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the furMle #Jii}uu*r. YORKVILLE, S. C.; THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 20,1876, Howie Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, * county and State in full, and send the amount ol the subscription by draft or post-office monej order, or enclose the money in a registered letter, Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free ol postage to all subscribers residing in York county who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, nc matter where thev receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber, Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wisn ineir paporo ujbcontinued, the date must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood thai our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork. are cash in advance FROST. There was frost yesterday morning, sufficiently serious to injure vegetation. As s seeming recompense for the mild winter, the spring has been cool and backward. RESIGNATION. The Union-Herald says that the resignatioc of Attorney-General Melton, to take effect oe the 1st of May, was placed in the hands oi the Governor on Saturday last. STATE REPUBLICAN CONTENTION. Much of our space, this week, is taken up by the report of th? proceedings of the Stat( Republican Convention-held, in Columbia last week, for which report we are indebted to th< Union-Herald and the graphic correspondent i-.L _ rv i?A? OI IQt) fOantKluil J.T GIVO urtu v/vui ?./. THE CIRCUIT COURT. Judge Mackey has notified the officers 01 the Circuit Court of this county, that he wili not be here to-morrow for the purpose oi holding an adjourned term of the Court, af formerly announced; but that a term of the Court will be begun on Friday, the 21st ol July next. POLITICAL NOTICES. By reference to advertisements in anothei column, it will be seen that W. J. Stephenson, President of the Yorkville Democratic Club, gives notice that a meeting of the club will be held in this place on the 28th instant, for the purpose of electing delegates to a County Convention; and Major James F. Hart, County Chairman, issues a call, and prescribes the mode of choosing delegates for a County Democratic Convention to be held in Yorkville on the 29th instant, for the purpose of electing delegates to the State Convention, to be 4 1 ^ * ? it J.I _/* *r i. held in uoiumoia on ine 3in 01 may nexi. THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. At a meeting of the congregation of the "Church of the Good Shepherd," held on Monday after Easter, the following gentlemen were elected as Wardens and Vestrymen, to serve during the ensuing church year: Wardens.?W. B. Wilson, A. Coward. Vestrymen.?W. B. Metts, John C. Kuykendal, H. F. Adickes, jun., Dr. L. Alexander, J. R. Gardner. The following were chosen as delegates to the Diocesan Convention, which meets in Columbia on the 10th of May: W. B. Wilson, W. B. Metts, John C. Kuykendal. ADJOURNMENT OF^THE LEGISLATURE. Both Houses of the Legislature, adjourned sine die on Friday last, 14th instant. The adjournment was reached in a very irregular an unusual manner, which is thus described by the Columbia correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier: "in tne senate, lmmeuiaceiy aiwjrruu can, unuliard moved to concur in the House resolution to adjourn sine die on April 14th. A short debate ensued, a vote was passed, and the adjournment carried?ayes 13, nays 12. This was accomplished in the absence of some of the Republican members. A motion to adjourn at once was introduced by Nash and carried, and a message announcing the fact sent to the House. Its reception in that body produced a marked sensation. Elliott, who saw*the point, explained to the astonished members that it was questionable whether the House was now competent to transact business. After a short discussion, Elliott, Johnson, Meetze, Bampfield and Brayton were appointed a committee to cousider the question of the adjournment without day, of the Senate, without the proper ratification previous to such adjournment. The committee, after about an hour's absence, reported verbally, through Elliott, that there was no remedy, and nothing left for the house but to enter its protest on the journal and leave, as it was already adjourned in effect by the Senate action. The report and protest were adopted. Elliott then made a brief farewell address, and declared the General Assembly adjourned sine die. Several important acts remain unratified. The Conservatives are highly gratified at the result ofthe Senate's move, but disapprove of the irregular manner in which it was done. No words can express the disgust of the Radicals and the "suatchees." Several days previous to the adjournment, a third attempt was made to impeach Judge Mackey, but the Speaker ruled the motion out of order." TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the office of the County Auditor since our last report: D. B. McCarter to A. P. Campbell. Tract of 120 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration $480. E. A. Neely to Z. D. Smith. Tract of 68 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration $680. John R. Wallace, attorney, to James Finley. Tract of 17 acres in York township. Consideration $119. D. H. White to Raymond Gibson. Lot o! 3} acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration $97.50. D. H. White to T. B. Withers. Lot of 5} acres in Fort Mill township. Consideration $50. J. S. R. Thomson to Martha E. Smarr. ' Tract of 375 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Consideration $1,518.75. Samuel E. White to John M. White. Lol in Fort Mill. Consideration $100. John W. McKnight to John L. Agursand others. Tract of 700 acres in Catawba town' ship. Consideration 8250. Wm. White and others to M. C. M. E Button. Lot in Rock Hill. Consideration 8150. R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to W. B. Steele Tract of 60 acres in York township. Consideration 8375. R. E. King to John Knox. Tract of 283 acres in King's Mountain township. Consideration 8194. Samuel E. White to L. H. Bradford. Lof in Fort Mill. Consideration $500. rE. H. A bell to W. H. Abell. Tract oi 198 acres in Cherokee township. Consideration $4,<W0, John and Eliza Carson to R. E. Guthrie. Tract of 100 ac?e6 in Bethesda township. Consideration $225. Margaret Brown and others tf> B. G, Brown. Tract of 75 acres in Bethel town--flhip. Consideration $1,128.75. ^Margaret M. R. Brown to B. G. Brown, Quit claim to interest in land, No consideration given. "DIED AMONG STRANGERS." | Mr. Richard Booth, of London, Ontario, : Canada, died of a bronchial affection at the boarding-house of Mrs. Robertson, in this place, on Sunday morning last. Mr. Booth, who, during his sojourn among us, favorably impressed all whom he met, and made many friends, came to this place an invalid last November, hoping to be benefitted by the mildness of our climate; but disease : had taken too firm a hold upon his system to be eradicated by any earthly agency, and a few weeks ago he was compelled to take his ' bed, to which he was confined until his death. During his stay in this place, and especially | from the time he was confined to his room, he r received, at the hands of the Masonic fraternity, as well as the citizens generally, every r attention that it was possible to bestow upon ) him, and everything that the utmost thought! fulness could suggest was done to soothe bis . dying pillow. On Sunday afternoon his re' mains were consigned to the tomb with Ma sonic honors, the burial service of the Meth| odist Episcopal Church having been previously read by Rev. Mr. Carlisle, in the presence | of a large congregation who assembled to ? - ? oo/l