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T.. ---------------La!- -- - -- ADVERTISINC RATES. i,~ iHHR LD Advertisements inserted at te rate of $ 5) - per square-one inch-for firt insertion, ant ifreach subsequaent insertion. D)oubl. oum reetisments en per centr o aon.mu ~Notices oftmeetin;ts, obituaries and tributes' EVERY WE DNESDA Y 11PNING, r ofrsetnaerie e qaea rim At Newberry C. ., advrtiseens. At Ne be r C H ,special notices in local colm n 20 cents By Thos. F. & R. H. Grencker, Rertisemcntsnot markedwith th.... her of insertions will be keps in till forbid Editors and Propric:ors. Invc-n4ably in Advarce.- ---~- ---- ~~-- _--* V- The mark denotes exPiration of sub- _ol. .TA1Y cription. Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the Legislature-Session 1870 ad 1871. [OFFICIA_L.] AN ACT DErLARING A TRACT OF ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LANI>, IN TH E COUNTY OF FALRFIELI. AS ES CIEATED To TilE STATE, AND TO VEST TILE TITLE TO THE SANE IN THE TRUSTEES OF RIDGEWAY ACADEMY. Whereas, one Mrs. Murdoc, wid ow, (ied a number of years s:ince, leaving as her estate one hundred acres of land in the county of Fairfield, bounded by lands of Wil (iam Dunlap, Savauel McQuarters, and others; and, whereas, she left no heirs or representatives, there fore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and fouse of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, no? met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same. That the said tract of one hun dred acres of land be, and the same is hereby, declared to have es cheated to the State. SEC. 2. That the title of the State to said one hundred acres of land be, and the same is hereby, vested in S. M. Smart, 31ses James and Wyat Boulware, and their successors in ofee, as Trus tees of the Ridgeway Academy, in the said county of Fairtild. SEC. 3. That they are hereby authorized to sell the same, -nd apply the money for the purpose of building a school at or near the above-.mentioned place. Approved March 9th, A. D. 1S71. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTI TLED "AN ACT TO AUTU0lt-M% THE COMMISSIONERS o' ITII.IC BUILDINGS FOR WILLIAMs'.UIIU DISTRICT To SELL CERTAIN 1oR TIONS OF THE PUni'IC RNS PASSED THE TWENTY-sECOND DAY OF DECE31ER. A. D. 1,59. Be it enacted by the Sewte and Iouse of Representatices of the State of South Carulina, now met and -6t ting in General Assebbly, and by the authority of the same. That so much of an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Public Buildings for Willliais. burg District to sell certtin por tions of the public grounds," pass ed the twenty-second day of De cember. A. ). 18-.9, as th-It it shall be anl jirreale con dition of sale that the pitrchasers shall erect ionie othir itant brick buildings thereon, be, and th sa01m1 is hereby, repealed. Approved March 21, A. 1D. 1S71 AN ACT TO EM'OWF7. AVTIRIZI AND REQUVIR-: T;iK 0)UNTY 001, . OM o E R S F b)1 ' ' TY To UIlD A IR THlE NC....... :::R,' u ER,ANHyt) hE. N li SECTION 1. 1e t Qd by t Senate awl 11.,,' of Ily~r('8mtat ice of thw State ofth or s 'uA,', nu met and s;tt';ej in tiueral A..Sen<liy and by the autho.rity of the .5nw That the Countyv Cotmmissioner, of Oran ;ebutg Count ty be, and art hereby. empowered and reqmtre to build (as eatrly as ptactiicable. aL bridg~e acr-oss the North Fork o: Edisto River, and to e'st ablish : road thtetreftom to the~ Townt o: Branchville, ini sail Couty,t amt if necessary for' said purpose. they may, and shall hav the right ti levy a special taN for- the purp)sL aforiesaid. A pproved 3March 9th, A. ID. 1871 AN ACT TO AUTHiRIZE sYLXAND~ MIAYO TO B3UILD) A w!IAIRF IN Til TOwN OF BEAUF'ORT. Be it enc.uted by the Senate art. Rouse of Rpresentatice~s, of th< State of South Ca'rolin~a, nowc inn and sitting in General Assembl!y and by the aut hor;ty of the .sani That Sylvanus 31ayo be, and lhe a hereby, authorized to build wharf to de sp waitet, in fr-ont o: the property ownted by him, in thc. Town of Beau fort, kntown as lot A, in block thirty-nine (39), tc colleet wharfage on the same, and to use, sell or lease the said rharf for his own use and benefit, sub ject to any laws now existing, 01 hereafter to be enacted, in r-elation It0 80h pro perty. Approved March 2, 1871. A N ACT To RE''HAR1TER MAXwELL's~ BIRIDGE OVER sENECA RIVER, IN (OCONEE COUNTY Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of R"pre'sentatices of th~ State of South CarolinaL, nowc wet and .sittiny in General Assen&bly, an i by the authority of the same, That thte bridge knowvn as Max well's Br-idge, over Seneca River, in Oeonec County, be and the same is hereby, reehartered for the term of fourteen years, and the samne vested in 3Mary L. Maxwell. Ma rion Maxwell and Annie Sloan, their heirs and assigns, with the same privileges anud rates of toll ' ' e heretofore allowed by AN ACT T1o 'ENEw 1 TIIE CILI.TER WF TiE FEulRY KNoWN AS A.