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~ l?fT. A. IIOYV, 1 S'itaes E. B. MURKAY, J-""*?"?? THURSDAY MORNING", APRIL 1977877. Governor Hampton took formal "xw session of the Stato Houso on last Thur. day, and had thc archives of his tempo ruy office transferred to their legitimate quarters. A detachment of convicts from tho penitentiary were carried up to thc Capitol and employed at cleaning out the corridor?, where the State Con stabulary and U. 8. troops wore stationed. Ere this, the Capitol is once moro clean, and the administration chosen by the people occupies tho Governor's rooms. The other Republican State officers still retain their positions, but it is merely a matter of time to put tue whole Demo cratic State ticket into ifOn?c-nsion of the offices to which they were properly fleeted. _ As will be seen by Gov. Hampton's proclamation, the Legislature of South Carolina will convene on the 24th inst, in Columbia. We do not anticipate any further trouble between the Senate and House, but expect to see a quorum in both I odies nt the opening of the extra session, and everything will work on smoothly. Thc members of the Legisla ture which is to meet this time have the gravest responsibilities resting upon them of whi^h we can well con?oive. They fiud the State prostrate beneath thc weight of corruption, ignorance and misrule which has marked thc course of Republicanism. Theirs it is to lift our Commonwealth out of thc slough of po litical degradation, and once more bring back prosperity to our thief-ridden land. Thero are great difficulties to bo over come, but wo believe the government of our choice has the integrity, the virtue, the wisdom, thc patriotism and the abili ty slowly, bnt surely, to advance the material, industrial, educational and po litical interests of South Carolina. THEY DECLINE. Governor Hampton ha? requested tho Republican ex-officials to turn over their offices, subject to the decision of the Supreme Court upon their respective casca. They, however, decline to vacate, and will follow tho example of Ex-Gov. Chamberlain by waiting until they aro mudo to leave. Tho Legislature meets soon Hnd will elect a Chief Justice, after which tho pretensions of these cheeky fellows will soon terminate. Tho victory of Democracy will soon be complete in South Carolina. LOUISIANA ABOUT FREE. Tho commission in Louisiana now pro pose to organizo tho Legislature upon tho basis of the County Canvassers' returns, and allow the Legislature organized in that way to recognize either Nicholls or Packard. Tho State went D?mocratie by about 8,000 according to the returns from the Counties, and hence tho Legis lature will be Democratic. Nicholls and Packard are both reported as willing to this arrangement, and hence it is only a question of tinto as to the redemption of our sister Stato. This will, in all proba bility inaure the election of two moro Democrats to the Senate, and will com plete the redemption cf all the Southern States from the evils of Republicanism. THE STORM. Tho galo which all of our readers re member to have occurred on last Friday, waa very extensivo and destructive. Coming in a Northeasterly direction two days before it reached Anderson, tho wind and rain deluged tho ports of Maryland and Virginia, proving especi ally disastrous at Norfolk and Ports mouth, where the shipping interests were very greatly damaged. But continuing to ox?end, it visited nearly if not every ono of the Atlantic ports. It would be imposaiblo with our limited space to givo any extended account of tho ravages of this most remarkable gale, but must content ourselves by morely mentioning the effects of the storm in Charleston. Trains were prevented from leaving or entering the city on the South Carolina Railroad, and tho streets were ono continuous flood of water. Wind and hail added to the fur; of the deluge, destroying fencing and damaging houses. Tho wind came with a velocity of fifty five miles an hour, doing immense damage to tho wharves and shipping of the city. Tho South and East Battery were dashed over by the raging waters ; tho drives and walks washed out and left submerged in water. The bathing house waa demolished. Its piazza and kitchen were floated off, and the bridge connect ing it with tho battery was also washed away. Mr. MeManmon and his family were taken from the house in boats with tho greatest difficulty. The storm was enc of the severest and most extensive gales ever known in this country. THE LOWNDESVUiLE MURDERERS. To-morrow, Friday, the 20th inst., ia tho day fixed for the execution of the ten colored men convicted at Abbeville for tho murder of Mr. Clayton Allen at LowndesviUe last winter. The crime was a fearful one, and those who origi nated and caused tho murder should pay tho forfeit of their lives. It is thought, commute the sentence of a portion of the doomed men to imprisonment for life or a long term of years. This act which the Governor has probably already performed will no doubt be approved by the people of onr State, and will have numerous precedents to sustain it. Such a spectacle as ten men suspended from a gallows for tho same act has never been witnessed in South Carolina, and would bo of doubtful propriety at thia t?m? r? 1866 six colored men were condemned to hang at Pickene for the murder of a young man named Hunnicutt, bat GOT. Orr commuted the sentence of all but one, who wat accordingly executed. With a report of the evidence had upoa the trial before him, Governor Hampton has, wo are satisfied, properly considered the relative guilt of tho prisoners, and his action, whatever it may be, will be sustained by our people, because we are satisfied it will bo the promptings of justice tempered with mercy. The com mutation of punishment to imprisonment for life will not in future be aa it has been in tho past, for tho chance, for speedy liberation has ?one with the death of Republicanism. THE TAX LEVY. Tho communication of "M.," which -ii"-- Biacwaoro, ?v.7 r. ?-o gesta to oar representatives tho impor tance of ascertaining and levying os small a tax as will be adequate to defray thc expenses of thc Stato government until next fall, und wc are confid nt there will be a very general disposition in the Legislature to purdue <uch a course as will make tho burden of taxa tion as light as possible upon our people. In fact, wo would prefer that no tax ut all should bo levied, if it were possible to carry on our county governments without a direct levy. It is, however, impracticable, and thc next best course is to make tho B'.