FAIRFIELD HERALD * s' t1i wanumanono, JNO. S. REEY NOLDS, Editor, tl Wcdnesthiy Mlorning, April 2 1, 1871i. The socrotary of the treasury has made arrangements for the im mediate issue of silver coin, to N redeem the fractional currency now in circulation. The sub-treasurers n( at different points, ailmng them t Charleston, are authorized to re d(om, in silver, fractional curreny(1 presented to them in sums of five } dollars aml multiples, not exceeding ,one hundred dollars. It is expected t that within a very few months there I will be no "shin plasters" whatever ' in circulation. n1 The remarks of the Register in reply to t recent article in thisT paper on the recent nimicipial e1 'election in Colunbia deanutd b t a T brief notice at our hands. The w attentive reader ctnnot fail to ;1 observe that the Reg/ister, in the d rT ielo'in questiun, virtually atlm1its n to have pursnea a course of y neutrality during the canvass. b1, That was the gist of te at alhl, for' hon~lesty and1 right, ren1 the v'oI.inig tone 3 comesl1. B~ut 15 1nece('ssary that1 thley' be brought g(the 113mi(d formally11) enl ist ed inito( ay) 1be ineased( . Ini shiort, we' 'go t hat thet orgmuiizationl of the( 'mocrat'3ic party1if) ini ir ifield he0 so' 01oough, s1 (co1inprehen'lsive(, as to) abra3 310every' ava;ilable man3311. We nuo11.t aford3 to lose the str'engthi We have thus far treated this ihject wtithi sole reCferencle to the 1bit0 people1. it 3an effort shldt made mon111g tihe ' coloredt peop1hle, induce('3 them to uniite0 withl the die etual1(, musi1t redounid to thetir ad-1 mita3ge equally with thant of thle bite3s. Ev'ery' fair means11 should bie led to dra'3w the( c3olore3.d peopl)1 lhliees, and1( indu1ce them31 to) join thIe etfort to r'esto(re good anid milest go ver1nent. On this point)11 C eiball hav mII ore10 to Say hereaf:lter1. TIhe purpose331 of this arlt icle is to ipress upon1 11h0 democlraevy of airli(ld that thirl work is 1but L'guni, and3 tha31t whlaft hals been so ell begun shouldW not hit a(llowed to3 3se its 'l~et'3t fo3r wan(It of proper303 wrg herea' 13''ifter'1. Thel 1people1 have1' 1033 11o1 13o0 tile legi Iiit it frits their 13a13or1s thus far, by~ athiIy or .?glect' inl the( future3., The Land Commilssiott ~ 'P1is gignifti( fi'tud 1upon1 the( 'cople' of tuhe st ate, inaulgura'3ted with " pretenld('d Yiew of fu'iuishinsg vest igaiat 10 hei han Ilds (of a1 Com. ittoee who did as 111101 just1ico to 0 sub1jecQt a1s thiri limited timle and are limlited1 faciligites wouldt perndlt. will be0 remem)ifbered thait (". P. tslio. whio wti Land (onl.,h,,s.olc under Governor ott,U tp94 a g ash lt of Enost indigfation at the frequont asporsions upon his good I dale by th defnocrctic pros@, and requested of the houWe the. iwmpi diato appointrtoht of a 'ornlittee of democrats to invstiga4l' his , ofci; transactions. The colhnittoe was duly appointed, and wont at once to work. The short time allowed, to gether with the great difficulty of procuring evidonco of any sort, pro ventdl anything like an nxhaustive investigation, but the committee found enough to prove obeyond doubt that Leslie defrauded the state of a very large amount of monoy, and was bosides guilty of many acts of gr(os s oflicial mnisconduct. 'No biooks Containing Satisfactory en1trios could be found, a11(1 recourse was haud to the deeds uado to Leslie by the sov oral parties fromt whom ho pur. chased la2nd(s1. On comparing the amounts stited in these deeds with those charged to the Commissioniers on the books of the state troasutror, there was found to exist a diserepan ey almlounting in all to $80,000. Of this deficioney, $68,000 arose during the administration of Leslie, and for that sum11 ho is, or should bo, ro spolsible to the state. The report shows likewise many transactions bearing the indelible impress of deliberate fraud. The most damag ing testimony given before the con mittee is that of Mr. James (. Gibbes, who swears that, in order to be paid for land sold to the com1 mission, he was forced