The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, January 06, 1875, Image 2
TH EFAIFIELD HERALD:
WINNEBDOR Os
. ANg DAVIS, Editort
Wedilnflifo"briing Jaiiary, 'I4.
In a personal reniconlr? lelweern
Mr. lyerly the managin Editor of
the New 9Qdoans 1),glietin and Ex
GOV. Wvar'n&kth)' w Vforther was
killed. In a duiel. .otecn Messrs.
Tardy and Loy in.aeorgia the .for
mer wakied. t and distur
ba'ceS howe. occurred ..,at Oifferent
places. So Christmas Evo has had
its accustemoil horrord.
Th YboYpblt'a' ias are still tinker
.;ng at the civil righ'ts bill. A new
bill has been reported from'the cow.
mittoc, providing for separate schools
for the'riees, leaving out.tbo come
tery provision, and.restryoting ag
grievod parties to tWo 'choice 'of a
civil or criinlbA aotion', 'in"ttead of
pormittiig b4th.. It will 'be opposed
by those who oppo s any legislation
on the subjet, and by those who
think the bill not strong enough ; and
b'*twoen theso'parties it miy fall to
the grouna.
The returning board of Loulsiana
have seated 34 radical an" 52 con
sorvative members of the Legislature',
and doolared the election of 3 radi
cals a'nd 3 domob%ra'ts to .oigre's,
end the 9iection of the radical oindi
date for Treasurr The 'Arat ret'i'rn
seated 70 conservativos and A4 radi'.
cats, the democratic candidate for
T'roasurer and 8 'democratic Con
greasmon. Gross frauds were perpe
trated in this return, and the people
of Louisiana are outraged. The New
York 11erald do'nouncos this action
of the Kellogg board.with groat bit
terne.sv. Congress will be compelled
to take Louisiana in hand. This con
dition of affairs is as deploriblo as
actual war.
From the Rook [lill dran we
learn that at Court in Lancaster, cer
tain parti's w'eci tried for burhing
down a house in 'which a 'bild was
burned to death. Judge Mackey
aftor the exnminatioil of the ki'tness.
es, ordered the jury to return a ver
diet of not guilty. The Jurjr rAirod
and wore absont for some timo,1when
the Judge sont the Sheriff after them
to see why they did not obey his
instructions. The foreman reported
that the jury stood eleven for convio
ton, and only one for acquittal. The
court thep again ordered the jury to
find it verdict of not guilty, threaten
ing them with impiisonmeont if they
did not oicy. \Vhiilo the jury were
again consulting, the Court discharg&
ed the prisoners. The jury then
brought in a verdieo t ofnb guilty.
TJhis reports a very strange state of
thinks whenoi cloven of the jury were
diamiotrioally opposed to the Judge.
We would be glad to hear somiething
further regarding it before express
ing oui' opinion.
We Uinderstand that in the arson
caso rccently tried in Lancaster in
which Judge Mackey ordered the
jury to rendo'r i idiclt of not guilty,
the ordler was based upon the fact
that the only ovidonoe which would
conv'ict the prisoners tNas given by
one who was an accom)plico,' an'd was
ther-efore inadmissible. It is the
province of the Judge to instruct
the jury as to the admissibility of
ov'idonee and the duty of the jury
to render a verdict in accordance
writhi onl3 such evidence as is ad
3nissibule.
dcrritt Smith, of New York, one
of the old original abolitionists, is
ilcad. 1k has probab>ly gene to seek
the soul of old John Brown which is
still marcobing on. Charled $hmner
and Horace Greoley, after they had
seen all their hopiarealised ini tlio
emfancipation of the *iegtioes, eherish
ed kind feelings for tl;e iries,of
the South who had so lorng bGeh their
bitter enemieiard in no1use<'uence
their memory is respo'dted throughohjE
tho entire United States, lBut old
Gerritt Smith could not emancipate
hiinself fromn projfudied. and' hatred
tEnd was to the day of his dilath the
uncompromising enemy of demea-.
ey and the South. Not. long since
Ihe Wrote a mnalign'ant letter,' well
calculated to engender seotiobal
strife. Ile utterly failed to evince
any of that magnanimity and libi
lanthropy whidh charaeterir'ed' Bum.
ner and Greeley. a'nd he descends to
his grave, "un wept, unhonored and
unsung." Peace to his ashes ; but
we are glad he is gone. Such men
Free Sohools and Pa'8oh'.o,0.