-lE Poo FERlY. SECTIoN 1. Be it cnacted h,y the Senate aInd ('(s s Repres"1n1tatir S nif The State of Soath Carolina, not met and s*ttiny in General Assendbly, and hy the authority of the ante, That the charter of the Ferry across A-shepo) River, and known a Ashepoo Ferry," b, and the samie is.;, rene x-c(d for the term of fourteen year. and is herehy vest ed ill Nathlmiel .[eyward. his heirs, admiiistrators. ex eC(' tors and assigis, tr said term of four teen years, together with all th rights, privileges and imm 1uni ties heretof*ore incorporated in said charter. Approved March 10th, A. D. 1S71. AN ACT TO I NVN)RA .TE TIlE CAM DEN STE.\M CLL oMII.\NY. BEcTION 1. B' it enart(, by th Senat and IHuse of RIepr' s'nta:tiV or' the State of South C(aroina, nw(II met and sittinq n GC,eral Ascnddy and by the authority of the same, That Colin -Macrae, A. J. Freitag and Walter F. Reed, and their as sociates and successors, are hereby constituted a body pulitie and cor porate, by the name of* the Cam den Steam Mill Company, with power to sue and be sned, to plead and be impleaded, in all the Courts of Law and Equity, may enjoy all the privileges incident to corpo rations, arid may purchase, bold a!d convey real and personal es tate to an amount not execedin twenty-five thousand dollars. SEc. 2 The business of said Company shall be grinding grain, cottol, hulling anld press ing cotton seed, or DIV other sim ii il echai ical or industrial pur suit they may choose to embark inl, in the town of Camden, Soutb Carolina. The books for subscrip tions to the capital stock of' said Company shall be oPened by th above named persons, in Camden, as soon as convenient after the granting of' this charter, in sharec of' twenty-five dollars each. Said corporation may have and use i common seal, wVhich tlcy may al. tel at pleasure. Src. 3. The shares shall be deemed personal propert and b transferred only on the books o said Company, in such form the .1)irectors may prescribe. TLh sail Company shall, at all times have a lien on all the stock ol property of the members of said; corpora~tion invested therein foi all debts due from them to sai corporatioti. And 110 tranlsf*er o ser)I or stock shall be valid unti suel. debt, if any, shall be dis charged; and sad corporatiol may.1 orgm ze, go iIto operatiol tand cIImeLee busines: wh;eneeIr andi is 'soon as jive thousand dcl Iars to said stock shail be :ub scribed for, and five dzlars pe: share of the same paid intLo th< treasury of said Campanyi ini cash ad at certificate signed by~ the? Prsient anid Seeretary ofi 'ah Compan't'y, under o'allh, setin forh said subseri ption a'nday mnit, shaill be filed in the ollic o the Secr etary of' State. ISEC. 4. The stock, property a:: affairs of' said Corporation shial be managed by a Board of I)iree tors, nzot leSS thani threeC, nor mriil thani five, one of w hom shall bt ebchoseni by them Pr'esnienit, and a] of wh lom shall hold their oflice: for one y ear, and until others an" chiosej : 'and said~ )irectors shal be. annua~.lly elected, at such times and 1)1aceS~as the by-laws of sah C0 oorationi shall presr'i be. 2 ma jorty of said D irectors Th dl ii all cas~es constitute a Boald l the trans~action1 of business, and mn"jority of' the' s' eckhlers, a anyl lega.l meieting shall be cap~u ble of transacLting' tihe business o: said meeting," ea.ch shar'e entitlinl the ownriL thereof to one vote w hih mayi be g"iveni ini perlSOun 0 lawul proxy. The irst meletmi of aid Cor'Ioraition hereby formie imay be called by a majority o. te~persons niamied ini the firs1 Sctioni of this Act, at suen' timc and place, and upon~ giving sac notice t hereof, as they shal deeni reasonable land proper'. SEc. 5. Tho President and Di rectors, or a majority of' them, 1oi the time being, shallhaepw 1to fill 'ny 1aae hvic powy happen bydacanc resiatin o otherwise, for tIe currenlt year or appoint a Secr'etary' and Tr'eas urer, and such other ollicers as may be necessar'y, and may i.e quire the Treasurer and other of les to give bonds for' the faithfn dishar'geof their trust arid dutly as said D)irectors may deemi pro Ier, a'nd also, to miake and estab lish such by-lawvs, irules an~d rega lations as they' shall