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OLD SERIES—TOt. XCI SEW SERIES—SOL. XL terms. ME DAILY CHRONICLE A BKNTINEL. the olden( nawapaper in the Sooth, is publmhed dsily, except Monday. Term* : Per rear, $lO ; six months, $5; three months, $2 50. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE A SENTINEL is published every Wedneedsy. Terms: One yesr, $2; six months, sl. THE TBI-WEEKLY CHRONICLE A SENTI NEL is published every Tnssdsy, Thursdsy end Hsturdey. Tdhns One yesr, *5. six months, $2 00. SUBSCRIPTIONS in all osees in sdvsnce, end no paper continued sfter the expirstion of the time psid for. BATES OP ADVERTISING IN DAILY —All trensient sdvertisements will be charged st the rxte of $1 per square each insertion for the first week. Advertisements in Tri-Week ly, $1 per square; in Weekly. $1 per square. Marriage and Funeral Notices, $1 each. Special Notices, $1 per square. Special rates will be made for advertisements running for one month or longer. ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candi dates for office—from County Constable to members of Congress—will be charged at the rate of twenty cents per line. All announce ments most be paid for in advance. Address WALSH A WRIGHT, Chbohicu! A Biarnsn., Augusta. Os. Chronicle atiU Bmtxncl. u KDNEBDAY - JANUARY 24, 1877. TO OUK MLBHCRIBERJS. We request onr subscribers who' owo us to pay their subscriptions. It is im portant to us that every man on our books should pay at once. Let each subscriber bear in mind that while one er two dollars may appear to be a tri fling amount, the aggregate amounts to a large som. We hope our friends will respond promptly. wtf The Turk holds outlet against com bined Europe, with a prospect of finally triumphing. The crescent is evidently not destined to be blotted out this time at any rate. We have reoeived from Prof. Dodoe, of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, samples of his minor ex hibits of agrionltnrsl statistics at the late Centennial Mexico’s peculiar school-ways in mat ters of state are those of pronouncing and denouncing. It is affirmed that whole regiments in lolesias’ army have pronounced for Diaz, sb also many States. Thebe is some talk about organizing a company to purchase the New York Herald from Jambs Gordon Dennett. We imagine, however, that the mil lionaire proprietor will not be anxions to dispose of snob s valuable property. The grand jury in New York are seek ing for information oonoerning the Bennett-Mat duel, and numerous friends of the parties find the air of New York top unhealthy for residence at present. Bismabok is dissatisfied with the slow progress of the Conference at Constanti nople. So is every one else. But the Turks are masters iu procrastination, and the Western representatives dread the possible consequences of over-haste. Enolish officers in the army of Tur key are credited with bringing the Pasha np to the sticking point of fight ing Russia. Mid hat has got four or five million men to slice up, and pro poses to sacrifice the entire lot rather than submit. The latest gastronomic absurdity in Paris is serving up a tray of jewels as dessert, the gems being imitated by col ored jellies in settings of sugar. They are served singly on oards inscribed with the approximate value of preoious stones of that size and kind. Thb Courier dea Etata Unia learns that orders have been given to imme diately arm two steam dispatch boats of the first class, to hold themselves at the disposition of the French representa tives in the Black Sea. These dispatch boats are to leave Cherbourg in a short time; but the instructions given their commanders are of the most reserved uature in a politics 1 point of view. A Washington special to the Alexan dria Gazette says “ it is considered not at all improbable that the Florida In vestigating Committee will make a nnauimous report, which will go far to wards settling the Presidential contest. There is bat one of the Radicals bold ing out, and, it is said, that tbe facts of fraud arc so glaring that he will ‘ give in,’ aad that the report will give the electoral vote to Tilden, thus making his election sure and without further trouble." _ A correspondent says that Jackson ville is the terminus of the railroad, and the most delightful place, beyond a doubt, in Florida. Its resident popula tion numbers 15,000. During the Win ter season people from all parts of the United States meet here, many merely trying to escape the severity of a cold climate, but some with heetio flush and wearing cough, seeking, and nearly all finding, alleviation of their suffering, while in nine oases out of ten health is entirely restored by the life-giving cli mate of Florida. We always did think the cat a spite ful sod ungrateful beast, and now we have proof of it. A young man in New York, on hearing the pitiful ami forlorn cry of a houseless feline, was moved with pity and sought to take her in and comfort her. No sooner did he extend the hand of relief than the wretched beast sprang.npon it, fixing her teeth aud olaws in his flesh. It was with diffi culty and exoruoiating pain that he tore her off, and ran to the nearest drug store to have his lacerated hand cauterized. The next time he hears the pathetic cry of ii oat out in the cold he will pass by win the other side. T* Creek Indians are reported to have impeached and tried their Execu tive for disobedience to the Legislative Department. The chieftain was im peached by the '‘Ronse of Warriors” and tried by the “House of Kings,” the tfro branches of the Council, correspon ding to onr House of Representatives and Senate, respectively. Whether the accused was acquitted or convieted, we do not learn, and perhaps it is not im portant. The point of real interest is that, in political wisdom, the Creek Congress has made snoh progress as to have got abreast of onr Andrew John son epoch. The Credit Mobilier and Back Pay er.u are still somewhat in ad vance. Tn Republicans are applying to the disputed telegrams, as well as to the disputed electoral votes, the well known principle of the banter who fired dis creetly st an animal in a thicket, to hit it if it was a deer and miss it if it was a calf. They think it ia right to invade the sanctity of the telegraph ofioe suffi ciently to get the dispatches that they want to see, while they shrink with hor ror at tL idea of having the Democrats dive their hands in a little deeper and get any dispatches of the other sort. Jnst aa they want to go behind the re tains enoagh to exclude the Oregon ’Tudkh vote, and not enoagh to disturb the Hans votes from Florida and Louis iana. The man who invented the table about your bull goring my ok, and my ball goring your ox, bailded for aU time and was the prophet of every generation., RETRENCHMENT. Our present Legislature is evidently disposed to adopt Governor Colquitt’s suggestion in regard to retrenchment. Mr. Fby, of Fnlton, has introduced a bill reducing the salary of every offioer in the employment of the State, from Gov ernor down. Several other indications of a reduction in oarrent expenses are noticed. Mr. Cablton, of Clarke, of fered a resolution, which was passed, asking that the Governor elect indicate to the House at his earliest convenience the specific nature of the eoonomic re forms he alluded to in a general way in his inaugural address. It is believed that the result of this resolution will be a special message from the Governor on the subject of retrenchment. The number of clerks has been greatly reduced, there being now over twenty, while last year there were one hundred and aix. This is an excellent beginning. THE TAX PAYERH OF MOUTH CARO LINA. The tax payers of Sooth Carolina have very properly determined to pay no taxes to Mr. Chamberlain, the usurping Governor of South Carolina, while the demand made by the Hampton govern ment has met with a prompt and cheer ful response. Governor Hampton is the legal Executive of the State, and to him only is obedience dne as snoh. The policy punned by tbe South Carolina Democrats will soon put an end to the pretensions of the Chamberlain crew, whose only desire is office, in order that they may appropriate the pnblio fnnds. When all chance of patting their hands on the money is gone, the pretender and his- followen will quietly pick up their carpet-bags and leave for other climes. The people of the Palmetto State have been oppressed by these harpies long enough. Not even the Northern Re publicans have any sympathy with D. H. C., as the proposition made by the National Republican Committee to leave him to his fate in case the Tilden elec tors in Soath Carolina were withdrawn, demonstrates CHANT AND LOUISIANA. Grant has at last crawled out of his shell. In a recent telegram to General Auour he declares that the Supreme- Court appointed by Governor Nicholls is entitled to