The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 23, 1876, Image 2
JAS. A. HOYT,
E. B. MURRAY, Editor?.
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 23,1876.
TOWN MEETING.
The citizens of the town of Anderson
are requested to meet in the Court Hou?e
on to-morrow (Friday) evening, 24th oi
March, for the purpose of making
arrangements for the meeting of the Rail?
road Convention at this place on the 30th
inst., in the interest of the Blue Ridge
Railroad, aud appointing delegates to the
said Convention. Every citizen interes?
ted in the welfare and prosperity of the
town, and in the construction of this
great railroad enterprise which will unite
the South Atlantic and the Northwestern
States, is invited to attend the meeting
on to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock.
COUNTY CONTENTION.
In accordance with the call of the State
Executive Committee of the Democratic
party in South Carolina, it is hereby an?
nounced that there will be a County Con?
vention held at Anderson C. H. on Sat?
urday, 15th of April next, for the purpose
of electing six delegates to the State
Democratic Convention which meets in
Columbia on the 4th of May next.
The basis of representation in the
County Convention, as fixed by the Cen?
tral Executive Committee, will be as fol?
lows : Each Democratic Club in Ander?
son County shall be entitled to one dele?
gate for twenty-five^members or under,
and an additional delegate for each addi?
tional twenty-five members.
The Clubs are earnestly requested to
renew their diligence in procuring mem?
bers between this time and the meeting
of the County Convention, so that the
fullest representation may be secured by
each Club. The executive committees
are specially invoked to increase the
membership of their respective Clubs.
Delegates to the County Convention will
come prepared to report the exact num?
ber of persons belonging to their clubs,
so that the aggregate membership may
be ascertained.
JAMES A. HOYT,
County Chairman.
THE BELKNAP PROSECUTION.
It will not be surprising to our readers,
after knowing that the administration
secured the acquittal of Babcock, to learn
that an attempt has been made by the
President and Attorney General to secure
immunity for ? the criminal Belknap,
whom public opinion has already con?
demned upon his self-confessed guilt.
The statute makes the party giving
bribe equally as guilty as the one reciv
ing it, and of course the rigid applica?
tion of the law in this respect will pre?
vent a>iy disclosures of fraud, for in the
light of confessions the party exposing
any act of corruption can be convicted
and punished. Hence, he is equally as
'much interested in observing silence as
the official villain. A different mode of I
procedure has, however, been observed
in the practice of our courts, which is to
allow the party turning State's evidence
to escape without punishment for the
sake of convicting the greater culprit
and preventing the recurrence of crime.
President Grant and the Attorney Gen?
eral, however, have decided to abrogate
this custom, and intimated that all par?
ties should be prosecuted to the extent of |
the law. Immediately upon the an?
nouncement of this determination, the
witness Marsh, upon whose testimony
the conviction of Belknap depended,
feeling that he had confessed a crime
which would place him in the peniten?
tiary, tied to Canada, thereby leaving the
courts and the Senate powerless to con?
vict the guilty official. It has also de?
terred witnesses from giving testimony
relative to frauds in other departments,
and has in a great measure throttled the
investigations which threatened to be?
come so damaging to the administration
and to the%Republican party. The At?
torney General also endeavored to get
possession of the evidence taken before
the Congressional committee relative to
the Belknap investigation, on the pre?
tence that he wished to hand out indict?
ments against him. The Democratic
committee, however, knew too much
about hlx: proceedings in the Babcock
trial to bt duped by him, and very quiet?
ly informed him that they preferred con?
ducting the investigation in their own
>ay, the plain inference being that they
did not desire his assistance. The House
of Representatives, which is Democratic,
thereupon passed a joint resolution, ex?
empting from punishment, other than
impeachment, on account of confessions
every person who informed upon another
who had been guilty of official miscon?
duct. This bill now goes to the Repub?
lican Senate, and it remains to be seen
whether it is in favor of the punishment
and exposure of official corruption, or
whether it wishes to assist in covering
up and hiding the shortcomings of the
rascals it has placed in power. The
country will judge its intentions by the
action upon this bill.
The turn which the prosecution of |
Belknap has taken is an anomalous one,
and shows how the party in power use the
law to subvert public justice wherever a
person of influential position is likely to
become the subject of prosecution and
punishment. It was doubtless indiscreet
that the investigating committee should
have released from subpoena the man
who would be necessary to a conviction
upon the impeachment trial in this case
before it was finally disposed of in the
Senate; but it is an unpardonable out?
rage for the administration to drive the
witness from the country by threatening
him with prosecution in order to give
immunity to, or perhaps secure an acquit?
tal of Belknap. This course of policy is
not chargeable to the President or any
one man, but is the action of the Repub?
lican party if it is permitted to succeed,
for the Senate has only to pass the House
resolution to secure a thorough sifting of j
this and many other frauds in the admin?
istration of the government. The effort
now making to check investigation is on
behalf of the entire party, for enough
has already transpired to show that many
leading Republican Senators and Repre?
sentatives are concerned in frauds and
corruptions of various degrees of crimi?
nality. The investigating and prosecu?
ting process must be stopped, or it is
likely that many of the present leaders
of the dominant party will be assigned
apartments in some penitentiary instead
of their positions at the National Capital.
The prosecution of Belknap is only typi?
cal of what they fear is awaiting others
of them, and they are bouud to save him
harmless or be in danger of his peaching
upon associates in corruption. The re?
mark attributed to Secretary of the Inte?
rior, Zach. Chandler, that "it i3 about as
pleasant to be in h?1 in the summer time
without a fan as to be a Republican Cab?
inet minister with a Democratic investi?
gating committee looking into the affaire
of your office," is made to assume the
appearance of truth to some of the mis?
creants in Washington now. Belknap is
fallen, Sehenck is back from England in
disgrace, Roberson is trembling in the
balances with every prospect that he will
be found wanting, and Pierrepont is ex?
posed in his efforts as Attorney General
to allow the guilty to escape, while Grant
himself is shown to be the blind dupe or
the giant head of the corrupt ring of
Republican officials. Exposure after
exposure has been made and prosecution
after prosecution may be looked for.
