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BY JULIAN A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S. O., July 7. 1874.?Hos. I H. 1$. Eluott, Member to Congress of I lim Third Congressional,; Dint lie), of vbu State of South Carolina?Pleaeo call at Felix CarclarelH'8 and aottlo your tailor's bill, wliloh-hae been Btandlng eluce Janua? ry, lbll.'i .. FkOAUDARELLI. * j$3*"0UarlG8iOU JVeios aud Courier copy I threo times. -t , ,.' ' July 0 ltno l.:i Creme etc lit Creme, No. 4, price 50 eta. Contains On tho Set,-Barcarolle, by Kuhet.The Break or Bay, Roverjo, by Ar diti? Ea Ballerina, Polka, ^b.V Llchiicr; When'tlmewillowgTRmiowArd Fly, toy Ges? ten? Eapiegleriea, Oaprioo,, by Eggh&rd , la Creme de la _ Crt'me, Noi 3,' contains tlie following mnsic--5(> cts.: Mountain Stream;? Caprice, by S, Smith; Count on Me, GMop. btf Jaooby; (jiaziotja, Romance, by Thalberg; p>hcing..Leaves, Iqpt,, by Mattel} May Broczee, Intit., by Lange?5 pieces for 50 eta. -' ' ' t*| ti 7|L?'?T^*/^.'I?a.Cro?nedc l?t Creme lY-L U ?AV/Noi9> oontaina thofollow ing nmaio?50 ctB.: Chant du Bivouac,! Transcription, "by Ketteief; Thine Own, Meloiie, by LangeJ'Do? PaBquale; Sere nado, by Thalberg; The Angel's Bream, Reverie, .byLang?; The. Wild Rose, Ro? mance, hy Krug?Spiooea for 50 eta. ~mt A' \ TjT^jT?- Monthly, "o'^o! i cantaine the following muaic?price' 301 cents: Two Songs by Haya, two by Danks, one hy Mftvwnod. a Sacred Ouartet. by Thom&B, a Four-band Piece, a Quick a lop, au easy March and a beautiful Fantasie, by Kinkel.' 10 pieces for 80 centb. post-paid ss&se ly. N<>. 81, contains the following music? price SO cents: Two new : Song a by Bays, ono by Pratt, ouo by Lallte, one by Stew? art, a. Trio for Female Voices, by Abt; a Sacred Quartotto by Danks,- two Polkae, a pretty Waltz and a March. 11 pieces SOcte. ON RECEIPT MARKED PRICE. Address J. L, PETERS, P. O. Box 5 420 5*09 Broadway, Hew York, Joly 21 25 Opposite Metropolitan Hotel. New Church Musio Book, . /. ., For 1874-1875. THE LEADER!! BYH. R. PALMER andL. O. EMERSON,] the moat successful Church Music Book makers of the day. Will he ready in Augnat, and'will-cdntafn the usual Sing? ing School Course, aud a large amount of new and choice, music for Choirs, Conven-' tioiis and Singing Claaaea. Specimen Page? now ready, and will be mailed, post free, on application. - ' Price 8i 38, or SI? 00 per Dozen. The Emeraon New. Method id h olt. REBD ORGANS, B>' L. O. Emerson'and W. S. B. Matthews. $2.50, Ono of* the newest- and very baat of I the New Methods. Guide in the Art of Singing, By !dtb: 'L. Osoood $4 00. New and very superior book ror Voice Training. EicHtferV Hflfa'uual ofHarmony,' Translated fron) t)ve eighth German edition by J. C. D. Parker. Price ti 00. "Prepared expreaidy for'the Lelpslc Con? servatory, and ia a' complete and reliable Grammar.of Composition. ? ; j.. OLIVER D1TSO.N 4fc CO,, Boeton. . , QHA8. H. D1T8QN * CO., JuljT;fwair 7irBrqadway,'N.,Y. JUDOES of THeTuPRBME COURT AFTER bearing the arguments, in the . ere at nxandaniu?. eiaso, and having delayed a decff-lon, e^em to bo :ijPULLED TO. DETERMINE ' How to act towa-rils just and unjust claims. Jadgcs bf the WeetJ, hdwever, Und no diffi? culty In nt onfce tehihg THE' DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A celebrated 5c. CIGAR and one sold in [ imitation, for, reallv, the comparison 1b as ' ridiculous as comparing the climates of SOUTH CAROLINA AND AFRICA. ] Besides,the uopvrightod brand secures the exclusive aale ?l these justly celebrated Cigars to the INDIAN