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[CONTINUED l'KOM F1H8T l?AOE.] Chis?lm's causeway, upon which so much money has been expended by the city, was completely wrecked, and in several places the water washes right through with a clean sweep. Repented rfjorta have been made to btive the log pens tilled in with heavy ballast, lint garbage only was used, ami tin consequence is that all the I a hoi l-a- i one lor naught. Tho damagesustained in this locality can not be l< p. ire.I for $0,000. The plrii kr< ad a? d causeway hear the Savannah and Charleston llail rotid was washed away in several places. The tide ai I ho depot of the above road was higher than ever before, causing the freight to be damaged. Ihe tml-gcii.g Irain started, but had not got very far when it was dis covered that a culvert in .St Andrew's ]uid been washed away, and the train had to return. A force of hands was put to work as soon as possible to repair damages. Brad ley's wharf, beyond the Savannah and Charleston It nil road Company's wharf, was dam aged to the extent of several hundred dollars, and several lighters thereat ?which were being used in loading vessels with lumber were drilled to James Island, near Fort Johnson, and left ashore. On the Ashley River front all the fences and gardens were more or le^s damaged. All, Ali??T TOWN. The cfleets of the storm were visible in almost every portion of the citv, and ticcs and fences lay pros tr?te in almost every si reel ihe locality at the corner of Rndclille and Coining streets was completely sub merged, and pedestrians, in ord;r to get down town, had to wade down as far as Oalliouh street beforo they ? could lake a cross-sleet lo Kitig street. A large Ircc was lorn up und pros trated in Kitdcliile, near Coining Elrcct. A nundier of slates were blown off of St: Paul's Church roof. One of the glasses to the pigeon-holes in St. Michael's steeple was smashed in, and the interior of the steeple, down to the vestibule of the church, was Hooded with water. Mr. ?loir/a J. While's premises hi the .corner e>f Laurens and East Bay stree ts were completely submerged, nnel his line garden, it is though, is completely ruined with the salt water. The Equity Court room was flood ed yesterday from the rain which washed; Ihrerugh the ceiliitg. A hum bei of the court records' were soaked. The Williams mansion on Meeting street, was not in the least injured as was reported oh live streets. It was reported that the bodies of two colored nun had been washed up on Union wharf, bul there was no truth iii the rumor. The fines at the corners of Lynch and Montague and Ruiledge .streets were blow n down. Many of tlic houses along Meeting street and East Bay had slate's blown from their leiofs. Ten inches of the Jail wall en Magazine street was blown down. The: b neing around lhe Sisters of Mercy building at the corner of Quee n and Ma/.yck street was | ros trated. Clumbers of platforms in all por ti?ns bf thecily were washed in front of gateways, The low.r eml of Marke! street ns high up as Church slrci t was flooded, and persons wishing to go to the vegetable and fish markets either had to wade in up to their knees or ride. A large tree was blown down in Smith, near Calhoun .street. A fence at the corn er of Green ami St. Philip,street was blown down. A huge tree in /.ion's Churchyard, Calhoun sin e', was blown down. A tree, at thi" corner of Went worth and L'ilt, and a fence at the corner of Montague ami Bill s!reels, were blown down. The plankriisid in Alexander street ami tit the: east end of Calhoun street was washed away. Wooden crossings at the coiners of Q.uccn and Ku(ledgestreets and Beau fain and Ilutledge streets were wnsh cel away. A large tree was blown down in Broad street; opposite Trap man street. The fencing around (he premises of Hi)ist, at the corner bi Be.ufain was blown ?.<........... .? ii uiu.i ill Tradd streei, was washed away. The telegraph posts em Ihe Shell road were thrown down, but laborers were put to work raising them at once. A frame' house on the Shell road was blown down, and another frame house in Homey street. The evening tide was fully as high as the morning's, and the streets in tho western portion of the city were still submerged. Gadsden, Wont worth, Queen, Bull and Beau fain streets woic one sheet of water. Rutlcdgo street, between Rull and Calhoun streets, is impassable. The water on either side of the bridge is marly waist deep, and it was with much difficulty that the street cars could pass. SOUTH C AH Ol INA KAI I.ROAD. The rain has been very heavy all a'ong the line of this road, but there has been no serious damage. While the down Columbia freight train was passing over the small tail vert just above Summcrvillc tho t-ack gave way and about twenty feet of tho mad bed washed out. The 'train, however, succeeded in getting over safely. It will be impossible for any other trains to pass over it until the track bas^bceu repaired; It is feared that the two other culverts between the Twenty-six Mile Turnout ami Sumhicrvillo will wash out if the rains si mild continue. A number of hands have been sent to repair the track, but they will take some time, owing to the large quantity of water in the (adverts. The down passenger train left Sunnnervillc at (5.