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The Supply Bill We give below the full text of the supply bill, as it finally passed the Leg? islature, and was approved by the Gov? ernor: ? -abt act to raise'supplies for the it30al; y^r WMMESCDfG november 1st, .1875.; : >: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State, of South Carolina, now met and sitting ifli-General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That a tax of one (1) mill upon every dollar of the value of all taxable property in this State be, and the same is hereby, levied, to meet ap : pro^riations to pav the salaries of the executive and judicial departments of * the government, for the fiscal vear com? mencing November 1, 1875. Provided, T^t/one-half of the balance of the phosphate royalty received within the fiscal year ending October 31st, 1876, after paying for the executive ?nd legis- _ lative supplies of fuel and stationary for the said fiscal year, shall be applied to the appropriations mentioned in this sec? tion, pro rata. Ssg 2.- That a tax of one (1) mill upon ^every dollar "of the value of-all taxable property in this State be, and Ore same is nereby, levied, to meet appropriations for the support and' maintenance of the penal, charitable and educational institu? tions of the State, exclusive of common schools, for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1875. Provided, That one half of the balance .of the phosphate royalty received within the fiscal year coding No vembor 31st, 1876, after pay? ing for the.executive and legislative.sup ?vihes of fuel and stationary for the said fiscal year, shall be applied to the appro? priations mentioned in this section, pro rata,., ? - '&ec.3. That a tax of two (2) mills upon every dollar of the value of all tax? able property in this State be, and the same is hereby, levied, to meet appropri? ations for the support and maintenance of public schools for the fiscal year com? mencing November 1st, 1875. | . Sec. 4.. Tbat a tax of ono and one- j tenth (11-10) mills upon every dollar of the value of all taxable property in this State be, and thejame is hereby, levied, to meet appropriations to defray the ex? penses of the General Assembly ibrthe regular session of 1875-76. Sec. 5. Tbat a tax of one-half (j ) mill ?. upon every dollar of the value of all tax <able property in this Stale be, a id the same is hereby, levied, to meet appropri? ations for public printing for tlici fiscal year commencing November lf 1875, and for the deficiency in the appropriation for public printing for the -nsca. year commencing November 1st, 1874, of the proceeds of which tax the sum of fifty thou sand dollars shall be devoted to the fayment of the appropriation first named erein, and eleven thousand eigh; hun? dred and seventy-five one hundredths (11,875 25-100) dollars to the payment of the deficiency above referred to. Sec. 6. That a tax of two (2) mills upon every dollar of the value of-all taxable property in this State be, and the same is hereby, levied, to meet appro? priations for the payment of the interest upon the pablic debt, (as adjusted by the act of December 22.1873,1 due and pay? able on the first days of January and July, 1876. Sec. 7. That a tax not to exceed three (3) mills upon every dollar of the value of all taxable property in each of the I several counties of this State be, and the same is hereby, levied, for county pur? poses for the fiscal year commencing I November 4, 1875, the rate to be fixed - by the county commissioners of each county,, and by them certified to the county auditor thereof, except the Coun? ty of Orangeburg, in which county the county commissioners shall levy a tax not to exceed two (2) mills; and Abbe i ville, in which the county commissioners shall levy three and one half (8$) mills, one-half (J) mill of which shall be used ; to pav deficiencies for the fiscal year end? ing October SI, 1875; the County of Alken, in which the county commission? ers ah all levy an additional tax of one (1) mill to pay the past indebtedness of said .county, and if the tax realized there? from be insufficient for the pay .orient of said indebtedness, the county com mis- I sionets-of eaid- county are hereby aiithor izefffo apply any surplus remaining un? expended from the tax collected under an act approved Janua-y 13th, 1875, in discharge of said past indebtedness ; the . County of Anderson, in which the county commissioners shall levy a tax of three and seven-tenths (3 7-10) mills, seyen tenths mills of which shall be devoted exclusively to the. payment of the past indebtedness of said county; the County of Barnwell, in which.- the county com ; missioners. shall levy an additional tax of two (2) mills for the purchase or con? struction of county buildings and tiie grounds on which they are or may'be erected, and oae-balf (?.) mill of the three (3) mills levied for county purposes shall be applied to the payment of defi- L ciencies for .the construction and repair [ i off bridges for the fiscal year ending- Oc VoW?T, 1875; thetktanty'of Beaufort in which the county commissioners shall levy four|4)Toills,dne" (l)-mill of which shall be used exclusively for deficiencies .for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, I8t3; the County of Charleston, in ?lAiar the- county, commissioners shall levy three and one-half (3i) mills, one half (*) mill of which, if so much be necessary, shall be set apart and paid by the county treasurer in settlement of the audited claims of M. A. McLaughlin, and that one-fourth (}) of mill levied for pouniy purposes shall be set apart for^be payment of the salaries of trial justices I and coQstables of the city of Charleston; the County of Darlington, in which the county commissioners of said county shall levy* for general purposes four and one fifth (4 1-5) mills, out of which general tax tbe county commissioners shall pay the claims as provided for in a joint res? olution providing for the payment of certain moneys to the late county com? missioners of Darlington County, ap Sroved March 26, 1875; the County of lershaw, in which the county commis? sioners shall levy a tax of four and a half (4J) mills. Provided, That one (1) mill shall be applied to the building and re? pairing of bridges, and one-half (*) mill shall be devoted to the payment of the indebtedness of the said county for the fiscal year ending October 31st, 1.874; the County of Horry, in which county the county commissioners shall levv an additional tax of one (1) mill, which shall be devoted to repairing the court house and jail of the county, the over ? plus, if any, to be applied to the past fadebtedncss of the county; the County of Lancaster, in which the county com? missioners shall levy five (5) mills, two (2) mills of which shall be used for the payment of past indebtedness of said county; the County