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B. MURRAY, Editor. THURSDAY MtftNINB, JUNE 7, ?677. 'f he Mexican banditti who have been marauding upon the Tesas frontier are to pe closely watched lu future, and the United States troops will pay their re spects to them, e-?e?3 if it shou'.d become necessary io cross on to Mexican soil to cat^h them. The case of Aasootalo Justice Wright still hangs before the Legislature. This (rand who disgraces the judicial ermine of South CaroV?:a should be requested to resign, and if ho refuses to do so, Gov ernor Hampton should be empowered to reifiove h.;in by a resolution from the < {encrai Assembly. .flic bill to prevent the sale of seed cutton after dark has at last passed both Houses of the TJ*-?islature, and will in a Tctf days, if it has not already done so, beewmo n law. Tho Republicans of some ooiintics opposed tho bill, knowing that it would deprive their constituents of j iiijjoy dollars worth of stealings every vcitr, hut tho advocates of the hill v.'er? tot/ numerous for them, and nccured its adoption, _ Tlie case of Hutt?, thocx-Congrcssman, who claims also to be Solicitor of the First Circuit, waa argued before Judge (\7okc- at Orangeburg last week, and tho papers and facts in the case were referred to Attorney General Conner, to take such action us was proper for tho interest of j the State. We predict that the upshot of tho matter will be that thc Republi cans will lose another Solicitor by Mr. liiitts having to step down and out, after learning that tho Democrats intend to mi force tho wholesome rule, 'hat n man cannot hold two offices nt one time. Tho House of Representatives, after a thorough and patient hearing of both sides in regard to nesting the Charleston de-legation with Mackey at its head, re lumed to admit tho entire delegation, on tho ground that fraud and intimidation \Vt>ro practiced to so great an extent as to prevent a fair election. The remit of ] this will ho to cause a new election be fore next fall, and no doubt a delegation of Democrat? will bo elected, for Gov ernor Hampton will prevent (and that to<> without United States troops) any re currence of the Charleston OT Cai ahoy riots. A fair election at nny rate wi'l be ensured. Thc election for member of tho 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., tho jjfmocraiiciio??i??u, over D. ?. S tra ki the colored Republican candidate, by a vote of 2,757 to 2,fi27, 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 mettled, aud Avinger's, because it closed before six o'clock. These boxes gave Ktfpuhlican majorities, but the irregu larities practiced at them were so great ns not to entitle them to be connted, and hence Mr. Dibble will get his seat. Thc Senate hos amended the House bill to raiso a commission for the parp?se of investigating tho Stat? debt, by pro viding that four of tho commissioners shall bc elected by the House and three by thc Senate, instead of giving the ap pointment of the commission to the Gov ernor alone. This amendment is likely to !? resisted by tho House of Represen tativo, though wc cannot see tho cause therefor. Tho election of tho commis sion by tho Legnlnturc can do no harm. WP do not think it material no to which coijrao is purrfucd. - Wo bel io yo the Gov ernor would appoint a good commission, and we also believe the Legislature would chet a gged one, and therefore Wo aro untidied tbat. it is not a matter of enough ?mportnnco to justify any dead iock be tween the houser. fho greut political persecution called thd Ellenton Trial, or as the Journal of Oj/nmerce aptly terms it, "Corbin's war on White Men," was concluded in Charles* too last week. Thc caso was very ably argued on both sides, and Chief Justice Waite delivered a very fair, impartial ntid able charge to tho jury in the case, whi?u was'cOmposed of six white and six colored men, only two of the whole twelve bei?g Democrats. After remaining in the jury room near twenty four hoard, it waa ascertained that it was impossible to cgreo on a verdict; and the jury was dis charged. It ia 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 jory. were com pelled to acquit him. The result of this caye is ? virtual defeat of Corbin, Earle and Stone, who were striving to eecure ? collection of tho parties. It. ia to bo hoped that no further case of political persecution may ever arise in South Caro lina. . J.-'/'.'. Personsr who are dreading *he power which thc bondholders haye over South. Carolina, surely forgot thr.t Our Legisla ture hay power over them.also;' Their coupons airo receivable for taxes, but they cud only bu received for tax*? in tho year thitt thoy fall due ; hence if th6 Legisla* turo should change tho ti^to of collecting t?^es from the fall V> January and Feb ruinry, oidy the January coupons. could bo used, and the July Interes* could not be secured liv the bondholders, ; Haying this kind of an advantage over tho bond creditors of . the State,- tho> L?gislature cc*Ud; without , any difficulty, campet tilgra to feubmit their b^nw for examina tion, fws ?V-?V'?--" July inter est could bc defected in Bpite of anything tlntf could do. LegiidAture car* con t,ci tb! : dosing to do so^and v! ;<?'::.:. . ? -; orcnce will bb;?t?dc j In favor of -.ss of our State's ?ri> 1 dch^lh^ Not ono doUftr of it efeoii?? be p?ld until tho wb a... . iatty j inv?Jf^N^^.^?^^ amount; of tho iicot ttmy jwceruvineq. Anon, wb-vv- . i . MiASjr Jastly due OBgbft to h.- pai-? m\.:v.--.i?y hcncei?rtp; ana none otlior should be ; ?>. : . ia the gaiost couf?o cons.iateii?'.jvith our Stste'd j honor. . 3Jm ??a? xEKiS L?TT? We print tho to M of tho bill providing for tbe adoption of the law requiring ? cattle to be fenced in. ** it passed the House of Representatives, tt was amen ded by the Senate In ?oms unimportant particulars, and will be given to the pub lic as it waa approved by the Governor in a few days. The bill provides that elections on this question must be held between thc 10th and 20th of August and December, and sixty day* previous notice of such election must be given; hence, to secure the olection in this County in the month of August coming, it will bo necessary to advertise the notice of election by the 21st of this month, which would allow the vote to bc taken on the 20th day of A ugust. This is, to our mind, by far tho better season for holding the election, for two reasons, either of which ls sufficient: First, there is more loisure throughout thc County during the month of August than doting the month of December, and th?