no more authority than any other body of lawyers and instructs Acoub to recognize Packard as the Gov ernor of Louisiana in case a recognition of either side becomes necessary. This partisan action of the President, which might have been expected from his pre vious course, has emboldened the usurp ers to such a degree that Packard has issued a proclamation ordering Govern or Nicholls aud all officers under him to “disperse.” The lawful government has paid and intends to pay no atten tion to this pronunoiamento, unless forced to do so by Federal bayo nets. What the result will be the future only oan tell. Grant seems disposed to carry matters with as high a hand in the last days of his administration as in the first. For tunately a Democratic House will have something to say on the subject this time. The Louisiana outrage before aronsed the indignation of the whole oountry and caused a tidal wave which swept the Republican majority in the House out of existence and transferred the control of that body to tbe Demo crats, who are likely to retain it. We are satisfied that the sentiment of the Union has not changed in regard to un lawful Federal interference with State affairs, and the Radicals may soon find this out, to their cost. TILDEN AND HAMPTON. We publish this morning an artiole from Golonel Haskell, Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of South Carolina, in reply to “A Tilden Democrat.” Golonel Haskell thinks it a matter of regret that that communica tion should have appeared in any South ern or Democratic paper. The oolumns of the Ghboniolb and Sentinel are always open to disoussion when coming from a respectable source, and with all dne respeot to Colonel Haskell, we oan see no reason why we should have re fused to publish the communication. The editorial iu the Chronicle and Sentinel on the morning that the com mnnioation appeared closed as follows: “It is hardly necessary to say that we know nothing of the Lots ourselves. The statements made are as astonishing to us as they will be surprising to the pnblie. The inner history of the can vass in South Carolina has been a sealed book to us as well as to the world. We print this letter beoause it is written in snoh a way as to show its perfect good faith and beoause the state ments contained therein are of general interest. We have, at present, no com ments to make upon its revelations. They are either true, or they are not true. If they are not true they should be denied by the parties principally oonoerned. If the writer of the artiole has been misinformed it is due to them that he should be oorreoted. As he says, names aud dates are given with great particularity. Tbe distinguished gen tlemen who are mentioned will find the oolumns of the Chronicle and Sentinel open for their reply.” Colonel Haskrll denies in toto that there was any ill feeling between Til den and Hampton. General Hampton himself, he says, nrged the nomination of the candidate who oould effect most good for the cause. The views of the National Democratic party were not in- the Convention, bnt were invited and were regarded aa of great weight. Oeneral Hampton was nomi nated by the Convention as the man up on whom all hearts would unite. Col. Haskell's impression is that it was said Mr. Tildkn’s owu view was in favor of Gen. Hampton's nomination. In reference to the matter of General Hampton’s let ter to Mr. Tilden CoL Haskell says he knows that General Hampton did write and reoeive a very agreeable reply from Mr. Maxxok Marble containing an ample explanation from Mr. Tiudhn for his delay in an swering General Hampton. General Brruu personally brought an answer from Mr. Tel£kn, with a repetition of apology for his brief delay. Mr. Hww rrr’s reply to the application of the State Executive Committee for assist ance was perfectly satisfactory to the committee. His answer was not a rebuff. General Hampton himself came to the conclusion that the proposition to with draw the Democratic ticket in the State waa not wise or proper and rejected it. Mr. Tildsn and the National Democratic Executive Committee, in response to a ee mm unication from Colonel Hahkkll, coincided with him and with General Hampton on {his subject, and assured them that they were embarrassing, bnt aiding the National cause. The proposition was thus, says Colonel n.arr.T. finally settled. The poli cy punned by Governor Hampton throughout the campaign vac the perfection of the wishes of the Democratic Convection and of the State Executive Committee. The main body of the colored voters gained, from fifteen to seventeen thousand, ia due, he says, not solely to the plan and policy I laid down, but principally to the snperb 4 aad never-failing power and sagacity. with which Gen. Hampton put the theo ry in execution. In conclusion, Col Haskell declares that there never was a fairer, harder contest for the National party than the Democracy of South Carolina conducted in that State. There never was any desertion of Tildrn by General Hampton, the State Executive Committee or any part or parcel of the party in Sonth Carolina. As to the charge that Jndge Mackey went to Co lumbus as an envoy from Gov. Hampton, Col. Haskell says the whole truth is, that Mackey was going to see Hayes, and asked Gov. Hampton to allow him to carry a letter, which the Gov ernor previously intended to send by mail. It is with pleasure that we place Col. Haskell’s communication before the readers of the Chronicle and Sen tinel. It contains matters of deep in terest, and is well worthy a close pernsal. In connection with Col. Haskell’s artiole, we publish a communication signed “Anti-Sensationalist,” on the same line. THE SOUTH CAROLINA CAMPAIGN. We publish this morning a communi cation from General McGowan, Tilden elector in South Carolina, in reply to “A Tildrn Democrat.” The artiole is direotly to the point and is full of inter est to every one who feels interested in South Carolina polities. General Mc- Gowan states that it was uot only his duty to support Tilden and Hendricks, but be did con amore. He heard dur ing the campaign that a proposition was made by certain Republican leaders to support Hampton if the latter would have the Democratic electoral ticket withdrawn, but the proposition was not entertained. Some of the Democratic leaders thought, and still think, that the most effectual way to redeem the State was to insure the success of the national ticket and a change of rulers at Wash ington ; that the redemption of the State government could uot be oomplete with out that triumph and consequent change. For these and other reasons the propo sition to ohange the programme at the instance of the Republican leaders was not entertained. As far as General Mc- Gowan knows the Republican leaders referred to did not renew their proposi tion. He knows that General Hampton desired the snooess of both the State and National Democratic tickets, al though he considered the election of the former of more importance to the State than the latter. As to the electors, they worked with sll their power and vigor for the success of Tilden and Hendricks up to the last moment. Even after the election they did uot relax their efforts, but believing that they had carried the State fairly, they cast their ballots for the Democrat ic Presidential candidates. The white people of the State were solid for Til den and a large number of colored voters did the same. He considers it to be unjust to charge that the State gave Mr. Tilden a lukewarm support, and declares most positively that every effort was made to insure the triumph of the exponent of Reform. NO TIME TO LOSE. America was greatly complimented by the nations of the earth—Pagan as well as Christian—by the liberal manner in which they contributed to make the Centennial Exhibition a success. Goods came from Mexico, Brazil, South Ameri ca, China, Japan, Australia, Turkey, several of the islands of the sea, from nearly all of the countries of Europe, and out-of-the way places which were hardly expected to have heard of the event, much less to assist in giving it eclat and grandeur. They not only brought their wares by the ton, but ereoted oostly buildings in which to display them. And shall we not re ciprooate when ooeasion offers ? Comity between nations is expressed in no friendlier manner than to repay such courtesies in kind. It is to be hoped Congress will take this view of the subject. France is about to hold the most brilliant Inter national Exposition that the world has ever witnessed. The assignment of space to intended exhibitors will com mence on the lßt of May, and the earli est applicants will be the best served. Then, as there is no time to lose, Con gress should be at once asked to make such an appropriation as will enable onr people to be represented in a manner becoming the dignity and greatness of the Country. France will expect this, and it is due to the friendship she has always exhibited toward the United States. Let us hope attention will be given to the matter. Unless the present Congress provides the means to make our display iu the Exposition oredita ble, it will bo too late for the next. PPBUC DEBT STATEMENT. The pnblic debt statement for Novem ber and December have shown a slight but an welcome increase. This exhibit is dne entirely to a falling off in re oeipts. The New York Times, which was the first to onndemn the eoonomioal policy of the House at the last session, now admits that if it bad not been for the large redaction in current expenditures during the present year, the exhibit would be several millions worse than it is. The policy of the House does not seem to have made so deep an impression on the heads of de partments as on the conductors of the limes, for they come to Congress the present session asking even more than they formerly expended. It is probable that the prnniDg knife can be applied still more closely without serious injury to the pnblic service. Business is dull all over the oountry, and it is the dnty of the Government to make taxes as light as possible. 