GIi~.L CIGAR STORE, July 7_Columbia. S. C. Official Order, No. 1. IWANT, all Smokers to know that there are still plenty more- of the. celebrated 5 cent PARTA'GAS on hand. I guarantee that thoy contpin more and a better quality of Tobacco than any other 5 cent Cigar Bold in this city. Special Order, No. 2. All SmokorB bf Pressed Cigars will please take notice that they can got a bunch con? taining '2o Cigars tor 11, and all other popular brands at equally low prices, at the CALIFORNIA CIGAR STORE, I Sign of the Indian Chief,) 3d Do..r He low Wheeler House. JnneG _ Hay and Straw Cutters. RAW-HIDE R'-LLER STRaW CUT? TERS. .Self-aharpenii.g straw Cutters. American Lover Straw Cuttern. Champion Hay and Straw Cutters, Burdlck'a National Hay and Straw Cut? ters, comprising the best assortment in the oitv, and for aalo at low prices by June"24 JOHN AONEW St SON. MILLINERY. A FULL line of latest BtylcB; I also, Ladies' and Children's' SUITS, Mrs. Moody's cele? brated CORSETS, with other itslesj UNDER-WEAR in great variety; nAlR of all -dot-cription, and Bazaar Pat? terns, which will be sold very low. Please call and aco for! yourselves, at Mne -2 3moa MRS C E. REED'S. Straw Hats. O to D. EPSTIN'S, under Columbia | . Hotel, for cheap and stylish STRAW HATS. _jviny_30_ Bargains in Suits. FOIt bargains in Business and Drese SUMS, go to D. EPSTIN'S, under Co Inml i e Hotel. May CO CASH. FTER TO-DAY, wo will sell goods for CASH ONLY. COPELAXDftReXRDEN. i.CMniA, S. C, April ?>:) 1S71 3mo Gr a "Let o ii ii ;,... . poi To Rent. . f . . TO au approve;!, tenant, the two fffijr story C01TAGE, with six rooms, on JUfilL Marion alrcet, bot^eon Blanding and Sumtcr stroots. Apply at the Central! Hotel. MRS. S.S.GOUEUBMITH. July 12 .1 _Lj_ Houao to Rent. ! I fcA THE IIOUSE . and FOU.R' ACRE LOT of Mrs. E. J. Arthur. Good K/?r. "-^den and excellent well ed wiVtuv Pus session given immediately. Applyt to WM I MARTIN or E ?. ARTHUR. ' .Inj* 4 To ?? Whom It May yoncern NOTICnis hereby glvon that application was made on tbo.10thtlayiof July, 1574, to the Clerk of the Court for Highland County, by John C. Secgbra, G. Dioicka, William St?iglitz, B. KoatngyGeo-rge Bimna. I M. Ehrlich, V. A. Jacobs, Eibi F. Hci, D. Epstiu, F. Koneman, J. F. Eisenmann.. , Henry Habenicbt, C. D;< Eberbardt and others, for a charier of incorporation for THE COLUMBIA GERMAN SCHULTZEN VEREIN, in accerdance wuh.the Act of tho General Assembly in tuch case made and provided. Jhly^^12n^wjh_ Aperients. CONGRESS WATER. Tarraut'b Seltzer, Citrate Magnesia, Seidlitz Powders. For aale at L. T. SILLIMAN & CO.'S July 7_Drug Store. Apple Jack. ALOT of pure mountain APPLE | BRANDY, two and three yearn old. A genuine article. JOHN 0. SEEGEJts^ COME QUICK! OR you will miss the BEST BARGAINS 1 that have been offered to the people j of Columbia by C. P. JACKSON, The Leader of Low Prices. IMPKOVED GEORGIA COTTON PRESS! Patented March, 1870, BY l'KSl)LETO.\ & BOARDMAN, AEQTJSTA, OA. THE satisfaction this t'RESS has given in the past, the groat improvement made on it, Wad the fact of its being from forty to lift v dollars cheaper than any other good Proas, should induce planters and others to send for one of our new Circulars before purchasing. We also manulautnre Irons tor Water Power Presses aud Screw Presses. Address PENDLETON A BOARDMAN, Foundry and Machine Works. Rollock Street, AngUBta. Ga. Julv 2 w|j4m<i Hay! Hay!! Hay!?