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- -- - N. DL AFO HE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. N AD yi A ,)- . : WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1868. NO 45. DNESM RY MDi - destat - ent gpes and I : yora je~g ,to he omitted in tomiyour mind, - fhitofefons te arroneous ia Sua a o pro tpt4egoaR' thas sTh- white ~eo SCaroipa ,ara eor rsorts D ileiee an4 innocen and ,an= eg oes and prominent .tadc prty, and adeny.te;authe~ r c t aeto e negroes, and pre them frojn -oting at the en ae intro Stelarge quan rave charges tea who'arc ea:ed tare founded p rde daily. re y in which th xte f'ies. 4pfrl3author ee and aithful in .i ear,e of their duties, and W:l of *eat1eetate tol h _ dthe iean, atlyw to overome re ~ ~41batheesponsibility conseae ,however dis a~eda teast who pro 4 St1ft~tbdoenkme$ thea res e ent~s *t*f ed in your procla e .t the E;tecat've aa~ 6%t~ir cn * II tass Your state adf oledeo hoave 6tdenied ; but p Qeope erall beunerstood, is denied R*~tV%. 1ildno t 6 under msiYig, or as counte * , exeept where they 4~On coYtnitted in self-de hat.mean to .say is, the'e can or- cannot aine have >pro~by rthearties who VOL'. --Tho =istic 'rO , as ' now: known, the Coun'y-in which the i -writr lives, -has" athe misfdr tune to-buv've bee- ydft nder the I ban:both b military -eammanders < and asr-poi appears,- by the civil < ; hoita? whie, ba.eteeeoded. < ?igsuepassidferw'd -in her bealf. gieroese to r6eall some < facts which may have escaped fu nr niorg,iif-they were ever Broug to' your ncffee. The bloodiest tragedies that i dre enactpdihthis County 1 since the war, we tho'i in which f negroes were the actors.: Let. me t bring to your mind the cold-blood ed, diabolical -uni-Ser of Lemuel r Lane, perpetrated at the cur of t midnight, while he was asleep in - his bed, when his son and a young t man sleeping with hi wei e seized, . hurried off and, tied to as tree when his wife was stricken on-the head with a pistol, and -his daugh- i ter had to fly in her night clothes i to'the wBoks for safety.1 Wl o commiitted these hellish eeds ? Do ydu remember that < the deed wag pl9tted and execu- I tedb , a sg. of eight o en-~-an" ~the chief instiga- i tor was onie ofhis employees, liv- 1 ing in his yard ? Did you ever =ear of the-murder of James Cure- 4 ton a highly respectable-cftizen of 1 itsDisi Ays~egodes,; in the hour of midnight-when his little soneepipg. by his side, was shot and maimed for life? .Who did this? A band of negroes, some i thj biMtf,I;As ft -Is said who - organized into a.,company within 1 -the corporate lints of the- town Cf, of Avberry, (while -a garrison was there,) andiarme4 'gith guns, marched t rough -ihe.eountry, five manr cigEiiiheir victim, and other eitiGs, hot ho desi from the further pi-6ecntion of their ] bWoodypurppse -wben the alaten M s,giten? .,Did you eve-~ h~ehr th%t-some of the perpetrators of this deed were arrested, tukonto Columbia under a ;military gt}rd, made their escape, returned to ,.Ugp rrib u-rer . par t,iipated.:ia.the murder of Lane ?1 Did-you ever bear of .the military inarder-of tepop iena, AtNee berry, by aportion-of' '.towbridge's command, who used his1trife upon a negro ir1protpetinTg ladies under his charge-fromeinsftlt, and inflict ed a slight wound;npon him-and for this, in the early morning, was tried by a drum-head- court mar tial, condemned and shot, covered slightly With the sod, whic- was beaten dow'n by the feet of his slayers, dancing and singing a say age ditty ? Did you ever hear of the mur der of Mr. Whites, a poor widow of this'C h b egro, who 3rkisideuseBOin the night time and Nbininitted the horrd rimne? Did yom ever hear of the rce dirmitted:sinee the war, by negr6 jpon1 therson of a re apible white-woman ? Did you eer'hear of the murder of the gailant Eerbert, by a negro, who had stolen -his horss, and had been rrjZted idhise,and who was shiar iug %iiregd wa pritby tbeseidg? ,.;1d.yoa ever hear ofahy burneina of Wair's house, ndrjN ifif>ry by a *ortion of -the garrison at that p1lace,.. because a young man in charge of hie-premises, in his ab sen;oe, fired igpon and wounded a soldier who had taken his proper ty and would not be arrested by him-when the proprietor -was seized.and lodged.in jail, as well as the perpetrator of the deed ? Uave you.everdIward of other cases of arson-which have takenu place in our