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REEDER & DAVIS, COTTON FACTORS AKtt Gcucral Commission Merchants, Adyera Whurj, CHARLESTON, 8. 0. Oswem, Rkkoer. Z('i>.'i.i;."'h :< Davis oct l? Cm T. F. Baeuia. R. R. HuuaiNfl , H. C. Himoix*. BEOD1I5 <fc CO. COTTON FACTORS and COMM1SSION MERC H ANTS. NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF, CHARESToN. S. Liberal Advanoes made on Consignment. Rr.rra to Andrew Bimonds, Eft?}., J?rea i 1st National Bank, Charleston, S. C. may 21 wee tf WASHINGTON HOUSE BY Mrs. IL W. Stratton, corneh 0 EBV AIS k ASSKMBLV" STREETS COLUMBIA, 8. 6. Convenient to the (Ireefivtlle and Charleston Railroads snd the Business portion of the City. Rate of Transient Board?Two Dollars per Buy. Regular Btfnrdefs received at Reasonablo kits. IS Mass Meeting in Charleston. ?it fiur: , h ix, At a Umss meeting held In Charles ton last week, at which five or six tli? usuiui persons" were present, Geo. Mjfje?. J?dje Melt/ui und Gen R J3. hi iotl were lite principal speakers. Judge Melton mide an extended speech, be^inuipg with the history of thit? St*)to during and since the Wur, and a vindication of his reasons lor becoming a Republican. lie disclaimed auy leel ing of hostility to that vast majority ol the?.Vtit& pcnplo of the Statu who differed with him iu polities, and p-iid a high tribute to the worth and character of the people of his native State. He believed thut the reason the colored men had been compelled to turu to the car pot bagger for leadership and advice was because the uutive South Carolinians hud refused to lead them. The colored people, iu their ignorance and inexper ience, iiad to have white utcti to lead them ; there was a demand foi white men, and, as is always the case, that demand found its supply. lie had no words of opprobiium for honest Repub licans coming to the South, but for those' men who had come with their shrunken carpet-bags, intending ouly to swindle a i n tune for themselves out. of this Stute uiid then return to their uutive North, he had the most utter con tempt. The result of earpet-buggism had been that the State was bank nip* in funds, iu resources and in credit, und was kit standing before the civilized world a burning disgrace to Republican institutions. There was no use mincing ?Suds about tho matter, und thj Mate ,bajl been iuu clear into the ground by unbounded -'od unprecedented rascalities The white men from the North came do'wu here, look charge ol affairs nild lonud the colored men docile, obedient and anxious to discharge their new ciedltubie manner. Among them came his ?steenicr! friend. Mr Retinen Tom lius-ii, bis other highly respected tri-nd. the Hon. H. T, Corbiu, and many others tvhoui it was unneO ssary to uiuuiluu. One ol those men was now the Ihihers cauui.i-te for Governor, und he had one ol tw? little remarks to muke abuut him. tie eutue UuWu here iu Isli-. lau i. d t uulorl und eO'Oiged in tue. occupation oi u school er ? t hut wan ven laudable thus fur, and il ho Iiad stuck to tiuchiug school hu would pr.-bubl^ not have hud to say these things against turn. Rut hu ouly pursued that pro fesbioii until rccotistruotioh came, when he was elected a representative in lliv Gcuerul Assembly. At that time the ? oi .red people hud no idea ol bribery and corruption, and, but lor the touch ? tigs lilt) soon received, they won d s in ? |.uro and uucotrupied. i>u. briber) was brought to them, and t iey were hui'diy to be blamed for beginning it. I he State then had a bank, ol' the bill.-, ot which a large amount bad been issued before the war. Those bills were bought up in 1807 and 18(>8 by a few sharp men, and otic ol the firct statutes enacted in this Stute by tho ucw Legislature was an net to issue bonds to redeem those bills. That act was passed through the Lcgisluturo by means of bribery. He would uot name the briber.", but he had already- mcuttGuSu wiutu, und they still hail from Charleston County. Next his esteemed friend, Mr. Reuben Touilinsoo, was elected auditor, and iu 1863, while he was auditor, a bill was passed creating the sinking fund and sinking fund com mission. Tile direct object of thnt bill was to i hable the Greenville Rjilroad King to obtain for themselves, for u mero song, the shares of stock of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad then owned by the State, and he charged directly thnt bill was