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9 4 -r-?---!-^-^-rr-?^I!..IIMI^;:,I",-:!:VI ^'L>,i?^f*L?? """T''"., ..Tf,1,^^u'.?^^.^^^ BY HOYT & CO.- ANDERSON. 8. C., .TjgW|t8DAY.f 1^^- tfttlC ' -?.;;yek-flH^?e.:ip., RAT?8\ OF S?BSC&^PTlQlfj-Tno JDou-aJU 1 ncr annum, and OHE DOLLA? for ?Ix months. Hubflcriptioni are art taken for tluwriod 'ffiM^lub^f Un or mons aubicrlbera. RATES OF ADVKJfTiaiNO.-On* DMlir Mr, in rp?-mVniuxi trw auirriucmiiiU ecru u Um ica> t han a tquaro. MLcnl contract! will bo msuJowith thosowUhlM to advertise for three, tlx or tveWe month*. Ad v Mitel of bf o?n?l?l mari ha Wained ,t* Hf la* : R?eiar^oUft?a^xcet?lB? fire lln9?;*?ritat?? of ?eftM?. ah? d?ltoera?nal commnnleatlo?s or, i.'atterTof fa^rlduafUiterwt, ?Ul be vWrgt* for MT GEE AT^WTS WILL. The Tribulation^ of ?.Clerk In a Coun . 'tfy?9llre. ;, I sun a cleric in A country ?tore; and somcti?i?s I wish "I'd been a martyr in those days Whsd they stretched people on beds of ?pikes or roasted tlw?s on a grid* i roo. Then I think! could have taken a littlcKPTirfipr^iivlifcti ,T. This is the way of ii : I am, behind the cbupter Oh the 81^0 where we keep . prints, and Micro,trots tip to the opposite Bide, whare we keep flannels, a customer neither-yoting Wv beautiful ; I hurjr^ around ,:'.u? ?-uivr-y, ?imi B?v Meka fur vail? coos; then I turn her about and-'make my way back, and I null down half a under piece on me top shelf; I climb up, at the risk of breaking DIT neck, and get the under niece out, and she con cludes; *ti/n* TSpat ata tboflgb\ fir/fr?s. Thoo'lbrtafasWd like to fobk *arthat B':ipo;" I munder OD to every other stripe before I get her particular stripe. Then abo says she wants a little figure) and I get all the little figures out for her. She wants to know how much 'tis a yard ; I say six conta, and she says she can get better in Springfield for five, and.sho 'lt?dk?at"m6 8U??ibr?t?sIyVas^f'? whs a chwting^outlj,i)(?h? wanter to? know if it ll wash, and I say I presume so, most calico* ddea*wasb? ^d'Bhe^lddfcs at mo indigna^.^ if^^lfflA^eyucy youth. Then filio asks if wo take eggs, and 1 tay wo do, and wo pay 28 cents, and she Bays f they't? ?aytag! 50 atibo ot?ftr?firfa #nd ott she goes, ana 1 put up the printe, and am down at tho farber end of the room tiirnipg/ragaieqteroyt of ^ Cf acker bar rel, wura back she comes and wants ?amples. r\VB keep .tho poyUotHce, andr, bs the < "tini?i'gfi? aaoir*?b> myLcracker bar rely- in 'comes a man and wants to know if be hasn't a letter. He never had n letter in his lifo, andbje.knows.itjfatul I know it; but it is bno'or those fads that both par ties ignore, and I go and look, and give him the consoling assurance, that he hasn't any, ?nd ho.dopante iii p?aco of AiinM/ Then there ia a lady who wants to match a confounded bit of silk braid, drab bordering on the iliac, lt takes me five minutes to find pap box of silk braids, and five more to find wo havn't drab bor dering' on the lilac. Then she wants sewing-Bilk the aame'shade, and I hunt through all the Bowing-silks, and there's drab bordering on everything else under thts nun excepting lilac ; but I know by the'w?y'her -flounces' sweep ont that a mercantile honse not keeping drab bor dering on the lilac stands very low. J get down to the (?Ither end of the storo again, and there comes aman to tho front dcor, and yelps out loud enorgh for every cuat ?mer to hear that he's brought back that barrel of flour ; says the bread,wan black? and-all; dough'in the middle^ , Kow that,mnn under; tfqpd. wheu he had that flour, that it was infe ....iii. _i - J _t ,J]'sid?tfch?ap/??d tb?k ii because it was . cheap. T help him roll Che flour in, and I can see that he thinks he haa circum vented a villain.-. - \ r .. . . i- f. That's the way it goes, day after day, .. wee^Qef-avepk, and.^h^j^Si ^eVMt Hales-.-ti?;, abhor codfish, c?nd fr?sh ?felfeo, ! ?l?Jl<fthV"drilling,*ho^? ?ndteyes, and all the rest of the wretched necessi ties of an artificial civilization were at' thc bottom of the Indian ocean. I long to be a savage more than I do to be au angel, and I shall bc. imo of these days, though I do wear cloth' snit*, ?nd'eave &.! ?having.mug. at the barber's .marked io gilt hatters, S. O,. Haynes. I wonder th.it, nil self-respect and sentiment of human i?y Jmsn't tong ago perished finoxn^ot m jr bosom. ?om i m ' Such' were ' my reflections, one fine morning just after train time, while I waa weighing out half a pound.of blacky tea, when niy fel lon -sufferer in the dry-goods and grocory infliction called out': ?; -: ' '.'Hero's a,.,lady jnrtujjing fojr you, Sam." In distinct outline before the1 door stood a little woman, bec skirts spread out by a trlanztilar,. hoop like the skirts 'rdf the f?mVa8?gurrt \>f?"usedio*draw on , otu slates, at school.. I came up toim?ke1 my bo vf? and saw she bad deposited a brown" willow^basket'on the show-case, and dropped a black glaced bag at ber side. . Shes wore a stringy kind of shawl,. with'fearfully long fringe, and seemed to be afflicted with numb palsy. . "Aro you my nephew, 8atn'well ?" asked she. ., "My uame U Samuel Haynes, ma'am." "I'm your father's 'aunt-, Lou*ezer il ay nea'."' . ~ ~ "I'm gladWiftfyouV&tmt J.o'.'.isa." She looked ot me sharply? :as ifi I ?as tnakiiig fan of her. - V sugpoee lt is be? cause the corners of my:i^outh turn up, people are. alway^1. suspecting.; me of* making^b.bf (hem. .?.wi,Sft.those cor: nera would'sink, amt wonder, they don't! "I'm your only - living female, irolative ' on the father's side,".*dd eke. ? My business''experience w??a febales, had been so embittering,'! waa gla?'tc learn she wsi? t?o only one on the fat her'? side. " ' 'J' duty lb help make a nome for you. ' Instantly I remembered that Aunt Louisa WM. worth .seveotyvfiv0 thousand. I think ?eaT^ thaeiVcnrf early years' R^ PSreP^?k,nee,] along with; wbo made mo, and wheat State I lived in.i-l .know it always stood fco mjrinfantile con sciousness in the rolatlop1 or ? primary t"?th. My .father, all his Ufe,'Wried po^?rtytlirtpgh tho medium of dry-goods and groceries; and 'went throagh bank, {uptcy aa often as the law would allow. mont, he used t? clasp'Kis fia?dsiolis hoad aAirlktuAMM.1^-.. vJi^^.. . . ..?j me if Bho-ohfy WM !" ir IBut Louisa'w^ul?.w #t iwuttdid'nt ?J^?|k?tevejr mayi hoi.thought of her mtal affection/ mature observations on me oscillations in the rtiQlassi? and gin. iw naiark?t'liave convinced'me of the Wafcdnesabf h'?r judgment. . ,1 ! 'A yV^'?nt<^ *? 8C0 V0U? AuntI/0U* '?s. I U go right down to, roy boarding place with you." H?ftce. w|{h qtbrovfxwlfiow basket in One lianrt ?n4 - -Li_?cs?uc_ u- ?kJ 'otB?r, ^4'% rgrel^aun^ ~w.hy, impel.heaven' Bho didu't walk by my side I couldn't see Ir^we? m?aod?red uown the street. ' ' ' 1 - Wc ^rifelfag^ttV^aO^Hmpton. IA'Wsa.angagnd,4ot BTSBlfaairAnge|i?aT? enbyed thai : bono* ?Ver since etea .Mptwfeaitbgtwben there came op a.snd den Ujsrjj?e-.sUj.-.,^ ggJ Jiixinxx ?if ? ?rm and ejaculatodtfha waa J*mnm-M.