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E. B. MfJSRAY, Editor? THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1877. The Mexican banditti who have been marauding upon the Texas frontier are to be closely watched in future, and the United States troops will pay their re? spects to them, even if it should become necessary to cross on to Mexican soil to catch them. The case of Associate Justice Wright still hangs before the Legislature. This 1 fraud who disgraces the judicial ermine of South Carolina should be requested to resign, and if he refuses to do so, Gov? ernor Hampton should be empowered to remove him by a resolution from the General Assembly. The bill to prevent the sale of seed cotton after dark has at last passed both Houses of the Legislature, and will in a few days, if it has not already done so, become a law. The Republicans of some counties opposed the bill, knowing that it. would deprive their, constituents of many dollars worth of stealings every year, but the advocates of the bill were too numerous for them, and secured its adoption. The case of Butts, the ex-Congressman, who claims also to be Solicitor of the First Circuit, was argued before Judge Cooke at Orangeburg last week, and the papers and facts in the case were referred to Attorney General Conner, to take such action as was proper for the interest of the State. We predict that the upshot' of the matter will be that the Republi? cans will lose another Solicitor by Mr. Butts having to step down and out, after learning that the Democrats intend to enforce the wholesome rule, that a man cannot hold two offices at one time. The House of Representatives, after a thorough and patient hearing of both sides in regard to seating the Charleston delegation with Mackey at its head, re? fused to admit the entire delegation, on the ground that fraud and intimidation were practiced to so great an extent as to prevent a fair election. The result of this will be to cause a new election be? fore next fall, and no doubt a delegation of Democrats will be elected, for Gov? ernor Hampton will prevent (and that too without United States troops) any re? currence of the Charleston or Cainhoy riots. A fair election at any rate wi'l be ensured. ^. The election for member of the House of Representatives in Orangeburg County on last Thursday was hotly contested by both political parties, and resulted in the election of Mr. Samuel" Dibble, Esq., the Democratic nominee, over D. A. Straker, the colored Republican candidate, by a vote of 2,757 to 2,527, giving a Demo? cratic majority of 230. Fogle's box was thrown out, as the voters were not sworn; Club House box, because it was not sealed, and Avinger"s, because it closed before six o'clock. These boxes gave Republican majorities, but the irregu? larities practiced at them were so great as not to entitle them to be counted, and hence Mr. Dibble will get his seat. The Senate has amended the House bill to raise a commission for the purpose of investigating the State debt, by pro? viding that four of the commissioners shall be elected by the House and three by the Senate, instead of giving the ap? pointment of the commission to the Gov? ernor alone. 'This amendment 13 likely to be resisted by the House of Represen? tative, though we cannot see the cause therefor. The election of the commis? sion by the Legislature can do no harm.' We do not think it material as to which course is pursued.. We believe the Gov? ernor would appoint a good commission, and we also believe the Legislature would elect a good one, and therefore we are satisfied that it is not a matter of enough importance to justify any dead lock be? tween' the houses. The great political persecution called the Ellenton Trial, or as the Journal of Commerce aptly terms it, "Corbin's war on White Men," was concluded in Charles? ton last week. The case was very ably argued on both sides, and Chief Justice Waite delivered a very fair, impartial and able charge to the jury in the case, which was composed of six white and six colored men, only two of the whole twelve being Democrats. After remaining in the jury room near twenty four hours, it was ascertained that it was impossible to agree on a verdict, and the jury was dis? charged. It is understood that they di? vided on the color line, six whites being for acquittal and six colored for convic? tion. The proof of the innocence of Mr. A. W. Atkinson was so clear and conclusive that even this partisan jury were com? pelled to acquit him. The result of this case is a virtual defeat of Corbin, Earle and Stone, who were striving to secure a conviction of the parties. It is to be hoped that no further case of political persecution may ever arise in South Caro? lina. Persons who are dreading the power which the bondholders have over South Carolina, surely forget that our Legisla? ture has power over them also. Their coupons are receivable for taxes, but they can ouly bfe received for taxes in the year that they fall due; hence if the Legisla? ture should change the time of collecting taxes from the fall to January and Feb? ruary, only the January coupons,could be used, and the July interest could not be secured by the bondholders. Having this kind of an advantage over the bond creditors of the State, the Legislature could, without any difficulty, compel them to submit their bonds for examina? tion, for if they refused, their July inter? est could be defeated in spite of anything they could do. The Legislature can con? trol this matter if it dosires to do so, and wc trust that no difference will be made in favor of any class of our State's in? debtedness. Not one dollar of it should be paid until the whole has been fully investigated and the character and amount of the debt fully ascertained. Then, whatever is actually justly due ought to be paid promptly henceforth, and none other should be reeognized. This is the safest course consistent with our State's honor. THE FENCE LAW? We print the test of the bill providing for the adoption of "*:e law requiring cattle to be fenced in, as it passed the House of Representatives It Was ameh? ded by the Senate in some unimportant particulars, and will be given to the pub? lic as it was approved by the G-over hor in a few days. The bill provides that elections on this question roust be held between the 10th and 20th of August and December, and sixty days previous notice of such election must be given; hence, to secure the election in this County in the month of August coming, it will be necessary to advertise the notice of election by the 21st of this month, which would allow the vote to be taken on the 20th day of August. This is, to our mind, by far the better season for holding the election, for two reasons, either of which is sufficient: First, there is more leisure throughout the County during the month of August than during the month of December, and there will be more time at this season for discus? sing and considering the