deem eNpe dieit for the muanagmcnent of' tIe affair's of said cor'por'ation,~ and tIh same to alter and amend :Pro'n 1ed, That the samue be niot ineon sistenit with the laws of' this State or the Unitcd States. SEC. G. The book(lsadcru ration, conltainI ig thirk ac'ounits shall, at all reasonable tim ies, oeito.1 he inanection of any ol the stockholders of said corpora tion : ani anitn statements of t the acounts of said corporation shall be made and submitted to 1 the annual meeting; of the stock- t holders. The Directors may call r in tle subscription to the capital Stock by instahnenlts, in suhpro- L portion, and at sh tiies and plaecs fs they1 may decim proper. I _riving due notice thereof, Iuder t suceh regulations and condit ions as the1,may prescribe. .i. The Said corportion I SIall. within tirty days of each an nal mee0Cti: o1 thI1e Stock-ho,li ers, lod-e a c'ertilicate vith tle Secretary of State, setting forthi the amount of capita! stock of said( comnpany acttually pail in. and tle amlount wf the libilines of the I said corporation, vii(Ii certificate f shall be sign1Ced by the President and Secretary of said Company. and certifiedly th-r oath. This Act shall coioinuc to be in force forvenov Vk".rs. Approvevd "!:11-ch 7, 1371. lFor the Hcrald. 1 LA N 1)oR PLANTATION, R CH.IELLS )EPoT, N:wui;auY DiST 1c, S. C. May 4th, 1871. To HIEs Erecz!!nc Gocnor Ri. K. ScAft. Glcerr State (f South (G,rona: pois Si:- Iaving bcen an apoloit for the unnatural ste o ov ernmient whieb we have Cddured, under your successive administra tions, i should indecd be smitten with a ju,,dicial palsy, if amid the ruin and desola1tioni that has been wroughrlt, I still be passive and manifest as heretofore, mcrely a philosophical initerest in the eon I ditions. I say an apologist ; fo.r in the equality of a common dis I tress, and the aggi-avation of 'I general distrust, I have ever coun selled a ready acquiescence to con I stituted authority and a patient enduraince, until the effects of such I systemi if system it can be call ed, should be anticipated by its OWni violent overthrow. The po I Sition You hold, as Chief 3agis trate over an unwilling people, demnids the exer-cise of the most ingeniois powers, to Cxtort it I may be, that enmulous support. which caln onlv he accorded to official acts, having the clearest tions. Much of the acerbity of feling, and much of thesweep)ing anarchy consequenit theon is the com pound and ag1eated result f fierce and rancorouis antipathies. between parties xvhiicl i the na tU-C of y-our I-eILationship toW-ari - the virtile aid intefligence of tle State, :has prevented an inter chan-Lg) ol good wNill on the one Side and gratitude on the other, breauking~ the conn'ectionl wh ib shI~iould bind toge ther thle conti - igutous parts of theC sociaL ecile( the one ebllIeng'inga the miost rek less disrmerd~ for thec ec-ononn well b eing * of the counitmry, the oh e r res.istic wha t they fe-ar wile endless eNaction s and ruins ag grssins uploni thiri rights aid property-. By absolving the peo ple fr omI all caire aid partuci pau on ini the gover-nent. it has well-igh erche t~' h le sen timnats of patrio t 1i sm an kin:dre-d v-irtuies, ami erected in their stead passions of revengeQ and kinadred vices. A grea-t philosophier and obse cr has w xrittein that the mater ial of sedition; is inuch pover-ty and' mucli disconitentmencit, wVhilist the~ causes and. on,tives ar1e taxes,a ter atio lo l)aws and eastoms beaking of privilhegs, generalop pres~sion. advainceent of uwr th pers1ons~ aiid stirangers, fac-tions gro-wn desperate ;amnd whlatsoever. ini oieingi a people joinethi and kniittethI thieii in a coninuon caus-. Have~ we not both thecse ma:terials and( thIese mfotives andi causes for bas-eniss ad depravity, wiib chara cterize ouri S:ate ? to say no It hcing Of 0ir NatiOnaI 4overn luen Cte which h-itter- is recally too far - moved fro 1ou1 dr presenlce 1.o dis tuib us, wvhilst miore proximal te grievanceCs ai-e at our very- d1oors.I We s -ee the best and abiest men of or race proscribed to make office of honoir, pi-ofit and trust, for- the m iot ignoi-ant and abandoned or a notheri i-ace. We see aL str-anger Cexcising~ theC Chief Magistr-acy over a birave, hiighi-spir-ited race, tnaIcc ust omied to sh:uniie or to ser vi tude , the armsi of SItte employ) ed to precipitate a clvii earnaage, te public ciredit shiaken, anid t he -public treasuroti squanider-ed. We see the prisons disgor-ged of its ermi nnal s. period icailly and 41pn -occasions of the gireatest puhi!i disquiet turned loose upmc socity to which t heirc lives had been lor fited, to stair the hallot box. We see theo Legislative Assemby swarinig wvith. sharpers a nc d -theves.