Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-10-04
Ilampton's Recent Trip.

AaamptOn'S Recent Tr1p.
aow he HAPPENED TO MEET PRESIDENT HAYES
AND WHAT THEY THINK OF EACH oTnss.
Redfeld, of the Cincinnati Commercial,
writing review of the Presidents .jou' ney,
rofers to Governor Hampton MS follows:
Tho presence Of this gentleman ut Louis
villo was moro accidental thau otherwise.
lilo had just returned from Illinois, and was
returning home by the route tho President
took. 10 have him along was agreeable to
all concerned. Not that his company was
sought in the sense that constraint was used
TO bring him aboard the special train, but an
invitation was courteously extended, which
he as courtoously accepted. know that the
President likes Hampton, aud has the greatest
confidence in him and in tho sincerity of bis
professions. lilo thinks Hampton is q national
patriot. il l may use the term. as loyal to the
Union as nced be--iu fact, that ho accepts
tho situation in good faith, and is doing I'LL
no can TO bring back tho country to tho an-
cicnt lovo and confidence which prevailed in
the days Of the Revolution, In Introducing
Hampton, you may have noticed that tho
private conversation he speaks just rs highly
and good deal more freely. And in con-
vorsation Hampton is lavish in his praise Of
Hayes. This South Carolina Governor is
is anything but doublo.faced mnn; ho is
frank, open, manly. and in private convcr>
eation to his warm Southern friends he is just
rs oulogis'ic of Hayes rs upon any other
occasion. If there is anything in tho rules
by which we judge of such matters, these
men have great liking for one another.
Thoy can certainly contemplate one another
with respect, for each carries wounds received
in battle, Hampton having no loss than seven
scattered over his person. Daring the trip
Hayes and Hampton have had many con YER
sations about South Carolina visit. lamp
ton urging him to come the first favorable
opportunity, believing as ho does thct great
good will grow out Of it.. "Set your time,"
says Hampton, "and old South Carolina will
give you IL reception such rs perhaps no man
ever received upon her soil, and black and
white will .join in it, too. Come, we want to
show the country what we can do now that
we arc recovering from the blight Of tue car
pot-bag rule"
WASHINGTON, September 27.-Conkling's
victory in the Now York Convention is caus-
ing much comment here. Administration
officials admit that Conklng has sounded the
Keynote Of opposition to the administration in
his declaration that parties mako administers
tions, but administrations do not mako par.
ties. Gurbstono politicians here have been
stimulated into renewing their old wiseacro
assertions to the effect that something terrible
is going to happen to Mr., Hayes when Con-
grcss meets. There is no reason to believe,
however, that the so-callcd anti-IIuycs
movement will prove very formidable in Con.
gress. The simple ncl ?f the matter is that
Mr.. Hayes is already str niger than his party.
1t is conceded by every arriving Congressman
and public man (Senntor Patterson alone ex
ccpted) that he is growing stronger daily.
Whether Hayes is making or breaking tho
Republican party of tho future is another
question, but he !s master of the situation at
present. 1t may be set down rs an assured
fact that the Democrats will not, and the dis
affected Republicans dare not, antagonize his
Southern policy. The civil service reform
experiment is likely to bo sarcastically hans
died moro than once in debate, because it is
thus far practically failure, or at least has
not been lived up to either in the department.
hero or outside, and q weak spot is open to
Hayes enemies, which thcy will almost cor
tainly make the most Of. Mr.. Hayes himself
is quite conscious Of tho strength Of his
present position. lie is wary of the subject
in public, but talks freely and very confidently
to his intimate friends. Even tho unexpected
boldness of Conkling's position has not at all
alarmed him. although it was unexpected and
They all teel that the current of events is with
them and cannot be turned aside.
WAsUtNGToN. September G0-In the case O
the United States vs. ex-senator and ex-As~
sistant Secretary IF The Treasury Sawyer.
Gen. p. d. Roddy, Haynes, ex.cummissioner
of customs, and +. w. Brooks Of thc lntc firm
Of Parkman C Brooks the jury rendered a
verdict of guilty, and the parties except
Roddy, werc sent to jnil to-day. Roddy is in
Europe and not on trial. The defence made
L.: L.
general term which commences Tomorrow.
The convicts will be retained in Jail hero until
tho exceptions are heard and tho cases finally
disposed Of The parties arc convicted on the
count Of conspiracy 10 pass q fraudulent claim
on which $5I 900 was paid to Roddy. Tie
unfortunate Sawyer, then secretary, only re
coved $1,000 Of tho plumber. Tho pcnalty
is not less than one ycars's imprisonment at
hard labor and o fine not less than $1,000
The jury made an exceptional recommenda"
ton for mercy in favor of Sawyer, who it was
not proved had received any share. This is
the famous Parkman, Brooks & Co.'S. cotton
claim Of Memphis.
LONDON, September 20.-Tho Times,
although it strongly sympathizcs with Russia,
prints the following dispatch under this prom.
inent heading, prudent Generosity" from
its special COR espondent, dated Thcrapia,
September %: ut is said that tho Turkish
soldiers have received strict orders not to fire
Mt any Russian General lest he should be
killed or disabled and replaced"
A Bucharest special to tho Tlmos says .!h!at
tho tremendous number Of wounded from
Plovna has overcrowdcd tho Russian hospitals,
and much suffering is experienced by the
wounded in transit to Russia in consequence
Of insufficient accommodation and of tho def.
cheney of surgeons and drcssers.
The Times. in loading article on the war,
says: "The end Of the campaign must be near,
and it promises to present something like
drawn battle. Formally or informally the