~e will bo more time at this season for discus sing and considering the question than there will be ia the month of December. Second, the law has to go into force on thc first day of January following thc election, and if it is held as late as Dc ,.",,,1..,.. tl.? .w?nl. ~f ?i- firtuatr rr.::!;! not prepare themselves for the change by the time at which it would have un der tho law to go into effect. Hence, we think tho month of August should be adopted ns the time to bold tho election upon this important measure to our farmers. If it is not held in August of this year, it should bo postponed until August, 1878. Wc believe thc measure irs one of great and immediate impor tance, (ind action upon it should not bc 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. Wc merely wish to call the at tention of our readers to tho fact that if they wish the law altered to take effect next year, it will bc necessary for them to net upon tho question in each Town ship immediately. ?t requires a petition from fifty tax-payers in euch Township in the County to secure an election in the County, and if such election is held in Anderson County in August, n peti tion will have to be circulated iu every Township, and signed by at least fifty tax-paycru. We hope that some friend of the proposed law will take charge of a petition in his township, and secure tho signature of fifty tux-payers, and sand them up to Mr. O. H. P. Fnnt on or before the Ifflb day cf this month. Wo favor holding the election, occam o wo believe tho propriety of altering tho fence law should be considered, and this is a very propitious timo to discuss it. If the election is ordered, our columns will he open for a discussion of the mer ita and demerits of the Act; und al though wo shall favor the adoption of the new law, we shall accord an ample hearing tc its opponents in tho columns of tho INTELLIGENCER. A LESSON FOR SOUTHERN DEMO CRATS. We commend thc comments of New York papers, which appear elsewhere, upon the letter of Senator Morton, a syn opsis of which we publish OL- the fourth pago of this paper, to the consideration ot all Southern Democrats who are dis posed ?o favor ac amalgamation of par ties, or.are trilling to commit themselves to tho mercies of n Republican adminis tration, because it hos acted properly upon ono single question. To presume that Mr. Hayes la nt heart friendly to the South' is to presume that bis expres sion of sorrow, when he thought bo was defeated, not for himself or for the country, but for the poor negro, '.7110 would be loft to tbo mercy of Southern D?mocrate, was insincere. To presume that he is really friendly to the South, it is necessary to believe that he docs not know of the character of Stone, Dunn, Brayton, Worthington, and the misera ble carpet-bag crow 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 tyrouny, not to tho Republican party or to.the President who represents that party. Tho troops were removed because ute Democratic House of Repr?sent?t!res in Congress refused to vote any money Tor the support of tho army until they were withdrawn. It was, therefore, not ?mly a party necessity with Mr. Hayes to remove tho troops, but lt was a financial necessity also. If tho Democratic Con gress liad voted the usual army appro priation there is very littlo room for lonbt that the troops would have con tinued over us to this day ; and whatever ?hanks we have to give for our doliver ince are. dus to the Democratic party, sot to tho President. If, therefore, we consent to any dis ruption of the National Democracy, or my fusion with tho Republican party, wo will destroy the power which has in terposed for our protection, aud com mit ourselves to the party which has sever shown any kind feeling for us ex sept whan'.'made to do so. Every Sou th urn man should adhere closely to the ??mionnx l?vtm-ci?wv paivy, iv? <m ow oess is our success, and its defeat will be our calamity. . Tho prospect of victory for the National Democracy amounts to a certainty, pro vided the Southern vote remains in tact The party 1? stronger at the North to-day than nt any time stace the War, and all that is necessary to secare the blessings Which we have craved for, since the termination. of the civil war, is that th? South shall remain true to her principles, and make no dangerous and disreputable allia nea with Republicana for any appa rent expediency. With the Democrats In j^Werj'our fottv of government aud thevlocal rights of the States aro sure to bo p'raiccicwv . Wi MI A?O R-?p?t-?IoaaS tn power, ' nothing would bo safe. Tho rdvemmtiht under thc control of SetiwP-' ileana was but little better than the rule of a mob. tfVe' first stability or consistency ftwt it acquired after tho war wsabr?ugtit r 4ho election of a Democratic House of taentatives, which took the govera _Ji\t>?rn larg? e&toat ont of the eontrol .. the Radicals. We of the South, ?bore ?U ?bet?;-irmttfc not ?llrrw.BepublicanlBr? to triumph.-' : We cannot afford to: ex? changea certainty- of Rood govtwnmettt} nuder Democratic nile tor the UncertAln misfortunes ?masquent npou the success of the nnprtaclpied and corrupt Radical party of tho United States. ?'Ai Or i ii ii MKBBBHS. There ta a dead lock between tbc Ren Ate abd the House bf Representatives on i th? question or pay for their services I sine* loot. November. The House of Representatives has pawed > resolution to take five hundred dollars apiece, full of all compensation for both the regular and extra sessions, and the Senate con tends for eight hundred ds?crs, and member* of that body claim that they are giving up one-third of what is .'ustly due them when they content to take thin amount. The sum agreed upon hy the House is amply sufficient to natlsfy any reasonable legislator. It ia more than two-thirds of those who ?. 