of Lexington, in which the county commissioners ?hall levy a tax of three and three-quarters (3J) mills, one (1) mill of which to be de? voted to the payment of the indebtedness of said county for the fiscal year ending October "31, 1875, said levy^of one (1) mill necessitated by the loss of county funds deposited in the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company. Provided, I That if said one (1) mill shall be more than sufficient.to pay said indebtedness, that then the county commissioners of said county are hereby authorized and empowered to use such excess in the payment of the current expenses of said county for the fiscal year commencing November L 1875; the County of New berry, in which the county commission? ers shall levy a tax of three and a half (3\) mills; the County of Oconee, in which the county commissioners shall levy a tax of four (4) mills, one (1) mill of which shall be devoted to the payment of the past indebtedness of said county; the County of Richland, in which the county commissioners shall levy three and one-half (3}) mills for county pur? poses, and three-fourths' (?) mills to pay salaries of trial justices for the city of Columbia, also jury tickets for July and January, 1876, terms of court, and sher? iff, clerk of court, jurors, constables and witnesses for the July and October, 1875, terms of court; the County of Sumter, in which the county commissioners shall levy a tax of five (5) mills, two (2) mills of which to be devoted to the payment of the past indebtedness of said county, and that the tax so levied for past indebt? edness be applied to the oldest claims in the order ot priority. And it is hereby made the duty of the county treasurers to keep the funds raised by the levy in this section separate and apart from all other funds; and they are hereby forbid? den to pay out any portion of the same except for county expenses incurred du? ring the fiscal year, for which it"is levied and collected. And the county commis? sioners are hereby forbidden to draw any warrants contrary to the provisions herein contained or make contracts in excess of the amount herein provided for. Provi? ded, however, That it shall be lawful for the county commissioners, as. aforesaid, to make such special or additional levy or levies as may ne required of them by special enactment. Sec, 8. That a tax of one and nine tenths (1 9-10) mills upon every dollar of the value of all taxable property of this State be, and the same is hereby, levied, to pay pro rata the following de? ficiencies of the fiscal year which com? menced: November 1, 1874, namely, ex? cept for deficiencies in appropriation for the January and July, 1875, interest on the public debt: 1. Deficiencies in sal? aries of the executive and judicial officers of the State, and the clerks and contin? gent expenses of the executive and judi? cial departments; 2. Deficiencies in appropriation for penal, charitable and educational' institutions, exclusive of common schools; 3..Deficiencies in ap Jropriationa for the July, and January, 875, interest on the public debt; 4. De? ficiencies in appropriations for legislative expenses; 5. Deficiencies in appropria? tion for expenses of general election, November, 1874;_ 6. Deficiency in ap Eropriataon fin* :pay of census takers; 7. tendencies in appropriation for paint? ings of Lincoln and Sumner, and repairs of University Library. Sec. 9. And all the proceeds of the taxes levied for and on account of the State, as specified in the first six and' the eighth sections df this act, shall be de? posited by the State treasurer in such banks of deposit. as shall be selected as the depositories of the public or State funds, to the credit of the specific appro? priation therein named; and it shall be the duty of such banks to keep each ap? propriation exclusively separate, subject to the checks of the State Treasurer, which checks shall bear upon their face the appropriation upon which they are drawn. And the State' treasurer shall not draw any moneys from either of the said banks unless by checks subscribed by him as treasurer, and countersigned by the Governor; and such checks shall bear upon their face the specific appro? priation upon which they are drawn, and no moneys shall be paid by either of the said banks, for and on account of the State, except upon such checks. And such banks snail publish, without expense to the State, in one or more newspapers published in the city of Columbia, a I monthly statement of all the moneys re? ceived by, .the. banks of deposit, to what appropriation they'have been credited, as well as the amount paid out, to whom, and on account of what appropriation paid. Sec. 10. That the county auditors and county treasurers of the several counties of this State are hereby required, under the supervision of the comptroller gener? al, to make the collection of the taxes levied under-and pursuant to the provis? ions of this act in the manner prescribed by law, and they are hereby forbidden to collect any other tax whatever for the aforesaid fiscal year unless herein or otherwise expressly authorized by law so to do. Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the collection of special taxes for county purposes, district school taxes, poll tax, railroad taxes and taxes levied for the relief of widows and orphans of persous killed "because.,of their political opinions. Any State or county officer wno shall, failto comply withj, or evade, of attempt to evade, tha-provisions of this act, or shall, directly or indirectly, temp? orarily or permanently, use, divert or embezzle the proceeds of the taxes levied or collected for any specific purpose in accordance with the said provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upou conviction thereof, shall be-punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dol? lars, nor more than five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for a period of not less than one year nor more than five years; Sec. 11. That all taxes a-sessed and payable under this act shall be paid in the following kinds of funds: Gold and silver coin, .United States currency, na tional'hank notes, coupons due of bonds issued under an act to reduce the volume of the public debt and provide for the ayment of the same, approved Decem er 22, 1873, and interest orders for in? terest due on stocks issued under said act; and if the holders of the bills of the Bank of the State shall present any of the said bills in payment of taxes due the State, the treasurer of the county where such bills are presented shall place the said bills in an envelope or package, and seal the same with his official seal, across which shall be written the name of the said county treasurer, as well as the county in which the said bills were presented, the name of the party so pre? senting, with the amount and