This is a bad year for thieves in the
National offices. They already begin to
fear that there is to be something fright?
fully practical to them in the centennial
celebrations which are going on. One
hundred years ago it was customary to
send thieves to the penitentiary, and this
seems to be one of the National customs
of 1776 which it is the determination of
the American people to revive this year.
FLATTERY versus ABUSE.
The Abbeville Medium of a few weeks
since announces that it was made sick
and tired by our criticisms of Governor
Chamberlain's course, in the article we
published a short time ago under the
caption of "The Anderson Democracy."
This article of the Medium, which styles
the remarks of our article "aimless
abuse," has since been copied in several
papers of the State which are ardent
admirers of the Governor, and that our
silence in not replying to the strictures
of our contemporary may not be miscon?
strued, we will simply call the attention
of our readers to the fact that our article
was called forth by, and was strictly in
reply to, an article of the Charleston
New? and Courier, which impugned the
motives of the Anderson County Demo?
cratic Convention because it did not see
proper to say anything good, bad or in?
different about his Excellency the Gov?
ernor, in whose behalf that paper had
been doing fierce battle against those
who take a different view of "the situa?
tion." We attempted to give the rea?
sons which induced this silence on the
part of the Democrats of this County,
and showed that their course towards the
Governor was very magnanimous, for
instead of letting him alone they could
very easily have taken the opportunity
to condemn him in many respects in
which their sentiment and judgment, is
adverse to him and his conduct.
We regret having been unwittingly
instrumental in causing the Medium and
the papers which copied its article sick?
ness, but we would suggest to them that
they can now appreciate our feelings,
when we read the long and aimless praises
they bestow upon the man who coolly
taunts them by saying he does not want
their praises, but that he cannot keep
them from bestowing them upon him.
Our contemporaries must recognize the
fact that we have our own judgment as
to public men, and that we are accus?
tomed to giving expression to it when
we deem it necessary without regard to
th e effect it has upon the health of those
newspapers who happen to take a differ?
ent view from,us. Now, we have a
proposition to submit to these Conserva?
tive journals, which is, that if they will
cease their efforts to pledge the Democ?
racy to the support of Governor Cham?
berlain by the inordinate praises they are
constantly bestowing upon him, we will
agree to cease our criticisms. We are
perfectly willing to leave the people in
convention to settle the political course
of the State without any newspaper com?
ment in advance, but if the supporters of
coalition are not willing to this, then we
wish them to say what they please and
allow us the same privilege. If they
have the right to endorse any man, it
appears reasonable for us to condemn
him if we wish. They must understand
that they cannot have things entirely
their own way. There are two sides to
every picture, and while they make it,
appear very beautiful by showing only
such parts as suit them, the true repre?
sentation will be made. If our picture
of the Governor sickens his friends we
cannot help it, for it is correctly drawn
according to our views. If it tires his
friends to read the truth about him, they
had better resolve themselves into a mu?
tual admiration society and read none
but one another's articles. We want fair
play, and with all due respect for the
Medium's gratuitous judgment, we think
we have as much aim in our articles con?
demning the Governor as it has in its
praises of him, although they are on
opposite sides.
Destructive Fire in Charleston.
?The annexed dispatch gives all the in?
formation we have received in regard to
the extensive fire which occurred in that
city on Monday last:
Charleston, March 20.
A fire broke out at 3 o'clock this morn?
ing at the corner of King street and Ro?
gers alley. There was no water in the
neighborhood, and the wind was blowing
a gale from the southeast. The whole
block from Columbus to Line street on
the east and west side of King street was
soon destroyed. About 7 A. M. the fire
crossed Line street, the sparks and em?
bers being carried by the gale three
quarters of a mile up the King street
road. The houses, fences and farms
along that road were burned. Heart?
rending scenes were witnessed on the
streets. Bands of robbers sacked every
house to which they could gain admit?
tance. Later in the morning Mayor
Cunningham took command and some
order was restored. Hundreds of persons
are homeless and penniless. The loss
is at least half million dollars, with very
little insurance.
10.30 A. M.?The fire has burned it?
self out. The boundaries of the burnt
district are: On the south, Columbus
street and Rogers'alley; on the north,
the race course; on the east, South Car?
olina Railroad, and on the west, St
Philip and Percy streetsi?
THE MOSES IMPEACHMENT.
A special telegram from our Columbia
correspondent gives the information that
Montgomery Moses, Judge of the Seventh
Circuit, who was impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanors in office, was
convicted on Tuesday last o? five counts
of the articles of impeachment. There
was a large majority of Senators in
favor of his conviction, and his removal
from office follows immediately. There
will be no excitement over the matter, as
the testimony fully established his guilt,
and every one anticipated the result.
South Carolina has been terribly afflicted
with the Moses dynasty since reconstruc?
tion, and it is a pity that more removals
from place and power cannot be effected.
The Ex-Governor is a much worse man
in every way than his uncle Montgomery,
and yet there are Senators voting to dis?
place the latter who helped the former to
obtain office only three months ago.
A MILD REBUKE.
The following resolution was unani?
mously adopted by the House Committee
on Elections of the United States Con?
gress, relative to the arrangement of Con?
gressional Districts:
Resolved, That, in the opinion of this
committee, the several Congressional Dis?
tricts of the United States ought to be
composed of contiguous territory, and as
near as may be of equal population ; and
whereas it appears that a district in the
State of South Carolina is composed of
counties not contiguous, it is the unani?
mous opinion of this committee that the
Legislature of that State, now in session,
ought to re-district the State in conform?
ity with the law now in force.
This is stated to be intended for a re?
buke to the South Carolina Legislature,
and if the evil is not corrected by the
present Legislature, the entire delegation
from this State is in danger of displace?
ment, while H?ge is sure to be ousted if
obedience to the law is refused. Neces?
sity may compel justice at the hands of
our Legislature in the districting of the
State for Congress, if in nothing else.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
An interesting sketch of Capt. F. W.