-te and county tax as light as will meet thc absolute necessities of the State government after making all thc reductions in salaries, office*, contin gent*. A-e. that it is practical io make. The counties should be restricted to not more than three mills, and the interest on tho State debt ought not to bc touched before the levy for next fall, and the State tax for collection this summer ought to he fixed at three mills, from which tho ten per centum already collec ted should be deducted. Our people ure too much straightened in their finances to meet an ordinary tax at this time. We fear that many of thc poorer people of tho State will be unable to respond in tho payment of their poll and u six mills tax, even where they have paid meir tenth and can deduct it. Tho policy of our State government will of course he ns lenient as possible until next fall, at which time the collection of the full tax for next year will begin , and we know the question of rendering the burden ns light as possible will receive the most careful consideration from thc administration of Oov. Hampton. THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP. Aa the session of tho Legislature ap ptOL'MOSj our people become more in terested upon thc question who IH to bc our next Chief Justice? A number of distinguisher) gentlemen of fine abilities have been suggested from virions por tions of tho State, any one of whom would grace the highest judicial position not only of South Carolina but even of our nation. We would delight to honor all or any of them, but at this time, with out disparity to any ono of those gentle men, it seems to us, as wo have hitherto expressed ourselves, that Associate Jus tice Willard has claims upon our people which address themselves to their patriot ism and gratitude. His noblo cfiorut and signal success in vindicating thu majesty and moral grandeur of law, with blind justice rendering a decision for tho right, despite tho clamor of party and tho en treaty of frionds, invests him with a quality that cannot bo too much admired in tho Judge. His services upon tho bench havo bcou marked by ability, im partiality and justice They deserve re cognition nnd promotion. Our people ?. ? i C .ut jgmo wm |/u? 11 icu mat mu judges havo been selected on account of political association. This is a fitting opportunity for them to show to the world whether they aro willing to depart from tho practice of which they have complained. Judgo Willard was elected in 1868 as a Republican, and since his election haB never figured in polities, but has been a judge above reproach, com manding tho respect of tho Bar of this State. Ho is also a Northern mau, and bis elevation by our Legislature to tho Chief Justiceship would at once bo a practical refutation before the world of tho chargo that our pcoplo are hostilo to honest men from Northern States who ri?ay eettfe in our midst, and it would abo teach the people of the State that the judiciary of South Carolina is too ex alted to bc affected by political questions. Had Judgo Willard been disposed to imitato Judge Bradley's example of placing fidelity to party above adherence to btw, there is no doubt that he could, by rendering a favorable decision to Chamberlain, have kept Republicanism in power in South Carolina for at least two years longer. His firm, independent and upright course mark him as tho man above all other.] ic South Carolina who deserves the vacant position. Hia elec tion would bo a befitting recognition of his admirable course, and would ut tho same time set a precedent which would stimulate the judiciary of South Caro lina to pursue with fidelity and impar tiality tho atricteat adherence to law, feeling that by so doing they would not only perform their duty, but also ensure their own retention or advancement in office. We trust Judge Willard will re ceive the solid voto of the Democrats in our Legislature. Alexander H. Stephens. WASHINGTON, April 13. TL" following interesting information with regard to Mr. Stephens's health and his views in regard to matters vitally af fecting the South, ia gathered from a conversation with Mr. Walsh who visited tho Georgia statesman thia a. m. The Hon. Alexander Stephens is im proving ; his appetite is good, he is ablo to alt up nine nour* daily ; ho will not return home until after tho extra session of Congress, which he expects to be called by the President in June ; he hopes to bo able to take an active part in its deliber ations; bo will advocate a government subsidy to the Texas-Pacifio Railroad ; he thinks that it is now tho grandest project before the ; ?juntry, and that it should receive aid from Congress ; the South is especially interested in the con struction of the road, and tho whole vouait/ ?vin uu ueucucieu by ii , ?. M HOI a party but a national measure, and should bo built, as the work is of vast importance to the interests of tho whole country. The South will bc materially benefitted by it Mr. Stephens thinks the bill can be so framed as to protect the government from loss. Mr. Stephens speaks hopefully of tho future of the country. Personally ho thinks well of President Hayes. He likes his record. Ho believes that the President w.ll carry out his policy of peaco and good will to the south. He considers mat the solution or the South Carolina troubles which has resulted In the pacification of South Carolina and the restoration of home rule and good Bjvcrntnent under Hampton, will lead to ke resulta in Louisiana by tho recogni tion of the Nieholls government He considers the President was fully com mitted to this policy, and believes that ho will use all legitimate means in his power to carry it into action, and ' thus aid in restoring peaco to all sections of the republic. He considers that Presi dent Hayes has a gruid opportunity, and ho ought to elevate himself to a plane entirely above party, and by so dolt.* hr, will inaugurate peaea and prosperity a country already too long distracted and depressed by political excitement and party bitterness. He thinks that Con Sss will heartily second President yes in his efforts to give the South good government. A PRESSING INVITATION. The Bogus OfUcUls Hequetted to Htep DOWD and Out. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, C01.UM?IA, April 14, 1877. Hon. R. B. Elliott. Columbi, ? C. Silt-I nm directed by tho Governor to ?ny to you that while iie doe? not deidre to prejudice any claim that you may bo asserting in the" courts, ids opinion of tho futility of your assertions to have been legally elected to the office of Attorney General has been indicutcd by his re cognizing und commissioning Mr. Conner, your opponent, when thc necessities of the government required him to decide. It would disembarrass thc operation of thc Executive Department, of '.Thieu he is now in the undisputed char/- for you to turn over tire records and papers of the office of Attorney General to Mr. Conner, subject, if you desire it, to the decision of the courts, hereafter to be made. He beg? leave, however, to Inform you, in the event of your declining to take tnih coursCj that "he sees nothing in your present position entitling you to the use of the rooi..s arid custody of the records of the office referred to, ami that ho can not consent to it. His responsibility for thc proper dis charge of thc administration will require bim to prevent such