Th.e Bstom of aduehtlOfl6 fo
Carolina s un ejoing a oh nge. In
ekad of di 'o irvate iustitutions
41o ach'p. up1 I k a ', 4% s.'.a u
tion, the state, noi .regarding the
drelpIn her borders ap her off
isring,. has bby., tb passage . of. the
school law, engaged to educate them
at hor own ekpens. Aduoation iA t
preh'ont in a transition state. ihe
'old ysti li 7flelen bidl'y" hatfored
by the financial.Alsaotech that have
bofalle'n us; and tlbi wy ha's
not ogu to run al'onginoothly, an'd
while we are undergoing thiA obhnfa'
thousanla of childron age 'ra p. y
growikig up in.igno.an '0. 'o';i pl)c4g
must b6 done to bridge. the gulf, aid
to mako \h' than i*'0on e y .ndl
gradal. hi' oan bae Accouplished
by 'combining the y^teina. tot,
each child be required to pay a cer
tain rate of. taition for the first
ionth 'or two 'tht the "s8ool open'.
od. ''e're aro very few paronts who
cannot pay 1 dollar ur two for this
#urpose. .Then,.after this t'i18 hls
elapsbl let the school be tmatlntained
from V6' Maa prbiaoa Ity l State.
thi way 'ohools 'an be he t dpen
'or a considerable length of time every
ear, and 'ine go Pd 4ay 1 aotom
'lieh)\A, wbroiAs iue prese t fAiMmon
of keeplng thein o$i Y4 'Ohly thr'oo
or four months is a waste of n'on'ey
s the long vacations, like Pharaohs
Yeab line', evo\br All that has been
ac'huired.
The. p'ubIfo ohools, td, hVO a
5ery ,'le ,Arri ultim, intended
6ly to nart apractioal education.
Now some few parents there are still
*ho dislre a thorough education for
aeir ohlldren in studios not taught
in free is'o'Aools. Tiese at*rhize
some pay institution, and the on.
se4uonoe i that we find two A4ool5
existing in a plapa barely able to
support one. This is thi ase in
Winnsboro. Last year, we had for
the whites a frqe sa 6l6, a FetnAlt
Seminary and hit. !ion $ohool. Here
was too great a divisior' of labor.
Therb 'Aould ,not' , or? than two
sobo61s 61 tow, ok, it coebaEation of
the sexes were intrldueed' on'o might
be Mulioiit. Thj eVo, has a simple
rin dy' $' et Mt. .2ion have a
high school and a primary depart
med. In the latter, let only the
studlen bresdrilbed by law be taught,
and lot th 1li , 1inod by the
sohool tuad. uo higiior d'epart
ment n which olassio, aid the
soienbes are introduced, can be sup
ported as at presnt by tuition fees.
In this way we would iav's a flourish.
ing academy. A - fesale seminary
might bbe eitablislIed on the same
basie. Tis flan has been agohted
with success in other states and there
is no reason 'iby il shodld not
suoceed here. We codimeisd it to
the Mt: Eion8ooiety f'r 2nside ration.
TNfb} ctract fron h
Now York II erald is ajpendedj as
bearing ujfon an i'nterestilng point of
law, whether an injunction isisued by
the court ust be obeyed i'leo it
improperly. isqued. T'his Qjuesti'on
was raised in thb baaik baso and de.
cided iii the allrmative; we holi've,
by Judge Carpenter, and reaffirmied
by the Suprome Court. Judge
Mackey whig'trned,tih oliposite of
this, and is sup jorted by~ the ruling of
the New York J idie in' th e case ro,
ported below.
KoYxr. Cm~ AoAIsT A iJAc.'.
In Superior Court, Chambers, be.
fore Judge Sedgwiok, yesterday, a
lady clad in black rose at counse is'
table and addressed tho.(9tt~ 1'i
lawyers aredhd (li'e,,rier whisper
ed 9ome,tJng a,boitr the ne w consti.
tutional,amondments loinglde
to practico. ~ lwngld,
"We a,igm, what can we do for
you 1" said Judge Sedgwick .with
that sweet urbiminty, which ,lways
characterizes him, w'h'eti'pr tistgjot
A ttorney, Corn miisioner In l3ankrupt
cy, or ex Judge addresses him.
"Sir, I have a contempt,'' sbe bo
gan, slightly coughing. The lawyers
stared still more at her, which she at
once softened by adding, '.order
against me in an injunction."
'.IHaye you no counsel 1" into rro
gate the Judge.
"I am too poor to employ a law.
yer," she qujotly answered.
Hero tito Judge looked around the
doqurL room innd dyie ,in the cornrr
ex-Mayor Hall qjuietly munching a
brief, and forthwith assigned him.
