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? I fw*J' j. _ ? _-.- ; - . XM&YT & CO., Proprietors. VOLUME Vn.?NO. 26. The, Views and Opinions of a Northern lie si* dent of this State. ?The annexed letter is copied from the New York Advance, a paper published at Ogdens brrrg, on the St. Laurence River, near the Can? ada Hue. Its beautiful utterance deserve a *^/drculation: Rock Hill, S. C, Nov. 11,1871. 7b the Editor of the A dvance: A year ago, I was placed in charge of the Western Union Telegraph office, located at this point, a little village on the Charlotte, Columbia ana Augus W I&ilroad, in the District of York. I am ttrgs in one of the Counties in which martial ipwprevails at this time. A Northern man by birth and education, I came to the South ex? pecting to encounter bitter prejudice^ to meet With coldness; I heard and put faitn in the jpisflicious and slanderour reports which a cer? tain class of Northern politicians are so induj tri?us in spreading. I was of course prepared jfhr insult, und rudeness; but far from this be? ing the case, I have met with universal kind? ness ana courtesy from .the citizens of this place. A year's residence in the South has suf ticed to excite in me sentiments of sincere re? gard ' and esteem for these brave and true hearted, but down-trodden, ruined and out? raged people. They are now the victims of such cruel tyranny, and are suffering so much from gross injustice and unrighteous oppression at the hands of the Federal Government, that 11 ?BDI retrain from doing what little may lie I in my power to call the attention of the coun-1 try^o the arbitrary proceedings now being car-1 ried on in the upper Districts of South Carolina, I anil to aid in the work of arousing the men of the Northern States to a sense of the galling, grinding despotism to which these unfortunate people are being subjected. The nine Court ties placed under martial law comprise one of I the surest portions of the State. It is the up .uwuti v of South Carolina, a fine cotton and grain land, quite thickly settled by a thrifty, industrious yeomanry, whose ancestors were mostly Scotch and Irish emigrants from the Sotojhern portions of Pennsylvania. There were I 3&W large slave-holders in this part of the State. The negroes now are in a minority in all of 4bam "rebellious" (?) Counties, except two or three. When martial law was declared, pro? found peace prevailed throughout these Cou n ties. It was in the middle of October when President Grant's proclamation declaring us to j be in a state of rebellion burst like a thunder bolt from a cloudless sky upon the people of this country. ^The farmers at the time were busy gathering I in their corn and cotton, the negroes were hard at work. No Ku Kluxing were going on; no I Union League outrages were being committed; jib disturbances of any sort were occurring.? j ,The. country was at peace and entirely free from all domestic violence. Party spirit was toning down, partisan animosity was being al- j Jayetl, ar d an era of general prosperity and good feel.ug between the blacks and whites was beginning to dawn upon these people. They were, sot in "a state of rebellion." There was J ;no resistance to State or Federal authority.? j There were no armed and organized bands of j ttteu opposing the execution of the laws, ob- 1 struciing the course of justice, or enacting do? mestic violence, as is alleged by the adminis? tration in Washington. The harsh measures "adopted by the Federal authorities for the sup-1 pression of the Ku Klux Kans of this State, are not only unnecessary and uncalled for by the "State authorities, but are cruel and inhuman ; .totally u nworthy of the American people. I j ? live here in the heart of the so-called rebellious district ? I see the practical working of these measures, and I tell yon the manner in which the haw is being enforced is arbitrary, tyranni-1 cil and .barbarous in the extreme. Not only has. the writ of habeas corpus been suspended, but one would suppose from the manner in J . which the military are arresting and imprison? ing citizens, that all law had been set aside.? ?The people are as completely at the mercy of the soldiers as if it were war times. Arrests are made upon bare suspicion. Any person, black or white, who has a grudge against a per- j . son, can go and testify to the military com man dan t that he believes such a person to be a J Ku Klux, and the person is immediately ar-1 . rested. It is done by soldiers, without warrant; j men are dragged from their beds and hurried off to jail, in the night time. They are im-J .? prisoned without a hearing, or any preliminary investigation whatever; innocent and guilty fare alike; nor are lhcy informed of the accu? sations against them. They arc allowed no op* I Portonity of establishing their innocence before incarceration. They are committed to jail I ?fJthout a hearing, and wholly ignorant of the cause of their arrest I know positively of nine men, all of good standing ana respectabil? ity?personal friends of mine, with the excep? j tion of one or two?were arrested on the night . of the 20th October, while they were pursuing - their usual business avocations here in the vil r rage. The next day they were carried, under guard, sixteen miles distant to the County jail; they were locked up in a dungeon, and they are tfo-day, '?awaiting a hearing." Exactly three - weeks they have lain in