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..?.???.?.....?in'? JOHN E. BACON & THOS. J. ADAM ?/.At* iii VOLUME A Great Historical Day Old EdgeScld. TOE 3IOST NOVEL AND EX?IT ING SCENE TUAT EYER ??* iCURREB IX THE HISTORY OF -POLITICS. A Reformer-in'Whom There is No Guile ! THE mnDHEAD ASD THE CAYAUER TOUGH ELBOWS ! Butler and Gar/ Pledge Ci? berlain in HOIKvcti words! . MIGHTY M?3CATT? ?!EN W*I?0 lAUCii OX THE OTHER SIDE Ob* TH Elli MOUTH : Blue Eyed Peace Hovers Unchange ably O'er t?e Scene I [From ibo Eclgefield Advertiser of Afi Rest 17th, 1876.] .On Saturday last, the Radicals of 22dgef:eld again essayed to open an .election campajga-pa campaign which, they hope, is to.give them a new liase of power over the lives, liberties and? jpoc&ts cC white men. On that day their triumph Tas to bud again-to bloom gorgeously in November next. Their magnates came, and all was ready-Chamberlain, Mackey, Smalls Hayne, Jillson. The local magnates bowed low before the great visitors. "The arrival was na a Hash of light 3niri?. The gods had had.cow? down .fros. Olympus. Belange* 4 rove . Chamberlain. Boney drove Mackey. -Jesse S cass drove Smalls. Harris . drove Jillson. Cain drove Hayne. .And the duped a&? benighted cecroe.? poured ia from every {joint of the tfO|^pas?. *?.efo.r? th,e sun was-fpur ?onr>- in''tue heavens, not ?etS ?sitia ?one Thousand were upon our streeis. Bar liarle.' What means that yell ? It. is the arrival of ona hundred mounted white men from the? banks Of Saluda. They come with no evil intent,' but simply tr watch thei. liberties. Eight years' Litter expe Ttience has taught theta ?f?at they .must so watch, or be eternally rained. .And-now they come from e. r. row:;.?i'ip in our broad County. "We have thirty Democratic Clubs, andj .-?ie demand of our Executive Com mit tee was that eashClub should be represented; on thia day by 25 mern .ber?, QtoUut'ed. Ami noble was the -response. Many Clubs came entire, ?aiid none wert laggard.. Seven hun dr??d mounted meu are soon among ios-cool and peaceful, cup determin ed. Ail our Business places, cf what fever character; .".re closed-as is ai?o .the case at Mee House and at John ston-and our etitira population give? iitsek* np to conscientes Democratic ?work. Our County must\>* r.edeem red, and no rann, any longer think* of Intciself alone. ' Meanwhile the Badical host is . steadily swelling, and by noon two itbou-ary? souls and a th?us?t^Z .horses - gagarjp the streets and environs cf JEdgefieldl 'f?ra meeting is to be\ iheld in the Academy gre va, and the -preparations are upon an imposing ?cale. The negroes have a band from : . -&iben, and .their procession ia huge ar.:! she ivy. They 'form a half mile - -i?*t ot town, on the Pine House road, and march ostentatiously through our s'rects. And nov. only they mareil, but they remarcii and countermarch. Th* Cain pageant of 1ST-*, with Chamberlain'* sacred person to maice^ ;up for the absence of a: ms, is to be ?-teated. But as we have already .said, the white' men of the soil ar..' determined that no such dangeroi'f jjjshlt shall ever again be perp?t*^ fc?ui Ari the Radical cavalcade? is about ?Nl?sfave the streets and tura tti^o the rjoac? ?hat leads, by th? Baptist Qt?fe^cji, ;to the Academy gnove, they ar-; met - by "seven hundred mourned white ih.^n, headed by G?nej-als G-iry and vJButJer, wjip calmly order them to .h-.-.'.i and let the white i&ec pass first. ';;They halt. And the Clubs G.U in front-reich thegrove first-dismount j ^_and ?juietly occupy two sides of the I speaker's' p.'al?srm-having first af fixed certai.: of their banners to thf ..same. The Radical precession ami sthei Radical host follow, and take '.i:heir place* on the remaining two H?sides. Gen. Gary, as Chairman of County Cluo. ia marshal of th IDc?mocratic force.-. He orders certain fof his young men in front, to try the, [platform and see whether it will bohl -^representatives of both partid? Tho itest ?3 made, and the platform, like most negro work, falls to the earth JHke a structure of straws. But stout democratic .anns soon set it up, and ?Pimultanecusly Gov. Chamberlain, kludge Mackey, Gen. Butler and f?ani \Gary mount it. Jillson, Cain and Jiouey stand upon the extreme eil^.>, but they s"ou vacate their narrow 1 foothold. Smalls and Hayne toft tin modestly among the band. Chum Lerlain looks as ii had been cut .down from the gallows. J.tdge .