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JAS. A. HOYT, E. B. HURRAY, } Editors. THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 24th, 1876. AND STILL THEY ESCAPE. For a long time past we have plainly . expressed our conviction that the reform of this administration is hollow and only designed to quiet the public mind by fair promises and fine appearances. To-day we are more firmly convinced of the cor? rectness of this view than ever before, for notwithstanding the protestations that the public plunderers were to be prosecuted and punished, we find Niles G. Parker living at ease in Jersey City . and Dublin J. Walker occupying a Beat in the State Senate, although both of them have been convicted by a jury "of their countrymen for embezzling public .. funds. We have repeatedly charged that -the Republican party does not dare pun? ish any political thief, and the facts bear us out in the assertion. There have been some miserable mock trials, but between Judges skilled in the application of ha . beat corpus, Governors ready and willing in the use of the sacred trust imposed by the power to pardon which is vested in them, and Solicitors ignorant or careless in the structure of their indictments and the development of their testimony, all the important prosecutions have resulted in the liberation of criminals, and grant? ing them the security of an acquittal or pardon to protect them from any further danger on account of their crimes. The most recent instance of this mode of procedure is the case of the State vs. James A. Bow ley, indicted for receiving a bribe as chairman of the committee on ways and means in the last General As? sembly. The proof made, for the State was that an agreement was entered into between. Bowley and John B. Dennis, then Superintendent of the Penitentiary, that he, Bowley, was to receive one sixteenth of the amount appropriated for j the Penitentiary in order to secure his ] influence for an appropriation of $80,000. The indictment charged that the'appro-' priation bill was referred to the commit? tee on ways and means, and that Bowley was elected chairman of such committee. The proof: was that Bowley was appoin? ted chairman, but that the committee j had the right to elect its own chairman. There was no proof offered to show that j the appropriation bill was ever referred to the committee on ways and means. Therefore, in consequence of a failure of.j the proof to support the indictment in these two particulars, which were of no importance to the merits of the main issue, the defendant was acquitted. Such proceedings as these are not calculated to inspire any very great confidence in j the integrity of the pre mises of the Re publican party to reform. We know tbat I an occasional mishap will occur to the most vigilant prosecuting attorney, but when every Republican office-holder suc? ceeds in eluding the law by some device or other, there can be no doubt left that the effort to punish criminals of this stamp, is not a very vigorous one. Les? lie, Whipper, Moses and others have been charged with grave crimes by offi? cer! high, in position, and yet they are j not indicted. Why is this? The an? swer is. plain. The whole Republican party as each is so utterly corrupt that there is nothing pure enough within its ranks to do the work of purification. The leaders fear investigation or prosecu? tion, for when it begins they know not J where it will end. INNOVATIONS UPON LAW. At a repent term of the Court of Gen? eral Sessions for Fairfield County, Judge I Mackey instructed a jury, in the case of j the Stated. Jamea Hill, indicted for as? sault and battery, in favor of an acquittal. The jury, however, convicted the party, whereupon the Judge set aside the ver diet and ordered a nolle protequi to be | entered, thus undertaking in a high? handed manner to become the Judge of] the law and the facts, as well as to exer eise the function of the Solicitor in dis continuing a case. This proceed ore is subversive of all law and security, for it makes the punishment of every criminal { dependant upon the whims of a Judge. The Kingstree Star suggests that Judge Mackey deserves impeachment for inter? meddling in Judge Carpenter's Circuit and releasing Parker in an illegal and unjustifiable manner, and we are disposed to think the instance above cited might very properly form another ground. While the Legislature is in the impeach? ing business it would be well for them to look after such flagrant disregard of law as Judge Mackey seems guilty of. We suppose, however, that the Judge and Governor Chamberlain are on too good terms for any such action to take place. Mackey has shown himself to be Cham? berlain's Handy Andy on various occa? sions, and daring the Parker farce was his especial conferee, and the Governor has shown how highly he appreciates Mackey's services by pardoning for his benefit the convict Walker. Of course he would defend him from impeachment, and therefore while there may be grounds for the Star's proposition for impeach? ment, still there is no prospect of such a check being put upon the Judge who has , the will and ability to put up such nice jobs as the release of Parker; the release without bail of the Crews who were arrested for the Schell murder; and, the setting aside of the verdict of a jury and preventing a new trial of the prisoner. Congress is about to repeal the bank? rupt law. The Judiciary Committee last week reported to the House of Represen? tatives a bill intended to accomplish this purpose. The first section repeals the bankruptcy act of March 21, 1867, and all laws and parts of laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. The second section provides that all suits and proceedings now pending in United States Courts, wherein an adjudication in bankruptcy has been made, shall be pro? ceeded with and governed by the provis? ions of existing laws, which are con? tinued in force only for the purpose of | closing up suits and proceedings now pending. The act is to take effect from and after the 1st day of January, 1877. After some discussion upon technical points, the bill was passed by a vote of I 186 yeas to 67 nays. The Senate will probably concur in the measure, as nu? merous strong petitions have urged the repeal of the oankrupt law. THE ANDERSON DEMOCRACY. The Charleston News and Courier ha? at last made the discovery that Anderson has a Democratic Club, and is unhappy because we did not pin our political for? tunes to the tail of the Governor's kite. Our contemporary illustrates very forci? bly the extremity into which it has gone, and it is with great difficulty that we can attempt to answer any of its articles, be? cause