jail, close prisoners, , ?sarded by United States soldiers, and to-day, November 11, they are wholly ignorant of the cause of arrest. No accusation has been made against them; no investigation has been made . into their cases; no hearing has been allowed - them; their applications for bail persistently refused, though for these nine young men a bail bond of $200,000 were offered and refused. Is not this glaring injustice?a flagrant vio? lation of every principle of justice and liberty? Is it not cruel thus wantonly to confine these young men and keep them totally in the dark as to the offence with which they are charged ? Three of these men are married; their wives and children are left at home, dependent upon . friends for support, and there are hundreds of other families in the country Jeft in the same plight The cruelty of this arbitrary proceed ? mg against the Ku Klux is that innocent suf? fer with the guilty. It is true, that lawlessness | and domestic violence have existed in this country; but the corrupt Radical party of this carpet-bag ridden State are to blame for it.? t. They have robbed the State and outraged the ""people. They have placed the Government in the hands of the ignorant and half-civilized darkies and passed, obnoxious laws. They "have ' done everything iu their power to oppress the whites of the State, who own nearly all the . land and pay almost all the taxes. They armed the negro militia, and at the same time refused j to arm the white men. They placed Winchester rifles in the hands of semi-barbarous negroes, and furnished them with ammunition, and that at a time when party feeling ran high. It needed.but a match to set the whole State in a blaze of intestine war between the two races. They have^aton "P the substance of the peo? ple by enormous taxation, and goaded them with vindictive, partisan, one-sided legislation. No wonder the whites were driven to despera? tion. But, more than this, self-protection de? manded some decision on the part of the whites. Remember that all the courts of the State were in the hands of the negro party. With parti? san judges and negro juries, it was next to im? possible to convict a negro of any crime which he had committed upon a white man. The ne? gro might steal and burn and murder, with al most absolute impunity. And they did burn, steal and murder with a savage fury in keep? ing with the instincts of their barbarous race. In the short space of two months, in this Coun? ty, thirteen barns, gin-houses and dwellings were burned down by black incendiaries; m one night, as many as four barns were seen burning within sight of the village of York ville, the County seat. No white man felt safe in his house at night; he knew not at what moment the torch would be applied to his dwelling. I, myself, a North? ern man, and, at that time, a four months' resi? dent of the South, aided the white men of this little village in guarding the place at night against negro incendiarism. And for all this burning, none was punished by the courts; what was the consequence ? Barn-burners were hung by men in disguise, and their aiders and abettors were whipped or driven from the country. This retributive justice is what is known as Ku Kluxing. It was lawlessness or no law at all. The white people were driven to desperation. They were compelled to resist violence with violence, and to use the halter and scourge against the men who wielded the Winchester rile and the torch. The mysteri? ous riders of the "Invisible Empire" did their work with a vengeance; there is no doubt of that; but tbey stopped the barn-burning, and forced Gov. Scott to disarm bis militia in some Counties. 'After this the country became quiet, and the whites and blacks were beginning tu for? get their past animosities and work along to? gether in peace and amity, when Grant's proc? lamation tell among them like a bomb-shell.? From the confession of some of the prisoners, it is nothing more or less than local bands of vigilance committees; that they ouly executed retributive justice. They were not hostile to the United btates Government, and never, in a single instance, resisted lawful authority. The organization, its objects, the number and ex? tent of tho acts of violence done by it, have been greatly exaggerated by the press, North and South. In conclusion, I assert that this measure has been set on foot for political purposes ; that the country was in profound peace when the Presi? dent of the United States proclaimed it to b 3 in rebellion. The civil arm was strong enough to have enforced the Ku Klux Act. This war upon the Ku Klux is a war for negro suprema? cy under pretext of destroying a secret organi? zation alleged to be in opposition to the Federal Government It is done to secure the triumph of the negro party in the South at the next Presidential election; that is the long and short of it Will the peorde of the North en? dorse this action of the Administration? Very respectfully, WM. DILLINGHAM. Practical Ideas.?To be a good house? keeper requires education and practice; but if a woman's heart is in the work she will soon learn, if necessity places the duty before her. When the comfort and prosperity of a loved husband renders it necessary to economize and j live to the best advantage with small means, a 1 devoted wife will turn her thought and care to the duties of her home. The help of a good, careful, prudent