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???tfcwt?. ,IMI>W?I?1II BT E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1877. VOL. XII-NO. 43. Subscriptions are not taken for a less period S m?a? tp clubs of - ton' 'or BATES OSUDyEfiXISUiGe-Qne Dollar per square ol on* tStltf A? flM&Jefton,and Fifty Cents per square for subsequent insertions less than three months. No advertisements count* less Libe r^ontract 3 willbe made with those wishing to advertise for three, six or twelve months. Ad vertlsInebj-contraetmostbocGnflned to the im? mediate business or the arm or individual contrac? ting . u a , ; . Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, Tributes of Respoct. and all personal communications or matter* of individual interest, will be charged for at advert Wog ratts.. Annquncementa of marriages a n d d e aths, and .n o ikes of a rellrioo? character, are resp^ctfttJlT ylidted, and will lye Inserted gratis SENATORS E? TROUBLE. "/ ? liq.u?bs and.cigars enjoyed - dyjthe Rogues at ftjb- 1 n hltteraore Abases the News and Cou rler. mrjuui t>Ibir Matters to with diraw attention from his bit ^!>wa BMealitx. ;. The News and Courier's Reply. The News and Qfcrier of Saturday, the j 2l&ttXvdLm,:Mr<ktUmfa cdrres twn^cfi^?ftf^'tha fiictthat theSeh ato had .testimony of a nature which, would banish certain Eadical worthies who have long been a pest to the State,* from the Senate, thereby purifying that -body tooft vwy/con?derabfe'extent To. giro our readers a clear conception of the; case ' we: publish below the correspon? dence of the Augusta Chronicle & Con stitutionalUf: _ / V Cbt?MBi?, S. C, April 28. The work of. the committee having in charge the investigation of -the startling charges against the Clerk of the Senate,' and Senators: Whittemore, ? K?sh "and. others. Ithe^^^ j?if? published' in, the News'and? Courier on Saturday' goes bravely on,.and already sufficient evidence's ia their hands to render conviction a matter of certainty,?,' unless- the - accused withdraw grace fully before the*st?rm. bursts upon them. . : -Tb say ifiatf? th e'publiieatuwi'.of',fhe charges struck tenor to the hearts of the notorious Senate. Bing, is to speak mildly indeed. They are-as wild as 'buck rab ' bits, every one of them, and already one . can hear the'bjtterest reproaches poured onti(W^em;^gainst the Dempcrats,'the bQx?e&'.o'f &e wqg belng;)thai/Governor, Hampton had promised to pursue a lib? eral policy. If it i?; necessary that th? Democratic: part?-, in order to be liberal, shall blot out all the ugly and ne&rious acts' .of - the. Radicals: when-: they were grinding down the best, people of the State into the-dust, while they f ana held unholy carnival wifhthe m funds, then it is bettor for the Democratic party to he illiberal to the extent of. re? moving these ulcers from the. convalesc? ing body politic If Whittemore, Nash & C, knowing that their damning record would sTinre out'' clearly in the light of the Siew era, and knowing that in the mean endeavor to cover up their tracks they - had1 but concentrated' Upon' them the light of justice and the law, had sought safe to. in} the r^mote^Tecesses of Eublic life,"the'Democratic party might ave been willing toierant them immuc' but with sublime, impudence and pachy dermatic hides, actually come forward and take their seats inthe highest branch of 4he goyerri menF with' the expectation, of sf general' ^ne^.'.':s^d;'''pardon.^' from the. jpeiutonfaaro^ifl {hfw Senate Chamb&JttfeAtfwrtfi *?tiEno vio lation of the liberal policy to. follow out the old rale. If theao men iseek pardon, let the places they now disgrace bei filled by men whose past record cad bear the light of open day. ? Wtfl The transact?0?3.tor", which the Bing are now arraigned, cover .in their com? mission a period of years. -They cannot claim that it was a passing error. It is rather a long ^eadar1 of crime. The Sae was carried on with a recklessness t caa only be accounted for by the con?denc?jOf the;perpetrators that they would femer Bold the power arid forever hida their sins, - . ? > : At nearly every: committee meeting .. th?Clerk of the Senate would'send'the orders signed by him in his official capac? ity to" 'Colurnbia ,'me/cbarits for cham? pagne, cigars, brandy, etc. These orders were 'honored, and at the close of the sessi<?to??hairt??B furqpihed-.wltfc M^WS'ldi^ned by the President mid Clerk^J^f. the Senate^ in .mostjjistances. on t!^^(^5Bg^^*gCTOUtft;-Y-Ire some cases rater m er chants were"* pauToy the State, while in others they received war rants from the Comptroller General; boSrMSm^ ^^m^sc^Slm Among the hundreds of these orders I have seen are the following specimens: . ' ? ' Columbia, & GjiMfiichji; ?12.1 Mr. George Symmers: Please send me one box best champagne.' - ?r?M J. Woodruff; C. S. Booms Special Investigating Com., 1 Columbia, 9t'?G.jt Ajiril7,1871. 1 } ' Mrl Symmers: Please deliver; bearer one box best cigars,one4gallon best whis? key, and.one box (pints) -champagne-Tor j. Woodruff, peq order, of above., y George Symmers, Esq.: Please' send ? . casa - of champagne*"^ Serrat or Nfclh'e resfci^c?,andeh?rgfe^'1J""'J,V,li CM" '''^WotooittCFr.C.B. December 16,1873. Mr: SynTQcr*:^Please Kite, bearer one dozen Bottles whiskey. Put it in a box, as I w isb h iro-t^ take it to Senator Nash's residence.'" ' J. W?odeuff, C. S. Besides these, which' give,a fair idea of the-whole, there are orders for barrels of sugar and Sous, and luxuries- of every description.? and these orders, while in 'some cases they do not bear the signature of the clerk in his official capacity, are all headed either "Senate Chamber," or some committee room. This, evidence, standing alone; is powerfully convincing. What, then4, will be the effect' when this proof is supplemented by the oral testi? mony .of tiie merchant that they were paid for these' goods ha almost every in? stance in State warrants, signed by the President and Clerk of the Senate. a few days will bring 'milters to a point, and it is now the general opinion that the~fc|?d^ofihe ring$Otfw?efr Kntg fftjM -Cp^ an(* v (as usual) away/' Whittemore, Nash and Woodruff re? cognized their inevitable doom when these charges were;brought out, defer mined to endeavor to divert attention from themselves by an 'attack upon the New and:Courier,and the merchants who made the charges, so that, even if they did not succeed:itj elearfng themselves, they, hoped .to injure: the. par ties ..who were helping to brine them to justice. The ex-cadetship seller was entrusted with the job of leading -theattack**and having obtained the floor upon a question' of privilege,1 disgorged the pehi t^Rry of his 'maddened brain in the following harangue: , . Mr. 