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V IJA^?UOT is is- ^?^^^^^I lb ?D 1?J I?1 ll 15 1?1 a TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, ANO IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE ^^^^^fl^gjPl^^^^^^ NIGHT THE OAV, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. _ WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THUItSPAY, DECEMBER 85, 187?. "~ ' VOLUME XXXI.-KO. ?7 I OLD AND RELIABLE, 1 SDn. SANFOHLVB LIVER iNViaonAixw S ?I is a Standard Family Komedy for j* S ! ; diseases of tho Livor, Stomach ^sfEPf i ?j and Bowels.-It is Purely |L \ j j Veget^blo.^ ^'^^^'j^^ :*HBW for moro than 85 years, j! II PU**' W1^1 uuPreoe^outcd results. J' ,3V SEND FOR CIRCULAR.! .I NEWYOttKUIT? 4 ;S IM nnrocisr KU.iiTE'''' vor ITS KKPHTATIOV. 5 3Proffessio-/ia.i ?eur?s. f W. J. STKMII.INO, X Walhalla, S. C. .UT. S. cor nu A , > Abbeville, S. ?C. / ??J0THRAN & OTIBLING -A.-tt om. eys-^t -1-* a, w, HML.I1A?LL.A, fc*. WILL practico lu all the Staio ami United Stales Court?, >Ofucc iu Um Judge ?of ?Probate's Ofrico. November 0, 1879 Cl'-ly J. H. PITCHFORD, .?ut t oruoy -?-A.* ?IL? aw. OFFICE OJST COURT HOUSE SQU?11E, CLAYTON, Gr a., WILL give prompt attention to collec tions au ? ?ll other business confided to him. MajlB,18?O 2G-!y Hy, EDMUN? RAVENEL, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, "JSTo. S Broad. Streetj OharloMtOii, .<&?. O. B6?f" Corrrcspondcuco from tho Interior invited. Will practice in all thc Coutts of tho State. July 17, 1875- 30 WM. 0. KEITH. JOIIN 8. VER5i.BR. KEITH & VERNER, A TT O lt N E Y S A T L A W A ND Solicitors in Equity, Will practico in tho Sttito Courts on thc Eighth Judicial Circuit und iu thc United ?tatos Court Office o? Public Square, Walhalla, S O Jan 6, 187o 8 (f s. MCGOWAN, II. A. THOMPSON Abbeville S 0 AVulballo.SC MCGOWAN & THOMPSON, At TO li NE Y S A T L A W, Will give prompt attention to all business con lided to them in tho State, County, and United States Courts. O?ice on Court House Square, Walhalla, S 0 .io juuior partner, MK. THOMPSON, will ?lao praotixio in tho Courts of Pickens, Groom yillo and And orson, january, 1870 tf ^TTT" i TVrnPT7T7\ A limited nam W Ail i l^i-K ?er of active, .energetic canvases ,'0 engagent a pleasant and profitable business. Good mon will lind this a ?raro chanco To avrils:e Js/Zoney j9uob will please answer this advertisement by letter, enclosing stamp for r*mly, stating What business they havo boon e.'tgoged in. Nono but those who mean business ne.ul apply. Address, Finley, Harvey & Co , Atlanta f Ga < March 13, 1870, iV-ly CATARRH .Yntlirun, und Ilroiielillls ?nen nt your own hourn liv OcVONK'H IMIAI.K.VR,' ,\ lu'ftliiiK vnpor taken ctlrcot to tho dlaeriBo, (V rollnllo trvntmunt. Hntiafootton mmr nutccd. Homo Vrwitnicnl ont on tri ai. to borotiirnrd uni inotioy rotunded if not Hult?rm> tory, For full Information nd <lrci? 1IOMF. MKDI01NM CO., 8. W.Oor.lQth & Aid), l'uil'n.ra. Doo 4, 1870 3:ly POTJTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS ' " " Will oura orpr?vontniBong?! wo Irons* will dlo of COHO, BOTS or LTJNO F*> VF. FI, 11 Fouls's Powdoraaro used In timo. I FuiiU's Powders wllleuronnil provont Hon CnoixuA. l'OHU'8 Powders will provent OAI*XB IN FOWLS. . Sputa's Powders will l?crense, tho quantity of milk find croara twenty por cont., and lanko tho Imttor Arm ond sweet. - , Fouls's Powers wilt caro or provont almost nv*n* Piss ASM to which Horses and Cuttlo aro suhject. rotrTz'n POWDERS win, OIYK SATISFACTION. t/Old ovcrywhero. , VAVID 13, JTOUT?, rroprlctor. " UALTIMOHI). Md. Tho Baby's Stockings. Hang.up Ibo baby's stocking, Bo ouro and don't forgot; Tho dear little dimpled darling, Sho never saw Christmas yet. But I've told her all about it, And she opened hoi big blao eyes, And I'm euro she understood mo, Sho looked so funny and wise! Dear! dear! what a tiny stooktug; It doesn't tako much to hold Suoh little pink toes as Baby's Away from thc frost aud oold; But then fdr tho Baby's Christmas, lt would ucv?r do at nil, Why, Santa Claus wouldn't bc looking For anything half so small! I know what we'll do for tho babyl I'vo thought of tho nicest plan; Wo'll borrow a stocking from Grandma, Tho longest that ever wo can, Ano we'll hang it up in tho corner, Just herc by tho chimney, so, And wo'll write a lotter to Santa, And fasten ic on to tho toe! Wiito: This is Baby's stocking, That hangs by tho chimney here; You never have secu her, Santa, For sho only oomo this yeur; But silo's just tho blessedest Baby! And uow beforo you go, Please fill up tho stockings with goodies, From tho top clear down to tho too. [Lotter to tho New York Herald.] GARY AND HAMPTON. A LIVELY INTERVIEW WITH OEKER?L GARY-He CIIAUCIKS SENATOR HAMP TON WITH HAVING SOLD OUT TILDEN IN 187G. CoLuaiiJU, S. C.. December 5.