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2. B. MURKAY, Editor. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1879. It is very generally conceded that Judge Thurman will be elected President pro (eui of the Senate at tho extra session to be convened on the 18th inst. Mr. Thurman is perhaps tho most prominent man in thc Democratic party of the Sen ate, and withal a firm, prudent and able statesman. Tho honor could not bc con ferred upon one moro worthy of it. In consequence of tho ill-timed and in teneely selfish course of tho Republicans in attacking Jefferson Davis during tho Senate, debate on pensions for the Mexi can fcoldiem, tho veterans of that war will have to go unpaid for some months, if not for a longer period. This, how ever, is not thc only result of thc debate. It is said that thc result will be to elect Jefferson Davis to tho United Stato Sen ato after tho 4th of March, 1881, to suc ceed Bruce, the colored Senator from Mississippi. It is believed by sending him to the Senate where he can speak for himself before tho country that a stop will bc put to the constant abuso which has bron heaped upon him by tho Re publican leaders for tho purpose of stirring up Btrifo and bitterness between the sections. There is a very interesting contest now progressing over tho Speakership of tho ncr;* IIouso of Representatives, to bo chosen at tho opening of the extra ses sion on the 18th inst. Thc prominent candidates aro Speaker Randall, of Pennsylvania, and Representative Black burn, of Kentucky, with Representatives Morrison, of Ohio, Springer, of Illinois, and Cox, of New York, spoken of to a considerable extent. It is thought, how ever, that tho contest will bo principally between tho first two nnmed, with chan ces in favor of Mr. Blackburn, who is a talented orator and brilliant parliamen tarian. Several Western an 1 Northern men, it is asserted, will support him with a view of testing, in n practical manner, how tho South will exercise pow ar if it should obtain control of tho govert; nc.jt. We trust that in tho contest thc South will sustain Speaker Randall, for ho his shown himself to bo n firm nnd ni ? presiding officer-fair in hiB rulings and independent in hts judgment and expres sions. Mr. Randall has commanded thc confidence and respect of thc whole country during his two terms, and his continuance in ofilco by Southern votcB _ ...ii i. _t. s,_ ?I.? ui_i_ v. uu m un m nen tu uuni ni tuu uiwuj shirt shakers of tho Radical party of their much indulged cry that if tho South should obtain a strong influence in tho affair:) of thc nation, it would uso its power to nggrandizo itself nt tho ex pense of oth^r portion.-) of tho country. While wo admire Mr. Blackburn, and would bo pleased at his elevation, we prefer tho election of tho Pennsylvania statesman. Tho country wants a re storation of confidence, and tho Demo cratic parly should consider thoroughly tho effect of any chango beforo it is made. Tho great danger to the causo of free government in ?mcric t lies in tho ten dency to destroy tho States and establish a central government, ... hich by alow but suro degrees will pass imo a despotism. This result is likely to be advanced in a moat substantial manner by tho courao pursued by officious and partisan Judges of tho United States Courts, who, from '?niuo other motive than n judicial ono, nro moving in tho general direction of a complete destruction of State rights and tho authority of Stato Courts. Tho latest and most flagrant Btcp of this kind is tho action of Judge Rives, of Virginia, who has released two negro murderers because negroes wcro not empaneled upon thc jury to try tho case, and recently, at the session of th? Court at Danville, has caused the iudictmcnt of several of the County Judges of Virginia on thc charge of violating their oatlm by uot enforcing tho amendments of the constitution in that they having the supervision of dfi w ing juries havo failed to havo a lajgdr number of negroes upon them. Thia ac tion has properly aroused tho mast in tenso feeling in Virginia, and the matter will bo vigorously fought to tho Supremo Court of the United States. The act it self, though unjustifiable upon any ground, is ?ni small conscqueuce com pared to tho fatal precedent it sets if it Bhould bo Bus?nnod: Tho Democratic party and the patriots among tho Repub licans, who lovo the Union better than party, could not perform a moro merito rious or wholesome deed for freedom than by impeaching Judgo Rives for high crimes and misdemcauors. When ever tho execution of Stato laws becomes Bubjcct to the review of a United States District Judge, constitutional liberty is nt an end, and thc day is not far distant upon which a tyrant will rulo "the great est nation the world ever i aw," with a despotism limited only by his own Caprice. Tho question as to whether Patterson baa beon pardoned or not is a very easy one to settle. Tho Stato authorities deny that they havo Bent bim any pardon, but tho question tho people wish answered is, Havo they grnuted him a pardon ? It makes no difference about the Bending, if ft has.beon granted tho effect will bo tho .mme. If Petterson baa been par doned lt ls the duty of tho Stato's officers to make it known, that tho unrest in tho people's mind may bo quieted. If they havo not given a purdon, immediate steps should be taken to secure bia return to this State for trial. There ought not to bc an f further indulgence to Patterson. He is charged with tho gravest offences against the laws of this