Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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sawsetu and 3erald1 WINNSBORO, 8. 0. Baturday, March 31, : : : 1877. 3. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. 8. REYNOLDS, Assooiato Editor. Senator *odMn is working like a 4eaver for Hampton in Washington. Ex-President Grant is visiting friends in Ohio. He has discovered that there is many a "biger man than Grant" now. The delay in the Southern policy is explained. Evarts began a speech the other day and hasn't finished his first sentence yet. That Louisiana Commission hangs fire. Joe Bradley's fate has caused other men not to hanker after notoriety in servin' on commissions. Stanley has thoroughly explored Lako Tanganyika, in Africa. And now they ought to tic a steno to his heels, sing a requiem for the peace of his soul, and throw him into Lake Tanganyika. Governor Hampton is in Wash ington. Whatever may be the nature;and result of his conference with Mr. Hayes, it is extremely gratifying to the peoplo of South Carolina to mark the enthusiasm with which their governor has boon greeted all along the line of railway. His course through North Carolina and Virginia was a perfect ovation. Pyrotecnics, bouquets, huzzas and hand-shakings overwhelmed him at every station. It was but a re-enactment of the scenes of last fall, when one whole State wont temporarily into a state of emotion al insanity, in "hurrahing for Hamp ton." While much of this enthusi. asm is due to the personal magnet ism of Governor Hampton, a large share of adulation is tendered to him as the embodiment of the sp'rit of South Carolina. The peculiar genius of her people never shone with greater lustre that it does at present, and the manner in wmien the South Carolina Democracy have horne themselves through the trying ordeal of the past six months evokes the admiration of the world. Hence the ovations to Hampton. Broken Pledges and Punic Paith. The true inwardness of the atti tude of the Southern Democrats in Congress during the electoral enm plication, and their co-operation with the Republicans to defeat the fillibusters anid ensure the inaugu ration of Hayes, have at last been laid bare. Assurances were given by prominent Republicans that Hayes would render prompt aid in establishing the Hampton and Nqicholls governments. Stanley Matthews was the confidential coun sellor of Hayes during the session of the Electoral Commission ; and Charlee Foster was the Republican mnember of Congress from Hayes' district. Claiming to represent Hayes, they addressed letters to senator Gordon and others, guaran teeing that the people of Louisiana and South.Carolina would be left free to administer their own gov.. ernments, and that the troops would no longer interfere in local aftairs. Acting upon this pledge, the South ern Congressmen succeededl in forcing the completion of the count. Now, it is asserted that Mat thews and Foster acted upon their own responsibility, and Hayes per onmptorily refuses to consider him self a party to the agreement, or in any way bound by it. The South ern Democrats have learned, too late, another lesson in Radical duplicity. In good faith they ful filled their pledges, at the imminent risk of shattering their party. They haeraped no benefit from their patriotic course. Hayes occupies a seat covered with fraud, and treads in the footsteps of his predecessors. Whil6 the Deniberats have nothing to be ashamsed of, they will scarcely repeat the experiment of trusting to BM4Ical pledges. At the ,same tlmed isdishonorable in the high.. .t 4egg Nag(tUrd i. ate the acts of his friends. It was publicly known that Matthews and Foster were managing his case. He wrote a letter thanking Foster for his conciliatory speech in Con gress. He know of the pending negotiations, and kept silent. All this binds him too firmly to be ex tricated by any amount of wriggling or squirming. Ho must either promptly recognize Ha ipton and Nicholls or else lose all claim to respect. Even now, a fulfillment of the pledges made for him would be too late to restore perfect confi dence in his integrity. It seems strange that in every compact made between members of' the two parties the .Democrats are cheated. Radicals, from the lowest marpet-bag functionary in the Re-, 3onstructed States to the Chief Executive of the nation, scom utter y devoid of conscience and regard. oss of the inviolability of a pledge, iowever solemnly made. The only iafe way of dealing with them is at iirin's length. Recognized as mmeiies, f hey can effect little hmrm. Treated with as honorable mien, ley rC dangerous. It is better or South Carolina to work out her 'edemption in spite of Radicalism, han by means of it. The days of :ompromise are over. "A fair field a no favor," should be the cry. We want no more pledges from Mr. Eiayes' friends. Hereafter we must reat with principals, not with gents. Hampton with Hayos. VASHINGTON, March 29. Governor Hampton, accompanied by Attorney- General Conner and Senator Butler, with the committee of Charleston capitalists, arrived hare this morning, the welcome to Hampton from Richmond to