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What Horace Greeley Thought
Of Ii.

Last September, when Colfax, Pat
terson, Dawes and Wilson were deny
ing all knowledge or connection with
Credit Mobilier Horace Greeley was
travelling in the West, He made a
speech in Indianapolis, in which he
gave expression to sentiments when
sound as though they might have
dropped fresh from his editorial pen
but yesterday. He said then, as he
would say now, were he alive: Il in.
sist that the legislation of your coun-
try, national and State, needs puri6-
cation, and that the leading men in
our govenment-the Speakers and
tue members of the committees on
Pacific Railways and other railways
should be called to justicel" Here
is brief extract from the speethial-
luded to. lie told the story then as
sworn testimony has since established
its truth: 80
These gentlemen contracted with
themselves to pay themselves twice
the fair cost of entirely building and
equipping the road; and, building
the road with the proceeds Of, the
money lent b7 the aoHernment,' they
proceeded to divide among themselves
the other bonds. equal to the amount
for which Congress had made mort
gage on the entire road, BY these
n means .$20,OO0,o0O or $30,Od0,oOo.
were divided among the parties. and
all that money SO divided we are call
cd upon to pay. SO that to-day the
people of this country are paying
8 some millions per annum out Of their
hard earnings for interest on these
bonds lent to the Pacific Road-pay-,
ing this money as interest TO meet
the vast SUMS divided by these gen.
tlemen among themselves as the div
idends of the Credit Mobilier Of
America. * =
Now, then, stand here to insist That.
the legislation of your country, ma
tional and State, needs purification,
and that the leading men in our gov
ernment-the Speakers and the mem
bers of the itteea on Pacific rail
ways and other railways-should be.
oalIed to ;ustice. Such legislation as
1 have briefly exposed to you could
not have been accomplished, could
not have been effected, without the
connivance of men in higa authority,
and these facts assure you that puri-
ficationl is urgently needed .,,.,.,
Then Horace Greeley was hqotsa
at by government rretapera. rret and the =!
Whipps9s-laii off tie party, Now he
Stands vipdioated before the world.
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The Philadelphia Ledger always
favorably disposed toward colfax,
has the following dispassionate re-
view of his case as it now stands.
1t was the general hope that Col
fax would have been able to presen,
clear. unmistakable. explanation OF
the damaging evidence produced BY
Ames. Whether this can be regard
ed in that lights the question to be
decided by the committee and the
public. On Que side against Mr.
Colfax) is positive oath, backed by
a strong chain Of ciroumstantial re-
cord evidence, with specific dates and
exact amounts and on his side an
equally positive oath Of denial, sup
ported BY proof Of the receipt of ST.
200, of which sum 1000 were gift
from q Mr.. Nesbitr WHO is dead, but
without any clea4 evidence to connect
in point of time ynis particular ST.
600 with the $1,000 which Mr. Col
fax deposited Immediately after the
date OF the alleged Ames check. II
the decision is to be based on the
hitherto good reputation Of Mr.. Col
fax this will overbear the adverse
evidence but if it. is to be founded
exclusively on the evidence, the
weight OF the evidence is heavily
against his explanation. This is about
the presentstatus Of the case.
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PACIFIC GUANO CONIPANY'S
,eArrr4n a, ,eoe,oOo} -e-,.-..
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GuANo. !!

THIS GUANO snow so, well known
in all the Southern STATES for its re-
markable effects as an agency for IN
creasirg the products of labor, as not TO
REQUIRE special recomm endation from Us.
Its use for seven years past has estab-
lished its character FOL. reliable excellence.
The large,ined capital invested by the
Company in this trade affords the sufest
guarantee of the continued excellence OF
The supplies put into market THIS
season are, asheretofore. prepared under
the personal superintendent of DIR. st.
Julian Ravensl Chemist of the Company,
at Charleston, S. c., hence planters may
rest assuredithat its quality and compo-
sition is precisely the same as that here
'O'0' So J. N. ROBSON,
Selling Agent, Charleston s. c.
~ <tGNOu Vs.; REESE Il CO.,
General Agents, Baltimore.