un obstruction to tho conduct of the government. An early reply will oblige, yours rc Kpectfully, WADE H. M ANN I NO, Private Secretary. EX BOUT! V K DEPA ITO! KNT, OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, COLUMBIA, H. C., April IC, 1877. Wada H. Manning, Eur/., Private Secreta. r'J ?IR-After conferring fully with each other, we have concluded to reply jointly to thc communitions addressed to us by you on the 14th instant, as a comparison of their contenu indicates that tue sub ject-matters of each are varied only to the extent of their personal applicability. On the 7th day of November last wc were legally elected to thc several offices thc functions of which we now respective ly exercise. Of this fact we were duly apprised bv the f?tate Ronni of Canvass ers, who alona were competent by h w to determine the result of tho election. Upon receipt of the notification to that effect, through thc legal channel, wc qualified by executing the necessary bonds und taking the oaths of office, and were thereupon commissioned by the then undisputed Executive of the State. Having thus complied with all the requi sitions of the law on thc subject, wc en tered upon thc discharge ot our duties and the enjoyment of our rights us officers of the State. Subsequently, contests for the posses sion of our ofhees were made by those to whom we hud respectively been opposed as candidates for election, and proceed ings ?ri quo warranto wero begun in the Supreme Court of tho State to test tho validity of our titles to such offices. No judicial determination of the matters in controversy has yet been reached, aud until such determination is had, we can conceive of no reason, of law or fact, which would justify UH in complying with tho wishes of thc Governor, ns indicated in your communication. Wo aro in no senso claimants for tho various offices which wo fill. Wc arc lawful possessors, and nro in court not to seek to have our titles granted, but to maintain them against those who, ns plaintiffs, uro ask ing that we should bo ousted. In this phase of the caso-and it is tue only ono which can be properly presented to tho Governor-it would bo a legal absurdity for us to voluntarily shift positions with our contestants, and would result, logi cally, in a completo abandonment of our rights. Wc, theroforo, respectfully de cline to comply with tho request indica ted by tho Governor. We aro not insensible to tho fact that it is physically competent for the Gover nor to carry his wisbcB into effect by ex cluding us from access to our offices and their records. Whilst we shall make no resistanco to such a process os that, should ho determine to institute ic, we trust that tho same senso of "responsibility for the proper discharge of the administration" which ho plenas in advanco as a justifica tion for tho covert threat of force will inBpiro him to pause before taking a step that will obviously trench upon rights guaranteed by that constitution which 0 has sworn to obey. Very respectfully, your obedient ser vants, (Signed) ROBERT B. ELLIOTT, Attorney General South Carolina. JOHN R. TOLBERT, State Superintendent of Education. JAMES KENNEDY, Adjutant and Inspector General. OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER, tJOLuMulA, vj. xxym iu, io//. Hon. Wade Hampton, Columbia, S. C. : SIR-I recoived, on Saturday evening, tho 14th instant, n letter subscribed by Wade H. Maiming, Private Secretary, in which I am informed that tho writer is directed by you to say, in substance, that you do not aesiro to prejudge my claim to my present office ; that yo? nave indi cated heretofore your opinion of th** fu tility of my assertion of my official rights ; und that it would discmbarrars tho opera tion of the Executive Department coufi ded to ?ny care if I wero to retiro ot onco. I am further informed by the same com munication that in tho event of roy re fusing to toko tho couran above requested, you ace nothing in my present position entitling mo to thc uso ot tho rooms and custody of the records of my office ; and that you cannot consent to my remnining in my office ; and, finally, that your re sponsibility will require you "to prevent such an obstruction to the conduct of tho government." I received the foregoing communica tion immediately after an interview held by mo with you in tho Executive Cham ber, in which you voluntarily stated to mo that you would leave tho question of my official rights entirely to tho courts, and that I could cither occupy my office or Boal it up to romain undisturbed until a decision of tho court should bo reached. You can, therefore, iudgo of my sur Srise, not to speak of other feolings, pro uced by tho letter of your private secre tary. This feeling is increased when I call to mind tho language used by you on so many occasions, and notably in a communication addressed to tho Presi dent of tho United States, as follows : "I repent, therefore, that if tho Federal 1 roo ps are withdrawn irom the State House, thero shall bo on my part, or that of my friends, no resort to violence "to assert our claims, but that wo shall look for their maintenance solely to such tieaccful remedies as the constitution and aws of tho State provide. I shall usc all my authority to repress the use or exhi bition of force in tho settlement of all disputed questions, and this authority shall bo exercised in such a manner that tho peaco shall bo preserved." In the face of tneso pledges, you now call Upon me to relinquish my ?IURA, ?nd you inform me of your purposo to pre vent mo from continuing to hold it. It is my duty to remind you that I was de clared elected to my present office by the Board of State Canvassers as tho result of tho canvass of tho faco of all tho ro taros of the recent election, no returns being rejected or disallowed In whela rr in part." I was, thereupon, commissioned by Governor Chamberlain at a time when his authority as Governor was un disputed. I immediately qualified by taking the oath of office and filing my official bond, and I havo sinco been and am now in the discharge of the duties ol mv ofBr ii ~y duty further to remind you, that under proceedings in quo icarranto, instituted by those who wera candidates upon tho ticket with you, now pending in tho Supreme Court, tho exact question which you now declare ymir purpose to decido adversely to mc, is put in issue and is awaiting tho d?cision of thc court. Cndcr those circumstances, to prevent mc from continuing to hold my office until a decision of the Supremo Court is ru-ooounced, ia not, in my judgment, "to .noir in HIIC.U peaceful n-maui ra aa tho constitution and laws of the State pro vide," but ia rather "the use and exhibi tion of io ce in the settlement of disputed questions." It is almost needle*.* for me to add that I do not recognize your right as Governor in any manner to pitas upon or decide my right to my present oflice, and I can not comply with the reque*t contained in the letter of your private secretary. I have the honor to bc, very respect fully, your obedient servant, F. L. CARDOZO, State Treasurer S. C. