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willing "1o grant more rights to the cole people than any Northern State has shov disposition to grant by the recent electioi that they are willing to grant suffrage tc negro " under educational anet propsrty q fications." This is not a question a.s to ii licence or property; it is a questjoi wheiher the negro and white man can o political privileges in common. And if could, is it desirable that they should ? tory proves that they can not enjoy poli equality in peace j and political equi would lead to social equality, and th miscegenation, and you would then ha mongrel population, which :s i( an abom tion in the sight of the Lord." This question of uniting the whites . blacks upon the same political platfor not a new experiment. In the Island Hiyt.:, St. Domingo, and ifauritius, it b;cn tried, and has resulted in tho blacks oul^sefusiijg to act with the whites, bi their driving the latter f'rouj the Island, forcing even the mulattoes to live in an a ted part. And tho most intelligent bi were those who pressed tha prejudice race, t?th the greatest bitterness ;iud leuce. The experiment now going on iu State points to like'results. Thc ext: negroes in the present Radical Legisla are. the most intelligent, and are tho J thatjaave most aroused the prejudice of t The Tine has been clearly drawn, and < some of the scalawags have declared 1 determination to stand by their race. weR might you expect to mix water and or the jigle and dove to mate together, 01 lion and lamb to lie down together in pt as the negro and white men to share privileges Of the ballot bor in common. Some of the advocates of qualifiedsuffi ss<ert that the interests of the negro aud white are the same, in regard to labor capital. la the absence of white laboi this may be*true ; but there is no polit interest in common, nor can they have su"h interest; and the history of the ra- i has proven this to be true; aud it pdUical fact that the wisest statesmen our party assert they will be governed bj I ask-wbero is the policy of promising negro what you know ho, is not Const tioually entitled to, and what the Demccr par ty are not f willi tig to give him? So assert that this is the ODiy way we can ca tbtvState.. -If we have to carry the State getting, off the Democratic Platform, and. king a half radical position, by ignoring pride of race, by deceiving the negro w political promises that wc never can ful why let;tire Sute vote Radical. I advise ] to standen poa. the. principles of the Const] tion j stand upon the Platform of the Der crr.?ic party j s!and by the white race, c stick tty truth and honesty; and when I li idicnl.wave bas.passed over our State, ^wili_ y?t.bo. well with us, for our de! ?-ra ce must come from those wbq were ?miry in arms against us. In atteinptinrr cirry. tbw State-iu tbi3 way, to secure i elt.*q(^ral votes, you may lose Ure twtnty c of Ohio, tile thirty-three </ New York, i MX^'-I ii 'f Illinois, tlie thirteen of rrlaiai t!;.?'-tw*?nly-six "of Pennsylvania; th?-si": i '. niii-i-iieHl^arid HO ou^iUrotljihuut-.t h(v.Nc? Ki.uirfid iV'-v. Ttiiti .would bi; riaJJy dre ping .the ,-u!j.,t.aia-i', in.;-: ..sping ai tin: sitado Sut 1 sl??frflyveil no ?OTgcr np..n this sn i-cr; it is -lob tatfeviunft for arg'iniei i'our iastiiieta;; iitttependtnUhroT your roast will rail you tha^ the negro must not bacci a part of^ the. body politic of-thu State. luv^'coiifl'1'encft in the inielltgiMico and inte rilvoflbe white- ruca of South Carolina* believe that they, will not forget the wisdo of those who formed this. Government.; th they will, prove true to ~>ur friends at tl North; that they will' abide by the platfor of Tbe- Democratic party ;. that they will n l>lur,.b.y-arjy fahre action, the record of the race ^ thal^hey.will profit, by the teaebinj ol' history ; tnat' they wiir.'listen to ihe d clartttions of the wisest statesmen of our pa ty rSmd tbat^hey will -nok attempt tocoi 11-.vene those laws of race that ' the Create has made immutable. I do not fear that the gloom which ave shadows the, future of our State, or' th?t'i past or-present troubles, , will ever cau?e ye to abandon principle for policy! or to forgi the gentle courage, the courteous- hostilit the mild and merciful justice, the proud sui mission to law, and respect "for right, whit have ever characterized the gentlemen i Sooth Carolina. Negroes Not Allowed to Hold OHtce i . Geoigia. ATLANTA, September 3.-The House passe a reflation" yesterday to hold two sessior during the-eKgibitlty discussion. "* This ?oming. Turner (uegro) spoke, an held the floor, during the session. JUe.saj that he was entitled to bis seat, and "that h would not cringe or beg. -There was no pai alW in the history of the world to the seen presented to da}'. Never before was man ai raigned before a legislative body for an ol fence .."committed by God himself. He'di not'icow till-tha past three weeks theimbe cility of tLo Anglo-Saxoc race. This monier tious question, he said, will not bc settled tc day, but "will be handed down to generation so tong- as tbe "bu goes down. Who firs took up reconstruction under Congress ? 1 was. the brawny black man. Tte great quos tiobis. "Am laman?" If so, i claim th rights'of mab. "The Democratic leaders ad vised the people to remain away from tb polls, and blame- them for negroes holdin; seats, on this floor. Every State reconstructei under the act shall makeno discrimination oi account of race, color or previous condition .Submit the question to Congress or the Con vention, and we will abide their df cisi?n. I *.hh> mt-asure w.?arried, we will call a Conven lion pf purpeople, and send for carpet-bag gera, scalawag.'. Yar.ke<s. anybody for tnt Legislature" except Georgi?rs. ' You maj drive us out, but )Ou will tight the torch nev er to be .put out. You will make us youl foes, and do all you can to poison my ract against Democracy. This thing raeansTOVO lu tion; Look ont, carpet-baggers ! When wt '?o thev will turn -you out, impeach Bullock and upset the constitution.'*, , In thc afternoon session, on the vote being taken, thc negroes were declared ineligiblt Ly a vote of eighty fo twenty-three, unseating twenty five negroes. Pour romain who claim lo bc wltite men. Their case is to be investi e il ed. Turner walked out and brushed the dust from his feet ; the other negroes bowed to thfe'Spoakpr and waved their hats-to the white members. ATLANTA, Sept. 4.-The House adopted a resolution to puy the expelled negro member. nine dollars a day up to the time, of their ex pulsion, also mileage one way. R?solutions wen;'adopted declaring thal persona-having >Ue next highest number ol voles to tho negroes expelled yesterday should be members of tlieTlouse if not constitution ally ineligible. THE CATTLE PLAGUE-The.panic produc ed by the cuttleplaguc is abating iu the West. The farmers in the infected districts have gen orally banded together to prevent the spread ing of the plague by the most energetic mea sures ; and enough has been ascertained con cerning its origin to justily the hope that ef fectual step3 will be taken to protea the vast herds of callie in our Western prairies from infection in the future. The milk cows in Ohio are only here and there infected ; in Canada there was a panic on the subject of the disease, which subsided when it was as certained that the sickness was caused by the gras". --- LETTER FROM HOV. HORATIO SEYMOUR. A letter has been received in Washington from Hon. Horatr Seymoor, dated Utica, New York, August 27tb, in which the great banner:bearer of the American people, an nounces himself in cood health and spirits, and ''certain of tile success of the Democrat ic ticket-for the rights of the whole people, ike n?aiiitcnan?epf theUnion entire, willi thc same privileges in one section as the other. U?T Colly er und Edwards fought on Traver's Inland, Northumberland Co., Vu., Monday morn ing, thc Slut. Tho fight lasted ono hour and fourteen minnie.?, ?nd Cnllycr was declared whip pel in thc furry-seventh round, being struck a j terrific b ow on the jugular which rendered him t?nsale** lor fifteen minutes^ On the rett?ir. trip J ..i" ila?; wein--r ? tow recurred among tbe roughs j .on b? r i in ?Vi 'li mun was .?hot through thc r ghi or?i.