passed by means of bribery, and that Touilinson was con nected with the passing of that bill, and was a prominent member of that Hing in that transaction he prostituted his office, betrayed his trust, debauched the le gislature, and pilfered the property oi the St .10 In carrying out the conspir acy be got Juuica L. On, who th n ha i ttic confidence of tho white peopl ? ol the up-i uiuty, to induce thotu to sell then shares iu the Greenville Road tor a more pittuuee, und for that serv.ee James L Urr was well rewarded. The King got pusscHsiou of the road, und the company was reorganised. A l'onns}) vutiiu man was made its president, uuotner Pennsylvania man was made vice-preeidont, nnd Reubeu Toailiuson was made the treasurer, at a salary of tlirot? thousand dollars a year. He was at one and the same timo treasurer of the Greenville Road at three thousand dol lars per annum, auditor of the Stato at twenty-five hundred dollars, and member of the Legislature at about one thousand dollars. It was said that about that time TnmliuRon had gone to Corbin and told him that thore was a terrible lot of steal ing going 00 around him,and bethought ho had belter resign, and that Corbin had said, '"Ye?, Reuben, you had better get out of that Scott is a thief, Parker is a thief, Xcugle is a thief, Cardozo is a thief, they all are thieves. You had bettor slide out, old boy, and got away." Rut if they had discovered all that why did they hot stand up and denounce the frauds as they were bouud by their oaths as a senator and a representative of the people to do. Just about that timo another little job was sprung, by which the right to mino tho whole phosphate deposits of this State was giveu to a private corporation fotchepiti ul royalty of one dollar per ton. Tomlinson was a member and ('orbin was a member of that eutispiraey. It required fifty thous and dollars to get that bill through the Legislature, because it was a swindle, aud T??ilinsoo aud Corbiu were tho men who put it through. Then Gov. Scott vetoed the bill. Tomlinson up to that moment had been the friend and spukesmau ot the Governor, but that day they had a tailing out, and they never have been friends since. It re quired 875.0(10 moro to pass the bill over the Governor's veto, and he charged that Tomlinson was engaged in that. Ho charged th.it when tho sena tors relused to trust the promises of luture payment made to them by the man who was employed to lobby through the Senate, Reuben Tomliusun came forward ami pledged bis personal faith and credit that the bribes should be paid them. That, he said, he sto d ready to prove against Reubeu Towiyi son whenever and wherever he choose to meet it. Jle also charged that when lie left the omoc of the State auditor be left, that, to take charge of the Green stile and Columbia Railroad Ring, and, secondly, to put up tbe phosphate job, and tlit.t he got fur his scrvicos $40,00(1 worth of phosphate stuck and (he trots iir?.-1ship of the company, ol '..hieb D. 1 . < Ol'bill Was the president and attorn ey. .Judge Melton closed with an appeal to the audience in support ol the tegular etudidutoa, and Sheriff Maokey, after another interlude by the b-tri, introduced General Moses as the nominee of the regular Republican party cl South Caro liua for their next Governor. Mr. M .so? was received with a pprfeut ovation of cheers, and made a spirited ind effective speech, lie repeated the pledges of the regular Republican party and promised their faithful fulfilment in tho event of his election, and he then proceeded to tn;;kc an answer to the char ges which had been brought against him. lie said that if he were there as indivi dual he would not opeti his lips in j explanation or denial, but as the cand date of the Republican party, he believ ed it a duty which he owed to the part) and the ponp'o to meet and refute thus ? charges, lie said, ft at, that although he bud bren connected with tbe starn Government since 1868, ho had ucver been in such a position as to have con trol of one dollar of its finances. Those finances were managed by regularly con stituted boards?the tina-iical b ?.r 1. t!i ? land commission board, the si nking fund commissioner. Iiis name was to be found uniting none of them! and he do clared, upeu his responsibility and hon or as u man, that there had never during his official lifo boon-an occasion when one dollar of tho State money had to pass through his hands, directly or in directly. For tuany months, however, all tho little dogs -iu the party, 'fray, Rlaucho and Sweetheart' had been bar king at I.im, and on that-dtr a little pa per iu (T.ai baton had propounded a ter rible st ring of questions for him to an swer that evening. He w..uld not shrink from answering ail those questions, and he challenged that paper to search the record for thenm Ives and ascertain it bis answer was in the least degree false or equiyooal. He thou read from the Charleston Republican tho first tjuestioti which was as follows; In the firtt place, wj desiro to a.