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% ? . ? 1 ?TO THINK OWN 8ELF ty TRUE, AND IT MUS^ FOLLOW. ^11? NIGHT TUB DAY^ THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN.' HY KEITH, HOYT & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAHOMNA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1871. VOLUME VII._NO. 7. JPro^?8sionaLl O surds. = sT?CT?NDYr Attorney and Counsellor AT LAW; . AND 1 Solicitor in E2 oddity, "Will practico in the Courts of Lim and Equity, in tho Eighth Judicial Circuit. OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE, Walhalla,-.-South Carolina. Nov. 1, 1870 3 ly ~ T1I0S. M. WILKES, ATTORNEY AT LAW -AND Solicitor in EJqnrty. -ALSO, United States Commissioner, For tho Circuit and District Conns of tho Uni ted .Stales for South Cnrolina. JW?jy* OFFICE ON THU COUIIT IIOUSK S yu A nr.. WALHALLA. S. C. July 22, 1870 40 ly J. P. REED, ) ? W. 0. KEITH, Anderson C. II. J \ Walhalla. REED & KEITH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND Solicitors in ZEq.-u.ity, Have renowod their Co*partnership in tho prac tico of Law, and extended it to all Civil and Criminal business in tho Counties of Oconec and PickenB. ALSO, ALL BUSINESS IN TUE UNITED STATES ?JUCHTS. f@T* Office on Public Square, Walhalla, S. C. July 18, 1869. 41 tf s. MCGOWAN, E. A. THOMPSON, Abbeville, S. C. Walhalla, S. C. M-GlOWAN & THOMPSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WALHALLA, S. C., Will givo prompt attention to all business confided to them in tho State, County, and United 3tates Courte. OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE. Tho Juniorpartner, MR THOMPSON, will also practice in tho Courts of Picken?, Greenville and Anderson. January. 1870 tf JOSEPH J. NORTON, " Attorney sut HJ?LW, WALHALLA., ?. ?J. All business for Pickcns County left with J. E. HAGOOD, ESQ., riCKKrVS CL II., WILL BE PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO October 2G, 1808 4 tf /. II. TV ll IT.*.' Kit. WIIITNER SYMME8 WH?TNER & SYMES, Attorneys at Law, WALHALLA, S. C. 0?r Offioo on tho Publio Squuro. -Vj?g February 1, 1870 10 tf S. D. GOODLETT, Attorney at .Law AND) SOLICITOR IIV EQUITY, HAS LOCATED AT THE NEW TOWN OF PICKENS, S. 0. Nov. 10. 1868 7 tf WALHALLA HOTEL ! THE Proprietor would rospectfully inform his old patrons, and the publio generally, that bis doors are still opon for tho recoption and accommodation of Guests. In connootion with the Hotel, is a FIRST CLASS BAR ROOM* in which oan bo found, at all times, the best brands of BRANDIES, WHISKIES, WINES, SEQ ARS, oa, dr a g?ar* No pains trill be spared to render guests comfortable. D. BI KM A NN, PROIRI?V.K. Walhalla, 9, P- April 18,1871 20 l?xtraets from Ciov.Scott'? Message. I would specially direct your attention, in tim connection, to thc propriety of reducing tho salaries of tho dorks of tho Senate und Uouse. Taking tho number of duys on which these officers are presumed to ho employed, their compensation, per diem, respectively, is moro than five times greater thau that re ceived by a member of tho body ia whioh they ore subordinates, whilo tho annual salury ??^cach equals tho highest received by any oflicefvin tho State, except tho Chief Justice This ?8 ^anomaly without precedont in nuy other State, fl ?id unwarranted by tho prcscut condition of the Stato Treasury. I recommend that the present system for thc public printing bo changed without delay, and tho great druin upon tho Treasury, caus ed thereby, checked nt once. Thc authority vested in tho Clerks of tho Senate nod House, iu regard to tho printing, should bo rescind ed, and a proper safeguard, aud a rigid system of accountability instituted, to insure the strictest economy in this very considerable branch of tho public expendituics. lt should not bo left to tho discretion of subor dinate officers of the Gcucrnl Assembly, how ever honest and judicious they may bo in tho dischurgo of suoh a trust. Tho existing sys tem hus involved an expendituro for printing as to be a reid calamity to thc State, lt hus eventuated iu a contract for thc publio print ing which is a fiugrant fraud upon the Treas ury, und should bo instantly annulled. 