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF SECRETARY OK STATE, COLUMBIA, S. C., April io, 1877. Waite H. Manning, Eeg., Private Secreta ry. Sin-I have the honor to acknowledge tiw receipt of wour communication of tin? 14th instant, and in reply would stato that I do not feel at liberty to comply with the request of thc Governor, nor to act upou his Nuggestions, by turning over the records ot the Secretary of :Jtate'o office to my opponent, Mr. Sims, until the Supreme Court shall render its judg ment in thc cause now ponding before it and to which I am a party. Should that judgment bc adverse to my claim, I will cheerfully transfer the oflice to Mr. Sims, but until then must respectfully decline to do BO. I um sir, very respectfully, &c., H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. Tho following is Governor Hamilton's reply to Mr. Cardoasc's letter: STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, COLUMBIA, April 16,1?77. F. L. CUrdozo, Etq. Slit-As you have misapprehended the purport of my communication of Satur day aud a portion of my conversation with you, it is duo to you, us well as to myself, that my correct position should be understood. I have entertained no idea of passing judgment as to any claim you may havo to tue office of Treasurer. Phis question belongs to another tribunal where it must be settled. lu nsing the word "office," I merely meant to desig nate tho room now usen by you, until the court* decide who is the proper custodian of this room, und the State property in it. I proposed that it should be locked and sealed. There will be no violation of any rights in pursuing this course. The pres ent occupants ot these rooms can lock them, a seal can be attached, and no ono shall havo ncccss to them until it is de cided to whose custody they should bo committed. My communication conveyed a sugges tion a* to the course you should pursue, but as you decline to follow it, I must take such action ns will protect me in gunrding the property of the State. This can he done by tho plan indicated. I am, respectfully yours, WADE HAMPTON. A PLEA FOR LIGHT TAXES. MESSRS. EDITORA : That Hampton is now thc undisputed t. overnor of South Carolina, and au such h.n* issued his proc lamation to convene the General Assem bly on tho 24th of next month, brings the business of the State squarely before our citizens, and the members of the General Assembly will have much to engage their attention from now until tho meetiug of the same, which wo have no doubt will be well considered by them. We will not uow venture to sug gest moro than ono subject for considera tion, and we only do that because wo believe it of vital importance to our peo ple, and one with which all must deal, to wit. the taxes. If our people suppeso that our taxes can be reduced to a nominal sum at once, they will bo mistaken, and yet tho condi tion of the people must be considered and their financial condition accommo dated as much as possible. Then, how stands the matter ? We think we hazard but little in saying that at no time bince thc war has our financial condition beon worse than at present. We have not the money at this time, nor will our citizens be able to command it before fall to pay a full tax. In this extremity what shall we do ? We think thc Legislature should determine by joint committee, or other wise, os soon as they meet, tho loast amount of taxes required to run the Sute government until fall, and have that amount and no more collected before tho full and winter months. That our pcoplo will respond to the last cent to pay their taxes to promote the interest of a decent and well regulated government -such as we now have-is uot to bo questioned, and that our government will aid and assist her citizens to her utmost is likewise not to bc questioned*; and this being the case, we regard it proper to bring this question at once to tho atten tion of those who must first deal with it. Let this matter bo considered at once, aud wc aro ?uro that each and every de partment of tho Stato government will contribute all in its power to reduce the geneini expenses of the government, and relieve as far aa possible thc necessities of the people at this time. M. Proclamation. Under and by virtue of tho authority vested in me by the Constitution of the State to com ne the General Assembly on extraordinary occasions, I, Wade Hampton, Governor of the State of South Carolina, do hereby summon tho Sena tors and members of the House of Rep resentatives of said State to meet in general assembly, in the city of Colum ia, on Tuesday, tho 24th day of April, Anno Domini ono thousand eight hun dred and seventy-seven, at 12 o'clock meridian. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my nana and caused tho great Beal of tho State to be affixed. Dono at the city of Columbia, this eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy eeven, and in the one hundred and first Sear of tho independence of the United tates of America. WADE HAMPTON, Governor. H. M. SIMS, Secretary of State. THE LOWNOESVILLE PRISONERS. The Abbovlllo Medium says : "There is a .):..:..:. .. -f-?!--t. I- -..?- -. wllMWM v. . .U 1UU WVU libJT JU reference tc thc justice or propriety of executing /il the Lowndesvillo prisoners. It is now believed that the Governor will, upon application of prominent citizens, commute tho sentence of five or six of them to imprisonment for life or for a term of ycarj." Tho Abbeville f?re* ia Informed that C. C. Law, E?q., who acted as foreman of the jury at the famous trial, ls now in Columbia to see Gov. Hampton on behalf of some of the Lowndcsville prisoners. He is able to express the unanimous desire of the ?jurymen to have Executivo clemency I exercised towards five or six of tho doomed men. - Ono hundred guns were fired in i Worcester, Moss., on the Common, and ; flags were flying in honor of Gov. Hamp ton's recent behavior in the South Coro > lina political question and thc present i flatus of timi Stale. HAYES' SOUTHERN POLICY. OPINIONS OF DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. tetter from tien. J. B. Kershaw. J r.. ri /i a . -fl ?A inJVW I 1 O. \j. SlplU 111, IOU. Mesar*. Hoyt d' Co., Anderson, S. C. : DKAR Sum-Your favor of the 7th inst, is before me, requesting ray views upon tho political questions of the day, and particularly JW to the Southern poli cy of .Mr. Hayes, thc propriety of Demo crat* seeking or accepting office under him, and the result upon the destiny of the two national parties from this change in thc policy ol the Republican party. Moat of your questions ore answered in tho folloviiig extract from a letter written some ten dcyu ago in response to similar inquiry from the goutlemen of the Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist, which, as it bas not appi-cred in any of the papors of this State, so