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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 187T. VOL. XII:-M50, II V aiiniiru, and?Q3Z DOLLAR for tlx months. iubacrlptloiuar.? not.- ?Mts) (br *. leas period Uno six month* lihanu dafaeL?out nado to elttba of tea ol nore sub?crlbers. . . o t vusi np .infiip/O'V^.-"si i>s?lsr -rr ? <|uara ol one Inch for tba first insertion,sad Fitly rents per iqr.aro for luba^aentlw^co?feasthan ihre? month*. Ho advattlseiseau -toante tee? th>a a totter*. WUcral contracts viii SK- marte with those wishing :u ^T?-?is?f<;-i' r^*.r!=9r't-->T? ?MU?. AA. verlUing by contract ?Bat bs?*nflac4 to the Isa? mediate basinets of the firm or individual contrao ' obitnarj KoUo?8 ?xceeelntc live Unca, Trlbate* of Respect, and all personal oomMOsJeaUons ot mattera or IndlylduaflatemttVrtU be charged for nt ?ilvor?l?lngrttee. A&bfeitcendeitU o?marriases and death?, an4 notices ora rclljrlcus character,'are r.-!|ijctfcHr solicited, and ?Ul bo Inserted gratia TUE PUBLIC DEBT. Speech ar Dr. W. C. Krewu, or Helton, la the ??cu?e of HcurescttUtlvcs, upou the Fifth Section of Ute Appropriation lilli, which proposed Vic Collection and ApplIcation of.?aWMJ.?OO fer *he Payment of fntoccst on the VubfM Debt of South Carolina. Mr. SjKaker: There iBj.srbaps no ni ein her on tbie floor who is moro deeply im pressed will: tho magnitude of this un dertaking than myself. I very well know th? great influence which money exerts un ail mankind, and thc powerful exer tions which are being made by the bond holders to pass the fifth action of this hill. Tho anciont Scipio, I bolievo it was, said to "give him RH much gold ns ho could carry on au ass, and he could take any city, it mattered not bow strong ly fortified/' Virgil, I believe it wo*, aaked : "What is there which gold will not induce ? man to do ?" If it WAS not for thc great confidence I h?ve lu tho in tegrity of a largo majority of this Houso, I certainly would bo moro embarrassed in attempting to opposo tho passage of this section o? fie Appropriation Bill. This fifth section, sir, proposes to ap propriate $800,000 to pay the interest on tho public dc o? of our State. Said money not to bo paid out until a commission ia appointed to investigate the debt, (ind only to bo paid on such claims ns tbey find bona fide. In the -first place, I do seriously object to wringing $300,000 out of tho pockets of our already impover ished, aud in some cases almost starving, tax-payers to pay tho interest ou a pub lic debt which wo do not know that we owe. This very act of ours would virtu ally acknowledge to tho world that wo owed a debt on which there aro $300,000 interest to be paid, as the bill provides, and would make, as any lawyer will ac knowledge, a very strong point in law towards establishing the validity of the debt. I, sir, take tho ground, that to say tho best of all this debt, thnt it is tainted with fraud. It is true wo did owo a debt before tho war, differently estima ted nt from four to about six millions of dollars, which debt was nt tbnt time a just debt, but what part of that debt bas been paid out of the vast sum of between ??Onoii onft fcyattty millions cf dollars which thc poor tax-payers of tho State have been forced to pay since tho war, I am unable to say; or what part uf the ante-bellum bonds have been bought in by corrupt men, who have been robbing and plundering our State for tho last ten years, Out of tho public money, and arc yet held by such meu as Chamberlain, Parker, and many others of liko charac ter, I do not suppose there is a mau on earth who can tell. It is said that ox Gov. Chamberlain owns between one and two hundred thousand do'iars of our Stato bonds, "and tho Lord only knows how much more is owned by him and bis plundering associates in oQice. I further take thc ground, and I think justly, too. that all the bondi issued ?rnce tho war should bo investigated exceed ingly close, as it is known to evory one that our State-was reconstructed undor military control. 'i'Le polished bayonet and gleaming swords glittered in the sunbeams in every town, city and village throughout our entire State. At tho samo time many of our best citizens be ing disfranchised, and not allowed any voice in tba management of our political matters. All of our bravest peopio being disheartened and depressed from the re verses of the 'terrible war which had just end'sd, were kept in a state o ! feverish excitement by military arrests and dis plays, and by constantly seeing their neighbors unjustly arrested under the pretence of ku kluxing, or some other false charge, and carried beforo a milita ry court, and under a mock trial sen tenced to tho Albany Penitentiary, or some other.prison. And, sir, while the \ voices of our people were kept silent io this way these carpet-baggers poured into our Stato Uko a gang of hungry vultures or cormorants, called to their assistance our former slaves, and thus organized this Stato government, formed a new constitution, elected themselves to all tho important ot.ces in thc State, mode their own Governor, Legislature and their ll,Ar.ro . .....1 !v> >!,.. I.,..,.. .,.,.,:,..,] H?r 11.,^.. I * -nL,J J ...I? %JJ lill. ,.?!,.. J't,..<^.? **J - -. VWW officials they passed law-, ts issue these very bonds wo are called on to pay the interest OP. They wero not satiaficd with taxing us to the amount of between fifteen and twenty millions of dollars since the war, and could not even spare enough of this money lo put a respectable roof on thc houso wo now have tho honor tr, ?it iii. They built no railroads, or invested in any other internal improvements, but pocketed tho people's money ; and not being patitdieu with all tho taxes tho Stale was able to pay. they went on under tho pretenso of law heaping up debt upon debt, and bond upon bond, until, I suppose, if ono was put upon tho other it would raiso a structure as high as heaven itself; and these debts, sir, aro what they want- us to saddle on ons con stituents by paying the interest ou them now, Th. I? ? thn curse they want en tailed upon our children and our grund children I This is tho legacy they desire to leave us and our children, on beitig forced to quit the shores of South Caro lina and fleo tc avoid tho prison aud pen itentiary, whore wo all know they ought tobe! Our Tax-Payers Union saw that this immense debt was being made, and tho good people of tho State, were pot being encfittcd io the least by it, gavo notice to tho world in every possible way that they could not, and they would not, pay this debt, and warned honest mcu not to invest in tho?? boncJ, which warning tho good people of our Stato generally heed ed. As I am told by ono well-informed in thtsp. mattprsi tfiqro ?so. only jiomo imngowrbivecnondred trjonsu^ kilara of tb cse bonds owned in our State, tho rest being owned in tbe North. Tho very men who applied the torch to house after house in this onco beautiful' little city we now in, until flame rose to flamcj and one common conflagration swept over tbewholo city, its lurid flames leaping above the clouds, aud lighting up oven tho heavens themselves, now perhaps own many of these bonds which' we aro asked in such haste to pay tho tnM The honorable gentleman from Abbe ville yesterday roferred to tho poor widow, who owned fifty thousand dollars of tho Bt?deNeilds in n very psthstie manner.1 I did not realizo ?bat eho was so very poor if sho owned'fifty thousand dollars of genuine State bonds, for if thoV uro genuino tboy will bo paid, but if tboy sot I a m not rir?u?j; U> t?