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The Xleotoral Voto. jlrl'oht of tilk joist committr*. WasiiisOtos January 18. , In llicjr report, submitted vie I* the bill, Ilia no mm Ml co say ilicy hav? applied tho utmost practicable study and deliberation to the subject, ami believe that tlio bill reported is tbc best atl:iinablo disposition <>f the difficult problems and disputed theories arising out of (lie late election. They speak of the difficulty of teaching ? conclusion, and they dealt with abstract .question only save so far as they are necessarily involved in tlip legislation proposed. The report iinplt|j| that tofKslatleq may l>e had on the rubfeet in aiWordnnce With the constitution, but (Tie ei>iumitt<re lltinfc that the law proposed is inconsistent wi?b few principles and theories on the ?nl?i?*eb. The bill is only directed to nsccrtnin"Ttg, tor tlio purpose and in aid of tlio counting, what are the constitutional votes of tho respective States; and whatever jurisdiction exists for eilcli purpose, the bill only regulates I lie method of exercising it. For thin the constitution gives Hiirniiii, iiuu meruiurv 1110 ihw propose'! is 1101 inconsistent with that instrument. The coniuilltcc regard it uf fur greater moment that tho will of tho pooplo should ho legally tarried out than the question of who shall he president for a proscribed term. They, therefore, endeavored to frame a fair and impartial measure. The legislature and the judiciary are represented in the tribunal in equal proper! ions. The composition of tho judicial part of tho commission looks to a suteutron fr-.m different parts of the republic.? WIqIo if is thought |0 bo frv0 from any preponderance or supposahlo b\an, and the addition of , - tho necessary constitutent parts ut? 1U0 whole, in order to obtain uu uneven number of the commission, is left to an agency farthest remove 1 front the prejudice of any existing attainable ouo, it woub^be difficult, if .uot impossible, the committee think, toestablisli a tribunal that could be less tho subject of party criticism than such a one. The committee fell bound, by (lie highest duty, to let no bias of party feeling stand i'.v the way of a just, equal and peaceful measure h>extricating tho question from the embarrassments that at present surround it. The coin mittce conclude as follows : 'H41 conclusion, we respectfully beg love to itnprdSu (l|mu congress tho necessity of a spec ly -de'er.urSuion upon this subject. It is impossible to e-diis^, ||t<? material loss the country dai l y sustains fretu^, existing state of uncertain'.? *t directly and pow^n'ully tends to unsafe ??<! tralyse bu>i|icss ; to^Veijten **ibU<? and private ?rojt ; to crva^i apprch?nsws ,, |||(, minds if 1 ho people that ifoturb tno re:*c r?| t0iiot* of thoL tvays and nin? rhelr linppinca. jt ,i,,os l'ar.\r wore. It tads to bring repubi..an j,,. Stitutions irto disepdi: and to create doui,.. ,,f the success of out*form v-t* government and ?jthe prosperity of die republic. All cotisddcrn- | vs 01 iiuercsi, >t pwru'iisiu Ull'l o: jn-lice unite in iV"u?nlirig of the law mavinir r">v<-r ,l measure lint will bring pence and prosperity to thec??unhry# and show that our revilbllcan institutions mo et|uai to any oiucigtiivy. In this connection \&c cannot refrain frOW tlie expression of our satisfaction that your einunittee, composed of doll numbers of both parties, have fortunately neon able to do what has been attempted in vain heretofore?almost unanimously agree uj-oii a plan considered by them all <o l>e just, wise and ellieient. Wc accordingly recoiinnoiul the proposed aet to the patri'Gc and just judgment of I'nnprpss. The report is signed by George F. Fdmoiids, Frederick T. Frelinglniyseu, Foseoe I'onkling, A. G. Thurinan, 'i'. F. Ilayardjf M. IV. Ransom, of the .Senate t'oinini".ee ; U.? I'ayno, iTppa llunton, Win. M. Springer, George \V. McCrary, George F. Hoar, George Willard of the House commit tee. TilK XI w Illl.l.. A liill to provide for and regulate (lie counting of votes for President and Vice-President ami the decision of ipiestions ari ing thereon for the term commencing March 1, A. 1). JsTT. lie it enacted, &c., That the Senate and <1 Lju.se of Representatives shall meet in tlie hall of the house of representatives, at. the hour of I n 1'. M.,on the first Thursday in February, A. L>. TN77, and the president of the senate shall he thus presiding officer. Two tellers shall he previously appointed on (lie part of the senate and two on tlic part of the house of representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by tlie president of the senate, the certificates and papers purporting to he certificates of the electoral votes, whic i certificates and papers shall be opened in the presence of the two houses, and bs ucted upon in the alphabetical order of the states, beginning with the letter A ; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two houses, shall make a lis of the votes as they appear from the said certificates ; tin I the votes having been ascertained and counted, as in this act provided, the result of the same shall lie delivered to the president of the senate, who shall thereupon announce thestatcut the vote and the names of the persons, if any, elected, which announcement shall he decuied a sumciciu iiccinrai 1011 oi ine persons electcM president and vice-president of the I'nited Suites, which, together with a list of the votes shall be recorded in the journal jufdhotwo^ousea.? I poii vuch reading of anf1a^WjMfcrtiflWnP or pn^ . per, when there