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&u ?\dtym&tnt Jaaritjj ?mmtt'~$ntto&: i* f ditto, gitttatuw, ^grmtlt?** ??? <&*ami firtdJig*m HOYT &>~0Or, Proprietors. ANDERSON C. H., S. 0., ^THURSDAY MORtfING, DECEMBER 12, 1872. VOLUME VIILrr-Na^3. r GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. - Executive Department?, 1 Columbia, S. C, December 2,1872. J Fellow- Citizens of the Senate and House of RepresenlaiiveS! \ I congratulate you that you assemble for the discharge of public duty at tbe closing period of a year which baa been crowned with many blessings to our people. The tillers of our soil h ave been gladdened with abundant harvests; "the currents of domestic trade and foreign commerce are flowing throughout the State in a broader and deeper volume, and private en? terprise, once paralyzed by the disasters of war, is asserting itself among us with renewed vigor. ?verywhcre, within the limits of our State, law and order prevail, and the citizen exercises all his rights without jeopardy, while the courts of the State, through their appointed agencies, are now both willing and able to redress every grievance, either to person or property. It would not be proper in me, fellow-citizens, at this time, to commend to your attention any matter requiring legislative action. This falls within the province of my distinguished suc? cessor, who has recently been elevated to the chief magistracy by a vast majority of the votes of the free electors of the State. In terminating my official" relation' to the people of South Carolina, who have twice hon? ored'me with the highest office within'their gift, I deem it due to the party, whose unani? mous choice, on both occasions, placed me in 'nomination, and to the truth of history, that *I should revert to the causes that have tended to obstruct the successful administra? tion of the State during the past four years. I entered upon the duties of the office of Gov? ernor on the 9th day of July, 1868, bv virtue of the election held pursuant to the Constitu? tion of tbe State, adopted in accordance with the Reconstruction Acts of Congress. The advent of the new State Government, under a free constitution, founded upon the principle of universal equality of rights before the law, evoked the fiercest hostility from the former governing class. That hostility was to have been anticipated in the very nature of things. A brave people, who bad hazarded life and property for a sentiment on the field of battle, and had maintained their cause .through four years of war, with distinguished prowess, could not have been expected to give a cheerful compliance to the new order of .things, founded upon the upheaval of all that they had been accustomed to hold dear in their ancient institutions and traditions. Especially . aas this the case in South Carolina, where pol? itics have always been more a matter of feeling ilhan of principle. To them I therefore sym? bolized, in my character as Governor, an un? mitigated usurpation, originated by an Act of Congress, and ratified by the free votes of a class of citizens who, from time immemorial, hod been held on the soil of the State as chat? tel slaves. Recognizing this hostile spirit, and, -as an American, respecting the manly though mistaken sentiment from which it sprang, I earnestly endeavored to appease it by every concession that I deemed either safe or consist? ent with self-respect, or warranted by a proper fidelity to the party that had elevated me to office. In pursuance of this policy of concili? ation I used the following language in my first inaugural address: "While I believe that in my election the will of the majority of the people of South Carolina has found a fuller expression than ever before in her history, I am at the same time aware that an influential minority of her people view the acts that have resulted in tbe .Adoption of the Constitution under which we .are assembled, and my election to the office of 'Governor, as in violation of their constitution? al rights and that they more or less earnestly and honestly look forward to the time when these and all other acts done under the au? thority of the United States Government, since .the close of the war, shall be declared null and ?void. "It is never wise in any community for the majority to treat with indifference or unneces? sary rigor the opinions and wishes oif the mi? nority. In a cowmjinityJUike this, where socie? ty is being completely, revolutionized, and where, as the result of that* revolution, sore 'liess and bitterness of feeling necessariryesigts nmong all classes, but especially among t6e 'former ruling class, it jSOf ?ie ve^fiHrtllm .portance that we. who represent the. majority of the people, shall exercise great moderation and forbearance in all that we do, so that we may disappoint both the hopes and; fears of those who have prophesied concerning us a different result, "... "For my own part, while I shall, within the scope 6i my powers, firmly and consistently ' carry out the principles of freedom laid down in the Constitution, and zealously seek to ^maintain tbe rights of the poorest and- bum West citizen of the State, I hope to be able to <io this duty in such a manner that large num "bers of those who now stand aloof, fpreseeing only evU to the State, will, as time rolls on, realize that the extension of equal rights to those hitherto deprived of them, instead of in? juring the State, -produces