A..hpriied ,qopsiil ttion. esstd, a
brief aflidavat was niade and the ease
beggu; ylt asppeare,d that the lady
was a bioardig -housp. kop.ers' who
had ,threatene. #0.,pj99t an .ftalien'
donda s ecOnlta foig,h' ,partmnen(.
not from non payment 6f rent, biut
from an anxiety to be rid of her. Trhe
prima donna soti' ht for aisn fruetion,
anasmuch as s'be had Issued it puldra
froni he placi an"d was establ lshin
a good. will, and bIalihed ..leaao pn'it1
May 1at. The landlady's assigned
counsel argued that there was a:f'
ample remedy at law, and injunction
would not lie--a view which the
Judge adopted. Then the counsel
for the operatic lady sau his clo
ha ad e ed' since th
prooe. in e a d her fu(ugur;
Pute ,n o , andi he,ade.
man ed a oh q or contempt.
But, as the 'na Djunotion had
been proggunio --Untenable, the
Coutt' iUtV1td thAw*ffotld- ft I
motion be presse4 it w" ld pt be
disoretioually g11e:o sejWoi
the opeintie counsel said he woul
nue fur d1m1g'es. epa?tiitta-tie
unReeetly,igab!-pQq ' ee ia'
suppOds-'uher 46,jfnb6Pof,sh 4%
year book) thA elo. 7'h were
succeedidb-iii)thW1ikdy;,- .o-wast
b#ing exauiid'd ,'Pideih. jk ,n9 t
debtr sprou 8 tur .tNi j)urpose
of . asertoaripg ,i .bl a .
8h ot-jeeted to 'th' h efAibtol
sbked, tk-i Argued brie'fly, bu t' I
cry eseited aittha*r lignast, its in,
.ropolkva to.de.oido agaiapt erj:bat.
With such chivalric wordi as mu.
%,yi ade .ier feel, with Sheridan"
oadt hQr, ht 1he polite gefsal was
botthr ha \h 6rlNIh' paynenit.,;
A'p oiptment versus Election.
I the UIA"Y "ojamors raised
6y th a erijt a.Iy er of 8 ilh
Carolina 11gainst thea wroxag ,4a b!
urdet'ihe.guija of,repuOllpanisml lave
bee'it piotrated lainst them,' none
has be'4A Norb Y'.titently raised
thait Abat aglinst th olg'a buke
of exe'butive pVAtrnarY 'b3 Ol ve. no
Moses. , And'iu the cited state
of the pui i1nd "f e"nly Posibl
redemption seemed to be ',fhp,jatire
abolition of this power, and tho re
turn of it to tho * people. Members
fresh from their rural 6'nstituencies
hastened to the legislatLre provided
with billo ;al'e lective all' 'ho.
couny oatiae and mapy; inwsppei
throughouft thie State ildvocated .auh
a measre. .a 'ye' h4wever,
Ghange hii Ve'en "'ade in this respo't.'.
We, therefore will endeavor to pro.
sent a few reasons why 'Ou'Oh i
should not be made' .
The great evils whibb Sonth Caro
lina has experienced, ha1' 'eult d
from the present system of uhleralf
suffrage, by whiolthe ohoioe of ;u
lors rests with -an ignorant popula.
tion untutored in political oeono ..
And it pp'ears paradoxfdl to-e6
dea'vo'r o 'r?oat this -V-1 by .t
trustib to.the . 'jpes still greater
powers. iavet. wO a .arafnileee
that the iinaevill e*iee an- wore
judgYnieSt ~idte'sel.OtJoH-of Uei-.
tor, 'ir'aearer and t ri6l jiatioes than
they have bhOWn .i or
their other offiQU.q V Irn oo opiniop
it is far better to effe6t a. chtange ,'by'
the election ofra overnor wpo .A.s
some regard for decen" tidui itY
doprivldg lini of the appointive pow.
or.
Even when the 1nasses are uoOt
corrupt bnd igiiorant the chief. ex
outivo of ii 8t.te must possess abill.
ty. 06. Chamberlain certainly
pos'sess this jIbal1it,yi and from lii.
oondac,t ,fus f y biliei's that
he really.desir'es reformation. .Thua.
far, hiis appoait mets have, been' far
bete t hs pade ,by tlid ,'in.
famous Moset. It is much 'hotter
to leave.to him the appointnit ci
these uflicials than to t.rdig to the
result of a popular vote And i6 is
much asier to fizuponu hii the re
sposibiity ircorrLpt dr incompe
tent otlioiaals than upon the people.
It is trueo that in ma~ny counties ina
the State ..,inorvativea, might be
elected to Sil'these respornsible po..i.
Lions. But the advantage thtu. gaina
ed might be more than euiterbalane
ocY in the oil7 eouanties. WYe are
thaereIfore opposed to~ the passage. of
the bill depriving the governor of the
appointing pow'.er, and hope that it
Gilf nit pass..
Tha Publio' Money of Fairnield.
We bppbnd the. foLlwing ,portion
of Treasurer Cardu:x'4 report *to the
Jiegislature, as relating to JYai'fleld.