shall he only one return lrCU^f objections? If nn3'"' Vfvrr)' "iS'ljl-ihtrtH1'WlRlf 5 made in writing, end shall state clearly and concisely. and in itliout argument, the ground thereof, muI shall be signed hy at least one senator and one member of ihe house of representatives before the same shall bo received. When all objections so made to uny vote or paper from a state shall have been received and read, iliusenativ shall thereupon withdraw, ami such objections shall be submitted to the senate for its <lcc'-don, a'"' di? speaker of the house of ropreswotetives shall in like manner submit such objections to tlie bouse of representatives for its decision, and no electoral vote or votes from any stale from which one return has been received shall be rejected, except by the alhrmative vote of the two houses. When the two houses have voted they shall immediately again meet, and 1 lie presiding officer shall then announce the de- 1 cision of the qucstiou submitted. 1 Sine. - That if more than one return or pa- ] per purporting to be a return from a state shall I have been received tjy the president of tlie sen- I 1U0. purporting to l>Mli|certificates of electoral I votes given at the lasr preceding election for 1 president and vice'president in such state, uu- . Jess silastic duplicates of iheisanie rctaJSMM by J t liini in I be nrcseiice ol* the two houses, when I s met :is aforesaid, nn<l read h\ tin- tellers, and ul! <1 such returns ami papers shall thereupon !? sub- >1 m it t e< I to the judgment it ml deei.smn, :t-> t ># w hit h is the I rite nml lawful electoral vote of .-noli state, ( of a eoiiiinissiort constituted follows: l>urilig the session of each house on the Tue> lav 1 next preceding the first Tliurs lay in> IVbruury, t |S77, each house shall, hy viva voce vole, appoint five of its members who, with (lie live associate,just ices of I he supremo court of the I ni- .1 ted States, loin ascertained as hereinafter pro t vi led, 'shall constitute a commission for the tie- t cision of all questions upon or in respect <>f such ' double returns mtmed in this sect ion. Out heTues f day next preceding tho first Thursday in I'ehrua- i t ry, A. 1). 1H77, or as soon thereafter us may he. ! t tiie associate justices'of llto Supreme < jmrt of t the t'liiled States now nssigned to the 1st, JJtl, : 'Hit ami '.'th circuits shall select, in such manner | us a majority of them shall tleeai lit, another ' of the associate justices of sai l court, which five persons shall he member* of said coinniis- i stun ; and the person longest in commission of I said five justices shall be the president of said i commission, jljy mci^JMpqrqJ|M||UKcoiniiii?><i*n shall respectively take anaBtroSMbe the fo'lotoing oath : "I, -/do solemnly swear (or affirm, as tlie case may he,) that I will impartially examine and consider all questions submitted to the commission t>f which 1 am a member, and a true judgment give thereon, ngrccahiy co the constitution and ttic law.*. So help me God " Which oatli shall be tiled with the secretary of the senate. When the commission shall have been thus organized, it shall not l.e in :l|e f dVcr of either lion*.- to dissolve the j a on*, of In withdraw any t f i'-- member* : but if any such senator or member shaft die or l>twJ fume physically limbic to perform the duties j required by this nut, the fact of such death or I physical Inability shall be, by said commission, ? before it shall proceed further, communicated to the senate or liouso of reprcseutitives, as the ~ case may be, which body shall immediately and without debate proceed by viva voce rote to till the place so vacated ; and the person so appointed shall take and subscribe the oath hereinbefore prescribed, and become a member of said' commission, and in like manner if uny of said justices of the supreme court shall die, or become physically incapable of performing the duties required by ibis act, the other of said justices, mohibers of the conrtiii.ssion, A'tll immediately appoint uuother justice of said court a member of said commission ; and in such appoint incuts regard shall be had to the impartial- n ity and freedom from bias sought by the original appointments of said commission, who shall thereupon immediately take and subscribe the oath hereinbefore prescribed, and become a mem- ' ber of said commission, to fill the vacancy occa- " sioned. Ail theucrtilicatcsaud papers purporting to l>e certificate* of the efecior.il votes of each state shall be opened in the alphabetical order tl of the states, us provided in section one of ri this act, and where there shall he moic than otic flitch certificate or paper, us the certificates " and pipers from such state shall be opened, excepting duplicates of the same return, they shall , be read by the tellers, and thereupon the presi- 1 dent of the senate shall call for objections, if ^ 1111 V. l*'vt?rv tlltitM'litiii vltull 111' mail. Ill u rilihtr I? u.nl shall statu clearly and concisely and without urgumcnt the ground thereof, and shull ba signed by at lcusl one senator and one member C5 oT the house ol rcpscscututivc* before tbcfcauie ( shall be received. When all such objections so made to any certificate, voto or paper frtin a state shall have beeu received and read, all such certificates, voles and papers so objected to and papers accompanying th? same, together tyith such objections, shall be forthwith submitted to J said commission, which shall proceed to couaid- ,j cr the same, with the syia? powers, If any, now possessed lor that purpoj^by two houses