^Mackey,, the Qemo?rath} J iou dis-. ??U?aed-as ai'.Radicil sheep'?fcg, hus an .expression of face that reminds, ?na t.: the. lament ed lox. iii the panto if?me'pf Humpty-D m,pty;'Thc- situ . alibn is ludicrous in tue extreme ?enotrgh to make a dt?.d m ;n in his coffin laugh.!-and the white! ?h? accord shriek with irrepi but good aaturned mirth. Gen. Butler now rises, and. mirp.ble style, exhorts the wt order-and decorum. Gen. Gary that ?as Chairman of the Coun ec.utive Committee,' he had ii .Committee to.... ^ov.^Ciumb Judge Mackey, '-propos:? : the meeting should bj a jo:: and that the time should be e divided among Radical and eratic speakers. The Committe waiting long and patiently* kai informed that the Radical ma declined to share the time the Democrats. Gen. Gary tl. serts fhaTithe Democrats will th.e time of the m?eting,jor iKcr be no meeting. Gov. Cha ml and Judge "Mackey state thal misunderstanding must exist j ?hey are not the committee of ar: .,ment-bttfc that they are p?i willicg the ZLe??wg should be a one. Gen. Gary pfp&QB the s^me definite arrangement, ?sej Chamberian proposes that the sp.< shall be in* turn Eeptibdiya* Democratic, and that e^ci; ec shall be limited to a half hour, ie accepted as the settled plan. ??;?? now Gov. Chamberlain bi His face ?--it?t bears the gallow pression, and be ^tJSfthx more I whites than to the blacks: Efi up his half hour with English v. but says nothing-not an indiv ti ing that yon could lay your ? 1 upo?:. The negroes ate hoi 'montilted 8&i 5wS~ed. They into voiceless ??oo?i. 'il.- w ; press Gov. C. for an explana? his appoi?iimeht; of MeDevitC hjs persistent cojg^nuing hirn in c He ?i?j^ to evade the issue,-!: pressed to io?: ?a]|, and replies if any reliable Giti*ei> or Qitize Edgeiield mid represented fc? tUcDevitt's unworthiness, he w at fonce have displaced him. course tho crowd jeer sVabsn come-off as thi?. Ami nov Ci berlain is done, and ucu. "yjjflej gins. Gen. Butler has been the eu* .pf base misrepresentation and cal ay throughout the length and ure of th? tandi and especially ai hands of d ey, Chamber? tin him He has evidently p^fei*. for the portunity nbw before him. Jnftlc; out his righteous indignation, hie i talion, his scorn, his contempt, invective, in magnificent ?loque And throughout-even when ti ing .face to lace io Cham [ain and hurling the lie itu teeth-lie mair tains thorough i nicy, thorough gentility. Ic vain for us to seek to reproduce I zn*.-, e^tbar?rt of pride, passion, vective aaa Vy'^'/nmon. To ?tt?? to put it upon par.J., vv'dd b< vain as to attempt to repio'iuc ? i|h oj Ji..;.;:.:ng from heaven* excoriated the let Ima! j*irty, spirit, iifi record, its work. He raigned Chrit-aubcrlain, Smalls, ; Union Herald, the News a-?:? Cour in grandest style, -and prorioum Chamberlain and Smalls to th face? ti??; premeditated, malign*: liars. And now Judge ?tfaekc^ prises ; ri from this moment io the ead, j?--. ar;d badinage rule the hour. % I,-.ii v since the beginning of I BpeeclieSjnhjtform has fallen, en lime carrying imp ZiUdicals to i ground, and leaving the ?Ueruom*; aloft upon some sure plank or bea And at each fall, Jud ge Mackey 1 terssOme salient witicism that eau? the huge and swaying crowd toshri with laughter and applause. Ev the trees are full of people, and t niling, the badinage and the shot cf laughter como not only from eve side, r.w. :r;;o from above. And now ?GI.. ?ijr'v arises" am deafening cheers. Gen. Gary in rep ! vin g to Gc Ch a min.n ain ami Judge Mackey, r-a he v?s gi-id to welcome such ajsti gutshed '*i.c:.i;^rs to Edgefield, ai: was gratified at vs,* .^^nortunity heingable tn . participate, ii^z ; ri discussion of grave questions tom.-': ing liv: welfare of the commonwe i'll before a bem?j:a,tic and Radical at dience. He felt that it-? now had i his presence "foemen worthy of h steel." He had facetiously said th: Judge Mackey was a Democrat i disguise ?f/?ien the Judge began t speak, and he vs0ld leave it to, ti; audience if the latte* tuai*. ;;ot throw off the mask and was Ia*t tevuiun to his first political love. He wa particularly rdeased to see the n< grce- here to-day, not in order t make a political cpech to them, fo he had just as soon tb i ni: cf gingin psalms to a dead horse; not one -?t iinndred of them could define th difference between the Radical aa Democratic platforms. But ho wa gn? i i<> see ?hem, in tOfder that h ??ghu assure tiiei? i.Ui. ])?. noe cats dil not desire to return them Ly slaver when in power; they would not re enslave them if they could, and couh not if they would. As for himsill he