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'Il FamilyCmain, eoe to Literature, AlscRay News Agr Vol. X6 WEDNESDAY MORN]ING, MARCH 18, 184VN. TH~E HERALD 18 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNINGS T~bry t Editor and Proprietor. r. - Th oe isstopedat the expiraflou Of M? The X4 nurk denote expiraion of sub-' wsiption. - THE L A W YERS PATRON SAINT. - A LEGEND.j A glorious Italian sunset Was oyiDg; the last &io 1 jifl i"t Pete"-, -wh&e-ti light brooded below; And tbe'mornn's beanuifm gartuent and .4*of.ro8yliHt,. -.,fterek amd worn, and faded, Were unclasp In the garden jjfthvn-taXKedj4,-near the %a' oQ?ybrizp, n1m*'411el the evenwng's sbadowsdi. -mir-J -I~~ around him; did he heed OrF;WTo'er the Pinclan hilltop t%e r1sing. -V'.- om'h is soul was troubled, fox Xo Saint had,:ha kgal p,fsin; what one has r ue? 'That gan,f~ begge I ~a,g~4h~I,g.*malppery pa&hway the 320 408st1vie law to Beamea. (5a-waapbminAhls Signor Givommi, In.:* * a~tu~e, .2a r~buammdtioeslafd,h And - that was the way I mad the acquaintance of Mrs. Frok sham. We were stopping at a hotel a Sandy Beach. Mr. Grogstar ha a room next to mine, and before had been in the house three day we were the best of friends and after he intiroduced me to m, dear Delia, I thought more of hir than ever. I say my dear Delia. Yes ou %equaintance ripened into love ind she confessed that I had wi ber- affetions; and her confessioi was made within three.weeks o 1he day that Grogstar introduce4 ne to tis lovely creature, "Twat on the evening of a day, Which wein 4ove had dreamt away," is tifiepoet says, that I made m3 )roposal. We were sitting upo i emimence near the sea-1 al Delis's feet, looking up into hei >eautiful eyes, she looking ocean vard, her lamb-like countenane Haminated by one of her child ike smiles. "Delia," said I, and as us6al ir ucn eases, I took her hand 'Delia, you are the only womar ,at I ever loved-the only wo nPE. n(h snnek anespremely As-usual in such eases, she dni rot *ithdraw her hand. lb, lyoa darting?" I urged, fter-a slighIpane,;getting ready o press her to my bosom. ervlius," she xeplied, in her ieet, iftte'like"Voice-"Cornelius, ver bgen through with this be efore; therefore, I beg you'll ex use me tor any seemirg lack o Othusiasm; but believe me, Corne. kWsf- Love jyou very, very dear "And may I call you mine ?" "es," he faltered,, with such n innocent, child-like smile upop er countnance that I could hard. y believe that she was a widow. After esorting my beloved back o the botel that might I rushed ito Grogstar's room to tell him in good fortune. I found hi& sitting by the open vi'dow, enjoig the sea-breeze, .d 'smoking.in a-calm and medi ative rmanner. He welcomed me ith a cheerful smile,.and motion dme to take a seat. But I couldn't sit ; I was'alto ether to full for joy. "My dear Grogstar," cri ed I, ancing before him, ecstatic ally, you behold the happiest man ir be world. She is mine." "Ah, 'you refer, I suppose, to o the widow ?" "Yes, to my Delia. The young, he artless, the dove-eyed, the in ocent and unsophisticated crea re who!-by-the.way, Grogstar cannot think her as being a wid "But she is, Tynear. She is a ridow. in fact my dear fellow, .1 oppose that's what makes hei eem so artless. So she has-" "She has promised to be mine frogstar." I thought.there was a tear it iy friend's eye, but it may hav >een ceaused by the @moke fron is.pipe. He grasped my hand. "Tynear," said he, with evident imotion-"Tynear, I congratulati 'o. She is a jewel. She is on< >f a thousand. You are a lucky nan to win such a woman, but yot lon't. know it. You think you do >ut you don't. You imagine tha rou are happy, but you've no idea uow happy you ought to be, uin [e the circumstances. She is: nost remarkable woman, Tyneam ~iiT assuie jou that-that she it widow." Then Grogstar wiped his eyes nd resumed his pipe. "I am glad,.my friend;. that yot pprove of my choice, and 1 hop :o see you at the wedding." sai( "I shall -eertainly come. ma lear sir." returned Grogstar. " old D elia-Mrs Frogsham, ihould say-that I should expec in invitation to her next wedding and she promised that I