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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., TKOiiSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 188a A BIG TALK WITH HAMPTON. Mclit Thrown Upon Divers Dark RnliWU -Tar Proposition af Judges Settle and Denny to Sell Oat Chamberlain in 1870 -Two r?lleles for I88O, ConciUatlon or Fraud-Routh Carolin? Beare the Whole . Cost of Her Deliverance-A Sinai Word I* Gen. Gary. Correspondence Nae? and Cavsier. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21,1879. The evident and widespread interest which has been manifested in regard to the matter of an alleged bargain for the withdrawal of the Tilden electors from the Democratic ticket in Sooth Carolina during the campaign of 1876, induced me to apply to Senator Hampton, a few days ago, for s statement of the actual facts in' the case as known to him. In the course of several conversations B?OCO had with him upon this subject, other facts wer? brought dut incidentally, which I requested to bo allowed to make known also as throwing now light upon a subject in which the people of thoStato will always feel the deepest interest. The following narrative is the result of my application, and must be understood ns presenting only the substance of his replies to my numero*<" inquiries. THE CAMPAIGN OP 1880. Senator Hampton said that, in the ab* acuco of all his papers, and after so long a lapse of time, a great many details must have escaped his memory, and be could, therefore, only give tho general facts os far as he could recollect them. I regret exceedingly, ho continued, thal these questions concerning the Tilden matter have been re-opencd. I can sec no good that can. arise from .the discus sion at a time when the Democratic / party in South Carolina requires, to bc united in order to be successful. My p; siti?n with reference to its.duty and in terest hos been that all the gentlemen who ,h-d been nominated, either for Gov ernor - for any other office, for the neal canvass should have their names fair)} ? brought before tho public and presentee to the Convention. The duty of select iug the standard bearers would devolve upontfthat. Convention, and ita actiot should be binding I have not expressec in public any pr?ierenco for any man it tho State to fill any particular office, ant havo only indicated, in general terms my views, that we should hold to tin policy which was so successful in 1876 It is co longer an experimental one ; i is the only one that has ever carried thi State-the only one that could have car ried it, and is tho ouly one that can carri it in future. TWO WAYS TO CABBY TUB STATE. Wo have a majority of fifteen thou simd colored voters, and it muBt bo pal pablo to every sensible man that thor are hut two ways to carry the election The first is to secure enough of thcsso coi jred votes-as wo did in 1876-togiv success to tho Democratic party. Th second ia to suppress that majority b; fraud. Betweoi. these alternatives 'think there can bo no question, not onl iw to the duty, but the wisdom of choo: - ing the first. It is the only one that ha been successful ; it is the only one the id right or that can be made right. ' My belief in tho canvass of 1876 ws that'by appealing to the colored perd? and showing them that: their intt.es were identical with those of the whit people, we could secure the allegiance < n large number of them, and the resu . justified that belief. Many colored me in every county exerted their best efior to promote the Democratic cause, an hundreds voted the Democratic ticket i tue e?eCti?ii. My u?p? w?s thst when enould be Governor tue administration < the laws would be so impartial and tl improvement in the affairs'of tho Sta1 be so marked, that tho colored men woul recognize tho fact that their inter?s were ours, and s large number of the be thus won to give the Democratic pa tv their cordial and steady su ppm That this hope, too, was justified proved by the fact that thc Itcpublicai placed no State ticket in the field : 1878, and gave mo the assurance-whit . ivas the strongest inducement to me become- a candidate again-that if would allow my namo to be used the should bo no opposition to me, and was further proved by the fact that nen ly 45,000 negroes voted for mo in tl election ; of that year. There aro on about 70,000 whito voters in the Stilt and as thoro waa but one ticket, and received over 120,000 votes, itismanifi ? that uenrly 45,000 colored men vot with us of their own good will. I belie that by,pursuing in '78 the sumo poli ss ia '76, we would be successful, mid < word co. FUAUD AND ITO CONSEQUENCES. As to tho other oltovnative. In t first" place, it would bo clearly wron and in the next plnco, would ultimate react On our own peojlie to such an i teilt that everything like purity of eil ?ions would become a farce and mocka and, ?? tbs third place, it would ins tably subject all who perpetrated a fraud to persecution and punishment tho United States Government. I these reasons, while not expressing preference for any particular mon as ci didates, I havo tt?ought it of the last? QcqucDCO that wo should nominate ticket fully representing tho conserv?t of 1876. ^hese being my general vi< as to ita policy, arid recognizing tho i solute necessity for our party to rem; : united and harmonious, I have tara< ly deprecated and do deprecate all agi tion that could tend to disintegrnte party, and all issues which would se . to bo mero personal once. ' THE ATTACK ON HAMPTON. Acting upoo these conA?dorations ,'invu BIUUIUUOIJ icuiuutiu iivw **>pij . to any of th o' attacks th at havo been m upon mysoif, and I should have remai silent so long aa they were confine? South Carolina or were given curre only in that State. Brit when the chi was mado directly by. Gon. Gary in New York Jferahl, that I had propt to him to "soli ont Tilden ;" that 4 shameful proposition" had been made mt wjth a view to secfuring my owns tion, and that I had been ?m fait hf? gil .---?