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OFFICIAL GREED. /.

C. W.;Buttz, who.'has been exercising
the Office Of Solicitor of the First Circuit,
embracing the counties Of Charleston
and Orangeburg, has the average Radical
propensity FOB obtaining and holding
Offices. He has been Solicitor for several
years yon the. Charleston Circuit and at
the last electionshe was promoted to the
dignity of Congressman from the Second
District of this State, TO fill the vacancy
occasioned by the refusal Of the last Com,
grcss to seat EE. w. NJ. Mackey. He
served for one session asst Congressman,
and has held ON to his position as Sotici-
tor. Col, Hutson, a member Of the bar
of the First Circuit, did not think he was
entitled to all the public positions, and
called the attention Of. Judge Cooke to
the fact at the Orangebnrg Court last
week, and he very properly refused TO
recognize Mr.. Buttz until the question of
his right toE,the office is settled. This
course of Judge Cooke deserves the. .ap-.
probation iof, the public, and We only
wonder that the point has not been .made
against Butts before this term Of the,
Court. 80. :,s t...s...5..- -. ,,
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|. ONE OF. .ABBEvILLE's PRIDEs- far
back as 1855, colony of Huguenots set
tied in the county of Abbeville. Among
these thrifty settlers there was physi-
cian-Dr. De La Howe: He was: a man
Of letters, ofscience, and became eminent
In his profession. he never married,
and died possessed of a handsome estate
and some money; which he left to a body
of trustees for the benefit of a limited
number of orphan, children who were to
be educated through the proceeds of the
estate. This number was limited to
twelve boys and twelve girls. ~ g i'an
2 DR.. De La Howe died in 1872, since
which time. the original trustees and
their successors have faithfully carried
out the letter and spirit of the testator's
will, and each succeeding year has wit.
messed 7the prosperity of the estate: and
the good accomplished for the dozen boys
and as many giFIls ggiiFI :yFh who the the devisee de-
. During the reign of the harpies in this
State, which is now happily drawing to a
close, every; effort was made to get pos,
session of the magnificent property (some
$500 acres Of land and $24 900 in money!
The trustees skillfully managed matters,
however, and kept the estate out. of the
hands of the thieves who so persistently
'sndeavored to rob the orphans Of IL; and I'd
it is now in a prosperous, thriving con-
dition, d monument Of the philanthropy
of its founder, who lies buried in the
centre of dense forest upon the estate,
and Justly one of the prides Of Abbeyille
County.-GAsnibia Register.
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Nh. EDITOR: "a" decliuesra discuss
sion iof, the usury question with sB."
Should. the summer amonotony'' prove
Ito. the Hold woman with the;
newipot, 3! .p!I,would advise him to procure
an elementary work on. political economy,
and, give it his careful attention; or,
should this, fail to; be interesting, let, him
devote his leisure hours to the game ,of
quoia, and, take ouriword for it, at the
end, of the summer, if he has not q clearer
of the laws that govern capi-
tai, his muscular power will be moro full.
II developed; and 9 t:eheap popularity.
will be at. a discount; though interest
may. be higher. Besides, a mutual BEN.
eeat,will be conferred. aB" will be i'm
proved in muscles, the public will not.
have been bored, !and you, Mr.. Editor,
will feel thankful. :. 5 A.
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PLANTING WHITE SKIN ON "A BLACK
MAN--There is q coal-black negro man
in our, vicinity who will soon ihaye a
beautiful white stomach-a stomach COW
eredwith as pure white Democratic skin
as ever grew in Edge6eld. This no
doubt sounds both ridiculous, and alarm
ing, but, ne will explain. Some weeks
back, Dr.. Walter Hill and DR.. Wallace
Bland cut off from the stomach Of this
negro "a, hinge tumor weighing many
pounds, and upon the large bare spetleft
BY the operation they, have planted NUM-
.berless little stars, ofiaskin nipped from
their ouniarms.. These stars have taken
root and are fast spreading out TO meet
each other, so that, % We have already
said. the black man will SOON have 8
beautiful white Democrats stomach-at
ali events on the eutaide. Science Is
wonderful; aud in this case noble. Skin
is about all the Radicals land negroes
'have LEFT ps, and To- thus generous with
it Is certainly very magnanimous.-Aooe-
pizs Medisa7. scsit ~ % i.sii
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SENATOR BuTLERs CoNDUcT, AT THE
CAPTURE OF CHAMBERsBURa.--The
Philadelphia Times says a"Mr. G. 4.
