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lewis m. grist, proprietor.J ^it |nbc|p)>ntf Jamil} $tetos|japer: Jor tjje promotion of tjje political, Social, Agricultural anb Commercial Interests of tjje Sonfji. TERMS?$3.00 A YEAR, 15 ADYMCE. VOL. 21. YOEKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1875. NO. 35. - . I ~ " , " _ ~ 'ma J?a Original J>targ. Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. THE SEVEN SISTERS OF YORK. CHAPTER XVI. Hugh did not see Virgilia. Mr. Holdweg met hira at the door, and in courteous, but de* cided terms, expressed his regret that his wife was too unwell to hold any communication with him that day. "It is a matter of vital importance to me," nnir) TTnt?h mn^h noitfttpd. "T would detain tw?~ C", ?? -s> her but a few moments, if I might be permit-1 ted to see her." "Ah ! I am so sorry?so sorry, dear sir ! I would that I could oblige you?but indeed mein Frau cannot be disturbed; she is resting now, after a very sleepless night." "Is she then ill ?" asked Hugh, with more impatieuce than sympathy. "Not ill, but in a restless, feverish state? she shows symptoms which I do not like; her nerves, you know, dear sir, are so?so?what you call him ? High-strung?she is so distressed by all this melancholy affair?" -When can I see her ?" interrupted Hugh, having no leisure to discuss the state of Virgilia's nerves, and thinking in his heart that she was a selfish, detestable creature, and her husband, if possible, even more so than herself. Mr. Holdweg spread out his hands with a deprecatingjesture. "How can I tell? Tomorrow, perhaps?or if you will write to her? you can leave a line now, if you please." "No," said Hugh, savagely. "I'll net write?I must speak to her myself. I have an important reason for wishing for a personal interview. Can you tell me?" He stopped, not knowing how much or how little this disagreeable foreigner might really WurtTO r\f ttio otato nf affairs llnwillinc tO I take him, in any degree, into his confldence, yet longing to elicit the merest grain of information which might help him in his quest. Mr. Holdweg stood regarding him with a patient air, yet with a look of keen, furtive inquiry from beneath his shaggy brows?a look in which a gleam of malignant triumph was mingled. Hugh, suddenly raising his own eyes, after standing for a moment in gloomy meditation, encountered this glance. He started, and returned it with one as searching. A sudden suspicion seemed to have flashed across him ; but the next moment it faded beneath the bland and stolid composure which the aspect of the other imperceptibly resumed, and the recollection of his troubles returned, in full force to his mind, banishing all other thoughts. "I regret, exceedingly, that I cannot see your wife now," he said; "and since it will be useless to remain, I must, at once take leave of you. Good afternoon." "Good afternoon, dear sir?I am so sorry," said Mr. Holdweg, politely, as he opened the gate for him to pass out. When he was gone he returned to the parlor, and indulged in a saturnine laugh. "Your discomfiture is sweet to my soul, my ! friend," he said aloud, in a tone of great enjoyment. "I am playing with you now as a cat does with a mouse?but you have not felt ^ the sharpness of my claws yet. But if you go to jump too far, the final crack will come !" ******* Ou that same afternoon, two ladies sat in the parlor of a plain but comfortable house in the suburbs of Columbia. One, an elderly matron dressed in black, was busy with some knitting. Her companion, a vivacious-looking girl, with a bright and pleasing face, was leaning idly on her elbow, gazing into the fire. "How silent you are, Octavia," said the former, in German, after a considerable time had elapsed without either of them saying a word. "What has become of your tongue this evening? It is usually active enough." "Oh ! mother, I feel so worried about that poor girl up-stairs," rejoined Octavia, in the same language, with a troubled look. "I wish we might bring her down here." "My dear, that would be impossible. You know the gentleman said be would not answer for the consequences, if she was not allowed to remain in perfect quiet." "If we could only understand what she says!" continued Octavia. "I thought rayself a tolerable English scholar, but she is so ! incoherent she quite puzzles me; besides, I am afraid to question her much." "Certainly ; with all our sympathy we can do but little for her, but take care of her until the gentleman returns. I confess I am anxious for him to come for her. It is a great responsibility having her in the house." "And yet we could not refuse to take her? it would have appeared so unkind." "Surely, my child, we must always aid our fellow creatures in distress. ThatHerr Wagner was a most gentlemanly person; and their condition was truly deplorable?strangers, j having lost everything by that railroad accident, and the poor girl in such a melancholy state of mind." "Well, he said he would be back to-morrow,! at the latest, you know. Oh 1 mother, listen, { listeu ! What is that ?" It was a cry from a chamber above?a low, melancholy wail, fraught with a heart-rending appeal for help and sympathy. The elder lady started up, nervously. "Oh! Octie, what must I do ? I don't thiuk I could do any mischief by just going to the door?if I looked in, you know, to see what was the matter." 11"V? il __ L T>?