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Letter of stud lUmptoa, tSritiag Hm* Imn Iimim, #r bj d?lcpl?C to oenfer with the PVwUiat (MMto uiivn of tfcin la that State. The to a co py of tin loitor t . f Exaoenra lU?a?a. tin 1 ?TU f*hJP fo your attention bU y^ooo^tob^lato Ioiibc Course whleh!** jP^SsSlir and'lowi to referoooo to the situation in that Stute as ha finds it Vpon suocaediog to the Presidency. It will gito the President great pieasura to confer \vith Ytiii in Mtraovi. if vnn ahull find il rnnvpn* lent to visit Washington, and shall concur with him in thinking such a conference the readiest and best mode of placing your views as to the political situation in your State before him. He would greatly prefer this direct communication of opinion and information to any other method of ascertaining your views upon the present condition and immediate prospect of public interests in South Carolina. If reasons of weight with you should discourago this course, the President will be glad to receive any communication from you in writing, or through any delegate possessing your confidence, that will convey to him your views of the im pediments to the peaceful and orderly organ!, cation of a single and undisputed State government in South Carolina, and of the best methods of removing them. It is the earnest desire of the l'resideut to be ablo to put an end as speedily an possible to all appearances of intervention of the military authority of the Uuited States in the political derangements which affect the government and nftiict the people of South Carolina. In this desire, the President cannot doubt lie truly represents the patriotic foeliug of Lhe great body of the people of the United States. It is impossible that protracted disorder ui the domestic governmentof any State can or should ever ftil to be a matter of lively interest and solicitude to the people of the whole country. In furtherance of the prompt and safe execution of this general pprposo, he invites a full communication of vour oniniuii on the whole subject in such one of the proposed forms ns tuay soejn to you most useful. By direction of the President I hnve addressed to the lion. Wade Hampton a duplicate of this letter. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. K. Uoojcrs, Private Secretary. To HON D. II. Cllamrrblaik. The Situation in' Louisiana.?New Orleans, March 24. ? A general meeting of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, the largest ever held, adopted a preamttore nm+?>endorsing the NichoPs government. The Commissioner has filed a claim in tl?o Circuit Court tor $15,000 for sewing machine warrants issued during the last campaign. District Attorney Lacy resists the clniin, asking proof thot the services were performed in the interests of light and justice. He pleads the warrants were issued for poiiticnl purposes, and with n r!ew to the pe. uuiary benefit of (lie plaintiff. iiio proceedings of the Cotton Exchange meeting were telegraphed to President lluycs. It is stated meetings will ho held by the Chamber of Commerce, Merchants' Exchange, Stock Exchaage, Hoard of Trade and the Clearing House Association, in coutra-distinction of the assertion that business men here would be satisfied with Packard for Governor. Meetings are callod here and throughout the Slnto to endorse and pledge support to Nicholls. ? ? ' The Rohiiins Box."?Wm. Hush, a colored man, whose name is signed to tlio famous bogus returns from tlic above mentioned precinct, has written a letter to the Barnwell Sentinel, denying that he voted at. tho election, or that lie superintended the voting, asserting that he only signed MA 4 a*, u t muI Iliu m anult 11a f'lll'f ll<?r ?fl l'? IUU IVIUIIIO ivr mo Mjwuv^. "V IMIIIIV. "'V " I>I V?? Itoar linoa '?>?n mnrrw til (If I <{j<l sign vino returns, I nelievel it to be wrong, ami 40 .expressed myself, which I suppose is tlie reason why [ have the censure of my own race: and, ns proof (o the true and honest citizens of tlie county, I have been tincc times carried, and as I thought compelled to go, to Columbia to testify in regard to the llohhius box, but hare never been allowed to do so, as I have always spoken freely when asked in regard to this box what I would testify to?and I suppose that was a reason why they did not want iny evidence when 1 was carried to Columbia. 1 do here say that I have never been sworn in regard to the \o in: at the Kobbips box, and, if ever I am, I will swear to the truth." .?. That Commission.?On the subject of the Southern Commission the N. V. Iterahl editorially says : "Of what use, or authority, or force, or consequence is thecommission ? One thing the President may depend upon : when he sends a Commission to Louisiana he pleases every demagogue who hopes to keep the Southern question open for another four years, and he disappoints every aian who wants to see the country safe under the shelter of the Constitution." The World opposes the sending of a Commission to Louisiana, and ridicules the ideaof sendding Wheeler and Hoar ns non-partisan* '* believes the Dorr.?