shoul< save one. is the day appointed ? "No, but I shall not feel secur< in my happiness until it is. OLi my dear Grogstar, excuse m; motion, but if you had ever lovel as I love, you--" -"I have" he interrupted, " know jnst what your feelings ar< Give them vent. That was al that saved me." "What! did y'on ever love a w< man ?" "Yes, she was a woman," wvaile Grogtar, "and-and she was widow." "Did she die !" "I would be alone, he murmnure< laying down his pipe. "I fee1 it coming, 'A feeling< sadness and longing,'" and as b turned his face toward the sea, am sure I saw a tear glisteningi the moonlight as it trickled dow hi. nose. e ."The sight of happiness makes him sad when he thinks of his own sorrows," I said, as I quietly t left the room. d The next morning there were two arrivals at the Sandy- Beach s hotel. Gne was Mr. Bluggd and the other a Mr. Nogglestone, both of London. When I appeared on the piazza they were both talking with Grog r star. The latter bade me good morning as I passed. "Is that him ?" asked Bluggs in asuppressed voice. "Fortunate man !" exclaimed Nogglestone, when Grogstar an swered in the affirmative. Did they refer to me! If so, then my friend must have told them that I was Delia's accepted lover. Perhaps they bad seen her, and perhaps they were both charmed with her beauty ; and poor fel. lows, how they must have envied me! I was thinking of this, my bos om swelling with pride and joy, as I .quietly smoked my morning cigar, when my beauteous Delia appeared at the door. Grogstar, Bluggs, and Nogglestone raised their -hats simultaneously. Delia bowed and smiled-oh, so sweetly! Ah, she was so happy in my love that she could not look coldly fp on any one. Then she came for ward and .took my arm, and we walked down toward the beach. "You know them, it seems, my dear? Iquestioned. j."W1*4 Mr. Btaggs-Mr. Nog glestone ?" "Yes, sweet." "Oh, they were old lovers of mine," replied Delia, with that childlike smile; then, noticing that 1er answer did not seem to in Fdrease my happiness, she added "but that isn't my fault, Corne lius. I wasn't to blame for their loving me, I didn't ask them to. I never asked.apybody to love me but yoa Cornelip, dear.' "But they caa't help it, said I ,.you are so-beautiful and-so good. It'sa wonder to me'that'Grogstar never love o. "O,he did," cried Delia. "He was my third lover.". "Ha!" I caught her in my arms as wve stood on the sandy shore, and pressed her to my bosom. '-Oh, Delia, if you love me. name the day-quick !" I cried. "'Twould break my heart to lose you; and here you are, surround ed by three of your old lovers, who are undoubtedly waiting to snatch you from my arms at the first favorable opportunity. Name the day, darling, and let it be soon. The suspense will be terrible un til I can call you really, truly my own. Ah, now, too well I know the cause of Grogstar's emotion, which he vainly tried to conceal, when I told him you had promised to be mine. Name the day." "Will next Thursday do, Cor nelius?" she asked in her musical voice, while a tender blush suf fused her beautiful countenance as she timidly raised her dove-like eyes to my face. "Yes, Thursday will do. I think I can survive a week," I answer ed. "We will be married here, then, .iu my, little parlor at the hotel." "Yes." "And if you have no objection, I should like to have a few friends present." "I have already invited Grog star," said I. "Yes, and I should like to have Mr. Bluggs and Mr. Nogyglestone there." "Do.you think they will be able to bear it, my dear ? Won't it be too much for their delicate or ganizations?" "They will bear up for my sake," said Delia. "Then let them come," I an swered, turning my eyes toward the hotel. But imagine nmysur prise and alarm to discover Blaggs, Nogglestone and Grogstar, all seated at the latter's window, each man holding a large telescope in his hands, and each telescope be ing pointed directly at Mrs. Frog. sham and myself. "Delia," said I as the cold per. spiration broke out all around my nose-"Delia, we are watched." "They always do just so," shc answered. "They watched Mr. Progsham the same way, but they don't mean