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TjtfB&PAY SOroiliiS, B?V Sf, 18? Wbittemore baa resigned ia a member j ftha Sonate, to take effect upon tho ad journment of the extra session of the Legislature. trio pr?s,OY South Carolina are ad vo ca t?Dg - .tb O, presentation of a h an drome memorial to Gen. John B. Gordon, of j Ga., for his efficient and gallant services j in -tho redemption of our State. We hope the movement will soon take shape and be carried into effect. The Legislature has passed the bill .submitting to the voters of most of tito j counties of South Carolina, and tho ? townships in them, the question of fence or no fence. Wo will try to publish the bill ?a full next week that oUr people may inform, themselves as to Its provis ions, which will be the subject of very general discussion at an early day. The Sentie on last Friday, by an al most unanimous roto, released Senator Mccrae from hi* obligations, to pair his vote with the absconded cadctsbip seller. We would not mind Whiltemore'c de parture if he -had told us good-bye, and settled the various little billa that the State has against him, but it is too bad for him to go otT to Massachusetts to en joy the cool climate of the grand old Bay State, while his brother Senators have to endure the hot rays of a Columbia sun, and hence we would be pleased to see bis burly form once moro on Carolina's soil. If ho finds the State Capitol too warm, there ia a thick granite building in sight whose walls never allow the sun's parch ing heat to pass through them, and perhaps if ho was back 1 'a ser vices could be spared from thu Sena's and quarters assigned him there. We should like to see Uov. ?lampton send bim an invitation through tho Governor of Massachusetts lo return to us again; and although our peopKare heavily bur dened with taxation sud greatly im poverished, wo can .assure the ex-Con gressional cadetehlp peddler that it would afford them much pleasure to pay his expenses back and furnish him free diet and raiment for the remainder of his days. Surely such aa invitation could not bc declined. OFFICIAL GREED. U. W. Butts, who ht? been exercising the office pf Solicitor of the First Circuit, embracing the counties of Charleston and Orangeburg, has the average Radical propensity for obtaining and holding offices. Ho has been Solicitor for several years on ino 'Charleston Circuit, and at tho last o!ecV,3n;bo was promoted, to the dignity bf Congressman from the Second Dia*rict of thb State, to fill the vacancy occasioned by tho refusal of the last Con gress to seat E. W. M. Mackey. He served for one session as Congressman, and has held on to his position aa Solici tor. Col. Hu toon, a member of tho bar of the First Circuit, did not think he was entitled to ail the publio positions, abd called tho attention of Judge Cooke to the fact at the Ora:?geburg Court last week, and he very properly refused ito recognize Mr. Butts u-atil tho question of his right to the office ' is settled. Tills course of Judge Cooke deserves the ap probfi&m c? rixs public, afeK* Wt os?y wonder that the point has not been made against Butte before this term of the " :.M-..v-v. .: A GOOD LESION. Mr. Peter Paphi, a lobbyist for tho "Port Royal Harbor, and General Ship ping Company," which was endeavoring to securb a charter from the General As sembly, after working for tho passage of his bill, and at last fooling despondent: as to tho prospect of aucea?s. determined to try the old tricks to secure the desired, measure, and .accordingly offered to pay Messrs. Yuomaua and Vernor,-members.) of tho committee on Incorporations, if j they would secure the passage of his bill. These gentlemen reported the facts bf tho case to the House, which had Papin ar rested,'brought before itt bar and pfc-; tencb^.to'i^i^?m?n^ daring the cession if ty.y?ja?jit?j^^ tho] House. .?mlsj??Rtnrday they pardoned Peter, and sent him on bis way rejoicing. It ia #> ts hbilcdj&?t ibis little i'drcum sWacb ^ili not, ?r^y. teach ,pe]^r that a great chango has come over the govern ment of South Carolina,, but that others may take warning fi-oin bia tafe, and re frain'from a practice which has been a? j common as it wa? disgraceful in tho past { few ycarly W?< trust..tust such an at* tempt; will '{leycr1^fo''heard of again in j South Carolina. . ' " *?V'|-r?- , Tho House oi-B^resentotiv-eahaspoet ponfcd action upon' the constif^JUowd j amendment teftrdrirlg the levy of a tax of j two mill?i for'sChoOL purposes. ThU ab> tion on tho'part, Of the House w^se|ai?. ble and pirojser,. !The whole law] of tho State needs 'revision, 'abd the fewer per* manont acta , or co??titut?on^.bmrfia;-; fa f?sgun; tho better it will be fhr our system of law. It is probable the next General Assembly will, ut; its next meet-. ?.- 'feli??u't'i?lw1 iL .JL - ?Uk?iii?*riii< ?T,_ S'-?. VWWVfcJfV , v* W|>f>?vii?)u^ viii Iawsran]4'o^j^^;|fieaa better judge ot that tame whetbsr n?h ;ii ; cosstit?tioaal provision-ia rtenrablo than-'it can now; Another, adV^ in that ia5S|E5p!