-15 P. M., but bad not arrived up to a late hour last night. The detention was owing to the washing out of the culvert just this side of Ladson's Station. Owing to the heavy rains the night trains for Columbia and Augusta wire not sent out. THK CITY AT MIDNIGHT, At 12 o'clock last night the wind was still howling '.h rough the house tops, and the rain falling pitilessly upon the few stragglers in the streets, and there appeared to be little chance for fair weather to-day. The South Carolina Railroad down passenger train, which left Suramer villc at (5.45 1*. M., was detained, near Ladson's Turnout, until about 0.45, by a washed out culvert, and arrived in ibis city at 11.45 last night. Up to midnight nothing had been heard of tho Northeastern Railroad train, as communication had been cut oil. 'Jhrce omnibuses left the hotels at half-past 10 o'clock for the Savannah and Charleston Railroad, but found impossible to cross the causeway, which was completely Hooded, and in many places the planks had been washed away. The train had not ar ried up to midnight, and if it bad ar ricved it would have been impossible to get the passengers transferred to the city. The Orungeburg Baptist Church. Wo tire gratified to learn that Rev. T. W. Mcliicliutup has accepted a call to the Orangeburg Baptist Church, Jo serve them the third and fourth Sun days in each month; Bro. Melli ch a hip, until recently, has been serv ing the Winnshoro, Blackstock and Mt. Zion chinches. lie still retains the pastorate at Winnshoro and Hlackstock, having only resigned Mt Zion for Orahge-burg. By the ar rangement entered into with the Orangeburg brethren he gives them only two Sundays, but also eight or ten days in each month for pastoral work, remaining with them during the week which intervenes between his appointments there, and wo hope great good will result to the church. There is, it strikes us, something beautiful in the recall of Bro. Mclli cliainp to this church. It was estab lished by him in the exciting times which proceeded our late war, with a liuclus of only two families, and was conducted through all that eventful period successfully?the church all the while growing in numbers, and a handsome church edifice being erect ed, lie left it only that lib might "sow beside other waters;" and no.v, after years of absence, he returns, like husbandman, to foster tho plants and prepare for the harvest?1 ik3 (he father to gather Iiis children around him, and prepnrc for tho judgment Bro. Mclji champ's residence is still at Doko, S. C, where ho has lived for several years, and whilherjhc removed to educate his children.? Working Uhritsliun, i mknts. ? Theatre goers and heirs are very ? ,<>??< ,'cu:..|i ,rr coin. A feuiu aim reliable cure h t'r. i Bull's ccugh syrup. Tho price is I only '_'"? eonl?. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY MORKJjKG BY THE ORAKOEDURd NEWS COMPANY. UEO. 1*0 LIVE It, llnsiiicss Manager. Terms of Subscription. One. Copy one Year.$2 00 " " Six Mont/us. 1 00 Hates of Advertising. One Square l it Insertion.SI f>0 Each Subsequent " . 1 00 Noticcv inserted in Local Column at 20c per Line. All Subscriptions and Transient Advertise ments to be paid for in Advance. i ?&T" No Ilccipl* Jor Subscription nr Adver tisements arc Valid unless Signed by llusincss Manager. fl^j"1 We nre in ho way responsible for (he views or opinions of our Correspond ents. r~Z^ATUR_DA Y,~ APRIL 21,^877.""" Governor Hampton. The demand of Governor Hampton upon the Chamberlain oflicers to va cate the rooms in the Capitol building occupied by them as offices, was just and proper. Wo take it that he desires to secure the records of the State from erasures and falsification. To Our Fanners. We publish in to-day's News and Times a letter from one of our county's most highly cherished citi zens, signed "A Member of the Orangeb?rg Agricultural Society," suggesting important ideas to our planters. While thanking our cor respondent for the compliment he propescs to pay the editor of this paper (for we consider it an honor to be a mem her of the Orutigeburs Agricultural Society) we desire to state that our columns have always been open to our farmer friends; and we do now most cheerfully offer two columns of the News and Times of each week to the friends of Agricul ture. Give us the experiments tried and the results, and we will prepare them for the public's eye. And what better use could a man