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isscki? KVKItY SATl'l'IIA y MOUNlNO KV Tili: oiiAN(iKi:i'i:<i m:\vs comiwny. UKU. lUHdVKH, llusiiiess Millinger. Terms of Subscription. One Copy one Year.$2 00 " " Six Mouth*. 1 UO _ Itntos of Advertising. One Square 1st Ineertion.$1 oO J-'aeh Subsequent " . 1 00 Nstiees insated in Local Column at 'JOr ]>cr Lt*e. jilt Subscriptions and Transient Advertise m&ttt t* be paid for in Adeunce. IStT" 2X* Itc-ript* Jor Subscription or Advcr titamemlx are Valid toilets Signed by Jlusiueis Jtm,nmgtr. S*3T* We arc in no way responsihle tor tLe via?? or oninioiis of our Correspond ent*. ] SATUI J? A yT j A f \! A H Y 0, 1877. The Printer s Dais. This is supposed lo l>c the lime of year when people- have money, and inci -'d some of fhivn?iioi a few either 'I i luve ii, li>r w<> have opeii evi dences of the fact. They are bring ing1 their cotton aiid cuhcr produce to market. V>'hal belter proof i; li'.ieded ihan this V And yet the Printer is forgotten and his hard earned money does rot put i:i its ap peavancc. To stich of our patrons who are due us for sub'soriptioh and advertising we commend the follow ing remarks of an exchange, and ask them to step in ami see us : The printer's dollar*?where are they? A dollar here and a dollar there, scattered over the numerous small towns, all over the country, miles and miles ?lparl; how shall they be gathered together? The paper maker, the journeyman compositor, the building owner, the grocer, the tailor, and oil assistants to him in carrying on his husiuos have their demands, hardly ever so small as a single dollar. But the mites from here and there must be diligently gnlhcrcd and patiently hoarded, or the wherewith to discharge the liabi lities will never becomesufficiently bulky. We imagine the printer will have to get up an address to his wide ly scattered dollars something like the following : Dollars, halves, quarters, dimes, and all manner oi fractions into which you arc divided, collect yourselves _^lld^oine __hgm e. - You -? --are-wnTit ?d: Combinations of all sorts of men that help to make the printer a proprietor, gather in such force, and demand with such good reasons your appear ance at this counter, that nothing short of you will appease them. Col lect yourselves, for valuable as you arc you will never pay the c st of collecting. Come here in single li e. that the printer may form you into battle-line, and send you forth again to battle for him and vindicate his feeble credit. Reader, arc yon siiro you haven't a couple of the printer's dollars slick ing about your clothes? If you have, order them home immediately. Mr. Jus. Van Ta.-sel has been np pointcd County Auditor by CSoveriibr Hampton. Thus hns honesty and nprighttioss in oilioe hern rewarded ? \ l lie people's t; .verh?r. -??-?*?!WK7C> . * . onjr.jK.... - (inventor Ha hi pi oil's Addryss to the people of South Carolina. Coi.i.'Miii i, ?-. ( .. January 1, 1877. ?-In accoid.inc? with aiid under the u?lli?rSty gi\h!ti by the annexed roso liiiiotis of ibo House id' Ucpros' ntn t'tws, 1 hereby call upon all the faith ful'i law-abiding and |?>yii 1 citizens of Hbtilh Carolina y.ho desire t'i main tain the government of '.heir eh doe; to Iconic forward promptly, and to ptiy]teh'per cent; of the amount of the luxes paid by tlictii lust year. Due notice will lie given to the citi zens of each county of the appoint ment of some proper agents for the collection of the contribution here called for. The resolutions of the House of Representatives authorize a call for twenty-live, per cent, of last year's taxes, but all immediate ivanls of the legitimate government of the State caii be .supplied, if tlia paoplu will respond generally to th.'