denomina? tion of the same, and immediately return them to the person so presenting. This shall be the only evidence of th pre? sentation of the said bills in any suit that may arise from the same, and this evidence shall not be admissible if the seals upon the said envelopes or packa? ges are broken, except they shall be broken in open court. ? Learning that a movement was on foot in France to abolish the custom of hand-shaking, one of our editorial breth? ren says: "As we never expect to run for a political office, we don't care whether the custom is abolished in this country or not." ? No Chinese bank has failed for five hundred years. When the last failure took place the officers' heads were cut off aid flung into a corner with the other assets. Governor Chamberlain';? Yiews on the Wliippcr-Moses [ntamy. Capt. F. W. Dawson, editor of the Charleston News and Courier, had an in? terview with Gov. Chamberlain a few days after the election of Whipper and Moses, and obtained an expression from him in;reference to these worthies, which is herewith appended: Question. Of course you aro aware. Governor, of the result of the judicial election. Did you expect that election to take place on Thursday last? Answer. 1 did not, and I had the be6t reasons for not expecting it. On Tues? day when the Senate passed the con? current resolution to hold the election on Thursday, I spoke to both my Republi? can and Conservative friends, telling them that I had a very important engagement in Greenville on the evening of Thurs? day, which I was the more anxious to keep because it involved the convenience and intorest of so many others. I stated that, if the election was to take place on Thursday, I must and should remain here; but I earnestly appealed to them not to allow the election then to occur, and thus disappoint my friends in Green? ville. I also addressed a personal note to Mr. Speaker Elliot, in which I re? quested him on personal as well tx public grounds, to use his influence to stay the election, not only from occurring on Thursday, but to stay it until next week or aft er the holidays. In answer to this note, Speaker Elliott came to my office on Wednesday morning and said he regretted that he had not thought of my engagement' in Greenville Defore ho was asked to favor concurrence in the Senate resolution. However, he said, while he might vote for concur? rence, owing to his previous committal, yet he would speak to his friends, and he thought there would be no difficulty in postponing the election until after my return from Greenville a,t the earliest. I accepted this assurance of the Speaker and the vote of the House, which was 72 to 81 on the motion to lay the Senate resolution on the table, as a sufficient guarantee, and left for Greenville on the morning of Thursday, without the slight? est suspicion tbat the election would be brought on. It is true that I was told {'ust before the train left that there was a >are possibility that the election might come off that day; but it was deemed certain that the resolution could at least be fought off until Friday, and I conten? ted myself with making arrangements for a special train to bring me back to Col? umbia by Friday morning'if necessary. If I had really suspected the conspiracy which was developed on Thursday, nothing in the world could have induced me to leave Columbia. Question. Had you been present when the election took place, could you have changed the result ? [< Answer. I see no reason to think I could. The conspiracy appears to have been carefully concocted. The color line, the party line, and the line of antago? nism to my administration, all were sharply drawn; and the tone, of the speeches made by the leading supporters of Whipper and Moses and \v iggins shows that it required a degree of bold? ness not possessed by many of our legis? lators to vote in opposition to the combi? nation. Still it would have been a. great satisfaction to me to have been >a the spot and gone down fighting, if I. must go down. Question. Was it not as a combination of the supporters of different candidates that the conspiracy of which you have spoken Was so powerful ? . v Answer. Yes. The peculiar strength of the combination lay in u niting the in? terests of a large number of the candi? dates. This alone, I think, caused the defeat of Judge Maher. The opponents of this judge had .a certain number of votes which they would cast for other can? didates in other circuits only on condi? tion that the friends of thosie candidates should pay them, by voting against Maher. Mr. Wiggins, the successful candidate, had no strength, and was a mere leaf on the current; hut the com? bination that took him up was welded to? gether by the force of a common purpose to route an incorruptible judge who had been an insurmountable barrier in the way of those who have .it last over? thrown him. Question. How do you look upon the election of Wiggins, Whipper and Moses? Answer. I look upon then: election as a horrible disaster?a disaster equally great to the State, to the Republican party, and, greatest of all, to those communities which shall be doomed to feel the effects of the presence of Moses and Whipper upon the bench. I did, a year ago, speak publicly of Whipper, who was then a candidate for the very position to which he has now been elected. Then I de? nounced him as incapable and utterly unfit for the office of judge. Of Moses, no honest men can have different opin? ions. Neither Whipper no:: Moses has any qualities which approach to a quali? fication for judicial position:. The rep? utation of Moses is covered deep with charges which are believed by all who are familiar with the facts of corruption, bribery and the utter prostitution of all his official powers to the worst possible purposes. This calamity is infinitely, greater \n my judgment, than any which has fallen on this State, or, /might add, upon any part of the South. Moses as Governor is endurable compared with Moses as Judge. Question. What do you think of Wig? gins ? Answer. He is not to be classed mor? ally with Moses and Whipper; but, in order to defeat Judge Maher, he has con? sented to be the tool of the same combi? nation which elected Moses and Whipper, and, as such tool, he will be expected to, and doubtless will, do their work. Question. What, in your judgment, will be the effect of the election ot those three men ? Answer. The gravest consequences of all kinds will follow. One immediate effect will obviously be the reorganization of the Democratic party within the State as the only means left in the judgment of its membere, for opposing a solid and reliable front to this terrible crevasse of misgovernment and public debauchery. I could have wished, as a Republican, to have kept off such an issue, hut I have a profound belief in the logic of events and a providence, too, that shapes