this place being as warm as farther south. There was no public recep tion, and the party drove quietly to Willard's. The following le.ter was addressed to the President by Governor Hampton thismornming WILLARD'S HOTEL, Washington, March 29. To the'President : SiR-In compliance with your in vitation, I am bore for the purpose f uniting my efforts with yOTirR to the end of composing the politic.l lifferences which now unha-ppily listract the people of South Caro ina. I beg you to beliove that my mxiety to bring about the perma ,ent pacificati.n of .that State-a yacification in which the rights of all h'dl be safe, and the interests of all hall be pretected, is as sincere as I eel assured is your own for thle iceomplishment of the same endm. ~Iy position for years past in eference to theO pl)itical rights of ~olored citizens, and miy solemn >ledges given during the late can rass in South Carolina, that under ny administration all rights should e absolutely sacred, should furnish sunficient guarantee of my sinceri ~y on these points, which appear to >O the subject of special anxiety. [ have the honor to ask at what hour t will be your pleasure to receivo no. I am, sir, very respectfully, WADE HAM1'TON. The President returned an immne liate answer by Col. Rogers, his rivate secretary, and Gov. Hamnp bon, accompanied by Senator Gor Ion and Attoney General Conner, tro with the President now. They hvill lunch with him at 2 o'clock. A delegation from Baltimore have uvited Gov. Hampton to visit that Hlow Money Gets Astray. The .Bho otan expedition belongsx to history, though not the most agreleab~le or glorious episode in the annals of British India. One little incident, however, still remains to be recorded. We cannot, indeed, vouch for its absolute accuracy, though it is not only generally ereoditedl, but it is also credible. 'I hie story runs thus :-Under the impression that the "little wvar," would be fought to the "bitter end" the government ordered three lakhs (4280,000 worth) of copper coinage tobe despatched to the northeastern frontier for the use of the. troops. It was forwarded accordingly--a goodly assortment of half anna and quarter anna p)ieces, pies and' pice. The town of Blungporo wvas reached in safety, when tidings of peace arrived. The ponderous wealth went on no farther. Whore its progress was stayed there it re, mauned, and presently its existence was all but forgotten. Each Dew magstrate who .succeeded to thG distriet signed a paper certifying~ Ll1tJ e held under lok and iey thg diI4e f ?80,000 in cbmor a n 10 came to be looked upon as a piec< of office furniture, such as a book, case or any other clumsy article At last a magistrate, more particu lar than his predecessors, doclinoc to sign the certificate urtil th( money was turned over to him The objection was not unreasonable but there was this difficulty in the way of its reach, that the gunn3 bags had been devoured by insects or otherwise destroyed, and th< ci'ppor coins had run together and become welded into masses. The cost of their removal to Calcutta om some other equally absurd roasor caused the alternative to be adopted of digging a big hole and burying the untold riches. Some sort of monument or memorial.it is said, hai been erected the on site, and it mIay be that in the fullness of time th< Dr. Schliemann of the period will discover the weighty heap.-Pali Mall Gazette. South Carolina News. The Congaree is booming-sever feet rise in two days. An Episcopal Sunday-school hal becn organized at Marion. A tramp was severely injured by a train near Greenville un Monday. L. Cass Carpenter promises tc in vestigate Ferris, the collector al Kingstree. Tho Chamberlain constabulary grow more haggard. Soon they will not have the strength to engagt m their favorite pastimc-pitching ponniCs. Mr. S. M. Crawford, of Seneca City, one of the Greenville county commissioners, has agreed to give one-half of his s:dary or fees to the county. John Wright shot a boy by the name of James Turbeville, in Marion on last S-tturd-ly, inflicting a flesh wound through tlw leg. Selkirk Academy, one of the best school buildings in Marion county, recently erected, was burned on last Thursday night. The attending circumstances were such as to leave no doubt that it was an act of in. cendiarism. Henry Baker, one of the negroes who murdoed Mr. Levi Brown last fall, and who escaped from Kings tree jail in December last, with several others, was recaptured last Sunday by Messrs. Rodgers and Player, and recommitted to jail on Moncloy. A n extensive fire occurred at Greenville last week, destroying several buildings, and other proper tv, amount in value to several thous and dollars. The Noes sa-s : "The fire was un'1oubtedly the work of an incendiary, for we saw the matches scattered om thme ground whore the fire occurred, being an ont-house filled with rags and loose cotton. The sufferers by the fire are busy straightening upl theli CALL ATTENTION Otheir large amnd elegant assortment of GLASSWARE, Especially their Berry, Fruit and Preserv< I owls. -ALSO, To their variety of LAMPS, which, fol beautLy and ch eapness, exci. -ALSO, To