'Tis an ill wind that blows nobody good. The Connecticut people are sending to the East large quantities of arms and ammunition of various sorts— for infantry, cavalry and artillery—thus turning many an honest penny by the impending straggle on the Danube and the Prath. It is said that the quantity of monitions thus far ordered amounts te several hundred thousand dollars. Should war actually break out the sur plns of onr breadstnffis would quickly be taken np by Europe, and that would be an affair of many millions of dollars. A Fleet of four Russian vessels un der the command of the Grand Duke A i.at is and several Admirals is off onr oo*Bl. They propose to Winter and Uy in supplies at Hampton Roads, and it is said that the Grand Dnke and his unele, the Grand Dnke Constantin*, with their at tendants, will make a tour of the conn try. A i.axis will doubtlesa renew old associations and beoome once more an object of special interest to the maidens of the land. However, he is married now, the romanoe of his early love has been blighted, and perhaps he will be a lees interesting object than before; Greenbacks axe actually worth more than silver coin in San Francisco at the present time. Monday gold coin |ras sold as low $a §j per cent, premium for greenbacks. Only before since has this low premium been iyyeh ed, which was in November, 1679. This makes legal tenders worth nearly 94ic„ or about 1 per oenk more than half dol- J Lars in the market. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 24, 1577. HAMPTON _AND TILDEN. LETTER FROM COLONEL A. C. - HASKELL. He Denies Ike Statements ef “A Tilden Democrat”—Tilden and Hendrick*, an the Beat af Term■*—Hamptoa n Warai Advocate af tbe National Ticket—Correapnndeace Between General Hampton aud Manton Marble—Mackey Not a Messenger Nor An Ambassador From Hampton to Hayes. Columbia, 8. C., January 12, 1877. Editors Chronicle and Sentinel: Gbntlmen— ln your paper of the 10th inst., there appears a letter signed “A Tilden Democrat,” which undertakes first, to show the mischief occasioned by the recently written letter of Governor Hampton to Governors Tilden and to Hayes, and conveyed to the latter by Judge Mackey; and second, to give an explanation of tbe acts from which as your correspondent claims such unfor tunate consequences have ensued. The gravity is not in the letter, bat in the subject upon which it dwells, and in the unfortunate credulity with which the most unfounded and nnwarrantable statements are accepted. The evil effect of such a letter cannot be more strongly evinced than by the second sentence in your editorial comment upon it. “The mission of Jndge T. J. Mackey, who went to Governor Hayes as the accre dited representative of Genera! Wade Hampton, was a surprise to the whole oouatry.” Whereas Jndge Mackey was ■not sent by Governor Hampton, nor was he in any respect his representative, and General Hampton had publicly so stated in response to all inquiries made of him. Again, yon say: “A page in' the recent history of Sonth Carolina politics is opened, and tbe public invited to read for themselves.” I beg leave to answer you that you are greatly in error, and that not one jot of any secret of our po litical campaign has been revealed in the letter to which you refer. I am cognizant of and officially possessed of every detail of the canvass, and I assure you your correspondent is, to say the least, gravely in error. I must ask permission too to say that your editorial gives a force to the letter which the letter itself has not, when you say, “We print this letter because it is written in snch a way as to show its per fect good faith and because the state ments contained therein are of general interest.” lam not one of the persons named in the letter, but I avail myself of your permission to use your columns in response. Idosoin my character, as Chairman of the State Democratic Exe cutive Committee, because your corres pondent totally misrepresents the Dem ocratic party of South Carolina, mis states the conduct of General Hampton, Governor Tilden, the other gentlemen named by him, the State Democratic Committee and the National Executive Committee, as connected with the can vass and by perversion of the facts which he has collected oasts aspersions upon them all. The text of the letter is hostility between General Hampton and Governor Tilden. It alleges Hampton’s failure to recognize the candidacy of Tilden; and farther his consideration of a proposition to abandon the Democrat ic electoral contest and form a passive alliance with Hayes; that these combin ed causes lost the State to Tilden, and finally that Hampton ignored the people who bad originated the policy and had selected him as their candidate and al lied himself with those who had boon his opponents and thereby almost <ie-; feated the State ticket—as by his other steps he defeated the National ticket. All this as originating in and growing oat of ill feeling between Hampton and Tilden is set up by “a Tilden Demo crat”—as the faots wbiali explain “Mackey’s mission to Columbus. ” In plain words, this insinuation means that General Hampton has deliberately be trayed his party and the honor of his people. Thera have been scurrilous artioles written against General Hampton in a few of the extreme Radical sheets, but no enemy in the North has published so base a slander as that contained in the article in your columns. The piece could not have been published in this State; it is a matter of regret that it has appeared in any Southern State or Demo cratic paper. The grounds upon which the writer bases his insiduous comments are either entirely without foundation or are per versions of faots which occurred. And it is to declare the (truth with regard to the assertions made in the article that I now address you. Defense of General Hampton and Governor Tilden or the other gentlemen would be out of place and, still more, unnecessary, I shall speak but of the facts, and of them only what I can say authoritatively and of my personal knowledge. The policy adopted by the State in the August Convention was not the work of a few individuals or loaders, but was with more unanimity than has ever been seen—the utterance of the will and fixed determination which sprung from the mass of tbe people. The policy having been settled, there was but one difference of opinion as to the nomination of candidates. Whether it should be Hampton, the man the peo ple wanted, but who had a conspicuous war rec >rd, which it was feared might injure the national party; or should it be a man against whom this objection did not lie, and who would command the respect of the people of the State. This question was calmly and freely discuss ed. I speak as a member of the Con vention, where I heard the debate. General Hampton was also a member; he was at my house as a guest.