question than there will be in the month of December. Second, the law has to go into force on the first day of January following the election, and if it is held as late as De? cember, the people of the County could not prepare themselves for the change by the time at which it would have uu der the law to go into effect. Hence, we think the month of August should be adopted as the time to hold the election upon this important measure to our farmers. If it is not held in August of this year, it should be postponed until August, 1878. We believe the measure is one of great and immediate impor? tance, and action upon it should not be delayed until another year; but this is a matter for the farmers of Anderson County to decide for themselves, and if they think best to wait until another year, then the election should be post? poned. We merely wish to call the at? tention of our readers to the fact that if they wish the law altered to take effect next year, it will be necessary for them to act upon the question in each Town? ship immediately. It requires a petition from fifty tax-payers in each Township in the County to secure an election in the County, and if such election is held in Anderson County in August, a peti? tion will have to be circulated in every Township, and sigued by at least fifty tax-payers. We hope that some friend of the proposed law will take charge of a petition in his township, and secure the signature of fifty tax-payers, and send them up to Mr. O. H. P. Fant on or before the 15th day of this month. We favor holding the election, because we believe the propriety of altering the fence law should be considered, and this is a very propitious time to discuss it. If the election is ordered, our columns will be open for a discussion of the mer? its and demerits of the Act; and al? though we shall favor the adoption of the new law, we shall accord an ample hearing to its opponents in the columns Of the INTELLIGENCER. A LESSON FOB SOUTHERN DEMO? CRATS. We commend the comments of New York papers, which appear elsewhere, upon the letter of Senator Morton, a syn? opsis of which we publish on the fourth page of this paper, to the consideration of all Southern Democrats who are dis? posed to favor an amalgamation of par? ties, or are willing to commit themselves to the mercies of a Republican adminis? tration, because it has acted properly upon one single question. To presume that Mr. Hayes is at heart friendly to the South* is to presume that bis expres? sion of sorrow, when he thought he was defeated/ not for himself or for the country, but for the poor negro, who would be left to the mercy of Southern Democrats, was insincere. To presume that he is really friendly to the South, it is necessary to believe that he does not know of the character of Stone, Dunn, Brayton, Worthington, and the misera? ble carpet-bag crew he is attempting to either put or retain in office over us. The people of Louisiana and South Car? olina owe their deliverance from military tyranny, not to the Republican party or to.the President who represents that party. The troops were removed because the Democratic House of Representatives j in Congress refused to vote any money for the support of the army until they were withdrawn. It was, therefore, not only a party necessity with Mr. Hayes to ! remove the troops, but it was a financial ' necessity also. If the Democratic Con? gress had voted the usual army appro? priation there is very little room for doubt that the troops would have con? tinued over us to this day; and whatever thanks we have to give for our deliver? ance are due to the Democratic party, not to the President. If, therefore, we consent to any dis? ruption of the National Democracy, or any fusion with the Republican party, we will destroy the power which has in? terposed for our protection, and com? mit ourselves to the party which has never shown any kind feeling for us ex? cept when made to do so. Every South? ern man should adhere closely to the National Democratic party, for its suc? cess is our success, and its defeat will be our calamity. . The prospect of victory for the National . Democracy amounts to a certainty, pro | vided the Southern vote remains in tact, j The party is stronger at the North to-day than at any time since the war, and all that is necessary to secure the blessings which we have craved for, since the termination of the civil war, is that the South shall remain true to her principles, i and make no dangerous and disreputable alliance with Republicans for any appa? rent expediency. With the Democrats in power, our form of government and the local rights of the States are sure to be protected. With the Republicans in power, nothing would be safe. The government under the control of Repub? licans was but little better than the rule of a mob. The first stability or consistency that it acquired after the war was brought by the election of a Democratic House of Representatives, which took the govern? ment to a large extent out of the control of the Radicals. We of the South, above all others, must not allow Republicanism to triumph. We cannot afford to ex? change a certainty of good government under Democratic rule for the uncertain misfortunes consequent upon the success of the unprincipled and corrupt Radical party of the United States. PAT OF THE MEMBERS. There is a dead lock between the Sen? ate and the House ?fftepresehtatlves ?n the qtteatibn of pay for their services since last Noveinbeh The House of Representatives has passed 'a resolution to take five hliudrc-i dollars apiece, full of all compensation for both the regular and extra sessions, and the Senate con? tends for eight hundred dollars, and members of that body claim that they are giving up one-third of what is justly due them when they consent to take this amount. The sum agreed upon by the House is amply sufficient to satisfy any reasonable legislator. It is more than two-thirds of those who claim eight hun? dred dollars could have made at home, and is more than a reasonable per diem would have amounted to. We regret that the House of Representatives did not fix a per diem instead of salary, in order that our people might the more clearly perceive the unreasonable and pretentious claim advanced by the Senate when its members ask for eight hundred dollars. If we examine the grounds upon which they claim this sum, we find them to be, first, that the law allows them six hundred dollars per session, and that the remuneration for the extra session is at the same rate as the regular session. Their claim is not based upon truth, and there is no justice ;n it whatever. In the first place the people sent their represen? tatives to Columbia to reduce the ex? travagant salaries fixed by the previous Radical regimes, and they were expected to reduce their own exorbitant remune? ration as well as any other person's. Hence, they should pay no attention to the past ren-di sratbn, but claim only what is