-k the gciitluman if .he will mike affidavit to the denial ho, published in the Columbia papers a few days since, In refutation in gonerul of the. charges urged against him, and which article was copied ia tho Charleston press. Empty state ments will not do. What the people want iB proof, and not proof frbm q?os tionable sources. ? He said he agrcod with the editor of the paper that what tho people, wanted was proof, and proof from un^ucstioua* blu souiocs, but it was tbe first time he had ever heard of a person arraigned upon any charge being asked to make an affidavit that bo was not guilty. It was not his duty to provo a negative, but what tho peoplo wanted . and what he demanded was the affidavits oi' those who brought the charges. Tho second question, which ho also read to tho audience, was as follows: Seeondlv. Will the ""ntlcniur; zz plain, and furnish by proof, his inno cence of the following, in referouce to tho Roberts Anus Company and the American Mctalic Ammunition Com pany? It is charged that, *1n the caso of the Roberts Arms Company, though the company received but $2500, tho accouut was made out against the State lor 514.250. Tho contract, which was for tho alteration of firo 'thousand Springfield rifles to breech-loaders, was made on the part of the Stato of South Carolina by F. J. Moses, Jr., as adju tant and inspector-general. Thousands upon thousands, ol dollars more were spirited from the State in these arms transactions, all of which appear clearly chargeable to F. J. Moses, and, perhaps, R. K. Scott." ? ~-.-tt In reply to this charge ho said that when it was first made iu the . report of tho joint special financial investigating committee he bad risen in his placo in the Assembly and made his defeucc. He had then demanded that the Assembly should if they believed him guilt)', take immediate steps to investigate his coo duct. That defence* had been at the time published in the. Charleston daily papers, und even they had done him tho justice to say that the obargo so fur as he was concerned had been cleare d away The writer of the committee's report ? a 1 afterward admitted fUesamo thing in t i? Goecrtsi Affwu^y. *yhnn procce d :d with u rcpctiiiou of tho explanations which he made last winter, which were to the effect that he hud beeu ordered by the Governor to make contracts for t ic utoruatiou of 10,200 guns: that hu hud absolutely nothing to do with the trans action except to make the contracts, the financial agelit being directed to pay the bills: that he contracted for the ulterua oi'2Ul)0ut 67 each, and for 5000 ut u he dollais euch ; that tho sum total of all the contracts which he made for the Slate wai J?12^,UUU, that tho amount charged on the financial agent's books ou those accounts was $203,OUU, but that he hud no morecouueetiou wither respou sibility for those payments than any pri vate citizen, and that the vouchers, con tracts und proofs of those assertions Were ou file bath in the treasurer's office and the adjutant general's olfice, where any citizen of the State had u right to go and examine them, uud lest the truth of his assertions 1 he next ij'tc-tion was us follows : Thirdly. We want to know some, thing about that 811,0.00 on the tinned I or ce question. Will Mr. Moses explain this . \\ ill he tell the people that it was a dralt cashed by ccrtai i parties, (we know who,) forcer tu iu survives rendered!' So dodging ot this. Let it bring into distcputc whom it may, give its the facts backed by incontrovertible proof. The people demand it ' They have u right ... i_ In reply t.? this he said that the opin ion seemed to he current that the armed force fund had something to do with the military purposes, but the fact was lb it nobody bad anything to do with