house? keeper, enables a man to advance his business prospects more than anything else a woman can do. The superficial accomplishments of a board? ing-school Miss are nothing compared to a practical education in all that pertains to ma? king home attractive, and sensible men all know it It is very imposing to witness the majestic sweep of yards upon yards of expensive silk flounce' and laces into a parlor, but, young man. it requires a large income to support so much s;yle. It is delightful to talk with a young lady who knows f rencb, and all latest novels, and to have a divine creature dispense her best skirmishes of flirting with her eyes, smiles and fan, but, young man, there oft is but little heart or sincerity in such practiced charms. A girl who has only a common school educa? tion and the accomplishments taught her by a loving mother, of cooking and all other do? mestic duties, will be more likely to make you a good wife. She may not have the most polished address. She may not be able to entangle you with bat? talions of arts and wiles with which a petted fashionable belle surrounds and captures beaux, but she will prize the Jove of an honest heart more; and in truth and sincerity devote her life to requiting the love and kindness given her. If your income be only a few hundred a year, a fashionable devotee of style and heart smashing will in a few years fret herself into a miserable, discontented wretch, and be a dead weight upon you ; while a fresh-hearted, do? mestic girl will develop into a blooming, ma? tronly woman of sense and responsibility. How to Give Children an Appetite.? Give children an abundance of out-door ex? ercise, fun, and frolic; make them regular in their habits, and feed them only upon plain, nourishing food, and f;hey will seldom, if ever, complain of a lack of appetite. But keep them overtasked in school, confined closely to the house the rest of the time, frowning down ev? ery attempt to play; feed them upon rich or high seasoned food, candies, nuts, etc.. allow them to eat between meals, and late in the eve? ning, and you need not expect them to have good appetites. On the contrary, you may ex? pect they will be pale, weak anu sickly. Don't cram them with food when they don't wan't it or have no appetite for it?such a course is slow murder. If they have no appe? tites, encourage, and if need be, command them to take exercise in the open air. Don't allow them to study too much, and especially keep them from reading the exciting literature which so much abounds in our book-stores and circu? lating libraries. In addition to securing exer? cise for the children as above, change their di? et somewhat; especially if they have been eat? ing fine flour, change to coarse or Graham flour. Sickness is the most expensive thing on the face of the globe. There may be instances where it makes people or children better, but generally it makes them selfish, sad,misanthro? pic, mean, and miserable. The best way to make children happy and good is to keep them well.?Boston Journal 0/ Chemistry. ? The Lynchburg News says that "one of the most cheering features of the great Conser? vative victory in Virginia is the increased col? ored Conservative vote," and that this must be to the Kadical carpet-baggers "one of the most galling circumstances of their defeat," as "it indicates clearly enough that the colored men are beginning to find them out. As time wears on and the freedmen become better educated and more intelligent, they will be apt to assert their political independence, and, like all other men, to vote on public questions without regard to race. As the carpet-bag influence gradually wanes they will begin to realize more and more that the native white people of Virginia arc their best friends, and that the two races are mutually dependent on each other." Sleep Enough. Doctors of medicine are cither growing com {ilacent or sensible. A great many of them iave concluded that it is better to become allies of Nature than to fight her and repel all her kindly aid. Perhaps the physicians were al? ways wise (they looked wise), and only yielded to popular prejudice in their Sangrado practice and their rigorous counsel. We have all been taught there is merit in wasting as few hours as possible in sleep, and that early rising is one of the cardinal virtues?admitting ror the Protestant moment that cardinals have virtues. We have all been educated to believe that the time given to the bed is lost, and that we gain all the hours we steal from it. Children have been taught that prompt rising in the morning is a beautiful thing. I am not sorry, therefore, that one of the medical faculty, Dr. Hall, has had the good sense to tell the world that children uutil the age of eighteen, and old and feeble people, (and he might as well have said everybody,) need ten hours' sleep, and that bouncing sud? denly out of bed in the morning is as hurtful as it is disagreeable; that fifteen or twenty minutes spent in gradually waking up, stretch? ing the limbs, and letting the blood slowly re? sume its wonted circulation is time well spent. For the sudden sending of the blood to the heart is a severe shock, and the person who gets up in this hasty and reckless manner is certain to be drowsy by mid day, unless he or she is an editor or belle, and does not get up till after? noon. I concur in this; in fact I always knew that it was true; and think, further, that