Dawson, the accomplished editor of the
Charleston News and Courier, and Firet
Vice President of the South Carolina
Press Association, is printed on our first
page to-day. This is the second of the
series from the Abbeville Medium, "Pen
Pictures of the Press," and we take
\ pleasure in giving our readers an oppor?
tunity of becoming better acquainted
with the life and services of Capt. Daw
son, whose position as the editor-in-chief
of the leading newspaper in South Caro?
lina makes his name familiar as a house?
hold word in the State. The work un?
dertaken by the Abbeville Medium is
being handsomely executed, and every
issue of that excellent journal is embel?
lished with a graphic picture of some
"knight of the quill." We will continue
the publication of these sketches, from
time to time, so that the numerous read?
ers of our paper may judge for them?
selves as to the personnel of the press
gang.
The committee appointed by the House
of Representatives to investigate the offi?
cial conduct of Judge J. P. Reed, of the
First Circuit, submitted a brief report on
Friday last, which completely exonerates
Judge Reed from all charges of improper
conduct in his official capacity. The
committee state that they examined all
persons who have made complaints
against Judge Reed, and have given full
opportunity for the production of any
evidence of misconduct on his part. All
the testimony taken by the committee
was favorable to Judge Reed, except in a
single instance, which did not sustain
any charge of improper conduct. The
committee asked to be discharged from
further consideration of the matter, which
was accordingly granted, and there the
matter ended. We congratulate Judge
Reed upon his vindication from these
unwarranted aspersions upon his official
character, and reiterate our commenda?
tion of his action in demanding and
urging an investigation into his conduct
on the bench, which is so strikingly in
contrast with the evasive conduct of
Judge Mackey when more flagrant
charges are preferred against him. In
our opinion, the difference is that Reed
is conscious of his innocence, while
Mackey entertains much doubt upon
that subject in his own case.
The people of Chester are having live?
ly times among their officials. County
Treasurer B. G. Yocum was arrested last
week, as he was returning from Colum?
bia, charged with a conspiracy to defraud
the county in the matter of teachers' pay
certificates, and was required to give
bond in the sum of $10,000 for his ap
pearance at the next term of the Circuit
Court. On Friday last, Senator Dublin
j J. Walker was arrested on a similar
charge, and, under the instructions of
Judge Mackey, he was released upon his
own recognizance to appear for trial.
James Reed, a white man, who has re?
cently served a term in the penitentiary
for frauds practiced while county com?
missioner of Chester, is implicated in the
alleged conspiracy with Walker, and has
been committed to jail. The county
auditor, James M. Brawley, has likewise
been arrested for being privy to the re?
issue of pay certificates already redeemed.
Besides the foregoing cases, one F. B.
Lloyd has been arrested on similar charg?
es, and he is a brother-in-law of Judge
Mackey. Verily, the cauldron is seething
about Chester, and the public may ex?
pect startling revelations. As we under?
stand the situation, these charges ema?
nate from the Mackeyites and the anti
Mackeyites, who are about equally
divided in the list of culprits.
The Sumter Watchman expresses the
opinion that the progress of Democratic
organization throughout the State moves
with little energy, "indicatiug unmistaka?
bly that the judgment of the solid think?
ing masses is against it?a few leaders in
the counties where there is a movement,
who want office themselves, being those
who are pushing up the matter." We
cannot imagine the data from which our
contemporary makes up this opinion, and
in this case "the wish must be father to
the thought." So far as we have ob?
served, in the up-country especially, the
solid thinking masses are far ahead of the
so-called leaders, and the progress of
Democratic sentiment has been steadily
pushed by the people, whose untram?
melled voice is everywhere demanding
that coalition, compromises and preten
ded conservatism shall be set aside du?
ring the ensuing campaign, and a vigor?
ous, united and determined effort be
made to wrest the government of the
State from an incapable, corrupt and sei1
fish" oligarchy, whose crimes are commit?
ted in the name of Republicanism! We
cannot think that our Sumter contempo?
rary desires a continuance of the misrule
and oppression which has overburdened
the people so many years, and yet such
untimely and unfounded dings at the
Democracy are lending aid and comfort
I to the worst elements of the Republican
party.
OUR COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE.
Columbia, S. C, March 20,1876.
Dear Editors: Not a great deal has
been done during the past week in either
branch of the General Assembly. On
Thursday, the managers who conducted
the case against Montgomery Moses
closed their testimony, and the lawyers
for Moses asked some considerable time
to prepare before going into the defence.
The whole time they asked was not given
them, as they had been allowed nearly
two weeks, when the case was- begun,
and Monday, the 20th, was set for them
to begin their defence. They wrote a
very severe communication to the Senate,
saying that it had not given them justice ;
had not followed the precedents of other
impeachment trials, and had not been
governed by the laws as laid down and
understood by all lawyers, &c; that they
had not been allowed sufficient time,
and therefore they would not make any
further defence. In other words, they
practically "threw up the sponge;" and
yet I understand there are some of the
Senators who are so blind to reason, and
so wrapped up in prejudice and party
zeal, that they willjgtill vote-to clear him,
and thus give their actual and moral
support to corruption, plunder and igno?
rance in official position. This, however,
is not surprising, as their standard of
official duty and integrity is so demor?
alized and degenerate. The vote will be
taken on Tuesday at 12 o'clock, and the
miserable farce will be ended, and the
menagerie be disbanded for the summer.
The amendments to Cochran's bill tin?
kering with the Trial Justices of Ander?
son County, have been concurred in by
the Senate, except the one in reference to
the salary of the Justice at Anderson.
The bill and amendments are hereto at?
tached, and you can decide for yourselves.
It strikes me that the absurdity and in?
justice of its provisions renders comment
from me unnecessary.
