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RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.?Two DoiiLkBs per annum, and One Dollak for six months. Subscriptions are not taken for a less period than six months. Liberal deductions made to clubs of ten or more subscribers. RATES OF ADVERTISiyG.-Ono Dollar per square ol one Inch for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for subsequent Insertions less than three'months. Ko advertisement counted less than" a square. ? n t <? Liberal contracts will be made with those wishing to advertise for three, six or twelve months. Ad? vertising by contract must be confined to the im? mediate ?usines.s of the firm or Individual contrac? ting. - Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, Tributes of Respect, and all personal communications-'or matters of individual interest, will be charged for at advertising rates. Announcements of marriages and deaths, and notices of a religious character, are respectfully solicited, and will ba inserted gratis. BY HOYT & CO. ANDERSON, S. O, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27,- 1876._VOL. XI-NO. 28. LEGAL ADVERTISING.?"Wt ars compelled 1o require cash paym tnts /or advertising ordered by Executors, Administrators and other fiduciaries, and herewith append the rates for the ordinary notices, which will only be inserted when the money comes rlthihe oroerj , >, - ? i ; Citations, two insertions, ' - ''- - $3.00 Estate Notices, three Insertions, i ? ' - 5.00 Final Settlement.' five insertions - - 3.00 TO CORRESPONDENTS.?In order to receive attention, communications must be accompanied by the true name and address of the writer. Re? jected manuscripts will not be returned, -unle? tho necessary stamps are furnished to repay the postage thereon. : ? . ??? ? ( 6v~ We are not responsible for the views and opinions of our correspondents. All communications should be addressed to "Ed? itors Intelligencer," and all checks, drafts, money orders. Ac, should be made payable to the order of HOYT & CO., Anderson, S. C. BY "LA CAROLINE.' CHAPTER HI. "All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest." An early two o'clock dinner had been hastily dispatched, and in the handsome, dining-room of Dr. St. Julien's mansion, alTwas B?sy and gay preparation. Under Mammy Rachel's careful supervision the massive' silver goblets, dishes, &c, had been brightened until they looksd like polished mirrors *i the snowy damask cloth had been spread over the shining mahogany table; delicate, transparent china, and handsome cut glass, glittering, with, prismaiic' colors had been arranged comme it faut, and combining with the handsome plate presented ah appearance afroaee tefmed'vrrrd-efegantr - A youthfab and mer^; grjitrr> K&(t gathered in the dining-room to assist Mrs. Maham and Mammy in the "fixing" of 'the supper table. Ring aller ring of the door bell had been answered, and very soon large hampers from "Cuisine" and "Rouget" had laden the table with "goodies" so beautiful to the eye and delicious to the taste, they would seem to have been pro? duced by the magic wand of some fairy godmother. ' p Reader, permit me to try and describe that richly spread board. Be patient with a garrulous and childish old woman, who loves to dwell upon the days .of 'Tang syne," and recall even the trifles of toe past. Though, verily, in those happy days that are forever gone, the graceful arrangement of the festive board was a matter of serious consideration and innocent pride to our ladies. With due deference to their importance, places easy of access, and conspicuous for dis? playing the grace of the carver, were left for the juicy wcstphalia, the well roasted turkies. ducks, guineas, &c., the tempting fat, stewed oysters and the' nice, brown maccaroni,-' while chicken salad, russes, polonaises, cusfrirda, jellies, blancmanges, ?Sic., with large ice-cakes, as rich in flavor and as white as bridal cakes, seemed to take their places as if by intuition.? There, too, in decanters of exquisite Bohemian glass were wines of every va? riety, in quality so rich and rare, they would have rivalled the far-famed "wides of Shivaz" and "the bright dew from vineyards of the Green Sea gushing." In the centre of the table stood the crowning beauty of the whole?a tall and glittering uteeple of crystal fruits of various kinds, connected, or rather ce? mented, in form of rings of crystalized rose-colored sugar. Within this magical sugared palace was placed a tall wax candle which, when lighted at night, gave a sparkling effect to the whole. About half way between the crystal tower (on each side of it) and the ends of the table were flower stands of silver, so contrived as when arranged with flowers to 'give them the appearance of pyramids?-these the children, when little ones, called "flower steeples." It was in the artistic arrangement of those stands that Marion, Arthur, Jessie and Harry were engaged when Rose was writing her letter. At a side table Walter was em? ployed in skilfully cutting up the chick? en salad, while Annie handed him the crisp green lettuce from a bowl of water; her wee bit, dainty, fingers looking the more delicate and rosy for the cool and pleasant work. . . . "Another ring at the bell," said Harry, "I hope the sugar plums are coming, I would like to finger them myself, for Madame Rougets are always nonpa? reils I" The servant entered and handed Annie a beautiful Etruscan vase, containing one single magnificent camelia, and a card with, "Mr* Richard Egan's compliments to Miss St. Julien, and begs she will wear his flower to-night." "Wheugh!" whistled Harry; "Miss St. Julien 1 fate Egan'!" "Oh! how beautiful!" cried Jessie. "I don't like Dick Egan," muttered Arthur. And on Walter's serene brow an unusal look of anxious thought res? ted. Annie blushed slightly, but with gen? tle dignity she bade the grinning Tom to take the rase and flower to the draw? ing-room. Only three hours before Annie St. Julien had carried to her boudoir, and placed tenderly and carefully with her pretty fingers in water a bunch of sweet violets and apple geranium leaves, which Walter had given her with the whispered words, "Their emblems are modesty and preference, Annie." "Why Harry! what are you doing?" exclaimed Marion, in. consternation; "you are not adorning' the flower stand, at all, but Jessie's head, which is almost bowed down by the weight of the wreath you have placed upon it. And only see how Jessie has crushed the beautiful flowers in her frolic. Oh I it is too, too bad of you! There were so many beau? tiful flowers, and now I fear they will scarcely hold out to form these pyramids, and the vases in the drawing-room need a few more to give a finishing grace. Oh! Harry! oh! Jessie! you are incor? rigible! I wish Rose would come and