— I was constantly with him, and his views were expressed to me fully and freely. He entered into the can vass at great personal sacrifice, and would have been much gratified oould he have conscientiously declined to enter upon the duties which the people demanded of him. He so stated to the Convention and urged the nomination of the candidate who could effect most good for the oause, and in either event promised his personal aid. The views of the National Democratic party were not intruded upon the Convention, but were invited, and were regarded as of great weight. It was understood that tbe National Executive Committee re garded the nomination of Hampton as dangerous. This opinion met with earnest support from some of our best and ablest men, and certainly gave no offense to General Hampton. The final decision was that in the depressed con dition ef our people we could not afford to take any but the one' man upon whom all hearts would unite and for whose election men, women and children would strive. The Convention felt as sured that by prudent policy the fears entertained by the Northern Democrats would be disappointed. Hampton was thus nominated by the unanimous vote of tbe Convention, aßd the balance of the State ticket was filled by men of either opinion, all division having oeased the moment the question debated had been settled. I cannot speak positively as to the statement “ it was generally recognized that the candidacy of Hamp ton would be distasteful to Governor Tilden, becanse the latter feared it would work mischief to tbe National Democracy,’' It oertamly was stated that snch was the view of some of the committee and working members, but my impression is that it was said Mr. Tilden’s own view was in favor of General Hampton’s nomination. The statements made in the letter with regard to Col. Coyle are exaggera tions, bnt I pass them by. Bat the following I utterly and nneqnivocally deny: “ Those who know General Hampton will not be surprised to learn that when be heard of this interference and opposi tion he was deeply angered, and was inclined to withdraw his name from the consideration of the Convention. He was finally overruled by his friends and consented to ran for Governor.” General Hampton had no each feeling; he was not ‘‘overruled by his friends bat, asking the Gonyention to weigh the party expediency of his candidacy, he accepted their jndgment and consented to the poeition to which the unanimous vote elected him. The next statement is, that General Hampton, to “restore the entente cor diole,” which had never been disturbed, wrote to Mr. Tilden, and that "This letter received no answer” I know that General Hampton did write, and I read a very agreeable letter from Mr. Manton Marble, which contained an ample ex planation from Mr. Tilden for his delay in replying to General Hampton, and Gumma} M. C. Bntler personally brought an answer/ram Mr. Tilden, with a repe tition of apology fof his brief delay. Certainly gentlemen exact no mors than such civility, and f know that tio far as Tilden is oonoerned, none bnt the most agreeable words ever passed be tween himself and G euer Hampton. I insert the next sentences in foil, and deny them in toto : “But this was not all. The Carolina Democrats were poor and needed money for campaign purposes. The State Democratic Executive Committee wrote to Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, Chairman of the National Executive Committee, re citing their necessities and asking for some assistance. Mr. Hewitt replied that he had no money to give them, and said, in effect, they must take care of themselves. These successive rebuffs, taken in connection with Tilden’s oppo sition to Hampton’s nomination, natur ally enough irritated the latter and made the Democratic Presidential nominee anything but a favorite with him. Who can well wonder at his feelings when these facts are remembered ?” I did, as Chairman of the State Com mittee, write to Mr. Hewett; gave him the opinion that we could carry the State, and applied for assistance—pro vided that he concurred in our opinion, and woald regard this to be a true dis position of means for the benefit of the National party. His rdfily was entirely satisfactory. He deemed it better that his assistance should be rendered else where. We accepted the answer, and went on upon our own resources. In fact we pardoned persons much near er home, who fancied, as Mr. Hewitt did, that onr hopes transcended onr prospects. His answer was not a rebuff. We made no appeal for charity, bnt sub mitted onr demand solely upon its mer its. The reply did uot -ftfitafei General Hampton, who was, by day and by night, canvassing the State with an en ergy and a prudence that has never been excelled; nor did it in anywise diminish his efforts, which were always brave and earnest in behalf of the Na tional Democratic Presidential ticket. It is utterly untrue “that iu the cam paign which ensued Gen. Hampton con fined himself to making votes for the State ticket, and let national politios and the candidacy of Gov. Tilden se verely alone.” The evidence given to maintain this assertion is too pnerile for notice. “I am credibly informed that froifi the opening of the canvass at Anderson C. H., to its close ip the city ef Colum bia Hampton had scarcely a word to say on the subject of national politics, and almost refused to recognize the candidacy of Tilden. In his Darlington speech, when he said he should vote for Tilden, he also complimented Hayes, and said he accorded to the latter all the capacity and patriotic worth attributed to him by his most ardent supporters. Hampton invariably took the position that he stood on a platform higher than party, viz : the platform of honesty, re form, economy and good government—a platform on whioh whites and blacks, Radicals and Democrats oould all stand.” Unless your correspondent is grossly ignorant of the whole campaign and its conduct, the above sentences are dis graceful. He well knows that General Hampton’s speeches were not advoca cies of State candidates in person any more than national; nor were they argu ments on petty politics. Tb,ey were ap peals to the people, as is truthfully stated in the above sentence, in bohalf of honesty and reform. These words comprehended everything, and when he gained votes, he gained them for the whole ticket, State and national. The slight discrepancy of a few hundred votes iu a vote of 188,000, between the State and national ticket is due to the fact that there are in the State a few hundred Republicans who are honest men, and free from the sbaefclcs which have held together the colored race. These men|remained true to the National Republican party, but repudiated the State part.V, and were won over to the State Democracy by their admiration for the honest fight which was being conducted before them. And in this Gen. Hampton did not de viate from the policy of either the Na tional of State Democratic platforms. I put ip thp next paragraph with re gret for its length, but it is proper that its entire deformity sbqulij, be made ap parent : “Proposed Abandonment of Tilden, “But this was not all. It will be re membered that at one time it was re ported that a proposition had been made by certain Republican leaders in South Carolina to support Hampton against Chamberlain if the former wonld have the Tilden electoral ticket withdrawn. It was generally believed that Qeperal Hampton declined to oonsider such a proposition. This is not the fact. lam informed that he favored snch a coarse when it was suggested, and that want of time, alone, prevented it from being taken, Judges Mackey and Cooke, who saw that Hampton was dissatisfied with the way in which he had been treated, aud the Republican Congressman Hugo, made overtures to him on this subject, promising that if the Tilden electoral ticket was withdrawn they would sup port the Democratic State ticket and in sure its success. Mackey even went so far as to say that if these terms were accepted he could secure ten thousand dollars ffom the National Republican Executive Committee for the H am Pt° n campaign. General Hampton was wil ling and anxious that such an arrange ment should be made. At what is known as the “big meeting” in Abbeville this proposition was made to General Mc- Gowan, one of the candidates fjr elec tor from the State at large on the Tilden ticket. General Toombs, of Georgia, is reported to have been present when this scheme was suggested, favored the with drawal, and himself offered to give ten thousand dollars to the Hampton cam paign fund. General McGowan declined to be a party to such a proceeding, but there is little doubt that the withdrawal would have been attempted if the step had not been proposed at snoh a late day. In order to aeeompll&li it legally it would haye been uaeessery to haye a State Convention of the Democratic party, and by the time such a Conven tion had assembled and acted, it would have been too late for the action to have much effect upon the canvass. This alone prevented a Hayes and Hampton canvass, for Hampton’s word was law, and Hampton favored the withdrawal.” The truth with regard to the above is this : On the night of the day after Mr. Chamberlain’s nomination by the Radi cals, Jndge Cooke and Judge Mackey called at the office of the Executive Committee in Columbia (Gen. Hamp ton was at Abbeville) and declared their intention to join us in the State contest. They had been earnest supporters of Mr. Chamberlain, bat repudiated his ticket, and him with it. They did urge the abandonment of the National con testi; the argument, too, was forcible. They submitted