events; and I do not allow myself to think that the good and -honest men of South Carolina will find it impossible, because they are organized as Democrats, to give their help to whomsoever shall be best able to undo the terriblo wrongs of last Thursday. I am free to say that my highest ambitiou as governor has been to make the ascendancy of the Re? publican party in South Carolina com? patible with the attainment and mainte? nance of -as high and pure a tone in the administration of public affairs as can be exhibited in the proudest Democratic State of the South ; and it was also my fondest hope, by peaceful agencies, here in South Carolina alone of all the South? ern States, to have worked out through the Republican party, the solution of the most interesting political and social prob? lems which this century has presented. If these results shall not be reached, the responsibility for the failure will not rest upon me. nor upon the Conser? vative citizens of South Carolina, who hate hitherto., with unvarying fidel? ity and generosity, stood by me in my work; but upon those, and all like them, who dealt the cause of good government 30 deadly n blow on Thursday. Question. Has your attention been called to the question of the right of the present'Legislature to elect judges, where the incumbents had been elected to serve for uncxpired terms? Answer. I have read the discussions of this question in the newspapers, and have listen 2d to the views of several members of the bar of the State; but I cannot say that I have maturely studied the question. It is evidently a fair and open question, and involves most impor? tant consequences. If the judges who have, previous to the present session, been elected nominally to fill unexpired terms, are entitled under the Constitution to hold for a full term of four years, then it follows nhatthis General Assembly had no right to elect their successors. This question coven; the cases of Whipper, Moses, Judge Carpenter and Judge Cooke : but you will remember that both Judges Carpenter and Cooke are their own successors. Do Coalitions Pay? The New South Carolina Jndges. And now the news comes that .the South Carolina Legislature has elected Wm. J. Whipper, one of the most noto? rious negro politicians in the country, to the Judgeship of the Charleston Circuit, and, as if that was not enough to add to ??he infamy and cap the climax, Ex-Gov. F. J. Moses, Jr., the lowest in character, as he is the most audacious in rascality, of all the number of those whom corrup? tion in public affairs has brought to the surface, is, at the same tune, honored with a like position in anothw circuit. Where is Go v. Chamberlain all this time ? What was he doing' to prevent the election of this man Whipper, whom he declared to be, in a Republican cau? cus, a short: time since, neither capable nor honest, ar.d the choice of whom would disfrrace and probably ruin the Eepublican party ? It is understood his influence was used against these men. If it was not, he has not lived up to his promises of reform; if he has, it is very clear he is not able to comply with them. In either event, he is of no assistance. But why should the good people of South Carolina expect a different result? In 1870 they tned Carpenter, a Republican, and failed. Carpenter returns to his vomit, and has recently been elected to the Judgeship of the Circuit Court just over the river, as a companion to Whip? per and Moses. [?; The next time it was a carpet-bagger, one Reuben Torc.linson, and Moses beat him. In 1874, when the tidal wave threatened to enjrulf even the black hosts of Carolina, they pursued the same policy and were again defeated. In 1876 they will try again, but how? Will they seek a candidate in the ranks of the enemy in the vain hope of delivering to him the entire white vote, and gaming the re? quired number of colored votes to make a. majority? Have they any reason to bfllieve that 1876 will not he a repetition of 1870 and 72 and 74? The Mississippi. Democrats met a defeat under Dent, a Republican in 1869, under Alcorn, a Republican, in 1873, but in 1875 they succeeded under Heming? way, a Democrat, and for the latter they polled not only the entire white vote, but twenty-five thousand colored. Why do not the South Carolina Dem? ocrats read the lesson, and pursue the same policy? In the first plaoo, it has the merit of novelty , it has never been tried, while the other plan has been repeatedly at? tempted, and has only brought over? whelming defeat. In the next place it is right. The Democratic party of South Carolina are in a position to say to all good citizens, of whatever race or color or political creed, that they have for the last seven years met every overture extended to mem by disaffected Republicans, and ? have uniformly endorsed their candidate, and given to them honest and manly sup? port, without avail; but that now, feel? ing it both honest and expedient to raise once more the Democratic banner in de? fense of Federalism against Centralism, insupport of honest and capable men, who are not only worthy of, but are able to secure the support of all good citizens, andin defense of honest ana economical government against robberies and rascal? ities of'every kind and character, they appetl to the .people of South. Carolina to joih them in one grand assault upon the enemies of the State for its redemp? tion. ? Such a cau?e will appeal to all good Democrats, all friends of honest govern? ment aid constitutional liberty through? out the country. If the experiment ac? complishes no good results, .of one thing we are ihorally and absolutely certain, it cannot do any damage.?Augusta Con? stitutionalist. ' Treatment of Girls.?How many unhappy girl.} hava paid dearly for the early upbringing of their young hus? bands, who, the nnit glamor of love pass? ed, treat their wives as they were allowed to trea; their sisters, and as they saw their fiv;heis treat their mothers, careless? ly, disrespectfully, with a total want of that ccnsideiate tenderness which is worth all thepassionate love in the world. This?though they may pass muster out? side as excellent husbands, never doing anything real ly bad, and possessing many good aud.attractive qualities, yet contriv? ing somehow quietly to break the poor womanly heart, or harden it into that passive acceptance of pain which is more fatal to marritd happiness than even temporary estrangement. Anger itself is a safer thing thin stolid, hopeless indif? ference. The best husbands I ever met came out of a family where the mother, a most heroic and self-denying woman, laid down the absolute law, '"Girls first." Not in any authority; but first to be thought of as to protection and tendemjss. Conse? quently, the chivalrous care which these lads were taught |to show to their own sisters naturally extended itself to all wo? men. They grew