far as I know, and han been rather inaccurately de scribed in the only mention it hus re ceived that met my eye, I beg leave to reprodi co : "The acceptance and exercise of a pub lic office by a citizen should only be de termined by a consideration, first, of the interests of tho public, and next, of those of tho individual. If, after due reference to these points, it is clear that the public good would bu promoted, and the private interests of thc individual would not be unduly sacrificed, it is impossible to sup pose a case in which it would not be proper to accept such office. "To bold that one should not accept office at the hands of a party to which ho had been politically opposed, would bo to admit that the public would bo better served by a member of such party, and tn approve a policy that has cursed and degraded thc country, whoso maxim is 'to thc victor belong the spoils,' a maxim whoso fundamental vice is, that it substitutes as a motive, the greed of gain for the love of country, and consid ers public office with reference to its emolument of thc bolder, rather than to its duties to the public. "It is considered that these principles exclude all those cares which involve in thc acceptance of office, degrading or dis honorable conditions, express or implied. If, for instance, office was tendered by Mr. Hayes, and accepted by one of us with an understanding that the holder should use thc office to strengthen or sup port Mr. Hayes politically, wbilo his pol icy was really hostile to our people and injurious to the public interests ; or, if the acceptance of tho office by on indi vidual would, of itself, strengthen tbs administration whoso policy was adverse to tho interests of society, it should be refused, because it is not compatible with the public interests in any case, that a citizen should permit himself to give strength to a government which employs that strength to injure tho people. "To apply these principles practically and to answer for myself, I would not seek or accept office under Mr. Hayes so long as ho maintains a guan' of soldiers in the State Houoo at Columbia, in vio lation of tho constitution and laws of the United Slates and of this State, and of tim -;~v.*" "r ?I-, nnonu ?f o"..*u ru mi: na, unless vith the distinct pledge that thin unlawful exercsio of military power chould cease within such time os would {tactically avoid tho incompatibility of ?olding office under a President whom my duty os a citizen required that I should oppose and denounce os a tyrani cal usurper of arbitrary and unconstitu tional powers. "If. ..?n tho other hand, Mr. Hayes did withdn.w these troops and administered his oidce as a Republican within the limits of his constitutional powers with simple justice, even without any special kindness or favor to ot?r people, I would accept offico under him. "Lastly, if the administration of Mr. Hayes was kindly and liberal towards us and tended to restore peace, order and good government to the South, with ita attendant Wenings of prosperity and hap Einess, I would give his administration a earty support whether an office-holder or not. "Myjparty allegianco'is subordinate to -nay,1s founded upon my love to my State and country. I shall always link: my political fortunes with that party which in my judgment best promotes the welfare of the country. My teat of the effect of public measures upon tho conn try is found in their effect upon tho State of which I nm a citizen. Whatever is best for my State, is best for all, under our system, and vice versa. "My opinion, therefore, is clear and de cided, that should President Hayes sin cerely administer tho ?fonctions of his office in accordance with tho principles avowed in his inaugural address, (which I am still unw' dug to doubt) we ought by all means t rdially and earnestly to support such administration, let the re Bults upon present party organizations 1 lead whither they would." In tho views then expressed I am amply confirmed by subsequent events. Mr. Hayes has justified tho favorable an ticipations then entertained, and, as a consequence, South Carolina stands to day, "ransomed, redeemed and disen thralled," with her noblest son at the helm of State. Ho whose utterances are as words of inspired wisdom, has declared in his own manly and patriotic style of eloquence, that ."tim the blood and fires tho heart of every true Carolinian as the buglo call of honor and duty, his purpose to support Mr. Hayes in his present poli cy, in these memorablo words : "AR long aa ho will follow out in good faith the policy indicated in his inaugu ral, if he wil| do equal justice to all sec tions of the country, and see that the laws are enforced in Massachusetts as in South Carolina, in Louisiana as in Ohio, if ho will carry out in good faith all the pledges ho has made, and be a constitu tional President, recognizing no party, race or section-so long will I support him. I havo not fought this fight in - Vat h Carolina, now to let party affiliations keep me from anything that will promote the good of South Carolina." Thus spoke the hero, the patriot and the statesman ! Let every son of Caroli na cry, Amen I Let these words, "the good of South Carolina," bo the touch stone of our political faith. If acted out in no birrow, sectional or selfish spirit, but upon broad, liberal and generous {irinciples, worthy of tho dignity and lonor of our grand old State, wo shall soon place her in a position among her sister States worthy of her past renown. I have but a brief space to speak of Ute probable effect of Mr. Hayes administra ??On Upon C?i?u?g p?n.Y Grg?uia?uuua, Opinions upon that subject are necessa rily speculative and hypothetical. In I860 tho country tell under the rule of a sectional party. Secession, civil war, a ruined South, degraded govern ments, political aud official corruption, a constitution torn, distorted and defaced these are th*> bafefa. f?ui~ of a ssctloual policy of which tho country slekened al most unto death. The crisis seems to have passed, and Mr. Hayes proposes ic him self at whatever cost, to uo-sectionalixe parties. In this effort he will bo bitterly opposed by tho mere party hacks of tbs Republican household, those designing men whoso patriotism begins a?d endri in their own sumptuous palaces, monuments of successful venality and official prosti tution. There is a spirit abroad in the land, however, aroused by tho imminent peril of the past few months, that insures the triumph of Mr. Hayes over that fcc tiou. They will ?ooo disappear In the slough of their own infamy. The dcsectionalization of party will abo meet with opposition from Southern P,?n. who iee in an United South the beat guaranty against a renewal of Radi en! misrule. If nartica continue to divide on sectional line?, the South wlii always be beaten as heretofore in the national contesi. caurcoTcr, mo wwi ?uv rr?? j ?till rend the States, and the contest will always be between the intelligent and