*#tho poor ?inoy** and orphans of our Con fed?ralo dead, who have been laboring and* toiling to find broad for their littlo ones, who have only a little homo, and a small cab? in to shelter thou? fresa tho cold winds and piercing atoms, and ninny not overt s homo of thcif own, to bay even n widow who may bc rich enough to risk fifty thoo???nd dollars on tho bunds of this 8latOj issued under tho mero pretence of law. air. Speaker, this ls a contest be tween fh* rich and bloated L Md-holderfi nf the in01 th and the poor laboring thousands who isrc to-day bending end toiling nuder tho scorching rays bf the -, ?un by plowing and c>giiig tho earth to support tb?t33clvcs and tLilr littlo ones ; and, ?ir, so long as I occupy my seat on this floor my voice shall bo raised in their behalf, and I will use all the talent and energy I possess to defend their cause against such injustice and oppression as the passage of this 5th section is calcu lated lo heap upon thom. I object to tho pesage of this section again, because it delegates more power to this commission than I am willing to delegate to any set of mon cn earth. The fact of it is, siuce the corrupt decis ion of the grand Presidential Commission I have a perfect horror for investing so much power in any Bet of mou. I would not,- I know, accept myself so great a delegation of power, and I am aot will ing to give it to nov set of men. I am, sir, in favor, ns Gov. Hampton advises in his message, to appoint a commission to investigate all theso debts, and they should report back to us at the next meeting of the General .Assembly, and tben let us act on their taport before paying one cent of interest on them, rbis will bo throwing mere safeguards around tho interests of <our Stato and our constituents. It will bo remembered, sir, that every bond on which we pay inter est will bo acknowledged as honest and valid. It may be* illegitimate now, but as soon ns wc pay the interest ou it it is an adopted child of tho State, and will have to be paid, it matters not how un just lt may have been originally, as this act is an acknowledgment cn mit part tbat tho whole bond is just. Sir, I further tako the ground that we should pay all the just deb?? ol' tho S'.oto, but that there aro no just debts mado since the war, unless tho State has re ceived value for them. The debts were made under tho mero pretense of Inw, passed by a set of corrupt carpet-baggers ami dishonest scalawags in the face of all tho earnest protests of all good peoplo In the State through tho Tax-ray era' Union, the press and tho stump, saying to tho world that those debts wcro unjust, and I that they were forced upon us, and that wo would not pay them. And, sir, if i mon elio.se to risk their money by buying them at a low rate, it is Mi-, ir own mis fortune, broughton them simply by their ! own acts, being warned of tho danger and acquainted with all of the facts con cocted with the icvcsiiccci. Sir let cs not act in haste in this matter, which in volves tho interests of our constituents to the amount of six or eight millions of dollars, but let us take time to separate all the grain from the chaff, and when separated let us in good faith pay all the just debts of the State and no more. Sir, if you call this repudiation, I am a repu |diationist; but this is not repudiation: j it is merely refusing to pay a forged ana unjust debt. My opponents have harped loudly about tho "fair fame" of South Carolina, and. ?if T re'O?CC as ?cece ic thc "fVii; fam?" of South Carolina aa any membei on this floor, and would be as far from tarnishing it with a dishonest act, ant would mnko as great a sacrifice to pay all her honest debts, I am sure ; but wail? I carefully guard the "fair fame" of oui State, I feel it equally my duty to guare the interests of my constituents at home and tb enter my most solemn protea against saddling this immenso debt ot them ??id thetr descendants-a deb which .has perhaps not I refitted at honest man In this State one cont. Georgia, after Gov. BulLck left tin i State. rerusod to pay a ?argo amount, o unjust debts made under similar circum stances io ours. And did it ruin he pure namoi No, sir; her bonds an worth to-day from $1 to $1.10 on tin dollar. But Virginia was so very partie ular about bet "fair fame" that she re cognized all of bor debts : and what i the result? Her bonds are to-day wort! 10 cents on tho dollar. This will be eu fate if we try to pay all these ?njus debts. -We will be unable to pay ou just ones, and the pure name of Souti Carolina whick "JOS been boasted of s much will be sullied and blighted b bank un pt cy, or her bond? reduced as tb bonds of Virginia are, to tuero nomina value. I have been much mortified to see dui icg this discussion tho very unfair mean employed to carry this fifth section b my opponents. They have even, HOB? of them, thrown fire-brands between tb two races, and tried to kindle anew tb almost extinguished Uro of hatred au bad feeling, telling them that wo did nc want to pay these debts because the co orcd peoplo had the majority in the Lei islature at tho time they were passe? This is not our objection. Our objectio is, that they are unjust and fraudulcn and my colored friends will remembi that they do not own any of those bond but that they and their constituents wi bo taxed to pay them, und that they Inn never been beaefUteu one cent by the immense fraudulent debts. Again, tin have said if you do not pass this bl section tho State cannot borrow mont enough to pay tho members, and you wi not get your money. I hopo you wi remember the committee on Ways ai Mean's' reported before this discassh commenced that the State had over oi hundred thousand dollars now with vaults, and that our pay would bo cc tain. Wo hu vb no reason to dispute thc report, and if it is true, wo do cot wa to borrow money to pay the mein bess, wo already have plenty for that purpoi I hope no member will bo induced volo fer this section through fear of n getting his pay. I. for one, would v< against it if I knew I uover would f one cent of pay. Again, thoy argue that not to vote i this b:ll is to oppose Got'. Hamptoi plans and his administration. To thc t remark that we have bad the Govorno word to the contrary in his message, a I take it for granted if ho has chang his opinion in this matter, that ot cou itu would and BUUu?? Lavo oc.il ??? t? .<? cage informing us of tho change and i vising us how to proceed. They say, Mr, Speaker, that this I strengthens Hampton's administrad I say, sir, it evidently weakens it, on I same principle that a man beginning tho world badly in debt, weakens s retard?, his future progress. Remove tho fraudulent dobla and tho great !