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An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Polities, Literature and General Intelligence. VOL. 4. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1868. NO. 8. BY HOYT & WAITEE "=?:- - ' ? ? - TERMS: '?TWO DOLLARS AND A HALF PER A IN UNITED STATES CtTREESCY. : ?' "~ " : - : _____ " "RATES QP ADVERTISING. Advertisements inserted at the rates of Oj lar per square of twelve lines for the first in and Fifty Cents, for each subsequent ins .Liberal deductions made to those who adver the year. For announcing a candidate. Five I In advance. A Great Speech. We mako tho following extracts ? Bpeech delivered in Atlanta, Geo., o: _3? of last month, by tho Hon.B.H. The whole speech is abie and inter?s but the greater part is a r?capitul?t! the history of-reconstruction, with "t\ our readers are already too familiar, iieqoe we append the following : : ' Are these, then, the terms of the ?Joiori ?? terms of negro dominion, of pOriam in power and ignorance in le? ting. "I 6ay such terms will never ce?di -The white people have refuse ?consent to them, and 1 tell you that Sviirn^t consent .to them, and you hever-:"establish any government pe: ivetrtly in this country against the sent of the-white people. "The Supr Courtrof the United States made up t imnd&that tho reconstruction meas werejunoonstitntional and void, but t wer? too cowardly to declare the decig JEbis.-ia a--melancholy fact, that the . pro-a?. Jtjdi?iary of this country sh( nave giv>au way socowardiy. - But it not always be thus-?it cannot for. c refus?e .ta pronouuce its decision. Ii . trae^aJRadieal Congress has taken a^ jurisdiction in tho. McArdle case, but ?kalUfeav^. another ?ase.- A gentlem wHols the only real NGov ern or of Geor, is making a case in which jurisdictioi giver?-by - the Constitution. [Cries "throe cheeTrs.'for Jenkins, given by ?whole au'dience.J Yes, when I "ment him, "? mention a man who, in any age . nation, Ja worthy to be a Governor ! tell you, oben-you who trade in the - speetabflity of your: race?3-0u who venders of your people's "honor?I 1 ?pu'.t?-day that this very.. Court will p uonnee-.4?jese acts -unconstitutional a void and everything "done undor tin unc??stitbti?nai and void. But'we have a party now organized . Strong-an i a glorious party, with stat men at itahead and with correct prin pies for its platform. From Aluino . California the glorious tramp of ?tho I jnocracyi is growing moro and moro d ti net, und by November a verdict will pronounced by the great freemon America that shall gladden the hearts patriot* uow and;forevor. [Cheers.] Ai ? when the people shall have pronoun.* thao.vexdict tlie Court will ta ko cou raj ami pronounce their judgment. Then a?v then, what will become of yon, ye-is - late?l ? hypocrites,; ali power-to threat? .jgjb?ie, treachery exhausted,, itelief mea ures and deconstruction measures bol dcadj'tb? I&uHca?'party out ol Congres Jt?w?r? earth will you . Jjide your, sharr thiis stripped naked to the gaze of tl wox?ibin al? your unhiddon inlamy ! wi? w/W-bccome of yon ? '-Ye generation < viper>,""1iow will you 06capc the damnatio ofghjei^?? . That's what is coming. Ol h's coming; thunk God, it's coming coming to the cheer of patriots, and th dismay of traitors. Yes, I tell 3-ou vict< ryjs.coming. We have suffered and pu fer?d much jour comrades are sleeping Ah, sleeping! ; many of them by th stream* and in the valleys of Georgie They' aro sleeping on the bank, of th ?esr>t) rolling Mississippi ; they are slccpin ali over Virginia, grander tuan the pyri mids of Egyjit iinu richer than the mi:i_ of India. [Enthusiastic cheers.]- Spivi of pur departed braves, wo are not dii honored yet ! and though the vile, th low, the corrupt and the perjured ar seeking to bo our rulers, and have seizci upon our high places, the noble, the vali ant . and the true are still left us, am through all our birders are taking cour age and. hymning tho notos of coming triumph." Yo miserable spawns of polili cal accidoney, hatched by the patric grow,th.of- revolutionary corruption int< ?n ephemeral existonce?renegades fronr ev^ry law of God and violators ot oven right of man?wo serve .you with this no tice this day,-that this victory is coming The--men .ot the South and tho men of th? North?patriots everywhere?arc sending ii jp their vows to- heaven that this is anc shall forever bo a Union of Equal States " ?n<_ never a hateful Union of uncqua Statos. [Wild .cheers, lasting severa minutest,]. ?..Men of pride, men of charac ter j women?thank God?without a dis sent?ng voice, and even children in theil play-grounds, are proclaiming on hill tor. af?? io walley that those whom God made s ti peri or shall not be degraded to the do minion of tho inferior. r A few more words and I will close. If asl, now. hope and believo, we shall again have Liberty and law under the Constitu? tion; what shall - be done with those who have taken advantage