it has been foundering in the po? litical mire it has made to such an ex? tent lately, that it appears to be every? where in politics. One day its leader announces that nothing will redeem this State except a two" years rule of the De? mocracy, and that the Republicans must be made take the stool of repentance for that period, at least, and the next it is hurrahing lustily for the hybrid coali? tion policy. The Newt and Courier agrees with the plank in our platform which insists that none but Democrats bear our standards in the coming election, but seeks to evade the plain intent of the resolution by say? ing that we may be called on to support a Republican, and if so we do not make him our standard-bearer. If we support a Republican it must be under one of two conditions?either that we make him our standard-bearer, or that we agree to march beneath his banner in the column of his dusky followers. To neither of these conditions have the Democracy of Anderson agreed. The Newt and Courier suggests that we will run a partial ticket, leaving a portion of the State officers blank, and thinks the only question of doubt is whether to run the full ticket or not Of all the inconsistencies of our contemporary this is the most glaring. If we can elect a partial ticket we can elect a complete one. If we make a half handed irresolute fight there are thou? sands of white tuen who will not go to the poles, and we are sure to be defeated in the effort. There is nothing to be lost by running a full ticket, for if some of the Republicans are acceptable they will be elected, unless our candidates beat them, and hence in that event we would be sure to have an acceptable man either way. There is no chance, how? ever, of the Republican party nominating men who will be acceptable to Ue Dem? ocrats of Anderson County, for we insist on placing this party upon the stool of correction to attone its past sins. This ?partial ticket plan is worse than no ticket at all, for it will arouse all the passions of the Republican party without en? thusing the Democrats, so that it will re? sult in the loss of even our present strength in the Legislature. Th is propo? sition has nothing in it to commend its adoption, and we predict it will have no strength in the State Convention. The Newt and Courier says : It is a pity that the Anderson Meeting J did not make some acknowledgment of the debt of gratitude that the State owes to Governor Chamberlain. * * * * But when the splendid courage, the rare sagacity and the unfaltering advocacy of reform measures which have marked Governor Chamberlain's administration are studiously ignored in any County, there is reason to fear that prejudice, or pique, to put it mildly, has had undue weight in the councils of the party. The complacency with which this is said, is indeed surprising. We would like to be informed when and by whom the Newt and Courier was constituted a judge and censor of the motives of the Democracy of Anderson County. It is arrogance and presumption for any paper to charge that ninety intelligent repre? sentatives from the various portions of j Anderson County acted from prejudice I or pique. It is slander upon our people to charge it, and, as we wish to put things equally as mildly as our contemporary, we will not attempt to say what is the standard by which this self-righteous newspaper judges other people. The conduct of Governor Chamberlain has never been discourteous towards any member of this Convention, and they were not actuated by any dislike for him, except so far as his political course has been outrageous in the past and decep? tive in the present Whenever any real reform is accomplished by him it will be time to praise him. The mere preven? tion of Moses and Whipper taking their seats is something to be sure, but he says he did it for the purpose of saving his party. Hence, as the Democrats of Anderson do not believe in praising a man for being honest for the sake of his own gain, they said nothing about him. They were silent, and the News and Courier upbraides them for it. They might with very great propriety have condemned the Governor for his corrupt and bad partisan appointments, his improper use of the pardoning power, his absence from the State at the critical period of the Parker trial and the Solo? mon Bank failure, his almost criminal neglect in agreeing to deposit the State funds in the Solomon Bank .when it was reputed to be insolvent, his absence from the city of Colrunbia when the Legisla? ture was in session and he had informa? tion that the Whipper-Moses crew would attempt to bring on the Judicial election, ! his approval of the two Bonanza bills and the present tax bill, whereby we are now paying the highest tax we have ever had, and last, but not least, his uncalled-for and insulting letter about our party to Senator Morton. The Newt and Courier's course means that it is determined to secure a coalition with Governor Chamberlain. It is in a great measure responsible for the failure of the coalition with the Bolters' movement, and the election of Moses in consequence. It cannot now induce us to repeat the blunders of the two previous campaigns. Senator Gordon made a speech in At? lanta on the 14th inst, in which he arraigned the Republican party as in? competent, corrupt, and, towards the South, tyrannical. He said, also, that the South must remove all apprehensions caused by the wild utterances of Mr. Toombs. The South had to make a Christian fight this year against the world, the flesh and the Senator from In? diana, and the national contest must be on sound principles. Senator Gordon is a true Democrat, a wise statesman and an unselfish patriot, whose utterances al? ways command the attention and confi? dence of his hearers. It costs the people of the United States about $10,000 a day to support the House of Representatives. A session of the House consumes from three to four hours. Every hour's work is done at an expense of $2,500. Every minute of the session , costs $40. Tb:s is rather expensive legis? lation. THREATENED INVESTIGATIONS. Senator Corwin, of Newberry, intro? duced the following preamble and reso? lution in the Senate on Saturday, which were ordered to lie OTcr until the follow? ing Wednesday: '? Whereas, the election of Hons. F. J. Moses, jr., and W. J. Whipper to the Circuit Bench of the State, by a delibe? rate and well considered rote of this General Assembly, has been construed by the Governor of South Carolina and. others in such manner as to awaken a: strong public sentiment, both in the State, and nation, to mean an endorsement of certain alleged frauds and corruptions in the past management of our State affairs; and