'a m 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 thc moro clearly perceive thc unreasonable and pretentious claim advanced by the Senate when its members ask for eight hundred dollars. If wc 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 thc remuneration for the extra seddon is at tho same rate ai thc regular session. Their cluim is not based upon truth, and thero is no justice in it whatever, iii thc first place tho people sent their represen tatives to Columbia to reduce the ex travagant salaries fixed by the previous Radical regime?, and they wore expected to reduce their own exorbitant remune ration as well aa any other person's. Hence, they should pay no attention to the past remuneration, but claim only what is reasonable and proper nt this timi, considering thc impoverished con dition of the country. Agnin, we contend that ?hero is no salary fixed by luw for the services of the present Legislature, for thc Senate hav ing failed to recognize tho House of Representativo last fall, there waa no regular xcssion; and 'f there was no regu lar session then no salary is provided lor tho extra session, but it remains to bo fixed by the Legislature itself ; and if there was a salary for the extra session it would be fixed by the regular ac?sion of 1875-70, which would mako the present seasion amount to about th reo hundred dollars. According tn law, thc Legisla ture cannot claim anything for last win ter, for it was thc obstinate and revolu tionary action of the Senate which ren dered any extra session necessary. Of courso wc think it proper that in fixing a salary for the present session, allowance I should be mnde for last winter's meeting, I but it should bc done under one head, ns is proposed by tho Houso resolution. Tho Senate hr.ving obstructed tho wheels of government last winter, should be ashamed to the last degree now to claim remuneration for thc revolutionary effort it made at that time. We hopo thc House will atand firm, and thereby snve tho State about fifty thousand dollars, which the Senate desires to take from tho tax-payors to put in their owr pockets. TUE EUROPEAN WAR. The progresa of hostilities between Russia and Turkey appears very slow te moat Americans who do not consider thc obstacles u? distance and location of the country which impede the movement ol the Russian forces. The great extent ol the Empire and its comparativo ?paree population, the lack of a complete or even tolerable railroad aystom and internal re volts and commotions, arc some of the difficulties with which the Czar of Rus sia has bad to contend, and it is not i be wondered that thc 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 ha? been done without nny ad vantage to eithei oide, except in the capture of Ardahan in Asiatic Turkey. The lino of attack is however fully indicated, and our read ers can inform themselves as to ita general features by a reference to maps of Russia and Turkey. Upon the Eastern sido ol tho Black Sea or along the frontier ol Turkey in Asia, tho heaviest fighting has been done. Tho Russian attack in thu quarter has, as wo havo said, captured Ardahan, and they have Kars now be sieged and invested so securely as to ren der its capture almost simply a matter ol time. Fighting has also been done with disadvantage to the Russians about Ba tum on the Black Sea, and tho Russian forces aro now advancing upon Erze roam. Mukhtar Pacha, the commandant of the Turkish army in Armenia, baa beer removed for reporting his army at sixtj thousand, and drawing pay for that num ber when ko had only thirty thoubanc men under his command, and of coom the Ottoman army is considerably in dis order in consequence thereof. Nothing but the extremo difficulty of ingress in to Turkey from this side on account o tho impregnable barriers interposed b] nature ia her mountains and rivers, pre ventes speedy entrance of tho invadinj army into the very heart of the Ottomat dominions. It ia not probable, howevoi that much can be effected by the Russian can defeat a very largo force b> Ukin) advantage of the strongholds which us tore baa provided for their defense. On tho Western side of tho Black Se or on tho frontier of European Turks will be tho main battlefield. The Rut alan.and Turkish armies are gathers upon the Danube, and it ls expected thr tho former will attempt to force a passas, across this classic stream about Widdit and possibly at other points in a vcr short time? The Ciar is very much ei dted over the campaign, and althoug not commanding tho army directly, i presen*v or*?rlooking the military plat of his army and tho manner Of their cx< cutios. ?t ssay bc acme weeks yet b? foro a decisivo battle is fought, but whe tho Russians once eftect a passage of tl Danube, fighting will begin in earnest. '??.? - Ex-President Grant is on n visit I Europe with bis family, and has bet received nlth great pomp and m agni ? cenco by various cities tn England. Tl Government of Groat Brittain recoivi him as an cx?Soto*cign, and no doubt tl Goheral thinkw hir????r sn honor to h nation. Wc believe.ho expect* to bod next President, and thereby secure a thli term slier alb -.-;-r l'AYMEST O? THE STATE DEBT* lu ofder to mow that tho view We took )f the action of the HoUse of Kepreseft ??tivcs upob the question or pitying the internet Upob the State debt wa? correct, ive quote tbe fifth section of the appro nrinttntl Mil whint. ru1o*aa tn ihe> niltttrwt , ? . -.->?- --JT--T rhe folio ?vin:' nm the exact word? in which the section was passed hy the House of Representatives : Sec. 6. That the sum of two hundred ?nd seventy thousand dollars, or so much thereof as uiay be necessary, be, and the mme if hereby, appropriated to pay the Januar and July tuterest upon tue con solidation bonds and certificates of stock of the State, issued under the provisions of the Act to reduce the volume of the public debt: Provided, That no part thereof shall be applied to tho payment of the interest upon the said consolidated bonds and certificates of stock, until the holders thereof shall have submitted tho name 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 tho same to bc valid and ?ona fide. Now, no other construction can be placed upon this acction than thal the commission was to have entire control in paying out thc money and regulating the State debt. At the time the measure waa originated, ?ta advocate intended to in vest thc 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, wo wro entirely cor ret in our position upon tho subject. When this bill went to thc Senate thia section waa amended by striking out the interest clause, and inserting in ita stead an appropriation of seventy-five thousand dollars for deficir ncics. This was inten ded togo towards the payment of amounts due on salaries, &e., inside of thc State, and. when the hill waa returned to thc House it very properly refused to concur in the amendment for the same reason which induced thc Serial to strike cut thc interest cluuse. Tho Senate thought luv bonds ought to be investigated, and the House thought thc deficiencies ought to bc investigated, and wc think both are right upon this point. Thc Senate did exactly right ?n striking out the interest clause, ami the House was equally right in refusing to allow the deficiency appro priation to be engrafted on thc general appropriation bill. Having thus differed ns to which class of State'? 