State, and has disregarded the process of the properly constituted authorities. Tho honor cf South Carolina is involved iu tho prose cution of tho leading official criminals of this Stato. Tho Democratic party has repeatedly, before and sinco its accession to power in thia State, in tho most posi tivo and public manner accused Patter son,' Chamberlain and their confreres with gravo crimea; and asserted an Ability to provo it upon thom. These cli?jrgoa were either true or untrue, and the State , owes it to her own integrity of purpose to give tho men who Jaave been so charged tho benefit ol' ft trial, that thc charges against thom may bc judicially proved or disproved. To pardon or temporizo with these men is to admit that wo havo charged them falsely and know it. To pardon them would bc to oflend three-fourths of i tho portion of thc people of South Caro lina who desire to see her t ncicnt honor and self-respect maintained in our day? Theso charges amount to a matter of principle, and the cases should bo most vigorously prosecuted. Wc trust that Governor Simpson will make r?quisitions for such of thc culprits as may bo located within thc knowlcdgo of the State au thorities, and that Attorney General Youmnns will prosecute them with the ability, fidelity and success which marked the administration of General 'Connor. Hy so doing they will receive the well done of thc people of South Carolina. The President has issued a call for an extra cession of Congress, lo be convenid on tho 18th inst., in consequence of thc failure of the expired Congress to pass tho ordinary appropriation bills before the tinto fixed by law for its adjourn ment. This failure, as our readers know, is duo to the political differences about tho election laws between tho Senate controlled by Republicans and thc House controlled by Dem?crata. It has ti )t boon frequent for extra sessions of Con gress to bo called, and only seven, in cluding the ono to come, have ever been ordered since tho adoption of the Con stitution. The first was called by John Adams, May 15th, to provide for the threatened French wo* j the second by Van Buren, September 4th, 1837, to con sider the suspension of tho banks ; the third by Harrison, May 31st, 1841, to consider a new policy of revenue and finance; thc fourth by Pierce?, August 21st, 1856, (three days after adjourn ment) to pr?vido for prosecuting an In dian war; thc fifth by Lincoln, called on tho 15th of April to meet July 4th, in consequence ol tho fall of Sumter; and tho sixth by Hayes, on October 15th, 1877. Thus it will bo seen that Mr. Hayes lins called twice as many extra sessions as any oilier Prcnide.it, and two out of seven in thc whole history of our government. Tho first of these extra sessions was necessitated by tho persist ence of thc Republican party in inter fering with tho State governments with United Slates troops, upon which occa sion the Democratic House of Represen tatives starred his excellency into obey ing tho Constitution by refusing to grant money for the army until tho troops were withdrawn from tho State Houses of Louisiana and South Carolina. In this instanco the Democratic House has he rnia n gpjfrn upon tho infamous test oath for jurors and tho partisan uso of to which supervisors arc put in elections. This is a very efficient lino of battle, and, if persisted In, will certainly triumph, although the President at present bids it defiance. It has, howevor, two years in which to accomplish its task, and how ever much it may bo distasteful to thc Republicans, they may as well make ur their minds to let theso methods of op pression and wrong bo numbered will the things that were. Tho coming presidential canvass i: eliciting considerable interest all over thc country, even this far ahead of time, am the New York Herald, with ita muta enterprise, han baen publishing thoopiu ions of leading men throughout tin Union. Among the Congressmen wbosi views have been made known, wo not? tho names of C.<!-.. Aiken and Evins aud givo below the Herald's report o their position : Mr. D. Wyatt Aiken, of tho Thin District of South Carolina, expresses hi: preference fr* Mr. Thurinuu, and doc hot think Mr. Tilden could get a demo eratic vote, as ho did not firth! for hi. right to the Presidential chair. He doe: not believe tho republicans will nomi nato Grant, ns tho masses do not wai. bim. Mr. Aiken prefers Mr. Thurmai to Mr. Bayard ou financial questions, nm moreover, hu has more backbone that Bayard. Mr. John II. Evins, Fourth District says Mr. Thurman baa tho best chance becausn ho ta moro acceptable to th Democrats of the South owing to the po sitiou ho baa taken on thc financial quos lion. Tho Democratic nominee will n doubt bo opposed by Grant. In tba event Hancock will be a good candida! to oppose Grant, and no doubt Hancoc! would accept. Ho would bo satisfactor to tha South. Tildeu hns not a ghost o a chanco for tho nomination. IS PATTERSON PARDONED ? A Queer Hatch or Contradictory 8-'at? taunts. WASHINGTON, March 8,1879. Ex-Senator Patterson to-day received letter from the attorney general ci Soul Carolina granting him full pardon nu oblivion for any indictments pendin against him in the State Mr. Patterso will leave here in a fow days to accepta important trust under tho Southern Pi ci fie Railroad company in Arizona. COLUMBIA, March 8, 1S79. In regard to the Associated Press dispatc to the effect that Patterson has receive a formal assurance from the attorney general of this Slate that all proceeding against him havo been