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BY E. B. MURKAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7. 1882 VHT mrT? vir -T4. T y-v -v THE COTTON BLOOM COTTOr GIN ?iihlntssof Draft, quality of Lint turned ont, and Durability, cannot bo sur ?^j ?f equalled. iVlotionury Konter, a now invention lor straightening thc lint and heat Aiwnil ail i trash, is now uttachsd lo these (?ins without extra charge - ^"of this <ii" are securely fixed on the steel shaft with a screw and nut so ?Flj-jsaw can he replaced at the gin-house. ?So sole Agenta for O UL LETT MIKEL UKI KU anti I.UH.UUM gfjgX GISH. All our Gina are manufactured by the Standard Machinery Co., ?;R:rer. Conn. ?forprices, terms, Ac, or call and examine stock on hand, and he convinced rt ?J, that our Gins, as now improved, stand FIRST IN THE LIST. for the Best Cotton Presses in the Market. SORGHUM MACHINERY. [Cana Mills and Evaporators for Sale. ENGINES, SAW MILLS, &C. and Leather Belting, Packing, Lace Leather, &c SULLIVAN fe BRO, OLD RELIABLE HORSE TAILOR RjlESS! 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Teas and JGoods at all prices, and satisfaction guaranteed. Everything delivered free in M limits. MPAItSIERS - We are still agents for the Celebrated CHAMPION REAPER AND h. Testimonials from all over the County that il is the Machine for farmers, puke pleasure in showing and explaining our Machine. Terms Siheral. HIGH CRADE FERTILBZERS ON HAND, L?lowon Cotton Option. A few tons of EAINIT left. Call early. Expecting to Kcn.this Fall, we would respectfully esk one all to give us a showing. kum ANDREW & PREVOST. DEPOT STREET. SPRING OF 1883. EW GOODS ! - NEW PRICES ! I PREPARED FOR A ROUSING TRADE ! I keep always on hand a FILL STOCK of DRY AND FANCY GOODS, Immense Stock of Dress Goods of every Description, SILKS, LACE CURTAINS, &C. fi? oe a call, and I will convince you that I mean business. My motto : iulaiod small profits. I make a Specialty of Zcigltr Bro?. Flue Shoes, fee one, come ail, and examino my stock before buying elsewhere. No atoshow Goods. Will comparo prices with any house in the up country. Very respectfully, ??ff m sr* B-B m. KZSKJB r% t\i WW ? Ma WS tr- SWIM Va No. 3 Benson Street, Anderson, S. C. 112,1883 89 WHAT IS THIS I HEAR ? Til AT I Have the Best Goods for the Least Money ! ?HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FINE LINE OF SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING, Clotho wants of nil-Bovs, Youths. Young Men and Old. Also, a very Hue as P?UNDERWEAR-siich as Shirts. Drawers. Collars and Cravats. Also, a .wiroent of WORSTED DIAGONALS, SUITINGS. CLOTHS and OASSI ^ which wo are prepared to make up in thc very latest styles, and will spare no ...her In Cutting or Fitting, that we mav thereby please those who will favo ?*patronage. Call before purchasing elsewhere and he convinced. r ?ay last year'B account and save costs._ ?sw CLARK Ac CO. ?j.JK DANIELS, Proprietor. 36 FERTILIZERS FOR 1883 ! '"'llaelKng the well-known brands of Fertilizers and Acid Phosphates, to wit : Eutaw Fertilizer, Excellenza Fertilizer, Yemassee Fertilizer and Eutaw and Ashepoo Acid Phosphates. rELLAND REE MB BEFORE BUYING. J Stock of General Morcliandis? is Complete ! m?8,?ch a8 suits the Wants of the people generally. 'J? on bend_ FLOUR. BACON. SUGAR, COFFEE. MOLASSES. Ac. FULL STOCK OF DRY GOODS. NOTIONS, SHOES. BOOTS, HATS, CAPS, HARDWARE. CUTLERY. '&?., ? CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, Ac. No io Granite Row. W _ ?A "RT* XV. J?. BARR Aivr> MEN CHANCE WITH THEM, ??^eijaso? we have just laid in A LARGE STOCK OF NEW GOODS *rfc?r,Dow that all our customers desiro something that is new and at the same "??Die. Our Stock comprises a Uno assortment of DrV Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, NOTIONS, HARDWARE, GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, ETC., at the Lowest Prices. While other things are changing,we/J0U?J ^li^00 VtmnK to Tange oui plan of offering good and substantial Bargains fr*? rttt "Rh a trial. _", 1^ ARE ITV THE COTTON MARKET, VoVuVnh5 hl1he8t Prf'^- ?Ve have a large lot of BAGGING and TIES on ur Pnces before closlua a trado. _ ..LL y-N?-i i,!*? BBOWN BROS. 10 TUE DISCLOSURES OF DORSEY. 1 Ho? (Jurilclil Secured tho Nominal lan for President. / Vow the Arie York Sun, July Iii. WA?HIXOTOX, Jul, ?.-Tiie sequence of some events that bad their beginning with the nomination of Garfield was ended with tho verdict in the recent Star-route trials. Two of the defendants in these inn's were so intimately con- j fleeted with tho Republican canvass in j 18)>0, and one of them, nt least, so con- ' nectcd because ol' his relations with thc ! Star-route contractors, that the very re- I markable history of that canvass has been really in their power to tell. They have both refrained from doing so, because they wero under lire, and because they knew that they had the sympathy of many of the leading Republican politi cians. Both Brady and Dorney have over and over again received assurances from these managers of sympathy, not unfrequently coupled with tho assertiou that no case of ingratitude is known that compares with that of the Administra tion, which was not willing btu anxious to secure all the aid these two defendants could give dur! lg thc canvass, and then, having obtained that aid, was willing to turn around and persecute them. What ever wrong Ibero may have been in thc Star-route contract system, th-; Republi can managers in 1880 either knew or suspected, and they were then ready to get such