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. 3?uo; from the Senate, Messrs. Jeter, Nash and Wither spoon. These committees held a confer ence, and it was soon ascertained that it would bo difficult to agree upon terms, aa tho Senate wished to pay off ono clas3 of creditors and the House desired to pay _,1_ nm_TT_;, . said, offered to appropriate the Bum of two hundred and seventy thousand dol lars, to bc equally divided between tho payment of interest and the payment of the bonanza and deficiency claims, and also to authorize th? Governor to borrow two hundred thousand dollars, to be equally divided between these two classes of debts, with thc proviso that all claims should be submitted to a commission to report at the next session of the General Assembly. Thc Senate committee rejec ted th tva terms and the two committees were discharged, after which a commit tee of free conference was appointed frotr? bo'h bodies as follow?: Senate, Messrs. Gary, Crittenden and Howard ; HOUSR, Messrs. Hood, Rimberg 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 tho legitimate consequence of tho oflbrt to prefer ono set of creditors to another, and the most expeditious und satisfactory method of avoiding tho trouble occasioned by this difference is io refuse to appropriate any money for tho 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 aro attached have been acted upon would, we believe, prevent any trouble from thia source. We hope thai the House will refuse to appropriate anything for tho 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 thc summer, they will be able to act intelligently and satis factorily upon this most important ques tion when they meet next fall. Tho House of Representatives adopted a concurrent resolution to go into an election of Judges for' the F.*?th and Eighth Circuits %n Wednesday thc 6th Inst. This resolution was to be acted Upon by the Senate, and wo hope that body refused to concur in so much of thc resolution aa relaies to thia Circuit. It is proper to. elect a successor to Judge Car penter, as tho Legislature of 1875-4 elec 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. Ho had ti;?* right to resign if ho wished to do so, ni\d when he did resign it cre ated a vacancy which the Legislature had the right to BU by election, and when they rc-ci oded Judge Cooke, it gave him a foll tern; of four years. Wo hope that Judge Carpenter wi ii be ousted, and that no new election will bo ordered in this Circuit. Carpenter has shown himself.unsuitable for tho position he holds, and as he occupies it without authority of law, a Judge should bc cloe tt*A in hia ?*Aa<1. - It would seem to bo settled at last that tho very oldest Free and Accepted Mason now living in the United State* is Colonel Nathaniel Huntoon, of U?ity, N. H. Ho is 95 years of age, and has been a Ms?oa soventy-fonr years. He Ls said to bo a Democrat of tho ''red-hot typo,'' and has voted for J^ersou, MP il iaco, Monro*, Jackson, Van Baron, Polk, Pierce, Buchanan, Douglas, Modell*?, Seymour and Tilde?. Ho didn't vote for Horace Creely, aud, it la said, chews tobacco vigorously and rojoiccth thereat. DEDATUP ABOUT THEIR PAY. Thc following report of tho proceed* ige of the Hon atc, relative to the pay of j .embers of thc Lcg:r.!aturc mil Entere ur reader?, and set forth tho views of I dose gentlemen who think they ought to [ ? paid vhree hundred dollar? moro than he tnemberH of the Houmj of Rcprescn ?tivcfl, because they knew their duty and id it not last winter: Thc next matter taken up was tiie nll mportant bill to make appropriations for lie payment of the salary and mileage f thc members of thc General Aaaem ly, &c. As has been frequently intima ed, a heated debate was thc result. Af er several minor amendment? had been greed to, the amendment seeking to fix tic pay of the members at six hundred lollara for the last and two hmdred dol ar? for this session was taken up, and tere the battle was pitched. Mr. Witherspoon (Dem.) moved to nako tho pay $300 for last session and '200 for this session. Taft (Rep.) moved o indefinitely postpone this amendment. Crittenden (Dem.) seconded Taft's mo ion, and supported his action by saying hat thc pay for thc last General Asacin ?ly waa fixed by statute at $600, and the my for this session was regulated by the :oiistiiuiion to be ut tile same rate per limn as the last regular session. They :ould not reduce thc par of the members >f thc General Assembly, for these two icsaions. any more than tliev could reduce he pay of the judges. The law guaran ced them $1,200, and the members had, ia A fair compromise, agreed to tako $800 br both sessions. He would, be said, rote for the $800. and would vote, under protest, that the law should compel them o take that amount. Mr. Witherspoon was unalterably on [>osed to placing the amount at eight mildred dol?an*, and, while he would uot ac understood ns imputing unworthy motives to any who differed with bim, 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 ?aid that thc laws and thc constitution lind fixed tho 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 imposed. The appropriation bill was the charter by which they received their money, and, if they didn't appropriate moro than five hundred dollars, all the laws in the laud could not compel them to take any more. Every man was en titled to his own convictions, however. Ho did not mean to impugn the motives af any one. Mr. Gary aaid that he heartily con curred with the Senator from Greenville (Crittenden) in holding *?t they were entitled, under tho law, to twelve bun tired 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 ture .-s. They had reduced their own sal aries lower than all the other State offi cers. If their constituent.