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fnttonod and grow sleek under tho ad ministration ofMosos, and put in their etead men of honesty and efficiency. Ho has acted so well in truth that cveu ni the Democrats admit that they are sat isficd. Some of their organs regard it . as a hpppy thing for South Caroliua lj| (thnt Judge Green was not elected. So ' do we. The Republican \ arty has ? . special reasons lor lecling proud of their Governor It was charged along last ' . summer that the dominaut political cle tiVt II;.- ?U1 ? ' ? . * *'<? ment in this State would not nominate an honest man for the Chief Magistracy j'.'^f i|ic Stale; that the Convention would be run by corruptionists, and would ro .'-L#fti mi. f*j *t?,}fu6C to give the nomination to any ouc who did not beforo hand, commit himself to certain proposed schemes and mens ures, which had for their object the pluu deriug of the public treasury. The Con vention gave the lie to this in the sclec ^tjon of Gov. Chamberlain, a man upon whom the opposition, both in and out of ^Jjdsjmrjy, could find uo wrong to saddle, 'Ofngain'st whoso good nnmo aucdit could n'< n"U be found to lesson the wisdom displayed j^i ju pjtfttjng.hiui forward as our standard tfea'rcr.'' II? canvassed this State from friMotaJ end to the other, told tho people ,! : what ho would do if elected, and is to day occupyiug the office of Governor to ? ''the satisfaction of all parties IIo sees ? to it thut tho laws are administered to _.all classes alike; he rights wrongs whep " 'fever and wherever he finds them to ex ' '"i?t; he hns restored confidence iu tho credit of tho State; his administration . has brought about a better fooling be twecu the whites and blacks; be has do monstrated tho fact to Frank Moses that good morals, honesty and a faithful jgard for the rights of tho people arc <ot incompatible with the office of aAj Governor. And lastly, he rebuked the old Cbiftf Justice became ho had the ?'" "impudence{oask him to support Frank ? lin for Grcou's vaoaucy on tho bench. Chamberlain is tho saviour of tho Ropub ifcan party of this Siato . ,111*0 .4 in i ? ii^a-?.^MiKj^ K' ' 'x)m tlyntks are duo tlrft 'Attorney ?. Ge neral for a copy of his rcporW to the General Assembly, > H V10U. Ab this is likely to be tbe case it is the duty of the Republicau 'party to be gin noTf to prepare for the contest. Our house should be put in thorough order, our armor burnished up, and our eyes set firmly upou victory for our State and Natioual organizations. It will uot do for this country to be turned over to the Democracy. The mission of tbe Republicau party has uot yet been fulfilled, and wo are quite sure that it never would bo were tbe Demo erats to attuiu to power just now. The colored man needs to be better oducatcd and made stronger in his power to pro tcct tbe rights of his race, before turn ing over this government to his enemies Onco this is accomplished it will not' matter so much whether there be any party at all or not. The colored people will then have become sufficiently euligh tened to take caro of tbcinselvos. But uow it behooves them to stand firmly by the priuciplea of their party, aud see to it that its banner shall not bo trailed in tbe dust in cousequeuce of lethargy on their part. Party Hues should bo strictly drawn and none but faithlul Republicans be put ou guard. Traitors should bo driven from our ranks, aud thus purified wo should continue stead - fast in our devotiou to the party. We should consider it a crime in a member to'desert its organization upou any nb struct question or in allowing bims.df to become iudiffcrout iu cousequeuce of tho disappointment of some petty ambi tion. Iu this State we have every reason for supporting the Republican party. It has been shown by Gov. Chamberlain that Republicanism is not inconsistent with good Government, and that all tho people prosper alike where the laws are properly administered We do not believe the latter would be tho case tin dcra Democratic administration. Cover nor Chamberlain has brought quiet out of coniusion aud has done much towards restoring tho credit of tho State, which had been completely destroyed by