The Mackey matter came up again on
Friday, and was voted down by only a
small majority, the aspect of things hav?
ing changed materially since its first in?
troduction. Lancaster County has sent
a respectable and representative commit?
tee to complain to the Legislature of
Mackey's usurpation of authority and
tyranny, and their representations have
caused a good many of the Conservatives
to change their views from what they at
first entertained, and induce them now
to vote lor an investigation.
The Senate has at last agreed to the
House resolution to adjourn on the 23rd
March, but they have already repented
it, and there is some talk of reconsidering
the vote, and putting the adjournment
further off, but it will probably be futile.
The Columbia papers are constantly say?
ing how tired the Columbians are of the
members, but if they were half as tired
of them as the members are of this city
of low prices and high morals, there
would have been a separation ere this,
and no longing to return.
The House bill redistricting the State
was killed in the Senate, and a Senate
bill putting the Piedmont Counties into
one Congressional District, as you sug?
gested some time since, is now before the
House, and there is some slight hope of
the white people having one representa?
tive. Col. W. H. Trescot, who was on a
few days since from Washington, has
done some good service for the bill, tell?
ing them that if something of the kind
was not done, the whole representation
of the State would most probably be
thrown out by the next Congress. So
their liberality, if they show any, won't
be quite so unselfish as they will claim.
J. L. 0.
a bill to reduce the number of tri?
al justices in anderson county,
and to regulate their courts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
same;
Section 1. That within ninety days
after the next general election, the Gov?
ernor shall appoint, by and with the con?
sent of the Senate, nine Trial Justices in
and for the County of Anderson, as fol?
lows: For the town of Anderson, one;
for the townships of Centreviile and
Hopewell, one; for Varennes, Hall and
Dark Corner, one; for Honea Path and
Martin, one; for Broadaway and Belton,
one; for Williamston and Brushy Creek,
one; for Pendleton and Garvin, one; for
the Fork, one; for Rock Mills and Sa?
vannah, one; the said Trial Justices to
serve for the term of two years, or at the
pleasure of the" Governor, and to reside
in, and to hold their office in, the several
districts to which they shall be appoint?
ed.
Sec. 2. That hereafter no fees or costs
shall be retained by any such Trial Jus?
tice for auy trial or process whatever,
except in civil cases; and no account of
claim shall be paid to such Trial Justice
by the County Treasurer upon any such
demand; ana if either of the Trial Jus?
tices appointed by virtue of this Act shall
neglect to attend to the duties of his
office, or shall neglect to pay over to the
County Treasurer the fees, costs and fines
collected by him, he shall be liable to
indictment in the Court of Sessions, and,
upon conviction, to such punishment as
is provided by law to a case of larceny,
in the same amount, and shall be removed
from office ; and the said Trial Justices
shall make a report of their proceedings
in- criminal cases to the Clerk of the
Court of the County of Anderson, on the
first Monday in each calendar month for
the month preceding, which report shall
state specifically the names of the parties
in action, the crime charged, the judg?
ment rendered, and the penalty, fees,
costs and fines imposed, and whether the
same are collected! or nulla bona, and in
what amounts; and all such amounts
shall upon the same day be due and pay?
able to the County Treasurer.
Seo. 3. The sum of fifty dollars per
annum shall be paid to each Trial Jus?
tice, as herein provided, out of the Coun?
ty funds, except the Trial Justice for
Fork township, who shall receive twenty
five dollars, and the Trial Justice for Va?
rennes. Hall and Dark Corner townships,
who shall receive seventy-five dollars.
The Treasurer shall pay the same in
auarterly instalments, on the first Mon
ays of January, April, July and Octo?
ber, to them or their order, certified by
the County Commissioners.
Sec. 4. All blanks required in the pros?
ecution of criminal cases shall be furn?
ished by the County Commissioners, upon
the requisition of the several Trial Justi?
ces, as they may be required in the per?
formance of the duties of-their office.
Sbc. 5. It shall be the duty of the
Trial Justice to appoint such proper and
discreet person or persons as he may se?
lect, to serve processes, or to make arrests;
and such process or warrant shall, when
assigned to such person for service, invest
the said person, for the purposes therein
set forth, with all the powers belonging
to the office of Constable; and he shall,
upon receiving any such paper for ser?
vice, take and subscribe thereon to the
oath prescribed by law for the qualifica?
tion of Constables; and every such per?
son shall receive for each paper served,
[ or for each arrest made, the sum of twen?
ty-five cents, except summonses for wit?
nesses and jurors, for which he shall re?
ceive the sum of ten centa, the same to
be paid by the County Treasurer upon
the warrant of the County Commission?
ers.
Sec 6. Witnesses and jurors shall
hereafter receive no pay from the County
for service upon criminal cases before
any Trial Justice, and all fees and costs
arising from such compensation are here?
by abolished within the County of An?
derson.
Sec. 7. Every person acting as- Consta?
ble for the service of auy criminal process,
as hereinbefore provided, shall be entitled
to receive from the County, in addition
to the fees accruing from service, the sum
of five cents for every mile of necessary
travel required in making such service,
but no mileage shall be allowed after
service of process for any distance trav?
eled in returning thcreform, and all such
mileage shall be reckoned and certified
by the Justice issuing the process, as
from the office of the same to the place
of such service by the nearest usual route
of travel.
Sec. 8. All Acts and parts of Acts in
conflict with the provisions herein con?
tained, so far as they relate to the County
of Anderson, are hereby repealed, and
this Act shall take effect on the first day
of November, in the year A. D. one thou?
sand eight hundred and seventy-six.
Amendments to senate bill, no. 154,
to reduce the number of trial
ju8tices in anderson county, and
to regulate their courts.
Section 1, line 1.?Strike out "90," and
insert "60," between the words within
and days.
Sec. 2, line 15.?Strike out "payable,"
and insert "paid," and add after the sec?
tion, the following: "And a failure to
make this report shall be a misdemeanor,
punishable by the Circuit Court by im?
prisonment in the county jail for not
more than thirty days, or a fine not ex?
ceeding fifty dollars, or both, in the dis?
cretion of the Court."