whereas, it becomes this General Assembly, while repudiating such a con? struction, of its motives, to take cogni? zance of criticism from such a source, and to place the true intent and meaning of its acts above suspicion in the minds of all just men ; and whereas, charges of fraud and corruption have been made, of a grave and serious nature, against J. P. Reed, Judge of the First Judicial Cir? cuit of this State; and whereas, the Gen? eral Assembly recognizes the necessity of high honor and unblemished integrity as a qualification for the office of a Circuit Judge, and that an investigation of such charges is a solemn duty to the people, the office, and to itself; be it, therefore, Retolvcd, By the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, that a com? mittee of five on the part of the Senate, and-on the part of the House of Representatives, be appointed to examine into the charges made against the said F. J. Moses, Jr., W. J. Whipper and J. P. Reed, Judge of the First Circuit, and that such committee shall invite all specific testimony thereto relating, and report to this General Assembly such re? commendation for its action therein as they may deem necessary: Provided, however, That such committee shall cease its action without prejudice in the case of any or all such persons herein named, if they shall resign the office they hold or to which they have been elected as Circuit Judges. This resolution is more unjust and un? fair to Jndge Reed than the villainous proceeding to which we alluded last week. Why the effort should be made by these would-be reformers tojjink him with Whipper and Moses we cannot un? derstand, except on the ground that they are endeavoring to injure him by vague charges, which are not expected by their authors to be established. We do not imagine that Whipper will resign, though Moses may, if subjected to an investiga? ting committee. One thing, however, is sure, Senator Corwin has mistaken Ms man if he expects to scare Judge Reed into a resignation. He is a bold and in? dependent man, and will not be craven enongh to resign under these circumstan? ces. In defending Judge Reed in this matter, we do not wish to be misunder? stood. We differ from him in toto upon political matters, but when we see any citizen attacked and maligned in such a base and malicious manner, it is but just that the course of his accusers should be condemned. We do not know whether Judge Reed is guilty of official miscon? duct or not, and do not pretend to say ; bnt we do say that these vague charges are no evidence of any misconduct, but rather tend in themselves to show that they are false, for if there was any truth in them it would have been sure either to have been expressed in the charges, or at least made known to the public We shall not believe there ia any truth in ihem until they are preferred in a tangi? ble shape, or until we can obtain some evidence to establish them. There is very little prospect that^this resolution will pass, and it is in all probability not intended for any other purpose than to injure Judge Reed in this ignoble man? ner. ASSEMBLINGS OF THE CRAFT. Grand Royal Akch Chapter.? This body met in Masonic Temple in Charleston on Tuesday, the 15th and 16th inst. The usual roKine of business pertaining to the Chapter was attended to, and the following were elected and installed officers for the ensuing year: Comp. W. K. Blake, Grand High Priest Comp. Wilmot G. DeSaussure, Deputy Grand High Priest. Comp. J. F. C. DuPre, Grand King. Comp. J. Adger Smyth, Grand Scribe. Comp. 0. E. Chicuester, Rev. Grand Chaplain. Comp. C. Frank Jackson, Grand Treas? urer. Comp. J. E. Burke, Grand Secretary. Comp. R. S. Agnew, Grand Captain of the Host Comp. Rev. C. Watts, Grand Royal Arch Captain. Comp. L. F. Meyer, Grand Sentinel. The next annual convocation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter will be held at Charleston. Comp. Davis, Herndon and Russell were appointed a committee to procure a jewel Tor Comp. A. T. Smythe, the re? tiring High Priest. Geand Council of R. and S. Ma? sons.-?The Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of the State of South Carolina held their annual assembly at Masonic Temple in Charleston, Wednes? day afternoon, M. I. G. M. Wilmot G. DeSaussure in the Chair. There was quite a large attendance of members present, showing that the inter? est in Cryptic Masonry is upon the in? crease in this State. The following officers were elected and duly installed: Comp. Wilmot G. DeSaussure, of Charleston, M. L G. M. Comp. Zimmerman Davis, of Charles? ton, D. G. M. m Comp. W. H. D. Gaillard, of Pendle ton, P. G. C. ofW. Comp. C. F. Jackson, of Columbia, Grand Treasurer. Comp. A. Lindstrom, of Charleston, Grand Recorder. "Comp. C. E. Chicbester, of Winnsboro, Grand Chaplain. Comp. J. F. C. DuPre, of Abbeville, Grand Marshal. Comp. W. T. Branch, of Abbeville, G. C. ofG. Comp. A. E. Hutchinson, of Rock Hill, Grand Conductor. Comp. W. W. Humphreys, of Ander? son, Grand Steward Comp. L. F. Meyer, of Charleston, Sentinel. The Council adjourned in due and an? cient form. Our spicy contemporary, the Green? ville Daily News, makes the following excellent and sensible application of an old story. It would be well for our coa? lition friends to study its moral, which is, "make no alliances with porsons or par? ties whose integrity is not above ques? tion." Read the tale and learn the re? sult of coalition : A Democratic Club and a Republican Club went possum hunting in cahoot, the Democrats making the proposition agreed to furnish the dogs. The darkey who carried the torch was asked next day how they came out, "Kocht four pos? sums." "Well, how about the divide?" "Dunno, sar, yer see deysgwine in cahoot and kocht four possums. Mar's Cham berlin tuck two, and Mars Moses tuck two, an as dey's gwine in cahoot, I reckon do Democrats gits de cahoot." THE BLUE RIDGE B AILROAD. There is to be a Convention in Ander? son of the friende of this enterprise on the 30th of March next. It is of the greatest importance, that the project should be kept alive and that the town and County of Anderson, which is prob? ably more highly interested in its suc? cessful termination than any other, should manifest an interest and a firm and abi? ding faith in the completion of the road. We hope that our neighboring towns will have representatives here on that occa? sion, and suggest that our Charleston and Columbia friends should take measures to secure a delegation from each of those cities. The City of Knoxville, and other places of importance along the Western portion of the line, will be represented, and we should endeavor to complete ar? rangements for the organization