*' An en?afeeS?Ww^??* ?Vr?oW episode I S'L^H0** -iWhen I solert?bly asked f ^g?mpton'? cobient, he aidn?4te*?T? I ??^pe^rom1 hi? mouth, hut J^rjodded ? "nd pursued h ia nm?inn? Irn . . SM i 1 .??d beautiful. ."Wy aunl. . r.;ough-i. iteep house, and I spent the next fort-, ?Ult house-hunUrig MW her. The| frcat desideratum peeuied to be tho right ind of a "buttery ;" one would suppose butter was to bo the staff of life with us. We at last found a "buttery" on the noitbwest' corner, opening, into both kitchen . and dining-room, having the requisito number of cupboards, having shelves that admitted of being taken out, ip house-cleaning time, painted a be yitCfiing cream-color; and we engaged that buttety, regardless of cost or the Character of our neighbors. Tho next momentous step was to get ?ny aunt's "things" moved. Were I wri ting a scientific essay on psychological .distinctions of sex, I should make one ??t?Dg p?int the Leunuluus aiLacbmeni of tho feminine miud to "things." Ten thousand dollars in stocks and bonds at "lake 'in an uusettlcd estate bavo been I known to excito lew Interest and create ! less jealousy than the disposition of an odd table-cloth. ,_My aunt was for some days in a bar* rowing stat? of indecision as to whether she bad better have her things invoiced , as freight or to hire a car. By virtue of ! the handsome figures I learned to maka at Commercial college, I proved to her it would be cheapest to hire a car. I had 'fargo to her former pince ol' abode to seo about getting the things en route, and I had to "meet them with a carriage" at our depot. I felt like a collector of an tiquities just getting an assortment over from Egypt. I shall ever feel grateful to the small beys.of our village for their self-restraint on this tempting occasion. I don't, recollect a single opprobrious .pUhet.-They treated my loads with a respect to which nothing but hoary hairs could entitle thom.' ' There was a cheese-prese, and I don't know but a cider mill ; there was some thing, with four tremendously heavy legs, I always believed to be something in dis guise of a bedstead. There were seven bandboxes (four largo and three small,) five feather i^ds? 17.comfortables, and a great? dosi of crockery which evidently came over in .ho Mayflower, but had much better have put back to load in the Speedwell. I need not say that our residence when furnished, was neat but not gaudy. I slept under a "rising-sun" bedquilt, and had a round, braided mat to put my feet on when I,,Kot out in tho morning. I sighed foV Wy former cozy quarters, but II remembered my nnnt's valuation.* and reasoned that, if she was my only living female relative on tho father's side, i must of necessity bo her only living male relative on tho mother's side. Soon after we were domesticated, I found that my aunt was subject to mys terious attacks, which attacks invariably seised her in the night-time', and made ft imperative that I should run for the doctor. Liability to these attucks pre cluded the possibility of my being away from home evenings, excepting Sunday and Thursday evening, when I was ex pected to see my aunt to prayer-meetings and attend her home, though Evelina went off in cn opposite direction with another, fellow? I didn't know but jus tice both to myself and Evelina demand ed that I should have a conversation vi th my aunt, and set before her, in language which even a child might understand my views of the duties and privileges oi an'engaged man ; but I felt extremely doubUatcf he? sympathy, and seventy five thousand was a good deal to risk. ' Wo kept ono servant whose wages raj aunt thought it right I should pay, be cause, as she said, if there was no on? l'ut herself, ?he shouldn't keep a girl Ourcuolno was managed with strictes regard to economy. We lived largeh upon soup, which'consisted principally of broth. My aunt highly esteemed mar row bones. I wonder if it is generali* known among physiologists how long < healthy person can subsist on a persist entry boiled marrow-bone? For two or three years I had been ii the-habit of smoking a single cigar at th< dose nf thc day's labors. Ono evening Twas sitting on the piazza indulging ii this luxury, when-oat came my aunt. "Sam'wefl 1" cried she, "aro you amok log?" "Yes'm," very meekly. ""Well;" said she calmly but firmly "nono of my money shall ever go up ii cigar smoke." Then again, "How mud do you pay for cigars?" . "Ten cents." .':,'No^, Sam'well, I want you to tak your pencil and calculate how much te cents a day will amount to in a year, the how much in fifty years, then I want yo to put this sum at compound ?nteres' and see how much it will amount to b ?hernia y?u are 75 years of ?ge."... ? It struck* me that I had-Bomehov during .my - lifetime, met with, simile proljlfil^BVfiuJ^^ r*ade th calculation. "Aunt," cried I, 'Tm perfectly ai palled. Never did I dream of this. C fi5Wt -aatfleitra??ga?ce have I been gai ty I" and wildly 1 hurled my cigar inl the camomilo bed. ...I lt became generally known throughoi our -village thftt my aunt was wealth and I was heir-expectant, and I soon pe calved that, whether or not I cVci'ol taincd the gold, I was going to have tl glory/ ; At a town metung, legally calle? and with the moderator in the chair, was elected one of nine prudential con mittpo-men j duty-r-"tO seo about gettir. the wood." Qur Sabbath-school nppoin ed me delegate to a conference at Gun miegford : privileges-lose my limo,'p' my own far?; Change cars twice, stage five miles, over &. cc-uptry. road ar through a November landscape; pro npcU-address by Dea Thomas Jone; mjo?fc,' that rare, and intricate compos tion,.Shall we gather atibe riverf" I secured tho position of watchman our store every- other Sunday nigl Aunt asked me if I expected extra, pi for this service, ana I said I did. Evel "_ ?.?J| uga gd rc- f=r z-7 -- ior,- but I found that calculations hi now! ascended to nomo kind of rose-cole ed something, value abont treble that the repp," . .. t Aunt was at length seized with i "attack" of more than ordinary violent I called three physicians, for I ahrui from exposing;myself tp tho irresponslb village gossip which might acense me not employing every effort for the pi lor.gation of her life; With throe docto in attendance, she not unreasonably fe that Ibis "attack would prove finai, a sent for a lawyer. I waa in a state great nervous trepidation. "IF tfte'r? Anything I can do for ye "Has your nurse arrang-J your pillo quite comfortable?" "Perfectly comfortable ?" Bolampt ?cenes have no place in tl narrative,, ?nd J pass on to the Mme wh we were as^mbled for the reading of I wi*l-thc lawyer, tho doctor, tho minis and inyeolfi'> Thal ?lhstr?r?cnt ran follows : . . . ./'After paying my just dues amii funeral'expenses, and providing ? sui bio monument, I give and bequeath roy beloved nephcwt Samuel O. Hayn his heirs and assign*; for their usc s behoof , forever, all my