advantages therefrom as were possible, it ia not io bc .woodend ot, therefore, that both Dorsey and Brndy f<?el to day anything eui gratitude to ward the pnrty they aid BO much to keep in power, nor cnn tho defendants in the recent trials bo held as specially unfaith ful, if from them some of thc very remarkable secrets of tbnt most remarka ble canvass are learned. The canvass was involved from the beginning with these two men. Dorsey was the bruins of the Republican Nntionnl Committee. Brady's knowledge of Indiana politics was constantly brought into requisition, and he was begged, pleaded with, and ni most ordered to receive money from these very Star-route contractors for the purposes of the campaign. To both, Gen. Garfield and t.w> purty malingers constantly acknowledged their obliga tion ; to both, Gen. Garfield at leust bad expressed his opinion that ibero was nothing uulawfu! in the Star-route busi ness; while to both, other Republican managers, such men ns Hubbell, Jewell, Gen. Arthur and others, has said that the Star-route contractors ought to bo required to contribute liberally, because they were getting lurge sums for their work through the favor of the Govern ment. To Brady and Dorsey the subse quent course of the Administration seemed ungrateful. They thought the party managers were entirely willing to reap such n'ivan'nges as could be obtain I ed from the Star-route contract system, [ and having succeeded in reniai ni ug, they tdiowed themselves also entirely willing to get further parly advantage by prosecuting men for doing the very thing thnt hud before been of such vnlue to the party. When the Congress ordered an inves tigation into the system of letting the Star-route contracts, Gen. Garfield, at Gen. Brady's request, made a very thor ough examination into ihe whole mat ter. The result WSB that he nssurcd Gen. Brady and Senator Dorsey that ho was satisfied the system could he defend ed, and lie promised when the special appropriation for which Gen. Brady asked should come before the Mouse that he would not only voto for it, but would also defend it upon thc floor. Realizing Garfield's great influence, not only with the npproprintions committee, but also on the floor, both Brady and Dorsey were satisfied that the accusations against them would be satisfactorily defended. They bad received Garfield'? most positive assurance that he would do all in his power to set them right, and they had every reason to believe that he would keep his word. But when the matter came up Ga. .'.'dd not only failed them, but he also allowed his influence to dwindle to insignificance by pairing with a member of the House and leavinir ion H v, hen ??? mailer came up. Dorsey was inclined to forgive bim for this ; not Brady. The second assistant postmaster general realized that Garfield had discov ered that very large sums of money were received by the Star-route contractors, and he was inclined to think tbat Gar field would be disposed to make use of this knowledge at a later day. There fore, Brady thought, Garfield did not care to go on record, except sufficiently to satisfy the men who baa asked him lo defend them. All thia occurred some months before the Chicago Convention. It was well known that Brady favored the nomination of Blaine, while Dorsey professed to bo earnestly for Grant. III. In the winter of 1880 a club of thc "belter element" was organized in Phila delphia by a young mnn, with political aspirations, named Wharton Barker. This club, among other grent missions, undertook to prevent tho nomination ol either Gen. Grant or James G. Blaine Mr. Wayne MacVeagh was a member ol the club. He bad a profound dislike fui Blaine, having characterized him as thc most dangerous man in American poli tics. Mr. Wharton Barker regarded thc threatened nomination of Grant as t dangerous innovation. The point wai to find the man who could beat both o these in the Chicago Convention. Many names were suggested. Sherman, h< would not do, be bad no elements of pop u 1 ur i ty ; Edmunds, he would nut du because they would tell about the black bottle he kept in his committee room Hawley-oh, no ; he came from an in significant State and waa something of i blusterer, and so on. At last one even ing Mr. Barker suggested the name o James A. Garfield. It wrswcll receivei by nearly all tho members of the club Then a thin man, with a foxy face am an icy expression, arose. He was Mr Wayne MacVeagh. "The proposition,' be said, "is absurd. Garfield's record i so bad that the party could nut afford ti nominato him. The history of tb Credit Mobilier case, of the De Gulye business, and of other matters that bavi not yet been made public, would al come out. No, gentlemen, we cannu afford to think of Garfield." Stepheu W. Dorsey heard of thi speech afterward, and Garfield heard o it, and Mr. Wayne MacVeagh waa al ways persuaded that Garfield beard c it through Dorsey. Mr. MacVeagh, however, did not im press the club. It was decided that Gai field waa the man to make the fight, an in the earh/spring of 1880 Mr. Wharto Barker and Garfield waa closeted i Washington. Mr. Barker told Garfiel frankly that the Philadelphia club wei bound to secare his nomination if possi ble, and they wanted his assent and ct operation. Garfield was pleased, but h said that Ohio would instruct ita deb gates for John Sherman, and he did m see how bi? nomination could be con uassed under the circumstances. "You would not," said Barker, di cline the nomination if lt wero tenden you?" Garfield answered: "Tho great] Lowndes