that' we pould not there by injure the National' Democracy, stating that we were regarded as an em barrassment, rather than a benefit, to the party, (we had beard the same from other sources), and could greatly benefit the State. Judge Mackey stated that the plan of the Radical leaders was to be passive for a tim®, allege that they wero restrained from canvassing from fear of violence; meanwhile to excite riot and violence among the colored race, cause bloodshed, and then invoke military interference. He expressed his conviction that snch was the State and National plan, and events have proved the exact correctness of his predictions. Judge Cooke confirmed the views above stated, saying he knew of contemplated riot and blood-shedding from conversa tion with leading Republicans with whq n he wag allied up to that time. The proposition was discussed by the committee, but no action taken, except the resolution that nothing should be done without consultation with the Na tional Executive Committee. The next day Judge Cooke went to Abbeville, to appear on the stand as a speaker in be half of onr party. Col. Hoyt, of the Executive Committee, went to Abbeville with him, and there, as instructed by the committee, conferred with General Hampton and some other gentlemen. The reasons advanced were at first sight regarded very strong, but no decision was arrived at, ex cept that no such step shonld be taken except with the approval of Mr. Tilden on the ground that onr position wss embarrassing the national party— the ihgn to bo under a pro test stating the plot ps laid down by Judges Mackey and Cooke, and an nouncing that we withdrew to prevent the intervention of military force which would rob ns of the exercise of onr con stitutional rights, Gen. Hampton wrote to Mr, Tilden through Mr. Manton Marble, I wrote to Mr, Hewitt. Be fore their answers had been received Gen. Hampton had, on reflection, oome to the conclusion that the proposition was not wise or proper. The committee had eome to the same conclusion. The responses from Mr. Tilden and the Na tional Executive Committee concurred with onr views. We were assured that wo were not embarrassing bnt aiding the national cause, and the proposition was thus finally settled and never again thought of until brought np jay your Correspondent. The preposterous idea of its defeat by lack of tune is utterly I without foundation. The Executive Committee regarded itself as fully possessed of the power and would at once, had they deemed it proper, have announced that the electors were with drawn from the ticket. No difficulty of such kind was ever contemplated. The following sentences it is apparent then are entirely erroneous : Haw Tildes Last the State. Tnough this soheme failed the spirit which inspired it survived and made it self felt in the campaign and at the election. It is not too muoh to say that the State was lost to Tilden and the National Democracy through the policy pursued by Gen. Hampton. These two Republican Judges—Cooke and Mackey —canvassed the State with Hampton from the time'of the Abbeville meeting until the close of the campaign, and everywhere spoke, from the platform occupied by the Democratic candidates, in advocacy of the eleotion of Hayes and Wheeler and Hampton. Tilden and Hendricks seemed entirely forgotten, and the whole fight was made against Chamberlain. With this change there was also a change in the taotics em ployed." Certainly “it is pot tqo much,” for your correspondent “to say that the State was was lost to Tilden and the Nation al Democracy through the policy pursued by General Hampton.” The assertion is in the spirit of the whole piece, but with more frankness. The opinion of th* world pronounces its ab surdity. As an instance I enclose a sen tence from a letter just received from a distinguished Northern Democrat, who did know “ the leaf of secret history of our campaign.” * * “ All things con sidered, yon made the best fight of any State in the Union, and the aipaieipent to me is that you were able to make it at all against the military power, money and the ways of ypur adversaries.’’ There was no change of policy made by Hampton at this time. His first speech, 2d September, was identical in sentiment and principle with his last speech, made 6th November, and not one jot nor one tittle did he swerve from it throughout the campaign. It was a matter of regret that Judges Mackey and Gooke could not go through the entire canvass. I only allnde to show how consistently your correspond ent errs. -I think Judge Mackey ap peared on the stand with General Hamp ton twice only. Judge Cooke oftener. The latter soon came out for Tilden and voted for him. TJm policy pursued by General Hamp ton was the perfection of the wishes of the State Democratic Convention and the plans of the Executive Committee. It was sustained by ail persons, what ever may have been their position on the only question that ever made division in the Convention. And in all the coun ties in the State the Hampton policy, the Executive Committee policy, the straight out policy, up to the last mo ment was rigidly observed and executed. We carried the State by bringing out. the full white vote and by winning oypr fiffepn thousand to seven teen thousand colored voters. Had it not been for military interference and the destruction of State govern ment we would have gained thirty thous and colored votes. As it was the main body of the colored votes we did obtain is due not solely to the wisdom of the plan and policy laid down, bat princi pally tp £he superb and never failing power and'sagauity wjth which General Hampton put the theory into exeqntion. The whole people of South Carolina spurn with contempt the following dec larations made by this so-oalled “Tilden Democrat “Though the brought about his nomination in the faoe of a tremendous opposition from within the Democratic party,and though their cour age and skill had so much to do with re deeming the State, they claim to have been praotioally ignored by General Hampton when he selected the State Executive Committee. Three of his avowed ygfc placed pn this oommittee.” A large majority of the voters of the State were "straight-out” before Hamp ton’s nomination. As I said before no leaders built up this policy. It is worse than folly to charge General Hampton with “ignoring” anybody. His nomina tion was not a debt he owed to anybody. His acoeptanee was his tribute to the State and is f the Party to him. The contest was not over the man, bat was an agreement over the polioy of the movement. He did not select the State Executive Oommittee. It was elected by the whole number of the nominees on the State ticket, in conjunc tion with the president of the conven tion and of the seven; five were earnest advocates of his pqljpy beforehand (though the vote of one, Major Eraser, had been fixed by his constituents) and all were his friends and earnest support ers. Yonr correspondent winds up his category of misstatements, perversions and errors by this summary : “It is safe to say that bnt for the fa tal mistakes made in this campaign—the deserffop of T l l4 e h t ft e surrender ta Cooke and Mackey—the majority for the State and National ticket would have been too large to admit of investi gation or question.” There may have been mistakes. Bnt that there was any “desertion of Tilden, &c.,” by General Hampton, the State State Exeontive Committee, or any part or parcel of onr party in South Carolina, I solemnly deny and if aDy person aver it I pronounce il to be utterly and will fully false. There never was a fairer, harder con test for the National party than we con ducted in this State; nqr eyer one with less encouragement pr greater peril. Alone, opr victory wopld pavp been a plaything; but together prith tbp Natipn al Democracy we bore the brant of the force of the administrations—State and National—canvassed under the watchful eyes of the professional detectives who were backed by bristling bayonets; voted over the bayonet point, won from the enemy 15,000 to 17,000 votes, and earned the State for Tilden as wdll as for Hampton, and have only been de feated by the frauds committed at the polls in the returns and by the canvass ers. We stand upon onr record and de fy the attacks of onr bitterest enemies. May we be preserved from any more such criticisms from our friends. Par don me when I say that your views with regard to Gen. Hampton’s letter to Mr. Tilden and Mr. Hayes is a mistake, and rests not upon the letter, but upon vague apprehensions. If there has been a champion for Tilden it bps been Hamp ton, and none expresses more apprecia tion of it than Mr. 