wearing appa and pcricr.il ornaments, wita tuc- esc tion of my gold beadsv which I boque to my namesake, Louisa Haynes of Joseph, Missouri ; ?ll ray beds and bed ding, household utensils and furniture, with the exception of ray great arra chair, which; as it came iv. po lr*-* ro?cz side, I wish to go to some dear ? , member of that family. I. also give wy, nephew Samuel five dollars, wUu which to buy a reference Bible in ray iremcrubronco, and also the sealed paper of instructions ac* companying this instrument, which I wish hun to read, a year hence, iu the ?treseooe of the witnesses pow assembled br the reading of this ray will. [ The remainder of my property, both real and personal, with the exception of tho legacies hereinafter nansen, J be queath to the American missionary socie ty, neither legacies nov bequests to bo paid until a year and a day hence." ti When the lawyer was through reading, ? had au clear idea to whom these lega cies were devised, but 1 remarked that the Americau Missionary society was a most worthy organisation. The nature of the will was soon made public. Popular sentiment was that of resignation, not to say of satisfaction, on, my account. My companions, who. had never seen why deserving merit in my case should meet such disproportionate reward, while thoir own plodded along on a weekly stipend with no great-aunt's estate in a prospective, naturally expe rienced a revival of confidence in the equitable government of the universe. Elderly friends in church and Sabbath-, school felt that I had cause for,rejoicing in being spared the snares .and tempta tions which accompany wealth. My. employer privately expressed the opinion that I had been getting above my busi ness, and be was glad to see. me taken down a peg. Evelina said: "Never mind ; we don't caro for money." But, not many days after, Evelina told moshe had begun to realize what a solemn ordi nance was matrimony; she and I were both young, and had our way to make, and she thought perhaps, for the present, it would be better for us to consider our selves only friends. I said : "Very well," and felt that I was a lonely bark tossed on a wild and watery waste. I had read of instances similar tomine where the sealed packet or the old Bible proved to contain oank-notea ; but, finget the paper left me as I would, I could make nothing of it but paper. For a year I went calmly but hopeless ly forward in the dry-goods and grocery way, and we then assembled for thc opening of my sealed orders-the lawyer the doctor, the minister and myself The first words that met my eyea as 1 unfolded the paper were, "And al! formel wills by mo made I do hereby - revoke,' etc With palpitating heart I passed tb< document to tho lawyer. After'provis ions and legacies similar to those in th? first instrument, this latter documcn proceeded as follows : "To the American missionary society '. give and bequeath the sum of twenty-fi v. thousand dollars. "To my beloved r iphew, Samuel O Haynes, who I hope may bar*} learned during the year that has elapsed, lesson of wisdom moro valuable than money, bequeath the sum of twenty-five thOusan dollars, which I direct my executor t pay over to said Haynes as soon as ma be convenient. I further direct my ea ccu tor to ,?i??ally pay to said Havoc the income from the remainder1 of m property, both real and personal/ end t pay from the principal .to said' Hay nc on his 30th birthday, if he bo living, t to bis heirs or assigns if deceased, tl sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, an to pay to Saia Haynes on his 35th birtl day lue remainder of my property, be more or less." I went down to the store just os usur the next morning, for ? wished to sho people th>t j h?u loo good sen so to ha*. my head turned. When I<filled pur be customer's molasses .jug with keros?n I knew I had demonstrated my coe ness. The chairman of the board of selec men wanted to know what I should a vise in regard to rebuilding the Pip stono ht idge ; the doctor asked what u candid opinion was concerning the coi parative merits of muriate pf ammon and iodide of potassium in a case pleuritis :. here egophony denotes slig effusion, but with strong indications adhesion of the mediastinum ; and t minister said there was an article i "Semi-Pelagiauism in the Fourteen Century" in the Bibliotheca Sacra thought I would enjoy perusing. Aa stood on the hall door-step after singh school, that evening, Evelina carno c back of me| and said she, with a lit shiver: "Oh, how da-ivk it ia I" It fleshed across me. as I' offered11 arm for escort home, ' -ttolhefemini imagination matriinortJ on the income seventy-five thousand is naturally a 1 "solemn ordinance"- than on a precaric salary of eight dollars a week, and no ing found but peppermint drops. ' f Presently Evelina remarked : ''Are you lonoly since your aunt died?"-1< der. emphasis on the lonely. My ai had been dead a year, :aud Hived! "edgaged" at least once tn the UM time. "Not at all ; my T-JO and attent aro likely to be entirely absorbed in b in<?ss." "No one can rejoice more sincerely your, good fortuno than do I, Samuel.' "I don't doubt it, Evelina ; I shall ways feol confident of your friondehi I leav3 Evelina at ber cottage'gate, 1 I feel that-* Of ?ll the glad wold* of tongues or of ben. The gladdest aro these-.**lt wnt to haT boor The next afternoon, my employer vited me to be se?ted behind the: rall that fenced in our office: and said layicg.his hand on my shoulder will confidential, a i parental, V? sacrifi air:. ... hue *W "Samuel, I have been reflecting u] ~.j i-tj ti? yo ii. VIKI mo ? young I just starting in life, and starting in s< respects under favorable circumstan bat everything depends upon your St ing right. You have always been^? f-Lto my interests, and I have dc mined to show my aj predation of faithfulness. I have iecldcd to tell io you I" . A glance at the door showed me the way of escapo was not cut off;' "With all the varied interests of busireaa you are familiar ; we sire rt" draging in more of the trade from rounding towns ; we have the confldi of our customers ; vre have the confide of wholesale dealers ; wo can buy to best advantage. To all of these I \ lieges you will tacceed. Barely is t such an opening for a yoong maui ' < suit our books, consider our pr< reflect upon the income from the j oifice-" , .i ; ? , "Slr," ?nte?r?pted T. ih thunde tories, "by the Messing of Providence the benevolence o? my.acht who have a.nrapumenfc that wiU bring,* to ?he bosom oftta HWlto&foK ctiW rissbcIation, 1 am UJW tho reci] Of wt?&i?tX competence; and shi squa?f??r?ttor? yean ot precious li vdlgatceoulrwearyiog dry-gooiMuri eerie* ?ubjcct ever to ibo flu?tuatloi Arho?keags and Feppcrelja, pr ab !;rc cr. my 4?ton/G end ??ail n???