of South Carolina once ?aid, 'The Presidency should neither be sought nor declined." Of course this was enough for Mr. Marker, and the ''Better Klement Club" began at once a linc ?ii mauagemeut, whose results were seen at Chicago. That Garfield knew how well they were going on is indicated by his remark to Randolph Tucker ju*t as he was leaving for the Chicago Convention. Tucker met him in the cloak room of the House. Said he: '"Well. General, who are yon ?4oing to nominate " "I don't know," was Garfield's reply. "It's as likely to be me as anybody.'' And Mr. Tucker, after that remark, was prepared for the news from Chicago. Mr. John Sherman learned very speed ily what was going on. He <'ast about for means to circumvent it, and at last hit upon a (dan. He insisted that Gar field should go to Chicago at tho head of the Ohio delegation. Sbeiinnn believed that Garfield, in that place, would not dare betray bim, and would also lack thc courage to allow any movement in the Ohio delegation that looked like treach ery. Hut there was a mau named Poster, uow Governor of < Ul io. in the delegation. Poster was a man of thc Garfield strip??, with an air of frankness, good fellowship and faithfulness, but cold as steel, and never for a moment forgetful of (.'bar?es Poster. Between him and Garfield there was a perfect understanding. There were two men in the Chicago Convention who very early sa* what was in the wind in the Ohio delegation. One of these was Dorsey and thc othes Conkliug. Dorsey kept his knowledge to himself, except that he said to Conk ling one day, "There is treachery ovei there," pointing to Charles Poster and tho Ohio delegation. Conkliug, bow ever, al a fitting moment took a bit o: paper, and, writing a few words thereon sent it over lo Garfield. Gen. Garfield read the note, tore it in pieces, ant turned pale. Thu pieces be threw or thc floor. A mau who had seen it all collected the pieces afterwards, pastee them together, and the note is now ii possession of a gentleman who lives ii Port Huron, Michigan. In this not* Conkling expressed, in the snrcaatii manner of w hich he is master, his ap predation of what was going oil, am Garfield knew that Conkling saw tba the Ohio delegation were manipulated not for Sherman, but for Garfield. Garfield was nominated, and nt hi earnest request Stephen W. Dorsey wa made secretary of tho National Republi can committee, and reallv its chnirmar IV. Both Garfield and Dorsey realized vcr early in the canvass that the Rep?blica candidate for the Presidency was emba? rassed by a sulky, jealous and niutinou faction. The relation that thc New Yor Stalwarts permitted themselves to assum was the isubject of much corrcspondeuc between Garfield and Dorsey. The can didate wrote to Dorsey that he relic upon him to prepare tho way for th cordial co-operation "of the sa I ky Nei York men. He declared to Dorsey tin he regarded him as one of the best t organizers, and knew that if he woul undertake the work of reconciliation, could be consummated. Dorsey promit ed to do it. He frankly told Garfiel that it was a work that amounted to nott ing less than organizing a movement fi victory from elements that, right nfti Garfield's nomination, promised uni defeat. In those depressing days in Jul and early August, il was Dor.-ey wh gave encouragement lo Garfield, and was Dorsey who mapped nut a plan < operations '.hat met Garfield's cordii approval, and drew from him the mo: fulsome expressions of gratitude. Whi Conkliug, Grant, Cameron, Logan au the Stalwarts everywhere were so frigi as to send a chill throughout the part; Dorsey never permitted himself to loi courage or hope. Garfield's correspoi denco with Dorsey nt this limo reveals tate ot mind bordering on despair, ar this embarrassed Dorsey not a littl Garfield bewailed the indiff?rence of tl Grant faction ; Dorsey told him that would pass away. Garfield could not HI the way clear for cordial co operatioi Dorsey told him that the way lav wit himself. Garfield asked for iigiit Hhow the way ; Dorsey furnished it. It was Dorsey who conceived and su cessfully managed the Piftb Aveni Hotel conference, and be himself hp.? sa that not even his recent trial as a crino nal conspirator against tho Governme gave bim more anxiety, or more necessi for calling upon all bis resources, th: did the arrangements for that conf?rent Dorsey had presented to the Republic! managers, including Garfield, his vic respecting the canvass. To hia thinkii there were two necessities. One w money ; the other the co-operation of tl New York Stalwarts. The two wc linked. Dorsey said that no mon could bo raised without the co-operath of the New York men ; and, on the otb hand, with that co-operation, combiu with certain honeyed indue ~*euts, ai amount could be raised. Dorsey fro the first urged the necessity of makii the battle in Indiana in October, f : correspondence with Garbed will sin that, and Garfield's replits to him w also show that the candidate was nf t same opinion. Garfield suggested soi puerile plans, such a i one to interest cerlaiu religious sect in Indiana, ni also the educational interests. Dors pooh-poohed these, and in plabn ten said that the influencing factor in Int ana would be money. In ibis view Gt Brady, who knew Indiana from the lab to the Ohio, agreed. Garfield did II know how the money was to bc raise Dorsey did, and he told Garfield that must meet the New- York pol it ?c?a i He (old him that when he mel these m there must be no political diploma about it. The meeting must be a pn lical