-t. aa- thur I- ai a linger and a third was stabbed in tbe bvad. FRO 31 COLUMBIA. - Condensed from the Columbia Correspondence of the Charleston New? and Courier. COLUMBIA, August 31. In the House, . "Whipper offered a Bill to abolish ' capital sind corporeal'-punishment, which was referred. A resolution waa passed providing that no BrW of resolution .hi.ving . the force of law shall beintroduced- aftecthe^th of Sep tetnber. ... The Message of i (h? Governor/r?toing tn?* Bill to amend tb&j Chartor of the City of Charleston, was Tread, when, on motion, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, and having, discussed, the matter, de termined to postpone its final consideration uutil to-morrow. The Bill to cr se the operations of the Bank of the State was taken up ; a debate of two hours ensued, in tbe conrse-'bf "which Jenks insisted that Elliot waa interesting himself against the Bill for the sime motives which, actuated him to manipulate Rail Road Bills with so much expedition, and Elliot retorted very savagely. . Laurence Cain (a bow-legged Mulatto) from Edgeficld, gave notice of a Bill to amend the charier of the town of Edgefield. In the Senate. Randolph ofiered the follow ing resolutions which were ordered for con sideration to-morrow, J " WhereaB the former leaders of the late rebellion are, bj their journals and public speakers, again advising and urging resistance to the civil authorities, causing thereby civil and domestic discord, which may lead , to dreadful results ; and whereas the civil au thorities are being, disregarded, and many lawless acts have beeu recently committed, be it Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs he instructed to ascertain front, the Governor what further legislation may be necessary to preset ve the public peace, and to bring violators of the law to justice." He also offered tho following resolution, which took the.same course :. , Resolved, That C. P. Leslie, Senator from?. Barnwell, be expelled from the Senate for the following reasons : First, contempt of the President of the Senate j second, contempt bf the Senate ; third, eonduct unbecoming a Senator and a gentleman. The Discrimination Bill was made the Spe? cial Order for Wednesday. Tho Bill to close tho operations of the Bank of the State passed its third reading. .Also a Bill to charier the Home Insurance Corapa:. ny of Charleston, with an amendment requir ing the corporation to pay uplialf of the~stock before commencing operations. i There was barely a quorum-in the Senate to-day. Wright, (negro,) from Beaufort," was in the chair, and most of the whites, even the Radi cals, objected to setting under a negro Presi dent, and will try ??very subterfuge to dodge tim yule ou the Discrimination Bill. Governor Scott, to-day, sent Efubbard, tho newly appointed State Constable, to Onion, rto investigate th? trouble there, with instnic lions lo make full enquiry and cause the.le g?l process a:r.oug par?es implicated in the hue shooting affair lo be arrested. Jas^nf(loss,.present incumbent in Con gress from the-40i Congressional District, de clines.re-elfectioui.' J'.: ?.; ? J COI.UMBIAJ September 1. In the Senate the pay resolution was amend" ?ed so as to appropriate ??O.OOO for ?K? pay ment-of members up to yesterday. The rest of the day was spent in discussing the'Bill to provide a commission to codify the laws, of the State. Amend.?lents were offered to pnt D. T. COHBIX, J. S. G. Richardson and"G.' W. Williams on the commission, end further amendments to substitute the nnxneiofB. P.? Perry for that of Richardson. No conclusion was reached before adjournment. No action was taken to day on Randolph's :resolutiori to expel Senator Leslie, that Indi vidual not -yet having come back from his home, wither he hied ou Saturday last on. business. He will be here to-morrow for his defence, and, at the same time, fo pour his .hot?shot into the Discrimination Bill. There is little doubt that, through the exercise of his unquestioned, genius, the resolution and Bill will both go to the wall. In the House, G. A. Lewie, who came here as a Radical representative from Lexington, and lately joined the Democrats, tenderedr his r?siliation to-day, and it was accepted.' The Bili to close me operations of the Bank of the State, passed to-day. Sundry amend ments were ofiered but lost. Tho vote on the Bill stood ayes 55, nays:32. The veto "of the Govemorof the Bill to amend the Charter of the city of Charleston, was sustained by a large majority after two hgurs bitter debate. DeLarge was the on^y member from Charleston who voted to sus tain the veto. The rest of the -hybrid-delega tion made bitter partisan speeches, baying that thc passage of the Bill was necessary to the preservation ot the Republican party and peace in th? city of Charleston. The result is considered a great triumph by conservative members, and Pillsbury's chances dwindle, down into insigni6cance. A Bill to provide for the submission of the question of changing-theCounty eeat of Barn well Xo the decision of the voters of the Coun ty, was read a second time and passed. ?** COLUMBIA, September 2. . In'the House the Judiciary Committee made a favorable report on the Bill to punish personH who may attempt to hold office by authority of the late Provisional Government. . Resolutions of congratulation to the Re publicans of Vermont on their success in the Ute elections, were tabled by a vote of 34 ates lo 12 nays. Ti^e consideration of the Anderson contes ted election was again postponed fo'rtwo weeks. It ir? regarded as virtually killed. ' " ? The Bill to close tho operations of the Bank of the State passed its third reading by Go' ayes to 23 nays. The Democratic members filed a protest against the Bill of which the following are the grounds : lsi. Because the Act is in violation of the faith of thc State pledged to the redemption of the Fire Loan nonda. 2d. Because the merits of the claimants have been submitted to and should he deter mined by law. 3d. Because tho Act of 18C5 preferred creditors, which amounts lo u valid assign ment of assets. " .Uh. Because tho Act is unjust, oppressive, inso much as it augrcents the State debt a million of dollars, which must be ultimately paid by the same persons, who will have al ready lost ninety per cent, of the same moiiey. 5th. Because it discriminate* between those who funded bills, and. brokers and specu lators wTio purchased them at a nominal price. In the Senate a resolution to appropriate .$70,000 for the payment of tho per diem was ratified. . An angry discussion, bul without result?, took place upon the bill tc prevent discrimi ( nation on account of color. ? Whittemoro pro* posed a-compromise forbidding discrimination by common carriers, which was lost by a vote of twelve to thirteen. The extremists insis ted upon having equal "rights and benefits in every licensed business. Coghlan (white), asked Whitemore if his compromise allowed negroes to enter and board at hotels. Whi temore answered, No. Coghlan replied, " Well, thtt is what we want-liberty to enter ho tels, ?cc." COLCMBIA, Septembsr 3. In tho Sena's to-day, Wbittemore's amend ment to the discrimination bill was adopted, and tho bill passed. His amendment Substi tutes a claim for equality on all public con veyances, instead of a el:im for equality in all licensed places of hutincss. The discus sion rm the hill lusted until four'o'cl?ck. Cain made an able speech aga:nst extreauie mea sures. . In the House no" -b'tsines* of importance was transacted and most nf the members left to hear the Sena'e debate. An attempt was made by the sergean t nt arms- to arrest DeLnrge, who was absent without ?eave, but be resisted and cu'.s.