^ h???Zb it COSBBS PP for ^ati^^ and I would not a^oot to tub fuirta* bf twomil??ifiti them,, turn j cient. to levied; If lt cannot, should bo ssrrd? on. THE BONDED DEBT. Tuc GCSimuulcaticn fres: - pornos of I the Anderson delegation, which appears elsewhere, calls for some remarles vindi cating the position we assn mod last week, opposing the levy tn? appropriation of a tax to pay the interest of the bonded debt of tho State, before a thorough in vestigation of erery partido of it. The statement of theso gentlemen that co in terest is to be paid until after the next session of the General Assembly, in a large measure meets our approval ; but it was not understood by the press of the State to provide for any action on the part of the Legislature as to the payment of the r-?upons. The commission to be appointed was to pass upon these bonds and pay the interest, and then report to tho Legislature. If thia hts been chan ged so as to require the commission to report to the General Assembly, it ls a decided improve-aeut upon tho measure as it was originally conceived. Evonif this is the case, however, it seems to us improper to have made the appropriation before the investigation. Tho tax might bavo been levied and the money paid into th? Teasury, and al low--d to await such appropriation as m'ght be made next session. One of the argumente urged by every campaign speaker last yesr against Re publicanism wa/) *ho f'iudulortt bonded debt, and one cf the pledge* made was that this r?ebt should be thoroughly in vestigated before one dollar was paid upon it. Sbonld the drat Democratic L?gislature appropriate as much as the Republicans ever did for the payment of j this interest? If so, then ail that we have said against tho Republicans upon thia subject was unfounded. The people of our State desire a fuii .'nveatigation of j the debt before we virtually accept thc Republican figures as correct in such an important matter. Tho position taken by theso gentlemen relative to tho bilb of the Bank of the State only shows what infamous thisves have infested our publie offices, and If they have acted so fraudu lently about these bills, is there any rea son to suppose that they have been any better about the bonds? Does not the fact of these discoveries prompt a more rigid examination into all classes of the debt? And should wo virtually admit the legality of the consolidated bonds by appropriating as much money to pay in terest on them as tho Radicals did? Again, these gentlemen arraign us for calling on tho Senate to interpose its Radical arm to prevent the appropriation. They surely forget that tho Senate ia a Democratic body alw. They surely for get that nearly every Radical in tbe House-if? not every one-voted with thom to appropriate this money, and if j they accepted Radical votes to psss it in the House, we nee no reason why the same class of votes might not reasonably be called on to defeat it li the Senate. T?e Radicals bavo dono us so much harm that we do not believe it is any crime to ask them to do ene good act, though we did not call on any party to do this. We called upon tho Senate and the Governor. If we had, however, called upon the Rad icals they should not object, aa the present policy of the administration ia not very hostile to Republicans ; bot, on the con trary, we find them occupying, by Dem ocratic* election and appointment, offices from the, highest to the lowest. As to the^crimo of opposing Governor Hampton's wishes, we have only : to say that "?f??s?pj?ed *ve were is?? lui! accord with him on this important question ; hut If it be true that we see tho matter dif ferently from bim, we are certainly sot the only D&ncnmt < ?rho does so. Gov. Hampton ls not and we do not believe that ho desires, to be, a dictator. This ls a free government, and a man cannot he ruled ont of tho Democratic party because he does not think as Governor Hampton thinks. Dr.. Brown, ?no cf tho Repre sentatives from this County, does not agree with the financial policy proposed, and a number of other leading Democrats in the House and Sonate agree 'with him, but they do not mean any antagonism toi the Governor, nor disrespect to him. They are not responsible to tba Gover nor, bot to their constituents. 'The will of tho Lcgblature wan never intended to he subservient to the Executive. II so, this department would bo abolished-' as an cap?os Ivo and useless portion of . our jurisprudence. Tho discussion cf ail meassjfii ?**jt?y? b?ii ?sz^mr?tuy, ??ho greatest 'safety rwhich cor. people caa havo under our form of government, and Tro know Governor Hampton well enough to belie?B that ho desires such discussion, that tho pubtio will may < be ascertained. '-? W? believe that tho Bonded debt of J Santa Carolina contains some immense' frauds, and it is very probable lt will be much largor than ls now supposed Bat even if U stands now about the same amount as the Just debt pf. tho Stat? was before reconstruction, we would not bo willing to pay it without examination. Only half of tho original debt is in this consolidated1 debt ; thc balance may bo fraudulent ;'if so, it should not be paid. We k&mno ax? to grind in this matter j and do not- believe the delegation has any. Itis asimplo dlf^rencc of opinion j to which we arc ??*!^^ wc j beUevo both parfits aro etacecfeti We do. r.r^As^ux tlltzailv ' c^r indirecti^ to Lavs'j thts: iinnicnao debt saddled upon our ; oppressed people, and therefore want the finaot?s? policy of the new administration to be carefully ?cn?sraete?j that we may : escape th? ?impending evils which ?nay result frorri^-psedy ?nd inconsiderate action. " 1 ' Vk&mt&Q WHIXB SKXH OJ? A .?ukcs. "" OUT- VTOa?^yrw2wr,w?U-BUBB ramrra ?. ftirol white ?4oraach--& stomach cor? j . uritfc ns pi^ wtotoDMs-ocratic skin ! ?tc? grew in EdgsfiaW. ,ThI? ;no{ Mtw?<kb<t?tkUcelousftr-d alarm-! .{but;,#* will explain.; So^mste L Dr. Waite? Hill and Dr. Walke? At ?hont. RIV the ; J$r?io?Jft *mf. it is sgmw yer?.j#?ign?a?i^^ ' "-^-- .. ? 