help u?, she has an artist's eye and a skillful hand." "I will run and call Rose," said Jessie, with a pretty pout, "for I am weary of the work. Harry tumbles over the stand every time I get it fixed anything liko nice; he wants nothing but red flowers on it. He i;t a real jockey "in his taste. Cousin Alice says because I am a school girl, a simple white dress would be most 'becoming to-night, but Harry says I must wear my crimson cashmere, and then I will sport his colors?the same with which he decorated Sken a ken when she won the quarter race last year. I ::eel highly complimented," she said, casting 9t tnisChiev?us, 'glaffce^t^HttfyT; I vfill call Rose." "Yes,' run, pray, Jessie?a Gordon to the rescue!" cried the 'wild^and wilful b?y. "A Gordon! a Gordon!" echoed all,, catching Harry's mirthful spirit. "Right bravely, and always would I respond to the cry of 'a Gordon to the rescue,' might it be ever fair Rose Gor? don," said Arthur. "Her's are the ten derest blue, eyes, mine ever looked into? the light of the soul beams from them, and her complexion is so fair and soft it makes one think, of the.bosom of a sea shell" in which the white and pink are so delicately blended." ? "Yes," said Marion, "eyes that beam with the holy light of truth are always j beautiful!" "Truth and love I think it should be," sai? Walter, iotto voce to his help meet, over the salad. "What sort of light do mine beam, my ^oeiicsis?" said-Harry, shutting hiseyes j tightly, and pushing his. roguish face into Marion's. . "The light of boyish folly," she said, passing her hand lovingly over the closed eyes, and in tones of playful sweetness, pronouncing the words, "Open, sesame!" Wide open came the bright, frank, merry blue eyes, and around his sister's Blender waist the boyish arms were flung, and a ringing, smacking kiss resounded through the room. "Oh! Harry I you nearly knocked over that charlotte russe," said the blushing, girl, extricating herself from his fervid embrace. "But here comes Rose 1" "Welcome, fair Rose, loveliest of Flora's charming train!" said Arthur, with gay gallantry, meeting Rose and his sister at the door; "the on dit is that you well understand the graceful art of placing these garden and green house beauties to please the eye of your gentle mistress, la belle Flora. But what can we do with this wild-wood graft?" he said, pointing to Jessie, who was already mis? chievously pinning Walter and Annie together with a broad blue ribbon, while they remained amusingly unconscious of the trick, so earnest were they in the engagement of a pleasant tete a Me. Mrs. Maham now came to their aid, by sending Harry and Jessie to feed the canaries, which had been forgotten on that busy afternoon. And very soon after, Marion and Rose, with Arthur's help, had formed the beautiful flower steeples of the sweet-Bcented heliotropes, crimson and white japonicas, bright gera? nium blossoms, with their tender, fra? grant leaves, delicately perfumed, tea roses and many other flowers which, in that soft and temperate climate, are not uncommon even in December. The arrangement of the table being completed to their satisfaction, 'they passed through the elegant suite of rooms thrown open for the reception of the guests, giving finishing touches to curtains and vases; then, like wild birds on the wing, the happy girls flew up stairs to make their evening toilettes, and, girl like, they collected in one room ?"Annie's bower," as they affectionately called it. Reader, have you ever been a happy, gay, light-hearted girl? Then you have not forgotten the delight with which jewels, ribbons, laces and dresses were laid out for display, previous to the wear? ing ; how their merits were discussed and their colors blended. You have not, per? haps, forgotton either the quick throb of your heart, as the pleasing form of some manly youth rose before bright fancy's vision, and that heart anxiously ques? tioned: "Will he admire?" After fully enjoying the mysterious, undefinable and womanly pleasure of "dressing," our young friends were all successfully, becomingly and gracefully attired. Jessie wore the crimson dress to please Harry, and in the clasp of An? nie's broach was firmly fastened Walter's little blue violets and geranium leaves. As was her usual custom, Annie sought her father in his library for a kiss of approval and a look of loving admira? tion before the arrival of their guests. "Papa, dear Papa!" she exclaimed as she entered the room, "how do you like my dress ? and is your Annie beautiful in your eyes to-night ?" "Your father was called out a few min? utes since," said Walter Maham, rising from the Doctor's arm chair. "0, Walter! how vain and foolish you must think me!" sho 6aid, blushing deep? ly; "but.it pleases Papa to have me chatter so to him." Who could accuse Annie St. Julien of yanity ? Surely, not one who has known her, even in childhood, and prizes her lowly, gentle spirit, as in very truth it is her "gracing grace." "I thank you, dear Annie, for wearing my humble flowers in preference to Egan's splendid camelia. I must con? fess I was jealous of his beautiful japoni ca, fearing it would prove a powerful rival for my homely little violets. One suit granted,- beggar-like I prefer an? other-" "Oh, no! oh, no 1 how could you think so, Walter? Apart from my preference for the modest little violet, how could you think Mr. Egan's gift could be pre? ferred to that of the earliest and dearest friend of my childhood ? But what is your request?" "I was jealous, Annie, because I have learned to feel for you an affection warm? er than friendship?I would ask you to be my wife, sweet Annie; say, darling, will you be mine, my wee bit, bonnie bride?" "Have you no word for me, sweet one?" he continued, as Annie, pale and agitated, remained perfectly silent.? "Life will be so dreary?joys bring no brightness and sorrows hard to bear without my Annie's love 1 Annie, darl? ing, little one, pet of my boyhood, sweet love, grant me three words, only say, 'I lovo you.'" "Y<s, Walter, I know it how, I love you! out papa, dear papa! my own, my poor papa! I cannot L;ave him!" she said, impetuously, her beautiful eyes fill? ing with tears. "I will not have you love your father less, dearest. It will be one of my great? est pleasures to assist you in making hira happy. I would be to him a dutiful.and affectionate son. Annie, sweet-heart, the love I plead for cannot rob your father c>f his child's love or duty." "I k"ow not," she tinswered, sadly, "papa says I am his all s ince dear mam? ma died; and, oh, Walter, I would not cost him, my precious papa, one sad thought! He is so lov Lug and so good to me 1" "Then, Annie, !? must plead my suit with him. I will beg hin to give me his little girl for my darling wife. I will re? mind him of his own young love, and