^d that official, who.is a white, and his assistant, a colored man. 1'ne House spent the whole of the afternooW ses sion lo 7 P. M.," in discussi-g this (?ase, hut finally released DeLaige from arrest and re ferred the subject to a committee ol inquiry.1 " Jno.B; Hibbard, the State con8tabIe,-bas mude a report to the Governor of the late difficulty in Uuion. He says that Bates, a negro, is the cause of the whole disturbance. Bates collected armed negro guards, and on tbe day of the riot thirty whites and sixty blacks had /assembled at. the -depot. One of the blacks fired on a white man while his back was;tnrned. The whites then wheeling, fired a volley, wounding and dispersing the negroes. He could give no reason for the gathering of armed negroes except that they had received orders from Bates, which' hejpre tentled were issued by the Governor. | The Republicans of Barnwell have reques ted Leslie to resign. COLUMBIA, September 4. In tho House a bill was reported to grant the aid ot the State to the Blue Ridge Rail road Comparjy. It authorizes the guarantee by the Statu of the issue of one million dol lars of bonds under the act of 1854, without regard tr) the provisos therein contained. Three hundred thousand dollars of this amount is to !-be-applied io-.the payment of tbe present bonded debt, of the company. The bill also authorizes an additional guarantee by the Stale ofbopds to the amount of three million, dollars, none of which bonds are to bo used ?nles5'Congres8 or' capitalists advance three .million dollars in currency on the faith of the said bonds. All the property aud franchisee of the Blue Ridge Railroad ure mortgaged to soc are the State guarantee. A resolution to adjourn on the 15th instant, was indefinitely postponed. A long and violent discussion took place on the bill for the codification of the statute laws of the State. Corbin, Rutland and Whipper were named as the Commissioners. DeLarge denounced the commissioners as in competent, and said the State had better pay Ahem twenty thousand dollars to ?et the work alone, than four thousand to undertake it- ' ? ?i .... . . ? . . In the Senate, Leslie in a bitter speech, ex posed the'Barnwell Republicans who had re quested-him to resign. The Republican seu atoxs are;sery much mortified at the expo; sure and the degradation of their party. -?' ? '? I Correspondence between Gen. Bonham and Gov* Scott. . I ' ? - ? .? \?itiywei..i. *? . From the Columbia Phoenix. EDG?TII?LO C. H., Augast 19. T\>:Hi3 Excellency Governor Scott. SIB: I desire, fur the'common geod, to briug to your attention, the critical relations of the white and colored population of this State. The proceedings of-the late Democratic Convention, at Colombia have doubtless come to your knowledge, in which statements were bade by delegates from Union and other Dis .trict?, going to show that the negroes are furrirhig In this State, secret military organi zations. Near tbis.place, there is a company of fifty, with a captain, whose name is known aud can be given. On'Saturday last, at a place bt-longing to Govi' Piekens. who is absent fruin tho Stale, they gave a barbecue. This company, or a part of ii,.was there drilled by a iie^ro with epaulette* on. lt is said there are other .sitnilur organizations in the Dis trict. You have also doubtless seen the an nouncement made in a Charleston paper, pub lished m the interests, of the colored people, that "every plantation has its captain.'' On -the other'hand, it is believed, there is not a .corporal's guard of white men in this State, under military organization, the United States troops excepted. An intelligent physician, who has the most extensive practice in this section, informs methat within the range of | hi^ practice, the negroes are bettor armed tbati tbe whites-many -with the most ap proved weapons. This, with their limited-1 means, is impossible of themselves. Besides, wc have information that within a few nights, arms are to be brought for them, in a wagon, by one of their number; to this place. The negros?,-ft is said, have been told and believe, that they must organize .thus to pro tect their liberties; and that if Seymour and Blair are elected, they are to be put backinto slavery-a thing that all intelligent men know to be simply ridiculous. It is said, moreover, and it was so stated at the Con vention, that such organizations meet with j your countenance. Such organizations of one race must, of necessity lead to similar organ izations of the other, for self-preservation. You are the hea/1 of the conservators of the peace in South Carolina; and if it be true, which I am reluctant to credit, that your Ex cellency is countenancing such organizations, .1 admonish you that you are u sowing'' for the.ne-gro " tho , wind," of. which he " will reap tho whirl-wind." The conservative in ??nences which have been hitherto exercised in the interest* of peace, by the officers of the late Confederate army,and other patriotic citizens, will be powerless to keep that peace, if this course of preparation lbr bloodshed be not arrested. The responsibility for its breach will rest alone oh the heads of the de luded negroes and their advisers. ' Believing that you cannot be indifferent to the impending dangers, . I send you this com munication, with the hope that you will at once exercise the weight of your position and influence, to arrest this tendency to anarchy and blood-shed. When a war of races shallbe inaugurated, it requires no prophet to predigt the result. However a few may feel otherwise, while men will, in general, sympathize with their own race, and the black man must go down. The white men of this State, with rare exceptions, you must have perceived, have no hostility to the negro. The negro behaved well during tho war, and ia the main, since, when removed from the iutlueuce of the emissaries, who have played upon his credulity and prejudices. But if seduced: iutu opposing, with arms, ?Democratic success in the approaching Presi dential election, or it for other reasons, he shall thus secretly organize, to forcibly con trol the whites, a storm will bo raised that will not easily be calmed. I say to you in all soberness and truth, that the African can never thus tyrannize over the Anglo-Saxon in this country. The people of this State, with few exceptions, have observed in good'taith, even to the pres ent moment, the spirit of tho paroles given by our troops to Gens.. Grant uud Sherman, and will abide the results of all constitutional measures and peaceful instrumentalities, but will not quietly submit to unauthorized anti armed negro domination. I ara, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, . M. L. BONHAM. STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, EXKCUTIVK DKFAkiwiENT, COLUMBIA, August 24, 18<l8. - Hon. M. L. Bonham-Sm ; I have been I directed, by his Excellency the Governor, to acknowledge the receipt of your communica tion of the 19th instant, a-id to state that the preservation ol' the peace at?rl tranquility of Ihe State is the object of his deepest solici tude. All the inll'uence he may possess, and whatever of power is conferred on him by the Constitution and laws, shall be exerted to dis countenance and suppress illegal organiza tions, and to protect every citizen in the peaceful exercise of his personal and political j rights. In these efforts, he hopes to have the j countenance anh support of all law-abiding citizens, Jand especially of those whose posi tion and- talents enable them to exercise a commanding influence in shaping public Opin ion. Very respectfully, JOHN HEART, . Private Secretary. Indians. ' OMAHA, September. 4.