'MWmilrtuM hin to the SMOCIC Home, twenty-five ml?c? fron) Spartan" burg,' by the 10th of ?nne, THE POLITICAL TRIAL. Th* vr?xt political prosecution, or { more property speaking, persecution of j some of ibo oHiiens of Barnwell County for t^p?feityln the S?enfcoo riots, his been progressing in the United Stetes Circuit Court in Charleston for the past two weeks. D. T. Corbin bsa been em ployed a* counsel for the United States to assist Messrs. Stone snd Wm. E. Etrle in hounding down honest men in Barn well, for the purpose of making political capital ont of the case. Tbese three worthies of unenviable notoriety, have pushed the prosecution with all of the venom and malignity which it ii possible for their well known hate, disappointment and revenge to command. The tc2ti mony of perjnred witnesses has been piled up against the reputation of oar I people, to the enormous satisfaction of j the bloody-shirt minions ; but the testi- j mony offered by tha defense has been clear, convincing, overwhelming in re butir,!. It has been shown that the de fendants acted io self-defeose, snd did nothing more than was necessary to pro tect their homes end their families from ruthless invasion and destruction at the hands of ignorant negroes, prompted and encouraged by mean and cowardly white men, to commit tho most fearful and revolting crimes. It shows that tho present prosecution is for political capi tal, and that tho great mass of testimony so far adduced by tho prn<u>cution bas been perjured. White and black wit nesses from both political parties have been sworn by tho defendants, and their testimony, Instead of proving that the defendants were guilty of a conspiracy, indicates pretty clearly that a conspiracy bas been entered intento convict them, in order to keep the outrage mill from forgetting bow to run. We think it probable that s verdict of "not guilty' will be rendered ; if not, it is certain there will be s hang jury, for no man who regards his oath as a juror can afford to agree to any conviction under the proof in the case. We have no doubt that Corbin is doing bis uttermost to se cure a conviction, in order to advance his chances of securing his scat in the Sen ate, by creating a sympathy for the South Carolina Republicans ; but the testimo ny against bis side is so strong that it wilt not avail bira. Hence we expect to have the pleasure of announcing the disappointment of this "voiture," as Judge Mackey terms him, on two occa sions ; first, when he fails to convict the Ellenton prisoners, and second, when he fails to secure a seat ia the United States Senate. TUE TALE OF A LITTLE BOOK. While the House of Representatives was hsvisg its sensation over Peter Papln, the Senate was strained to th highest pitch of excitement over the effort to obtain a little insignificant book which was said to be in tho possession of one J. M. McKay, who was up to this time .unknown to the public of South Carolina. The contents of this docu ment were said to be of such a nature ns to induce Wbittomore to remsin in tho fsvorod clime of Massachusetts; and hence, tho Whittemoro-Woodruff inves tigating committee summoned. McKay, and when be refused to deliver np the book the Senate delivered him up to prison, whereupon he thought it better to part with the little memorandum than to choke OR the damp of a prison cell for the sake of shielding the crimes of Radicalism. The book waa accordingly delivered to the committee, and McKay was released from confinement, and will uOj examined ss io the meaning of the entries in it, which show that the Repub lican Printing Company paid sixty thou sand dollars in bribes to socare the pas sage of $225,000 for public printing for tho session of 1873-4. The Newe end Courier gives the following statement of the content? of this mysterious little document: ' The amount paid Cardozo, "for paying out the money from tho treasury/' was, as tho littto book showa, $17,866. - The amount paid ex-Governor Moses, ''for approving the bill" was $10,804.50. The amount paid to Nash, "forserviecs in the Senate wad as chairman of the finance committee." was $5,000. The amounts paid Whittemoro and Y. J. P; Owens, "for services in the Senate," was $5,000 each. The amount paid Tim Hurley, for ser vices that can better be imagined than described, was $7,500. E. W. M. Mackey, it appears, received about $1,600 "for important services." The book contains a largo number of other entries of other amounts paid oat j to members, running down as low as $25, Which make up the grand aggregate. These entries are a transcript from the books of the Republican Printing Com ary, made by their clerk, W. H. Jack , who has been spirited' away to avoid: giving testimony. The committee are j after him, Hoover,' and as soon as he can be found no doubt criminal actions will be instituted against the members, of | the Legislature who are alleged to have been bribed, and against Woodruff and Jones, the Clerks of the Senate and House, who constituted tho Company, and are said to havo done Uro bribing. This matter should be vigorously pushed, and the miscreants who, have assiajt^u; plundering the State so shamefullyought so receive thdr much-merited, though long-d???yed, punishment, > There ia one featuve about this little J book, however, which has not been fully ventilated, and that ia the connection which certain Democrats are said to have had with these (transactions., as shown by I tho entries in this precious little volume.1 The aSair ought, to be freely ventilated, and a full publication of Its contents1 given.. It was the,pcop??ji m<mej which j $to\?d^W&, and the public hatbaj arightto.kww ?dio the parties connscted wtth?th?! mattoe^ *tf*ss a? guilty man escape" ia 'almost excellent motto, f&uih ^rohoa to-day, ia order to show to tho; world -how mach mose tns**?ng thor? is ia lt when uttered byDemocratic bfSc?rooftho law than Wife? It .atisbas**',] Insist that if Dem?crata have been aw j IsFaby jobbery, their politico! hoatij bot be denied tharei.^They shoa?d '^',;grants4;-.tJi^ which is accorded to iBeptibHoans.. They ?hcbt?>hc aSow?? to i!