-Ccu. Mart. Gary, of Edgciicld, now "the people's man" for Governor of South Carolin?, was a anptain under Hampton, in tho Hampton Legion, in thc civil war. At thc first bottle of Mannssns, after Hampton and others wero wouuded, Gary took command ?nd captured Rickctl's Battery. His distin guished gallantry won tho ?pplautsc of the Legion, tho Confederate army and thc Southern people. Subsequently ho is said to have resented Hampton's attempt to prometo ono of his favorite officers over bim as Major, with the declaration that he .had "stood the test of battlo us well as ho (/-lampton) or any other man," and that "if .Hampton promoted another man over him it would bo tho last time that lie would traut .'tn officer so." These incidents af forded nu early test of Gary's quality, and were Mg?i?oniJt * besides of his ultimate future relations to Hampton in politics. He supported Hampton on principle for Governor, a>.' the most available candidate at tho close of tho carpet bog reign, conducting thc c?.mpaign with such vigor that on going to Co.'umbia ?flor thc election he was greeted by tho now Governor with thc exclamation: "Well, Gary, Edgcficld hus saved the State!" His subsequent opposition in the State Senate to thc policy of Hampton mid those who acted with him, raised General Gary into extraordinary prominence, im that ono morning, to usc his own rather shy expres sion, he awoko, liko Byron, and found him Bolf famous throughout thc South. AN INTERVIEW WITH OliN. GARY. I called on tho General this afternoon, at his hotel, and found him to bc of finer metal than hi? mero popular vogue implies. I/itho, wiry, with features thin but hand some, short gray hair, a closo clipped gray mustache, sparkling eyes and ti candid smile, ho displayed a charm of munucr and frankness of speech which would iu them selves account for a considerable part of tho publio favor ho h?9 won. It was with thc utmost difficulty that I lcd him into thc following discussion of political topios: "Is there anything of real meaning in thc talk, in South Carolina and elsewhere of adopting Grant as tho Southern candi dato for President?" was thc next question I osked Gen. Gary, asa diversion. "Nothing. If thero is a roal feeling in favor of such a project (exoopt, of course, among tho scalawags and niggers) I haven't heard of it. I spent two months of tho Stimmer nt thc White Sulphur Springs, meeting there men from rll parts of thc South, ?nd didn't heir tho scheme broached of running Grant in connection with thc Dcmocratio party. But I did hear tili.? and from tho lips of publio men from whom I should havo least cxpeotcd it-the State? i,?cnt that if Grant wants to bo Emperor of this country, or even to head n constitu tional .monarchy, he would find plenty of Southern backing." "Was this n deliberate statement? It scorns incredible," EMPEROR UJ.YSSEfL "Not a bit incredible. Why, my friend, you can't understand thc Streits in whioh some of tho Southern people find them selves. They oro willing to toko almost any way out of tho rut. Besides, many of them beliovc, ns they havo long bolicved, that tho British constitution is tho best tho world ever Baw. To savo themselves from tho present and possible futuro tyranny of a Republican majority in tho North, they would bc honestly willing not only to exchange tho Federal constitution for that one, but to do away with tho constitution and establish Imperialism for tho mere mike, or hope nt least, of scouring justioo through the cnjoyu.oiit of equal rights and privi leges. Tho gentlemen with whom I havo spoken on this subject haven't gono so far ns to say thoy would actively help to plant a Grout dynasty. Thoy havo merely said they would not hinder any move Graut and his friends might moko to sot it up, and that thoy would stand by tho ompiro if dcolurod a constitutional government, by God! "Suoh, however," said