< is romov?d from bia administration. 1 fontlemcn, be it fa." from mc to ret "?? i?i~?^i=''?t?0n in Ka IBML Slr. praises, risa from every mountain top, fj over every bill, run down every vail and spread over every- plain, city, tc and- village throughout toe length i breadth or the State ; and, slr, I hear! iola to swell the chorus as it pasases No, air, I would not pluck ono flo from tho beautiful garland and wre t..... ?tjj^u. ?.wdrwi? bis bro?? . ! ?ot"ene dfodenvjetn or preci?os at would I pluck from hi? well earocu disd Sir, 1 know'tho future biutorian - represent bite standing by the yery bo wft now bavc tho honor to bo in; -?* ing calmly, surrounded by Chamber?? constabulary force, amid tho_?hlt toyoncV??1"* glittering swords of Un gutavoldlti-j, and lhere holding up ?rumbllBgltUars arid falling ?rebe thU crest templo of liberty, whlhv Goddess bf Liberty, clad in the i habiliments of mourning, will he re scated with her eyes streaming with U lonfeifty down U> witne? the last fun pile of constitutional liberty ?nd Al icau independence. \ GOV. HAMPTON'S VIEWS. Interesting Talk With tb? Governor ol the Palmetto State-Kueouraglug As pect of AOairs-Unity, Harmony and Prosperity. Governor Hampton arrived in New York on Monday, and until Tuesday evening spent tho interval with personal friends, it being his desire to avoid pub licity and conferences with tho city re t)orlers. A representative of the IferaM. lowever, then met bim at the Orana Central Depot, and both bein/; en route a conversation naturally followed, and tho following is its fair transcript: Reporter-Ha? four, presence at die North, Governor, any political signifi cance? Governor Hampton-None whatever. I am going (o Auburn because Bbields, my old friend, sent mo a pressing letter to meet bira there and bring the flag of thc old Palmetto regiment. It is many years since wo met, and if lhere is any signifi' anco about tho occasion it is io tho fact that the opportunity Is present for a still further exhibition of the feel ing which I have so persistently urged sittco tho close of tho war-to wit, that conciliation shall take tho place of ani mosity ; that the good men of both sec tions shall get together and together work out tho common good of tho country. If there is anything that wc most require in this country outside of practical en deavor it is a cc&satiou of political tur moil. Reporter-And when -you return to New York-what? Governor Hampton-Rest. A few day? >f quiet ; perhaps by tho sea shore ; possibly some arrangements with busi ness men-friends of South Carolina who know what wo have tegun to do, and have expressed a deidre to lend a helping hand ; but this is a subject which I do not care to tall: about now. 60IJTU CAROLINA RECUPERATING. Reporter-Pardon me; how much ol a helping hand db you require? Governor Hampton (laughingly) That's a leading question ; but, really not much. Our people are recuperating so rapidly that we shall soon bo able tc siana alone. More than that. Boll white and colored people aro paying taxes HO cheerfully and monoy is coming into tho Treasure TO abundantly that J anticipate only tho most gratifying finan cial results. I shall not be surprised il little lesa than $1,000,000 ?re paid in thii year. As an illustration, take the phos phate interest. Heretofore tho inconn to the State from this source bas bcei entirely disnpproportionato to tho vas property involved ; but already, undc tho reformed management, the State ha derived $50,000 and will probably secur $50,000 more. Again, tue cost of coi lecting taxes has been largely reduced tho mac' inery has been simplified um tho method-; are more honest. Reporter-Then you have no fear tba there will be a default in the payment o the interest on your bonds ? Governor Hampton-7-Sc far as I know I have no hesitation in stating to yo that the bulk of our State debt is no perfectly legitimate, and the inter? might as well be paid in July as in Nc vembcr, but a committee of investigntio having been appointed by the last Legi: laturo to examine these bonds and satisl the public with rcierenc- their exa< status, tho holders may b J compelled ( await their report. Gr c yourself no coi cern, however, with reference to au thought of repudiation. South Carolin has her honor at stake and will protei her honest creditors. Governments ne essarily move slowly, and after BO mar years of plundering it is but natural thi the representatives of our peopb und the new .regime should exercise cautio Reporter-Have your State officers i examining tho bocks of the precedii administrations found evidence of mut default? Governor Hampton-The examinatic ia not yet complete. While the boo make one showing there is abundant c idence of crime and bribery on tho pu of a number of officials. One Senat bas already resigned, another high ollie is chnrced with having received $17.0 as a bribe and sums rousting from $250 05,000 are easily traceable to tho parti paying and receiving. In a little whi we shall get at tho bottom facts. S.GN8 OF IMPROVEMENT. Reporter-Sinco your iuauguratic Governor, do you observo the signs of chango in the condition of South Cai lina i Governor Hampton-Most assur?e BO. If you had been ia South Candi a year or tWG ngo you would havo fou depression and discouragement on eve hand. Labor was disorganized. T entire machinery of agricultural prodi lion was, so to speak, out of gear. Ign ant iocal politicians played on tho pre dices of tho colored people and '..ve demoralized wholo communities. 1 poor negrees were taxed by unprincip' office-holders right and loft, and blini np?it what you might call blood mon They were taught to hoto their erapl era. They would leave tho field, o tracts, everything, behind them at beck and call of a local party organi tiun. They were taught to believe cit that a return to slavery ?waited their posit iou to party commands, or they w threatened and whipped into party li Probably in the whole courao of our litical history there.has'never been si a compact force ready for any. and ev work, nod such a complete obedience autocratic power as that which exist? South Carolina. It was a reign of daclty 'and crime. Reportar-And all that is changed Governor Hampton-I was about tell you; From one end of tho Stat mc other peace reigns where bet?re was turmoil and fear. The planter gins to feel Assurances because the lal er ia working botter. Notwitbstanc tho general commercial depression a i lng of confidence has been engende When I called for a payment oftaxei account for'tho purpose of suppor my government before tho Legislature sembled, I received more money thi could uso. Colored people who ni paid a tax; before paid it then. Ti bOVA IUAII finwnr ?ri???es of 'iverv ?r Oar courts are reorganised *td justic administered with an evei. aand. can ride with safety through any pai SouUi Carolina, and Republicans continually addressing mo letters pl lng their adherence to my platform promising their co-operatioiu TIIE WADE HAMPTON FLATFORM Reporter-Pardon me, Governor, what do you call r our platform ? Governor Hampton-It is tho t that you heard mo announce lo Colcti in 1805, when, in