^ were not sat isfied, weil let them bo dissatisfied. Ho was thankful that ho did not represent any picayune constituency, and ho thought it came with a poor grace from those who souaht to fasten upon the tax payers of South Carolina n. S27O#O00 tai to "pay the bloated bondholders of Wall street. You who want reform must not io it in auch a picayune etyle ; we want reform that means reform, and not the mere sham of a reduction for the purpose Df manufacturing a little cheap notoriety. The other aide had talked loudly of sua taining the credit of the State and the stain of repudiation, icc, 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 bo recollected that several of the Senators had received their $800, and liad parted with their certificates, and it ?vas more than could be expected of poor frail human nature to give back what ;hey had already got out of tho treasury, [ have, ho said, always been willing to Iraw $1,200, and I nm willing to do so ;h?8 morning, aud if I saw ht I would jive $400 of it to the executive committ ee of my county to enrry the next clcc iou with. Those who only wanted $500 :ould accommodate themselves by only aking that amount. Mr. Mcetze (Dem.) was in favor of tho "SOO, and thought that it wus not a dis :retionary matter with them. It was a natter of law, and they bad tbougl t it metter to compromise the matter and dace it at $800 instead of $1,200. ?They ind given evidence of their, desire to re trench L id reform by passing a bill re iucing thur pay one-half for the next tession, and he thought no moro could je expected. Green (Rep.) and Nash (Ren.) were of course in favor of all they contd get, and !0 expressed themselves. Witherspoon in reply Jo the suggestion from the other side that those who only tvanted $500 need not take any more, ?aid that ho did not intend to take any nore. He had taken the position that tho Sta's was too poor to meet her debts, ind he waa not going to be inconsistent cnougl. to vote for any more thau ho thought -\j could afford. Mr. Bowen (Dem.) .oncurrcd with the Senator from York. (Witherspoon,) and took the ground that the assertion that they were compelled by law to take so tnuch was ridiculous, and that it was a matter which remained solely with them. A vote waa then reached, the question being on tho indefinite postponement of Witherspoon's motion to placo tho pay fo- tho two sessions at $500 each. The vote stood 17 to 10 in favor of it.definite postponement ; the seventeen immortal names being : Bird, (S'/p.), Duncan, (Rep.), Gaillard, (Rep.), Green, (Rep.), Johnson, JRcp.), Meeta, (lici.). Swans, (Rep.), Warley, iucm.,t xi. ?j. junxweu, txiep.i, IN OR? (Rep.), Toft, (Ron.), Williams, (Rep.) Mr. Caunon, (Dem.), then mo7ed to make tho salary $400 for last session and ?200 for this session, which was voted down by the same vote as above. tJtfr. Gary then said that if tho other would go as far as any of them, and moved to strike ont th? section entirely and hare no pay nt all for either session, Iho vote waa taken on this extreme re form movement which was lost by * vote of 15 to 12. Those voting for no pay were: Messrs. Bowen, (Dem.), Counts, (Dcm.), Cochran, (Rep.), Gory, (Dem.), Crittenden. (Dem.), Jeter. (Dem,), Taft, ( Rep.).I ii vingston, ( Dem. ), Meets, (Dem. ), Nash, (Rep.), Todd, (Dem.), and Wither spoon, (Dem.) Those voting for tho $800 were! Senators ??ird Cri'tend01'* '?\~*~ \ Duncan, Evans, (Dem.), Grillara1, Gary) (pera.), Green. Livingston,- (Doro.), johnson, H. J. Maxwell, Meeta, (Dem.), Nash, Swails, Taft, Warley, Williams and Carter. The appropriation was thon raised from $75,000 to $94,600 to meet tho increase of pay just adopted, and tho bil! was then pas-stf to .? tsird reading. - A distinguished citizen of Rich mond, just returned from New Orlenn?, Bxpvwaw th* belief that the jetties at tho mouth of, the Mississippi are c.-m pletely successful. Indeed, they will secure greater depth of trater, with prob? ably greater prnv^nency, than the most irdcnt friends of the plan hoped for. While at New Orleans, ho visited the lettie?, and he expresses his great admi ration for the improvement, and his per fect confidence in its success and endu rance. GIIARLKSTOK ELECTION. Tte following spicy debate took pince in the Senate, over the bill providing for ?l,A .......;..:.>..! ni? /.i;? ?ii'.i !. ?tont *ne\ shows the aversion which radicals have to throwing any security around tho ballot box In the Counties where they have been practicing such infamous frauds as have ceca common in Charleston and neigh boring Counties : Hill 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 wheu the holder votes. Upon this section Mr. Taft grew very indiguunt. lie said it was intended as a measure to give the city govrumcnt to the Democrats, and the bill should be so entitled. Thc 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 tho Republicans of Charleston would sell their certificates? Mr. Cary said he. was very much amused to bear Republicans prating about virtue. Perhaps the Senator from Charleston, having been accustomed to tho means used oy his party to carry elections, could see more wrong doing in the section than the Democrats saw They ha'* kept members out of thc Legis lature, and would not let them in oven 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 tho 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 tho 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 thc penitentiary yawning for them and then run away, like tho Senator from Darlington, to tho Green Mountains of Vermont ; or, like D. H. Chamberlain, keep their hands in thc pockets of tue white and the colored men sis long as they can, and when they can clo so no longer hie off to New York. Mr. Crittenden also spoke in favor of thc section. SARCASTIC BEN BUTLER. Pokiug Rather Serious Fun at Hayes and lils Policy. Gon. Benjamin F. Butler has given thc following letter, reviewing the policy of the Administration in scathing terms to the press : WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20. My Dear Pitit?n: I have yours of the 15th inst, informing mo that when you were in Washington, both the President and Mr. Dc vena, the attorn ey-general, gave you substantial assurance that you would not bc 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 thc corner-stone, aa I understand it, of our Republican