up true gentlemen gentlemen?generous, unexactiug, cour? teous o: speech and kind of heart. In them was the protecting strength of man? hood which scorns to use its strength ex? cept for protection ;, the proud honesty of manhood, which infinitely prefers be? ing lovingly and openly resisted, to being "twisted rou.ad one's finger," as mean men are twisted, and mean women will always be found ready to do it; but which, I think, all honest men and brave women would not merfely dislikc.'but ut? terly despise.? MmMuloch. ? The Baptists all over the country are making preparation to celebrate that denomination's growth during the centu? ry, calling if the Baptist centennial, though the Baptise Church is considera? bly older than the nation. In 1776 they were only 25,000 or 30,000 communi? cants, but they now number something like 2,000,000. Blue Ridge Railroad?Opinion of Judge Bond. The following is the opinion of Judge Bond in the Blue Ridge case, recently argued before him in Columbia: It appears from the record in this case tbat the Blue Ridge Railroad Company is a corporation under the laws of South Carolina, and that on the 20th day of April, 1854, it executed a mortgage of all its property whatsoever to certain por sons therein mentioned to secure the poy Wfnt of certain bonds named in said mortgage, and tbe interest thereon to ac? crue. And further, it appears that after the mortgage debt of aforesaid became due and payable, and was unpaid, certain creditors of said bankrupt filed a petition in the District Court asking that the said corporation might be declared a bank? rupt, which was accordingly done, and assignees were duly appointed to taie charge of tbe bankrupt. It appears also tbat tbe said corpora? tion, at the time of its adjudication as a bankrupt, had no other property what? ever than that covered by the said mort? gage, and that the property mortgaged was totally inadequate, when Sold, to pay the debt for which it; was pledged. It appears further, that on tbe 16th of January, 1873, the assignees of the said bankrupt filed a petition in the Bankrupt Court, asking that the property of tae corporation mortgaged as aforesaid might be sold, and tbe court directed a ec.Ie thereof. At which said sale one Robert K. Scott, who was authorized by h"is "fol? low bondholders to purchase tbe road in their behalf, became the purchaser there? of, being the highest bidder therefor. * Prior to said sale, tbe Bankrupt Cot rt made an order.directing. James Simons; Esq.. as special master in the case, "to inquire and report what compensation the trustees and assignees were .entitled to, by way of commissions, expenses in- j curred, services rendered and to be ren? dered up to and including the sale pro? posed, and also to inquire and report what fees the counsel for the trustees and assignees were entitled to, and out of what fund payment should be made therefor." Under this order the special master filed his report on the 12th of March, 1874, by which he allowed to the assignees of the bankrupt certain com? missions, fees and expenses for them? selves and their counsel, and to the trus? tees under the mortgage, another large sum of money by way of commissions, counsel fees and expenses, amounting in all to about ?30,000, and he directs or j recommends that the larger part of these payments be made out of the proceeds of the sale of the mortgaged property, and bases his estimate upon the supposition tbat the road is worth $250,000. The property of the railroad sold at the sale for fifty thousand dollars. From tbe order making the reference to Special Master Simons, and from the order overruling the exceptions to bis re? port and confirming tbe same, the peti? tioners bere file their petition, asking the aid of the supe'rvisory jurisdiction of tho Circuit Court. It is plain from tbe record in this caso that at the time of tbe filing of the peti? tion in bankruptcy, the bankrupt compa? ny had no property, the sale of which would produce anything for its general or unsecured creditors. All tbat i; owned was mortgaged greatly beyond itu value. Tbe only justification of the petition of the assignees for the sale of this property by the bankrupt court is, tbat they sup? posed it would realize something for tbe general creditors. This tbe sale did not do, and every one concerned in the pro? ceeding had reason to know it would not. When a bankrupt court, at tbe suggestion of tbe general creditors, authorizes the sale-of property encumbered by liens, and the proceeds of sale amount to no more than the claims of tbe lien creditors, it has no control over the fund but to pay it to such lien creditors, and it is | not chargeable with any costs iu the bank? rupt proceeding except the actual costs of the sale. The fund is sacred, and is devoted to the payment of the lien cred? itors whoso property has been sold, and they are chargeable with no other or fur? ther costs than they would have incurred bad they sold their property under tbeir liens. The assignees in this proceeding were acting not for tbe benefit of the bondholders who were secured by mort? gage, but for the general creditors of tbe bankrupt. By what rule of equity can: the lien creditors be required, out of their funds, to pay the expenses of a litigation which was solely for the benefit of the general creditors? Both they and their counsel must look to the general assets of the bankrupt estate for payment of their claims, if they be entitled to pay? ment at all. Nor can tbe allowance by the special master to tbe trustees and tbeir counsel, which was confirmed by the Bankrupt Court, be permitted. The District Court when it ordered the sale of the railroad property, was acting solely for the general creditors. When the property was sold under its order and it was found there was nothing in hand belonging to tbem, -its sole duty was to ascertain who tbe lien creditors were, the priority and amount of tbeir claims, and to pay over to them the proceeds of the sale. It bad no authority in this proceeding to adjust the claims of the trustees under the mortgage against tbeir ccstui que trtistes, nor to ascertain" what was due by trustees to counsel. The mortgaged property in the hands of the Bankrupt Court was and is bound for nothing, but for the lawful charges for the administration of that property in that court. The sale not being objected to, and no motion being made to set it aside, will be allowed to stand, but tbe Circuit Court will pass'an order revoking tho order of the District Court referring this cause to Special Master Simons for report, and reversing the order of the District Court confirming the report of said master, and will direct that this cause be remanded to the District Court with directions to ascertain what were the actual costs in? curred in the sale of said mortgage prop? erty, as determined by the