of a company to proceed with the building of the road. There will be a meeting of the citizens of the County of Anderson, on Saleday in March at twelve o'clock, in the Court House, to elect delegates from this County to attend this Convention. We hope an interest will be taken in the subject by our people. EDITORIAL NOTES. Senator Robertson of this State has in? troduced a petition from the Clinch j Rifles, of Georgia, and the Washington [Light Infantry, of Charleston, asking that the Secretary of War be directed to issue to each of these companies two hun? dred and forty Springfield breech-loading rifles. These companies expect to form a part of the Centennial Legion, which is to be present at" the coming Centennial Exhibition, to be composed of one com? pany from each of the original thirteen States. The petition has been presented in the Senate, and it is to be hoped its request will be granted. W. Magill Fleming, Solicitor of the Seventh Circuit, was convicted before Judge Carpenter, at the present term of the Circuit Court of Richland County, of being drunk while attempting to perform his duties as Solicitor at Spartanburg in 1874. The case has been pending a long time, and the effects of the verdict will be the dismissal from office of the defendant besides fine or imprisonment, shAld the appeal which he has taken prove ineffec? tual. The Judge of the Seventh Circuit is impeached for high crimes in appro? priating trust funds to his own use ,and the Solicitor convicted of drunkenneas. This is a specimen of Republican admin? istration. ? The Legislature has elected Messrs. Nash, Meetze and L. Cain Regents to the Lunatic Asylum. Mr. Cochran seconded the nomination of Mr. Meetze, and said that he wished the Democrats to be rep? resented in all the departments of the State Government, from the highest to the lowest positions, so that they might share the responsibility of the adminis? tration. We hope he is in earnest, and would respectfully suggest that it will be a good time to advocate this policy at the Republican Nominating Convention this summer. If he will secure the posi? tion of Comptroller General or Treasurer for a Democrat we have no doubt they will assume a portion of the responsibili? ty. We imagine, however, that it is the desire to place a Democrat on a few com? mittees or such like, and charge them with a part of the responsibilities of the fraud and corruption of Republican offi? cers. Such statements sound well, but, unfortunately, end in sound. If the Re? publicans are willing to give minority representation why did they not manifest it by giving us a fair districting of the State for members of Congress? They want to pretend now that they- will be very liberal hereafter, but as long as they remain in power they will never allow a Democrat to hare any influence or power if chicanery, gerrymandering or any other trick can prevent it. JOTTINGS BY THE WAY. number 1. Messrs. Editors : Your repeated kindness induces me to repay you, in some slight degree, by occasional contri? butions to the columns of your valuable paper. These sketches shall be, for the most part, a faithful portrayal of passing events as they occur. The mild, spring-like weather has pushed the farmer to the commencement of operations for another crop. The ploughman is beginning to turn the stub? ble soil, and other hands are ditching and draining the bottom lands. On the Three-and-Twenty the land-holders are for the second time throwing out the send from the beds of their old ditches, at a very heavy expense, though with the prospect this time of the ditches cleaning themselves hereafter, as the dam has been removed. On other streams the people are availing them? selves of the provisions of the drainage law, and in a very few years it is be? lieved that all the bottom lands lying along the margin of our streams will be in a state of cultivation. The County Commissioners are aiding the people in this important undertaking, and ought not in certain cases to withhold material aid in so important an enterprizc. We have, long, long years-ago, heard appeals for public aid to projected railroad enter prizes, factories, &c., but we venture the assertion that in respect to the advance? ment of agriculture in our County, the promotion of the public health, none of these entcrprizes would do more for the public good thau would be accomplished by the thorough drainage of our bottom lands. An old and successful farmer in Pickens, one who has in cultivation large bodies of creek bottom lands, says that when thoroughly drained and in a state of cultivation, every acre of such land is worth a hundred dollars. Now, is the estimate extravagant, when we remem? ber that each acre will produce annually from twenty-five to forty bushels of corn, with a surplus of peas, pumpkins, &c.? The drainage law should be amended so as to require the ditches to be kept clean of all debris and trash, and have the gullies emptying sand into the main ditch from the hill sides blocked with trash so as to stop the sand. The financial crisis through which the County is passing is operating hardly upon all the industrial interests of the country. Farmers are, for the most part, talking about partially abandoning cot* ton, and substituting provision crops, I vegetables, fruits, &c. Guanos are at a discount in the calculations of tho farm era, unless they can be had at a reduced price and with cotton option. If the result of this revulsion in trade should force an entire revolution in the system of agriculture, so as to produce a greater diversity of crops, the country might yet rejoice and say that, mixed with this bitter cup of financial distress, there is a rich blessing in disguise. . B. H. T. For the Anderson Intelligencer. ! A Letter From Texas. Tylkb, Texas, Feb. 14,1876. Editors Iktf.llic enceb : Thirty years is a long time for a man to look back upon, yet I often tbink back to the time of my boy? hood, when Anderson was my home and her people my friends. I can now in my imagination see clearly ths old familiar faces that used to greot me with a smile as I made my weekly rounds on Thursday morning to deliver the old Gazette, then under the man? agement of Todd & Russell. Many changes have taken place since then; many, very rJhny who are still dear in my memory, are quietly sleeping beneath the sod, but there are still living some whose good counsel and acts of kindness to me when a boy are as fresh in my memory as the transactions of yesterday. Although ray home is now in the "far West," I still love South Carolina and old Anderson?it is the land of my birth, the home of my boyhood and early manhood; my parents and relatives rest in her