the presenca of a coursa of colored people and a few wt I claimed for lb*? not only ?? (Trage perfect equality with the white under tho law ait it was admlnlstcrc Massachusetts or Indiana, and, so f their intelligence permiUcd. tho K ment of their Bhare of official nrlvil It Ls only n little while ago thai pointed menard Gleavw, formerly a official of tho 8tato and ono of the respcctiblo colored men In it, & Justice, and ? have no doubt that h fa i Hi fully por form the functions of his 0 iii cc. In a word, my pisiform mean-: the restoration of tuc old friendship be tween tho two races, the development, through them, of tho resources of South Carolina und the South generally, tho obliteration of all animosity and the be ginning of au era in which mero politics shall take a secondary pince. Wc ' have had enough of party ; how wo want to grow. Reporter-And what do you consider the ?l?ments of that growth ? Governor I lampton-Emigration aud capital. There is no State itt the Union which offers greater inducements to those who seek a competency and comfort than South Carolina. Our water power is superb. Our lands are cheap and pro ductive. Our railway system enables the farmer to reach tho seaboard with com parative ease. Tho climate is healthy, the soil is rich ; cotton, wheat and corn aro successfully grown up to our muthern border, and tho time bas goiio by whet) pcoplo aro proscribed for anything but dishonesty. It is our desiro to welcome every family of settlers, and they will readily discover tho difference between the reception which they will meet and tho treatment of ibo miserable political adventurers who have so long been thc pests of the South. rn RSI DENT ILA YES, Reporter-It may be a delicate ques tion, Governor Hampton, but let mo ont it to you at tho risk of a rebuff, What do you think of President Hayes? Governor Hampton-I have no hesita tion in maying that I like him. He is a true man, and evidently understand* tim wants of the entire country. Politically, in a party senso, many of our people, and 1 among tho rest, may differ with him ; but whv should wo antagonize one who hos dono so much to secure our welfare? When I saw him in Washingtonheaaked no compromise ; I required none. I simply asked him to remove tho federal troops from tho State- House, and ou my guarantee of public order ho did so. You know what bas been tho result, und it might have come years ago had our ??copie united on a common platform. Chere is a great deal of talk about Mr. if aye : .having been fraudulently elected, lt wa& the Democrats in Congress who mado tho Commission, and the Commis sion having given its decision it be comes the citizens of tho United States to nccept the verdict of that body. Wo of the South certainly havo uo right to complain of tho policy which he has observed in the treatment of our section. When a people have en dured with so much fortitude and for bearance political evils which entered into and affected their domestic and busi ness life, it poorly becomes them to throw nbatrucUcns ?? the path cf a cow ruler whose aim appears to bo the reconstruc tion of the entire country upon a basis which means peace . and prosperity throughout tho land. Senator M. C. Butler's Reply. Our readers will remember tho friendly hater to Genend M. C. Sutler from the cashier of Chnmbersburg National Bauk, Mr. George R. Mcsscrsmitb, which was first published in the Register on tho 16th ultimo, and which has since been exten sively copied throughout the United States with favorable comments. Mr. M erse rs rr. i th, ii w::i bc remembered, al though a staunch and decided Republi can, congratulated General Butler upon his election to the United States Senate, and in tho warmest manner returned his thanks for the courtesy and dignified sol dierly conduct of General Butler when he was diarged with the custody of thc bank and its cashier, during Stuart's raid on Chnmbersburg in '1862. Tho Philadel phia Times publishes the reply of Gener al Butler in a recent issue, and wc doubt not that ?ls liberal sentiments will pro duce a different impression among the Northern people to that usually enter tained in regard to General Butler. Tho reply is as follows : EDGEF?ELI), f.?. C., May 13,1877. . Mr. O. R. Messersmith : MY DEAR SIR-I received your very kind letter of tho 28th ultimo, and beg to reciprocate tho sentiments of kindness and goodwill therein **nro??u?d I have not forgotten tho, occasion to which you refer and never shall. It was a terrible night, and I am glad to know that you remember the pleasant side of tho martial picture. Why should wc all not do so, and forget the passions, heart burnings and wounds of our fearful strife? Wo all fought well, did our best, and I feel no dishonor at surrendering my sword to superior numbers, and I nm sure no honorable man, who is a true Ameri can citizen, would have mo dishonored by it 1 President Hayes is elevating tho states manship of thc country toa higher plano and must succeed in his "ncwdeparture'' on that lino. I trust in God ho may, and that wo shall henceforth havo lens ?ec'ieu?.!:s::: and partisan bitterness. The country North as woll aa South rciiuiic? ?nica and quint and the devel opment of A kindlier and.more natural freitag. Republican institutions are just as dear to us of tho South as ever, and we shall feel a profound pride in their com Elelo triumph and. perpetuation. We ave a new era in South Carolina, and under Hampton's administration wo con fidently anticipate a stride forward in every department of life, which will bring happiness and wealth and content ment in its train to .all classes and con ditions'of our people. The milieu iii m has not come, but the messenger of peace bas, and we rejoice. If I should pass through your city I will do myself: the pleasure of paying you a visit, and bog that you will not como to South Caroli na without calling to sec me. I shall be mose happy to have you make a raid on Ddgcfiold and take me prisoner- in my own house, and then we shall bo even. Very truly yours, &c., M. C. BUTLER. - Tho appointment of Kenneth Ray nor, of North Carolina, as Solicitor of tho Treasury, has revealed a circumstance in connection with the matter which fs not very creditable to any of tho parties concerned: Secretary Sherman declared ('mt "political r?i-?*jit?re" n?e??SS?tated Ufe resignation of Mr. Talbot, who was So licitor of tho Treasury, and tho sequel ' showed that it was to mako a place for i Kenneth Raynor, who had been loft out in thc cold in a most unfeeling manner. . It seems that during thc last week *i Grant's administration, Mr. Raynor was nominated as commissioner to edit the ncr? edition cf ?ie rovirM etatu?c-5, but ; the nomination was held back in the committee to which lt had been referred, i and was not acted apon before the Senate I adjourned. Ex-Senator BoutweU: of - Massachusetts, was thc Chairman of tho , committee which retained tho nomina ls lion, aud thereby hangs tho story. At i tho extra session of tho Senate, held just i after Hayes was inaugurated, when it i was thought Raynor would bo most cor . 