Messersmith, who ,was q bank cashier at
Chambersburg at the time Gen. Jeb
Stuart raided that place, has written q
letter TO Senator M. @. Butler, Of South
Carolina, who Twas one of the raiding
party. which. letter is full of the spirit; of
Goodwill which the Presidents policy
has inspired. MI. Messersmith says that
long ago he decided that as soon as all
Irritating traces of the war were oblitera-
ted he would write Gen. Butler ndthank
him for his kind and gentle treatment of
his family, at the trying time when
Chambersburg was in the hands OF the
Confederates. Now says Mr.. Messer-
smith. that President Hayes has re-.
leased the, last of.the States from military
rule, I deem It fitting occasion to do so,
and to assure you of my pleasant recol-
lection and good wishes, and to say to
YOU now, what I could not say when last
we met, that would be glad to see yo1,
at my home, where a warm and cordial
greeting will always await you This
Is a good kind of reconciliation, and ,Mr.
Messersmiths letter will doubtless give
Senator Butler a somewhat different
character than he has had in the eyes
Of most Northern people"
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PIE POLITICAL TRIAL.

The great political prosecution, Or
more properly speaking, persecution of
some;of the citizens Of. BarnHe ell County
for eompIeity:in the EIlenton riots, has
been progressing in the United States
Circuit Court in Charleston for the past
two weeks. D. 7. Corbin has been en-
ployed as counsel. for the United States
to assist Messrs. Stone and VIM. E. Earle
in bounding down honest men in Barn
we'll, for the purpose of making political.
capital out of the case. These three
worthies of .unenviable' notoriety, have
pushed the prosecution with all of the
venom and malignity which it is possible
for their well known hate, disappointment
and revenge toacommand. The testi-
mouy of pe1ured witnesses has been
piled up against the reputation Of our
people, to the enormous satisfaction Of
the bloody-siirt nlinions; but the -testi-
molys offered by the defense has been
clear, convincing, overwhelming in re-
buttal. It has been shown that the de-
fendants acted in self-defense, and did
nothing more than was necessary to pro.
tect their homes and their families from
ruthless invasion ind destruction at the
hands Of ignorant negroes, prompted and
encouraged BY mean and cowardly white
men, to, commit the most fearful and
revolving crimes. It shows that the
present prosecutions is for political capi-
tai, and that the great mass Of testimony
so fat ,adduced BY the prosecution has
been PICTURED. White and black wit
nesses from both political parties have
been sworn BY the defendants, and their
testimony, instead Of proving that the
defendants were guilty of conspiracy,
indicatespre clearly that conspiracy
( has been entered intes to convict them,
in order, to keep the outrage mill from
forgetting how to run. We think it
probable that verdict of "not guilty"
will be rendered !; if not, it is certain
there will be.a hung jury, for no man
who regards his OATH as a juror can afford
to. agree to any conviction under the
proof in the &.se. We have no doubt
that Corbin 10 doing his uttermost to se-
cure conviction, in order TO advance his
chances of securing his seat in the Sen
ats,i by creating sympathy for the South
Carolina Republicag but the testimo-
ny against his ;side is so strong that it
wilt not avail him. Hence we expect to-
have the pleasure of announcing the
disappointment Of this "vulture," as
Judge Mackey terms him, on two occa-
sions; first, when he fails to convict the
Ellenton prisoners, and second, when
he fails to secure seat in the United
States Senate.
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INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR.

President Hayes offered lsetors.
ship ofthe Sd Internal R Rsgsnaa ri iiaict 81
South Carolina to Thos. E Dlnn, sscs. .L:,
,CassG Carpenter Dnnn tfasea the prot.
.fered honor; and the ffasndssof Senator.
Cochran urged his name for the position;
as moderate Republican whose appoint
ment would give satisfaction to both par.
ties in South Carolina; but Ex-Gov.
Chamberlain arrived in Columbia in;
time to interfere to preyent his appoint
ment by endorsing carpet-bagger by
the name ofBraytou. = Upon this fact,
being ascertained, Mr.. Cochran sent the
following sarcastic message'to Washing
ton: ~ -2tsfii:5 i':i:| es
Hon. John j. Patterson, Washington.
ID. c.. .i.;Aq aeqhG!n - ~ .