his jroi'igio and corrupt. predrcosfOr. Hence we have much good to hope for iu I the fulutc for South Carolina aid wc E:ng that that go >u* y tho p eroctuation Aopublioan Govorn [rselvcs for a new (irty iu this State in lember also that the upon us. Wo are |il organization, and rhatevor of support fident Grant should measures he has it murder iu tho ilao be remombcrod din that tho strong fal Government was for to tho hearts o f "in our own State. irves our war mos t Jalonc we should en ?rt of hearts and es - |iou good and faith? lid you God speed ippressiug murder liarantooiug to lt-j - from Whi to [assassins." And it rit be made porpet Irews Agnin. [Hope. Senator from of Lexington, has ?r to tho Dispatch of [hieb he defends his Senate against th e Andrews. It will it Hope is a Con - ^rietest typo. We extracts from his flded in the sub m the Audrows >f the testimony [at on the whole [ith the idea that Fduct was highly a Senator, js, none of ^bery by ?f cliar fTTn to give him a chance to rfybut by testimony be fore us. Tbc public, iticlti becu led by paper ai to believe ' that swij .stealing of publiu mJ ling myself, had rumor accounts, lulling robbery or u >ys. would h ive been charged and pfovou This was n t'uli kin 1 ur [mit too, throe ol |utii)U to their re from his seat not done. Now, up showing by the cuhJ them appended a i- subt port, to expel Andrew! Iu view of the sanlc showing, two of them appended t > thejir report a resold tion recommending I censure to be passed on him. Now, for what ? No charge of steal ige, uo evidence to prove crime. There was ewideuco iu Au hc had traded in like. Uufortuu l>ut many other drews' admission tbatl pay certificates and thej ntely, not only he, woithy citizens, merchants, fee, have dealt iu these tradeabla papers to their financial injury. This, whole question was elaborately discussed. The main point of dillereuce bc|iug, whether to e.ipet or censure. The vote was taken to expel ?r&t. There were [10 votes against expulsion, of these there were 4 Cou servatives, myself among thorn, and two of these were eminent Democratic lawyers; in favor of expelling there were 112 votes, ihres ol these are Democrats, tho remainder, 9 arc Republicans, two were absent. It would have taken 22 votes to h&VO expelled. We were expecting to voto on the resc.Jutioti to censure the Senator. Ou this point tl.ero was considerable dtcbate whether to censure was equivalent to oxpul sion or not. A few Senators thought it w-is not. 1 took my part iu this de bate, lavoring the resolution to censure, and closed by haying, "if I err in this vote I prefer to err on the side of mercy and justice, rather than soil my con science in aiding to fix infamy on a man and his family on unsatisfactory grounds." In the confusion of the d< bate, this resolution was withdrawn, and the Senate adjourned, and so no direct voto was taken. * * :|t * Well the New? ami Courier is brought in this connexion. A word as to its sayings. They have proved themselves incompetent to make correct representa tinea when I am in question. It makes mo say that 1 knew tin t this pnpcr woultl put at mc about tins vote. This I did not say. as it wnj stated. I ex pressed this idea, that if I had been the only C?morvativo voting with the ma j?rity, I would have a special notice, but as there wore more I thought that not much would be said. This was u reply to u question asked me about it by some one. It t?o turned out, ns usu al, in a manuer to bIiow unfair feelings. Hut of mo they expeot nothiug," of course not. I have fully proved to them before now that I could not dri'ik in that unrolcnting bitterness which they arc too ready to manifest against those who ioour their displeasure. I see now that they arc beginning to criticise and censure tho Conservatives in some par ticulars." j c hope [For the ora.sor.nrna Nkws.] A Tour million!. Editor Or avgehurr/ Neirs : I sec in the Ncu s and Courier of the 510th of December 1874, a correspond encc signed A M B, which pretends to give a detail of a Tournament that caino off on that day at tho lovely and pleas ant little village of Hamburg. Now Mr. Editor, I think, that the correspond ent must