contentment and peace?conditions precedent to -.the growth of an intelligent, strong and: prosperous people. Bad I not supposed that something codld be done in, this direction, I never would have ..cared to accept this trust at the hands'of the ?jeople." -1 The General Assembly responded to these sentiments in a spirit of singular magnanimi? ty, and elected the eight law Judges from tbfe party hostile to the administration. In like .manner, I re-appointed the majority of the old magistrates and many other public officers. The former political leaders, however, with a fsw honorable exceptions, were not appeased by those concessions. In their own judgment, they were the State, and if they remained out of power, the State was lost. That antagonism -awn developed itself in a formidable combina? tion, against the financial credit of the State. The condition of the State was favorable to its inception and execution. The State credit had "teen Mown away from the muzzles of its own guns. There was an outstanding bonded debt of $5,523,000, and but $45 in the State Treas? ury. Even the funds necessary to pay the ac? crued per diem und mileage of members of the General Assembly were raised by my private efforts. The several issues of bonds made pur? suant to Acts of the General Assembly, for the purposes of meeting the current expenses of the government, supply deficiencies, pay the interest on the bonded debt and to absorb a large floating debt which had been accumula? ting for years, were steadily assailed and cloud? ed with the threat of repudiation, by the com? bination referred to, aided by all the opposition .journals in.the State. _ I de3ire to observe here, that this class of combination was peculiar to South Carolina. "Nowhere else in any of'the reconstructed States did tbe tax-payers sanction a system de? signed to depreciate their own securities; ,for they were restrained by the ordinary instinct of self-preservation, which admonished them that it, would surely recoil upon their own heads. As there was a certain fixed sum of money to be raised by the sale of State bonds, it was ob? viously the interest of the tax-paver not to de? preciate the purchasing value of the bonds, and' I thereby force an increase of their volume upon ! the market Coincident with the prosecution J of this scheme of financial sapping and mining { by the opposition, the expenses of the State for | legislative and other purposes were enormously I increased by the General Assembly, against j my constant protest The legislative expenses and the cost of public printing, and the per diem and mileage of members during the past four years, aggregate not less than ?2,250.000, and Vet not one dollar of tax baa ever been | levied to meet them?the chief, if not sole re-1 lance to defray them being upon a sale or hy? pothecation of bonds. The taxes themselves were fixed at a most inadequately low figure, averaging per annum, from 1868 to 1871, inclu? sive, about seven mills on the dollar, on a basis of about $160,000,000, exclusive of property of I corporations exempt from taxation by charter. The property thus taxed was assessed, in most cases, at less than one third of its market value, j Yet the tax-pavers complained that they were ! oppressed by high taxes, while, at the same time, not more than three-fourths of the whole amount levied was actually collected, the de? linquent list amounting to about twenty-five per cent The low rate of taxation had provi? ded no margin for these delinquencies. The excess of expenditures over the revenues was under the extravagant system of outlays, authorized by the General Assembly, a con? stantly widening gulf, which we attempted to bridge with bonds. As the bonds fell in price it became necessary to add to those already hypothecated, or pledged, for moneys received, or permit them to be thrown upon the market ana sold for a merely nominal sum, to the cer? tain loss of the State and the lasting discredit of onr securities. The plan of increased hy? pothecations was adopted. As a member of the Financial Board, i feel bound to acknowl? edge, and I recognize the fact with profound regret, that this was a fatal error of financial policy. It was an error, however, committed in the interest of the public credit. It was akin to that made by a general who, having a company closely pressed by the enemy in su? perior numbers, and about to be cut off, rein? forces with regiment after regiment, in an un? availing effort to extricate it, until his entire army is crippled or destroyed. The true policy was to have sacrificed the bonds first pledged and supply deficiencies by taxation. This mode also would have enforced greater economy in expenditures, for the loud and well founded complaints of the people would have then checked the prevailing ex? travagance. Coincident with the organized movement against the State credit, armed bands apneared in nine Counties of the State, and, impelled by political hate and malice, grievously oppressed aud slew many of our citizens, thus creating a condition of virtual war for a period of nearly th ree years, which was only suppressed by the forces of the National Government on the call of the State authorities. As the natural result of these several causes^ the bonded debt of the Slate has been greatly swollen during the past two years. The total amount of outstanding bonded debt, and bonds in the hands of the Financial Agent, hypothecated, &c., according