'tainly renominated, tho President sent in . tho name of Mr. Boutwell; who had acted - itt the matter sb as to keep thia office i Open for himself, and it was necessary I afterwards to pet Raynor another place, I Hence, the "political pressure" upon II Secretary Sherman. Acts Passed inf tho GoucrftJ Assembly at Ihe Extra Session of if>77. AN ACT to charter thc Grangers' Savings Bank, of Anderson, South Carolina. SECTION 1. lie.it enacted by tho Senate and House of Representatives of tho State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of tho same, That YY. W. Rus sell, John B. Watson, J. Belton Watson, Kenon Dreareale, Joseph Y. Fretwetl, William Burris*, W. W. Humphreys, James H. McConnell, William McGukin, Matthew Snipes, James A, Drake, T. B. Lee, Stephen McCully, N. A. McCully, P. K. McCully, E. M. Bucker, B. D. Dean, Peter H. Brown, D. L. Cox, L. N. Clinkscalee, J. E. Brcazeale, and their successors and associates, bo, and they aro hereby, constituted and mado a body politic nuil corporate, by tho name and style of "The Grangers' Savings Bank, of Audonsou, South Carolina;" and by that name aud style shall be, und aro hereby, mudi' capable in law to have, purchase, cujoy, and retain to it and its successors, lands, rents, tenements, goods, chattels and eO'ccta of whatever kind or quality whatsoever, and thc same to sell, alien or dispose of; to sue and be sued, plead and bc implcaded. answer and bo answered, defend and bc defended in courts of record, or any other pince whatsoever, aud have perpetual succession ; to have "and cxerciso tho rights and privileges of other corporation? now existing, or that may hereafter bo enacted, and also to moko, have and uso a common seal, and tho ?arno to break, .-dter and renew at their pleasure; and also to ordain und nut iu executiou such by-laws and regu lations as may seem necessary and con veuieut for tho government of the said corporation. SEC. 2. Thnt tho capital stock of said corporation shall bo $'?0,000, to be divided into shares of $P>0 each, and may bo increased from timo to timo to a sum not exceeding $200,000, ns may bc deotned necessary by the board of di rectors. SEC. 8. That this association may or ganise and elect a President nnd f?vc oi moro director?, and may go luto opera tion us soon as $20,000 ol' tho capital ?lock s?mil be paid in : Provided, Thal the stockholders shall be liable to thc amount of tho stock held by them re spectively. SEC. 4. The President and director* shall appoint such clerks and other ? mi ce is as they may find necessary properlj to conduct the business of said company and allow them suitable compensation all of which clerks and officers shall holt 'heir places during tho pleasure of snit President and directors. SEC. ?. The moda of voting at thc mfiptings of said company alum bo om voto for each sh aro of stock. SEC. G. - The first meeting of stook holders of said association uh all be oi thc fourth Monday in September, 1877 nnd thereafter on the same day of encl yenr, shall they hold their annual meet mg : Provided, Thc said stockholders, a any regular meeting, or a board of direc tors, at any timo may change the day c said annual meeting; and tho Presiden aud directors may at any time call general meeting of thc stockholders. ? SEC. 7. Tho members of this nasocit tion shall cot bo liable for auy losi damage or responsibility, other than th property thoy have in tho capital an iunda of thc company, to .he amount < tho shares hold by them respect i ve! j aud auy profits arising therefrom nc divided. SEC. 8. That said association sha have power and authority to invert i capital, ?tock or other funds in bauk, c other stocks itt purchase of bouda of tl United States, boucl,, issued by this ? any other State of tho United States, nc in bonds of any incorporated compau to lend money upon personal security i mortgages ol real estate, to discoui bonds, notes and bills of exchange < other evidences of debt, and use thc Kroperty in any manner incidental lo nnking business, or thc general busine of tho association. SEC. 9. This act shall bo in full for aa soon os tho election of President ai directors takes place, and the cap?! ?teck of *20 000 be paid is. ?pproved" June 9,1877. JOINT RESOLUTION to raise a comm sion to investigate tho indebtedness tho State. In view of tho great uncertainty tl exists in tho minds of thc property ow ere and tax paying portion of our peoj as to the real aud dufinito amount of t true and valid indebtedness of thc Sta and thc chancer of tho obligations c I bf which tho ?' ' liobtcdncss has grow and of tho cpi al ly unsatisfactory coe tion of tho credit of the State us long auy doubt or suspicion atlaches to clai held against her ; and in order to g reasonable assurance to tho honest cr itor, on thc one bund, that tho Slate te cds to faithfully meet ber < bligati at as carly a dato as practicable ; and, tho other hand, to soMsfy the tax pay that the General Assembly will li procced?d intelligently lu whatever st may be taken to adjust and provide tho public debt; therefore, SECTION 1, Pc it resolved by the Sci: and House of Representatives of State of South Carolina, now met sitting in General Assembly, and by authority of tho same, That, in acci ance with that portion Of his Exeellch message touching this subject, a corni sion, to consist of tinco members of Senate and four members of the He of Repr?sentatives, bhall be elected each house respectively. SEC. 2. It snall'ho tho duty of commission to make a complete thorough investigation of the follow I and kindred matters, and to rcpori results to thc next session'of tb" Ger Assembly, ' to wit : First, Ibo el amount of consolidated bonds andee cates of stock that have bcon ii sued u tho act to reduce tho volume of the lie debt, and provide for tho paymer tho same, approved December 82, ] so as to show, under proper heads classifications, thc number in the sc thc letter, dato of issue, dato of red* tion, denomination, rato of inter?s whom signed and countersigned, ar whom issued. Second, whether'thc in the State Treasurers office on fil vouchers, cancelled bonds, coupon; certificates of (stocks of the issue scribed, issued la accordance with and authorlied to be consolidated ty act above recited, to tho umount rcq< by said act. SEC. 8. Should it epecar tc tho mission, fn tho course of tho inve tion, that any of said bonds, ccrtif of stock or coupons have ' been ilk or otherwise improperly issued, lt report thc!?ame, together. with th? deneb upon which tho illegality or conformity to law rests. SEC. 4. Thc commission is hcrcb thorized to rcquiro tho holders ol bonds, coupons and stocks to produ same for inspection before the coi sion in Colombia. Such tts ?ha found to havo been issued nccordi li*, and that are valid bona fide ] coupons and stoefcr-, ?hall be registe their number, letter, d?nomination .uah other distinctive titles as ir best Buitcd to tho object ir v??w, txn? shall bo certtfled as correct hi such form as the commission may ^ em proper. SEO. 6, The commission shall nave foll power and authority to send for persons and pupers, and to- administer oaths; and false