bosom; the friends of my youth are there, and when I hear a word of derision uttered against her, it makes the old Pal? metto blood boil in my veins. As recollec? tions like thex rise up before me, is it any wonder that I should digress from the origi? nal intention of this letter? My object in taking my pen to write this letter was to endeavor to show to my old friends in South Carolina some of the ad? vantages of Texas as a fanning country. I have lived here for the last ten years, and; "know whereof I speak." There is an eroni ous idea prevailing in the Eastern States in regard to the health of this wftntry. JA is thought by some to be sickly. This is all a mistake. I call it a healthy country. True, we havo some chills and fever in the fall season, but I do not look Upon chills as anything to be seriously regarded, as every Texlan knows exactly hew to break them up. There is less fatal siokness here than any country I ever lived in. The climate is mild and pleasant, not too cold or too hot, and in the summer months there is nearly always a pleasant breeze. This country is generally looked upon abroad as emphatically a cotton country. True, every one here raised some cotton, but grain can be and is raised in great abun? dance. Everything that a man wishes on his table can be raised in this portion of Texas, except his coffee. We grow the sugar cane to great perfection, and we have saline waters, where the people can make their own salt; wheat and oats also thrive well in this climate. The society is good, churches and schools in every neighborhood, good water and timber in abundance. I much prefer this (the Eastern) portion of Texas to the Western and Northwestern portions, for the reason that the droughts in the summer season are more certain and severe in the prairies. The water is scarcer there and not so good, and the timber is better and of course more abundant here. I do not deny but that the lands in the Western and North? western portions of Texas are rich and pro? ductive, but I do say that this section has many attractions that that docs not have. There are lands in this (Smith) county that will produce with favorable seasons from one to three bales of cotton per acre. I heard of one farmer last year who made three bales of cotton, weighing five hundred pounds per bale, on one acre, and that, too, without one pound of fertilizers. There is plenty of up land here that will produce I one bale to the acre. Our farmers now are I turning then- attention more to raising grain 1 and hogs than they have heretofore done, and I think it is a move in the right direc I tion. It does not pay to raise cotton to buy j corn and bacon with, and the people have found it out. Thanks to the Grange move? ment. Tyler, the county seat of this county, is a flourishing city, full of life, energy and in? dustry, and her people noted for hospitality. The politics of the county and of the State is Democratic to the back-bone. To-morrow the people of the State vote on the adoption of the new constitution. It will be adopted j by aixty thousand majority. Richard Coke, the present incumbent, will be re-elected Govemor*by aboat the same majority. Now, Messrs. Editors, I have given you and your readers a short statement of facts in regard to this State, and particularly of this county, and I need only add that emigration is cordially invited. There are thousands of rich, productive lands awaiting the emigrant. Good unimproved Und can be had at from three to five dollars per acre; improved land from five to eight dollars per acre. To the people of Anderson who have any notion of coming to Texas, I would Bay, do not give Eastern Texas tho go-by, but stop and look and if you are not satisfied, then go farther. I fear I am encroaching too much upon your time and space, Messrs. Editors, and will therefore "sheathe my quill" for the present, promising that you shall hear from me again at no distant day. ARCH W. RICE. IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE MONT? GOMERY MOSES. As tho trial of Judge Montgomery Moses, under the impeachment proceedings, prom? ises to be of interest and importance to the public, we give a fall statement below of its development up to this time: 8ec05d day's fbockbdikgs. The committee appointed to examine into the charges reported through Mr. Couch, its chairman, as follows: The committee appointed under the reso? lution of this House, "That a committee of five be appointed by the Speaker to inquire into ana make a full examination of all matters pertaining to the proper discbarge of the official conduct of the Hon. Mont? gomery Moses, Circuit Judge of the State of South Carolina, in and for the Seventh Circuit, and for said purposes be authorized and empowered to send for persons and pa? pers, and said committee be further author? ized to report by resolution or otherwise." respectfully report that they have carefully inquired into the matters referred to in said resolution, and recommend the adoption by the House of the following resolution: "Rcsol&d, That Montgomery Moies, Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of the State of South Carolina, be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanor." The roll was called upon the adoption of the resolution submitted by the committee and resulted: Ayes, 87; noes, none, being two-thirds of the whole number of members as required by the constitution. Mr. Couch then offered the following reso? lutions, which were also adopted: Resolved, That a committee of two be ap? pointed to go to the Senate, and, at the bar thereof, in the name of the House of Rep? resentatives and of all the people of South Carolina, to impeach Montgomery Moses, Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, of high crimes and misde? meanors in office, and acquaint the Senate that the House of Representatives will, in due time, exhibit particular articles of im? peachment against him aud make good the same ? and that the committee do demand that the Senate take order for the appearance of said Montgomery Moses to answer to said impeachment. Resolved, That a committe of seven, of which Hon. R. B. Elliott shall be a member, be appointed to prepare and report articles of impeachment against Montgomery Moses, Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, with power to send for per? sons, papers and records, and to take testi? mony under oath. P. Simkins and John T. Sloan were ap? pointed on the committee to wait on the Senate, and Coucli, ex*-Chanccllor Johnson, Bampncld, Hirsch, Barn well and the Speak? er, as the committee to prepare the articles Of impeachment. . ~ Tbe House subsequently agreed upon the following programme