam
street, looking in any other direction
than the way he should have had his
judicial eye* turned, run over a follow-citizen.
The man was severely
hut not dangerously wounded in the
head. Ho wan carried to l>r. Jack*
son's drug store in an it sensible condition,
and his wound probed and
dressed by a physician. The amusing
feature of the accident was, when t ?
man roived, and being asked how it
occurred, replied: 4,Vou n e, ho?s, no
J edge was looking one way and 1 d ?
odder, and neiver of us *eo, and d it
what bring about dis colhuiott w id the
J edge's hoHs' shoes.'1
(Jolumbia lUyi&tcr (il^
A Nkw Idka,?A gentleman living
within :4 l'-w miles <>f Anderson informs
(in that wll the colored uien who w? ro
nndcr verbal contract to work on hi*
farm tins year Kit him, and assign as
their reason that they do not intend
to work lor any man who belongs to
a Democratic club. This is rnttver a
queer proceeding, and it seems to us
that it is equally as proper for I he employer
to refuse to hira K< publicans.
Laborers can scarcely atlord to make
ibis issue, but whew it is made, the
Democrats should pr? pure to meet it
by returning it,?Anderson Jntcllirjcnccr.
UKMCS or Washington (*OINO TO
1*111 IiA.tjf.l1muA- ? l>r. A. W. Wash*
ington, grandnephew of <r."n. Oenrgo
Washington, the nearest living relative
to the father of his country, and
at resi?lent ol Denison, Texas, ships
i box cont.lining the following
articles for exhibition at the
LVntcuinal: (-ten. Washington's court
mi it of browr silk/su pposed to be ihe
mil in which bo was inaugurated.
Ivory seal, swt in gold, presented to
Washington by (ten- Lafayettesword
presented to Washington by
[ion- Darks, the famous Indian fighter,
before the devolution Knee ami
dioe buckles, and, most valuable of
ill, twelve autograph letters from
[ten- Washing'oii to his brother Sa:nlei.
<1 til I h? i .?? ? 11 177? an.l 17m l
' ' I
?ome from Mount Vernon and smite
Iront the Hold, and all giving Washngton'rt
private views ol the war then
K.-tginpr.
It in stated lliat the Duke ol M<v
lena ordered in hi* will that the legally
whieli he left to Don Carlo*1* wit?
thould not he paid beloro peace h id
jeen declared, resulting either in the
victory or defriuile defeat ol Dow Carlo*,
who wan to acquire this fortune
ailher on the throne of Spain or in exile.
Hence, since he had lost all ho -e
of ascending the throne, Don Co lo*
thought it would he uselesn to prolong
It is resistance, and that it would be
better to bring the war to a close quit
Spain, and take possession ol the iorlunc
lett him under theso condition*
? A hoy, ol Cass (Jonnty, IndM sail
he guessed he woulduscatter them darned
old hen*." meaning some woiaea
who were assembled at a quilting parly
in hi* wether's parlor. Hottjlre4
upon them through a window with #
heavily loaded shotgun, *,UL
slightly wounded two; but the
the weafwjii throw hint downabftAk,
breaking an arm and