1 have nscertaiucd thut the compuny with which thc printing contract hus been made, to wit : the Republican Printing Company neither owns nor controls tiny journal or prin ting establishment, aud is even without legal existence, but hus thc work executed in this city ut thc rcpulur market rates, und thus de rives an immense profit from the Treasury of the State, without any outlay on their part. Under existing laws for thc assessment aud collection of taxes, real estate is made to bear an unduo ptoportion of tho burdens of taxa tion. For tho purpose, therefore, of raising a sufficient revenue to delray thc current ex penses of un ?conomisai ud m tu ?st ru lion of thc State, und meet its obligations to its creditors, while ut the same time lessening its tax on realty, f make tho following recommenda tions. These recommendations, if judicious ly carried out-, will sccuro thu payment of lu*:: cs on classes of property hitherto practically exempt from taxation, und tend to utilize ail legitimate sources of State revenue. Thc bulk of the cotton und riccis shipped from the Stute or sent to market, in the interreg num between the annual assessment of taxes, und is thus practically exempted hom taxa tion, contributing but u small share to thc ! amount of revenue derived from thc tax on personal property. A tax on these important and Valuable products, such us they may rea. sonnbly bear without checking production, and, according to value, should be especially provided for, und thc necessary measures cu? uctcd to insure its collection with certainty. This vust natural source of revenue h;.s not yet been utilized, but a comparatively smoll revenue having thus far been derived from it by tho Stute. 1 recommend that some proper officer bo designated by law, whose duty it shall be, by actual inspection und measurement, to ascertain thc number of tons of phosphine belonging to thc State, that arc excavated hythe several chartered companies, and to certify and to collect thc royalty due upon thc same I recommend that all persons engaged in the salo of liquors, und all merchants, factors, luwycrs and physicians, be required to tukc out a Stute license. A tax should bo levied on all premiums ro ceived by insurance companies. All tho most important railroad companies in this State poy no taxes on their property. I earnestly recommend that atax be levied on every railroad company in tho State, for ev ery passenger and every ton of freight trans ported. To enforce tho more prompt payment of tho taxes, and to chock tho growth of tho present enormous nrroar list, I recommend that tho law bo so amended that real and per sonal property, subject to taxation, shall bc sold at publio sale, by tho County Treasurers, within thirty days after tho same shall havo become delinquent under tho tax lovy-tho personal property to bo first oxhaustcd, if ne cessary, to satisfy thc tux, beforo salo is made of tho rcaity-and that bonds of tho Stato bo taken in payment at par for all real estato purchused at delinquent lund sales. I fur thor recommend that tho several County Treasurers shall bo authorized and required to givo absoluto titles to all rcul estato and personal p/oporty so sold, within sixty days after tho dato of suoh salo ; that tho Stato shall warraut and defend suoh titles, and thoy sholl be hold and token by all Courts in tho Stato as titles in foo simple ; and that, in all lcg<il proceedings, tho said Courts sholl be conoludcd by said titles as to all inottors touohing any irregularity that may havo been hod in connection with such sales, and which may be alleged against tho validity of tho said titles. This provision, os to time of salo and redemption, not to apply to tho property of minors and persons who aro non compos mentis, or confined in publio prisons. I would also urgo that tho provision of law requiring County Auditors to purchaso lands for tho State, at delinquent Innd sales, be ro pealod, and that all suoh lands, heretofore fturohosed by tho Stato, bo sold without do oy, subject to tho claims of those who may hold any of snob linds under tho State lease, as provided by law, should tho e ho any suoh unexpired loases ut the timo of salo. As an evidence of tho need of additional legislation to enohlo tho Stato to ronlizo tho delinquent taxes, I mention tho fnot that tho ! amounts due on the arrear lists, for tho years 1808, 1869 and 1870, aggrcgato ono million ono hundred and thirty ?even thousand and four hundred aud thirty-three (1,137,433) dollars. 