The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-07-29
Admission OF blr. Chamberlain,

the correspondent Of tho Louisyills
Cou'i journal ,."you sec from ny
card I|fepresont a ~ cstcrn newsba.
per,sthe Oourier- Journal, aud Iioaint
to you TO u frankly ABOUT the
affairs Of Sou h. Carolina"
C.-"CcItaidly, sir. l rcc6gnizc
in the Coulter: y JourpnlD Done oof! tlio
ablest pqparsin theuUmiteEl; States,
and it will, afford mo pleasure to, give
you any information l can}' ,,.:1,,
"What Is tho present debt Of Sou; h
Carolina r -" = L,tNi 29fo
"Eho funded debt is $l7, 900, ,0On.
The tloatiug debt is SO floating hat
nobody knows. [ suppose, however
81 800, 900. When Gov. Scott came
into Office, in 1863, Tire funded debt
was s,5,oOo,OoO and a little up
warl." ,,.--... ,...,nr-,
What have you got to show for
ihis debt .? Any CANCELLATION Of old
obligations, any railroads, any canals
stocks o'' bonds 2" -.rfH' .'
"Well, to be candid with you next
to nothing. We did pay tho interest
on the old debt for three years about
900. 900, and we bought 100000
worth Of land in tho State for he
use Of tho poor. With the exception
Of this land, we havo not a thing in
the world"
els that land worth S7Oo,0Oo TO-!
day Z" -". '..". '',"f.|
81 am afraid not. It was a bad, =,
bad spccnation.''
"Are the reports of the wliolcsa 10
SpccalA,i"ns Of public inoneJs by
Safe oll'.ia's all true %
"Not all Of them, I think. Tut,
whilst there are exaggerations, ia
some particulars, hundreds of therts
which have taken place have never
nccn lncn,io"-l Wy the newspapers.
reckon they about average the
truth"
"ilow about the Legislature repu.
dating 100000 6fSthe debt ?"
ESQ it did, on the ground that
that amount Of bonds Were fradulcnt-
~ issued. The Legislature, g you
know, may. declare them frauds, hid
still they May not be. '.- .
"rke trouble is" he continucd,'
not in the amount of. taxationastIS
people have to pay, for that is SoniV
10 mills, o>onc cent and u half on
one dollar, but in the wasteful way
in which it IS expended. IL all goes
to detray the expenses. Of the State
Government. The cost @of tile Gov
crnmcnt for the last fiscal year was
no less than Sl,74O,00o-that is
it took that amount to cover all
salaries ana Legislative and judiciary
exposes. Not Il cent Of intercstthas
lo.n paid since 1871 upon the public
CO It. Some six or $500 900 of new
! 0 IDS have been exchanged for old
1T the rate Of so per cent. discount on
tho old ,or two for ope.''
els there any real disposition in
your party to reform %
eyes, a little but whether the re-
form party is strong? enough! Ito
amount to anything in sthc coming
election this year, I Cannot tell.
The great body of the negroes scarce
ly know right from, wrong, oraat
least their'morality is Quite different
from our own. In the case of Wilt.
temoro, a.few years since, who sold, O.
cadctship and was turncd out of Con.
gress, they all voted for, him to ggo
back, not blinking that be had com,
mittcd anyerimc whatever"
The people of tho United States
Mr.. Chamberlain, look s0pon tho Of
ficials Of South Carolina as nothing
but a band Of rogucs, IS this
true - .RgG
al think the repor&ad some ox-
tent exaggerated. 5PiRe, of tho
New York Tribune, iiishis book, .'The
Prostratc State madea a great man v
misrepresentation. ButEhen peo~
pie get to stealing it is natural to
exaggerate their crimes. They have
stolen u great deal, aud it, MAY be
after all moro than they are accused
Of this $l0,0O0,OO6 increase Of debt
@as stolen, besides all or nearly all,
tho money which in tho, .lpeaptiuae
came in from taxation. 1t went GU
of course under tho head of appro
priatiou for State cxpenscs."' ''H' d,
A White Girl Elopcs With q Cofored Sepa'
... tor' gnrnur1Y'" H9A'.
A handsome young white girl Of
Port Gibson, Miss, recently married
her fathers quondam dining.room
servant, dark muletto. The latter
is at prosont member of the Log
islaturc. % The BRIDES relatives are
in great grief il is somewhat re
markable"that the groom's ooloree
friends are quite indignant at hi
course, and snub him numerically
Lunch in G Georgia -Ono oracko
two onions and one quart of whis
key. .ion9"r T. ~ 21'iiSN