to the State Treasurer's report of October 31, 1871, and which were declared valid by the Act of the General Assembly of March 13, 1872, is $15,851,327.35. That amount, however, embra? ces $3,773,000 in bonds, which the Financial Agent has hypothecated to secure the payment of about $1,000,000. My own information as to the total amount of the bonded debt is based upon the report of the Financial Agent of Sep? tember 30, 1S7L, and upon the report of the State Treasurer of October 31,1871. I did not have, nor could I have had, any knowledge upon the subject except through the reports of those officers. I have already given ray views at length in reference to our bonded debt, in my last annual inessage, and need not repeat them upon this occasion. In reference to the charges very generally made by the political opponents of the admin? istration, to the effect that the people have been burdened with grievous taxation, and have been sorely oppressed by misgovernment iu the Spate and Counties, I affirm that the patent facts die prove, the allegations. . Burdensome taxes and grosa misrule are in? variably reflected "by the material condition of the communities unhappily subjected to them. They paralyze the industrial enterprises of the people, and check the investment of capital in Business pursuits, just as the energies and, func? tions.of the whole human body are obstructed or destroyed by a disease in any of Its vital parts., These charges may, therefore, be prop ly answered by the testimony of the opposition itself, as given incidentally in the columns of the Charleston News, the leading Democratic journal, and the most authoritative and saga? cious exponent of the commercial and plant? ing interests of the Slate. In its issue of July 20, 1872, that paper holds the following lan? guage, in its leading editorial, entitled "Out of the Depths." "The signs are not hard to understand.? They are written on broad fields and busy afreets, in the stfre-house of the planter, and the ware-rooms of the merchant When the war ended, the State was without capital, the railroad system was deranged, and partly de? stroyed} labor was entirely disorganized, agri? culture and commerce were alike at a stand? still. What is the position now? The rail? roads of the State are rebuilt and newly equipped, excepting where, in the up-country, they nave fallen into the hands of Radical rings. The banking capital, although still small, is largely increased, and is increasing. The labor of the State is, at least, efficient enough to-enable the planters to make remune? rative crops. The receipts of cotton, and the principal articles of merchandize .^hd produce grow larger every day, both absolutely and as compared with other ports. The city , of Col? umbia, which was a heap of ruins, is building up, and is instinct with commercial life. .The ;city of Charleston is rapidly rebuilding, and jii every particular is improving her position. Fast steamships, admirably equipped, connect Charleston with the principal cities of the North. Her trade in naval stores mounts high? er every year. The business of miniug and manufacturing commercial fertilizers gives era Jtloyraent to hundreds of working-men, and iirther swells the business of the port. Truck farming has reached an importance undreamed of before the war. Lumber mills, grain mills and other manufacturing enterprises add to the stability of the city. In the interior, the prin? cipal towns give cheering iiidicationsof'pro gress. They, too, are rebuilding, laying out I new Btreets, putting up mills and improving J their business connections. And this is only j an imperfect sketch of the solid work which has been done during the past five years." It is unnecessary for meat present to reiter? ate my^views IfTreferetrcerto theTieed of meas? ures of retrenchment and reform in the State Government, especially, as I have nothing to add to those views as given in my last annual j message. I desire, however, to say, in conclu I sion, fellow-citizens, that I shall always esteem j it a matter of high pride and profound grati?- ' cation that I have beeu prominently associated ' with the rise and progress of free government1 I in South Carolina during the .past seven years. I first entered the State with great reluctance I on my part, in the month of July, 1864, having j been made a prisoner of war while serving the Government of the United States at the head I of my brigade in battle. My capture was with? out dishonor to me, and the fair and honorable treatment that I received in the military prison 'at Charleston reflected honor upon my captors. My subsequent assignment to the command of a most important bureau of the Government in this State, and the manner in which lad ministered its delicate and arduous duties, as well as my election to' the office of Governor for two successive terms by the unanimous vote of the Republican party, are matters of current history. 