put his time to, now that we diavo assurance of honest government, than the building up of our agricultural interests? We stand ready to do our part if the farmers will do theirs. [com M U NICfAT eI >.] Ktlitpr Orqugcbury a etes ami Times'. You w th all other good citizens of our county are pecuniarily and other wise interested in the prosperity of the tillers of the soil, iL is a maxim almost as old as the hills, that he who produces two blades of grass where one grew before wns a public bene factor; how much more so must it be to produce two bushels of corn and two bales of cotton where but one grew before? This has been done, and why cannot it be done more generally ? Now, Mr, Editor, what I am driv ing atis this : I want our farmers to make experiments in the several pro ductions of their farms. Their mode of manuring, planting and after culti vation, and let the results be pub lished in your valuable paper. Offer the fanner a place in your columns. Urge him to give his views and experience?no matter how crude, you can put them in shap.?. Tliero is no one who tills the soil, be he ever so deficient, but has some useful knowledge, which if imparted would be of public benefit. I, Mr. Edi tor, (and who has not,) have appre I ciated and utilized a great many useful hints which I have gathered from the unlettered colored man. I never knew a man or woman, be they ever so ignorant, from v/hom I have not gleamed some useful practical knowl edge. Again, tho Old Or.ingeburg Socie ty (cd' which I have the honor ot being a member) meets quarterly. It is composed of our best practical, fanners, and at each meeting subjects^ appertaining to the farm arc freely discussed, and much useful informa tion imparted to those present, but I do not want to hide our light under a bushel and therefore shall propose at our next meeting that the Editor of the News and Times be elected a member and that it shall be his duly to attend each meeting and report in his paper the proceedings under pen alty. I know you will not fail to appreciate my motives. We, the fanners, ask you to aid us in building up the fanning interest of our Country. a Member of the 1 ORANOEBURO AaRICNI/nJUAD Society. Governor Hamptons Letter to the Republican Officials and their Replies. State of South Carolina, exkcutive cliabmer, Coi.UMiiiA, April 14, 1877. ITon.R.Jl. Elliott, Columbia, S. C. Sm : I am directed by tbo Gover nor to say to you that while he does not desire to prejudge auy claim that you may be asserting in the courts, his opinion of tlie futility of your as sertions to have- been legally elected to the office of Attorney General has been indicated by his recogniziug and commissioning Mr. Connor, your op ponent, when the necessities of the government required him to decide. Jt would disembarrass the ojicrntion of the Executive Department, of which he is now in the undisputed charge, for you to turn over the re cords and papers ol office of Attor ney General to Mr. Connor, subject, if you desire it, to the decision of the courts, hereafter to be made. lie begs leave, however, t? inform you, in the event of your declining to take this course, that ho sees nothing in your present position entitling you to the use of the rooms and custody of the records of th.e office referred to, and that he cannot consent to it. His responsibility for the proper discharge of tho ad mi cist hi lion will require him to prevent such an ob struction to the conduct of the gov ernment. An early reply will oblige, yours respectfully, Wa?k II. Manning, Private Secretary. Executi ve Depa rtm en r, Office of Atjouney Gen; raj,, Columbia, April 1C, 1877. Wakbi II. Miami wj, Esq., Private Sccvtury. Sir: After conferring fully with each other, wc have concluded to reply jointly to the communications addressed to us by you on the 14th instant, as a comparison of their con tents indicates that the subject-mat ters of each aro varied only to tli3 extent of their personal applicabili ty. On the 7th day of November last we were legally elected to the seve ral offices the functions of w hieb we now respectively exercise. Of this fact wc were duly apprised by the State Hoard of Canvassers, who alone were competent by law to de termc the result of the election. Upon receipt of the notification to that effect, through the legal chan nel, wc qualified by executing the necessary bond as ml taking the oath of office, and were thereupon com missioned by the then undisputed Executive of the State, Having thus complied with all the rcquisi-1 tions of the law on the subject, we en tered upon the discharge of our du ties and the enjoyment of our rights as officers of the State. Subsequently, the contest for the possession of our offices were made by those to whom wc had respectively bceu opposed as candidates for elec tion, and proceedings in 71/0 warranfo were