bankrupt law, and which in accordance with this opin? ion are properly chargeable to the pro? ceeds of this sale. Hugh L. Bond, Circuit Judge. ?. A farmer, whose cribs were full of corn, was accustomed to pray that the wants of the poor and needy might be supplied; but when any one in needy circumstances asked for.a little of his corn, he said he bad none to spare. One day, after hearing his father pray for the Eoor and needy, his little son said to im : "Father, I wish I had your corn." "Why," my son, what could you do with it?" "asked the father. The child re? plied, "I would answer your prayers I" ? The dental colleges are wrestling with the problem of why women's teeth give way so much sooner, as a rule, than the men's. But when you stop to realize the immense amount of linguistic fric? tion they have to go through, it is no longer a mystery. ? More passengers are transported be? tween Now York and Chicago than on auy other route in the United States. Appointments of the Sontli Carolina Conference, ffl. E. Church South. Wo give below the list of appointments for the ensuing year, made at the recent session of the Methodist Conference in Orangeburg: Charleston District?T. E. Wan namaker, P. E. Trinity?G. H. Wells. Bethel?J. T. Wightman. \ Spring Street?W. T. Capers.l Berkley Circuit?S. D. Vaughn.f i*""" Cainhoy Circuit and Mission?A. G. Gantt. Cypress Circuit?C. C. Fishburne. St. Paul's Mission?To be supplied. St. George's Circuit?W. P. Blouson. Bamberg Circuit?P. F. Kistler. Colleton Circuit?T. Raysor, 0. N. Rour tree. Wulterboro' Circuit?J. L. Sifley. Allendale Circuit?J. B. Massabeau. Bkick Swamp Circuit?J. W. Humbert. Ycinassec Circuit?G. H. Pooser. Hardeevillc Mission?J. R. Coburn. Oketee Mission?To be supplied. Orangeburg Dist.?W. Martin, P. E. Orangeburg Station?J. B. Campbell. Orangeburg Circuit?D. D. Dantzler. Blackville Circuit?J. W. McR?y. Proridence Circuit?W. Hutto. St. Matthew's Circuit?J. H. Zimmer? man. Upper St. Matthew's Circuit?M. L. Banks. Upper Orange Circuit?A. R. Dahner. Edisto Circuit?D. J. Simmons. Upper Edisto Mission?To be supplied. Graham?3-Circuit?Ar J. Cauthen. Williston Circuit?B. G. Jones. Ellenton Circuit?J. C. Bissell. Aiken Mission?S. H. Browne. Graniteville and Langley Mission?H. A. C. Walker. Columbia District?E. J. Meynar die, P. E. Columbia, Washington Street?A. C; Smith. Columbia, Marion Street?J. W. Dick son. Columbia Circuit?G. M. Boyd. Richlahd Ford?C. D. Rowell. Winnsboro'?G. W. Walker. :?' !?? Blackstock Circuit and Mission?D. W. Seale.. Fairfield Circuit?J. M. Boyd. Chester Circuit?Thomas Mitchell and A. C. Walker. East Chester Circuit?J. M. Kelly. Rock HilU-T. M. Munnerlyn. Yorkville Station?J. C. Carlisle. York Circuit?E. J. Archer, L. A. Johnson, sup. ? Lexington Circuit?E. J. Clyde. Leesville Circuit?J. A. Clifton. Edgefield Circuit?G. F. Round. Columbia Female College?S. B. Jones, President; A. J. Stafford, Professor. Sumter District?A. M. Chrietz berg, P. E. Sumter Station?R. N. Wells. Sumter Circuit?L. M. Little, J. N. Stokes. Bishopville Circuit?S. J. Hill. Camden?H. T. Chrietzberg. Santee Circuit?J. L. Shuford. Manning Circuit?G. W. Whitman. Lynchburg Circuit?J. B. Platt. Timmonsville Circuit?J. W. Murray. Hebron Circuit?E. M. Merritt. Hanging Bock?D. J. McMillan. Lancaster Station?W. A. Rogers. 1 | Lancaster-Circuit?J. C. Kussel, J. F. England, sup. Kersaaw Circuit?W. W. Williams. Marion Dist.?W. H. Fleming P. E. Marion Station?A..' J. Stokes. Buck. Swamp Circuit?J. C. Stoll, one! to be supplied. . . . ?! Little Kock Circuit?T. Auld, J. R. Little, Jupcrnumerary. South Marlboro'Circuit?J. T. Kilgo.' Benrjcttsville Circuit?J. M. Carlisle, D. Z. Dantzler. North Marlboro'?M. M. Ferguson, j Waccamaw Circuit and Mission?W. Carson.' ? ? si Bucksville Station?J. W. W?lling. > j . Conwayboro'Station?G. T. Harmon.! Conwayboro'.Circuit?To be supplied. Peedee Circuit?W. H. Kirtpn. - Marion Circuit?W. Thomas'. Florence Dist.t-W. C. Power, P. E.j Florence and Liberty Chapel?R. L. Harper. Darlington Station?J. 0. Willson. Darlington Circuit?L. M. Haraer..'. I Cheraw Station?D. Tiller. . i Chesterfield Circuit?W. L. Pegues. j Zoar Circuit and Mission?A. Ervin. ; Lynche's Creek Circuit and Mission? A. Nettles. Kingstree Station?"W. S. Martin. Johnsonville Circuit?G. W. Gatlin. Gourdin and Sampit Circuit and Mis son?R. L. Diiffie. Georgetown Station?L. Wood. Black River Circuit?H. J. Morgan. Lynches Lake Circuit?J. S. Beaseley. Spartanb?rg District?H. M. Mood, P. E. Spartanburg Station?J. A. Porter ; R. C. Oliver, supernumerary. Gowansville Circuit?B. M. Boozer. ] Cherokee Circuit?J. F. Smith. Rich Hill Circuit?A., Avant. Limestone Springs Circuit?J. J. New berry. ' ? . ., ? I Jonesvillo Circuit?S. B. Wilson. Union Station?A. H. Leston. Goshen Hill Circuit?J. E. Watson. Belmont Circuit?M. A. McKibben. Cain Creek Circuit?B. W. Barber. Clinton Circuit?W. W. Jones. Laurens Circuit?J. A. Mood, J. W. Anail. AVofford College?W. Smith und W. W. Duncan, Professors; H. ?. C. Walk? er, Financial Secretary. Editor Southern Christian Advocate? F. M. Kennedy. Cokesbury District?M. Brown, P. E. Cokesbury Station?R. D. Smart. Cokesbury Circuit?J. B. Tray wick and T. S. Daniel. Abbeville Station?W. S. Wightman. Abbeville Circuit?W. A. Clarke. South Abbeville Circuit-S. P. H. El well. North Edgefield Circuit?J. C Counts. Lowndesvillo Station?W. H. Lawton. Tumbling Shoals Circuit?N. K. Mel? ton. Greenwood Circuit?R. P. Franks. Newberry Station?C. H. Pritchard. Newberry Circuit?T. G. Herbert and L. F. Beaty. North Newberry Circuit?E. T. Hodges. Lower Saluda?M. H. Pooser. ... Greenville District?0. .A. Darby, P. E. Greenville Station?W. D. Kirkland. Greenville City and Marietta Missions ?W. H. Ariail. Greenville Circuit?R. R. Dagnall. Rcidville Circuit?J. K. McCnin. Fork Shoals Circuit?J. Finger. Williamston and Bclton Circuits?S. A. Weber. Brush}' Creek?J. J. Workman. Anderson Station?W. W. Mood. Anderson Circuit?J. J. Neville. Central?A. W. Jackson. Sandy Springs Circuit?J. Attaway. Walhalla und Pcndleton Circuit?A. W.Walker. Pickcns Circuit?J. Q. Stockman. Piekens Mission?T. P. Phillips. Seneca City Circuit?L. C. Loyal. Cherokeo Mission?F. Hartin. ; Fork Circuit and Mission?C, D. Mann. Williamstou Female College?S. Lan? der, President; S. A Weber, Professor. The Way Wo Waste. One of the fach? brought prominently before the world during the last few years, is tbat France is rich. The ease with which she recovered from the disas? trous war with Prussia, and the prompt? ness with which she has met, not only her own, but Prussia's enormous expen? ses in that war, have surprised all her sister nations. ? Every.poor man had his hoard of ready, money, which he was anxious to lend to the State. How did he get it? How did he save it? Why is it that, in a country like ours, where wa? ges are high and the opportunities for making money exceptionally