act- ' ing separately or toget^^P and by a majority of vc.es decide whether any bitd what votes from such Mate arc the Vtfhuirovitlctl for by <hc conititntioi) ?'f Iho tJltUuaV>iat?gfecatid how many t; and wh o- persons were duly Appointed electors n] iti yocl; state ; and may therein take into view T soc't petitions, dop.inn' other papers, if any, as shall by <?? constitution and now exis- " ting laws be competent and pertinent in such g: uouoUlcratiort ; which decision shall he made in writing, staling briefly the ground thereof, and he signed by the members of said commission si agreeing thcrciu; whereupon the two houses r: shall again meet, ami such decision shall tie read and entered in the journal ; of each house, and c the counting of the votes shall proceed la con- '' fortuity therewith, unless, upon objection made tl tli^rcto in writing, l?y sit least live senators ami ?i rtvc members ot the huusc of re: pres-t.i4Ui\ci, the two houses slnll separately concur in ordering otherwise; in which caso such concurrent (j "in-'r, which shall govern m' v J papers . from .jiv mmv, -v.~n be aete?l upon until ' * the objection previously liable to the votes ?r paper* from any statcshnll have beau. finally dis- St posed of. , ' I, See. 3. That while the two h"U!?(\j shall I>4 in V.. mcc.fng, as provided in thfj net, no dcbat>styulL lie allowed, and no question shall h^ put by tli^r ^ presiding ollieer, except to ritlur Viu e o;t 1 "v. motion to witlulraw, and he shall haveyo power to preserve order. d< Sr.c, I. 'ffiat when the two houses separate to {,, decide upon an objection that may have limn made to the counting of any electoral vote or 111 votes from any stale, or upon objection to a re* fi1 port of siid commission, or other question aqs- |( ing under this act, each senator and rcprcsey- ?( tative may speak to snob objection %r question L ten minutes, and not vifieier than but f" when such debufc sUfllt have lasted two hoars, it slnUl be tjjjsbuly \J each house to pulth^mnin, question withouffurthcr debate. * \ t I?i Sec. o. That at sueb joint meeting of the i wo w houses seats shall be provided as follows :"* For j: the president senate, the speaker'a chair; for the spcakcJMiuinelialclj unou hi left ; U;e senators, in t^^-ight of the presiding officer; for4M^i'preseiitatTTV?r I, in the body of the hall now provided for the Sen- t| ators for the tellers, secretary of the senate and clerk of the liouscof representatives, at thcclerk s desk ; for tl?c other officers of the two hou.-es, ^ in front of tlto clerk's desk and tipot each side of the speaker's platform. Such joint mcciitig ? shall not be dissolved until the count of the a electoral votes shall bo completed and the result a; declared; and no recoi shall be taken unk.-s j; a question shall have arisen iu regard to coim?, ting any such voles, or otherwise, under this act; iu which case it shall be competent for bt either house, net ing separately, ia the itTtrm^r hereinbefore provided, to direct a lecoss of such house, not beyond the next day, Sufaday cxeep- m ted, at the hour of 10 oT?lock Urthe loreftoouT" j| ami while any.qufcdjdlT b?-t>Cnig cousiiUo^'^O" j said commission, eirt^fr ltc.;?cj(|^^>fofcced wil'u its legislative or other busiu#ssV^ -?>ct Sec. ti. That nothing in litis act shall be field p to impair or effect any riglyT now i xisting under ^ the constitution and lawi to question, by pro- ^ eecdings in the iu^haial courts of the ?jiitcJ States, the rig?l and title of the persons who shall bo declared cl^Uf-J, or who shall claim to president of the United, y'a.Tea. if any suclt right exists. U 1.1 .win nu*?ai>tlL ? own rules, keep u nfcord 11 it.-- nroceeonigs, ami shall have power to employ such persons a." ' may be be accessary for the transaction of its 1" business and the execution of its powers. The (f report is siguod by 13 members of the Commit , tee; .Morton only dUscutiii" lo A Voi .nu Lady Staiideii Kt.w< fx Times. The community of Wil^umstoii is >lt u Kt JJ.y a mo t" diabolical outrage. Wednesday nfgltl, Hutipccn VVi the hours of M ami '.i.oubick, Miss . I'iasJu, haotlsyiiie atul very ?d^>ect^hle^ . j? daughter of l^f^- l'iimon, Trial .lustice br,-Uol-J liatnstcit, was sAbbeilfln eleven or twelve diHer- * cut places on her persfn by her lover, one J.aw- *l rence Smith, who resides near tiolden ('.rove Station, on the Greenville and Columbia tot road. Smith has been visiting the ^mtmf^adv jt for the past six juighl mouths, ami islipposed tliat in his mnurc to gain her alyfiotis, s '' lie concluJed''t# talfbUpr life, lie iwiwciti her to acCoinhint a short distance from her do lather's diotisc, and iJieii. stubbed her with a <iiiIV until Iter condition is i^very critical one. \ warrant it us been <-*xiild for the wretch, on 'rum the >1 :tIiuii litun tinned above. lloTu iiViniil ix feci ono or I w o inches in height, lark hair, with moustache siirl j^jJSET,it:'.' V df? I#tv11 look, with 'florid complexion. j* ,l h,> ; * Since the nhovn was pm in I vpm? loat n \VI liit Smiiii lias Iioc11 surrendered in iliaautlmr 1. . lies. Then is no <loiil>t the man i> of Unsound or liill'l. hi: * * ? M?0 .Ml ITKIllXiiS i?r Till: SlolOI.?I (INCHIII), N, II., j . lamiary IT.?A lleuiocratiu Male ('olive lion j "n Yin hchl here to-day, a.id resolution.'* were a ???|.