-? will decline the u.iuittn to act on the Commission. The Democrats have had enough of Commissions and compromises. The only way to end this confusion and corruption, once for nil, is to establish what is right, ohey the laws, withdraw the Federal troops, and leave the Southern people, like the Northern people, free to manage their own ailairs within the Constitution. Who Tiif.y Auk?Here is a list of the carpetbag delegation which culled upon Hayes to represent South Carolina and her interests the other day. There is not one of them iho mention of whoso name is not calculated to make any man who loves South Carolina blush to think that such men waro ever permitted to tread her soil: ? J. J. Patterson. "Honest Join:," who bought from >1 enrrnrvt [,rirUli>liiri> n nml in tli? I'niiml States Senate; D. T. Corbiii, Munchausen; (>. J. Cunningham, Mayor of Charleston, scallnwag; John Wiusmith, scallnwag; C. C. ltowcn, tlic bigamist ; Worthington, Low and Waterman, and last, but not least, the Mormon Canton, exMrmy otficer, ex-local of Chamberlain's dirty little papi r. From such as these and all of their kidney inay the good Lord deliver us.?Columbia llryislrr. ? ? The letter to Mr. Chamberlain from President Hayes, is another stumble in the dark. The people of the whole country are becoming weary of litis temporizing, 1'ecksnitTian policy. Either Chamberlain is a much maligned saint, and entitled to what he clnims, or else the opposite proposition is true. Mr. Hayes should hesitate no longer. There is 110 middle path between right and wrong, and if the President is the inan his friends claim him to be. he will act promptly and decisively. A truce to temporizing. All iJntupton and the people of South Carolina want % {<4 tf? III* lot li I An I* /?/* + ?? Steve Anderson, who, for snfo keeping has been romorod to the coll recently occupied by Adam Johnson, aroused the jailor and his family about one o'clock on Monday night last, with loud cries for help. On repairing to his cell, the jniler found liiin in n high Btnle of excitement, and on inquiring the cause, was informed by iS'eve "dnt Adam Johnson's ghost cum in do cell an' kotch him by de head an* beat it up agin de floor; and if dcy didn't took him out oh dat cell be would broke out an' ncbbcrcum back no ino' as long as his name was Stephen, sal tan bho !"?Aiken Journal. Zvc.. Chandler Made Him President.? "Why," said be, refe.-ring to Hayes, "the damned fool wouldn't havo been President at nil but for uie; It was I tlint gave hint the votes of South Carolina, Florida aud I.ouisana." And \vc guesr Zach spoke the truth. IV -mm m m 20.00 r laserUd fr*. " M ??tr lea tUn, charged as AAtnUn Mats. iW~ Kt Mr ? I wMIMiiwal flu afltsiMn inrnls airttimrt Co tppotr ID ? W# understand that Judge Northrop adi ourned the Spartanburg Court last Monday, and went to Washington. His pseeenoeat the Capita was requested by Chamberlain and his friends ?so we are informed. ?eBW A (ire ooeurred in the woods near ?aatuc lust week and did a great deal of damage to fencing and timber. We hare not heard the particulars, and as no one at Santuc is able, or lias hnd time, to write, we can only state the fiet. ?. _ . ? B6a?" Times are looking up a little. A gentleman from Cold Well stopped us in the street last Tuesday and renewed his subscription, in cash. That's about the Oth aince th?7th of this month. I Encouraging, ain't it? out of Flour and wood, too. I VfCAu Toney Murff, a well known colored minister, will preach in the Court ilouee next 8uuday morning, and requests us to invite the white eitizens <o attend. Toney has many frienVa among the white people in this community, and we hope they will attend hi* meeting. Services to commence at 11 o'oloek. ? JfejT Last Sunday morning a "drizzly drozzly rain" commenced here, but before Monday morning it grew to be a regular "trash-mover," washing gardens, hill-sides, streets and roads into gullies. (lt was the third of the kind during March and we are thankftil there is only one day of that month left, if it can't do any better. - lu the Columbia llrgitter of Wednesday we find a letter from Gov. Hampton to Mr. Hayes, in which he accepts the invitation of the latter to meet in conference at Washington. It contnins nothing new or important relating to the present status of our State government, consequently we have not republished it. toftjF Our esteemed friend, Mrs. Grant, still confutes her levees at the White House. She ha? just received a lino selection of cholee Millinery, of the latest styles. Iter Hats and Trimmings arc truly handsome. If any of our Ladies wish to present themselves in the most becoming style, wo advise them to try Mrs. wrnnt 3 taMe in trimming lints. ? tftif" If any person wishes to soo a truly excellent piece of work in the way of painting, we advise them to exainino the counters of 11. F. Hriggs, which aro now being completed by Mr. J. W. Miller. We consider it as good "grainiug" work as wo ever saw. The oak pannelliug nnd walnut stilos arc perfect iniitation??