ask him if he can depri ve his child and her lover of a life-joy so intense and fer? vent as that of hearts ud ited by the holy ties of wedded love."" ? ~ "No, Walter, papa will deny me noth? ing/ but I fear 'it will grieve him r and, oh, no, he must not tt ink it requires anything like sacrifice "o give up even you for his sake. You have indeed awakened me from a dream! I called you my best loved elder brother, bot I know now it was no sister's love I gave; it has grown with me from my childhood, and I love you as a weman only once ever loves. You have stirred emotions, and awakened feelings to-night which can only die with me! Yes, it is joy, deep and intense, but there is pain and sadness, too, mingled with the bliss? such pain and sadness as all changes bring. To-night I am conscious the girl has lbecome a woman. But the bell rings, I must meet our gt ests, and leave these most weighty questions to be dis? cussed another time," site said, holding out her hand and smiling half gayly and half sadly. He kissed her hand, and so they parted to meet in the brilliant assembly; to pass the light jest and well-turned compliment, with brows as serene and mannen, as calm as if the warm bret.th of love had not swept over the chords of their hearts, and awakened their deepest and sweetest melodies. [to be continued.] For tile Anderson Intelligencer. Anderson, S. C, Jan. 17,1876. "But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head and wash thy face."?Matt. 6:7. . Be perfectly natural. Be yourself at Church, and at home, in worship, and in work; for you have an inner self that would neither carry a yoke nor an aus? terity out of season?a substantial, na? tive self that rebukes the shams of taste, of morals and of piety. When thou fastest, hunt up no sad countenance dif? ferent from thine own, nor put on an ex? terior* solemnity to which thy heart plays truant. Religion is Gospel. It is not the executioner with his axe, but the herald with a pardon. Let us not deport ourselves toward the munificence as we might toward the wrath of the King. "Anoint thy head and wash thy face." (Jod does not propose to kill thee, nei? ther hast thou any commission to prove to the world that thou art more holy than the rest of men. Never has this ex? quisite sentiment, "who am the .least of all saints," ever been inferred by observ? ers from lugubrious countenances and mysterious manipulations. v But, then, let us not rush into the op? posite extreme of lightness and vanity, scarcely dissembled. How beautiful! What unction, what fragrance hath it ? Gravity without pomp; solemnity with? out demureness, commingled with joy without lightness. 0! what a mistake to be sad, or sour, or cynical in Church I What jarring discords these with notes of overture and promise, with emotions of love, gratitude and hope ! An orien? tal did not anoint when he was mourn? ing, but when he received a guest or be? came a gueet. In the sanctuary we are God's guests. The entertainment is His, the viands from his garner. If you were annoyed with a spot on the garment of your fellow-guest, it would betray more of an appetite for flaws .an celestial food. Would yon pick a quarrel with your neighbor in the King's chamber ? Would it be the time to mend a rent in his garment ? Didst thou invite him ? Somehow, the world has got lost about religious manners. We mourn when we ought to rejoice, and we rejoice when we ought to mourn. We Have levity when we sin, and sadness when we worship God. We go to Church to converse about the state of the market, and our finest expositions of Church themes are heard amid the hurry and inspiration of market duty. Anoint thy head and wash thy face when thou fastest, and both at the Church door and within, be careful not to soil the manners or adulterate the joy of the guest. ? A New York letter says: "Mer? chants who have been selling largely to the South within the past six and nine ruontns report collections from all that quarter as very satisfactory, except from Louisiana, where they are rather back? ward. There have been few or no fail? ures of late, except in New Orleans and Montgomery, Ala., and even these latter were of but comparatively little account. The people generally have more money than they have had at any time since the war, and the indicatioris are, therefore, that the Southern influence will soon be favorably felt on tho early spring trade." ? Among the many evidences of prog? ress, during the year that has gone, .that in political affairs should not bo over? looked. Sixteen States have held elec? tions the past year. The aggregate vote is 1,923,111 Democratic und 1,907,623 Re? publican, a Democratic majority of 15, 818. A comparison of this vote with that of 1873 in the same States shows that in that year the Democrats had 1,710,487, and the Republicans 1,830,863 votes, thus evidencing a Democratic gain of 129,094. ? The Marquis of Ripon, tho English nobleman who recently embraced the Roman Catholic faith, and who was at the time Grand Master of Masons in England, has lately presented the Pope with 850,000. His lodge dues would scarcely have reached : Iiis amount for many years. WHEPPEIfS CONDEMNATION. His Tirade Agalust Chamberlain and the Newspapers. The full tex; of Whipper'a speech ap? pears in the joarnal of the House of Rep? resentatives for Tuesday, January 18th. He rose to a question of privilege, and said: Mr. Speaker, in stating my question of privilege, I shall not occupy the time of this Houfie, nor annoy myself by stating, in detail, the matter that is familiar to you all, as it is to every school boy throughout the length and breadth of the land. A few weeks ago, by a vote of this House, I and with others were elected as Judges, and since that time theJVew? and Courier, together with other journals, have heralded all over this country ru? mors ot a most damaging character. Under ordinary circumstances I would not make the slightest reply, but I feel it is due to the members of this body who supported me; it is due to myself, and I feel that :it is d ue to the public, in whose ears theso rumors have been ringing for almost four weeks. I have.no other means of replying to these defamatory articles, interviews and speeches that have permeated and poisoned the air from Maine to Texas, from the Bay of Fundy to California, as malicious as they are unjust;. It is nothing new, it is true, for any man, however limited his public life may be, to be abused. It seems to be a peculiar characteristic of newspapers to do so; and even Washington, when ho was President, was slandered in the worst possible manner, and the best men, of whom thiii country can boast have been maligned and slandered in every possible way. I could boar with it if it were not a duty that I feel I owe to those to whom I am indebted?to