IwiKnfo pttj bilC 1Mb oau vitvuw w v?v PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the lltb, the judiciary i committee reported adversely the House bill j to protect witnesses required to testify before Congressional committees. Other proceedings in the Senate were of no general importance. In the House, the committee on ' commerce reported adversely on a bill to ap1 point a commission on the proposed coramer^ cial treaty with Canada. A bill authorizing a bridge over the Missouri river nea Sioux City passed. The committee on aj. oropria( tions reported the deficiency bill, appropria> ting $652,000. Mr. Randall moved a i^nt currence in the Senate amendments to the 5 silver bill, pending discussion of which the 6 House adjourned. In the Senate on the 12th, Mr. Spencer introduced a bill to prevent panics and give elasticity to legal tender currency, without impairing its value, by limiting its amount, ' together with the National Bank notes and j the gold and silver coin in circulation, accor' ding to population, and to make legal tender ' notes equal in value to Goverment bonds, with the consent and by the action of their owners, and to authorize the issue of legal tender notes and the retirement of the same under certain circumstances and on certain , conditions. The bill authorizing the sale of , extra copies of public documents was passed. [ The postage bill was resumed and after re jecting Mr. Harvey's substitute to restore the old rates of postage on third class matter, passed, which, as adopted by the Senate, will i doubtless become a law, to go into effect on the 1st of July next The most important i provision of the bill is to reduce the rates of postage on transient printed matter to one i cent for three ounces. Other rates are the same as now in force. In the House, Mr. Cook, of Georgia, spoke in support of the bill to transfer the Indian bureau to the War Department. Mr. Hill, of Georgia, moved to strike out the section in the general appropriation act, appropriating $60,000 for detecting violations of the Internal Revenue law. After vigorous debate the motion was rejected. In the Senate, on the 13th, Mr. Wright of the judiciary committee reported a bill relative to certain offenses and their punishment, providing that if, at any place under the jurisdiction of the United States except the District of Columbia, any offense is committed which is not prohibited, or the punishment thereof is not specially provided for by the United States law, such offense shall receive the same punishment as the local laws of the State or Territory now in force provide for the like offense, and if committed within their jurisdiction, and no repeal of such State or Territorial law shall affect any prosecution or liability forsuch offense in any United States Court. A bill for bridging the Mississippi at La Crosse passed. The Congressional Printer presented a petition asking that a disbursing officer be appointed for the Congressional printing office. After an executive session, the Senate adjourned until Monday. In the House a large number of private land bills passed. Mr. Sayler, from the committee on public lands, reported a bill to confirm preemption and homestead entries, which bill was passed. Mr. Money, from the same committee, reported a bill concerning the public lands in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana. The bill transferring the Indian bureau to the War Department was resumed and discussed without action. ? 4 a rupn ppnur r. ? ppirF. Fan. Chester, S. C., April 3,1876. To the Editor of the Rock Hill Grange : My Dear Sir: My attention has very recently been called to two editorials in your issues of tne 16th and 23d of March, ultimo, touching the i late attempted investigation of the official conduct of Judge Maekey, wherein you make certain charges against the President and Board of Directors of theC. & L. N. G. R. R. Co., reflecting upon their honor and integrity as men invested with an important and responsible official trust. , The fact that I have been for some time confined ' to my chamber by a severe and protracted illness, has delayed any response to your strictures until this moment; and here allow' me to say, Mr. Editor, in all candor, that whilst I deem these stric; tures as exceedingly unjust, and as calculated to affect most injuriously the reputation and good name of the gentlemen therein referred to, I cannot believe, from my information as to your own character, that you intended wanton mischief. I therefore conclude that your judgment has been made up hastily, and without a suffidient knowledge of the facts in the case as they really were and are. I will now, without further preface, proceed to lay these facts fully before you, and having done so, I am fully persuaded that you will make us the proper amende honorable, and your own read, ers, ana the public generally will be fully satis tied that we are not "men ciamneu oy our own words," nor condemned by our works, as is harshly charged against us. 1st. At the regular ar.nual meeting of the stockholders of our company, held at Dallas in N. C., in May, 1874, on motion of a stockholder from that State, the Board of Directors were authorized to present to Hon. T. J. Mackey, of South Carolina, some proper testimonial in acknowledgement of , his efficient and disinterested services in procuring subscriptions to the capital stock of the company in N. C. Judge Mackey was not present at themeeting, and I am entirely satisfied, knew noth. ing of the matter, until furnished with a copy ofthe ' resolutions by the secretary ofthe company ; and I am further satisfied, that no one at the meet ting thought of offering a bribe to Judge Mackey. Nor was the case of Glenn et al. vs. the County . Commissioners of York, or any other case, present orffuture, once thought of In connection with the proposed testimonial. In fact, it was understood by the stockholders that Hon. T. J. Mackey was a man of limited means. We knew that ho had rendered the coniDanv efficient services in i North Carolina at his owncost and charges, and it was desired simply to recognize our obligation to him, not as a Judge, but as an individual. The , Board of Directors haveneveras yet taken any action under that resolution, though the matter has been occasionally casually mentioned inthemeet. ings of the the Board. Indeed, we have always felt that we have not been able, from the want of funds, to carry into effect the object of this resolution of the stockholders. I can therefore assert, in all good conscience, ; that Judge Mackey has never, at any time, demanded a fee of the company, nor has the company ever tendered to him money or any other thing of f value as a compensation for services renderea or to be rendered in any (rapacity whatever. It is proper for me, however, in this connection, ) to state that I was present on one occasion, when ; in the course of conversation between Judge ' Mackey and Dr. Davega, the President of the com- j pany, the latter introduced the matter of tho ' proposed testimonial, and said that he thought' he would suggest to the Board of Directors to I present him with a number of shares of the capi- i tal stock of the oompany, (either ten or fifteen, or j ' flftpen or twenty?I am not sure of the precise t number) in discharge of said resolution. Judge! Mackey promptly declined to allow any such | thing to be done, either lp pin own behalf, or in I . i behalfof any member of his ffripjly. The PresiI dent of the company made this suggestion of his | I own motion, and without any authority from tj;e 1 Board of Directors, and I have no doubt- he made it as affording the easiest and cheapest mode of carrying into effect the resolution of the