their large stook of OROCKEBtY, whiiel they offor at low prices, to elose out thel1 GOODS in this lie. F. W. HABENICHT 'T EGSleavo to inform his friends and cI)utomecrs generally that hiMs took o lImp orted and-DomnestieTjiq .ors and Win< is full, and the purity of his goods war ranted. ALSO, A full suppi y of Chewing and genulnm Durhain Smoting Tobacigran Cigarettes.' -q Cgr u Reege' Pure Double Strong Browr Lager Beor,,alway s freegm opdraugh SPRING GOODS --FOR 1877. To-day the campaign's fairly closed, The lucky man is ho Who takes his seat on the 4th of March Our President he'll be : And now the next best thing Just suited to our mind, Is where to got the cheapest goods The best of goods to find. My friends and I went out one day, Some New Spriang (Eoois to buy; And we resolved,beforo we went, The different stores to try. We wandered Winnsboro all around Until our feet were sore, And found tho very place, at last, T''was SL VOLFE'S New Cash Store. Of Hats, Clothing and Boots and Shoes, The latest to our view The very best styles of Dress Goods, And Prints so cheap and new. So then, ray good friends, one and all, Now is your time to try What Bargains you can got of me Or. you need not buy of SOL. fob 17 Sewing-Machine. tRADE 4 SEW MARk ' oea Pan. JUv $6, 18n1. wE CLAIM FOn THE IMPROvED WHITNEY SEWING MACHINES The following specific points of supe riority: I-tGreat tsi11~1city in Con tr uc ion. t-Durainllity. )-Exceedsamgly Light Run niang. 4-Still Runaning. Noicless. 5- Performs all Varielies of Work. 6--lenufy of Finili and V Irknaas slp. 7-(- EA' REJ)UCT)IN IN i'lliCE. Single Machines sent on orders direct from the Fanctory, writ ten guarantee with each Machine. WHY PAY OLD PRICES! f&Send for circulars and particulars. Add ress, Time W laitney MC'g. Co., feb 17 Paterson, N. J. .JUST RELCMiVED, A.full stook of Plain end Fancy Cro eeries, which will be 8o1 di at low~ 3 price for the Cash. ALSO, A fins stock of liquors, such as WHISKEY, BRANDY, WINES in groat variety, ALE, .UEER, etc., etc The patronage of the public is solici ted. B. R OSEr'H EIM. feb 10-tf Shirts I Shirts I Shirts I ---o AMSUTTA Muslin and 2200 Linen, at $8.00O per half dozen. Percale and Calico at $0.00 and $9,00 per1 half dozen. mar 22 J. F. MeMASTER & CO. EL. J. McCarley EG ocall attention, to his new .lttook of Boots and Shoes, all sizel and styles, at unprecoderatedly low pricee. ALSO, An entirely' new Stock -of Groceries. eaNoap, Sltarohb Soda,P~epper, Tea, ete. rine Seed Irish liotatoes. Oholcent Brands of Fldur. Bost orn and Aye Whiskey I- town. Tobacco and Oigars, MlolassL. Lard, Rannn. hlama ... ,a THIOS. R. ROBERTSON, Attorney at l aw AND TRIAL JUSTICE. . All business entrusted to him in either capacity will receivo prompt atten. tion Offloe on Washington- street, one door east of Winnsboro Hotel. 1H. A O.AtI..AsD. JNO. S. Erixor-ps. GAILLARD & REYNOLD$, AT'1'ORNEYS AT LAW, NO. 3 L.4 W RANGE. A. M. MACKEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, No. 1, L.l w R ANGE, Winnsboro, 8. 0. .Z'Special attention paid to the speedy collection of claims. Will practice in all of the courts of this State and the United States. _..EEPS constantly on hand a full sup ply of Choice FAMILY GROCERIES and PLANTATION SUPPLIES. His stock has recently been replenished, and he is now ready to supply the wants of all. ort12 SPRINT AND SUMMER G-CoOos! \ E invite the attention of the public to ous new and assorted stock of spring and summer -GOODS. Spring Calicos of the best brands and prettiest styles Pereales and Caubrics at 121 cents. White Piques from 114 per yard up. Linen Lawns, and brown dress Linens, very cheap. Nainsooks, Irish Linens, Towels, Pique Trinmmings, Edgings. Insertings, Laces, Cotton Trimmings, Sheet ings, Bleached and Brown IHmespuns, 'ricks, Cottonades, Ho siery, Notions, &c., &., &c. at prices to suit the har.i times. Ounr stock of Gents' Goods is full up,. W e ask special attention.to our line of Cassimers, which cannot be surpassed in p~rice, styvle and~ quality, anywhere. KEEP'S celebrated partly made Shirts on hand at $m5 030 per dorzen. SHOES!I SHOZS!1 SHOES I A full ain l complete assortment of she al ways on han*t We av e of Ladies' and Gents'..Fine ah~o we will sell low, and'yril we ~~ pleasure in showing4.\ HARDWARE ! HARDWARE!I A full line always on hand. ma 2McMASThIR & BRIICE. N~ew Goods 7 TO arrive at the Dry. Goods, Fanay LGoods and Millinery Now Spring Prints and other Goods ex pacted daily. INSPECTION of the Ladies and pubile generally so licited. PRICES and .goods will compare favorably with any in the market, AGENT for Bluttorick's Paper Patterns, Ladles' Misses' and Children's Patterns in Store. ALL WINTER GOODS marked down in prices to clear them ont as much as posaible. ALWAYS RECEIVING fresh and choice Goods in the Grocery Departm~ent. THE PUBLIC are aware that my stock odnsists of'Gon. tal Merchandisc It therefore takee o much time and space to Itemise. Suffice it to say, you can find allyen vant- at * . O. BOAG'S. ' Fine Early Rose Potatoes and resh . GardLen Sideds In, at J. 0. 20A%. F'urniture. .L ei -hingle, a&0 for sale is low as 10 be o 30 6 DA&.