believed slavery was a curse am 'digjit to the South, and that thei e?at?pat]toii was a blessing in dis guiso to beth % 'vito and black; tba he considered he Lii inherited om hundred and fifty of them by C?C de mise of slavery. He was engag ?i 15 .farming in partnership With them that th??y ^ot along amicably, am that both patitas had made som' money. The only thing he com plained of was that the Raf ea} lea.', ers were stealing it from them rindei the forms of law, in the shape o heavy taxation. Gov. Chamberlaii and his party had stolen from th* public crib until their hands had be come weary in taking from a depress ed people; and when the negroes o : ?olletOn and other Counties were bar<jirco!"ed. without clothes to hide their nakedness, and even starvation was bearing at ?tie ("leora of theil humble cottages, and the inmates ?i the Asylum were demoniacally cry ing.for bread, the reply cirae from the Governor and his administration " that there was not a dollar in the Treasury." At such * time as this, Governor Chamb?r?ai'n ' comes for tfsrd as the champion of Reform. If remin.?l'-J ?ie of the trick of the rogue, who cries ?top thje'f ?as he runs, I While he would not mak- an argu -ugmr=CA-~- i mm?-S3? J JI .-rujma men.t to them on 'politics, as he k thift they would not; under.-;aar and that they wer? . not banded gether as Radical?, but by tho stauet of race, still he would saj them ia all fairness,' that he was J ing to give thom ajp of their ri; and priv .'gos-, undei the lay, .^iift^rjie.d^y of. tht?. Jjvuzocraido t.y wa? open 'to them tb dome in, that the platform was not like*th of to-diy, too rotten to hold tl up ; but that it was strong eaoug hold alike white and black; that t wDtild.be takenin this County tne Methodists used to take in t members, by putting them upon months trial. When they pro their faith by their works, tliey-wc be iak.cn ?n'?Q full fellowship, would say that as tc tina fi^mria it would be conducted with the gr est forbearance and tenderness wards the ignorant negro massgs, with the most rigid . ri I strict aeooi ability to the leaders, giving a d ded preference to tho white car] bagger and tbe scalawag; the sec i object qf consider ..;ion would be i mia latices, a? ffe&f were hail' whi and thirdly, black ???"?5.05 jrUs v. Leading {heir race to destruction j every vhit- pof59ij killed, he burnt, o* pvopeVcy ii&Wllpjk leaders would by held fe a ?vi rt Vi oping. The tall poppies will be .. favorites; the rule of order that gi era* ii:; yb'.' be tue law of &cjf-pres\ ration, tba first a?d highest kua* amongst the laws'of mah. Tho ma crimes that fill the air prove that t government of South Carolina und the administration of D. H. Cha t bereft, ia a cheat, a fraud, and .V snare. Voil t?i? ?n&es - tl?*f~ ?gfj Mackay has iusttojcj you (nat ive! out of thc tiiii'tcsn of tho brit: jewels that formed tho Radical di dem of the South, have g3ne over the Democratic party, that thsy ha i Uc.: ios? to the .Radical party not! fraud, ?n??iii^ai>?V. br violence, b by the corruption of ?h?'Kaeunti 0? cials themselves, that in point ol' bl they have "rolled down:" And h?d expected the classic Judge cbnVpi?"?? tif,a p?c.ura Ly te?!;n?j he South Carotina, zot:'ary y?ici r-... hangs "like a ri??? Jewel i? ? rr, I- ' . MUiop s car. The last time I had the honor < addressing you, fellow-citizens, I ha Occasion to analyze the preterisioi of (Jnv. Chamberlain u3 a Reforme Tries* who'iViVov faa h eat j know it not my habit io say pslriptt any o<.e back, even in politics, W$at i w?uj not say to his taco, and for thia ia. son, 1 ara glad that the Governor her.?. I ds not propose to arraig him to-day (isidor charges prefer;;? by?? em bera ofrtJie Democrat?! ry, but will content myself with eal ing his attention an : yours to tho? wade by Judge Carpenter in. th ? late Radical! Convention, and b ?f!-??''.. ~l ".'" ": bis party since tbs lit. That ho was? Lils Lav; oit cer, responsible for the o normo ii increase of the bonded; debt of th Sr ti te. 2nd. Tua osdorsjfessi; of the B?u Ri ige ?.mds. 3rd. For the unlawful issu-; of th Conversion bonds of the State. 4'h. That being retained as th foi**?; ?fer these bonds, his part; exacted- a pledge ?vern him that h; would not during his admimsiat lion attempt to valid:-ie these bondi 5th. '.hat he borrowed sixty thou saud 4c}\&TS '?y campaign purpose ?rom the Jiank of ii... dy Solomon and that was the leason cf his mali ing the deposits of the State ii that bank, in tho teeth of the ad vice of Cardoz?j that the bani: wa unsound. Gib; That he drafted a Tax bil and repu liated it when it prover to be unpopular, and, that this Taj bid was the highest ever known tli!" St;;r.e. To a:i ot :;:u.'