of arrangements:. . >. "When the committee to prepare articles of impeachment of Montgomery Moses re Sort the eaid articles, the House shall imme iately resolve itself into committee of tho whole thereon ; that speeches in committee shall be limited to ten minutes each, which debate shall, if deemed necessary, continue till the next legislative day after the report, to the exclusion of all other business except the reading of the journal; that at or before 1 o'clock of the said second day the debate shall cease and the committee shall then proceed "to consider and vote upon amend? ments that may be offered under the five minutes' rule of debate, but no merely pro forma amendment shall be entertained; that at or before two o'clock on the afternoon of said second day the committee shall rise and report their action to the House, which shall immediately and without dilatory motion vote thereon. That if the articles of im? peachment are agreed on, the Speaker shall immediately appoint five managers to con? duct said impeachment on the part of the. House; and that during the pendency of resolutions in the House relative to said im? peachment thereafter no dilatory motions shall be received except one motion on each day, that the House do now adjourn." THIRD day. Messrs. P. Simkins and Sloan appeared be? fore the bar of the House and submitted the following: Mr. Speaker: In obedience to the order of the House, wo proceeded to the bar of the Senate, and, in the name of this body and of all the people of the State, we impeached, as we were directed to do, Montgomery Moses, Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, of high crimes and misdemeanors in office, and we demanded that the Senate should take order to make him appear before that body to answer for the same, and announced that the House would soon present articles of impeachment and make them good: to which the response was, "Order shall be taken." Received as information. Subsequently Mr. Elliott rose to a privil . ege question, and stated that he had been in? structed by the committee appointed to pre? pare articles of impeachment against M. Moses, jndge of tho seventh judicial circuit, .and submitted the following: ARTICLES . Exhibited by the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, in the name of themselves and of all the people of the State, against Montgomery Moses, Judge of the Circuit Courts of the Seventh Judi? cial Circuit of the State of South Carolina, in maintenance and support of the im? peachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors in office. Aeticlk I. That unmindful of the solemn duties of his office, and contrary to the sa? cred obligation by which he stood bound to discharge them faithfully and impartially, and without respect to persons, the said Montgomery Mosas, judge of the Circuit Courts of the seventh judicial circuit, did, at the Circuit Court of General Sessions in and for the County of Spartanburg, commencing on the fourth Monday in October, 1874, ob? struct, delay and hinder the due execution allow the grand jury of the s&ld county to of the law in the said county, by refusing to make a presentment to said court, touching their investigations into the violations of law in,and the official conduct of the. pub? lic officers of, Said county; and by discharg? ing the said grand jury while they stood ready to make such presentment, and while the foreman of said grand jury was express? ing the wish of said jury to submit to the court the said presentment; he, the said Montgomery Moses, judge as aforesaid, thereby, causing great scandal and detriment to the administration of justice. Akt. II. The said Montgomery Moses, judge, as aforesaid, in entire disregard of his duty as such jndge, and in violation of law, of public decency, order and good morals, and to the great scandal and detriment to the administration of justice, has, at various times and places, corruptly demanded mon? ey at the hands of litigants in the Circuit Courts of the said Seventh Judicial Circuit in payment for decisions on cases heard be? fore nim, and also at the hands 4t public officers whose accounts he was by law re? quired to audit and approve for payment, as a consideration for his approval of the ac? counts of said officers, and especially, did so corruptly demand the payment to him of money for the approval of such accounts, at Laursns Court House, in the County of Laurens, on or about the-day of Octo? ber, 1873, and at Newberry, in the County of Newberry, on or about the-day of ?-, 1874."' Abt. HI. That the said Montgomery Mo? ses, judge, as aforesaid, in entire disregard of his duty and in violation of law, public de? cency, order and good morals, has, at va? rious times and places, corruptly demanded and unlawfully received and appropriated to his own use, from' officers of the Circuit Courts of the said Seventh Judicial Circuit, public moneys by law entrusted to their care and custody, promising and agreeing to interpose bis judicial power and authority to protect and screen them from responsibility and punishment; and, especially, did so cor? ruptly demand and unlawfully receive pub? lic moneys for his own use at. the hands of such public officers, at Laurens C. H., in the County of Laarens, on or about the-day of October, 1873, and the 18th day of No? vember, 1873, and the-day of- 1875; and at Newberry, in the County of New berry, on or about the 15th day of April, 1874, the 11th day of July, 1874, the 10th day of December, 1874, ana the 12th day of April, 1875. Abt. IV. That the said Montgomery Mo? ses, for about four rears now last past, he being, during the whole of said period, judge of the Circuit Courts of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, baa wilfully neglected to "perform the duties of said office with reasonable dili? gence, thereby causing great delays in the transaction of the judicial business of his ?aid circuit, and causing great loss, damage and inconvenience to suitors, jurors and witnesses before the courts over which he presided, and especially at the respective terms of his said courts, in and for the Conn ties of Laurens and Newberry. Abt. V. That the said Montgomery Mo? ses, judge, as aforesaid, in entire disregard of the law, in flagrant violation of right and justice, and to the great injury and detri? ment of suitors, has, at various times and places, wilfully and perversely neglected and refused to perform the duties of said office by failing and refusing to sign orders sub? mitted to him for his signature by the con? sent and agreoment of the parties to the suits in which such orders were demanded and pending in his said court, and especial? ly, did so