pull? ing anybody out of bed ought to be a State's prison otlen.se, and doubt not that conviction for it could be had before any of our ordinary sleepy juries, if they were wake enough to hear the evidence. Many people 6eem to think it is unbecoming to sleep anywhere except in church and at evening lectures. They speak of it as a merit that they do with so few hours' sleep at home. This is one reason why there are so many stu? pid people in society?admitting for the argu? ment that there are so many, they get up too soon or too suddenly, and so "are never /airly awake all through, what seems to be stupidity is really want ot sleep. A good many of the sermons, and now and then an editorial, are written up in this state of mind; and even fashionable people go gaping around, making y?ping calls upon acquaintances who ought tone in bed and who wish the callers were. The world is all astray about this matter of sleep, led away by nursery couplets about early to rise, and the examples of Napoleon. Peter the Great, and other military heroes, who are reported to have been satisfied with an hour or two of sleep snatched from the twenty-four, taken on a plank, while their half dozen scrib? bling secretaries are not allowed to sleep at all. We all know what became of Napoleon. Even Mr. Abbott cannot make it appear that he had much more than a respect for the Ruler of the Universe. These sleepless people have mode most of the mischief in the world. Catherine de Med i eis was, we believe, a light sleeper. George Washington, on the contrary, took his time, waked up the Father of his Country by degrees, got out of bed with deliberation, and dressed himself with thoughtful slowness.? What a ridiculous idea it would be to think of that great man as bouncing out of bed at the first bell, and dressing himself as if there was a fire next door. The instinct of children against early and especially sudden rising is well founded; and it is pleasant to have the learued faculty con? firm a long and growing conviction that it is not a sin to lie in bed till the second bell rings. It is the experience of the majority of people that the most delicious moments of the whole day are those when they ought to get up, and do not. Hereafter let them linger in this delightful borderland with a quiet conscience. Nature is about to be vindicated by the scientists. If the whole of life could be like that brief interval between half awaking and getting out into the cold world?that rare space of time when duty calls so faintly that there is a sweet delight in letting it call before conscience is aroused at all ?one might like to revise the hymn-book and live alway. We have been now for several thousand years going to the ant and getting away from the sluggard to that degree that we have developed a very nervous condition. To say nothing of being defrauded of our rights, and of the legitimate and healthy luxury of sleeping long and waking up slowly, as plants do, no doubt many of the nervous diseases that are attributed to stock gambling, tobacco, and unrequitted love, arc due to want of sufficient sleep, from childhood up. It is not an idle fancy that we moderns do not sleep enough. It is perhaps right to shoot soldiers, who are hired for that purpose, for sleeping at their posts. It disciplines them ; but it might be better to relieve guard oftener and send them to bed. Yet civilians generally ought to be lectured for sleeping too little. All the passages in school books about early rising should be stricken out, and there ehouUl be verses promising a moderate competence as the reward of sleeping enough and coming out of sleep by degrees. In old times perhaps it did not matter so much, when the world was less busy, and there was less strain upon the facul? ties during the waking hours. But every one can see now that the world is red hot with money-getting and vast enterprises and politics I and ritualism, and all sorts of rights, patent and some that are not so patent, and a feverish literature; and, in order to bear the wear and carry the load of it, a man needs to sleep more hours than he did when he only rose to eat and drink, and hunt the wild boar, and slay a few of his neighbors before an early dinner. But we do not sleep as much as the former genera? tions did, who had less to do. We are becom? ing more and more wakeful, so that we cannot sleep soundly in the season we give to rest. It is a nervous wakefulness, however, and not the full vigor of all the powers which should result from the proper rest of the system. No one can be at his best in any hour unless he has given as many hours to solid sleep as his system requires. The demands of business and the exactions of society keep most of us out of bed unmercifully, aua in time we get jadedly used to the unnatural life, and take credit to ourselves that we can do with the fewest hours of sleep. It is a great mistake. There have been great men who have been able to accom i)lish a great amount of work with little sleep; mt we may be sure that if we wftnt to be great men, or, what is more important in this day, great women, we shall reach the goal soonest by being good sleepers. That was an honora? ble epitaph ou the Dutchman's tombstone: "He vas a gute sleeper." It will not be said of many of this nervous, excited generation. It is well, however, to plead for the children. Let it be understood that it is no