Sec. 3, line 3.?Strike out "and", and
insert "for," between Justice and Varen
nes ; and on line 4, between dollars and
the, insert, "and the Trial Justice for
Anderson C. H., who shall receive one
hundred dollars." [This amendment the
Senate would not concur in, and was lost.l
I Sec. 5, line 8.?Strike out "twenty-five"
I between of and cents, and insert "fifty."
Sec. 5, line 9.?Strike out "ten" between
of and cents, and insert "twenty-five,"
and add the following at the end of the
section: "The account to be certified to
by the Trial Justice who employs said
constable."
Sec. 8, line 3.?Strike out "ou the first
day of November in," and insert "sixty
days from the General Election of."
Strike out "A. D."'
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C, March 16, 1876.
The Campaign may be said to have
fully opened with the organization of the
National Democratic Congressional Com?
mittee, \>ho are now installed at their
rooms at 1324 F street in this city. The
Associated Press has failed to give, in
detail, and with desirable accuracy, the
personnel of the Committee, and as State
and local organizations, and other Demo?
crats all over the country, will have fre-.
quent occasion to address the officers, we
append, at the request of the Committee,
the following information:
Rooms of National Democratic
Congressional Committee,
1324 V street Washington, D. C.
Senate.
Hon. J. W. Stevenson, of Kentucky: Hon. W. W.
Eaton, of Connecticut; Hon. D. V. white, of Mary?
land ; Hon. H. G. Davis, of West Virginia; Hon.
J. B. Gordon, of Georgia.
Home of Bepretentatitet.
Hon. Hiester Clymer, of Pennsylvania; Hon. C.
W. Chapin, of Massachusetts : Hon. J. W. Throck
morton. of Texas; Hon. A. S. Hewitt, of New
York ; Hon. C. E. Hooker, of Mississippi; Hon. M.
Saylcr, of Ohio.
IHttrict of Columbia.
Mr. W. W. Corcoran, Mr. James E. Harvey, and
Mr. Charles Mason.
The Democratic organizations in all tho States
and Territories arc requested to send the names of
their Committees, immediately, to the Congress?
ional Committee.
Applications for documents, speeches, and other
political matter, and all communications relating
to the business of the Committee, should be ad?
dressed to the Secretary, Hon. James E. Harvey,
1324 F street, Washington City.
Editors who send their newspapers to the Com?
mittee will be furnished with all documents free of
charge.
Hiestbb Clymeb, Chairman.
W. H. Barnum, Treasurer.
Jambs E. Hahvky, Secretary.
It will be seen that Hon. Hiester
Clymer, Chairman of the Committee
which investigated the Belknap scandal,
is, also, Chairman of the National Demo?
cratic Congressional Committee, and no
man better fitted for the position could
have been chosen. Mr. Clymer is a gen?
tleman of particularly suave and agreea?
ble address, and, unquestionably, a man
of great ability. The Committee are for?
tunate, also, in securing the services, as
secretary, of Hon. James E. Haryey, late
U. S. Minister to Portugal, a man of let?
ters, a journalist of note, and a man of
varied and extended information, whose
large acquaintance and experience must
prove of great value to the party.
THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
The investigation of the affairs of the
District Government and of the Board of
Andit, which is being continued from
day to day by the House Committee on
the District of Columbia, discloses a sys?
tem of official swindling and robbing, by
wholesale and retail, that completely
throws into the shade the crimes of
Tweed and his associates in New York.
This and other investigations that the
several Committees of the House are dil?
igently pursuing disclose the astounding
fact that there has not been, for years, an
honest man in any prominent position
under either the Federal or the District
Government; and that even the men in
subordinate positions who have had any
opportunity to steal have invariably fol?
lowed the example set them by their
official superiors. There has been,
really, no law, in the proper acceptation
of that word, administered in Washing?
ton for a long time. We hare been
under a sort of provost-marshal rule.
From the President and his cabinet down
to the Chiefs of Bureaus, and from
Judges of the Supreme Court of the Dis?
trict and the District Attorney down to
the Constables, utter disregard of the
law, where anything could be made by
violating it, or where the interests of any
of the various Rings were at stake, has
been the rule.
MORE OF BELKNAP'S RASCALITY.
Another one of ex-Secretary Belknap's
?ost-trading operations has come to light,
he informant is C. S. Bell, a man well
known in Washington. He will give his
testimony before the committee shortly.
At the close of the war, Bell, who had
been a scout in General S. A. Hurlbut's
division, was appointed to the Secret
Service Department on General Rey?
nold's staff, in Texas. He remained
there for several years, and, in 1872,
learning that the post-tradership at Fort
Davis, a station on the Western frontier
of Texas, had become vacant, he came to
Washington to secure the vacant post
tradcrahip. He brought with him letters
of recommendation Irom General Rey?
nolds and other prominent gentlemen.
Shortly after his arrival here, he went to
Secretary Belknap, exhibited his recom?
mendations, and asked for the posit' .
The Secretary appeared somewhat in
nant at being approached personally
upon such a petty subject, inasmuch as
the post-tradership at Fort Davis was not
a very large affair. Bell, being high
tempered, replied sharply, and left the
Secretary's presence. He had gone no
further than the entrance to the War
Department office, however, when a clerk
of Mr. Belknap came after him, and
asked him to return for a few moments.
Mr. Bell did as requested. The Secre?
tary treated him kindly; said that the
Eost-tradership at Fort Davis was vacant,
ut that it was worth to him $2,000 a
year. Bell said he would consider the
proposition ; but concluded that' $2,000
per annum was more than he could pay
for the privilege of obtaining the post,
and did not accept it. He is willing to
testify to this statement, as a fact.
GRANT RECEIVES A PAIR OF PONIES FOR
AN INDIAN POST-TRADERSHIP.
As soon as the Committee can get at it,
a well-known gentleman of unimpeacha?
ble integrity will testify to a fact which
places the President in a hardly less dis?
graceful position than that of Belknap.