{, 1 have the honor to Withdraw my ap-
plication for the position of United States
Internal Revenue Collector. 'Ex-Gov-
ternor'. Chamberlain's Recommendation
should be carried out from the fact of his
having fully identified himself and his
political future with the Republican
party in this State, by establishing an
Office in New York. AS usual, carpet
baggers to the front. osyI " s'7s'' a. &
Z Thave every reason to believe my ap:
pointment would have given satisfaction
to ninety-nine men out of every hundred
in the State-the odd man in each in
stance an ousted carpet-bagger or thief
(Signed1 JOHN r. COCHRAN.
Mr.. Hayes has appointed Brayton
upon the recommendation of Chamber
lain, who processes to be a citizen Of New
York. If there is any cause to doubt the
.propriety of afiliating with the Hayes
Southern policy, wa cannot perceive il.
We have contended all along that Mr..
Hayes is fraud, and it will not; require
many more appointments like that of
Dunn and Brayton to convince all
honest men of the correctness Of our; be-
lief
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I Ex.goy,ee1rnor Hendricks has bee

- Ex-Governor Hendricks has been
interviewed blythe Cincinnati Enquirer.
He says the dpolicy adopted by Hayes in
iregardsto the South. is identical with that
foreshadowed by Tilden. Mr.: Hayes
saw what the country demanded. he
saw that the people were uneasy, and
that they were CALLED by q military yoke,
and thatrthey were not likely to submit
to this yoke much longer" Mr.. Hayes
does not think the Democractic purity
will be divided.
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..pAY OF THE LEGISLATORS.

Much has been said by some papers in
this State against the memberssof athe
House of Representatives for taking ex-
cessive pay for their services, and 50 far
asae can judge from the actions Of the
House up to this time, a more groundless
complaint for which to vent their denun-
Citations could not have been found. To
express an opinion as to the course the
House should spnrsue,. snd;urge'its adop-
ton, is all very proper, and might no
doubt do good, but to charge members
with improper conduct before they have
acted, is simply judging men in advance
of their deeds, which is, to say the least,
an undesirable and unsafe Judgment, if
it emanates from any. source less than
Omniscience. The members of, the
House of Representatives were as .rea-.
sonable and .unselfish in regard to their.
compensation last winter as any person
could justly expect or desire, and it i'll
becomes us to- criticise these men unchar-
itably. before they have given; us some
cause of complaint. The members. Of
the Senate have. received. eight hundred
dollars in: money and pay certificates,
while thoseof the House have only taken
one hundred dollars. Hence, itseems to
MS reasonable that.if either body is to be
abused the Senate is: the proper one.
Eight hundred dollars is more than the
State ought to be required to3pay in its
present Impoverished condition, and we
are satisfied the people do not approve
the action of the Senate. The remune-
ration for the, last winters session and
the present session together ought not to
exceed six hundred dollars in all, and we
think five hundred would be enough I'M.
|! der all the circumstances. DR.. Muller,
| of fLexington, has submitted to the House
8 resolution to take for both sessions FIVE
hundred dollars and ten cents q mile gof
ing and returning by the ordinary route
of, travel. This resolution seems to- us
objectionable in principle, and we have
no doubt that it will be modified BY the
House. The provision to pay mileage at
double the rate charged is unreasonable; {;
and, indeed, no mileage ought to be al
lowed, for nearly, if not all, the MEM
bers. ;of the. Legislature have free passes
over the railroads, and their travel costs
them nothing; hence; the result would
simply be to pay members considerably
more: for living distance from Columbia
without their expenses being any, more
We, would prefer; to see this, feature Of
the resolution changed, but every one
who has any knowledge Of the services
rendered, blythe members Of the General
Assembly will at. once admit that the
amount is reasonable one, and if adop-
ted by the House will entitle that body
to the credit of checking the extrava-
gance of the Senate. It is due to the
Democratic Senators, however, to state
that their salary was fixed when the Re
publicans held sway, and we have no
donbt they will heartily unite with the
House in securing q reduction to q rea.
sonable aud proper amount. .i.:.,R
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in e all the bills issued prior tssg ~ and I A.
required them to be funded lfius 5ondl.a
(These bonds are included in The list.au 3
thorized to be funded 81 $fSoG00 ID
Of these bills we're. turned. over 20 the
State, for which bonds dollar forsdoNara
were issued. and at othsr. blu, Issued a
prior to, ,1sso and not funded xsre barred. :: I.
