The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, April 13, 1877, Image 2
?OV. Il iariTOXM EtETl llX I
HIS RECEPTION AYCOLI'MJUAI
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His Patriotic Speech X
In Oetob?r l?st, the grandest public demonstration
over made in honor of any man in South
Carolina was riftulo by the people of ltichland
and the adjoining dflstriots, in honor of Wado
Hampton, the standarthbenrerof thopeople, who
wus u'mut to return to tho county of Ids nativity,
nfter a brave civic struggle in behalf of the
pcoplw. He cniue net as n conquering hero,
hut us the champion of the right nud of the people's
dearest hopes ; and while he was received ,
with such great demonstrations by the populace, ,
. rind the greatest outward show of Appreciation ,
of his lubors, tlierc were thousands who feared ,
then?while they felt tliut they had done and ,
wcte willing to do all that honest men could be ,
expected to do?the battle might be decided ,
against tlicin. With fenr and Iremb ing, and j
nothing left thetn but hope in the strength of ' ,
liini who docs all thiug wisely and well, thuy ! ,
greeted him with great dcuionstrations of joy, j ,
ami every tongue murmured a heartfelt praver ,
for his success ou tlie coming morrow. Oil yes- (
tcrdav the feelinus of the people were exhibited ;
in another way. While there was au abundant *
display of bunting, of evergreens and of flow- |
ers, and the ladies, as usual, arrunged every- |
thing with taste and beauty, the reception of 1
(inventor Hampton was marked by a hearty
1 feeling of "well done, thou good and faithful servant,"
upon ilie pail of the citizens, which wc ,
have never seen eqnnlicd. I
At an early hour in the morning Iho streets
were tilled with people. "Every man," to nse ,
tlie language of n I'nited States army otticer
stationed here, seciued to feel that the salvation
of South Carolina had already teen achieved.
The executive oflice and the building iu which
it is located had been profusely decorated by the
I ladies assigned for that purpose?Mrs. Hugh S.
Thompson. Mrs. (iatnbrill, Miss Ida Marshall
und Miss Goodwin, being the principal directors
in the decoration.
Carolina Hnll and the platform in front of it
from which Governor Hampton was to receive
the congratulations of the people was beautifully
decorated wiih flags, flowers, evergreens uud
pictures. We regret that want of space forbids
our giving this particular work its due meed of
pruiso. It was beautified by the taste mid skill
of Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Louis G. Wood Mrs. Dr.
lloozer and Miss McCnnts.
Precisely at 2 o'clock the procession was formed
on Richardson street, Capt. Hugh 8. Thonip/
Ifift li'b iV&tM'tSS,.2,f L'ie milila?y portion of the
' Taylor street. ** r.w.wi
lie cavalcade moved up Richardson street to
Illanding, thence to the Charlotte, Colitiubiu and
Augusta bail road, where they awaited t lie arrival
of the Governor.
t At every cross street the procession was met
uj vniicit^ uuu cmzrn.h on iuni# who joincu in |
ami swelled the immense procession which |
amounted, by the time it readied the depot, (oat
least T.tRXi people.
Precisely at 4 o'clock tlio train arrived tit the
depot, and amidst the booming of cannon the
waving of handkerchiefs and hats, the wildest
shouts of the people, and the tears of joy fiout
the eyes of pure women, Governor Hampton
nlighted upon the platform, and was escorted to
his carriage, which had, under the supervision
of Mrs. l>r. Trczcvaut, Mrs. Col. llucon, Mrs.
Stark and a score of young ladies, been beautifully
decorated with flowers and evergreens.?
Upon entering his carriage, which was drawn by
four line bays, bouquets were showered upon
him in lb.* greatest profusion, (hie little tairlinircd
beauty, whose name vc did not learn,
but who could not hnvehecn tuoretlinn five years
of age, borne in the arms of a colored matt, approached
the Governor'a carriage and handed
iutu.u most exquisite bouquet. Turning away
from nil other proffers of floral tributes, the
Governor leaned over and caressed the little
cherub, upon witnessing which the multitude of
pcoplty^rrouuding his coach rent the air with
tho winfest huzzas of approval.
The procession then f. rated, tlie first carriage
containing Gov. Hampton, accompanied !>y Mr.
Southern, t'aptniii Stanley, Col. McMaslcr and
Master Willie It. Cat heart. Following the Gove
? )! 's coach was one hearing the committee of
ladies who had in charge the decorations at the
executive office and Carolina Hall. The ladies
were Mrs. Norton, Mis. M. C. Under, Mrs. I..