- cr \tTw I'lM-j thought it incumbent apon me, in jo? to Mr. Tilden, tho Democratic party, myself personally, to; pronounce it true, as I have done. Tho sante cha had been mado by "A Tilden Dernocr in an Augusta paper, in January, 1 and were promptly refuted by Colon? C. Haskell, chairman oVtho Slate De erotic Committee, and General! Gowan, who related what really had , curred and exonerated mo from any sible imputation of infidelity to the tional Democratic party. Colonel Haskell wau correct in statement,' then published, that I -ritter, to Mr. *i!den conee?sirig very matter, asking what were his wi on the subject, and expressing our itigness to withdraw our electors if t wa* any possibility of our;canvaw juiing the National-Democracy. Bi ito time did it ever enter into consh lion to form auy n?imnc?, direct or rcct, with tho Republican party, that was said or done was iu tho int of Mr. Tilden and tho Democra'.io f and with bis knowledge. Not bearing from Mr. Tilden ia reply, I wroto to Mr. Marble, ~ho answered promptly, uayinx that we bad conducted the canvas* well, and V,o boped we would continue it on tho same ifne. . HAMPTON'S DISINTERESTEDNESS. In further evidence, of my disposition regarding this matter, it should be re? membered that before I waa nominated in 1876 I declared in tho Convention that I considered it of more importance to se cure the success of tho National ticket than that of tho State, and that if any of our friends thought my nomination would be prejudicial to the National Demo cratic party, I would not accept it I urged the Convention not to nominate me ander such circumstances, and with drawing from tho body in order to leave them entirely untrammelled in their ac tion, did not return until the nomination was unanimously tendered to me. TUE ABBEVILLE CONFEBENCH. Aa to this specific charge of timo and place, Col. Haskell gives tho explana tion that at the mass meeting we held in Abbeville the Executivo Committee sent word to us that a proposition had been made to them conceruing the withdrawal o? Mio Electors, and one of the Commit-' tee, Col. J. A. Hoyt, came up to consult with us in reference to it. Neither Judge Cooke nor Judge Mr oc y had ever said a word to me OD the subject. Judga Mack ey bad hot yet so much aa announced bis adherence to our party, and, if I remem ber aright, was not at Abbeville. Judgc Cooke, as is well known, had only joined us that afternoon. Coming out to our meeting at a late hoar he announced from the stand, for the first time, that be ?reposed to sustain our ticket. No one new of bis position towards us until that moment, and he certainly took no part in any consultation. J do nut know by whom the proposition was made to the ExB?Iltivft Onrnmiiiiu S?d X had CYCI forgotten who brought it to a*, until- re minded recently that it was Col. Hoyt. He can give the fach? . There was no "meeting" held that night, and, of course, I did not preside over any meetaug. Gen. Toomba, Gen. McGowan and myself were together in Gen. Toomba' room, but instead of offering us SlO;000 if we would consent to withdraw the Electors, Gen. j Toomba readily offered unconditionally I to give in $10,000, out of bis own pocket, to aid us ia our canvass for the whole ticket. Tho proposition concerning tho electors was discussed among other mat ters, and we came to the conclusion, as Gen. McGowan has announced, that we j would not entertain it. Nothing more was ever said about it, and the character , of the canvass was not changed in the ? 'slightest degree. Tho Presidential Elec tors accompanied me to every meeting that waa held in the State, and the two [tickets viere carried.as far aa possible to gether. j ; . THE DISCREPANCY IN THE VOTE8 cast for Mr. Tilden and myself can bo accounted for in two ways. In the first j place, the returns for the election of Gov ernor and Lieutenant Governor in South Carolina are required to be scaled by thc managers of election, to be opened onlj by the Legislature, and did not, there fore, go before the Returning Board There was no chance of tampering witt them, while the vote for Providentia Ejectors was canvassed by that boaid which was composed entirely of Repub Heans. Another very good reason fo; my vote being largor than Mr. Tilden'* is that many white ileyublicana, as wei as some of the colored ones voted fo Mr. Hayes and the Democratic S tah ticket. Republicans of character in Co lumbla, Charleston and Beaufort vote? for me, and the difference (about GOO was even less than we expected. GEN. GABY'S LAST INTERVIEW. \ ,yJB bia last interview Gen. Gar; changes the issue and altem pta to prov that there waa a consultation at Abbe ville, which has never been denied, have said simply that tho charges that made the proposition referred to or th ti I bsvt proposed in any way to sell on T;;?cn, or that I was unfaithful to th National Democratic party, were utter! and absolutely false, and A reiterate it. Gen. Gary also says in bis lost intel view that his statements in the first, i regard to the meeting at Mrs. Norwood') heve been "corroborated by Gen. M< Gowan since the appearance bf my ropl to him." I have just,received theta lowing telegram from Gen. McGowan : (COPY.) I have not seen but havo heard of Gcs Gary's card in tho- Urra M When d rectly interrogatedT slated what I bai before stated'in my totter, that a pron s'tioa was inado through the Executn Committee, which was brought to os i Abbeville and promptly declined. Thi the canvass went on precisely aa it ha done before-not one voto being affect* by tho rejected proposition. Tha? knew Governor Hampton to be aa true1 tho Otate and the Democratic party i any ui?u in Sou Lu . Carolina. I am oi of politics, and cannot be induced to a; tear in print, but I thought you shou now the whole truth. SAMUEL MCGOWAN." GEN. G AU Y saya again that he "submitted to 1 gagged in 1876, and bo dictated to 1 ilKlIipHJH Mr II CID SUIS TT LIO iii X bIMUlU ai shouldn't speak." The Executive Coi millee, however, made thoappointmen abd I believe selected tho speakers.: had not indicated to them anything reference to it, .and if they did not invi Gen. Gary to speak, they must have b some very good reason for not doing i If ho did not canvass tba State, it vi not . from any advice I gave, and if wants information anon this point, t sA?sfactory reasons why ho waa-not! vltedtodoso. As to my taking tho "ii tia! step" in opposition to him, it is w known that during the whole of my tai as Governor, Gen. Gary made conaii and unwarranted1 attacks on mc in ( Senate, and where he knew 1 could i answer them, end I baye hover auswei hinr except on two occasions. One those waaia Greenville. Ia reply to remark ia substance, that ''the-ni thing wa ahonld hear of th* H??np! Democracy would be that they were w ingj and dining with tho colored broth and sisters," I replied as nearly aa I < remember, "that if he had said the was doing anytb'ng to lower the standi of tho Democracy, ne had .said what i impertinent and untrue." If ha bad intended to make those reflections, could have declaimed them, which never did. The people of Greenville ! realised that Gen. Gary had done rn; harm to our party, and. th rough, the ch man of tho Executive Commits wi mo to go ibero and endeavor to coi) tho injury, which I did. THE ?StHP!75t!L?i?AH PEOPOH?T?ON T?