< th; humanising influences of leisure culture f Conscience amf'tbo vol Reason, within my soul cry, 'Live onyour, income-!' Never moro will I lift ray aching eyeballs to scan yon top shelf for cotton batting jyvl Aga wa us mixed: never shal), my wearied ears be greeted hy tho ceaseless tinkle of the monoy drawer bell, or my sated nostrils by toe. odors of tho grinding coffee! No more shall tho brown paper bag ?nd .the. white cotton string mingle iu all my dreams 1 Sir, I hate toa, detest ssleratus, abhor cod-fish, and loa tho that ?vosUoulca and three-cent stamps!'' ?j m7 ii .1 v.a-j done, and I bitew by the hush that foll upon tho ttoro that, whatever else "I might bo, I was, an-orator. Jii?a?yjt? A. ?mitk oj Huntington, in ike Marek- Jfarper'e,. KA!f?S* UNKEIT PROMISES. _____ History of lila Bargaining with South. ?ru Democrat?? Curraponilcncc oj thc A'ttc Yvr?? Sun. WASHINGTON, March 25. There have been some intimations given out hy several Southern Democrat? to the effect that if Hayes did not with, draw tho troops from Louisiana and South Carolina, and thus allow the Nich oll;! and Hampton governments of those States to assert their power, he would bo rendered infamous. It has also been said by Southern Democrats that if the troops were not withdrawn from the neighbor hood of the State Houses in New Orleans and Columbia, Mr. Hayes would break his plighted faith, and at tho proper time the proof of this would be furnished, if ) the people of Louisiana and South Caro lina were left to tho teodor mercies of I their carpet-bag. and. negro oppressors. These vague assertions have very gener ally been held to be the idle vaporings and empty boasts- of a few hot-headed Southern Dem?crata. If - any credence whatever was placed iu them, it was only to th? extent that these men based their assertions solely upon that part of Hayes' inaugural in which he declares that the poopie of every State aro entitled to local self-government. . The Jacte about an agreement between Hayes and Hampton and Nicholls' rep resentatives are as follows: Just before the meeting of Congress in December last, one Roberta, an attache of the New Orleans Tuna, visited Columbus., Ohio, on bis way to Washington, and had aa , interview with Hayes at the house of j Comly, editor of the Ohio State Jt vrnal. Roberts had a slight acquaintance with Comly, but he wrs ai pplied with letters of introduction from Stanley Matthews and Murat Halstead. . It was telegraphed from Columbus at the time that Roberts had on interview with Hayes ss the rep resentative , of certain Southern Demo crats, and among others it was mentioned that he had credentials from Senator Lamar and Wade Hampton. This part of thc story Roberts promptly denied. He also declared that Lamar was in no way privy to his visit, and he. further de nied that Hampton or any other South ern Democrat authorized him to propose any terms to Hayed. Those who were acquainted with Mr. Roberts accepted these denials implicitly, and they did BO the more readily from tue fact that while he was in every way an excellent gentle man, still he was not duch a man as wOuid very iirely be sent upon a mission of this kind by the friends of either Nicholls or Hampton. Subsequently, however, assertions were made by Rob erts which indicated that he became the medium of communication between the friends of Hayes, and 'Certain Southern Democrats. In the sessions..of the Elec toral Gommicsiou Roberts was in constant 1 communication with Matthews and Fos ter, and after Hayes arrived here, both before and"after the inauguration, Rob erts had freqaent interviews with him. At the Same time Foster was constantly making overtures to Southern Democrats,, and ho assured them that in the event of | Hayes coming in, Packard aud Chamber lain should be abandoned and Nicholls and Hampton .should he recognized as the de facto Governors of Louisiana and Sooth Carolina. After Matthews arrived here os one Of tho Republican counsel bofore thc Electoral Commission, he also had .frequent interviews with Southern Democrats and gave them similar assur ances. These overtures were met by Southern men very candidly with tho re ply that they could listen to no proposals which even implied the abandonment of j Tilden. But after tho decision in the Florida case they manifested decidedly more interest in Foster and Matthews: and when the Louisiana case was decided against ^hem they were ready to make terms with what they fcrcsaw to be the inevitable. Ali this time Senator Cordon Wastibting aa tho personal representative of Hampton,' dud Major Burke of New Orleans ufos here as the representative of | Nicholls; LVHi'd Hon. Mt .C. Butler, Sena tor.'elect from tho Hampton Legislature, acted in conjunction .with Senator Gor den in looking hitor tho intereah of South Caiolina, and Gibson. Ellis,'and Levy, Democratic Representatives ' from Loui siana; were constantly consulted by "Maj. 'Burke: These gentlemen frequently had interviews with President Grant, . Their object was to induce him to .take no steps toward recognizing either Packard or Chamberlain. They tsecuied a pledge to this effect, from Grant, but nt the ianie timp ho intimated that tho ultimate de cision of the Louisiana case, so far as the State Government waa concerned, would depend upon the decision of the Electo ral Commission aa to the electoral Votes. In other words, he gave them to udder 'rftand that if the Commission decided that tho electoral ' votes of' Louisiana Bh'Ould . be counted for Hayes, then ho would re?l bound to recognize Packard. This waa shortly after the. Electoral bill became a; low, arid Grant's d?clar?t iou Wa? not at all satisfactory to tho. Louisi ana Democrats.' Thev redoubled tlmir efforts to satjsfy W?ht that the people of I Louisiana would . not endure longer tho yoke of ,thp Carpetbaggers, but they rnadc slight impression cm him until tho last two or threo. weeks of his ' adminis tration, immediately after the discus sion in tho House on tbc.d?clB?ori' bf the Commission iii'thc Louisiana'Case.bad been ncluded ntid the objection to an electo i from' Michigan was under consid eration, Foster miide a epecch which ho said h? had intended to make on Louisi ana. ' IrY dita 'fmpjwh lin' 'rip^tawy! tbst under" Hayes' administration the flag wC'uld flp?t byer States, riot provinces; over freemen",' 'not subjects; and indica ted very 'clearly that Jho carpet-baggers 'would bi)' thrown Overboard gencrary. but particularly''iii SouthCarolina and T_nit-u.. an.!_ illLIifci __i?kTf>-.~ errit?; abd he whs besieged by Wem as well as'bv Northern ' ?^om?dr?ts io'know Wliui-Tior ho apoko by authority. Public ly ho sihl,that 'ho ?poke' froui his kn?wl eago of Hayes* character as a man, but pnvatcly ho Ultimated that he ,foHn? thp'rizca to' 'say'all ho did. Thik occurred on tho 20th of February, and brita twelve ,dayS intervened bcfc.ro thc <Jt}t of March. Tito Qregori and South Carolina cases were.'still to bc passed upon *>j' fea Com mission, and numerous obit ons to the eligibility BI 'individual cfc. .