. call here made for ten per cent. The in mates of the charitable and penal in stitutions of the S:nte are now suffer ing for want of proper supplies, and it is to meet their needs which ap peal lo us so strongly that fun Is arc now required. lion for the pcot lo of - outh ^uiu'ili ucv? so OCtOt'jui ?? ??' >'. they will support the government j they Ii vi> iu?lalled or the n (.tempted ! usuiputi in which is only uphul I by the bayonets .ol'".tho Federal tioops, 1 ani but tho representative of the people of the State, and to their do cision I shall bow with profound re spect. As long as they choose to support nie as the duly elected Gover nor; I shall maintain that position, and supported by them I feel safe in assuring ihein that their rights will soon be firmly established and fuliy recognized. Our cause is just, and we have left its vindication to the highest legal tribunal of the State and of tho United Stales. I adjure bur people, therefore to be steadfast, law-abiding and peaceful, and I pray that the new year will bring to them the blessings of pence and of prosperity. Wauk Hampton, Governor . . oulh Carolina. Whereas the organization of the Slate Government is nbstreeled and hindered by the refusal of a majority of the members elected to the Senate to recognize the lion, W. D. Simp son, Lieu tenant-Governor of Smith Carolina, as their President, and this the 1 louse of Representatives ? recognize I by the Supremo Court as the constitutional body?as tho co ordinate branch of tho General As sembly, aiid thereby tho passage of the. ordinary and neecs.-ary legisla tive enactments is rendered for the. present impracticable; and whereas it is essential to the peace and digni ty of the State, an I the welfare of the people that the machinery of the LjOVcrnment .should hot he .suspended by such extraordinary, unprecedent ed and revolutionary conduct of a small portion of one branch of the government: and \vhorcn3 it is ne cessary that ways and moans should be devised ah 1 provided for the sup port, and maintenance of the execu tive legislative and judicial depart ments of the government, together with such subsidiary or s ubordiiiato oHiccs, as are or may bo incident to or inseparably connected with the discharge of, the ordinary or necessa ry functions of them, or cithei of them, and more especially for the sustenance of tho charitable, penal and educational institutions of iho Slate of South Carolina, and of the respective counties therein. There fore, be it _. " TlV.oA r,,', by the House of Ivepre scutatives of the State of South Caro- j lina, now met : 1st. That his Kxceileney Wilde [lampion, Governor' of this Stale, ha and lib is hereby an.ho i/.-d and 10 | quire I forthwith to ;- u ? bis proela. l inatioii calling upon a I fa itaful, law- j abiding and loyal 1 iii/.ens - to come (til ward and without delay, and at stich dale and within such time as the Governor may seem proper, pay to such person or person- as the Gov ernor shall designate and appoint in each county, the sum of twenty live percent, or one-fourth of the State and county lax exclusive of anv special or extra tax, in tho respec tive counties paid by all stich per sons in und for the last fiscal year. 2d. That for t he sum or sums of money that may be paid by each per son under the provisions hereof, pro per receipt? or vouchers -hall bo made, executed and delivered by the person or persons duly authorized to receive the same, which receipts or voucher shall ho received as payments of thai j iiiueii film regular ia:< when col Ice j led or lo be collected under the pro per tax act I That the Governor delegate iho duly of collection to liie resp ctiy<! County 'rrea.surers, or to such b her person or persons as ho may doom it wise or advisable to appoint; and that for such services said person or per sona shall receive lite su 11 ol live hundred doll trs, except in t!ie County of Charleston, where I he compensa lion -hall ho eight hundred dollars; provided that if only ten thousand dollars or a smaller sum shall he col led el or received such eompo shlion shall not exceed live per cent, com nii.-.