of those corrupt times to insult innocence, trample upon rightSt.and oppress helplessness? Theso criminals will be among us, and must be assigned -appropriate positions. What jshall wc do with them? Yo who have travailed through tho blood and losses and sorrows of war for asserting nothing but that the very framers of tho Consti? tution taught was your right; yo who have been taunted and reviled as rebels and traitors; ye who have been disfran? chised, in: the land of your fathers and made exiles in the homo of your birth; when this victory shall come and wc shall once more be free men and no longer in? sulted and oppressed by miserable vaga bonds^-aud renegades, what shall wo do with tho criminals? I would not hurt a hair of -their heads, do them no personal harm, and deprive thom ot no right. Give them over?oh, givo over tho miscreants to the inextinguishable hell of their own consciousness of infamy. But some things you must do for the protection of your children and of yourselves, and for the vindication of vour honor. I affirm it and I- want it 'heard. It is going to be thp law of" this country and a law moro ?rrepoaLable than tho laws of tho Medc. and Persians. Not one man that dares record his vote for the inequality and yassialage of the Southern States and the degradation of his own race, ought ever to be received into a decent family in Georgia or in tho South now or hereafter. [Cries of "nover."] And this rule we can make now. If we have not tho power to help make the laws for our Government or for society, thank God we can at least pass social laws for our own homes. I charge you this day, as you honor yoor household, and would preserve your good i name for your posterity, never suffer a J singlo native renegade who votes for the vassalage of these States, and the disgrace of your children and your race, to darken your doors or to speak to any member of your family. [Cries of "good," "that's right," "hurrah."] You condemn the poor victim to the Penitentiary who steals a horse or a hundred dollars, and yet these miserablo creatures have sought to bargain away overything that you have or can value. You scorn the criminal who has violated the penal laws of your country. These miserable renegades aro faithless to evory law of Heaven and of ! earth, and have used every means to sell you to those who hate you, and to place your lives and your all in the power of the ignorant and debased. Another thing I insist shall be done : A peoplo who will not resent such foul innovations of their right are not worthy of freedom. [A voice "true."] You have been help? less?your great men have been silenced; you surrendered your arms to what }'ou thought was a gallant foe ; yon surren? dered them under the assurances of pro? tection, and 3*et these men, your own citizens many of them, who hurried you to war have taken advantage of your poverty and helplessness, and of tho presence of the bayonet; they have inva? ded your households, they have stolen your property; they have robbed you of your goods; they have joined the negro and the stranger to tax, insult and op? press you ; and they have, contrary to tho laws-of the land, forced into dungeons and before military .commissions the proud freemen of this country. Yon havo boon powerless to prevent these things. But my vow is recorded, and 1 shall redeem it. I find the people willing to sustain mo. Men who have trampled upon tho rights of the citizens of Georgia at .a time when the Jaws were paralizod shall feel the power of that restored law when lib erly is roawaked. Ye vile miscreants of the Convention, who stohj the money of the Stato to pay your per diem, I give you notice that you shall pay it back. And there is a good legal principle here which I want you to remomher, and that is that where a number of men band themselves together for tho commission of n common purpose, each one is respon? sible for what all the others do or get. [Tremendous cheering.] And, therefore, ever)' man who took a portion of that stolen money is liable for every cent that negroes ami carpet-baggers received, and wc are going to make them pay it. Ye constitution-makers, ye men that sprung at one bound from the penitentiaries of the country to framo constitutions for honest people, ye men who oscillate from grand-jury rooms with charges of perjury upon you up to legislative halls and other high places in tho land, I servo you with notice to-day that the money shall be repaid wild interest. And yoa who are depriving tho peoplo of libortj-, threaten? ing ar J conspiring against their lives? (hold me responsible for what I say)?I tell you that tho day is coming when tho Judges shall bo in the prisoners' box and the .persecutors shall bo ciamoring for merry. ' Thou shalt not take tho life Or liberty or property of a citizen except according to tho laws of the land and by the judgment of his poors," is tho first and great commandment in liberty's dec? alogue, and npon