midst, under circumstances which leeL no doubt, that tbe per petrators were negroes ? ~-Have you ever heard that in 1866, dui rig the night, a considerate por Stio-of that to-wn was-laid in ashes byineen4aies, befieved to..liave ben nrees'tesie co-adjutLors ? If you have not beard of these ontam si.tn itwould.ewellfor rou to have some regard to the an naxim, "audi alteram paftem." wi You say that peacefniand unof- I t 'ending citizens are murdered in po old blood, and the murderers not Di )nly permitted, but aided to es-. th ape fromjastie," . I an There may have been instances >f the kind you nention7 in this pa District, but they have&been rare. for Che punishment inflicted upon of. of 'enders against the law has been, jin wo doubt, in some cases -summary an L1d disproportionate o the of- vic ' ce, but in a: majority- of cases, thi here has been provoeation. a l I do not propose in this comma- sir iication to enter into a defence of evi be people of Newberry, against ha dl the acts of violenee- that have by yeen committed here;'iy princi- ha )l object being merely 'to call wi our Excellency's attention to the ba naxim audi atteram partem." Take di, ;he most recent case of.violence in str ,his District-the murder of Lee th Tance. What were the circum- sul stances.? A difficulty ook place )n Saturday, the 17th. istant, be ween a freedman named Dogan nd one Murtishaw, in 'which the tb ormer seized the bril-reins of on the horse of the lattei and drew fiv is -pistopon him. The bystand- th rrs interfered and stopped the dif- lai Culty. That. riight' about 10 ca: )'c=k;while Murtighaw was ri- an ling homeward through town, in th ompany with two oter citizens th -quietly, so far as the-omunity 'ga is info ned-the pai rasfred m: rpop' volley of t41e or f}f- sei te gans,procCdingmQin behind po s. cose pi"ak'fence; and severely sn vonding Din. Ward. The party ex Firing, iniiediately ikd and con- ra :ealed themselves. Tiinextm:trn- ny fda.it= of a'.little. b,egro, who in raade- afficavit that. Dogan used aan lanuage implicating himself n St the affair. When he- .wis ttken ini tq jail,a povei#ent; has! pnadi by in a ero of "nego'ocs, +learly ifld'i- ht; ating .that they intended his of rescue, but which was . prevented to by the timely interferene, of- citi- of rserW. tane o t during the day that armed negroes were seen ge 3ming out of the house of Lee of Tance, the head of.- ~loyal eQ League at this place, a shor't time for befdre the. party were fired upon, 01 and an affidavit was- made to that fe: ffect. This party was afterwards is seen, and- it transpir ing the s& night that Lee Nance Wvas one of to the gang of conspirators. And hte, th too, no doubt, -would; have bedn or> arrested next day, but early in the M morning ho was shot and died w: thatnight. This is a short his- pe tory of this deed of violence, not St justified4in the eyes of the law, but attended by the palliating cir custnces which I have stated. He, no doubt, organized and head. L ed the party who fired. upon the fo three white men who were leav- to ingtown..P The writer of this article would lo be far from justifying citizens in w takingthe law in their own hands, 'P except in self-defence. He has ei ever advised against anything of ti the kind. But before a whole b2 community is;te be. put,' under the hi ban, he~ would' beg jhose in author- eI ity to.heed thie maxim, audi~ .alte- a ram partemf. This article has .ggne beyond gl the length I proposed-in the out- ei set, but I have been led to extend tC it, because I feel satisfied that the s authorities- of the State are giving ' ear to unprincipled.gjen of both le coors. - There is in Ethe town of fe Newberry, as at other places, un principle-coloed men, who have ni sprung to the head.of these Loyal ~ Leagues, and who are poisoning a' the minds of the negroes and ar raying them again~ the whites. c They have - their- centres at our towns and villages-they are the j( mischief-nakers, diguirbers of the M peaee, promoters of strife and vio- i lence. The best th4n in my judg ment, -that your . Exfellency could la do, would' he to ca 1 upon these Rl eoe to disband terlagues, te I cultivate peace and harmony th the white race. I believe that ruly represent the feelings and icy of the white people of this strict, when I say, that it is %ir earnest desire~to live in peace I harmony with the negro race. [ beseech, your Excellency to ase long, and consider well, be e yuu place-arms in the hands the people. There is .till left the State co*servatism enough. I patriotism- enough; to: arrest lence and restore harmony, if real people are allowed to have oice in her ;cuncils. They de e an end to be put to violence ;rywhere. Lefyour Excellency ce corifidence i.ithe citizens who their intelligence ,and wealth, e a right to be heard, and all [l be well. Let the counsels of I men, adventurers, -and evil posed negroes have control, and ife, and it may be blood, will. be result. God: forbid such a re t A CITIZEN. The Congressional Result. he election returns indicato It the Deniacraey have gained e iember of Congress inIndiana, e in Ohio, and two, perhaps ree, in Pennsylvinia. In the iguage of the Nashville Ameri i, this is a .gratifying result, d gives encouragemetit to hope at the remaining States .to vote is fall will gise such - ditional ins as will- reduce -th,-radical tjority in - the 'House of Reptc itativcs below the two-thirds int. 'Thiswil bet valuable re lt. It will: -'pevent'that body ercising in conji nctidii with the fical Senate the absoliite tyr-n it has lately wielded.. There g p -sgid aerte- members New YoilF and. West .wginia, d sufficient; from the Southern ates to accomplish this end. An famons systemof gerrymander ; in Indiana and Penisylsania, s alone -prerented the- decession ahalf a dozen more Deinocrats the Spartan band on the floor the House t The election of that~ gallant ntleman, Daniel W. Voorhees, Indiana, is matter Qf special agratulation, as is also .the de t of the notorious Ashley, in o. Mr. Vallandighimt was de Lted by less~ than 500, and this not to be wondered at,,when it remembered that his competi e was Sehenck, the Chairman of e Milta'yComnaittee, and sec d member of the Ways and cans, connected by marriage th. the.. whiskey ring, and dis nser-general of pickings .and ~alg.-PheiUZx. HANDSOME -PREsENT.-Mr. Geo. .Childe, of the Philadelphia ~dger, 'on the eve of his departure r Europe, from which he- hopes return early in January, lately rchased a large ,and handsome t in the Woodland Cemetery, bich e has presented to the diladelphia Typographical So 3ty. Tho presentation of the ,le-deeds was made last Saturday Chief Justice Lewis, who had mself formerly belonged to the aft. His address was gracefully knowledged by Mr. Durborow, 'esident ofthe society. Mr. Childs i.ve a sumptuous diinner in the ening, at the Continental Hotel, which some forty of his friends t down. Mayor McMichael pre led. he guests represented the ading public interests and pro Bions of the city, with a large termixture of gentlemen- con cted with its journalism. Mr. cMichael made Mr. Childs the *bject of the first toast, which as responded to by his friend r. Furman Sheppard. In the ,urse of the evening the company ere varous$ly. addressed by -Col. >hn WForney, Mr. L. A. Godey, r. Daniel Dougherty, Mr. Wil im V. McKean, Mr. W. H. Gatz er, Col. Thbomas Fitzgerald, -Mr. illian Prescott Smith, of Mary nd, Mr. Henry C. Carey, Gen. obert P'atterson and Dr. R. Shel n Mkenzie. To the People of South Caro lina. FELLOW CITIZENS : As members of your State Executive Commit tee-a - body which represents nearly every white citizen of South Carolina-we feel it our duty to invoke your earnest ef forts in the cause of peace and the preservation of order We beg.you to unite with.is in repro bating these recent acts of vio lence, resulting in the death of Martin, Randolph and Nance, by which a few lawless and reckless men have brought discredit on the character, of ourpeople,though provocation in these ,ases may have been given. No cause can prosper which calls murder to its assistance, or which looks to as bassination for success.