stockholders. The above are the facts, and all the facts upon which the false and malicious charges against Judge Mackey, and the President ana Directors of the C. & L. N. G. R. R. Company, in this connection, have been gotten up; and these are the facts substantially as I gave them to Gov. Chamberlain, and I therefore conclude that either the Governor has misunderstood me, or the reporter for the Union-Herald has misunderstood him. It is not impossible that the Governor was misled in his statement to the reporter of the UnionHerald, by the bold and unscrupulous assertion contained in the 13th of the charges against Judge Mackey?that of corruptly endeavoring to procure a bribe of two thousand dollars from the C. <fe L. N. G. R. R. Company, for his decision made in the Glenn case. Having been entirely satisfied of the utter falsity of the main charge, he was not sufficiently careful as to the particulars. So much, Mr. Editor, for this matter in regard to which I have written calmly, candidly and dispassionately, and with a full knowledge of the facts as I have detailed them to you, and also with a clear sense of my responsibility to the Company which I in part represent, and to the community in which 1 live. 2nd. A word in reference to your article of the . *r L 1 T 1 -ln?n Vnni- i.riHpwm On ' w.mi luiircii, mm i imvc none. i ?? the published card of Dr. Davega as President of i the company, is, in my judgment, unnecessarily harsh and severe. As to the orthography of the card, the errors are those of the copyist. I have examined the original, and I assure you it will stand the test of even the most rigid editorial scrutiny. You speak of his card as an affidavit, s You will at once perceive that it is not such, and , yet its statements are just as true and reliable as if sworn to. The circumstances surrounding the President 6 at the time fully, warranted and justified him in ( issuing this card, for not only was Judge Mackey . ruthlessly assailed, but his own reputation and that of the members of his Board from York and < Chester, was most seriously involved. I think | he would have been unworthy his position and | false to a high duty, had he remained silent. The character of Dr. Davega, as President of J our company, needs no vindication at my hands. His conduct in the management of the affairs of | the company is well known to the public. Suffice it for me to say that, so far, it has been 1 an eminent success, and deserves, and for the < Sost part receives, the thanks and not the ceil- ] ires of the community. His expenditures of the company's funds have always been reported * to the annual meetings of stockholders, ana sub- ] mitted to an investigation of a committee of stock- : holders, composed of practical business men, and these expenditures have invariably been approved ' and sustained. This has always been regarded < as the best test of the propriety and correctness of the accounts of any officer charged with disbursements of public funds. It is certainly better 1 thau vague and idle rhmor. Again, you do our I N. C. stockholders great injustice in saying that ( they have not paid 82000 in cash into the treasury of the company. I am not now prepared to say ' what amount they have paid on individual or ( onl?o/wnh'Ano t Ktif fWo T QoYaIv SftY. that in the counties of Caldwell, Lincoln and Dal- . las, p large amount of grading has been done and paid for by our N. C. stockholders, and very much < of this work has been, and is, now beinp paid for < out of the proceeds of individual subscriptions. i Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for your courtesy in allowing me so much space in your columns, ? I am very truly yours, < C. S. BRICE, Attorney and Director C. <fc L. N. G. R. R. Co. ^ Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. 1 ? < LETTER FROM CHESTER. \ Chester, April 17, 1876. i The ruling Republicans of this place were I in Columbia a portion of last week. Some 1 were there in the capacity of delegates to the State Republican Convention, while others ( were on hand to aid in pulling the political i wires wisely and well. The promotion of the ] welfare of "the party" was, of course, the ob- ] ject of these magnates, though considerable difference of opinion existed among them as t to the mode of accomplishing this result, j The delegates from this county were C. C. c Macoy, James White and D. I. Walker. The 1 latter is not unknowD to fame, if it is of an 1 unenviable nature. The readers of the En- 1 ciUiRER are sufficiently acquainted with the ^ prominent events of his life during the past e three or four years to occasion any reference ? to them at the present time entirely unnecessary. However, he is still a power among the colored noDulation of the couutv. Thev , 1 * * - f ti believe him to have been a victim of perse- j cution, and have still an abiding faith in his goodness and integrity. Mackey at one time j led the negroes whither he desired, but the mantle of authority has fallen from his shoulders upon those of Walker. The Mackey element endeavored to control the late county convention, but their efforts were ut- J terly futile. We were favored with exceedingly mild 1 and beautiful weather last week. Had the farmers been permitted to select the kind of weather they most desired, they could not, ti probably, have been better suited. And judg- ri ing from the deserted appearance of our 8 streets, they remained at home and devoted I the time to planting corn and other agricul- p tural work. The probabilities are that far- t raers, learning wisdom from bitter exjferience, e will diminish the acreage in cotton, and in- p crease that in corn. This certainly will be r the result, if an idea of their probable course d of action can be obtained from an expression ( of their sentiments. However, there is ground d for the apprehension that the farmer may ad- t rait the correctness of the proposition of plant- a ing more corn and less cotton in reference to a his neighbor, but may be unable or unwilling t to see the appropriateness of the application 1 in tiio num nnrf.innlnr nnsp ,, The Republican county convention, at the d recent meeting, adopted the following resolu- e tion: "That while we are desirous of promo- 1 ting the interests of the party to which we be- a long, and should prefer having persons pro- q fessing the principles of that party in office, ( yet we do not hesitate to announce our deter- d mination that we will only advocate the ad- r vancement of honest and capable men to fill ( the places of trust and emolument both in 0 State and county, and to this end we cordial- J ly invite the members of the Conservative 0 party to assist us in the selection of such men \, as will be acceptable to both parties." The v Democratic county convention will, in all probability, at the next meeting, take action a in regard to this resolution. Representative j men will, on that occasion, express the senti- t ments of the Democracy. A preponderance a of public sentiment, as far as my knowledge a extends, inclines to the adoption of the ] straight-out policy. o The Republicans*passed another resolution, t condemning the action of Couch and Jordan, p members of the Legislature, in voting agaiDst r the resolution of investigation of the charges v against Judge T. J. Mackey for alleged "ille- t gal and tyrannical acts," and commending v Samuel Coleman, another member of that g distinguished and delectable body, for doing e so. Couch, in his effort to defend himBelf, fc stated that this resolution was written oy c Major S. P. Hamilton. Treasurer Yocom v pronounced the statement untrue. j The Republicans also adopted the follow- \ ing resolution: "That the thanks of this con- \ vention are due