reasonable and proper at this time, considering the impoverished con? dition of the country . Again, we contend that there is no salary fixed by law for the services of the present Legislature, for the Senate hav? ing failed to recognize the House of Representatives last fall, there was no regular session; and i f there was no regu? lar session then no salary is provided for the extra session, bet it remains to be fixed by the Legislature itself; and if there was a salary for the extra session it would be fixed by the regular session of 1875-76, which would make the present session amount to about three hundred dollars. According to law, the Legisla? ture cannot claim anything for last win? ter, for it was tbe obstinate and revolu? tionary action of the Senate which ren? dered any extra session necessary. Of course we think it proper that in fixing a salary for the present session, allowance should be made for iiast winter's meeting, but it should be done under one head, as is proposed by the House resolution. The Senate having obstructed the wheels of government last winter, should be ashamed to the last degree now to claim remuneration for the revolutionary effort it made at that time. We hope the House will stand firm, and thereby save the State about fifty thousand dollars, which .the Senate desires to take from the tax-payers to put in their own pockets. THE EUROPEAN WAR. The progress of hostilities between Russia and Turkey appears very slow to most Americans who do not consider the obstacles of distance and location of the country which impede, the movement of the Russian forces. The great extent of the Empire and its comparative sparce population, the lack of a complete or even tolerable railroad system and internal re? volts and commotions, are some of the difficulties with which the Czar of Rus? sia has had to contend, and it is not to be wondered that the preliminaries of the war have occupied so long in their ar? rangement. The Russian forces are, however, upon the Turkish frontier in Asia and Europe, and some fighting has been done without any advantage to either side, except in the capture of Ardahan in Asiatic Turkey. The line of attack is however fully indicated, and our read? ers can inform themselves as to its general features by a reference to maps of Russia and Turkey. Upon the Eastern side of the Black Sea or along the frontier of Turkey in Asia, the heaviest fighting has been done. The Russian attack in this quarter has, as we have said, captured Ardahan, and they have Kars now be? sieged and invested so securely as to ren? der its capture almost simply a matter of time. Fighting has also been done with disadvantage to the Russians about Ba tum on the Black Sea, and the Russiau forces are now advancing upon Erze roum. Mukhtar Pacha, the commandant of the Turkish army in Armenia, has been removed for reporting I113 army at sixty thousand, and drawing pay for that num? ber when he had only thirty thousand men under his command, and of coorre the Ottoman army is considerably in dis? order in consequence thereof. Nothing but the extreme difficult of ingress in? to Turkey from this side on account of the impregnable barriers interposed by nature in her mountains and rivers, pre? vents a speedy entrance of the invading ai iny into the very heart of the Ottoman dominions. It is not probable, however, that much can be effected by the Russians in this quarter, as a small body of men can defeat a very large force by taking advantage of the strongholds which na? ture has provided for their defense. On the Western side of the Black Sea or on the frontier of European Turkey will be the main battlefield. The Rus? sian, and Turkish armies are gathered upon the Danube, and it is expected that the former will attempt to force a passage across this classic stream about Widdin, and possibly at other points in a very short time. The Czar is very much ex? cited over the campaign, and although not commanding the array directly, is present, overlooking the military plans of his army and the manner of their exe? cution. It may be some weeks yet be? fore a decisive battle is fought, but when the Russians once effect a passage of the Danube, fighting will begin in earnest. Ex-President Grant is on a visit to Europe with his family, and has been received with great pomp and magnifi? cence by various cities in England. The Government of Great Brittain receives him as an ex-Sovereign, and no doubt the General thinks himself ao honor to his nation. We bolieve he expects to be our next President, and thereby secure a third term after all. PAYMENT OF THE STATE DEBT* In Order to show that the view We took Of the action of the House of Represent tatives upon the question of paying the intereet Upon the State debt was correct, we quote the fifth section of the appro? priation bill, which relates to the subject. The following are the exact words in which the section was passed by the House of Representatives: Sec. 5. That the sum of two hundred and seventy thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to pay the January and July interest upon the con? solidation bonds and certificates of stock of the State, issued under the provisions of the Act to reduce the volume of the I public debt: Provided, That no part thereof shall be applied to the payment of the interest upon the said consolidated bonds and certificates of stock, until the holders thereof shall have submitted the same to the inspection and scrutiny of a commission raised for that purpose at the present session of the General Assembly, and until said commission shall have de? termined the same to be valid and bona \fide. Now, no other construction can be placed upon this section than that the commission was to have entire coutrol in paying out the money and regulating the State debt. At the time the measure was originated, its advocates intended to in? vest the commission with the most plena? ry powers, and it was not until after strong opposition to the proposition was developed that the report of the commis? sion to the Legislature was agreed upon. Hence, we were entirely correct in our position upon the subject. When this bill went to the Senate this section was amended by striking out the interest clause, and inserting in its stead an appropriation of seventy-five thousand dollars for deficiencies. This was inten? ded to go towards the payment of amounts due on salaries, &c, inside of the State, and when the bill was returned to the House it very properly refused to concur in the amendment for the same reason which induced the Senate to strike out the interest clause. The Senate thought the bonds ought to be investigated, and the House thought the deficiencies ought to be investigated, and we think both are right upon this point. The Senate did exactly right in striking out the interest clause, and the House was equally right in refusing to allow the deficiency appro? priation to be engrafted on the general appropriation