have bad something in v;ew more than some other persous who wit nesscd the scene. I know for one that it is in several instances wrongly rcpre scntcd, for what purpose I do not know. Perhaps the correspondent is one of the fair sex and had gone there with tbe exportation of being crowned Queen of love and beauty. The correspondent said that much di -satisfaction was caused in tho awarding of tho first prize, and that there was scar, e'y one pre sent but who was fully convinced that iu prize it belonged to the gallant Knight ol tho West. Mr. Editor, this is a mistake, for I am fully convinced that the majority of the spectators were o f opinion that the Knight of the flook and Ladder was fully entitled to the honor that was awarded him. Iu the next place A M 15 says that in taking the ride over on account of '..he twisted track he took three rings. I say he only rede 1 or the one and took it. Tha judges then announced ntiebetwceu the .two Knights viz : Hook and Ladder aud the West. The next ride decided the question, the Knight of the Hook and Ladder taking all three rings and the Knight of the West, I thiuk, teok only one. Mr. Editor I canr.ot think it possible that such honorably, straight forward gentlemen, as tho judges seemed to be, would be so much biased n? to give an u just decision in any mutter, especially buch an impor tant one as that t/as. Mr. Editor, allow me iu conclusion to give idy opin ion why A M 11 attempts to try to mistily the public and take the honor from one Knight aud bestow it upou another, and that is this : His (or her) preference was so biased in favor of that sociable, pleasant, loviug little village, that he (or she) could not boar for a Knight of Orangcburg County to have the honor of bearing off the first prize. A SPECTATOR. A CARD. Numerous complaints with regard to the Post Office under my control, having come to my ears, it is duo to the public and to myself that an explanation he mule. On account of bail health, which disabled cne, and on account of the loss of the valu able services of Mr. J. S. Hull, whos system and ability, ensured my respect and con fidence in the entire managmenl of the ofliee, 1 was obliged to obtain n Deputy familiar with the routine of business, and scouring Mr. Ezokicl, removed the ?flicc to his store, that he uilgkl give the more undivided attention to it. Had Mr. Hull not received a better offer than I could ntford to make I would still have had his valued help. And had he remained with mo I would not havo re moved the ofliee. Had my own" health been better, I might have Been less occasiou to move the ofiice. W. E. WILLIAMS, P. M. DISSOLUTION OF CO PA 11T N E RS II I P. The firm of STRAUSS & ST HE KT is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All parties indebted to the firm will make pay ment to Mr. JAMES H. FOWLBS, who is authorized io make settlement for us. J. STRAUSS, J. A STEHET. Orangeburg, S. C, February 24tk, 1875. COPARTNERSHIP. Tho undersigned have this day formed a co partnership, under tho tirni name of J. STRAUSS & CO., for the purpose of con ducting a RICH and OR 1ST MILL and SAW MILL business. J. STUUSS. J. A. STREET, JAS. II. FOWLES. feb. 27 1875 ly Cheatmns Champion Proli fic Cotton. This COTTON was grown in JetTersoa Co , Oeoi Rin, and is the best that has evor been shown in this County. It will produce from four to six bags to the aero. SEED can be procured from Rull, Scoville & Pike iu Orangeburg, with directions bow to plan! \c. feb 27 1870 2t '?' f: t \ . Iff III Mill HIHI *&. i . _ n I rjhf[y3 ?tko7 O?ift 11 IIfihm ffirij Jifil J. WALLACE C^SPH, * nv ?iu! Has arisen from theflames, and r. A , 11171? takes pleasure in announcing to Ms ? CUSTOMERS and thePUBLIC that 4 he is in his NEW and LARGE STORE at his OLD STAtfD ready to serve ONE aj^rl ALL aer in -days? gone by in FIRST-CLASS, FANCY and HEAVY il til ifi. (.?tta iVK _V / !* i< 1 /.. i / LIQUORS, SEGARS, TOBACCO, Thanking a kind Public for their . Liberal Patronage before the Fire would ask a continuance of the same with the assurance on my part of keeping UP MY STOCK to its OLD Standard and REPUTATION. J. Wallace Cannon, PHCENIX GROCERY HOUSE, fob 1S7 0*