TERAs-ss4s cash /; s53 time, withou
interest.
To accommodate planters they can or;
der now. and have, until the LIST Of April
to decide as to whether they vii take Ut
time or cash price, When delivered
from the Factory by the carload no dray-
age will be charged.
Nov. q ~ 49, = 5fn a: ~
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I'LL enterprising Mongolian emigran
agent domiciled in Louisiana, has put hi
convictions into the following formula
lone Chineo man lickee TO niggles aimee
timce."
MS- Rhode Island - sAtct to be over
run with MICE. j, Is sal thorc are 20 ol
10 there, and they are very much crowded
@ 4 contributor to one Of the maga
zines estimates that, "if our esteemed
ancestor, the late Colonel Adam, the ap
ple-eater, had lived till now. and hac
never trimmed his anser nails, they
would have beona thousand yards long
@o~ An agricultural paper says stray
berry beds may be protected from birds,
by running u wire along the walk, to
which cat is chained. Her movements
up and down the length of the wire will
keep the birds away. Where there Is no
chain, the wire can be run through the
cat, and heated to temperature thar
will ALI the cat with longing to keep
moving.
Msr Since Napoleon's death, country
physicians are growing crazy over the
cases of enibolism developed throughout
the land Last week in Ohio, young
lady died from what roundheaded old
doctor said was "heart klc. on embyol-
ism of the main Gua Of the heart" but
she revived IA sn hour, and it was found
she had been temporarily choked by q
chew of gum which she had swallowed
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The Cases of the Bribed Congress-
mep-Who are MOST EhillY2

Before Congress acts upon the re-
port of Bishop Poland's cSmmittee.
it may be well to ;considafE exactly
what that report means. !. Shipped Of
all verbiage, the people concerned in
the Credit Mobilier frauds are oftwo
,classes-the briber and .,ths Bribed.
Oakes Ames is the embodimEnt of the
one, James Brooks the representative
of the other. Morally ttcrime Of
these men is the same .;f-,.
Oakes Ames, membetEof Con-
gress, in order to further hsldesigns
Of men associated with him inS the
management of the UnioAePacifo
Railroad, placed certain Skiof the,
Credit Mobilier of Amerioasin the
hands of certain membetasof Con
gress. In doingthis he brihd them.
In receiving the stock and dividends,
they were bribed. Poland Aeommit-
tee recognized one Of these facts in
recommending that he shqnad be ex-
PEELED from the House: .s commit
tee stulti6ed itself by ignding the
other fact, which was equMy plain
to every unprejudiced mind4
The case Of Brooks ,showa how aa-
grant this qualification wasA Brooks
received $50 shares of stosk, upon
which cash dividend of. $4,000 was
paid in June, 1868. This wal bribery,
Of course. Let US seeswhetAer it diff
fers materially from the otker cases.
Mr.. Henry L. Dawes "bosght" ten
shares Of stock, upon which he paid
$500. Soon afterwards he3receIved
$4oO in dividends, and 500 addi-
tional on account of his purchase"
Thorough investigation, as 1.-THE case
of Brooks, the Democrat, wSnld have
revealed a different stateEof facts;
but, taking it as it stands It was
bribery. ~
Mr.. Glenni w. Scofeld Fbnght"
ten shares, and received theHiv:dends
-one of eighty and another o. sixty
per cent. There was Afterwards a
settlement" with Mr.. Ataes. Was
not this bribery also2
Mr.. John A. Bingham & b,ught"
twenty shares Of stock. andawas made
happy in correspondingly hrg, divi-
dends.
Mr.. William D. Kelley Eb,ught"
ten shares of stock, and Mr.. Ames
carried" them for him. Hesreeived
the dividends which DawesanG Bing-
ham received. The committ,e tell
US this much, thus impeacHng Kel-
leys veracity, for he deliea ever
having owned the stock.
Mr.. James A. Garfield issil a po
sition identical with that Of Kelley.
The cases of Patterson and Colfax |
We're equally fragrant wit'
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Saved by Four Tptes.
WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY, 20

WASHINGTON, feo'uary, ~.