'President: 1 have not, for*along time, felt it to be my duty to rise in my place to a question of privilege, to answer attatfts' made 6pon' Me perfenafly' or Offi? cially; I had come to the concluaipn long agp thai calumniators, with their weapons of scandal, always sharpened and poisoned, were ever ready to inflict upon me their most malignant thrusts. I have been compelled to believe that even the good I might do, and have done, would be evil spoken of; that my name would be cast out as evil, and for no other reason than the fact that I am pos? itive in, my nature, independent in,ray action, uncompromising in my convic? tions. I am no phariseo, nor do I thank God that I am unlike other men; I am hu? man, liable to err. to make mistakes in ] the exercise of duty, and bitterly have;.! lamented such acte in life as have been ; condemned by good'and worthy 'men. I am willing to be criticised in my official relations to the people of this State, hy such as have-the interest of die.people at heart, and to suffer the just censure of I those who hare no selfish motive in judg j ing my acts, when those acts deserve their i disapproval or denunciation. , - < But, Mr. President, I am dragged be? fore the public by one who seeks to cover his own corruption and corrupt practices by accusation of fraud ana improper transactions against, me and other Sena ;tora, . w.,. By this process, he expects to divert the attention of the people from his own nefarious acts, and fasten suspicion and fersecntioa upon others. I allude, Mr. 'resident, to the editor and proprietor of the Charleston Daily Newa, whose con? nection, with the legislation of this State has been so intimate and profligate that he could afford to say: "Damn principle I It is the money we want I" > , , In the two.last issues of that paper jboth he and his agents have endeavored to make it appear.that I, with other Sen? ators, have been receiving, luxuries from various parties in this city and Charles1 ton which have been'paid for out of the. . public '.treasury; and that 'I,' with then*,! nave conspired to defraud the State for the gratification of.-our appetites. .' I send to the chair the.1 following, der: Satch to the -News and Courier, and ask e Clerk to read it: t "Please send one case champagne, five S.lions brandy, three boxes of cigars to r. Jillson's residence for Senator Whit t'emore. ' ' .,. = /'CSiguedj . J. Wo?dbutp, CS; f. Now, Mr. President, I cannot denounce, the Clerk of the Senate for any act of xmd?ess^he may have shown, or intended j to sho w me. It is said that he, by' his i own personal order, caused certain arti I cles to be sent to my boarding place; from i the Store of George Symmers, anai that thesamo were paid for out of the public funds. . I unhesitatingly answer, as for myself, I have, in. every.instance, where the Clerk of this Senate has, as an ac . commodation, by my reques t, given or* ders on my merchant in this city; or else i where, for any goods of any description, paid him every farthing, and am in no wise indebted to him, or. responsible to the'State for such Tavo'rs.i . And l eal) upon him here, if 1 'am hot stating the truth, to make it known, and I pause for his declaration. 'And I am reminded here that the Clerk of the Senate has no voice upon, this floor; that his assailants have him at an advantage id this respect ; therefore I am constrained to say that to the best of my knowledge, and belief be has not, in aery instance,, ncr can he pay- any claim < of any nature' that has not been passed upon first in committee, then ia the Senate, and finally by/both branches of.the Gen? eral Assembly, which claim is provided for .by appropriations voted upon by the entire Senate.' .'r . .. . ,Mr. President, well do I remember the time when Symmere' claim was..before this Senate';' when, after the passage, of rnapy other claims, his seemed doomed to ' defeat; how ' the haggard grocer reached'over this railing, with tears in his eyes and trembling in "his knees; how in pleading-tones he begged of me to save trim from ruin in 'business and S'overty by advocating the justice of hia emand*. How he assured me of the equity of his -claim, and appealed to my sympathies on that, occasion. 'His tears and fsara enlisted my eupport, and with? out egotism, hut in sorrow, I assert, through the. energetic advocacy I then made,, for what I, was assured by him was an honest demand, his claim was passed, ind now this alien in grate stands ready to strike the one who listened to his com? plaint, served him .in his distress, saved him from ruin and bankruptcy. I have no words to express my contempt of such a character, my regret that I have ever been moved by such a .monster into the support of what he would now have us believe was an iniquitous frah'd. I thank God he cannot say by my act, or request, that I ever permitted him to add to the list of his imputed frauds one mill against the State which' he with others, equal with.him in business have plundered. ' - Now, Mr. President, for the Charleston N&ft arid"' ite. proprietor?Jhe the noprin* ciple and aU money reputation. What bate been Iiis relation to the State ? flow has he guarded the interests of the peo p-lB? Wliaelia^tre-Tirk^n-tronTTre^e^^ ury of the common wealth lb which he was not entitled ? What part has he been, playing among . "the rogues and I Swiss ^ mercenaries?" From "the flush days of Radicalism," which he so glibly talks about, we shall find him associated with every opportunity to make his;car? dinal doctrines sure, viz: "Damn pnn'cir plg,^ is',the. money we want." He is ready/for any kind of legislation. The cunning telegram can easily convert his columns to the support of any measure, however nefarious, however corrupt. He ean act the part of briber or bribes; he. can conspire with officials to rob the U:easurj,j>r act. Ahe part of a . political broker in conventions to purchase nomi? nations or defeat canclidate-s. He is the chief among the chiefest of the plunder? ers, and his "silence," even, can he made more valuable than bis "action." In January, 1868, we find him addressing the Clerk of the Senate in the following characteristic note: (copy.) Office of the Daily News, Charleston, S. C, January 4,1868? Dear Woodbuff : Enclosed find bill against the Speaker, arranged for dis? count of 20 per cent, to paying officer. Moses said it should be paid promptly. Let me know what tue Port Royal Railroad wants of the Legislature. No? thing from - vpu . this .evening..- I hear that?