those who elected me ?to resent it. Those who have thought proper to de? fame and accuse me, and these to whom I shall address my remarks are, first, the Newa and Cbwier as a newspaper, and Daniel H. Chamberlain as an individual. Mr. Rice rose to a point of order, that the gentleman was speaking to a question not affecting him as a member of the House of Representatives. The Speaker ruled the point not well taken,?for the reason that if the charges made against Mr. Whipper were true, his right to sit as a member of the House of Representatives; could be questioned, as j the House of Representatives has the right to judge not only of f;he elections and returns for its members, but also of their qualifications, moral as well as con? stitutional. Mr. Whipper: I sha.ll not be surprised at any ten derfootedness from that side of the House. I have privileges upon this floor, and I believe they will be accorded. Mr. Rice: I raised the point, not out of any personal feeling, for had I been present I tihould have voted for you in preference to the present incumbent, (J. P. Reed). Mr. Whipper: I thank the gentleman for the kindly feeling he expresses to? ward me, but it has passed beyond that, and. I am not speaking particularly of what has been said against myself; but after what has been said, there is nothing that I can iot discuss with impunity un? der a question of privilege. There is not a man in ihe Democratic party who has not done everything in his power to in? jure me aiid deceive those who supported me on the 16th of December last, so that I feel there is scarcely anything I can say but what would be in defense of what has been said against me, and what has come to the knowledge of every member here, and every member is familiar with it. At the time I was interrupted. I said I proposed to address myself on this ques? tion particularly to the News and Courier as a journal, and to Daniel H. Chamber? lain as a man. In this fight they appear to be strangely united, which is the last thing that v\ e should have ?ixpected; but this alliance is a fact well established and endorsed, and I will show its formation, and see upon what foundation it stands. We have only to go back to the second day of October a year ago, (and I have the authority for what I say); "that same paper sty] eel Daniel H. Chamberlain a thief, and said he was responsible for the issue of six millions of bonds, and foisted them upon the people of this State." They hurled over the country that he who was by law appointed to Erotect the State, instead of aping so, by is advice and direction fis an officer of the law, and as an officer of the special Financial Board, placed upon the market these bonds. I have the Newt and Cou? rier'? authority for saying he did it. The Neidt and Courier now lauds him to the skies. Why this strange association, if Daniel H. Chamberlain was responsible for the issue of six million dollars of bonds two years ago ? By what process is he now an innocent man ? How can they join hands for the pur? pose of opposing those who have been elacted to positions they don't want them to occupy? It has a strange meaning to me. One gentleman went so far, and the Newt and Courier copied his speech, as to say that Daniel H. Chamberlain, by his acts, imposed on this State six millions of bonds; and if by any proposition he can extricate himself, let him do it. The Netos and Courier published it, and I have it before me now, and yet the lips of Daniel H. Chamberlain have been silent to this day. I only speak of this that I may get at the character of my ac? cusers. Mr. Speaker, this is what they have said about Daniel H. Chamberlain, and it would be needless for me to say it is from the Democratic side; but to say what Daniel H. Chamberlain has said about them, would be to charge them with everything that would imply venali? ty, corruption, and everything that his imagination, and it is a very fertile one, could suggest. I have not looked at them from my standpoint, but from their own. The only thing that pains me is, that they painted each other so black that I have no language that will deepen the color. They have charged me with corruption generally. I make no pretentions to being a saint. There are few men who attain perfection in this world. I will tell you what the offenses I am charged with by them are, and I inteL" to talk of those who but yesterday were opposing each other. They make charges about the Land Commission. Mon in office, connected with such an important office as the Land Commission, are supposed to keep accu? rate accounts of what business they trans? act. These charges are not made specific, and. in face of the generality of the charges they cannot expect the answer to be more specific. I say I have had no connection with the Land Commissson that I would not gladly and willingly have made public. I never sold, so far as *hcir records show, a piece of land to that Commission. My transactions were legitimate and honorable, and I am will? ing that they ?should be subjected to a most searching examination^ and I will furnish them more information than the records will. If they want examination, they may have it; and in connection with this examination, I will couple the I two together?the Land Commission and I the Sinking Fund. I s hould be glad at this time to discuss my individual connection with both of them if I felt that I would be safe in so doing. If I felt that no advantage would be taken of my words, I would gladly un? bosom myself so far as my connection with those transactions go. Some two years ago a Committee was appointed to inquire into one of these Commissions. I went before it and used my own lan? guage, and that language has served them the purpose of raising the howl that went from one end of the land to the other, and yet no man, not even Daniel H. Chamberlain, much as he boasts of his learning and legal lore, has been able to put his finger upon one single illegal transaction of mine, notwithstanding I have stood and ever shall place myself in defiance of my calumniator. I call upon him to name one. When before that Committee I answered every question fairlv as it.was put, yet they have been busiiy engaged since in spreading it over the world that I am a defaulter. If I am, I say they are derelict in their duty as officers. I am aware that the machinery is being completed to convict me and others; that the Jury Commissioners are being changed, and that juries are being organized for conviction if they can get one. I do not propose 'to put anything in their mouths that they can use against me. There is no transaction of mine that I am not willing to meet. But I pass from this. I am charged with igno? rance and incapacity. Mr. Speaker, that is a question that this House passed upon in the election, and there I leave it; but the men who make this charge are not fearful of my failure on the bench through ignorance or incapacity, when I take my position, but it is success that they are afraid of. Could they convince themselves in their wildest imagination that defeat would be brought about by ignorance and incapac? ity, they would not now raise this cry against me, for that would be sufficient ground, in the first place, for impeach? ment, and. secondly, it would be the sum-' mit of their ambition to see a negro fail, and thus banish from their visions the horrors of negro Judges for all coming time. The next charge is malignancy and venality. Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that it comes in bad taste, indeed, for a newspaper like the Neios and Courier, that has, itself, shown such an amount of spleen, or from a man like Daniel H. Chamberlain, who has shown such hatred and ingratitude, to charge any man with malignancy and venality. If the Newt and Courier is to be believed, there could not be a more venal man than Daniel H. Chamberlain walking God's earth. I hestitate not to say that the very floors of the News and Courier's building, the walls, the roof that protects them, were pur? chased with money rung, illegally, lrom the tax-payers, and will stand forth as a monument of their venality so long as the walls shall last. These are the men who are talking about venality and corrup? tion. This paper that talks about my venality has, since reconstruction, been bought and sold oftcner than a negro slave in ante bellum days. But, Mr. Speaker, I have been charged with being a drunkard. I make no re Ely tc that. X feel that I am too well nowa. I have spent ten years amongst those whom I now address. If in your judgment it is true, give the News and Courier and Daniel H. Chamberlain credit for telling the truth once; if it is not true, simply pass it by. I am also charged with being a gam? bler. I have been. This I place in the past tense. I do not propose to deny anything that is or has been true. My gambling belongs to the degenerate days of tho past, ana they are gone forever. Almost one year ago, in the presence of my minister, with the congregation around me, I pledged my God that they were gone forever. My :name was regis? tered in the Episcopal Church?the vow recorded in heaven. I feel that God has forgiven me, and care not for the men who are now circulating these rumors to injure me and deceive ycu. Now, Mr. Speaker, taking it in the light of all they have said, the men who have said it, and what these men have said, one about the other, the difference that has existed, is it reasonable to be? lieve that these are the real causes of their abuse? I answer, No f Mr. Speaker, the great trouble with the Democracy in this State is that they see a growing power passing from their grasp. They announced it in their resolutions at Hibernian Hall. They admit that by the election of Moses, Wigjrin and myself, the loiver country, possessing more than onc-hiilf the Republican voters in the State, has passed from their control. In one of those circuits, within the last year, with a Conservative Judge, they had es tablislled a terrorism little less than that of Jelfries. It was not that they had anything against any particular man, but they had already laid their plans for three Conservative Judges in those cir? cuits, and through intimidation and fraud to carry the State, but these plans were spoiled, and they are frank enough, or rather fool enough, to admit it them? selves, Mr. Speaker, the great blow was aimed. I believe, at myself, and that Wiggin and Moses were linked on as an apology, that the world would not believo that they were fighting me on account of my color. So far as Judge Wiggin is concerned, they know, as we all do, as we are well acquainted with him, that the charges are as false as they are malicious. So far as Judge Moses is concerned, I am not here in his defence. If he were a member of this House he would defend himself. I do not hesitate to say that whatever may have been his career, they could not paint it blacker, nor in more glaring colors, than the News and Courier painted Daniel H. Chamberlain. Taking the administration of the two men, the one they are trying to abuse and the one they are lauding to the skies, the facts will show that almost every measure looking to reform in the State had its origin during the administration of Moses. I am not here with any bleaching pro? cess to wipe away his sins or foibles. With regard to him, they say it can be proven that he was purchased, to sell out the Republican party at an hour when Daniel H. Chamberlain was struggling for supremacy. They say that Moses proved untrue, but they are the last men in God's world that ought to make those charges, for it could never have been done without their assistance, and wc are reminded in that prayer that we arc taught to utter, that we should not lead each other into temptation, and if they took advantage of a weakness they should be silent forever. At the formation of the Republican [>arty in this State, whsn we were at a oss for material, F. J. Moses came to the rescue, and wc had a right to look upon him with suspicion, on account of his birth, his education, his surroundings, and the social ostracism that it would bring upon him. There was nothing to commend him to the hearts of the Re? publicans, who must therefore have found some real merit or good traits in his character. Daniel H. Chamberlain, on the other hand, came to U6 boasting of his New England birth, his early edu? cation, his war record, and his adhesion to the principles taught by a Garrison, a Sumner, a Wilson, a Whittier, and that host of heroes that had adorned the land of his birth, and yet from the hour that he took his seat as Governor of South Carolina he has never failed to betray a political friend or favor a political ene? my. Is there anything blacker than this? Swift says: "He that calls a man un? grateful sums up all the evil that a man can be guilty of," and I pronounce Dan? iel H. Chamberlain the most ungrateful wretch that ever walked the earth, or breathed the air of heaven. The ghost in Hamlet, when he appear? ed to bis son, announced that he was con? demned to walk by night and be confined :ln fire by day until all the crimes done in nature were burned and purged away. If that doctrine is true, and the edict should go forth-that DanielH. Chamber? lain and F. J. Moses, Jr., should expiate their political crimes, Moses would be a saint in heaven when Daniel H. Cham? berlain would be in hell howling. I pass from this. I do not believe that the charges made were intended for ei? ther Moses or Wiggin; the real thrust was aimed at the negro, who has been the source of trouble for almost a cen? tury in this