fail and refuse to sign such orders, at Newberry, in the County of Newberry, on or abont the-day of March, 1875. Abt. VI. That the said Montgomery Mo? ses, judge, as aforesaid, in entire disregard of and contempt for the law, and to the evil example of all the good citizens of this State, and disgraceful to his own character as a judg^has. at various times and places, arbi? trarily and peremptorily ordered and com? pelled public officers sworn to a faithful per? formance of their duties as such public offi? cers, to violate the law by the issuance of evidences of public indebtedness contrary to tbe plain requirements of the statutes pre? scribing ana regulating their duties, and, especially, at Laurens Court House, in the County of Laurens, at the term of the Cir? cuit Court, in and for the said county, com? mencing on the third Monday of May, 1875. Abt. VII. That the said Montgomery Mo? ses, judge, as aforesaid, in entire disregard of the law, in flagrant violation of right and justice, and to great injury of parties inter? ested, has, at various times and places, wil? fully, perversely and corruptly neglected and refused to perform honestly and properly the duties of his said office in this, viz. Pass? ing orders for the payment to certain par? ties, their claims in full amounting to five thousand dollars or more, while other cred? itors were paid only about sixteen cents on the dollar, who were equally as well entitled to the payment of their claims, out of a cer? tain tax levied to pay the past indebtedness of Newberry County, under an act entitled "An act to authorize county commissioners of certain counties to levy and collect an additional tax for certain purposes," ap? proved February 20, 1873, when he was in-1 formed and well knew that the amount col lected under said act was largely insufficient to pay the claims against Newberry County as registered under the provisions of said act. All this at Ncwberrv, in the years 1873 and 18J4. And the House of Representatives, by pro? testation, saving to themselves the liberty of exhibiting at any time hereafter any further articles, or other accusation or impeachment against the suid Montgomery Moses judge of the Circuit Courts of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of the State of South Carolina, and also of replying. to his answers which he shall make unto the articles herein preferred against him and of offering proof to the same and every part thereof, and to all and every other article, accusation, or impeach? ment which shall be exhibited by them as the cose shall require, do demand that the said Montgomery Moses may be put to an? swer the high crimes and misdemeanors in office herein charge against him, and that such proceedings, examinations, trials and judgments may be there upon had and given as may be agreeable to law and jus? tice. Elliott nioyed that the House resolve itself into a committee of the whole to consider the articles of impeachment. Agreed to. ' Cnrtis was called to the chair. The articles were read and approved. :? Elliott moved that the committee do now rise ..and report its action to the House. Agreed to." , W The 8peaker pro. tem. (8pencer) resumed the chair. Curtis, from the committee of the whole, reported that articles of impeachment against Montgomery Moses, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, had been approved and re? commended their adoption. The articles were taken up seriatim and adopted. Upon agreeing to the articles as a whole Elliott demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, and resulted as follows: Yeas, 93; nays, ?. Agreed to. Mr. Couch submitted the following privi? leged resolutions, which were adopted: Resolved, That the articles agreed to by this House, to be exhibited in the name of them? selves and of all the people against Mont? gomery Moses, Judge of the Circuit Courts of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, in mainten? ance of their impeachment against him of high crimes and misdemeanors in office, be carried' to the Senate by the managers ap? pointed to conduct said impeachment. Resolved, That the managers on the part of the House, in the matter of impeachment of Montgomery Moses, be, and are hereby, authorized and empowered to send for per? sons and papers. Elliott, from the special committee, sub? mitted the following privileged resolution: Resolved. That a message be sent to the Senate to inform them that this House has appointed managers to conduct the impeach? ment against Montgomery Moses, Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, and. have di? rected the said managers to carry to the Senate the articles agreed upon by this House, to be exhibited in maintenance of their impeachment against said Montgome Sf Moses, and that the Clerk of the House o go with said message. Laid over temporarily. The Speaker announced Messrs. Couch, Meetze, Barn well, Bampfield, Wallace and Hon. K. B. Elliott as managers to conduct the impeachment. The resolution was then taken up and adopted. The following proceedings were had in the Senate: In the Senate, this morning, the Serjeant at-arms announced message from the House of Representatives. Representative P. Sim kins and J. T. Sloan, committee on the part of the House of Representatives, appeared, and were received by the Senate. Simkins read the following: Jfr. President: In obedience to the order of the House of Representatives, we appear before you, and in the name of the House of Representatives, and of all the people of the State, we do impeach Montgomery Moses, Judge of the Seventh Judicial Cir? cuit, of high crimes and misdemeanors in office; and we further inform the Senate that the House of Representatives will, in due time, exhibit particular articles of im? peachment against 'him and make good the same; and in their , name we demand that the Senate take order for the appearance of the said Montgomery Moses to answer said impeachment. Mr. Corwin introduced the following res? olution : Whereas the House of Representatives, on this 16th day of the present month, by its members, Messrs P. Simkins and John T. Sloan, at the Bar of the Senate, impeached Montgomery Moses, Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of the State of South Caro? lina, of high crimes and misdemeanors in office, and informed the Senate that the House of Representatives will, in due time, exhibit particular articles of impeachment against him, and make good the same, and likewise demand that the Senate take order for the appearance of said Montgomery Mo? ses to answer to said impeachment; there? fore, belt Resolved, That the Senate will take proper order thereon, of which due notice shall