begun in the Supreme ?ourt of the State to test the validity of our titles to such oflices. No judicial determination of tho matters in con trbversey has yet been reached, and until such determination is had, wc can conceive of no reason, of law or fact, which would justify us iu com plying with the wishes ol tho Govern or, as indicated in your communica tion. We are in no sense claimants for the various offices which we fill. We arc lawful possessors, and are in court not to seek to have our titles granted, but to maintain them against those who, as plaintiffs are asking that we' should be ousted. In this phnse of the case?and it is tho only one which can be pre perly presented to the Governor?it would be a legal absurdity .or us to voluntarily shift positions with our contestants, and would result, logically, in a complete abandonment of our rights. Wo therefore, respectfully decline to comply with the request indicated by the Governor. Wo arc not insensible to the fact that it is phisically competent for the Governor to enr.ry his wishes into of feet by excluding us from access to our offices and tiieir records. Whilst we shall make no resistance to such a process as that, should lib "determine to institute it, wo trust that the same sense of "responsibility for the pro per discharge of the administration'* which ho pleads in advance as a justification for tho convert throat of force will inspire hitu to puuso before taking a step that will obviously trench upon rights guaranteed by that constitution which he has sworn I to obey. Very respectfully, your obedient servants, (Signed) rorert 13. E 1,1,1 ott, Attorney General South Carolina. John r. Toeuert, State Superintendent of Education. J a m KS, K en ned y, Adjutant and Inspector General. Office of State Treasurer, Columih v, S. C, April 15, 1870. lion. Wjtulc Hampton, Coiumbia, ?$'. Ci Sin: I received on Saturday evening the 14th instant, a letter sub scribed by Wade PI. M aiming, Pri vate Secretary, in which I am in formed that the writer is directed by you to say in substance that you do not desire to prejudge my claim to my present office; that you have in dicated heretofore your opinion of the futility of my assertion of my official rights; and that it would dis embarrass the operation of the Exe cutive j opartment confided to my care if I were to retire at once. lam further informed by the same com munication that in the event of my refusing to take the course above requested, you sec nothing in my prc-ent position entitling me to the use ol the rooms, ami custody of the records of my oJlicc; and tlid'. you cannot consent to nty remaining in my office; and finally, that your re sponsibility will require you ' to pre vent such an obstruction to the con duct of the government. I receive*I tho foreg dug c ?:n nu di ent ions immediately after an inter view held by me with you in the Executive Clumber, in which you voluntarily stated to mii that you would leave tiie question of my offi cial rights entirely to the courts, and that I could either occupy my oltijo or seal it up to remain undisturbed until a decision of the court should be. reached. You can, therefore judge of my prise, not to speak of other feelings produced by the letter of your private secretary. This feeling is increased when I call to mind tin; lahguige used b\ you on so many occasions, and notably in a communion ion ad dressed to the President of the United States, as follows : ' I riipiat, there fore, that if the Fe lend trovvs are withdrawn from tho State Utilise, there shall be on my part, or that ot my friends, no resort to violence to assert our claim-;, but that \va shall look for their maintenance solely to such peaceful remedies as the consti tution ami laws of the State provide. I shall use all my authority to re press the use or exhibition of lb reo in the settlement of all disputed ques tious, and this authority shall be exercised in such a nannor that the peace shall be prescr/el.'' In the face of these pledges, yon now call upon mo to relinquish my office, and you inform me of your purpose to prevent me from continu ing to hold it. It \.i my duty to re mind you that I was declared elected to my present office by the Board of State Canvassers as tin result of tha canvass cf the fncj of all the returns of the recent election, no returns be ing rejected ?r W in whole or in part. I was, thereupon, coin missioned by Governor Chamberlain at a ;imc when bis authority as; Gjv ernor was undisputed. I immedi ately qualified by taking the oath of office and filing my official bond, and I have since been and am now in the discharge of the duties of my office. It is niy duty further to remind you, that under proceedings in <jko warrunto instituted by -those who were candidates upon the ticket with with you, now pending in tho Su preme Court, the exact