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The Back Poll Tax.
SUMTER, S. C., October 28.
To the Editor of the News and
Courier: Your editorial comments
on my action in relation to back poll
taxes would inmply that I had neg
lected or disobeyed the verbal di
rections of my superior officer, the
ion. Johnson ilagood. Although
the law requires ther orders than
werbal I would not have made any
question in this instance had I not
vxcellent reasons f,>r dving so, which
I % ill now explain.
Soon after the verbal directions
idluded to, I was visiting Columbia,
and called -at Governor Hampton's
flice oik brfiness connected with the
C ltge Librarv. His Excellency,
after-attending to the matter of the
library, asked me whether the re
lations between the races in Sumter
County were fC iendly, and remarked
that he desired all o'flirs of his aps
pointments to do what !iy in their
power to impress the colored people
with tie sincerity of his policy of
kindness and fairness to them. I re
plied tilat I wats glad his Excellency
had "'rbached the subject, as there
was a serious obstacle to the pleas
anit rblations wvhich ought to exist
between the c.>ored people and his
government, and I stated that I had
been directed by the Honorable the
Comptroller General to assess the
poll tax for all the past years in
cases where it had nmot been assessed.
I said that' I did niot desire to be
understood as complaining of my
superior officer, but that as his Ex
cellency had drawn it forth, I would
say that 'I had examined the laws
relative to the poll tax, and was
A datisfied .that "to assess the back poll
taxes was neither lawful, pracetical
uor.politic." Uis Excellency said he
Would se the, Comptroller General
on the subject, and, if possible, have
it stopped, and remarked that, "we
ouglktto be satisfied with collecting
the poll lax.for the current year."
Several weeks having elapsed, and
no change in the instructions having
be4z4 40mm.diiciatef. .to me, I Ven
tured to asic his Excellency, on the
occasion of another visit, I think on
the 14th October, what had been
done about the'back poll taxes. IIis
,. Eteellency said it had been over
looked ini the multifarious duties of
hris office, but that he would attend
to it' immediately. IIe accordingly
sent a message to the Comptroller
General, aeking him to come, to his
office; but unfortunately that gentle
6 man bad left Columbia, and the
matter had to be again post poned.
Meantime the necessity for deciding
tl!.tietion was upon me, and I
then, on the. 17th October, addressed
* to theo Honorable Combptroller Gent
oral the letter which you have seen
publishe4 .In the "Sumter Watch
ina." You will peroeive that I did
niot act without due caution; and that
in what I iave done, I Was only car
rying out the wishes of our wise and
good Governor.
1am pleased to say that our able
Attornoy Goneral has decided in
favor of his Excellency's views, and
that I have now received written in
structions from the Comptroller
General not to asaess back poll taxes.
Yours, respectfully,
CUARLES 1I. MoIs,
Auditor Sumter County.
The Situation in Mexico.
HAVANA, October 27.-Advices from
the City of Mexico, of the 18th, sayo:
"An attempted revolution in the State
of Nichoacan was suppressed instant
ly. It is authentically reported that
the State of Sonora has seceded
Peace prevails in the other States. Re
ported insurrection on the Northern
border prove untrue. President Diaz
shows an inflexible determination to
extradite criminals on the Rio Grando
belioving extradition necossary to
preserve the National decorum. Ger.
Travins and Gov. Charles, of Coa
buila. arrived at the capital on the
16th, from the border States, bringing
favorable accounts of the situation,
except that discontent is manifost at
Diaz's determination to extradite all
criminals. Several regiments of in
fantry and cavalry have marched for
the border, relics of the Lerdo faction
being sLill at work. The Lordists are
actively organizing to co-operate with
Escobedo in his efforts on the Rio
Grande.
ELIzABT, N. J, Oct. 30.-The
chief of police of the city last night
arrested, at Morristown, L. Cass
Cpert, alias Carpenter, editor and
proprietor of the Columbia, (S. C)
Daily Union,. on an indictinent for
forgery in raising two notes,.from
$600 to $1,600. Also for default
of $3,000 in hi3 settlement with the
United States Governinent, which
sum lie drew on sala,-y and adver
tising accounts, but did not pay the
bills. Ile ran away from Columbia
to Connecticut, then to NeW York,
and afterwards resided tLwo weeks in
this city.: Gol. .johnson, of the. Sotith
Carolina Logigture, camne with a
requisitsion 'from Governor IIamnp
tou for Carpenter's arrest. lle is
now in jail, and will' beiukuw' away
at once.
[NoTE.-Carpenter is a very good
specimen of the gehus car'pet bagger.