good, such wealth and prosperity do" not exist? These are important questions at this time with all of us. Business is low, in? dustry is paralyzed,, and the question of bread stares multitudes in the face. Well France is an industrious nation, it is said. But is not ours an industrious nation, too ? Is it not indeed one of the most hard workiug and energetic nations in the world? We believe it to be a harder-working nation than the French, ? with not only fewer holglays, but no hol? idays at all, and with not only .less play, but almost no play jit all. It is said, too, that France is a frugal nation. They probably have the advantage of us in this, yet to feed a laboring man and to clothe a. laboring man and his family, there must be a definite, necessary expen? diture in both countries. The difference in wages ought to cover the difference in expenses, and probably does. If the American laborer spends twice as much or three times as much ; yet the American labore r lays up nothing, while the French laborer and small farmer have money to lend r/j their Government Their old stockings are full. . The wine and the silk, which the French raise for other countries must be more than counterbal? anced by our exported gold, cotton, and breadsturls, so that they do not have any advantage over us, as a nation, in what they iiell to other nations? We shall have to look further than this for the se? cret we are after. ? There lies a book before us written by Dr, William Hargreaves, entitled, "Our Wasted Resources." . We wish that the politicians and political economists of this country coutd "read this book, arid ponder well its shocking revelations.' They are revelations of criminal waste? the expenditure of almost incalculable resources for that which brings nothing, worse than nothing in return. There are multitudes of people who regard the tem? perance question as one of morals alone. The men who drink say simply, "We will drink what we please, and it's no? body's business. You temperance men are pestilent fellows, meddlesome fellows, who obtrude your tuppenny standard of .morality upon us, and we do not want it, and will not accept it. Because you are virtuous, snail there; be no more cakes and ale ?'?' Very well, let us drop it as a question of morality. You will surely look at it with us as a question of nation? al economy and prosperity; else, you can hardly regard, yourselves as patriots. We have a common interest in the national prosperity, and we can discuss amicably any subject;on the common ground. . France produces its . own' wine, and drinks mainly cheap wine. It is a drink which, while it does them no good, ac? cording to the showing of their own physicians does no; do them harm enough to interfere with their industry.' Their, drinki'n 5 wastes neither life nor money as ours does, and they sell in value to other, countries more.than they drink them? selves. During, the year 1870, in our' State of New York, there were expended; by cons timers for liquor more than onei hundred and six millions of dollars, a sum which amounted to nearly two-thirds; of all the wages paid to laborers in agri? culture and manufactures, and to nearly! twice as much as the receipts of all the! railroads in the State, the sum of the lac-! ter being between sixty .eight and sixty-! nine millions.. The money of our people goes across the bar all the time faster than it is crowded into the wickets of all the railroads stations in the State, and where does it go?; What , js the. return for it? J^iseased stomachs, aching heada, discouraged andslatterrdy hqmes,idleness,. gout, cri nie, degradation, death. These, in vario'as measures are exactly what we get for it- We gain of that which is good, nc'thing?no uplift in morality, no increase of .industiy, Ji? \ accession to health, no growth of prosperity. Our State is full of tramps, and every one is a drunkard. There- is demoralization everywhere, in consequence of ,this wasted stream of fiery fluid that constant? ly flows down the open gullet of tho State. ' But our State is not alone. The liquor bill of Pennsylvania during 1870 was more than sixty-five millions of dollars, asumeeual to. one-third of the entire agricultural product of the State. Illi? nois paid more than ferty-two millions, and Ohio more than fifty-eight millions. Massachisetts paid more than twenty five millions, a sum equal to five-sixths of her agricultural products, while the liquor bill of Maine was only about four mil? lions and a quarter. Mr. Hargreaves takes the figur<? of Massachusetts and Maine to show how a prohibitory law does, after all, reduce the drinking: hut it is not our purpose to argue this question.' What we desire tx) show is, that, with t an annual expenditure of $600,000,000! for liquoi in the United States?and all I the figures we give are based upon official j statistics?it is not to be wondered at that j the times are hard and people poor. Not only tins vast sum is wasted: not only; the capital invested is diverted from good i uses and all the industry involved in pro-; duction taken from beneficent pursuits, j but health, morality^ respectability, in-1 dustry, i find life are destroyed.. Sixty thousand Americans annually lie down in a drunkard's grave. It were better to; bring into the field and shoot down sixty j thousand of our young men every year,; than to have them go through all the pro cesses of disease, degradation, crime, and despair through' which they inevitably j pass. j With six hundred millions of dollars sayed to ;;he country annually, how long : would it take to make these United States j rich not only, but able to meet, without disturbance and distress; the revulsions in business to which all nations are; liable ? Here is a question for the states? man and i|he politician. Twenty-five years of absolute abstinence from theconsump tion of useless, and worse than useless, liquor, would save to the country fifteen billions of dollars, and make us the rich? est natior. on the face of the globe. Not only this sum?beyond the imagination to comprehend?would be saved, nut all j the abominable'conscquences of misery, disease, disgrace, crime, and death, that would flow from the consumption of such an enormous amount of poisonous fluids, would bo saved. And yet temperance men are looked upon as disturbers and fanatics ! And we are adjured not to bring tcn\perauce into politics! And this | great transcendent question of economy j gets the go by, while we hug bur little, issues for Ac sake of party and of office 1 Do wc no Reserve adversity ??JPr. J. Q.\ Holland.: Scribner.-Jor. December.. . j ? She Stoops to Conquer," was written before tho days of pin-back skirts. 