1 frankly admit, as I now clearly per? ceive, that I have committed many errors in the administration of the State during the past four years: but they have been errors that any man would have committed, unless he ap I preached nearer infallibility of judgement than j usually falls to mortal lot j I am content to have the motives that have governed my official conduct weighed and de? termined in the scales of the public judgment, though held in the hands of my opponents, when the passions and prejudices of the hour no longer disturb their even balance. Conscious of having faithfully endeavored to perform my duty to the whole people, I cheer? fully leave my vindication to time, which treats both good and evil with severe justice, and never fails to vindicate him who is unjustly as? persed. I heartily congratulate my successor upon his election to the office of Chief Magistrate of South Carolina, and I wish him a most pros? perous administration, which shall advance all the interests of the State, and reflect great and deserved honor upon himself. I invoke upon your deliberations and acts, fellow-citizens, the constant counsels and kind? ly favor of a benign Providence. May your convictions of duty be fortified by the ever-present recollection that you are the aworn representatives and trustees of the peo? ple, and may all your work be crowned with their enlightened approval. Very respectfully, ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor. Cotton Manufacture in the South. i .... . . A. correspondent writes to the New York Jofirnal of Commerce some highly interesting facts relative to cotton manufacturing in the South. Referring to the Langley Mill, near Aiken, S. C, the writer says: A manufacturer of cotton yarns from Man? chester, England, after looking at our books, told me we manufactured cheaper than they did by about the difference in value of oof cur? rency and gold?that is to say, 4} cents per lb. Among the advantages enjoyed by the South over the North in the manufacture of cotton may be enumerated the following: 1. Here the raw material is produced, and by working it here various expenses incidental to I its transportation could be saved?such as ? profits made by those who invest capital, time j and labor in moving it from place to place; insurance during transportation; by samples and stealing from the bales. 2. Experts claims that in our warm southern clime cotton works to better advantage as'high as ten per cent, 3. Reclamation on false-packed and damaged cotton is direct and easy. ' 4. Freights on manufactured goods are leas in proportion than on bulky and hazardous bales of cotton. Yarns can be delivered in New York from this vicinity for 60 to 80 cents I per cwt 5. Abundant supply of operative labor at low rates and consequent exemption from strikes. Northern superintendents of Southern mills admit the superiority of our factory hands (whites) and the ease with which they are con? trolled. (The average wages paid at the Saluda mills is $142 82 per annum. 6. The mildness of the climate enables the operatives to enjoy a larger proportion of com? forts on a given amount of wages. In cold climates a larger proportion of carbonaceous food is requisite, which costs more than farina? ceous food, nor do. the houses for operatives re Jiiire to be so expensive' as in coldej: region's. ,hmf^r,6f tbenestkTOds:cost> df EvM.^'The" short Winters "require less fuel, nd is cheap, and each household can haye its garden, cow and pig pens. 7. There is a home demand for the goodscj the larger country stores keep supplies df yarn for sale as regularly as they do sheeting. ''??'>' 8. By purchasing seed obtton-from the plan-1 ters and ginning it at the mill the cotton is. in a better condition for working than after it has been compressed into bales, ana the'expense- of packing the cotton, baggfrig, ties and handling would be saved; as well as the expenses of run? ning it through the picker. The wastage cot? ton undergoes in different ways has been esti? mated from one-tenth to one-eighth of the bale. Could the entire crop of cotton be converted into yarns at the South and shipped abroad in that form it would add $100,000,000 annually to the wealth of this portion of the United States*. Foreigri mills would adapt their ma? chinery to Working up the yarns instead of the raw cotton. If but one quarter of the crop could be thus converted it would be a great blessing to this country, and enable numbers of women and children who are how dependent on others to support themselves*' Greenwood axd Augusta. Raj&ROAD.?A meetiqg of the corporators and others interes teclin this enterprise was held in Augusta on Tuesday, 3rd inst^ Twenty-eight hundred Shares were represen ted. It was stated that fully onehuudred and fifty thousand dollars?the minimum amount re? quired by the charter?had been subscribed, and that an organization now would be legal. On motion of General M. C. Butjer, thosfe preseutwuo desired to subscribe were invited to do 90, when about one hnndrcdjand twenty five additional shares were taken," thq full value of each share.being twenty dollars. ' j The meeting then proceeded to the election of a president and a board of directors for the company, with the.following result: President?Major George T. Jackson. Directors from Georgia?Hon. Chas. Esjtea. Hon. John P. Kiug, Mr. John M. Clark ana Mr. R. H. May. From South Carolina?General P. H. Brad? ley, General M.