The gentleman to whom I refer holds
himself ready to swear that, on a certain
occasion, he went to the White House,
and introduced to the President a gentle?
man who wanted a post-tradership on an
Indian agency. This gentleman made
his application, and, after having made
it, then remarked to the President, in the
hearing of the witness, that, in traversing
the Indian country, he had come across
the finest pair of Indian ponies which he
had ever laid eyes upon, and, if the gift
would be acceptable, he would like to
make a present of them to the President's
boys. 1 hereupon, without any hems or
haws, the President accepted the gift,
and at once sent a telegram to the Com?
mandant of the Post where the ponies
then were, ordering them to be immedi?
ately forwarded at his (Grant's) expense.
Shortly after, the applicant received an
appointment; not, indeed, to the post or
agency for which he had applied, out to
another equally as lucrative.
"LET NO GUILTY MAN ESCAPE."
The confession of Nettleship, one of
the safe burglary conspirators, is likely
to lead to the indictment of several prom?
inent members of the District ring. This
confession has, thus far, been carefully
guarded by District Attorney Wells, who
admitted, in his testimony given to the
Judiciary Committee of the House, on
Saturday, that he had promised Nettle
ship immunity from prosecution in re?
turn for his testimony. Those most
familiar with this case believe that, if the
whole truth is discovered, it will impli?
cate two or three men who were, at the
time of the burglary, public officers ; be?
sides others who were interested in the
District investigation. If Harrington is
shown to have been one of the conspira?
tors, as he probably was, it is believed
that he will prove to have been simply
an agent, and not one of the principals.
The committee are conducting the inves?
tigation in secret, and, in this way, hope
to get to the bottom facts. A large num?
ber of witnesses have been summoned to
appear before them this week, including
several persons in New York, Newark
and Boston. Mr. Proctor Knott, the
chairman of the committee, says that this
investigation will be deeper than the
last, and that he is determined to "let no
guilty man escape."
HABEAS CORPUS HACKET.
THE LANCASTER CHARGES AGAINST GOV?
ERNOR CHAMBERLAIN'8 FRIEND.
In the House of Representatives, on
Friday last, the following petition from
citizens of Lancaster County, asking an
investigation into the conduct of Judge
Mackey, was submitted:
To the Hon. R. B. EllioU, Speaker of the
House of Representatives of the General
Assembly of the State of South Carolina,
and to the Members of said House:
The petition of the undersigned, a com?
mittee appointed by a public meeting of
the citizens of the County of Lancaster,
in the State of South Carolina, respect?
fully represent, that at such public meet?
ing the following resolutions were unani?
mously passed:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
meeting that the action of his Honor,
Judge T. J. Mackey, in his treatment of
the'grand jury at the last term of the
court, was contrary to all law, subversive
of civil liberty, and a flagrant usurpation
of authority.
Resolved, That we have the greatest
confidence in the integrity, intelligence
and moral worth of the members of the
Srand jury, and we view with pride their
ignified demeanor under the peculiarly
trying circumstances of their situation.
Resolved, That a committee of five be
appointed by the chairman of this meet?
ing to proceed to Columbia and lay this
matter of Judge Mackey's conduct in all
its details before the Governor and Leg?
islature.
That the immediate cause of such ac?
tion on the part of the citizens of Lan?
caster may be succinctly stated as fol?
lows :
One Richard Gardner was charged with
the offence of assault and battery with
intent to kill, and an indictment was
given to the grand jury by the solicitor
in his case. After hearing the testimony,
under the sanction of the the lawful se?
crecy delegated to the grand jury, that
body, though their foreman, returned
said indictment into court with the en?
dorsement thereon "no bill," whereupon
the Hon. T. J. Mackey, presiding Judge
of the Court of Sessions for Lancaster
County, became intensely enraged and
assailed the grand jury with rude, inde?
cent and oppressive language, and in
contempt of the laws of the land and
of their rights and privileges as jurors
aforesaid; and in an angry and presump?
tuous manner ordered their discharge
before they had completed, or had time
to complete, the performance of the du?
ties devolving upon them, thus arbitrarily
obstructing the free course of the law to
the manifest injury and oppression of
all the citizens of the Couuty of Lancas?
ter. That thereafter the said Hon. T. J.
Mackey, Judge of the Sixth Judicial Cir?
cuit, caused two of the witnesses who had
been sworn before said grand jury by
name Wm. Crockett and Joseph Meli
wain, to be produced in open court, and
then and there the said presiding judge,
in the presence of all the officers of the
court, the members of the bar, the petit
juries, and a large concourse of the citi?
zens of the County of Lancaster, proceed?
ed to interrogate said witnesses as to all
matters they had testified to before the
grand jury, and by the power of the judi?
cial office forced said witnesses to disclose
their testimony to the infinite scandal of
a court of justice, and with intent to dis?
grace and bring into contempt the power,
rights and authority of the grand jury of
the County of Lancaster.
And your petitioners further show that
the above mentioned action is not an iso?
lated instance of the tyranny and oppres?
sion of the said Hon. T. J. Mackey in
his administration of justice, but is only
one of a series of arbitrary, violent and
illegal acts. For instance:
In the case of the State vs. Lydia Mos
sey and Cephas Ryan, charged with arson
and tried at a Court of General Sessions
for Lancaster County, sometime in the
year 1874, when the said presiding judge
threatened certain of the jury in that case
to send them to jail if they did not find a
verdict as he directed, and coerced said
jury by such threats to find a verdict as
directed by him. Also at the February
term, 1876, of the Court of General Ses?
sions, sending an innocent colored man,
Hiram MacGill, to jail without warrant
or authority of law, and upon his own
motion.
And your petitioners further say that
there are other and more serious charges
of neglect of duty, corrupt practices, and
even bribery, freely made against the
Hon. T.. J. Mackey, as occurring in the
County of Lancaster, and capable of
proof, as- your petitioners are informed
and ? believe. And your petitioners fur?
ther say that they are convinced that the
peace of the community is jeopardized by
the arbitrary proceedings in the courts of
justice held by the Hon. T. J. Mackey,
and that his official conduct tends to the
complete subversion of all the safeguards
of liberty.