^Warier1' his*res?rt of ""mandamus, and had telegraphed you. ' Yours, (Signed) F. W. Dawson. And again, 1870, his delight of a promised contingent is shown as follows: (copy.) Office of the Charleston News, Charleston, S. C, December 13,1870. The Committee on Contingent Ac? counts reported on the account'of the Charleston News, and recommended that it be paid. - Adopted. My Dear Josephus : This is the most interesting feature of the legislative'Ses? sion. Shove it through, the House in the same happy way, and there will be a Christmas turkey and trimmings for both nr*M8li! L X*j ) flf! - i i Yopra, truly,'; ,ti .site F. W.Dawson. Still-anxious to cultivate.his propensi? ties, he makes the following proposition: (copy.) ( / . Office of the Charleston News, Charleston, S. C, January 22, 1871. ' 'My Dear Joe : DeFontaine tells me that you want our proposals for State Printing, and I enclose yon two propo? sals?one private and the other public. We -have put the price at tea cents a line? a fair iving "rate?and five cents less tiian our regular transient rates. If the offer can be amended or improved, let me know. What we want is to get as good a price as we can, and to give you 20 per cent, on the gross amount, what ? VI ? ? ; " . ever it may be. Answer. Yours, truly, (Signed) F. W. Dawson. . And in order that "the private" as well as "publici proposals!' alluded to may j bo placed in parallel columns, I will read .first-the one intended for .the .public view and then "the private communica? tion : pt Iii? ;..., ,:(oopy.). Office of th.e Charleston News, : ..?.charlestons; c., j*??' 22, 1871. ? J. Woodruff, Esq.,? (Jlerk-of the Senate : Sir?We respectfully make appl i cation 1 for the printing of the acts and joint res? olutions of the General Assembly for the session of 1870-71, and ogree to print the . same, as furnished us, iu the. Daily News, at the rate .of ten cents a line, by. meas? urement, for each session ;. or, we. will print them in both the Daily News and Tri-Weekly News for fifteen cents a line; or, in the Daily News, 3}ri- Weekly- News. and Weekly News for 20 cents a line. We are, yours obediently, . (Signed), Riobiun,Daw80N<?;Co., Proprietors Charleston Newt. I will now read the private proposal u (copy.) Office of the Chaleston News, . Charleston, S. C, Jan. 22,1871. tJ. Woodrvffx Esq., ClerkoJ\thc Senate : . .? , Dear Sir?\\ e agree to print the acts iand joint resolutions of the General As? sembly at the following rate per line, each insertion, by measurement: . i tlDaily Njews, 10 cent > line. Daily and tri-weekljft 15 cents a line. Daily, tri-weekly and weekly, 20 cents a line. ......... , . , red ;. i ] And we.agree l<- allow you a commis? sion of twenty per cent, upon the gross amount ofvOur; bill .for such printing, as the amounts due are collected. . j ! .Yours obediently,. (Signed) Biokdax, Dawson & Co., Proprietors News. Nor is this all of the epistles to Wood i ruff by Dawson, . I. will read another sample of the same kind of .literature: . (COPY.) .... ; Office of the; Charleston News, Charleston, R.C., Jan. 25,1871. My Dear Woo ruff?I enclose bill for advertising elections, subject to usual discount; also, bill for papers. Bear in mind what I told you before, that we don't want you to pay for the "Newset" out of your own pocket. If the money, is forthcoming for ''ie election notices, it will be .as welcome as a daisy iu a cow's mouth. j Yours.truly, . . r (Signed) F. W. Dawson. . And in order th&i "the silence" as well as the outspoken 'predictions" of the News and its proprietors maybe properly estimated,.! will-read another, letters, . i (copy.)-: j?c ... Office of the Charleston News, ? No 149 East Bay, Charleston, S. c, March 18,1871. . Dear Joe?l sei:d bills for acts up to January; inclusiver I.am afraid I have worried you. top much about the. docu? ment. But J hope you won't give it up. My ailefice is often more valuable than any; action. For instance, had I tele* graphed the strong points of Perry's let? ter, including the prediction that bonds would not bepavl, H would have given the market a terribl ;.black eye. But I didn't.. o . Will rush the aits ifrom this time forth*,a .. . as. Yours faithfully, i . ' . (Signed) B. Now, Mr. President, these are some of the evidences of tha character of- that journal, and its proprietors, which pre? tends to be the custodian of the moral ?urity and interests of the people of this t?te, and which, now strifes to champion a: crusade .against Senators upon this floor, and especially myself. I .am aware,: Mr.: P-esidont, that there has long been a desire among a certain class to force me from my place in this body, as well as a concerted plan to make my sitting here so unpleasant as to com? pel meto resign. I know I have been looked upon as a leader in. my party, as having some influence among its mem? bers ; and, moreover, because I had no control over my nativity, it has been said that I have no right to. a position among those who are to the manner born. But by the constitution and laws of this State I am entitled to all the privileges of the oldest and noblest citizen. I have not only fulfilled the term of residence, twelve ;times multiplied,, required of me before qualification, which makes me the equal of all, which can be oworn to, but I have made myself a propietor of the soil,- which, in the aggregate, makes your State. . It is true I have been faithful to my party trusts, and I here declare my un? dying devotion to its .principles?princi? ples -which, -guarantee i equal and exact j justice to all; and I furtcer proclaim my utter detestation of those who, because their party for tbe-moment has endured ?defeat desert its standards ! The coward never won a battle. V I see around me men, stern in their purpose,- unflinching in their faith. Though arrayed against me politically, and . though by them triumphed over under. circumstances which ,1 can have no cootrol of, I shall claim from them the .treatment of brave men, though flushed with victory. X am conscious of no wrong I have done or, wished the State of my adoption, and I ask you to turn the pages of legis? lative history and read the endeavors I have made to benefit the whole people, and when the eye of suspicion, the ear of defamation, lips of calumny shall be closed, and I shall be judged by generous impulses, what though I have been the friend of the. poor, uneducated, 'enfran? chised bondman, and seemed to have an? tagonized other interests, it will be found that I have been laboring for the future prosperity of all. I am an enthusiastic lover of liberty. Liberty for all: I thank God I have lived to see the nation outlive its natal lie. : Yes, there's a spirit stirring in the land Which, on the nation's palpitating heart, Takes firmest hold, and will not thence de? part, Till from Atlantic's to Pacific's strand It permeates, the soil, the air, the breast Of every; fieerhan, and,of all oppressed; That-spiritis the uuconqocrea soul of lib? erty. v Mr. Nash- also- rose to a question of privileges, denied the statements made relative to himself, and stated that he would, on to-morrow, speak further on this matter. - ? Mr. Bowen moved that a committee of five be appointed to investigate the charges