-ion (.n I he amount thereof. ?1th. That it shall he and is made the duly of (lie Governor, and he is hereby required, (0 exact from each and every ope of the persons to lie designated or appointed to collect and receive said sums of money, a bond according lo the form and with 1 he conditions and under the penalties I now prescribed by law. and required to be given by the several County J Treasurers in the said State, lo bo ap proved by tho Gover 111 r. nth That a discount or reduction .. horized of 1 live per cent, oil all sums paid in on or by the l?tb day of .Innunry next ensuing; of four pel cent, on u:l sums paid in on or by the 1st clay of Febru ary next ensuing; of three per cent, "ii nil sums paid in on or by the l?lh day of February next ensuing; of two per cent, on all sums paid in on or by I the 1st day of March net ensuing, and of one per ecu), on all sums paid in on or by the 1st day of June next ensuing, unless the ordinary annual appropriation and supply, bills shall in the mean time be regularly passed and enforced. Glh. That all sums of money col lee teil or received under the provisions hereof be forthwith paid to the Ciover nor, or lo such person or person-; as he may designate or appoint. 7th. That the Governor, in his discretion, shall apportion all such sum or sums of money as shall or may he received under the provisions here of to ?.he support and maintenance of the executive, legislative and judicial departments' of the government, and to such subordinate odices as are or ill y be. incidental to them/or to either of them, and to the sustenance of the charitable, penal and educational institti ions of the State tun) several counties. 8th That i:i order to a correct tin del standing of our objects anil pur poses, and we hereby do, reiterr.ate in good faith our pledge to rede in at the earliest practicable moment the credit of the State, by the payment of the matured interest on the valid, legal ami recognized bonded indebtedness of the State as now provided for by law; but it is submitted that until the scve tal departments of the govern ment sh:tl| have resumed the dis charge of their respective ordinary constitutional functions, it ni l he in vain to a l leih pi the acco m p I ish tiic it t of such a laudable purpose. Olli. That we hereby earnestly re que.-l that in order lo the accomplish- J meut of tic purpose hereiiiabove set forth, all persons shall tender in pay ment of the s uns required only gold and silver coin, United States cur rency, and National bank notes, save as modified by a resolution eleven date herewith. The Cabinet Decider on ajI!Haiids 0:7" Policy. \ ? V \Y;asuin<;tox, Tuesday, i^uary 2, MidnigU-t:?A? vlinrrrrn^T Tmfuiry tTv'~ the agent the Associated 1 Voss to night confirm-- the statement that the , ncii it id' tl.e ( abinet In day was negative and cuiisoivative, \u no liijn wil; I o taken regarding fio.itli I arYJina, Florida or Lidnsiaha; linh - sonic overt act of disorder makes Kcdeial intcrferctioe imperativ ?. The recognition of Hampton or Chamber berlain in South Carolina; Nichols or Packiird in Louisiana, Siearns or Drew in Florida w ill be avoided if possible. The taxpayers have the isvitc in their own hands. This is positive. The Cabinet iiieiiting was' the first that has been In It.r two weeks. Its action throughout was mainly of a negative eharue'er. The telegraphic I application of the Republican portion of the Louisiana .Legislature was brought up. hut il was the decided (ipinion of the Cabinet that the. j troops already in Louisiana are suf ficient t<> cope with any difficulties that may arise which would ptybably demand military i clef- fere nee". The; si Ilia'ion in Souih Carolina and Florida was discussed, bat no action in the case of either was deemed ne cessary. Sceretuiy I'idi prssmicd some appeals from the Kio Lirande, i bi t it v as ngruil that the existing i brdori covered the eases. Thy State, ? War a nil Navy Depart tit en is arc ex pitted and instructed to act promptly should new exigencies arise. - ???W? ? - . E ~y. ?: ? r u ? ? Our Electoral Volo. Wamisncion, January 2.?Judge Spoflbnl, of Louisiana and I'id. Har rington, of Sjiutli Carolina, to day delivered to Mr. Fern,;president pro leni. of the Sumte, the return.-of the election id'the Deniocralic IVesiileiit ial Kleetors in their respective Stales The packages wcijo delivered in the presence ol Senators liayard, of Dela ware, and (ioidon, of Ceorgia, and ol Representative. Willis V.o receipts for the packages were given in either case, and they will be op -no I with the others at the joini,.sessioh of the two 1 loiiscs id Congress, when the l're-d dcntiti i vote is counted An Extensive Snow Sform. Nnw V?iik; Ja it miry 2.