1 further recommend that the lands pur chased by the Land Commission, and all oth er landa owned by the State, be subdivided into suitable areas, and sold ot an early peri od, nt a rate per BOM to bc fixed by law, ac cording to classification, and that bonds of thc State bo takcu hi payment, at par, for all such lands. Thc State lands are now estimated to bo worth one million (1,000,000) dollars, at a minimum valuation. Tho office of assistant adjutant general should bo abolished, and tho adjutaut-gene ral should bo required to perform the duties of his office Thc office of Stato auditor .should bc abol ished, and ?ts duties performed by tho comp troller-general. Tho offico of county auditor oan bc dis pensed with without injury to the public ser vico, and tho duties of that office devolved upon the county treasurer, thus elTeoting a saving to tho State of not less than fifty thou sand (50,000) dollars per aunum, and secur ing even iucreascd efficiency in tho collection of taxes. I invite your early attention to tho recom mendations of my last uicssage in regard to trial justices. Thc aggregate cost of this class of officers is very near oue hundred and twenty thousand (120,000) dollars annually. Thc trial justices in tho city of Charleston alone entail upon tho county an expenditure of about thirty five thousand (35,000) dol lars a year. 1 would, therefore, urge, in ad dinon to my form or recommendation on this subject, that the ollico of trial justice be ?ibolished in the city of Charleston, and that, in lieu thereof, three police judges ho crea ted to thc Stato of tho sessions of the Ceno ral Assembly, ns compared with for that oily, who shall receive adequate salaries, and, shall exercise the jurisdiction vested in trial justices. 1 would further recommend the appointment of one police judge in each of our principal towns, dispensing with trial jus tices therein, and vesting in such judges the judicial powers now exercised by thc mayors' courts, as, under existing acts, the mayors\ md intendants of our cities and towns may./' Biowd our jails with prisoners senteuced -*>r.i trifling offences, thus Increasing mu v,M,-ru?se*''( t>f the several counties. Many extravagant statements n!,vc keen made regarding the assessment'?"tl collection l>f taxes, and those not fatviliar with tho ac tual facts, when compared with coiled ion nf revenue for the same purposes in other States, are doub'less fre-tUeiitly lcd to believe ; that taxation is extra'??g;'nt ami unusual 1 undertake to say t-'-t not a State in the Un ion has collected less tax in the same length if lime in propotion to its population and re sources. 'I'll- following is a correct exhibit if thc npp'bprtation of moneys, the levy of tax, eo) lort ion revenue per annum, and the rlelim(u?nt list for the years 1808, 1SG? and 1870: Total taxation for lyG8, rate of taxation, Stato, ii milla, $1,838,742.19 ; total amount i i-olle<!ted, 01.103,053 28; delinquent, 8175, 01J total appropriations for thc year JvSGS, exclusive of interest on public debt, "or which no appropriation was made, 8817, 16828. Total taxation for 18G9, rate, State, 5 lillis, SI .014,001.SB; total amount collected. ?>766,736.08 ; delinquent, 248.165.75; total ippronriations for the vcar 18G0, including ntereston publie debt, SI,101,805.01). Total taxation for 1870, State, 9 mills, 51,670,003.60 ; total amount collected, 81, 1-16,037.06; delinquent, $524,026 60- total . ppropriations for thc year 1870, 81,604, 353.54. Total delinquent taxcs,8947,881.26 ; twen ty per cent, penalty, 81S9,576.25-total, $1,137,457.51. If tho taxes, as shown in the foregoing ita temen t, had been paid, as they should have noon, it would have saved the Stato nt least 52,500,000 of bonded debt. I recommend that tho oflloo of laud com missioner bc abolished, and that tho duties )f tho office bc dovolvcd upon tho Secretory sf Stato. Tho thirty ono sohool commissioners, at thoir prcsont salarios, which oro exceedingly largo for tho amount of soi vico that they ren ier, cost tho Stato thirty-ono thousand fivo hundred dollars per aunum. I, therefore, recommend a material reduction in tho sala ries of school commissioners, so as to reduce tho expenditures on this account to n sum not exceeding ton thousand dollars per annum. There is a groat nnd instant need for tho reduction of tho salaries of Stato officers, and for a decided diminution of tho clerical force jmploycd in many offices of tho Exeoutivo Jcpartment. In some cases the Stato is poy ng olorks to perform duties which should bo, ind oan bc, discharged by tho offioors thom IOIVOB, In my opinion tho salaries of all of ioors, except tho judges, should bo roduced mo third. jg8r Bishop Thomas I<\ Davis, of tho Kpis ?opal Churoh, diod nt Camden on last 8a urday, in thc 08th year of his ogo. Ho has illed tho oiTtoc of Bishop for eighteen years, ind had been a rcsidont of this State for tho ast twenty-five yoars. Bishop Davis was a aativo of North Carolina. OMAHA, Dcoombor 6.