.? ~r,r'ft charg?s bc diu not pretend to make any answer, but with the skill of tl e sophist, hi answered charges thal had not been made and left unnoticed those that hi? .?bnfed< 'tesin:v^?i riv had;charge ed against .?..,. ?<it of all these great jobs he has grown enormously rich, ana now assumes the role of a reform r, politician and gentleman ; and i:i id.: dassjh Jvn'.dish he speak? about the ci^ib/.atioti cf th'a Bound head and Puritan, the Cavalier and Huguenot being imperiled, when in old " pals" Moses arid Whipper are elevated ?J the bench of the Jud mi ry c.' ?his State. lit; is a nice m.ir. to speak cr c;y:li" itiou of any people being imperiled, ito g ive us a splendid ex impie of his civilis ttion when he dragged the ti tme of his' wife, into bis speech before the Con vention o: Jvu?&? negroes, whi! carpet-baggers, wliUc coat&wags, and thieves and robbed gt n er ally, and said that bm for tter inspiration lie would have fal te reo and stained the record ? His record was so black at chat time, that the face of the black est cf hi;: negrvJ'fol.'pwerswould be as white ais thrt'\'1s;:o,7 flake apon the river' m comparison { and l;e ?s the pet Reform -r of F. YV. Dawson, the chivalrous ? iitor ot the Nf ."? end Courier. Who appointed J. H. M ?Deyitt Treasurer for this County? D', ll. Chamberlain. lie said in his speech that no one ever asked him to remove >.vdi lyi'.t. Gen. Birth r bas just told you that both Gov. Bonham r ad himself waited ui en him, and i sked foy the KKndval of J. II. MpJjevitt. There he sits, D. H.j convie.r i :?; thp presence of bis col ored friend.; of at? ua^u?lilled He, and he an asp?rant a second timo for the Gubernatorial Chairof this State, that he has already so disgraced and dishonored. Bat this is not the only lie he bas j told. When charged with going to i the city of Washingtontohave troops sent to this State, he lied about it shamelessly, and lias involve! bis blend, "the Christian Editor," in hot waiev. Ile has been charged by members of his party with getting up the Hamburg riot ia tho ii. j of the i londy shirt mill, in order to ; : build up bis failing fortunes; and I '?? . believe that he bas been properly so i charged: and bis confederates were : ' Pi B. Elliott, E??nry' Sparnick, S. J. Lee, tonis Schiller, and Sam Spen cer. He is like thc Jew in the play ; lie loves these wars became they pu 'rooney in bia purse, and sustain h: rotten political fortune?, Well thigh Judge Mackey have added tin*. Kc publicanisra had rotted down in wi State, and that the stench had reach ed the nostrils o; the people of th jfrjt? States, regardas of .all pay : ;. -A : '.*..*: . lue mea oi^C^v. Chamberlain af] vacating Reform ! It is -.. ell that hi colored friends here have lowered hi banner of " Chamberlain and Re form." I tell him the day of th carpet-bagger is over. The bummer of Sherman's army must begin t seek their native holes, and our ex emplary Governor had better b3 gin to pack his carpetbag, for he wi! soou have to quit eating South Caro Jir.a rice, and rgtuyq tp Ma^aclptjsett Un ?i-e he ?kn enjoy pod? di, and rea his children ur.der a podjjsh aristo crapy. The civilisation of tho Cay iilioi?. and E'ugu?'?o? will 8'?on be tc> hot for him ; and whenever he take his departure, the people of Sont] Carolina will utter after him th malediction cf the poet, "Accursed bc tho man, Who. Qwbs );:..; jrrCatuesj io bis country*! "'TO-'1 Gen. Gary having concluded, jfudgt Jtjackey jumps quickly to thc front Cf th,; j?i'&fonft and etatea to th? crowd that ito ha.; risen to defetii Gov. Chamberlain against certain grosi and unwarrantable charges just mad? against liim by Gen. Gary. But lom cries arise on all sides of "Down Down !" " He has had his half boni ami said his say." " Down ! Down !' Gen. Gary himself cries '"Down Down !" and the hubbub rises high cnd'i?v!m!rn"v.-?become tfcniuUt* cu-. /vc lui- ?r?sis, jtfes. Du ti er, ^ whoso voice the crowU 'always 'be comes hushod, springs into the breach and proposes that Judge Mackey be allowed to proceed, upon conditio:; that he (Gen. B.) be allowed to an swer him. The storm is quelled, and Ju9ge LIack?7 proc?ods in his de fen o c f * Ci: ; t m b e Ha i?i, * Which defence is ?ame and sophistical. 'Bat in it there is a beautiful and delightful : a-.