conservative classes on the one hand, and tho worst and most ccmipt Radicalism on the other, and a soliu South could not be depended upon at all times. Society would be destroyed by the stated recur rence of such a canvass for instance ns that of last year in South Carolina, and it would not always succeed. Mr. Hayes' policy tends lo obliterate tho color lino, and to five the control of politics in the South u. our own people, so that divide as wr would the govern ment in the Southern States would al ways be tolerable, and always be admin istered with a supposed reference to the good of the people. If this policy shall succeed, the next Presidential election will be carried by a combination of con servative Democrats and liberal Repub licans, aud the candidate is more likely to como from thc former than tho latter class. Not improbably he will be a Southern man. None more likely than our own Hampton. The uext resort of the Radical politi cians to divide tho sectious will be to seek to deprive the South of her conser vative influence in the councils of the country, by depriving thc colored people of the suflrage, in order to diminish our representation in Congrow and in Presi dential electors. When that final strug gle comes, let us be able to vindicate the great principles of the Jeffersonian De mocracy, by showing in the South an ' unbroken array of well governed States, sustained by an enlightened, united and happy constituency of American free men, in the full and equal enjoyment of their constitutional rights and liberties. Yours, respectfully, J. B. KERSHAW. Letter from Hon. W. W. Harllee. MARION C. H., April ll, 1877. IJditors Intelligencer, Anderson S. C. : GENTLEMEN-Your esteemed fnvor of the 7th inst., asking my views as to the matters referred to has heen duly re ceived. First. As to President Hayes' Southern policy, dec. The principles announced by President Hayes in h?B inaugural, if practically carried out in his administra tion, in relation to the Southern States is simply one of non-intervention by the Federal government in tho local affairs of the States, by military interference or otherwise, is in my judgment the truo constitutional doctrine, as it strikes me all that the most scrupulous State Rights man could demand, aud for one will meet my hearty endorsement. It is certainly all we could have dem-mded of Mr. Greeley or Mr. Tilden if they had been elected, and as much as we in South Carolina have contended for, aa it simply recognises the equality of all the States of the Union and their right to settle all local questions according to their laws and constitutions. Second. You ask my views as to the seeking or accepting office by our people. If we are a port of the government and equal in the Union, I can see no reason UihtT wmttx ul* An 1 A tin? nnl.h'n!..n?? 1 mm Un - .1 itv/ u &.i\> iii ia uvv p?iuv.ipovv AU ito mi" ministration. To refuse to do so would have the effect of putting all the Federal offices in the State in the hands of the Republican partisans or of strangers, when tho public service could bo quite if not more efficiently promoted by our own citizens. But I do not think any such positions should be sought or accepted with any pledr to support any political party or onj i their measures further than the pe. wnance of official duty would require. To accept office from any political party implies that while in office the lawa os construed by the gov ernment ?hall be faithfully obeyed and executed. When this duty cannot be conscientiously performed no honest man, I think, would consent to bold it any longer. "To the victor belong the spoils*' is a remark attributed to a prominent Democrat many years since. It has been practiced until it has almost become a political axiom, and I think is as xmz cbJevot"! in practice as it is wrong in theory. It is neither more or less than a wholesale proscription of a portion of the citizens from the participation of the administration of the government, unless they agree in politics with thc dominant party, thus excluding merit, experience and qualification, ana substituting there for par trails often of no character, and who work and prostitute their positions to all kinds of political trickery, corrup tion, \ ribery and fraud to insure their rote;, ti on in office. The melancholy evi dences of this fact are too patent in tho recent and former elections to require proof or comment. Third. What will probably be the re sult upon the destiny of the two national parties from thia change of policy of tho Republican party? It is now too early, in my judgment, to anticipate the result of this change of policy. Much will depend upo ii the good faith and manner in which--the policy -will be carried out. If the policy indi cated should result in giving us a good government in the faithful execution of the laws, the reform in the civil service promised in the expulsion from office of corrupt and incompetent officials and tho substitution of honesty capable and faith ful officers, a just legislation in imposing the necessary taxes to support thc gov ernment, ana a sound financial policy, it is all that we of South Carolina have heretofore demanded, or which any have a just right to claim; and, practically, it matters little to us of tho South by what party agency these benefits are secured. 'Measures not men" should bo our motto, if we hope to prosper. The strifes and sacrifices of the last fifteen years, entailed by misrulo, have exhausted our resources and impoverished our people, and what we now require is the opportunity through wholesome laws to recuperate and to re store our lost prosperity, which we can do if let alone. To accomplish this we must by every Just and patriotic means harmonize all of tho necessary olemcnts to the successful prosecution end develon ment of our industrial pursuits. This we cannot reasonably hope for under the continued disturbance and excitement engendered by and and attendant upon political and party strife. The triumph of our last election in securing Gov. Hampton, our State ticket and a large portion of tho Legislature, when fully effoc' x) ad realized, is tho dawning of a brigu er day for us all, and ita effects aro already being felt in tho exhibition of confidence in our public securities, which will ere long extend to mix uui uuumt? ir?uurces, aa confidence will continue tb ripen in the stable, faith ful and just administration of our State government To the Democratic party of the Union, with whleh we have battled in common, We owo much lor tho prom ised blessings which I believe are before us. But it Ts to the principle embodied in their creed sud exemplified in their prac tice we are indebted and not the name. The names of parties and party associa tions have changed and vaned in the inst thirty years like the winds and tho ?ca sona, but it is to principle at last wo owe the present partial redemption and re generation of the government, and it is needless for me to