- "The idea of assassination," said George Mc Dufflie, is so absolutely abhorrent to all the feelings, the Christian feelings of modern times, and of such pernicious tendency, that I feel it to be my duty thus unequi vocally to express my utter ab horrence of any proceeding that may have the remotest tendency to suggest it. Such a course is not only obnoxious and abhor rent to every honorable man, from its moral atrocity, but from its political tendency." Listen to the words of that pa Ariot, which seem to . come from his grave, to warn the 'people whom he loved so devotedly. We can add nothing to the weight of this great authority. We can only appeal to you, to support the laws, to.preservc the peace and to denounce those crimes wiich have so...ecently been -committed ir some portions of our State. We j_ h9h;fof. the conserva tiro and law-abiding portion. a the' people, who coistitute, we feel assured, nearly our entire white population, and in their name we express emphatically our abhorrence of such acts; and we pledge ourselves to give all the assistance in our power tc suppress them.. We adjure all who'love their'State, of-all classes: white and black, to be peaceable ard quiet, to lend their efforts tc promote - harmony and to quell dissention. We ask those whc are opposed to us, politically, to unite with us to check and dis countenance all incendiary Ian. guage, whether uttered in public or private, and 'to join us in the efforts we are making for the pre. servation of peace, the supremacy of law and the maintenance of or der. Lawlessness will endanger the peace of the whole State, and will, surely bring disaster to all classes. .Let us all then, however we may differ in politics, devote all our energies to maintain the good character of our State, an~ to promote a better feeling among our whole people. WADE HAMPTON, Chairmen. JOSEPH: DANIEL POPE. J. P. THOMAS. W. B.. STANLEY. WM. M. SHANNON. W. D. POR TER. THEO. G. BARGER. A SiD CoMMENT.-Wm. Hynson was hung at Fort Benton, Mont ana, August 17, and was found hanging between the tripod. gal. lows used by the vigilants Aug. 18. He committed highway robbery and came to this country with a full set of burglar's tools, to rob by wholesale. The following let ter was found upon him: "My DER.& SON-Your father dreamed that you were in trouble, and that he had wrote to your lawyer in reference to you, and re ceived the answer that your case was a hopeless one.-God forbid that it should be anything else but.a dream! I, your poor, brok~ en-hearted tnother, am kept in sus pen se on your account. .For God's sake, come home." What agony must torture the mother, when this crushing ncws i recived ! THE Boy's DESCIPT-ON IN'li tell you how it was. You see Bill N and me was down to the dam- di excuse me-catching fish, though cc we didn't catch any ; I got one o< bite, and Bill told me to scratch, 0 but I didn't; Well, I felt in my of pocket and found my knife and it fe was gone, and I said, Bill, you fa stole my knife, and he said I was at another, and I said gfthere your- ti self, and he said it was no such a ai thing, and I said he was a liar, it and could whip him if I was big- if ger'n him, and he said he'd rock me to. sleep mother, and I said he til was a bigger one,, and he said I y never had the measles, and I said ' for him to fork over that knife, k and he said he couldn't see the ." fork, and I said I'd fix him for a y tombstone at Markwalter's, and k be said my grandmother was no . gentleman, an.d I said he dersent take it up, but he did, you bet, yonever-well, you never did- ti then I got up again, and said he d was too much afraid to do ?^ ;ain, t and he tried to, but he didn't, and I robbed him and throwed him I down on top of me like several r bricks, and I tell you it beat all- 9 and so did he, and my little dog d got behind Bill-and bit him, and a Bill kicked at the dog, and the t dog ran, and I ran after the dog f to fetch him back, and didn't ' catch him t}ll; I got clear home, s and I'll whip him more yet. Is I my eye very blaqh ? "Lr JEEMES Go."-The Land We Love gives a model letter from 1 a young lady whose sweetheart c was in the Fifth South Carolina e Regiment. to Mr. Davis; President f of the late Confederacy, asking for a furlough for her lover to come f home and get married: E "Dear Mr. - President : I want you to let Jeemes Clancy, of Com- 1 pany I, 5th S. C., Regiment, -a come home and get married. 