made, and report to the Senate. Mr. Whittemore staWd that he had in? tended to submit puch a motion, after the remarks of the- Senator from Richtend, and the motion of the'Senator from Pickens was .withdrawn.' After consideration of general orders, with no definite action, at 1 p. m., the Senate adjourned." J Upon the publication of this speech the News and Courier made the following editorial reply: The Thieves Last Retort? Abusing the PlaiiitiffT'Attoruey. The charges of malfeasance in office and larceny .against Senator Whittnmore and Clerk Woodruff do not rest on any evidence given, or tobe given, by the proprietors of the News and Courier; They rest on the broad and undeniable fact that Woodruff procured and Wbitte more received wines, liquors and cigars, which were ordered as being for the Use of the State, and were directed to be paid for out of the public treasury, although applied exclusively to private uses. This was both a breach of trust and theft. The evidence is found in the orders for thewines; liquors and cigars, signed by ? Woodruff as Clerk of the Senate, and in the testimony of the merchants who sup? plied the goods, that these were delivered . to Whittemore and others, and paid for, ! when paid for, in legislative pay certifi j cates, signed by Woodruff as Clerk, and by Cleaves as President of the Senate. Nothing that may be said, or has been said, against the News and Courier will [lessen in any way the damaging weight iof the evidence of their guilt. This the j public must bear in mind. It would not i j be wise to allow thieves who are about to' | ' cross the threshold of the common jail to divert attention from themselves by cry? ing aloud against others. All the same, ! we do not regret that Whittemore, down | ' whose capacious throat flowed the wines; , and liquors that the impoverished State was expected to pay for, should, in an other sense, become the month-piece of I Clerk Woodruff. For ten years the newspapers which the present proprietors of the Nervs and , Courier have owned and controlled, have; been engaged in the work of unmasking fraud arid corruption in Sooth Carolina; and for the same period of time' we have, 'been, slandered and abused by the thieves' whose villainy we upheld to public rep-' robation, and by mal ige ant Democrats [jwho were jealous of the success of 'dur| efforts. It was in the nature of things'; that the News and Courier should be de? nounced by those whom it exposed. Every manner1 of accusation has been brought up against us. When our pa? tience was exhausted, and we defied our accusers and demanded the proof, no other proof than an iteration of the. charges was ever forthcoming. Particu? larly bitter has been the Printing Bing, otherwise the Bepublican Printing Com? pany. This concern (beginning and end? ing with Jon es of the House and Wood? ruff of the Senate,) we have fought in season and out of season, for the past five or six years; that is to say, ever since we ' became aware of the corrupt character of their transactions. For as many years . as we have denounced and branded them, have Woodruff and Jones sought to silence us by threats. Never until yes? terday, have we brough* them to the point of disclosing the Lcrrible letters'| that Woodruff said ne possessed. These, if they are our letters, were read by Whittemore in the Senate yesterday. They will be found in the report of the. proceedings of the Senate published to? day. We re do hot know, as we have not yet seen the originals, whether the letters in question have been garbled or altered. Thieves easily become forgers. Assum? ing that tbey are substantially the letters wewrote, they prove (1) that we ad? dressed Woodruff familiarly, (2) that we sought to obtain the State printing, (3) that we paid him a commisson of 20 per cent, on the bills he collected for us (A) that we did not say as much against, the credit of the State as, if we believed all that we heard, might have been said. The familiarity with which Woodruff I was addressed is easily accounted for. [ Be was an industrious reporter for the] Charleston Courier during the war, thrif- j ty, humble, and laborious. As such he was known to the senior member of our | firm. To have addressed him as Mr. Woodruff would have been, in those days, as much out of place as to attach the same handle to the name of a waiter at j the Charleston Hotel. The familiar use of the first name was continued when Woodruff became Clerk of the Senate. When such time came that he could not be spoken to familiarly, he was not spoken to at all. We did seek to obtain the State print? ing or advertising; and we are prepared to show that the rate mentioned in the letters published to-day is less than is charged by us to private individuals for the same amount of work. For example, our regular published rate for the inser? tion of an advertisement once, in the daily, tri-weekly and weekly editions .is. in all, 35 cents a line; the price charged the State was 20 cents a line. It is equally true that we paid Wood? ruff a commission on what money he col? lected for us. Otherwise no money would have been collected. What we paid came out of our pockets, not out of the pockets of the State. The allowance of a rebate or a discount is too common and usual to need explanation. What we in? sist on is, that we did not add on to the bills an amount equal to the discount we took off, but, on the contrary, is no in stance charged the State more than was charged the public, and, in most cases, charged it much less. Ofthe publication, in connection with Governor Perry's letter, we have no spe? cial recollection. We presume that com? plaint bad been made that we were injur? ing the credit of the State. The Charles? ton Democrats, at that time, were as sen? sitive as Woodruff on that subject. We remember how bitterly they resented all efforts to kick out the "Bayonet" bonds from the money markets in 1868 and 1869. The whole purpose of the publication of our letters, if such tbey are, is to injure our personal character; and as we now, for the first time, hare an opportunity of meeting such charges squarely, we shall demand that they be thoroughly investi? gated. Before the Senate the charges were made. Upon the journals of that, body the lying speech of the scoundrel Whittemore is recorded. Of the Senate we shall ask that our conduct, as journal? ists, be examined into from 1867 to this present time, and to the judgment of. that body we submit ourselves. The op? portunity for which we have yearned has come. They who have charges to prefer against the News and Courier shall prove them, or eat their words. To ask of the Senate that searching investigation which is due to us, Capt. Dawson, in his own behalf and in behalf of his asso? ciates, went to Columbia last night.? News and Courier. Keep