'fildpn. General Hampton ia now Governor, and is in charge of the interests of this State. The United States is divided between two great parties—in bitter antagonism tq each other —and the con dition of affairs in this State is one of the grave issues which is between them. The Governor simply enclosed his inau gural to the leaders of the respective parties, presenting to them a truthful report of the matters of such grave im port. Judge Mackey was going to see Governor Hayes—as I know personally and asked Governor Hampton to allow him to carry the letter. His request was granted and nothing more, ' Governor Hampton has repeatedly and publicly repudiated the charge that Judge Mackey was in any wise his em bassador, representative, emissary or agent in any particular. Judge Mackey has likewise disclaimed that he in any respect represented Governor Hampton. He was merely the volunteer carrier of a letter wbieh would have otherwise gone by ml- For the better understanding of my communication and the spirit in which it is written, I would state that I was from the first to the last one of the warmest (those opposed to that course might say of the most extreme) advo cates of what is known in onr State as the “straight-out” policy. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, A. G. HASKELL, Chairman State Democratic Executive Oommittee, {Special Ditpctkh to tie Chronicle and, Sentinel] Columbia, 8. 0., January 15.—1 have just received from Man ton Marble the letter written tp, him by Gen. Hampton the day after tfie conference held in Ahbeyille, and I send you all of it bear ing on the action of Gen. Hampton, "Wallhalla, September 19,187f1. “My Dear Sib— There are some mat ters pertaining to the contest in this State npon which it is very important that the views of Mr. Tilden and his speeiat friends should be known to ns. I hope that yon will eommnnieate with me and speak with the same frankness I shall use with yon. Onr Executive Committe seems to apprehend that onr friends at the North are embarrassed by onr alliance 'w)tb ttyem, of course this apprehension places onr party here in an awkward position. If these apprehensions ate well founded how can we best relieve onr friends at the North of their embarrassment ? Before our ooDvention met I wrote fully to Mr. Tilden, telling him what would probably be its action and asking hie advioe so that we eonld promote the interests of the Democratic party. He did not reply to my letter, and I was forced, by irresistible public opinion, to aocept the nomination for Governor. I have made the canvass thoroughly conservative, and it has been a perfect success so far. With aid from abroad the State can be carried for Tilden. There is no doubt of its being car ried for our State ticket, for our opponents would gladly agree to let ns elect onr men if we withdraw from the Presidential contest. Of course we are most anxious to aid in the general election, bnt yon can under stand onr solioitnde to find ont how we can best do this. If oar alliaDoe is a load, we will unload. If our friends de sire us to carry on the contest as began, we shall. do so. If you will give me your views on those points I shall be in debted to yon. The enclosed extraots will show you the line I take in the canvass. Write to Columbia, care of Colonel A. C. Haskell. With my good wishes, I am, very truly yours, . Haijhtqn. To Mantpn Marble, Esq. Beply of Mr. Marble by telegram to Oolonel Haskell is as follows; September 29th, 1876. It is agreed here that yonr friend’s persistence and his present efforts and plans are wise and advantageous. Manton Marble, Beply by letter September 29th: The letter was received, as I state in my oommnneation, but was burned when the Hampton dwelling we destroyed by fire after the election. Please publish this as an appendix to my letter. A. 0. Haskell. WtW “ AnU-Nnatloßßl Nay.,” Editors Chronicle and Sentinel : The communication in yonr issne of the 10th from “A Tilden Democrat ” is sensational and interesting, bnt erro neous in its statements and entirely mis taken in the theory whiflb the writer sets up in explanation of Governor Hampton’s letter to Governor Hayes. Golonel Pelton mav have “strongly ad vised’’ General Bratton and Golonel Hoyt at the St. Louis Convention against the nomination of General Hampton,” but if he cjjd he wsnt out of his \yay to a issue That had not been made, and from appearances at that time never would be. The “Straight Out” Democrats had just been beaten in the May Conyentifll) by * ?9‘e pf 7(1 to 40, and General Hampton either on bis plantation in Mississippi or but very reoently returned to Carolina, and had not been pnblioly mentioned as a candidate for Governor. Continuing bis proofs of the hostility of Mr. Tilden, the writer says: “ When the State Democratic Convention assembled, in June (it was in Governor Til den to tbit capdidacy (Hampton’s), and was represented ip CofUfflbia finrifig the ses sion of the Convention by Colonel Coyle, of Washington City. This gentleman conferred with the most prominent of the delegates, and in the name of his chief warmly remonstrated against the propriety and policy of the proposed step.” A few honrs preceding the assembling of the Convention, on the 15th of August, p panaus of the ‘f Qtraigbt Out Democrats re quested Col Coyle’s adyice on this very point. To the questions, ‘.‘ls Gov ernor Tilden opposed tq the nomination of General Hamptonj” and “WUI it be likely to injure the Demoeratie party in the North ?” he replied distinctly “No.” I do not pretend to give the exaet lan guage, but to state substantially the faots. Col. Pelton’s telegram, ‘‘General Kennedy knows my views with regard to the nomination of General Hampton,” if intended to mean that Governor Til den was opposed) fq tfie nomination, must, without deoisive proof, be consid ered problematical at least in view of the following facts. General Kennedy was not a delegate to the Angnst Con vention, bnt he was there. He was an influential man in the May Convention. He had been largely instrumental in beating the “Straight Out” Democrats; yet he retained their oonUfieflcq (f o r there wps no real division in tbe party); he was ‘ familiar, to some extent, with their oounsels; be knew how keenly this very question was discussed, and what great influence any expression of opinion coming authoritatively from Mr. Tilden would have, ahd yet no statement of Mr. Tilden’s opposition was ever so made. Surely General Brpttqn, 'Col. Rion or Col. Ml flwSetea to the Convention, would have brought to light in secret session, if not in open, facts so important as these, if they were faots. They never did. Neither is it t.ue that General Brat ton went into the Convention to run against General Hampton and wap de feated. He lyas placed) in nomination by delegates fyom ftWU CftUUty under instrqctiqug from tbe County Conven tion, and immediately declined. And it will certainly be news to every mem ber of that Convention that General Hampton was angered at the opposition of Tilden, and on that account was in clined to withdraw his name. Hampton would have been glad to escape the candidacy, and accepted it purely from a sense of patriotic duty. If he had been angered at Tildefi’s opposition he would haydly, immediately on the dis solution of the Convention, place Gen eral Kennedy, the supposed representa tive of that ojp,position, ftu (he State Executive Committee. The statements concerning the aban donment of South Carolina by the Na tional Democratip Committee are fea sibly true. Considered to he “ hope lessly Republican” she bad to fight this fight single handed i but she fought it on “ Straight Out” Demoeratie prin ciples and in perfect loyalty to the Demooratio party. Neither General Hampton nor any other leader, who knew the temper of the people, could have seriously entertained for a moment the idea of any compromise by which the electoral vote of the State should have been surrendered openly tacitly to Governor Hayes, or woqld have dared to make such a proposition publio. Propositions to this effect were repeat edly mafia In oolumbia by Bepubliean managers after the eleotion, when the bargain could have been perfected and the fruits gathered at opce, and as re peatedly rejected. The storm against Genera) Hampton’s letter to Governor Hayes is really a “tempest in a teapot,” and the sensational “cry”'Hf the news papers will bp relegated by thoughtful men to the region of “humbug.” The letter reoogni?es only what every news paper and every publio mU has recog nised the jMsibihty of Governor Haves beiog the next President, The writer unquestionably believes that Mr. Tilden is the choice of the people and rightful ly ohosen. But in his devotion to his own down-trodden people, the “scape goat” of the States, abandoned by the National Democratic party, ta boldly pursues tbat line pf policy 'Which will be most like)y tq §erye her m any contin gency. * AWn-SaSSATIOKAL. THE HESSIAN AND HIS BBIDE, \Frpm the Raleigh News.] Tbe other morning a man sent to the office of the