The Treasure iEakes a good sho wing
~for tii'welelI,' betL he says b9ting et'
the *2,2 18.00 still due the schools from
the State, nor of the poll tat and- the
rodal 'td. W~ p.bial tbe ,rejfort
"It .as bee'n m;y duty to arrest two
eounty treasurers for defaleation.
HI. A, Smiti., of Fai,field, was a de
taulter for 50,0*1' 41, ang J. Y&
lumnbert, of Orangob,urg,' was i do
faulter fur $18,229 47.
There is a muisuildiifah'dil ini
the minds of somae inbers of the
Legislature witha regard to my duties
in this respeot that I derer, t9 e.
wove. It is mnade the duty of the
comptroller geaeral, by law;.to set
tle with county treasurers, and whpn.
ever, in the course of that settlement '
he informs me that the treasurer.- is
indebted to the State, It is then my
duty to require the payment of the
-*aipunt dlie, and in ease of failure to
p ay to arrest the treasurer as a de
faulteCr.' .
'lho..omptaiaWr-general has in
*fo.rtned moi.,duriang the past.fiscal
year, of the inde.btedness of two
treasurers only* who were unable to
s~e-,-.Mesre. Smit~h and Htdmber&
-Tw,ho were prompitly arrested and
rej1ort'd to the aItorney-general for
prosseastirj according to law.
In the' case of . A. nSit, E.q.
th wh -u miby on hand I
a ll to 14 , ,hib Col. 1
roug op Na in aeing i
posoesieol o tlfoe. He immedi- \
atel ottaeo tvi,none fth' t
IW I'
vintor . r epng. ,,The ]
ogp'he ~euseptd ,hhni.' e
aPd demandol itsit V6ab'refied', t
4 e~rWind tilit Ij had.. Len N
gotup By!#oun oflioeie as be
d go ey was tie" applied to a
fo-SMA.injutivo ai, whi.ili be 'rauted,
.e the jeed the dier of the'
, 4rt at Cinteila. referue to acer
toilk what proportion of .the futda be..
Io t the1'aWe a1X what, to thi,
Go I
lb'diately furnishled the so
106hi gite,uit, W . 1I. Brawle y',
(tit'b i yg'eiieral being i
oidr)"wiJ te foota of the case, in
order'Aat he iu h't attend to the
inte toOf k5Ie Stat . The facts
ary -; plaii,.. afid i. oan be very
VAx 6'aiai4e ,ha.t Rroportion
of th ud belongea to the 8tute and
what t'o the county.
AM6UtIojIjti$d tr 811! s ,r $58..38496
Anout'Yd in Sate Trmaisry ,.91,709 36
AinC. rel0-ining*due to State *2A,U25QI
4w to l~oIso'.,foi Conay 33,?40 08
AMP.0a iobt fOi-CoUbty 11,2M.04
Ani' remaining.dueto Counity'$ 1,08404 I
Aa pOt.,1A io Mr'. Smith tOr i t t
, hoN.. * 4,42G 8,
Ash- d Mout by Mr. Smith
qfj;%Vi9hoos 2.222 08
-'Abouti remaiain-g due to Free:. -.
?io0ho . . ,, $ 2,20- 27
It if:evident, froh\ tile foregoing
ltatekn-int, ,tbat oven if..AlYe county
-Was:poid tb outire balunce of tl,.
d84-u 4.q.o it, and the true t.huul.,
id. h.,804.27.lue to it, that the
gemainder.- 442 .94-bulpng. to i
~th8tato:. .It, will be -cu.n .bowover,
seobs the.-foregoing a?atoneot, ,that
he .I94tIWI y l'a. already receiyed m6re
US,th p(orrtioiate hare,
--Jike.t k; a a no,upfyet.rpndor- t
ed a 4oiti.) ;on the report of the
refer. bo.I epuJ.o whon the de. '
Gijibn ' e i Will 'be bated upon
the fac a ov44 "e --
en e o a I st btion.
lk A-few dai there will be
ginsina tst ia ino tle, politi
al aiUtrS-'ef.I a and MIssi 8
i Oi by co'nuittoea .upptinte by
ong siP Ir: the ,purpose. '1his
species of inquiryfas of y'o ,eara
.bp.Ane ltgiwrutunent feattir4 6f . tihe
ilseadttiia 6f the country-sta,e,
ftaay-*440a,it has ..boqn fruifttl of
(oo'd.' Woweuga'd it,as- unfortunate i
ldwenir, tioro-ahouild - arise. so i
Inpy. rIaII -F . t riciUiro to . be
1.to. Iiu ...