_! x CO, Luuinci , gu?gu Bt uuvc. xcmaps she needs something. May I come with j you ?" "No, child, no?I'll call you if I need you. i Remember, you were especially cautioned against going near her." She hurried off, j leaving her daughter walking restlessly about, for Octavia had jumped up in distress at the I sound of that appealing cry from above, and I seemed ready to fly to answer it, in spite of all obstacles. "I am not half satisfied that mother did right in promising to keep that poor thing shut up until the man came back," she soliloquized. "In spite of his gentlemanly appearance, I did not like his looks?yet his story seemed straight enough. How melancholy that her mind should have received such a shock. I wonder if she will ever really recover from it. I should like so much to know her, if she were well. I am sure she must be good and sweet, she has such a lovely face." Meauwhile, her mother, having hastened rapidly up-stairs, stopped at a door on the second floor, and opening it cautiously a very little way, looked in. On the floor, in a swoon, lay the object of her quest?a girl whose fair hair, falling in a disordered mass about h shoulders, partially concealed her face, whi< I was turned toward her arm. The lady h{ i tened toward her, and lifted her head wi eager solicitude, compassionate anxiety wr | ten on every line of her pleasaht, florid cou tenahce. The fair, perfectly Chiseled featuri and the deep-blue eyes, now closed, claim* no recognition from her; but the sight of the i would have restored joy to more than oi loving heart, tortured dow with doubt ai fear. They were the features of the 1c Claribel. How she came to be there may be brief I explained. Two evenings before, as Mada t> '? ? /1anr?vifor \vprp flit.tincr j UCIU31CIU auu uc* uauguvv* ?v.w ?Q their tea-table, a loud ring at the bell startli them, interrupting the lively Octavia in i anecdote with which she was furnishing e tertainraent to her mother, and causing her leave the table with unwonted haste to answ the summons?for in spite of their comfort ble house and thriving aspect, they lived fr gaily and kept no servant A carriage sto< Tn front of their steps, aBd a gentleman, stan ing at the door, accosted her with much a parent anxiety, while respectfully lifting I hat. "Excuse me, madam?mees, I should saywill you kindly tell me if one Mr. Borrc leeve here ?" "Mr. Borrow ? No, sir?my mother, ma am Bernstein, lives here," Octavia replied German, recognizing a fellow countrymen his accent. He immediately responded in tl same tongue. "Ahlmein Fraulein! You will, I trus not refuse to help me?I am in great troubleI am a stranger here, and have lost ray c rections. I have a companion in the carriaj yonder?an unfortunate young lady, bereft reason by a recent sad accident?a railroi collision, causing instant death to her de: and only parent. I have taken charge of h to convey her to some friends, and I cann fiud them?I am in a most distressing predi anient." "Oh ! dear," cried Octavia, in much co fusion and dismay at this unexpected addres poured out with great fluency, and not knoi ing what to reply. Madam Bernstein, hea inr* t ho onllnmiv ram ft tmttin? OUt. and *~b l-j , C3 her the story was repeated. The gentlerat gave his name as Herr Wagner, recently fro Bremen. He had been a fellow-traveierof tl young lady in question, whose name, he b lieved, was Warren, and of her father, wl had lost his life by a melancholy accidentthe burning of a baggage-car, resulting fro a collision of two trains, and in which all the ?.-Li porta Die property, uuuiameu iu mu huuo was also destroyed. The youog lady had lo her reason iu consequence of the sudden c lamity, having been in delicate health b fore. She had no friends on board, and 1 had determined to convey her to a family i Columbia of whom he had beard her spea! but had been unable to find their addres Night was approaching, and he did not kno what he should do. If he had but a litt time to look around him, he was sure he cou! make8ome arrangement?but he could m bear to take the poor girl to a hotel. "Mein Gott! What a misfortune," crie Madam Bernstein, compassionately. "Ac she is deranged in her mind?and with r friend but you, mein Herr t No woman i tend her ?" "None, madam. Imagine my perplexityyet what can I do ? I cannot abandon her "Surely not! And have you no clue to fiu< ing her friends?these people you speak of' "Yes, Herr Wagner had a clue?he thougl they were probably in tbe country, from son inquiries he had made. He would go, at a events, to a place he had heard mentionei where some Borrows were temporarily res ding, and find out about them ; but in tl meantime?what was to become of the your lady ?" A pause?much shaking of the head of tl ornnrl \fu/lom Uorafoin wKlla wil gvvu UVil?VtU| UilV V w ? ??; - " eager curiosity, ran down to the carriage wii dow to get a glimpse of its occupant. "She is asleep," she said, turning arouni "Oh! what a perfectly lovely face! Matte cher,, cotne here." The old lady looked, but drew back. "Has she swooned away, or what ?" si asked in an agitated whisper. "She looks i deathly pale." "Yes; she is in a kind of swoon at presentshe goes off into that state every now ac then. She will recover from it by and b She is pretty, is she not?" Pretty! She was exquisite. Mother ar daughter both declared that she looked like picture, as the lamp-light shone in upon h< face. Poor young creature ! She was, indee deeply to be pitied. "Madam," said the smooth-tongued He Wagner, "I scarcely like to make such t appeal to your kindness; but 'ou see ir condition?would you?could you be prevaile upon to allow the poor child to remain uud your roof for a few hours?perhaps for one i two days?until her friends are found ? Ai remuneration that you would deem sufficientI am sure I can undertake to answer that would not hp withhold it would hp eonfe ring such an inestimable favor on all co cerned?on me, at present, above all?and would be charity, pure Christian charity the afflicted girl." "But, dear me, if she was in her right min I would be perfectly willing?perfectly, I a sure you," replied Madam Bernstein. "B as it is?I do not know if I can venture?" "She is perfectly quiet and harmless, if 1? to herself?she will injure no one. Ouly gi' her food and leave her to herself, in a secu apartment?it will be for such a short whil you see. In a day or two, at farthest, I wi return for her, whether my search proves su cessful or not." The end of the matter was that Mada Bernstein and her daughter, after