say that under what ever name good government is adminis tered, tho principles we have heretofore ?rofcssed and practiced will bo the same, imo alene can develop the fruits of what is indicated, and uutil we have the evidence of ita fulfillment, we should not neglect our organizations or a complete co-operatiou with our allies North and South. I am. very truly, yours, Ac., W. NV. HARLLEE. Lotter fro? Hon. E. W. Moise. SUMTER, b. C., April 13, 1877. Mesare, nvyl ii Cu. ; GENTLEMEN-Your favor of 7th April is before inc. Yen submit the following propositions : First. Tho meaning uud probable effect of thc ueiv Southern policy inaugu rated by Presideut Hayes. Aud Second. Should Southern Democrats seek or accept office at the hands of the National Republican Administration. I think that thc action of Mr. Hay* ? in the case of South Carolina means that the President, like a wisc statesman, has felt thc popular pulse, and finding that it throbbed responsively to tho words-borne rule, local self-government, tho subordi nation of the military to tho civil au thority, aud civil sorvico reform-hi has followed the indications thus given out, and that the effect of tho treatujer.t, will bo the restoration of the body poli tic to health aud happiness. There has been, for a long time, but HtUe essential difference between the Democratic and Republican theories thc real variation has been manifested in the conduct of the parties. If Mr. Hayes will pursue, such a lino of action as shall substantially conform to tho expressions of bis inaugural address, then *he will elevate thc name of Republicanism in tho South, and in time divido the respect able portion of the people on issues which are not now apparent. South Carolina, in ber new departure, will be prepared to forget all animosities of thc past. She will, without asperity, remember, that the National Democracy turned a deaf ear to her call for help in thc receut campaign, and that her can didate was told that the nomination of Hampton was regarded by the friends of Mr. Tilden as giving tho State to Hayes. She will not forget that her disenthral mont now is the result of a returning sense of justice on tho part of the Presi dent of the United States, which hos re cognized her cause and adjudged it to bo meritorious, notwithstanding the loud vituperatiou of her venol, bitter foes. Southern men and Democrats should not seek office at homo or abroad, neither from the State nor Federal gov ernment. But they should all hold their services OJ the property of tho State or nation, to be rendered when called for, according to their powers. If a Repub lican government can afford to use a Democratic incumbent, tho Democratic incumbent can equally well afford to serve a Republican administration. To refuse such office would be to re inaugurate the rule of the stranger. Where are the native Republicans fit to hold Federal office in the State ? Let us meet the new day with no preju dices of the past, but extend to the gov ernment of tho United States that heart felt support which her chief magistrate has entitled her to at our hands. Very respectfully, your obedient ser vant, E. W. MOISE. Letter from Col. James H. Rion. WINNSBORO, S. C., April 13,1877. Mesara. Hoyt A Co. : GENTLEMEN*-I am in receipt of your letter of the 7th inst., asking my opinion whether Democrats should seek or accept office from the hands of President Hayes, I have a very decided opinion on the Bubject, which I have no reserve in ex pressing, as I myself have "no axe tx grind." While in Washington, I became satiV fled, fn rn personal intercourse witt President Hayes, and with his friend and thosti who were well acquainted wit! his character, that ho inteuded to carr* out in good faith the Southern policy in dicatcd in 'M'S inaugural. Thc personnel of his Cabinet, some o whom I "interviewed," was a pronounce? act in carrying out this policy. Another thing that gave roe the aarni opinion, was tue perfect indifferent with which I perceived Hayes and hi immediate friends regarded tho antagon ism of Biaino and his sut. We, hero in South Carolina, have tin first golden fruit of a policy that propose to recognize the South as a co-equal par of the Union, and os entitled to the ful Protection of tho Constitution, withou istinction os to race, party or locality.. Now, if to make his Southern policy i success, Hayes desires to fill offices ii the South with Southern men of standiuj and character, why should ho not hav the benefit of their services? And wh; should a mock modesty provent thoa whoso conditions arc such as to rende themselves available for holding office ur m letting thc fact be known in a be coming manner. Without becomin "office seekers," the best of our men wil not humiliate themselves by letting it b known Ihat they will accept office. Yours respectfully, JAMES H. RION. LOUISIANA AFFAIRS. NEW O BLEAKS, April 18. It is understood that tho commissiot ers' session of yesterday, which laste until ? o'clock this morning, was congie ering a message to tho President. Ger eral Augur, who was present, reduced th messago to military cipher. The tene of tho messago is not positively knowi but it is believed it notifies the Presider that tiiey had concluded their investigi tion under their present Instructions, aa suggesting that they were ready to recefr any further instructions tho Presider might desire to give. VVABHIKOTON, April 13. Tho New York Tribunes New Orleai despatch says it may safely be stated thi a majority, if not all, of tho members '< the commission have been led by the inquiries to tho following conclusions: First, that the Packard governmei has the best, if not the only, de jure titi If the returning board bo a constitution part of the machinery of elections, thc Packard, hi? nffinAr* tmA Mn t.??L:l:ifii: are the' legitimate product*: "of th machinery. Thero is room for fnirdoul os to tho constitutional power of the bow . to moko up a Legislature and to - a judicially. The Nicholls party has th far no right to build up a government I view of their own doubts as to tho co stitutionality of tho statutes under whit the board acted. The question goes tho President, however, not as a legal bi ss a political one, and he may fair satisfy himself and bo governed by li conclusions as to whether the board action waa constitutional. Second, that the Nicholls governme exercises complete de facto author! throughout ii. * State and in every acre its soil, except within the walls of t old hotel used by Packard ns a Sui House. Tho assertions of Packard th in certain heavy negro parishes he is 1 cognized have not been verified ; repul ble gentlemen of both parties havii como in from these parishes to assure t commission that the Nicholls admirsisti tion meets with no more opposition these localities than in New Orleai Packard's statement tint nearly all t Circuit Judges in the State rccogni him has been found to rest solely on t fact that these Judges were commission by