^nd the taste displayed shows that Mr Miller is a first class workman. - -gfcjjy Joseph Thompson, Bricklayer nnd Well Digger, of Abbeville, who proposed to take his cnuimnnd of 300 men to Columbia And settle the "vv'.tjU*Jo tUift ?nn of nil tjyp pie, nnnounccs to the Editors of the Columbia Itrgistrr that he has subsided for the present.? j He says Gov. Hampton has "poured oil on the I waters and he is reposing in the profoundest | peace nnd quiet". In closing his letter he says : [ "Let Daniel beware of the day when Hampton removes oil from the waters. Touch the wire ami we will he down." ?-? S&" Mr. Judd, the l'riuce of Photographers, announces that he cannot remain with us after the 20th of April, l.et those who are delaying their visit to his rooms take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. He has taken nearly all the young Ladies in this town and every one makes a pretty picture. If it were not for a contract we made with a certain lady, over'thirty yenre ago, we should fall in leve with thc^oWn/vjefevery young Lady he has taken. Wojliink his picture of Gen. Wallace, in confederate Uniform, as pjrfoct ns any we ever saw. iich widower, l>y the uame of John j yy AfKtoi, -.t. jivj in lxoostyn last January, left a codicil to his will providing liberally far J the widow and children of John Ashe AUston of ! Charleston S. ('., and the widow and children of I 'he late Gov. It. F. W. Allston of Georgetown, i o S. ('., nnd for other relatives in tli^South. It is so seldom that the rich folks of the North . think of their Southern relatives when they | make their wills that we cannot help thinking that John It. Allston had considerable Southern . blood in him. It is said that Iiis will gives "the j greatest satisfaction to ltis large circle of friends i | and relatives." That makes his will the more ' | remarkable. ffitEu ! has long been our wish to secure an | intelligent correspondent in the North l'ncolet section of our county, but "somehow or other" 1 heretofore we have been unable to fiud one I i who could or would take sutiicient interest in ' the growth and properly of that grand nnd pro1 lific portion of the I'icdmonl region of-rhe Htate j to help us "write it up. At last we liavc fouud : a man who voluntarily undertakes (lie good work ! and wo give his first effort in this week's issue, j over the signature of "L." We hopo "L' will I not "weary in welldoing," but continue to write up the great advantages of North l'acolel, until we shall ull see that section rejoicing in a large population of the right sort of citizens and tliu lands worth fifty times more than they will sell for now. 1 B? , A correspondent of the Spurlan informs fbat paper that on Friday evening lust a des- ' tructive fire occurred at Woodruff's, destroying , 1 almost the entire possessions of Mr. II. J. l'ear- , son, amounting to between eight and ten thou- < sand dollars. 1 A new dwelling house, almost completed, the dwelling in which they lived, smokehouse, corn 1 crib an i all their contents, ami two wagons, were 1 all consumed. Tlio fire was set by a pipe in (he J hands of a colored man in the shavings under tho [ 1 building. I ' The neighborhood of Woodruffs has been very i unfortunate latelyt from fire. Only last week 1 Mr. Lent her uro:d'a Mills, Ctfttou Gin, &c., w ere i destroyed. The MUmated loss of Mr. Leather- < wood is $1!,">00. ' ] Add to the tiro head, tho depredations of ' ] thieves, and the Syurtan't correspondent shows i j a bad conditou of affairs ul Woodruffs. | I Mtoblltkod Qot. Hunplooo iWn lo iSb oAm, : lotwiUutoading A ^Jority offko -*<>< of jtho J pcoplt floot^d kin tott. - * | ho doubt Um WoUbolsUf?. w?d Bopobllcaa j ofi?o-koi4ovi of tko eouaMf would bo flooood if Ibojr eould mnko tho pooplo boliove suck raoofnit ion vu oot only noceoooryi bAjMpftciol 10 Iko oounlry. It would bo WBgAJlodi (ta air*-"-' 1 of fconioHtu^NMMLMl over the United States, and, for them, the preseat U the most propitioas time. By the moat . glaring high handed frauds they hare wrested the government from Ibe people, and feel safe in their controlling power for the next four years. 1 Wipe out State lines and Slate rights and consolidate the whole machinery of government at I Washington, now, or during the administration of Hayes and the power of the bondholders will be irrevocably established. If the people of any Stats oncesubmit to the fatal dogma that a Governor of a State must be recognized as suoh by the President of the United States, it will be but a quick short step, for the marplots of the party in power to lake, ts convince the people that a Governor's Commission must be "signed, sealed and delivered" nt Washington, before he will be allowed to perform the duties of his office. This delusion of Presideniial recognition reaches even further back than that. It says to ?er volar when ho goes to thq Dolla^ "YOU. deposit yctlr ballot for whom you pleaseahn elect the man of your choice Governor, but unless thnt choice shall be in accordance with the wishes and interests of the parly in power at Washington, he will not be recognized, and therefore, will not be your Governor." Hayes has no more to do with recognizing ilnmpton asuovernoror southCarolina than tlio Queen of Englnnd. A majority of the people of this State elected liim, and they are the only parties to whout he has any right to look for recognition. He knows and appreciates that as well as any man can, and it remains for