Lie was best known as the editor of a
Radical sheet published in Column
bia, and called the Union-~1rald,
which was for a long time known as
Chamberlain's organ. In 1874 he
was elected to Congress, on the Re
publican patent plani of co'untin gin,
to compjlete the unexlpired term of
his very worthy pr'edecessor, R. B.
Elliott, Massach use'tte Ethiopian,who
resigned for the purpose of being
elected to the Legislatmro i' oin Aik.Z
en, so that he migh t be chiosen Spdak.
or of the Sotuth Carolina Ilouse of
Representatives. At the expiratiom
of the termh Carpenter was succeeded
by Iloge, another' sample c. b., and
he was soon after appointed assistant
collector of initernal revenue for the
third South Carolina district, which
position he hold until a f2hort time
ago ]i
\V AsHINoToN, Oct. 3".--The case of
Senator Patterson, who was claimed
on a requisition of' the Governor of
South Carolina, and who sued out a
writ of habeas corpus, hiaw.beon fur
t~p postponed by agreement of
o' nsel at the request of te- Attor
niey General of' South Carolina, who
is unable to be here to morrow on
account of official business. The case
will not again he heard until some
time after the 10th of November; the
exact time to be agreed on hereafter,
with the express undterstanding and
agreement that no other requisition
will be made or new obarges prefer
r'ed, during the pending of the pros
enit proedings before Judge Hlum
nhrnv.
The Testimonial to Gordon
It is- nearly a year since our peo
ple, with strained nerves and anxious
hearts, awaited the result of a gallant
struggle for reinstatement in the right
to continue the noble history of South
Carolina. The knowledge that Jail
ure would be fatal was enough to
make us put forth the whole strength
of an united population, and to nerve
the true ipon of the State .in every
-effort in retaining what was so well
Adhievd. With or without help
from abroad, the utmost with
or without our power nust have
been done. The long weary years of
oppression forbade the relinquish
inent of just expectations; the future
welfare of the State, wherein was in.,
volved the happiness of prosperity,
urged onward the determination to
throw off the shackles which invir-n
ed the limbs of a people who were
entitled to be free. But we were not
left to "maintain the contest alone."
A great sympathy was energized in
increasing labor and vigilance, by
one whose position and ability was
of inestimable value, and this kindly
sympathy served to relume the hopes
of our people, whenever the clouds
of doubt and uncertainty seemed to
veil the misty future. To the unsel
fish, patriotic Gordon was due the in
spiration!
The months in which General Gor
don wat giving our leaders the use
of his experience and counsel, the
women of Columbia, among others,
drew steady hope and trust from
that fact. These women, exulting in
the renewed opportunities for Caro
lina's sons to take her from the dust
of humiliation and lift her high in
the records of the nation, designed a
memento of the event, in rec. gnition
of a noble friendship to the State. It
was to be presented to Gcorgia's bat.
Ie-scared hero, for whom they felt
m everlasting gratitude, which would
lain find expression in a lastig sou
venir of appropriate design. The
purpose of the devoted women who
pr,o.ectedl this tegtimponial aa guiet
ud as .has. been already announced,
bhe silvenesel which 'has ben pre
pared under .their direction will
shortly find its destination. The de
lay in getting out this beautiful offer
ing was caused by the order being
given at a season of the year, when
skilled workmen of superior ability
were not in service. But this does
not diminish the beauty or signifi
cance of thoe gift, which is the more
valuable in its intrinsic character' for
thie fervor wvhich has not abated with
time's delay.
The inscription is conitained in the
words of Governor Hampton's mem
orable dispatch to Gordon, when the
troops marched out of the State
[louse, except the clause relating to
Chamberlain's resignation. Although
proper to be included in the telegram,
the wbmen. rebelled against t heir use
of a name which symbollized only
dishonor'. TIhe exact wording of the
telegram has never appear'ed in the
newspapers wd believe, and what was
printed did not convey its full and
applropriate nieaning: "The troops
have been removed. I'erfect peace
prevails. Sonth Carolina thanks
you.-WADE LIAMPTON." The idea
con veyed is that the whole p)eop)le of
South Car'olina united in this heart
felt expression of gratitude to oneo
w hose steadfast friendship deeer ved
this suitable recognition, immediate
ly as the result was 'an fal accompli.'
Further, the Governor had a right to
speak in this representative capacity,
for during the protracted days of
waiting for the fiunal dawn of deliver.
ance, it was ho who stood unmoved
in the firm position that whatever
else occurred, the rights of the ma
jority in South Carolina were to be
respected. It was not a personal ex
j.rossion of thanks to General Gordon.
but the spontaneous outburst of grat.
itude from a people henceforth free
and untrammelled in the enjoyment
of local self-government. The wom
en of Columbia, who I)ave embodied
this sentimont in a rarely beautiful
gift, deserve all honor and praise for
the manner in which it has been car
ried out.-Columbia Register.