~ foAYYv THE SOUTHERN WAREHOUSE jBytBlrJQMPAKx' has always on band, tho HTflnillargeat stock of HAY in Columbia, comprising both Eastern and Westert, which will he delivered anywhere in the city, free of charge for drayago, and at the very lowest rates. Our facilitiesfor purchasing and handling are such as to'enableustocompetosuccoaa* fully with any other houao, and parties in I need will do well to give us a call beforo purchasing elsewhere, tor we cannot be ??? dersold. Particular attention is called to our stock I of Eastern HAY, which is the best in tho market. May G Smo ffYTDi-nnnrwT' Grand Central Dry Goods Establish't OF W. D. LOVE & CO. HAVING purchased a bankrupt stock ol RIBBONS for cash, we aro offering thorn at the low price of 25 cents a yard, in groagrain and all-boiled, in all colors, from No. 0 to GO. SASH RIBBONS in propor? tion. All our Goods havo boon marked down 20 to 30 per cent, below market value. JILST IIECEIVKD, 250 dozen HOSE AND HALF HOSE? good heavy Goods for working people? which wo offer at 10c and l2Jc. a pair worth doublo tho money. 250 pieces handsome Summer DRESS GOODS, at 25c. a yard. Our BOOTS AN'D SHOES are from the best makers and aold at low prices. 10 caseB PRINTS, at 10c. a jard, aud 100 pieces Paper Cambrics, at 10c. a yard. Purchasers aro requested to examinonnr stock before making their selections. WM. D LOVE A CO., May 10 (Under tho Wheeler House.) THRESHING- MACHINES, HORSE POWERS Engines, Reapers, Mowers, Fans, Grain Cradles, SEASONABLE LABOR-SAVING* MA? CHINERY GENERALLY. For sale bv L?RICK & L0WRANCE. ?yOrdcr early no as to rIvo ample time and avoid disappointment. LAWYERS' ok kicks: INSURANCK OKFICKS: ROOMS KOK KAMI I,I KS! mnglk UKU-KOO?UI TO LET IS THE NEW Central National Bank Building. PI!ICRS TO SUIT THE TIMES. Bed-Booms from $?, per month upwaida; Family Rooms from ?<J per mouth upwards; Lawyers' Oflieea from fCpr month upwards. WATER, OAS, WATER and WOOD CLO? SETS and other modern improvements in sido building. j\o back room*, all fronting on tbo street. Good ventilation. A Janitor in cbargo of building. Apply ta Central Bank, or to Messrs. SEIDELS i EZELL. April 2_ Scuppernong and Saotern Wines. K("\ DOZEN of the above, iu line order, ?Jv/ for sale very low. bv ! June 2J ' HOPE & GYLES. or Just Censures itIMBIA, S. C, WEDNESD^ GLENN SPRINGS, 5?A.KTAKBl'K5 CtMINTTs S> Cn IS made tho most attractivo rosort in tho South. Ex tensive alterations and im _In ro v o ni'ch ts havo been mild?. Juvery amuscmont. that is tu be found at tbu bust Watering Places in the country will bo provided. Excursion Tickots at reduced ralos from Columbii and Charleston to thqSpriugi aud return aro on sale at tickot offices. Rates from $15 to $li{ por.wflok; $40 to.*C0 I per month?arranged according to aceom- I modatioue demrcd. . GORM AN A CALNAN. (Of Columbia Hotel,) Juno 21 ththR <**'''?' Pronriotorn. Mb ntgomery White Sulphur Springs. : THIS1 famous ? Watering jPlacQ.Yfill be opened tor the reception of visitors on the _?1StJUNE. Tho PulldinpH havo boon rulit.tud and furnished in the most elegant modern stylo, aiid thoro is every apoiiando lot l thb 'borulort, conveni? ence and amusement of our Quests, such as Express, Ticket, Post and Telegraph Ofiices, Ac, Ac. Hiifiic l>v the Naval Aca? demy Band fronr Annapolis, Md. Visitors leave the A. M. & O. Bailroad at! Big Tunnol, and thouco by brauch road H miles to tho Springen Address COLIIOUN & COWAN, May 23 2mn ' Proprietors. THE PLACE to buy your BEADY-MADE CLOTniNG, HATS, GENTLEMEN'S FUB NISHING OOODS, etc., etc., is at the CHEAPEST And largest Clothing Store South of Rich? mond. Our Stock is almost daily replenished 1ST AH its departments with all tho latest styles. We guarantee to please tho taste .Of... -.?:.