swearing by, or, heforp said com mission snail bo indictable mia punish able as perjury. SEC. 0. Tho Comptroller General aud Treasurer are hereby authorised and re quired to co-operate with said commis sion when called upon. SEC 7. The .commission shall au thorized to sit during tho .ecessoftho General Assembly. SEC. 8. The compensation o? ino com mission shall bo a per diem rf $5 each. SEC. 0. It shall also bc the duty of said commission to iuvestigatc the amount and character of tho floating indebted ness of tho Stato, and make a report thereon in detail. SEC. 10. That said commission shall have power to report any special matter. SEC. ll. That before said commission shall enter upon its duties, each of the commissioners shall first take and sub scribe tho following oath, to wit : "1 sol emnly swear that furn not now, nor waa I nt tue da!" of my appointment as com missioner, directly or indirectly interested in any bonds or other evidente of Slate indebtedness to come before mo os com missioner, nor nm I. or will I become, the attorney or legal representative of any party interested in .::>y such bond or evidence of indebtedness ; and, further, that I will houcstly, fairly and to tho best of my ability perform tho duties of commissioner ns required by tho joint resolution under which I was appointed: So help me God." SEC. 12. That said commission shail make a report to tho General Assembly at tho next regular session, during tho first wenk of said session. THE SOUTH. A Gratifying Report by au Intelligent Observer. From the Albany Sunday Pie*!. Col. J. D. Van Buren has recently re turned from an extended visit to the S???ii, iiiiu makes u muni gruiifyiei? ic Sort hs to tho social and industrial eos ition of the people in that seotion. In tho first placo ho found them socially superior, even more than is generally supposed. They nre liberal-minded, largo hearted, refined in manners and high-principled. He found thorn, almost to a man, VEKV POOR, but imbued with an indomitable spirit of self-rclinnco and industry. Men aud women, too--who before the civil war were posGessed of largo wealth and all tho advantages which that condition brings, wero reduced to tho want of. tho necessa ries of life. But having the qualifications of true manhood, they were able to look their desperate condition squarely, iu the face without shrinking. They saw and comprehended what was needed-down right industry, and they placed them selves in tho harness to perform the new duties thv.ii necessities had imposed upon them. And they did this cheerfully, too, all of thom, WITHOUT WHINING OR COMPLAINING. At first the fruits of their labor were small, but tboy were sure. Thov became economical, and struggled on with perse verance. The only thing they had to complain of wa? tho very onerous taxa tion they wero subjected to through the corrupt, or loose, or extravagant admin istration of their public affairs by officials whom thoy bad no voice in selecting. This was tho only cause of eon,plaint they had. They accepted the situation they found tbcmsolves plnced in at the close of tho wAr-thc confiscation of their property down even to their last mule; they yielded to ibis without a murmur, content to enter tho fields of industry ana work outtheirown redemption from pov erty. They accepted, too, the burden of carrying along tho EMANCIPATED SLAVE POPULATION, which, suddenly turned loose, with the idea that their working days wero over and ended, dragged,plvng, oiotuing their j living whvii lucy Cuuid nul bug tv, nun taxing the energies, care and attention of tho white population to such an extent as lo interfere with their own personal duties. INDUSTRY GENERAL, Col. Van Buren says there is not a sin ?;lo white man idle in tho section he via led. Even tho ladies of the South- \ thoso who, prior to the war wero our* ? rounded with wealth and all it? luxuries -aro engaged iu labors of vurioua kinds. Ono lady, whoso husband had large pos sessions," but of which ho was stripped entirely, being a good houso wife,-set up a littlo bread and roll bakery, i She kueaded Ibo dough herself and attcuded lo its sale and distribution, and now ehe has quite a business, employing many hands. Another case was that ci a tn?u of wealth whose last nrnp-a mnl?-?yas taken away from him and he. was left without the shadow of a semblance ever, of the wherewith to feed u?b<6lf and family. He wont at werk driving a team, hauling brick. There were hundreds of incidents ot this kiud, tho Colonel: says, and it did hi? heart good to eco-with what X lively, good-natured spirit these men '.Urned their hands to anything which was honorable nnd honest to help them selves. i , . ; . t TUE PROBLEM. * has full faith in their solving the _ om before them-whether tho South ..ja be mado as prosperous as it was in Its palmy days. He thinks their rcdomp is nigh at hand. He says they - are pari i'.cu?sriy ccu ri cou., to ?LcIi N-uiucru brothers who como to them in 1 i idoess and honesty-who will join them in in dustry and enterprise. They give a hearty welcome to such. They invit? and urge the investment of capital in tho productiveness of their soil, full and abiding faith in which they have. They know better than any one else o? what it is capable. They frankly admit that the slavo labor never did justice to it, and that they would never select that labor themselves. It was there at band, a part and parcel ol their estates; aud had t? be used tho same as other accessories. PRESENT BUOYAKCY. At tho present moment'?.hey arc es pecially iubuoyantBpirits.as they see- op portunity offered treen or selecting theil officials themselves, by which, they hope to reduce thc crain upon their incomes by heavy taxation, which they h?wrf?P fered now fe* over ten yeirs-.' 'This,'Col. Van Buren says, wan one of the most promising signs ho witnessed; for no matter how hard one may work, if he can see nb prospect of gain before him he cannot put much heart in his worV. .-r-n.-~ - It ia acid Judge Jem Bluck is on gaged in tho preparation o? a. severe : re viow of tho electoral commmissionupdol tito Supremo Court Judges who d?cid?e in. favor of Mr. Hayes and the cases lot tho commission. The ai tide, which h designed for one of tb* n^agarlnoa, i* sale to hk\r? been revised hy Jo?*ico Field ont day hut week at Judge Black's residene? at York, Pa. ' .? ? '? ' .' ?.. 