and are hereby tendered to t the Hon. A. S. Wallace, our representative s in Congress, for his fearless and unswerving e advocacy of the rights of the whole people, and we hereby express our earnest desire for r his re-election to Congress, and we hereby ( pledge him our support." Mackey is also an t aspirant for Congressional honors. If the race is confined to these two candidates, the 1 prospects at present are rather gloomy for ( Mackey. s Some severe reflections upon the grand ju- t ry of this county, that appeared recently in j j one of our State papers, are entirely unjust, j c Some of the best citizens of this county were ! t members of the grand jury. Major James f Lowry, the foreman, is a gentleman of intelligence, and highly respected and esteemed. (3 It is sufficient to say that the grand jury at ^ the late sitting of the Court at this place per formed their doty well and faithfully, and i % their different presentments met with the * warm approval of the people of this county, The Chester Sabre Club, mounted and nura- c bering about thirty-five members, paraded on \ Saturday under the command of their cap-1 tain, Gen. W. A. Walker. The company j t presented a fine appearance. They formed in I line on Main street about 2 o'clock, and then |1 marched out to an old field, near town, where they drilled for a considerable time. The \ various evolutions were well executed, and p were viewed with interest by a number of i spectators. \ c A trial of some interest took place before ; Trial Justice Sanders several months ago, in t which Moses Benson and Samuel Brown, both ; e colored, were the principal parties. It was ( Dccasioned by an effort on the part of the former to obtain possession of his daughter, who bad left his house, contrary to his will, and married Brown. As stated at the time, notwithstanding the efforts of counsel employed by Benson, the defendant gained the case, ind was allowed to keep his wife. However, Lime has done for the plaintiff, what counsel was powerless to effect. The wedded couple aot having lived harmoniously, the wife re:urned last week to her father's house, with ill of her earthly possessions, and with the expression of a determination to stay. Our community was greatly surprised, on yesterday morning, to hear of the sudden death )f Mr. Frank Erwin, an excellent citizen of jur couDty, residing near Lowrysville. He was in towu on Saturday, was in good spirits, returned to his home in the afternoon, and reared to rest that night, apparently in good lealth, but before the beautiful day of Sun 4 *1 ?? ? * J r lay naa aawneo, ne nao passeu aw?y iruui ;ime to eternity. His death is attributed to leart disease. He was buried this morning it Bethesda with Masonic honors. Qui. Chester, April 18, 1876. An extra term of the Court of General Sessions began its sitting here to-day?Judge T. J. Mackey presiding. The case of the State <)8. Samuel Duffie, colored, charged with assault, with intent to ravish, was called ; but the jounsel for the State, Giles J. Patterson, Esq., nsked for a postponement of the trial until 3 j'clock this afternoon, which was agreed to by the Court. This case, with all the facts rseariug upon it, has already been placed before twojuries, but they were unable to agree. Upon the last occasion a colored man hung :he jury. When he Entered the jury room, he remarked that he would not go against his 2olor ; that he had several days' rations with aim and that he would stay until they were exhausted. It is to be hoped that no such prejudiced individual will be found upon the ury this time. If the jury decides in accord\nce with the evidence, the defendant is sure jf conviction. The case of the State vs. B. G. Yocora will probably be tried to-morrow. Judge Norhrop, before whom the case will be heard, is wrtAst+A/) t a o ml no in tninn Mr i/V aline iu iiviiu w uiguvt * * JToumaus, the leading counsel for the defenlant, has arrived. Wade Rosborough, colored, who plead guil;y at the late session of the Court, to being me of the party that stole several bales of jotton from Mr. E. M. Mills, was sentenced iy the presidingjudge this morning. In conlideration of the fact that he had been iniuced to engage in the stealing by the persuaiions of a white man, he was informed that lis punishment would be light. The sentence ivas that he be confined at hard iabor in the State penitentiary for one year. The judge remarked that iu the future cotton stealers ivould, when convicted, receive a sentence of ive or ten years' confinement in the Peniten;iary. The Building and Loan Association of Chester met last night for the purpose of electng officers for another year. W. S. Gregg, Esq., and Col. J. S. Wilson, were re-elected President and Vice-President by acclamation, rhe same board of directors were elected with he exception of Mr. B. G. Yocom. Mr. A. Leard was chosen in his place. The board lonsists of the following gentlemen : Messrs. W. T. D. Cousar, G. W. Melton, G. A. Aliright, D. B. Rothrock, C. S. Brice, W. H. Tardiu, J. J. Stringfellow, A. A. Leard and iV. B. Burnett. Mr. J. L. Harris was resleeted secretary and treasurer, and Wm. A. sanders, attorney for the Association. Q.UI. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ). W. Davis and F. Dilling?Town Lots for Sale, lunter & Oates?New Spring Goods?Ladies' Kid Gloves, d. Strauss?Small Profits, Quick Sales. rohn J. Smith?Fruits?Beef?Bran?Table SaltEggs?Irish Potatoes?Molasses?Call on Me?Fresh Crackers. P. Herndon?Lost.' amos F. Hart, Chairman?County Convention. V. J. Stephenson, President?Notice, efferya & Metts?Guano. ? [HE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. Columbia, Tuesday April 11, 1876. At noon the House adjourned, and such embers of the State Convention as are not nembersof the Legislature, came in and took eats. There was a good deal of caucussing, o which J. J. Patterson was prominent. The >lans of the anti-Chamberlainites now began o be developed. It was known that the State xecutive committee had decided last night to mt none but delegates, accepted by them as egularly elected, upon the temporary roll of lelegates, which would bar out twenty-nine Chamberlain men, jpcluding the Gailliard lelegation from Charleston, from participant in the organization of the Convention nd the election of temporary president, who ppoints the committee on credentials. Curis, of Richland, colored, a henchman of Eliott, who is chairman of the executive coraoittee, called the Convention to order, and lirected that all delegates should go to the xecutive committee-room and get tickets. Che Gailliard delegates remained in the hall ,s the only way of securing admission. At a uarter to one Elliott formally called the Convention to order. Patterson sat immeliately in front of the chair. On Patterson's ight was Judge Mackey, and behind him was Cardozo. Governor Chamberlain was four r five rows from the front, with E. W. M. Jackey some seats on his right, and Bowen n his left. Judge Carpenter and Comptroler Dunn said nothing during the session, but oted steadily with Patterson. Elliott now ordered that the roll be read, ,nd Governor Chamberlain inquired what lames were on the roll. This elicited the fact hat none of the Chamberlain delegates who re contestants were on the roll, and a lively ,ud disorderly debate sprang up. Chamberain demonstrated the injustice of the ruling if the committee, and Cardozo announced hat he, with a minority of the committee, had irotested against such action. Bowen interupted Chamberlain to remind him that there rasa contesting delegation from Horry, and hat, if all delegates where there arc contests vere ruled out until after the temporary or;anization, Chamberlain himself would be xcluded. There