discontinued, yoi corresuondent made inquiry to-day ? I Governor Simpson, who replied by a emphatic assurance that ho knew of r such promise or understanding. At'o noy-G?ueral Youmnns is in Charlcstoi Attorney-General Youmnns, who is i tho city, was visited by a reporter i< tho News and Courier yesterday, and n qucatcd to state tho torms upon whir, this amnesty had been granted to Seni tor Patterson, and tho reason which lin induced it. Tho attorney general statt that the announcement contained in tl dispatch was entirely new to him, an that ho lind neither written, nor uutho ized to bo written, any such letter Senator Patterson. Ho was totally uni waro that any such amnesty had bec f;rnntcd, or that tho Governor had ai ntention of so doing. Walhalla Courier: Died, in Walhall on Monday evening, from paralysis, M Rob't M. Wright, son of Mrs. A. S Wright, of o r town. His body was ca ried to Pendleton on Tuesday mornlr fer interment.Mr. J. B. Barnes, Lowndcsville, Abbeville County, at Mr. William Tucker, of Anderson Com ty, have recently been enrolled as sti dents of Adger College. Wo welcon theso young men to our town and co lego.A cutting affray occurred I West Union on Saturday afternoon la bet ir e? n Limbri ck Gadsden and Hem Leo, both colored, in which thc form was severely stabbed about the thro and hresxt by tho latter. Lee has fl? from justice. THE CI I'll KU DESPATCHES. Theft of th? Tttli'irriiiti* Exiilalnwl-Slmri* I'nictlce of Iti'pniiii? an I .vader* natl 'I heir Tool*. WARIIINOTON, Mareil <!, 1870. The Potter Committee have made thc following report on tho cipher dispatch es : The Committee for tho Investigation of Frauds in thc Electoral Count, which by thc resolution ol'the House of Janua ry 2'), 1870, were directed to inquire into certain cipher lespatehes, Sec., respectful ly report ; That in tho autumn of 1870 the Wes tern Union Telegraph Company gav? orders to its employees at all points lo or from which such despatches had been sent or received or repented, to forward to in main oflice al New York all despatch es and copies of despatches relating to thu Presidential election of 1870, and the ?ame were thereupon collected and forwarded to New York, where ?.hey were assorted in packagca with reference lo the points from which tin ' came. The purpose of the company vas ?o keep tlx- des patches from l)Qin?? exposed to process from tho courts mu: from Congress, and ihus keep them from publication. With that view they directed that the assort ment of them bc conducted under tin care of Mr. Cary-ollico attorney of the company-and that when assorted they should reniaiu in his charge, as being a person less likely Ul he summoned lo pro duce them than tho roper ollicers of thc company. lu this selection all cipher ami other despatches referring or supposed to refer any way io thc election, including all despatches in respect of which the oper ators were in doubt, were collected and came into Mr. Ciry's charge, to the num ber of something over thirty thousand. Subpu'tias having been issued by thc Committee of the HOIIAC of Henrcscnla lives on Louisiana A Hairs, of which .Mr. Morrison was chairman, calling for par ticular Louisiana despatches, and by thc Committee of Privileges and elections ol the Senate, of wh .di Mr. Morion wa chairni .calling for particular Oregon despatches, thc same were selected from the mass thus pul in thc charge of Mr Cary and a particular inventory ol' them taken. Subsequently, a general subpu'ii? having been served upon tho members o: the Executive Committee of tito telo graph company, commanding them t< produce all despatches relating in an) way to the election of l >7<i before th? Morton committee, the company dircctci Mr. Cary to delivi r to Mr. Whitney, tin manager of thc company at Washington all thu despatches in his charge, and Mr Whitney, after having taken llicrefroii the specific Oregon and Louisiana du Bpatchcs aforementioned, placed the rcs ol'the despatches, amounting in n it m bc to 20,276, in ll trunk, taken an inventor) only of Ibo number sent from or lo par tit ular point", but rn? further dosignatioi of the date, sender, receiver or contents Thc particular despatches required by th ^Morrison nnd Morton committees wer delivered on the 2-ld and 24th of Januar) !877. The. remaining l!'.i,*J7"> despiitchc were on the 23th day nf January, 187? pursuant to the direction of Mr. Sargent one of tho Morton committee in charg of thc matter, delivered hy Mr. Whittle either to the clerk of thal committee, Mi Burbank, who was a brother-in-law c Mr. Morton, or to thc person for the tim being in charge of the committee roon lucked in a trunk, the key of which M Whitney ut the same time delivered t the clerk nf that committee. DESPATCH KS A U.