-l0oked I *to. Yut -for le odrrption
6f the%Rdicul .art, there would
be but li4,le Caus f6, the appoint
mient of the committees, :-nd., even
aho.uld they be oryni'zd to Perve I
partisan onad, Ife,y. vouid hind but l
little ater ful at liand. c
*The reonstruocd States hiave 1I
beep a thetne of mnuch dinous-ivon
.evy--. pihee..Thnd '8tevens atid i.
co-wofkrIar Meoamjed out mi'dfo of the .
oconstitutlon," anl far fro.n. being. t
(Wenried': b(.tbceF continuii *Jgbor,
and thaeff recept fa lur'co the R~adi.
cal leaders are deterimined once t
more to pmake, a des.perate iert at t
the man'ufacture of public sentiment
in their ehlif.' .'ho Joe,iti oif t
affairs in:Louia-naaa anid blisaiasippi ~
has natuirally excited much attention V
and evoked inuch comment, and ane
authoritatite atatoudut of the situ
ation will tholo h ' tpar o ~
the entire country. If t e abstriact I
propriety of oQ.greossin ii interfer.
enco witlh th'e ioal danirsa of t,he .a
atato3 bo, admtted, there can, cer-|
tainly be nowrjirNlo ng'ai. t
ry, than that afforded b) 'the .re
consti-ucted stae. Every rnensure C
eunfo,ced d'nter thd ,ney order of li
things has been insatituwde~ by the I
Ramdioaml majority in. Congress. ti
T'hoeaontenahc'o given to, ,eor rupt 'y
carpet baggers in their ratny schemes p
of pltunier, the,freo .,uab.of thelaind
and naval 'tos. foi- politica:l ,ends, A
&he support of defeated oandidatos ti
d,sfite. tile wil,11 of .tge, people as ii
4olaged jat the bIlot- bo:t, ho fre.. O
quent attempis .to,,throwv a 'cloaki of ti
concealment around thq yilenous ti
doings of state and federal offieials,' *
the Absolute encouragement given P
tiosesoutidf.d}s}gke, Ke llogg, Pinch. Uj
beck, Scott, M'oses ijnd. Patterson, to
these are the true anid only causes of oc
the present uusettlod state of Aiinigs
lti lrtignu,of the' id'th. ,' 5
WVewoulo~ fain hope that , hle in- w
vestigatinglborhiittees will,kecy be- I,
fore tlteir..,oyes these stujbbojn fac ts, it
in tot tgnore them as ha; .hereto. es
fore been '.t,he alwcdst invariable de
~ltl'de of th'e dodiinent farty. 6
The people of,the South are n'dt only if
*illing,'bnt ficartif'y an,zious for a in
full sl,owAg:of.their eondition be- re
fore-tlieeyes of the nation. They fe
have i ahliNg to fear .fron suob an ei
ingitiry', while the Southern Nadi- all
oals have everything to lose. Once w
the real state of affairs is presented bl
o the Northero neaple,th Rical t:
ease of power will .. be nmbered
rlth the things that wore. We be
love theBouthorn people havo lth
ng to fea from the 4onte*platCd
'isit of a congressional committoo to
hS,states in question. Though a
ljority.oY toe gommittos are
udicals, yet we believe they will
oaool h10e the h4rdihoqd, even if
1\ey h t - lie opportunity, to per
ert facti to t-orve their own pur.
Qse... The .domoioratio menibers
vill be Atroun ouotigh to Frovent any.
U01h itifuny. :.4
Cunulative Votik.
The ' lieenvile New.4, in noticing
ur elndorsenett of the 9,entinents o
he News and Courier contains the
ollowitig in '-egard to Cumulative
oing:
The rues.t,ion of"ouumnlative'l vo
ng is a berio,ua Pileo, and deserves .a
rest deal of .5guring as well as
hought. We novnr had a fancy for
iithor, and . we. itIoreforo ask tho
, innsboro News io ma o a O-dlula.
ion or two for us. What advantago
will "ouniplativo" voting giv the
onervative people of tiuth Caro.
ina I In how many counties will it
,iv.o %1a,gpnd mept ; and in how niny
ountic X-.ill v'd losd good men I In
ow many cities and towns will it
'ivG the.conservatives the control1
rt lqe& g.iv.q them eyon a power
bat will bete t t.be pe'oplo I1, Now,
hese qeetion.s are asked the Winns
zoro News in atl soriousness, and we
S the ,eYts for infor -M awtion be
ave we have confielonce and . faith
n the go( inItenticis of its editor.
Since wo hay. boen askCd "in all
eriousnebs," to favor our contempo
ary with a 0l1ilation., we will en.
leavor to be obliging, Lhough it has
een1 mn1y days since miutheintios
were drubbed into us, in nt are
ounewhat rusty in ".ares.1'
As we have no statistWs in regard
o towns and cities we can give no
)ositive answer as to the res.ilt of
uUul'ttlro voting. as appilied to
hem, but we feel assured that in every
own theje would be n.iioiity iepio
e01ntation. Charlestoih ai.d Culuin
dawoul,d both b vastly benefted by
uch a syltom.