Administration. I am cer tain, therefore, that the President and tu? utiorney-generai would never have asked your resignation of tho office of marshal, as you say they have done, in contravention of their assurances and in disregard of the principles of civil service reform. I am bound, therefore, from what I know of both ot 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 arc 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, ono of tho 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 tho control of Nicholls, and then that Legislature cu ablcd thc Commission to advise that, as the Legislature had recognized tho Nicholls government, tho President was bound to withdraw tho 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 thut 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 tho instrument selected by Mr. Mac Veii^h to do thia pieco of business, had his promise of being made marshal if ho successfully accomplished it. Now, Wharton performed hie side of the bar gain, and I think you are very unreason able in objecting that tho 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 MacVengh'e bargain, and as they can't, Wharton ought to bo satisfied, precisely like ray friend Gen. Garfield, who having done his best, and succeeded in electing Mr. Stanley Mat thews to the Senate nt thc request of tho President, as it is said, on tho agreement that tho President would mako him Speaker of tho House of Representatives, will have to be, and ought to he, satisfied with a fair, honest and "hearty," en deavor on the part of the President todo all he can to mako him Speaker, and if ho 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 ?;ou, by tho love you bear to tho RepuV ican party and ita principies, in memory of the many sacrifices you have made during and sinco the war as a Union man in Louisiana, for tho safety of tho coun try, and not for tho sake of holding office under the United States, not to throw any impediment in the way of tho Pr?si dent illuming au tue bargains which h ir. subordinates made, as teccsaary steps in inaugurating bis Southern policy, which ?B to bo ut so great and incalculable advan tage, not only to tho party you lovo so well, but also to the country, for tho unity and acification of which you have given the est days of your manhood. I write thus to you because I thought I detected in your noto to mo what scamed to be an unreasonable tone of complaint that you aro thua to be sacrificed. Remember that Abraham was about to sacrifice his only son. Isaac, tho child of his old age, tc a-tiat he believed to bo tho will of God and the ncccssiticsof his pcople.and tho Good Book does hot make mention of any unreasona ble complain ta or outcries of isaac on that occasion ; and so, when you find that thc : President, in obedience to thc call for his country and the pi: hi Ic exigency for its i pacification, deems ?i necessary to sacri fice you, and take away your office and give't to one who worn the gray when ?au stood in the blue, you ought not to lok and squirm anymore than Isaac did 1 when ho la? > ?non tho altar under tho knife of his father, Abraham. I am sor ry I cannot write you any other words of coi-.?G?x snd consolation, ont oech ns I . have I give unto you. I ant yon ra, truly, BEN JAM KV F. BUTLER, J. R. G. PrrKTK, Esq,, United States marshal, New Orleans, La. ?laeVcftgh Informa ?iatfer that he ls na Such Fellow. ) Mr. MacVeagh has furr.ished tho fol lowing letter to tho press, In reply to t Butler : J PHILADELPHIA, May 29. i Sir: I hare jost read your letter In thc i New York - limes. Your "informant" t happens co hava told you the exact op- t p?sito of the truth in every statement ( respecting me. 1 Col. Wharton did not aid mn at ?ew j Orieans. but was ono of the adhererio of \ the Packard Government to the end. lie < did not manage or transact any kind cf ? business for me. He did not receive any 1 promise from me in respect to any office. < I have not asked the President to nppoint i bira marshal. So much for that portion i of your letter. I Where I am known ? do not need to i deny thc silly story about tho uso of < money, or to declare it lo be, os you well 1 know it to be a base and cowardly fable- 1 hood. For those who do not know nm, 1 Derhnps I ought to add that, apart from < any repugnance on my part to the crime, i chere wero two practical difficulties in the i way of my committing it: I had no I money of my own to spare, and it is only < a military commandant of New Orleans I in time of war who can safely approj .ate j any considerable quantity of the property 1 of others to his own use. I Tho fact is that the enemies of recon ciliation in Louisiana waste their time in trying to discover or invent some kind ol' bargain with which at once to acconnt for its success and to discredit it. Strange as it may seem to some of them, political ' results arc still attainable in this coun try by straightforward and hone?'; meth ods ; and thc country ?viii judge tho re- ] suit we secured by its fruits in compati- , son with the fruits of tho opposite policy -comparing the four years to come of ? honest and lawful government with tue i eight years just ended of hatred, intimi dation, outrage, corruption, anarchy and j murder. Therefore, from the bitterness of good men misguided, and of bad men disp- j po'nted, I appeal to the generous judg- i cent of thc American people, and I , await their decision upon the subjecv of our labors in Louisiana, not with misgiv ings or excuses, but with confidence and pride Yours trulv, WAYNE MACVEAGH. Gen. B. F. BUTLER, Washington, D. C. ILLICIT WHISKEY TRAFFIC. An Appeal to thc Citizen? of Anderson County from thc Sous of Temperance. At a recent meeting of Hopewell Division, No. itt, Sons of Temperance, the following address to the citizens of Anderson County was adopted, and forwarded to us for publi cation. We commend it to the considera tion of our readers : To the Citizens of Av.derron County : The great aim and object of tho Sons of Temperance is to annihilate the sale and usc, as a beverage, of nil intoxicating liquors, whether malt or spirituous ; and to tho ac complishment of this end wo feel in duty bound to usc every available means. Trust in}? thut tliis avowal of our mission is a sufllcient explanation for thc presentation of this address to thc citizens of this County, wc desire to call