it all the other com? mandments hang. It was given as a con? cession from power to tho people moro than six hundred years ago at the politi? cal H?reb of Anglo-Saxon history, and no man from that day has violated or disre? garded it who was not a tyrant or a traitor, or both. [Great cheers.] No man in English history ever trampled npon these sacred rights without being called to account. Wicked men have tho power now; they have bayonets to protect them, and they feol they can insult and oppross with impunity forever. So did Judas feel safe when he helped eat the Lord's supper with the Lord.? Cataline held power in'Home. Arnold onco held a commission in the American army. And you?you vile creatures, whoso infamy no epithet can describe and no precedent parallel?3-011 will find }-our names moro odious than those of Cata line and Arnold combined. [Immenso applause and long laughter.] Peturn then, tho day of graco is almost passed. Keform now arid wo will forgive }'ou. I do hot want a single man excopt a carpet? bagger to vote for this Chicago platform. And 3rou who call yourselves Demo? crats, and who yet aro tying round hero seeking and bargaining to get office from I a Legislature which overy line of Demo? cratic principles declares to bo an illegal and illegitimate body, shame, shame upon you. If this usurping Governor and As? sembly had sufficient regard for the coun? try's welfaro to tender positions to Demo? crats, even the acceptance of such posi? tions would present a question for serious consideration: While! will notcondemn those who differ with mo, I must be per? mitted to say for myself that no earthly consideration or power could induce or force me to so far recognize them a?j to accept an office at their hands. For my? self, I hold them to be nothing but wicked, willful and corrupt usurpers of power, by authority of none but strangers and delu? ded negroes, and wanton conspirators to subvert tho legitimate government of our -? , State, and as such I shall hold myself in readiness to visit upon them, by proper legal process, tho penalties due to their crimes. I do not, of course, include in these remarks the Democratic members. These are there to prevent the mischiefs I announce. Their positions are necessa? rily unploasant. But they are making sacrifices by tho votes of our people, and are patriots, doing all the good they can, or rather preventing all the evil they can, and merit our regard. jBut those who voluntarily come forward to beg office of such a body; abovo all, thoso who, either in the Legislature or out of it, make bar? gains with Radical usurpers to got office for themselves or their friends?to all such I repeat, shame, shame upon you! One thing more will bo necessary to a proper expression of the abhorence of our people for the infamous attempt to de? stroy the Union by destroying the equali? ty of the States, and for the measures, authors and advocate? of this whole scheme to degrade the States and peoplo of the South. "When liberty shall roturn, when the law shall be again respected, and good men shall again be our rulers, we must gather all the journals, and con? stitutions, and enactments, and records of every character of the conventions and assemblies, thus forced upon us by force, and fraud, and usurpation, and, catching fire from lleaven, burn them up forever. And right here, my countrymen, I want you to understand that I am a candi? date but for one office on earth. [Sovoral voices "name it and you shall have it."] When the glorious day shall come and the free women, and the free men and the laughing children and the proud youth of Georgia, shall gather together to fire tho miserable, hideous record of infamy, let the office be mine to kindlo the flames. [Tremendous cheers lasting several min? utes.] That is all I want. I would have my children know, I would have my chil? dren's childron toknow, if my humble life shall bo remembered so long, that from first to last, through thick and through thin, I iought this attempt to disgrace our people and that nt the soquol I kindled the fire that consumed the infamous re? cord of its existence. That will bo a proud day, my countrymoji, that will be a glorious da}' when }'ou and I can look each other in the face and ieol as no Gre? cian ever felt?as no Roman ever felt, that wo have passed through the most trying ordeal in tho annals of humanity, and, as people, havo come out gold?pure gold. Tako courage, my countrymen, thai happy day shall come. The Union of oqnal States as made by our fathers shall bo ours again. The disunion of unequal States which Radical treason seeks to make shall not bo. "With the records of the vile attempt, wo will build the bonfire of the Constitution's triumph. liy its light we shall read joy in each others face. Around the burning pile we shall gather our wives and little ones und strike up anew tho song of our de? liverance, and as the ascending smoke *hall rise high in the