G. Wood, Mrs. Bacon and Minnie Cat heart.?
Then followed coaches hearing many distinguished
gentlemen, among whom we noticed
Uiiaiu i: 11 n u ll UI i uc r<il prenic V. 'UI'I, .Mlijor I'..
\V. Moiso, Col. If. M Sims and others.
The prooessien returned hy the way of lMandjng
street to Carolina Hall. *
Accompanying Governor Hninptou on the
\rain front Charlotte, as a guard of honor, was
a magnificent body of men, comniandcd^hy Capl.
S. 8. I'vgrain, lieanlifully uniformed in green
and gohl, known at home as the Hornet Nest
llifles." They were assigned to the post of honor
in the column, anil were entertained at the
Kichlaml Ititle Club armory by the members ol
that corps after the parade was dismissed. The
visit of these gentlemen from the old North .' tate.
and the motive which prnnptcd I hem to come
among us, was highly appreciated by everybody.
The Chester Hi'.lcs. under command of .\iujor
Hamilton, the Hock Hill and Fort Mill Hook and
Ladder Companies also accompanied the Governor
to Columbia.
As the procession moved along the streets towards
Carolina llall, every window, portico and
verandah was crowded with ladies, who waved
their linn (kerchiefs end gave other demonstrations
of delight.
Arriving in front of Carolina llall, Governor
Hampton, accompanied by some fifteen or twenty
citizeus, took position on the beautifully decorated
stand, und was welcome 1 upon bis return
to Carolina by Captain Stanley in the following
words:
fJurernor Hampton : ? On behalf of thecitizens
of Columbia, I thank find f..r the privilege that
now crowns them of extending to you the hand
of joyful welcome to the capilol of your State,
and of assuring you that you arc received alike
in the arms anil hearts of our people. The Inn- i
gunge of tiulh cannot he confounded with the
language of ndiihuion, nor can just panegyric i
be offensive eitlicr to modesty or taste.
The brave, tlie beautiful, tlies ago! and the
young, all hands, all voices, all hearts join to (
make you welcome to the capital of South t'aro- .
lina. llcr ciuhleuiatic tree freshens in its foliage .
ai your approach. I
Again, 1 say welcome, welcome, thrice wel- ,
eouie be the Governor of our pride, affection and .
veiioration. I
Governor Hampton responded in substance as ,
follows: i
Mr. Chairman, My Cvxuhywomen anil L'o'tH- t
hi/men of South CnruUna: Travel-worn and ^
weary, 1 have come hack among you to make j
my report. This welcome penetrates my very i
heart. It is not the welcome given to a victor | j
returning front the Moody ficl I. I bring no tro- | i
phy, hnt 1 have come to say that the cause of I o
truth has been victorious, and the banner of ; s
South Carolina regenerated, disenthralled and ; a
redeemed. And how has it been redeemed, my | (
friends? Not by blood, but l>y the peaceful hal- j i
lot. The good men of all races and parlies rose | c
up in their inlghl and determined to wipe out t
the stain from her fair escutcheon which had ! n
been cast upon it by foul hands. \Yc had seen ' I
niuiosi cverymiug exccju our very existence 'lis- : t
appearing from on for I lit benefit of those who ;
were not of it", who had no feeling in kind with <
us. We sntv that our government was in the <'
hands of strangers and aliens, and we deter- j t
mined to make one grand, glorious struggle, and \
If we must go dow n, we would go together. We !
fought I he battle of the people of Mouth ( aroli- <
nu. and never was !hi? hat tie equalled on this f
continent. Von can hardly realize if, my i
friends, luit lelirvc me. when these large-crowds 1
vveiein the eity la t fall a single musket .shot t
would have start el u civil war in Atactica. ( a
I*jit stopped it? ft'iii's of -Von 1 ' ^ottl ] s
No ;.e q.le in the world could have oheyed more |
willingly, and it was this that saved our country, i n
though iho victory lias been ?ou, w? cannot
lain lhe honor; it is duo to the patriotic women,
who would not loik upon ^mpuwho would
turn his back upon the Deuio?ffHie cause. The
victory st the ballot-box ou the7th of November
was met by usurpation and fraud. But we appealed
not to violence, not to unconstitutional
menus for redress in Columbia, for we kuew
that the crowds which frequently cnuie here
could liuve swept this usurpation r.way like a
leaf. But we said be putienl for a little while,
and we went to the courts, whweh respected good
governuaonl. We said it would not do to resort
to force to wipe out this usurpation, but if you
wait a little longer your csuso would prove successful.