tho 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 tho country retailing spiri tuous liquors to our citizens,.which practice is having a very baleful influence, und if it is allowed to be continued there is no calculating the great injury our people will sustain from it. lt is not only a Violation of thc laws of our country, but it is work ing a great injury to the morals of society ; it is fust demoralizing all classes of our peo ple ; it is a great hindrance to tho develop ment of the agricultural resources of the County ; it affects seriously the educational interest of the white as well as the colored race ; it destroys the peace and quiet of the sections of country in which it prevails, and Ulis is in nearly overy portion of our County ; it causes bloodshed and crime, I which'brings with it additional expense to our people ; in a word, it is the mast proli?o source of trouble with which we are now alUicted, 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 tho duty of every citizen of Anderson County, male and female, to exert every effort in their power to put down this illegal and immoral business? How is this to be ac complished? lt is said these persons can not be detected by the ofilcors of the law, but this is an assertion that cannot bo 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 und powerful means than tho law, if properly used, and it is this power that wc dosiro 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 bc abandoned. Their support de pends solely upon the patronage of our country people, and it is by them, too, that tho great evil is most seriously felt, and it depends entirely upon them whother or not these persons aie to bo further encour aged in perpetuating and increasing the bad influences and results of this immoral and pernicious trafile. Certainly, our peoplo aro not so blind to their interests rmd well-being, and to the hnppiness and prosperity of fu ture generations, os not to sec the inevitable result of this business, if allowed to con tinue. Do not tho fathers see and fear tho bad influences with which it surrounds their sons? Will they not, then, for the benefit and well-being of society, uso their indu* euee against it? We appeal to tho noble women-the mothers, wives, daughters and sisters-to exert their every snort against the further encouragement of this illicit traffic. They have an influence superior to that of all others, if judiciously used. Is this not n cause in which it can, with pro priety bc exercised? May vu not call upon ?ile ministers of thc Cospel to proclaim ag?hist it, and do nil in their pow*>r tn pot down the evil? It *? mest certainly work ing nn injury to tho causo of christianity ; its, influenco is directly opposed to that of the church, and not unfrequenUy brings re proach upon the great causo and principles it represents. Tho sin of intemperance is condemned by^ thc Bible, und shall not tho ministers c. t.?c Goop?t US? ah tuc means in their power to enlist tho co-u???rodoii and assistance of their respective churches in putting it down. Wo r.ppeal to all classes and conditions of society to use ita influence against it, for its peace, well-being and moral influence demands it. We are satisfied that if oar people would reflect for n moment upon the untold injury they oro sustaining daily from ??lis illicit traffic, they would not hesitate to withdraw their patronage and support, Conld they realize tho fact that tho peace of communi ties i.nd families aro destroyed, agriculture made unprofitable, mid tho extent of other evils arising from it, they would then ac knowledge the necessity for its suppression. Nothing but evil cnn ever como of it, and why should a civilized peoplo countenance and encourage any business that is produc tive only of evil? We again appeal to all tho citizen of Anderson County to aid ns in our nions to put oown tue tramo, tr not by connecting themselves with our ordor, then by setting nn example of sobriety, and by discountenancing and discouraging any further patronage of these wL?key peddlers. It would be s great victory for society, and would conduce to tho peace and prosperity of tho County. It ia for tho good of our fcllow-cirotures that we are laboring, and. in projKirtlon to their assistance and enconr ngemcit will our efforts bo successful. In tho accomplishment of tho.end In question wo need your assistance. Wo ask lt. Shall we have it?. Th . ?Terrean Border Troubles. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. O;, June 1,1877. Qencrat^-Tho report of W. M. Shailer, Lieutenant Colonel 24th Infantry, com manding tho district of. the Nueces, Texas, concerning tho recent raids by Mexicans and Indians from Mexico into Texas for marauding purposes, with your endorsement o? tho 29th ultimo, has Deed submitted to tho President, and has, to other with numerous other reports and ocu monta relating, to the same subject, been duly considered. T.ho President desires that tho utmost vigilance on the part nf the military forces in Texas be 'exercised for thc suppression of these ' raids. It is very dcsirablo that efforts to tlds end, in so far at ?east as they neces sarily involve operations on both sides of the border, bo made with the coropora tion of the Mexican authorities ; and you will instruct General Ord, commanding in Texas, to invite such co-operation on tho part of tho local Mexican authorities, and to inform them that -srhilc thc Presi lout ii anxious to -ivoid giving offense to Mexico, he is nevertheless convinced hat tho invasion of our territory by ir med and organised bodies of thieves ind robbers lo prey unon our citizens ihould not be longer endured. General 3rd will at once notify the Mexican au horities atong tho Texas border of the great desire of tho President to unite nrith them in efforts to Suppress th is long, xmlinued lawlessness. At the name ?nie, bo will inform those authorities hat if tho government of. Mexico shall continue to neglect the duty of suppress, ug these outrages, that duty trill devolve ipon this government, and will be per. formed oven if its performance should render necessary the occasional crossing if the border by our troops. You wilP herefore, direct General Ord that incase' iie lawless incursions continue, he will 30 at liberty, in tho uso of his own dis iretion, when in pursuit of a band of the narauders, and when his troops are either in sight of them or upon a fresh trail, lo follow them across the Rio Grande and jvcrtako and punish them, as well as re take stolen property taken from our citi zens and found in their bauds on the Mexican side of ho line. I have the. lionor to bo, very respectfully. GEO. W. MCCRABV, Secretary of War. GEN. W. T. SHERMAN, Commanding Army of tho United States. RIorio??