the people to ratify their rotes at tho ballot box, by clinging to liitn, with all the ardor of true citizens and nil the means at their command, until his enemies and the enemies of good gorernmcnt shall be compelled to remove all obstacles to the full exercise of his authority. Such, in our opinion, must be the result. The vacillating policy of Hayes an 1 his advisers may protract the day, but tho delay is becoming irksome to tho whole country nnd thelniustico will not be submitted to much longer. The delay in removing the troops from the State House (and that is all that is necessary to be done) is, no doubt, in the hope that some compromise may be ntfectod by which Chamberlain or some of his followers may sccuro some prominent position, either in tho State government or in the U. S. Senate. In every political compromise hcrMoforo the democrats of the South have lost every inch of ground they had gained. It is not the policy of the Republicans to entertain a compromise until they find they have all to gain niul nothing to lose by it. The I<ouisiann compromise, four years ago, gave the Republicans the fraudulent Returning Hoard that manipulated the vote of that State for Hayes, in defiance of 7,(KM) majority against him. The compromises made in this Staloforten years came very near annihilating Xjlftjcmocratic party ; and now that we have fairly nnd honorably elected an honest nnd acceptable State Government, it will not do to give ono iota of what we have gained. It >9 very clear that a majority of the voters elected Hampton Gorernor of South Carolina : and it is equally clear that a Majority of the voters did not elect Ilayes President of the 1'ititcd Stales. The people of South Carolina recognize Hampton as their Governor, and ihcy will have no other. Mr. Hayes is not so sure in his position, nnd before he assumes the prerogative of recognizing Hampton, he should ask himself whether the people of the United Stales truly acknowledge him as their legally elected President. Had Tildcu been supported, after his election, with the same devotion ami unanimity, by the Northern Democracy, ns Hampton is by the people of South Carolina Hayes would not now be assuming the functions of the Presidential office. One disgraces the whole country by accepting ;?? kiglieSi omce through perjury and fraud, the other is an honored representative of a devoted majority of a sovereign State. The people must set (heir faces as flints against any compromise whatever Hampton is opposed to it, ami we must stregthen his hands by a united determination to stand by him at every hazard. We must determine to pay no taxes to any but the Hampton government, to recognize no appointees but those holding Commissions from Hampton, and in every other way possible the people must recognize no government of this State but that of which Hampton is the head.? And this determination must be so united, so tirin and so utimistukeablc that neither Hayes nor Chamberlain shall be encouraged to hope that any compromise will be submitted to. Let the people stand firm ; let all the people stand Ann. ? We give this week a letter from Hayes to Gov. Hmnpton and D. II. Chamberlain, asking the two latter to meet the former In Washington. either in person, or hy a confidential delegate or letter, to convey to him (your) their views of the impediments to the peaceful and orderly organization of a single and undisputed State government iu South Carolina, and of the best methods of removing them." There's a rat in the meal tub, sure. Hayes knows just as well as Hampton does, what the "impediments' are, and he knows further that lie could remove those "impediments" in much quicker time than it would take Gov. Hampton to go to Washington or write a single letter. All lie has got to do is to authorize his private Secretary?if he is the proper person under the red tnpo rulo?to order the removal of the troops from the State House, at Columbia. In twentyfive minutes from the promulgation of that order at our Capital "a single undisputed Slate government in South Carolina," would ho "j>eace1'til/u i.rtHtntTtd ' ' llllll t lit* nnmiln ifsiiil.l olnmol - , ;et thai Hayes' friends slolo ibo allice of l'resileut for hiui, in (heir great and great rejoicing. A'e sincerely hope Gov. Hampton will not go to Washington. As Gen. Duller says, ho "can do to good" there. If, however, ('huuiberluiu re. tponds in person to lluyci' letter, wo should prefer having Gon. M. W. Gary to meet him.? lie, perhaps, would not be so discreet as Gov. Hampton, but wo at e sure his lauguago would be uiotc forcible. The second animal meeting oi the Union Building ind jou Association ?u held in the Town Hall laat'Tuesday evening. The re porta of Uia Jfinaoct) Ootniuittoa and Sec* retarj and Treasurer shows a highly satisfactory condition of the Assooiatiou and relects or edit upon the efficiency of tlioee offioers the in general management of the Financial affairs. *Th?Aold Board pf directors were very prudently re-elected No men could be Selected who wonld be more efficient and prompt in the performance of the duties required of them, and a more honorable act of men could not be found. A few weeks ago wc