When, FIVE years ago, the House
of Representatives passed resolutions
Of fimpeachmentagains Andrew John
son, Mr.. Colfax was speaker. After
the roll had been called through on
that occasion, and the House and
galleries were with breathless ankle
ty waiting the announcement of the
vote, Mr., Colsax, standing in his
place, said it was not usual for the
speaker to vote, except On questions
where there was a tie, but he was un-
willing that his constituents should
be Vofoeless on an occasion SO mo-
meutous. He therefore directed the
clerk to call his name, aud he voted
aye. Neither he nor. his friends nor
his enemies then supposed that few
years later resolutions looking to his
own impeachment would be intro
duced,' and that they would come
within three votes OF beng adopted.
Mr.. Woods purpose to offer the reso-
luton was known early this morning,
and he sought the earliest opportuni-
ty to carry out his purpose. The
resolution caused much excitement,
and the Indiana Republicans were afl
on their feet at once, and attempted
first to overthrow the resolution by
points Of order. The question was
then taken, and by a vote of LOG to
100, they refused to consider it. An
examination of the vote shows the
presence of ninety-seve" Democratic
members, all of whom voted affirma-
tiyely. phe only Republicans voting
a&rmatiyely were Messrs. Beatty and
Stevenson, of Ohio; Bolea, of Ar
kaneas Butter, of Massachusetts, !;
Farnsworth of illinois Goodrich, Of
New York; Morphis, of Mississippi;
Porter, Of Virginia and Smith, Of
Vermont. Messrs. Dawes. Garfield,
Bingham and Scofeld, who are among
those implicated in the Credit Mobil-
Ter business, but who'were not spB;
ylcte,dl BY Judge Rolapd's report. all
Roted against considering the resolu-
Itlon and it will thus. be seen that
these gentlemen actually saved Mr.
Colfax for, the time being. Messrs.
Anes, Kelley and Brooks very prop
erly abstained from voting; The re-
marks upon Dawes, Garfield Bingham
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From the Columbia Phoenix, 9th Feb
'F'> Absurd and Untrue.

In. noticing the close Of the ardu
Gus ,labors Of the Legislature, after .
three months session, our Radical
cotemporary over the way finds mich
to commend in its industry, its fdeli-
ty to its promises Of reform, ard in
it's magnanimity towards political OPP
ponents. As to the first point, we
have no doubt that all of value that
has beendone could have easily been
done inntwo weeks, The. praise for
economy of time, for . industry, for
large results of their labor, is wholly
undeserved. Whatreforms have been
secured to the people in. compliance.
with pledges, we are entirely unable
to, discern. As 10 the third transcen-
dant merit, of mild. and generous
treatment towards those who stand
in opposition, we venture to say no
sharpness Of vision many person on
the'one side or the other can possibly
discern it. e.--,..'.r.
& The jo,iflal mentioned tellsus that
the opposition has had an equal share
with the Radicals themselves in the.
distribution Of patronage It'is.true
1t classes bolters with Democrats, as
making up the opposition, but incor-'
rectly., Boilers are Radicals, OF Re
publicans, and Office or patronage, as,
CHS journal phrases;it, given to such.
is hot given to the opposition. Judge
Carpenter was not elected from gen
erous regard and consideration enter
tanned for him, although Standing Id
opposition. Nor was Allen, who was,
elected, Judge Of the Inferior Court:
yesterday, chosen upon any such
grounds. What Democrat or CON
servative in the State has received
any notice or office from the party in
power? Not .one. The party in pow:
er has deliberately passsdnby gentle
men of merit, whom they might have
placed in positions which they were
qualified to adorn,* and that without.
compromising themselves ortheirpar-,
ty. They, excluded capable gentle
men from such positions upon the
demand of their party organs, The;
crack Of the whip brought them all
into line against any euolr innovation. |
No statement of the article, which |
we are noticing. is correct. We can
not conceive why such. preposterous
claims should be set IN. '.a''i
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miration, and 10 aid him in the then
approaching campaign; and that this
made up the $1,000 he deposited in
the bank. Mr.. Nesbitt is dead, and
cannot affirm or deny the truth. OF
the story. The letter in which the
$1,000 was enclosed cannot be pro-
duced the Vice President says it is
lost. This is his whole story this is
his defence. Upon this slender thread
he hangs his all of reputation. We'll
may we say, Poor Colfax chester
Reporter.