to pay to Leslie the sum of 83.Ot0. Altogeth cr, the report, though necessarily limiitedl in its scope. contains enolgh to warrant it prosecution of Leslie in the courts. That frauds, almost without, munberoi, wel) done in con nlectionl with the Land Commniission, is too well known, too well proven. to adimit of any doutu. Indeed, a committee appointed by tho legis lature under Scott, known ats the, "Join ''.Ihit. Spec anial Finan(ial Investigat ilg (onunittee," mate a report in 1871, showing up the frauds that had been comittted uinder the cover of buying lauds for the state. That 0 )llmittee, composed of Wilittomoire. Hurley and other leading radicals, made a report covering several hmndred pages, )))fupl almost every one of which there was evidence of sonme fraud upon the state. A large portion of the report was occupied with the details of the fraudulent transactions of the JLnd Comiuii sion, atnd ample)1 evidence was there IEET 't~h'/s " nliliET.~ li ke almost all the "investigations" made by thu logisla1ture sin1co 1868, the wvork eimne to an end as soon as the 'onnittece riorblt ed. In the st~ate mouts L recenitly madue by3 the commit teo appoinlted att Loslie's special reQ~piist, thier(e is amiple evidlenen to wairranit the pr1osecultioni of the ex Land C'iniissione'r in the ('ourts. There lie wouhld htaveaimple oppmi tu nity to establhish is innocence, and (ca h o i elmracltr of tho aspecrsionls put. upon)1'i it. IBut, ther e has beecn so mnuch shiami investigation, so much sham pr'~oention, so niiuny3 shtam trials of pulic thieves, and( there are Ho m'L.idly of tI1ie pluggleregg 10 n frieoe wiho: (hught. to he in the penti tent inry, thalit t here is little ground to bie(vo that Leslie will ever ho held to answer' for his crimoes. Par' k('r andlo Scuott and1 Neagle and Kimnpton, t~o say3 nothmig of lesser light s, such ats defaulting county oitlicersH, havel' all enjoyed the fullest fr'eedom fr'omu annlOV11oyae onl5(1 aout of their st(ealngs, and we have but1 little idea that Leslie will ever' he troubled. "The Conservaitivo Traoitors." U~nder. this caption the Abbeville Mefidienn (expr esses its views upon the condu('t of the conser01vative members of the last legislat.iure. The ariticle is stron01g1'tly eunlciatory, almost abusive, of the c'oniservatiuve senaitors and recpitosenitaitivesi, anid oixprless(es thle ho pe~ that those coun11 ties lhavinug demluocraitie malujoriities will s'leet thir moen from miuiclh bet t cr masteial thlani was sent to thle laist ge'nerah asseml. Tbchi severity oif the' M diuon'. commiuent s strikes uts 5 as(111p11l unnecessariy andio unI just. The pos'ition of a c'onser'vative (or' a demIo'crat) inl the legislaturie oif Sou21 th Car'olina is enr1taily~3 ai mtosit embilarraiisinlg one, It is atton-ided wvithi dithiultlies anid anntioyances for which the hionior anmd the proftit of theII pos5it ion al-e bynteasa adqaercom~pense. TIhe republi e'nn majority3 have things- all their own wiay,. and it. will freqouthly hap pen1 that the earnest advocatcy of a~ mea0usure by7 thmeconservatives wiill have the effect, at lenst upon the muore-' ign oranut muemnbers, of incr'easinug th It mfajor'ity' against it. Again,~ there have always ben men ill the legislature whose c'on. stant aim11 it was to find a pre'teOxt for exposing to the iiwllEm of the igno r'ant, or to the insults of the insolent, those of the oppoaitin who ..e 4zdek equent part in the qbates of the assrembly. Such I ing the case, it has required no Itle tut.n th6 part of the little end.fkouneezvat vs in the legisla uro, to Nake their presondo a source qbenoef to their constituonts and td the beoplo of the sate at 'largo. it is true that the conservatives could, without risk of indignity, vote ie thehide 86ns'of right dictated, and thin ptar 4 protest, if accoiplish ing l dtins more, against the doings of the corruptionists. This they haVo done in alnost every instance. A glanco over the history of (Gov ernor Chamberlain's administration will show conclusively