- re. . f t is wtoye hp atiasijs. his jndiciAl bather, "tj'udge Carpenter, 'jth gloves c;j:, a:; i pvjh the 'bide from llfij jfihino?arD?* body aa on-; WOUld^cl ft t'-aai'a, \V? know o i : othih'g pleas;.i,ter than to hear these Radien! magn?tes vii ii fy each other, ?udge Mackey boldly charged upon ?J'adge Carpsriter all the disorder, ?-',. :;..,t.,^"'V;r.d pprr^pijoti that have prevailed ir. Bdg'euel^ dr, ri ?lg the i .vc:. Ic;i;r or tm yea;;:. By this tina; ins flatform ha? be come a ?hr?nic ir.etined plane-or.* "?jd repi'?sehtiug the top of n h?b tba oiUi iU base, Judgu M?okey occupies.a preeariona footing on the sn mm it, while Gen. Butler sits upon the plank ia front of the stand. tn? . .'. for the sp'eaker to lean upon, with bisT-vetrdahgiing i:(i ^b^air. A.ni] ? 'a- ?ivli'e isclo.-.n*a a:uT?ni?l peroration, tfown ?ho wh?de structure, viilj a cragy crash, prone upon motlier earth, Judge Mackey falls itpbh Iris feet, but locks as if he had boon Suddenly dropped from the, top ai Morjit Blano- Gen. lintier r'?ni tins percfheel aloft, ai.vi laughing immoderately, eries out. ''Lo, my friends.! a good omen. The Radical is Hat and tho democrat is high !" Aad the vast-crowd again shriek with laughlen, and salute Gen. Biit-lei upon Iiis perch as '. Sitting hull.'' "And now Gov. Chamberlain," who hat,long'been clinging to aspar of the wreck, turns.taii and slowly retires in the diieciion of the town. Small* follows,* Jilso;: ml?pws; blayne fol lows, Cain and Sim ki ns lodow. tia. hand follow, iha Radical horsemen follow; the footmen follow, the wo men follow, the children follow, th? wagons and carts: follow. And they ail go-and stand^not upon the order of their going. They go quickly, in ignominy and abasement. Nor dd they stop. The negroes strike otu foiwons!}- f.;,. lit,,::; ^isfrr.t hotnes in avery quarter; whim th? Colombia hero'.-s mount their chariots and hie away to the sweet security of the capital, Edgefield feas tor them nc stiil waters nor pastures green. No? will ev-jr have again ! A L?TVL? rlN^Y, The &r:ti>j)? Oid ttilla a story on Col. ?Othran, the temporary chair man bf ila' late State t?ouyention, and Gen. Kennedy the permanent chairman, which amounts to a fail and laughable hit. IL was substantially as follows: On' the assembhxge of dole.; '.les, Gen. Kennedy, tia.; chairman of the Exe cutive Committee, arose and moved ra fit Cob Cot ii ran take the chair, .vii-a..;.' .:; th? Gjqlohe] returned lib thanIv4 Voi- the lettering and iinex liec?id ['.> honor,nod then redd a mos! app r ip ri ate add ress! Upon the permanent organi??ti?? of lae Convention, Gen. Kenned) being elected chairman, returned lui thanks for the most unexpected honor conferred upon him, anil took his ad dress out of? his pocket and JV?. 7 it amidst much applause, etc. Thi; laughable crux cr ?licor uni makes i -arv for the parties to "riso anti explain." Thc cod-fish aristocracy of Nev York are greatly excited over tia announcement tu it the M?rqftis c Lorne is to be Governor-General o the Dominion, The idea 'of bavin; r.s next door neighbor a " sure enough' live Prince.-:.-, a daughter of tin Q.ueen of England and Empress o India, quite overpowers the " dea creatures," and snobbery once mort smooths its wrinkled front. What ; time the Princess will have when sh. is honored by the presence of tia cod-fish ! It will be famous. Brinj in another horse !.. A Canadian paper cay?, that as th telephono makes it possible for sound to be canned the same aa beef; lol sters; fruit, caa, missionary Hermon mighj b ! uoc$.e8 and sent to the Sou t Sea island.') ready for the table, it: stead cf lae missi?naVics fKcms?lv?i ?4 GEN. MARTIN \J? ad er of th For tho Advertiser. THE' YOUNG ?AKD'S LAMENT. A' contributor-author of much "Spring Poetry,." and poetry cllicr wisc-having sent many "gems of purest ray serene," to this effice, which were kindly and considerately consigned to i he vaste basket, be oom-s disgusted; and frith the true spinfcoj "If at llrst you don't succeed, try, try again," and with a determi nation to show us that iie must and will warble, appreciated or not, sends ua the following, dadicated to the wren : Sw?e^v?ubelost little twittering wron, Ypn? ?tinp inusi ooaa . cociiarm, tho glen. Fo&'asyvn twiit?;- 'Vom your (ten, Your neighbors s;iy Your simple notes have weary been. I ' To them all day. And why sing twitter ritter ree, All tho-Tlay long with such agloo? Those notes can add ho charms to thc c , Or tc the ear ; ?) .sides the others that wc seo, We'd rather hear. Tho mocking bird with varied song, With sweet, mJUniunns nous among, Can scarce amuse tY:o oar ...