*8 Letter-What the New York World ?nd Sun Think of lt. "Ii admit-; most itiliy that whatever iias been gained for thc 3outh has been reined for it by the personal efforts of the Democratic party ; that the gradual lib Draliuatioa of Northern sentiment is due to the resolute constitutional stand of tho Democracy; and that the final enfran chisement ot the reconstructed States was the result of the Democratic victory hist November, followed up hythe detemiosd attitude of tho majority of the forty-four tin Congress. Tho only safety of the Soutla and the country, as this letter shows anew,, is in the continued prosperity and final! success of tho great opposition party, which has already enforced submassion to, its ideas, and the adoption of its policy; upon the Administration, if there arcr" men at the South who fondly imagine* that the Republican party hits undergone -. a change of heart, we advise them to cou sider Morton's letter and be Wiso. The? leopard has not changed his spots, nor thc i Ethiopian his skin.-N. Y. World. Thc Sun secs in Senator Morton's let ter, and tho Times' endorsement, an utter condemnation of Mr. Hayes und his pol icy. The editor says : "If anybody nos supposod that tho Republican party could be induced to approve the conduct of Mr. Hayes, or even to endorso it in silence and forbearance, this illusion must ho broken by the manifesto of Senator Mor ton, which we published on Saturday, under tho guise of an attempt to justify, or at least to excuse the Southern policy . of the Administration. Mr. Morton treats that policy with fierco and merciless sat ire. While he says that he ?ball not make war upon Mr. Hayes in Congress, ho takes care to inform the public that ho shall earnestly contend for tho ndmissicia of Pitt Kellogg cs a Senator from Louisi ana, as if any attack upon Hayes could*, bo more deadly than ut attempt to seat ira Congress the representative of tho Pack ard government, which ho bas destroyed;, and to reject tho representative of tir?-. Nicholls government, which he bas com bined to establish and recognize." . Wiiliamoton Female College. COMMENCEMENT. JUNE 20, 8 P. M.-Sermon before the Christian Association, by Rev. A. Coke Smith, Greenville. JUNE 21, ll A. M.-Address before thc Eresophic "ocicty, by Hon. S. Dibble, Or angeburg. Followed by tho Graduating Exercises. JUNE 21, 3J P. M.-Kindergarten Expo sition. JUNE 21, 8 P. M.-Address before the Society of Alumnos, by Rev. Prof. W.~W. Duncan, Wofford~Co!!ege. S. LANDER, President. _ June 7,1877_47 tr SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtuo of various Executions to tue) directed, I will expose to salo on the-. First Monday in July next, at Anderson' Court House, South Caroliua, the following property, to wit : One Tract of Land, containing 75 acre?, more or less, situate ia Anderson County, bounding lands of Evans Burriss, A. Jack son Half, A. L. McMnhan and others. Le vied on as the property of Mary Jane How ard, Plaintiff vs. J. P. Adams and Wm. Jones, Defendants, in favor of said J. P. Adams and Wm*. Jones, Defendants, against the said Mary Jane Howard, Plaintiff, for costa of non BUH. . Terms Cash-purchaser tc pay extra tor all necessary papers. JAS. H. MCCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. June 7, 1877 17 ' 4_ IN BANKRUPTCY. In the District Court of the United States for tho District of Soiith Carolina. In the matter of Samuel S. Newell, Bank rupt, by whom a petition for adjudica tion in bankruptcy was filed on the 2(Jlh day of October, 1870, in said Court. THIS is to give notice that on the 28th day of May, 1877, a warrant in bank ruptcy was issued against tho estate* of Samuel S. Newell, of Anderson, in the Coun I ty of Anderson, and State of South Caro lina, who hus been adjudged a bankrupt cn? bin own net it ion.; that the payment of any debts and tii-s ae.ivery of any property be hn^ter?n? tn unt? bai?trupi, to him or for his "we, and the transfer of any p?\iperty by him are forbidden by law ; and that a meet ing of thc creditors of said bankrupt, to prove their dcbts? and to choose one or more. Assignees of his Estate, will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to ba holden on tho 26th day Of June, A. D. 1877, at 12 o'clock m.,-st newberry C. H.,*8. C., . before O. G. Jrcger, Esq., Beginer. t . B.. st. WALLACE, U. S. Marshal as Messenger. Per A. P. PKKB, D. M. June 7, 1877 47_2 VJ world for all Diseases of tho Ltv?r, Bilious Complaints, Constipation. Dyspepsia, Erysipelas, Low, Nervous and Simplo 1* eyers, Gastric Fovea's, Gripes, Heartburn, Headache,-Indigestion, Liver Complaint, and all diseases arising from want of action In tho Digestive Organs, Difficult Breathing, Acid Htomach, Dyspeptic Consumption, Determination of Blood to tho Head, Flatulency, Inflammation of Vital Parta, Inflamma tion of tho Stomach, Jaundice, Af. Simmons* .flHp^P&J^J** ?i?? nothing iii ito cvn?jrO?itjGii .tiS?.?" t ." slbly injnro tho most delicate. Ita taste is not unpleasant, docs not naujcato or gnp", and yet it acts on the liver and bowels just as effljctualty as calomel or any ?f the^rep aratlons of mercury, without injuring ?no constitution of debilitating th? ?ystanj;^,, For salo nt wholesale and retail hy SIM? - SON & SADLER, Anderson, 8. C. Dowic ?fc Moise. IVoni-lctor*. Charleston. 8. C. JfivneJ, 1?77_ 47 ??".._ S? AT? OF SOOTH CAROLINA, AWOBltfiON OotlNTV. Bu IF. W. mitnphi^sV Judge of Probo^ WHEREAS, 0, C. Simpson h? applied tn mo to ?rant him letter? of adinlni?>kru tiou on the'Estele ot Maj.'Wm. J. Simp con, deceased. , , ? Thewo orothcreroro to cito an ! admon lab all kindred and creditor? pr thonaiu Wm. J. Simpson, deceased, to be *nd ap pear' bo toro mo I? Court or Probate, to bo-hold nt Anderson Ccnri House, on Tuesday, !0th day of June, 1877. ofter pun Itcatlon hereof, to aliow cause, If any tho have, why tho ?aid adm In li* ration should not be granted. Given nndtT my banu, Una 2?th day of Muy, 1877. . W. W. HUMPHREYS, J. P. May 30, 1877 4? 2*