read an account of tuiliirn nP n Tin alrlt rut on/) T xtnn A aann 1 - tion at tbe North, and the reason nssigned was that, after the first two years, the Association very imprudently changed its officors at each aunual meeting, consequently, ignorance of duties aud iuditfurcuco was the result. Up to the closo of the second year the Association was in a flourishing conditiou, but alter that it began to decline, and at the end of the fifth year it closed up disastrously. The Union B. and L. Association have good officers who understand their duties, perform them promptly and altogether for the bust interests of the Association, aud they should be kept there to complete the good work they have so satisfactorily commenced. The reports to the Association will be published uezt week. .?? We regret to state that the City of Greenville wus visited lu.?t Saturday morning l?y a very destructive tire, which consumed valuable property to the amount of $50,009, partly insured.? Among the greatest sufferers are Morgan, Davis & Co., Burgess & Gilreuth, J. B. Miller, W. A. Long &Co., Westmoreland & Sloan, W. C. Owings Mrs. U. A. Mai.tuui, liios. w. Davis, d. l" . AleDavid and G. W. l'arkings. The fire was undoubtedly, (he work of an incendiary. We truly sympathise with (lie our neighbors in their calamity, aud while weennnot restore the losses, we sincerely hope the villain or villains who caused them will bo cuught and receive summary punishment. The Agricultural Department gives notice thai the issues of seeds for this season has closed. Well, that will be no loss to the South. Tor years past nearly all the seeds sent to this lection, at least, have gone into the hands of igtioruut negroes,?most of them not owning a foot of laud?who only valued the seeds as so uiucli saved in buying their supplies from the s'^oy So far as the South is concerned the 0f seeds by ltie Agricultural Department hn: be'"J" * perfect humbug. Old A. S. Wallace sc lcctcd Vunc s- Mobley as his medium througl whom seed8 weV? distributed in this county an< wo have not heard any intelliger' Site Farmer ever received a pai.V*t?cGov. Ilainptou left Columbia ?f?r Wash ington last Tuesday night. What lie has^bcet callcJ there for can only be conjectured. Tin JlyiHter aptly jsayfli. Governor Hampton cannot admit tlint then is any tribunal at Washington authorized to sil in judgment upon his rights, or to-decide tin question of bis election, lie cntiuot conccdt that his title is any way questionable. His owr rights and the rights of the people arc equally involved in his standing like a rock upon tin certainty thai he was duly elected Governor bj the highest number of votes, and that the judi ciury of the Slate has so alliriued. Higher title than this can no man acquire. If he is wuntci in Washington to plead before n supposed supe rtor power, if he is to be understood ns a partj appearing in a suit with proofs and argument: to sustain his side, his presence there would ht infra dig., and a positive injury to his causean? the cause of the State. This point was raisct I... M.m.ilo M I' ll.nl... .....I I...I ?j iivm??ni .ft. v. 1MIUV1 UIIU i. iUllt'Kt'jr II a coi vcrsation on Friday evening with Secretar Thompson. Judge Maekcy said : As llamptoi holds that his title is unquestionable, the court ha.ing decided nil contests affecting his clnin in his favor, of courbe he could not make it th subject of conference mid controversy." Seere tary Thompson replied : "Not at nil. Govcrno Mnuipt n is invited hero not to engage in u (lis mission of his'titlc, but to bold a conference will the President." The question recurs, what is the "confer ence" to be about, if not about the election * * ? * *5r vr -k Hut lie will stand immovably upon the resul of the election by the people and the dctcrininu ttou of all ([tieslions growing out of it by th judiciary of the State. An F.x-Ai niToit ()cstki?.?Kx-Audilor Spcn cer, of Marion, who, with the instincts of drowning man, clutches a* funny dominion styled "Chamberlain's commission," has beet wrongfully occupying the grand jury room in th court-house as an "otlice." Last week he sur rendered it to the grand jury, as is usual wliei the court convenes. The jury having conclude! their elhcient labors, delivered the key to it proper custodian, Clerk of Court, Clark, ith immediately accorded the use of the room ti Trial Justico Evans and School Commissionc Ed. Johnson. Spencer applied to the Clerk fo the restitution of his oflice ; but bis itupuden claim was very properly ignored. And so tIt matter stands. It will be remembered that m appointments have bceu made by tioverno Hampton for the County Audilorship; aiul it i probable that the ollicc will be abolihscd as an ex pensive uu unnecessary sinecure. Wakk Ui? thk PKufnu.?A spicy corres pondent of the Columbia lleyister, scuds the foj lowing to tlint journal : Don't underrate the enemy; he is hydra-head cd ; lias tiinc hundred lives and is jotitirti, nm when smashed into a million atoms, is capahli id' sustaining life ad infinitum. Constant dropp ing will wear a stone, and hv impudent, doggci perseverance tliey hope to win. Put ou niori steam, sound the alarm, wake up the people ! - - ? Thk Situation lx Louisiana.?New Orleans March 2d.?Nine of Packards's recruiting oili ccrs brought before Judge Wiiitctnker, of tin Supreme Criminal Court, on habeas corpus, wen sent back to prison, the writ being refused. The house of llrooks. of Boston, owning scv cral millions of property in New Orleans ; Burn side, the largest property holder iu Louisiana nnu many large property holders, have paic taxes to the Nicliolls tax collectors. . - Ukatii or Ukv. Sami ki. Ktrman, 1). 