<> long As one short day. Then why ?djoulil you tho oar so wrong, ' In snuli a way ? Now eenie ! suppress within your "breast ! Your song must in oblivion rest ; Tho world now weary doth rei.nest You io bc still ; While thu mock-bird, will? niusic blest, Tiie air doth lill. '?'he little wren with speckled breast, With morry mirth upon his ehrest, j StiU iv.'i it. .,.??; i .owen in,. iu.ei.y neat, And noter replied ; ' .Jut sung his lihlo ones to rest, S .. :-atb ti vd. Now, v. rt to you, young simple bard, Tho worn! seems weary, eold and hard, When yon uo heurt can moue, regard T!>e simp?o wron ; lie sine::, ?iii t'jay'without r:.v.:,rd - IIow happy then. HAMPTON'S RENOMINATION. SJUIC Spccintcu Couinu-nls from the Northern Press. Fiornlhc New YorkHcrald. I The Democracy of South Carolina x ?J ? ' * . ? ? -j have strengthened themselves before; th? country by renominating Gover nor Hampton. From (h-J J'.'-Haitr'ji/iiu T.'nu:;. lifter all the opposition of the Bourbon element to the Hampton policy, the South Carolina Democrats in convention assembled have given Governor Hampton's administration an oyerwhelmincindorscment. They went even further anti rea ;i pa ed the political rights' of the freedmen in unmistakable terms. It would have baen better^ if the convention had stopped j - st ' there. The name of i Hampton is platform enough. His I course hus given them their strongest ! ottTm 10 C-TV: lenee, and when'they turn in other paths they leavo a tow.? er .of strength behind t hem. Fr?rix tUc N. V. Ttoaiiiiy Pqet. Whatever opposition there may bc j to Governor Hampton and hi? liberal ! views among some of the up-country 1 South Carolina Democrats, none o1 ! this opposition was manifested in the I State Convention yesterday, and the I whole of the State ticket was reitom ; inated by acclamation, on a platform i which reaffirmed the liberal views ex ; pvessed by the South Carolina Demo ; crais.in 1S?G and with which Gover : nor Hampton's course bas been en 1 tirely consistent. Governor'Hampton : lias demonstrated that ho is a much ' more influential Democrat than is tho editor of the Edgefield Afh'c?{is?\ ! whcse utterances the stalwart Re ! publican newspapers of the North ! are fond of quoting; If President Hayes".'; plan of reconciliation is to j be tested by ?be rcs::!: in South Car ? blina, the people will pronounce it I thus far successful, F-rovji thc Na? Yor'z IHir.c-. ? IP. the State Convention of South ; Carolina Democrats, held at G?l?m ! bia yesterday. Gen. Wa le Hampton ' and ail the State officers who have i acted with him w?re renominated ' without opposition. At the same time I a series of resolutions were adopted^ I which, for gush and inconsistency-, ,*out'.?... fvny ~-p*~-vife* ^ i^&eontjj? i made tn the sacqe direction. Afte;* ! the usual ^eaniog?e?? declarations tc j tile effect that the Government must be based upon equal aral exact jus tice to all citizens,?without regard to j race or color, the Democrats are urged to work together in harmony ; fusions with I publicans and Independent movements are denounced, and im migration from all tau ts of the world invited, it is just possible that- the invitation, would meet with more fa vorable attention were it not accom panied by a clause in which Congress is requested toso amend tue statutes that the outlaws of the up-country may not Le further "irritated," and Presi'Jent Hayes urged to grant am nesty to the illicit distillers. The platform is not one to inspire confi dence in the men who framed or in ; dorse it. - - KAINE? CX H'S TRAVELS. I J. II. Rai ney, ?'ne colored mis Pep. ', resentaiivo ol' South Carolina in Con-' i gress; has gone to Michigan to " aid i the Republicans of that State in the j i cav?oai?n." Eu route he was inter ; viewed by a reporter for tiie Spring field JRcjnibiican, arid milked easily and freely. Ile modestly disclaimed I being the only sober member of his \ committee at tito close o! Congress, ; and said his white associates had simply taken in a " little tonic" to strengthen them for their labors. He ?pou2 patronisingly of Gov. Hatnp ! ten Mas a high and pure-minded man, ; working tor the interest of the State," j and said lie " esteemed him very much." The reporter of the paper j that so recently and so grossly slan dered the people of the up-country I of South Carolina was naturally arix j ious to learn