skies, it will wake the notes of our heroes in bliss, and lleav? en and earth shall ring with the univer? sal symphony : "Well done! "Well done! noble peoplo ! Through sorrows tho most bitter, through trials tho most severe, through misfortunes multiplied and pro? longed, 3*ou havo passed with yoiir honor unsullied growing brighter and brighter. Enter again into the joys of freedom hero and finally into the realms of the good hereafter." The American Citizen's Bill.?The follow ing is the bill concerning the rights of American citizens in foreign States, as amended and passed by the Senate : ""Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happi? ness; and whereas in its recognition of this principle this Government has freely re? ceived emigrants liom all nations, and ves? ted them with the rights of citizenship; and whereas it is claimed that such Anier can citizens, with their descendants, are subjects of foreign States, owing allegiance to the Governments thereof; and whereas it is necessary to the maintenance of public peace that the claim of foreign allegiance shall be promptly and finally disavowed ; therefore, Be it enacted, rf:c., That any declaration, instruction, opiniou or decision, of any officer of this Government which denies, restricts, impairs or questions the right of expatriation, is hereby declared inconsis? tent with the fundamental principle of this Government. "Section 2. That all naturalized citizens of the United States, while in foreign States, shall be entitled to and shall re? ceive from this Government the same pro? tection of person and property that is ac? corded to native-born citizens in like situations and circumstances. "Section 3. That whenever it shall be made known to the President that any citizen of the United States has been un? justly deprived of liberty, by or under tho authority of a foreign Government, it shall be the duty of the President forthwith to demand of that Government the reasons for such imprisonment; and if it appears to be unlawful and in violation of the rights of American ctizcnshij>,the President shall forthwith demand the release of such per? son; and if the release so demanded is unreasonably delayed or refused, it shall be tho duty of the President to use such means, not amounting to acts of war, as he may think necessary and proper to obtain and effect such release, all the facts and proceedings relative thereto shall, ns soon as possible be com. municated by the President to Congress.'' ? "I say, Bill: Jim's got scragged for stealing a" horse." "Sarvcd him right, why didn't he buy one and not pay for it like any other gentleman V" From the.Columbia Phoenix. Correspondence. Headq'rs Assistant Com., ) BUREAU P., F. and A. L,. j Distrjct of South Carolina, 1 Columbia, S. C, July 21, 1868; j Hobt. W. Shayid, Esq., Magistrate: Sir:?lam informed that certain citi? zens of your County are ejecting laborers from thoir plantations, with tho loss of wages aud their crops. The principal cause appears to be tho refusal of those colored men to join the Democratic Clubs. Let me assure you, that all such acts of outrage will be care? fully investigated, and both yourself and the landlords will be held strictly account? able for ail damages that may bo sustain? ed by colored men thus wronged. I will send an officer to investigate these cases, in a few days. Tory re? spectfully, vour obedient servant, (Signed)" R. K. SCOTT, Assistant Commissioner. Union C. H., S. CL, July 22 Gen. Ii. K. Scott, Assistant Commissioner, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Your extraordinary com? munication, of July 21st, was handed to me this afternoon, by an unknown negro. In it you say that you have boon in? formed, ,:that certain citizens of your (my) County, are ejecting laborers from their plantations, with loss of wages and their crops.' To this I have no roply to make, except that I havo not hoard of any such cases, and am persuaded that you have boon misinformed. You then go on to say, "The principal causo appears to be the refusal of these colored men to join Democratic Clubs." This language implies an opinion derived from an investigation. You do not say that such has been your information; nor that such has been tho charge preferred, but that it appears to be so. Still lower down, your language implicates myself and the landlords of Union, in this "out? rage," as you politely term it. There? fore, for myself and said landlords, I in? dignantly repol tho accusation. After having expressed }-our decidod conviction by the word appears, you con? clude your letter as follows: ''I will sond an officer to investigate these cases in a few days." Putting the two sentences together, the language sooms to admit of but one interpretation ; and that is?that you havo formed an opinion, without having had an investigation; and your opinion thus formed, does groat injustice to the citizens of this District, and reflects with great severity