country, both in Church and State, in the halls of Congress, in Sabbath schools, stage coaches and rail? road cars. He could not even walk the streets without insult or injury. Just so long as he stands ready with brush in hand to black boots, or play the part of cookjjor waiter, this prejudice will not manifest itself; so long as he can be called by the familiar names of Sam, Dick or Jake. But just as soon as he raise,? his head above the position of a ? menial, he is made the object of Demo? cratic spleen all over the country; It comes from that class of men and from that name spirit that, in 1860, brought a war upon tnis country and cost the North half a million of her bravest sons, and that spirit that cost the South about an equal number of the flower of her youth and manhood. It .will exist, until this class will be taught to respect real worth and manhood without regard to race or color. We have met this prejudice be? fore. It was this spirit that murdered Lovejoy on the banks of the Missouri; that fractured the skull of Benjamin Lundey, in the streets of Baltimore; dragged William' Lloyd Garrison by the :aeck through the streets of Boston. It caused the many riots that has blackened che history of the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Detroit and elsewhere. We iaave also met it here with the lust for power added to it, which has resulted in : he murder of hundreds, among whom are Dill, Martin, Randolph and a host of others. But, Mr. Speaker, I rely upon the Re? publican party to meet the exigency in lihe future as it has in the past. When this spirit became so rife as to cause the Southern members in the Na? tional Halls of legislation to throw off their official robes and return to their homes, the Republican party maintained its dignity. They came'norae and worked, themselves up into a frenzy, just like the old Charleston fossils did at Hibernian Hall a few nights ago, one of whom, when he was fifteen years younger, no mule team could drag into the war. They get together and talk fight, but I . dp not believe they mean it. After the issues of the war were settled, we met this same spirit, and within sound of my voice, but not in this House, they passed what were, known, as the black laws, for they were blacker than the an? gels of hell. Again the Republican party came to the rescue, and the question was put as to how they could best protect the negroes, and they put them in a position to protect themselves by putting into their hands the ballot. That errors have been committed, we do not deny, but it is an historic fact that errors have been committed in all govern? ments. That a people situated as we were, surrounded by disaffection, spleen and prejudice on the one side, and on the other by the treachery of such meu as Daniel H. Chamberlain, that - we should have committed errors, should naturally be expected. With all our errore, we have yet a Republican party in South Carolina which they sought to destroy ; and that it should. stand. up before them to-day in a more powerful shape than it has ever done, is the cause of all their weeping and whining. This man, Daniel H. Chamberlain, has been placed in a position that he is re? quired by law to commission those who are elected officers of the State. He is playing into the hands of the Democracy by refusing to do that which the Consti? tution requires of him; and many ask what is to be done in this emergency. I am far from having any fears tor the result of his action in this case. I will not enter into a discussion of the legal aspect of this matter. Daniel H. Cham? berlain is required by the constitution to sign the commissions of all State officers, and when he comes to the conclusion that he will not perform that which the laws require of him, he places himself in ' the position of a perjured wretch. It is one of those cases in which any black? hearted traitor can attempt to defeat the will of the people, but I take it that the will of the people cannot be defeated, and the man who undertakes to establish anarchy and confusion assumes the re? sponsibility of bringing about a revolu? tion in any government of which he may form a part; and if the constitution re? quires him to sign a commission, when he refuses he places himself in the posi? tion of a perjured villain, and in the position of a traitor to the will of the people. He may be able to purchase the Democratic journals to sustain him, and even buv the silence of Republican journals, but this will not serve his pur? pose. The great cosmopolitan idea of liberty is too deeply seated in the hearts of the American people ever to permit one man to set himself above the law and assume to dictate to those who have elevated him' to place and power. The spirit that, in the reign of Charles I, overturned the throne, stripped the altar of its orna? ments, beheaded the King and declared Cromwell Lord Protector is still abroad in the land, and has grown stronger with the advance of civilization, and should be a warning to usurpers a.nd traitors. When the time comes, I propose to be equal to the occasion. I know their in? tention is to drive us to the Courts; but, so far as I am concerned, if I go to the Courts, I will be as the respondent. We will obtain a commission on which we can qualify, even though hie official signa? ture may be withheld. I care not what the consequences may be; I will assume the position to which I have been elected, unless prevented by law or relieved by death. It has bocn said that I have entertained the idea of resigning, but I would sooner die than resign; not for the value that I place upon the office, but because Daniel H. Chamberlain has attempted to compel it by an unholly alliance with the De? mocracy. Can Ave resign in the face of the charges made and circulated over the country by Chamberlain and his Demo? cratic allies, that wc are corrupt, igno? rant, malignant and guilty of every vice and crime in the calendar? Mr. Speaker, I feel it is a duty that I owe to myself, to the limited family of which I am a member, to the race to which I belong, to jxwterity and, above all, to my God, to spurn indignantly every proposition to resign, especially when proposed by iiuch parties as the News and Courier and Daniel H. Cham? berlain. When the low black schooner sailed up the James River, bearing its human cargo of thirty-six negroes, it was not expected that one of their descendants, or of those who followed, would ever ask to be made a Trial Justice, much more a Judge. They were brought here as slaves, and slaves they were for "almost two centuries and a half, until God in his infinite' wisdom burst the bonds that held them down, arid they are rapidly rising and asserting their manhood. In their endeavors to do so, I have been one favored with an honorable