the Sabbath.?Here is a sim-, 8le verse, written by Sir Matthew Hale,, hief-Justice of England, two hundred, years ago: "A Sabbath well spent, Brings a week of content, And health of the joys of to-morrow; But a Sabbath profaned, Whate'er may be gained, Is a sure forerunner of sorrow." I advise you all to commit these lines to memory. They may help you some day to resist a temptation to oreak God's holy law. ? Said one student to another, whorh he caught swing a scythe most lustily in a field of stout grass: "Frank, what makes you work for a living? A fellow, with your talent and abilities should not be caught engaged in hard labor. I mean to get my living by my wits." "Well, Bill, you can work with duller tools than I can," was the reply. YOUNG CAROLINA. A Sketch of the New House and its ' Leaders. - Cbrrttpondenee of the Journal of Commerce. \ The important events of the past week, ? which have crowded upon each other with such rapidity a ad which have ; wrought such a revolution in the political and material interests of the State, have prevented me from saying a word about the personnel of the House of Representa? tives of redeemed South Carolina. The change to be observed .in the composition of the new House is most striking to one who, like your correspondent, has nad the opportunity during the past eight years .to witness the debaucheries and jobberies I of the palmy days of ring rule and carpet ' bag thieving. In the long and gloomy years of Caro jlina's humiliation and shame, the few of her faithful sons who have from time to time been called upon to serve her, have found themselves bound band and. foot by the overwhelming majorities elected by fraud and force?powerless to stretch forth their hands to save their State?and only compelled to sit by and witness the carnival of roguery which was carried on against their earnest protests and in their 'very faces. We have changed all that. The visitor to the hall of the House of 'Representatives to-day will see a dark cloud with a silver lining, only the silver lining has assumed the proportions of a white cloud with' an exceeding small black fringe. The Democrats occupy the' left of the hall as you enter the door, and those of the contumacious Mackcy fol? lowers, who have been condoned their, i offences, and admitted to a seat in the House of Representatives, sit on the right. The other rebels, who are still on proba? tion, skulk around the lobbies or loll.off in the. rear, munching peanuts and chew ing the cud of bitter reflection, as they dream of the played-out'days of pay cer? tificates and inexhaustible contingent funds. i Uoon looking around the House for the first time, your correspondent saw the faces of many gentlemen who had served the State in the past, but under less au? spicious circumstances. But the old, familiar faces wore a different aspect. The old rail had resumed its natural Elace "on top," and these men, who stood y the State in her darkest hours, cannot banish from their, faces now the flush of victory in a virtuous cause. Colt and Redfcarn, of Chesterfield; Austin, of Greenville; M?ller,- of Lexington; Brad? ley; of Pickens; Wofford. of Spartanburg, ana Wallace, of Union, all old war horses, occupy their accustomed seats. Cannon, of Spartanburg; Howard, of Marion; Meetze, the veteran of Lexington; Liv? ingston, of Oconee; Bowen, of Pickens, andCrittenden, of Greenville, have trans? ferred the spheres of. their usefulness to the Senate chamber,'Where they are now most needed, and will prove to be wake? ful sentinels on the watch towers. It will.be seen, therefore, that the ma? jority of the Democratic members of the. hew House are new men, or at least men ripe in the service of the State, bnt new in their present positions. : ? -i? speaker wallace. ' It was a happy inspiration that led to the selection of General W. H. Wallace as the.presiding, officer of the House of Representatives. A more accomplished gentleman-or more impartial officer could not have been'selectea. General Wallace was born in Laurens County in 1829; and was the son of Major-General Daniel Wallace, who represented the Fourth Congressional District of the State in Congress for three" terms, having., been first elected in 1848. The Elder Wallace was a cotemporary of General Quitman, and was one of the most prominent South? ern men in Washington. 'lie was noted for his firmness of character and integri? ty of purpose, and - wielded an influence in the councils of the nation which made itself felt in the administration, and which was always exercised for the honor and welfare of his native State. Speaker Wallace'is a graduate of the South Caro? lina ^College, of the class of 1849. After leaving college he spent several years of his life in agricultural pursuits; but in 1860, after a course of careful study, ap? plied and was admitted to'the bar. in 1860 he was elected to represent Union district in the Legislature, but upon the breaking out of the war, entered the army and -served throughout the four long years of the deadly struggle. He was sent to the Legislature from Union Coun? ty in 1872, and has served in that body ever since. He brings to the chair all the culture and grace of a refined gentle? man, and the experience and knowledge acquired by his long service in the lower House.' In his rulings he knows no par? ty, ho politics; he does his duty simply and'earnestly, but firmly, fearing no man and favoring no friend. .. . the hon. j>"0. c. bheppabd. A very singular and somewhat signifi? cant feature of the organization of the new House, is the fact that the three recognized leaders of the body are all young men. The Hon. Jno. C. Shep pard, of Edgefield, who, by reason of his position as chairman of the ways and means committee, is looked upon as the leader of the House, is a gentleman of limited experience, if years be taken as the measnre of experience, but remarka? ble ability, quick perceptions, and above all, of bold, aggressive manner?in very fact the right man in the right place. Mr. Sheppard was born in Edgefield County, in July, 1850, and is consequent of the Hon. James Sheppard, who repre? sented Edgefield in the lower House of the General Assembly for several terms before the war. Mr. Sheppard was edu? cated at Furman University, in Green? ville, and was admitted to the bar in 1871. He is an indefatigable worker, and is destined to make his mark in the reconstructed future of the Palmetto State. hon. robert aldrich, The Chairman of the judiciary commit? tee ranks next- in Parliamentary etiqutte. Mr. Aldrich is the son of Judge A la rich, a name as well known as it is universally respected in South Carolina. He was born in Barn well, in September, 1844, and entered the Citadel Academy in 1860. ' At the breaking out of the war, he-vbltviteered as a private in