*sd a trial Sa thai? crira?,'.alad;th?fr'asaoolat?tmwith thieves ta- p?btt? &hb9Ef ^buld. not bo allowed io gb unnoticed; Give, aa m0W 'nows from this premous^ttlthoo?r;which ! itt worth more than tts weight in gold. IOTJSBNAL RE YEST E ?OLLEC|WaV Prtaideqt Haye? ?bip of the 3d Intentai Belauf South Carolina to Thoa. & tf&txii CWCbrpenterv D$n F3 fered honor, and lape' Cochran urged bli name for the position, aa a moderate Republican whose appoint ment would give satiafo?Uon L, lo?i par ties in Scut li Carolina ; but ?c-Cor. Chamberlain arrived in Columbia ' in time to interfere to pn.'vent Jus appoint-. meat by endorsing a carpet-bagger by the name of Brayton. Upon this feet being ascertained, Mr. Cochran sent the following sarcastic message to Washing ton : Hon. John J. Patterton, Wa?hbigton, D. C.: I havo the honor to withdraw my ap flication for the position of United Statics nternal Revenne Collector. Ex-Gov ernor Chamberlain's recommendation should be carried out from the faed of his having fully identified himself and hie political future v-Uh the Republican party in this St. **, by establishing an office in New 72 o ric. As usual, carpet baggers to the front. I have cory reason to believe my ap pointment would have given satisfaction to ninety-nine men out of every hundred in the State-the odd man in each in stance an ousted carpet-bagger or a thief. (Signed) JOHN R. COCHBAH. Mr. Hayes lias appointed Brayton upon the recommendation of Chamber lain, who professes to be a citizen of New York. If th aro is any cain;o to dci.bt the propriety of affiliating with the Hayes Southern policy, we cannot perceive it. We have contended ali along that Mr. Hayes is a fraud, and it will not require many more appointments like that o'. Dunn and Brayton to convince . rd honest men of tho correctness of eu be lief. NATIONAL DEMOCRACY. The prospect for a united organisation of the Democratic party of the United Stetes was never better than to-day. Whai/iver the cha aces for the organisa tion of a third party under the policy of President Hayes may have been imme diately after his asorpetlon of the Pres doney on account of his apparent honesty of purpose and action, they have utterly vaniehed now, and every one ls gradually oscillating back towards Democracy or Republicanism straight ont. It was but natural that the people of Sooth Caro? lina and Louisiana should ?eel groterui for deliverance from the infamo tu tyranny of carpet-bag governments sup ported bj national bayonets ; but after the flush of rejoicing was over it waa cq>- .Uv natural that au honorable and pa triotic people would have a contempt for thoman who would take the Presidency of | this great nation knowing it to be stolen goods. We have nover entertained a doubt that our people and the people of j t M?s whole government would ultimately clsss Mr. Hayes as au usurper, ?nd b's party as political thieves, but we mus* confess wv? did aot expect bim to assise in bringing them to Bach a conclusion by makin* such miserable appointments aa he hos. so for given UB in Sc dih < Carolina. The man who appoints such characters as Stone, Dunn and Brcyntou* to. important poa. dona cannot play longer tho role pf a reformer. The one deed of removing the troops from South Carolina and Louisi ana, which waa a party necessity,, cannot shield him from the just indignation of honest men at his miserable coarse ia stocking the Federal offices with allens, whose lives have proven them unworthy of public con Tdence, Many of our peo ple believed Mr. Hayes entitled to the credit of removing the troops, when ia fact ho was simply doing whait the vast majority of both political parties de mended, asd waa no moro entitled to.tho credit of removing the troops than the Radical party ls entitled to the credit of | freeing the slaves. It was as much ? political necessity for Mr. Hayes to re move the troops as for the Republicans to pass the reconstruction acta. Both measures were the result of selfioter?st, and the parties performing, them)! are; ; net entitled to thanks for taking care of their own political interests. Some pf our people think that because Morton and Blaine opposed i Mr? Hayes that ho wa? doing right, but they forget the tricky* ness of these leaders.' ' Both of them op-, posed the passage. of thc electoral. bill simply to induce the Democrats -to favor it, and they both rawed the pretense of j war against Hayes for withdrawing tho j troops to induce the Democrat? to cup port him, and thereby secure tho election of a Republican Speaker of the House of j Representatives, which would give thai Republicans control of both branchea of Congress. The Democrats havo n ma jority in the House of Representatives, and to elect n Republican Speaker it is necessary for a nussber of thom to voto j with tho Radicals, and bf course Morton and Blaine were willing to appear ? ta j fight Mr. Hayes long enough to secure a sufficient number pf Democrats to elect a Speaker. It has,' however, been clearly j shown that there aro not enough .J^raoi eratic Congressmen who are willing to pocket their principles in order to help i Mr. Hayes out, and bene* he has, as We'/i believp, thrown ors jus sh'?m p?tense of j reform,; and intends to continue Repub- i Hean, rule in its itrue sense.,... Ho never f Blfdn? understood this, and fWff^^ kboscd hira,^ yet now that^^ sto?^^s i a letter snstaioi^g tiie^f^W- ?adu, ^ t<u?ojrneed. (hat Blaine basaren t?P FYwa tbJstime forth we W a? ?ell mhh* wp, Tfomomw PT Nt? ; cspe^fg^cal^ cowra^^ B?peblUamism ia ita wofai Jbrm. i We may ?y* 4i down:*^ an infallible jsoluical ?pare any*ta^ $en the purity cf o^r ?aUon w?l be lt*. PAT OF THE LEGISLATORS. Much bu been said hy some papers in te ?'.