> S! OUT CHAMBERLAIN. In farther evidence of tho fidelity v which wo sustained the Democratic pa 11 may relate what has never been lie : published, that when Judges Denny ; bottle (Republicans) wero in Colum j and ibo question of the rccngnitior ! our government wait in agitation, 1 ! said Ut mo at,ono time that if I wc ' on any public occasion, say fha thought the State had been carried for Hayes, the troops would be removed aar1. I wouid be recognized. My reply at once waa that "I would not do sc lo be made President of the United States," but that if those two gentlemen, who bad ac cess to tbs returns, which wo bad not, would take Gen. Cordoo and Bradley Johnson and go over tho returns with sn expert, ? would then say just what tho returns showed. Judge Settle tauphed and said : "We have nad ono dre! with that pack of cards and have thrown it away.'' (Meaning, evidently, that they bad already gonn over the returns and were not satisfied with the result.) Gens. Gordon and Johnson will doubtless re member thia incident. ? ANOTHER JSVIDENCL was this. There was no question of my election, because we bad received exact returns from our own canvassers, and wo V.ueiv that when the votes were counted before thT T ??gislature, they would show s majority for our State ticket. Bat when some of Mr. Tilden's friends came to Columbia and desired to bring the question as to the Presidential Electors before the Supreme Court, we employed counsel for that purpose, and several gen tlemen borrowed $5,000 from the bank on their individual notes to pay them for their services. We were urged to do th ix, and were assured that we would bo reim bursed by the National Democratic Com mittee. That money bas never been re paid. It is of interest to state in this connection that this sum. and for this legitimate purpose, was what Gen. Gor don alluded Us1 a one of the now famous CYPHER DISPATCHES.. The lawyers were employed in Mr. Til den's interests alone, and we rather weak ened than strengthened our own cause by taking any part in the case. It ia a fact which should be distinctly stated, that during tho whole of that im portant and trying canvass, which was so earnestly prosecuted in tho interest of the Democratic party, we secured not one single dollar of aid outside of the State. The whole expenses of tho canvass was borne by our own people. AN ERHOB CORRECTED. In conclusion. Governor Hampton do sires me to say (as I should have done of my own knowledge) that the telegraph operator erred in his reading of the dis patch which was sent to the Now York Herald in reply to Gen. Gary's first in terview. Governor Hampton wrote: "It was believed then, as it is now, that this article, if not written by Gen. Gary, was at least inspired by bim," &c. The ope rator made the sentence read : "He was behind them as he is now," &c. Why Grant Is Wanted. The list of third term boomers would not be complete if the came of Senator Sharon waa omitted. Mr. Sharon rep resents in the United States Senate tho Radical rotten borough of Nevada, and has principally distinguished himself cs a chronic absentee. Like most of the Pacific slope Senators, he is interested in silver mining, and is fabulously rich. He bought a seat in the Senate p-etty much as ne would.have bought a yatch or a span of horses, because be thought it something a wealthy man should pos sess, and is now preparing to purchase his re-election. Recently no decided tc pay a visit to Washington; and while ot his way to the Capital unburtbened hil mind to tho reporter of a Western news paper. Mr. Sharon has very decider opinions, which h? does not hesitate tx sneak, about the propriety of making Gen. Grant President for a third time He says woneed n strong central Gov ernmeni-the wealth of the country de mauds it; without capital and capitalist oar Government would not bo worth i fig; the capital of tho country demand protection, its rights aro as sacred aa th< rights of tue paupers who are continual^ prating about the encroachments of csp U?.,find against centralization. ''W* have tried Gen. Grant, and know him iii bo the man for Ito place above all o thor? He has nerve. As President, .hp ;woul< be commander of thc army aucTuaVj and when the communistic tramps of th COnntry Vft?sfid tfiobs to taar lin ro!!^. tracks and to sack cities on thosbnm cr of "bread or blood," he would not hesi tate to tarn loose apon them ce?iste and grape. The! wealth of tho countr has to bear tho burdens of governmec and it ehould control it. The people ai becoming educated up to this theory rsi idly, sud the sooner it is recognized i tho Constitution and laws the better I will ba for the people.' This is plai talk. Messers. Sharon and his associate waqt Grant made President ia order thi the capital of the country, concentrated i tho hands bf a few thousand r=sn, ma control tho Government and rule fifi millions of freemen. Grant is the rmi for the place, because his sympathies ? with capital and against labor, and t em |w? ral?od niuin tn ???d hungry StOO achs with "grape and canister." Senate Sharon's platform is simple and compr honsiva: L nor must starve that cap tal may thrive, sud a strong man ma ba put at the head of the Governmeu \7'no will not hesitate to drown tho cri of starving humanity in tho roar of ca; non. Mr. Sharon doe? not think it -pc sible for the candidate of tho, Republic! party-who is to be Grant-to encount defeat. Ha frankly says that ''withe bloodshed-and rivers of it-there w be no political change of Adminiatr tion." The moneyed interests of tl country, for self-preservation, must, eu tain tho Republican party. Tho ra roads, tba banks, tho manufacturers, t heavy import?is, and all classes of bm ness in which, millions are invested, w maintain the supremacy of tho Repob can party.. Like all of his class, R! Sharon renard*, or oro fesses to reca? Democrats a* repudiators and robbe He says that Democratic success in t noxt Presidential election would bankruptcy to all the material inter? of the country, and that, "to avert fei ful bloodshed," a strong centralised gc eminent should be established as soon possible. The Nerada Senator is frat at all events. He boldly utters what 1 confederate "boomers" only hint. Ho I no concealments. He thinks tho til has come when tho Imperialists can a v. li ni. they ibms and openly work for i success of schemes that would have be Annsidered treasonable) in the days Washington end ' Jefferson. The "tn (?Jo have millions of money, who ce trol great corporations and deal in Sei torshipa aa they would trade in sloe are anxious to ? make a change in I form o? the government. They are fe fol that the Republic is not strong enoc to pro?eet their plunder and want ? c traltzed government-rA kind of bast Imperialism-administered by a man i Grant, who. indifferent to human suE ing sod to nurnoo lifo, will defend cs tal 'with canoon' and guar.? monop with bayonets. ?J.r. Sharou is no loose talking blusterer. What he * ho means, and, that ho expresses h ?elf so freely chows that ho and bia c federates feel confident they have game in their own hands and that c ??altnent is no longer necessary, words give fores to the prediction thu General Grant is elected next year witt ^ the last President of the Rep lie-^?rortiefe and CbniMw/ioso?