<jrs in vari ous other' States. It waa all important to the Republicans that there should be no factious opposition to tbo completion of the electoral count by the Democrats. There was great danger of Northern Democrats solidly making such opposi tion, and if tho Southern Democrats stood by thom, to n mau, they could de feat tho count beyond question. Hence the overtures to Southern Dem?crata were renewed and pressed . with > great vigor. If enough, ol them could be de tached to give thc Bepublicans a majori ty, tlie c.'unt could be completed. Tho Louisiana Democrats were willing to ranko au agreement, provided they had positive assurances that Foster's pro gramme shoat the withdrawal of the ixgopa would be carried out by Hayes. Gordon was ; certain he could control Democratic votes from other Southern States. There were various interviews with Foster and Southerners, and it was agreed that if Hayes would write au ap proval of Foster s speech, thou there would bo solid ground ou which tu nego tiate. Foster, within a few days, received such a letter from Hayes, and this was shown to Southern Democrats. In the meantime the factious opposition had been begun,.under the lead of a half dozen Northern and Southern Democrats, and delay after dolay was secured. The pressure was so Btrong on the few South e n Democrats who were disposed to hutt Foster and Matthews that they began to weaken, and John Young Brown, of Kentucky, who had been stubbornly against filibustering, was so haras-ted by telegrams from his'constituents that he went to Foster, and to assuro him Foster gave a written pledge. Thia was shown to tho Louisiana Democrats, but still they were not altogether satisfied. John Sherman had gone to Columbus to see Hayes, and ou his return ho assured Sen ator Gordon that he need feel no uneasi ness about the policy of Hayes, that ho would certainly abandon Packard and Chamberlain by withdrawing the troops. These assurances verbally from Sher man to Gordon, and in writing from Fos ter to Brown, were still not fully satisfac tory to the Southern men, or else the Louisiana members with Hill, of Georgia, and those controlled by Gordon, were not sufficient to giv* the Kepublicans a ma jority, and as the caso was hourly growing more critical, it was necessary to make still further concessions.' A paper was drawn up by Stanley Matthews, which betlan by saying that if the electoral count was completed, they would guar antee that the troops should bo withdrawn immediately from Louisiana and South Carolina; that the policy of Hayes to ward tho South should be conciliatory, and this was on tho condition that Nieh olls and Hampton, through their repre sentatives, should guarantee that there should be no resort to violence to dispos sess Packard and : Chamberlain ; that there should bo no prosecution for politi cal offences, and that all mob should be protected in their rights, political and I otherwise. This waa signed by Stanley Matthews, Charles Foster, on the part of Hayes, and Gordon and Burke on the part of Hampton and Nicholls. A copy ?f this agreement waa transmitted to Hayes, and ho wrote to Foster fully op Eroving it. This letter was shown to ?urke and to Southern Congressmen. The crucial test in the filibustering fight on the Vermont case had now corro, and on the 1st of March this definite understanding bad been hnd with Hayes, but BO anxious were his representatives to satisfy Southern Democrats that they undertook to get from Grant a promise that he would order tho troops withdrawn from the State Houses in New Orleans ind Columbia immediately on tho com pletion of the electoral count. . In this they succeeded, and when the Louisiana repr?sentatives weira accused of this. Mr. Levy, speaking for himself and associate?, ruado ? speech declaring that he had sat isfactory, assurances from men whom he could trust, who were authorised to speak, aud therefore he would do all he could to hasten tho completion of the count Tho count was completed, but the troops were not withdrawn, as Grant had ogrecd to, and late on the night of tho 8rd of March thc Louisiana members went to his room at the Capitol and asked him whether ?he order had been given. He replied tfiat it had; that it weis ? clear, unambiguous order, which cou ' not be misunderstood by Gen. Auger. Ono of tho delegation said in reply to this that the Secreta*/ of War did not understand tho order in this way, whereupon Grant replied that he baa given the order to Gon. Sherman himself, and intimated that it did not pass through the Secretary of War. Why the order was not obeyed the Louisiana members do not know, but they feel certain that Grant irado the order as he agreed to. They fully ex pected that, inasmuch as the troops were not withdrawn as per agreement by Grant's orders, Hayes would forthwith seo that tho bargain was fulfilled.. ,Thoy naturally foel indignant that throe weeks have elapsed and yet there is no prospect of the fulfillment of the pledges within the next three weeks. They do not say that this delay is caused solely by tho efforts of. tho administration to dnvo a dew bargain with them, but-thoae who knew what is going on affirm this to be tho sol? cause of delay. .Tho, history of the agreement placed in Senator Gordon's hanrfr may bo au thoritatively described a follows: Last December, after witnessing Hampton's .inauguration, Gordon came hero as 'Hampton's personal, representativo, and considered himself bound to WA in his interests as Hampton's ambassador, aud without regard to his. personal or politi cal relations as legislator and Spnntor, During tho progress of the count ho felt ho lind on opportunity to Obtain suitable security for Hampton, and going on tho floor, of tho House he obtained from Charles F.ceter and Stanley Matthews a written assurance pf Hayes* policy. This ?. -r.-.. I ._-I - - F withdrawal of tho troops, although this action was. implied io thc terms used. At present General Gordon declines, to furnish th * .pledge for publication. "THE AGE OF DIE MAKE.-"I. call Sou," said a pompous counccllor, " to state iatiuctiy upon what authority you aro prepared to swear to the mare's age ?" "Upon what authority," snyl the ostler interrogatively. i "You ar? vu xepiV, nui io repeat tue question put to you." "I doesn't consider a man's bound to answer a question afore ho's time to turn1 it in his mind." "Nothing can be moro sim, than thc question!, put. 1.again -u. Mt it: Upon what authority do you swear to the animal's ag??" "Tho best authority," replied he gruffly. "Then why such an evasion? Why not sUte it at once?'': . <? "Well, then, if you qpiust have it/-" i "Must 1 I will have it I* i vociferated the councollor, interrupting the witness. "Well, then, if you must and will narc lt." rejoined the ostler, with Imperturba ble gravity, ?'why, then, I had U myself from the mare's own mouth." . A simultaneous burst of laughter rang throughout the court, and the judge on I his bench could with difficulty confine I his risible muscles to judicial decorum. HAIL TO THE CHIEF! North Cai olin a and Virginia's Tr lb nt? to fdtmptou. Sitial DUpatfhu ta tkt Chwrltston Xetet ott J Oaur?rr. GOLDS BOBO', N. C., March 28. The progress of Hampton through tho Carolinas is marled hy the heartiest demonstrations of popular regard for him and interest in fais mission: At Timraonsville, about midnight, ne waa handsomely serenaded, th a baud accom Eanying him ns far as Florence, where e was again serenaded und cheered. Wilmington, which was reached on Mine, _iL. ._- -# - _1 ll-.t ... .