-It is reported a l?re? body of Indians are moving north to strike the Pacific Railroad between the North Platte and Julesburg. - . D KNVK.it, September 4, p. m-The Indians killed three aiil wounded one man near Col orado City yesterday. * KANSAS CITT, September 4, noon_A Mex ican tra:n-was attacked at Pawneo Port, on the old Platte road, seven tv three milos north west of Fort Dodge. Sixteen Mexicans were scalped and their bodies burned, together with the wagons. Another ?min. with 75,000 pounds of wool, was attacked within twentv five mile* of Fort Dodge. The ??snort fondit, till their ainmimiti in: was exhausted, when they abandoned the train. CT H EADT'ERT 1 SER JAMEBT BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY , SEPT ?, 1868. FOR PRESIDENT, HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF NEW YORK; FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, FRANOIS P. BLAIR, OF MISSOURI. The Grand Ratification Meeting! DO?EXSE BARBECUE .AKD PIC NIC! Brilliaut and Inspiring Music ! CROWDS OF PEOPLE ! SPEECHES BY GEN. TOOMBS, JUDGE AL DRICH, COL. .HASKELL, GEN. GARY, AND HON. G. D. TILLMAN. CS -^-r-o On Wednesday bat, :2nd inst., carno.off the great Ratification Meeting, for which- Edgefield had boen, preparing a month or more. And in no respect were the hopes and expectations of our pooplo disappointed. It was an auspicious and a happy day. The preparations were ona large and liberal scale, and in their consummation they well befitted the occasion. If lhere wai-one regret on thu; day, it was on account of the -ob junee of many of our most honored and popular fellow citizens living in sections of tho District remote from tho Court House. These, ia consid erable numbers, wore prevented from attending,' by th,e torrents of rain which foll during the day and night preceding tho meeting, swelling thc water coursos until they were impossible. But the attendance was large atSd excellent, both ns to numbers and intelligence, being composed of the solid Democracy of Edgefield District,full of hope, fire, and honest enthusiasm, and. eager and anxious to hear tho discussion of the principles involved in the coming contest. At about 10 o'clock A. M., tho immense crowd, led by the spirited Brass Baud of Messrs. FISHER, BOHLER, and H?TT of Augusta, departed In. pro cession from the public square to tho scene of thc. meeting. This was the largo and beautiful grove of tho Male Academy. There the stand for the speakers and tho seats for tho ladies had been prepared; and there tho tablea for the feast stretched away in long ?ines beneath tho green .shade. From the pits upon the hillside already carno savory odors from Innumerable barbecued carcasses, while the floor'3 and piazzas of the Academy woro literally covered with baskets of luxuries."ficoits ?nd delicacies, brought hythe hundreds of fair and noble women who had come 'tu g?ace and glorify tho occasion. Arriving at the grove, tho speokers woro con ducted to the stand, and thc seats, and all the adjacent space, were rapidly filled by the eager throng. After the skillful performance of several bril liant and inspiring martial airs, by the Band of Messrs. FISHER and BOBXRR, the proceedings were opened by Gen. M. C. BUTLER, Chairman of tho Committees of Invitation and Arrangement, designating Gov. M. L. BONHAM as Chairman of the Meeting. Tho announcement of the name of this beloved and distinguished son of Edgofield was received with general and joyous acclama tion. On taking the Chair, Gov. BONHAM madovery few, but, as ever with him, very graceful and ap propriate remarks, welcoming the people and congratulating them Upon their brightening pros pects. He alluded eloquently and truthfully to tho duty so binding upon us on all such .occasions, of, in the first plaoe, invoking tho grace and help' of Almighty God ; and then introduced that ven erable and fervent preacher of the gospel, Rev. J. R. PICKETT, Inviting him at the same time to offer up a prayer to God in behalf of the aims and objects of the Meeting. This the reverend gentleman did, in bis usual earnest and gifted manaor, amid the most respectful silence and at tention of tho large audience. , .,1 After the prayer, Gen. BUTLER, Chairman pf the Committee.of Invitation, read to the multi, tude, cheering and patriotic letters from Ex-Gov. - .SEYMOUR and Hon. Wu. W. EATON of Connecti cut, Gen.'WARE HAMPTON-, Ex-Gov. PERRY, and Gen. J. B. KERSHAW. We regret tiret want of ?pace prevents us from laying these valuable let" tors before our readors this wook. They shall appear in our noxt issue The reading of these letters wua received with much applause, and the name of each patriotic writer was received with three lusty cheers. Gov. BONHAM then introduced Gen.'ToousK, in flattering, but most well-deservod terms: and this noble and gifted son of Georgia was received' with three cheers that made tho. welkin ring. To describe Gen. TOOMBS' speech, or to commit it to paper, were well nigh impossible It was perhaps the most complete, eloquent and charac teristic specimen of stump oratory ever heard in Edgefield. Our people were most u ?iguedly de lighted both with Gen. TOOMBS and his spe?oh; and the latter aroused them to the highest and happiest pitch of enthusiasm. Below, we give the substance of Gen. TOOJIBS' admirable speech ; but thc inimitable and char actor ia tie humor, the wit, tho pathos, and the many telling and effective colloquial passages, wu have been obliged to omit ; from thc fact that, haring had no stenographic reporter, wo are now, to our groat disappointment, unable to gather them up. Mr. Toojtus said, that ho arose to address an audieneo of tho fair women and bravo men of Edgefield, with mingled emotions of pain and ploosuro ; pain whon bo tbonght of their present condition, and the humiliations now borne by thoso who bad delighted to honor McDuffiie, Brooks, the Pickeuse*; the Butlers, and others; pleasure when he thought of thc. bright future which would soon replace the gloomy present. He bad foreseen and fought againcttho designs of thc Radical party in tho National Councils long years before that gloomy day lie November 1 .-Ct), when the suv went down on tho election of u Black Republican President. His forebodings as to their conduct when in power had proved correct. They had written themselves on tho annuls of the nation us robbers nnd plunderers, with no principle eave devotion to the loaves and fishes. He sympathized with the gallant State of South Carolina, where, from the aeeidont of pop ulation, mon who had been trained by the great lights of the St;.to, Calhoun, McDuffie, and others, were put under temporary subjection to Radical rule. To the credit of South Carolina, bo it said : "you have but few scalawags. Send all such, Orr, Mackey, <tc, ?c., over to us. We know how to deal with thom, os we will with Joo Brown who oume over to us from you long ago." But tho fates already hasten the rule of the Radicals to extinction. The principles for which wo con tend are 'n vincible ; we contend for truth, and " The eternal years of God aro ber's." The fundamental principles of statesmanthip of mo Radical party have boen proved by theory and experience tobo false, and their financial projet a fraud. The great Northern and Western States, teeming with free white men, have de nounced with unqualified disapprobation their system of universal negro suffrage; and now their last and only chance of success is by rever sing the order of God and of nature in the South by making our former slaves our masters. " Help me, Cuffee, or I sink !" is their rnllying cry. But In vain they say that the Northern Stntos should rogulate suffrage for themselves, and that the countrymen of Marion ?nd Rutledge must have it regulated for them by Congress, and be ruled br Africans. In vain : for our peaceful contest is for freedom* Ho had contonded for it all his life, and tho cau-o munt triumph, for " Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed from bleeding sire to soo, Tho' baffled oft, is ever won." Ibo great Dations of heathen antiquity, wh u they conquored another" nation, Tulod it by art's as woll as arius, by manly .arts, by philosophy,' by oratory, by statesmanship, and nut simply or mainly by bruto force. If they, through mistake, sent out a Verres who oppressed a -subject pro vince, the national character snpplio'd a Cicero to' bring him to justice before legal tribunals, and before the bar of enlightened public opinion. But tbeso robbers and plunderers seek te perpetuate -their, rule by rjiin, by confiscation, by tho subjec tion of character and worth to vileness and las canty, by the subjugation of the Caucasian to the African and tho Scalawag. And (speaking of scalawags) tbeso nativo whites whoso vileness und love of plunder have made them desert their State and race, should be made to foel the just consequences of their ac tion. Your noble women should "put a whip into the hands of every honest man to lash the -rascals naked round the world." But your subjeution tn South. Carolina is, and can be, only temporary. You mutt win this bat tle Bo not look at tho numbers. Great battles have always been won against great odds, from the time of the immortal 300* at Thermopylae through all contests for froedom. Do hot go to tho ballot box with arms. Go with ballots, of yourselves and of all who can vote. Tho negroes Jiavs been decoived by the robbers and plunde rers, and they will rally to your rescue.. The true mon of tua North will stand by. you heart and soul; the great heart of the North and West is with you in sympathy in your present unpar alleled condition of humiliation- and the reign of misrule is and must be short They who have sown tho wind shall reap the whirlwind, and the vengeance of heaven will soon overtake them. And nothing should quench tho flame nf popular indignation which will then consume tho.murde rers of private right. Your negroes have been emancipated, your towns havo been laid in ashes by Sherman, you are temporarily under subjec tion ; but froed now from all .tho besotting temp tations of wealth, your devotion to 1'barty should be pttrer'and more "conspicuous. - I would appeal to your innate manhood to awake, arise,- or be forever fallen." And this, notwithstanding ail tho laudations which have been paid to tho great f?deral heroes. Granted their .valor, their courage, their generalship; granted that they have names with which tho heroes of anclont and modern history but feebly compare; granted that Leuctra, Salamis and -Marathon pale their in effectuai fires before tho transcendent glories of- Sharpsburg. And all this I freely grant. But if it bo so, then what, mast have been tho valor,, what must havo been the.valor, what must have been tho chivalry, what-must have boen the unconquerable will and indomitable resolution of those brave Confodcrato soldiers, -.vho, in a blockaded country, and with such heroes, backed by such odds, such wealth, and by all the mercenaries of the world! You owe lt to tho valor of your noble dead, you owe it to their tombs on every hillside and in every valley, that you should, in this peaceful contest, vindicate, by the suceoss of tho Democracy over this crew of vandals, tho immortal principles of liberty. And in this contest, the noble men who mot you in the late disastrous war, will be your allies, and, from Maine to California, you will have the truo men shouldor to shoulder with you in this struggle for Constitutional liberty. Just as noble,'just as true; just as gallant -mon; fight in this grand contest, from the ice-bound regions of thc North, as in tho sunny land of the South. The heart of that distinguished gcntloman from Connecticut, Tom Seymour, beats as much in unison with the music of Constitutional liberty, ae that of tba proudest Southron. The good men and true of the Union aro with you ! You have complied with tho -requisition to freo your negroes, to repudiate your Confederate debt, and to eat dirt; and now your hope is in a atrug gle'.at the ballot box, for liberty. I have struggled for liberty forty years ; and in the olden time you men of Edge?eld thought I was too slow for you, that I ato dirt ; which I did too, to preserve poace, order and liberty. But now l arge and adjuro you to come and stand by tho side of Georgia at the election in November next, with victory for Seymour & Blair. Those malignant slanderers, the Radical leaders and politicians, say that your leaders do not act in good faith, that they moditate another war. This they say of my distinguished friend on the stand, Gov. Bonham ; this they say of the preux ciera lier, the peerless gentleman, the warrior of un sullied fame, tho prido of your State, Wade Hampton. But they fear and tremble at the probability of being brought to their deserts be foro the outraged American peopie; and hence their groundless and unmeaning slanders. But what I want, whit we all want, what the .South wants, is law, trder, tho reign of the Con-, stitution, tho peaceful victory of true statesman ship, thc rescue of the country from the beasts of prey who now fatten and gorge on its vitals ; peaee which is peace indeed, not that peace whiob " reigns in Warsaw," not peace in chains ! Nerve your efforts for victory in this impor tant contest; do not be dismayed by arithmetic and numbers ; vote and peacefully, get votes fer the standard-bearers of Constitutional liberty. And the sun that goes down on the next Presi dential election^ will be succeoded by a brigbtor and more glorious day. At tho concludion of Gen. To03tus' speech, Judge A. P. ALnnicn was presented to the meet ing, by the Chairman, ns one of the Delegates at large from South Carolina to thc late Democratic Convention in New York, as ono of the Canvas sers at-large.for tho State, and us the Judge who bad reflected so much honor upon South Carolina, by promptly refusing to violate his oath of office, and to obey the unconstitutional order of a mili tary Batrap. Judge Auburn's reception by the audience wus extremely flattering. Wo cannot undertake to report in full the excellent spocch delivered by Judgo ALDRICH. Suffice it to say -that like all of his addresses, it was fulFreT?urci blo argument and tolling appeals to tbo intelli gence and patriotism of his audience, and was received by them w'uh thc liveliest satisfaction. Judgo ALDRICH said : This was the first time be had had tho pleasuro of meeting tho people bf Edgeficld since he refused to obey tbo odious military order, for which he had been removed from the rightful functions of his office by tho Satrap of District No. 2. He had tobi the people thoa that bo did not believe military tyranny could last, or negro domination be pertuated. Ha the? felt that ho saw hopeful signs in the politi cal sky ; and he advised them then that, it was only necessary to bo firm and resolute in the maintenance of the principles that have distin guished tho past of South Carolina, to jealousy guard, our honor as a people, and to reject and contemn that political abomination of Congres sional reconstruction, and all would yet bo woll. Ho congratulated them upon tho fact, that tho streaks of dawn then visible, bad now opened up into tho broad light of day?; and that the elec tion of SEYMOUR it BLAIR nnd the triumph of Constitutional liberty over reckless usurpation had now well nigh ripenened into a certainty. He said that tho standard bearer of the Demo cratic party were both Northern men and thor oughly loyal according to the Northern accepta tion of tho term. Both had supported the war. But they had supported it to maintain the Union intact, with, the rights of tho States unimpaired; Tho host evidence that the South was willing to accopl in good faith tho results of tho war and to return to tho Union established by the fathers of tbo Republic, wus tho enthusiastic support that she is giving to SKTMOUR & BLAIR. Mr. BLAIR bad acted with the Republican party so long as their, objoct-was the preservation of tho Union. He had passed through South Carolina with Sherman's army as a corps Commander. But ho had fought alono for the restoration of tho Union, and not for tho oppression of our people, nor for the establishment of negro supremacy. When the party abandoned its original purpose, he abandoned the party. He had come out glorious ly on the side of the Constitution and declared that tho rotten reconstruction of the Radicals was no reconstruction at all. His great populari ty in the West was swooping everything for tho Democrutio party. Gen. Grant had attempted to J speak at St. Josophs and his presence failed to exctio tbe least entbuaiasm, On tho contrary A : man in the crowtr proposed cheers for SEYMO A L LAirt .md they were given wilh a vim. Ib'boruian (no, made a fruitier effort, and wa ed to duck that man'in tho river. And yet t is tho -?arty who offer us peace ? It is an cmp hollow, ominous peace. It is the peace that wolf offers to the lamb, the kite to the dove, said that ire should imitate our neighbors Georgia in ' this .political coote.