merit in a child to pop out of bed instantly upon the stroke of the bell, like a surprised and obfusca? ted jack-in-the-box. And give everybody time to wake up decently and in order. And let all j tho people say blessed is the medical man who ! preaches the gospel of morning "cat-haps." ! ? Why will next year be like the last? Be? cause last year was 1870, and next year will be > 1872 (too.) Animal Beport of the Sonth Carolina Monu? ment Association. The regular annual meeting of the South Carolina Monument Association was held in Columbia on Tuesday, November 28, 1871.? Tho officers of the preceding year were unani? mously re-elected, and Mrs. W. H. Gibbea was added to the Board of Directors. The Treasurer made the following report of money received during the past year: Orange burg, $21.60; Sumter, 12.25; Beaufort, 22; Chesterfield, 19.50; Chester, 18.26; ?Darling? ton, 66.65; Anderson, 3.10; Edgefield, 136.25; Eichland, 45; Barnwell, .7; Lexington, 17; Kershaw, 6.50; Pendlcton, 2; Greenville, 4; Abbeville, 12; Union, 20; Spartanburg, 23.75; Williamsburg, 57.10. *In the former report, Darlington was credit? ed with $11.75, which was contributed by Ches? terfield. It is now correct. The committee which was appointed to man? age a bazaar to aid in procuring funds for the monument, reported as follows: Contributions were received in money, fancy articles and provisions from the following Dis? tricts : Anderson, Abbeville, Kershaw, Pendle ton, Darlington, Union, Chesterfield, Eichland, Laurens, Edgefield, Lexington, Beaufort and Fairfield. Total amount realized by the ba? zaar and handed over to the Treasurer of Asso? ciation, $630. The committee desire to return their thanks to the State at large for the liberal patronage given to the bazaar, and especially to the community of Columbia, for their gen? erous and constant contributions; to the ladies of the city, for their earnest co-operation, and particularly to the young ladies who waited at the tables?feeling sure that to their unwearied efforts to please is due, in a very great measure, the success of the bazaar. The following resolution was offered and unanimously adopted : Resolved, That as the funds in the treasury of this Association were contributed for the erection of a monument to the Confederate dead, we are bound in good faith to use them for no-other purpose. In laying this resolution before the State, the directors of the Association would say. that they have noticed certain resolutions adopted at the late meeting of the Survivors' Associa? tion, in regard to the funds in the treasury of the South Carolina Monument Association; and while they, with all their hearts, bid God? speed to any efforts which may be made for the noble purpose of educating the orphans of the men who have died for their beloved country, still the small sum which has been collected has been contributed for the special purpose of raising a monument to the dead heroes and the glorious past of South Carolina, and they do not feel that they have the right to divert it into any other channel, however sacred. After two years of effort, they have succeeded in raising about one-third of the sum they deem necessary for their purpose, and they earnestly entreat all those who love South Car? olina, both for her past glories and her pres? ent calamities, to come promptly to their aid, so that they soon shall be able to rear a monu? ment to perpetuate the memory of all that should be held uiosc sacred and most dear. The members of the Association do not feel that they are raising this monument merely to the dead heroes of the cause, for each one of these has, for himself, "Won the -wreath of fame7 And '.note on memory's scroll a deathless namo;" but to the cause itself; and, as their brothers and friends showed their devotion to the right, by giving their lives in its defence, so they, the women of South Carolina, through persever? ance, toil and self denial, would attest their undying fidelity to the principles of the past, by raising, in our capital city, a monument of granite, cut from the bosom of our mother State, which shall be firm as her ancient virtue and lasting as her past renown. A Chapter about New York Swindlers. Many novel and ingenious methods of earn? ing a subsistence without labor have lately been brought to light. The most notorious of tbein is what has been called the "sawdust swindle," the exposure of which has developed some very interesting and curious facts. The originators of this scheme have for the past few years Hood? ed the country with circulars offering counter? feit bills at a very low price. After forwarding the purchase money as requested, all that the applicants receive are small, neat wooden boxes which contain small pieces of cast iron wrapped in shavings or imbedded in sawdust' When ' the dupes write and ask for an explanation, they receive a myaieriously-worded circular, headed "caution," informing them that the po? lice have obtained a clue and are on the track, and that the box containing the iron and saw? dust is merely a "blind," and the dupe is ear? nestly requested to keep "dark" for a time to save himself, and when the thing has blown over, the real counterfeits will be duly forward? ed. This is a trick; of course, and is only re? sorted to by the swindlers to keep their victims quiet while they ensnare others in the same fold. James Fisher and Charles Hincklcy, who