-.1_ nw iun CWIID wt a giuuu unju.._, . ' inu or three thousand persons assemblod in the dupot and welcomed tho distinguished visitors with rousing cheers. A fine band played patriotic airs, and Gov. Hampton was then introduced to tho crowd by Congressman Waddell in an eloquent speech, in which he described Hampton UH tho representative of all that is left of consMtutionnl liberty in South-Carolina, and eulogized him for Iiis dignity, pa tience and steadfastness during the post mouths of trial. In response, Governor Hampton, after thanking the crowd for their reception, und thanking North Carolina for tho aid given to Sont li Carolina in the services of Gen. Leach in the late 'canvass, said : "My friends, I go to Washington simply to cf-?.tc before tho President tho fact that thc people of South Carolina havo elec ted me- Governor of that State. I go there to say to him that we ask no recog nition from any President. W~ claim the recognition from the votes of the people ot the State. I go there to assure aim that wo are not fighting for party, but that wo aro fighting for tho good of tho wholo rountry. I am going there to demand our rights, nothing less, so help1 me God, to take natniug less ! I go to tell him thc condition that South Caroli na has boeu in for years past, that our people have boen under disadvantages never encountered by any other pooplo on this Continent; that they carried the election, were successful, and that they propose to enjoy the fruits of their victo ry.*' Tremendous cheering and music greeted the close of Gen. Hampton's address. Senator M. C. Butler was then called for and lustily cheered. He said that his re cent visit to . Washington had satisfied him that if any reliance can bu placed on honor, character and earnest assurances, wo may safely say that the Hayes admin istration mean to do justico to South Car-, olina. Every principle' of honor and Eolicy demanda that justice be done, icthing more than justice do we ask, and nothing less will we accept. In tim visit he is now making to Washington, Governor Hampton dees npt a .h for any recognition, but be docs ask that in Car olina, as in other States, the people be allowed to regulate their affairs in their own way, and whatever maybe thc result of bb mission; you may rest- assured that he who io now charged with the destinies of South Carolina will do ? nothing to bring discredit on tho Southern character or name. Gen. Butler took his seat amid pro longed cheers, abd Gen. Conner was next called for, but as ho kept in the midst of the crowd he escaped recognition. Only tins saved him. Hundreds of citizens came into the car to bo introduced to the Governor, and tho train rolled out of the depot amid cheering, bell ringing and whistle blowing. In the cars, soon after leaving Wil mington, a fine breakfast was served foi Gov. Hampton's party and the Charleston committee'by Mr. Davis, of tho Purcell House. Near Florence a switch waa displaced, and Hampton's train ran into a turnout, but fortunately no harm was dono. Thu and a similar displacement at Charleston looks very like a plan co prevent thc Charleston committee nnd Hampton from reaching Washington OH early ai expected. Nobody but Butler came from Columbia with Hampton. At Magnolia, where a largo crowd ol ladies ana men assembled, tho experien ces of Wilmington were repeated, Hamp ton being introduced by Capt. Smith and making li brief address. Afterwards f number of ladies "were personally presen' ted to Hampton. At Mount Olive the cheering was as ardent as at other ste: tionB. and Hampton told the crowd thal if they stopped him so often ho woulc never get to Washington, or would hav< nothing to say when ne got there. WELDON, March 28. G old:iboro' is always a busy place, bu to-day it looked 'like, a young city, am the cheers that wont np rlv?lled those o Hampton's day in Charleston. Tin Governor made a brief 'address, whiel fired' overy heart anew. . At Wilson thero was a brass band a well ns a;big crowd,' and tlie Gov?rno made a two minute speech on this text "Wo have won the fight and- meant' keep it.'* There Gen. Butler waa im pressed into service, and told the cheer mg crowd that before many suns wen down South Carolina would dxpect thei congratulations os she now Bsd thei sympathies. Toisnot, a small but growing^villagi turned out in full force to do HamptC' honor, and ho told the people that th only fault he had to find wi wi North Cai olina was that he had been called on ? make a speech at overy stopping place. At Rocky Mount, in Edgeoorue Countj said to be the most thoroughly cultivate cotton district in the South, Hafnpto had fhc pleasuro of renewing his a?quair tance with Hockley, his former barbe now one of thu staunchest colored'Den ocrnts in the State. Capt, Battle int rc duced Hampton to the enthusiastic mu titude. Enfield gave to the Confederac some of tho finest soldiers in the servie and tho survivors wer? not slow to testM their admiration of Hampton, who? brief address waa applauded*to tbV. ech< Tho. first floral tribute of tho day caw from this place. At Halifax tho train stopped 'only minute, but long enough for1 Hampton 4 show himself in response to the grectin of ladies'and his old comrades. RICHMOND, March 28. The reccpt'on at W?ldc? ped alor tho line to Petersburg was Very warn but when tho Cockade City was reache tho welcoming hundreds had swelled I thouin mis An/I frfc? ?ky WiS "blszc Vfii rockets. Hampton, in his brief epcec' said t'.rtt tho people of South Carolit had made a fight Uko that which Virgin "had made years ngo.! We tad won ? the ballot-box, and wo would' not subra our causo to any commission or trlbunt This announcement was hailed with tr mendous cheering. He said thn ti hm w neat when South Carolina Would tal her placo with her alster States, the equ of any of them. Butler add Conn were called for, but1 tho train moved ( before they could bc brought p'til. On the arrival of Governor Humph and party in Richmond, at 8:30 p. m., < route for Washington, be was met at. tl depot by an, immense concourse of pe plo, numbering fully 5.000. including tl Conservati vo^ clubs.pf, tho city, with ima and a committee of prominent citlzei and was relived with grest enthusia-;' amid firing of cannon and firework*;. An address of welcome was ra ad o 1 Hon. A. IL Kelley, ex-Mayor of Ric mond. After rpturuipg thanks , for the ovation Governor Hampton