Goo. Gary, walk ing up and down tho floor, "is not my plan or policy. I'm in favor, by Godl of a constitutional govoromont-a Republican government, and in favor of perpetuating it. If tho time ever comes, I'm ready to throw my sword into tho soulo for this, and against any monarchical innovation whatso ever." HA YARD-TILDEN. ' "Who," I put to him at last, "is tho candidate of tho Southern Democrats for Prosidcnt?" "Take tho leaders- Bayard is their choice undoubtedly. Tako tho pcoplo-Tilden would bo theirs. I am not myself a Bay ard man. Thomas II. Ewing is my pre ference. His financial principles aro my own. Bayard's aro not. I can't under stand tho Domooratio fidelity of a man who stands, us Bayard docs, on a Radical Re publican financial platform. I'm a Jaokson Democrat, and oun understand tho position in this repcot of General Ewing. To my mind Jackson was tho greatest man tho Democratic party ever had-greater than Calhoun or Webster cither--in brains, in nerves, in far seeing statesmanship." "How do you associate his financial ideas wish those of Ewing?" "In this woy: Jaokson, in his day, was opposed to a national bank. Ho would, therefore, bc opposed to thc present national batiks. Ho was opposed to tho consolida tion of tho money power-tho graudest, most nbsorbing of modern powers-into hands outsido of tho people's.' So is Gonoral Ewing." THE POPULACE AND TILDEN. "As to tho popular preference for Tilden -what of that?" "Well, now that is a comprehensive question. Tho people of our State-that is to say, tho musses of them - Lave been so absorbed by their own troubles that they have not digested questions involving national finance nor inquired how thcso questions would bo affected by this or that President to come i uto power. All aro Democrats of tho strictest type, willing to obido by tho deci sion of tho National Democratic Convention. All, too, pretty well recognize the doctrine that South Carolina, whioh was so active in stirring up thc luto civil war, ought to bo a littlo modest just at present-ought not to attempt, to control matters when thc former attempt to control them resulted in such immense loss and suffering. Therefore, I say, our pcoplo havo not yot formulated their preference, and its only 'a feeling in tho air' which louds mo to describe it as for Tilden." "Why, General," exclaimed a confiden tial friend who had stood near during tho conversation, "don't you know very well there uin't a man, woman or white child in South Carolina that wouldn't go for Tilden if ho was nominated again?" "Just you hold on. I'm cominee to that," said General Gary. "Tilden, if ho gets nominated again, will get tho unan imous support of the Southern people. It's idle to dispute that solidest of all solid facts in thc so-called solid South. Damn him!" proceeded thc General, now warming to tho theme, "I'm sorry for him, too. I think Tilden has been badly treated. Ho was sold out by Southern leaders. Ho ought not, however, to have suffered himself to bo sold out by anybody. Hu should have claimed his rights. That's why, even while 1 say I'm sorry for him, 1 add that I don't liko his sort of a man. He has nothing of tho Andrew Jackson kind in him. Yet I would support him hcuttily ngain, because I bciievo he was sacrificed to tho South, aud that tho South owes him an atonement. Moreover, I bcliovo that, being thc greatest political tactician of thc time, having immcooo maohinory which ho has organized at his disposal, having still tho most powerful of his friends in 187G to back him, and, perhaps, having besides thc commodity ho is reported to have by tho barrclful, ho may bo nominated in 1880, and, if nominated in 1880, will certainly bc olectcd." SAMUEL SOLD OUT DY THE SOUTI?. "But you say Tilden was sold out by Southern leaders. That's a new phaso. How?" "Oh, I know it will raise tho devil," said General Gary, "but it might as well como out. Tho long and short of it is that a proposition was mado to mc at tho well known mass meeting nt Abbeville, in 1870, to withdraw tho Tilden electors of this State. TUB SHAMEFUL rROROSlTlON. "By whom?" "By General Hampton, at tho timo when he had been nominated but not elected for tho Governorship, lie, Toomba and myself spoke ut that meeting. Hampton ap proached mo on tho platform with that proposition." "Now," I asked Gonoral Gary, "please