We can give a defini e answer. as
o the relative channes that woild
esult in the differet. counties ; and
f ouy readers will bear with us, we
viI..insert sone mathemnatical cal
ulation*.
It is jearcely neceestary to ex.
Sie.l the ayatem of cumulative vot
ng It applies wyhen lore thani one
1erson aro electod to any pouition.
for instoneo, if three county coi
nissitiners aie to be elect ed, the
rotor is,permit,td.to cab. three votes,
wlietler for three differeut peisons
or %l.etl r he prefers to cast all
bree for one eandidate. By the
oresent att only, onevoto can be
ant for th er.te canzdidate, amd if
a be "plumiped"' the other two
o)tes are lost. But by cumulattingf
otes upon one candidate, the miinor
t,y, unless very sail in proportion
o the' innjotity, czn a lanys aeoure
'epres.entation.
We shal.l b;tse our c -leu'ationi upon
le vote for governior at the last lece
ion. And in or der to shoiv the 0:a1gc
that onuld le.uilt. froin the in trod UQ
i{on of euen,ntlat ive 4vot itg, we 'must
asu meC th!yt i.!l t he eind 'd,a tes, re
anly el.cted hold the Bamno uliti.
al tenets as the patty e-letini thr.m.
for "praity men'' could have juat a.
ui .besrn ele~.cd.i1 :e.d of the
dIw conIServatlves- wnoL were n,oi.m,t
d by thge regulai,s azs a co: e imil to
tie very' princ,iple laid down. by us,'
dat the minor.ty should have a mela
ve representation.
1.let us take the ease of A bl,eville
Otnty, thter,e the vote stood, llgu
cans, 4l79. ,lndep,rider5ts,, 2512.
'li republicans elected all fiva of
ie1r bsormnees to tho.. Jiegislature,
ilo the largo minority of iz,d0
e,ndents have no,rep,resentaiong.
.tUnde.r the .com4.ltivo ey,to p, each
bbeville voter would be enititled
dlivo votes for representatives,, muk
ga totiil of dO,880're.publican and
2,590 inder'indont Votes. NAssme
it oaeb piarty nomeninaited an entire
oket. The regnit wo'ul'd reminrti the
me am at picnt. Biut tho lnde.
mndernts by conolidating their vote
)Onl Lco eandidates could havo given
eaeh, 6,295 votes. The republic
ins, bydlvi dhi thir volo *cl;ong
ur casndidates, could have %iven only
220..votes to eaich, and only three
auld be elected besidea the two
dependents. By econsolidating on
roe yepublioans, each would re
ive 6,960 votop, while the two In
btpendeotf tld complete the dele.
tonofierepresentatives BUpt
the.independents npminafed Mree
stad of hoo eandates, each would
coive but 4,186 votes, and the
ur' republicans would all be elcot.I
,receiving each -5,220 vos as
own above. The Independents
uld thus lose one repr.,sentative
striving for too many, Cuniula
ye Vting, the tece. mdr
In Aiken fou,n r4ublicat 0*
cleoted by only .0 idjori .
mulation %6uld btive'riven t aegU'
lars ind two indepeimjents.
Ander-on cast 2.534 Ai.dependent
and 1,7'62 repubhoean votes, and
elected thrco indIepeidents. - fut
had the foi nr coiawlid.-aze I three
votes cace oil one c.undidat, he %ru%Ad
ha1tve r.ccoi'.d 5,286 votes while itwo
iniderlo'nlits would have retbived
oneh 3,851 votes anl the delegation
W% I i b . at1.110<1 ol.- legu!l t4o v .
pe, .~ e~ lea ci ialb t i ek i
et, C.-. V.d biYo , Uc:t ive-1 but
2 .d ..:e . ui, w o.,nditcie
2 u3 01i:.y -.h ni q1ianed a
in joilty V1 , h. :bl.jptio.. ''This
W"Uid be a che. ,I tho Uajull,
keep it.g Oei ii. ju t, liwits. or feAr
of gI;V l,g L Lker ICpresntt..,J to
the w.i:.oli:y i y Und ek,yo. ing to grn p
too on111h for thBile- . i'llweki
Which 'juw s1n is -. regulure, would
have seut I indeiendett. 11,vufo t
would b.v t aut a republiecuS tO 2
indlce'pe-le:c ~ .
Chaalesto:u actiti18 <l<!egat05. TPI I
vote 3t%od 11.465 ii.dependents.t
,803 regula rc, i.r il 1,lt jP'g.) i fig. by I
Stoo- 210,370 tA 15 8,454..: 'en idt
petdetits wotld 'LaVe- rveceived cai.
20. 637. v0es ", nd eight 1,w'eni C
10, 9 ci ti. Ilud ti e fo ple 10o'
n1 '.t<d :w( Iv: entsdida.tes.', the lattcr
cou'- gave eicted .inille, alnl tl
deep,: n 'w-ild be 9 to p itad uI
10 to 8.