said that he interpreted the demonstration as-'ntribute to tho cause ho represented, viz: Good government, homo rule and reform. ' Tho people of South Carolina, he continued, are m earnest. We(havo tried compro miso in vain, and so Iast: fall'wo planned . our feet firmly on tho Constitution and began to battle for our rights. We re membered that ours was one of the .orig inal thirteen States, and strong men and noble women joined hands. latheBtrug Slo, declaring that by tho Almighty God ley would sacrifico everything to win. [Cheers. ] A voice :. "And you md win." ' Yee. my frieud, wo did win. . You cap* not imagine what thoso people, had to bear to win their constitutional victory : but they won, and fully twenty thousand colored men co-operated with them, and now thousands; and tens of thousands bf colored men aro paving taxes to my gov ernment. [Chee .1 ' All wo itsk, and all 1 am going to Washington to asl;, is ti.ut the Federal troops he withdrawn from the State House of South. Carolina, tho only place in tho State where-ray author? ity is not respected. Send the soldiers to the barracks, where they belong.' -Leave the government of the State to the men who arc strong enough to G ny ta in it. My people tell me to hold on, and so long aa they have a right to give mo such advice, so help me God, I will hold on!" [Pro-' longed cheering. ] F. W. D. THE CHAMPION CAitPETBAGOEB. Chamberlain's Reply to thc Letter of Stanley Matthews. The New York Twua which has lately become the especial champion of thc car pet-bag crew in tho South, publishes usurper Chamberlain's letter to Stanley Matthews, in reply to the note of the lat ter requesting hun to. atop down and out. The following is a copy of the usurper's letter : COLUMBIA, 8. C., March 7,1877. MY DE AB Sin: Your note of tho 4th inst, was handed to me last evening by Colonel Haskell : I feel grateful for the interest you man ifest in the public welfare here as well as in my personal good. -To givo you my viewB of tho situation here, and my duty in connection therewith, with anything "approaching fullness, would require a conversation. I can only say hore, in , substance, that I am wholly unable to seo any line of conduct cn my part con sistent with personal honor or public duty which would permit mo to yield my claims to the Govcrnahip. I am equally unable too eeo any course which, can'bo pursued by the National. Administration toward tho Government here which I reprcsont, consistent wi^, political pr con stitutional dnty, which will not require iv to support, against violence or over throw, thc.? -lawful Republican Govern ment. I certainly wish most devoutly that 1 could relieve myself of thi* duty. ? have been exposed to pe rsonal danger by day and 'night, constantly, for five full months, and.I am wearied to death ; but there aro one or two things dearer to me than comfort or life-ono is my honor as a public man, and another is my duty to thc itepuhiicans of this State. Neither of these, in my judgment, would permit me to accept any accommodation or com-1 Eromiso which was not forced upon, me y a power Which it would he idle to ' re sist. I desire to aid and relieve Presi dent Hayes, but this is a iifo or death struggle, ssc I kssow thst I-should con sign myself to infamy in the eyes of all Republicans, here, who know tue situa tion by fearful experience, if I were to accept any terms or do any act which could re?ult in tbs. success of tho mon strous conspiracy against taw and hu manity which 'tho Democracy of this State embody and represent. ,, ", There aro better ways than this to con ciliate and pacify tho South.' Let tho present administration, while firmly standing by tho law and the right for Re publicans, manifest a spirit of charity and sympathy for our opponents here, aa countrymen and citizens, in the thou- > sand ways open!'to an administration, and peace will come and .will abidc-tho peace of just iee and law, the only peaco worth ughtiug fur. To permit Hampton to. reap the fruits of a campaign of mur der and fraud, so long aa there remains porer, to prevent it, is to sanction snob, methods. . . ....ll this I say, my dear air? with feel ings of profound respect for you, but as in, duty bound to declaro tho truth cs I understand it. Of ono thing I am cure, neither you nor any mau moved' by a sonso of justice can.understand the situa tion here and-be willing, for any political advantage or freedom from embarrass mont, to abandon the Republicans to tho .fate that awaits them whenever Hamp ton becomes the undisputed Governor .of this State. ' ' ' ''; .' I despair of hoing able'to set om'caso in: its true light before thoao who havo had no such experience, but I do fi cl that if I had the privUego, Of personal conversation ? could do much more to ward it. . . .' .' I have written hurriedly and beg t that' you will believe me ' ta be, yours, very truly, r,. j D. H. CHAMBERLAIN Hon. ?torar?y Matthews, Washington. Thai'Bargain ?ad Sale-A Compact by? , Which; Hayes ls Bonni!. The New York? World in commenting on tho pledges to tho South, says : The , resolutions made in regard to tho bargain by which Hayes purchased tho support of certain Southern Democrats during the progress of tho electoral count, have created great excitement, and tho Presi dent is making a desperate effort to. shirk ail responsibility for a compact in which he was one of the contracting parties. It is-not easy to seo bow he cati clear himself. His conduct siace his inaugu ration has been that of. r. man who felt himself hound in honor to adopt n just policy towards '^e'rodin, arid yet was slowly yielding to party pressur?.1 .Morrj over no baa sbown by nia conduct to tho men who carried on the negotiations with the Southerners and pledged him to axe,-, cognition of the Nichbih ; and clampton governments, that he approved' of their uciiou; and ii ia e-settled ruio ol lp ? that a principal wl?o<aceept* the work of op. 3 unauthorized to represent him, by approval, makes him an agent. liBut there is another role of law which..holds that a principal ia boucd by tho acts , of partons wheaa be allow? to appear before the world aa his agent, and transact btu: neda for h by., . IXiJ?iS th-? SiS?if; j Mathews nnd.Foater wero.repr?'i?^rting thorned ves as authorized, to make, prom ises for bim, and not only frUed io warb, tba. country, against thom > but praised what they bad dora... HisrehUltins.with Stanley Matthew? were such, that only tho most apeci% warning, could put the Sonthcrri politieikus- ?ft thelfr' guara against that gentleman;'for tie was th? counsel of Haye*-before tho Electoral Commission, and. aa such, empowered to act in his behalf ip all negotiations, toupb !ft?? scf.Icmont of h?s fel?o'uta MU lao residency. If thc d?n?ala of Hayes aro to be taken a? any thing more tb?nosWfttt I menta, that there waa no formal agency 45^^ Executor?, Admlnifitmtora ?nd other adurUr?e? Bud herewith t?jj^Jf?SS i" th- Z7?'