- . an e>l tleiiotinoiiig tin- i- n>j irary organized at . tr. IVm-liiiigtoii, by desperate and unscrupulous men ' .H, urn ng i lie leaders ol" I he llcpuhliciii | ariy, to | hwan the clearly expressed will of the people, j hrough the action ol' illegally constituted and jonupily controlled returning hoards at llie South, as revolutionary and tzo.i amble in |>ur- l,c pose and elicet, inasinuch as ii strike-at the ' i very life ol' the elect ive tV anchi e. v. Iiich isihetia- | ,u is an I vital piinciple ol' this goveriimoot. flic, rcsoluiius also denounce tin- use oi' liie military UI by President (Irani in South t an.lira ami l.ouis ! 111 iana. The representatives of I he people in both j to *>? Congress arw^udlcil^ripOn to unite In I securing a peaceful solution of the difficulty in | . which the country is involved. Another reso- j l" lution court els moderation, l>ut claims that it is I m a paramount duty to defend the constitution bt even to the last n-o-t. The convention calls! upon a;l who believe in the election of Tildcn 1 to uiiite in demanding his inauguration. ti The dwelling of Abeam Dattnerly, a coi >:?-d si cx-tiiein hor of the Legislature front tt.ingeburg, who voted I r Haiti] ton, ha*- been burned ' to the icatn I and lie narrowly escape I o-itJi w hi* life. Kedpalii will please ? >tiee I i/ (Ehe (Uilrcliln Slnion mis. B. M. STOKES* Editor^^"j ~ UNloir*'KI^V JANUARY 2G|Sff. TERMS OF SUBSCltlPTIONJ I Topr, ?ne ymr, m auvaxck, i f3.00 '! "o|iiei? one jri'ur, " I HJ&11 ADVERTISING. One !K|iiar>' or one Inch, flrM Insertion, - 4 - fi.00 l.u'li Mil>M-<iu?ut inn rlion. - - - HU jA IJlN-nl ili.scount made to merchant - .in<tp^? ,id^R *ina t""r six nmutlfcor l>y the year. f ' jl I O- Unary Notice# <i ivu'llu^s or le*?, Iiulm W.ji'fet over ten llor <, WBls. ' \ itn _"i |H*r cent wtditioiinl for ailvertUcmfltys ortHj' <1 >t to appear in consecutive issues. \i IVitx Utile, of this County, li.ie teen niwn to serve for tlie April term of tin Unfed latso t'ourt, as a petit Juror. flfcjjr- Northern Democrats who visit us say ley liavc no doubt that Tihlen will be inn guMed President of the United .States on tin 5th f March next. - - * The Legislature of New Jersey are Icctcd John K. Mcl'hcrsott, Democrat, Uiitcd tatcs Senator, in place of F. T. Frelingliu; ion, .cpublicnn. r Mr. Asa Smith jus been appointc by ov. Hampton as Jury Commissioner of his ounty. The appointtueni Is a good ono aid t ovcyr respect satisfactory to the people. About twenty prisoneiV? murderers;in nctihri1 **?were' 1 few1" 'tin Aclcson viltc, (Tts.1 jnir to fTicrltolls, on election ay, with Republican tickets in their hands and jteil, in spite of tlie protests of honest citizens. It is now reported that anew olhcc is to i? created in the army for tin' special fcerefltof rai.t. i,i wliich ho will out-rat^k Jen. Sherman nd he air all i iil?oed at the head of the army.? iro rank of Field Mnrsjinl is 4o be created for iin, in imitation of the turopcau NLilit^r^* oruiizatioiis. V - y- - tyX-1'eti.r Caulde, the notW (iceenvilli I.lacknitli, who for so umny yWs kept lis anvil nging in jhe dilapidated hUlding onthe lot n :ic.r of Ihitiv.isuh'i and Maiumreels, nucli to io annoyance the Phierprising uititens of nit city, died last Thursday, lie was nearly incty years old. ' tWl. Messrs. A. Irwin Havn 10 Stuck of l?t tigs, formerly Jwuodty I>r. X. Mnorc ?x Co- Mr- IrWln W oris^t' the osl v< in| ctcnt iiinl cat\ ful druggists In the ate, and is also a very excellent youtilnnui, :<l we hope ho will receive, as he desek'cs, a | bernl .-hare of the public patronngc. | * i ^Advertisement came too late Jor tins wVk. J The i'olitical status of this State lie uiin*gonovT?o change since our last. Gov. jpmpn -till holds mi, firm and confident and tha*eoplc e paying taxes to him. Clittml^erlain Lops a inrd of cornfield negroos urotin?U?tp State , oii^e: luit what for is a great mystw. OT uirse it is a patriotic service "for then is nR lisr.ee of their ever gelling paid. I " IJr'v.. I'liiing the'nasi year live of ournl^^H ndy residents luivk died in this town^^H^A taken from us Mrs. S. A. Dogan, alia Joiner, then ^Vs. Mcllwain, uiithy^ind l.: 't week S\rs. Mullinax i her cveilasting rest. Kncli of thcs?^^^^^^| Ifad live I beyond i iree-scoi^-eNWnnd ten^fc ? j\"" H streets are ankle >^cep "iv mit?T.? ince the snow has melted it has ruifed almost very day. and our roads and streettlnrC in an wtii! coiu^uioti. Intercourse bctwci* iht^towu ad t 'otiilly liaajiceu impossible for wteks* which iterfcias wit nunsiue-'s very inateri illy? The >ys keep out of the mud by walking on stilts, ut us old folks have to wade through it. o The de?U? of Mrs. James Mclrath was titiouncel*4n the t'harleaion papers last week. W*. Msj^nuh jmr< born in Ibis towij and here IffI her I itifl Kill* IV die n iron?n 1 to >i?ii>.iitio?t, ane.^many now living jierc have leneaitf mculnrW ^ deccasil in ih* ^rijfhlly Jlaria Manqu*e^ In:a she mingled iih the in in* t liclr scluiol-dty joys ami trials. ftr#" Our friends, 1'. M. Fan- & Y\>* have iOv* I their pbu-o of business lo No 'J, Fast nrna, opposite the sin: lt^F. limvls k.Co-, p***" I lie Uatlrofl^P lt*liujkcf bid little ^ .co what part of ihc town those gciiih melt do .tsini'ss in, I heir customers are hountl lo In tut iv'ia 111>. ,\# linn i'l the Mate lias a higher laracter for honorahle ami file dealing, as (licit ng continued extensive business attest. m*~ o * man by the name of l)aiw?on Fowler asuanj^fcJod in 'he city of?l>?-^villc list Sat^ay, i-jr Itenu^jfc^^frill Grady. This 11.au ^rli-r, it*fe*elieved, is the |ian who lias stoh 4. 0 or tin ses from partfes in this C(o?