Our Mexican Relations.
A long letter was received at the
State Department to day from Mr.
Foster, our Minister at the City of
Mexico, recounting the progress and
results so far of the negotiations
pending in that city between the
United State and Mexican authori
ties for a new treaty between the
two countries.
This new treaty conforms in its
main features and general outline to
the one now subsisting between the
two governments, with an enlarge
ment in the extradition section of
the number of offences for which ex.
tradition may be demanded and had,
together with the addition of an al
together new section, providing that
the regular soldiers of either country
shall be allowed to cross the border
and enter the territory of the other
when in actual pursuit of outlaws
escaping over'the-Troutier. It is un.
derstood that this last provision is
the secret of the delay in Ithe ratifi
cation of the treaty by the Diaz gov
ernment and constitutes the hitch
which has kept the paper under de
bate for the past three months. The
modification of this section in such a
way that it shall be palatable to the
Mexican people ii believed to be the
object of the prolonged series of con -
ferences held in the Mexican capital
with Minister Fuster by the officials
of the Mexican State Depaitment.
It is understood that Mr. Foster
insists that thero shall b an un
equivocal definition in the treaty of
this mutual right of the troo)s of
either country to puroS marauders
into the territory of the other.4
During the course of the after
noon it was repor-ted that Senor
Matai, the 'representative of the Diaz
Government in WVashinigton, hiad be
come discouraged; that lie hiad de
termined to desist from any further
efforts to obtain recognition for his
government by the United T1tates.-.
Senor Mata declines to answer in.
quiries relative to the p)resent state
of his relations with the United
States Government, butc he admits
that he has very recently received an
official communication fronm the for
eign deCpait rtet of his governmwent,
of wvhich the pending negotiations
between Minister Foster and Presi.
dent Diaz formed an impJor'tant fe'a
tore, and that he has held a confer
ence with thne head of the Depart
ment of State here. iIe also ad
mits that he is fully determined to
leave Washington within a short
time and report the result of hia no
gotiations to Sen)or iDiaz personally
in theo City of Mexico. Tue repre,
sentative of' the defacto Mexican
Government states, with a tinge of
diplom'atic humor it may be con
jectured, that on account of the so
verity of the climate at WVashiingtont
he had intended to remain ce'rtainily
rto longer than thne 1st of September.
IIe considered it probable, however,
that lie would deter his departure for
Mexico until he receives another
dispatch from hiis govern me~nt, which
he expects by the next mail via,
Newv Orleans.-New York Hlerald.
If Stanley Matthews resembles
Brigham Young,.says the Rochester
Democrat, it must be because Brig..
ham is dead.
True bills htavo been found by the
Richiand county Grand Jury against
"Bob'" Smalls for bribe taking, and L.
Cass Carpenter for fraud. Let the
milla grind on).
Captain Thompson's Story.
The early days of April, though
pleasant on land, on "blue water"
were what might be called rough.
Every vessel arriving at New York
has brought news of disaster. The
Norwegian bark Faro, which reach
ed New York Sunday, April 22d,
brought Captain Thompson and the
crew of the schooner Laura A. Webb,
of Deer Isle, Me., which was aban
doned on the 15th, after five days
effort to save her. Captain Thomp
son says:
"You see, Ive been on blue water
for thirty years, but that storm lay
away over anything I ever got into
before. We left New York on the
7th of April, and worked along all
right until the 7th, when we ran into
the edge of the storm of Cape Henry.
The wind came from E. S. E. all
around to E. N. E., and the sea seem.
d to roll up from almost anywhere.
I conc'uded to heave to, so we made
6verytling snug and tossed for twen
by hours with all sail furled. This
would have been all well enough it
the sea had been all regular running
ifore the wind. That's whatit wan't;
it seemed to come from everywhere.
Dne minute her bows would go clean
ander a wave, and before she got
airly straightened again another
would strike her abeam or astern.
Well, we stood this for twenty hours,
ind then I determined to run out of
he gale. For six hours we scuddled
Along under closenreefed foresail.
rhen a heavy cross sea struck her,
and another followed so quick that
ahe hove clean on her beam ends to
starboard; and the ballast shifte-i. I
saw right away that we were wreek,
ed sure, and it would take Mighty
lively work to cut away the uigging
n time to save life.
"1here was nothing easy about it
11st then, I can tell you. Every sea
wept her from sten to stern, and
lie men had to lash themselves to
he casheads and do the best they
sould between waves. When the
nauinmnast fell, Abner Newman got
is leg bauught and wa&badly fresh%
d. Ie was sent below, and bb did,
't.have no easy time either, for thei-e
d&as Glenty of water in both forecas
le and cabin.