if Congressman Rainey's o; inion of that section coincided with j the Jlqj-JjU-.'i-.nc. He was doubtless1 j gratified to find that it did. Raihey ; had no hesitation in expressing his ; disapproval of the people of the np I country. He knows that they are ' clay eaters; "as a geueral thing they ; are densely ignorant, much mor? so I in many case? thafu the colored p?o? ! pie, who ot course look down on tliem> All tiley care for is enough ! to eat and whisky to drink; their , ?arms-if, by a stretch of charity, [ you call them farm-:-are most slov enly kepi; their habitations very often barely standing, and their whole surroundings suggest dirt aud neglected opportunities. These, peo ple hate the negro. The Edgefi???j Advcrf.it rand kindred papers only reflect tho sentiment of their follow ing', wlu-n they talk of hanging and shooting the colored man rather than allow him to vote, or associate with him in the caucuses." "I don't see ! what else you can expect but mental ; deterioration. No, you needn't look ? for reform, political or social, from m Kar, auch regions aa Bellefield and Abbe- , ville counties." , I It i?i indeed distressing that the up-country of South Carolina finds . no favor in r.he sight of Congressman i, Rainey, and that this ignorant and corrupt barber J apprentice, whose proper place is ori the chain-gang, i should despair of anv reform being effected in the political and social condition of Edge-field and Abbeville counties! Rai ney has doubtless a feeling recollection 'that but for the , noonie of the up-country he and such"' as he would stili have control of the government, and rule and, yob. as th\c-y '. . eli 1 r*i t::t^;ars'^yf'or?S"an'd~<Strn:ra- ' t berlain-the days also of low-country j compromise and fusionism. He knows ihat his termof ofiie will soon be over, and he naturally hates those whose j bold aud manly struggle with cor- ? ruption in 1S7G makes his re-election an impossibility. Probably, too, he ( bad seen the It?puldi?ansslanders''of ?ii the un country of Carolina, and ?1 thought to earn a good " notice" by j ! corroborating them. In this he cor- j tainly succeeded.-Chronicle and , Constitutionalist'. j WHAT IS ?0CR BOY BEADING \ 1 Near one of'the loveliest villages in , North Carolina, lived a widow and | her two 59ns. Tito younger was j ? standing on the border land between . boyhood and maahcod. He was fond ( of books, and was allowed fo read . whatever came in his way. Some of his relatives and friends were readers of sensational stories. The life of a noted London robber fell into the 1 hands of the boy. His imagination 1 was fired with the prospect of sudden < wealth. In this state of mind, his < uncle employed him to go with a ; wagon to Old Fort. Now it happen- \ ed that a wealthy miner came from | Pennsylvania) and did not wish to ; he hurried by a mail coach ; but ( preferred a slow wagon in order that ( he might search for metals by the < way. With his line watch, diamond ] rin^s aud precious jewels, he trav- 1 eled with the boy, and they camped \ under a beech on the grassy banks of .] the swift and shining Swannano... 'l The hoy and miner were in a solitary < pl-tee, and the devil (whose way had 1 already been prepared by a corrupt 1 example) suggested the death of the " old mau and the possession of his 1 treasures; The traveler was killed \ \ and fastened in the river, under the ? i roots of a tree. The dead man's j friends instituted investigations, and j finally found some of the miner's ? treasures in the pockets ot the bey. ] Tiie body was also washed to a shat- ] low place, and murder was manifest. [ Tho widow's son was tried for mur der. Able lawyers defended him, < and tho friends ol' the murdered man j spared no expense to secure his con- j viction. Ile was found guilty. Pos- ] sibly the Governor might have grant- ? ed a pardon, or eommuted his sen- ? fence. But just then it Was deemed : important to convince Northern men finit they might come South with , perfect safety, and to make visitors 1 to the mountains feel that they ? might go there with a certainty cf protection- The rashness of youth was treated as the deliberate purpose ? ! of mature manhood, and the roaring : waters of the French Broad sounded 1 the funeral dirge of the dying boy as I he suffered the extreme penalty of ? his only orime.-OicforH Oiyfwris ' j f?tnul i' .' . , ? An Interesting Letter Froiii Oar J?oiTcspwiteii, ? fl lim Shores of New FOI????'