-.?.'. THE Mobl fastidious in every, particular; war? rant our Goods to be as represented, and will sell as cheap as auy bouso in the CITY. Those lu want of hue Custom-made Gar? ments should give us a call before going olsowhere. R. & W. G. SWFIELD. May 31. SPRING 1874. and 1874. SUMMER. T71INE CUSTOM-MADE CLOTHING, fj Coats, Pants and Vests, in all tho latest stylos.' Ail tho garmenti are well made. A large line of the oolobrated STAR SHIRTS. LINEN AND JEAN DRAWERS. GENTS' NECK TIES and Windsor ScarlV, Linen Collars and Socks. I Tho host KID GLOVES. Silk, Straw and Felt HATS. Panama and Chip HATS. UMBRELLAS, CANES, TRUNKS and SATCHELS. KIN ARD & WILEY. May 31 MONEY TO LOAN, On Marketable Collaterals. I7>XCnANGE on New York, Baltimore, U Philadelphia, Boston and all promi? nent cltta? of the United States and Eu? rope bought and sold. DEPOSITS received and interest-bearing I certificates issued. STOCKS, B iNDS, GOLD and SILVER bought and sohl. ACCOUNTS of r.'.erRhants and others from the citv and ooiintrv solicited, and LIBERAL LINES OF DISCOUNTS granted by tho CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK. C >rner of Plain and Richardson stroetH. Seegers' vs. Cincinnati Beer. THE Cincinnati Qazvtte makes the asto? nishing anuonhcomont that Cincinnati beer is no longer pure, but adulterated with molasses, sugar of starch, fusel oil and the poisonous Colchicum. Tho Commissioner nf Agriculture, iu bia report for 18(15. says I bat Prof. Mapos, of New York, analyzed the boor from a dozon different breweries, and found all of it adulterated. CoocnlnB Iudicus and mix vomica entered largely into its composition. . J. C. SKEGERS guarantees his beer tobe puro and reliable. He dooa not adulterate it, but brews from tho bo?t barley, malt and bppn., ,_ Jat: 23 Nii.es G. Parkeu. Enr.Ait Caypi.bsp. PARKER & CAYPLESS, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, ROOM 1 Parker's Block, Main streot, Columbia, s. o. May 10 P, B. GLASS, Accountant. I TTTILL attend to Opening. Closing or I VV Keeping Seta of ROOKS OF AC I COUNTS'for Merchants. Banliora, Mi j eh an ies, Professional Moo br oth era, and t< anv business pertaining to thoCountiu i Room. COl'YINC, or WRITING of any de I scription executed promptly. Office at Co lumbia Hotel, firat !'. Kir. June '." Attend the True LY MO?NINGr, JULY 22, U Spartanburgand Abbeville Railroad. J Nature'K Highway Across the Mountains! Lioiit G rades, Easy Curves, No T?nnkli:.*? lot it uic itui l/i' .si'r.K.Dii.v : A link In the Air-Linn Road between tho cities o{ ?lncinuatii Lttuiavilto, St. Louis, Chicago und Charleston, sovouty-lonr I miles long, with lcis than twonly u.i'.o:s of | heavy work. Shorter than (vny ha?; from. New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore to either of | thcso cities, and many hundred miles nearer to thcso centres of Western trade! than any existing lino, to Charleston. .11 .. - The Uoad that promises to niakoCharles toh tlio market for tho trade of tho great North-wcst.' tho West Indies,South Ame? rica and L'.nropp; also, an important Cmi- ! grant station. ECONOMICAL IN CONSTRUCTION, SAFE IN MANAGEMENT AND PROFITABLE IN RESULTS. An important enterprise for the develop? ment of South Carolina. Shares Fifty Dollars each, payable in ton | installments. Every citizen of this State should own at | least otic Share. CiiAKi.esion, with her magnificent Har? bor and genial climate; her immenso uudc-1 vclopod back countrj, containing a fertile | soil, fine pasture grounds and inexhausti? ble water power; her contiguity to tho West Indies and Smith America, and her unparalleled European ocean course, is dostined, upon the completion of this IM? portant trunk Like, to emerge from her prostrated condition and beconio what nature has intended sho should bo?the Great Commercial Metuoi-olis of the Soctueiin Section of tho United States. LIMIT OF STOCKHOLDERS'LIABILITY. .The following clause in tho charter is I published for the information of sub-1 scribera: Eec 4. "That no Stockholder of said Company shall be held liable for the debts, contractu or acta of said oorporatiou, beyond tho amounts actually subscribed to tho Capital Stock of said Company by auch Stockholder." DIREOTORS: Geoh W. William?, Gajiuibl Oannon, B. M?llmann, .Ioun II. Evins, Alva Gaub, T.B.Jeter, Theo. D. Jervey, D. R, Dlncan, I Theo. G. Bahkkii, James E. Black, John S. Family, John S. Wiley. Principal Offico and Address, '25 Broad elrcot, Charleston. S. C. C. G. MEMMINGER, President. A. C. KAUFMAN, Secretary and TroiiH. July d ' 3mo Excursion Tickets to New York. ?a?S:*i.3o.-ff<t @ SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD CO., Columbia, s. C, June 30.1874. ROUND TRIP TICKETS to New York' and return, tt'tl Charleston and Steam? ship, at REDUCED RATES, will bo on j*a!e on and after 1st July. Steamers sail] 1 on Wednesdays und Saturdays. S. B. BICKENS, .Inly 1 General Ticket A gent Excursion Season of 1874 via Atlan-1 tic Coast and Midland Lines. CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA AND AU? GUSTA, AND WILMINGTON, COLOM? BIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROADS. Columbia, S. C, May 2<l, 187*1 ROUND TRIP TICKETS to* all promi? nent Virginia Springs and Western Nortli Carolina Excursion Points, good until November 1, 1874, will bo on sale a: tho Company's Ticket Ofllco in this city, both via Charlotte and tia Wilmington, on and after after June 1, 1874. Tickets to New York, Philadelphia, Bal timore. via Ray Link, at reduced rates, also! on salo. A. POPE, June 7 General Pasiu nger Agent Notice. HUPE RIN TEN DE NT'S 'J F Fl C F, SPARTAN BURG A UNION R. It. CO.. ON and after June I, 1871, Trains on the Spartaiiburg ami Onion Railroad will run. making c!o-e connection with the GreenviPe ano Columbia and Atlanta and Riehmond Air-Line Railroads, doing away with the delay at Alston. The SnartHi tirg and Utdou Railrer.il is completely (quipped !>ir this hu?i:.<*i-; Road b< ihg in tint condition, mal.? s gi , I time and Mir? contie.-i ions. Passenger* ir.tv ' : thi- rente uill !i iv? every attention. W. W. DA Vi ES. May 27 limn Superintendent, Jewelry! Jewelry! Jewelry! WM. GLAZE, AT his new store, Main street, nearly op posite the Central National Rank,has large and boatitiiul stock of fine WATCHES atom and key winders.from best European and American mauufaetiirors, aud ol his own Importation, in gold and silver cases. Elegant JEWELRY! An unrivaled ascort ment just retii Ivi d aud all the latent styles Sterling SILVER-WARE, in f-ets anil cases, Bridal Presents, a nil a v< i v fine selection ol Plated-Ware, Gold Watch mid Neck Oha In*, Locket?, elegant Seal, Wedding and En I gageir.i nl Ring ?, 'arge -to.d; of Spectacles 'and Eye-Glasses, (leeks, Mneieal BoxCs, i aud a great variety pi 1'ancy Articles, My I stock is the largesi i iid besl selected in the ' Southern century and will be sold rh eh/uip , ?.f tame articlt can be bought atiywhric. Get 21 j ?.- - ?.-. ?