bill. Having thus differed as to which class of State's creditors deserve preference in the payment of their debts, a committee of conference was appointed as follows: from the House, Messrs. J. J. Hemphill, R. W. Simpson and J. G. Blue; from the Senate, Messrs. Jeter, Nash and Wither spoon. These committees held a confer? ence, and it was soon ascertained that it would be difficult to agree upon terms, as the Senate wished to pay off one class of creditors and the House desired to pay another. The House committee, it is said, offered to appropriate the sum of two hundred and seventy thousand dol? lars, to be equally divided between the payment of interest and the payment of the bonanza and deficiency claims, and also to authorize the Governor to borrow two hundred thousand dollars, to be equally divided between these two classes' of debts, with the proviso that all claims should be submitted to a commission to report at the next session of the General Assembly. The Senate committee rejec? ted these terms and the two committees were discharged, after which a commit? tee of free conference was appointed from both bodies as follows: Senate, Messrs. Gary, Crittenden and Howard; House, Messrs. Hood, Bamberg and Miller. This committee has not had any better success than its predecessor; and hence, the Legislature is at a complete standstill. This trouble is the legitimate consequence of the effort to prefer one set of creditors to another, and the most expeditious and satisfactory method of avoiding the trouble occasioned by this difference is to refuse to appropriate any money for the payment of any set of creditors until their debts have been scrutinized and acted upon by the Gen? eral Assembly. A resolution forbidding the payment of taxes in coupons until the bonds to which they are attached have been acted upon would, we believe, prevent any trouble from this source. We hope that the House will refuse to appropriate anything for the payment of the bonanza warrants and deficiencies other than those contained in the appro? priation bill as they have already passed it; and we also trust the Senate will re? fuse to appropriate one cent for the pay? ment of interest at this session. Then, by appointing a commission to investi? gate the debt during the summer, they will be able to act intelligently and satis? factorily upon this most important ques? tion when they meet next fall. The House of Representatives adopted a concurrent resolution to go into an election of Judges for the Fifth and Eighth Circuits o'n Wednesday the 6th inst. This resolution was to be acted upon by the Senate, aud we hope that body refused to concur in so much of the resolution as relates to this Circuit. It is proper to elect a successor to Judge Car? penter, as the Legislature of 1875-6 elec? ted him over again before there was any vacancy in the Judgeship of the Fifth Circuit. The same would have been true of the Eighth Circuit had not Judge Cooke resigned before his re-election. He had the right to resign if he wished to do so, and when he did resign it cre? ated a vacancy which the Legislature had the right to fill by election, and when they re-elected Judge Cooke, it gave him a f '. term of four years. We hope that Judge Carpenter will be ousted, and that no new election will be ordered in this Circuit. Carpenter has shown himself unsuitable for the position he holds, and as he occupies it without authority of law, a Judge should be elec? ted in his stead. ? It would seem to be settled at last that the very oldest Free and Accepted Mason now living in the United States is Colonel Nathaniel Huntoon, of Unity, N. H. He is 95 years of age, and has been a Mason seventy-four years. He is said to be a Democrat of the "red-hot type," and has voted for Jefferson, Mad? ison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, Pierce, Buchanan, Douglas, McClellan, Seymour and Tilden. He didn't vote for Horace Grecly, and, it is said, chews tobacco vigorously and rejoicetb thereat. DEBATING ABOUT THEIR PAY. The following report of the proceed? ings of the Senate, relative to the pay of members of the Legislature will interest our readers, and set forth the views of those gentlemen who think they ought to be paid three hundred dollars more than the members of the House of Represen? tatives, because they knew their duty and did it not last winter: The next matter taken up was the all important bill to make appropriations for the payment of the salary and mileage of the members of the General Assem? bly, &c. As has been frequently intima? ted, a heated debate was the result. Af? ter several minor amendments had been agreed to, the amendment seeking to fix the pay of the members at six hundred dollars for the last and two hundred dol? lars for this session was taken up, and here the battle was pitched. Mr. Witherspoon (Dem.) moved to make the pay $300 for last session and $200 for this session. Taft (Rep.) moved to indefinitely postpone this amendment. Crittenden (Dem.) seconded Taft's mo? tion, and supported his action by saying that the pay for the last General Assem? bly was fixed by statute at $600, and the pay for this session was regulated by the constitution to be at the same rate per diem as the last regular session. ? They could not reduce the pay of the members of the General A&semblv, for these two sessions, any more than they could reduce the pay of the judges. The law guaran? teed them $1,200, and the members had, as a fair compromise, agreed-to take $800 for both sessions. He would, he said, vote for the $800, and would vote, under protest, that the law should compel them to take that amount. Mr. Witherspoon was unalterably op Eosed to placing the amount at eight undred dollars, and, while he would not be understood as imputing unworthy motives to any who differed with him, yet he felt that he would be doing an in? justice to the people to ask any more than five hundred dollars. It had been said that the laws and the constitution had fixed the amounts, &c. The consti? tution said that the members could not increase their salaries, but he could find no provision which forbade them from reducing their salaries if they were so disposed. The appropriation bill was the charter by which they received their money, and, if they didn't appropriate more than five hundred dollars, all the laws in the land could not compel them to take any more. Every man was en? titled to his own convictions, however. He did not mean to impugn the motives of any one. Mr. Gary said that he heartily con? curred with the Senator from Greenville (Crittenden) in holding that they were entitled, under the law, to twelve hun? dred dollars. They proposed, however, to be moderate and cut down their pay thirty-three per cent., and reduce their salaries one-half in all future Legisla? tures. They had reduced their own sal? aries lower than all the other State offi? cers. If their constituents were not sat? isfied, well let them be dissatisfied. He