a priva consultation, decided that they would agr to this proposition, which, from the pressu of circumstances, seemed a more reasonab ! one than it would otherwise have done. Tl ; beautiful young stranger was according removed to a comfortable chamber up-staii where she preseutly recovered from her fait ing fit, but appeared so confused and wande iug iu her perceptions that her kind entertai ers found it impossible to engage her in an thing like rational discourse, and as sheseemt to crave repose, they soon left her to retire rest. Since then, she had remained in h room, for the most part alone, sitting or lyii in a melancholy abstraction, partaking b slightly of the food they brought her, and a parently indifferent to everything around ht er I Madam Bernstein was, therefore, the mor ch ; alarmed when she now discovered her lyin 10- prostrate, her parted lips pale and quivering th and a corpse-like hue upon her face which sh it- j had not seen there before. As she had, hov n- ever, been warned of the probability of sue 38,; attacks, she restrained her first terrified in; ed pulse to summon the aid of a physician, am m calling her daughter to assist her, raise ne i Claribel from the floor and laid her upon id j lounge. After the application of sundry rem >st t edies, usually employed in fainting-fits, the j had the satisfaction of seeing the deathly pal iy | lor give place to a more natural tint, and afte m J one or two slight struggles, Claribel, with i at! deep sigh, opened her eyes, and fixed them 01 b<3 i Madam Bernstein's face, with an expressioi ' - 1 t L-J. ? * ^.,1 jd ot surprise ana inquiry, uui wiuiuui, tuc uui n- vacancy that had heretofore marked thei to expression. er "Where am IV' she asked, after a moment' a- silence. u- "Ich verstehe nicht. Octie, my child, com id and talk to her," said the good lady, reassure! d- by her collected manner, though she did no p- comprehend the question ; and Octavia, noth lis ing loth, quickly obeyed. "You are with good friends," she said in i ? soothing tone, taking Claribel's hand in hen iw Do you feel better now ?" Attracted by her kind and pleasant face (j. Claribel looked earnestly at her, but made n in reply. She felt bewildered, and put her othe in hand up to her forehead as if to clear awa; the mists that seemed to obscure her brain. "Please tell me where I am, and what i it, the matter with me," she said at length. " ? feel as if I were dreaming." |j. "You have been unwell," replied Octavia ge "that is?you have had an accident, and thej of brought you here." td "An accident!"echoed Claribel. "Howar where? Who brought me?" er "A gentleman?a friend," said Octavia ot confused, and not certain now mucn n woun c. be right to enlighten her, while (h*eadinj questions that it might be painful to answer n. Again Claribel was silent, trying in some wa; is, to connect her present surroundings with any I?, thing that she had ever been familiar witl ,r- before; but the effort was an unsuccessful one to and it was in a tone of distress that her nex lD question was asked, ru "Will you please tell me your name?" ie "Octavia Bernstein. Oh! mother," sai< e. Octavia, nervously, "she is going to cry?wha io shall Ido? Must I tell her all about it?" _ "I don't know?whatever you think, m; m child," responded Madain Bernstein, who ii jr moments of uncertainty usually depende< ;s upon her daughter. ClaribeJ, hearing ttv 8t consultation in a foreign tongue, and growinj a. more and more agitated, clasped her hand e. and looked piteously from one to the other. ie "Do tell me what is the matter !" she cried |D entreatingly. "Has anything happened a l?j home? Why am I in this strange place?" s. "Where is your home, dear ?" asked Octavia w by way off effecting a diversion, le "At Brierly Farm?don't you know th' Id place? Near Yorkville?the Vaughn place ot My sisters and 1 live there." "I have never been there," said Octavia ?d "We have only lately come to Columbia." id "Is this Columbia ?" 10 "Near it?the town is close by us. Don' to i you remember about leaving home ?" "Leaving home! I never left home?I don' _ remember anything at all, after Dolly's wed ding?my sister's wedding. Since that nigh j. everything seems confused?I don't know hov ?" long ago it is, or anything about it?I feel a it if I must have gone crazy," said Claribel, set ie ting up and speaking with energy. ,11 "Didn't you leave home with?with you: father ?" asked Octavia, hesitatingly, li- "My father! why, my father has been dea< ie sincel was a little child," was the astonished ig | reply. "I have only iny sisters?six of them [ everybody knows us at home. Is nobody le I here that I know ?" ,h j "Herr Wagner was here?he is coming bacl q- to-morrow," replied Octavia. * who r d. Octavia repeated the name, and related thi r- circumstances under which Claribel had ar | rived at their house. The surprise and per ! plexityofthe latter may be imagined, as sh< te listened to the relation of a drama in whicl 30 ' she had unconsciously played so singular i j part, and a sort of terror mingled with he ? bewilderment as the conviction flashed ove id : her that she must in some way be the victin y. of a plot, the mystery of which she could b; | no means fathom, id ; "I don't know any such person?I neve a j was on the railroad?the whole thing is falsi er | from beginning to end," she exclaimed, exci d,: tedly, while Octavia, drawing back, looked a : her mother in dismay at what she supposed ti pp i hp an nnthreak of her mental disorder, sud in i deuly called into play. "I see that you don' iy I believe me," she added, quickly, catching sigh ;d of the exchange of glances, "and I don't knov er i how to explain the truth?it is all a puzzle t< or | me; but you can write home, or let me writ* jy , to my sisster?that will make everything ? right." it! "What does she say, Octie ?" asked Madau r- j Bernstein. n- j "She says, mamma, that the whole thing ii it false; she has no father, and she does no