1).? Again lias our community been saddened, bj the death of this uged minister of the Capital denomination, who departed this life on Mon day last, at the residence of his son-in-law, Kev I). A. IMwards. For some time past he has en dured min^ pain and suffering front paralysis In a few (tftys he'would have completed his Hot! year.?Stunt cr Watchman. Jocoh 11. Wells. Esq., an old resident of (V lumbia, departed this life, on Wednesday last, at the residence of his daughter in Henuettsvllle HI 111 i MM mil tjm J 1 ' m\ for theTtmaa. AH?w if At h>| M4 a Iittm tot tt< From the pabitohteTproceediajp of tho Ute meeting 9t tbo State Q range, la Columbia, to to.eUfcu tbal lb* atUapM of orIflibloo, lately m formidable to "middle Ma," Railroad King* and political Ilacks, to not far distant. 11 to only oao mors illustration of tl|n difficulty of sooariag oo-op?ration among farmers. Xbe difficulties are almost Insurmountable^ Tbo aparseneso of our population, the strong prejudice against what to called "book farming," the aversion to reading Agricultural papers, tbo disinelination to moot socially and discuss such agricultural topics as bring about that mental attrition which stimulates enterprise, begets emulation and lends to experiments and improvement; all these things are in the way, and make up a mountain of difficulties in thA ? ? of Mform Kveev intelligent farmer ' ic.V, demonstrating how Cotton cun ho grown ni 1 91 cents per pound and yield u net profit to the .. Planter of 2 90-100 cents per pound. Now, every l'lunter ut uli funiiLiur with the subject knows how innny "it's" uud "suids" enter into ' the cost of producing a pound of cotton, uud c thut the ujuu who figttrcd oOt this financial problem hud nu uxo of his own to grind. This is only one of the avant couriers sent out annually ,v to stimulate the l'lauSei to put in a big crop of t cotton. MOKE ANON. it ? e lit kiii.au bit of anu Kili.ko.?Friday tuoruing .. about 0 o'clock information was giveu to the ? | lieutenant on duly ul the station house, by Eilus j I Sinitli, thut he hud heard- the report of a gun s I and saw a person stagger and fall in Cordes, 0 : sleet, just south of Vendue Kauge. ( hatlestou. j | Foliecincn, with a litter, were immediately desr patched to the place, and fouud lying on the r | sidewalk the body of 1'aro Garret, colored, shot 1 ! through the breast and abdomen. B I Mr. i'etermun, at 2d Vendue Range, says that 0 ! lot* some time his place has been entered from u r j window iu Cordes street by thieves and bacon ? I stolen therefrom. Thursday he fixed a double. I barrel shot gun for tlie purposc of shooting the | intruder. The gun was placed on u box iu line j with the window, about twenty feet from, the - same, and two strings leading from tho trigger ? tacked to tlie bottom of tIte sash, so that when the sash was raised the gun would he discharged, i* Tho window is on the second story of the build ing in the rear, and was reached by means of a ' lightning rod I lint ran up tho side of tho house, 3 about a foot from the window. Tho burglar ' | evidently climbed this rod, and was about nn' tering lite window when the gun was discharged. B ?.Vfift ami Courier. Skxator Morgan on Frm?. IJocurass,?-I was , a candidate on the Democratic electoral ticket - | of Alabama. 1 solicited the voles of black tnen ; | and obtained tlietnlo the numberA>f 10.000, and ? now, when the rume of the riiuM*eniiucnt representative mail of their race is presented for the - shcriflaltv of a district five miles siptarc, shall I go buck to the colored people of Alabama, wboso , votes 1 solicited ami received?* and tell?.them 1 1 refused to vote fur hi in. for uo oilier reason except that lie is a colored man ? No, sir ; 1 cannot perform such an net. I know uot what " may be the opinions or policy of others in r | this regard, hut I do know that 1 have no policy ' I thut would druvr the color line onTTn *t>iteCu"tfve ' nomination, particularly in the view of national events that arc now transpiring.?FromMoryan'? ' Sjtecch on ltuuyhms Conjirmutiou. I - , Mrs. I D. Witherspoon, of Ynrkville, mother i ,.r ?i.? v...._ _ r .i -. Iv. miv 1'icooaii' .Mniu .'vuuiyr ruin inui minify, <1 iod on Monday evening after a protracted iil ticss. S!ie was the innther-in.i-ivr of the Itev. , | II. 11. Dickson, whose death mi repotted last week. ? " Aa Interesting Letter trim Verth PMtltt % TmoKkmr^S. C.t March 26. Lotftpn Times.?As North Pacolet, embracing a representative portion of CnioM County ia dtad to tk? outline world, ee far aa nowapapor orreapondenoa ia fonoernod, 1 have concluded to giro you a faw ponacrapinga from that dark ant! quiet corner. Aa you^ustlyeay you cannot give County aowa without Oorreapotjdoats, ao wo who wlah to got the aowa of the County should bo willing to oontnbute our mita towarda furnishing it, aad not complain at what ia Ow own aogioot. 