- - ? ? Slimmer Clothing. (tO to I?. EPSTIN'S, wider Columbia X Motel, for Me-. * aljd i; >? '-< Spring ami Summer i.I.' 11 HING. May 110 Event." 574. VC Speech of Ei-Govi rnor Scett, At a Republican Mass Meeting, held at Jankinsville, fairfield Counly, S. C.t Julyi, 1874. FeEiIiOV-Cttizbxs: I am present at jour meeting to-day nt the request of some of tho people of your neighbor? hood. Although it ia the Fourth of July, tho anniversary of our national independence, it is not my intention to deliver to yon any of the old storeo-i typed Fonrth of July orations that huvs had an annual repotition dor nearly ono hundred years. I intend to talk to you, as colored men, of tho 'errors of tho pust, and to admonish you of tho dangen; of tho futura Whatever ex tuuuatiou muy bo made for tho pant four yours of .profligate and xeokless legislation, the. majority of- tho voting clement of this State cannot get rid of tiio responsibility, when aolored mou, a? tboir roprcsontatives,; constitute throo-fourthsof the law-making branch of the government. I must, liowover, Bay, to tho credit of the first General Assembly eleoted ander the Recon ? ( ruction Acts of Congress, that they wore a prudent and careful body of tnon. Both their general Acts and their appropriations of public moneys were marked by a oare and considera? tion for tho pnblio interests that com? pare favorably with the best days of South Carolina. My intention is to make a very brief review of the action | of the government while I wub in ofQco, and to fix the responsibility of each branch of the government for what was done, as well as to show that no individual member of the govern? ment can be held accountable for more than his own aots. Eaoh individual member of the government is eleoted by the people, and his duties are de? fined by the Consttution and laws of the State. It necessarily follows, therefore, that each individual mem? ber of it can be held accountable.for his own aots only. Without any dis? position to cast the responsibility I where it does not belong, I will, in the briefest and plainest manner possible; givo you a history of the causes that have brought the Republican party I j into disgrace, and will, if not correct* od, justly doom it to destruction. u I nee, by the papers, that many of tho leading politicians are orying for reform. No man ia more gratified at tin- cry than myself; but I Can scarcely feol a horJo *t?at all of thorn arc in earnest in making it, when I look back over tho past four years and remember that most of them have been either principals or accessories to all tho bad and destructive legislation of that period, aud have been parties to all the sohemes whereby the moneys of tho State have boon squandered and its resources crippled for years to come. I say, frankly, that I have no confidence in the honesty of the pro? fessions of these men; nor can the peo? ple hope for any genuine reform from such a class of political demagogues, who aro, in my judgment, only seek? ing for new fields of public plunder. I also uec, by the papers, that oertain j parties are oxoeediugly uareful to state that the Legislature was bribed and corrupt schemes of legislation effected under Governor Soott's administra tiou; but they aro equally careful in forgetting to state that they themselves urged forward those sohemes aud were the prinoipal participators in tho pro? fits derived from their adoption, while Governor Scott was the only oue in hit administration who made uuy deter? mined opposition to them. I oati scarcely hope, however, tu relieve myself from the odium that is thus oast