upou my official con? duct. As a civil officer, my contact and inter? course with whites and blacks arc of fre? quent occurrence; and, while the people of respect ability and property, following the example of the radicals now in power, are fust rosolving to pre for political friends to political enemies. J have yet to hear of any attempt to violate existing contracts, because of political action. ZS'cgmos. gen? erally do not join Democratic Clubs; and little efforts is mado by the whiles to in? duce them to do eo. Tho fow who havo joined, have beon so much abused and threatened by others of their own race, well armed with United Statos mnskotB and other weapons, Hint tho temptation to remain away is very great. All this will b? established to the satisfaction of tho officor, whom you purpose to send hither to investigate theso matters. And now for a simplo statement. An aged gentleman, of groat respectabilitj*. applied to mo, under legal advice, for pro? ceeding against two of his laborers, to compol thorn to leave his plantation. IIo charged that they had repeated!}* broken their contract, and that he could stand it no longer. Tho particulars of t he broach, he stated to bo, a froquont abandonment of their work, against his express orders, to attend drills and leaguo moetings, onco or twice every wook, during work hours. He asked my opinion about the matter, and I refused to give it in advanco of tho trial. IIo applied to mo for tho ncccssniy notico, prescribed iu the "Act to amend tho law in rolation to tonacies," [13S'lnt.. 410,] "whose duty" it becamo to issuo it. This act has been extended in its terms by General Canby, and thus specially ap? proved of by him. Tho notice was issued and Bervod personally, July 15.1808. The negroes sent word back, "That they would go to Columbia, to sec about it." They went, or sent, I presumo. and havo re? ceived countenance and support from tho Govornor of the State, upon thoir ex parte statements. Now, I conjecture that this caso is the solo foundation of tho chnrgo you prefer against the landlords of Union District. I am satisfied that you could have heard of no other instance. An ejectment, for the cause staled in your letter, could not havo taken plnco in this District, without Bomothinir being said about it, without its reaching my cars. Did not these freedmen, through their attorney?for, if I have been correctly in? formed, they remained at home and sent one ol their race from an adjoining plan? tation?show tho copy of the notice .served upon them ? If they did, you must have seen that they wcro to show cause before me, in ten daj-s from the personal service thereof, why a warrant of ejectment should not be issued against them : if you did not then sco it, you must, or should havo known, that such was tho require? ments of the Act. Thu information re? ceived by you, must have convinced you that the trial had not yet taken place. In fact, threats are always intended as pre? ventives; and, therefore, your threats show that you were aware that the trial was in Jut wo. It was under those circumstances that your letter was written, in which you say, that "all such acts of outrage will bo care? fully investigated, and both yourself (I) and tho landlords will be held strictly ac? countable for all damages that may bo austaioed by colored men thus wronged." If this was not intended to force my judg? ment and intimidate my conscience, it is most unfortunately expressed?it will so appear to the public when published. If it was not so intended, the positive assur? ance from me, that nothing contained in your last letter will, in the slightest de? gree, influenco my decision, may relieve your mind. You know full well that a refusal to join Democratic Clubs is no le? gal offence, and no breach of contract. You might have done me tho justice to suppose that I knew as much. You could havo easily satisfied yourself to this effect, if the supposition was too violent. At any rate, you arc well aware that it is an established legal principlo, that an ofiiccr is presumed to have faithfully discharged his duty, until the contrary appears.? Without a single instance of dereliction of dnty proved against mo, you might have presumed, further, that I would, at tho approaching trial, discharge my duty, and render a judgment according to the law and the evidence. If I become satisfied, upon the hearing, that these laborers ought not to be dis? possessed, they will remain where they are. If my mind arrives at a different conclusion, tho war rant of ejectment will be issued. If resisted by the armed bauds of negroes who infest that portion of the District, I will make out a full statement of the caso and submit it to }'Ou, in a ca? pacity other than that which you write, for such action as you may doem demand? ed by your oath of office. But no intimi datiou can influenco my judgment. I havo my duties to perform, and, in my humble sphere, they will be perlormed