-?This city was visited last night by a regular old fashioned snow a (or in, and this morn the city j r. m ills, a specUielu u?lfrit ness.ed before fur a inin>bcrjjtef w,^to. The gl reels are blocked ^f?lf?lc piles of snow, and trnflio is Almost ? 1 ? suspended. But few wheeled vchildes arc seen on the streets, cxccntvwno horse cars, and on all tho uvgfiTes long lines of these cars aresj&jeen blocked and unable to make head Locomotion on foot is almost imp hie. The ?tonn set in about four o'clock yesicrday afternoon, and continued until late into the night; (he snow drifted badly, and is piled tip in places to a depth of lour (Vet. It lell to ;i depth of eighteen inches on a level, and this, with 'heaccumulation ol previous storms, Irs given New York a decidedly Artie appearance. The weather, however, is only mode rately cold, and tho wind has mode rated. Washington, January 2.?The Po'oinao fiver is blockaded, and all railroad trains delayed. The tele graph wires are slow. There is over a foot of sn ?w throughout this re gion. Kicn.MoNn, Va., January 2.? Snow fell nil yesterday nui.il midnight, reaching a depth of ten inches. Trains due here last night and this morning were all delayed several hours. The weather, to-day, is clear and phasant. Advices from the wi.-tein portions of Virginia state that the Miov, is nineteen to twenty inches deep. Fourteen freight trains tire snow bound between J.vnehhurg and Bristol, Tonil., on the Atlantic. Mississippi and Ohio Iliii road. The idie.-apeake and Ohio Hail road is also blockaded. New 1 Iavi:n, Coxx., January 2. The snow storm here last night was very severe. About cigh'een inches of .-now fell there. The roof of the Xcw Haven Moiling Mills, situated in Fail Haven, fell in on account of the snow on it. Florida in Port. Tai.i..-. UAH*1 r, January .*>.? l ie returning board made a return to the court dbelariog the vote for < S.bv i'rnor The court accepted this i- a .- ihslaii tial answer to tlio writ, and ili.-chaig cd the j?? i;with proper eo.sls. Wh i; action will be taken t'egitnliiig ;!> ? Fhetorul vo'e. Iia.i not bo/?i dule'r TTThTe.h ~ G.iyerhor Draw waji iihohgnra'?d at tif>i?i|,Chief Justice 1 land a I a I |u iti Uteri tiig the bath. '! !? ? i.a.r.; ral address guataut e- lull c mcessioii and proti ction, i.i tit ? eiijoyiii 'at ?)? all rights ail i privileges u der t'.i ? Constitution and law's of lit- Uli'Ucd Slates, to (He freed tin n. A a it; ihy colored people witnessed and to?k part in the inauguration,an I bit few licjuihlicaus absented th imsblve*; Nearly if hot all ofCdK crnbr Stcdrji'ss Cabinet nflicc'rs were present.. Coy eriior Stearns himself did not attend. The oath was administered to the Lieutenant Governor als ? by tin ehicd'justice. The Legislature is organized in both branches, and both tiro Demo era tic. Wheo'.or is Willing to Serve Un der Tilden. Nkw Ybnk, January ?The Her ald prints the report of an interview with the Hon. Win. A. Wheeler, who has been .-topping in this city for a j few < ays. In reply to the reporter's remark, "You have undoubtedly read the statements that you are hostile to ! a chin'promise with Tilden, by which lie i> tobe elected I'resident by the House, and )ou Vico-President by tho .Senate." Mr. Wheeler iespohded : "Such reports arc necessarily absurd. How can there he any compromise ? 1 do not believe that, (lie suffrages of the American people o tu be made the subject of dicker or barter. What right have any nun to forestall the constitutionr I settlement of the ques tion by bargain, arrangement or compromise? Call it what yon will. As id my submitlini: to servo under Governor Tihlen's Pjcsideuoy, if he is law ully elected, what could 1 do hut submit cheerfully and respectfully I m:iy have my individual preferences, hut if Governor Tilden is lawfully summoned by the House to the Presidency by a failure of a count, and if the Senate elects me Vice President, 1 would of course yield to him that ready and hearty allegiance with which every American citizen should sudmit to the lawfully chosen President, he he whom he may." Air. Wheeler, however, said "1 do not conceal my conviction that I ' have been elected by the poo pie. it is my linn conviction tlniL I have been elected by the people. It is my firm conviction that Congress can never he constituted a National canvassing or returning board. The Congress cannot go behind returns beyond the there question el" the regularity of the Certificates. Under stand me [clearly^ for it is a point on which J would -not like to bo niisiih dcrstood: the Congress cannot in vesti gate whether Louisiana has gone for Tilden or IT:iyos; the action of the rein ruing board, on this point, has been filial and conclusive." Froiri Columbia. Cni.uMiiiA, January 4.?