anything wrong." d"Oh! they don't ehb? But J won't trust them, my dear. They amay have formed a conDspiracy t snatch you from my arms. I don't like the expression of Nog U glestone's eyes, and there is a sin ister curl to Bluggs' nose. No, >f let us return to the hotel immedi e ately. Until we are married I shall not feel secure. I hardly n dare trust you out of my sight." n "Dear reader, I cannot lingel over the next few days-the lasi of my single life. They were tc full of anxiety and vague terr that someLhing awful was about t happen. I hardly dared leave Di lia alone for a single moment, an never retired to rest until satisfie by the snorings of Bluggs, Noggli stone, and Grogstar, as I listene at their doors, that they wer wrapped in slumber. But, Thursday came at las Several of my friends from Lor don came down in the mornin train, and with them the Rev. Mi Alderborg, who was to officiate a the wedding. Quite a number c Delia's friends and relatives cam also, so there was a pretty littl company gathered in Mrs. Frog shim's parlor when the bride au bridegroom entered the room an stood up before the clergyman t be joined in the holy bonds of mat rimony. I speak of the bridegroom, yo will observe, as if-well, as if h were not myself. This is owin; to the fact of my having obtaine< most of the particulars of the-th -performance from anothei'r peT son. As for myself, I was in i semi-unconscio.is state for th i-greater part of the day. Too mue' happiness, no mater in. what fors I take it, is sufe to fly to myead and that was "wbat was the mat Ler-with me on my wedding-day. But I was -consious through i all *of the presence of Blugg2 Nogglestone, and Grogstar. Ai through the ceremony they kep their eyes fixed upon my face. think they were in a sort of clair voyant state, for they seemed t< take all my feelings upon them and when Mr. Alderberg pro nounced Delia and I one, we fou sighed in concert, and lookei around us with a smile, or, rathe four smiles. Then came the congratulations the wine, a short ride to the rail road station, the tearful partings then with my beautiful wife bi my side, the train dashed oh, bear ing us away upon our wedding toui I have not yet told the reade that my wife had resided a Langholm previous to our mar riage. ZShe owned a fine hous there. fand thither we repaired t< Arriving at the house in thi ev'ening, I was somewhbat surprise' upon being ushered into the par lor by my wife, to find the roon filled with children, who made rush for Delia the mQrment she en tered the room. "Why, dear Cornelius," c.ried th dearest of women, looking up int< my face with some confusion de picted upon her innocent looking countenance, 'I don't know-] think I must have forgotten t< tell you anything about my chil dren.' "Your children !" "Yes, dear." "How-how many-have yo -got on hand ?" I asked, in som Ibewilderment, looking around o1 the sea of smiling, childish faces. "Only twelve," Delia answere demurely. 'T welve ?' 'Yes, four sets, Cornelius,' re plied the paragon of women, pu ting up her little rosebud of mouth for a kiss. I sank into a chair. 'Madame,' said I, 'you are doubl less aware that I am fond of chi dren; I dote on them, and I al preciate this little surprise yo Ihave given me.' 'Oh, I knew you would.' 'Yes, I do. What splendid chi dren! Are they all here?' 'Yes, dear.' 'You are sure that there ar none running' about loose oul side ?' 'Quite. There are just four Bet and they are all here.' 'Sets ? I don't know that I ut derstand you. Please explain.' 'Why,' she b eg an, lookin charming-ly naive, 'l mean sets< triplets.' Then she set down upon m; knee, and put her beautiful arr around my neck, while the tweh' grouped themselves into setsi their regular order, and with the bands behind them, stood starir at their new father. Then n wife continued thus: 'I mnarrit my first husband in London. I is the father of Set N~o. 1.' 'Ah, indeed! After he became father, I suppose he died.' 'No. he-he became discouraIe< and retired. He said that he he heard that there was luck in od Inumbers, but he wouldn't believ it. So he left me, and I-obtaii ed a divorce.' 