is no such contest in Horry, >ut Chamberlain said he agreed to the propisition ; that his voice was for peace, not for rar, and where any body of respectable Remblicans had elected delegates to the Con.nntinn lia ainilU tlftf nil t tllO tlfd llnnfl ttlPm CUUUU) 11V nuuiu UWb uuu uiw uvv? U|/VM vMv.U| phoever they were, but would demand for hem the opportunity to be heard, not as trangers who had no rights, but as delegates sntitled to impartial justice. [Applause.] Chamberlain's motion that, in calling the oil the delegates from Charleston, Barnwell, Colleton and Oconee, where there are contests, >e notified, was now before the body. Swails, colored, who is one of the Patterson R-ing, made the objection that there was no invention until the roll had been called, md Elliott sustained the objection, and went ipon the floor, where Worthington instantly oined him. Whittemore was now in the ihair, and Swails pressed the point that conesting delegates must wait until after the organization. Maxwell, colored, proposed that the rival lelegations be admitted and each have half a rote. Points of order were as thick as the delefates' heads. One delegate wanted to know pho were to vote on the pending question. iVhittemore bellowed that only the delegates m the roll could vote. This decision promked cheers and hisses. Green (colored) made the point that no lusiness was in order but calling the roll. Whittemore ruled that the point was well aken. Cardozo appealed from the ruling, and panted to know who should vote on the ap>eal. The excitement was rising to fever ieat. Several delegates were on the floor ailing for the roll and raising points of order. Judge Mackey sprang to his feet and said o the president: "The question is, not whethr you will recognize us, but whether the Convention will recognize you." [Cheers and counter cheers.] Mackey, amidst intense ex citement, added: "We meet here to-day, fae to face and eye to eye,? the banded robber that have plundered the State." Swails, rushing up to Mackey, said: "Whi do you mean ?" Mackey replied: "You are one of them and to-day will we send all of you to everlast ing defeat. You have come here to trampl on the honest people of South Carolina. W< can send you all to jail, and we mean to do it.' Elliott now came face to face with Mackey the two being separated only by the desk, ant asked Mackey who he meant. Mackey, his strident voice rising above thi din, said: "You are one of them; you ar their head and front." Elliott said: "You're a liar," and, drawinj a pistol, moved around the desk to get a Mackey, who, with his hand on his weapon awaited events, lables were upset m all di rections, a chair was brandished over th< head of Chamberlain, who sat unmoved. Tbi delegates huddled around Elliott on the on< side, and Mackey on the other, and the con fusion was heightened by the hysterica screams of Mrs. Elliott, who was in the ball Patterson made for the door. Worthingtgn with his hand on his pistol, kept on the edgi of the crowd, which had drifted to one corne: of the hall. Whittemore, looking very pale rapped vainly for order. In five or ten miu utes something like order was restored, and the fight being over, the roll call was renewed Cardozo and some others rapped on .th< tables so that the names could not be heard. Swails suggested that the Governor ha( better issue a proclamation to protect thi public property. Judge Mackey rejoined by saying that th< Governor had already issued twenty veti messages for the protection of the property o the people. The call of the roll was continued, and whei fVi 1 a trao finialia/i Puprl/\'/n mncprl fn AmPfW the roll by adding the names of the contestioj delegates. Winsinith, of Spartanhurg, declared thi out of order, and the chair so ruled. Cardozi appealed, and the chair was sustained by i vote of 104 to 13. Lieutenant-Governor Gleaves (colored nominated Swails (colored) for temporary chairman. Nash (colored) nominated Governor Cham berlain. The result of the vote was, Swails 80, an< Chamberlain 40. No prominent Radicals, ex cept Cardozu, Nash and Cochran, voted fo Chamberlain; but Elliott,Smalls, Worthing ton, Patterson, Bowen, Carpenter and Duni voted for Swails. Upon being conducted to the chair, Swaili said he was not a success as a speech-maker and proved this by making a long address saying, in conclusion, that the time had corm when Republicans must hang together, or thej would hang separately. Elliott moved the appointment of a com mittee on credentials, consisting of one fron each county, except the counties having con testing delegations. On this committee Cham berlain and Cardozo were appointed, but thi overwhelming majority in the Elliott Patten son interest includes Elliott, Whittemora Carpenter and Gleaves. It is assumed thati will report adversely to every delegate who i| opposed to the thieves. The Convention took a recess till 7 P. M evening session. When the Convention re-assembled at 7 P M., the committee on credentials announce! that they were not ready to report, so tb< Convention adjourned until 1 P.M. to-morrow The feeling against Judge Mackey run: very high, and some talk of attempting to im peach him to-morrow. Columbia, April 12,1876. The Convention re assembled at 1 o'clock Congressman Smalls called attention to i published statement indicating ..that dprinf the row yesterday, the Governor's life wai saved by the intervention of a reporter, an< moved that the Union-Herald, reporter be re quested to inform the Convention where h< obtained the information he had published This provoked a long discussion, which re suited in Governor Chamberlain making < statement that if any attempt had been madi on his life, he was not aware of it. Elliott then presented the report of the com mittee on credentials. This report excludec v* i? r? /* t n i the contesting delegates irom ueauiort, uoj leton and Charleston. A minority report was read, recommending the seating of the contestants, and signed bj Chamberlain, Briggs of York, and by Car dozo, except as to Colleton. The majority report, excep as to Barnwell Charleston and Colleton, was adopted, anc the report as to these three counties was like wise adopted ultimately, with very few dis senting votes. The discussion was very bitter on the pari of Elliott and Cardozo. Elliott charged Car dozo with having made combinations witt the Green party, and with having confessed that he had done so. Cardozo contended that he had control o the regular printed tickets and could hav< defeated the party if he bad chosen so to do He declared Elliott's statements untrue, and asserted that no improper proposals had evei been made to him, and that the regular tick ets were sent by him to Charleston to Senatoi Gailliard, with Elliott's knowledge, the objecl being to get as many votes as possible for the State ticket. Elliott declared this false, denounced Cardo zo as a traitor, and said that, if he had to borrow money as charged by Cardozo, it wa? because he had not had the opportunity to grab as much as Cardozo had. In the midst of the excitement, and aftei the vote had been taken, Leslie, of Barnwell said, pointing to Cardozo, "We don't intend to have the party sold out by such damned scoundrels as you." Leslie was brought to the bar of the Convention to apologize, snd said that he knew that his remarks were not decent or respectable, but his soul was worn out with Bghting the Democracy and such men as Cardozo. Governor Chamberlain made a clear and logical defence of the minority report; but he might as well hage spoken to the waters of the Congaree, for the whole matter was decided against him and his friends two days ago, At 7 o'clock Swails was elected permanent chairman, and the convention took