the Sixth South' Carolina Cavalry. He was soon promoted to Sergeant-Major and then Adjutant of the regiment. Subsequently he was appointed Inspector-General on the staff of Maior-Gener?l Young, and served through the entire war up to the surrender. At the close of hostilities he returned to his home and started like all of us, to try to get a living out of the soil. After planting*several years he ap? plied for admission and was admitted to the bar in 1866; and has been prac ticinglaw ever since. Mr. Aldrich as the Chairman of the law committee of the House occupies an important and re? sponsible position, but one for which his legal acumen and faithful reading, as well as his executive abilities, eminently fit him. The chairman of the privileges and elec? tions committee, is probably the youngest member of the Legislature. He is the Columbia, April 20. He was the son HON. JAS. L. ORR, son of the late Governor Orr, was born in Abbeville county, in 1852, and is conse? quently but twenty-five years of age. He was educated at the King's Mountain military school and at the university of Virginia, and was admitted to the bar in 1873. In 1874, Mr. Orr was elected from Anderson county to the lower House, and, although the Democrats were in a nope less minority, he soon made his influence felt even among the ring'of adventurers, his bold aggressive course sometimes causing them to pause in their mad ca? reer. Since the organization of the new House, Mr, Orr, in his important position as chairman of the committee on priv? ileges and elections, has had a wider field for the exercise of his marked ability, and its influence has been especially felt by those of the old ring, who are now knocking for admission at the door of the House, whose authority they so recently defied. AMERICAN KINGS. Magnificent Tribute to Samuel jr.. Til? den. Cbrrcipondencc qf the Portland Ar gut. New Yobk. April 6. He is a little dried up old man;. he will weigh perhaps 115 pounds; he has a little round head, a little round face with no beard thereon; a little round nose, but entirely large enough for the face ; a little round bald spot on the back of his head. His hair is brown, and has a way of dropping down over the little round face ; his eyes are blue and rather soft than otherwise; the lid of the left drops at times, caused by a nervous affection/ but the expression is togive one the im? pression of cunning. He stoops a little, as little dried up old men will do, anci his walk is something of a creep as though" f|stepping on eggs: He has no distin uished look; one would never select7 im from a crowd as a man born to com? mand ; oh no, he looks, more like a hard, working shoemaker with his good clothes on than a king, and yet in some respects no king, nor emperor, nor priest, nor other man of any age, or country, has been his equal. . j He has no friends; he never had blood enough in his veins either to feel the warmth of friendship or to inspire it. As the few ounces of blood which he is supposed to have is much too cold to be quickened by the presence of lovely wo? man, he is unmarried. He never made a great speech, never wrote a great book, in short never did anything to call out: the admiration of mankind. He is not. magnetic; a wooden Indian in front of a tobacco shop will create as much enthu? siasm as he. At the American Institute Fair, when open, is to be seen a great number of. curious and most admirable machines of all kinds, doing all kinds of work. One may spend days examining and admiring' these various machines. Away off atone side, unseen, unnoticed, unthought of, is, the engine that moves these all. Nobody , sees it, nobody thinks of it. All notice and admire the effect, none notice nor admire the cause. This little old man is like that engine,, unseen, unknown, unthought of, but the. cause of great events. True, for the last few months his name has been upon every tongue, but this was but an episode in his life, and although his power will be greater than ever, his name will no more be heard. He is an honest and an exact man; if he owes a man a penny it' will be paid, and if a penny is due him, he wants it. He was once made a Chief Magistrate of a great State, and after election the event was celebrated by a supper; &c. When the bill came in, he discovered an error of 38 cents, and sent it back for correction. This was called meanness by the free and easy politicians, and added to his unpopularity, for these political gentry like only "whole-souled" fellows?a whole-souled fellow being one who robs the public crib and scatters a good share of the plunder among his friends. No, this little old man was not a whole-souled fellow, and was hated by all politicians. A Western man once denounced Mr. Fessenden to me for the mean way in which he lived at Washington. Said I, "My dear friend, if Mr. Fessenden was as dishonest as some others, be could live as well." 0! if we could nave more mean? ness like that of Mr. Fessenden and this little old man, what a blessing it would be. In the year 1874 the Republicans had entire control of this State. . General Dix had made a wonderful popular Governor, and as he was a candidate for're-election, it was deemed impossible for the Demo? crats to carry the State. They made great efforts tb induce one of their popu? lar men like Judge Church to accept the nomination for Governor in opposition to Dix, hut the case was so hopeless that all declined. In this emergency of the Dem? ocrats, my little dried up old man offered himself, and as defeat was considered certain, he was accepted. Judge of the blank astonishment of the politicians when they found that he was hot merely elected, but elected by a tremendous ma? jority. That little old man's hand .was felt in every county and town and school district in the State, as the result showed, and he became "the Governor." In this State are many rings, among the worst of which was the Canal Bing. The Governor was hardly installed before he began a war against this gang of rob? bers. This but made them laugh, for they deemed themselves- invincible.? Soon, however, things began to assume a serious aspect for them, and they sent the Governor a message something in this strain, to wit: ; "Deab Govebnob?You know how strong we are; you know that we hold the balance of power in this State be? tween the two parties, and can elect whom we will and defeat whom we will; you know that neither party, and no Governor, not even Dix, strong as he was, dare touch us. You want to be Presi? dent, and you know that this State holds the balance of power in the nation; that whoever gets New York will be President ; now if you will let us alone, as Dix and all previous Governors i have done, we will guarantee this State to you; but should you decline, and make war upon us, we will cause