'But Grogstar told me that M~ Frogsbam was dead.' 'Oh, yes, he died. I wvas speal lng of my first. His name w: Nogglestone.' 'Nogglestone ; the gentlem: Swhom yonn invited tn onr weddine o 'Yes, darlinz,. M1y second was >r Mr. Bluggs, and lie got discour ,o aged, and-and retired.' 3- 'Did he become a-a father, too?' d I inauircd anxiously. d 'Yes, Cornelius. Set No. 2. be - longs to him. I married Mr. Grog d star next, and he is the father of e Set No. 3. 'And he became discouraged?' t. 'Yes, and he retired. I obtain i- ed a divorce 6om Mr. Grogstar, and married M. Frogsham.' . 'And he was the father of Set .t No. 4.' >f 'Yes darlingZ e i 'And he gotriscouraged!' e 'Yes, and- did,' replied Delia, - arising and stAsding before me in d [all her lovelinis. d -For one. rAment I sat spell. ; b'ound, gazing.first at the twelve, -'then at my 6eutiful wife. With some4ifficultyJ staggered to my a feet. e Xou are not discouraged, I hope, g Cornelius!' said my wife, as she I laid her little hand on my arm. e oh, no, my-dear.. On the con -.trary,'m quiti encouraged. But , never eould car much bliss e and this 1i l1-a-about four I.sets too muc' TH1E CO U N T E R MEMORIAL 9F THE -GENERAL ASSE31 /LY. t To the:Honorable the Senate and H House of -Representatives of the United States: Certain citizens of South Caro lina, styling themselves "The Tax -Payers Convention," having me r morialized your honorable bodies to grant threm relief from unjust r burdens and oppressions, alleged by them to have been -imposed by the Republican State Government, we, the undersigned, members of 4 the State General Committee of r the Union Republican party of South Carolina, beg leave most re spectfully to.submit to your hon-. r orable bodies the following coun t ter-statement and reply thereto: The. memorialista of the- Tax e Payers' Convention state "that up. )on the reconstruction of the State Government** * -* * * * e -itwas intended by Congress * * i that they wvould become partakers -of the rights enjoyed by citizens Sof the United States and other a State Governments." - The memnorialists have only themselves to blame that the in C tention of Congress in this respect > was not carried out. The Repub - licans of this State earnestly invi Sted them at that timo to aid by their intelligence and experience Sin the work of reconstruction, but Sthey contemptuously declined, as signing the same reasons that were a f te r war ds given by General Wade Hampton, in the Democratic a National Convention of 1868-that e the reconstruction Acts were un a constitutional, null and void. They then relied upon the promise d of General Blair, th'e Democratic candidate for Vice-President, that he would overturn them with the sword. SThe statement that "the annual a expenses of the Government have a dv an c ed from four hundred thousand dollars before the war bto two millions and a half at the p-lresent time" is enti:ely incorrect, > and the items of expenditures giv en to illustrate and prove this statement are wholly inaccurate and untrue, and skillfully selected to deceive. The year 1865-66 is given in such a manner as to convey the e impression that the expenditure t unde- its head are for two years, esp x2..dly when 1873 only is given s, at the head of the other column, so as to show that it is unquestion - ably for one year. Why was not 1872-73 given to correspond with g 1865-66 ? >f In the next place,-the appropri ations and expenditures of 1865 Y 66, under the provisional govern is nent established by ex-President re Johnson, are no criterion whatev in er of the regular annual expenses ir of this State Government before g the war. That was the year in y mediately after the war, when d there was an unsettled and c-haot [e ic condition of things, and the ex penses of the State Government a were, therefore, exceedingly light. The presence and supervision of the L, military also relieved the StLate of d a large portion of her usual regu d lar expenses. 