1 '?' ' "'' * ' 1 "? - j Gor. Chamberlain and WhlppeY and Moses. The refusal of Got. Chamberlain to sign the commissions of Whipper and Moses was a bold act. It may compel the Legislature to revise its action as to these two men, leaving the Governor mas? ter of the situation. In case he gains his point, the moderate Republicans will point to their work and declare that they are capable of reform within their own ranks and therefore the uprising of the Democratic party, which was held as such a terrible menace over the heads of Elliot & Co., may be indefinitely post? poned. It may be counted upon with something like certainty that Gov. Cham? berlain and his allies of the press will not permit the organization of the Dem? ocracy in South Carolina, if they can help it, and a successful flank movement, like that upon Whipper and Moses, will act as soothing syrup upon the Conserva? tives. If the black Radicals force the issue upon Chamberlain, and essay to overthrow him, matters will become com? plicated, and may end in a political revo? lution. As the case stands, it would seem that the Governor has the whip hand. Should this surmise prove true, the Democratic paraphernalia, so con? veniently brought forward as a bugaboo, will be returned to the nooks and corners of South Carolina from which it was re? luctantly lugged. Should this little game be played, and another outrage similar to that of the Whipper-Moses election take place, in due course of events, even the threat of organizing the Democratic party will not intimidate them. We await with some curiosity the develop? ment of this matter. The Columbia Reg? ister calls upon the people of the State to organize Democratic clubs. Will the Chamberlain organs echo that call, or are we to be told that the Governor, who uttered a fine speech at the misceeenated university the other day, has made such a course unnecessary, and that, the present danger being checked, it will be time enough for white South. Carolinians to become Democrats when outrages upon the part of the black Radicals are repeat? ed to such an extent that even worms would turn upon and sting them ? If the white people of South Carolina shall be lulled to sleep again, by Gov. Chamberlain and his potent auxiliaries on the State press, they will find it hard work, to redeem? themselves, on some future occasion, even under the spur of another outrage from the Elliott gang of conspirators. We see that the Charles? ton bankers 'have given the Governor much comfort, and the rank and file may follow Suit. Mr. Chamberlain deserves credit for the stand he has taken; but the organization of Democratic clubs should go on all the same. We can well remember whan' Judge Carpenter was glorified in the same way;. but his subse? quent course has in no way comported with the amount of. adulation he re? ceived from the bench, bar, banks and presses of South Carolina. It may be that Gov. Chamberlain contemplates a species of ooup d'etat in favor of Democ? racy ; but the' chances are that he will endeavor to kill that kind of organiza? tion, by a tremendous effort at making Republicanism, respectable. In.this en? deavor he has most powerful aids; even in the Conservative ranks,. and if good care he not taken, the call of the Colum? bia Register for the organization of Demo? cratic Clubs will be like Owen Glen dower's evocation of spirits from the vasty deep. Never was there such a chance for the white people of South Carolina to redeem themselves, if-they comprehend the magnitude of the crisis and its splendid opportunities; and never were the white people so much in danger of a betrayal of their cause as at this very moment.?Augu-da Constitutionalist. The New York Sun on the Judicial Elec? tion. The coalition between a wing of the Conservative party in South Carolina and Gov. Chamberlain does not appear to have resulted in the advantages which its advocates professed to anticipate. The mongrel Legislature continues to tax the people as . onerously- as ever, and they nave just elected an Associate Supreme Judge and eight Circuit Judges, who include some of the most ignorant and vicious rascals to be found in the State. Among them is the larcenous ex-Go v. Moses, while for the office of Judge of the Charleston District, the notorious W. J. Whipper has been chosen. This adroit negro politician has been conspic? uous in the politics of South Carolina ever since reconstruction, and is probably one of the most unprincipled of the in? famous crew who have been engaged in the work of plundering the: people, of .that unhappy State.. .He accumulated, a large fortune while serving as a member of the Legislature at a small salary, and Sambled it away in a single night. He as repeatedly been charged by members of. his own party with embezzling the money of the Sinking Fund Commission, and has frequently been threatened with prosecution on that account. And this is. the Judge who is selected to dispense justice in the most important judicial district in the State. We are not .aur? prised at the outcome of an alliance which was both immoral and degrading. In the first place, there was no depen? dence whatever to be placed in the sin? cerity, of Chamberlain's professions of a desire for reform, as has been proved by his trickery in the matter of the Parker Srose cut ions, the Hardy Solomon Bank efalcation, and, in other ways, to say nothing of the fact that he furnished the brains for the villainous ring that com? mitted the'high-handed robberies which characterized the administration of Gov. Scott And in. the second place, if he had been sincere in his declarations, he had not the power to carry out the re? forms ho professed to favor. He was elected by the efforts of the worst men known in South Carolina politics, and any genuine effort to thwart their schemes would lead to his being politically extin? guished, so far as his influence in the Republican party is concerned. Both South Carolina and Louisiana have tried the experiment of dickering with their alien oppressors, and their present condi? tion, contrasted with that of other re? constructed States which have refused to enter into any compromise with public plunderers, affords the best possible com? mentary, upon the expediency of such a policy. _ ? A Miss Butler, fifteen years old, daughter of a watchman at Flint river bridge, on the Southwestern railroad, in Georgia, had been in the habit when the train was approaching of putting her foot on the track and drawing it hack just in time for the car to miss it, or get? ting on the track and running off just in time to escape; but a few nights ago, standin,: on the track and facing a. poll car, wh?ch was running down grade at a speed oif twenty miles an hour, she put her foot up as if intending to stop it, and ere she could turn and leave the' track the car struck her, and she ' was crushed to death. ? A wearied jrouog lady hastened the .departure of a tedious caller by remark? ing, as Bhe looked,out of the window. UX think we. are going to have a beautiful sunrise."