-1. They w working like bcavers day and night. The Dor eratic Clubs held their meetings almost ev? night. They wero enthusiastically attended a frequently addrossed by their speakers. Bann and transparencies were every where dupl"?3 and tho names of SEYMOUR A BLAIR kept cc stantly before the people. Tbe Democracy Georgia were coniident of success. De regret to see that in some portions of Carolina the p pie were not sufficiently alive to tbe contest is true the negro majority in the State is lar but by carrying ten or twelve thousand wo coi save the ?tato. Ile did not doubt the ability the Democrats of South Carolina to do this, they would work. In Charleston, where thc n jorities are almost os great as any where el large numbers had joined the Democratic pat ?n d the spcakor himself had addressed two lar, colored democratic clubs in that City. We mi carry tho Stute. Tho magnitude of tho cont was unequalled by anything in the put of I State, and involves everything we hold dear. 1 must not think of defeat ; the results will be 1 appalling. Let the people be aroused and every one work assiduously, work effectual work incessantly, until election day. Judgo ALDRICH having taken his scat, < Chairman announced dinner/ Of this part need say nothing moro than that-the dinner, bi in its barbecue a jd pic-nicaspeot, was really mi D? ii cunt. More coi ' plc tc, more abounding, mi .elegantly cooked -ind served, it could not ha been ! And after proper and most satisfucK discussion of tho comestibles, the company i paired again to the speaking ground. And now the Chairman read and submitted t following Resolutions, which were adopted by t Meeting with unanimous and demonstrati consent: Jietolced Ur, That tho Democratic party Edgefield District approves and endorses t Platform of Principles, adopted by the Natior Democratic Convention in New York City, on t 4th of July last, and pledges itself to a cord and earnest support of HORATIO S KYM o nit a FRANCIS P. BLAIR, the Democratic nominees < President and vice-President of thc United Stab Itetolvcd 2nd, That we niuo approve and c dorsu the action of the late State Democratic Co vcniion in Colombia, and will give our undivid support to its nominees of Presidential Electors. And after this,- the Chairman presentad Col. Ci HASKELL, Democratic Klee tor for this Congrt sional District. As gentlemen, as soldier, friend, ns comrade, no one, anywhere, is mo thoroughly beloved and proudly admired thi Col. HASKELL. The crowd, in which stood mai who bad followod him in battle, greeted Ci HASKELL with most unbounded and heartfelt a -plauso. And for more than an hour he ontc tained tho oudienco in a speech- which riveti their closest attention, excited their highest ada ration, and called forth their most animated cheoi Col. HASKELL'S speech, in full, will be found up< the first page of this papor. The next speakor was oar own admired folio: citizen, Genl. M\ W.-GARY, who upon being pr sented by the Chairman, as our immediate Re rosentative in the lato Democratic Nominath Convention, was received with a welcome and chooring, well befitting the reputation of sousef and high-toned a citizen, and so brave and di tinguisbed a soldier. The compact and state manlike speech of Genl. GARY beforo his admi ing and well-pleased constituents, will also 1 found, in full, upon our first page. After the conclusion of Genl. GARV'S speec loud and continued culls were made by the crov for TILLMAN. And in oompliunce with these call the Hun. Guanay. D. TILLMAN, than whom Ed g field boasts no more able ?nd popular citizen, i brilliant orator, now took the stand. But befo he bad fairly begun his remarks, a rain, whit had been threatening for some hours, came dev, with considerable violence, and forced the aud once to disperse. The day being already fi spent, they did not re-assemble. This uti time shower caused very great disappointment to tl assembled multitude. But all is not yet told. The' concluding act this great Ratification Meeting was by far tl mott brilliant and beautiful. We allude to tl Ball, in Masonic Hall. This ball was the cou pletest success ; and for zest pf enjoyment, pei fectlou of beauty, grace of motion, and elegant of toilette, we have never seen it surpassed. And still there is another thing of which w would spctik ; of which we ought to speak in th highest terms. And this is tho perfect ponce, oi der, decorum and security which rcignod through out our town on this happy dayr Not tho slight est incident happened to mar the perfect seronit; of tho occasion. And under the presont exe it in circumstances, and considering the existing orde of things, it certainly speaks volumes in praiso o our people, of whites, and more particularly c blacks, that such was tho case. We have lived al our days in Edgofiold, and never, even in times o profoundest political and social calm, have w known a more orderly and high-toned public oe ca??n than the one of .which we write. Thi should be to Edgeficld a cause of proud satisfaction i , -? ? Deuth of a H el!.Know ii Citizen. On-T-h?rtday lu? t,' Cu A RI. KS HAMMOND, Fsq.j i widely known merchant and business nnin, ant 'ono of the most honored aud beloved citizens o our District,, departed this life, at his home it fur miles above Hamburg. Deserving of Commendation. Tho negro Legislature passed; lately, an Ac amending the Charter of the City of Charleston By this Act, Ibero wus to Lc an early election foi Mayor and Councilmen of Charleston; and by ii every straggler who might bo brought into tb? city only thirty days before the election, had ti right lo vote. The radicals und scalawags wore in ecstasies, and huge preparations were already in progress to still further ruin and degrade om metropolis. But Gov. SCOTT bas vetoed tho mea sure, and knocked the hopes of many thieves and rubbers into a cocked bat. ^2~r Vermont election has resulted in thc fuc CO?S of tho Republicans by a largely increased majorUy over last year. Returns from onu-third of tho Stato indicate tho Republican majority at twenty-soven thousand for Governor; some make it thirty thousand. The vote is the heaviest thrown since eighteen hundred and forty. THE ESPORTEO ACTION OK TIIK NEW YORK WHOLESALE DRY Gooos HOUSES.-The New York Journal of Commerce, alluding edito rially to the paragraph stating that the lead ing, dry goods, houses of that city had resolved to extend no credit in future to Southern dealers, says : It turns out now that the representation is wholly false. We have inquired personally of "the leading dry goods firms of New York," and they declare that they never heard of this meeting until this paragraph was pub lished, and that they proposo to make no change whatever in relation to their custom in the Southern States. Tho leading jabbers in this city are doubtless divided in their per sonal relations to the two great political par ties ; but there are few of them, wo have reason to know, who carry their partisan ship so far as to interfero with the management of their business upon sound mercantile princi ples. They invite custom from every section, and will sell every applicant in good credit .without regard to his political bias. So fur from any unusual restrictions, there baa been an extension of last season's credit to worthy Southern applicants, a very natural result as the two sections become more intimately con nected. -? -* ?SrJ* Aunt Susan, about seventy years of ago, ls " unanimous" on man. She says : " If all the j men woro taken off, she'd make arrangements for j hor fit nomi forthwith." She also says: "Sap-! pose all tho mon were in one country, and nil tho < women in nnothor, with a big river between them, good gracious, what lots of poor women would be drowned !" I For tho Advertiser. Edgefield Central Democratic Club. Agroeable to notice the Delegates from tho Lo cal District Democratic Clubs met at Edgefield C. IL, on Monday, tho 7th September, for the purpose of forming a Central Democratic Club for this District. Gen. M. C. Butler was elected President. Gen. M. L. Bonham, Luke Culbreath, E?q., and John athan M. Miller, E*q., Vice-Presidonta, Paul F. Hammond and ."fohn L. Addison, Etqrs., Secrc taries. The following named persons were appointed to attend the Regular meeting of tho State Cen tral Club on tho last Tuesday of tho moeth at ; Columbia, and also an Extra moeii>.g.of tho same on the 15th inst: Messrs. M. L. Bonham, Th os. Jones, John Lake, Lod Hill, Paul F. Hammond, Geo. D. Tillman, James Y. Culbreath, M. C. But. 1er, M. Wi Gary, R. 0. M. Dunovant, L. P. Yea mans. The samo Delegation is authorized to represent the Disirici in the Convention of this (the 3d). Congressional District, to Nominate Candidates for Congross. It was Resolved, That the Regular Meeting of] the Democratic Club be held on the first Monday in every month, at ll o'clock, A. M., at.Edgefield C. H. M. C. BUTLER,^res'L ?\F'?A^?SD' [Secretaries J. L. ADDMO.V. J. .: Far,tho; Advertiser. ? At a meeting of the Democratic Club of Kirk s ey's X.Roads, he' I on the 2 2d August last, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted, and ordered to bo printed in tba Advertiser :, Resolvti, That we, the members of the Demo ?eratic Club of K irk fey 'e X Roads, do most hear ti - ly concur.in, and endorse, the Platform of Prin ciples adopted by the Great Democratic Conven tion held in New York on the 4th July '"!L'S, and that we most solemnly pledge our glori?os Stand-, ard Bearers, the non. Horatio Seymour, of New York, arid Gen. Francis P. Blair, of Missouri, onr un divided sup port in tho eoming election? . JOIIX TK A PP, President. . W. S..SHEPPARD, Cor,. Sec'ry.- . .. -? ? ? - The State Central Democratic Club. At a meeting of the State Central Demo cratic Club, held In Columbia, on. the 1st inst., the following resolutions were adopted anil ordered to be published: Whereas, in the judgment of the State Cen' tral Clnb it is expedient- that Democratic nominees for Congress.should enter upon the canvaiis atas early a day as practicable:, therefore be it Resolved, That we'recornmend tb" t"he*cori vention8 of each of the Congressional Dis tricts who purpose the nomination of candi dates for. Congress, that tho Conven lion fi r the First Congressional Distnct be held at Florence on thc fifteenth of September"; for the Second, at Charleston, on the fifteenth of September; for the. Third and Fourth at. Co lumbia, on thc fifteenth, of September, and that delegates be appointed from each elec tion district eqaal'to tho number representa tives in the House of Representatives io 180*5 Whereas, A proclamation signed by Roben j K. Scott, Governor,-and bearing date August 3lst, 1S?8, alleges the existence of armed or gamzalirjps in thia "Slate, which are regularly officered and drilled and pretend to act by' authority, and alleges also the surreptitious introduction into the State of firearms and ammunition, most of them of improved .de scription, aid which it is'reported are 1b*bc used for partisan purposes ; and, iahereasi'txic proclamation attributes '"other violations ol' the public peace to .thepeople of the Stat? in general, and makes no discrimination .such,.] as would have been warranter? by the facts of the case j and, lohereas, rt is well known thar all these disorders proceed from negro organ izations, headed by a few white and colored men, who, by their incendiary harrangues, art inflaming the minds of the negro populatioi fqr party purposes ; and, whereat; these tacts have, from time to time, been reported to thc author of the proclamation. Therefore, to avoid any po.-s.ble misunderstanding of thc state of things which has given rise to this proclamation, be ft Resolved, By-the State Central Democratic Club of South Carolina First. That we authoritatively deny all the exaggeratijns set forth in tai? proclamation, aod unjustly applied to the Democratic part} of this State ; and further declare that in fu (ure, as heretofore, this.pasty proposes to bea party of peece, law and order, aud confident ly relies upon peaceful instrumentality aud the ballot to accomplish political reform, which the interests of the State and country demand. Second. We emphatically deny that ipi proved weapons and ammunition, have been surreptitiously introduced by ' white person? into the State for partisan- -purposes. Few woaponsoT the kind alluded -io that hare been introduced, haye been openly purchased foi purposes of individual self-defence nguiu.1 sudden valence, produced by inflamed and riotous assemblages. Third. Although the armed organizat'ont of freedmen which exist in many sections ol the State might well justify the arming of thc Conservative people of the State, yet wt would earnestly urge dar fellow-citizens to continue to bear and forbear, in order tba: thencace ol'society in thi* State .may be preserved. JAMES G. GIBBES, Secretary. SOCIAL EQUALITY.-The Columbia Phoenix \ jays : " lu. is said that theso called Chief Jus tice Moses, has given mortal offence, by re ferring to the negro man Elliott, in his late note o? explanation, as the person alluded to. It has created quite a hubbub in the negro camp. Elliott indignantly exclaims, 'the idea of tn? being a person.1. ..Well, there are two o?her words that might have been used, to wit : 'Personage' and 'carpet-bagger.' It is very clear that Elliott is, in no* sense, a 'per sonage.' He says he is not a '.person.' Ergo he must consider himself a. 'carpet-bagger,' and we agree with him. Tho Chief Justice being a lawyer, should be more accurat? in the usc of language." MURDER I F A MAH, CARRIER.-B. J.ITayes mail contractor, writes.to the Columbia Phoe nix t but on Friday morning last, between 8 and 9 o'clock, as the mail carrier between Lexington Courthouse and Mount Willing, in Edgefield D strict, was pursuing'his journey, lie was waylaid near the line of Edgefield and shot from his howe. The assassin . shot at him five times, the last shot only taking ef fect. The ball btruck near the hipjnint and lodged, it is supposed, in the bowels. TLe carrier was an old colored man, upwards ol sixty years of age, and was a man of irre proachable character-distingu?: bed for his urbanity to all white people. The services on the route will necessarily cease. DISTURBANCE IN NORTH CAROLINA.-Wil mington, August 31-A difiiculty occurred in Wilson County on Saturday between T. II. Green (white) und Date Ruflln (colored), in which the latter was shot slightly in the leg. Green was arrested and bound over by the Superior Court. In the afternoon Bill Grimes, a negro, nude a violent harrangue from the courthouse st*p-?, in which he urged retalia tion, and threatened to bum Green's house aud kill the whites. At elaten o'clock that ni?bt Green's barn was dUrovpred on .fire, but no one ventured out for Tear of being murdered. Grimes was. seen around the burning barn, was arrested, and committed to Jail in default of bail. No farther trouble is apprehended. COTTON Cuni* OK ALABAMA.-The Mont gomery Advertiser says that, in. conversing with au old and experienced planter who has seen much of the growing crop in the adjoin ing counties, ho said that the crop is more se riously injured than the planters generally suppose. The damage from the army worm and the boll worm together was considerable, but the long and continual rains in the eariy port of August destroyed tho hopes of a late crop and caased many of the matured bolls to rot. A rainy August is always fatal to the cotton crop. Our informaut gives it as his opinion that the crop? of Lowndes and Mont gomery Counties wilj not yield over one-sixih of the crop's usual average. 