to | know Herr Wagner, and she never went 01 ! the cars at all; and she lives with her sisters d, at some place, and wants to write home." is- j "Oh! dear!" said Madam Bernstein. "Bu ut all that is nonsense, of course. The poor thiuj j is wandering." .ft! "I)o you think so? I am inclined to be ve lieve what she says. Suppose the man wh< re | brought her here was an impostor ?" |e "Oh ! my child, could he have been ? Bu ill he talked so plausibly. Mein Gott ! Suppos< O OQQOcilt I nk t WAtll/ O | HO woo Ok XUUUCi OU noougoiu v^ii *?waa? i that I had never listened to him ! Octavia m why did you not counsel me to turn hin te away?" ee "Why, mother, if he was as bad as that, i re was certainly better to get the poor girl out o je his hands," said Octavia, half-laughing, hall lie provoked. "The question is, whether we eai jy rely on what she says." re I "I wish we had never let her in?we don' it- know what she may be?perhaps she is hi >r. accomplice," said Madam Bernstein, who wa ij. j really trembling. "Let us seud her off." y- "Oh! Mutterchen, how can you talk so ? 2d am sure she is a lady. She has a lovely face to That man had some wicked scheme in hi er head, you may be sure. I don't believe sh< ig is crazy?or if she is, he has made her so ut: Let her write to her sister, at any rate. It i p- quite like a novel, isn't it ?" ;r. "A novel ! How can you talk abou e | novelB," said her mother, shuddering. "Oh! g what a place this America is. I wish I was in the Valerland again." e ' "I don't see what good there is in making j- | such wishes," muttered Octavia. "See here," h , she continued, turning to Claribel, and rei > suroing her somewhat difficult English, "if I d I let you write home, will you promise to remain d | quiet until you get an answer to your letter?" a j "Remain quiet? Of course I will?but do i- | tell me, do you take me for an insane person ?" y I "I may as well be frank with you," said I- J Octavia, coloring. "Herr Wagner said the r | shock had disordered your mind." a | "And you have been guarding me! Good n ' heavens! But I have a favor to ask of you? n promise me that you will not let that man, J II whoever he is?or anybody?take me away r from here until the answer to my letter comes." 8 This promise, which was only a reasonable J one, was given; andClaribel, somewhat re-as- j e sured, wrote her letter without farther delay, d 1 It was a very short one: I j "Dearest Edna?For Heaven's sake come or I send for me at once. I do not know how I came i" j here, or anything that has happened. I feel as if I had been ill. You can imagine my anxiety to ! have this mystery cleared up. I trust you are all a well. Let me hear at oncc. Your own I Clarie." This letter, to which was added Madam , Bernstein's address, was shown to Octavia, 0 who translated it to her mother; and having r obtained the assurance that it would be y mailed immediately, Claribel summoned what fortitude she could to aid her in bearing the g necessary delay before the answer could arj rive. [to be continued next week.] ' Jistarg of Carolina. Written for the Yorkvillo Enquirer. tttcowd tp a t cvttrutifi ?J l&AhlAVDiAVa4J UJU.JU JL VAAAJM i OP THE i Early Settlement of South Carolina. f BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. , (continued from last week.) i, The gubernatorial career of Nathaniel t Johnson, commenced in 1703 and terminated in 1709. He was succeeded by Col. Edward Tynte. It is difficult to say why this change j was made. Johnson had not, so far as the t records show, in the least offended the pro| prietors. No doubt it was the policy of the y I proprietors to make frequent changes in the 3 | chief officer of the colony. There is also ] another circumstance, which, in all probabilg ! ity, had something to do in the removal of j ; Johnson and the appointment ofTynte. Lord 81 Granville died and William Craven became | i palatine. Craven was decidedly a man of . more liberal views than Granville. Craven ?i t had the prosperity of the colony at heart; j whilst Granville seems to have made every ! thing else of secondary importance to the establishing of High Church ism in the province. 0 Probably, it was thought that it would have | a tendency to obliterate all the bad feelings j which had been engendered in the colony by ! ! the passage of laws respecting religioia. Itis due to the memory of Nathaniel Johnson to say, that whilst he was not free from t j faults, he was both a good citizen and excellent Governor. By birth he was an Englisht i man, and at one time was a member of the - j House of Commons. For a period of three t! years?from 1686 to 1689?he was Governor p of the Leeward Islands. He was what we s are accustomed to call an English gentleman ; r high-toned and dignified in his intercourse with his fellow men, but, withal, not remarkr able for his talents. He had received a military education, and in this respect he proved \ a great blessing to the colony. It is due to | his memory to say that he put the colony in a condition that it could be defended, and in) # / j spired the people with confidence in themselves. In common with many of his age, he c! did not have liberal notions respecting relij gion, and unfortunately he became connected j with others Jess liberal than himseit. e j He came to the province in 1689, and at -1 once engaged in developing the resources of -1 the country. He engaged in the manufacture s j of silk, in the making of salt, and in raising | i grapes. His experiment with silk was, all j \ j things considered, a success; and it is said be j r made wine, perhaps prior to the time that he j r : was Governor; but in what quantity and of i l what quality, we have no means of aacertainf ! ing. Whether he succeeded in making salt j or not, we do not know. All that we certainr ty know is, that he engaged in making salt 0 on Sewee Bay. To Nathaniel Johnson more, . | perhaps, than to any other man, were the eart ly settlers of South Carolina