the drafts upon that ?und but the Governor. As to the eleven thousand dullard of the armed force fund w hich were charged to him between November, 1S71. and dune, 1872, it hud nothing to do with any transaction during that period, and was not paid out out at that time. That money was paid to htm for legitimate military expenses ai d for the uj-o of the adjutant general's department in the buminor of 1871, fully "nc year ago. Tho Governor at that time gave him two warrants upon the State treasury, one tor live thousand dollurs, and the other for six thousand dollars, bill there wus no money in the treasury1 to piy the warrants and they had to be dis counted. They were accordingly dis uouulod, und last winter, when thoro was money iu tho treasury, the parties who held them brought them forward, and they were paid, so thnt they were chargod on the treasury books as though they hud been paid ont at that time and to 'him. For all those facts the proofs were on file in tho treasurer's and adjutant-general's office, aua thej were euch pruorc as a public officer had a right, to offer. If those proofs were not 8ufficicut, ho could only say that no citizen of the State was safe from the charges of malicious of envious persons. In reply to the charge of issuing fraud ulent pay, oer tificates, he fell back upon the report of Treasurer Parker, and de clare that that document would proro conclusively that 'the charge was untrue and he took occasions publicly to brand the men who made it as an infamous Kars, lie also demanded them to pro duce tho eeidenoo upon which their as sertions were based and show to tho peo ple of South Carolina weather he had been issuing frrudlent pay certificate, or wether his adcuscrs had been lying. Ho stood before tho people conscious of the immense responsibility devolving upon the position be occupied*. He acknowl edge that the party ho represented had been guilty of errors in tho past but ho ped that it v?cu!d redeem them in the future. He solemnly affirmed the earnestness of his party in saying that tho government of South Carolina must and should be purified. There was an opportunity afforded all men for repon tance, aud there never had been a grander opportunity for the repentance of his party over past errors. He in vited the white people of the State to conic forward aud lend their aid in re storing general prosperity, and promised that, should he be elected, bo would lend a ready ear to every man who might ap ply for protection of right or redress of wroug. His party did uot wish to rob tho white people of their rights they desired rather to protect them in the en joyment thereof. They wished to fill up the chasm which had been riven between tho white man and tho black, not with dead men's bouos, but by burying with iu it every division of sentiment, so that the two races could clasp their hands above it and march forward for the good of the State Many persons had assail ed htm and filled the air with ha rah sayings to his injury, but he could raise his right hund to heaven and affirm that should he enter tho gubernatorial chair it would be without chciishiug one spark id' resentment in his bosom. Ho conclu ded by making a strong appeal to the Democrats to come forward and assist iu rcsc?ri?g the State from ruin, but decla red that wether they responded or not, his party were determined that their rights should uot be itnpared tu any de gree, and ho pledged himself to that effect. - ????--- ?in i [riiM.MlMi'ATEli,] What Is IU Some say, in its cmbryotic State it denoted kirsbip to the marsupial order. Some say, it belonged to the ophidian reptiles. Some say, it was a pachyderm that propagated the droll thing. Others say it was extruled from the Womb of an old vertebrate of the biped species. It certainly does hot belong to the Cetacca, it has not tail enough It is not of the owl family, it has not head enough. What is it ? Zoology, ichthy ology, and all the other ologies fail to establish its exact identity. What it is and what kind of an animal gave birth to it nobodv khnv? }t>>? ?? is sofscthirj". What is it ? That's tho question. Solve it if you can. Gentlemen you've all failed. Its very easy to tell what it is. Its an '?idee," a perspective "idee" that uiay he'll be an idea by the ides yet to cotuo. Yes It's an "idee"?n grnnd, glorious and inngnatninious "idee" to elevate a little Station