-T K.W1T I >. Tho Louisiana despatches received I thc Morrison committee were in due tin returned to thu telegraph com pan Those received by the Morton comm i toe, both thu specified lol bf 241 Oregr despatches and the remaining lot 1211,275 undesignntcd despatches, r ! inained in the custody cf that coinmitti not open to general or careless hispe lion, nut, on the contrary, kept close ai under guard until the 13th day of Marc 1877, when the telegraph company, ha ingbcen notified they could recover tl same, applied through Mr. Whitney tho ollicers of the committee, and rccci cd hack the trunk in which they had d livered tho despatches to the coinmittc locked, together with thc key of tl same, accompanied by the statement th these were all the despatches which h been delivered hy the company to th committee. This trunk, with tho di patches thus believed to be enclosed, w forwarded to Now York, and in due tin under the regulations of thc company, w opened, and thc despatches therein cc taincd destroyed by burning. Thc te graph company wi re not ..ware ?t ; time that there had not been returned them all the despatches, which they li deli: red to the Morton Committee, point of fact, however, n large numl of despatches hail been abstracted wh they were in the custody of that comm i too. Of these about seven hundred we ns late aa May, 1878, in the possession j one (?eorge Edward Bullock, of Iutlim i who had been thc messenger to that co [ niittee, and a protege ot its ch ai rm; Mr. Morton, and who secured, upon I recommendation of Mr. Thomas J. Il dy, of Indiana, the Second Assisti Postmaster General, and others from tl State, an appointment as Consul nt ( logue. Upon the eve of his d?partit in May, lS78,.and just after your co mittee had been appointed, Bullock livered these despatches to his fi ?end, Hon. J. L. Evans of this House, \\ passed them over to Mr. llrudy for all ed safe keeping, who had them copi and alter consultation willi Mr. II and others, furnished those copies part to Mr. William E. Chandler, sci tary of the National Republican Ci niittee, and in part to the New Y Tribune, .-..> that from Mr. Cliand either directly or through others, C0| of all these despatches came int ) possession of the Tribune. Titi: PUBLICATION. Some of thc originals thus assorted Bullock ont of the whole, lot of 29, telegrnms Mr. Brady forwarded ano rnousty to tho Tribune at a time who waa claimed that journal had no orig! telegrams. The rest of the origil Brady gave Mr. Chandler, who left samo in the ollico of General Untie member of this committee, in his sence, without acquainting him fi whom they came, and in whoso pus ?i., committee round th-- :" Tho Tribune procured tho copie.: despatches which it had thus obtnmc be translated by Mr. Hassan] and ol gentlemen in its employment, in wi work they exhibited very great capiu nnd have shown how almost any cij could bc translated if enough of it ci be obtained to work upon. Wc have caused the despatches, sr as they were in cipher, to no photo*li graphed, and thc others, relating Sn way to the election, to be printed, report tho same herewith. We have caused the despatches tu he translate! Professor Edward S. Holden, of the j val Observatory, and return his rc herewith, although, of course, ho j largely aided from ihe prior trans?a! made by tho TYibunt stall", which, 1 j ever, from mistakes in the copies oro causes, contained some errors. I Generally the telegraph company ? to have exercised duo care in resins tho preservation and privacy of i despatches, and the theft and publica of tuc despatches in question do not* to bo in any wny their fault. Al samo time wo cannot but suspect Mr. Orton, the president of tho comp Hinco deceased, who wns an earnest activo Republican leader, furthered delivery of tho despatches in tho cus of tho company to a Republican com teo of tho Senato rather than to a Di eratic committee of the Houso. Ho before shown his Idas by periniitit bo withdrawn from tho files of tho < pauy, just before it was expected < cress might call for despatches, coi despatches sent during tho campaig the Postmaster General, Mr. Tj SKIM" of these despatches, as Mr. Tyner ! testified, relate to the purchase, in tho greenback interest, of organs and leaders iri tho October campaign in Indiana, others lo the transfer to Indiana of cer tain Rums of mom y for the November campaign, a..d were couched in at? agreed upon cipher. TM:: "INMAN AWOINTMBNTS." On thc 3d of November, 1876, Mr. Tynci telegraphed from indianapolis to .Mr. Zachariah Chandler, tho chairman of the Republican National Committee at New York : "If you cannot appoint two Indian agents please appoint one." To ?hieb Mr. ( -handler answered : "The two cppniiitmentH will he made." Mr. Tyner replied : "I'u ?um representing th" two ap pointments lo thu credit of the Central Bank of I iidiaiiapolis." To which Mr. (.'handler then renpon ! cd : "Ii. will oe dom: to day." Mr. Ty uer says thal the lind ?-f these despatches meant : ' If you cannot ?-rn<I $10,000 to the S: tn Committee for campaign purposes, -end i-VMin." That Mr. Chandler's answer being i is - t' rpreled meant : "Thc $10,000 Cr campaign purposes will be furnished." And that Mr. Tyner's reply to t'ois meant : "Put the MIHI nf $10,000 for campaign purposes to tho i redit of thc Central Itauk ol Indianapolis." And that Mr. ( 'handler's final rejoinder being translated meant : " I ii- $10,000 for campaign purposes will be deposited to day." As our examination has not extended to transactions prior to thc Presidential election of 1876, in thc Stale of Indiana, wo have not pursued the investigation of this matter. Hut (?nc eau see how very naturally the officials of the telegraph company should have failed to recognize theso most improbable cipher despatches as having any concealed menning, but regarded them rather as corrupt de spatches, which Mr. Orton permitted to bc withdrawn by some nf his party friends. That, they were able to recol le* t the despatches so nearly and could recall no other instance of tho kind is alike to the credit of their efficiency ami of tin? general management of lim com pany, and compares favorably with what happened after the despatches came into the hands of Congress, and suggests that nothing in the protection of despatches by telegraph