indebted for their 3 success in raising rice. He introduced sever. al kinds of rice, and experimented with them t in order to discover which kind was best t' adapted to the soil and climate. v Governor Johnson's defects were two. He d was exclusive in his religious notions, and be2ing educated an Euglish gentleman, he had j ideas which were ill-adapted to a people ; : who had chosen a forest for their home. Ira- j i pel led by the first idea, we finding hi en assist-1 ! ing in enacting a law, which to all intents and j s | purposes, reduced dissenters to a state of vas- j t salage. Influenced by the latter notion, he I j was often led to say to the people whom he ! , i governed, when they would demand a reason j for his manner of procedure, that it was none t1 of their business. As much as to say "you I are tenants, and have no right to demand a reason for any thing from a nobleman." *; Having been removed from office, Gover-j 0 nor Johnson returned to his plantation near j 1 Charleston, and died in 1713. His remains t: were interred oti his premises. In after years : 0 1 a brick wall wai built by Gabriel Manigault, * ! to perpetuate his memory. The male line of ? Nathaniel Johnson has become extinct. 3 j Col. Edward Tynte commenced his guber-1 natorial career under more favorable circura-' * j stances than some of his predecessors. The calamities which had befallen the people had " tended somewhat to make them forget their 3 i differences, and to feel the necessity of being j united in sentiment. The proprietors had t concluded that the southern portion of their 9 possessions in America was by far the most j s j desirable. Brief histories of the country had I been published in London. In these histories, | 1 the authors lauded, in no moderate terms, the !. j soil, climate and production of that portion s j of North America which is now called South e j Carolina. These glowing descriptions, in the i.: main correct, were disseminated all over the i ? s United Kingdom and as far as the Rhine. The proprietors, at last, as we will see in the t sequel, when it was too late, began to be more ; accommodating in their actions and more ! conciliatory in their notions. Hence, in Feb; ruary, 1710, they wrote to Tynte earnestly requesting him to do every thing in his power to conciliate the minds of the inhabitants, I so that every semblance of party might be j | extinguished. The reason they assigned for; i thus instructing Governor Tynte they thus I j express: "We can by no ways doubt but j j their (the inhabitants) unanimous concur-1 rence with our labors for their prosperity willj eventually render Carolina the most flourish- j ing colony in America." Various causes had almost annihilated the j settlements made in what is now North Caro- j lina. The Indians in that section were more , hostile than in South Carolina. Such being the case, the settlements in North Carolina commenced to decrease so soon as the settlement in South Carolina became permanent. During the time of Governor Tynte'e administration, a town was laid out south-west of Charleston, and in honor of the Duke of Beau ford, was called tteauiora. It is worthy of note that the first act passed by the Assembly establishing free schools, was enacted while Governor Tvnte was Governor. It bears date April 8th, 1710. Sixteen persons were, by this act, named and appointed a body politic in deed and in fact, to be known by the ns.me of the "Commissioners for founding, erecting, governing, ordering and visiting a school for the use of the inhabitants of South Ca.rolina." The act provides for a perpetual succession of commissioners. From the names of the individuals appointed commissioners of this provincial school, it may be safely inferred that there was nothing sectarian in its character. Some of the staunchest dissenters were members of this board. Evidently, Tynte had no disposition to carry out the ultra ecclesiastical notions inaugurated by his predecessor. Palatine Craven was a very different man from Granville, the former Palatine. Peace began to reign and prosperity to smile upon the colony. Queen Anne's war was still raging, but all was peace in South Carolina. Just as things commenced to assume a more prosperous aspect, Colo nel Tynte died. An election was held by the three deputies ^ the proprietors in the colony. Two candidates?Robert Gibbes and Thomas Broughton?proposed themselves for this high office. It is clear that the result of the election depended entirely upon the vote of Turberville, the other deputy of the proprietors. It seems that on the morning of the election, Turberville voted for Broughton, but on the evening of the same day, for some reason or other that we do not understand, the vote was cast nuriun whan Tnrherville voted for Gibbes. -b ? He was declared duly elected Governor and entered upon the duties of his office. On the day of the election, Turbeirville died very suddenly, and it was discovered by the Broughton party that Gibbes had bribed Turberville to vote for him. The vote he cast in the morning being his uncorrupted vote, and being for Broughton, it was now claimed that Broughton and not Gibbes had been elected Governor. Each individual had his friends, and soon preparations were made for settling the dispute with the sword. Happily, some men of moderate views interferred, and it was agreed by all that Gibbes should act as Governor until the will of the proprietors was learned. The proprietors decided that Gibbes had secured his election by bribery, and, therefore, they ordered that no salary should be paid him. This was virtually to decide that Robert Gibbes never was, only by fraud, Governor of South Carolina. Notwithstanding this fact, Robert Gibbes was, for a period of two years, in reality, Governor of South Carolina, and his administration was marked with wisdom and prudence. For a long time be had been intimately connected with the colony. He had held various offices, the duties