your political death at all hazards. "Yours truly* The Ring." To this the Governor returned' answer something as follows: "SiB8?You are an organized band of public robbers, preying upon the com? mercial interests of the State: it is my duty to destroy you, and I will do it or perish in the attempt. Yours, *'The goveenob." That showed the character of the man.' He had but to keep quiet as other Gov? ernors had done, and the vote of the Empire State was his; if he made war upon the thieves he was sure to lose it, so far as human eye could see. . It also shows the marvelous power of the man that he both whipped the ring and saved the State. It soon began to be seen that the Governor would be a candidate; for the Presidential nomination. The rings became alarmed; Big rings, little rings, canal rings, Tweed rings, City rings,' Whiskey rings, Tobacco rings, Railroad rings, all, all exerted themselves to the I utmost of their capacity to defeat the nomination of the Governor at St. Louis, for they too well knew, that his election to the Presidency would be their death knell. In addition to the rings and thieves of all kinds, a large part of the leading men of his party.were earnestly opposed to him. This arose from two causes; they knew that if elected he alone would be President, and would re ' quire no kitchen Cabinet; that the power behind the throne would be abolished. They had also been offended by his cold? ness, and disliked him. No candidate before a convention ever had a Btronger' opposition perhaps, but what was the result? He swept them ail aside by a wave of the hand and was [ 'nominated almost without a contest. 'And he was elected, too! Elected by the people ; elected by the electors. It is all over now, and the Governor's name will be heard no more forever. He I will never be other than a private citizen, and there is no possible c-bject in prais? ing or blaming him. We can sum up his case now as fairly and with as little pas? sion as the case of Ju-jus Caesar. I am not. his friend, and in the campaign was inactive; but now that all is forever set? tled. I may say that he would have made . the best Chief Magistrate America ever.) had or. is likely ever to have. He was doubtless better fitted for the place than any man whose name was ever mentioned for that high position. Could he have been allowed to fill the place to which he was elected, his name would have gone, down to future generations as the great President. What William of Orange was to England, he would have been to America, in the establishment of good government. Indeed, the two were much alike; both small, feeble men, both cold and repellant, and unpopular on that ac- j count; both exact and painstaking; both possessed of executive ability of the very highest order. Samuel Jones Tilden is not simply an able man, but a marvelous maul . Not simply a king among men, but a king among kings. He has been lied abont as few men have; he has been swindled as. no man ever was?swindled out of the Presidency. But his .loss is small in comparison to what the nation has lost in losing his administration. L. W. S. First Working of Corn.?If the; land has been packed by rain since the.' corn was planted, run close and break, deep?If the land is close and open, the ploughing is not important. In that event use plows that will go over rapidly and save labor?a shovel, or sweep, or cultivator will answer. Avoid throwing much dirt to the young corn, only enough to cover up any young grass that may be present, but be sure it is well covered, much hoeing will not pay. in a com crop, the plow alone ought very nearly to make, ?of course thinning'and some chopping is generally unavoidable. Thin to a stand as soon as danger of frost and worm is over. Nothing is more prejudicial to a plant than having another plant with the same wants growing beside it?the strug? gle for existence then becomes intensi? fied. If the middles are not very hard or foul, and time presses, they need not be ploughed out at this working. In any .event push on rapidly to give cotton its I first working just as soon as it will bear it. Tho farmer who keeps ? well ahead, not only stands the best chance tomake the best crops, but will do it with very much less, actual labor than the laggard. Let . it never be forgotten that the tame to kill j grass is before it can be seen. Besides, every one knows that early and frequent workings make cotton grow off rapidly? and an early growth 01stalk is one of the sorest antecedents of a large crop of bolls. Cucumbers on Trellises.?When? ever we .go w? see the cucumber in the | open air suffered to run on the ground. This is, no doubt, a relic of. European culture. There it is necessary. The climate is not hot enough, and the plants have to be started if not grown altogether in.low flat glass frames. But where the cucumber grows wild, it spreads over bushes and trees, and the growth and product is enormous. All plants with tendrils prefer to ramble in this way. The grape vine, it is well known, seems fairly to rejoice when it can find a large mass of twiggy brush to ramble over as it wills; and so does the cucumber. No one who has not tried can have any idea of the luxurious growth of the cucumber when trained to a stake which has a set of stubby side branches left along its length. Some which the writer saw might be taken at a distance for some vigorous kind of ornamental gourd?and the crop was.enormous. A great advan? tage in this style of culture is that the plants occupy far less ground than when permitted to spread over the surface in the usual way. This is a great gain to I small gardenB?and to large ones for that matter, for if we have land enough and [ to spare, few of us have time to waste in preparing more of it than is necessary to the perfection ot a crop.?Gardner's \ Monthly. .j Sweet Potaioeb.?And now. is the time for the potato patch, as we call it Plough your intended potato patch two j or three times before setting out draws. Having it in rows. Plough and reverse, getting the soil in fine tilth. When the time is near for setting out, take a single shovel plough, open your beds to the depth of three inches, put a little pure stable manure in the trench and await the rain. If the rain does not come, set out with water?half a pint to each hill ,?the earth being pressed firmly around the potato root, and a little dry dirt sprinkled around the top ground. Next is the setting out?some say one foot, some say two feet apart?I say four inches. The best cultivation.w to plough to your potato all the time, pulling the earth up around the little plants with the hoe the first working. Never bar off, thereby saving the small roots which make pota? toes, and saving one-half the ploughing. In 1876,1 made 150 bushels sweet po? tatoes on one half acre of land by