\iyt dx^^it tim'i s. lie is a iiative|k^Vu^on, but l^een living in (icorgia somqpyeirs, and of1 visits his friends licie; huttfJc arc informed is a remarkable fact that wlvcKFuwj('r !e|tves, inebody loses a Inyse.,. VYJ^tin-r the ^horses I' "i Fowler or^v^nj^^^liin] Lt*> l>5 dcrf 1 in Court../ , V f J .?? J Uri^, 1 or lsoiiie reason?no doubt a luiugent e?I!. F. \thittemore, the incendiary Senator fount v. has beeff" iff^-d "Old ip grouse," and illH hoys of Tiniiiionsviilc rft hi 111 an appropriate reception on his way 1.1- Irj|i? the Legislature on the l-'.lli.? sen the train arrive I at Tiluinousvillo it \^s 1 U- led by a nniiiber i f juvenili s of bith oil i. and a Ueg bvht-le I soup grease,'pliceilju > seat. TI10 hand perlorined on e?V hqls, rns, tin pans and other appropriate unseal sti-.itiieuts. \\ hittemore remained in Us 1-at d chewed the cud of bitter rctlcctioti utli^lie 11u itiuvcu uli uimi Ii.e limbic uispcusorsyisrscd. v| ? i-.y It truly gratifying (oread the rtptrls ,,iii ij^f*<>ver the State of the promptiiess <l)llic ^Cic in paying the Hampton faxes. littery unity we have heard from more than hul'the iiottnt railed f<>r lias heen paid. and the leas- 1 ers eHires are still crowded with tax mora ixious to respond to lite ettll of their Oovrnor sustain the goveryj^pt tl^^jave eleot^. Already the necessary demands of the \tc stitutions have been relived, and every >1r paid into (ho Slato Treasury is beingsused honesty and e<|iiitab!y among thcai. to itliticnl vortuorants hang around (.Jov. Hi [> m's olliee, Uigriih the taxes as they arc rccoi il; j 0 i<ersona1 claims upon the Treasury ate u- ; dered ; hut tlie whole fund is discreetly ul .-.unvuicaily am lie I to the legitimate prci tg , lilt-id I he chaSLl'do -lit |.| dill til -lit lit US I 1 the Statp. I * ' Apologetic. If there is otic thing we dislike more than an/ other, in editing a|ncwspapcr?except dun- t niiig ? it is writing an apology to our subscri- i bcrs; and only in an extreme case, when we felt I it due to our readers as well as ourself would i wo do so. The past month has l>een one of great aunoyauce to us, and our patience has i been sorely tried. In the course of more than i thirty years of editorial life we have eiever uict ! with so many difficulties and unforeseen obstruc- 1 tions in issuing our,paper and delivering it to subsoci^ers^ ^huurally, we hear great complaint, and we arc not surprised at it. Persons who subscribe for a paper expect to receive it regularly at the appointed time, and when it does not arrive they are disappointed and must grumble. jP Of course no one expecttyl us to issue a paper Christmas week, when everybody claims a holiday? printers included?but it was natural that everybody should expect ti paper tlio week af- 1 torwards. In this our subscribers were disappointed, not from any earthly cause, but in conscipicucc of the siiow-stdl'ia which prevented the Kaiiroatl from bringing freight, of any kind, to this place for two weeks, and our paper laid < at the Spartanburg depot the whole of that time, i It arrived there a week before we needed it, but viivi nut gu'i iicre uuui i? rtccu uuer our nrai jju* i per for 1877 should have been issued. Thus, it will be seen, it was no fault of ours that the i Timks was not issued that week. < Our paper of tl^e 1 tit It was issued and mailed I ""*"**? ' .. ntf rc^riUi'1 wu eau-. not tell the reason. I Last Thursday we did not send the papers to I the l'ostoflice until a later hour tliau usual; but i ifhnt would not have prevented their being mailcd had not our Post Master been taken quite i sick that night and unable to give his personal 1 attention to dcliiciiug the timiU iu the .Mail ri- I ders the ucxt morning. We take occasion here >t to state that Mr. (lose, the Post Musttfc, lias ti.H? \ ways licen very accommodating to ^a.^^'re- | quently it has been impossible for us to ge^our t papers to the PostoHiee until long after thOoP ^ fiec was closed, but Mr. (joss has been kind t enough to put himself to the inconvenience of i being at the ollicc early enough the next morn- j itig to mail and send them forward, {lad he 1 been able, he would have done so last week, hut i the young man who delivered thejjnsail bags knew nothing about the oilicca ou tliWdiffcreiil 1 routes, un<| if lie had known, not having the* F pouches, consequently they were left in the of*''? lice and will be sent by this mail. ( Wo ffgret theso inures more than anyone | else, but they were beyond our control, cense- 1 fluently no reasonable ponton wjll blame us. ? k\ No one will lose a number o.Mhe paper wlHbr e fail to issue it, because we extend the time ' his subscription that mucdi. The loss is ours, i as we have to pay ou imprinters and rent jftst :ut t dflbe 11*i 1 * r ?; * I '1 lie Coluinbii llryislcr is one of the il stauuehest and most readable Democratic paper* ( in tlie Slate, ahd always contains the latest and , | most reliable market reports and news matter. Ht fought a good tight for the straight-out-ticket in t'lC'Vivst election ami deserves the support o^ the whoft*p?ojdc of the state. I ur. C. SflMtlfi .of tiie finest little-big linen we kuuw, ii now in our towu cauvossitig M>r subscribers to; he Hejixter, ftifdwoliighly ncntly wortVy tlfl^tenlions and patponage of > our citizens' wftelicvc it is Uio duty as well as the interest (Jufce people in the upper Counties to support, libo'ally, a sound atid enterprising democratic paler, like the licyiaty, in C:liunhia. We get l?tcr news of ^11 kinds hy it, an 1 it never fails,o conic with the mail. j - C*.Y" The Chai lt,ton Foiiriial of Comnrrcr, Columbia /.'<ui-hr uid <h?