Register of Deeds to get a marriage license. The Deputy Begister was surprised to bear in response to his questions that the man was white and the woman oolored. Of conrse the li cense was refused. In the afternoon we were in the Reg ister’s office, and the man who had wanted the license entered. He had come to inquire why it was refused him, and, though he had it fully explained that the intermarriage of-races was ille gal, he left evidently not M gif satisfied. There was present fn the offioe a gen tleman, tp whose mind the circumstance recalled an incident of bygone times. He remembers to have heard of a Hes sian Who pamp into Halifax ooputy, iri this State, just at tbe end cf the Revo lutionary vrHr, <wd became muoh infat. natpd upth ja negress living in the neigh borhood. There was a legal prohibi tion, as now, of the intermarriage of the races, but a clause of the law provided that if a white man deeiring to marry a negro woman, or vice versa, would ap pear before a magistrate and make oath that he or abe had negro blood in his or her veins, the marriage might be sol emnized. The Hessian was aware of this law, and so, in order tp dodge its intent, a* well as to shield himself from indictment for perjury, he drew a pint of Wood from the arm of the negress, drank it, and then went forthwith and made the necessary oath before a mag istrate. The marriage was thereupon solemnised, and the descendants of the oouple are still living in $2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID. SOUTH CAROLINA CAMPAIGN COMMUNICATION FROM GENERAL MCGOWAN. Everr Effort Hade ta Insure the Success of the Democratic Electoral Ticket—The Re publican Proposition Not Entertained. Abbeville, S. C., 15th January, 1877. Editors Chronicle and Sentinel: • A friend has this moment brought to my attention a communication in yonr paper of the 10th instant, over the sig nature of “ A Tilden Democrat,” upon the subject of the late canvass in South Carolina. Onr Oonrt is now in session, and I have little time at my oommand ; bnt as reference is made to me by name! it seems proper that I should make a short statement. I shall not, in this hurried way, attempt to do more than refer to tbe matter which oonoerns my self. Qther gentlemen oan speak for themselves. I was one of the Electors at Large for the State of Sooth Carolina on the Democratic ticket, and as such, in asso ciation with other electors, had in oharge ap cklly the interests of Tilden and Hendricks. It was not only my duty to support their election and promote it in every honorable way, bnt I did it con amore. Having a strong opinion of the great importance of their eleotion, I sup ported them earnestly as a matter of principle and patriotism. The design of your correspondent seems to be—at leapt: it will be the effeot of bis com munication—to make it appear £hat South Caroline, under the leadership of General Hampton as candidate for Gov ernor, gave to Tilden and Hendricks a lukewarm support in the late election. Among other things he says : “Though tha qcbeigp (t. to with draw the plqcloral ticket) failed, the spirit whioh inspired it survived, ahd made itself felt in the campaign and at the eleotion. It is not too much to say that the State was lost to Tilden and the National Democracy through the policy pursued by General Hampton. * * * * * ,* .Tilfcpsod Beedricks seemed eubrely forgotten, ahd the whole fight was made against Chamberlain.” This .seems to reflect npon, or at least to ig nore altogether, the electors. General Hampton, with the other gentlemen on the State ticket, and the electors, classed the State together, ftnd sp6ke at the same appointments made by the State Executive Committee. I heard, and believe it is true, that a proposition was made durihfi the ean- Vdss by certain Republican leaders in thp State tq support Hampton against Chamberlain if the former would have the Demooratio electoral ticket with drawn. Such a proposition, however I had not heard of until in our progress we had reaohed Abbeville, where Judge Cooke, believed to by eme ef the Bepub lican leaders referred to, made his first speech for Hampton. At that place the matter was brought to onr attention and was talked about.hqt was not entertained for one moment. Qq that ftooasion a good deal was said in a free conversation about the im portance and prospeots of our success, both in the State and in the Federal elections. With a oolored majority of nearly thirty thousand in the State, it was well known that the contest would be a desperate one, Th e administration of the Stale govern ment had been so in fetched (he people so close - ly and affected them so disastrously that reform Ift the State seemed to be considered paramount in importance. The appearances all indicated that the leaders of the National Democratic party had little or no hope from our State, and that we would have to fight it out by ourselves. It was suggested that possibly they might consider the active campaign which we were oWiged to make in this State $S calculated to dam age them lb Other States. y e t, in the abspbUP iff information on that subject, it was couoluded that the struggle for the State government was not inconsis tent with an effort to aid in the larger struggle to redeem the General Govern ment; and that nothing should induce even the consideration of the proposed withdrawal, unless the Rxecutiye Com mittee of the Rational Demoeratie Party Ihould request R, , The effort to redeem the State would douhtless have been made if no Presi dential eleotion had been pending ; but as it was not “an off year,” and there was an election for President, it was not perceived how the two eleQtiuu*—run ning in the same plane iff reform-could materially conflict with each other. In deed, WM ms thought, and still rbiukt thU* the moat oertain and effec tive way tq oorreot the evils of the State government is to secure the triumph of the National Democratic party and a change of rulers at Washington ; that the redemption of the State- government oannot be oomplete without that tri umph and consequent change. For these and other good reasons the propo sition to change the programme at the instance, of the Bepubliean leaders was not entertained. On the oontrary, we adhered to onr platform and original resolution—to make common cause and fight together against corruption and for reform, both in the State and General Governments. So far as I know, the Bepubliean leaders referred to did not renew their proposition. Judge Oooke soon after abandoned Hayes, and both he and Judge Mackey, as I am inform ed, voted not only for Hampton, but also for Tilden. The campaign went on as before. General Hampton being a candidate for Governor confined himself in his speech es chiefly to State politios, I believe he considered the eleotion of the State ticket as more important to the State than the eleotion of the National ticket, bnt I know he desired the eleotion of both. The consultation at Abbeville, whioh was not generally known, had no effect whatever in chilling the enthusi asm for Tilden and Hendricks. The electors continued to speak at the ap pointments made for Hampton and the State ticket..and carried on the fight for Tilden ahd Hendricks With, all the power and yigmf they pos sessed up to the my day of the eleo tl°D - IBfiefid, Wey did not cease their efforts then, but believing they had car ried the State fairly, they cast the elec toral vote for Tlldta and Hendricks and sent it ta Washington. In order, if possible, to reap the fruits of their la bors, they have continued the struggle up to the present how. They polled ninety-oue thousand votes for Tilden, of whioh twelye or thirteen thousand were oast by colored men • and in doing so they performed what friends as well as opponents considered an impossibility. Contrary to the expectations of all, they earned the State, or came within a few votes of doing so. It is not believed that the people of any State in the Union were more enthusiastic, worked harder, or more willingly made sacrifices for Mr. Tilden than the white people of South Carolina. Tq pyoof of this, ref erence is mafia to the following indis putahie Statements: First. The white people of this State were “solid for Tilden,” It is not be lieved that two hundred native whites, exolading officeholders, voted against him. Second. Many of the colored peopl voted for Tilden. In different parts of the State “Tilden Colored Clubs,” with red shirts, banners and badges, were common. Third. With a large colored majority, the eontest on oar part was considered by onr opponents as'foolhardy. Yet so gallant was the fight that it is now ad mitted by all that we came within a few votes of carrying—if we did not actually carry—the State for Tilden. Fonrtb. Some Republicans, mostly negroes, voted for Hampton and Hayes, bnt not a large number. Except