that in every issue ho has made with the snore dangerous element in his party, he has had the steady and unanimous co -operation of the conservativos in the logielatero. Without the sup port thus given him, ho would in more than one instance have been compolled to succumb to the powor of the thie ves. That the conserva tivo momL are wore 0i100 or twice absent from their seats uipon in portant occasions--notably when the vote was taken upon Senator Cochran's bill to divide the state into congressional districts- we do not deny, and in comm non with the entire consorvitivo people, we deep ly regret such absence upon ocCa s10i1n so fall of importance to the conservatives of South Carolina. Yet, admitting that the conservative members of the logislature have fallen short of perfection in some instances, we cannot at all agree with the .Mediunm when it asserts that ' they miado fair promises, and were honored with the contidence of the people, vhich they have most grossly and repeatedly violated," and that "the eatire record is tilled with their shameful and lamnentable neglect of duty." However much we may roret the abseneo of some of the conservatives from their posts at timos of importance, we are by no meanus ready to give assent. to the sentiments tittered by our Abbe vile contemporary. Stronger ian aunge could scarcely be used in ref eronce to thu defection of Judlge Carpenter, in whoin the conserva tives of the state once reposed a trust quito equal in gravity and in honor to that held by the conserva tives in the legislature. And we are sorry to see it sweepingly applied to nH like Chancellor Johnson, Gen oral Wallace, Mr. Crittenlen, Mr. Barnwoll, Mr. Sloan, and1 others of a1,hlalmer-it, though perhaps of loss m11e1 will bear investigation anmd wvill b~ear criticism. As far as we aire informed, they did nolt seek the po0 sition to which they were chosen by their respetive contituencies. They muust have realizedI, long buefore theim names were irst called upon01 the logislative rolls, tha~t they were to enter upon a task as dillienit as it now seems, inl 5some quarters at leaist. to have beenl thanikless. They must have reilize:l the sacrifices that thov would be0 called utponi to muake ot personal conlvenienuce, personal inl tLorest and pers>mal feeling ; andI they muust have felt that every act of theirs which unght, by any inigenuityv of airgulmment b ~econsidered eqjui vocal would a t once ho0 attribu'tedi to a failur(, to realize thme fuillnecss of their dluty anmd thme fullness of their re sp)onsibility. WVithi all these thing's to discouraoe tiud deter, t hey necept oud the p)ositionI put upon01 thIemu by thme plell, and( pr1oceehded to a poer formuance, to thme biest of their ability under their peculiarly trying circnum stances, of tihe arduious and unpleas mant duties assigned to them. It must indeed impress them with a full senlse of the oft-asserted ingratitutde of the poputlace, to bo the sub~ject of suich severe commenits nts those ini wvhic~h the Mediu~nt has indulged. We hope to see 1no more of such criticism. It Can accoumplish no good purpose, and is almost an1 adi mlission thmat the conservatives of South Carolina have not in their ranks material from which may be miade faithful and ellicient pubtllic ollicors. LcoMmTsUic~tvys.'] Charleston Phosphates. A few dlays sin1co one( of our mier chants was hmanded a circular letter, extolling the p~hosphaluto ~purchaIsedi from himt by a lant~ter inl Fairfield ha 1874, desiring t~o test the samule in 187A again. Our friend, the mer chanlt s4melt a rat, but priesuinig thme plainter either wanted creditf or to Aee his cardi in print 'took the fol lowing manuscript, viz: FAJrarmoT, A pil 12, 1876. Dearm Air-I take p~leasutr in stat. ifig, thmat I used your Gta40o year 1.oforo last, and1( it gave me perfect antisfaction. I certainly realIizd one 1) third more cotton from~ it than from thoe remaindier of the field w~hore there was no guano, and my crop was at least three or fotur hales more than last