'e The items of expenditures giv - en for 1873 are totally and wholly incorrect. The period alluded to r. is evidently the fiscal year begin ning November 1, 1872, and end - ing October 31, 1873. At the be s ginning of that fiscal year, the present administration came into in power. The previous administra ~?' tion left debts of two or three previous years, amounting to one million two hundred and thirty-: three thousand nine hundred and nirety-six dollars ($1,233,996), which the present administration had to provide for, in addition to their own regular annual expenses during the fiscal year above refer red to were, as shown by the ap propriations, one million one hun dred and eighty-four thousand three hundred and seventy-six dollars (81,184,376,) which, with the deficiences of $1, 133,996,jmnade a sum of 81,418,872, which the present administration was called, upon to pay during the firical year 1872-73. Of this amount, $1, 719,. 728.37 was paid, leaving a balance of $689,143.63 unpaid. We present a true statement of: the appropriation of the fiscal year before the war, beginning October: 1, 1859, and ending September 30, 1860, and the fiscal year beginning November 1, 1872,and ending Octo ber 31, 1873, that are properly chargeable to those respective fis cal years: 1859-60. 1872-73. salaries.... . .. -.$81,100 $ 194,989 Cotingents....... .-.. 73,000 47,600 Free Schools.................. 75,000 309,000 State Normal School..... 8,70 25.000 Deaf, dumb and blind... 8,000 15,000 ilitary Academies....... 30,000 ilitary contingencies... 100,000 20,000 Roper Hospital..-...... 3,000 State Lunatic Asylum... 77,500 State Normal and High school........ ..... 5.000 urors and constables... 50,000 State Orphan House (col ored)..... ..... 20,000 State Penitentiary......... 40 000 Saundries............184,427 444,287 $618,231 $1,184,876 Remember that the appropria tion of 1859-60 represents gold val ue. By the census of 1860,there were in South Carolina at that time 301, 214 free population and. 402,406 slaves. By the eensus of 1870, there were705,606 free population. Now "remember," in the eloquent language of another, "that in 1860, 02,406 souls, now a part of our body politic,voters amenable to our laws, the cost of governing. whom is now chargeable to the Govern - ment or our State were, in 1860, chattels, merchandise, with not one civil or natural right which white men were bound to respect. In 1860, the slave was no charge on the State Government save when he was hung for some pet ty misdemeanor, and the State compelled to pay his-loss." --~ It would be, therefore, but just and fair to divide the amount appropriated in 1859-60, viz, 618,231, by the then free popula tion, 301,214, and it will be found that the cost of governing each eitizen was $2,05; and then divide the amount appropriated. in 1872 73 by the free population now, viz, 705,606, and it will be found that the cost of governing each citizen is $1.67-42.05 in 1859-60, during the boasted Democratic period, and $1.67 in 1872-73, under the so call ad corrupt Radical rule--a differ ence of 38 centsper capita in favor of the latter. So that if the Dem orats had the same number of free citizens to govern in 1859-60 that the Republicans had~ in 1872-73, it would have cost them $281, 616,. 30 more than it has cost us. The State having been organiz ed upon a free basis necessarily created a large number of officers. and, therefore, a large amount of salaries. We are not ashamed of the fact that our appropriation for schools in 1872-73 is four times greater than in 1859-60. Igno rance was the corner-stone of slav ery, and essential to its perpetuity, but knowledge prevents the exis tence or that "sum of all villain 'Cs." Now in every hamlet and village of our State the "the schoolmaster is abroad. In 1857 the number of scholars attending the free schools was on ly 19,356, while in 1873 the num ber of scholars was 85,753 (of which 37,218 were white, 46,535 colored.) Lt will also be observed .that there were no appropriations for the State Lunatic Asylum and Penitentiary in 1859-60. The Lu natic Asylum was then support ed by the friends of its wealthy inmates and the counties. But in 1872--73 this was found to impair the efficiency of the institution, and the State assumed its support and made liberal