-Tho snow is still drifting. Twenty freight oars aro pilled in ruins, by encountering a drift at Sherman. Other trains aro rcportod off. Tho pausen sors complain of exnotions by division su perintendents and hotol-keepors. Tho road ls practically blookod for tho prcsont. Tho supply of coal in this vicinity is nearly ex hausted. Many aro using oom for fuol. From Coluiiibiu. Correspondence of thc Charleston Courier. OOLUMMA, S. C., December 2. lu tho way of elections, ?ho event of thc prcseut session will bethe election for Judges (Of tho Eight Circuits in the State which is co .hy made by tho present Legislature. Al '..inugh tho Assembly hos hardly yet organ ized, tho candidates for the office have begun to Hook to tho sceno and a very lively and ex citing contest is expected. Of course, it is difBcult to say who will bc the successful can didates, and although the lobbying has begun already, thc conjectures arc rather wild. Tho only chango that I havo heard us likely to take place is in Judgo Rutland's Circuit. Thc present incumbent, I nm told, will decline a renomination, aud tho most prominent can didate that I have heard of as his successor is Col. C. W. Dudley, of Marlboro1. In thc Barnwell Circuit thc race will bc very closo betwecu Judge Funner, who occu pies tho bench temporarily, and John J. Ma her, Esq., a leading Conservative lawyer, of Ihiruwell, who is spokou of quite freely in connection with tho place. Judges Orr and Graham will ccrtuiuly be re-elected. Judgo Thoina3wi!l as certainly bc defeated. Judge Moutgomery Moses will bo re-elected. In Meltou's Circuit tho result of tho election will depend pretty much upon his own choice. There arc very many aspirants for tho judi cial ermine, besides those I have named, and they may bc seen daily hob nobbing with thc honorable members on the floor of thc House. 11 do not think, however, that tho General Assembly is inclined to make any changes, except in the instance I have named, nor do I think it probable that thc election will bc held until after thc Christmas holidays. ECONOMY-VENTILATING THE ClpVKKNOR. In tho House this morning Mr. Wilkes in troduced a Concurrent Resolution providing for thc appointment of a Joint Committee from the House and Senate to enquire into und report. First-'What offices, State mid County, can be abolished without injury to thc State. Second -What nfficcs can bc consolidated. Third-What offices can be reduced as to it li cir salaries, und to fix tho rates. This, of course, provoked a debate. In weetah Vi? ,8H,,.'.e,KI?9'?b^ of the House tr-eir feet and talk about-anything or noth ing. Thc honorable members pitched into each other, and ended by uniting in a gene ral pitch into the Governor. Jameson, a representative from Or!"igcbuig, made enc of his characteristic speeches, ile said he ob jected to thc resolution because it sounded too lunch like Hoheit K. Scott, who was always offering advice to reduce somebody else's sal ury, or abolish somebody else's office, but nev er said anything about his own. It was too late now to talk of retrenchment, when all the money in thc State was stolen. Governor Scott had taken caro that there was NO MON KV LEFT. Thc Treasury, bc said, had been robbed of millions, and it would bc better for thc Legis lature togo to work first, and stir up tho rus culs wdio had boen plundering thc State, and then it would bc time enough to talk nbout retrench ment. Messrs. Moblcy, Siugleton, Rowen and others urosc successively to ex plain, and, after a due expenditure of elo quence all nrouud, the resolution was adopted. THE STERLING FUND. There is every reason to believe that thc Sterling Fund Rill will be repealed during tho session, and, ns a preliminary to this stop, I suppo?e, a Joint Resolution was intro duced to day hy