These bills, amounting to $500, 900 I'M.
round numhen,, we're placed into the,
hands Of Joe Crews and twos Other;
calls to be burned, but instead 2f burning
them the Committee -paseeled- -them-out-,
between them, and reported them burned, !.
Thus 81 800, ,0O0liI north pf these AilIs. s s
embracing all that were Issued prior 70.
the war of 1860 have been paid, and the
bona fde holders received bonds in their.
stead; and all bills bsaring date prior 70.
1850 have then either been l paid aid or barred,
by . refusal on the part the: hDldssssei
fund them as required by lay: IhsG Ggn,:;
'sEtutioni of the United statss ana shs,
Consultation Of the State tbcth have de-
clared null and invalid any debt issuedl,
or contracted. in aid Of the rebellion. A.
the bills issued after ls69 Hese = isaned = +; ;tasi
that purpose, and loaned to the Confed::i
crate Government, they ase,of. .coeutye. in.lt y
=
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!ss = :; TfHe cars on the Spartanburg and
,Asheyifle Railroad will run to the Block
House, twenty-five miles from Spartan
burg, by the 10th of June.
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The Legislature has passed the. bill
submitting toithe voters of most Of the
counties Of dsonth Carolina, and the
townships IN then, the question Of fence
or 40 fence,W vill try to publish the
bill IN full next week that our people
may inform themselves IS to its proyis-
ions, which viii be the subject Of very
general discussion Of an early day. .s..
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burg; va, BaiIy, DeemGciat; beatp B1rcai = -
Radical, for rmayoi; BY $50 votes. sil's 10
4-Eetcher L Harper, the yeang sndt'
last surviving member OF Ahes original
ffirrm Of. Harper & BROTHERS, pub blisheEs, a..
lying at the point Of death from gastIicss
fever. at oson o.9..i ,scesali,is g; aslos 0
l4- Th8E EsottenC onyentionj will me6Efk.
.IYerpccLon. the l1th Of July 1ex. Nimss
appointed to represent ssein The American E2z
change. @sI p Tai f,dt 70 ssSssfq sds
t - Attorney GenenL Deyens! !haa gisels;
employment in his Office tq IhomaS, s.
Simms, whom, e United states Marsshsl ~.
'of Massachusets under Fillmore hss
jovefhaaled as a fugitive Esiays 7 ffomRs
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The pressed: pres South Carolina are advo-
eating. the. presentation of. a handsome
memorial to Gen. John B. Gordon, of
Ga, for hiseaReiens and gallant services
in 1.-THE redemption of our State. We
hope the movement will soon take shape
and,be catried into effect. .aas !;
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Whittemols, has resigned asa member
ithe Senate TO take effect upon the adj
iournment of the extra session of the
Legislature. T.. 81 5izsl;s..5ti..,,i g q
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much to let the success OF daulpOon
newly established government rest upon,
80 slender foundation. The: next rea-'
son for ievying the tax at this time IS
this: IF the bond -holdG has'the right to
use his coupons f65rl payment for taxes, is
it reasonable to suppose they will select
to submit their bonds to an investigation
unless there is some guarantee that the
interest win be paid when their bonds are
found to be validY VIII they not prefer
ito hold on to d right they already possess,
and which cannot be taken, away from
them, namely, to use them for takes, than
to risk all to an investigation, which
would be doubtful, to say the least 5ff
And, remembesri. ifuqt6er,' the coupons caln1'
only be used for taxes during the fiscal
year in which they fall due, and if'the
holder neglects to use them for taxes
while taxes are are being collected, he will.
have lost the opportunity while the in:
;vestigation is going on. You will see
then that the very thing we desire, name
'ly, the investigation of this bonded in
debtedness, we can never secure unless
we give some guarantee to the bond,
holder that the interest will. be paid
when lis bond has been proven to be
genuine. If we should levy no tax, then,,
but simply pledge our faith to the holder
that when his bond is proven TO be valid,
his interest shall be paid, we not only
will have to levy a tax Of four mills next
year to meet the two years Interest, but
we necessarily pledge ourselves to pay all
interest past due and UNPAID; which is
considerable. AS ;itcis, we. pledge our
selves to nothing. We simply leyyiani
amount to pay the interest on the bonded.
debt accruing from the time Hampton:
came into power; and provide that mo
part of it shall be paid until the debt is
investigated; there is ne pledge about it
and the Legislature isileftifree to pursue
any course hereafter it sees fit. Now
suppose we should have adopted the ex-
pedient offered by the opponents ofthe
appropriation, and levied. q tax of $780,,
900 to meet deficiencies by reason of
taxes being paid in coupons, we would
have incurred all the odium of falsifying
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THE BONDED DEBT.