Kellogg, and is disproved by tho oat of office ffled by them with the Nicho Secretary of State. It ia literally tr that Packard is a prisoner in tho Sti Hour-, ?nd that his claims are actlvi supported by nobody in Louisiana exec the members of his government and twr> or throe huudred wards he U focdln* and paying. No doubt the nenoMn? lation believe in hi* right ea4'WSsk euforced, but they will not raise a ?mrer to aid bim, but the white pomit?tu?? in active and determined hostility to bi* pretensions. TM"! that th? Nlrhnll* arlmUi is maintaining order throughout the Stat* and protecting the rights ofeothraeea and that peace and prosperity would re? suit from its continuance. Fourth, that the Packard admimstra. tion cannot be established by simple re cognition on the part of tho President* hut only by the ut>o or a large force of Federal troops to crush out the acting government, and the malnternico of f Krrison in the State during the whole of ickard's term. Further, if this course were practicable, it would involve a con tinuance of the race conflicts, social and industrial disturbances, and business de pression, which characterized Kello?rV administration. ^6 INoTK.-It is thought the above is the atnuce of tho communication to the President.] A New Orieans despatch aavs it ap pears that the members of the"commis sion are very much divided in opinion ss to what course to pursue. The ?ore con. servative think they aro not expected to examine into any matters save the situa tion juer te. Others regard the commis sion in the light of a hoard of arbitration. Two of them d?em it highly important that the work should bo expedited and the commission return to Washington an soon as possible. Messrs Harlan and Hawley think they should remain on the ?round until the whole affair is adjusted, hese gentle, en still cling to the fusion Legislature prcjoct, and express the opin ion that no United States Senator will be admitted which is not elected by a full Legislature, consolidated upon that basis. It is reiiubly ascertained that thc Lou isiann commissioners, in their long cipher despatch to the President yesterday, cir cumstantially narrate the reau'.? of their conferences with Nicholls and Packard the respective Supreme Judges and other parties in interest. They say they Bod the Nicholls party aro not disposed ta make concessions, but i""l maintain their government, in the belief and hope that ultimately, as in the case of Hampton in South Carolina, they will have full and unobstructed possession of the Louisiana State government. The T:\ckard party are ready to enter into arrangements for a joint Legislature to determino tho pend ing questions, but this being rejected In tim Nicholls party, the Packard party ask the President to determine which is tho legal State government. In addition to the above, it can be stated that tho "resident declines to act upon the request, as, under the present circumstances, he would not be justified ia making a decision. Owing to the dis agreement of the Nicholls and Packard parties, and the unpromising prospects of un accommodation, the comeamissioner? ask for further instructions. The tele gram from the commissioners was laid before the Cabinet and read at length, and gave riso to a general expression of opinions. Daring the day, as thc result of tho Cabinet deliberations, further instructions will be-sent to the commis* eioners. AMERICA AHEAD ON SPOOL COTTON. CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, 1870. TFXTItACT from tho Official Report of Jli tho Judges on WIIi?ilMAWTDC New Six Cord Soft Finish Spool Cotton, Who awarded tho Willlniantic Co. a Medal of Merit and Diploma of Honor : "Superiority of Production ; Economy of Production ; Excellence of Material ; Varie ty of Colors of Threads ; ExceUencn of Ma chinery and Appliances- Originality and Completeness or System. For sala, wholesale and retad, by J. R. Bead ?fc Co., Shaw ?ScJohnston, Joger Broth ers, A. Illing, Vf". Uucmoiu? juanuiuy nno Shirt Mannfactory, Wheeler & Wilson Be-r ing Machino Co., Charleston, 8. C. At wholesale, by Johnston, Crews & Co., Crane, Boylston & Co., Edwin Batea & Co. April 19, 1877_40_3m THE STATE Of* SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OK COMMON PIiEAR. A. E. Rice, Plaintiff; against J. H. Doughty. President of the American Lightning Rod Company, Defendant.-Summons for Mon ey Demand-{Complaint Served.) I To J. H. Doughty, Pr?sidant as above men tioned, Defendant in thia action : "OU are hereby summoned and required to answer tho complaint in this ac tion, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to servo ? copy of your an swer on -he subscribers at their office. An derson C. H..8. C., within twenty days after the service of this summons on you, exclu sive of the day of service. If you fail to answer this complaint with in the time aforesaid, tho plaintiff will ap ply to the Court for judgn^nt against you for the sum of one hundred and forty dol lars, with interest ot the rate of 7 per cent, from thc day of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, and coats. Dated April 16th. A. D. 1877. .^_rvr FEATHERSTON & BROWN, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the Defendant, J.H. Doughty,President as aforesaid : . . TAKE NOTICE, that thc summons in thia action, of which tho foregoing is a cow, was filed in the office of tho Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas- ot Anderson Court House, County and State aforesaid.^ FEATHERSTON & BROWN, Plaintiff's Attorneys. April 10.18?7 40 _J_ SCHOOL NOTICE. WE have secured thc servira; cf a first class Teacher, a graduate o[ >ca berry College, Mr. D.'A. WoLER. who is now teaching a mixed School at "Sandy Springs Academy." Here young men can bo prepared for Col lege, if desired. Board can be bad, In ? families, at aeven dollars per month, exclu sivo of washing and lights. Rates of Tm tlon ore os follows : , ... English Branches, in connection with " tho Ancient Languages.^ j" English Branches..... J! X? Ele.uantary Branches...ry*" Per term--ten ruontha-or two aes slona of live months each. , For further particulars, Apply??- cd?cr oi tho undersigned, members of the Boarder Tr n af AM W. D. OARRi?u^. R. M. BURNS, W. W. RU&3ELL. April 12, 1877 30 ___JHl!L Groeeries and Proviaiona. IAM now selling for Cash Bacon Sides and Shoulders, Tho finest Sugar Cured Hams, Tho best Leaf Lard, ' Mackerel, Salt, m?IMB? Choleo and primo N. O. Molasses, Sugar, Coffee, Soda, BfigoSi femad*. B^S?ockand?reeirTeain market. AU to bo sold low for cash b? ToW?RS, Mareil 20,1877 _, Dry Gooda. T Hi-V? on hand- . .'. J? JL ^ieocs, Worttea Dress v>ix*~, BInck Silk. ; ? Pura Black Mohair, Bleached and Brown Shirtings , And Sheetings, from I to l0-4 wwe, Plaid Homespuns, Lawns, CasHlmcrcs, MrS^&U tedious to mention, for sale low for cash by ? rj^WKR?. March 20, 1877 _... -- Harness, Ac IF You want a pood Bridle, ot ft good * of Harness ai a low png, .?g^pa. March 2?,Jl?iV