C,.hez, t r, F ifit f1., 1 OeorgetiwIvo
Keiche', N,'bery gu i.n Williams.
burg would.iuve o, eleec ,two
repti blit-ans and -<fne oppolit,i
Barnwei, arlingt.dn, linroni l an
Rieland, 3 . Irs aned i op.positi I
each Co 14.tonl, Igcoi. 1d an
Of 41get.;g, :3 r, ulara t(' 2 uplpisi
tion ; Aiko-, U r.enviho,3in and
York, 2 to 2 ; Anderson and Unliot
i to 2 ; Spartanl. urg; 1 to 3, ChebtCr
fiold, Lancaster, Lexington. ani
M arlboro, I to Y; Pickens, I cooor
V2tive.
In Cla.ndotm, [Iorry, Oc->nee and
Sumtor, h6 "ninority, would .have
been top Pnnll to secure apiy; repro
sentation. Q tarn don o.737 regu.
Iar and 1,895-. inde enl'eit votes
737 multiplied-by 2 he'ropresenth
tiol) gives only 1,474 jotes, not ciua
to the utnultijlied v6t'd"uf the oppo
sition.
In Ooneo and [lorry th,e uinority
were alo too weak, to
ger. j~oetire repre.
solitat.ion 'ven by cumulation.
Su lter cast 4,091 indopondetit am
758.reguar votes. Multiplying 75
by 4, we hs.ve only 3,032 ns the
ga catest possible strengthe of tho.ii
nority, one thonsand less than thi
received by oneh. of the four ejtoai
tion candidates.
Tore'.iui.de,.lpth,partiles wouh
be represwented in j911 but four coun.
Lies, under the proposoeggee1.
A L p'resent, in l.9 coupt.Qs, the i.
depende.nto are ncp represented, or
only to by suff.ranca., and It9 mi
re'pubulicans are not represenetd. In
the, former, 33,506 lndependenets, and
in the latter 23318 republianu votere
have no n':9A in.t.b '.:j.ature.
That e vecry mingsa ity sh.-oudl bc
represented is~ a soupd. prino.ipi,.and
for.this rao we.ak euipulative
voting, who-th'er we lose or grain by
it.
[Lct ;pu now ejam,ino the cha21g
that w.ould be effqeted1. At presei
the house stasnds, we believo, 61
.n eber.s elected by.republicans, and
57 by indepenurt a.
~ he , estiaate w.e .havo. prepar.ed
I). ulat ion, 64 republio";hs . and 60.op.
position.. N.ow by .sie pl. proporti%
wo fl.d that the ratio.of Chuamb'erl,in's
voto, 80,134,.to the w.jole vote, 149.
395, is, svJt,b n, a fraptiony the ratip of
54 to 124, or that yp qctupql est,imae
y counties.gees precisely the reasult re.
uired by a enamparison o' th * tlja
Le in the Slate.
We cq4.uo0. pursue this subject fizl.
her at present. Our article is al
eady too long, but we . hP it will
servo to eomo~ e*tiehttfo . eemonstratu
.he.work,inga of the uystemn of cuwu
ative voting
[co.e rU.ICAmIC.]
*kossy Bale.
lbr. EAdji6r :
.To the trayelej, es he wetdts his
vay ntoog the burning uands of tIhe
arehed, desertt there Is .jk lace to
shichli ho oks with .io anxiety,
nid when p5ssd,g.with mnore pleasure
nd gratitude than the oasis dotted
ere and there along h1is pathway
or 'tis there that h.e slakes.h~is thirst
nd renews his strength,both of.body
ad meind, and thus prepares himself
o continue his journey ontil ho reach.
a the dn.se ha.. Altou.
.ba never beiii thle wyiter!s fortune to
isit.ana'i,s of,aey of the great der.
orts of thq. phyied..A orld, yet it lpX
been in the social wo.rld., ,And of all
that webtve ever vidi.kod, there Is jQ
o 0 to. whioh we feel that we,q.re
Ver't. with W oro.pleasure and otrjioae.
tion than the op wO visited ow,Chribt.
was njorn, at Mos.y Dale. Odr c.
t'oemed friend and toacher, Mrs. Sitm...
mons, principal of the Mosey D.il
Academy, feeling that the inls)o
her pupils needed, ofter a torna of aIr.
d1uous stludy, Seine relaxation, And do.
si ous thitt they should spil-nd Christ.
m1ad a plessaYtI y as postiile, deter.
iined to give them a Christinas tree.
Tho patrons ,Lf lilC t*ehool, beilig ayf.
pri6ed of this fae', Ome forward
land gaye a.hel1ing hand in the way I f
a pieno, Invitations were extended
to a few of the young ldies and gen.
tlenen of the adjoning, neighborhood.