conscientiously, and to the best of my ability. If you decide, four days before the trial, at a distance of ssvonty-five miles, upon tho^testimony of one negro, (who has never spoken a word to me on the subject,) that my contemplated judg ! ment?as to which 1 am myself profound? ly ignorant?is an act of outrage; if 1 havo your assurance that I am to -be hold strictly accountable for all damages that may "be sustained by colored men thus wronged"'?i. e., by my verdict?I can only say, that, while such language from one in your position augurs ill for the cause of justice during your admiuistra-. tion, I must submit?having tho power, you nniot exercise it. A military trial, wo thought, was a thing of tho pasi in South Carolina, for wo had so intorproted j a recent order of Gen. Can by. If my ac? countability is to be established before a civil tribunal, permit mo to ask, how it is you can predict their action with such unerring certainty ? You writo as Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau ; you also claim to be Governor of this State. It will be no satisfaction to the people of South Carolina to know that you extend over them two protecting arms, either which yon can drop at pleasure, according to the exigencies and circumstances of the case. 1 havo written as rospeetfully as it was possibe to writo, in rcptying to your let? ter. If I hnvo misinterpreted your mean? ing, I am sorry for it. Frequent perusals havo established me in the opinion that the words you use will bear but ono con? struction, to wit: nv roflectin upon the discharge of my official duties, and an ef? fort to influence me in the future by mili? tary intimidation. And I have replied at length, to satisfy you that your threat, if intended ns such, is wholly disregarded, and fails to influence mo in either direc? tion. I nm, very respectfully, your obediont eorvant, (Signed) B. W. SLTAND, Magistrate, Union District. Tnn Cost of Radical Rtn.e?Rarpirr of Commissioner Wei.ls.?The report of Commissioner Wells, procured at the in? stance of tho radical leaders with a view to whitewash the enormous expenditures of the usurping faction which has brought the country to the verge of ruin, has been made public. It shows that tho expense of maintaining the army and navy, since the close of tho war, has exceeded ?300, 000,000 a year?this in a time of peace. It shows that, during the last fiscal year, the impoverished country has been drained of?471,700,000, and that this enormous sum has been expended within the year, with tho exception of about thirty-four millions. The expenses of the last year of radical rule, therefore, have been $437, 000,000. And tins lor what ? To maintain in power a partisan minority whose infa? mous course is unparalleled in the polit? ical history ofthe world. Will the laboring I men ofthe country, by their suffrages, con ? tinue in power a party whoso profligacy renders their ban1, earnings insufficient to procure food for tin lurches and their little ones, or will they support a party pledged to retrenchment and reform, by whose suc? cess alone can the nation regain the path of prosperity and peace. [Washington Evening Express. -.? -o ? It is understood that Orvillo Grant, wiio is known ns the respectable Grant, will not vote lor Iii.? brother, on the ground that ho is not lit to be voted for, holds no intercourse with hi.-: brother, and in fact entertains tho same opinion of his brother now that he did. in 1851?, when, according to the voi:-e of fame in Galena, ho sent to his brother to leave Iiis father in-law's farm in Missouri, and como to Galena, inasmuch as ho had to support him somewhere, and preferred to do it in Galena, where he could get somn work? out of him, rather than in Missouri, where ho couldn't. ? "flow do T look. Doctor?" asked a painted young lady of the family physi? cian. ?'! can't tell, madam, until yon un? cover your face," was tho crushing reply. Tho Intelligencer Jo)) Office; Having recently made considerable additions to tliis department, we are prepared fo execute m WDIBiK ?IF A IL IL SHIM' In the neatest style and on Hie most reasonable terms. Legal Blanks, Bill Heads, Posters, Card?, Handbills. Pamphlets, Labels, and in fact eTery 2tyio of work usually done in a country Printing Ollice. E@f fn nil cases, the money "will be required upon delivery of the work. Orders, acoompanied wiih the cash, will receive prompt attention. The Anderson Delegation. The following report was submitted1 by the Committee on Privileges and Elections to tho Douse of Representa tives on Tuesday last, in the matter of tho Anderson delegation. It was made the special order for Thursday : House or Representatives, ) Columbia, August 3, 1868. J The Committee on Privileges and Elec? tions, to whom was referred the protest of John P*. Cochran and N. J. 2sewell, for themselves and one James Webb, citizens of Anderson County, in the State of South Carolina, contesting tho ? seats of John