(bites the Logos Ulli ted Slates iMaivhal, who arrested a witness before liic Senato rial Com in it Ice, was himself arrested yesterday, lie was released on five hundred dollars bond. The Supreme Court met this in /ru ing, but adjourned without action. The Joint ( oih mit tec from the State Senate lo arrange a comptomisc met to-day, all members being present, but neither side being willing to make concessions the committee adjourned sine die, without doing anything. A hi y was fined ten dollais this morning for throwing snow balls at Chamberlain in the.street and calling him by an opprobrious epithet. The Union Herald this evening' speaks of Governor Wade Lampion. The city is still full of sleet and snow. All the mails arc delayed and everything is dull tied at a stand still. Whiitctnoic was before the United. Matts Senate Committee to-day.? .Jojtriiiil of Commerce. Death iif ?iiiiiiiinilor? Yatuict ldlt Nt:\v Y?KK, .January -I.?Commo dore Vunderbill died J) minutes to 11 this morning, after struggling against his b ug and lingering disease for half a year. Vile Slanders Repelled. Govkunok Hampton's Rf.coui) Without a Stain. In \[> issue ol Wednesday, the New York Tim .- published a letter from a ( orrespbmh ir in Sdtnh < 'ardlinU; sub stantial I v, and ai gretii lengt h, <-.i-,- r. ing (-ineral Wade 1 lampion with dishonesty in settling with hi-?-iv ii ! tors a for thj war. f.ii; Gjoigril Hain ?: m, Ii!;- very mt'ny i 'i-Vrn ! i?!:?:.: !-. \\; s forced into bankrupt-y iiv '. 1 ??' t- lo-s of all his .slave-, til i I ;? I'riulo depreciation (if property and i th>- dauuig incident to war; i- on doUbtcd! V t rue?iiiiurwtso I lie hialc mcaits ;n the iiitns letter nr.- itiere. tissue of fal.-elioods. General 1 Itinip ton's largest creditor, who appear- as such in the sehe bile of his liabilities I as printed in the Time.*, happens in be I now in this citv, and yesterday tie liouut ed the letter as atrociously false and libelous. 'General I lampion's settlement with us, sail lib, "was! strictly ami in every respect honor able. The Times' ^statement that'lhe I creditors have never received a cent.' in satisfaction of their claims is ho less tin'rue than the whole tenor of the latter, lie gave up every dollar of his property to his creditors, ami I received a considerable proportion of my e'aitu. It does not need," he sul lied, ??that General Hampton's credit ors should oppose their denials to these ^libelous assertions in the Times, lor no man who knows his singularly scrupulous und high-minded sense of honor bat won d pronounce any sisse'r j lion to the contrary as false; but, in the face of such a publication as this, 1 cannot refrain from protesting against it as utterly bsue and un founded. Had General Hampton occasion now to call upon tue forassis taticcj most certainly I should not hesitate to gi ye I." In contradiction of the entire sub stance of the Times' charges, it may bo well to state?a fact well known to all his I fiend ? that, having stir rendered tili Iiis once large fortune to iiis creditors, he lived for sometime jalter the war in circumstances of ac iiial poverty, being forced to sell even the furniture from his rooms and the carpels from his floors to support his family. In this he shaved the com mini lot of very many neighbors anil of planters generally througi out t'>e South who were utterly impoverished by the war, In the Times' publication, General Hampton's schedule of liabilities foot up over 81,000,000, while bis assets, as returned, lall very greatly short of that nmount. This discrepancy is easily 'explained. The larger part of his debts was for money borrowed upon cotton and for the working of his plantation. During tho war,ho had over .