explain for what reason that suggestion wos made, and whnt scrvioo its adoption would havo boon to Hampton's oauso." "Well, eir, ot that time wo wanted to redeem South Carolina from oarpct-bag ru!o, and somo of us didn't oaro a damn how it was to como about. Hampton know that tho Radicals hero wouldn't voto for Tilden and Hendricks, aud ot tho samo limo they hated Chamberlain, tho Republi can oandidato for Govornor, liko tho dovih It was understood that Cooko and Maokoy said thoy would bolt tho Hampton Stato ticket if Uampton would withdraw tho Tild?n electors and thus insure tho Stato for tho Republican National tiokot. Hamp ton virtually sajd to these mon, 'If you ll elcot mo Governor, I don't caro whom you elect President.' That was why ho carno to mo at Abbeville with tho proposition I havo mentioned." A SHARI' ANSWER TO HAMPTON, "What did you say to it?" "I said, iu tbo first place, that as South Carolina had ?out dclogatcs to, and fairly participated in tho National Convention i which uominatcd Tilden, tho withdrawal of ! thc electors would be a picoo of bad faith. In tho noxt place, I said it couldn't bo done without calling another convention. To this Hampton responded that it might bo done through tho Stato Exccutivo Com mi t 1 too. Without acquiescing, I answorcd Hampton that if ho and tho rest wero re solved to do it, I wouldn't make war upon tho conclusion. I've since heard that at a meeting hold that night, which I didn't attend, but at whioh Hampton, Tootubs, Gen. MoGowan and Col. Cotbran wero present, there was a hot timo. MoGowan wouldn't agree, nohow, and thc projeot foll through. Nevertheless, I'vo always re garded it io thc light of a traitorous dis affect ion to Tilden before his oiootton, show ing a disposition to saoriGoo him ia this State. WHY ATONEMENT IS NECESSARY. ?It was nothing moro nor less than an offer to surrender tho Stato to Hayes in order to scouro tho election of Hampton; hence my willingness tosco atonement mado in ease Tilden is again nominated. That nomination. I repent, ignoring my profer onoo for iiwing, would undoubtedly bo re ceived by our peoplo with full acclaim. Tho whole South would voto for Tilden. Whoovcr ?tells you it wont, tells a lie. Thcro would bo uo bolting, We've had enough of bolting-enough of Recession. You can't got any moro of it from tho South. Talk of 'Southern brigadiers' not being docile to tho decision of tho party or not beiDg friends of tho Union! Hy God! I expect they're about tho best friends tho Union has to-day, just because thcy'vo had como experience in butting against it." A QUICK AND TART REPLY FROM SENATOR HAMPTON-UK PRONOUNCES QENRAI GARY'S CHARGES "UTTERLY AND ABSO LUTELY FALSE." Senator Hampton's attention was drawn to-day to tho eouvorsation of General Marl Gary concerning him, reported by n corres pondent from Columbia, S. C., in to-day't Herald. Ho rend tho correspondence ovei carefully, and said that while thcro wen various misrepresentations, beginning as fai baok as tho events of tho war, bc did not consider anything worthy of notice excop so mnoh ns related to the alleged brcaoh o; faith iu tho matter of tho Tilden oleotors Upon thia point bc romorked: "Whilo I bayo never condescended t< notice tho rumors, of which tho lierait speaks to-doy, about Senator Hampton's in. fidelity to the Democratic electoral ticket ii 1876, whioh havo been floating ia tho ai over since; and whilo I cannot agree witl tho Herald that they havo, os it says, nov found a respectable sponsor in Genera Gary, still as somo ono is at last found ti father these slanders, I am induocd to pro nounoo thom utterly and absolutely false "That tkoy aro false," ho continued "can easily be established by tho fo!lowin| facts: Soon after tho election in 1876 ai artiolo appeared in an Augusta, Ga., papci of course anonymously, making thc sam charges and referring to Gen. McGowan as Gary now docs. Ila was behind thom as ho is now, and this article, if not writ tan by Gen. Gary, was at loost. inspired b him. Tho Chairman of tho State Execu tive Committee, A. C. Haskell, subsc qucntly elected to tho Supremo .Hench c thc Stute, immediately responded to it an denounced it as untrue. Gen. McGowa al -on replied to it and took tho samo ground So completo and overwhelming wero then replies that tho author ot tho slander mod no