- We see thiex eiinals ot oinly i-aised. to the- dini t. ~l4leres. tatives, hut pah oOt oh ie spoils of thle hoe--, nciii lislan ruinedI pubbe1 credtl r 0. -.. t he lard ea rued re war lI nd the in-satiable demands of tie ix-gatlhrer still imp:1osin g more. ,e see the property holder, anld ihe virtue and intelligence of lie State, Silieted to the tyran y of arimledI strangers and exiled aup(rs. The growing disaffee i'n of public senillienl Oin the ne siLe ; the grow ing abandon lelit ol* principle and( responlsibil v K pn the othe.lrm the cerltaim leml-lents of an interIinable var tu-, whieb, :i11 not oppeased by YlrvesCee into aci anarchy that Vill swep ()f" all the good of pres IIL i:stituitios, aId fLund on the lesolated void a new moddied :ommionweaclth. Society is one cass of' combustible matter. No nass so heated ever waited long Or sooltanieuls combustion. o the reflective mind ; to one Iequainted with the spirit of a >uple whose pas.ive abeyance is ot to be IIiStlkel for iIIo)01CIIeN, nd whose oppressionis are well gigh bordernwg On desperation, .he moral ebaracteristics of the and, bode fearful omlienls f'or some reat and inpenlding dissolution. rhe people will run the risk of be ig less free to be more safe. His .orY is e1pclete with instances ,vlere the ossa upon Pelion of' >ppression has been sustained, un i the weight of the supor:nm weit mass. by virtue of its gravi ation. biries benleath its ruill anv mi-rie r that seeks to repel it. It is not only the burden of ex etions, of' which the People com1 >lain, as the reckless and impro :ident misapipropjriation of their iardly extorted contributions to .he public treasure, Under which hey have grown restive. Ihe ig orance. the gross and profane ex r%avIgance w ich characterize cv ry branch of the public service, emote it may be 1rm the scat )f government, but sufficiently owitiguous to every county seat, 0 render its acts odious and dis raceful, calls for speedy acid borough reorganizat ion. W espeak more particularly conecring the Department of Public Education A' which you are :1C head, and which is under the iir-ection.in eel :1ountv, of' Three Commi-50ssioners, ppoiited or elected for a term of' f vears, and supposed to be en lo wed with satiicient education themlselves, to be capable of jud-,g .g Of' the qu11aliilentions of' teach 1rs, who are :Ippointed or licensed by them. Surl'elv,i ii this is a ben ,it an(I a bocin, wlich in its lihe ral aId comric;ehensive policy, Ltreatens if persisted in, to entail Smgiittiude oi debt upon future ener'1ations), you sir, as Ex-Offic hari'man of t1he Board of Super intenIdeits of Ec:cation. Should Cee to it. that so) Importait atrust is confiiled to fit and appropriate heao;. Te'se:C positiuls 1m the l 'ounties ar'e filled!, as you muust be aware, mostly by freedmen of he most igno raint and stupid cliss, somcetimets by aliens of an ithen coloc', inceap able in most iu stan ces of fiing soi c ~~ saec'ed a ardi,ansip. ancd over whvlichi there i now execised~c aL neligenct ad-1 ciistrai'on,i) exc'ept inc the cdistr'i butionc of thc fun-i. It is inideed i delor'able luuicc liactcion. to wit ess the isapprlcciopriationl 0 f wh'lat, uder jucious() and1( consei :cceiius admicnistratien, should coni tribute to elevate the pucblic mind, zonlvercted inito a reckless, iin ~i lipedan u hy pcatr'onage2,ta cay be merely the educationl of' etter's anid ncot theO cducation of criiciple. There ennL! be nod ob.jec tionc to the utmost ilhcunincation of' t he pcublic mind(; nor do we share icc tce anitipathie~s o1 those who woubclI refuso eiven sciecectc tc) the mass; ic)r do we advocate a r'etc'ench menlit oft the meancs and clot (f Lthe node of' disp)encsinccg thcis compuIbll ~oy education . The1 sagaecity ofi Bcrke shr iew'cly p,rcioonnedI "ed iCntionc thie chceap def'ece of lia ions." but Ihe ebiaracterized! with o loss foc'e acnd jucsLtness th li cOil Iulsory' expedc ient t 'r3 theO reliefn of' hat it is dowicrighct f'raudl. Now or the remedy, which we trust oc will not ~consider too trivial 'or the gravity of'your consicdera ion, whicht is not too trivial to roocte or' dliinish the initerests ~f the peondle. We hcave Ia ihit o cdemacic thIat thecSe ahnoncers of e pcublic ebrt shall. as long as lasts, be selected with Educa ioca:l ccal ificationls at, least, to be Wibe to'rcead and write correctly,. tncd to Ice able to) exec'ise Ia tis imaina tive judcigmeni,t ocver the nac'ilicaticn of tIc t 'enebercs emi clov 'ed. Asi chief(c'(cO Supeitendant ga 't' mcciht be exer'e:-'l icc criinaIting wh cheri-- thet Boarc'tc 'e co'mpedten :'nclt to dc,isechar'ge. antc in this 1 a:'ic'ienh'a-c ee at the 'cmmon)l)we:ditic sutieLrs no cdetri enOt bcy cdriv'iing cutitthc gangs of ite'ate acid inicocmpetenc.'it pucblic i'cer'is t hat, till thce positionsc of non-b;i'u 'espnc cibcilityv with nicc r ceiiding ben'illj uipon the mora:c. ei L' .