**, SICKENING BF.DELATIONS. TreRtrngui of the Convict? on tb? Oreen? ?rooC and August* Railroad-Inhuman Cruelty and Neglect. . Newt and Courier. The following are the reports of the superintendent and surgeon of the Stat? Penitentiary as to tho treatment of the convicta leased to the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad Company, which were called for by vhe Senate? at its recent see* sion, and Dy thatf body ordered to be printed: XIII: BEPQBT oe SUPERINTENDENT MPS" COKO. COLUMBIA, S. C., 8ept, 2,1879. Tb ttie Chainnan and Board of Director*. S. a. p. GENTLEMEN-Having received a let ter from Gen. P. H. Bradley, president of the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad, stating that a grvat deal o? mortality and sicknt.r s existed among the convicta leas ed to that company, I conferred with the chairman of tho board, showing him the lr Uer. He instructed me to go over there and make en inspection pt their condi tion, and at my suggestion be instructed mo to vako Dr.* Trczovcnt, the surgeon of the institution, with me, to see what could be dono to ameliorate their condi tion. Dr. Trezevant and myself appointed the morning of the 21st of August to go on tho inspection. On the night of the 20th I received the attached noto from Dr. Trezevant, saying he could not go, and I proceeded Cy myself on the morn ing of the 21st. I met tho Hon, A. P. Butler, one of the board of directors, in Augusta, about ll o'clock the samo morning. Wo left im mediately for the camp on tho South Carolina side, in Edgefield County, about nineteen or twenty miles distant, which we reached abont 5 P. M. ' . I found in one end of tho stockade nine sick men chained oh what was intended to be a straw bed, but the straw was too thin to do much good. I could not stand th? awful stench, and had to direct the guard to unchain them and bring them out in front of the Blockade. I found them in a deplorable condition, all of them complaining of venereal diseases, swollen limb?, ?Vc. I then went to the so-called hospital, whero I found three sick-two white men and one black man. They had some stiaw to lie upon and were all chained. They were all cover ed With vermin' and fleas-so much so that I was forced to leave the room. I don't see how it was possible for a well man to exist in these places well treated, much 'oas a sick, man with no treatment or so little that I regarded it as noue, They had no change of clothing, nc shoes, no covering of any description thal I could see. They reported that thej had had no medicine and no medical treatment except one dose of paregoric in the three days preceding, and their nour ishment was fat t>acon and bread. I lei! tho camp and proceeded (? where tho] were at work on the road,' about a mi h and a half distant. I found about ser enty-fivo men at work on' the road clothed in the Penitentiary stripe tbat J had sent to Gen. Bradley about five week before. It was so late that I could on!j look et their condition generally ' an! postpone tho inspection until next morn mg. I went next morning to where the; were at work, called the roll and inspec ted them. I found a great many of thee complaining of venereal diseases am swollen limes, and almost all with scur vy. They were very dirty in person sm clothing-having no change*' some o ihvta uai? iney Lad not wnahea for wecki I saw no blankets or bed clothing io thom to lie upon or cover with. I heard great and loud complain about the crud treatment of, convicts b; Capt.. J. J. Cahill and his guard. One c them, W. H. McGarvey, No., 2.12? showed Col.Butler and myself acara opo: his head which he said were caused,b blore from a stick in the hands of Cap i Cahill,, and persona outside cave tu ?Hthlirinforma?oD^ ia rcportiD? tbu?o that wer?_d?ao^~?? while in shackles and fastened, to th gang chain, claiming that ho was in r< volt. Wo heard that Cahill had ordere the guard to shoot him. Tho convict were generally in auch bad oon?f^on that I deemed it my in pcrative d aty to send tho surgeon of tb institution to see them. Tho >!ckoes3 and mortality being i great I beard that some of the directo of the road had resigned, and Dr. T. , McKie, their surgeon, had ceased to vb tho convicts professionally. I was i formed that ne bsd refused to contini to treat tho convicta because bis pi scrip tiona were not fi i'cd nor his orders to treatment- and nourishment carri out. I retnrned to Columbia on Satnida tbs 23d, and sent Dr. Trczevaut to mai a similar inspection on tho morning tho 25th, as will bo seen by the followii order, approved by tho. chairman' the board, a copy of which I a pend. His detailed report will acromr uy this paper.' On 25th September, 1877, they recei ed 100 convicts ; on 18th October, 18; they received 3 convicts; on 31st Octob 1377, they received 2 convicts ; on 2d Hi 1878, they received 65 convicts; on 6 December, 1878, they received 40 cc viols; on 7th April, 1879, ?hey rccciv 75 convicts; making,in all, 235 convie Of this number 18 were returned to t Penitentiary before I took charge, 88 > caped, 17 were discharged, 7 pardom and up to August 1st, according to ports submitted by Capt. Cahill, tin were 98 deaths. I found when I w< thara thal ill ha/I <H?A Th*> W6r? JSOl ported, tho most of them in Auge making a total of 114 deaths. AU of which ia respectfully submitt T. J. LIPSCOMB, Superintendent THE BEPLY OP DB. TBEZRVAKT. COLUMBIA, S. C., August 80, 1879 Col. T. J. Lipscomb, Superintendent So Carolina Penitentiary : DE AB SIR-In obedience to your a Director Shield's instructions, I p ceeded to Edgefield County to insp ... . ;_.Sr.I_,_!_._ _?