~C." puTler, Messrs. M. K. Blake, W. K. Bradley, Jfcmes'?vTalbot and M.S.Parks. General Bradley made a statement of the progress of and expenses attending a prelimi? nary survey of the line, which he had been authorized td have done, and asked that the meeting take some action in regard to the same. General Butler moved that General - Bradley be authorized to have the survey Carried on utt til the board of directors acted iri regard fcOthe matter. Adopted. ? A drunkard, on being told that the earth is round and turns on its axis all the time, said : "I believe that, for I've never been able to staud on the darned thing." INAUGURAL ADDRESS OP HIS-EXCELLENCY FRABKLIH J. HOSES. FtUovc- Citizen* of the Senate and. House of Representatives: You have entered npon the sixth session of theGeneral Assembly since theestablishment of free government in the State of South .Carolina. It should be with us a source of profound gratitude to Divine-Providence that you meet under auspices that betoken brighter and bet? ter days for the whole people of the State, whose sworn representatives you are. The earth has rewarded the labor of our husband? men with abundant fruits, while all the varied forms and arts of industry are being prosecu? ted with hopeful energy amid apparently uni? versal peace and order, under our nappy system of government, which guarantees and main? tains liberty regulated by law. We have been mercifully exempt from the great and disastrous fires which, during the past year, have swept over so many portions of our common country, consuming to ashes the garnered wealth of years, and reducing the rich and the poor to the same level of indigent suf? fering. Let us endeavor, fellow-citizens, to deserve these signal blessings by a faithful and consci? entious discbarge of all the important trusts re? posed in us by the people. In entering upon the duties of the high office which I have been vested by the generous favor of my fellow-citizens, my deep sense of grati? tude to them for the honor conferred by their free suffrages is associated with a patient con? viction of the grave responsibility Which has been imposed upon me by their choice. I will endeavor to discharge my whole duty to the whole people of the State. To this end I invoke the considerate judgment and active co-operation of every member of the General Assembly, whatever may be his party creed, and the open aid and assistance of every good citizen in the commonwealth of South Carolina. While I shall not forget that, as a candidate, I represented in my person the Union Repub? lican party, whose beneficient principles are expressed in the doctrine of equal rights and exact;justice to all men, now incorporated in the fundamental law of the State and nation ; and while under any and all circumstances my duty of devotion and fidelity to my party shall be ever present to my mind. I trust that I may always remember that, as the Chief Magistrate of the State, I represent all the people of South Carolina, and that the lines which limit my zeal for their interests must, in honor, be co-ex? tensive with her boundaries. Standing here to-day, in the august presence of the assembled law-makers of the State, and of this large multitude, with the oath of office in all its.solemn fanctity fresh upon my lips, I pledge my best efforts to insure that during my administration "the Commonwealth shall suffer no detriment," Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Rep? resentatives, let us re-dedicate ourselves to the great work and duty of the hour. Let us prove to the world, by the enactment of just laws and their impartial administration, that the highest private liberty here is consonant with the great? est public good. Our people are happy in the possession of a bountiful soil and a genial climate. Here the varied producta of temperate and tropic zones grow side by side, while our streams are flash? ing in the sunlight of a perpetual spring. The imperial plant, whose fleecy fibres enter into the. raiment of .civilized man throughout the globe, and whose production presses heavily upon the very balance wheels of the commer? cial exchanges of the world, has here its native home and 'moat luxuriant growth. Yet the face of the emigrant is turned away from our State, and capital, which sets labor in motion and creates the manufactures which contribute to the comfort and elevation of man, shrinks back from us, as if the seals of pestilence were broken, and vials emptied out upon this beau? tiful land of ours. Hence, nearly three-fourths of our vast territorial area, embracing not less than Sbirty-six thousand square miles, lie fal? low to>dsy. ! ..; This disastrous result is largely, due to the fell spirit of political intolerance,.which has been manifested duHn?th'e jpafel ?ve years, oy i the formei governitfgffeWss oh South Carolina, who still, in great part, represent the educated' intelligence and landed property of the State. . That intolerance, which was at first .success? fully directed to destroy the financial credit of the 8tate Government, both at1 honte and abroad, also proscribed every native and adop? ted citizen who openly declared himself in ac? cord with the political sentiments which were entertained bv the vast majority of the people Of the United States, who have, by the result of the recent national campaign, furnished a i most memorable proof of their firm determin? ation that only those who are known to reflect and maintain those political sentiments shall rule in this republic of ours. Individual proscription and habitual denun? ciation of the government, both State and fed? eral, were soon followed by armed organizations in various sections of'the State, wnich, led by bold, bad and designing men, overawed, by their numbers and daring, the law-abiding majority, and scourged and slew many of their fellow-citizena because of their political opin? ions or party affiliation. ' The barbarous