rcBpoato to them, nnd I need only rofe you to tho r letters for my full vindicatio and thot of thc Dcmooiatio party of Sout Carolina. That party ootcd in perfcot goo faith during'tho whole canvass, and the fal that Mr. Hayes' majority by Rep?blica count waa only about 600 votes over Mi Tilden shows how earnestly Wo worked fe tho latter's election. That I consulte with Gen. Gary on this matter or any oth< during tbut canvass, or before it, or sine has entirely escaped my recollection, if th ever occurred, lt muy have been my mis fortuno that I havo not dono so, but as always regarded his views as narrow, ur wiso and dangerous, I havo studious avoided asking hit ndvico or noting on li suggestions." Jt will bo seen thot Senator Ham pk makes a very squaro denial of Gon. Gary accusations. Your correspondent will ni that during thc oanvoss of 1876 tho lierai on very frcquont occasions, editorially arg< the Domoorats of South Carolina, and Go Hampton, os their candidato, to nba mb tho 'Tilden eleotoral tiokct, or nt loost run a tiokct of Hayes and Hampton, oi that there was at thot time general diso pointmont that the Domoorats and Gonoi Hampton refused to do what many their Northern friends thought wise ai proper. Girls, Naomi was fivo hundred and oigh years old when she was married. There is still outstanding Sill,000,01 rf called United States Government bon upon which interest hus ceased Hinco t 17th of July lost. INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR HAMPTON. Tho Now York Herald reports tho follows log interview with Senator Hamptons Sonator Wado Hampton oxpresscd him? self Tory fully, in cen vermilion, concerning tho fin uncial question, and your correspond dont, with his permission, sends you tho following as tho substance of what ho said. Senator Hampton, as you have already been informed, is very decided in his approval of tho resolution recently introduced by Sena tor Bayard, and expr?seos himself strongly in favor of itt adoption and support by tho Democratic party. "Mr. Bayard," he said, "is ono of tOo comparatively tow mon in the country who had rather be right than Presi dent, and his course in regard to tho currency has loft no room for doubt, if nny man of any party wero disposed to doubt, that ho is guided in this matter sololy hy his sincere, and, ns 1 holicvo, sound convictions of what . will conduce to tho best interests ot tho wholo country." Sonator Hampton ovidontly shares theso convictions, which, ho maintains aro in porfoct nccbrd with tho oldest and soundest financial principles of tho Domo* ' eratic porty as asserted by its former rccog- ' idzcd toaders, ' DEMOCRATS ?kt) HARD MONEY. "The Democracy," he says, "has always 1 boon a hard monoy party and should huston to Boizo tho opportunity now presented of ' dedaring its devotion to its old financial , principios and of placing itself squarely on record in tboir support. Tho Republicans ? naturally hesitate to adopt tho Democratic , theory, or evon to go the lengths recommended j by their financial loaders, but rather mani- ; fost a strong dosiro to leave matters as they stand for fear of tho serious dissensions and I divisions likely to bo occasioned in their own 1 ranks hy this sudden attempt at wholesale ' conversion. There is no reason for hesita* tion on the part of Democrats. Tho courso 1 indioated by Mr. Bayard and indorsed by tho President and Socrotnry of tho Trcnsury is directly in the lino of all Democratic princ?* i plo and prooodont, and should be adopted, thoroforo, in my judgment,' without a dis? ( seating voice. The' party lias coquetted with ( soft inonoy doctrines quito long enough, and ( has lost steadily and deservedly in conoc? i quenco. It ought to ho satisfied with tho oxporimont and never ropeat ik. The (Jreen- t baok party, as el?ob, has almost disappeared, 1 its members baying returned in a body to tho 1 Republican party, from which they wore 1 drawn. The soft money Democrats have i been allowed to tost their full strength, and having failed in every Stato should bo willing , to con foss their weakness ?nd p?rQ??t the otbor-tho hard monoy-wing of tho party to dictate its financial policy in acooraanco 1 with old and fundamental principles, and I conduct tho fight to a successful issuo. NO MORE RAO ?.VBY NONSENSE. 