a recess until 9 o'clock P. M. EVENING 8ESSION. The convention met at 9 o'clock. The crowd was greater than in the morning. J. J. Patterson rose to a question of privilege and sent to the secretary's desk a copy of the News and Courier, and Lad a dispatch read purporting to come from him. He said be did not know who sent the dispatch. Whet he had heard that a dispatch was sent tc Washington giving the world the news that the republican convention had broken up ir a row, be went to the office and sent a die patch to contradict it, and simply wrote thai the convention had not broken up in a row but was in session and had elected Mr. Swaih by a vote of 80 to Governor Chamberlain's 40 The convention then took a recess for t half hour to give the district delegates an op portunity to select their candidates. While the delegates were out, Rev. R. H I Cain was called upon to address the meeting I which he did in a humorous manner. Judge R. B. Carpenter then took the floor and said that it appeared to him that we were fighting shy of the main question, the question to which he would address himself at a I later hour, which was the relation of the adI ministration .of Governor Chamberlain to the j republican party of South Carolina. There was, he declared, an irrepressible conflict between the governor's policy, on the principles ' of republicanism, as he understood it. The 'judge said he would discuss the subject without temper, and with the courtesy due to the distinguished gentleman who filled the execu; tive chair. The last delegation now came in : and the judge sat down. The following were named as delegates ' from the congressional districts: : First District.?S. A. Swaila and J. H. e Rainey. 8 Second District.?0. G. Worthiogton and VV. J. McKinley. o Third District.?H. C. Corwin and \V. ?. Nash. i, Fourth District.?A. S. Wallace and r John Winsmith. e Fifth District.?Robert Smalls and q Lawrence Cain. " These were elected without opposition. ? the delegate8 at large. * Up to the point of choosing these the contest bad been comparatively peaceable, and 0 -it had become well understood that upon 8 ! this class of delegates the real fight was to | centre. * j A motion by Congressman Smalls to allow ' j five minutes' debate upon each nomination, '?j and five minutes more for a second, was, after " I some discussion, lost by a vote of 75 to 39. 8 Sammy Green then nominated as the first 8 | delegate at large, R. B. Elliott. Ex-Congress8! man R. H. Cain seconded the nomination. ' The vote was taken and Elliott was elected ' almost unanimously. R. H. Cain nominated * John J. Patterson as the second delegate at > ! large, endorsing him as a true, tried aud trusB | ted Republican. Harriott, of Georgetown, r | then nominated Hon. D. H. Chamberlain > | amid great applause. Humbert nominated ": B. F. Whittemore; and Elliott put in nomina? I tion Hou. T. C. Dunn. Mr. Wilkes seconded ' the nomination of Governor Chamberlain in 3 a stirring endorsement, which was hailed with round after round of applause, largely par* ticipated in by the bystanders who thronged B the aisles and the steps, even up to the speaker's stand itself. At this point the real fight B began. It was plain to see that there were 5 virtually but two candidates in the field, Patf terson and Governor D. H. Chamberlain. Previous to the nomination for delegates 3 at large, Judge Carpenter took the floor with * the approbation of the chiarman, as well as I the general consent of the body of delegates. The duty assigned this delegate was to lay 8 bare the shortcomings of the present ad0 ministration and excoriate its standard beara er. But how far even he fell short of the duty assigned him, and which seemed to him ) a labor of love, none will ever realize. P Judge Carpenter started out by calling attention to the solemnity of the occasion which II ? .? - .1 J I I 1 A _ 1 j cauea mem wgetner, ana 8aia ne naa tasen ; no part in the political arena since his acces' sion to the bench. In what he had to say * of bis distinguished friend, the governor, he r would make no personal attack, because- no ' personal attack could be successfully made 1 upon the private character of bis excellency. The war which he intended to make upon 8 the governor was- as a reformer, as he (the ? judge) differed with him as to the methods* > employed in the reform, not to reform itself. 3 /The issue is between Gov. D. H. ChamberlainJ 71 and those whom he now chooses to call si band of thieves?the very men who elected him to office. One of the counts in the iif dictmeut. that the judge urged against th governor, was ingratitude in turning his baci upon the men who stood by him in good am 1 in evil report. If they were good enoug then, by heaven, they were good enoug > | to stand by now The judge also charge j that all the bad legislation on the statu ? books was placed there during Scott's admii | istration, while D. H. Chamberlain was a 1 torney general, and that no bad Iswb wer 1 passed under the administration of Gov. Mot . ises. The great reforms passed since, of whicq 1 (the people hear so much through the gover* s lnor's paper and the newspaper press generally, . Jamounted to the miserable and paltry sum of b ?27,000? a reduction or saving made in the Contingent funds; and against that we had t^e burthens of the big and little bonanzas to knur Uilii/.k u'oro an innroaaa nf SfidO HOO. Immediately after the electiou he forgave . his enemies, and heaped honors upon them, i while he overlooked his friends. He acted r the part of a dictator in refusing to Whipper 3 and Moses commissions after they had been 1 elected by a large majority of the legislature of the State. Even if they bad been imtnor2 al men, he had no right to refuse them their . commissions. Any one who would mistake his distinguished friend for a timid man t was dreadfully mistaken. His coolness and 3 self-possession were the wonder of all who knew biral; he was brave, as Caesar and as - ambitious as Napoleon, and would effect a 1 coup d'etat on a proper occasion, if he lived - in France. In his (Judge Carpenter's) opinion he had betrayed the republican party r since the hour he took his office, although he ' owed everything to the people, and more par ticularly to the colored people. The judge then criticised the governor's telegram to the , Charleston New Eugland society, and com1 pared the civilization of the cavaliers and the roundheads, and that of the present favor ably to the latter. He closed a very able as well as a very fierce denunciation of the polit cy and administration of Governor Charaber lain, by saying that he impugned no man's i intentions, not even his distinguished friend's, I but he would be glad if he could show that he did not kuow he was killing the republif can party ; but he was killing it whether he > knew it or not?all the same. It was after , 2 o'clock A. M., when Judge Carpenter con1 eluded his vindictive speech. All eyes were directed towards the governor - as he stood in the aisle, cool as an icicle, but p apparently eager for the fray. After a mo& ment's deliberation, be said: > Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention : Frequent allusion has been made during the sessions of this convention to a characteristic which I am reputed to possess?coolness. While I some, times fail to recognize the pictures that are drawn of me by others, when 1 am pronounced a peculiarly cool man, I sometimes feel that nothing ' could be further from the truth than that statement respecting me. But I am happy to say that . as I stand here to-night, in the midst of my old republican friends of South Carolina, the touch of i whose elbow I have never failed to feel since 1868, | I feel as cool and as calm