would be gained by trans ferring that business to thc government, bul the contrary. N KC] '.ssl T Y lou CII'IIKIIS. [."rom the nature of the transmission of Communications hy telegraph it is una voidable that what is sent must he known by various persons intermediate to sender and receiver. Thc report to cipher in such despatches has, therefore, become a necessity for business and State purposes all over the world. This would form a protection to those concerned if de spatches remained inviolate. It is not for us to suggest whether any legislation is rcipiired to prevent private telegrams from being purloined, or being exposed through the carelessness, partiality ot faithlessness of telegraph employees while nt the same time maintaining ti" public interest and providing forthepro dliction of despatches in proper cases While the despatches remained in lin Senate committee, thc Oregon despatebe: were translated under the direction o Senator Mitchell. The Committee o Privileges and Elections in tho IIousi were permitted access to these despatche on the 3d of March, and found ccrtaii despatches in connection with the Flot illa and South Carolina election, pub lisbed in an appendix to their report which wore ?in a kind of cipher, consist i ing of a substitution of "oranges" fo j Florida and "cotton" for South Carolina ami "warm" for favorable and "cold" fo hostile, or the like, which required littl ellbrt to comprehend, and which Mi ( 'handler styles "such a feeble and worth less cipher almost anybody can tell wini it means." (P. 627.) lt KIT Iii.HAN DESPATCHES. Thc committee conducting the exam: nation do not seem to have observed an of thc despatches published by tho Tr, butte. This might be either becau.ie the had been already abstracted or from ir advertence, lt is certain that prior t that, date Mr. Brady, Assistant Postmas tor General, had been allowed to wit! draw his despatches in cipher when, ucl ing ns counsel with thc republican vis; tors in Florida. No one of thc gentle men of tho Senate commiltco o. tbei employees, except one translator, hav been or offered to appear beforo us, an owing to Bullock's adsence we havo nc been abie to secure his testimony or t ascertain what other despatches besidt those taken by Mr. Brady and those Bu lock delivered to Evans were abstr?ete while these telegrams remained in chary or that committee. From the manner in which they wei assorted ami bound by paper or rubin bands, the expert who destroyed thei thought that probably a fourth of tl whole number could have been remove* like leaves torn fr??rn different parts of book, without their removal being appi rent nt the time of thc. destruction ot tl remainder by thc telegraph cora pan; Considering tho watchful, competent an intelligent partisan custody in whit these despatches hail been kept for fou teen months, first in tho committee at then in private republican hands, it wi to be looked for ?bat nothing would no enuc to the light not wanted hy thc pa ties in charge, and it would have bei most unreasonable to have expected tb these expert Indiana managers any mo than Mr. William E. Chandler or M Eugene Hale would have left in tho pa eel that came to the committee any mc sages reflecting seriously on tho condu of tho republican managers or part The republicans in charge of the de i patches could, of course, ascertain whet ci they were in cipher or not, by who and to whom they were sent, and hi the means of confidentially communie ting with all their party friends concer ed, and of thus learning whether it w desirable to abstract or permit them abstract despatches or not. And it very evident, as well from Mr. Brad; and Bullock's action as from the natu of tilines, that thoso who desired wou be permitted to avail themselves o? su an opportunity. Among the lot which came to o hands, a few despatches sent by rcpub cans, in various ciphers, remain. Mi of these have been translated. Some them, sent by Dennis, the manager tho Alachua fraud in Florida, aro in substituted cipher, which, owing to t small number, it has been found imp sible to translate. It may bo safely i sumed, however, that if these ever coi to be finally translated nothing will found in them rejecting upon the p sons connected with them or the pal action they represent, lt will bo untie that these republican cipher despatel aro. disjointed and scattered over cons embie periods, and detail no continue action, and they scent to havo been I rather to mislead the public into the ie that there was nothing passing betwt tho republicans which required to kept from view than for any other rt son. The translation of tho cipher < spatches disclosed negotiations on I part of certain near friends of Mr. '1 doti, after tho election, to secure I electoral voto of tho States of Sot Carolina and Florida. NEGOTIATIONS CONDEMNED. Theso pcr.-ons seem to havo opp bended that tho ?lectoral vote of th States, which they believed belonged Mr. Tilden, would DC corruptly deda for Mr. Hayes, and to have regan themselves as justified in endeavoring defeat tl. .. corrupt and fraudulent act by submitting to the payment of mon which they were informed some of i canvasseis demanded by way of bin " . -. -"' '! j" iiip.il, as consideration f>r withholding from tili? wrong, und to huiro lin n up.n j union 'I ;?it<> negotiation* to that cud with those claiming MI represent those hoards. But whether (Iiis b< so or not wu do not in any way jmiify or excuso their adiori. Thoy < i omitted a gross wrong, injurious to th? candidate they desired to nerve and an unqualified outrage upon thc great party lo whit di they heloiiged. Ho lar ?n appears from the testimony he lore us lleve negotiations were not au thorized hy the Democratic National Committee nor it.