was thankful that he did not represent any picayune constituency, and he thought it came with a poor grace from those who sought to fasten upon the tax? payers of South Carolina a $270,000 tax to pay the bloated bondholders of Wall street. You who want reform must not do it in such a picayune style; we want reform that means reform, and not the mere sham of a reduction for the purpose of manufacturing a little cheap notoriety. The other side had talked loudly of sus? taining the credit of the State and the stain of repudiation, &c., and then turned right round and asked their own officers to repudiate half their salaries. He was not to be scared by any newspaper talk. It must be recollected that several of the Senators had received their $800, and had parted with their certificates, and it was more than could be expected of poor frail human nature to give back what they had already got out of the treasury. I have, he said, always been willing to draw $1,200, and I am willing to do so this morning, and if I saw ht I would give $400 of it to the executive commit? tee of my county to carry the next elec? tion with. Those who only wanted $500 could accommodate themselves by only taking that amount. Mr. Meetze (Dem.) was in favor of the $800, and thought that it was not a dis? cretionary matter with them. It was a matter of law, and they had thought it better to compromise the matter and place it at $800 instead of $1,200. They trench and reform by passing a bill re? ducing their pay one-half for the next session, and he thought no more could be expected. Green (Rep.) and Nash (Rep.) were of course in favor of all they could get, and so expressed themselves. Witherspoon in reply ^o the suggestion from the other side that those who only wanted $500 need not take any more, said that he did not intend to take any more. He had taken the position that the State was too poor to meet her debts, and he was not going to be inconsistent enough to vote for any more than he thought she could afford. Mr. Bowen (Dem.) concurred with the Senator from York. (Witherspoon,) and took the ground that the assertion that they were compelled by law to take so much was ridiculous, and that it was a matter which remained solely with them. A vote was then reached, the question being on the indefinite postponement of Witherspoon's motion to place the pay fo- the two sessions at $500 each. The vote stood 17 to 10 in favor of indefinite postponement; the seventeen immortal names being: Bird, (Rep.), Duncan, (Rep.), Gaillard, (Rep.), Green, (Rep.), Johnson, (Rep.), Meetz, (Dem.), Swails, (Rep.), Warley, (Rep.), Carter, (Rep.), Crittenden,(Dem.), Evans, (Dem.), Gary, (Dem.),Livingston, (Dem.), H. J. Maxwell, (Rep.), Nash, (Rep.), Taft, (Rep.), Williams, (Rep.) Mr. Cannon, (Dem.), then moved to make the salary $400 for last session and $200 for this session, which was voted down by the same vote as above. Mr. Gary then said that if the other side were so anxious to be economical, he would go as far as any of them, and moved to strike out the section entirely and have no pay at all for either session. The vote was taken on this extreme re? form movement, which was lost by a vote of 15 to 12. Those voting for no pay were: Messrs. Bowen, (Dem.), Counts), (Dem.), Cochran, (Rep.), Gary, (Dem.'l, Crittenden, (Dem.), Jeter. (Dem.), Taft, (Rep.),Livingston,(Dera.),Meetz,(Dem.), Nash, (Rep.), Todd, (Dem.), and Wither? spoon, (Dem.) Those voting for the $800 were: Senators, Bird, Crittenden,(Dem.), Duncan, Evans, (Dem.), Gaillard, Gary, (Dem.), Green, Livingston, (Dera.l, Johnson, H. J. Maxwell, Meetz, (Dem.), Nash, Swails, Taft, Warley, Williams and Carter. The appropriation was then raised from $75,000 to $94,500 to meet the increase of pay just adopted, and the bill was then passed to a tnird reading. ? A distinguished citizen :>f Rich? mond, just returned from New Orleans, expresses the belief that the jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi are com? pletely successful. Indeed, they will secure greater depth of water, with prob? ably greater permanency, than the most ardent friends of the plan hoped for. While at New Orleans, he visited the jetties, and he expresses his great admi? ration for the improvement, and his per? fect confidence in its success and endu rauce. evidence of their, desire to re CHARLESTON ELECTION. The following spicy debate took place in the Senate, over the bill providing for the municipal election in Charleston, and shows the aversion which radicals have to throwing any security arouud the ballot box in the Counties where they have been practicing such infamous frauds as have been common in Chrrleston and neigh? boring Counties: Bill to regulate the election of Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Charleston was read a second time. Mr. Taft moved to strike out section 15 of this bill, which provides that no one shall be allowed to vote without pro? ducing a certificate of registration, and that every such certificate shall be de? stroyed when the holder votes. Upon this section Mr. Taft grew very indignant. He said it was intended as a measure to give the city government to the Democrats, and the bill should be so entitled. The Democrats would try to buy the certificates of Republicans from them so as to prevent them from voting. Mr. Cochran?You don't mean to say that the Republicans of Charleston would sell their certificates ? Mr. Gary said he was very much amused to hear Republicans prating about virtue. Perhaps the Senator from Charleston, having been accustomed to the means used by his party to carry elections, could see more wrong doing in the section than ihe Democrats saw They had kept members out of the Legis? lature, and would not let them in even to present their credentials. Mr. Taft and Mr. Swails said: That was because you had no credentials. Mr. Gary?That is like what you gen? tlemen usually say. It is without the slightest foundation in fact. This provi? sion is intended to put a stop to tho kill? ing of men in the streets of Charleston ; to put an end to your Hunkadoro Clubs; to put an end to the corrupt rule of the carpet baggers, who talk so much about being friends to the colored men, and who stay here till they see the gates of the penitentiary yawning for them and then run away, like the Senator from Darlington, to the Green Mountains of Vermont; or, like D. H. Chamberlain, keep their hands in the pockets of the white and the colored men as long as they can, and when they can do so no longer hie off to New York. Mr. Crittenden also spoke in favor of the section. SARCASTIC BEN BUTLER. Poking Rather Serious Fun at Hayes and bis Policy. - * Gen. Benjamin F. Butler has given the following letter, reviewing the policy of the Administration in scathing terras to the press: Washington, D. C, May 20. My Dear Pitkin: I have yours of the 15th inst. informing me that when you were in Washington, both the President and Mr. Devens, the