Mr. Smart, authorizing tho Stato Treasurer to withdraw thc Sterling Fund Ronds from tho American Rank Note Company, nud keep them subject to the ac tion of thc Legislature. TUB SUB-OFFICERS OF THE II0U8B. On tho very first day of ita session the House resolved to cut down tho number of its attaches and subordinate officers, and to effect this a committeo of thirty-uim (ou? from oach county) was appointed to take ohargo of tho appointments. This is admit ted on all sides to be a very commendable step. Hut mark tho result. This morning a reso lution was introduced directing tho commit teo to apportion tho subordinate officers nnd dorks among tho several counties of tho Stato in proportion to their representatives. This resolution, ns most other resolutions do, ovokod a long nod rambling discussion, in whioh nil tho small talkers of tho House ven tilated their opinions ad libitum. Finally, Dr. Doyle, a Reform member of thc House, and ono of tho moinburs of tho Connnittco, stated that tho numbor of clerks to bo appointed would probably bo something less than thirty-one, and this boing tho oaso it would bo somewhat diflioult to apportion them among thc several counties, unless a plan could bo devised to split up ono man in to sovoral parts. This very rcasonablo view of tho matter, however, did not seem to im press itself upon the members, and they adopted tho resolution, tho effect of whioh will bo to defeat tho very object for whioh the Committeo was appointed, by a reduction of tho legislative expenses; in other words, in order to comply with this resolution tho Committee be compelled to appoint moro than thirty ono clerks. COLUMBIA, S. G., Dcoombor 4, 1871. Roth branches of tho General Assembly xioro at work to day, and the much talk of war against the State House Ring was begun in earnest. Judging from the quiet manner in whioh the various Joint Resolutions and Rills were reoeivod, it itv safe to say that tho Legislators aro in torriblo o ir nest. If one half of the resolutions and Rillsofferod to day aro p??scd, tho Governor and Trossurer will bo more ciphers, as tho burden of them all is to take away frota these officers thc control of j the finances. In tho Senate the bulk of thc Bills introduced were directed to this cod as will appear by the following summary : Mr. Whittemorc, who is the leader in the war, introduced the following: A Joint Resolution requiring the State Treasurer, within five days, to prepare and present to the General Assembly a full and complete exhibit of all tho bonds aud stocks or securities issued sinoo September, 18G8, and under what laws they have been issued, and if converted, under what laws. Tho fail ure of thc Treasurer to comply with the re quest couteiocd in th is resolution, and make tho required report, will be deemed willful neglect (so runs the text of the resolution) of duty, aud tho Governor shall causo him to be removed from office on thc address of two thirds of the members of each branch of thc Legislature, after bc shall have hada hearing before the Legislature. The next blow administered is also iu thc diape of a joint resolution by Whittomore, ivhich provides that nil tho bonds and stocks )f the State, now in thc hands of the State Treasurer, shall bc placed in tho hands of thc Secretary of State, in whose hands they are ',o remain. Tho next is a joint resolution also, by Whittotnorc, directing thc Attorney-General .0 take steps to secure tho possession of THE STERLING FUND BONDS, ind place them in charge of thc Secretary of state. ENFORCING GOOD MANNERS. Mr. Wilkes* Bill to declare the usc of ccr ain words a misdemeanor, was read thc first imo to day. It provides that any person who u a rude, angr}' and revengeful manner shall all another a liar, thief, rogue, scoundrel, laltroon, son of a b-, or other similar op irobious epithets, shall be punished byim risonmcnt in the county jail for not more han six months nor less thc one month, or y a fine of fifty dollars. That upon au io ictmont for assault, aud assault and battery, lie d?fendent may plead tho use of thc above r similar language in justification, provided lie assault and battery shall bc proven not to ave been excessive. A WAK ON DRUNKARDS. Tho Bill introduced by Mr. Wilkes to pro ill?VdbftaTdk'nni^0e??r:l/eTiidms, is calculated j carry terror into the rauksof the numerous sports" and bar room sucker.