-f. IUD tUIIUHlUM VI *UU t/uuiivio n? non tho Greenwood and Augusta Railroad I reached the stockade on Monday ternoon, the 25th, and immediately p ceeded to the said inspection. I foi in the log pen, which is called the li pital, three convicts lying on a si made of poles and clap-board and co\ ed about two inches with straw. Tw< ?aid convicts were colored and one wb One of tho convicts, John Lord, was the lott stages of exhaustion, and 1 on nothing but his shackles and A pal pants-the rest of his body being coi cd with flies. The other colored c viet had genoral dropsy. * X McC vcy, the white convict, was so weak : emaciated that ho wa? unable to ic the shelf, and the straw was so full venais Inst I could not make a satis tory examination of him. The Eng language docs not posrm words t ciontly strong lo express the stench 1 arose from that place. The quarters in which the labo: convicts sro consist of two log p ?twenty by thirty feet. In this spa: ?ouod eighteen other convicts lying cn the naked earth, their diseases being principally exhaustion and dropsies. Tho same style of sleeping accommo dations prevails io these pens aa do in the hospital, with the exception that on some of the shelves there io no straw at all, and from tho polished appearance of the clapboards, there have been none since they have been occupied. I saw neither trace or sign of covering of any kind-blanket or aught else. The stench arising from these quarters wa? sickening to tho uttermost extent. The cooking is done in six or eight round Iron ovens in the open air, the bread which I examiued being burnt on top and raw throughout Ibo balance. I saw co arrangement for boiling, &c. From the stockade I went to where the convicta weie at work, and inspected each convict separately. With tho ex ception of nine, I found them all, more or less, infected with scurvy, ana witb an eruption which waa evidently caused by tho vermin on their persans. There were two who were so swollen with drop sy of tho extremities that I remarked that they should havo been in the hospital, and was told'that they were there on light work, just to do what they pleased. Nono of' them possessed a change of clothing, and their persons, though evi dently having been washed the preceding Sunday, were offensive on account of the stench from the filthy clothing. In s conversation with Dr. T. J; Mc Kio, an excellent gentleman as well as physician, I found that he had refused to attend further o a these convicts, as he could be of co possible service under each a condition of things as prevailed ; and Mr. Twigga the associate engineer of the railroad, with the Georgia branch, in forms me that be has remonstrated time and again, but to no effect, and that out of one hundred and ninty-one convicts, on the Georgia side, since the 22d day of May he has nad no sickness whatever. . The mortality above is sufficient to prove what their treatment bas been. AB the cool weatbor comes on, with the system of tho convicts so enfeebled by their scurvied conditions, I am afraid there will bo a still greater mortality,. I have tho honor to be, with much re spect, your obedient servant. G. S. TBBZEYAWT, M. D., Surgeon Penitentiary. P. S.-I would respectfully report sinco your inspection that Spencer Brad ford had died. Of all the cases inspec ted I did not see but one coso of well marked syphilli?. There wore threo oth ers that I did not see. Conf?rence Appointments. Charleston District, W. P. Mouzon, P. E. Charleston. Trinity, lt. N. Wells ; Bethel, E. J* Meenardie; Spring Street, H. F. Chrielzbsrg; Berklev, J. T. Pate, Cainhoy, A. G. Gantt; Cypress, G. H. Poosor; St. Paul's Misson, 8. D. Vau ghan ; Sf. George's, P. F. Kistler : Bam berg, T. E. Wannamaker; Colletion, E. G. jones; Walterhoro', C. C. Fiohburno ; Allendale, W. H. Lawton ; Black Swamp, L. 0. Loyal, B. G. Guess : Yemassee. W. S. Wightman ; Hardccville, supplice; by E. B. Loyless; Summerville, 8. H. Browne ; South Branchville, D. Tiller, Editor Southern Christian Advocate, S." A. Webber. Orangeburg,O. A. Darby; Orsngoburg circuit, J. C. Bissell; Branchville, T, Rnysor; Providence, J. B. Platt: St. Matthews, F. Auld; Lewisville, J. L. Shuford ;.Orango, .T. B. Massebeau; Edis to, N. X. Melton; Ediste Mission, M. M. Ferguson ; Grahams, J. A. Glifton ; Will iston and_ Blackville, J). Z. Dantzler ; Langley, lt. xi. Jone?, urnnitviiio circuit and miasic-n, S. A. Mood; Barnwell circuit and mission to bo supplied by T. B. Boyd. Columbia District, A. M. Chrietzberg. P. E.-Columbia; Washington Street, W. T. Capers;' W. Marlin, financial agent Washington Street Church ; Marion Streit, J. L, Stokes, W. A. Clark, sup. ; City Mission, L. lt.. Little; Columbia circuit, to be supplied by J. W. Dickson: Ridgeway, M, H. Booser ; Winnoboro*. G. W_. Whitmauj Fairfield, A. J. C/wihen; A. Johnso^r?afilC?c^8I,t T- J- <?y.d?! Rock Hill, J7MVBoydpJ> ^Friday; Fort Milla. W. W. Williams; Yorkvilto. T. E.-Gilbert; York circuit, A Ervine; Lexington Fork, W. W. Jones; Lexing ton. W A Rogers; Word's, A.C. Walmar; Gilbert Hollow, J. J. Workman. Columbia Female College-J. W. Dickson, professor. Sumter District. T, u. Herbert. P, E. Sumter, A. J. Stokes, Sumter circuit, J. 8. Beaaly; Spring Hill, J. W. Aria?; Bishopvillo, D. J. Simmons; Manning, H. M. Mood; Manning circuit, W. W. Mood, Santeo, W. H. Kirton; Richland Fork, E. G. Price; Camden, J. O. Wilson; Kershaw, J. W. Browu; Hanging Rock, D. Z. McMillan; Lancaster, JVWuWull iug, Chesterfield circuit, u. nowell; Zoar. R. L. DUU??; Lynchburg, W. H. Aria?; Wedgefield circuit and mission, supplied by A. A. Gilbert. Florence district, J. C. Stoll, P. E. Florence, J. W. McRoy ; Darlington, W. R. Richardson; Society Et?, H. J. Mor gan; Cheraw; W. Thomas; Darlington circuit, D. D. Dantzler; S. Jones, sup. Jeffries' Creek, E. T. Hodges; Timmons ville, G. H. Wella; Clarendon, W. L, Pe truca' Williamsburg, T. W. Munnerlvu: Kingstree, J. W. Koger; Black River "J. C. Davis; Georgetown, J. A. Porter; Georgetown circuit, to bo supplied; Johnsonville, W. Carson, T. E. Morris; Scranton mission, to be supplied by T. E. James; West Marion, T. P. Phillips; Mars Bluff, W. D. Kirkland. Marion District, H. A.'G. Walker, P. E.-Marion, R. L. Harper, ; Marion cir cuit, G. W. Gatlin ; North Marlboro', ur xi Wrc-'.cn . \^nn^t?t/ti?A or Air Murray, J. G. Graham ; Little Rock, J. H. Zimmerman ; South Marlboro', G. T. Harmon; MuUinsville, S. J. Hill; Cbn wayhoro', L. Wood;. Conwayboro* cir cuit, H. W. Whitaker; Bucksvillo, A. B, Lee; Waccamaw circuit and mission, P. A. Murray. Cokeabary District, C. H. Pritchard, P. E.-Cokesbury station, J. W. Hum bert; Ookcsbury circuit, J. L. Sifloy * ? Abbeville, A. J. Stafford ; Ahbovillo cir- 1 cult, C. D. Mann; South Abbeville, J. E. Watson; Lowndesville,K. P.Franks; Tumbling Shoals, M. L. Banks: Green wood. Wm. C. Power: North Edgefield. W. P. Meadows ; Newberry, J. B,~Camp bell; Newberry circuit, J. W. Kelly, J. S. Porter; North Newbeiry, A. G.Le Gettc ; Saluda, J. B. Traywlck. Spartanburg District, J. M. Carlisle, P. E.