-eiety. icnto which I c'' ci:ce 'il' hL l?,c odc' bit birnings. We -hold you responsi- of le no less for your omissions than tll [or your acts of comnission, and cL nItec itean be no derogation toyour suliciency to rely upon couisel. to and hold men's hearts by hopes if C riot by satisfaction. There now (.1 abides upon the aspect of our al- P ways law-abiding people an in natural scowl, a resolved sturdi- \k ness in attitude and gait to resist M further encroachments upon rights anld property, and whether we e look to the unmitigated evils of' \ which we complain, or to the \\ deep and settled spirit of resist- G ance which is determined upon, we cannot but feel that we are on n the verge of a crisis. There beats not an honest or an di ingenious heart, that in calm and tl sober reason, does not frown cen- fl sure upon irregularities that tend to inaugurate anarchy or discord, I but there are periods in the nioral ie history of a people, when a blind a] anId headlong desperation drifts ii public sentiment by impulse and C not by reason, and the tide can no more be withstood than the w onset of the elements. CaIute 'c1 himself would have been over- is whelmed by the flood, had he h obeyed the flattiries of his cour- c tiers and believed that, as wave b after wave rushed for%ward and broke back, that the flood was re- r tiriig at his command. But states- ai man as he was, he found it expe- 11 dient to recede before the inevita- a. ble element that was still coming on. 1 In the words of a great wri- ri ter, "Our rulers will best promote t< the improvement of the people by ft strictly confining themselves to s< their legitimate duties ; by leav ing capital to find its most lucra- b tive course, commodities their fair tl price, indus-y and intelligence a their natural rewar'd, idleness and t! folly their natural punishmenlt; e by maintaining peace, by defend- C ing property ; by diminishing the t tie price of law, and by observing v strict economy in every depart- 11 meit of the State." Let the Gov- i ernment do this, and the people I will assuredly do thc rest. a I have the honor to be a Very respectfully, Your obed't serv't., r THOS. G. WHITE, 3M 1). 1 Tax-Payers' Convention. t SCOLU:MA, S. C., May 9, 1S71. j, The Conven tion met at 11 A. M. a Dr. T. .1. GoodwVnI was called ii to the Cbair, and MI. Robert Ad- t ams requested to act as secretary. a The Counties were called, and the a following delegates p r c s e n t e d y themliselves alni signed ( heir nIames: i Anderson-.Juhii B. Sitton. o Barinwell-jiohnson Iagood, T. v J. Counts. Beaufort-H[. C. Smart, J. 11. Sereven. c Chrarlestonr-G. A. 'r-erhIolmn, T. L. Y. Simonrs, Rt. Lathers, Geor-ge y Shirewsimry, W. I). Por-ter,. W. B. c i-ox. t Chre-tr-A. H. 1)avega, J. S. I Wilson. Checsterfiek'-E. B. C. Cash, A. ' 3M. Lowr-y.a I)arliniton-F. F. Warley, Ed>- I war-d 31e itoshr. C'lar-endmon-Johrn L. X1anin ig, s lFai r-iebl-J ohni Brattonr, T. WV. c Woowar-d. EldgetirIld-0. Shreppard. A. P. c Butler. 31. C. Butler, M.. WV. Gary, 11 Georgetow~'n-Bern. 1H. Wilson. - Gree-nvile-J. L.WXestmrorelanrd. Kershaw-Jamews Chrestniut, WV. 3M. Shannon.t Larnc-aster-WX. .M. Conners, J. L Laurens-3. WY. Ball, G. WV. Sul- u ivarn. Lexingtonr-J. IN. iHuffmani, F. I S. I.ewie. 3Marlboroc-C. WV. D)udley, T1. C. ni WVeathrerly. Newhaerry---Ellisorn S. KecitI, v IRob)ert L . 3i eCaiighinii. a Ur-angeburg-T. J. Gouodw.yn, '] D. J. IHumnpf. I,Hehlanrd-Wmr. Wallace, Edwin 'J J. Sc-ott, D. IH. Chamnberlainr, Ri. D. n Senn, W. K. Green field, C. II- s Baldwin. Spartanburg--G. Cannon, A. B. t. XWoodrff'. t Sumrter-Johrn B. 3Moore, F. Il. hb Kennredyv. Unii.ii-WX. IL.X Waac-e. P W\ilharmsbrg-l>azvi Epphals. It ork-Jon . indn,Ca. lr-. B. W. Ball miovedl that t lie (hair appolinlt a comflnutte-e af nii ne i, i oiiniat Ce fler ilelit ohiCi5cr (A te (Coniverit in.a i. Wil-"oa. of Ge.or-getoawn. r mrovedl, as a substitute, that the1 v onlvenlitionl proceedl at onlce to e ballot for permiianernt officers wir- t ouit a counittee. It Somrne discuissiorn thlen s[prlang up, I11 pa:rtici pated in by 31 essr's. Bal It ard Birtler, fir thre motion, arid essrs. Wa'ilsonr anad Simns1, fr aPI te subistite. Thei queiastia',n was hen pot, as to lihe ad.Tali4ii Ut thie .