attorney-general, gave you substantial assurance that you would not be disturbed in your office as United States marshal, being a native of Louisiana and a good Republican, and against whom no official malfeasance or personal dereliction from the path of right had been shown, and who, there? fore, came eminently within the provi? sions of civil service reform, which is the corner-stone, as I understand it, of our Republican Administration. I am cer? tain, therefore, that the President and the attorney-general would never have asked your resignation of the office of marshal, as you say they have done, in contravention of their assurances ana in disregard of the principles of civil service reform. I am bound, therefore, from what I know of both of these gentlemen, to believe that they intend in good faith to carry out their assurances and preserve their principles. One fault which I find with your letter is that you do not make sufficient allowance for political necessi? ties and entanglements, by which good men are compelled to do that which they would rather not do. It is an open secret here, as I am informed, that Col. Whar? ton, your competitor, aided Mr. Mac Veagh, one of the commissioners at New Orleans, very largely in getting a portion of the members of the Republican Legis? lature to desert from Packard and go over to Nicholls, by which a Returning Board Legislature was put under the control of Nicholls, and then that Legislature en? abled the Commission to advise that, as the Legislature had recognized the Nicholls government, the President was bound to withdraw the troops. It is also asserted that $2,000 was to be paid to the leading deserting legislators, and only $200 to others, disguised in the latter case in the shape of mileage, so that Mr. Johnson, a colored man, speaking out of the innocence of his heart, said on the floor of the House that all he wanted was to get his mileage and go home. It is also asserted here that Col. Wharton, be? ing the instrument selected by Mr. Mac Veagh to do this piece of business, had his promise of being made marshal if he successfully accomplished it. Now, Wharton performed his side of the bar? gain, and I think you are very unreason? able in objecting that the Administration should carry out their side of it, or, at least, do the best they can so to do. It ought to satisfy Wharton that they have asked you to resign and you won't, and therefore they have done the best they could to make good MacVeagh's bargain, and as they can't, Wharton ought to be satisfied, precisely like my friend Gen. Garfield, who having done his best, and succeeded in electing Mr. Stanley Mat? thews to the Senate at the request of the President, <os it is said, on the agreement that the President would make him Speaker of the House of Representatives, will have to be, and ought to be, satisfied with a fair, honest aud "hearty," en? deavor on the part of the President to do all he can to make him Speaker, and if he fails Garfield will have nobody to blame but himself for not remembering that "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Now, my dear Mr. Pitkin, I call upon you, by the love you bear to the Repub? lican party and its principles, in memory of the many sacrifices you have made during and since the war as a Union man in Louisiana, for the safety of the coun? try, and not for the sake of holding office under the United States, not to throw any impediment in the way of the Presi? dent fulfilling all the bargains which his subordinates made, as necessary steps in inaugurating his Southern policy, which is to be of so great and incalculable advan? tage, not only to the party you love so well, but also to the country, for the unity and pacification of which you have given the best days of your manhood. I write thus to you because I thought I detected in your note to me what seemed to be an unreasonable tone of complaint that you are thus to be sacrificed. Remember that Abraham was about to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, the child of his old age, to what he belie ved to be the will of God and the necessities of his people,and the Good Book does not make mention of any unreasona? ble complaints or outcries of Isaac on that occasion ; and so, when you find that the President, in obedience to the call for his country and the public exigency for its pacification, deems it necessary to sacri? fice you, and take away your office and give it to one who worn the gray when you stood in the blue, you ought not to kick and squirm anymore than Isaac did when he lay upon the altar under the knife of his father, Abraham. I am sor? ry I cannot write you any other words of comfort and consolation, but such as I have I give unto you. I am yours, truly, BENJAMIN F. BUTLER. J. R. G. Pitkin, Esq., United States marshal, New Orleans, La. MacVcagh Informs Butler that he is no Such Fellow. / Mr. MacVeagh has furnished the fol lowing letter to the press, in reply to Butler: Sir: I have just read your letter in the New York ? Times. Your "informant" happens to have told you the exact op? posite of the truth in every statement Col. Wharton did not aid me at New Orleans, but was one of the adherents of the Packard Government to the end. He did not manage or transact any kind of business for me. He did not receive any promise from me in respect to any office. I have not asked the President to appoint him marshal. So much for that portion of your letter. Where I am known I do not need to deny the silly story about the use of money, or to declare it to be, as you well know it to be a base and cowardly false? hood. For those who do not know mo, perhaps I ought to add that, apart from any repugnance on my part to the crime, there were two practical difficulties in the way of my committing it: I had no money of my own to spare, and it is only a military commandant of New Orleans in time of war who can safely appropriate any considerable quantity of the property of others to his own use. The fact is that the enemies of recon? ciliation in Louisiana waste their time in trying to discover or invent some kind of bargain with which at once to account for its success and to discredit it. Strange as it may seem to some of them, political results are still attainable in this coun? try by straightforward and honest meth? ods ; and the country will judge the re? sult we secured by its fruits in compari? son with the fruits of the opposite policy ?comparing the four years to come of honest and lawful government with the eight years just ended of hatred, intimi? dation, outrage, corruption, anarchy and murder. Therefore, from the bitterness of good men misguided, and of bad men disp pointed, I appeal to the generous judg? ment of the American people, and I await their decision upon the subject of our labors in Louisiana, not with misgiv? ings or excuses, but with confidence and pride Yours truly, WAYNE MacVEAGH. Gen. B. F. Butler, Washington, D. C. ILLICIT WHISKEY TRAFFIC. An