.~?.-J no?c^, which win WS??e'rnf^fTra ^fchtn tb? CUstloni, twolas?rUons, - - . - t3.CS attention, communication? tnnat b*. ??ro!??p"3tid ^tUp^^?iiJ^\^^ 3??r32Tyl^Ui tho %(01fMryinau>p!> aro furnished to rep?ylhe poaUgo thereon. 49r We aro not responsible for tho vlows and Of HOYT A CO., Anderson, S. C. ~ ' 'Jb?TfT ?t'ifHrJ?ifT-fr? ort the partpf I* eai?rp; Mjtt&e^ft?ilid Fos ter to cater into any bargain with the South, then those gentlemen stand before giving pledges they, could not redeem, and deliberately deceiving respectable people by their 'fraudulent1' r?pr?tf?nta tUopa^ j But we, .cannot believe thom uilty 'of conduct, which,, iu ordinary osiness trnii?ic?uiis w?uiu reiider them worthy of the penitentiary, lt'is tri be presumed that without formal authoriza tion,, they were yij^uaU.yntfra ^agents of tho President, and that they then con sidered themselves" '?i* ?li-is. 'fend Mtavo since been'considered' ns t'R'h'by -him. It seems clear, moreover, that other lead ing Republican?, notablyJ-tycrctary Sher map and Congressman uftkfisla, are in volved ;Jn'!this 'bdmnlri .'to''secure the acquiescence of they'South'' in Hn-frar*1 in auguration, and. thnt the affair was car ried BO far: that, general Grant actually issued un order directing the withdrawal of the troops from'thoState of I/??isiaua. The. evidence on this point ia Said to be conclusivo, and if it sustains the charges, the result of. the revelatipn must be the moral and political ruin of the Republi cans fehgagcel In the compact. Treach ery of such a bargain towards their allies disgraces them ns.partisans; and the treachery towards thoro.v/ith. whom they made the treaty in refuging to.carry out their agreement disgraces ~ them aa men. Don Cameron nnd Governor Vade?. The following peppery'nit of corires gondenco between Don Cameron, th? ex ecretary of War, and/Governor "Vance, of North Carolina, throws some light on thc Presidential campaign as it was con ducted in the latter biato ': J . 'WAH DEPARTMENT, h .' WAHHINOTON, Jan. 26, 1877. To thc Governor of (he Slats qf North Car olina : * SIR-I respectfully request that you will furnish this D?partaient with ti com plete sot of tho reports o? tho Adjutant General of your State- for .tho .yeats 1861-6 incl UKI ve, for use in connection with tlio official records of the war of the rebellion' 'for' publication. Express charges for tho samo will bo paid by the Department. I-anv-your obedient ser Secretary of War. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, . I Wa (J ri OTnH RALEIGH] Sebf?, lifo Tb the Honorable f??fc'Uameron, Secretary oj War: SIR-Your letter, ?stin? mo to furnish you with a complete' set ol the reporta of tho Adjutant General of thia State for the yeats 1851-6 inclusive, has 'been re ceived.'? ln?Jd?j????ii twa .?.-?'J It] wprubi afford - me great pleasureto comply with tho request if any mutuality could be Idfudcd Into thc transaction. In 1865{ one month after G?n?ral SnerrrJan had issued bis? proclamation announcing the 'cessation., of hostilities, and for.bidding tho further keiziirn pf property ia North Catalina, the letter book?3 of tho execu tive cf this State were "defzed nt Greens boro and placed in'the War 'Department at Washiugfonj-where^heyi.UPW . remain. Permission has been ftB^?d Again to re turn them or to obtain copies for 'the State A i chi ves, which baa b??n persist ently refused. My predecessor; iQov drgent request to be permitted to make: a copy of a 'retter1 iro'm't-hos?' liooks.'topc used in a ldw suit .pending in our courts wherein thc Smi^f^^r'?nic-rv^vcMt' .wiiicb reasonable request.wasjof i^e?V,,,10,I87jl, while I was in Washington 'seeking ad mission to my scat in the United States Senate a slanderous article appeared in tho JJajfy Chronicle charging mo . with cruelty toward tbe Federal prisoners cou ftnod at b^lisbury. The refutation of this calumny was contained in'^'dftain official letters recorded in. those books. I went.in person;to the War Department, stated my object, and asked permission to copy two Ieft?r? which'contained ray full vindication, and was refiised'on the ground, OS;.was assigned)'?that no copies would, be given, xii til out the authority of Congress. And yet, last spring when I met my competitor, Judge Settle,; j^ho was the Republican euuuiduUi for' Governor, I found him supplied with au. armful of garbled, ? and mutilated coplea , of, ,thcso same ' official letters, certified,. as" true copies by yourself as Secretary cif War, with the great esal duly attached. I applied to Congress, < believing that body would feel it beaea^u. vhu.digmly of a great Republic to sur;~r?ss thc truth in order to oopie^ so'humble ari individual as tnyaelr. A resolution 'which' would have effected ray object .waa: promptly passed,by the House of Representatives and was as promptly laid on tho table in the Sedate. ?vA' *^"" ' Under .this state of things^' therefore, I should deem myself wantiL?' brattufaiielf which I havo inp honor to-fill, were; .I,,to comply with- yptir request. ' 1} . 1 ' ', ? Were it otherwise Ishoutd most glad ly furnish; you the-required documents, first, because R would ^ft^ord rdio^real pleasure, ft exfend thiapr any QU^plS clal courtesy, and B?cbnttly, b?ca??gb I would?1 be' proad-for' :the' w?rld f-? know how faithfully and nobly the people of North Carolina struggled to maintain thc cause^rwheih4r'gaght or wrong, ?n'which thof 'considered their rights and honor to bolnvblvedl - > .'. * I am, , ?ir; rerst respectfully, your oho THK HI? - W- 4t??? rW?RMMA. .If Mr. Hajesi.-can ?ead the1'followjug Sell-told,story,?vithoui und?nitandlngbia Uty.as .to.Xouiwan^ pnd^utb. Carolin*?, RB frtiiiv KA '?w>t'?f??rfn na ?nCOrr-'v?'%?C '. J>?ck Mri 'il ny cs rcfcoBcct fowH?hrj* Clay; whon he was ita1 Wosrirrlgton, once .had some; fun With a goat?- No? Then ?%will tell him;. .Mr/ Qlay ..?b?crv?d p npt pf. street Arabs on pleasurable thoughts intent gathefipg rifrqurid a goat that waa dosing rai tho sud arid rolling an old- .boot like! a swoot m?rsel under his .The'gtbati Whig^^totesman r?bk??'tipand ?doWP tilo t?reet: PorhritA .???'in "igli*. it m connection, wUh,iA^?p?W^?Pyi* said he; "t b?lic^r-wlumv?allittJo fun with tho TOW too. "Hew do'ybdgct it -out;of?himW:- '^rabiifavdwiM&orns,1' ^Wn^d,,?,b^v; -nd;y|?*??a djirino confidence qf Robinson..Cruspo.,or a Mason ' Of tho thirty-third ' de?Tec,' afr. ?C'iny re?xi^ ?he?o?t. ? ; It 'ttl?^^ sont, with ian .abiding love of Ubbrfyy and it was inaJ^dpub^^^iwJailA^ Ct?y^sf?ma"Wtorn ??t or^etra^kets.* *?!Lfyli?' p?lSlft?-'W/^l??H ^?ya^vlmt r+-?oi*?4~?t> nteiti i* Dr? nez?.t'?' v?pllcd rib? tboySi- ??aking, ?roAlgo- > ^hiad: ianap t?^W^WS^?. ^^r?tflflflMi?!? TSay, let go of them horns aud run like Watfc?t* '-TftW B^^mhk has got two horns. lilcA t? > gcat?? ?H?'Hfid bkittcr let go of ?iora botli and-teun like blaMs." ? -i l^p?cki sl?o?ild^^.'!' o? fro. qucntly if A clear, bri^e-'ffamc U do ?tbfk. j'dt MI. .-.rt. .' .