be given to the House of Representatives. ? On motion of Mr. Corwin, the rule was suspended, the resolution considered im^ mediately and decided in the affirmativer White introduced the following resolu? tion: Resolved, That the message of the House of Representatives relating to the impeach? ment of Montgomery Moses, Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of the State of South Carolina, be referrred to a select committee of five, to be appointed by the Chair, to consider and report thereon, also to prepare rules of proceedure and practice .in the Senate, when sitting for the trial of impeachment. On motion of Mr. Whittemore, the rule was suspended, the resolution considered immediately, and decided in the affirmative. Messrs. Whittemore, Swells, Corwin. Donaldson and Jervoy were appointed said committee. The sergeant-at-arms announced message from the House of Representatives. A. 0. Jones, clerk of the House of Representatives, appeared and delivered the following mes? sage: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Senate : I am directed by the House of Representa? tives to inform your honorable body that it appointed managers to conduct the impeach? ment against Montgomery Moses, judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, and have di? rected the said managers to carry to the Senate the articles agreed upon by the House of Representatives to be exhibited in main? tenance of their impeachment against said Montgomery Moses. The President. The Senate has heard the message, and will take order in the premises. Jones then retired. ? The Atlanta Herald has suspended. ? Texas has gone Democratic by a bo ut fifty thousand majority. ? The Legislature of Maine has passed a bRhabolishing capital punishment. HYMENEAL. MARRIED, on Thursday, February 17th, 1876, at Mr. E. D. Pruitt's, by Rev. C. Y. Barnes, Mr. JACOB YILKOWSKI and Miss FRANCIS WENJINOWSKA, both lately of Germany, now of Anderson County, 8.0. On Tuesday, the 22nd instant, at the resi? dence of the bride's father, Maj. A. R. Broyles, in this town, by Rev. J. Scott Mur? ray, OLIVER HEWITT, Esq., of Barnwell County, S. C, and Miss CLARA BROYLES. Assignee's Sale. In Re. ) C. P. 8?LLTVAK, Jr., > Bankrupt. J BY virtue of an Order from the District Court of the United States for the Dis? trict of South Carolina, I will sell at Honea Path, in Anderson County, on Monday the 20th of March next, 12 o'clock M., all of the Real Estate of said Bankrupt, .consisting of Eight Hundred ?nd Sixty Acres, situate in Marion County, dtate of Florida. J. L. McCOLLOUGH, Assignee. Feb. 24,1876 32 4 To Whom it may Concern. IWILL run my Bay Mare five hundred yards against the Roan Horse owned by J. P. Catlett, of Tennessee, for Five Hun? dred Dollars at any time it suits the parties to accept this proposition. Address me at Aquilla, Franklin County, Ga. S. KNOX. Feb 24,1876_32_!? ' NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.? Notice is hereby given that the un? dersigned, Administrator of Joseph Prater, deceased, will apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the 28th of March next for a final settlement and discharge from said Estate. W. A. PRATER, Adm'r. Feb 24, 1870 32_5?_ LOST! PERSONS indebted to Benson & Sharpe have lost their opportunity of saving CoBts, as their Notes and Accounts are in the bands of John C. Whrbfiild, Esq., for immediate collection. BENSON & 8HARPE. Feb 17, 1876 31 2 NOTICE. THE undersigned hereby forewarns all persons that his wife, Sarah r'ox. has left his bed and board without cause, and that he will not be responsible for any debts or contracts made by her; and also that he will not recognize any payment of debts due him which is made to her. JOHN COX. Feb 17, 1876 31 3 Dr. W. G. BROWNE, DENTIST, Anderson, S. C. A reliable TOOTH POWDER for sale at 25 cents a Box. 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Feb 24, 1876 82 8m LAURENS VTLLE FEMALE COLLEGE. THE Scholastic Year consists of two Ses? sions. The first session from the first of October to the 15th February ; the sec? ond, from the 15th February to the 5th day of July. Terms, per Session?in Advance. Primary Department.;......,....$10 00 Academic Department.* ?.16 00* Collegiate Department.- 25 00 Contingsncies......~.. 2 0O Extra Studies?{Optional.) Music.$25 OO TJse of Instrument..*2 0t> French..L 10 OO Drawing and Painting.. 10 00* Ornamental Work.10 OO Pupils in all the departments have the advantages of daily Cahsthenic exercises. Board, (including washing, fuel and lights,) $15.00 per month, payable quarterly in ad? vance. Pupils from abroad allowed to board in private families of relatives and friends, when requested by patrons; but such pupils must be subject to the rules and regulations of the College. It is important to pupils that they be en? tered at the beginning of the Session, and that their studies be not interrupted by un? necessary absences. No deduction for ab? sence, except in cases of protracted Illness. Pupils must be subject at all times to reg? ulations in deportment as well as in studies. For further particulars, apply to JAMES FARROW, President, Laurensville, S. C. Feb 17,1876 31 SIMPSON & SADLER, DBUGKHSTS, BENSON HOUSE CORNER, WOULD call the attention of their cus? tomers, and the public generally, to then* largely increased Stock of IDE/TJO-S, MEDICINES, &C. They also have on hand 15,000 LBS. CHEMICALS FOR Home-Hade Fertilizer, At reduced rates for Cash. ALSO, A LARGE LOT OF Fresh Garden and Field Seed From Johnson, Robbins <fc Co., D. M. Ferry & Co., and Robert Buist. Feb 17,1876 31 United States Internal Revenue, COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, Third District, 8outh Carolina, Coluhbu, S. C, Feb. 12,1876. THE following described property, hav? ing been seized for violation of Inter? nal Revenue Laws, and forfeited to the Uni? ted States, will be sold at public auction, to the highest bidder, at Anderson C. H., on THURSDAY, 24th day of FEBRUARY: One sorrel mule, one bay mule, one wagon and harness, and sixty-five gallons, more or lew, of com whiskey, seizedas the property of parties unknown. L CA8S CARPENTER, Collector 3rd District S. C. Feb 17, 1876 31 2 , AUCTION SALE! IWILL sell on the FIRST MONDAY in MARCH next, to the highest bidder, THAT HOUSE AND LOT, In the Village of Pendleton, known as Lots 12 and 13, on south side of street leading to Cherry's Ferry, the property of H. P. Walk? er of Charleston, 8. C. The house h two stories high, and contains five rooms, fine well, garden, new stables and entirely new fencing around the whole lot and garden. Terms Cosh. Purchaser to pay for all ne? cessary papers. JAMES H. McCONNELL, Auctioneer. Feb 17, 1876 31 3