-subIstitine. and c-arried-l by a r vote of 21 to --. ..m. ('L ,rat bm?ittedI a sui rules and regulations to goveri e Convention, which were adopt The Convention then proceedet the election (f officers. Genl lesinut was nminal:ted zund de nled, mnd nlominatedl -Hr. IN. 1) rte., of Crle'stol. en Butler nominated Gen. M Gar, who declined in fa.1vor o i. 1Porier. r'e tOli offies were elect ice-Presidents-M. C. Butler., C DudIley, D. 11. Chamberulain A-lriel Cannon. Secretaries-Messrs. W. M. Con >r and My-ron 11. Fox. President Porter was then con icted to the chair, and addrcsset e Convention substantiully a: lows: G ' LEnEMEN OF TH1E CoNVENTION thank you for the honor coi red upon ine. I an ghl. to se< -ound e so many ut the goo en and true, to whom Soltl arolilna in lier better days wa: ad to confide her hoio, an ho are now as faithful as thel er have been. 31y only rcgrc that the occasion is not mori ippy and pleasant. To rebuk, >iiiuption in high places, and to obligcd to take lmea:lsurCS ti LVC ourSelves firoi irretrievabl, in, is a duty by no means plea It. As it has been placed upol , let us discharige it manfull; dh with fidelity. The fundamen I law of the State and the Unite attes secures to the people thi hit to assemble peaceably, an seek by all lawful means redres r their grievalices. We are a mib!ed inl such a manner an1 fu ich a purpose. It is admitte, y fair-minded mien of all partie lat there are great public grit; lces, and that by their presene( iCre his been calied into exisl ace such a Convention as this onVCUtiOl unl1)recedented in a iw history of the Slate-a Col cetion to secure to ourselves roper share in a representativ overiinieit. We have no legii Lfive powe-r ; we are Simply a ivisorvy body: but we can inquir rid investigate ; we can colle nd embody investigation ; we ca commenid to the people, wb aVe conferred UTpon us this truts ch measures as we deem nece AIry fRi their security in the ft ue. Let there be fairness an istice. If we "nothing exten te," let uis set dowr na1ght i alce. The first great wroig Ie increase in the public debt n extraordinry increaSe, as dImitted on all haiinds. Thle pe le of the State are entitled t now and imist know the amnoui f that (ebt. Tihey must kno ,hat is tile actual as wvell as th tin;gen' liabilit of the State ouith Cairolina. That the- appl ation of the public moneys huas eenI extriavaganiit, wild and )pron ate. admits of no doubt, it is wit) ut quest ion ;and, perhaups, nevi 1 the history oft a peopile w:1 bere an istaince whelire this ei :ssness5 :un1 pro1igacy wa~s mi'' hmelessly p:'n. orpi aumnts itself in the light of da: nd assiumes ti) itself the garb< onesty. If these thinigs arc in becked and rebuked, they will ri tilt not only in dleimoral izatior ut ini banik ruiptey and ri-n. Tb redit of thle State is dearer t one than it is to us. It has bee ir traditioinal policy to keep ani 0o(d the public credit, nt mdl nuestonled, but iinsuspiected. emneain niot repuidiationi, but w rlemn tmannier, to give notice tIn be public eredit of South Ii(aroli as beenl striaiined to thme most e: reme )ioint and( that w hiate bigatioiis Iinlanciers take, the ist take them at their own peri .et e admiiionish you to be pr' it and wvise ; to avo id paurt o ities-. [For every fair-miiin de ian who is willing to put his se: 1 isapproval on coirruptimn, or iling' to go wXit h us i correctin buses, wve have a welcomi ing hunt hose men are our friends, an bould be welcomied to our ranuk 'he late waLr left this people ai ost impoverished. Upon thei Le of' the war, one of the mo: aluable species of propierty-ii ian onie-half of what was left t Lbe people-was stricken out at low. Never were there at peop| n the ltee oft the earth w ho' wer ie enitiitled to) sympa:thy tha bie people 0f South Carolinia. I ie miame0 of that p eople, i mie bsed. abnuo.st ruined, I call I up. on toi brinig to yohur aid y'ourf i le.st efforts at this thne. C oh,iil Ilihard Lathlens thet .iressed the (Convenmtioni. hiete ing to thet Stetlimig Fumud hill. wit hih his na.me hadl beeni conneie d. lie satid, referrinmg to his via > ohiu~n (hi uig the session < m:~in wit a grea:t. 