1 do not know bow or whoro to begin to fkrniah aowa, but shall bog your readers net v*, to criticise my informal efforts in this my Ural attempt at "Editoral correspondence." That portion of our County demonstrated "North Pacolet," lays between llroad aud Pacolet rivera and South of the Spartanburg line, containing about on# hundred and fifty equaro utile* of Territory?once the finest farming and most productive portion of tko County?but being traversed by several water-courses, the prinoipal of whioh are Tliicketty, Uilkie's and Abingdon Creeks, it is very billy and broken, except in a few small central elevations. Con sequeutly, under cotton culture, it is now much worn and washed ; yet it is claimed to possess more rich bottom lands to the area than almost any other section of the Piedmont region of South Carolina. A large per cent of it is not in- ^ cultivation, or only notniually so, from neglect in keeping the channels of the streams clear of batsructioa. Since the close of the war tlio corn crop has been of secondary consideration and the caro necessary has not been bestgwed in the drainage of these fine lands. This neglect is most conspicuous on Thicketty and Gilkie's Creeks, on whic't streams, from Thompson's ^ Mills to the shoals above, there are about fifteen hundred acres of the finest bottom lands, hnlf sf which is entirely swamped the other nearly so, not produoing more than fifteen thousand bushels of corn, when, with good drainage it ^ would average thirty bushels per acre?making a difference in favor of drainage of thirty thousand bushels, usually worth'one dollar per bushel. Quite an item in favor of drainage?enough to attract the attention of those interested in heme supplies. North l'acolet contains an active and energetic population?mostly poor, because ita efforts nro made in the wrong direction. The whites nro in the majority now, though at the close of the war the opposite was the case. Many of the nogroes have gone somewhere, I can hardly tell where, but I know they are disappearing from our midst, while the white population has been increased by many from the old North Stato, who came to better their condition by raising cotton, and have given us & valuable fl addition to our numbers, being peaceful a?d in A duetriouscitBXcn*. Formerly the farmers of this V 8'otion followed mixed husbandry, but of Illicit I is different, and thero is a risible chango in tlic condition of the people, from cnsli to credit,from plenty to want, nil arc coining. Necessity only will force a return to the old style of farming, which is the best for our soil and latitude; and we will never prosper until wo conform to th o T^Tyj^j^ons by which natural laws work, 7T^r??wud oats were sown last Fall than usual; but^T^ito^P"1 is g^otuy.Farmers arc busy preparingS^f aummcr croPst and the weather is fine for it. y^>re cotton ever Is the motto with most of us. S^,ranK? but trtte, under the lights wo have, to ing thus. f The utmost peace and quiet reigns throughout our section,?except now nnJ then there is a ske duddlc among tlio whiskey peddlers, whom the Hampton T. J's are down on, as they will not be allowed, as others formerly were, to share in the profits thereof. As for local news there is a dearth. Dr. Mason Smith had a genuine , a close of Mnningctis a few days past, in u little boy, and succeeded in thwarting the fatal monster. I fear an epidemic of the discos(f. North Pacolct is blessed with ten physicians?six of whom nro practicing medicine. 1 will inform you of any noteworthy event in future, if you can spare room in your valuable Journal for my feebleattcmps at correspondenceL Tiik Odd Man on the HiuutSioe.?Washington, March '2'2.?The odd man is on the Democratic side of the fence this time. The Cnbiuet, after talking through twoscsions to-day und keeping their teetli more tightly closed than usual in their communications with newspaper men, have agreed to a different policy in tho iluinptonChnnihcrlain case from that decided upon for Nicholls and Packard. The odd man who made the vote stand four to three to-day, in favor of withdrawing the troops at once from the support of Chamberlain, was Thompson, of the Navy Department, but it is understood that Devens also had a strong leaning towards the Iluinpiou siUc, which was unequivocally espoused by Kvurts, Scliurz and Key. The Cabinet came tu the definite conclusion to withdraw the troops m at once, but even after this conclusion was reach- H ed, so radical wns the views of Sherman and Mc- * H Crnry that it wns thought best, in deference 18 ^ tlicin.to make an effort ut compromise, and for this reason they decided finally that before the order 1 was given to withdraw the troops the rival Governors, Hampton and Chuuiberlaiu, should themselves be summoned to Washington and before the Cabinet. This is to be done in the hope that when Chnmberluin is brought here the principles of tho Stoutly Mathews letter will bo more directly applied to his judgment, and he will be induced to withdraw out of