carried on a very extensive trade at No. 89 Nassau street, cleared thousands of dollars from country dupes by this sawdust swindle. They traded under the name of Fisher & Co., King & Son, Owen Brothers, &c. They occu? pied five rooms on the top floor of the premises. They started in September, 1870, and, when ready, they advertised for good penmen to write addresses at $2 per thousand. They engaged ten young men, chiefly new arrivals from Eu? rope. These young men were locked up in one room, and supplied with envelopes and bundles of letters. Each man wrote, on an average, 800 addresses per day, and was kept at work for five months. During these five months 195,000 circulars were mailed all over the coun? try, offering to supply counterfeit money. In one room were nine young girls folding circu? lars, inclosing them, and stamping the envel? opes. These girls earned about $8 per week each. They were also locked in a room where no one but the principals ever entered. In a small room was secreted the packer. He en? closed the iron chips and sawdust, and sent the boxes oft' by express. He received $10 per week for his labor. Next came the shop-walker, who was kept constantly posted outside, in the passage, ready to pump any person who came to inquire for the, firm. Outside the sanctuary of the two principals was a small office, into which were ushered all the knaves who wanted to purchase this counterfeit money. A clerk would receive all the money he could obtain from his visitors, and, under the pretence that the demand was greater than the manufactory could supply, would state that he could not then give the counterfeits, but would scud them by express. He" would vary this excuse by saying that the police were watching every person who left the premises, and that it would not be safe for hiin to carry any of these notes away. Many ap? plicants was thus frightened, and never had the courage to venture near the place again, and lost their deposits. This clerk would some? times show a few new genuine bills drawn from a safe, and swear they were counterfeits, and such as would be sent to the purchasers. The daily receipts averaged $1,200, mostly by ex press. The total daily expenditure, including printing, stationery, and labor of the whole gang, did not exceed ?300, leaving a profit to divide between the two men?Fisher and Hinckley?of $900 daily, and this immense swindle had been carried on for five months, when Captain Petty made a raid upon the es? tablishment. Fisher and Hinckley, however, got clear, and started again in Cedar street.? After making many thousands of dollars they stopped the trade, and one of them, under an assumed name, is often seen among the bears in Wall street. Report of the Committee appointed to In? vestigate the Over-Issue of Bonds. In the House of Representatives, on Thurs? day last, the following report was presented by Mr. Bowen, from the committee appointed un? der a resolution authorizing an investigation into the alleged over-issue of bonds. It will be seen that the report sustained the allegation and fixes the over-issue at upwards of $6,000, 000, but it remains to be seen whether the Leg? islature has the nerve and integrity to adopt the suggestion of the committee, and institute proceedings against the guilty parties: To the House of Representatives : The committee appointed under.the resolution au? thorizing an investigation into the alleged over? issue of State bonds, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the fol? lowing report : The whole amount of the bonded debt of the State, as shown by the report of the Comptrol? ler General, on the 31st of October, 1868, was $5,407,306.27, exclusive of what is known as the war debt. To this amount add the bonds issued to redeem the bills of the Bank of the State, $1,258,550, making the old debt $6,665, 856.27. To this amount there was, during the years 1869 and 1870, added $500,000 in bonds to redeem bills receivable, and $500,000 in bonds which had been issued to pay interest on public debt, and had been sold by the Finan? cial Agent, making the bonded debt of the State, on the 31st of October, 1870, $7,665,856, 27. There was also, at the same time, in i;he hands of the Financial Agent, $1,000,000 of bonds for the relief of the Treasury. $500,000 to pay interest on public debt ana $700,000 Land Commission bonds, making a grand total of $9,665,856.27, and showing that only $3,200, 000 new bonds have been issued up to 31st Oc? tober, 1870, to wit: Bonds to redeem bills re? ceivable $500,000; to pay interest on public debt $1,000,000; for relief of Treasury $1,000, 000; Land Commission bonds $700,000; total $3,200,000. According to the sworn statement of the State Treasurer, there are now signed and outstanding $9,514,000 of new State bonds. Deduct from this amount the $3,200,000 that were out on the 31st of October, 1870, and we find that $6,314,000 have been signed and put upon the market, which, in the opinion of your committee, is an over-issue. This conclusion is arrived at after a careful investigation and close scrutiny of the Acts under which it is claimed the authority was derived for the issuing of said bonds. Fi rot. Under cm Act to authorise tho loan to redeem the obli^ n known as the bills re? ceivable of the State of South Carolina, ap? proved August 26, 1868, the Governor of the State was authorized to borrow, within twelve months