%i ville .Whs are squabbling about wlicli was tlig first to advocate tl ffstraight-out policy in this State. The Xtics and Courier puts its tinker into the pie and claims that tltc Aiidcrson Intrfiymrrr was the first adjjgynfsCbnt the tMrucj^yi'dtkySVa .* baptised it". Of ,-CouTsc the little Union TVwts is ignored allogethi er, althougk it stood the Mttcrest fire fre^^hc Clniiulierlarpldcinocratioj press before an^ of llifin. don't care aSred about it, but we can pi-ore Jov our files taaftbofur# the convcuja' .if nif^tliMioiiiin ite^Carrtpktcr and Duller, "we opposedy^hy curnnromisMvith I< 'lie State tiek'e^^T VSy Dr. J|T. Thomas, Gfcv Hampton's Agent fur collecting Kg* per cent/ of the last year's taxes, opened his hooks lifthc County Commissioners offc/last Tuesday morning. I>r. .1. X. Mo.mc hml the honor of kej.*i.b?-brst mm who paid; H. W. ?b*nJ? andMPlibrles*Bo1t, Clerk of thc^Vnirl, followed. Neither of them gimxV.uca confuted thpjpsrivcs ^o the 10 per cent., I'ul paid all they ^ouM, Reeling assured^ vfuit tluir receipts would ho recognized when ' the regular levy was made gywXrtemanded. The people of L'tyort will^Tow show their devotion to the IIaii>^pougovcrnmctit by a prompt and liberal response to the call made upon them. ? ItrS^Jboiuplaints are made to us against publishingjL many old advertisements. Well, tve would ft groatly pleased if we could leave them out, as they are "dead matter" to us?most of them having heeipKrdered out and we get scarcely a dollar for them ; hut as we have no new advertisements to insert in their place and it would involve an expense of a year for an extra pi inter to set up new matter every week, wear* compelled to keep llieii in. If those who grumble about it will send us new subscribers, paid in advance, we'll invest the whole amount in a printer for that purpose. I.et us hear from you. gentlemen. ?- J' A report has been started in the New Vork clubs that (lovcrnor Hampton intends to call en his friends in that city for a loan. The ever vicibinl eorresriniident of ilm W Courier upon reading iIto report culled at the > (Jrovcrnor's office to know if llicrc was any truth I in it, ni.<t was informed l>y Lieut.-Gov. Simpson i ^?J. v. I'ninpt ii being ah.-etil) that the Governor I 'did not nee I a loan for any purpose, as the j incoming tax is amply tufficicnt to meet </// re- j qua>4knf?." Such an answer would not have | coinc from Chamberlain or (Heaven. They never had enough money. * * ... Nation\i. Pr.Mocit vi'io Convention.? 11 oshin;) ton, Jantirtn/ IS.?The lixccutivc Committee I of the Democratic Committee met to-night, Mr. i Hewitt presiding, Resolutions were adopted nu- ' thori/ing the Chairman and Secretary of the j committee to call a meeting of the national con milter at an early day, if they think it necessary. in relation to I lie proposed national convention of I lie I icoioci il i party, to be held i? ii city February 1*?. I The Electoral Vote. We publish in another column the report of lie Joint Commission appointed by Congress to report some plan by which theptcsent complicated state of our politic 1 affaire may be arranged latisfactorily to the people. The bill embraced in the report of the Coinmission presents a fair face; but we arc not ready to give it our unqualified endorsement.? Should it pass and the two houses elect honorable, fair-minded men?men who would I iy aside all parti/.an bias?to carry out its provisions, we may hope lor a satisfactory solution; but we eauuot shut our ?>ycs to the fact that the bill, as it now stands, gives a preponderance of Kadical influence in the Commission to determine upon the votes of the contested States. The Senate lias a Republican majority, and would elect five Republicans as Commissioners; the House is Democratic nml would elect five Democrats) tlie political status of tlic Ju'lgw of tlie .Supreme Court, designated by the bill, one I)emocral, one "liberal Republican and too till; a-Republican?, ami it is moretliau likely thit tlimte fottr will select an undoubted Republican to make Hie lilili. In tb it case tlicrc will l.e eight Republicans ami one liberal Republican to six Democrats. If tlie four Judges should elect a "liberal Republican" the ease would be changed but littl j for the better?:tho Commission would still he strongly Republican. 'i'Ho fact that Morton refused to put his signature to the reporj;jQ^^# Joint Commission has no weight with itj. Morion is a tricky, scheming politician, and we have no confidence in him. Ilis refusal to sign the report may have two objccTsT" TTO .iiay beTiefe the hill, if passed, will bring about an honest Mid fair adjustment of the dillicn'ty and put fildcn iuto the Presidential chair; or he may sce.ji^tu loop-hole through wl^cli Hayes will :rcep into that impoi(alrft {Wtfl^on, and'i* trying to blind Democratic eyes byjassuniing su^jipodkMPlj^iition. He knows there inll be som? np[HWtioii to the bill among the Dcinocraftb C<^ijressmcn, and that tlnjgpposition would be itt?ngtlibucd by bis (j^vacmttit'of it ajpd, jjjfc* langer its passage. thorcfore he givca his illH-' once f<> 1i i" tWLta^tby prcUrtiiting u?.