8 Jeemes is willin', 1 is willin, my r mammy, she is willin', his manmy says she is willin', but Jeemes' captain he ain't willin'. Now when we're all willin', ceptin' Jeemes' captain, I think you might let up, and let Jeemes come. .'ll make him go straight back wyhen C he's done got married and fight ' just as hard as ever. - Your affectionate friend, &c." Mr. Davis wrote on' the letter, C ' Let Jeemes go," and Jccmes came home, married the affectionate cor respondent of Mr. Davis, and re turned to his regiment, and did fight as hard as ever.. A WEALTHY CONGREGATION. The Jeu-ish .Afessenger says that at C the auction sale of pews in the new 8 Temple Emanuel, in New York, i the amount received reached about L $750000. The trustees expected I a pre-emption of $80,000, but it t amounted to $200,000. The high- V est price paid was $4,600, the pur- ~ chaser selecting the pew directly in front of the pulpit. The other memberspaid various sums, rang ing from $4,000 to $5. The ap praised value of the pews was 600,000, there being twenty at $5,000 each. Many of the seats were at a comparatively low price, the trustees very properly de clining to neglect the claims of the poorer members. The 1 o we s t C priced pews were sold for S000, accommodating seven occupants each. By this sale the Temple t stands free from debt, and with a t sinking fund of one hundred r thousand dollars. a The New .York Home Journal ~ reports about thirty new matri t monial egagenments, many. of which were formed at Newport, Long Branch and Saratoga, during the summer, which are announced in o society this autumn. c: Bui-ing the Saratoga season of ~ three months the visitors at Con gress Hlall consumed 39,000 chick-P ens, 30,000 dozen eggs, 1,500 tur keys, 5,000 other fowls, and 108, 000 poundas ofe, val, mutton. s A lady riwng n a car on wse ew York Central BAfroadA-Was sturbed in her readirg by t e nversation of two young min cupying the seat before Leer. ne of them sceme4 to bea student some college,.. on his way; me r a vacation. He used.gk Vv ne language, greatly::- toy noyance of the lady. he lought she - w kuld rebte - , id, begging pai-don forite g them, asked' thie younig at t he had stu'died the langange. iTs. madam, hqe mastered ie languages quite- w ;."-;KDo ou read and speak; .ereiOW Quite fluently." "Wall you be-do ind as to do me a small favel?" With great pleasure. I "r$i our service." "Wil you ba I iid as to do your svearit Eebrew!" ---4.. MILK FEvERs.-Cows some mes, when in high condition;get own with-the milk fever,. when se calf is about three- daysid hich very often proves fatal. audanum has proven the best mcdy in some very, ba cases, 'iven up as lost. It is given in large oses from two to (tlhree ouaoe$ nd some of our neighbors have ried the same with a very ber = cial resuit:.Oil is.the worst med ine, as it makes them -rdadly ik. The animal is mostly iaeit ain for which latdarfurm *rs ronders. Christopher Federic1 SOboen ein, the distinguished Sya hemist, died at Baden Badeu-,, ently.. Schoenbein was fmous or the boldness and, originality of eneralizations, and although it erior to several co tempraries s an experimetitef,1iielisy% ryS; had 'ayt tt"t 'orfs.5 [e discovered ozone and afi zone, invented gun coton, and timulated inquires lIaiing to iany other valuablediscov.cqia. The velocipede mania in,e1'r e hows no sign of relapse. l aceK ith these machines are now. a ,vorite amusement . with the' rench. people. At a recent trial f speed at Enghien, near Paris,..a eloeipede with two wheels ran a ile in four minutes -and tweny-' ye seconds, whiecii aTh1if f frfteen miles an body,svhie one 'ith three wheels *as ufore'nilah wo minutes longeir ingeupi ag the same distance. LAMP Cnimifs-Often eraect y being fastened on too tightly.' ~he screw being applied while the' himney is cold, often so tightly 3 to prevent the glashs moving -at 11 Of' course, when the chimney Sheated, there is no room id hem to expand, and donsequentlIy hey must break or crack.. - rays see that the glass is seeiure, nd at the same time moves easily' 2 the holder. Planchette is all the rage justi ow. A few evenings since i oung married lady, with several f both sexes, married and singib) 2Newark, N. J., was consuiey is mysterious little. insttaVui:*, rhen, in reply to a mentit %IGhk ion by the aforesaid lad), fan bette wrote out, in a large, legi le hand, "a fmne, large boy P' An ill-natured woman at SanM ga says that "some wotreesi dress yplease each other; some to lease men, or rather one man, for s a general thing they despise en's opinions on millinery. But ie most dressy women don't dress > please any body; they dreas to orry women." Smoking by ladies in Boston-.a r the increase. An extensive gar-dealer in the city says he dle an average of 30:per day Anr dias' use,* and thinks a thdaisand r day at least is puffed by th'e ir ones. A farmer in Fayette county,Ky.. ld twenty-Seven acres of hemp .. as,3oo.