Appeal to the Citizens of Anderson County from the Sons of Temperance. At a recent meeting of Hopcwell Division, No. 95, Sons of Temperance, the following address to the citizens of Anderson County was adopied, and forwarded to us for publi? cation. We commend it to the considera? tion of our readers: To the Citizens of Anderson County: The great aim and object of the Sons of Temperance is to annihilate the sale and use, as a beverage, of all intoxicating liquors, whether malt or spirituous; and to the ac? complishment of this end we feel in duty bound to use every available means. Trust? ing that this avowal of our mission is a sufficient explanation for the presentation of this address to the citizens of this County, we desire to call the public attention to the fact that there is in Anderson County at the present time persons who are, without the authority or sanction of law, traveling in wagons through the country retailing spiri? tuous liquors to our citizens, jwhich practice is having a very baleful influence, and if it is allowed to be continued there is no calculating the great injury our people will sustain from it. It is not only a violation of the laws of our country, but it is work? ing a great injury to the morals of society; it is fast demoralizing all classes of our peo? ple ; it is a great hindrance to the develop? ment of the agricultural resources of the County; it affects seriously the educational interest ?f the white as well as the colored race; it destroys the peace and quiet of the sections of country in which it prevails, and this is in nearly every portion of our County; it causes bloodshed and crime, which brings with it additional expense to our people; in a word, it is the most prolific source of trouble with which we are now afflicted, and unless it can be checked by some means or other will assuredly bring about a condition of affairs from which our County will not soon recover. Then, if such a danger is imminent, is it not the duty of every citizen of Anderson County, male and female, to exert every effort m their power to put down this illegal and immoral business? How is this to be ac? complished? It is said these persons can? not ue detected by the officers of the law, but this is an assertion that cannot be estab? lished, as very little effort has been made to overtake and bring them to justice. But our people have in their power a more effec? tual and powerful means than the law, if properly used, and it is this power that we desire to appeal to our citizens to exercise. They can by ceasing to patronize, and en? courage them render their business unprof? itable, and as soon as. this is done it will certainly be abandoned. Their support de? pends solely upon the patronage of our country people, and it is by them, too, that the great evil is most seriously felt, and it depends entirely upon them whether or not these persons aie to be further encour? aged in perpetuating and increasing the bad influences and results of this immoral and pernicious traffic. Certainly, our people are not so blind to their interests and well-being, and to the happiness and prosperity of fu? ture generations, as not to see the inevitable result of this business, ii allowed to con? tinue. Do not the fathers see and fear the bad influences with which it surrounds their sons? Will they not, then, for the benefit and well-being of society, use their influ? ence against it? We appeal to the noble women?the mothers, wives, daughters and sisters?to exert their every effort against the further encouragement of this illicit traffic. They have an influence superior to that of all others, if judiciously used. Is this not a cause in which it can, with pro? priety be exercised ? May we not call upon the ministers of the Gospel to proclaim against it, and do all in their power to put down the evil? It is most certainly work? ing an injury to the cause of Christianity; its, influence is directly opposed to that of the church, and.not unfrequently brings re? proach upon the great cause and principles it represents. The sin of intemperance is condemned by the Bible, and shall not the ministers of the Gospel use all the means in their power to enlist the co-operation and assistance of their respective churches in putting it down. We appeal to all classes and conditions of society to use its influence against it, for its peace, well-being and moral influence demands it. We are satisfied that if our people would reflect for a moment upon the untold injury they are sustaining daily from this illicit traffic, they would not hesitate to withdraw their patronage and support. Could they realize the fact that the peace of communi? ties and families are destroyed, agriculture made unprofitable, and the extent of other evils arising from it, they would then ac? knowledge the necessity for its suppression. Nothing but evil can ever come of it, and why should a civilized people countenance and encourage any business that is produc? tive only of evil? We again appeal to all the citizen of Anderson County to aid us in our efforts to put down the traffic, if not by connecting themselves with our order, then by setting an example of sobriety, and by discountenancing and discouraging any further patronage of these whiskey peddlers. It would be a great victory for society, and would conduce to the peace and prosperity of the County. It is for the good of our fellow-creatures that we are laboring, and in proportion to their assistance and encour? agement will our efforts be successful. In the accomplishment of the end in question we need your assistance. We ask it. Shall we have it?. The Mexican Border Troubles. Washington, D. C, June 1,1877. General?The report of W. M. Shatter, Lieutenant Colonel 24th Infantry, com? manding the district of the Nueces, Texas, concerning the receut raids by Mexicans and Indians from Mexico intb Texas for marauding purposes, with your endorsement of the 29th ultimo, has been submitted to the President, and has, to? gether with numerous other reports and documents relating to the same subject, been duly considered. The President desires that the utmost vigilance on the part of the military forces in Texas be exercised for the suppression of these raids. It is very desirable that efforts to this end, in so far at least as they neces? sarily involve operations on both sides of the border, be made with the co-opera? tion of the Mexican authorities; and you will instruct General Qrd, commanding in Texas, to invite such co-operation on the part of the local Mexican authorities, and to inform them that while the Presi Philadelphia, May 29. War Department, dent is anxious to avoid giving offense to Mexico, he is nevertheless convinced that the invasion of our territory by armed and organized bodies of thieves and robbers to prey upon our citizens should not be longer endured. General Ord will at once notify the Mexican au? thorities along the Texas border of the great desire