business meeting. There must un generalities, no vague suggestioi postive pledged assurances. He told h that the Now York politicians wt ready to give, but that they were hiisini men, and would expect to receive, must be a quid pro quo meeting and th< must be no trifling, because the N York men could not be easily persuad* Garfield held off for awhile from a f* to face meeting, and at length suggest that he would meei certain influent New York Stalwarts in Mentor. Don told bim in the plainest terms that must come to New York ; that tho N Yorkers would not run after him, a that be roust come to them. So Garb at last consented. The Fifth Aver Hotel conference was arranged. Coi ling had promised to be present ; but was the only one of those who were < Eected to take part in the conference w ept away. Why be did so will app later. V. The great Republican party had co to this at last. It had nominated Credit Mobilier man for President, i its candidate, to win, was obliged to m with tho representatives ot' a po wei faction, ana dicker and bargain w them for the price of their supp Dorsey had told Garfield that this Fi Avenue Hotel conference would bo *' climax of the.canvass." If it waa e ccssful, Dorsey promised success November; it* it failed, Dorney said that ibey might us well close their committee rot.UH and let thu campaign go by | default. This was pressing. It wanted but a few weeks to the great prclimimi- ; nary contest in Indiana. Garfield bad ' been greatly impressed by * Dorsey's earnestness, and when bo met tile repre sentatives nf tile great Stalwart faction in the Fifth Avenue parlor, it was noticed that the smiling, hail-fellow-well-met I manner was absent, lie was niost i serious and seemed lo bc thoroughly in earnest. Ile made a plain, seemingly j perfectly frank statement to the grim ; polilician? in front of him who had his . fate in their hand?. Hi acknowledged ? as much to them, l?o said, as he bud i sait! before to Dorsey, that New York j had the r?jiht to expect the largest reeog' I nitiou ul his hands ; that it was bis earn j est desire so to shape bis course that all j di in: rc nces in the party would bo recoil ! oiled, and that no one would expect that I he would for a moment entertain any idea but that of learning what the wishes of thc friends in New York were, and if they were consistent with what was lair, he would give his hearty assent to them. Hut generalities were, not indulged in very long. Fact? and figures were pre sented as coldly and as free from hints ns a bargain for tho sale of a railroad. They told him first that it was expected that he would agree to appoint aa secre tary of tho treasury a New York man prominently identified with thc part of the party that favored thc nomination of Grant. Ho said that thc demand waa not only not unreasonable but entirely proper, and when ?.evi P. Morton was suggested as tho mau who was desired, (jen. Garfield promised, without further qualification, that, if elected, he would appoiut Mr. Morton secretary ol' tli? treasury. Ho subsequently added thal if Mr. Morton preferred a first cl as? mission abroad, be should bo appointed to that. Now comes thc humiliating part of tho business. Tho cool and determined politicians with whom UK caudidatc for thc Presidency was dealing kept up the business aspect of this pro cceding by making duplicate, mcmorumh of what had been promised. It was i formal document, frigid HS a bill nf salo Hut this was a trille compared will that which followed. This only' securec the active support of tho Stalwarts That was nothing without money Whether Garfield made or received firs thc proposition that men say wis made it is now asserted by those who knox that another memorandum was d- v up. In that it is ass, ried that the .u didate for thc Presidency of tho HepuL Hean party agreed with thc cool, re morseled politicians who bad him i their power, that the operation of refund lng thc Government fives anil Kixc^ which must soon take place, should b given to such syndicate of New Yor bankers as should be designated by th Stalwarts, and ut such commission ti should be fair. Hero were millions i prospect. The operation, as has sine been shown, was un enormous one, an at an apparently trilling com missie would have givon the fortunato By nd cate profits such as has not been realize since the days when the great Govern ment lon tu were plaeed. With Buch a ngreeme I the problem of raising can paign fuo?s was solved, and the myster nus Fifth Avcuuc Hotel conferenco wt ended. The bargain was made. Th Stalwarts had for a price been won-a but one. Mr. Coukling, as those wh ought to know best i ben and now bel ie v had learned ot' this proposed bargain fi thc refunding of the bonds, ami carr not to huvo part nor share in it. So L kept away from that conference. VI. "Hurrah," shouted tho excited Jewe when he met Dorsey alone, "the battle won." Dorsey, grim, earnest, and fu of nervo as ever, did not allow his jt to affect his business. Hut it real! seemed as though tho party were no getting ready to fight a battle. Thei had been some doubt ubout that befor Within a week after the Fifth Aveni conference, Wall street had subscribed very large amount of money, not fi from half a million dollars. At tl eume time began that remarkable, an at thc time, unexplained zeal which tl ..ii u.