yeatr, when I did1 not 11so any guiano at all. I have nmo hiesita lion mn saying it wats the elheapest ferftilizer T v bo tgmm in myf, [ want to 'get, two-ton' k'iori 6f'it l same tere&4: I am sure it will pay You can use this letter in recom nuendation if you wish. Yours respectfully, In reply to the above, the mor ahant says h' fully endorses the re mark "titel it is the chuapest fertili zer the planter ever lon ght." Why ? He holds this planter's note dated in February, 1874, and ho has never received. a dollar in .lafmont of the guano, but on the. contrary was told in December, 1875, "Sue if you wish, you can't got it no how !" and fu'rth er add,1s, the cotton given utnder lien wa.s sold in Cohtinbia ' in 1871. Come on with your circular letters. With such recommelldttionsi gthino is bound to "go up" if the mnerchant N does not himself, if lhe is thus liber. ally patronized. YAnD S-I rCK. Ssalir.x Auvice.---You are asked ()very day through the columns of newpapers and by your druggist to use something for Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint that you know nothing about. You gtst discouraged spending money with but little success. Now to give you satis factory proof that GREE~N'5 AUGUsTr Fi.owER twill cure you of Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint with all their l effects, suchi as Sour Stomnach, Sick Headache, Habitual Costiveness, palpitation of the Heart; Heart but n, Water brash), coming up of food after sating, low spiit &C. we ask you to go to your Druggists; Mc~hsrrLn & Emus mand get ai S:.im plo Bottle of Gut:E's Au(Us-r F'i.owsu for 10 cents and try it, .r A Regular Size for 75 cents. Two dose will relieve you. * Tut Seuimrutn.s say Naam1an would not believe when told that to be cured of leprosy, lie had only to bathe in the river Jordan. His unlbelicf brought. lays of -sl'ffering upon him. ats it does uponi)l tliose who delay taking Al: itnnt./s HEP.ziIN for the Liver. When the Ckin and eyes become yellow in the spring season, with pains in the hetittl and tbones of the body, and a heavy feeling about the stomac ttetr meals, there is but one chmance to escape. Sickness of some0 sort is sure to Colme, inless the hune and bI:ti bod are cariie:1 out of the ystem. Go t:) your druggists, McMASarEi& B&ius and get a bottle of Mlniunur.E's Hhi:rriw, that cures all diseases of the liver. * DoeTouI AIRE (UEsSERIs.-If they uess right, you are all right-pro vitied you pay the bill. If they guess Wrong, you go to the grave yard-they go to their du.mer. MeuEitl,S HEPriNE has cured more cases5 of liver dhisease, indhiges5tioni, constipait ion aind dyspepsia, than I o dt" yofu' itrug gists, I'IM SJrrn & iBureE~, about this mel~dicineC--HiEArI NE. Edch bottle contains nity dloses, and wvill cture anUy case of lhvor complaint in the wVorld. The a'pproved style of annoimne ing w(d(hnhgs wvrouight a very signi ticat comtbmaiitioni inl a Georgia ex cbange of a reiient ddte. Mr. Harry L. Cramilp was inamredi to Miss Net tie Koliock, and at par~u:~agrph to that ecet was headed "Criap-Jol l'here is hut ai more pleas ing eJxecaise of the mIIind Ihlan grad tiude. It is accompanied with ..uch an inwiard s-ttisfache n t hat thle dlui-y is sufliinutly rewarded by the perIormnne. Aymg lady who had anl freqjuintly, said 14he wats get ting tired of keeping a neighborhood. 4 Sidney Smiithi spea~ks of ai man so dry that, if'you~ were to) bore holes in any prit of his body with a gimilet, saw-dust would come out. GoIIE F'I.owEn Couou SviuUP cUreR cough anld coldS, and1( will p)ositively curel consmup111.tion. IFor satle by M' M\Asrmn & BIIues. F"ormnerly it was a maxim that, a yolimtg w.oIman should never beC mar tied untiti lah hiad spun11 herself a set of biody, tahle and bed linen. F"roma this customi alil tunarried womien were termeid spinsters. we muist aceconniiuoda~te our selvyes tom the timies. AnnIouniCe a reduction of tent cents at thiousanid feet in the pic~e of gras- -and addl~ a couple of thousand feet On eamchi gats billh" A