upon me by insinuation and false? hood, when I remember the observa? tion of Cardinal Lorraine, that "a tin told for but an hour ufleets the desti nies of a nation for seven years." In IHM, when I wus inaugurated Governor aud tho other Statt? officer* UHsumed the duties of tho ollices to which they had beou elected, us is well known to yod, the State had neither j money nor credit, anil an entire year I intervened before auy money could be j colluded from t.ix? s. The Legitda j turn did not deem it. proper or pritoti ! eubli! it. levy tux-.s immediately upon a I people who hud just appealed Lo the l'fdvtal il: vuruniout for the means to I Lei l re.nl. l'ho only prudent mode of I obtaining tho luuda necesHary tu meet tho curroiit expenses was by the us> t)f State bonds. Tho Legislature, accord? ingly, authorized loans to the amount of $2,500,000. Of this amount, S50U, ? ODD was to redeem an issue of bills receivable which had boon made during tho year 1HG7; $1,000,000 wus to pay tho interest already due on tho public I debt, und ?l,0UO,000 was to relieve tho Treasury, that is, to pay the current expenses for tho year that intervened before any mouey cuuld be collected from tux.es. This mouey could.not be obtained by tho sale of bunds at their par value, for we wero uot ouly subject to the ordinary disadvantages of thoso I obliged to borrow money, but wo wero I also under tho additional disadvantage I of having to carry ou a Government i organized out of elements without udn [ciitiuti and without experience; und at ; the .-sine time, wo were onulu.to feel the i effects of u w ry powerful, influential i and effective political opposition. I j do not speak of this for the purpose of blamiug tho opposition ospecially, but rather to remind you <..* the effect of LUME X?NUMBER 95. ... n i !.. i political influence in the management of the finances of the tState, aait is re? garded as being perfectly legitimate for the party which .is out of power to do whatever they deem,.necessary to- dis? credit and breakdown the.purty whiob ifl in power, i-'--rh?p> nur .opponents ta thin blulc jdui mi u)0!.o liJtin is usual in.other. .Siufcesv ? iMui, tiie result of it all was, that.the.,huti(hvwere hypdthfer catcd to nys-j.-the. snuney, .needed, for the current,. eAponies oi. tiie State Go? vernment. -Ait, , preference i to. selling thorn, at the hencrjaous ? eacrifice it would hi(vo bceuj necessary, to make of thesm, if Liu y.1 wero, sold at all. In addition to (he bonds for imbfiug tho $2,50Qr0Q0 aliutlod,. to., the Legislature authored the; iisne aOt i $700,000;of bopdaforChe, Land Commission. Tho Luud Commission spent (.something over $700r0j00 in .money, although the money realised from, these bonds did not exceed $-100,000. Beeidet, i there were $212,000 ."f old hoods that were past ?lue. redeemed '?>.? ue Treasurer; making u total amount, of over $3,400,' 000 ,of money borrowed on > State bonds. The esmvagaut per centage that wsB paid in .New York for loans increased this uinount very largely. Of this amount, bo wovor, all was eub sequently paid by the sale of State bonds, with the exception of apoct $600,000, that was found to be due the Financial Agent in 1872. I will now give you the amount o! money raised from taxes during the four years and a half I was in office. In 1868, as I have indicated, we col? lected no tax, but paid our current ex? penses from the loans made on State bonds. In 1869, we collected $1,139, 298.11; in 1870, $825,509.10; in 1871, $1,266,318.05, and in 1872, $1,331. 