from the passage of the Act, a sum not exceeding $500,000, or as much thereof as he might deem necessary to redeem said bills. Second. Under an Act to authorize the State loan to pay interest on the public debt, ap? proved August 26, 1S68, the Governor was au? thorized to borrow, within twelve months from the passage of the Act, a sum not exceeding $1,000,000, or as much thereof as he might deem necessary, to pay the interest on the pub? lic debt. These two Acts were amended by an Act, approved March 26,1869, extending the time therein limited, during which said bonds might be negotiated, "to twenty-four months from the passage of the said Act," to*wit: Au? gust 26, 1868. Third. Under an Act to authorize a loan for the relief of the Treasury, approved February 17, 1869, authority was given to borrow, within twelve months, $1,000,000, or as much thereof as might be deemed necessary for the relief of the Treasury of the State. The Act authorizing a loan for the relief of the Treasury expired on the 17th of February, 1870, aud the Act to authorize a loan to redeem the bills receivable, and to pay the interest on the public debt, expired on the 26th day of August of the same year; and on the 81st Oc? tober, 1870, the State Treasurer reports to the Comptroller-General that only $3,200,000 new bonds were outstanding; leading your commit? tee to tho couclusiou that the amount deemed necessary, according to the language of the above Acts, had been obtained by the issuing of that amount in bonds; and if said amounts had not been negotiated up to that time, then no authority existed under the sun for the further issue of State bonds. This position, your corn Act amending the two Acts approved August 26, 1868; for iu those Acts the time originally allowed in which to negotiate the amount re? quired was twelve months. A sufficient amount not having been obtained, it was deemed neces? sary to apply to the General Assembly for an Act extending the time twelve months longer. Your committee thinks that the Act approv? ed March 23, 1869, providing for the conver? sion of State securities was not intended to be used for the purpose of increasing the State debt, but solely for the object named in the Act ?the conversion of some outstanding security which, when converted, should be retained in the Treasury as a voucher for the conversion bonds issued. But if this Act could possibly be construed into the issuing of bonds to nego? tiate loans authorized uudcr the Acts above referred to, the expiration of the limitations contained therein would certainly preclude such a construction. The above arc all the Acts authorizing the is? suing of bonds for any purpose, save those for redeeming the bills of the Bank of the State and croating the sterling loan. The bonds is? sued under the first ot the last named Acts have been charged to the old debt; aud the others are said to be in the hands of American Lank Note Company, in the city of New York. The law requires the State Treasurer to report to the Comptroller General, at the end of every month, the financial condition of the State; and it was in pursuance of this law. your com? mittee presumed that he made the report of the 31st October, 1870, fixing the amount of new bonds then out at $3,200,000. The testi? mony of the Comptroller General taken by the committee shows that although the Treasurer has made a report to him at the end of every month since the above date, up to September, 1S71 ; yet he has failed in all these reports to give account of a further issue of bonds, and there is no information in the Comptroller Gen? eral's office, according to his sworn testimony, that the State debt ha" been increased. If oth? er evidence is required of this over-issue, it is ; contained in the testimony of his Excellency I the Governor, who states that ho has signed ! and delivered to the State Treasurer, bonds for ' the conversion of the $700,000 issued by the I Land Commission ; also, the $1,000,000 for the relief of the Treasury; and a large portion of mittce thinks, is proven by the of the 1 these to pay the interest on the public debt Yet all, or nearly all, of said bonds are out as a portion of the indebtedness of the State. Your committee, having reported the facta and the lair under which the bonds have been issued, and feeling satisfied that the State has been 'dcfratided by an over-issue of ?6,314,000, would therefore respectfully recommend that this House take the necessary steps to hold ac countable those persons who have violated the law and ruined tWcredit of the State. All of which is respectfully submitted, C. C. BOWEN, BENJ. BYAS, F. H. FROST, P. J. O'CONNEL, W. H. JONES, Jr. "BUI Arp" not Dead but Sleepeth. The following correspondence was recently published in the Home (Ga.) Commercial, and discloses the fact that "Bill Arp" will once again treat the public to a bit of that inimita? ble humor for which he is so celebrated: Ma j. c. H. Smith?Dear Sir: If tradition tells the truth, there was during and shortly af? ter the war, living somewhere above Home, a quaint and curious genius who bore the name of Bill Arp. He was a fellow of infinite jest and humor; of manv a pleasing quirk and fan? cy, and during the glorious hours of the strug" gle, brought a smile to many a face, and smooth? ed out the sorrow from many a forehead, with his bold and brilliant humorous letters on the weak points of our