~in>t th* members cf ' House of Representatives for **mq^fff- ^ Deceive pay for their services, ari?jy BO liar |?sjpe. can judge frem the actions cf tho House up to this time, a more groundless complaint for which to vent their denun ciations could not have been found. To express an opinion aa to the conree the Route Bhould pursue/ end urge its adop tion, is all very proper/ and might no doubt do good, but ' to charge members with improper conduct before they have acted, is simply judging men in advance of their deeds, which is, v> say the least, in undesirable and unsafe judgment, if it emanates. from any- gooree fess titan Omniscience. The members of th? House of Representatives ?rere as rea-, sonable sad unselfish in regard to their sompeasatiot: lest winter as any person oould justly expect or desire, and it ill becomes ns to criticise these men unchar itably be?re they have given us some cause, of complaint, The members of the Senate Save received eight hundred dollars in money sud pay certificates, while those of the House have oaly taken one hundred dollars. Hence, lt seems to us reasonable that if el the? body is to be abused the Senate is the proper one. Eight hundred dollars is more than the State ought to be required to pay in its present impo verished condition, and we sro satisfied the people do not approve th e action of the Senate. The renunc iation for th,o last winter's session and the press?t besaiou together Ought not to exceed six hundred dollars in all, and we think five hundred would be enough un der all the circumstances. Dr. Muller, of Lexington, has submitted to the House a resolution to take for both sessions five hundred dollars and ten cents a mile go ing and returning by the ordinary route of travel. This resolution seems to us objectionable in principle, and we have no doubt that it will be modified by the House, Tho provision to pay mileage at double tiie rate charged is unreasonable ; and, indeed, no mileage ought to be ol io wed. for nearly, if not all. tho mem bers of the Legislature have free passes over the railroads, and their travel costs them nothing ; hence, the result wonld simply bo to pay members considerably more for living a distance from Columbia without their expenses being any more. We would prefer to see this feature of th?j resolution changed, but every one who bas any knowledge of tho services rendered, by the members of the General Assembly will at once admit that the amount is a reasonable one, and if adop ted by the Hourn will entitle that body to the credit of checking the extrava gance of the Senate. It is due to tho Democratic Senators, however, to state that their salary was fixed when tho Re publicans held, sway, and we have no doubt they will. heartily unite with the House in securing a reduction to a rea sonable and proper amount. Ma. EDITOR : "A" declines, a discua oiGn of the usury question with "B." Should;, the summer '-monotony'' prove oppressive to the "old woman with the new pot," I woyld ad vino him to procure) an elementary work on political economy, and give ii his careful attention; or. should thia fail to be interesting lot- him devote his leisure hours to the game of quoits, sud, take our word for it, st the end, of tiie summer, if he has not a clearer conception of the lews that gorers capU tai, his muscular power wiii be more ful ly developed, and a "cheap popularity' will be at a discount; though interest may be higher. Besides, a mutual ben efit ?will be conferred. "B" will be im proved ; in muscla?? the public : will not have been.bored,?and you, Mr. Editor, wOl feel thankful. A. ONE OF. ADBEVII^B'S PRIDES-Aa far back as 1766, ? colony of Huguenots set tled in the county of Abbeville. Among these thrifty settlers there was a physi cian--Dr. De La Howe. Hs was a B?ssa of fettere, of science, and became, eminent ? in his. profession. "Ho never married, and dieri possessed of a handsome estafe' and some money, which he left to a body Of trasi._i fer she benefit of a limited number of orphan children who were to be educated through tho proceeds of the estate. This number was limited to twelve b?ys and twelve ?lrls. ; Dr. De La Howe died in 1812, since which tune the. original trustees and their successors have faithfully carried but the letter and spirit of the testator's wil?; and each succeeding yea* has wit* hessoditae prosperity of the estate and tho good accomplished for the dozen boys and as many girls . who tho dovisce de signed fe benefit;- v During tho reign of the harpies in this State, which'is now happily drawing to ? close, ovary. effort .was;made to get poa Tho trustees etdtifully managed mattera, however, and kept the estate but of the bands of the tbiever who so, persistently endeavored to rob the orobaht of it ; and it is now in a prosperous, thriving con dition, A monum?nt Of the philanthropy or ita foundor, who Hes burled in the centre of a dense forest upon the estate,. . SUATOS B^^e'/W^?i.At'wir OawfOBB OP CaAMBKUir?TJRO.--The Philadelphia Sttttea says; v"Mri G. R. ^^uar^ra^el^** ^^^^^^^ tetter fe BrSaa^it ?li&itlar. U? S?nih Carolina, whd? was ?us ?of the rsHiag l?g!^^%^m OiaHls^n^AU rrritating traces o? .he ira? were obliJara* fed ha would writ? Gsa. Butiar and thank CJhamberecorg tS? ir?S?H?ndsc??ho Confederad n^p^'?i* Jutussu Sd'to assure you oft^nWa^feio? "fcotiba ?an* gerri wM^W Wsaytb rou ?OW, what I could not cay/wheo list at my home, where a warm and cordial COLUMBIA C0RBESP0KDE1!CJ$. < ?; ?*?^ ?~ X\SMm j gjrrp.TiiM^ifn of awry t?e(Md-u ??><ta3, She ?ti- wi tho Legislature ?a U>&!$ , ?ttd .. ?ppj^riaaug'tsro(000 to' pay, t'^ ( interest on' the4 consolidated bonde i io- , debtedness of the Bute, so clearly misnp- . prebends the purpose and intents _pf the _ billa passed by the lower House of the , General Assembly, and also the reasons , which actuated tue membere who favored the appropriation, that we feel it incum bent upon us to dSsabn?* your Mind as well as the minds of such of our constit uents as may have arrived at tho rame Conclusion? as yourself. Yon ob *v to leaving te. a commission of five mei' to pass apon th* validity - of ; the bonds, and'claim thai 00 coupon should fae paid until the validity of the bonds should be fimrly established. Now if yea will refer to the bill rnisug a com mission to investigate the validity of the bonded indebtedness of the State, yon will see that the commission is required to investigate and report to the Legisla ture at ita next session, and the Legisla ture having their report will decide and pass upon the validity of each of the separate bonds, aad Hil order interest paid only on such as ?. 