appropriation for its unfortunate patients. The erection of the Penitentiary was not begun until after the war, and there was, therefore, no ap propriation for it in 1859-60. The appropriation in 1872-73 for military purposes was about $20,000. We had no occasion to appropriate $130,000 for military academies and contingencies, in order to furnish nurseries to train the young to strike at the nation's life and to purchase material for the war of secession. There was no appropriation in 1859-60 for a colored State Orphan House. The colored orphans that were then nared fnr were free, but their parents, when living, were heavil3 taxed to support white vrphan,. while their own children, after their death, were neglected To show the unjust and adroit manner in ihich tho statement of expenditdres has beer malipu lated by the memorialists of the Tax-payers' Convention for their purpose of deception, we furnish a statement carefully compiled from the official records of the ex penses of the State Government before the war and the first three years after: 151-1852............. ......... 463,021 7s 1852-1853.......482.974 67 1335......... 1123 -_0 ...-85 .................. 484,88329 1855-1856......................591,14598 856-1857... ......................,29485 1855-1859........................... 908.6 02 L859-IM8......................... 987.968 57 18565-1857......................... .2 4 04 18566-1867....................... 474... 57 October 1 1867 to Apru1 30, 186, 310,415; M6,727 96 ......65,142 96 These figures do not inelude in terest on the pablic debt or the heavy expenses incurred by the military of the United States. The statement that "it. has been Dpenly avowed by prominent mem birs of the *Legislature that the Laoes should be increased to a point which will compel tho sale mf the great body of the land and Lake it avway from the former >wners," is not correct. It is, however, a fact that the resent system of taxation, like hat of almost all civilized coun. ries, is based chiefly upon real es ate. In the days of slavery b-e rore the war it was not so. Taxes were levied by the large planters, who absolutely controlled the tate, upon trades, prefessions, free colored persOns, a mere nomi nal per capita tax tipon slaves, and upon the lands assessed at one 6enth of their'true value. This method of taxing lands.en abled the planters to acquire and retain large a n d uncultivated traets of land, and thus form that most dangerous of all oligarchies--. a landed aristocracy. It was from this class that ecession and the war sprung. Dur present method of taxation very naturally and properly pre ents the perpet nation of this system, which is so repugnant to :ur Republican institutions. A i-.-ttd that~ "the frnit nft tis policy is shown in the fact, tated by the Comptroller-General n his official report,that for default n payment of taxes for the year 1872 alone, 268,253 acres of land were forfeited to the State, and bhis result proves t h e fallacy :f the .belief that the -policy par sued promotes the elevation of the btack population, and the acquisi ion by them of the lands thus rirtually confiscated." We admit with regret that it s a fact that there seems to be i, ombined determination on the part ofthe owners of the land to permit their uncultivated and un productive lands to be forfeited to he State for the non-payment of Laxes rather than sell them to the solored people. They seem resolv ad to prevent the colored people Erom becoming land-owners, unless bhey can control their labor and political opinions. The colored men have labored long and faith Fully, and with but little remune ration, and have produced as large* erops since the war as in any pre ious, as shown in the statistics nd admitted by all; and yet the land-holders of the State are not atisfied unless they can reduce them to a condition of serfdom or virtual slavery, and control their labor. The assessment of property in some counties of the State has given rise to complaints, and been considered excessive. T bere is a prompt and complete remedy for all unjust assessments that may have been made by subordinate