* that iufest thc ountry. Tho author of this somewhat 'topian scheme of forcing sobriety, proposes 3 accomplish thc reform of habitual drunk rds by a law somewhat curious in its opera ions. Thc Bill introduced to-day in the House lakes it the duty of thc County Commissiou rs of any County, or thc Mayor or Iutond nt of any town wherein any habitual drunk rd resides, being cognizant of the fact, to csignato and describe such drunkard by a .ritten notice commanding any apothecary, rocer, merchant, distiller, shop keeper, bar oom keeper, or other dealer in spirituous li uors not to give or sell liquors to such per on under and pretext, except on the order of practicing physioian. Heavy fines and peu Itics arc attached to tho breaking of the law. i\\ persons engaged in thc carrier or convey nee business arc forbidden to employa ha bitual drunkard uuder a penalty of 820 fine jr each offence, aud so fast is thc demijohn losed against thc un fortunato fraternity of opers that should one of them get on a bon ier and smash up things generally, as toper's rill do sometimes, tho person who gave or old them thc liquor is held responsible for la mages. THE LKOIST.ATURE AND IMPEACHMENT. -Our Columbia correspondent gives a signi icant account of tho debates in tho Logisla ure on thc subject of Governor Scott's Mes age. It will bc seen that both tho statements if Governor Scott and of Mr. Treasurer Par ter, as to the finances of tho State, aro ut erly discredited. Tho debt of tho Stato is kiicgod by tho Chairman of tho Committee of iVays and Means of tho House, (Whipper,) o bo from eighteen to twenty millions of dol ara. Ile calls plainly not only for the im icachmcnt of Governor Scott, but of all of ho officials to whoso custody thc f.nanccs of ho Stato havo boon entrusted. In his own vords, "enough is known, not only to im leach thom, but to send them to some nar ow confine, thcro to meditate upon their past rimes." In theso viows Mr. Hurley con curred, and alleged that ho "was proparod to ay that tho debt of tho Stato was moro to> lay than Iv. K. Scott dared to tell tho peo dc." Tho Republican party must cithci dopt tho manifest frauds committed against ll classes of tho people, or rising to tho height >f tho occasion, and, in tho presence of thc civilized world, clear its skirts, by bringing o speedy juatioo thoso who, under cover ol ts name, have respected neither law or jus ice, and havo rcdorcd it a hissing and scon n tho prcsenco of all honest mon, and a dis r,raco to tho common right.-Charleston fourier. COLUMBIA, Dcoomber 6. In tho IIouso to day tho following Billi vero introduced: A Bill to Chartor tho Char eaton Loan Association: A Bill to Hovicv ind Extend the Charter of tho Belief ant lOau Association. Notice waa given of Billi o pr?vido for Funding tho entire Stato dob n ODO class of securities; Bill to repeal tin Charter of tho Choritablo Association; Bil o or?ate a Metropolitan Polioo Force ii Jhavloston-by Bowen; Bill Regulating th granting of Divoroes. In the Se?alo a Bill was introduocd au horizing tho County Treasurer to recoivo th tilla of the Bank of the State in payment o axoa. * lt is rumored that Guruoy, County Trew urcr of Charleston, is to bo removed, and McLaughlin to succeed him. In thc United States Court tho Hon. llcverdy Johnson argued tho motion to quash thc indictment against tho Ku Klux pris oners. At its conclusion tho Court adjourned till to morrow, when its decision will bo ren dered. , C?LlfMDiA, December 4.-In the Senate and House, to day, a number of Bills were introduced, of which the following is tho most important: Bill to repoal Sterling Fund Act; Bill to authorize Attorney General to take steps to get possession of Sterling Fund Bonds ; Bill requiring County Treasurers to deposit tax monies in banks in Charleston aud Columbia, subject to order of tho Legis lature ; Bill to abolish tho Financial Agonoy of thc State ; Bill removing State Bonds from Treasurer to Secretary of State's offloo. A bill was introduced in tho House, exten ding thc jurisdiction of tho City Court of Charleston, giving it concurroi jurisdiction with the Court of Common Ploas, in sums not exceeding two thousand dollars. Rapid l?crense in tlie State Debt. At last, tho attention of the country is di rected to thc shameful method by whioh so called Hcpublican officials in tho South have