???L HE REACHES .GLASGOV/ ! E. K. THE KING OF SPE??Lt?ffS'! The Eclipse On The Water. I [From our- Iie>/ul'irCorrrxno>ldc>>r.) NEW Yontc ILvr.r.oi:, V. Saturday July'13!h. LS7S... j' "If 1 talco ihr> wines ol'th?? ?tornin?*! und dwell hi ibo uttermost p.u'W pf ?!i<? ?ea. nv?n thor? Thy hiii?d idoiM lead hh'v mid Thy fight hand sh;di hold mo." - '.'.'iii sail in ,a few raompnts for Glasgow, Scotland. The EthiorJa,-of thc Anchor Line, is an iro:i .?hip. Some showers an/T some sunshine to-" lay. My feeling ^ar'e li ?ce tho weather. Looking, to thc South; my. ?ycs are blinded by tears : )o?)uirg> Eastward, my very soul is li ILM wi;h joyful anticipations. A little after three o'clock, the noble steamer.be jias1 to plew the briny w.ive?. As we ipr roach tho gates of the'ocean, tn?1 mn prevails over the eloora on every; aand. It was very kind of the stew ird to announce dinner before any Dne had time to become sea-sick. Floating.palaces are famous for their dainty dishes. And now the pilot leaves us as the hills of America be> gjn to vanish from our straining vis lo a. How we aro isolated t No mat ter what may happen outside of our vessel, we-shall know nothing about lt for the next week or ten days. Weare', ilmost tempted to pray for our daily paper. The Hying cutwater, how ever, is not a solitude. Travers, mu-w =ic, books and conversation break thc monotomy ot the scene. New thoughts too excite the waste places of the brain. AT SEA, Sunday, July 14; A fair day, except some fog in the forenoon. A winter coat and a light overcoat fail to keep me warm. Fine bracing weather to be sure. Fond of: water, I ought to have, been a sai i orv A squall, however, may cast a dam ner upon my enthusiasm^ 1 like the ?cevn o? the vessel. There the. view, towards the "Palmetto State" is on-'; obit ru.: j i : there the motion pf the ?amer thrills every vein with do-" light. Every baby loves its cradle md every youth likes .a swing ; and why shouid advancing age object-fo lioing rocked by ';0!d Ocean's" be lows ? Eat sen-sickness ! Many a physical infirmity may be expelled Dr at ?ci'.s? modified, by asimple exe?-.-.' lion of the will. Preaching to-day by Mr. Muuh?ll, who was in Angus ta and Oolurobia last spring. "Ter liv, verily, I say unto you, he tflafc believetb on me hath evei-iasting* ?ife." John, c. vi; v. 18. Mr. Mun- , ball is quite a gladiator in the use 'of the Gospel sword. Earnest and .per-1 masivo, he leads the doubtful soul ti>. t'ne "-Rock of Ages.".. Oh ! a novel: sight. A ship sails across tb e. facet of., the moon, while yet its"lower,limb was clinging to the water. This ?ciipse is not found in any* of the il manaes. . ... ': IN THE Gfi.F STr.Tc.ur, f Monday, July 15. j Calm and warm. How helpless1 x? would now be without steam.. No*? lost time for the want of atmospheric'/ currents. No stoppage at ?talions of lepota: And yet the voyage already =eem3 tedious. Han tue world all turned t? water ?' I see np'fch?ng itt ;he distance to remind'me bf the rocks' md the dirt, except a bevy of Motbey kasey's chickens. Mystery and 'sup-i ?rstition have invested these plnut-r' )ms of the creat deep with a sort of poetical halo. How they rest, and srliere they make their nests are joestioii3 yet to be answered. At a ittle distance, these ' birds resemble ;he swallow. To-day there :was- a ypVC?&l introduction among the mera-. 3ers of our party; about tilly in num ber. The World's Conference of'the * \ ' '?Xi* A Vonng Men's Christian Association, with the help of God, may do much ,o break down the walls of prejudice, md thus . enlarge the borders ol leace; Honest men are oft blood mirsty like Paul, or wrapped up in selfishness like Jonah. At twilight, [ feel homesick, but not seasick, [lope is a bright star. . . QFF CAPE RACE, Tuesday, loth. ' Chiily, windy and half-cloudj^. ")h ! a scene in. the Easteru horizon ;,o be remembered. A white sail'on' ['ne right, each equi-distant from the" line of our advance. .Symmetry, sublimity; and a touch of romantic^ Interest enter into this, evanescent nictur-e. The fire-place is to tho right of my place at the table ; and rn DIV left, Master Harry Lavai, of Columbia, S. C., eats,' laughs., chats md helps his Edgefield friend to ? favorite dish. Harry.,and his father, W. A. L ival, Esq., are the only-C*-" D?nians I could lind on board t! c Ethiopia. Other friends hav.'Idb aov?rod, but. there is no place like home for heart-felt sympathy, and g genuine regard. A sp?l?ing-beemay b?e made very abusing. ? was dr.r-ii ' {Contiuned ou our l''mr.-ih-l\i,jr.'\