Whereupon your petitioners pray that
your honorable body may take action to
have an investigation of the charges
which may be preferred, touching the of?
ficial conduct of the Hon. T. J. Mackey,
judge of the Sixth.Judicial Circuit.
" John B. Eewin.
N. G. B. Chafee,
T. F. Clybubn,
' J. M. Caskey.
The Feuilleton Charades.
Messrs. Editors : With your permission
I will give you an account of the very pleas?
ant entertainment given by the Pendleton
Cornet Band in their hall, on Tuesday night,
the 14th iust. Pleasant and innocent amuse?
ments are alwavs a source of benefit to a
community, and by all means should have
extended tb them the support and counten?
ance of all who claim to take interest in the
happiness of the people. Upon this score
principally I ask for a small space of your
paper.
The Pendleton Cornet Band was organized,
we understand, a few weeks ago, and is com?
posed of the young men of the town. Not?
withstanding their recent organization, they
were prepared to greet the large concourse
of people who assembled to witness their
charades with some really fine music
The hall rented and arranged by these
young gentlemen for their charades is very
handsomely gotten up, indeed. There is
a permanency and neatness apparent in all
the niinut?e, which plainly indicate that
they mean business. i don't think, in fact,
I have ever seen a more tastily decorated
stage in any part of the up-country. The
plays were well selected, and the actors all
rendered their different part* with aixuracy,
and many of them with real artistic skill.
The young ladies?old Mrs. Grubbs, also?
were very happy in the rendition of their
parts, especially the courting parts, and from
conjecture one would suppose they had trav?
eled along that road before, else they could
not have acted their parts so well; but per?
haps they have just thought about it.?
When Mr. Mulligrubs came upon the stage,
it is said one old gentleman present shed
tears, supposing for the moment that old
MuHi. was himself, but when the veritable
gentleman returned afterwards as Mr. Sum
merby, lie knew for the first time he was
mistaken. Mr. Blue John was particularly
fortunate in his representation of the Irish
servant, and in this day of demand for such
labor, his fortune might be considered made.
One old lady in the innocency of her heart
questioned her neighbor to know if he could
be employed. Mr. G., as Greylock, showed
so much fear and bewilderment when Blue
John came at him with an old shot gun one
would suppose that he was just returned
from the wars and knew what a blunderbus
was. Mr. J. is ten thousand times a better
man than he was before, for by his own con?
fession there are openings, even unto ten
thousand, in his very tender and susceptible
heart for every dollar lost or gained. Mr.
P. knew exactly what he was about in as?
suming tender attitudes, and to my mind at
least the matrimony band will have before
very long one more member and the Pen?
dleton Cornet Band one less. The transfor?
mation of Mr. Dash into Old Bias Black
was an evidence of versatility in the highest
degree. One will not soon forget Old Bias'
plea for damages. Then that Frenchman,
Mr. Haniiny Beatu. He started me a bow?
ing and I have been constantly wondering
for these several days if he has quit; as for
myself, I expect it will be as difficult for me
to get rid of the habit as it will be for Mon
seure to get out of his unmentionables. If
Mr. Popxins expects to make matrimony a
business, the probability is he will remain a
bachelor, but as a rollicking farmer boy his
chances for a fuss are number one. Keep
close, Mr. B., and don't go into the country
for at least a month.
I have referred to each one of the charac?
ters simply to s,how the scope and variety of
the plays acted. You will observe that
France, England, Ireland, Germany, Africa,
our cities and country each furnished char?
acters for the occasion, and in every case the
peculiarites of each were well represented.
The public should, and no doubt does, feel
grateful to these young people for their suc?
cessful efforts to drive away despondency
and pining from the minds of the people.
There is always enough of care and labor
and not enough of recreation to be met with
in this world. Recreation and rest are es?
sential to prosperity. Then, when a com?
munity can at proper seasons lay aside their
troubles, and together enter into innocent
amusements, it is a sure sign of a better day
approaching. The young men of Pendleton
have taken hold with a Yim and determina?
tion to dispel the gloom which has for so
long hovered over their town. Their under?
taking is a worthy one, and deserves the
support of every individual. We not only
hope that they may succeed, but may the
young men in every section of this County
appreciate their true condition, and emulate
the example set by their friends in Pendle
ton. TOURIST.
T.J. CRAY & CO.
Buyers and Shippers of
CORN, WHEAT, RYE,
and
GENERAL, PRODUCE,
FAYETTEVILLE, TENN.
GERMAN MILLET SEED a SPECIALTY \
March 23, 1876_36_3*_
Dissolution of Copartnership.
THE copartnership heretofore existing
between the undersigned, under the
style of J. L. Fant & Co., has been dissolved
by mutual consent. All persons indebted
to the firm are earnestly requested to pay
the same to Newton Scott.
We will sell on Saleday next, a lot of]
Poplar Lumber. Also, a lot of Buggy Ma?
terial?such as Springs, Axles, Irons, <fcc.
Anvils. Hammers, Vices, and one second?
hand Buggy.
J. L. FANTj
NEWTON SCOTT,
D. M. STEPHENS.
March 20, 1876 36 2
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"VTOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
JL^I Notice is hereby given that the un?
dersigned, Administrator of Aaron Shirley,
deceased, will apply to the Judge of Pro?
bate for Anderson County, on the 25th day
of April next, for a final settlement and
discharge from said Estate.
JAMES H. McCONNELL, Adm'r.
March 23,1876_36_5_
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.?
The undersigned, Administratrix of
Estate Dr. H. C. Cooley, hereby gives notice
that she will, on the 26th day of April next,
apply to W. \V. Humphreys, Judge of Pro
bate, for a final settlement of said Estate,
and a discharge thereform.
HORTENSE C. FOWLER, Adm'x.