1 "Even if there wore nothing moro at stako ^ than tho election of a President," continued General Hampton, "and a soft monoy candi? 1 dato could bo oleoted, ho would be powerless < to carry his viow?j into effect in tb? facoof the overwhelming opposition ho would en- ( countor in his own party, in Congross and t in the country. Thoro is absolutely nothing to bo gained by further compromises with tho soft monoy theory, and nono should bo made, in ray judgment. Tho country has omphuti- I cally declared itself in favor of hard monoy, and expediency alono would seem to require o that tho Domooraoy should take advnntago of I tho present situation and placo themselves in . tho strong position loft open by tho hesitation : and indecisi?n Ol' their opponents. We could not bo charged with tampering with tho cur rency, seeing that tho question has hoon I oponed by tho Republican President and his ' Secretary, whoso action has left us no alter- t native but to choose sides, lt only remains for us, therefore, to place ourselves on record c in defence o! our own principles or against them. Tho Herald was right in tho views it expressed in n recent editorial on this subject. s Tho Domocrats now have their opportunity. ? Success is within their roach if they not wisely and promptly, and they deserve defeat * if they aro not prepared and determined to t tako ndvantago of it. It would bo sound j policy, thoroforo, for ns to do our duty. But . whothor wo should suoceod or fall, whether it is oxpedent or not, I would make tho fight f on this ifisnc and on this linc, lt is tho lino ' of consistency and principle, and wo had i bettor bo whipped fighting for tho right than \ to win upon any other ground, c BRINGING NOHTrt AND SOUTH TOOETUER. t ? "Thero is another view of tho mattor," he continued. "This financial question is in a fact the real ground upon which is based s whatovcr feelings of distrust and dislike thc North may ontortnin toward tho South. We c aro suspected of being at heart a community t of repudiators, or, at host, of holding very ( loose and unsound views concerning the na tional currency and national debt, and so long as this is tho case tho business interests of tho wealthier section, which have so much p at stako in tho settlement of theso matters, c will continuo to regard with suspicion and h concorn every accession of power whioh tho ? South may obtain, or bo supposed to obtain, through tho successes of tho policical party of whioh it constitutes so largo' a pro- C portion. Thoro is no veal hatred on tho part I of tho people of the North toward tho South, t as is so ofton alleged, but thoro is this mani? fest feeling of anxiety regarding tho safety of r their investments whioh arrays tho moneyed men and property holders generally in defence 11 of a sound currency and fixed financial policy and against tho attacks whioh they havo 1 boon taught to foar tho Democratic party, T and especially tho South, aro disposed and ) ready to moko upon tho first opportunity. 1 There is of oourso no foundation whatever for this fear. Tho South has always boen eon* Borvotive, and should it ovor be called upon again to exoroiso its propev share in tho di- j. roction of tho general government, which is all that it asks, it will assuredly bo as con- ? ?orvativo rn the future as it has boen in the past. . j TROST TBK BOOTI*. B "The South requlros only to bo fullv nn? 1 rleretood in order to be fully trusted, but wo i orto prove tkoso Tacts only by eur notion upon financial questions as they conto up in Con gress. A proper occasion for such reassu ring notion is now presented, ns it eoe ms to ino, and tho South should put . itself promptly and emphatically on record in support of a ? ut tied financial policy, a settled currency and a settled country. If every Democrat, and particularly every Southcfln Democrat, in Congress, would respond promptly to the ohallongo that bas boon mado to thom, and would rally to a man in support of -tho cur renoy and credit of the country, the war upon a South thus 'solid,' would in my opinion be virtually nt an end, and tho election of a Democratic Prosidont bo already assured." - ?? ?? ? mi - PROCEEDINGS OFJTHE LEGISLATURE. In tho Senate, Dcccmqer 1G, Mr. Counts moved to omoud tho Bill to create a Do? partment of Agriculture by tho addition of tho following Section: "That tho ofiiccs of Pnosphato