position, not by them alone, for in that: vote many white Republicans joined. I appreciate the favor and feel the responsibility that attaches thereto. I have said all that I desire to say about the injuries that have been done me. I know when I shall have concluded my question of privilege there wiH be a howl raised, and I know the source from which that howl will come. It shall hereafter pass me as the idle wind that I regard not. I appeal from the prejudices and vituperation of the present to the calm and dispassionate judgment of the future for that vindication that I feel I deserve, and I feel assured that nothing that a venal or corrupt press or a mali? cious or ungrateful man like Daniel H. Chamberlain has said or can say will either injure me or deceive you. So far as the Neics and Couiier is con-' cerned, their very sanctum reeks with the foulest corruption, and nothing truly respectable or descent can be expected to emanate from that source. So far as Daniel H. Chamberliun is concerned, I regard him as unfit for earth; to heaven he cannot ascend' and were he to make his advent in hell, I fear he would incur the displeasure of his Satanic Majesty. Veto of the Blackvllle-Barnwell Bill. Hon. R. B. Elliott, Speaker House o/Rep ? resentatives: Sip.?I return herewith, without ap? proval, to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, an act entitled "An act to locate and establish the coun? ty seat of Barnwell County at Black ville." This act is the late: t of a long series of proceedings in the General Assembly, as well as in the courts of the State, having for their object the transfer of the county seat of Barnwell County from the Village of Barnwell to the Village of Black ville. These efforts bei ran in the session of the General Assembly for 1868-69, and it may be said that they have been contin? ued without interruption to the present time. At the last session of the General As? sembly an act was passed directing an election to be held by the people of Barn? well County, for the purpose of determin? ing the location of the county seat The election was held on the 12th day of May, 1875. The ballot boxes, with the other evidences of this election, were de? posited in the office of the clerk of the court at Barnwell Village, but before the canvass of the election was made by the commissioners of election, the ballot boxes were taken from their place of de? posit, and the ballots and other evidences of the election were destroyed. The commissioners of the election being de? prived of the means of canvassing or de? claring the election, declined to take any further action as a board, and at a sub? sequent period the board of State can? vassers, acting upon certain fragmentary evidence in the form of affidavits of some of the managers of the election, declared that a majority of the votes at said elec? tion had been cast in favor of the Village of Black ville as the county seat. There? upon some of the county officers removed their office from Barnwell to Blackville, and a writ of mandamus to compel their return to Barnwell Village was asked for before Hon. J. J. Maher, the judge of that circuit. Judge Maher granted the writ, holding in substance that the action of the board of State canvassers was un? authorized and void, and could give no validity to the election. An appeal was thereupon taken by the defeated party to the Supreme Court of the State. No judgment in this case has yet been filed in that court, though the furtberants of both sides of the controversy have ex Sressed to me their conviction that the ecision must be a dismissal of the ap 5eal, thus sustaining the decision of udge Maher. . The next step has, however,. been the passage of the act which I now return. The case thus presented has many as? pects inviting attention, but the most conspicuous feature which it presents is the abandonment of the courts where it had been carried on, and the effort to ac? complish by summary legislation the re? sult which had been defeated: by the courts. Three points seem apparent: First, that it was one year ago regarded by the present defeated party to this con? troversy proper and necessary to submit the controversy to .he decision of the people of the county at a popular elec? tion. Second, that new, not satisfied with the results of the election and the decis? ion of the ablest courts of this State, it is regarded as necessary to success by the same party to abandon the election, dis? regard the decisions of the courts, and summarily take by legislation what neither the election nor the courts nor the existing laws have given them.? Third, that the preseut defeated party have a full remedy for any wrongs suf? fered by them under the existing laws and in the courts. I am unable to discover how justice or equity or fair dealing can be held to sup? port the passage of the present act. If a popular election one year ago was the fair mode of controversy, it is the fair mode now. While I should regret the necessity of any further act of legislation touching this question, I could certainly give my consent to an act ordering an? other election far more readily than to any other mode of settling the controver? sy. If the party whose interests this act promoted have been robbed of their righ s under the last election, as is al? leged, is that a valid reason why the General Assembly should undertake to settle the question by summary legisla? tion ? Is this the only election at which wrorigs have been done? If such a view is to prevail, then all local elections might by the same hat be transferred to the General Assembly. If one party to any municipal election should feel itself aggrieved at the result, it might ask the General Assembly to intervene and de? clare one party elected. All such legis? lative action is almost universally consid? ered unwise, partisan and exceedingly dangerous as a precedent. It really strikes a blow at the very princi? ples of popular elections and the sover? eignty of the people, in their primary capacity, to settle their own local contro? versies. A few yean ago a style of leg? islation was in vogue which consisted in transferring the powers of local officers to be elected by the people to the central control of the Legislature. I only state what is the verdict of nearly all men now, that such legislation is pernicious in effect, and wholly contrary to the spir-' it of our Govern men t and Institutions. Popular elections have a thousand times failed to express the real popular will, owing to undue influences or dis? honest practices. Shall we then abandon popular elections and centre all powers now exercised by the people at the ballot box in a central legislative body? What has Barnwell County done, I ask, that she shonld now be deprived of her accus? tomed rights ? Grant