1 valid. We ven ture to say that there Ls not a single member who favors the < appropriation who desires the payment of a single dol lar before investigation, and, what is more, every word uttered by them has advocated such ' a course, and auch a course only. . Zn in connection we will give,the .reasons for making tho appro priation at this time. The original bonded indebtedness of the State was 020,008,000- ?-6,183,000 of Jfbich waa contracted by Ure State prior to the be ginning of the war. The Radical party, during the session of 1878-'74, pa ?ed an act known as tho ''Consolidation Act.?' The act specified what bonds should bo consolidated, and the specification in cluded the entire debt known aa the onie bellum debt, amounting to $6,183,000, and a certain class of bonds issued since re construction, including thc beads issued during Gov? Orr's administration, in all amounting in round numbers to nearly $6,000,000 more, or $12,000,000 in all. The rest of the debt (bonded) was repu diated-this embraced thr conversion bonds and the Slue Ric \ Railroad script, together amounting to $8,000,000. Then by the consolidation scheme $6,000,000 were gotten rid of, which made the entire amount repudiated and compromised $14,000,000, leaving a bonded indebtedness still- due by the State of $6,0u0,000, or $183,000 less than tho debt owed by the State before tba war. Now with the consolidated debt we alon-} have to deal with $6,000,000, and this is the debt the interest of which $270,000 is appropriated to pay, and ,to , investigate which a commission ia raised. If this ! debt is to be investigated, the question will naturally arise, why levy a tax 'to pay it until the investigation ?0 made ? The! answer is plain and simple. By, the. consolidation act, itself the. State agreed if,,i^o, specified . bond holde.ro would submit io,a soding of their bonda nt tho rate of two old bonus for one new one,.the State,..'would pledge itself to lory a tax of two mills. cnnnaJly. to pay the interest,. and, as a further security, pledged the State to receive ihfi interest in. the shape ofcoupons, ?br,tho tases , for State purposes. Upon thia pledge of the State the contract., was en tered into, and the bonds were consoli dated. Now, ? no State .bas a right to pass an act impairing the obligations of a contract, wa are powerless to prevent County Treasurers from receiving these coupons when offered for taxes, and there need be bot little, if atty, expenso in curred fay those offering coupons, for as the coupons bear upon their faco all. the evidence of their geu?inxnesa necessary to a deciaioh in their fa.or, one. test Case in ? judicial circuit weald cowr all other cusses. "v That the people are tod '{&tr!otic lo r^se them; is not to be relied ?riTby! aby "manher'bf means.' Not inore th'M?' ?he-; third of the people showed; their patriot ism by contributing to the Hampton tax,' end if the other1 two-thirds w??ld riot aid! the government in its direst extremity, would it fae expecting ton mnch ' of them whoa tax?s were legally levied that they would pay their tate? fa1 coupons wh|ch they could pwhapa " parchase: f?r fifty Cenia on th? do?laVf'' W?^thou^ht not;' and concluded it w??l-|' lib1 raking''too; much torTet &e' ?Ucce?is';oF Haiia'^ionV newly established gove rait upon co elender a foundation. ' Tho next red-' aon; for levying the tox';at ?hfe'*t?m6'':is thisV ff thefaond-hold?r4 h'?k^tfi? r???t tb 1 ase'hhi'c??py^ fdr^taxeW, tv ifcreaacnublo to's?ppo?a' they will select to submit their b?nds tb an investig?'tioh ' unless th?re is some; guarantee'tuat the ' Inter?s* wili be paid when their bonds are fennd to fae' valid ? Will they not prefer to holcY oh toa" right they already possess, and which cannot' be" taken , ?vfay from them1/??smoly, to use'th?ui for1' tax?iy than 6? r??s?:k?i 'W \?& ikv^ug?u;; ; which would bc doubtfhl] -t?!;say\th? Ic^bT? And, rem?mfa^?r rh?t?er,'tho co?pbnsean5 W rj?'n>??:-fe<?'tai'?Ti dating the'fiscal1 year ?? whi^'tn?y fail ade, and ifthS holder neglects1 to" uso them for tates while taxes are^?hhini 'cnlle^ed. ho will have loot the opportunity Whito tho in iveat?gatid? Is ?oink. on. You will ECO then that the very 'thing;wi^oresirayha^n?? ly, the ittvwtigatf?ii bf this' bonded in debtedness, we' can hever Wt?re ^'??ss wp $Ve''BO?e7,'to bond holder', that ?fe \?0?? ' \M?\] fae' p??d' when his bond ^^Wn p'roVcn to be genuhvj.' If ^ should levy no bx, then, hut ftlinnly pls&ra ?>:-*. i.af h to ?tii^i?AJUiJ that when" his fadrid is'p^en to fae valid" his i.?erest:snair^:;p^ not only wil?h?vs'to leVyVtax ofjfour mills' next year to meet the two year's lute'reat,1 h'utf ?re ucewssrily pledge cHifteTves to pay all Interim past dna andi unpaid, .Ulrich fe considerable.' .rA? it? is, we ipicr- te <^r-' ??vea toiiietUng. We Atzplw levy inn ?n??ut to pay the interest ou th? fae?ded > deb? accruing ?rem tho time Hampton t??*e -into pfewery and pr?vido that no ?part of it shall fae paid until the debt fr ; ttnsoctigaled i there is a? pledge ahpj?t iej? ?nd th?/Ls#Arturo te left free to portee-1 any Conrad.heresstter Hmm ?L' /Now -kvn^-sM'il^d'h'v^?vrta^tcd- tl?? ex ?*?oH?ut onerecV by thc opponents af the nnpropd?tioa, snd levied ? tax of $100,. OOO to 'wee*id?lk$encr??^by i rrasoi? of -t?iw*' being radd la cnaTJous,?w? would nave incurred ail thu odium of falsifying | ?BUM??? IIIWIBMBBMMBBSMSMwBWWi jar pledges, wM^fwe Vould have re- I seivcd none of?^^'fc*nefiU of the pro- i posed ropudlat^M, forjo reality we would i inp! sja&n secnsByjiaymg a debt wc were 1 Kggr, ||r*ld??