'esirne to Io soml hini for the bondsl of the S'tat louse. I examined~I the b,ill. ati a that alt huou:h it, inigh:t be S ate inre thant it aotbl eg' tiiate the loan. that it was ood tin mi.. 1 w. .sO rejoiced t i passage of this bill, that I called - upI the Governor, and made cer- n tain propositions to him. I pro- e I posed that a committee consist;ng J of the Governor of the State, Bar- I ing Brothers, of London, Brown Brothers. of New York. and Mr. S G. A. Ti-enholm, of' Charleston. should be appointed to negotiate I' the loni. Tle (overnor accelted m1y proposition, and said it would Tr -'bea gat faxvor if' I would remain ti ovr a day or two and address two t< ("). c muit'es. I proposed, t.hen, t , at tile committee suggested hy h mi should hold over for twenty ri - ears, the limit of the bill. The a Igrcat objection to the bill in its present form was, that -no one r I knew the extent of the public debt v Sof' the Statc, and knew still less about the men who were to make r, Lhe niegotiations for this fund. III tl sipporLt of his views, he read the C ToLtest of the members of the t I llouse and Senators against the h1 passage of the bill, and added : s 5"What possible evidence could we b use the more strongly to oppose this loan ?" Thbe tire loan stock a t of' 1SS was taken up and a cor parison drawn between the ple1Jre then made by the State Govern- C > ment and that to be male under t the bill. The former had been h violated, and the moneys pledged F - had been appropriated for other t Ii purposes by the presel't Legisla- t ture. 10 %waS amazed "that those - scoundrels on the other side. wilo I i e denonlill" this Ineetill. :.)houl do so merely in order to r r get Imore money Tor their own r us. e referred to the system of , lhiig," and entered into a I lueid expl,anatiOn of it. The State ( J Government hadl been purzning a 1 ssem of' that kild for the past three years. Accounts of corrup. S tion etc. had golle North and ( tended to put down the price of a bouds. Lands had been pur,'-chased t It in large quantities at Cnormnous L 1 i ice, to give away to the favor- r a ites of the Government and the t e State had been a los'r 10 the ( 5 amount of S600.000. He referred E n to certain tables which had ap- I C Pe'ared this morilingr in a "certain t Radical sheet," and excused the I n partial incorrectness of his own 1 o tbles, by asserting that it was I understood at the time he made 1 them, that it was difficult to get 1 I- at the facts periectiv. The other 1 d side had given them a mass of fig- I I- Il-Crs it tie last m1omen11l1t, which, I ni he thongit. were "fixed up." The 1 is assets had all been marked up, and -- the liabilities all marked down. is The assets of the State had gone 4 - 1o)wn from .490,000.000 to $1S3, 0 000, anld the liabilities were in It !iereased 82,000.000. The taxes vwere increased many hundred fold. e lie closed by advisinIg that the i committee huld over as a perm i- nent body. if not in continuous session and gave notice that Ie iwould intr'oduce a resolution to -that ehLect. Such a body ill at rteniance. at the seat of' Govern s mnen t wxoul d have a sal utary effect < tin chieckiung all m:uimecr of' abuses.1 -e Geni. I)ule iLl(&ieredf a resoluion 1 in which was agreecd to, thlat a coin-) miiiittec of eleveni he apinPted byI ' the ebair to confer with his Ex-< t 'e]fllncy Grov. R. K. Scott, in pur siance of' the fourth riiesolut ion of'I the (Cham beri of Commerce and e B oarid of' Trade of the city' of o Char lston, ami re1'port to this Con n ventio'n in writimg or otherwise. <4 SCoh. Ellisirn S. Keitt oilfered a< y ofered1 a ser1ies (o1 reLsoluItins, r'e-1 -litiv'e to) thce se.leioni4i of1 delega~:tes < e to prioceedh to) Was:hinton aiml t I me~iize theIZ' li Precsidenict and i tI Congress5l'c irebie to the coniioiG1 aof things' inl tihi. State; which wr - hddil' onl th al e 0 4. r\3lr Warlley intr'oduced a re4.,- I vltion,i wieb' wais adopted,. that< .it bec referred'c toth Exic h:eutiv'e Com1-4 I i mitte' to inireai" and rep1or't iipon~ I y what termlis. ai for' whlat conid~4 d eratilolnl'.h mingi and e.xcntionil Sof th ilne lidlge RIailroad C.om s pay, ad oher ompaiesof a' m'oriuXtgae0.1 t-> Ilnr Ci'vJlews, Ile..ry L(irinadGe. amer'oi, to m i seenriie tIle payment.lc of certomn . hnds wa railld nd. confirmtl(d 1.b h egsaue anid the said s. mrtgagre declared to be a "lien1 t pior to) that, of t.he Staite oni all -e priopIerty de'scribed in said mnort o gaige, 'nd on ie etir ie line of the aIlL'e I idge Railr'oad, :id on~ all 41 other prop1ertIie's of thle sever'al e compi.::oe5, oir whichi they, oJr ei ai ther. of themfl, iny here'after' ac i'4<p:ire." Tha:t the committee be hi inlstruci4.ted4 to reortbo' what actin a ii anyc~, canl be taken by this body . 