question which you* now dec! uro'your pucposo to de cide adversely to me/M's *put in issue and is awaiting the decision of tho con rt. Untier these circumstances. to pre vent me from continuing to hold my otticc until a decision of the Supreme Court is pronounced, is not, in my judgment "to look to such peaceful remedies as the constitution and laws of the State provide," but is rat'icr "the. use and exhibition of forco in the settlement of disputed questions." It is almost needless for mo to add that I do not iecogni/,0 your right as Governor in any man nor to pass up on or decide toy right to my present office, and I cannot comply with the request contained in the letter of your Private Secretary. I have the honor to he, very re spectfully, your obedient servant* F. L. Cahdozo. State Treasurers. C. Executive Depaetment^ Office of Secretary of State, Columbia, S. C., April 16, 1877. Wade If. Manning, Esq., Private Sec* relary Sin: I have the honor to ac knowledge the receipt of your com munication of the 14th instant, and in reply with tho request of the Governor, not to act upon his sug gestions, by turning over tho records of the Secretary of State's office to my opponent, Mr? Sims, until .tho Supreme Court shall render its judg ment in the cause now* pending be fore it and to which I am a party, Should that judgment be adverse to my claim, I will cheerfully trans* for the office to Mr. Sims, but until then must respectfully decline to do * s >. II. E. Hayne, Secretary of State* The following is Governor Hamp ton's reply to Mr. Cardozo's letter, Si-ate of South Carolina, Executive Chamber, Columbia, April 16, 1877. F. Tj. Cardozo, Esq, Slit. As you have misapprehen ded the purport of my communica tion of Saturday and a portion of my conversation with you, it is due to you as well as to myself, that my correct position should be understood I have entertained no idea of pass* hig judgment as to any claim you may have to the office of Treasurer. This question belongs to another tribuiini whore it must be settled. In using the word "office," I merely meant to designate the room now used by yon, until the courts decide who is the p roper custodian of this room, and the State property iu it. I proposed that, it should be locked and sealed. There, will be no viola tion of any rights in pursuing this course. The present occupants of these rooms enn lock them; a seal can be attached, and no one shall have access to them until it is decided to whose custody they s'aould be com mit' od. My communication convoyed a suggestion as to the course you should pursue, but fts you decline to follow* it, I must *akc such action as "will protect me in guarding the property -if the State. This cau be done by the plan indicated. I am, respectfully yours, Wade Hampton. A FLORAL KAI St of the Onmgt'burg Agricultural aud 31tv cliniiiral Association. Will he held at Orangebnrg in the Fair Rtuldiiig May 17th, 1877, at which tinw Premiums will he awarded to successful competitors as follows' For tlto best collection of Hot House Hants Iiy one person. For the best collection as above. " 2d liest " " " For Jl?c best collection of Zonal and Fan cy Leaf GenintHiiis. " For the best collection of Double Geran iums. For the best collection Scented Geran iums. For the beat collection of Pclargoriums. ?? Hoses (cut flow ers.) For the best collection of Funclua.-. " " Tansies. " " Native Wild Fhevers (arranged ) For the largest collection of Vegetable* by one person. " For the best collection of the above. Worthy articles other than the above named will be awarded premium*. Premiums will not be awarded unless there he a Fair Competitions Articles will be received for Exhibition from U o'clock Wednesday morning May Itilh, to 10 o'clock Thursday morning May 17th. The Doors will be opened to Visi tors at 10 o'clock A. M., and the Exhibition will close at 12 P. M. of the same day. No charges made for EnUring Articles for Exhibition. Refreshments of Ice-Cream, Cake, Fruit?, &c;, will be furnished in the Building. Admission 50 cents. Children nndcr 12 years of age 25 cents. For further particulars apply to KIRK ROBINSON, npl 21 4t A lilBEKAL UKW A RD ? Is offered for the recovery of a Silver Leaved Geranium'(Mountain of Snow) sto len from my Hot Hourfe". ,* THEODORE KOIIN;. apr'l 21 lt Orange I-dglit Dragoon Attend an Extra Meeting and Drill of your Company, in full uniform on Friday 27ili inst. Meeting at H o'clock, Drill at 12 o'clock. Ry order of tho Captain. B. Is. LEE, Secretary. apr'l 21 _It. RECEIVER'S NOTICE. AH persons indebted to the late firm of Smith, Kccfle & Co. will make immediate paymcht to tho undersigned; ami all per* nous having demands against said firm will present tho Bamb duly attested on or before tho first day of June 1877, or they will bo debarred payment. J. WALLACE CANNON, Receiver. apr'l 21 4t