of the President to unite with them in efforts to suppress this long continued lawlessness. At the same time, he will inform those authorities that if the government of Mexico shall continue to neglect the duty of suppress? ing these outrages, that duty will devolve upon this government, and will be per? formed even if its performance should render necessary the occasional crossing of the border by our troops. You will, therefore, direct General Ord that incase the lawless incursions continue, he will be at liberty, in the use of his own dis? cretion, when in pursuit of a band of the marauders, and when his troops are either in sight of them or upon a fresh trail, to> follow them across the Bio Grande and overtake and punish them, as welL as re? take stolen property taken from our citi-. zens and found in their hands on the Mexican side of he line.' I have the* honor to be, very respectfully, Geo. W. McCbaby, , Secretary of War. Gen. W. T. Sherman, Commanding: Army of the United States. Morton's Letter?What the New York: World and Snn Think of It, "It admits most fully that whatever has been gained for the South has been gained for it by the personal efforts of the Democratic party; that the gradual lib? eralization of Northern sentiment is due | to the resolute constitutional stand of the Democracy; and that the final enfran? chisement of. the reconstructed States was the result of the Democratic victory last ' November, followed up by the determined attitude of the majority of the forty-fourtla ? Congress. The only safety of the SdutBi and the country, as this letter shows anew,, is in the continued prosperity and final! success of the great opposition party;,' which has already enforced submsssion to* its ideas, and the adoption of its policy/ upon the Administration. If there are; men at the South who fondly imagine) that the Republican party has undergone*, a change of heart, we advise them to con? sider Morton's letter and. bev wise. The< leopard has not changed his spots, nor the i Ethiopian his skin.?2?; T. World. The Sun sees in Senator-Morton's let? ter, and the Times1 endorsement, an utter-, condemnation of Mr. Hayes and his pol? icy. The editor says: "If anybody nas supposod that the Republican party-could be induced to approve the conduct of Mr. Hayes, or even to endorse it in, silence . and forbearance, this illusion .must be broken by the manifesto of Senator Mor? ton, which we published on Saturday, ?? under the guise of an attempt to justify, or at least to excuse the Southern, policy of the Administration. Mr. Morton treats that policy with fierce and merciless sat-: 1 ire. While he says that he shall ? not* make war upon Mr.; Hayes in Congress, he takes care to inform the public tbatf fee shall earnestly contend for the admissiom of Pitt Kellogg as a Senator from Lonisf ana, as if any attack upon Hayes could be more deadly than at -attempt to seat in Congress the representative of the Pack? ard government which he hasjestroyed,, and to reject the representative of the: - N ich oils government,- which he has com-'' bined to establish and recognize.)- n. .... ? Willi?mstx)n Female College, COMMENCEMENT. JUNE 20, 8 P. M.?Sermon before -the a Christian Association, by Rev. A. Coke . Smith, Greenville. JUNE 21, 11 A. M.?Address before the Erosophic Society, by Hon. S. Dibble, Or? angeburg. Followed by the Graduating Exercises. JUNE 21, 3i P. M.?Kindergarten Expo? sition. JUNE 21, 8 P. M.?Address before the Society of Alumna?, by Rev. Prof. W.-W. ! Duncan, Wofforo^College. .- .-i S. LANDER, President:- . June 7,1877_ 47 '2 SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtue of various Executions to iue. , directed, I will expose to sale on the: Fust Monday in July next, at Andersoni Court House, South Carolina, the following ' property, to wit: One 'met of Land, containing 75 ac^es,?. more or less, situate in Anderson-County, bounding lands of Evans Burriss, A- Jack? son Hall, A. L. M eMail an and others.' Le? vied on as the property of Mary Jane How? ard, Plaintiff vs. J. F. Adams and Wm. Jones, Defendants, in favor of said J...F.. Adams and Wm. Jones, Defendants, against the said Mary Jane Howard, Plaintiff, for costs of non suit. Terms Cash?purchaser to pay extra for all necessary papers. JAS. H. McCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. June 7, 1877 _47. . 4 IN BANKRUPTCY. In the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. In the matter of Samuel S. Newell; Bank* - rupt, by whom a petition for adjudicar tion in bankruptcy was filed on tue 26th day of October, 1876, in said Court. THIS is to pivc notice that on the 28th - day of May, 1877, a warrant in bank? ruptcy was issued against the estate* of Samuel S. Newell, of Anderson, in the Coun? ty of Anderson, and State of South Caro? lina, who has been adjudged a bankrupt on his own petition; that the payment of any debts ana the delivery of any property be? longing to said bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer of any property by him are forbidden by law; and that a meet? ing of the creditors of said bankrupt, to prove their debts, and to choose one or more Assignees of hti Estate, will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden on the 26th day of June, A. D. 1877, at 12 o'clock m., at Newberry C. H., S. C, before C. G. Jaeger, Esq., Register. K. M. WALLACE, U. S. Marshal as Messenger. Per A. P. Pipee, D. M. June 7, 1877 47 2 CANNOT be equalled in the medical world for all Diseases of the Liver, Bilious Complaints, Constipation. Dyspepsia, Erysipelas, Low, Nervous and Simple Fevers, Gastric Fevers, Gripes, Heartburn, Headache, Indigestion, Liver Complaint, and all diseases arising from want of action in the Digestive Organs, Difficult Breathing, Acid Stomach, Dyspeptic Consumption, Determination of Blood to the Head, Flatulency, Inflammation of Vital Parts, Inflamma? tion of the Stomach, Jaundice, &c Simmons' Hepatic Compound has nothing in its composition that can pos? sibly injure the most delicate. Its taste is not unpleasant, does not nauseate or gripe, and yet it acts on the liver and bowels just as effectually as calomel or any of thej*?rcp arations of mercury, without injuring the constitution of debilitating the system. For sale at wholesale and retail by SIMP? SON & SADLER. Anderson, S. C. Dowie & Moise, Proprietors, Charleston, S. C. June 7,1877_47_6m_ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anoerson County. By W. W. Humphreys, Jtidge of Probate. WHEREAS, C. C. Simpson has applied to me to grant him letters of administra? tion on the Estate of Maj. Wm. J. Simp? son, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Wm. J. Simpson, deceased, to bo and ap? pear before me in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on Tuesday, 19th day of June, 1877. after pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand, this 25th day of May, 1877. W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. May 30, 1877 46 2?