manipulated tho finances of tho respective States under their dominion. The tax-payers of the South-thoso upon "hom tho barden falls heaviest-long ago oried out ogainst these miserable caricatures upon free gov ernment, foreseeing that their substance was destined to bo wasted in the hands of such Republicans-uuder whioh convenient name the veriest scum of creation foisted them selves into position. The wail of tho oppress ed Southerner was not heard by the North ern people. His cause was drowned iu tho tumult against his loyalty, whioh these per fidious wretohes have kept up from the be ginning of reconstruction until the present time Yet tho truth cannot longer be con cealed Denials are of paltry moment when facts and figures produce conviction. And now, since tho recent revelations in regard to .he fraudulent conduct of tho Republican officials in South Carolina, the people of the North aro becoming onlightened as to tho Lruc character of thc men engaged in theso at the oarpctboggors in South Carolina, and < its correspondent has sent to that paper a ' jurious exhibit of our financial condition. It ts simply a scries of tables, prepared by the State authorities, and showiag from time to tho statement of theso reliable offioials. Our readers will bo interested in a reproduction of bbc results stated at different periods during bbc past thirteen months. 1. October 31, 1870, the State Treasurer put down thc liabilities of tho State at 87, 365,908.98. On the 12th of December, 1870, the Comptroller General reports tho debt tho same figures abovo given, although stated in i different manner from that of tho Stato Treasurer. 2. Thc debt at the time these roporta wore made greatly exceeded tho figures reported. 'As no authority had been given for increas ing thc debt, it was ncoossary that the lies told in tho fall of 1870 should bo well stuck Lo in May, 1871, when tho Tax-Payors' Con vention met; so a new statomont was made, by which it appeared that the debt was not ? dollar greator than in tho previous fall." Thc correspondent then gives the Comptrol ler General's statement, as furnished to the raid Convention. 3. "As no increase is mentioned sinoe Nov. I, 1870, tho inferonoo intended to be drawn * was that thero had been no addition to the debt." Yet, on the 20th of September last, in answer to enquiries from the joint seloot committee to inquire into the oondition of thc Into insurrectionary States, Gov. lt. K. Scott, ovor his own proper signature, made an exposition of the financial status of this "dearly beloved" Stato, wherein the entire bonded debt is placed at 89,528,664 10. Hero is an incrcaso of nearly two million of dollars, without any apparent troublo on the part of his Excellenoy* in rcgasd to whioh the cor? respondent says : "This statement was moro untruthful, if possiblo, than any that had preceded it. Tho Governor, as a member of bbc Financial Board, whioh has entire ebarge of thc issue of bonds, must havo known that over 85,000,000 of now Conversion Bonds had boon sold or hypothecated in Now York by tho Finanoial Agent-of whioh no mon tion is made in tho abovo statements. Ho knew that when ho stated that tho total issue of bonds and stock, by his administration was less than 84,500,000, he was making a gross and inoxousablo misrepresentation for a dishonorable purposo-namely, to deooivo tho Now York Stock Board and tho publio at largo." 4. Tho joint labors of tho Attorney Gon oral, thc Stato Treasurer and tho Financial Agent aro invoked, and aftor a thorough sift ing of tho Troosurcr's books for an entire day, the incubation of this,trio furnished tho Tribune'v, correspondent with a statement of tho publio debt, whioh has now reached the respectable figures of 815,800,908 98. This was on tho 20th day of November, 1871, less than thirteen months since it was first re* ported that tho publio dobt was about seven and a half millions 1 Aye, scarcely six months since tho Ho, so well told in the be? ginning, had been reiterated for tho benefit of tho anxious tax-payers in Convention as* . Bembled. More than doubled in tit nionthBl Anderson Intelligencer. > ? ?gr We learn from the Southern IYu? byterian that Mr. W. Cuttino Smith, former ly of Pendleton, S. C., bu been ordained to the full work of the gospel ministry, and in stalled as paster of toe Proaby tomu Oimrefc at Hillsboro, N. C.