13^" Mr. Jame? P. Boswell, tho recently elected Radical Sheriff of Kershaw District, has declined to servo, and anuouaces bis adhesion to Demo cratic principles. Sheriff Sill, the incumben', consequently, continues to bold office. Tn E TJ%M&BATS'*OF TOE C??OLATDRF.. Tho only thing which relieves tho prosed Legislature front thc unmitigated execra?lou of tho whole country is. there are twenty four good and true Democrats in it, fighting the cause of constitutional liberty. It war. with great reluctance that gentlemen could COD se ut to assemble with miserable and igno rant negroes, and their wicked coadjutors, white men, with black be ar ts ; bat impelled by a high sense of duty, they have consented to serve the State in her hour of need. When people speak of the Legislature, let there al ways be honorable mention of the noble rep resentatives, who are, at great sacrifice of feeling, contributing all they .can to cripple the ruinous and wicked. legislation., now going on. ?I1 honor to the noble Democrats of the Legislature ; wheu iaw, decency, and order ar? restored to the country, they-will be remem bered with gratitude-Phoenix. THE ApMonaTEATioN.-From. Washington there comes .hews', privately, that'Mr. John son has made up bia mind to stand by the ' Democratic ticket ; end, publicly, that Secre tary McCulloch and Randall will give it their active support. The. intelligence in regard to the President has not . yet extended* very' far, but it is said to be from a trustworthy source, and its receipt bas given mock gratifi cation to the gentlemen it bas reached. It was hardly expected, and for this, reason it is the most welcome. 'The Radical throw doubt on tko statement that Mc^Jollocn"J4'ri? ' Randall; nave determined to give a more ac tive support io. Seymour, but Ute cautionaaera with wbich the Grant office-holders ulk noli tics >ince the statement appeared indicates ?hat they, at least, believe it to be true. Tnese patriots arc not so ready v/ith denunciations of Seymour as they were a week ago, and most of them seem to kaye suddenly discov ered that they have other dutiesJbesides pro nouncing cufogies on G rt'nf. ' Steward, it fs said, still I occupies neutral ground, and does not intend (o leave it. The- report dist be? was about to declare for Graut.id now said to have been entirely unauthorized. _ Welles supports Seymour, anor'BroWniDg is under stood to-be. orr the fltMne-stfd*; tkaugh'nertfh r intends to espouse it actively.- Ev arts is tie only man in thc Cabinet who openly supporta Grant, but beyond his personal iotlu.ente.lui cannot give"him any assistance worth having. The position of the Pr?sident sua*' tfce'two Secretar ieo who control rc os t of the Fed tin! ? o fl i ce-hojdera, as it. is . BOW. represe ute d, -is ns satisfactory to the Dcuio?ra.ts as they have at auy time expected. . wt_aii-? ?. v f" '-? -. ,'.? " BuiiiKO IN THz-GTKAY-.-Augustus Carson, .respectable colored man, died at Franklin, Tenn., last Monday night. Early irt th? war he attached himself to the cause of the Con federacy and steadily followed Ka banners'! tit the last ef the struggle. Through good.ond evil j-eport, whether the sun^j&f vt?var? fjipd, ligh t and hope-upon the cause he servetC or whether clouds of* defeat Idwertt?^pon fem and his associates in arms, howes ever bra vr>, ~ hopeful and dauntless... When the cause-wa? finally lost he returned to his .old home, and has tines acted only with the D.emoctaticpar ty. -Daring "the illrress which terminated nf' his death, Carson repeatedly expresse^ Hie wi-h that Lis body should bo attired in ?suit of Confederate gray, aud that some of bis oki., friends should attend his remains to their las} resting place. Eft tiesirc: iirbbtlT r?ap?ctl I Vas fully! carried outr His ionerai'Was'StFgfr- * iv attended by the peopjeof Fcanklin-and--jts vicinity .^Nashville Gu^te.JUiLh. .. --* . ?-; . Tire-NECRoes'DkitiTKtr.-The negroes'in"* this and other sections ef Georgia, une'er the - ^dvjee v of meapr irr^ponsibJe ; whites, -acer '-armingand drilling. This has-been goingo tjr'?Ome time. We regret it exceedingly, \ uofb?cause wo iear the negro, but becunsc we pity, him lue being led.Off to "irsbwn^tin i bj a class of cowardly white ?Coundsel* who . will debert him in the bout of trouble. The ^colored people will fipd out, when it is/too [ Ute*we fear, that their only hope rs in the re spectable, substantial white people of the South.-Chronicle <fc Sentinel. Jarnet A. ?ruy & Co. As the wayfarer traverses Broad- Street (says the Augusta. Contknt?onalitt) he will soe the big sign of James A. Gray A Co., which .is a. true type of thc big-hearted man whose name heads this notice. Whatever James, A. Gray does .ha does with liberality. If there is any public en terprise set on foot, who so munificent as James A. Gray ? If the 1 best of dry good? "ire to be [.imported. Who ia more bountifully supplied'than - Jamei A. Gray ? Iii? partners snare with him ?his cc J'-mon da hie spirit of mun Licence. Look .at their advertisement.. It compr?tes all articles for fall and Winter use, from hickory stripes to opera Hannels. Mure military are. needed in Texts. - A, mad bull tosecd a good lUdicvl twenty, feet into. . cite air the other day. ?fir Thu mulatto j?H'.w. who was at -.Willis ton a week or two ago for tho parp?se, ae he said, of taking down tlc names of colored Demo crats, as they were to be shot or banished from thc cotHi'.ry, has been at several plantations be ? .ow Barnwell C. H., recently, 'delaulng the poof1 negroes by tefliDg them that kV Is'S .swrvey'oty .and that bo has com? to measure off their land. oj this means he got. many of their chicken-,, eggs, Ac, which ho barters off. As. he brought no mule, some of the more, intelligent chus .of freedmen have discovered the trick, and ure after hun. with sharp sticks, swearing revenge. Gen. Meade has assigned Ced. J. V. Bom ford to tho command of all the troops in South Carolina. The posts to be occupied are Colum bia, Charleston and A ?keir. igr Grant wrote to Senator Doolittle, ii ISM, "negro suffrago wiil bring on a 'war of race?." Now while bidding for tho negro vote he cries '" let us haverposco !" DKPARTEU this Hf?, 2d Sept 1888, Mrs. MAN TUA..STROM, wife of S. B. STROH, dee'd., in the 48th year of her ago. lier suffering was long and painful, bnt she doubtless now suffers no mere. She was a mem ber of the Baptist Church of Christ from her youth, and died in foll fellowship as a member st Rehoboth. She was vigilant in bu.?ines. farVent in spirit, and ardent in ber ?>flections. She loved her children most' tenderly, eight of whom are living to mourn their Ibas, which is doubtless her eternal gain. D. N. B.-Tho following lines wcro handed tho writer by a heart-troubled, loving little daughter of the delensc?! : " Gone, like the flower?' perfume, when autumn winds pass hy, Gone, like a lingering strain of sweetest melody, Gone like dew-drops' gleam, like morning's early ray. Gone I like the rainbow's hue, poor mama, passed away ! " They tell mc " not to weep,"-that mama can not know Aught of the cruel thorns that round life's roses grow ; That (ho's an angel now, and this I kuow must be, Cat Ol now mama's gone, nothing can comfort me." . - SADDLES! SADDLES! JUST received a lot of Second-hand MCCLEL LAN SADDLES, which ?rc in auod order, and almost as good as new. .Price, $10. C. A. CHEATHAM i BRO. StpM_ tf ?7 NOTICE. IHERESY call on all good ciliiens who havo p-itd their Tax?*, to report ti me the names of nil who have fulled to pay. so that I may issue Execution* agntat>t them. Now is your chance to have justiee done. BEN J. ROPER, T.C.E.D. Sept 7 3t 37 . $50 Reward! S COLEN from my Stable, on Sunday night, tho 23J, a very fi ne and valuable medium sized Bark Cream MARE, black mano and tail, clear yellow eye>-about 10 years old, bat looks to be mncb voungcr. Don't remember any marks or scars on her.' A Reward of Fifty Dollars wilt be paid for tho recovery of said Mare. ' e JOHN SHEA LY, Clark's Mills, Lexington ?1st, S. C. Sept 1 ?t? 38