officers. The Comptroller-General and the Legislature have politely and pa tiently listened to the representa tions made by those who consider themselves aggrieved thereby, and immediately corrected the wrong where it has been shown to be such, as is seen in the case of the county of Marion, that has pe titioned the Legislature and Comp troller-General for relief. The debt of the State under the Reublican administration that controlled the State from 1868 to 1872 has been increased from $5, 000,000 to $16,000,000, but $6,000, 000of that amount has been de clared by the present Legislature to have been issued by the officer who had the matter in charge without the authority oflaw, and hs, therefore, been pronounced illegal. This leaves -the unques tionably valid debt at $10,000,000. Of this amount $5,000,000 were is sued by the Democrats and $5, 000,000~ by the Republicans who were in power from 1868 to 1872. But of the amount issued by the Republicans they are only really responsible for $1,700,000 issued for the "relief of the Treasury" and the "Land Commission." The remaining $3,300,000 were issued to pay the past due interest on the debt 1,hat had accrued previous to their accession of power. and to redeem the bills of the Bank of the State'that had been issued be fore the war, and also to redeem the "bills receivable" that had been issued during the Democratic cad ministration of Governor Orr, pre vious to the reconstruction. The Republicans, therefore, found Q~ accession to power in 1868 afun4 ed debt of 85.000,000 and afioa4 ing debt of $3.300,000, which theY funded and increased $1,700,000, for which alone they are respons&, ble-making a total of $10,000,004 A constiutional am e n d m e n t was proposed by the General Asi -sembly, at its session in 1871-72, to prohibit the increase of the State debt, unless with the con sent of two-thirds of the qualified voters, which amendment has beeu adopted and is now a part of out organic law. The State has issued tonds amounting to $700,000 for. the Land Commission, as above refer red to, to purchase lands for sale in small farms to the freedmen. This beneficent object has accom. plished much good. The statement that "the appro priations made in one year for thi work (I. e., printing) done or t4 be done, by these two officials (i e., the clerks) amounted tb $475, 000, exclusive of $100,000 for pub lishing the laws," is wholly ineor rect. The preserit Legislature, during the session of 1872-73, made ap propriations for $450,000 for print. ing and advertising the laws, as follows: For publishing the following works, ordered by the previout General Assembly of 1870-71 and and 1871-72: 5 volumes of the Statutes of the State, (embracing a perod of thirtyyem 3.,00 copies Revised Stutes. 5,000 oopts,Ku Mlux Trials. 5,000 extra reports Joint Special Investga 2 volumes Supreme Court Decisions. 1,000 extracopies of reports and reso lutions of the General Assem bly, au udry books and domenm"ts- ordered by the Executive Department. ..t.....$000 Advertisingtbeawsin almost al the -ewpers of -the .state,.- or. n:r7byethe Gesnea Assem bly,of 1870-71 and 1871-7....... 7,000 Forthe regular printingforthelsal Fryear,87-7 ....---..1002000 For advertising the laws passed at. the session of 187-73-.......... 25,0 Total...........-.........................$M5,0 It will be seen that these appro priations, though made in one year, are for work ordered and performed during a period of three years. The works for which the a;p propriation of $250,000 was made, were extraordinary, and will not properly occur again for twenty years. Thus it will be seeb that the appropriations that are pro. perly chargeable for work done during the fiscal year are $125,000, instead of $475,000; h is stated ~that"the total ap propriatiods for public. printing made by the Legislature of South Carolina, during a period ~of sixty -years, from 1800 to 1859, is $271, 180. This statement is not -cor rect ; butt even if it were, is it .a cause ior UUi4.Lans-nes ....... amount was expended for print ing daring the sixty years that the people were kept in ignorance, and no public