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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
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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?.
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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.
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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,
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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;.
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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.
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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.
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