The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-15
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B. CHARLESTON, s c., Feb. /.
The closing hours of Chamberlain
career in South Carolina hnve come.
The sign which formerly told where u
back-stair approach could be professions
ally engaged to any of the departments
of the carpet.bag government has come
down. Chamberlain, Melton & Wingate
have dissolved their law firm, and the
two latter are alone in the world. No
longer does the Executive head of the
State throw off the cares of public life
and spend his evenings in counaelling
private clients. He is absorbed in mix.
ing his own affairs as nearly bomproof to
law rs his fertile brain can engineer
Heis even setting his house in order for
an early departure. His fine mansion is
for sale. 1t has been offered at low fig.
ure several times during the last week.
1t is of no use for Chamberlain and his
tax gatherers to remain any longer in the
State, for they will get no money. AT
present these officials are sadly neglected,
and their dours are never darkened by
any of their former victims. Under Til
den these doors will be closed forever
But If Hayes should be declared elected,
Chamberlain will probably be shining
light in the new Administration. His
friends claim that he is to be the Ailor-
ney General In that event, and will here
after be found in Washington, running
the national machine. ] suppose, upon
the same plan Us that by which he has
reward of merit fer securing the Electoral
vote of his Stute.
The rest Of the fraternity are equally
disturbed with their reticent chie.ltain.
They, too, are like him, preparing to
fold their tents and steal away. Even
the money changers, who have been reap.
ing tie heavy agios between the face de.
mand of State paper and it's market value,
are closing up their shaving shops, aud
bidding their former friends farewell.
State paper has lost its charms for them,
Notwithstanding it IS down to twenty
cents on the dolla, They were once
lions. But circumstances beyond their
control have interviewed, and the real
lion has come. They are selling out
whatever they have on hand that is mcr-
chantable. s
1t is time these gentry were gone.
Their presence only mas served during
tile last two months to make the anarchy
they have instituted the more apparent
1t has encouraged the lawless negroes tn
violence and aggravatioE. This has been,
perhaps, more conspicuously felt in this
section than elsewhere in the State
Hore the municipal government is in the
HANDS of the Republicans, aud is IN We,
unassailed in its stronghulis of oppres
sion. The Mackey- Cunningham cit,
tax for this year Is quarter per cent
| higher than before upon the stilted assess
ments of last year while tor all the goot
il does, the municipality mud better mo-
exist. During the day the white ladies
and the children going to and from
school, are constantly annoyed by thu
| negroes. Insulting remarks, theits from
the person, and rude jcstling upon tlit
sidewalks Gre of every day occurrence
at night the professional thieves pl,
their calling as regularly az an industri
| Gus man goes to his daily labor. Aln,os
every house in the city has been stripped
or its lead piping and copper pumps
The police seldom if ever rest these often
ders. In several houses the annoyance
has been so great that nightly watch i,
kept up by one of the family. and in some
| instances the burglars hive paid the pen
atty for their felony by CARRYING off d
load of lead they had not bargained for
The usual channels of correction FIJI
these abuses, the courts, are bad at best
but now they are all i'll confusion. Judge
Reed, who sits upon the lench here, has
his seat contested by Whipper, the negro
Judge elect; the clerk, Mr.. Whitman
who sits st his desk, is litigating with j.
Ii. Ostendorff, who was elected iii No
vember by 5000 majority. The Trial
Justices, who originally had Jurisdiction
over all criminal cases, are duplicated as
Hampton and Chamberlain appointers
The State Solicitor, Buttz, has abandoned
his Office to take his seat among the ex.
treme Republicans in the National Con
gress. The jurymen are twofold, and
each drawn upon doubtful venires by 9
Democratic or Republican Jury Com
missioner. In fact, it would exhaust &
term of court to decide who is to consti
.ute it, and then it could not be assured
OF its own position.
The State Supreme Court is busy try.
ing to unravel this tangled web It.
docket contains questions as to the tenure
ernOr, every State Office, half the Clerks
Sheriifs, Judges OF Probate, all the Coun
ty Treasurers and Auditors, Trial Jus
| tices and Jury Commissioners. as we'll a.
of two of the Judges, with a possib;iit,
Of the whole Circuit Bench being evicted
AS yet they have made little progress
| The onlv case decided was that OF tn.
Presidential electors, and that question
went off on technics!ity, as improperly
brought before the court. lsi
In the Circuit Courts, where some o
these Issues have been decided, the de
crees of the Judges have been at variance
Judge Reed OF Charleston has held tha
there was no legal election on Nov. z TO
Clerk, Sheriff and Judge of Probate, ant
that the old officers hold over, whil
Judges Townsend, of Marlboro, ant
Nortkrop, of Laurens, have seated thei
newly elected officers. Judge Carpente
has decided there is no legal Governor
and that Chamberlain holds over a.
de facto Governor, while Judge Mackey'
decree declares Tor Gov. Haniptone
All this litigation is bonanza for tn
lawyers. But the departure of Chamber
lain will make q vast difference in tn
condition. With him will depart al
opposition to those who were legal
elected, and the State will once more ser
tie down to peace and the production a
cotton, rice and naval stores.
VALUE OF THE OYsTER.-Gov. Kemp
| or Of Viryinie i'm his ra,ant u,a-soua ,d