<yppn?e it. Tlic Uep^nc^Bbiajifftly in the Senate is wyjl acquainted 'wilh^TO4ri&, ami are. perhaps, laughimyp-their sleeves at ^jfcrlony shrewdIjrfc hope is that in^ither h^usc no cxtrtffirie pdflisans will he elected to Jhc^oniinission; hut niuoying ami vexatious question now disturbing (very portion of the country, in the interest of mace ami to secure confidence in the governnent throughout, the nation, will prompt our Senators and Representatives to select incn l^o-e n^uoiud repulalfftns for firmness of ehlft-icter, i??nor and fair uiindeduess, will he guartiitecs to the people that their rights will he respected and the blessings of a pure Republican government preserved to th^^dlet the scale fall which way it may. * Upon that Commission is no place for either a strong, hitter and relentless [Aimisan or a weak, crouching party tool. The qfUittion they will he required to decide is one of 'fA^ucnt impiu'luticc to he entrusted to such ^j.pJk^i involves' tlie weal or wee of the country, the life or death of He] uhiii iMi institutions; and the people demand that men of ability, character and responsibility ?men in whom all classes have confidence? he chosen for the great work. The.unwltled coiidpinu-of ouv?politieal atjalrs has so ma'erially unsettled and stagnated all the businesses of tiie country, that there is a growing disposition among some classes cf th't?" people to accept any compromise that cives the least promise of icstoring tranquility and improving trade,. We, of the Sol tli, are sull'eiing as much as any people from litis disturbing cause, but wc are not ready yet to give up the results of u. fairly won victory for permanent good ami accept terms which can only give a temporary lull to political anxiety, an 1 in ail probability entail upon tlie country permanent injustice and corruption. Wc ask only n^iat is right an I will tu t he satisfied with anything, less. Wc i*!icvc Tildc% and Hendricks were fairly elected, and it will reiptirc the assurance of men of the highest and most liberal political character, wkli proof stronger than has sis yet been ailduced, to make us helievc that Hayes an! Wheeler received a innjot ity 'of Te^lyotcs J t'resi leitLgiii.l \'ice-jU|^Bk^>f the United StaVes. .*S'm i wo Liitn the hill passes and tl.e Commission is-; cln sew, no one can give any idea of what the result will be. Vie only hope each member of the Commission will feel the gravity of his position and with an ove single to the present and future welfare of his country, cast from him Jill .-"etioi.ufcr party prejudices and dtA-his faithfully to his volC' V amN4i|KscJF From v.b t w? can :r?^7o::.<|sefcor. papct'5, it is very probable the bill will pass no'h Houses anJ receive the signature of the President. If it docs tlie whole matter will l>o filially decided by the 1 ith of next month. 9 1 The Chairman of the Hoard of eouirty commissioners having refused to recognize J. S. Mohley as Auditor of this eoiitity, tl.e hoard of. Jury commissioners could not he organized, consequently no jurors hnv been drawn for the n"xi ii'i'iu oi < nuri. r.tiorts arc being made, however, to have .111 Auditor appointed, so flint the law many lie coinpiic I with in organizing the board. As the time specified in the law tor drawing the jury has passed, hut ii being actually ueccssarv that a Court should be held, it is confidently exjWclod that, under the circumstances, no objections will be made to the juries if the Judge concludes to hold c mrl. -jF , \\ it \t i9v>i"ia.irr or i u* Joint Pu:pui:t.? The report of the juiiitjpCotninittet* j^tfeccivcd willi general .sat isfactioifT It will h'c C.unbailed by the more ultra id' JmuIi parties. It is regarded as indieaiive tif the choice of 'I'ilden and Wheeler. Sensible people see no eliance for 11 ayes in any the features of the proposed bill. The Democrats of tlit* House held a caucus to-night and (ieneral llunton discussed the proposed bill. Another caucus for consultation u ill be held <>n Monday. 'the four As ciate Justiees of the Supieine Coiirl who form part ol the commission, and elect a lift it Associate Justice, are: First Circuit, Nat linn Clifford, ^Dem.;) Third Circuit, Win. M. Strn"i(l ffTon.'l SovenMi PIiom,!# vi 1 Davis, (l.ib. Kej?.): Kigluh Circuit, .Samuel F. Miller, (Itcp.) Gov. Hampton has vc-app. Nitcl Mr, VnnTassall C. i!niy Amlitor for Orangeburg Comity.? Mr. \ an Tussnl is iho present Amlilor, a He publican. h officer, ami thoroughly in ac* t'or.i wiih the fTainptoii A'lmitiisti'iiiiuii. The tr.ioj s have r^iurinal the forty umnil' of i mmunitioii which was t<. ihcm a! out .ho lime it we.s 'bought tIjey wouM have to w.i'le w ii-l ilrep ill ' ( oticl^gnro. 'I'liO fioys :.r P.Trocit.ly ili-rtpp.iin'cj.-. # 4. ?? ^ The Way the Figures Lied. Cm.CMRiA, Januitrj 17.?An important revelation. a-etiring tho election of Hen. ilagood as Comptroller*(ieneral, has just been ollieially established. A week hgo the Democrats who intended the investigation of the returns hy iim'eice Wilkes detected the fact that certain rcmrns had been tampered with. The fraud wits blunderingly done, as the inserted figure* were in ink of a different color from that of the original. A note was made, but nothing Was said, and a gentleman wna sent to Horry County for witnesses. These witnesses were the Republican maungcrs nt Simpson's Creek or Mill, and upon their arrival (his moraingthe matter was pointed out to . t...... Tl.? r........... i? ?.. inolinpii mivo llntin ...X..., ...V ..?... VO ... V ?? ...? b:.~ (Uep.V32 votes. These Hepublicnns testified that !.t received hut '! nt I liut,j>,,ll, and tlm "3" had been prefixed after tlie returns left 1 lorry County. In the other instance 10 had been similarly altered to "20" or "30."?JCttci ?in<l Cuttritr. ' ? "Oli> I'ktk."?The report that Octi. I.ongstreet hail unreservedly acknowledged the election of the Democratic lick el in Louisiana proves to be true. The following telegram was scut by hitn to President Grant, pn the day that Governor Nichols was inaugurated ; y.i.w Hiti.r.t.vs. January 8. To Pre*nft/tl flrohl, Wuth'tq/loH, IK (?.