-, chairman, nor any person entitled lo speak for them. Neither has any witness Ic-t?icd that these negotiations n cr" authorized or ap proved hy the candidate lor thu I'resi- : doney. lu tho case of South Carolina tho ne gotiations proceeded sn far that this [lardy Solomon, claiming to ho thc agent of thc Canvassing Hoard, caine to Balti more to receive Ihc larg? sum of $00,000 or ?80,000, to he deposited, payable when any part of thc vote of ln.it Stato was counted f r Tilden. And an application hi ing then made to .Mr. Tilden to ad vance thc -ame, he at once dedin . and refused lo have anything to do with the negotiation, v.l.itchy the same was broken up and defeated. lu I-'lorida the despatches disclose thru two propositions were transmitted, and that one of them was directed to bu con ditionally accepted. In Oregon what occurred was made thc subject of examination and report In former committees. Thc persons connected with thesr: ne gotiations, so far as we have sccur I their testimony, all declare that their connec tion .>itti them was in no way authorized by Mr. Samuel .1. Tilden, whose particu lar friends they were. Mr. Tilden has himself voluntarily uppcared to corrob orate that statement nuder oath, and no witness has appeared before us to contra dict him cr lo establish that his name had not become associated with these transactions through the mistaken z al of his followers and friends and without authority on his part. No charge from any source whatever has ut any time attached to the name o? Mr. Hendricks. All of which is respectfully submitted, Ci.AitKsoN N. BOTT Kit. WILLIAM li. MomilsoN. V.'.'iw HUNTON". WILLIAM S. STENO Kit. JOHN A. MCMAHON. Jo-KI'll C. S. Itl.ACKlM'ltN. Wu LI \M M. Si'UlNCEK. trvH ill CAROLINA NEWS. Gleaning* fi om our state ICxtluuifrrs. Abbeville Medium : The Euphcmai Society at Due West has j11-t laid dowi a splendid new Brussels carpet that cos two hundred and li ! ty dollars.Mrs Vincent t? ri iii it died on last Saturday from pneumonia alter au exceedingly painful illness of nine days.Some lw< or three weeks since Joe Middleton, i colored mau, found a pocket-book con taming ten or fifteen dollar.-. Hu tu rn ci over tho property to the rightful owne without question. Such rare instance of honesty deserve special mention. Mr. Tims. B. Scott died ut his home i this county on February 25th, from cou sumption, aller a protracted nines* ? eight or ten weeks. He was tifty-uin years of age, and was a man of great rt spcctubility and much influence.Th farmers begin planting corn this wee! Things have been quito busy anion them for the past week or two, nu pr?parations have been made for plain tug even a larger area in corn than hu year.A negro girl on Mr. James Bow eu's placo near Williugtou was burne 11 death last Friday morning. She wu cooking breakfast over nu open lire whe her clothing caught, and, terrified out < her senses, shu ran until her body wi wrapped in Hames. She was so badi injured that death ensued twelve bon alter the huming.Two loads of coi were sold in town this week. Tl strange thing about il is that the cot was raised in this county. This is ll hist occurrence of tho kind since tl Medium was started. Bickens Sentinel: Jason L. Kell w committed to jail on thc 27th ul charged with grossly insulting and frigh 1 euing the wife of Rev. John N. Wrigl Kell, we learn, was tramping arout over the countv selling patent inedicim .Mrs. Elizabeth O'Dell, wife of A ncr O'Dell, died of pneumonia at tl residence of her husband, near Liber Station, on thc 3d inst.John Frc was committed to jail on last Monda charged with the stealing of a mule i tho 18th of February last, from Jol Hinton. Bill Frost, brother of tho nu committed, was arrested in tho "Fork in Anderson county, and confessed th his brother stole tho mule and he ran .We have not seen a sack ol'gua hauled through this town, though \ suppose some of our farmers will usc but, we do not think near to thc sar extent as thc last live or six years. Newberry Herald: A year ago tho I beria fever was at its height. Thia yt it is the Colorado fever. The darkies s much concerned on tho subject, or least a few of them are, and are trying agitate the question. A goodly nuinl of them declare their intention togo Colorado. A public meeting of the c ored people will bo held in the Ho School House Saturday, the loth insta io discuss tho matter.Tho barn Mr. Jesse Dobbins, about four mi from thc town, was destroyed by fire the night of the 3d inst., together wi all its contents and four mules and e mare. Incendiary. No insurance. Greenville Nietes : Greenville cott market touched 0 cents on Tuesday, a low grades were in very active denial .From many sources wc learn tl thrre has been and is still much sick ll in the country, and many cases of pm monia are reported, mostly among i old and middle aged.At a ree ! meeting of the Greenville County Mc cal Society, the following doctors w I elected to represent it in the State Mc cal Association to be held in Charles in April next : Dr. W. It. Jones, Dr, F. Dorroh, Dr. Waddv Thompson, ! R. D. Long, Dr. W. Howell. Darlington Neid: Guano is coming with a Hurry since thc companies I doced the juices. Two hundred i fourteen tons have already been sent this depot.Swapping horses on ! days in Darlington has become so quent that it may be said that thc th is a fixed institution in our midst. Florence Times: Tho lien busines activo and vigorous in Florence, and fertilizer sales better than at this t last year.One day last week, dwelling house, 'kitchen, smoke-hc and barr of William Wideman, a cole man, living near Old Effingham, v burned to the ground. Nothing saved except tho clothes that he and wife and one child were wearing. Chester Reporter: On Monday, valuable mill seat and water poi ; known as Anderson's Mill, at Ct Shoals, wa.' .