^knowledge. The fact < that ?S"*,?R^?P08?<? by ?!?e I apposition is proof conclusive that it was j admitted on all hands that a large part ; Df the taxes would-be paid in these cou- 1 pons, and-the' Hampton appropriation ? . i would be short to, that amount, upless '. this levy for interest should be made. < In < this connection 1st us-state sha? itts-S" > great error to suppose that only $55,000 af last years' tax was paid lb bilja of the bani: ?f the l?tate ; $55,000 were, forced upon the Treasurers hy reason of judicial, decision, while $283,000 moro were pro - ! sen ted and sealed up, abd are still in tho ' hands .of those offering them, and for which the Bute received nothing. There is abo another great mistake on the part of many, in supposing that these consoli dated bonds are only held h y a few bloat ed foreigner:. The truth, ls very ma?y of our citizens have invested their monoy io these bonds, simply to be provided* at ntl times with the means, to pay -heir taxes, knowing that the State was com*' peiled to receive the coupons whenever offered for taxes. Now lt is not reason able to ask these men to throw away their investments and yoluntary go about to hunt up other money to pay taxes' with when they have coupona the same as cash in their pockets. . Tho largest number of the tax-payera pay small amounts, and from tho small, amounts they.have to pay, and in many i rt sta nee? owing to location, .they annot avail themselves of these coupona; con sequently, the mon of means enjoy a monopoly in the prir.'lege, and pay their taxes at the rate of fifty cents on the dollar, and that fifty cents in a currency which necessarily falls dead in tho hands ot the government, whilo tbs bulk of tho tajx-payere, who aro poor.'men, have to pay in currency dollar for dollar Con sequently, upon them alono, .fa?h. .?fie..en tire burden of filipport?og the govern ment. lt ia this great injustice wc have Sought to avoid, and the only . way in which it can be avoided is .by providing for whatever debt we justly owe, and then prohibit the paymont of taxes in coupons, which we can only do by providing to pay such of them as are valid. You call upon the Senate to save the State from the threatened danger pro posed by paying the legal and Oona fi&a debt owed by the State ; .in other words you call upon, the Senate to interposa ito Radical arm and upset and overturn the policy laid down and advocated by Gov. Hampton. That the levying and collec tion of the 3270,000 to pay the interest on the consolidation debt, as provided in Section 5th of the Appropriation Bill io approved by Gov. Hampton, we will ?tate the following fno.ts. When tho Wayo and Means Committee csv/ the. opposition, to the 5th Section which provided for thc interest, &c., and when they saw that the opponents of the Section* were using it to defeat Gov. Hampton and bis policy, (wtf< h waa their ultimate policy,) by apV pealing to the prejudices of tho! people, C'..c Cv/roiuliiee sent a sub-committee, of .which Mr. Simpson was One, back to see Gov. Hampton/and urge bim to agree to some kind of a substitute, if wo could find one, which would eave the Govern* mont from this certain andi impending danger. His reply to thc Committee corresponded with such -utterances as have made him famous the length sud bredth of our entire land as a ninda of in tegrity and honor, and in whom all could implicitly place their faith. Gentlemen, he said,, we are bound to raise tho amount necessary to pay the interest on such of the bonds as a Commission or the Legis* tature shall decide tobo valid, and it! must be raised now, rei three reasons: Without this guarantee the bondholders will not.submit their bonds to ah investi gation, but will; use them .? to ? pay taxes, which ws cannot prevent.. 2nd; If wo pO?* pone it until next year it will largely .in crease the tax levy for i shat year, -and i l Would be much' easier for the' people to pay part this year and part next than ?to. pAyit all next year. ^rd. Our party bab too recently come into power togo before tho people with so larg*1 a'tax as will ne cessarily! have - to be levied next year, if this year's interest Is no6 collected this yeary and; to do so might endanger all we have gained by our recent Canvass. Be sides these reasons wo aro pledged io thia course, and pledged ia *uob a way and at such a time as would.malt??t shameful to falsify or fail to carryout. He urgodthej Committee to make br accept bo'offer of J a rxnhproraise, bnt to?taudUp to tho Soc- j tihh' ss provided in > th? hill,' "Lei tho? Senate then defeat th? bill if It sees proper, and in all probability lt will do* feat it, but we have thfe satiaraetibn, that tho first ic?ective blow aimed at Go*?;' 2amptoxrb; administration i and' policy, rho not from ?the House cf ; which; we w?rb members, s Gov. .Hampton* i?ono man at .least, who is not swayed tr in fluenced ? by selfish motives;<?he ia tab people's choice, and bis policy lethe peo ple's policy ; he has proven. ? himself a capable leader, equal to alilOmeigenelcsv: true and worthy tobe irusted^snd solong as bo pursues the polioylaiddown lb the camnabm. ttnon which noliov wo were elected, we fe^l we b^e^rw ether^ five but ito sustain him in every measure' : advocated by him to carry cut hiap?lifcy, I iiad reader it affective for the goodof the people.niir) .??io'S o. ?i?i? .'Ht? vd li- rtm.t/} ; AB to^no billa of the Bank of the State; being as just a debtasthe bonded daht, . Wp cannot concur h? the?. statement, and wc i think tho following facts will'rel?ete &ro'ibl8?rt?tased an ?lause in the charter of ?h* Baak aiakiarg: jtlio bills bf said bauki^r?b?o for takes* A question afterwards arose ab to whettteV tho charter was so amended br bot.' . The Supreme Court- of t&is estate decided it waiatiicrac?. ?fed theSoprcmo Court of the United States srasmiised the tf?ok?cw, but afterwards/ wlren Chamberlain l?ame Into power, ' ; the ' bUl-bbid?t? ? '?Malncdr from the United S|6tr?f^r^?moCo9rt a new isb^iWr - ??Um on the part of tho then ; Attorney General defend ? thdicteresftoftheS^ i rant that Chamberlain'waa the paid as- . torpey of the bill-holders, the GttrtteV . t?dedt ut favor of ?hy blU-holdenv and ? dei jared'them receivable Sot taxes. This ta the ws* tho decidion was 'C-htaiayd?it Kow, lot us look at tho bi??