The communication from aeporhon OF
the Anderson delegation, which appears
elsewhere, calls for some remarks vindi.
eating the position We assumed last week,
opposing the levy and opriationssof q
tax to pay the interest of the bonded
debt of the State, before thorough in
yestigation Of every particle Of it. The
statement of these gentlemen that no in
terest is to be paid until after the next
session of the General Assembly, in a
large measure meets our approval but
it was not understood by the press of the
State to provide for any action on the
part of the Legislature as to the payment
of the coupons. The commission to. be
appointed was to pass upon these bonds
and pay the interest; and then report to
the, Legislature. If this has been. cham
gedeao as to require the commission TO
report to the General Assembly, II IS .
decided improvement upon the measure
asl itswas originally conceived. Even if
this is thea case, however, it seems to US
improper to have made the appropriation:
before the investigation. iTha tax might
have been levied and the money paid
into the treasury, and allowed to await
such appropriation as might be made
next session. ,,s.,.t....s.. is,,5;c 81; I. ;
One of the arguments urged BY every
campaign speaker last year against Re
pubEcsnism wasi the fraudulent bonded
debt, and one Of. the pledges made was
that, thisdebt should be thoroughly in
gestigated before one dollar was paid
upon it. Should the 6rst' Democratic
Legislature appropriate IS much Is the
Republicans ever did for thepayment Of
this INTEREST," If so, then all that we
have ssid against the Republicans upon
this subject was unfounded. The people
of our State desire a full investigation Of
the debt before we.virtually accept the
Republicanfgur as correct in such an
important matter. The position taken
by these, gentlemen relative to the bills
ofthe; Bank of the State only shows what
infamous thieves haye'infested our public
offices, and if they have acted so fraudu-
lsntly about these bills, is there any rea.
son to suppose that they have been any
better about the bonds? Does not the
g q e 49, ~ a r,oro
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|icapableileader, equal, to all emergencies,
true.and worthy to be trusted, ,.aud 80 long
as he pursues the policgdaid ;down,in the
campaign, upon which: policy we were
elected, we feel we have no other alterna-
tive but to sustain him in every measure
advocated by him to carry out his policy,
and render it effective for the good OF the
people, yjia3 IN 90. e ''-a'1f'
As to the bills Of the Bank Of the State;
being as just debt as the bonded debt,
we cannot concur in the statement, and
weIthink the following facts will relieve
all doubts on the subject. The Legisia-
ture'in 1858 passed an act repeating that
clause in the charter of the bank making.
the bills of said bank receivable for taxes.
A question afterwards arose as to'whether
the charter was so amended or not. The
Supreme Court of this State decided it
lwayamended, and the Supreme Court OF
the United States, sustained the decision,
.butafterwards, when Chamberlain, G came
into, power, the bill-holdes obtained
from the United States Supreme Court, a
new hearing, and by.a failure on:the part
iof the theiiAttorney General to defend
/ the interest of the State, by reason of the
fact that Chamberlain was the paid At
torney of the bill-holders, the Cohrtfde-
cided in favor of the bill-holders, and
declared them receivable for taxes. 9Thia
is the way the decision 'was- obtaineds
Now let us look at the. bills themselves
In 1868 or '69, the Legislature called
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few day manifesto ~ill be issued by the
Gar ON the occasion Of the crossing Of the
Danube, for which preparations on grand
scale are now making. The Turks are send
ing achievements 10 the mouth Of Timok.
evidently suspccting that the Russian de-
sign Il 70 cross the Danube into seryia at
Gladoya.
Ex-United States senator ID. d. Pratt
died NJ his home IN Logansport, Ind, Of
heart disease, on the nth. lie was "a years
OF age.
A locomotive, baggage car and two passcn-
grr-cars went through a bridge 10 miles
west OF Washington, Iowa, on the Atchison
branch Of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific Railroad, on the 18th, falling distance
Of y feet. The sleeper stopped with third
Of its length projecting over the chasm
There Were about 10 passengers on the train,
but none were killed and none dangerously
hurt