this mode?giving one hoeing, or pulling up, with the hoe, ant1 ploughing* to the pota? to.?B.L. Tanna. ? A Spaniard and an American were recently dining together in New Orleans. The former in passing a dish of brains to -the latter said: "What you lack!" The American offering the Spaniard a plate of tongue answered, "What you have a surplus of." ? A correspondent says, "Farmers should know that a broken bone may be | set and the injury cured in a dumb ani? mal, as well, considering their different na tu res, as in, a human being. I once saved a young horse which got well and strong after his hind leg was broken; and not long ago had a year old heifer which ,got her hind leg broken- above the hockt joint,' The steer that broke it chased her! over the bars, and the broken bone pro-! jected through the akin some inches, I f;ot her into a pen weil provided with, itter," and set the .bones as well as the, circumstances would admit,, and splin? ted and bandaged it up, and in six weeks it was apparently as well as ever, with the exception of a small callus at the place where broken. 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A recent trip to. the eastern part of Abbeville County produced favorable impressions as to the future outcome in the history of that County. From the iearliest settlement of the country Abbe? ville has been renuwned for the fertility of her soil and the intelligence and gallantry of her people. On the bosom of her soil some pf South Carolina's most distinguished sons first drew the breath j of life. She was uot only rich in the : fertility of her soil and the historic mem-, ories of her ancient legends, rich in the. : intelligence and honor of her sons and daughters, but up to the period of the late war she was rich in all that makes up the material wealth of a great people. But upon the inauguration of reconstruc? tion since the war a blight, equalling Egyptian darkness, withered all the fountains of' Abbe vi lie's ancient pros? perity and renoWn*.1 Having a majority1 of colored voters, who were early led astray by the1 carpet-bagger, all her places of honor arid 'trust and public responsibility were filled bythe ignorant and corrupt. And for a while so hope? less apparently was the case that not a manly struggle was made to throw off the degrading bondage..^ JBut,at last, thanks to a kind and merciful Provi? dence, the day of deliverance from the robber band was ushered .in by the elec? tion of Hampton as Governor of the State. Once more old Abbeville is her? self again. Once more will she be ruled by intelligence and capacity an J honor. While every material interest withered under the spoil at ion of the robber band the original fertility of her ? magnificent, soil remained unharmed. 'Tis true that Abbeville, like other of her sister coun? ties, had suffered even before the war by a careless cultivation of her soil, yet old mother earth, will abundantly respond to the calls of science and skillful cultiva? tion. Under the rub; of the Radical I band her lands' which formerly, comman? ded from $10 to $15 per acre dwindled in price to an average of about three dol? lars. Some of the finest , lands in some of the finest sections of. Abbeville along, the valley of the Savannah could have been purchased a year ago at these de? preciated prices, Now the scale is turned. Under good and honest govern? ment, a government under , whose benign influence every citizen, however humble, will feel perfectly secure in person and property, we predict that Abbeville will be one of the first counties in the State to regain her former high position , of respectability. On a short trip to Greenwood recently, alongside the bed of the Greenville & Columbia Railroad we were favorably impressed with the evidences of return? ing prosperity. This road is located for a stretch of about fifty miles, extending from Williamston to Ninety-Six, on a beantiful ridge of land dividing the waters of the Savannah and Saluda Rivers. These beautiful ridge lands as they descend towards the territory of Abbeville seem to increase in fertility, especially -in the ? production1 of cotton and wheat. In the neighborhood of Williamston and Bel ton, the writer pass? ing along a country road was strongly impressed with the beauty of the sur? rounding country. For the most part, the farms consist of level fields, composed of a productive sandy loam, here and there interspersed with branch bottoms. Along the line of railroad all the little towns have put on the garb of improve? ment. Lands adjacent to the road cov? ered with old field pines are now consid? ered the most valuable of any. The timber for car wood is worth twenty or twenty-five dollars per acre, and for a few years such lands produce astonish? ingly in cotton or the small grains. And, to our astonishment, we found at Belton at the residence of Dr. W. 0. Brown a beautiful carpet of blue grast, covering his yard of nearly two acres. So, then, sandy plains are not only good for cotton and the small grains, but can be made to produce luxuriant grasses, far grazing purposes at least As we approached Honea Path and Donnaldsville we discovered a marked change in the; appearance of the soil. The Boil changes to a rich clay soil, which is well adapted, not only to the production of cotton but also of wheat. At Donnaldsville we found a hospitable people and some evidences of enterprise and improvement. There is one pecu? liarity about the ridge lands of this sec? tion. On the highest parts of the ridge there are wet spots of such a nature that it is almost impossible to drain them, and when ditched will not produce any? thing but peas. They afford; however, fine grazing grounds. In this section during the winter season much of the labor is devoted to cutting car wood for the steam engine. It is worth two dol? lars per cord, delivered and stacked on the railroad, and the farmers usually pay about seventy-five cents for cutting, which leaves one dollar and twenty-five cents for the timber and hauling. The health of tbiB portion "of Abbeville is good, bilious fever being prevalent only certain seasons. The farmers are warm? ly in favor of a stock law. With such a law in force throughout the State and light taxes, with low rates of interest, the country would soon become more prosperous than ever before. The town of Greenwood is one of the prettiest and most thriving towns on the railroad. The town was first projected mainly for social, religious and educational pur? poses by the wealthy planters of that section, but it has now become the nucleus of a" considerable local trade. If the Augusta & Greenwood road should ever be completed, Greenwood will be? come the rival of Greenville in the way of trade. l?:' T. H. B. L ? Don't buy a coach to please your [ wife. Better make her a little Bulky.