-Spartanburg, J. T. Wightman, F. M. Kennedy, sup. ; City Mission, R. C. Oliver, sup.; Union, R. D. Smart; Cherokee Springs. J. W.Tarbonrx : Cane Creek, J. J. Newberry ; Jobnsonv?le, J. C. Counta ; Limestono" Springs, J. T. Kilgo ; North Limestone Spring?, to be supplied ; Goshen Hill, .WV & Martin ; Laurens, J. K. McCain ;. North, Laurens, AiP. Avnut; Clinton, A. W. Walker: Belmont, J. B. Wilson ; Gowanoville, J. F.Smith; Ricli Hi?. R. R. Dagnall; Black's elation, B. M. Boozer.. . Vanderbilt UniYersity-A. M'. Shlpp, Professor. Wofford College-W. Smith and W. V(r. Duncan, Professors. Green,;** S District, S. B. Jone?, P. E. --Greenville, A. Coke Smith ; Greenville circuit, A. WJackaon ; Reid ville. G. M. Boyd, J. A. Wood, sup. : North Green ville, J. F. England ; Fork Shoals, H. B. Brown ; Williamston circuit, L. F. Boa ty : Anderson, J. E. Carlisle ; Anderson circuit, J. Allaway; Shallow Ford, L. M. Hamer, Pendleton circuit, W. Hut to ; Plckens circuit and mission, 8. P. H. Elwell, J. W. Daniels ; Soneca City cir cuit, to he supplied by W. A. Hodges; Walhalla circuit and mission, A. W. Moore. J. J. Neville, supernumerary, Williatnaton Female College-S. Lan der, President G. W. Walker transferred to South west Missouri Conference, and stationed at Lexington, Missouri. LETTER FROM HOY. IL F. PERRY. Tue Next Preilfleutlal liUctlon-Views ot m Veneraolo Statesman. From the Greenville Mountaineer. It seems, Mr. Editor, that we have, in deed, fallon on evil times, when dame rumor is trumpeting it abroad, uncontra dieted, that General Grant is finding fa vor with Southern Democracy for a third term as President of tho American re ?iublic. That he should bo the chosen avorito of Southern carpet-baggers and scallywags will not surprise any one. Bat that tho Southern men professing to be Democrats, should wish ulm success in 1680 is incomprehensible. Have they forgotten the eight black years that this tyrant bad his iron heel on tho neck of South Carolina? Do they remember that President Grant withdrew bis army from the defense of the frontiers of tho United States, and scattered it all over the South ern States to BUBtain tho rogues and scoun drels whom he had placed in office to plunder and rob an impoverished and Bullering people? Have they forgotten that he filled our State House with armed soldiers and fixed bayonets to keep cut the legally elected representatives of the State ? Llko Cromwell, he dispersed the Legislature of Louisiana, and drove them out of their hall at tho point of tho bay onet. ' Ho sent bis minions to Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana to sustain the Returning Boards in falsifying their returns, and giving the electoral vote of those States lo Hayes. Kncwisg that Tilden and Hendricks had been elected and might be so declared, Grant concen trated a larg? military force in Washing ton to have Hayes, and Wheeler inaugu rated President and Vice President. When first elected, President Grant re ceived gifts of thirty and filly thousand dollars from wealthy men io New York and other States, and appointed these men members of his Cabinet. During the whole term of his Presidency he was surrounded by such corrupt scoundrels si Belknap, Babcock. Shepherd and others whom no protected in their rascality ant1 who are still hi? associates. It is a well known fact that Grant was convicted bj every member of Johnson's Cabinet o palpable lying and treachery. New, if the/?o guar? Democrats aro lr favor of electing such a man as U. 8 Grant a third time to the Presidentia chair in violation of tho example o Washington and all the other Americai Presidents, they are either fools o knaves, or unprincipled Swiss, ready ti fight under any banner that will pay ant dishonor their State, I Who shall bc the Democratic candi date for the Presidency oext fall ough to depend on who is supposed to be th most svailablo candidate-whether Til den, Hendricks, Bayard, Hancock, o any other true and honorable Democrat Tho Southern States should not bo prom inent in his nomination, but leave th ?election anlirolv to Northern Democrah No candidate should be nominated wh ls not ablo to carry Now York and Indi ana. If Tilden and Hendricks coal Carry tbsse States, their nominatio; would be a proper and handsome thicj as they were cheated out of their olectio four years ago; But it would seem, fror the last election in New York, that GOT Tilden cannot unite the Democratic vot of that State. Governor Seymour, it j thought, could carry the Suite o? Nw V_IT I_-Ml .-1 -? l.t. 'Jinj VU? MW T,. ll UVB WUOtJUV l\> UV candidate. William Lowndes, of Soul Carolina, ?aid that "the Presidency oust not to bo sought, for or refused.'' Th should bo tho doctrine of every, patriot! sortesoianlp^thb laud. " : " . The conduct,bT Tiiden and^Ivn^rtelj in submitting t>- tho inauguration i Hayes and Wheeler, under tho circus stances, was wine, unselfish, and patriot! The Democrats iii Congress agreed t leave the whole matter to arbitratio The,arbitrators refus od to hear the tesl mony of thc gross and well-known fnuii perpetrated Tu Louisiana and Florid and declared Hayes and Wheeler electe although they were beaten by more thi 800,000 votes I The Democratic par was bound ia honor to abide this uujti award. Any attempt to inaugurate tl candidates really elected would ha been.revolution, and would have i volved the whole Union in a blooi civil war. South Carolina is now ODCO moro und solf-government, and so aro all tho oth Southern States; and God forbid th Grant and his anny and bia office thiev should ever again Bavo it io their pon to. disturb these D?mocratie cover merits. It is all nonsense to talk abo dissolving old parties and forming ni ones.' Tnerr principles are inherent Our Federal Union, and must always e ist, no matter by what name polith parties" may be called. Tho Democn are for a'strict construction of tho Fe eral constitution, and the Republics for a latitudinarian construction of ti great charter.. Tho Democrats are favor of States' rights, free trade and monopolies, self government, arid t equal protection of all tho_ people, a nu cwi?vujiuul mid honest administr?t! of the Federal (government. Tho I ?ublican, party under every name th ave assumed and disgraced, from tl of Federalists to that of Rep?blica have been opposed to the rights of i Sutes and freo trade. They have alwi favored monopolies and legislated for i benefit of wealthy capitalist*. Tl have always favored a prodigal oxpen turo of poblio money and high salar In times past they havo attempted MUartv nf the ****** and the freadoir speech. They "have set the military o tbs civil authorities of the country i dl?r^gnrdcd personal rights and pc tv. o liberty. AU the accessions of terril to the republic have been made by Democratic party and bitterly oppc by the Republicans. B. F. FBBBA Sana Souci, Ikoembcr 28,1879. - A daughter of Stonewall Jack ?es to school in Baltimore. A part aryland ex-Con federate soldiers li presented her with a