Inspector and Phosphate Agent bo abolished, and that tho Department of Agriculture bo charged with oil tho duties dovolviug on said oilmen necessary to pro* tcot tho phosphate and royalty interests of tho Stato. Also an aditional Section: "That tho Board of Commissioners of Ag riculture shall havo power and authority to appoint a special assistant to tako ohurgo of tho phosphate deportment and royalty, and that said assistant shall bo paid a salary of 01,200." Both sootious wero xdopted. After a long discussion tho bill WAS passed. , A bill was passed to stop tho running of freight trains on Sunday. Mr. Bradley asked for convicta to work the Belton and Easley railroad. His appli cation failed, but an arrangement was put on foot to divide the convict labor amongst all applicants. The House of Representatives proceeded lo tho consideration of a bill to make ap propriations for tho per diem, mileage and dationery ocrtiQoatcs of tho members of ;ho General Assombly, etc. Tho bill was 'ead tho second time and ordered to be sngrossed for a third reading. On tho bill to raise supplies, a motion vas made to tox the procecda of mines. Lu tho courso of tho discussion, it turned mt that tho amendment referred to tho in tome of tho phosphate com panic.!. Finally, ,he House said only tho "DC." income ihould be taxed. Tho phosphate men aro dways Successful. Bili to amend an not to pr?vido for drain ?gc in Anderson aud Boaufort was amended jy adding Fairfield, Chester, Union, Green ville, Ooonco, Laurens and portions of Ab jo ville Cor?ntica, and tho bill was thea passed to a third reading. A bill to repeal an act entitled "An act o alter and amend tho law in relation to ?lections," approved March 22, 1878, wa? ead tho second time and ordered to be en grossed for a third reading. In tho Senate, December 17, aftor tba isual routine of business, tho Columbia ional bill was takon up. Messrs. Gary, lYylio, Taft and McQueen favored tho noo8uro, and Messrs. Mcclzo and Lipscomb apposed tho samo. In tho House, a bill to re-district thor Congressional districts of tho Stato was nade prominent. A bill to authorize tho opening of a canal loross Charloston neok was discussed and )Q830d. Bill to amend an not to protect tho louds nd crops' of citizens of Abbeville, Union, Cowberry and Laurens Counties from tres ?ass by stock and to apply said act to ocr nin portions of Spnrtanburg County, waa mended by striking out tho words "certain ?ortions" aS to Spartunburg and by adding 'portions of Oconoo County," and the bill hon passed. Bill to p'.ovido for tho investment and iso of tho Agricultural College fund. Bill to provide artificial logs for soldiers md bill to make appropriations for per diem if members, &o., woro read a third time A bill to further amend on act entitled 'An act to amend an act ontitled 'An oct lupplomentary to Chapter XV, Title IV, L'urt I, of tho general statutes of South 3arolion," approved March 22,1878, waa. imoudod by ohonging "nrms nnd equip nenl.s" to "sabres, umull arms and accoutro acnts" as to tho supplies to bo purchased vi t h the appropriations; also, by striking mt Sections 2 and 3. These sections con ained the provisions that ono horse or mulo honld bo exempt for every cavalryman,. ' nd that members of volunteer companies bould be exempt from road duty. The bill was further nmonded, on motion if Mr. Cleveland, by ohonging "SIO^OO"' o "85,000" ns thc amount of appropria ion. 'THE OENSUS OP 1880.-For tho pur oso of facilitating tho taking of tho new onsus, the Stato of South Carolina hoe eon divided into tinco census districts, ns allows* First distriot-Abbevillo, Andorson, Ibester, Edgoftold, Fairfield, Greenville, cur?os, Nowbcrry, Ooonoe, Piokons, Spar enburg, Union and York Counties. Scoond Distriot-Aiken,Barnwell, Beau* ort, Charloston, Colloton, Hampton, Lexi ngton, Orangebnrg and Richland Counties. Third District-Chesterfield, Clarendon, Arlington, Georgetown, llorry, Kershaw, lancaster, Marion, Marlboro', Sumter and iVillianisbnrg Counties. Germany ie now overrun with beggars.. A land flowing with milk and lionoy may io very rich, but it ought to moko things [uito damp and uucomforablc for farmers. Mr. Soulo, of Illinois has, it is olaimod, ?00,000 dozen frogs of all ogos, on Bo oro and a quarter of loud, whioh bo ia. irooding for tho Chicago and Cinoiuua&k narket.