srnnewlicro on the South Carolina Hail Road (forgot 'jts name, think though it commences w?th a 13) out of mud sluices and cypress ponds. An "idee" to rob Ornngeburg of her well earned laurels?laurols which she has won by the enterprise go-ahead triumph, public spirit, and lnrge hearted ! ness of her merchants and other ciiizens. An "idee" to tax her for the benefit of this little out of thc-wny station ; to force her to open a road and build bridges at tho expense of her own citizens; to divert trade from her merchants ; to force her citizens, to dig in mud aud water for no benefit to themselves. An "idee" for thi9 littlo one-horse affair to play the tune and for the citizens of Orangeburg to pay the piper. What arrogance. Prosumption ? Surely, this littlo side- pocket is trying to put on airs. Maybe it's got a tire engine, who knows? Maybe it's aspiring to have a ohurch steaple. Should it keep on as it's begun, no doubt, Wlim^K-it will have a barbef sbop\ "fiopwvnif* cua Ml stop tbere some-of these day's, so they all can see the elephant Keep quiet little non-descript (forgot your name) children must hear and not be heard. Don't be whining around us, you are none of our off-spring, and we ain't going to give yon any nourishment. Take a bottle and quill if you oan't do any better. Maybe you'd bettor move over on the Port Royal rail road?per haps you'd do better there. Suppose you go over and soe. Dou't bodder us. 8HOOFLY. Boyhood of Galileo.. There was onee a man named Galileo, who lovod the stars, and found out much that was new apd strange in the skies; and it was he who first made it known that the earth moves. He was horn in Italy three hundred years ago. He was a poor boy. With his knife be made ships and men ont of wood, and ho would melt lead and run it into molds that he had made. He h ad such skill that he could mend the toys whieh the boys would break, and tbey would biing them to htm, that he might mako them whole and sound. When they would whip their tops, he would stand by and think what it was that made the tops move. Ho wished to come at the truth of all things he saw. But the dear friends in his home on the banks of tho Arno were poor, and though they had hopes for th e boy whom all tongues praised, they knew it would cost too much to sind him to a good school away from homo. So he was kept home for a time, and taught there. His parents at first thought It Would be a good thing if their son would learn ^ to buy and sell, so that his gains would raise them up oooo more. But as the boy still laved bis books they said "Let him go on with them ; we will try to sond him to a great school as soon as we can." His father raised somo funds and sent him to Pisa, where a gTeat school for young men was kept. It was hoped the boy would learn to be a doctor, and know tho use of drugs, and the Way to bind up wounds and to cure the sick. But the boy did not like to be tied down to books that told of drugs, and the way to make sick folks well. It seemed to him like going round and round in a ring, as a mill horsedoea. They were ns wise as any in that day, but he could 8co they were blind guides at the best. One day be Was in the grand church in Pisa, where he saw tho great lamp swing as it hung from the roof by a cord. From this be found out how things swing to and fro, and he gave to the world tbu law of the pcudulum, by which (dock work is inado to go right. When Galileo was forty-five years old he was in Venice, aud be beard there* that a man in a Dutch towu had mado a tube with a piece of glass in each end, which, when raised to the eye, mado things look larger. He went to work at ouce, and mude a tube of lead and put in each end a piece of glass, such as you have seen in a pair of specs. With this tubo, tho things at which ho looked scorned to be three timcsjas large as before. By means of this tube, which wc call a telescope, tho face of the moou wus scon to bo mado up of bills aud vales, und plains, like our own earth. Jupiter was seen to have four little moons. Venus looked like a moon with horns, and from this fact sbo was known to bo like a bull. Aud new stars were sceu in the sky. h?o Galileo Galileo?for that was his ? uamo in full?was one of tho greatest men that buve ever lived. ? Young Fulks Acte*. Somebody having applied to an editor for a method by which be might cure his daughter of ber partiality