ia rare instances, the vote for President; Hampton for Governor. In the whole State the vote for Tilden was not two thousand less than that for Hampton 1 Fifth. In the white belt, consisting of the npper counties, the vote for Tilden was identical with that far Hampton. They ran petri passu, and in some coun ties Tilden led by a few votes. Even under tbe “Peace and Prosperi ty” policy, mil tbe white people voted for Tilden and Hendricks, and it is most confidently Relieved that the large col ored vote polled for them was secured alone byj that wise and just polioy which was strictly in accordance with Mr. Tilden’s letter of acceptance. We think these fapta prove the sin cerity, good faith and activity of the Democratic electors for the State of South Carolina in the late canvass, and that Tilden and Hendricks were not “deserted,” Under these circumstances it Is mortifying to fail, if that be the r&> salt; it ia more mortifying to fail by a mere handful of votes—less than five hundred ; but it is still more mortify ing, because it is unjust, to he told that the State gave a lukewarm support to Mr. Tilden, and waa lost to the National Democracy by the bad “polioy” of one who was not an eleotor, bnt a candidate for Governor. Yours, respectfully, GEORGIA FIKAMCKS. TREASURER’S REPORT. * A Fine Exhibit—What Democratic Rule Has Done For Georgia. Treasury of Georgia, ( Atlanta, January Ist, 1877. ) To His Excellency, James M. Smith, Governor of Georgia: Sir —ln obedience to law, I have the honor to present herewith to your Ex cellency the annual report of this de partment, showing the financial condi tian of the State for and dnring the year 1876 in the tables and statements as' fol lows, to wit: The cash balance in the Treasury, January 1, i876. $ 511,785 21 Received in the Treasury from January Ist to De cember 81,1876, both in cll,Bive 2,332,933 38 T,. T ® tal $2,844,718 59 DisburseYnents from Janua ry Ist to December 31, both inclusive, as per Ex ecutive warrants 2,280,435 26 Balance in Treasury Janua !B77 $ 564,283 33 lable A, beginning with the cash bal ance in the Treasury on the Ist of Jan uary, 1876, shows the receipts and pay ments in each month, beginning Janua ry Ist and ending December 31st, 1876. t ®* B an account current between J. W. Renfroe, Treasurer and the State, beginning with the eash on hand Janua ry 1, 1876 and shows the collection from the different sources of revenue and the payments on each particular fund for the year 1876. Table C is a concise statement of the public debt as it now appears,beginning with the bonds maturing in the present year and shows the liability of the State On its own account for bonds running to maturity, amounting to $8,447,500. Table D shows the amount of interest to be made quarterly and semi-annually on bonds of the State of Georgia, and the month in whioh it falls due, in andi during the present year. Table E is the usual estimate requir ed of the Treasurer of the amounts to be paid during the ensuing year for the or dinary expenses of the government, and the usual appropriations for the support and repairs of the Universities, Asylums, and other objects of the State’s care, and the probable revenue to be derived from the various sources thereof. Table F shows the bonds of the seve ral railroad companies endorsed by the State, admitted by the Bond Committee of the Legislature, in their report of 1872, as legal and binding, and such companies as have failed to meet their engagements on said bonds, and which roads have been seized, <&c. Table G shows the total valid bonded debt of the State on January 1, 1877; also the amount of liabilities, of the State, absolute and contingent, as en dorser on railroad bonds, and the amount of property owned and possess ed by the State. Table H is a minnte and particular* descriptive list of the bonds of the State not yet due, showing their number, size, rate, date of issue and muturity; when and where payable, authority and object of issue, principal and interest due each year, the names of signers, also the size, time of payment, and signers of coupons. I had the honor to submit to your Ex-. oellenoy, on November 21st ultimo, a special report showing my official transactions in respect to the bonds authorized by the act, approved February 24, 1876, and which is con densed in the following statement. Un der the direction of your Excellency, five hundred and forty-two seven per ©cut. bonds of the State of SI,OOO each were duly executed in accordance with the provisions of said act, and the same, were sold by me on published invitations for proposals for the same, previous to. July Ist, and at a premium aggregating for the whole, of $2,34212. Total bonds and premium being $544,342 12, and which sum has been duly certified to the Comptroller-General. The whole ex penses for printing, advertising propo sals for bonds and advertising presenta tion of coupons, amounted to $59115t The total amount of coupons of the rec ognized $1,950,000 Macon and Bruns wick Railroad first mortgaged State en dorsed bouds, whioh are subject to pay ment under the Executive ruling, ia $477,750; of whioh sum has been paid up to the date of the special report above referred to, $468,317 50; and a few thous and dollars of them have been sinoe paid. Of the North and South Railroad coupons payable in amount $65,730, including gold premium, there has been paid to date as aforesaid, $65,114 32; and there then remained in the Treasury, subject, to the ineoming and payment of afore said coupons yet outstanding, the sum. of $10,319 15 in currency. Recn|)itu!alian. 642 State seven percent, bonds sold *542,000 00 Premium on same, 2.342 12 *544.342 12 Nov. 20. Paid Macon and Brunswick It. it. cou pons *468,317 50 Paid North and South B. B. coupons 65,114 32 Paid expenses preparing and negotiating bonds 591 15 Balance in Treasury to credit this account 10,319 15 .5544 842 12 The foregoing tables tave been’care fully compiled, and it |g believed are en tirely correct, and w j)l afford all the in formation to t'xie General Assembly that is desired iii regard to the financial con dition oj the State, her bonded debt and fie* liabilities, as endorser. All of which is respectfully submitted. And now, in concluding this report, whioh terminates onr offioial connection, I must take occasion to thank yonr Ex cellency for the many courtesies whioh have characterized your intercourse with this Department during the post year. While yon have ever required a rigid compliance with the laws governing the State Treasury, yet your administration has been one of courtesy and kindness, making our brief official connection mu tually pleasant. I can assure yon of my high personal esteem and best wishes for yonr future welfare. Tour obedient servant, J. W. Benfoe, Treasurer. Dnring the yellow fever epidemic in Savannah the telegraph office was kept open several weeks by a boy twelve years of age. Two Fort Valley colored deacons raised a church row the other night about a pew. The belligerent Ochil trees drew their knives but were sepa rated. A Bntler county man, when last seen, was drilling his oats. Next to the war of roses, this is the nearest approach to vegetable belligerency we have yet heard of. The Atlanta Constitution says it is to be hoped that Congress won’t cast J. A. Brenner into the dungeon of tbe House. We feel a sort of interest in the young man. The Atlanta Telegram predicts a good State government; the inauguration of Tilden; an early Spring; a dry Summer, lots of fruit and a splendid wheat crop. We submit this to Col. Christy, for ap proval. It now transpires that Mr. Stephens has a seat in Congress on the Bepubli ean side. It is generally understood, however, that Col. T. Kingsford Ogles by has sworn out a warrant to have him moved.' The Thomasville Times learns that the Gnlf Road has paid the State her interest on the bonds of the Sonth Georgia Road. It is understood that they have made satisfactory arrange ments with the bondholders. Gov. Colquitt has re-appionted Logan E. Bleckly Judge of the Supreme Court, Martin J. Crawford Judge of the Chat tahoochee Circuit, Cicero D. MeCnteben Judge of the Cherokee Circuit, and Cin cinnatns Peeples Judge of the Atlanta Circuit The Oolnmbus Enquirer says: Gov. Colquitt’s inaugural was printed and given to reporters before being de livered. This could not have been so. The address published in this paper was especially reported and telegraphed to the Chronicle and Sentinel. Says the Waynesboro Expositor: The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel still holds an enviable niche in Ameri can journalism. The paper is devoted) to the interests of the people. Its col umns sparkle with pungent editorials. Georgia and Sonth Carolina news a specialty. In a word, the paper con tains all the news and deserves a large patronage.