Aeeidingly on .Christmas morng,
lontr, be(u're the fjery phariot o Pholus,
bad -i'prothed the r,e.ith, (Ililq a
crowd of Young fulks, in addition to
the pupils, had aucabled to partici.
pate in te 'pIeahurc of the day. Tho
outire morning was t.pent in ionoen-t,
plays, conveisktion, *&. At one
o'clock,P ls, old Santt Claus, as
true a friend to tbe.xhildren as was
Daion to P) tlibta, made Iis appi-ar
aneu ;.aut) though at first he seeile.
to be.arce of gifts, owim.g, as we
thought, lt the tiic,: to tie fatt
hAt the d ical, were ini the 2,- r,
t y in hil .couitry too, yet. il a
fcvewlliittet found .that we %%vr
mo.eWhAt 11otakcoli, And though uld
Sas.ti ,be'sjvd gift; iberally uponl
ali th clidren, %et s we heard hin
call -the unt mes or1.Nlies .J4 si.i Si m.
12n5,.0, Miss M~laggie ntth utid E .m1,
Purry so otien, we -were led to tie
conclision that old Santu too had his
sht ire of Imaii in ti perfcut iolns, aidt
cxpns-.-t,1untly favo ites ; and whet
We. saw what, a source of poleisue e and
gratification thqse gillts were to the
Uhildreul we Ilminost w..h6bed that we
could doff the "tog virilis" inl dun
the 'tIga ple eribs'' a tidl beco in a pu.
pil at Mvssy Da.le, specially if wo
could have a tCa,n'her to msbtruet us
i, well tiualifed for the task, as Mrs.
Simmons. Santa Clut'i, havigu co.n,
plcted bis IIisioo., bade us adieu
icaviig ui to. speid .te re.t of tle
day Its we had the lorni,i Ig. I
few moinents, however, dimuer was
annuc1110e.il. We at mi.e.resorted to
the hall of the "patrons of hu.-,b0U1d.
ry,"' where we fouid tle tables
groaniug und'or the. weight of good
things to Cat, to. whiv.i in our judg
ment; .e tid ample jt11tice. Dinier
being oyr., we returna to the school.
room, whre we YesuvId our con..
verbations, etc. And, Mr. EJitor,
Its we c.at. .an'd conversed with
the young ladieS. we, thought that
s-jmle of them 3o for suras ed the gd.
Je-'s Venus in beauty tst she would
be t-.sanied to make -ner appearance
-at Mossy Dale; and j%e heard dist iset
ly the whizzing of the arrows of Ii 'o
Cupid ats they few uoverta ndt arosumsi us
and we alrilybelie-.'e it ouT he.rts. h.ni'
not beoid in-ulieraleswe too wsshld
have i,eon.pierced by El darts. Tlhus
the enijoymn t, c o051 It'iued..till ai latoIf
hour -in the evening wvhetn te all retir
ed to 'our ho.ses, with oin iy wishes
for th.oj.auuceess of Mrs. Siisons aind
hier ptzpils feeling thit we, were wil
ling to differ: wii h the Ancient, Phi..
losopht or, ."Llhat tho, fewer enjoymnei,p
ak main had the ha oier he was likel
o be."
-JUNIOR.,
LAI and Frrnsci da'ice'.
Atpples,
Orppiges,
CJo.doss nuji2,
Minsvieee
unid liuench lut Ier,
I)ate
and.
Nuts.
%Qu,rtor,and whl:.lg Jotea Rajsfl.,
one keg of fino M alagr. Crujpes,
A T
deo 10
Ma AJ.-T W., osdward-- Persidlent, -
..the o Agriculturalandl M'echni
cal.foeuet.y. hrtot
eol, J as. I1. If ion
Capt,-Jas. P. IMcfle.
* prt. Jas. Bery.
).r.,T., T. ltohortsod,
F 1, El'et-V, iEsqp
-. Wolfe, Esq.
' fool A. Copes, EREI. - . ,,
AhIn nrany olhorsa have- ihe -"Eelipsso
leasn Washer" awed for -their famihlf
ashi ng and cornmend it to ithe public.
juno.
* . FOR SALE,1
rjlilIs undersIgned- offerp for sale for
,cash5, his Horsd, unggy andI Har.
nesb' at a reasoniable' pr'ioe. Also 2
Mtilei, a throa-horao -Wagon, a 45 Saw
Oin llsad anid one Monitor Plow.
dec 22 w. E. AiKENj.
Corp. Hay, Shucks.
1000~ BU. Neer Corn, 120 Bale. of'
1 uuu iay, 42 Bales Shuoks, all
in goodl erer--.LOW FQIt CASH~
dec 17-+2 34. R. .....e.