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FERTILIZERS!

r AM still Agent for that well known
Guano, .ZELLS AMMONIATED
SUPERPHOSPHAT
Aso, am Agent for the ATLANIiC
GUANO, and ACID PHOSPHATE 1or
composing with Cotton Seed.
Price of Acid Phosphate in Charleston
Cash $2s 90
Time, without interest, 81 90
For particulars, address Mr.. JAMES A.
DozrEa, or myself, at Edgetield G II.
o. F. CHEATHAM.
=. &c g
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THE FIRST STONE.
By JOAQUIN MILLER.

~
Hss hands were clasped sdownwsrd and
Her head was held down and depressed;
Her bosom like white billows troubled
Fell fitful and rose in unrest;
And her robes were all dust and disor-
8, dered,
Her glory of hair, and her brow,
Her face thatyhad> lifted and lorded,
Fell paltd and passionless now.
And she heard not accusers that brought
her
In mockery hurried to Him;
Nor needed, nor said, nor besought her
With ewes lifted doubtful and dim,
But, crushed and stone castin behavior,
: She stood as a marblewould stand; !:
And the Saviour bent down, and the
Saviour -
In silence wrote on in the sand.
wha. wrote her What fell FROM the
fingers
OF JESUS, like gems in the. .ssnd'
Oh, better the king of ala singers,
For better that cunning old hand
Of Homer the mighty; uncherished,
Had failed ere the song that sufficed
For the ages was fashioned, than perished
These only lines written by Christ!
Ave, better that every one plant
Aud cunning with harp or with tongue,
Yes, better with Milton, the giant
ndsfather of all that is sung,
To celebrate battles IN Glory
Where never were battles, forgot,
Than this little line with its story
OF peace and compassion were not.
He arose and looke ed on the daughter
Of Eve, like delicate flower,
| Then he heard the revilers that. brought
her
Men stormy and strong as tower;
And he said: "She has sinned. Let the
blameless
Come forward and cast the first stone"
But they, they. fed ashamed, and yet
shameleSsi
And she, she stood fair and alone.
Who now shall accuse and arraign usf
j. What man shall condemn and disown?
Since Christ has said only the stainless
Shall cast at his fellow stone.
| For what man can bare US hts bosom,
And touch with his forefinger there,
! And say tbs now, as blossom? =.
Beware of the stainless, beware!
o woman, born first to believe us;
Yes also born first to forget;
Born first to betray and deceive US,
Yet first to repent and regret;
oh, first then in all that is human,
Yea. first where the Nazarene trod;
o woman! o beautiful woman
Be then first in the Kingdom of God.
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ously clasped together and MS 1ace
was lvid with rage. He told me
that I had forever blasted the repu-
tation of his sister-that l had f'.ith-
lessly deserted her and LETT her bro
ken hearted. l attempted to reason
with him, but I might as well have
reasoned with a lightning bolt. He
demanded instant satisfaction, and
proposed that I should accompany
him over on the Long Island side and
fight him. My natural timidity would
have prevented me from complying
with such a request, andI had also
higher scruples, and of course | re-
fused. Then he called me a base
coward, and swore that he would
have my life. I complained Of him
before a Justice, he was apprehend.
ed, publicly tried, fined and placed
under bonds to keep the peace.
After that met him in Broadway.