as a May morning, and i as ready to meet the charges that have been brought against me, as I shall be to meet the sweet kisses of my wife and children this morning. [Applause.] It has been pronounced here that the issue is of r party fealty. The charge is brought by one whose lips "ought forever to be sealed against the charge ' of want of party fealty against any man that lives ' in South Carolina. If I had been charged by my ' good friend from Beaufort, who nominated me, , with want of fidelity to the .republican party, I I could have bowed with humility to the nana of , chastisement, because the record of those men f shows that, no matter what differences of opinion there may be, they have still fought within the ' lines of the republican party, and under the ban, ner of equal rights toall men. [Applause.] I am reminded to-night of the only other oocasion when 1 have had the pleasure of measuring 1 swords with him who now assails me. I remember that in 1870, when the republican party was assailed, when a strong and vigorous hand was clutching at the throat of the republican party, I ' was commissioned by the republican party to go to Chester, in this State, ana see if I, with my friends, could unloose the death grip, which had ' fastened upon it. I went to Chester, I met there, > as the chosen leader of the democrac*of South | Carolina, covering with words that have never , yet soiled my lips, and with invectives and epi' thets which no reporter has ever yet been skillful I enough to take down; covering, I say, the repub> lican party with reproaches and curses too deep to be repeated here. I say I found there performing that task for the democratic party, the gentle 1 j man wno now comes hjiu a rcpuuuusu wuisu. I tion of South Carolina, for the first time in his > ! life, and calls mo to account for my party fealty. ! There are other incident which should have > | taught the gentleman from Edgefield to make his 5 , attack upon me at another point than party fealty. ! Ho went through the democratic campaign of ' i 1870, and what was the result of that campaign? 1 I The republican party triumphed over all its ene j mies, except along the track of those upper counI ties. Was it not so, gentlemen, from York, and Chester, and Lancaster, and Fairfield, and Union, and Spartanburg, that the gentleman from Edge, field sowed in that campaign those dragon teeth I that sprang into the armed and masked ku-klux? For eight long months succeeding that cam> ! paign, the torpid arm of the government waited to >bring help to the people whose cabins lighted up , ; the heavens at midnight, and whose oold bodies ! weltered on the earth beneath the stab and bullet 1 ' of the ku-klux. When at last the relief came, and when, in this very building, the perpetrators I of these great wrongs at last stood face to face '; with justice, it was my privilege and honor to ! 1 appear in behalf of the government in the prose* j cution of those great criminals against civilization, I who had sprung np from the teachings of the gentleman from Edgefield and those who were 1 with him in that campaign. I represented the government, and I well remember that when hr i i the midst of one of the most critical trials, the I first that was x> establish the question whether ' j we oonld prove enough to bring those red-handed ! i assassins to justice, among the witnesses called j from afar, brought here to give testimony that | should save from punishment the ku-klux. was i the Hon. R. B. Carpenter. And here, fellow- j 1 republicans, here in South Carolina is the record of' the man who tells us to-night that if we trust those who have never yet betrayed us, if we do not follow his teachings, desert our old friends and leaders, God help us. God help us, fellowrepublicans, God help us, if we are not yet sufficiently grown to manhood and the estate of man, to be able to understand that nothing but motives which have little to do with the prosperity of the republican party animate the breast of mm who utters such teachings here to-night. Party fealty ! Oh! I have sometimes felt that I was the veriest slave on the face of the earth. I have sometimes felt as if physical fetters were upon me, because I was brought up at my father's knee and teacher's side to love those principles which I have worn until they seem to be fetters and great bands of principle that bound nie forever to the republican party. If 1 have ever J erred in the matter of party duty, it W that I < feared and shrunk, from the effects of long usage and devotion to party, from asserting my manhood even above the dictates of any earthly pgrtjL Tit I wear these fetters, as my other repu blican friends who have long been in the party, do wear them still, because we love them ; because neither in 1868, nor 1870, nor 1872, nor 1874, nor 1876, was there earthly inducement great enough to lead us to step one foot beyond the limits of the great circle that holds and protects the republican millions of South Carolina and the United States. There I stand, and I might quote Luther's great words and say, "Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise" than stand with those who are Within the great circle of tho republican party ,< - ?Apj plause.] i I scorn, I pun the foot of my utter scorn and contempt, upon any charge from mortal lips that l have swerved in my devotion to the republican party, or that a wish or thought has ever been found in this heart, or gone forth from these lips, that does not breathe peace and harmony and fidelity and honor and perpetuity lbrever to the principles and the organisation of the republican party. [Applause.] As to my administration. I wish that in what I may have to say I may be clothed in the beautiful garments of modesty .and humility. I feel like the least of the humblest of all my fallow republicans. * I trust I have some of that spirit which says "be that will be greatest among you let him be the servant of alL ' I wish sincerely to speak with becoming modesty of what I most, for the sake of brevity, call my administration. Let me go back to the last campaign. Alter a long struggle I stood at last on the very spot where you now sit, the recipient or the suffrages of a convention similar to this for the highest office in the State. I cannot help calling to mind for a single' moment, as I stepped down from that platform-that night to be the standard bearer of the republican party, the feeling that upon my comparatively youngshoulders I bad a greater burden than-* had ever before taken np. I remember well that I was met upon the step by the gentleman whom I now have in my eye?the gentleman from Charleston, present comptroller-general of the State. He said : "General Chamberlain, I congratulate you personally, but I extend you nothing more. I cannot make myself the champion of any man who is surrounded by such metr' as those to whom I now point (C. C. Bowen and John J. Patterson.) [Loud laughter.] I suppose it is an open secret fellow-republicans, that the gentleman from Edgefield is: now training with the gentleman from Charleston. And he was put forward with that sharp tongue and that recklessness of statement whicn would spoil the profoundest argument in the world. ' He has been put forward by the band that is now attacking my party fealty. Well, my friends, I took up the surroundings. /Mr. Patterson?We took you up. ' ^ v. / Mr. Chamberlain?Well, if you too* me up I Aook you along with me! I am not'refering to fvou. My duty ia with the gentleman from Eagef field. > I was nominated, Let me go back to the moment when I was standing where you now kit, and what was my language, applauded...to the echo, as I shall not be applauded to-night, by man, Jtvoman and child. I said first, Jast ana all the time that the steps of the republican party most be steadily forward and upward toward refbrm Knd better government.' You putthat banner in pny hand. I grasped it with an arm, though all too iveak, and T bore it in the conflict wheto one side Was headed by the gentleman from Charleston, who bad denied me his support at the foot of those steps. I bore it at last to victory. 