Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-02-21

special order for some uarly day. The opinion,
very much divided, but think, from what
oan learn. tfat the wlisle matter Will DO de-
eided within three Of four days ahsf the de-s
bate is opened.
So far as the fidai resditis SonGsfned, as I
have already intimated, there 70 to foom. LEFT
to doubt that the General Assembly, BY Q
decided vote. will determine to confirm md
pay the entife debt Gs adjusted undes the
solidation Act. When the report OF tie
Bond Commission ~ds hrst trSssht6d. dnd ito
contenits were digested tJ the tiietnbsrs. fully
to stand by the CONSOLIDATION Aot as. the
safest, cheapest and htost honorable adj6st|
ment Of the public debt. The time which
has elapsed eince ths Presentation Of tie
report has given full opportunity for this
sentiment to spread and make lis infueiit6
felt, and like tho provetbldl leayen, 1t has
now permeated the entire mass, leaving only
Jumps IL cake Of doagh. This result Inns
been brought about slowly but surely by the
irresistible force of the arguments In favor of
suck q settlement, and tho longer the delay
the ,tiore votes will the party Of honesty gain.
As lung as it was the current belief that the
State might by throwing out the bonds re-
ported to bp t0inted With fraud actually lesson
the burden of taxation. there was q certain
number of members Of the House who would
pledge and the stain Of repudiation, together
with the chances Of an ultmats decision in the
Courts in favor Of the bohdholders, by voting
TO snstain tho report Of the commission. But
as it is made cleor that the settlement Of the
debt under the Consolidation Act will actually
save millions to the State aud her taxpayers
beaides rdserving her honor and her good
ndme. the ranks of the Repudiators grow
daily beautifully less, and the ranks OF the
opposing n,Gjority increase in o corresponding
ratio.
Tho views Of other mombetS have beenl
changed by other reasons no less powerfully
Three instances have como dndor my pefsoEp
observation where prominent members Of f"e'
House hive changed their opinions OIL 6nls
sdtjeect oti account OF the contePts or the
Bond Commmission report ITSELF In one Of
these cases tho member who. Had hitherto
loaned in his Judgment to~ards the adoption
Of the report received letter froni d friend,
iii whom h65 had Gvery confidence, and whom
he knew. to be an Honest and upright man,
asking him to tell him. If he eotld. the status
of lot of bonds Of which Nc Was the bona, fde
holder: Upon reference to the report the
member found tire ibt of bcuds meptfoued put
Shortly afterwards, as cfiGIGe Would hato it,
the same member accidentally met in Coum-
bir the very man who had funded his friends
botts, and from him he gained proof positive
that the said bonds had been received in
exchange for unquestionable honest and valid
securities. This is only one instance out Of
many Of q similar nature. The member
alluded to in this case is one Of the most
prominent and promising men in Tie House,
and his conclusions in favor Of standing by
the act now ore as strong and as honest as
were his Tendencies previously on the other
side ofthe question. Ihere arc still ;of course.
few members Of tie house who will Hardly
change their views and Wilt Ike to vote for
absolute repudiatiOni undernll circumstances.
They strangle in the womb Of conscience the
effort whioh relscn makes to assert itself.
and while losing sight of the. shoals and
quicksands before them steer their own course
to ruin, Reputation and wreck. Fortunately
this unhappy class is small, and from tho
present Indications it is safe to predict that
the honor of the State will be yindicated by
as least two-thirds vote.
The COMMITTEE ON FRAUDS.
The joint investigating committee on frauds,
&c., have been hard at work for two days
past endeavoring to put portion Of The mass
submitted to the General Assembly ia accord.
ance with the oOnou. rent resolution adopted
Friday. So much Of the report as con be now
prepared will probably be submitted on Tues
day next. 1t will be Of most interesting
nature.
THE NEW JUDICIARY.
Judges Pressly, Adrch, Hudson. Muckey
md Thompson, of the First Second. Fourth.
Sixth and Eighth Circuits respectively, have
qualified before the Supreme Court. and will
enter upon their duties as soon as the bill to
regulate and fix the terms of the Circuit
Courts, now before the General Assembly.
has become law. 1t lie q fact worthy of
consideration by the repudiati9nists in the
cult JHdses now on the bench advocates tho
payment the entire public debt as adjusted
under the Consolidation Act.
Judge Thomas Thomson
Qualified last Friday and at once proceeded
to Aiken, where he opened court on Saturday
the last day of the term. The default docket
was called and judgments granted and other
routine business on tho civil side of the court
trtansncted. The first dnty Of the Judge on the
criminal side Of tho court was an unpleasant
one that Of sentencing Robert McEvoy 20 be
hung for the killing of Col. Gregg several years
ago, The Aiken correspondent Of the Ne,os and
Courier gives the following account OF the
proceeding:
ht IL this morning the Sessions WIS con-
vcned ia the town hall. which was speedily
filed 10 its utmost. The only matteY taken
up was the ease Of Robert McEvoy, tbe mur-
derer Of Col. James j. Gregg, whS was tried
and sentenced by Judge Mdhor in May, 1876,
appealed to the Supreme Court in arrest Of
Judgment and for new trial, escaped and
was retaken before argument there, and
whose motion was refused n few weeks since.