He stopped me and whispered in my
ear. H. swore by the most fearful
oath man could take, that he would
hunt me through the world till he
had accomplished his purpose. !
knew that he meant just what he had
said, and fear began to take posses
sion of my bosom. Many times l
discovered that he was dogging me
about, but I always managed to keep
among a crowd as I walked along the
streets. l dared not bring him to
trial again, for might fail to make
out case, and it could only tend to
incense my enemy still more. At
length I feared to walk the streets,
for one night as I was passing a dark
alley near the head of Cherry street,
l heard the report of pistol close to
me, and a bullet passed through my
hat. I knew who fred that pistol,
but had no evidence! l felt that
my life was not safe IN that city, and
secretly 1 moved TO a small town in
the western part Of the State of Mas
sachusetts, where I engaged with a
goods dealer. Here l took myself q
wife; but / had not been married
over a month, when I saw my enemy
pass the door of the, store and look
in. He saw me and pointed his fin
ger at me. The C I'D sweat stood in
huge drops upon my brow, and my
fears came back more powerfully than
ever. At night contrlved to get
my employer to go home with me,
and on the way l heard low, stealthy
footsteps behind me. | knew that h; |
was logged lyon are mineF |
heard voice pronounce, as | turned
into my yard, and as ! tur led I saw
dusky figure moving off beneath
the shade OF the roadside trees. The
next day sent word to my employ
er that I was sick, and | kept the
house all day explained all to my
wife, and she agreed to 60 with me
wherever I wished. Several times
during that day l saw my sworn muir
derer pass the house and gaze intent
ly npon the windows, but he did not
see me.
got boy to 90 to tho -
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e
boy drove us off at good speed. just
at daylight we reached tavern
where stage coach was almost ready
to start, and the boy returned, nav.
ing first promised to keep inviolate
the secret of my flight. The stage
was bound to Lenox, which place we
reached before dark. From thence
1 went to Hudson. crossed the North
River and made my way to the wes-
tern part of New York, where !
bought me small cottage.
In less than year my enemy
found mo again. and saw him stand
ing in front OF my house. He look
ed wild and haggard, but | could see
that there was an iron determination
upon his features. One nightI heard
d grating against one of my windows,
and on the next moment my dog, a
powerful Newfoundland, had sprung
from his kenuel. 7 dared not go
down, for I knew too we'll the cause
Of the disturbance. The noise soon
ceased, however, and on the next
morning l found my dog lying be-
meath the window-dead! The vii
lain had been afraid, probably, that
the noise might have disturbed the
ncighbors, and he had for the present
desisted from his murderous intent.
I made arrangements with my wife
to keep the house, and taking a small
sum OF money with me, I fled from
my home.
I went to New Orleans, and there
my enemy at length followed me /
For three years I skulked from place
to place, the very embodiment Of ter
ror and weakening fear; but go where
! would, the man was sure to haunt
ms. Six different times he fred at
me with his pistol, and twice he
wounded me. Our two lives seemed
to have but.one end and aim. His
was to take mine, and mine to escape
his fell revengel became almost a
walking akeleton-the fall of a leaf
would startle me. At length ! got
chance to go to England. I was in
London, standing one day at the
door of an ale-house, when-.O God |!
II saw my life-hunter pass. He was
as pale and sunken as myself-rest-
less and nervous; but his black eyes
cleaned like balls Of. fire, He did
not see me. hurried down to the
Thames. took alighter as far as Grave
send, and there was fortunate enough
to find a bark bound directly for
the Mediterranean. got passage in
her, and was at length landed in this
city, where I have been ever since. l
have regained somewhat of my for
lier health and spirits, though that
same dread fear has not failed to
haunt me. - :
My enemy musC naye found me
out, even here, but, thank God, he
has passed from the power to harm
me more. A hand mightier than his
has stricken him down. That was
his cold, powerless corpse that we
saw tonight in the church. If nv
wife still lives, I shall see her again.
X *
H. did meet his Sifs again, for
!. I saw them both at the Hhits Noun
tains when Twas last there. IT was
some time before | could recognize
in the portly gentleman who accost- COOS
ed me the poor haunted man I. had
met in Messina, but when realized
the truth I grasped him warmly by
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An old colored woman recently COM
planned to white acquaintance that the
times were never so hard before, and that
really she; could not get, enough to sat.
%. % And n l, what do you think is the cause Of
such hard times Z" be inquired. "Ah,q
she replied, We all knows dat well enough
loo mach niggert in de legislature" If
the old woman had been Queen of the
iVoudous, she could not have given a more
ipertinen or apt reply.-Chester Reporter.