1 v.. decora! Rewa Summary. - NV. Wi Corcoran, the rich Democrat at Washington, han ordered his agents to distribute ?20,000 among the poor ?nen and women reeeutly thrown out of pni ploymeut by tho reduction iu tb*5 depart ments.. - Stilt well, tho man ?rho could riot get an office because his ?rife svaa alfa. U '.yes' favorite cousin, bas got tho office for another man and- got the. other roan to appoint bim a deputy. Nepotism bas not,- in years, received so se ve re a check. - Tf< ero isa abade of ?tupici?n that John Sherman didn't imbiba .the doc trines of civil-service reform with bia ear ly piety, and that if bo can spare an hour before breakfast these Hummer mornings, be would do well to run around to Cart Schurz aud take ~.n easy lesson or two. - David A. Wells told tho President tho other day luit 10 per cent, of tho la borer* of tho country were out of employ ment, and that, "unless th? administra tion hhall soon manage to. bring about a different stale of things, nearly everybody would go into the opposition." - Diaz hos been recognized as const! lat i on al President of Mox leo by Germany. Diaz is satisfied with the- instruction of our government to Gen. Ord io pursue marauders into Mexican .territory if nec essary, and will send a military force to tho Rio Grande with a discreet officer to net in harmony with Ord - Tho Louisville C<iiu-Ur-Jourrial is endeavoring to persuade the North to look after ita own criminals, und speaks particularly of the Republican State of Pennsylvania, asserting that "the number of murders in ono year in tho single State of Pennsylvania is greater that! the entlro uumbor of murders iu tho Southern States during tho same period." - Mr. Sarauel L. Olemens has once moro explained where bogot tho itamo of Marl: Twain. He says - it waa the non de plume of Captain Isaiah Soliere, who used to write river news over it for tho New Orleans Picayttne. "Ho died in 1863, and OB he could no longer need that signature, I laid violent bands upon it without asking permission pf tho pro prietor's remains." - Postmaster-General Key, who is "?tili a Den?'_-erat," - usderstced ic,rc ; turn fron: bis Southern trn with tho poa c^mmisslou convinced that ibero is no dnnger of division in his party, or likelihood of any whig revival.' ' As a Democrat, this discovery must rejoice Mr. Key's heart ; os a pillar of the ad ministration, he cannot very properly make merry over it. - Mrs. A. T. Stowart, 'be widow of the millionaire merchant Now .York, baa made a princely gift to the Episcopal Church of Long Island. It is to take the form of a cathedra! church (now build ing) nt Garden City, Long Island, a seo houao and chapter bouse, and a ?tal table endowment for pt^auont; maintenance. Ilxv buildings, when completed according to tho plans now agreed upon, will be worth about?1,500,000. - Ex-Governor Bullock of Georgia, who left that State with a very unsavory reputation, returned a few days.eiucc.to stand trial on some charges of railroad swindling, but, though his 'counsel (among whom is Ben Hilly pressed nn immediate action, the caso was postponed till August, aud Ibero are hints that prominent Democrats are so much mixed up in the business that they don't want it thoroughly exposed. - Posy Tweed ia discouraged and dis gusted, and says the other.and,.equal thieves aro getting off easier than he is. j and tbat it isn't a fair show anyhow, j The Attorney General of the State 'returns him bia confession, and. refuses bia re I lease, wanting apparently a fuller con fesslon. But Tweed now proposes tc confess judgment in all the cases ant suits brought n?oinst h>ro, and take bli chancea for the punishment. - It looks after all as if President Hayes did not purpose spending mucl more of hts summers In Washington ?i?t did Gen. Grant. Hts trip to Now Eng land will occupy a week or more, am Siter that he has promised to m ak o a tri] ou tb. Then he expects to putin con slderablo time at thc Greonbrior Whit Sulphur Springs. It is expected, by th j way, that there will dur?nir this summe be a large congregation of promincn politicians pf beth parties at tho Whit Sulphur, who will combin? pleasure witl the concoction 'of political schemes bm combinations. :The ground pf tho Supremo Cont on tbs eight-hour law ia that euch rc Btrictlona on tho freedom of coutrnctrn?s not bb interpreted to cover moro than tb language admits of,; and that'the lar Snage of the act ot 1808 docs not rcquii mt r. day's wages shall bo paid for eigl hours' work, and does not limit tho.rigl of employer and employe to agree upc a longer day. Where the laborer coi tinucd to work moro hs.-rs a day and *? ceptcd.tlio pay forlfc without,protest, ;\ 'coUrt holds that ibo contract betti cc * him and his employer was not at'vsrlftbi with thc law and was completely-fs filled, ? a Ith - For most of tho time,since tho vigi e-^cc committee revolution, over 2p yea ago, San Francisco' municipal politl bave been under tho lead ola citizen committee, sometimes 8clf-nppoijtiV>i, bj often perpetuating itself, for years,-at always independent of luittonat or Sta ?olitica. Lately thisvhnb!t baa "'bet rok?n down af>d party .politics hit* cob into the city government With n? gd< affects;, but now.000 business men ai firms h?vo united in a call for tho rev?t of tho people's party, to'(tako po&s?ssii of the municipal' government, and seems to bo certain'. *he? the old ord will bp restored. - Senator Anthony wants New Yo divided into two States. Hu thlnlra J* wso great a r*ypulation is entitled to larger representation Sa the Sentit The Senator is very generous, saya t New York Sun, but there ls some thing tho Trojan horse about his goncrosi The Republicans, of whom Senator A thony Ss an observant leader,know tl they "cannot carry the next President election as the States now stand, and tb would like to carve another Republic Stato out of Democratic New York. I New York will remain aa jt ia, Ito'ta lug S???c of ibo Union in brains, wea and population.. . - Prince .Tjouis Napoleon is cousin deal of w?rr?ment to his doat?ng mam hy his ovcr-st?dious habita, ile ta: little exercice and goes little latoBoch ' A4 pr?sent be ia hard af work study i np the civil service machinery of Frat i with & keen eyo to the chances prob? tuqv mo uicocuvpoiitical cuuiputsui aflbrd. Mother Eugenie is reported t< ? match-maki tig in bia behalf, and ' fe a 1 lona to see her son married before i 22d birthday. A daughter pf Queen] ' bella is hinted at as ?ruong the possit "Wes ; but tbb Princb is ko intent with studies that tho trouble ia to get hin . do the necessary courting. ? .. - Th? Cbeppaqua, farm romaka in f Greeley family, but would bo sold, l satisfactory price ccutd bb obtained. B Smith anbf hlA' wlfe (formerly IdA G i ley) aro there for tho ?itmmer, and t I first-born child; wat baptized at fha G ? JW mansion a fow d*ya ago. Bcii j boy, it was called Horace Greeley, s theservico was performed bf* Roi asjassip^iisnw^ I"require ce*l? payiceaU fey suvertUSng e??\h7rc<? luu nu jr cv ale? w ?in ia? ?me?? .. _ ClUUotw. tiro ?iuertdons, - - - |3.?0 FlnsTSe^TetMifts, Areteacr?Hcas ' . S.W jft? CQltJtB&POXDEJf7B.?~in crier to jrcccUcr f^t^ kwrtmiiliit? w Ul <v* t? refti/aed, tawpt Wt ' uteeusry ? tat?ps are furnltbcd to repay thc parfsgo sro not mpomUlc ?V. ?bo views nn4 Mbftana of oor ?oryatyyttrw?ti. AU cor.uimi?raUf"MihouWb?eddr<*^to,'?d- '.' i ton Intelligencer," ats? WI ?bests, ?rall?: 'money order., .??., ^ou* V^fe^?o?1^ ?..'.? .;s;t? ;s.?>i-:: .:? '' AndflrsSn,9.^. < 1 r .' M. > .'": ' .'