of which he had discharged acceptably to the people. Still, he was not a popular man in the colony. It seems strange that an old man should have suffered the fires of youthful ambition so far to inflame him as to induce him to seek the office of Governor. He did it, however, and the result was, if not his own mortification and disgrace, a partial triumph of his political opponents. Although the proprietors did not approve the manner in which Gibbes secured, for a time, the office of Governor, and consequently did not continue him in office, still they did not grant it to his rival. They appointed Charles Craven, at that time Secretary of the province, and the brother of the Palatine, Governor. At this time, notwithstanding all the unfortunate events of one character and anoth er which had taken place, the colony was in a very prosperous condition. The commerce of South Carolina was now carried on with all parts of America, with all the nations of Europe sustaining friendly relations to England ; and a considerable amount of commerce was carried on with some parts of Africa. During the first year of Governor Craven's administration, the imports brought into ; South Carolina were valued at more than one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. The exports for the same year consisted in part of 12,677 barrels of rice ; 4,580 barrels of pitch; 2,037 barrels of tar; 29 quarter-barrels of tallow; 1,969 barrels of beef; 1,241 barrels of pork; 1,965 sides of leather; 5 barrels of snakeroot; 6 hogsheads of sugar; besides quantities of soap, candles, oil, garlick, salt-fish and salt. What was the value of the exports we cannot tell; but it must have been considerable. Not only was the colony in a prosperous condition, in a pecuniary point of view, but the arts of civilization were cultivated to a laudable extent. Men of property had, in their wills, donated considerable sums of money for the erecting and supporting seminaries of learning. Schools were established and teachers employed. The children and youth of the colony were taught all that is usually taught in the high schools of the present day, and, besides, they were carefully instructed in the principles of the Christian religion. At this period the colony presented a bright picture of a happy family. Under the fostering care of Palatine Craven, the dissenters were protected in their liberties. The church of England had been established in the colony by law and continued to be the church of the province for a period of more than sixty i years, but the dissenters seem not to have objected to this so long as they were allowed to ' enjoy the privileges granted them in the char- ' ter granted the proprietors by Charles the Second. ( [to be continued next week.] IpsccUancflus Reading. GOT. CHAXBERLAIS INTERTIEWED.~ A representative- of the Newt and Courier had a long conversation with Governor Chamberlain a few days ago at his office in Columbia. The conversation extended over all the recent topics of public interest in our State, and was so full and explicit as to lead to the request that we might present to our readers such parts of it as would, in our judgment, be of interest to the public. The conversation opened with a reference to the recent absence of the Governor from the J I - State and the unfavorable comments, in some quarters, upon that absence. ' Governor Chamberlain said that he went North on the 25th of June primarily to meet his engagement before the Yale Law School, and next with a view to find rest from the uninterrupted strain of official cares and labors ? V.TN ? TT which he bad borne since lasi i/ecemoer. ne staid away, he said, no longer than was absolutely essential to his health. After some further'conversation of a general nature, our representative remarked that among the events occurring during the Governor's absence was the trial of ex-Treasurer Parker, and the testimony of Ladd that, in a conversation between Ladd and Parker, the latter had said that he understood that a part of the coupons ($50,0000 worth) were set aside or apportioned to the Governor. The Governor was asked if he proposed to make any public statement denying the truth of this testimony. He replied with much warmth of manner and tone that he would never volunteer a denial of such a charge; that self-respect required him to wait till such a charge was put in a form which would enable liira to meet it. It was suggested to the Governor that, if he was unwilling to appear as a volunteer in denial of such matters, he might answer such questions as should be asked him. To this he assented, and said : "Certainly, I will answer questions to any extent; but I will not appear before the public with a person il statement till somebody brings a direct charge against me." He added : "I shall answer any question you may ask with pleasure." The Governor was then asked if he recalled the testimony of Ladd, in which allusion was made to himself. He replied that he did, and our representative then said : "Well, sir, is there any truth in the statement or inference that you received any part of the coupons referred to in Parker's case ?" Governor. "None whatever; it is a baseless falsehood, by whomsoever concocted, or repeated, or insinuated. It has not the slightest shadow of fact to rest upon." Question. "Did you ever know of any division of coupons among any persons, such as was indicated in Parker's trial ?" Governor. "Never, sir. I never heard of such a thing, or of any transaction remotely resembling it, till the public heard it on the trial of Parker." Question. "Did you ever hear that any coupons were set aside for you, or did you ever receive or hear that you were to receive any coupons or anything else as part of a dinioinn nf (tnnnnna 9" i . :<n-: Governor. "Never. But you need not multiply questions. I say to you that the , statement to which you allude is false in every actual or conceivable phase, degree, sense or meaning. I