-u'td for $1.030, Capt Barber being the purchaser, as the i resentativo of a joint stock comp which intends erecting machinery spinning cotton as soon as arrangeai for this purpose can be effected.1 proposed to hold a meeting of ex-1 eral soldiers and Northern settlers in Town nf Chester some time during i week for the purpose of preparing distribution throughout tue Nerti statement of the treatment extenden bona-fido *ottlers from the North, showing the advantages which Cbc County offers to the many thousands over the North who are seeking bonn thc South. - A special dispatch to the Charle Acte* anil Courier from Kings-tree, S. under date of Mandi 5, says: Ben graas, a prominent colored Badica Williamsburg County, has been i victed of libel in tho Court of Gen Sessions At this pince, ?un? sentenced by Judge Mackey to wo year? ut hurd labor in the Penitentiary, or to pay's Gue of $?00 and thc costs of suit, Pendergrnss wrote a communication, which was pub lished in the Washington National Re publican, on November 11th, charging the managers of election at Klrtgstrce with studing thc bailol-box, and charging sev eral citizens willi voling two or three times at the general election in 1878. Tho investigation of thc charges showed that there w ?s no truth in them. So licitor Hirsch prosecuted the caso with his usual zeal and ability. IVndergrass is the swift and vindictive witness who testified so glibly before thc Toiler com mittee during the recent scs.-ion in Charleston. GRANGE DBPARYKKI?Y.? Uniter tlif K?pen (sion i?r tho Kxt'cutlru < 'om tit 11 leo ur romona tirniigc. t*7>* We are requested to say that the regular quarterly meeting of Associate Orange, No. 1., will be held ai Town (.'nek Orango Hall on Saturday, tho loth inst. The inuiubers are requested to be punctual in their attendance. This as sociation is energetic, industrious, perse vering and deservedly meritorious, and has been the means of worki'ig much good to thc Order of Patrons. We should he glad to chronicle other unions of similar character in word and work. Sulfcrlr.g for a Life Time. Persons alli ?ct ed with rheumatism oflsn ? lifer for a life time, their tortures being al most without remission. Tho joints and muscles of such unfortunates arc in most cases shockingly contorted and drawn out of shape. To alford them oven temporary relief, tho ordinary remedies etilen provo utterly useless, llostettcr's Stomach Dit ter*, on the oth?ir hand, is avouched hy per sons who hare us^d it, t<) be a genuine soiirco of relief. It keeps tho blood cool by promoting a regular habit of body, and re moves from it impurities which, in the opinion of nil rational pathologists, origi nate this agonizing complaint and its kin dred malady, tho gout, liu-idas tins the Kitte!-? remedy disorders of the stomach, liver and ncrres, proTcnt ami eradicate in termittent ami remittent fe-v?rs, promote appetite and sleep, and ure highly recom mended by physicians as a desirable misJi elna! stimulant ami tonic. IIYMEXEAI,. Married, on February 21!, 1.-70, in Augus ta, Cn., hy Kev. A.T. Mason. I). I)., Mr. Jo. L. Mau id in to Miss llosa A. daughter of thc Into John >V. ?Stny, GOOD OLD TIMES CODIE AGAIN. T?TK have just received Twcuiy-four W TltotiHiim! ?'oiiiuls of ?lil fashion. srmoltetl. country, grea sy HAt'ON-sides, bains and shoulders. It will make people honest to eat thin I/IMIII u/'l ttujf. Come forward and bu sup plied. BLECK LET, BROWS & CO. M.uehJ^lHTl)_3?_4 ""SHERIFFS SALE. BTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AKUEHSOM COUNTY. BY virtue of au Execution to ma di rected, I will expose to salo on thc First Monday in April next, (187?) at Anderson Court House, t?. C., the following Beal Estate, lo wit : TRACT NO. 1, or Homestead, contain ing (72) acres, more or less, bounded by Tracts Nos. 2 ami out of which tho Widow is entitled to her ?lower, which has been set aside and assigned to her, and will be sold subject to the same. TU ACT NO. 2, containing seventy-two (72) acre?, more or less, adjoining lands of lt. Cliukscales, Martha Ranks anet others. TRACT NO. 3, containing twenty-eight (2S) acres, more or less, adjoining lands of it. Cliukscales and Thomas W. Martin. Levied on as ibo property of Stephen Hanks, decease.?, in favor ot' II. F. & T. H. Clayton animist Stephen Hanks. Terms of snlo Cash-purchaser to pay ex tra for all necessary papers. JAMES ir. MCCONNELL, Sheriff1 Anderson County. March 13, 1S71> 36 ? MOKT(<4GEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. BY virtue of thc- power and authority conferred by Lucy Galloway, I will sell at Anderson*?;;. Hf on SA LE DAY in APltlLi next, all that Eot or Parcel of Land, containing one acre, more or less, situate lu thc Town of Anderson, County of Anderson, State of South Carolina, hounded on thc north and east by my own lands, ?rn thc south by lot of Morris Pay ton, Calhoun Street intervening, and on the west by my own land, being a strip of land now used as a street between the lot herein