foe; and when the war was ended, quietiy sank into a good humored ac? ceptance of the situation, with the consoling reflection' that "he had killed as many of the Yankees as they had for him." He has scarce? ly stirred from his repose since, and the peo? ple would like to hear from him again. We appeal to you "as one of the oldest in? habitants'' to try and find this jolly fellow for us, and when he is found to persuade him to Eromise the readers of the Commercial one of is characteristic letters every week or so du? ring the coming year. Yours, very truly, GkADY & Sil A>~KLI>*. Messrs. Grady & Shaxklix? Gentlemen : I well know the Arp you speak of. For some time past he has "soured" on the situation, but at our last interview he seemed more hopeful. I think he can be persuaded to wake up from his Rip Van Winkle sleep, and give you an oc? casional letter. He declared that he was now on Grant's line, "in the midst of peace let tur have war." He said the Yankees had be-devil ed us until forbearance was a sin, and we would have to whip'em again; that he knew a heap of fellers who didn't fite before who was red hot now; that he wasn't naterally hankerin' for another muss but it stood to reason that them sort ort to have a showin'; that we ought to git up a skirmish anyhow just to let 'em blow off. Says Bill, "I heard a man talk in Rome the other'day who, I am satisfied could whip a few and put several to flight. In the language of Mr. Snakspear, methinks "I see them filing norr." Mr. Arp declared that he was of the opinion that every Southern man who jined th? Rads done it for the good of his country?sorter like the Democrats done when they iined the No nothings. They went in to swell the concern, and they swelled it ontill it busted. The only trouble was, he said, most of 'em had a very sack em scribed idea of "country." Jake Ste? vens jined the Radicals, and he thinks our country is his still house, and not a darn cent of revenue docs he pay. By the way he told me to ask you if you knew what dog fennel juice was good for. He had boiled down a lot and was expenunintin' on a stray dog. Yours truly, Charles H. Smith. The Sick Room.?A sick room is no place for curiosity. If no good word can be said, or kind service can be rendered in a sick and dy? ing room, it is the last place to which one should go as a mere spectator. Every new face, the tread of every uncalled for footstep, the de? mands upon the air for breath, but the breathing of such as must be in attendance, is an injury in sickness, and especially when debility is great. Nine out of ten often feel as if it was an act of rude neglect, if they are not invited in a sick room, and a direct insult if they are told they must not go. Some persons go into a sick room, and s?t hour after hour with eyes fixed upon the sick person, occasionally whispering to some equally discreet one that may chance to be nigh. This is absolutely intolerable. Oth? ers will hang about the door and peep at the sufferer, as they would steal a look at some show. This, too, is intolerable. Another practice when the patient is ve*y sick, is that of feeling the pulse, looking at the finger nails, examining the feet, with sundry other acts, all of which are accompanied with a very wise look, a sigh aud a whisper. All this, too, is intolerable. A sad mistake common in a dying chamber, is to suppose that the dying person has lost perception and sensibility, ^because unable to speak. So far from this being the case, it is believed that the perceptions arc {more keen and delicate than when in health. Always let it be remembered, in a dying room, that the departing friend may hear all, and see all, when the persons present "will little suspect it. How important that everything in a dying room should be made what it ought to be, for thesal vation and quiet of one who is being broken away from all dear on earth, and approaching all that is serious in eternity. The sacredness and stillness of the scene should be disturbed with great care and caution. One word more in regard to a sick room. A very great mistake is made in the length of prayers, and loud and excited speaking in prayer in the sick room. This is an error too common, and often the occasion of great suf? fering to the sick aud dying.?Reformed Church Messenger. - ? ? ? \ ? The New York Sun says: The Courier' Journal publishes an account of a society form? ed in some of the Southern States for the purpose of getting rid of such negro thieves ana despe? radoes as can he induced by money to quit the country, by shipping them to the Northern States; and thinks the device of paying ma? rauders to go elsewhere, instead of Ku Kluxing them, a good idea, although perhaps unjust to the Northern communities to which it is pro? posed to send them. There is no occasion for any compunctions of conscience on this score. There is no probability that the society will ev? er send as many thieves North as we have sent South; and, moreover, it is not asked that we shall make their transported rascals Governors and members of Congress, or give them tho control of our State fiuauces. ft will requirea lively export of thieves to the North to turn the balance of trade against us. ? There is no telling whc<i accidents will happen. An Iowa couple attempted to kiss while riding : the horse ran away, and they were tumbled out. This is a sign that lovers must stop riding, or kissing, or both.