for youug gen tlemen is kindly informed that there are several methods of reform. One way is to skin the youug person; another is to put ber into a woll and drop a few loads of gravel or her head another is to bind her ankles to an auvil and upset ber out of a boat. A little boy three years old gave a reason for his infant brothers good be havior as follows; "Baby doesn't cry tears becauso he doesn't drink any water and he can't ory milk." Martin Wells to Will Bttdbraaan en* day when the* left the schrjol-hotlw! to gether? "He says7 he wKl lend sse ?y book he has, and he has so many 0kW*. He proiiiised ^brlDg' KSsblWl, to-mor row. I never oonld finish it, because I didn't get tho asagatliie/' "Q;. yee, he's Wfy^good5 *JxW,lft**?g promises I" saidWiUrdryly. ?And he said he would get me a tick et to the Merotantife MN>fi <* to his father?he,s one of tae managers. There's some arrangement by wttofe they giyo tipkets to a certain number of boys. Wasa't it kind of hunt" Martin was a stranger- in a strange place, wiibJiUle mono? - to, spend' and Ed. Dayton's pleasant words and obli ging offers had mado a strong inpressUm upon a. mind naturally; ettnsltittf and grateful. "O, certainly, very kind of bim/' said Will, who knew prettf well the nature of Ed. Dayton's promises, bo* would not prejudice a stranger against a - schoolmate. }J Wf*ir. ,'So different from John Frits Adam/ continued Martin: "I wanted to ?Al ' kineon's Siberia/ and t knew that he had it, and I did venture to ask him to lend to me this week: and all he mid WaS he couldn't promise. It's the first time I ever asked a favor of any one in this school," said Martin proudly; "I guess it will the last/1 "It's not like John to be stingy," said Will, and then the boy started. The next morning Ed. Dayton had forgotten to bring "Carolina," and then Martin, two days after Ventured to ro mtne him of his promise, he amid that the book was his sister's and that aho did not like to lend her hooks. Seeing the state of the case, Martin said nothing about tho library ticket* oi* which he heard nothing more, to his very great disappoimtment for he dearly loved books. He was going home^Friday night, feeling rather tired, homesick and lone some, when John Fritz Adam earnd ruttntng after him with a book iu his hand' "Here's Atkinson," he said, out of breath. "I couldn't promise it the other day because I didn't know whother father wanted tosend it away to branden or not, and it was loot to my cousin, but it came home last night, so it's at your service and keep it as long as yon like. "O, thank you?" said Martin, bright ening and regretting his hasty judgment of John then the boys parted and pres ently said Martin Pm sure you ate very good; and joined by Ed Dayton. "I think Fritz Adam is a regular mean fellow sa d Ed. "I just asked BSm this morning to look out some references for me iu some books j know ho has at home and ho wouldn't promise, to do it because he said bo thought his father wanted bim this evening. I'd like to see the time when I couldn't promise to ob lige friend." "And I'd like to see the time When you'd keep your promise, thought Mar tin. ' If people always keep their prom* ises, they are generally rather careful bow tbey make engagements. It don't cost any one much to promise who nerer performs." Sad?A Misunderstandinq.?A person is responsible for this story: "Poor Joucs died whilo you wore away last summer. In all my experience I never saw so disconsolate and grief-broken a creature as poor little Mrs. Jones, It was very sudden, you know. I went to the house as soon as I hoard ef it; I offered my sympttby, but her sorrow was uncon trollable. In such cases I think ic bist that the mourner should bo left alone; so I prepared to depart. M 'I will leave ytnr, poor beloved one/ said ,1 with this injunction: "Pray? that God will vouchsafe HU com forter; that he will oaableyouto peroeive the promised bow in the?' " 'Oh rector she burst ha; how ean yon think of such a thing? It's too? too premature, I'm sure! "And," continued the old gentleman, checking the off rein and wheeling away from the gate, after some cogitation T fanoied that I discovered that the been I was talking about and the bean she was thinking about Wasn't the same kind of bow at all." Happy is the ohild who Suffered to bo and content to be what God meant it tA be a ohild While ehiidhofld lasts':