acts of a minority of the minor party in the State continued, with vary ing intensity for a Jong and dark period of more than three years.' The government of the 'State having made ineffectual attempts to check them, both by earnest appeals to the reason and 'humanity of" those who were regarded as the political leaders and exponents of the desperate men engaged in them, and by its available constabulary force, finally appealed to the na? tional authority Tor protection to American citizens from lawless violence within1 the limits of .the State. ? That,appeaL after long delay incident to procuring the necessary legislation by the Con? gress of the United States, was effectually re? sponded to, through the Federal courts, sus? tained by the military arm of the Government. As the rTgatot-of tbat intervention, for which our most profound, gratitude is due.to the Gov? ernment of the United States, many hundreds of the persons engaged in those lawless under? takings, so abhorrent to our free institutions and to the civilization of the age, have been arrested and imprisoned, under sentence, while many more charged with having becu engaged in them have, through a sense of fear or guilt, fled beyond the borders Of our Statd. Turningiaway from the recollection- of those scenes which: were so utterly revolting to all j true lovers Jof liberty, I am happy to announce that peace and good order now prevail every? where within the State, which seem to be ac- j companied by a returning flense of justice, and j by a broader spirit of toleration in the hitherto | ruling classes, which furnish a belter1 gua'ran tee j for1 their continuauee than the mere temporary presence of the sword or bayonet can ever give among a free people. The grand juries <>f several counties in the upper part of the State, which were the chief scene'; of the armed violence aimed at the ves? ted rights of American citizens, have recently expressed a becoming contrition, and apparent? ly sincere regret and sorrow, that this violence should have heen permitted to manifest itself, unchecked by the local authorities in their several, counties, and solemnly pledge those citizens who haye heretofore been presumed to Imve given a quiescent sanction to those atroc? ities', that henceforth they will actively exert themselves to maintain law and order, and will protect, by force of arms if necessary, any citi? zen whose political rights and personal priv? ileges may be assailed. As Governor of this State, and as the political ally and personal friend of many of those who have been stricken down by this armed vio? lence, and whose memories I wear within my heart of hearts, I welcome this pledge to which I have referred and earnestly trust that it will be speedily ana constantly ratified by the con? duct of those in whose behalf it has been given. The grand juries have accompanied these gratifying assurances by the indictment of a large number of persons, chargeable with hav? ing been actors in these unholy and criminal 'Combinations. I have been iinformed by mem? bers of your respective houses, who have lived in the disturbed portions of South Carolina, that this happy change, in the sections referred, to, is to some extent due to the fearless action of the judge of the Sixth Circuit. For this he deserves, and should receive, the thanks of the people. Let us indulge the not altogether unwar? ranted hope that the dawn of a brighter future has broken upon South Carolina, and that the passions which have so long vexed her people with internecine strife, and the hates which sprung from domestic war, have spent their last red ripples within her border. While the exhibition and indulgence of such passions and hates might sometimes enable a political party to win, by them the people of the State must always lose. I therefore appeal to the men of my own race, in South Carolina, in the common interest of her whole people, to place themselvijs abreast with the advancing civilization of the age, and cultivate a nobler spirit of toleration, worthy of the ancient renown of the State. Gamer up? if yon choose?all that yon may justly deem honorable in the mouldering traditions of our peopl'i, and walk with reverential tread near the graves of the brave and devoted men who, however mistaken they may have been, died willingly in defence of what they believed to be right. But deal more justly and kindly with our dark foster-brothers of the State. They are fellow-citizens, by the constitution and laws of our common country, and your destiny is bound! up with theirs?for good or evil?in all coming time. Rise above that spirit of sec? tionalism which has so long been the dark stain on the pscutcheon of our most distinguished statesmen, and which marred the noble charac acter and narrowed the intellectual range of the great Virginia senator, of whom Whittier, the great "Poet of Liberty," has said, with kindly severity: "Too honest or too proud to feign, A love he never cherished, Beyond Virginia's border line His patriotism perished While others hailed in distant skies Our eagle's dusky pinion, He only saw our mountain's bird Stoop o'er the Old Dom inion." Let the American citizen feel that wherever may have been the place of his birth, when he enters within our boundaries he will find with us a safe home and hospitable welcome. Thus will our brethren from the great States of the North be encouraged to dwell among us.. The men whose skilled