? ? '.'VT EilesU ' Cbappaqua fa kept io good order, ut as a farm it cac ceyer pay, exceptio the bands of a marget gardener.' Itnvry be attractive as tjm Jornier residence of? a great editor, but it is welt If nowa that the inland towns bf Westchesterso im ty aro inferior iu point of ?social rank to those on the banks of the Hodson. -? Ex-Eepublican C^ugrt?om.aa aud Presldsntial .Elector.Sheldon, of Lou isiana, says ? We liav? peace, order, con fidence, more tolerance of 'opinion than ever before; and, BO far as lean seo-, bet ter protection to life, liberty, property and all legal rights. I belier? Nicholls to be a good mao, ?nd that he will faith fully and effectively perform'J h duties. The race issue in politics, wnw all tho attending prejudices, is passing away. It looks as if intelligence and integrity would' now dominate without regard to color. I believe We ere in a better con dition to have a republican patty which will do honor to tho nation and carry the Stqto than if Packard had been sustained. - Whether there was any antecedent arrangement for it or not tn the Louisi ana commission's pacification, Gen. But ler's attempt to bulldoze President Hayes out,of the appointment of Col, Jack Wharton as United States Marshal for that S?ate, i.? place of his friend Pitkin, bas.failed. The change has probably even, been more promptly made because of the Butler correspondence. Wharton was on old rebel, but has btwa ?v Repub lican since the war, andbe?uiigcd to War moth's gang of political operators nnd . revolutionists, which hod given him n somewhat unsavory reputation. He is probably no worse n man than 'Pitkin ; but we fear be is not- much better, and his appointment representa the.supposed exigencies of . party politics rather than tho principles of civil-service reform. - Professor Vitlo, perhaps tho best agricultural authority known, says that phosphorus, nitre,' lime and ainmoiiiaarc * tho essential elements of plants, and fur nishes tho following formula for com pounding n perfect food for the respec tive grains mentioned : Wheat per aero, acid phosphate of lime, 300 pounds ; ni trate of potassa, 175 pounds ; sulphato of ammonia, 220 pounds ; sulphate of limo, 300 pounds. This will uo*t about ft2T?: Barley, oats, ryo or grasses, reid phos phate of limo, 175 pounds; nitrate of fotnesa, 00 pounds ; sulphate of ammonia, 10 pounds ; sulphate or limo, 154 pb?nuVi. This will cost about $12.50. Potatoes, acid phosphate of lime, 850 pounds ; ni trate of potassa- 265 pounds, sulphato of lime 265 pounds. Tels will cost about 921: Grape vines and small trees, acid phosphate of lime, 525 pounds; nitrate of potassa, 440p7unds ; sulphate of lime. 850 pound?.. This will cost about $40. - Tho divorce lawver haa evid.nirit.ly. and happily, seen his best days. Wo have recently chronicled thc decidions of both ludiana and Minnesota courts that tho Utah divorces which Chicago shys ters have been getting people, without their even' entering the territory, nro ut terly -, worthless, and now a Bi Louis judgo has ?truck another blow at the un savory business. The bar rssociation of that city brought an action to disbar one Beal, wno had solicited divorce business by the common davjeo of promising to cbtatn decrees without publicity, bud tho court granted it, on the broau ground that euch i advertisements reflect inju riously upon thc courts and. thc profes sion, and to bring both into disrepute. The last Illinois Legisiaturo passed a law forbidding tho publication of adver tisements of this sort, and, with tho added penalty of Buspenslou from practico for engaging in the business, tho divorce lawyer seems at last in a fair way to bo suppressed. .'. rr Thero is a colony of Britisher? in Virginia who have had an anniversary celebration at 'Peto??burg. Before this asno?Jftt?oD!oTe of thb members re?oitt?y delivered un. address, which if it came from his heart would induce one to ber lintra- ?lsosPA ia nr> /^.nnlrt? ?rv rn AA??1? lil?** . *-<?> . WOT? ?. w mu ui/w ?* v? j- Vii *VT?Si wv* *<nv "old Virginny." This orator aaid ^at last year lie lost his tobacco crop, and thc last Week in Joly on tobacco land plant ed ono acre; ia. Golden, Millet. . ?lu OctOn ber he harvested four TOUB of well cured hay. This same acre, without manure, has tbs b^St Vf heat OS it" h? crvurshw in _.<-?_ ?v-?J ?_ - ? .J.. . . .-.i Vligiuia. uit iny vu IV-I LUUacCO land ho drilled corn for fodder, and har* vested 210 stcsks, weighing 100 Iba. each jwnen dry, or over fivo toni td vue acre i After comparing Virginia with all other States of thia Union, and extolling her ?Climate, 3oil.and;peonle beyond cqmpori * son to almost, any other spot or peoplea ;?h earth, this eloquent .Britisher. con eludes his oratorical effort which wo seo published in tho Rwig Mcttengcr. thu? : "I do not Gspeat to end. my days in Vir ginia, for amidst all that is bright and beautiful herc,, thero'is. n land beyond tho send, my native' England; that is"to : mo more beautiful.",.. Is this net the key upon which; John ?hiuama? tunes hts harp-make all you cnn out of ^merigan soil(.but take it homo to enjoy it. If ibis bo immigration, we doubt its d?sira-. "moue-.:..- . MU <; . ..: .Tho . new Administration. ptt3hes its ; financial expedients with such uewildcr [ing vigor that tho. president himself is j some of the time in doubt whether he Ss j "UV step" ot riot, and tho country nt iorgo i ts slow to'entc?? up- Among t?ic: points j on which Seerotaiy Sherman bas a posl tlye policy would seem to.bo tho contrac* -hon pf thermal! bills, which aro almost ?htireiy of grpenbabfcs,' Tho withdrawal Of some1 ten millions,bf these bills front circulation, by-, omitting- to issbo new prfn^disctasea 1,0 c need of such a cur rency in this couutry. Newspaper pub lishers at tho "West, and Other pcoplo who send or re?oive small1 remittances, complain of tho scarcity -...7 ??v? 3f% add $2 greenbacks. In no other civilized conn ik j un?a vuC. ?.?rr. i,iui v< c?s?rui rem nw n ?ea equal ihnt of America. Tho news paper business is still largely conducted by subscription 'through the mai.; al though to.a diminishing dogree, the nowa compan??s'and prlvoto e?brt steadily nn cr?aching on thc mail distribution. Tiio book business is largely conducted by mail, and small jiarcola'. in various branches of merchacdiso aro constantly passing to and fro and being remitted for. Tho fractional' currency was handy for thin enraoz?. hut cari u?<4l?r>ori?*d ??llh. Thc American' papor- dollar^ howover, is indispensable for this purpose, to on ex tent to which ic is ii?t.nce.led in France Or Enctlcnd.'.' We cannot say whethci our hauitual indulgent in paper mono j has encouraged the rcmittaoo? irrstem, ca vice, yeraa?,!but^ it ts undeniable that n currency of. small rcrcitt?.nc&3 mutt bi jirbvidod fot* popular n?o in this country in tho anxie^TTO boi?ion?io tU3 country a'postal currency for remiUanees- may & doyised,, httt.every efibrt io convett thi pes?.:ci?:ce into au exchange bank necea s?tales a fee to ?flket Uta cost of the addct clerical labor. Tho portal ?Vonoy-ordc and tho registration of letters' -require, foe of 10. cents to sustain tho cost of th added clerk hire, ;. -"William," said ono Quaker to ju other, "thee knows I u?ver t . ?ames, but, William, If tho Governor i tho State, should (w. io me and say 'JoahtiA, ^ want thee to find the bigge . liar in ?o State of New. .To?V i woo' 1 tomo to thee and say : 'Winiam, the Go' \ ernor wants to seo theo particularly, "'