-i-? IsaJan an (Mania .,- -1- f _ ,% Republican canvass. Grant, Conk lin Don Cameron took bold, ana the polit cal temperature sprang from zero i fever beat. These three leaders mm their memorable visit to Garfield ; Mentor, and Grant and Conkling toe the stump. But while all this firewoi business waa going on, there was 01 man who bad more seriouB matters attend to. In constant communinntu with Garfield, Dorsey began to organi; for an Gctobei victory in Indiana. Tl eye of the public being distracted by ll splurging and hurrah-boys style of cac paiguing tbat followed the Filth Aveni cunterence, Doney bad abundant oppa tunity to put into operation, withoi being detected, tho plan of campaiguir in Indiana that afterward won the balli und which brought from Garfield tho expressions of thanks and gratef acknowledgments which Dorney now b; in his possession. Dorsey's plan involved the ma thorough canvass ot ibe Stato of Ind una thut had been made since tho vigo nus dayB oft ?. P. Morion. Every vol was enrolled, and the first canva showed that the State was hopeless Democratic. Gf the purely straleg and organizing part of the work il is n necessary to -peak, except to say that HOU for Dorsey the loudest praises fro those who knew what be had done, ai OiLMsed Garfield to speak of bim as "prodigy of political ability." Io ihe latter part of September, aft Dorsey's organization bad been perfecle alter every voter had been placed, ai the influences that could be brought bear on each voter had been thorough learned, a special messenger left Nt York for Indianapolis. lie had wi bim over four hundred thousand dolla either in cash or in convertible pap? This money had all been raised in Nt York, and principally by the efibrta Levi P. Morton. Dorsey never touch a penny of the money, though urged see to ita distribution personally. 1 was there not only to Bee to it that t plan of organization wan followed to tl letter, but also to prevent, so far as pt sible, any of tho money from sticking tho pockets of men who were trusted distribute it. When tho moaey reach the local committees it was found to largely in crisp, new $2 bills. It ls t lieved that Mr. John C. New could ti how bills and drafts of large denorair. lion were thus converted into bills this denomination. At all event? tbt they were. They were distribut through tbe Stale just aa ballots we in great bunches. The destination each was perfectly well known, and noon of election day they had fall like snowflakes silently all ovei the Sta although moro in some parts than others. Then came the count of polls in t evening. The{2 bills and the $432,0? combined with Dorsey's plan of orga zation, bad won. The Democratic pa was snowed under by greenbacks, anc great hurrah went up ail over the la among Republicana that the princip ol' thc party had triumphed in Indiana. The Ki Ith Avenue Hotel conference was J a success, mid Dorsey was admired ami i congratulated. Subsequently Gen. Ar- j thur, then Vice-President elect, in ?il bur-it of conlidence ni the famous dinner ; given to Dorsey, tuunmnrized it nil in ; one won!. "Soap.'' Garfield, Arthur, j i James, Wayne MncVeugli, and other I Republican leaders knew nt the time ? what had been dune, ?md lill vied inj doing 1 hiPtcv honor. VU. I Rut the ell'ect of tho October election I in Indiana was only moral, ?ind it was feared il would bo temporary, lloth (Dorsey and Brady asserted that the I same kind of argument that had been I used in October must bo used ?gai? in I November, or the State would be lost. I A two-dollar bill was unod only for ono j election. Mon- money must bu raised, and tko Republican r.i?tugt?r< in casting about for means thought pf tho Star roule contractors. Garfield himself, Calling to mind his investigation and h is discovery that tho contractors were re ceiving great sums from tho Government, felt tbut they ought to subscribe. Oilier leading Republican managers had the same opinion. One day Jay Ilubbell called upon (?en. Brady, then second assistant post master-general. "Brady," said he, "Hie Star-route contractors must stilweribe nt least forty thousand dollars io thc cam paign lund, and you must 'ceKecl thc money." Brady replied that there r.-ou!d bc nc difficulty about raising that amount, lit waa willing to undertake to raise it, bul ho didn't propose to bimi bis fingers, ii view of Hayes's order, and tho feel i oj ugainsL Government employees soliciting subscriptions. Huhbcll thought thu Brady waa altogether too sensitive aboli it, but Brady was firm. "Give me,' said Brady, "something that 1 cnn fal back on in case of trouble and you -hal have the money." Ilubbell asked Brady if a memoral) dui'j of sonto sort from ll. B. Haye wo uld bc sufficient, and Brady said tba il would, ol' course, provided il was tb right kind of memorandum, llubbel promised to get it, and went to Haye forthwith. Hayes refused to write an uiemorauduni or letter. He did not foi bid tho raising ol' the money ; he Olli refused to do anything that would thro' the responsibility for it upon bin Ilubbell was in despair. He lahore again with Brady, but thc assistant pus master general was linn as H rock. Hui bell then communicated with Dorsoi and tho result was that Ilubbell return?1 to Brady, saying: "Wmid you linde take lo raise that money from the Sta route contractor: if you should gel request or a memorandum from (lei Garfield?" Bindy had little faith in Garfield, ll could not forgot thal Garfield hu promised to defend the Siur-routc iq proprititions, and had failed to do s Stilt) alter considering tho maller for while, Brady said that be would try I niiso tho money, provided a sat is fact ot document were received from Giulio! ilubbell at once wrote both to Garlic! and lo Dorsey, who