industry and exhaustless energies have builded mighty cities in the re? mote wilderness will level our forests and re? place them with blooming liarv-est fields, and cover the spots now marked by the sad ruins of disastrous war with the enduring monuments of their peaceful and civilizing arts. The mag? nificent andunfailing water power of our State, which is now running to waste, will then be rapidly utilized, to put in motion thousands of busy spindles and looms, in full view of the fields that are whitened by the plant that sup? plies the material for the fabric they Weave. The hardy, yeomanry of Europe?who. seek abroad the liberty and prosperity denied them at home?will also be wped to our shores, and WlftHiweJl the Volume of 001'* industrial wealth: 'I'wtffild also appeal to those people Of the State, who were formerly the ruling class, to cultivate and cherish a loyal and devoted senti? ment to the great Government, of which we form a part, and to revere aud worship the1 flag which it represents?a Government whose mighty arm is ready to be uplifted in your de* | fense, at home and abroad, on land and -sea?a flag which can no louger call the ensign of a power hostile to you. The illustrious soldier who is now the Chief Magistrate of our great Republic, and whose-maguauiqity in peace should make the brave men; who opposed him feel that he deserved to triumph in war, despes (0 see all citizens of our State dwell together in harmony?in obedience to just laws of their own enactment?and be stands prepared to foster by generous encouragement a loyal sen? timent of devotion to our country, wherever it may make itself manifest. To those bf my fellow-citizens with whom- I am affiliated in political sentiment, and who were pleased to designate me as the candidate of their choice, and to accord me their suffrages in the recent election, I desire to say that in all matters of public policy, so far as any effort of mine may avail, I will regard' the platform which was/ramed by the representative., body that placed me in nomination as ap authorita? tive exposition of my official duty, which de? mands, and shall ever receive, my highest respect. I shall.ayail myself of the earliest opnortiuii ty to communicate with you as to the reforms and amendments in our system of State, wlu'ch I think nre"contemplatedhy the spirit and in? tention Of this platform, by which I hope we will be governed, , .To those who deemed it proper to assail 'me during the canvass with un parallel led acerbity, I Wduld say, in kindly spirit, that the obloquy of their assaults lias been met and answered at the ballot box, and I do not desire to revive the recollection of their defeat, save by proving in my public conduct that their reproaches were undeserved. I trust that it will not be deemed inappropri? ate Tor me to refer, on an occasion like the present, to an event which, following rapidly the official announcement of the election of the Republican Candidates in the State and'Nation, has thrown a cloud lipon even that splendid 1 triumph I allude to the death of the Hon.1 Horace Greeley, which occurred on the evening of the 2jHh ultimo, and. which may be consid? ered as n national calamity. History is but the record of the lives and : deeds of the few. men who have been either the benefactors or the scourges of their race. . This j man was in his sphere illustrious above all his compeers in the service rendered by him to the \ cause of human rights, during the past quarter j of a century. Standing at the beau of a great journal, whose pages were disseminated as wide? ly as the English language itself, he did more than any of bis contemporaries to mould the opinions of the representative inen of this gen? eration, and to establish and vindicate the ben j eficent system of free government now incor l porated into the organic law of this nation. Springing from the toiling millions of th* {people, Be never forgot his origin, bnt was al? ways, amid his well deserved wealth and emin? ence, the outspoken champion of the poor and oppressed, ana of the rights of labor. No man was more uncharitable in speech than he, and never was man more charitable in deed. Pos? sessed of a hardy and rugged honesty which the breath of slander dared not assail, even in the fierce heat of a political canvass distinguished for its bitter and malign personalities, he never, where principle as he saw it was involved, sac? rificed the right to the expedient, but always preferred, in maintaining his convictions, rath? er to break than to bend. His name will be national property, and will continue for many generations to reflect lustre upon his country, while the colored race whom he aided so much to relieve from chattel and civic bondage, will, in gratefully cherishing the memory of his noble service, forget his one grievous fault In conclusion, fellow-citizens, I would do in? justice to the impulses of my heart should. I fail, on such an occasion as the present, to recognize and gratefully acknowledge the ser? vices rendered to the cause of free government in South Carolina by my distinguished prede? cessor. First entering the State as a prisoner of war, whose command was defeated without dishonor, he was duly exchanged, after long confinement in a military prison, and at the close of hostilities in the field returned, with Eromotion to the rank of major general of the 'nited States Army, to administer the affairs of an important