"Well, eveun after stick and spar
was Qverboord except the bowsprit
and mainiboon, she wouldn't right
because the ballast was so badly
shifted. So we had to open the hold
and the men were set to heaving the
ballast back. Four or five hours'
work trimmed the craft enoughb to
give us the use of the cabins. The
meni were pretty well exhaubted, and
there did not seem much to be donle
duringv the night. I awwe were
drifting to the eastward, and toward
morning I got anxious lest we should
drift out of the track of the coast
traders. In the morning we rigged
little jury masts, and tried to get up
sail enough to give us some sterage,
way. We could not do much, for
althe h canvass we had left was a lits
tie of the foresail.
"I never see such a sky as broke on
us next morning. It was streaked
all over, brassy, and looked a threat
in every rift. All our small stores
was in the cabin, badly damaged
with salt water and hardly fit to eat
1'here was no chance to cook any
hing, not eveni a cup of coffee. The
rain, although it wasn't froze, cut
where it struck like shot, and was
just about as cold. Oni deck or bos
low deck it was all the same for wa
ter, and all of us were drenched
hrough. We didn't see a sail all
lay, and when n)ight closed in with
he storm arnd sea wilder than over,
there didn't seem to be much hiope.
'-Tbe next morning, A pril 11th,
was just such another. Now, I've
been wrecked before, and have seen
some pi etty high seas, but I never
saw no use in lashing myselt to keep
from getting washed QVOm.oar... -.
Well, the mate eame up and aid:
"Cap, these seas are mighty high;
you had better try a lashing!" Ijust
laughed at hi'm, and said I wouldn't
do any such thing. He kept telling
me four or five times ihai I had bet
ter do it, and at last, just to please
him, says I: 'len give me a lash%
ing!" Well, it was riot more than
five minutes after I had made It fast
that a mountaki sea struck her astern,
lifted mne right over the wheel and
took me to the end of the lashing
with such a jerk that it pretty near
cut me in two. That wasn't all of it;
after the sea rolled along I came fore
head on the deek so hard that it
closed one of my eyes. That was
about the narrowest sbave I ever had
If I hadn't taken that lashing the first
heave of that sea would have lifted
me right overboard.
"Two more days without eight of
sail. We were btill doing what we
could to keep from drifting too far to
eastward, but it wasn't of muc' use,
and most of those on board were
getting discouraged. Abner New,
man, the man with the broken leg,
kept up his courage better than any
of them. On the third morning he
told his mates that he had a dream
in one of the short spelle wben ex
haustion so far overcame pain that
he could sleep soome. "1 dreamed
that I was eating my soup, boys, at
Deer Isle,' said he, 'and a white cat
streaked with gray jumped upon the
table and watched me eat. We'll
get out of this all right, never fear."
"1 liked the fellows pluck, but at
the same time I was beginning to
feel a little dubious. We seemed to
be dritting along about the middle of
the atorm with nd chance to.run out
of it. Besides we were going so
much to eastward that I thought
that accounted for our not encour.A
tering vessels of some sort. Four
days and nights had been spent int
about as uncomfortable quarters as a
man could pick ont, and still no sail
hove in ight. About half past three
on theoafternoon of the .15th, the
Norweogiain bark Fat-o sighted us'audd
came to our assistan ce. The storm
had abated somewhat, but there was
still a good deal of risk im making the
transfer in such a sea, but it was ac
complished without acci dont.
"I never took much stock in
dreams, but it does sceem strange the
way A bner Newman's came out. As
soon as as we could get him .ashore
he was sent to comftrtable quarters,
and the first morning after they got
there they gave him a bowl of pea
soup. There imoethan oewt
ness that can swear that before ho
swallowed the first spoontul a w hito
cat, streaked with gray, jumped on
the table, as familiar as an old friend
and eat there watching him till he
had finished.
A party of French wits once stop
pod at a tavern. When tihe feas%
was over one of the members called
in the hiostess. "Angeligqie," he
said, "I am going to give you a les
son in astronomy. IIave you not
heard of the great Latonic year,
when everything must return to its
former condition? Know, then ,that
in 18,000 years we shall be here
again, on the same day and at the
same hour. Will you give us'credit
till then?" The hostess, however,
had her reply. "I ami perfectly wil,
ling," she rotorted, but it. is just
16,000) years eince you were here
before, and yon- left withle .it paying;
settle the old sc.ore, and I will truist
you on the new.
In Greece you can tell by the way
a woman wears her hair' whether she
is married or not; in America you malty
know that a; man is married it ho
dosen't wear any hair at all.
A iDenoerat in Ohio is reported to
have actually laughed biwnself to death
over the recent triumph of his part~y
t.here.