information dissemi nated amongst them for their en lightenment and elevation? "We think not. It is stated that "the committees have received large sums as com pensation for reporting favorably on private bills." Whatever cor ruption may exist in the Legisla ture is to be attributed to the Dem ocrats as well as the Republicans. They never hesitate to offer bribes when they have a private bill to pass. But corruption existed long before the advent of the Republi can party of this State into power, only it was carried on then with the a-:tistic skill of more expe rienced operators, and nct easily seen. The reference to the judicial de partment calls for a special notice. The Judges of the Supreme and Circuit Courts of this State nunm ber eleven, eight of whom are na tives. These gentlemen held po sitions of trust and honor during the days of the Confederacy, b'ut have shown the patriotic wisdom since the war to accept the situa tion, and lend their learning and i.nfluence to aid the work of re construction. For this course, they have been pursued with unrelenting hate and vigor, and every possible insult of fered them by those who do not desire to see the work of recon struction successful. Of the remaining three, one wvas selected as the candidate for Gov ernor in 1870 by the.party which the tax-payers. represent, and the learning and ability of the other two have never been questioned. The allusion to the executive department, being general, calls for no specific answer from us. It simply amounts to this, when divested of its spleen and misiep resentations, that the IRepublicans are in power arnd control the State, Iand they do not. Their com plaints remind us most forcibly of the reply of that profound and as tute statesman, Prince Bismarck, to the Papal hierarchy, wvho com plained of the oppressive nature of the Prussian laws: "Unfortu nately," says-he, "you are accus tomed to complain of oppression when not permitted to lord it over others." Trhe gentlemen who have assem bled in, this Convention, constitu ting' themselves the peculiar repre sentatives of the so-called tax-pay ers, are not what they would bave the country believe. They are the' prominent politicians of the old regime-the former ruling element of the State-who simply desire to repair the power th sy lost by their folly of secession. They are not endorsed by the masses of the so ber, thinking white Democrats of the State, who look upon their ae:c tion as unwise and ill-timed. We will state a well known fact in proof of this. The Democratic members of the Legislature, numbeling thirty-one, Iheld a caucus and unanimously re solved not to participate in the / ADVERTISINC RATESS Advertisements inserted at the rate of 61 .0) per sqiiare--one inch-for first insertion, ard 75c. for each subsequent itisertiou. Double column advert4~ments ten per cent on above. Notices of meetives, obitumries and traue of respect, same =ws per qam: agoorMaly advertiements. Spccial-notices In local Column 20 ce-ts perline. - Ad b hate -Rom ber Of'--Ibbj and c 1_9eodI~ dse*- - ltws. i)roceedingxof theC6n*vtWq glid addressed a- JW6t&ettfTh ;SA7 dent. advisingt ags"' fitligi7JIng of the ConvnUon*.-_TW And injudiCiOUs. .. The :Jettej, WMs xe ceived,,'anid the-, Peeetd pfied, regreting. thst, hey .h~ ~A formed, him of thbeir_ bte" o, vioas, to the meet3gao ilb zmacu tive Committee. tha;t 1dOVl TIWY called theCOo~vjp ~ b The 2;4-a-bficans .l,he, x istence of ovils .amoagato.tjj They aekn o gov1d&h * wm_ intted mistakes. aw&*wvnsi~jA0 partYwhih *y deq1l egret. being daity-6-ritdt4 see no neceRSILY Wh~ 0~ ---re sWt to the despert reid~~k ed for b 'conventio Ith~ o,l ed tax-payr*.-. TIa.re ao eg able. and good. -mea ,:An" tbose Wohave t1W_ atA W_ govern MeGV -n thei ii~ -to. right every existibg ron;e are determined to derw t In tbi8 work. th* ~Un-j der which thLeyiieiao been 'iatuly gr~f2ive been Incieased t~nt~if termloed haWtlity, np of the Demo rtoc effM ' g Titp w .1616 .4 i expected: itthrouigh ilaemi'i-of Seymoutr". and-:.B]lair;1eLecAl d througjh 'the'. mzd'-l1. and nowv, thtrdlyt Iy~W66"i a=d-mj 6rddr to.dreatd p~p iiin inmtheirar