The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-18

III lUOkluB over Lue bltuRLIous Lucy WA
be ready for work on Monday.
Judge Cooke, ot the Canvassing Board,
authorizes us to say that the statement ol
the official minutes Of the Canyassing
Board, published over the signature Of the
Clerk few days since, are false in sew.
cral particulars. Hecomplains that they
miSrepresent his votes on several issues
and assert that he voted with his col
leagues when he voted directly and EN-.
phatically against them. There is moth.
ms new to-day. II is ssaid that the Senate
Committee will commence tour Of The
contested counties tomorrow.
SOUTH CAROLINA poLrrIcs.
New YORK, December 16.-The Time.
has the following from It's special CORES.
pondent:
COLUMBIA, s. c., December 10.
This has been a dull day in Columbia,
the Legislature held brief session. The
Democratic Senator's are still in their
seats and the bill to punish parties en-
gagged in the attempt to set up 4 State
government was passed. r..
The Lower House, Hamptons assem-.
bly,, met again IN Carolina Hall and had
another ballot for United States Senator
and gave notice Of few bills and ad.
journed. They canno. elect United
States Senator until they have Senate,
and in tho meantime they ballot for
amusement.
1t is rePoted again to-day that the
Democratic Senators will secede and
20 over to Carolina Hall on Monday, but
their future programme, II they have
any, ia kept secret.
Mr.. Hampton called on the U. 8. SEN
ate Committee to-day, and had some gen.
eral conversation on the political s;tua-
tion.
Mr.. Butler also paid his respects to the
committee. -.,.. ....-- -.
The committee has unanimously agreed
to take tho testimony in secret. They
find the same state OF things. existing
here as they did in Mississippi. The
witnesses are afraid 10 come forward and
testify in public for fear Of the vengeance
that will follow, and the only way to get
witnesses before the committee is to hold
their sessions in private. There will be
nearly two hundred witnesses examined
rs to the manner in which the campaign
was conducted in this State.
Testimony was taken in regard
to the Hamburg, s. G., massacre,
which inaugurated the shotgun policy
In South Carolina. Their Is abundant
evidence that the Hamburg affair was
premeditatcd and the beginning Of a
concerted plan to carry South Carolina
by intimidation. It was predicted, by
those who took part in it, more than a
month before it occurred, accompanied
by threats that Hampton had got to be
elected II they had to wade knee deep In
blood.
The committee expects to be here about
three weeks. The House Committee
spent another day trying to find some
error in the canvass ofthe electoral vote
by the State Board, but failed as usual.
They have become thoroughly confirmed
that their mission here must prove
an abortion, but they have not the man
illness 10 go back to Congress and say so.
am constantly urged to contradict tho
lies that arc daily sent North from here,
and l might Gil column with such con-
tradicLions in every issue Of the Times,
but 1t will not pay. Northern readers
who are willing to discriminate between
truth and falsehood can generally silt out
the truth il they desire it. l have
already corrected several, and here Is
another which illustrates the utter disre.
gard OF truth shown by the Democrats in
their efforts to mislead public opinion at
the North. Il has been stated and pub
lished in the Democratic papers all over
the country that Mr.. Hayne, Secretary Of
State, who ia always designated as the
colored Secretary, although he il rs
white as majority Of the men either
North or South, has thrown all
the obstacles he could in the way
OF the Congressional committee in their
efforts TO get the papers ind documents
from his office. Seeing these falsehoods,
Mr.. Hayne addressed note to the Chair.
man Of the Congressional committee re-
questing him TO state whether these state
ments were true or not, and today he
received the following reply:
To Hon. II. B. Hayae:
DEAR Sir I'm response to your letter
Of yesterday, l take pleasure in saying,
on behalf Of the subcommittee, consist
ing Of Judge Abbott, General Banks and
myself, appointed to secure certain pa.
pers from the office OF tho Secretary OF
State, that you have treated us with uni.
form courtesy and have on all occasions,
when we SO desired given us free access
to the records, returns, ETC., pertaining
to the Presidential election, and that you
have always been ready to furnish us
with such information in regard to them
as we desired.
am yours, very truly,
MIIroN SAYLER,