4P to peent the sulborIdiliation o thie "tate's lien upon the line of! ni the Illue IRidge Railroad,. and theL it Gen. Gar olee rslto >f wh ichi wa''s~adop4ted, that a. com.1 1. mlitteeO of se'ven he. apinited. to I. l-)i'htture o ti. (,44State41 as to the 'I ex1ei'ne :04141f reeain or4 m'oilI li14 a)' i::-i t e' NleIt:'n hL ws il ci tis The chair appointed as the oom ittee to confer with the Gov rnor, Messrs. M. C. Butler, C. Dnes, G. Cannon, B. W. Ball, W. [. Wallace, Richard Lathers, F. Warley, G. A. Trenholm, R J. lott, C. W. Dudley and T. C. ieatherlv. Mr. Bal introduced a resolution, -hich was adopted, that the com ittee appointed to confer with ic Governor be further instructed consult with him and ascertain what extent the County offices ar been incroased unnecessa lv, with a iiew to retrenchment id reform. On motion of Col. Cash, t i !solved that the Governor beijas ited to a seat on the floor. I1on. G. Cannon introduced a -solution, which was adopted, lat the committee appointed to >nfer with the Governor be for Wir instructed to ascertain from im the amount of bonds he has gned, and what disposition has cen made of them. At 2 P. M., the Convention took recess until 4 P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. The President read a communi ation from J. L. Neagle, Comp rolier-General, stating that ho ad sent copies of his annual re ort, and also circulars. showing he condition of the funded debt of le State. Mr. C. W. Dudley, after a few reIatory remlarks, introduced the >1lowing re;olutions, which were eterred to the Executivo Con mittee. Res:olced, That the people of the tate meditate no rcsistance what ver to the Government of the Anited States, and intend in re poet thereto to conduct them Aves as peaceful, law-abiding itizens. Resolved, That however dis asteful the reconstruction meas res have been to the Suthern ind, we now view them as finali ics. and recognize the duty of >beying them in letter and in pirit ; and, as far as in our power ies, to make that duty pleasant. Resolved, That we look to timo d to peaceful agencies, only, for ,he solution of any difficulties that iow exist, or in the adminisl_; ion of the public offices of thiS tate; and we entertain the belief .hat all the changes and modifica ions that be desired in that exn iection can and will be effected by ,he quiet influence of an enlight ed pub!ic opinion, Resolved, That the exigencies )f the times demand from the peo >le other efforts than those in .ended to promote the success of y "party," their true interests onsisting in uniting with good itizens of any and all parties in )romnoting the welfire of every ietion aud of every class of tho >eople. Recsolvred, That iVc deprecat.' ny and all local disturbances rising out of the irritation conse ient up)on the supposed nmal-ad ninistration of public affairs in .he State, and we appeal to the >eople to respect the laws and to ook to them only for the redress >f their grievamnces. Mr. F. F. WaPley offered resn utions, that the Convention ex mort the people of the State to ibtainm from all acts of v'iolence, tnd to rely upnlr the law and >ther prnerPC agencies for the re ress of th'ose grievances, of which ,ey justly complain that his Ex elleiner the Governor having ex ressed a desire to ainiIt good nonl to office, it is but due te him hat the citizens of each County hulId confer with himi fully in efleece to thme fit.ness of his ap >in tees to ,f!iee ; that we re -onnmed to the ~ peole Ic bhroughou t ie State, without reference to po ieal p;:r iies, Io assemble and etition! thme Leg:M'a! ure to repeal sees.s and obnoxious law's. Ri erred to the Executive Cons nititee, Mr. Chiam.berladn 7fTeredI a res" ution, that thme Executive Com-. nittee be istruceted to inquire in o the alleged acts of punblic vio enme, imnd report such p,lains a. hey may deem best fonrrthie enfer net of t lie lawvs anmd the protQc ion of all the citizens of the jt.te. (in motion of Mr. Warley, it .T."'red. TI.at wh'len the Coin eut ion amjouirnm to-daiy, it adjourn o meet to-morrow, at 12 !'. Mr. Chamberlain offered a eU ution. that a comimittee of five lre tprpointed to examine into the ne onmt between the State and tIhe inaciail Agent in .New York, and hatuhy call upon tho Gover nomr or his niid anid aumthonty in p,rose -iting~ ie exainaiitionl. Referred o lie Excutive Comnittee. Thie tollowing~ genttelemen were pointedl on the Executive Comn nittee :tnames 4.lcstnut. Johns:nr 'v, A. I'. A'-h i b. 1l1emry Gourdin, I C. Smamr. V mi. Wa:llace, R. L. MlcCaghlri i. TP. .1. Goodwyn3, .i L. Wesmnoreland. A. H. Davega. 1. B. W',ooirui.