silver pitcher. - Virginia has 675 colorcd sch taught by 415 colored teachers. Thor teacher's salery averages $80 a mo the females $24. A delicate' child is more subjeC worms limn a healthy one, ss in cconomv of nature, coe anime! is ii lo eubsist upon another, and the we goea down. Ai the amt Jndicatio wormsadminister Shriner'a Indian ' mifu?o the hifalibl? remedy. THF, TAY BBIDGE D?S?STK?, A Horror Without Sard vom ?nd xtrUh-auly ftw.' Dotslla . Known-E?tlj^?A?s of tho Numb?? of Perena wno Ve rlihcd--Vary ing (rom Ninety to Three Hundred. LONDON, Dec. 27. Tho manager of the North British Railway, telegraphing from Lenehan at 4 o'clock thia morning, says: ^'Several large girders, along with the lost train from Edinburgh, were precipitated Into the river hut night? There was nearly threo hundred passengers, besides the company's servants, ali of whom are be lieved to have perished." Brief aa this dispatch is, it tells about nil that any liv* lng persona knows concerning the nature of the Tay brid;? disaster. At the awful momout of the calamity darkness sur rounded tho bridge and the train, and the most that any living man saw was a shower of sparks blown st an angle down to tho water and the trailing of the trvdn's lights through a perpendicular fall of oo-.no eighty feet. Then utter darkness followed, and tho men who bad seen the falling lights, unable to comprehend such a calamity as had actually bofallon tho train, fell to wondering whether tboy bad venny yuci; anything. The most that any person '.Iving be&reTwas the uninter rupted ro": of tho firth and of the wind through tho braces of the bridge. The stopping of the noise mado by tho moy* ing train, or the crash that accompanied the calamity, would have been drowned on any ordinary night, wheu tho roar of tho firth can be beard-for many mi?*. Th? brief despatch from the manager of the railway contains sufficient as to the extent ortho calamity to elvo it s placo aloue in tho annals of railway dis aster, even if no additional fact could ever be known-"All of whom are be lieved to have perished 1" There is no other record like this. It h probable that the number of persons lost is over estimated in the first official despatch, and that it will be und?restimUied in the announcements put forth by the company later. A despatch, from Dundoo to tho Press association at 4J o'clock this after* noon says that tho number ot lives lort does no exceed ninety. A laterdespatch f?? ul tho saino place states that only fifty six, tick?ts woro taken up st the last stopping places before running into Dundee. These figures do not cover the number of young children requ'vtog no tickets, nor tho number of passengers for Broughty Ferry, whose tickets wore not taken up, nor the number of railway em ployees. Tho sccno at the bridge, to-day was the sadest that bas been witnessed in Scot land for years. The approach to tho structure swarmed with eight-seers, and among them were wivos, husbands, other kindred, and lovers, all despairing^ Many steamers and Binait boats., were near tho scene, though the hope of find ing any survivor bas been abandoned. Six bodies have been recovered. Divers will shortly be brought to begin tho work of removing the debris of tW wrecked bridge and train and removing such bod ies ortho victims as may bo found in the submerged coaches. The excitement in Edinburgh is hardly less than in Dun dee. It was through; the anxiety of tho group of men who, stood near tho, tele graph signal box on Dundee ?ide of tho brlago, end saw th? shower of fire while speculating as to whether tho ' train would venture upon tho bridge on such a night, that the fact of the dunster was ascertained. Standing where they Were the curve at the corin end bf the bridge was at their right, and there waa nothing tc obstruct the via?* ti nnss?d?"?b^a ?istance toward the miedlo spans of. tho tructuro. Tho feeling grew upon them that they had seen tho train's lights go down into the water, and th?y appealed to tho signal man to ascertain th? truth ibs them. Ho .told thom that he orly knew that at 9 minutes past 7 the train had been signalled to him from tho southend of the bridge. The train did not come. The signal man became alarmed and en deavored to got telegraphic signals from (he other side, but there was no response. Communication had ceased.' Thon the wildest - alarm possewsd those who had gathered on tho Duudoo side. Tho in terruption of communication strengthen sd the impression thai something; terribie bad happened. "This 'fear- spread Uki wildfire through thSv-tsityf.. ?odv groa1 throngs of persons hurried out tow**: the bridge. The sea wall .was black witt tho multitude that gathered to j^er ove: the roaring firth, ona the suspense while waiting tidings of what had occurret fros painful. . Somebody sought the mos ter of the Tay bridge station, Jamo Smith, and bo and the locomotive supor Intendent of the road, James Roberts said that they would venture out on the; structure and learn what bad occurred It waa a perilous undertaking. ? The tracks rest cn top of tho girders, as? lhere was nothing to break the force o the wind. As the m?ri; advanrsad the gale seemed to increase in fury. Thej were nearly swept from their footing, ant they got down sod crawled along the track, clinging to tho rails with finger almost benumbed. Eighty or ninety leo below them the firth flung ita angrj waves against the bridge supports. Fro cceding slowly and with great exeitioi they made their wa/ out to where tb superincumbent guners began-half i mile or moro from the throng at the en< of the bridge. Here, to ti?;?- inexpressi bio horror, they found that the structur carno to an end. Looking ahead int (her darkness they saw that shout one third of tbs bridge had gouo down. Thor was not 9, vestige of it in sight, save poi tionoof the supports upon which tho super structure had rested. There wainotbln for them to do hut to turn back willi th awful tidings.they bad found. The excitement ir. Daudee was Intense As soon as .the'gale had moderated & lil tie the Provest of the. city, aocompanlc by several other prominent men, wet In a small steamer to'tho sceno of ti calamity. Their leturn was eeegerl awaited in the kopo th st some survive would be found who could tell the stm bf tho calamity. But alt that thor-o c board tho steamer saw was that bad be< seen by James Smith and_James Rober when iltcy peered over ih? edgo of ? broken structure-the supports onwhle the girders bad rested,. licked by tl waves of the firth. Latorp vast anani ties of wreckage appeared on thoaarfiu such as doora of coaches, pieces, of tl bridge, baggage,, and bato and other arl cien of apparel. Numer?os small bos floated among the supports of tho brldf No trace of any survivor was found. Ti Water is about Safte*deep where tho tra sank. lt ia not yet known, and it. probat will never be, whether (he girders wc blown down before tho train ran o?rS?