'Under4 the magicand glorious banner of political reform, we went to victory. [Applause.] When that victory was won I atood again on the threshold oftrty administration , where yon now sit, and J. spoke again the words that met the approval of the united republican party of 8outh Carolina. It was pledged in honor, pledged in character, pledged in language, deep, sacred and irrevocable, to lift npthe republican party above the calumnies of the campaign of 1870, or the calumnies of the campaign or 1874, led by the gentleman from Charleston. [Applause.] ; Well, it issai'dihat I have used the whip ahd the spur from thattimeon. I wish I was as praVe as Julius Caesar. The gentleman from Edgefield says I am. I know that I am a child compared with him. There have been moments in my administration that but for the support of one who isdearer to me than this heart's blood, the wife of my bosom, I should have faltered. I wonld lay down my life sooner than tarnisli the character which would injure the dear wife- and children asleep at home. Yet, poor coward as- i utf, I must come here to-night, force my weary steps to come here, take up this new cross of crucifixion, to hear myself assailed and taunted by one w&4 covers with the gloss of praise the dagger that he would plunge to my heart. Here I may say to- v-,^ night tnat I nave lacked wisdom, oh! how often. I have done things that have seemed to otberoto be done in wantonness of power toward them. I know tbatin kinder moments, in kinder- phases of bis life, before he was led astray, in his calmer and better moments, the gentleman from Edgefield baa said to me: "Chamberlain, you are rignt. I am with you. I wish you would be a little more communicative to your friends," and I have accepted it as the timely advice of a friend. That I have sometimes failed to talk over matters with my friends as fully as I might, I admit. I could wish that my nature was different.in this respect. But I say to-night, with the utmost sincerity of my heart, that if a lighted window could be placed in this bosom, and you could see the. purposes and desires toward the republican party, which I iiave entertained in this long and painful struggle, you would know there was not a moment when a kind word or look from any good citizen would not have strengthened this arm and warmed this heart, and made me a gladder apd better mail than I have been. [Applause.] But, going beyond this paltry matter, let me analyze the attack on my administration. When it is said that the reform of my administration is all a sham reform, I come to that point ndw to which I referred when I bad the gentleman from Edgefield in my eye?when I saidhe wag ao characteristically guilty of recklessness of statement as to utterly paralyze the force of hla argument. He says $27,000 have been saved from the contingent fund, and challenges me to show any other reform. I am not here to claim the credit for apy good act which the legislature has already worked. I have tried to do my. work. It is not my glory or my fame, but it is the fame of the repnblioaa party of South Carolina. I appeal Individually to those around me, to every gentleman Here/whether the administration in 8outb Carolina since 1874 has not, in the eyes of the whole world, lifted South Carolina above nine-tenths of her old Reproach. ."Twenty-seven thousand, dollars contingent fund saved." That is the basis of the arfiment. Why, look with me fbr one moment, refor to it with the utmost kindness toward those who differed with me. The legislature that adjourned in the spring of 1875 levied a tax blllofpo less than fourteen mills. The Governor declined to sign it, differing of course with the General Assembly. The result was that the General Assam* * ' -* *A * s.1 aAsai/tn | Oly reconsiuereu its acuuu at uiu r^guuu j of 1875-76, and reduced the tax three whdle mills, including the entire tax of what is known , aa the little and big bonanzas. Do you know how much [ it saves the people of South Carolina? Not the paltry sum or twenty-seven thousand dollars contingent fund, but three hundred and seventyfive thousand dollars of the hard earned money of the people. "Big bonanza" and "little bonanza.!" I wonder at the temerity of the gentleman from Edgefield when he spoke of the1 "little bonanm'' and "big bonanza." 1 felt, when I heard chose words, that if the gentleman from Edgefield had been seeking with his spear to find an entrance between the joints of the harness he would have used that spear, and instead of striking me he would have plunged it into the hearts of those who passed the act. The little and big bonanzas, as the gentleman knows, were no bantlings of mine. Where is my Mend from Barnwell (Mr. Leslie) who spent days and nights pleading with me to allow the big bonanza bill to go through in snch shape that I could possibly sign the bill ? Where is he now? Fighting nnder the plnme of the gentleman from Edgefield. Well, my Mends, this Is a thrice told tale. That bill wras passed ana wieqt to the Governor. The Governor felt that the ooo-. ditions upon which that bill had passed, upon which he had given assurances that it - would command his approval, had not been obseryed; that the State was not properly protected. He vetoed it, and the General Assembly reoonaidered its action and'passed it In another form. I say to-night that that bonanza bill is ' a good bill. But the gentleman .from Edgefield saya it adds six hundred and seventy^-live thousand dollars to the debt of the State. I say it ^ does not add a twentieth part of * farthing to the debt of the State. Every gentleman knows that the "big bonanza" at one fell swoop took away one-half of that floating debt, and stretched wnmoUIno Vial f ocor a nf IWnr trfiam Tfll U1U JCUiniUKIg A4BM VfV4 O |/VtlUU VI ?VMI T w. w* ? ? the 'little bonanza" sham reform ? The "little bonanza," in every feature of it* did not command my approval when it became a featured the supply bill. I found it incorporated in the supply bill, and no oneoftener spoke, to me, orwp more urgent in bis persuasions for the passage, of that measure than the gentleman from Edgefield. I said to him and those interested thatlf those items that now constitute the "little bonanza" were dlstribnted over a term of two or three yeani, you will not find meany longer opposed to it. Let us be rid of this debt, fastened upon us by the extravagance of former administrations. This is a complete answer to the reckless charges of the gentleman from Edgefield, that instead of a fourteen mill tax, we have a tax of but eleven mills, including both "bonanzas," and there is a direct saving of $375,000. It is not to the credit of the administration; it goes to the oredit of the republican party. I have compiled a statement of the oontlngeut funds pfthe year preceding this, administration. I find that the ontire appropriation for legislative expenses for the last fiscal year was $150,000, and the appropriation for the preceding year .$190,000. There is a difference of $40,000 in the. single item of legislative expenses. The annual average expenditure between 1668 and 1870 bad been nolesa than $324,000 and the first year of this administration it was lees than $150,000. There is not only $27,000 from the contingent ftrad, but$170,000 solid dollars saved in the single item of legislative ex