happened to be i Mentor ut tho time. Tho project Wi talked over between Garfield anti Do sey, ami at that timo darli dd expressi himself very frankly about the Stnrrou contractors. Ho knew that they wc receiving largo contracts from the t?o ernmeni, mid he thought they ought be willing to contribute something f tire success of a party that bad not on given them opportunities, hut cou protect them in the futuio. Gnrfie then showed Horsey n letter that he hi written to Brady nt Hubbell's suggestif) in which he requested Brady to exe himself to collect tho money. Dors peremptorily told him not to send t letter. At Dorsey's suggestion, t queer and notorious "My dear Hlibbel letter was written. In it occurs the e pression, "Ask Brady how tho depa incuts are doing," and this WHS intend to be a hint, a request upon which Bra would act. When Brady first saw it treated it with '.'uutcinpi. Lie thong he saw in it a willingness on the part the candidate to make a cat's-paw him. But he finally consented to colli tuc money. With the letter ns authority, bc did collect a largo stun money, part ot which ho took to In aua, where it was spent, with Garlic) knowledge, by himself, and where would do the most good. Such is the history of the "My di Ilubbell" letter. VIII. lt was about this time that comnlai were made both to Brndy and Don that Gen. Garfield's hospitality at Mi tor was being abused, and that the ci didate found himself seriously emb rassed for money. Garfield represen th At it was not right to expect or .?How the candidate tn be subjected these burdens. This was just wi Hayes hud done before him, And 1. Cameron sent Hayes u check for handsome amount lo relievo his emb rassment. Both Brady mid Dorsey i lo it thut Gaifield's embarrassment > relieved in tho same way, for wh favor acknowledgments were duly ceivtd from thu cuudidatc. IX. We now conic to an event in the markable canvass of 18KIJ that may h the light of a Congressional investi lion thrown upon it. Early next wit it is the intention of u member of House to introduce a resolution recit that charges have been made aired the integrity of thc appointment t Justice of the Supreme Court, and s ing that a committee of investigation >ij.pointed to ascertain the truth ther The following is a statement of the H stance of these charges : It is asserted that sumo of the Rep tican managers in New York discovei or thought that they discovered, that Gould had subset ? bed fifty thous dollars to the Democratic campaign f in the fall of 18S0. This dis-o\ frightened thc leaders. They had Seeded a large subscription from lould, but had failed to get it. He been distant, and it was thought llint believed Ibm Hancock would be elec How to get Mr. Gould interested bow to get at his check book wero pi lem? that seemed unsolvable. It finally determined that some one v whom be would talk should go to bim, and ask him point blank what matter was, and what inducements cc be give) him to subscribe. When as if he would contribute to the Republi fund, Mr. Gould declined peremptoi When asked why, be is said to 1 answered : "I can have no interest an Administration at the head of wi there would be a man v. ho, aa leadc the Black Friday investigation, nounced me as a cf:. upi man and c pared me to Catiline as n corrupt? the youth of Rome." That settled the matter at that ir view. Gould's personal hostility Garfield was communicated to the publican candidate. He expressed g surprise that Mr. Gould should entei such feelings. He said that he ba? personal animosity toward Gould, that in tho report to which Gould forred bo bad simply discharged a pi linty, mid one which Mr. Gould ought not lo binnie him fdr doing. Hack the ItepublieanH trotted to Mr. Gould with Garfield's reply, lt seemed, partially nt least, to satisfy bim. Ho naid, however, that hr had no political ?arty interests; all hts interests lay in c.-rta'm great corporations which were threatened hy thc recent Act of Con cress known as tho Thurman Act, an Act whose constitutionality was to bc passed ti?>'>n hy the Supreme Court. When this was repeated lo Garfield he na td that Mr. Gould ought to know thal he entertained thc same views that Mr. Gould did respecting the interest'* ol* these corporations, and he wanted Mr. Gould to bo assured that if elected President, anti it should fall ti? his lot lo nominale t? member of the Supreme Hench, that he would takogreat care to appoint a mun whose views ir. that rc gard were the same a>- his own. This was taken to Mr. Gould? He announced himself ifs entirely satisfied with it, but bc ntado thc gentle sugges tion that i< be put ?ll the form of a pledge aird in writing. Thia wa? dono, and it ;s alleged that the pledge erm be produced, ns it is understood to have been committed to thc keeping of a gen tleman whti holds it subject to tho ordei of both parties. Then Mr. Gould warmed up to tilt Republican party. Himself and anotbei subscribed $150.000, as is expected to bc shown before thc investigating commit icc. This money was taken to Cleveland Chin, and lhere divide*'. I'art of it wai sont to Indiana, anti tho rest was used it Ohio. Garfield subsequently nominated th mau to whom this agreemet had refer once, Stanley Matthews, to tho Suprem Bench, and Gould telegraphed Senate Plumb urging him to secure Matthews' confirmation. Matthews wns confirme by one majority. Ol lt I'UULtC HIGHWAYS. SWnalur lintier ; ; i -, ; I M-i the DlMt'iinnloii < (ha Su hjort. lSlMJKPIELD, S. C., July ll. "I.ct us visit nil the countries of tl earth, and wherever we