not only never had any part or lot in, or knowledge of, such a transaction, but I never in any way owned, held or was in any manner interested in any coupons or anything connected with coupons, and I never even owned or held a consolidation bond. If you can frame a broader or more explicit denial of everything connected with the coupon business I will adopt it. I have no knowledge of it whatever, except what the public have through the investigations of last winter -and the recent trial. If any man living can connect me in any way whatever with these coupons, let him come forward. I defy the world to do it" The Governor added that it was of course unpleasant and disgusting to have one's name connected with such transactions in any way, but that he could not be responsible for false and unfounded tales which might be told, and no fair minded man ought to be affected by such tales till there was something like evidence to support them. The Governor's attention was called to the subject of prosecutions generally against dishonest and unfaithful public officers, and be said with great emphasis, "I am in favor of holding every public officer to a rigid accountability, and if he violates the law I am in favor of his punishment. I shall do my whole duty in every such case. If I have any knowledge of dishonest transactions I shall place it in the hands of those whose duty it is to prosecute offenders against the law. I will aid any man who is engaged in such a work, in all possible ways. I confess, however, that I am not so much interested in what is past and gone as I am in what is present and coming. It will, I think, task all our energies to *1-? itn lUn a *vnn 1 An It a on/1 UIO UIUIU31 LU oiup tnc UJJtu icono, uuu staunch the running wounds. Another thing, when prosecutions are started, if they are to command public confidence, they must be so conducted as to give evidence that the motive actuating the State is the public good. The moment they seem to be used as political machines they will be worse than useless. Wherever I see or shall be shown an opportunity to aid in punishing crime or preventing it, 1 shall do my duty, and I venture now to say that I shall not be the first to cry "Hold, enough I" Time will show whether I or others will find prudential reasons for dealing gently with public offenders. In the meantime malicious i rumors and tales that fill the air will not disturb me." The Governor continued the conversation by remarking that his powers and duties were exaggerated in the public mind. In some States the Governor was authorized to direct suits and prosecutions to be brought in the interest of the State, but it is not so in this State. The public prosecuting officers are in no way made subject to his control. His powers are scarcely different from those of any citizen. If he discovers fraud he can only lay its evidences before the solicitors or the grand juries. In the actual prosecution of cases he has no voice or duty. He is bound to give all the facilities in his power, and to call attention to violations of law, but be cannot supersede, or control, or advise, except by . courtesy, any prosecuting officer. If there is delay or failure to prosecute public causes, the responsibility is not with the Governor. | < The Governor's attention was called to the failure of Solomon's Bank, and a long conversation ensued respecting it. He said that the failure of this bank was a grievous blow to the interests of the State, affecting the work of consolidating the State debt, as well as embarrassing every department and interest of the State government. Of its causes he was not yet fully informed, nor what would be the probable amount realized from its assets. Referring to the State deposits in this bank at the time of its failure, the Governor said if he had been as wise before as after the event, he should have tried to reduce the amount of the State deposits, but now he believed that any effort to draw out the State deposits at an earlier day would simply have hastened the failure of the bank. In regard to his own action, he said : "When I became Governor, one of the first and most unpleasant duties imposed upon me was that of providing other depositories than this bank for the public money. Mr. Solomon's Bank had been the sole depository during the whole terra of Gov. Moses' administration, and, I think, during the last term of Gov. Scott's, and had had deposits amounting at tines to one million of dollars. Still I felt that such a course was not safe. Mr. Cardozo heartily sustained me; while Judge Hoge, then comptroller-general, and almost or quite every leading Republican in the State, warmly opposed my plan of appointing additional places of deposit. It must be remembered that this bank was very powerful with the party and the Legislature. In discussing the subject with Mr. Solomon and the friends of the bank, I invariably said that I did not discredit the bank, but I did insist that its capital and standing did not warrant its having more than a part of the State deposits, say $250,000, and that I was willing, in view of the strong sentiments of the friends of the bank, to allow this amount ? ? ? Karilr IrvrirrAr fhan Ui UCpUOIli bU iciuaiu 1U bliia vaua ivugvi vumm the deposits io other banks, as the money was drawn out for public use, but that the rest ought to be distributed among other banks. This course was adopted, and my action was aimed at keeping the deposits as low as $200,000. At times they were more and at times less, but did not, I believe, vary greatly during the winter from that amount. In the month of April, after Mr. Dunn became comptroller-general, I called a meeting of the board of deposit, informing the other members that I wished it determined how large an amount of deposit, and for how loug should it be placed in the different banks. I explained to Mr. Dunn, the comptroller-general, my course toward this bank and my reasons, and then I