* theo^-WI In 1858 or '69, the Legislature called j all thebV^.^^-t^'^:^.^ required them to bc funded . in ,*a>ftds; ? (These booda are fududed in the Ustan. chorized va ho funded, i kijuysujon j5 state, for which bonds dollar fer dellar ar?re honed, and *? otfi?V;*?Bj feue* brio? to 1J560 and n^^p^^^i. these Milo, amounting to $1,$00,000 ia round numbers, were pi?eqd Into imp Imrid^ofJoo Crewe and tW'etM.lRWt-, cala t? be burned, but instead, pf horn tog '.*' them the Oo?iaiUe*ixkr<*ele4 t>^^at . between them, and reported them barned? Thns! timSMittolto "Pf j^jbUlv embracing all that were issued prior to the war of 1860 ha ve befe? ^d, and the bona fide holders received bonds in their stead . and all bills hearing dst? ^rlcr;to. 1860 have, the? fdtobeen paid pf herrad, h7f.refiMai.on tba of ihe teiisrs'to. fand them a? mjuired by law. The Con stitution of the United, ?tates and the, Constitution of the. State.. both have de clared null and invalid any ^ debt fatapdl.. 2contracted tn aid of the rebellion. A? e.bills issue ?after 1$0 wer#fM?dfor that purpose, and leased; io the Conf?d erato Government, they aro of course in valid, unless the helder cor. prove, that, the bills held by him were uyi ^o jjsued.. Thwie two classes embrape sil ?ho bUin-. One class bas already been paid ?/ barred^ the other ia invalidated by the Gonttfito* . t?on of the State and the Untied States. Besides this, the plates noon which the bille have been printed have been in the hands of the ring ever rinse reconstruc tion, and there is no telling how seotsjr . additional hills have beep forged.?Jj mL? holder presen ufone of these bills for taxe? ' he will bo required to provo that nono of ' the frauds specified attach to his bill. By this process we are in hopes ? of agata getting before the Supreme Cpurt. of th* United Stetes, whore wo hope to be able, to net aside a decision . fraudulently obtained. Such a decision' would* quasi* gio bills entiw; heno?.- instead, cf these Ula occupying a position icqual .to the bond's or coupono^they occupy in point ot justice or equity no position at alf. : 'These are some of the' reasons which influenced us and imn majority of 'tho House to advocate the levying of tho tax. With tho distinct understanding, however, that not a dollar of it was to bo applied to tho coupons until they had bees pssstd apea: by the LegSshUuK ai its next seEsioD. . . . , R. W. SIMPSON, . H. R. VANDIVERv' o JAS. L. ORB. ?u i ?? l.Kr-n-?? ? I .'? -? . .y.Tho D?mocrate yesterday, elected their entire municipal ticket at Lynch burg, Va.. Baily, Demoera*, l^fsBufccH;; Radical,fornurvcr,by 260 vot?s. r' ? 1 j- Fletcher Harper, the youngestandi last, surviving, member pf,.the original firm of Harper ?V Brothers, p?bilshere, ia lying at the point of death. ? frora gastric. '."?^ *&? Cotton Conveutiou will meet Irs Liverpool on thc 11th of July pext^ Nine* delegates and as many alternates will be appointed to represent the American Ex change. - ' -Attorney General Deveas h a given . employment in hiv outee to Thoma*.,. Simms, whom, as Lnited State3i Marshal of Mastocbxiaetta under FtfbnPre," rte overhauled as &' fugitive :davc'- from .Georgia.' .?-<?.: - A goWrbeaded cane, long ,9gnpre sented, to Hon. W. D. Portejr^tow.S^a-, tor, and believed to have boen bnifned ira tbs Columbia Statis Homier is Ja the pos-' " session of a Chicago>gentl?raan,-i?ad;wili shortly bo returned to Mr. Porter. : - Ai secret political node ty in opposi tion tb Hayes has been formed in Weah irigton,th??ttto?itet^ ' hifrawMiattnenia. Mbcabefeaaytha met*-. ?.. ment IB in theJUiterer^o?Blaj{ne.|hut hls> friends say the sption without h?, knowledge. ' - The Torkish minster of policegav*** orders that all Turkish women must di- i card European attire and get-hack irv*\; tte Turkish formula of sbh&n. Tho Turkish wemen,'hy way of showing their contempt for the minister bf police, straightway ont-Pariwd Peria: in the an Patterson received Cochran's telegram declining to be longer cobsidered aswan^f didate for the place which Mr. Hayes conferred qpon ? '?'Soven-upt,? Brayton-,' i'Old pat" turned ^? \Owtmwf.n)etw chant, at present in Wasblngtr v.'a?d re* marked: 'These rebels are vei'y insolent, and I don't see how I ?ra ever to concil iate them SQ as to be elected to the Sen-. > ?te ?gain," MercL?nt-^-"B?t,.thoo, you. ave the colored vote. left, Senator." Honest John~4iOh, d^^n' the niggers ? 5 they ?re bf rte: account without Northc rn Republicans to ,tell, themi-how to work the thing." H there, is ? man in South,, tJarblJna who doribts that'these words sound like behest Johtf/iw?r*d like for bim to show, hie hand They ase Patter ticipato?iri?hstV?hihlt?on, it ??x bo tn-' cessary.to toke immediate atppsfor -repris... sehtetlon invttreJ^e?can section- Thc Cabinet has* naa the 'teatter nuder con siderdtton, and wiltprobably decide this ' we*kwto wfaevaetfraaha^ cor ^veranea* ^OuiM|^J,varU>.po-. pto^oiaRy^p^ Iba* tWCtesa?Si? ?aS hais in/fttar penwtion. .?nit? r Oonarese. anally ratify .thlmr; appoif^cn^ .Upon ? corof^ qulij ^|Sr?" ?nd tathecae?of ??>iWj?navE?pwloa the iwd^^^^^^njt^^^ |^rB<icre^y^df^? the, tooeeTmmAStt thO/BnUed ???t?? had an intere?fttog' jnteiv?ew with ox Govfirtor T?kks*^.JfMdirM lj H?. ^^^^^^^^i^b^cb9. ?n^h^tir^^^^^^^^^^ ^k* ?veriedjo dtsisad !^?^^^S2 cpr?tiy a!^ h?in^ ?ad uo<?exta& ^wtrocjAA reaUvt tts tri umphal march to success In 1S80.