*ft\ or tbev and tho train wont lotto the fir at th? samo time. The train consisted a locomotivo, foar third class coach ono first,, eoe second clww? oed t brakemen's ' van. It drew ont of Edi burgh at ?le} o'eilotk lp the afterpi/c At this season pf tho year, when t hunting in the North li'-nli Kportetnon, and, holiday trave^RWI pa-islugto and fro? thc passenger traf on 'tho North British Railway -ls vc heavy. To these may be added the ma metCu-v^j, matviwiursre' ct commercial ?sente who fteqcf hey between, Edinburghs tbesuv?? in/ of ?cotlaod iu polotof population, oo# Dandee, which ranks otfit and is s&f?fti beat of tho Scotch linsn trida. The London f?lcndctrd, in an fdHortsA this morning, says: "When tho first feeling ot horror which, hangs over th? country ebs?l bava subside;?, ? strict and Bcvero investigation into the causesof tho accident wlU be demanded! by tho peo ple, and nothing short of n complete answer will bo accepted. The gale to which tb j bridge succumbed was n?t ex* ceptlonally violent, tho train of cairs Lav* lug apparently nothing to do with thi nccident, which had occurred before tbs cars reached tho broken portion. The national reputation is at stake, arid thc investigation must be searching indeed." LONDON, Deo.- aO.-^The Goveramaut bas cot two inspectors to ascertain the particulars of the Tay Bride disaster, and Uss. directed*'a formal inquiry jato tho aacurronce. Divers have thoa far been unable to discover tho wrecked traia, They will make another effort to-day, , The place whero tho train sank is full of quicksands; arid, if the bodies of tho irownod arc not recovered within a few . lays, they will be imbedded with the zan boyond recovery. Who Took Sherman's Battery 2 EDITOR REGISTER: Who does not re member tho tremendous excitement over the news of tho victory af the fi ref; battle af Manssaas? The Knnioiaconees of this celebrated battlo aro somewhat ead but pleasant, sad I recur to them with pl?*a ure. One little incident ;I wish to call up and thereby do justice, to a fallon hero. Tho Hampton Legion bore a con? jplcuoas part in thia batt!e, arid. it;.wa? aiioged. captured Sherman's ^celebrated battery ; but subsequent In forma?on de* eelopcd tho.fact that there was no such battery on the field. But ono Captain Ricketts commanded a battery, which nras originally part of tho Sharman bat tery, so conspicuous on tho battle fields af Mexico. At the session of the Lcgis l?twtf which followed, Col. Yeadon, a member from Charleston, made s glow ing speech, complimenting ths legion as the captors of tho celebrated' bwtss&l llleging that tho guns , were captri^ed in. & hand-to-hand contest, the minacre bay-> .meted arid hewn' down." fighting over them td tho last man. These statements ?vero never contradicted, w re kaqw.of. ' md, like the cotton balea at the battle of blew Orleans, bss passed intobt?(/fyan(V "iii b-5 bil; JTc?^ b?7 ?Fi??Tj tv ?tir? ennrox" time. Being anxious to bavsBnd hoar in interesting account of tho captare. I net, not long after, Lieutenant B;,of she company said to have made the capture, md asked him to giro 'mb nn account of be fight; but I was terriblj? letdown ht ila response, for bo said j as%eliaa I eau remember, quoting bis own vrords : "WO i ad no fight over the gobi. Wa were' wing across the field, came np to some nins that had been abandort?a como time, and we stopped and rested thara tome minutes, some,of our mea g.\ jp and Eitting straddle tho guns; but mere wero no Yankee soldiers near us dien," This statement rather; surprised . me, and I wss'loth to believe it, but of worse it. was a caudid, unbiased state ment, and afterwards confirmed by an other officer of the same company, giving Identically tho same statement. . 80. X bad to console myself with tho fact that [f tho legion dla not take the battery.' they hau borne themselves-gallantly: in the great battle. But who did capture, battery? ~*l answer, <5<&rFi&?r, of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment, and I say so for the following^ reosoiis : Ta a conversation with " ex-Gcyefnor More bead, of Norui Caf?w?B, not Jong siter tho battle, as near as X can yettem&?I? said t V While in Richmond, last week, I jailed to see Captain Ricketts,' I found iim comfortably.cared for and nursed by ils wife, who bad been permitted to Pwi brough the lines. Ho said : sapture of Sherman's ?battery by ibo Hampton .Lcgl<;i: ?>? <T*m lina. Thero waa no such balta*-*. Beld; britaiy battery, I supuse as 1 cornmanded a.-part of, tho I ivas firirig s.way aa fast as I could, v a 64ja^?^.?avw abody of Ja/aotrvy double auKE[?S||^^ b been sheltered by. t?m?.o-baener und ? on mo so quick I .hr, my guns. Fisher I: rec^air?d <aj? cii in ibo advene?, flinty leading iud flourishing his sword high in thoa ind shouting His men on the charge, w Tell dead in twenty feet of tho guus. felL myself ia a moment or two.. T ido of battlo swepi on over 1: ?ras left a prisoner with this brokoa i< ;r.d bcr^ia-s in Richmond, toricn to r nortiflcation sod, surprise ; arid no riioover may ' cists, tfi h.ito c-aptur Sherman's or Ricketts' battery, you ci mswer, Fisher, of North CaxoHr.u,' " ! And now it bas been ?earjy pears ago, but not too late to de just: O the bravo hero wbo foll iu'e-m: c I-.T: ?8i<t, tbcn, "Honpr to whom honor lue." _^iLUTli' Tora PEO?*???TION OS Faw&r*Frc tho report of Hon. A. P. Butler, Fi Dommfesioner, for thoyesr 187?, \ Lhr.t considerable progress bas been mn towards stocking tho waters of tilts SU with edible fishesvand iu a few years1 may expect every, stream within our li its ? afford a plentiful supply. Tho f towing ara the numbers of CaKfori salmon, shad and Genna? waters in which ?ihey hiv"? ; QjRfofni?. '^at^j?^&\ux " Rive?, 2,000; Bread River? 4,0?i> ; tetto River, 4,500 ;. ?aluda River, 4,600. B?istb River, 6,000; Cooper River, 5,009. Total, 25,000. . iS?ad-^May: Cooper Rivcr^ 7,000j Ashley River, 7,000; Fee- Deo River. ?4,000 ; Yadkln River, 14,000. Total; 52,000. Germait Oarp-November 6: -'f..: November 24: 47?. Total,6?0. . : j VHT?I.TX Or *TVO?hr.r-T-on)i fashion of oonfasinir excsHcn ibo largo mass of "patent c ia this they 8? guilty of a aro come advertised reis od i ail thel is asked for thom, an wo know of-Hop Bitters. .1 h?d occasion to cse tho Hitta aclimata ?s w? h?vo moat Bay City, and has al ways'fou ?rai-elas!? cn? reliabJa,,^ dol claimod for th?ni.-ZWSyn-, - it ls common ceruj niai av a wini 1 falicn.quring York reported' lost 01 Gru?-,. Caotain and?! r