March 23, 1876 36 5
CHEAPEST TOBACCO
IK TOWN AT
T. J. LEAK'S.
HE has just received a fresh lot of SMOK?
ING and CHEWING TOBACCO.
He will sell you from Five to Eight Plugs
Tobacco for One Dollar.
By the Chunk, from Forty-five to Sixty
five Cents per pound.
Farmers will do well to give him.a?call
at the Elephant Sign,
NO. 1 BRICK BANGE, ANDERSON, 8. C.
' March 23,1876 36 5
SCH00LJ10TICE.
THE TRUSTEES will find below the
pro rota share of the State funds for
their respective School Districts, apportioned,
on the basis of school attendance:
Name of School District.
1
o
3
2
Fork.
Pendleton.
Garvin. ? ..
Brushy Creek.
Rock Mills.
Centreville.
Hopewell.
Williamston...,
Savannah.
Vorennes.
Broadaway.
Belton....
Dark Corner...
Hall.
Martin.
Honea Path....
Anderson.
401
312
380
292
228
258
240
312
253
180
295
181
208
312
362
380
276
|882 20
686 40
836 00
642 40
501 60
567 60
528 00
686 40
556 60
396 00
649 00
398 20
457 60
686 40
796 40
836 00
607 20
All Free Schools will close on the Slat,
March, 1876. Teachers will come forward,
promptly with their reports. All Trustees
will notify other Trustees of the amonnts
drawn by them on their School District.
Notice will be given when to re-open the
Schools.
THOS. P. BENSON, C. ? O.
March 15,1876_36_2
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OP the
National Bank of Anderson,.
AT Anderson, in the State of Soath Carolins, at i
the close of business March 10th, 1878:
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts.-..$ 02,480 84"
Overd rafts._.~.~ 20 23 ?
?. S. Bonds to secure Circulation._ 80,000 00
Dae from approved Reserve"Agents...... 25,143 08;
Dae from other National Banks.. 13,222 78 ?
Doe from State Banks and Bankers?. 841 78*
Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures...... 1,000 00?
Current Expenses and Taxes paid......... 1,118 84
Premiums paid.4,091 94
Bills of other National Banks._- 9,040 00 ?
Fractional Currency, (includingnickels,) 1,485 20
Specie, (including Gold Treasury Notes,) 2,088 30
Legal Tender Notes._r- 19,500 00
Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer,
(5 per cent, of Circulation,).?._.... 2,250 00
Total.?.-??..???.?J,
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid ln.-,;.T.?'?.
Surplus Fund.??...mum.
Other undivided Profits.....................
National Bank Notes outstanding..
Dividends unpaid............?..
Individual Deposits subject to check..
Demand Certificates of Deposit...........
STATE OF 80TJTH CAROLINA,
..9222,240 88
..4 50,000 00
8,000 00
... 12,244 50*
... 89,300 00
45 00
.... 94,507 09
... 20,144 27
...8222^40 SO
County or Anderson. }'
I, j. A. Bkock, Cashier of the above ? named
Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement
is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief.
j. A. BROCK, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day
of March, 1876.
B. FRANK MATJLDIN, Notary Public
Correct?Attest:
Joseph N. Brow*,*)
O. H. P. Fast, i-Directors.
S. Blhcklbt, j
IMPORTANT
TO
THE PEOPLE.
IN order to save you the time?
you spend in going to other
Towns to trade, the wear and
tear of your vehicles, Jand,
what is most important, the
extra profit you have to pay
for supplies, I now offer suf?
ficient inducements in the way
of PRICES, to induce you to
trade with me.
I know I can suit you in
QUANTITY, QUALITY and
PRICES. All I ask is a call
before you make your purcha?
ses.
P. K. McOTJLLY.
March 23, 1876 36
NOTICE.
U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE
SPECIAL TAXES,
May 1, 1876, to April 30, 1877.
THE Revised Statutes of the United States,
Sections 3232,3237. 3238, and 3239, re?
quire every person engaged in any business,
avocation, or employment which renders
him liable to a SPECIAL TAX, TO PRO
CCJRE AND PLACE CONSPICUOUS?
LY IN HIS ESTABLISHMENT OR
PLACE OP BUSINESS a STAMP de?
noting the payment of said SPECIAL TAX
for the Special-Tax Year beginning Mayl'""
1876, before commencing or continuing bus?
iness after April 30,1876.
The Taxes embraced within the provisions
of the law above quoted are the following:
Rectifiers.$200 00
Dealers, retail liquor.._ 25 00
Dealers, wholesale liquor.? 100 00
Dealers in malt liquors, wholesale.... 50 00
Dealers in malt liquors, retail. 20 00
Dealers in leaf tobacco...? 25 00
Retail dealers iu leaf tobacco._ 500 00
And on sales of over $1,000, fifty cents
for every dollar in excess of $1,000.
Dealers in manufactured tobacco. 5 00
Manufacturers of stills.? 50 00
And for each still manufactured. 20 00
And for each worm manufactured.... 20 00
Manufacturers of tobacco.?. 10 00
Manufacturers of cigars. 10 00
Peddlers of tobacco, first class (more
than two horses or other animals). 50 00
Peddlers of tobacco, second class (two
horses or other animals). 25 00
Peddlers of tobacco, third class (one
horse or other animal).? 15 00
Peddlers of tobacco, fourth class (on
foot or public conveyance)._ 10 00
Brewers of less than 500 barrels. 50 00
Brewers of 500 barrels or more... 100 00
Any person so liable, who shall l'ail to
comply with the foregoing requirements will
be subject to severe penalties.
Persons or firms liable to pay any of the
Special Taxes named above must apply to
L. CASS CARPENTER. Collector of In
ternal Revenue at Columbia. S. C, and pay
for and procure the Special-Tax Stamp or
Stamps they need, prior to May 1,1878, and
without further notice.
D. D. PRATT,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Office of Internal Revenue, 1
Washington, D. C, Feb. 1,1876. J 38?4