a patriotic regard for ilia embarrassment of the administration, and probably additional inducements will be offered hint.?l'/tUadtl]>hid Timet. Hayes* Hocks.? The hopes of Hayes are thai he will bo able to get an Administration majority ? < in the House, through a discreet use of his Southern patronage, and by promises of 'urge expenditures of public money in Southern internal improvements. The bargain he is tryiug to make is utterly discreditable, and it is grutifyiug to see that so far the fraudulent President has not succeeded in purchasing his men. It is of the highest importance to the welfare of tho | South, to the cause of Government economy, ^v and to the interests of the whale country, thattho Democratic majority in the House shall work together, and bcur unceasing testimony to its hatred of tho frauds by which the people were cheated out of an election.?X. J\ Sun. r......... ?- ? vnivnui' ^un>[.i.in KbUt>l\MI WITH O.V1IW. 1 f) 1 cago, March 20.?Driving snow fell during the entire afternoon, und blockaded the streets to travel except on beaten track.", which were partially cleared by snow ploughs, run by the street car companies. On the sides of the streets the snow is piled up three or four feet high, and tiie street u?rs run \>itIt great ditliciilty. The air to-night is moist and the snow is heavy. A ? rain storm and a flood arc not improbable. Kain in heavy showers is reported in the Southern and central portious of the Slate. On Monday afternoon the dwelling house oe copied liy Mr. lloluian and his Son-in-law, Mr. Hoke, at Vorkvillc, caught on fircjntul was burnt to the ground. ' - - Mr. (%. S. l'orcher. Special Agent, lias collected in Oconee County, up to date, $l,r>r><J 80 of the ten per cent, contribution. One thousand and thirty persons have paid. who has had any experience in Agricultural So cieties, Granges, Agricultural literature, or encouraging tho introduction of improved implements, or the propagation of new ideas, will bear me out in the assertion that his efforts have been thankless and unappreciated. Every sort of organisation has been tried, with about the same results. .We have had 8tate Agricultural Societies, State Fairs and County Fairs, where Premiums have been most liberally awarded in all the branches of industry. We have had speeches and Essays ai d Scientific analyses, Geological Surveys and Agricultural Surveys, S:nte Granges and County Granges, Lecturei-s and Agricultuial Magazines, and after all the Agricultural pro pcrity of the Country has declined?tho production of the gratiiS and grasses has dccronscd?4,pny as you go" litis been exchanged for "crodit as long as you can get it," and nothing but cotton is relied on for the support of the country. Can any sensible, cool headed, observing man gainsay this ? Can any man who has rode over tho country say that the farms are moro wisely cultivated, the farm buildings in better order, the fences, gates and draw-bnrs in better condition, the farm stock in better condition, the transportation department in better trim, the corn cribs better tilled, fodder lofts and straw i pens well stacked, the farms better stocked with . cattle, hogs and sheep, and the owner less in debt than tivo years ago? That is the way to put it, if you want to get to the bottom facts. It makes but little difference whether this state of tilings was brought nbout by bad govern* i mont too much politics, or too much cotton, too i much credit, too much carpet-bnggcrs; the fact is patent to every one, not blind to the situation, that'we'ore" on W'downgrade, andapretty steep one at that. llnvrn' Smttliprn nnlirv nnATP?n(SnnKlA t( may bo, Hampton, Home Rule and Reform, thorough as it may be, cannot restore us. The limo for )>ri\ytug to Hercules has passed-^w* must put on tlvs ~3*rm at home, V ry way possible, s linu uoit t go in Hebfl V-""~ "i? 2d. l'lnnt less cotton. Half the present cro|5~ t would have brought the same money. We cau I bent the world at cotton. Improve <ho quality e us much as you cau, put it up in good order? no false packing, watering or sanding?but keep the surplus down?avoid over production, dd. lie shy of investing in Fertilisers. Don't 1 be tempted by credit and payment in cotton in Fall. The shrewd Yankees who are en* gagc-WSr' 'his fertilise Manufacture would not be apt to li. their money in it if it did not pay, and pay in wi^t way you may, they will > be apt to get the greatcs&4>rofit. t 4th. l'lnnt more grain, pay attention to r your truck patches, so as to save the corn crib. Devote niore attention to grass. If you Ufcji't . grow Clover or Herds Grass, try Swamp Grass, i Rcrinuda Grass, Crop Grass?liroomscdge. 1 <>th. Rely mere upon Green crops for fcrtilis, ing or restoring your land. The l'ea can bo s made of great service ; anything?weeds, grass ; or what not, turned under, will improve. ' Don't be tempted by flatcringaccounts of high prices for cotton of next crop?consumption goy* i g ahead of production, aud all that. These i are the old tricks of our masters?:hc Rail s Street wreckers,'who annually manipulate our busiucss for us. A very pluuqikly written article appeared, a r few days since, in the New York Financial Citron