835.61. Each year, at the time the tt U was levied, all the money it was snp 1 posed would be collected waa expended in advance by appropriations to meet I the legitimate expenses of the Govern? ment; but in none of these years .did the Legislature .levy apy tax to meet their own expenses. Xhtvy, depent'ed upon, the Treasurer borrowing the money necessary, fpr that purpose. During the. ?r^t two years I was in ot fioa, the 'legislative expenses were as follows;. Iu 11868, thoro .wore two sei - sion?, that, cost >?193,839 5JL, and m 18?j(J, there wiiB one sejssiop, that,' c? s | $234bQ76\9-i.l,! "Lu 1870. .when.aj. 'uvW Legislature wur? elected, wjth nearly all new.member?,.Ahere came that terrible oiisJaucht qu the treasury that crush* d put. elnoftt .every hope fpje years to come. Thoy. appeared, to be deter? mined to take all tho money in tl 0 treasury for . themselves. They did succeed in getting-$111,00Q.for legisla? tive expenses, .and attempted tpi take $265,000 .more,, which . would ? have made an aggregate of $671,000 for one session. Kutevoo thia wub small, com? pared with the session of 1871, which oost the State $927,000 in money, be? sides $500,000 of legislative pay certi? ficates, most of w.htcb atill remain un? paid!, but are regarded as a part of the floating debt. , To accomplish this rob? bery, it w.us necessary .first to raise the ory of "Stop thief I" Hence, they be? gan loudly to denounce the Governor and Treasurer for huvipg done Home thiug wb.cb they could not very dearly define, but which they tried to make it appear bad .something to do with an over-issue, of State bonds The bonded debt at tbdttimo wus about $9,500.000, tbu ouiv part of which created by our? selves was $1,700,000. Of this sum, $1,000.000 was to pay the current ex? penses of the Government for the year 1868-69, when, as I have already men? tioned, there were no taxes collected. That there was a government in South Carolina during this period was no fault of mine; and that there was no money in its treasury to meet its ex? penses was also no fault of mine. Money could bo raised only by au? thority of the Legislature, and not by nuy will of tbu Executive; and if Congress expected me to do what itself could not do, with all the pro? perty of u great, nation at its back, it expected something more than was reasonable. During tbu war and up to tin close, the United States sold tbe:r bonds at less tban forty emits on ibeelollar. The Statu of South Caro? lina has received for its bonds an ave? rage of forty-t.WO cents on tun dollar, notwithstanding about $5,UUO,000 of Lbe bonds Wora sacrificed at from fif? teen to thirty cents on the dollar at tbd time of the impeachment farce, wbon tho Legislature robbed the trea? sury of tho tnouey appropriated to pay interest on the public debt. Had tho Legislature acted iu good faith with tbu creditors of the State, and paid the interest on tho publio debt, no power on earth could have destroyed our orodit, and the debt to-day would not exceed $10,000,000, instead of be ipg $15,870.000; .for you must remem? ber that over $5,000,000 was sacrificed to pay $900,000 of borrowed money. Of this sum, at least $310,000 was to pay for lauds which were purchased in exocsa of the money realized on the bonds issued for that purpose. For [tho expenditure of this money, I do I not bold myself in any way rosponai I bio, aa the purchases were mode with j out my kuowlcdgo or consent, uot i withstanding the law had made mo ono I of tho board to adviso in tho purchase of lands, Dasiring to oorrcct tho