especially wished his advice in settling the question then pending. The amount of deposits in the Bank and Trust Company (the Solomon Bank) was then about $150,000, the amount having been reduced below the usual figures. The board voted to fix the amount in that bank at $200,000, and ? ' - .M 1-J T..l_ 10 aiiow it 10 remain uniu ueeueu iur ouiy payments. This action was in accordance with all my previous actions, and was based upon the same reasons and considerations. Nothing had occurred in the meantime to give any hint of any increased weakness of the bank; and its standing in the community was then, I venture to assert, as high as ever. No change took place in the affairs of the bank, to my knowledge, from this time till its failure. I did perceive late in June, that Mr. Solomon seemed embarrassed in raising the amount which he was notified would be needed on July 1, but he gave no sign that it was more than a temporary embarrassment, and I left the State with no idea of his suspension or failure. I certainly sought to do my full duty by the State in this matter, and that, too, at great political expense to myself, as is well known by ail who were in Columbia last winter. I was not all-wise or all-powerful. I did not foresee all that has come to pass. If others were wiser than I, I have no need to quarrel with tliem. I did all that I thought was ray duty, and stood ready to do that at all times. The result has been unfortunate in the extreme, and, perhaps no one man has so much cause to regret it so much as I have, bat I do not reproach myself with any neglect or fault, so far as I can now see. If the result shall be to make it easier hereafter to banish all political and personal consideration from the determination of such questions, perhapa the gain will equal the present loss." The conversation tamed upon the political situation of affairs in the State, and the Governor expressed the hope that the cause of good government was making substantial progress in the State. He said he did not fear that any combinations aiming to restore the misrule of the last two years would succeed. He relied on the support of all the thinking Republicans, who must now be satisfied that reform was the only good policy, to take no higher view of it. Speaking of the Conservatives and their relations to him, he said : "I have never failed to give full credit to the Conservatives, and to the Conservative press of the State, for their verjPhearty support of my course. They have shown the best of spirit and have rendered effective and absolutely indipensable aid. I believe they will continue to do so. There are carpers, malcontents, reactionary politicians, among the Conservatives and the Conservative press, who seem to think it wise to discredit me and my work, but I am satisfied their influence is limited as their number is small. There are dozens of letters lying on this table from the best and most trusted men of this State deprecating such a course, and assuring me of their ardent and constant support. At any rate their course will not affect me. If I had been a man to take my public course from a desire to punish my enemies you know no man ever had greater temptation to such a course than I had the day I took my seat as Governor. But the roan does not live who ever heard me utter an unkind word toward those who oo posed me most bitterly in the political campaign. I bent all my efforts toward doing what I had promised to do, and I welcomed every opportunity, whether official or personal, to serve the people?all the people?impartially. Now, if any Conservatives see fit to renew their attacks upon me they can do so with safety. They will never drive me to do an act, even in revenge, which will harm them. Through good report and evil report I shall hold on to the end. This is a matter of principle with me, and it matters not who stands by me or who deserts me, I shall stand by the cause of reform with few or many to sustain me." The Governor was asked what his relations were with the administration at Washington, and be answered : "I understand that I am warmly sustained at Washington. I have not personally seen the President since I became Governor, but Senator Robertson assures me that the President is greatly gratified at the results of my. fulministration, and others tell me the same., iI do know that every member of the Cabinet has expressed his most cordial approval of my course and the results already reached. They fe^f that a heavy load is removed from the Republican party, and that the prosperity of the State has in every way been promoted. In my visit to the North recently I heard but one voice, that of approval of my efforts and approval of the wise, prudent, statesmanlike attitude of the South Carolina Conservatives. I beard not one word of dissent anywhere from this view, and I met the ablest and best men of both parties. Their only anxiety was to know whether we had wisdom enough here to hold on as we had begun, and press forward to a practical union of all citizens of all races in a determined effort to put down bad government and restore honesty and ability to public stations. If we can do this, we shall have the sympathy of all good men, Republicans and Democrats, all over the Union." The Governor's attention was called to the tax bill passed last session and not yet approved, and the question was asked if his views bad undergone any change in regard to it He replied that his views of that bill had not changed, that there were features of it which be could not conscientiously approve under my circumstances. He said that the failure of the Bank and Trust Company would make it necessary to modify the oil], and that he believed the Legislature would itself see the benefit of a new bill. He was anxious to have no difference between himself and the Ley' lature, and if that body, when they met, levote themselves in good faith to perfecting a tax levy, there n passing such a bill