^OOO bales of cotton destroy ed by fire, which at a low estimate were certainly worth over $1,000,000. In slave J property, General Ilajiipton before the war wa> worth fully 8500, 000, while hits landed estate was very valuable. It was upon this property which the war reduced to a.compar alivoly insignificant value, that the moneys were loaned. His case is tho same as though a "'New York mer chant had borrowed a largo amount of money upon property which was considered by both borrower and lender as worth far more than the amount of the loans, and as if that property had af crwnrd been destroy ed by causes of which neither borrower n >r lender had any thought, and for which neither had considered a pro vision necessary. The chsirga in the that Gen eral Hampton, in making a settle ment with his creditors, so arranged it that a debt to his wile had prece dence of all claims, is pronounced by a gentleman in this city, who is thoroughly conversant with General Ilamjiton's affairs, as both false and malignant. Mrs. Hampton's proper ty, which she had Inherit, d in her own right, had been turned over to her husband, and was swallowc 1 up in his own losses by the war, That she did not have precedence over nlhc1' creditor.) is su'Iiountly proved by the circumstance'4, already allu ded to, in which her husband herself and their children were forced to livo after the war. < bio other statement?that Gener al Hampton is cot a citizen of South Carolina, l ut of Mississippi?is also denounced as utterly false. General Hampton li;is never been a cit:z?n of Mississippi; an I has never ceased lo I?.: a citizen d! S< Ulh Caroli a, ? .Yew Vurk l m;'.t. -i.mxil stiw ? - ? ?I'-.J? ??:? - ' The following letter was handed us by Mr. Alex. Tharih for publica tion: It having been sent to one of his employees : Orangeburgli S. C. Jan 2 1877 Mnrfe I'nrker while yoii are livo ing im lids earth god is your friend gb to prayiifg it want he long liufk froin the lonihe the doneful sotfijd hush Sitsiiii dcint er? hope you wsfnf. louse votir friend vfiTl better ll'?t put V'ttr lead out doors after Kit ghfc veil hardly can pass daytiiho Von are a dam hint k one . ved S -never bile'H we have got !i?e boards ready l i Make vniir cdlin. th rw an ot e hundred Men ready now to I ill vo !. und one half of liteiu s white men wh'en vou hear the.*?i wi?rd- douligo eusiti'i for von had jn-t ns well g-f I ? pr.-.ving hold the lamp c'o ed u t-'i So I can write a good letter lo the black Sorever bit el1 now marte jive low you time t ) pr iy bjfdre. we may hater ICtieuiy all honest Men I will help to get you out of the way boys best go a Mom shinny Knight:, know the best way toJiill that dam rfegro is to go a dark Ivnight you must Wot fail to goto god for Man cannot do you any good, pray mart pray will you die god your maker ask you why for b ack white and that is the end of marte this is no lie farewell farewell has nothing more to write to you a men to your (lain nation, we hea<, from marte purker along wnys see how many more democrat negros you can fine this is from Ulysses S. grant, Washington City If. C Parents, mothers, nurses, do u > fail to give Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup to the little ones for all eases of coughs and colds. Only costs 25 cents. TO THE PUBLIC. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, ?ltAXOKIlVh? C?UXBY, S. C. January ?, 1877. Having received the appointment of Auditor for tl)ist County from His Excel/ ^ lency Governor Wnde Hampton, notice i.s hereby given to the public that this office is now open for the transaction of ba.siuc.is. .1 AS. VAN TASSEL, County Auditor. FOR SALE. On the l?tii day of January 1S77, I will sell at public outcry, at the place where Tom plover lives, to the highest bidder for ca->h: ?J? Ihishc1* of Corn, more or less. 200 lbs. of Fodder, more or less. 10 Bushels of Rough Rice, more or lets. 1 Lot of Cotton Seed. . 2 Load* of Hire Straw. ?1 Head of ('utile. I Hank of Potatoes. 1 ljank of Seed Potatoes. 2 Banks of Sugar Cane, Loticd on as tho property of Tom Glover, at the suit of D. Louis, muler Lein. Hour of sale, 11 o'clock A. M. L. W. DANTZLER, Agt. jan ? . ?t