advertised and lot of McGrath & By tum. THUMS OF SALI:-One-third cash, re mainder twclvo months credit, secured by mortgage, with intercut from date. Pur chaser to pay extra for papers. W. S. SHARPE. March fi,jlS7j)_SJ_4_ ii?iili?iyi? AND Clover, IIIuo C?ruttfl, morris Gras?, OrcUnrd Grass? Lucerno aud Chufar?. ALSO, CARDEN SEED, Wholesale and Retail. ALSO, A full line of DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, LAMPS, and DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, for side cheap for cash by ? WILHITB ?fe WILLIAMS. Feb 0, 1870_SO_ HEADQUARTERS ron GARDEN SEEDS. CHEMICALS ron Home-Made Fertilizers ANY one wanting to usc this linnet hand in their orders by tho l?tli of February. Call on SIMPSON, REID ?t CO. Feb 0, 1870 ?0 ly HEREAFTER A. LESSEE'S Will bc iiiiovni as above-"Paris Store." Have Just RoturiKMl from thc Northern Markets with A LARGE STOCK OF -GOODS. I stand prepared to oiler large inducements. Many Novelties will be found in my block. LADIES' KID GLOVES, in all shades, Fifty Cents [?er pair. LADIES' FINE HANDMADE SHOES, Every pair warranted. Ladies' Slippers, All Linds, from Ont Dollar up. WHITE PiaUE, MUSLIiT, NAINSOOH, JACONET, LAWN3. Every class and grade in White Goods Department Will bc found among my stock. LADIES' TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED HATS, In largo variety. LADIES' DRESS GOODS, FROM TEST CENTS UP. This line is full, and feel assured that every Lady can be pleased. GENTS' HATS, in Straw and Felt, AND CLOTHING At Trices never heard of before. S&- Remember, ONE PRICE TO ALL, aud at BOTTOM FIGURES. Having bought in large lots, I feel safe in saying that twenty five per cent, can be saved by purchasing Dry Goods from PARIS STORK. March 13. tsT'J 33 Iv ATTENTION,_LADIES ! rpilli undersigned having recently purchased the patent ri^ht to manufacture amt JL sell C. W. STEEICK'S STEAM COOKER, In this County, is prepared to furnish them to all who wish a simple, cheap and most excellent cooking apparatus. The following certiticates from citizens ot Anderson at test its merits, as judged by those who have tried it: MR. I. H. SEEL-Dear Sir . In reply to your inquiry, I would say that I am well pleas ed with the Steam Cooker, lt cooks cabbage, rico and potatoes delightfully, and IIBVO no doubt will cook other vegetables as well. M HS. D. S. MAXWELL. Mu. L. H. SERI.-/Mir Sir : I have had thc Steam Cooker about six weeks. I have cook ed cabbage, chicken, ham, beef, rice, hominy, potatoes and puddings with perfect success. Housewives cannot do without it. MKS. J. W. Ii. SKELTON. MR. L. H. SEEL-Dear Sir : I take groat pleasure in recommending your Steam tooker. My wife has been usinir it for near two months, and says that it cannot be recommended too highly. We cook for from 15 to 2U persons. T1IOS. M. WHITE. MK. L. H. SHEL-Pair Sir : The Steam Cooker I bought of you several weeks ago has proved to he a perfect treasure. Hotel and boarding house keepers buy one, and you will join in and recommend it. MKS. L. E. COCHRAN", Waverly House. Mn. L. II. SUKI.-Dear Sir ; This certifies that your Steam Cooker has proved to be a. perfect treasure. I can recommend it without hesitation. MHS. E. F. MURRAH. Mn. L. H. SEEL-Dear Sir : I take pleasure in testifying to the merits of vour Steam Cooker, lt is certainly the "Eureka" in the cooking tut. MKS. C. CUMMINGS. Mn. L. H. SEEL-Dear Sir : I take pleasure in testifying to tho merits of your Steant Cooker, lt is certainly the best cooking apparatus now known. MKS. J. I). MAXWELL. I aluo manufacturo TIN WAKE, Ac, nnd deal in STOVES, which I will seit CHEAPER than tho CHEAPEST. Call and scenic ut the West El. of tho Wa\ orly House. TL.. II. SEEL. March 13, 1870 ? f>5 3m I ? ' i ii i i i li i I 1 ? J i ? nil lilli ,11 iwww^wi^wfMnw^www NEW FIRM. REDUCTION IN FREIGHT NOWHERE. BOTTCrU! KNOCKED OUT ? Great Bargains offered to make room l'or a New Stockt ASPLENDID lot of HLACH ALPACAS below cost for cash. Tho Ladies will please call ami examine for themselves. A nice lot of DeLAINES at greatly ro il need pricss. KENTUCKY JEANS from 12c up. HATS from 33c up. BHOES'from 50. up. 1?ACON, FLOU?t, SUG.1.K .VIVI} OOFF?3E At the very Lowost rriees for Cash. Also, a A General Line of Family Groceries, At i .ices to suit tho stringency of the times. PLOWS, HOES, FORKS, SHOVELS, and other Fanning Implements nt ibo very lowest prices. REED & HERRICK. P. 8.-All indebted to the old firm of WILSON & HEED must call at once and settle their Accounts, either liv Cash or Note, .>? the busiUSSS must be ciosou up. Keb -i', l.s7!l_"_33 ly AGENCY FOR Eagle ?mmoniated Guano, Eagle Acid Phosphate, Star Brand Complete Guano, N. D. Sullivan's tihewing Tobacco,"??^r Avery's Plows and Wagons, BUILDERS, MECHANICS AND FARMERS HARDWARE, und FILES, of till Iciness* and wiaroa. Horse nml Mulo Shoesi, Woodenwnre, STAPLE DRY GOODS. BOOTS and SHOES, HATS ai? CAPS,. GROCERIES. Feb 20, 1S7C* 10 lr Notice to Rond Overseers. THE Overseers of Highways are ordered to call out thc hands and put thc Highways in ginni order between now and the first of April, and to cut out the Hoad? twenty feet in width. Where now Over seers nave not bea. Appointed, the old ones will act. * H. S. BAILEY, Chm'ii. J, L. TntuBLK, Clerke. ?, Sugar and Molasses. JUST received, a line article of Nev Or loaat Sugar and Molasses, for sale low hy_A. It. TOWERS A CO. Potatoes and Fresh Garden Seeds. EARLY Bose and Goodrich Potatoes,. D. M. Ferry St Co. and iAndreth's frsah anl genuine garden seeds for salo br A. B. TOWEltd & 0O,