find no facilitii for travelling from a city to a town, c from a village to a hamlet, wo may pr Hinno the people lo bo barbarians." This sentiment was uttered by a Frene writer of distinction about tho muidle i :he 18th century, something moro than hundred years ago. Now, while wo ha' rome "facilities tor travelling from a ci io a town or from a village to a hamlet I am afraid in parts of thc country, ot between a number of our ''cities at towns" and "villages and hamlets," v have not such "facilities" us will lake i entirely out ut the category embraced ihis sweeping statement. I tun sure I should feel inclined to resent tho imp talion of "barbarism" if it should he a plied lo this locality, und yet if "faci 1 ties for travelling" is lo bo conslrutcd referring to public highways, and th are to be the measure ofou' advanccmc tu civilization, I do not se. how I cou nell escape the impeachment. Many . ?iir highways aro public roads only panic. We manage lo get over them nfl a fashion, hut they cannot bo said to fi nish "facilities for travelling." In ma [llaves their location is faulty, their cc struction worse mid their maiotenati superlatively bad ; and il makes ono fi like n "barbarian" or heathen, whalei may be bis pretensions to ti civilized ex tener, every time he travels over "chronic ease" of bad rond. I have tri to lind some way out of the "old ru and ut the sanie timo adhere to our pr ent system nt" public mad-working, i have not KUCCV^JH. I do not bell? theie is a way out except by chaugi ibo law. Thc force provided by law strong enough in titimbersand muscle, 1 the machinery for utilizing tho force defective and inefficacious. It does operate eilicient ly. You may bin. gether nu anny of the best fighting r terial in the world, nnd, however skil and able the general, without organi linn and disciplino they will bo no ni effective in military operations thar mob. You may assemble upon tho p lie highways of South Carolina a lr dred thousand or a hundred and fi thousand of thc most stalwart laboren be lound, to work and keep them repair, and if their is no other iudu mun to mitko them do their work v than their own volition, and the prose nf nu overseer or superintendent, tl Had almost as well bo at home. Tb ?H really no other inducement under system, unless you tako into account -cntiment of patriotism and the meo penalties provided in the statute. Po .diam never worked a road fit for a f to travel from tho days wboii the Km consuls and prmlors made their endut "ways" lo lite last spasmodic efforts tho Horn's Creek Hills in this coun And the "penalties" have few terrors the average road hand. We place in nan ls ol' our coruny commissioner hugo machine without the power to tn it operative, and yet expect them to ( UR good roads. They simply cannot it, it each one of them was an ezper accomplished as McAdam or Telfo nid would devote every working da] the year lo this business and no other It was a part of my purpose origin to have given n synopsis of the road I d" seven'1 of tho States as well as of own, but I find upon HU examinatioi the statute? it would occupy more of ] space than I could properly ask for, I shall, therefore, content myself \ the leading features of our own stat and such r?f?rence to others as occa may require. I was in hopes by time to have had thc number of mile pubiic roads in this State, bul as yet few replies have been made by the ec al boards of county commissioners U questions that I tonk the liberty of milting sometime since. Tho proce procuring the information appears ti very simple. Every county is div into "road districts/' Overseers are pointed over every section of road, nf course each knows how many i he has under bis supervision. Sott would only be necessary to get rel from the overseers and add them -jj do not care that the reports be more approximately correct, for my purpo asking this information is to form i estimate (whichcan only beapproxin of tho cost of maintenance under a en plan. And my interrogations s bridges and ferries were propounded tho same view. However, I hav doubt this information will bo forth iug in due lime, and in the meat (in my next communication) I will dress myself to the consideration o owu statutes. In the interest of an intelligent slderation of titi- question it woul very desirable to know how many SODS are liable to road duty lu t Carolina. Taking out the iohabitai cities and towoi, who are not liable are taxed either in their persons or | erty or both for the expenses of the nicipalU?, tba number of road 1 ought to be al mo?:, equal to the nu of troter* outside of incorporated li but mord on this branch of the so hereafter; . I am fully alive to tho difficulty my piith in thin subject. I realize how tho consideration of any economic ques tion in this mid other Southern States is embarrassed and complicated by the hetcrogcuousness of thc population ; ono class paying a large portion of the taxes, and the other \cry HttfOj ye all sharing alike the benefits of public expenditures or improvements. I am fully conscious of how prone our people aro to regard with distrust propo'r skions looking to tho abandonment of old and time-honored methods, or mak? innovations upon settled customs and habits, and how jealously they walch any movement likely to result in an increase ot taxation. This ia as it should be. It is right and proper that we fcrutiuizo closely tho imposing of tuxes and appro priations of public money, for in that way alone can wo have a pure and I economic administration of our Govern : ment. ? go further, and Bay that no change Ol law is justifiable that is not sanctioned by sound reason and tho exigencies bf the public, and no increase in taxxtion injustifiable over and above the actual demands of the public service that cannot be clearly shown lo bo at tended by compensatory advantages to the people. I appreciate in their most emphatic import all these dillicultics and many more, but a frank discussion of a great question Uko this can result in no harm. The need of improvement and reforma tion is admitted on all sides. It is purely au economic question and has no ele ments that can give it a political or party complexion, and on tbnt account is moro worthy uf it best thought and earnest reflection 'of every citizen who has an interest in tho improvement and advancement of his State and the eleva tion and comfort nnd healthful progress of maukind. For myself I can hope to do no more Mian call public nltentiou to a matter of vital importance to every man, woman and child in tho State. If I succeed in doing that, and get them to thinking about it, and in tho ional lent de gree promote among the peoplo a more thorough introfpcclion, so to speak, and examination into our countless resources nnd possibilities of development, I shall bo moro than compensated for whatever of labor, time and reflection I may have bestowed upon this road question. The people nt lust must eetlln it for them selves. My interest is theirs and theirs is mine. So that whatever solution is bindo, if any, let it bo mndo in a spirit of candor, and with tho single aim to tho public prosperity. M. C. BUTLER. A Husband in Trouble, A minister while riding along a lonely rond in Arkansas that glided under tall bushes und wound around rugged bills, approached a man who stood at the gate of n rude bouse. The minister address ed a question to tho man, but, without replying, the latter turned toward the house, bowed to a woman who appeared in the doorway, and said : "Good mor?iu', ni adam ; how's your health an'the health of your family?'* The woman did not reply. t'Fine day, madam," continued the mern, "only tho sun's strikin' down might/ peart." Still tho woman did not reply. "My friend," said the minister, "I nra to preach at Harvey's Point and I would like to know how to get there?" "Don't you know?" asked thc man. "No, sir; I do not." "Then how do you expect mo lo feuow more about your business than you do? Suy, there, madam," turning to the wo olan, "Pd like to come in and make myself at home. How's the prospects ?" Tho woman mado no reply, but, kick ing a cat out of the way and "shooing" a chicken that came up on the Bteps, abe leaned against the door-facing and 're garded tho man with a lack of interest that characterizes the sweep of nu eye over a barren wanto. "The church 1B situated near here, is it not?" asked the minister. "Yes, but it is nearer to some places than it is to bete. Say, madam, I am very glad to see you, an' I hope that our relations m:-.y bo pleasant." Tho woman made no reply. "Which way must ? gc, as the roads have been '?hanged?" "Go dov/n the creek. Compliment of the day. nadara." "Will following the road down the creek ta!:e mc there?" ? "I've Ian told yow. If you know bet ter go up the creek," arid ho cm?led and bowed t? the won'an. "You ocem to Like great, pleasure in be'ng polite io ti c lady at the doon Who Is she?" "Toe Sosa." "The boss of what?" "The situation. She's my wife." "Why do you standout here bowing to her?" "Mister, whar was yon raised, anyhow? You don't know this country like I do. This momio' I went outen this gate with a skillet follerin' mc, an' I've got to do my courtin' over again or it ain't safe to baug around the house. I've got to win that woman afore the sun goes down or I'll sleep in tbe woods. I ain't got no timo to talk about cburchea and things about the next world, for this world needs coolin' off at present. Arter I win this woman come aroun' an'.I'll talk to you. How do you do, madam ? Fine lots of chickens you've got. No, sir, my friend, I've got a big job before me an'I ain't got through. She's got a flat iron back thar an' TB apt to let drive at any minute. Go on away now and let me make the fight I'm mighty persuading' in my natur*. Fine day, madam." Uer Daughter^ Husband. A traveler saw a woman take a man by the collar, yank him up the steps into a hot seat near the stove, pile op a valise sud two big brown baskets with loose covers and long handles at his feet, shove a lady into his lap, and say : "Now, sit there'until I help Maryjane on the car, and don't move till I o imo back." When the woman roached the doortki ' traveler said to her : "Is that mao your husband?" "N-A-W I', roared the woman. "He's my daughter's husband, and she hasn't spirit eoougbt to say her soul Is her own." This true story teaches os that some travelers haven't sense enough to diag nose a family party when they see one. Burlington Ifuwleyc. - No thoroughly occupied man waa ever yet miserable. Indulgent parents who allow their children to eat heartily of high-seasoned food, rich pies, cake, Ac, will have to use Hop Bitters to prevent indigestion, sleepless nights, eiakness, pain, and, per haps, death. No family is safe without them in the house. -vFor. the sake of economy : "Yes," said tho fa thor, "I like to have my daughter have a bean, on the score of economy. If she didn't, some of the other members of the family would oc cupy the parlor and buro gas. A true tonio medicine, a blessing io. o.Ycvy household, is Brown's Iron Bitters.