* (ien. Nichols wag to-day inaugurated Governor of this Htnle amid enthusiastic demonstration!; of patriotism thai sllllnW he gratifying td every Aciwlcuit I'tiieu. T I clicve him fairly elected to the ollice to which h# h'lw been inducted, and that lie will mainfftjp peace and good -wrder throughout the State. I beg, therefore, that you will maturely consider the premised, notwithstanding adverse sensational dispatches that may reach you. Most respectfully, J. l.ox?;srttst:T. - plJK*e" "Old l'otn" on ihe right Una and" we do not despair of seeing him aud Gctl. Marly*, . on good terms again. They can conic to an. V .? ngrcemeiit^itiout Gettysburg, or agree to disngtce, without firing any more long letters at each other.?Artrs cintf Cottner. MAxii'fi.Annc?At Dogwood Neck l'rccinct,. llorry County, (apt. T. C. Dunn, ns candidate for Comptroller-Gcucrul, received 10 votes ; but 4 by a mysterious change of the figure 1, 30 votes were returned ? tlie t runsformut>?" wm fi&f*. oilier buuJ -%i with .Ufl?i4ul colotcd ink ; bul "* sAt^totid remained ns before?evidently overlooked. At Simpson's Creek, in the same County two ojttBsveere received by the same candidate ; tJut when the returns were afterwards examined?presto, change! 32 votes appeared. The managers swear that changes have been ' made in the figures since the returns liad left their hands, .The whole affair was ventilated :W ii^Wmtnissioner Wilkes, yesterday. Why M is this tlfus? Gen Haygood is elected without t le shadow of a dor.Tit? U v,.0 n oi.t n .Vv-.-W tydiinefon, brought the Democratic Electonal vote of South ! Caron^t to Washington, says that, if the HlccI tots arlfcpei initled. liiey will show that South [Carolina was carried foi^Hayes by gross frauds. .They promiso to show that 1.000 women voted for Hayes, and that in one listrict. where Ilayes had a majority of 287, 'All a single vote was rccoided for Til den, and this last fraud, it is said, was accomplished by the ilcpublican clerk of the County Hoard. MAiuii b<:i>. G11 EGOUY?II !'.M Hi: IX..?Married, on the 18:h inst., bv l!ev. .7. Gibbff, Mb. Or.iNTtirs Gukuoky to Miss IjAvixt.v I {pignut:, all of this?' County. * ' *' HAWKINS ? HAllKIS.?.Married, on tiie 7th inst., by Dev. .1. S. Hailcy, Mb. Munbo Hawkins to Miss Mautii v li vitnis.all of thisCounty. m The Markets. ' I 'n ion, .lum; fft?Col t<?ii ? Sales* 160 hull's at 7(o 11^4?;i)i.i .Miii.%Jpftb. 21.?(V.Ion steady?nildiithig 1 12SalCs .VI tial' S. < n^i. ii--i r.*, Jan. ?('? (toft firm?middling 1 ItJ.?J net rsKiiit> .v.)?; k.i! g,0oo. Niwv toi.k, .I.iii. a.!.?Money I. Gold Ex-" % elm life?loiu .-Iiiii i l.>."(> . ( hi tun tinner?upland 1 , ; i >i-1 mi- 111 7-lii; sile- 1 l.iCiuir. >!., J in. i':i. - (V>tinn market .pilcler?inid.dtijig mtltm'N 7;, middling Oil lis 7 d-lt>; sules 10,000; ami ? n|muI J "m; f< < i| i? .'L'.VJU. w Notice. VrK earnestly request our friends* who are r indebted to lis either by Note or open Ace' niiMo cotilfe forward and settle. Wo *inust have money to pay our debts. Mr. S. S. Stokes is authorized to collect and sign receipts for us. GL1>1>H & CO. jit'n J'-. at J HAMPTON TAXES. [\\ ! l?i, he at Wo places named, for the purpose of TWceiving .Contributions on aceutint of Taxes. T } Fish Hai.i?.Monday, January 'JfMh. Santuc?Tuesday. January HOth. 'Goshen 1-fill ? Wednesday, "January 31st. Cihjss Keys?Thursday, l-'ebruscy 1st. GUripJhMav^ February 2d. Dray I en vi II e ?"WtM 11 esd a j hru a ry 7th. y<ivi |lo?TUursdav, February 8th. ^Goings?Frlflity, .FyhruMiy Ulh. 4. Jonesville?Tuesday, February lOlli? All other days (Sunday's excepted) at Unior\ Court House until the 20th of February. ^ JOHN 1'. THOMAS. Special Agent. Jan. 2t> 3 2l A 1<> Stilto oi Smitli (birnl 11 n "" v " ~ cotwrr of ux/o.v, In the Court of Probate. Jly JOS. I". CIST, .1 n<1 ?rr ??1* Probate in Union County. "VV7 II KRJ^S.J. Sliestloswortli liaTli applied VV tnj4<%foi- l.ottei ^^Administration on the 1 l',staty of 1..VT i! A U. LAnSOJ^, VnlOK County, dftceasi d. , #lio^^|ro thcrebia to rite and s^pil.tr the kindred imil creditors of thV J?:iid deceased, to be and a|>|>citr before nic at a Court of Probate for the said U tinty, to. be holden at Union Court Mouse on the Tenth day of February, 1H77, at 10 o'clock A. M. to show cause if any, why the said Adinii\]?tj'atiuu - "* should not be granted. (iiven under my hand and the Seal of tb?? Court, this twenty-second day of January \. I>. 1^77. and in the lol-t year of Aineri?can Invlynendence. JOS. F. CIST, J Judge of I'robatv Jan. Ill, 1S77 " '21* The State of South Carolina, ^ corxrv or t xro.v, lu the Court of Probate. A 1JV JOS. F. CIST, Judge of Probate in L'nio*) ^1 oinity. ~\\7 II l'I>I'iAS Levi Sparks and I'lij lias Pears ? Y den, halli applied to nie for Loiters of Adminis! rat ion on i he I state of \V. .1. SPA 11KS, lat c ! of Union Cot tity, deceased. I These are therefore to ii.m and admonish all I and'singular the kindred and creditors ol the said decease I, to be and appear before tne at a [ Court of I'robato for the said County, to tie hob ' deri at Union Court House'on the fifth day of j February 1*77, at 10 o'clock A. M. to show cimiko I if any, why the mi I Administration should not i be granted. (iiven under my hand and the Seal of tljA Court, this Nineteenth Jay of Jhnuarv A. " *, lb IS77, nnd in the lOlstycnr of Amerre/fn In dependence. " 11>S. F. (J 1 ST. J mlgo of l'rohfttc. Jan if. .1 Si* THE KING OF SHIRTS. \] .\l?r, of MAMASIITA Ml SI.IN nn.l 21 I ll'.;n lrv.l l.iiu-li, ]">'/ I jillii'fl, ("T !.. i!"? ?, I "A, ( ' ... H>; '/ /.5 l5 // A7.V>'f ! .Ian 7 ' tf