B. Moore, B. Prank Sloan and John Wilson, sitting members from said County, beg leave to report that thoy have had the same and accompany? ing papers under consideration, together with a mass of written testimony sub? mitted by the contestants, and papers from military headquarters, Second Mili? tary District, communicated through his Excellency tho Governor. Tho protestants claim the seats of the sitting members, upon the ground, of fraud, bribery and intimidation of votersf by threats ot violence and discharge from employment, &c, under the influence of which numbers of qualified voters were kepi from the polls, during the election in said County for State officers and mem? bers ot this Goncral assembly, held on the 14th, loth and ICth days of April last, and who, it is alleged, would haver voted for them ; and under said influences, others voted against their desiro and in? tention ; and the illegal voting of persons deemed to have been disqualified from voting at said election, under Acts oi Congress. Your committeo, after careful investi? gation, which was somewhat protractedr .having afforded tho contesting parties tho - time asked for, in order to collect testi? mony in their behalf, and after maturely considering the evidence before themr being a large number of affidavits submit? ted "by both parties, your committee deeming it unnecessary to send for per? sons, and hearing counsel on both sides^ have unanimously decided: 1st. That the evidence before them does not prove that a sufficient number of ille? gal votes were cast at any particular box or boxes, during said election, for any one or more of the persons who are returned as Laving received the highest number or votes, viz : The conlestees, John B. Moore, B. Frank Sloan, and John Wilson. If it were so, and, after deducting said illegal votes from the majority candidates, the i contestants were left a greater number of legal votos than tho contestees, then they would be entitled to their seats as the le? gally elected Representatives from said j County. This view of your committee is sustained by decision in numerous casesf I decided in our own Legislature heretofore,, and we think in many States of the Union; indeed, in no other way, and for no other r asous could a party rightfully obtain the seats of t hose who were returned as having been elected 2d. Your committee havo also unani? mously decided that fraud, bribery and threats of all kinds were used, both by employers and other parties, and illegal conduct of managers, abundant proof of which is contained in the papers herewith returned to the House, to an extent which satisfies your committee that the full and free exercise of the suffrage by a large' portion of qualified electors, during the" i election hereinbefore mentioned, wore not I enjoyed. Your committee being satisfied of this, beyond the shadow of a doubt, and. believ? ing that if these things were not so; if the', electors in this Comity during said election,, in the exercise of a right secured to them' by tho supreme law of the land and of this> Stato, were untrnrumeled, the results would, perhaps, have been other than that reported ; therefore, your committee recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved, That the seats of the sitting members from Anderson County be, and are hereby, declared vacant. Resolved, That a writ of election issue for three Representatives for Anderson County. Respectfully submitted. A. J. R A K SIER, Chairman, -~G No Danger.?A hard-shell preachor, a worthy man, lately wound up a flaming sermon with a magnificent effusion, by which his hearers were led to understand that they were in no danger: ? "3fy brethren and sis tern, if a man's full of religion you can't hurt him. There were three African children; they put them in a fiery furnace, hotted seven times hotter than it could bo hot. and it didn't swinge a hair on their heads. And thai* was John tho Evangeler; they put him whar do you think they put him ? Why, into a caldron of biling ilo, and biled him all night, and didn't lar.o his shell I And then thar was Daniel; they put him into a lion's den?and what, my fellow travel- - orsand respected auditories, do you think ho was put into a lions don for? Why, for prnyin5 there three times a day. Don't . be alarmed, brethren and sistcrn; I don't think that any of you will ever get into a lion's den." -? --- Chapin talks thus beautifully about a day: '-It has risen upon us from the "rent deep of eternity, girted round with wonder; a new creation of life and light, spoken .by tho world of God. In itself one entire and perfect sphere of the sun Every past ireiu-ration is represented i'n it; it is tho flowering of all history, and in so much it is richer and bettor than all other days which have preceded it. ^*i)(4 it is for this we arc pressed and J-arround^ " hI with these faculties. The earn ofourbs^ ng is concentrated here, and to-day is ail he time we absolutely have/' .r.