bureau of the government of our State. In thp.t capacity he organized the labor system on a free basis, protecting alike the rights of the employer and the laborer. His administration as Governor of South Car? olina is before the country, and by the country it will be judged. Whatever that judgment may be, I but express the opinion of those who know him best, when I say that he has endeav? ored to discharge the duties of his high office in the interest of the party that elected bim and for the welfare of the people of the State. With a solemn appreciation of the grave re? sponsibility imposed upon me in the perform? ance of my duties, and in the earnest hope that the important matters involved in the situation before us may bring about the utmost concert and unanimity of action, I commend your de? liberations to the merciful superintendence of that Almighty Power which presides overstates and nations. Never Again".?There is a touching pathos about doing even the simplest thing for the last time. It is not alone kissing the hps of the dead that gives you this strange pain. You feel it when you look your last upon some scene which you have loved?when you stand in some quiet street, where you will never stand again, unless, indeed, you come back some day to the old "haunts," and wander among them an un? welcome ghost The actor playing his part for the last time? the singer wnose voice is cracked hopelessly, and who, after this once, will never stand be? fore the sea of upturned faces disputing the plaudits with fresher voices and fairer forms? the clergyman who has preached his last ser? mon?those all know the hidden bitterness of "never again." How they come to us on birth-days, as we grow older! Never again young?always near? er and nearer to the very last?the end which is universal, the "last thing" which shall fol? low all the other last things and turn them, let us hope, from pains to joys. We put away all boyish toys with an old head-ache. We were too old to walk any longer on oar stilts?too tall to play marbles on the pavement. Yet there, was a pang when we thought we had played with our merry mates for the last time, and life's serious, grown-up work was waiting for us. Now we do not want the lost toy? back. Life has other.and, larger plays for us. - May, it not be, that these, too, shall* seem iu the light of some tar-off day as the boyish games seem to our'nfanhood, and we shall learn that death ;s but the opening of a gate into the new land of promise,?, : . - ^ < ^ ~ Palmetto Paseji^A Xawable Discove? ry.?Mr. Henery Ba,nkst of Atlanta, has, for the past two orthfteyearsoeen experimenting, upon palmetto and wire grass for making paper. Last August he shipped8,000 pounds to a pa? per mill in Philadelphia, and went there him? self and witnessed the whole process of con? verting palmetto leaves into paper, which Eroved a greater success than bis most sanguine opes had anticipated. He has an affidavit of the superintendent of the paper mill, where it was tested, which says that palmetto paper is superior to that made Of wood, straw or rags, both in texture and' cost of production, and will yield a profit of fifty per cent, to the man? ufacturer. Mr. Banks confidently believes that even a greater profit than fifty per cent, can be realized?the raw material costing from one fourth to one-half cent per pound, while rags will cost four and a half, and not make as good paper as the palmetto. Mr. Ba'nks is organizing a stock companv to introduce the manufacture of this paper into Georgia. The proposed location of the mill is on a water power in Lowndes County, in the midst of palmetto growth of immense capacity, sufficient to make 20,000 pounds of paper per day, and a sufficient quantity of this plant grows within an area Of t&h~ miles to supply a 20,000 pound mill per yearr Election of United States Senator.? The North' Carolina Legislature has at last elected the Hon. A. S. Merrimon to the United States Senate for the term of six years, begin? ning March 4,1873, to succeed John Pool, the present Radical incumbent. He is a gentleman of fine abilities; and while not a strict party man is a Conservative in feeling, and will dis? appoint those Republicans who contributed so largely to his election. A dispatch from Ra? leigh to the Wilmington Journal says: Judge Merrimon assured me in person, in a conversation with him a few moments since, that while he felt very grateful, personally, for the confidence and respect bis political oppo? nents had manifested for him in the vote they had given him, his political status and party relations remained unchanged, and that his political integrity was in no wise compromised. He assured me that he bad had no communi? cation, whatever, direct or indirect, in person or through'others, with the Radical party or any nienibe'rs thereof, in relation to the senatorial contest, that could affect his party relations; that if he considered that Iiis election* com pro? mised his political principles, he would not ac? cept the position. When the members of the Republican party voted for him, they did so knowing his past record and that he was still a Conservative. ? A pair of horses ran away near Dubuque the other day, dragging the lines on the road. After going a short distance they met a cow, and were stopped by the lines becoming en? tangled in the cow's horns. The cow sat down and waited till the driver came up and recov? ered his property.