poor wvomuan att Newporu~t ,justi lies herself ill keeping a dog b~y the fiact thait umany people will give thle dlog ai bonO whol wo't help her, and oftest I here is mecat on the bone1 lthat shue ennl (at, or it ennl ho( uised ini making soup. CRASS SEED. Ki.N'l'UCKY Plue Grass Seed, Red topl Grass Seed, Huni igianit Grass Seed0 Millet, Seed, Ried Clover Seed, Lucerne Seed, For sale at the drng af are of fclK~f ~ W. E. AM EN. MOUNT '/(l0N INSTITIUTE. T'IIE exeisesofu 0 tits institution , will be resumed ont ni dnesiday, Ja1nuary I th. F~or circ'ularA . cotatmg temand ftultlipar W. M. D'Wfan'T . N I'll ots.j IA ot 011r flttv and W' 11 itl~uet -, xitok of' primg ati Anutowr goodst, whltl we tire oiling att Driver; to suiit thuj time, Coata .tihtg iII ~at of Cadtioet, Peles',; dtalijli, 1,itlttt I dtti.4to t'itI' liiij anti other tressi gtiodas -lacltwld and brown Shirt ugsH. ptl~dI ttidl Stripe I 1 lolaao~luu>u, Spj)ejn tt ttttion its ratled to aIur sttock 'I L'itjaasti. wiI.s tl ii.'aiiat, ?4aiiatoalcii, .'igings, inu;te ings. triuai t..gi;, laid i :s't LUollursa &.c; Llie a'v(I ntk (ltent' h iwu~ and tll ohte swd lt tns tdfrufwool flats;. A etlata Mock1 of M'us Xout lii'. Boys, unit( ( 'aIircias 01(It 1. iia j list re 001 t etl. ](rep's Partly Madue Shirtsa.it $1frthO prr .1c orlit tr fIadir nrockery' atlwaysl on hamad. McMA.S'lI't & BRICEI.. ApI. 20. COAL TAR, ,iI) for rbbing seel corn, cano Ito lil -1 1. 1: AIKr'N. Vinegar. 11j fWieWn:Vugrfrsl I-at Il Io D)rug 'tore of tear J sW ?' A.IIEN. P111111 BACOTj Fins ! I !-A destructive tire occurred at inety six, 8. C., Decenber 21st, by hich four stores valued at $20,000 were Yrned. The further spread of the eon igration, with probable destruction of , to whole town and a loss of several huat rod thousand dollars worth of property, id inany lives, were lyreventod by the 'rival of a Great. Atnorteau Fire Extin disher, an Agent happening to come in awn atthe nickof time. For full particu see tie.Abbeville Mediuta and New. erry -erald of the followii week. . Mr. P. P. Toale of Charles4 , t} Q , te General Bouthern Agent fe 'th rea iertoan Firo Exting ishei hni will nswer all inquiries in regard to the same. T. U. ROW ERTSOi. TI.aul JIantice. 'FFIlE IN 1t8 lIt a -. tIim sV--on. Vi Rnotern .e.re t'h aioto r. N ti. 'i t, 4' p " 04Mier, 1-: (1h w - -" - w 1 -1, born, 1 145 a nr Arrive at Atrusta !1 on a a JAS AN1llIt ' , th-n't -opt. .N. 1't 1I' r, en. Pts."nger tndl Ti ket e er. t ESTABLiSHED 1859. have jnsit red e!icl a large assnrtmetnb 1 of Now Gools coxistitig in part of Gold anl Silver Watches. (lob1 anl Plated Curi ('haims. Gt oli lbrachtits0, w itlt s, 4%tf to match/ uer xl an i Shirt .lt t on'p' bleside a iilargeinanity. of ts: ALSO, A fine intortinent of Clnckx. Wnt,1iai. ('locks and .Jwlt ory relairel piroiptly rind wanrrantetd to gi' .eaituh:ati'iin. ni CIIA1RLES MULLLEt White Lead, 'NNI '[To of Whnite jii headhichx I guair SJ inniee ial) pur Lexd, fot~r saxle at the druxg store of W. E. AIKEN. mar 3 Frezsh SeeCds. EASby the paperi quart 0r . pek W havo Eairly Valentine, Mohawk, Yellow Six Weeks, Ger ina-n D)warf Wax, Earhly China~t Red l..yo, White Corn Hill,' Early New ingla en Wonxder, Large Wit'e Limat and Loni'donl Horicjulturall Beansi. A LSO, .Our sixthn supply of Cabbange Sced just Received. atr 16 MrcMrATEnt & Jurer:. Rags !Rags I Q AVE your~ vekon cotton and linen ragn U andtiobil ciirn sackls, and~ we will bituy Wril poi p~aper for sale at matnufac.: nach :21MMcMASfT & BRICVe Writing Paper and En-w velopes. \XTE invite attintin to our Stock ofi i VNoite, Lette~r, Bill a~nd Legail Cay. P'ipiir, anud Eli velopjex. TJo merchtat wisifg piper. by t he x'tam, or itnvelpem byv the thraithd~u, we will tranke puteint raites. do1-~1 McMAS'fER & IO It. /A r 2 larreM and ti/ lifIj'e4o r All WorA AI'rrnated: LOWVEST PRICNlA. .endflbr.PrlceuLi.t I H. HA L L& CO, Z,4., 8,70. Zddtr Aet Street. *C HA R LESTON S.C.( N IN N SBO R OS.O AGENTr, Pofatos 'EED~I and "ating potatoes. JFor sale by inh3 :t wr. . O. - c,