that bad men have burned ballot boxes. Grant if necessary that the preseni, defeated party have lost their rights. For all this, shall the peo? ple of this county no longer nave a voice in settling their most important domestic affairs ? What, I respectfully ask, do the members of the General Assembly really know of the real wishes or interests of the people of Barnwell County respecting the present question? What does the Governor know? Leave this question to the people, to whom it belongs, and they will settle it by the ordinary agen? cies of popular elections and the courts. But all these considerations, so weighty and conclusive, are made tenfold more binding on me, when it is remembered that the door of relief from wrong, to both parties to this controversy, is still open. If the refusal of the commissioners of election to canvass the election or to de? clare its result is a wrong to either party, there is a clear present legal remedy to the party wronged; a remedy so plain, that nobody willmistakc it. The refusal of one party to abide the test of the courts does not suggest to me any increased confidence in the justice of their cause. I havcatoo much respect for the courts to be wilrrng to seem to decline to abide by the result of their decision when fairly and regular? ly made. Up to the present time it is an unquestionable fact that the decisions of the courts are adverse to the decision made by the present act. There are other more general and per? haps more important considerations which induce me to decline to approve the present act. They relate to what I believe to be the general effects upon the' welfare of the people of Barnwell County. I do not think the present act, from the best information I can gather, .will tend to promote this best interests of that county. On the contrary, I think it is calculated to disturb the harmony and hinder the prosperity of that county.? I well understand how great is the per? sonal and political feeling aroused by this controversy. It would be easy to find partisan reasons on either side, but that is not my duty. My duty is to act impartially in view of what seems to me to be justice on both sides. Justice to both sides, in my best judgment, requires me, so far as my action can effect it, to remit this question back to the people of the county, there to be determined to the end by the agencies of the courts or by another resort to a popular election if the courts shall finally decide that the last election was not valid, or did not, for any cause, express t he will of the people. Very rjspectfully, | D. H. Chambeblai>\ Governor South Carolina. Blaine'fl Mischief. Marc Antony, in the play of ''Julius Caesar," is not a lovable character. To his great qualities, his courage, boldness and wit, are allied an insidious dema? gogue ry whose cunning display is one of the greatest triumphs of Shakespeare. Dangling the pierced robe of the dead Caesar before the eyes of the Roman rab? ble, he stirs their hearts to mutiny while deprecating any tumult He brandishes Caesar's will; and as the inflamed popu? lace rush off to burn the houses of the conspirators he rushes down and cries with fiendish exultation:? Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot ; Take thou whai; coarse thou wilt; If James G. Blaine, after his' Ander sonville speech, had sat for the picture of Marcus Antonius, the poet would not have changed a line. Between the "curled Antony" and Blaine there is, however, a striking difference. The one held up the rob 2 of Caesar, newly'slain; the other gesticulates as, with nimble fin? gers, he holds tip the mouldering grave clothes of the Union dead whose corses he turns over in their sepulchre to get the makings of a party flag. Outside of the minority in the House of Representa? tives who cheered deliriously at the wily speech, we may ask, can Blaine awake any other feeling than disgust as the sa? cred cerements of the dead Union sol? diers drop to pieces in his busy fingerst The dead of tne Union shall never be'for? gotten, but the ghoul who robs the graves to' make a party flag shall not be thought a herb. The flag to sweep the country must be of fairer bunting than can be woven from the "bloody shirt" of Morton or the "grave clothes" of Blaine, There is one other view of Blaine' pos? turing as the Republican Marc Antony which must not be forgotten, for it is, in Mr. Blaine's eyes, of the greatest moment ?namely. How will it tell for Blaine? Able, and cunning, with the. Antonien flavor of ostentatious bluntness, he" lets his wishes appear as the Undercurrent,' rather than tne tide, of his speech; Like ' Antony in his most effusive sentences he would be read between the lines. When he fled precipitately to the clo?Jc room to dodge the third term vote he let his halt? ing excuse of delicacy on account .of be? ing spoken of as a Presidential candidate tell tne under story that he only refrained from striking. Grant's ambition because he loved Grant. It is the fault of such men to reason too finely with themselves,' and expect the world to be cozened with a half-uttered thought. Mr. Bhrine knows that his fight with Mr. Hill; in; which the latter deserves to be beaten as much as Blaine deserves to be censured, is a doubtful advantage to himself. Bru? tus said to Antony at Philippi: The pasture of your blows are yet unknown; and this may be repeated to Blaine; for as Antony was; but clearing the way for young Octaviii? Caesar to mount the throne over Antony's corpse, so the blows of Blaine may tell for Grant, whom Blaine loved too much to destroy as a Presidential candidate?a delicacy that Grant is not likely to reciprocate if the gate to a third term is but left ajar.?N. Y. Herald. A Useful Table.?To aid farmers in arriving at accuracy in ascertaining the amount of land in different fields under cultivation, the following table is given by an agricultural paper: Five yards wide by 968 yards long, contains one acre; 10 yards wide 484 by yards long, contains one acre; 20 yards wide by 245 yards long, contains one acre; 40 yards wide by 121 yards long, contains one acre; 160 yards, wide by 301 yards long, contains one acne ; 220 feet wide by 198 feet long contain one acre; 110 feet wide by 396 feet long, contains one acre; 60 feet wide by 726 feet long-contains one acre; ? Hon. Alexander H. Stephens is op? posed to the two-thirds rule in tho Na? tional Democratic Convention. Ho con? siders it undemocratic and monstrous,. The only reason it was ever adopted, ho says, was simply to preserve the harmo? ny of Democratic theories, .since it was-, supposed that, if a bare mtjority nomi? nated, it might happen that it would not be a vote of a majority of tho States. ?' Mr. Stephens thinks it is only a majority rule . that will make a smooth and harmonious nomination.