Now, my friends, 1 come to tell you
that 1 have returned from Washington successful.
The order for the removal of the troops is
a practical recognition. But I did not go there
to ask for any recognition, or offeror nccej t any
mmpromi.se. 1 hold my title from the poople
lit South Carolina, and so help me God, so long
is they leli mo to do so, will I hold it. I went
to Washington from personal courtesy to the
President of the United States. In justice to
Mr. lluyes, I will say thot from respect for him<elf,
respect for the people of South Carolina,
and, 1 hope, respect for myself, he offered no
compromise, no terms and no conditions whatever.
And as long as he follows in good faith
liie pic lg?'s made iti his inaugural, Is deal out
justice fairly to every State, if he adheres to the
constitution and the laws of the lund, so long as
lie docs this, so long will I support him. We
have not fought in south Carolina for party.?
The fight has been between good und bad men.
We must forget for the next four years all about
politic*. Democrats and Republicans, all and
every one, innst work for South Caroliua. We
must invite immigration from the North. We
must show our Northern brother that ho is welcome
here. We must struggle for the State, and
not for its petty ofliees, and bring back prosperity
agnin. You will remember that on the night
of my nomination I said if elected 1 would be
ilie Uovertr r of the whole pooplc; that 1 would
know no race, no party, no man, hut would mete
out equal justice to all. I appealed to heaven to
witness my pledge that 1 would know no difference.
What I promised then 1 reiterate now.?
I have told the colored men they were in the
majority in this Stale, and if at the end of two
years tlicy found that the Democrats attempted
to take any of their rights from them, they
could throw us overboard and try some one else.
There is but one way to bring about peace and
promote prosperity, ami that is to obey the law.
I do not give an order nor issue a proclamation,
but simply ask you, who have so honored me
above all others, to carry out my wishes. Keep
the peace yourself and gc to your neighbors and
tell them to do the same. Should there be auy
bloodshed, evervthihg would be lost, and we
. ??"y Uave.a.cW^UjJi^r'!^^ myself tTFal
| would go to tlie State House when thctroopsare
withdrawn, except he have business; and when
the order comes for their departure 1 want every
one to stay away from there. When 1 want you
I will tell you. I carried a letter with iiic to
Washington from a soldier stationed in the State
House, warning me not to go into the building
because the plaeo was so filthy and full of vermin.
Shortly 1 will have all thcsecngiucs playing
down there und the penitentiary convicts
scrubbing there and fumigating it, and we will
'hen have a g jod l.eaislature there, lie referred
to the warm receptions given litin hiring his
visit to Washington. and said lie felt proud of
his people, on whose nccount tlie.se honors were
bestowed <>n him. <>1?I men had shed tears and
fair woinei had come out to bless him, and some
to kiss' him. too.
The Governor again urged iiis hearers to keep
the peace, obey the laws and all would be well.
Alter returning his kind thanks for the grand
reception, he took his seat amid tremendous applau
c
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Prospective Legislation for South Carolina?A
Ilopeful ProspectWashington,
April 1.?Gov. Hampton, iu
conversation la-t night, said that lie.would lfltwrn
home ( > moiiuw mrgfir, (.vton.tayfj tlirxt on
his arrival at Columbia on Wednesday next he
would issue his proclamation notifying the people
of South Carolina of the peaceable adjustment
of all difficulties, an 1 that lie would call
the Legislature together on the Jltli of April.?
In his message to ilie Legislature he will recommend
11<c passage of a general tux bill. Governor
Hampton nl?o expressed his determination j
to have such financial legislation adopted as will
restore the credit ot the Stale. *N>j interest was
paid on the funded debt last year. Another six
month's interest will be due on the 1st of .Inly
next. Governor Hampton says he will take
measures to have this paid, and the unpaid in- i
tere-d of lH7t?, will be funded. Owing to the
manipulations of Chamberlain and his gang of
plunderers it is impossible to estimate with any
approach to correctness what the funded debt of
the State is, and Governor Hampton will send a
commission to New York to confer with the
holders of the State bonds on the subject. His
intention is to provide hereafter for the regular
payment of the interest on the State debt, and
to establish a tiuking fund lor its ultimate extinction.
Governor Hampton will also recommend to
his Legislature to cnnct certain necessary educational
measures. The present school system of
South Carolina is a very good one. but not much
has been ncco:. plished under it, because the
carpet-baggers have stolen most of the school
fund. Governor Hampton says he shall urge a
thorough educational system of both races, lie
favors liberal legislation to promote the material
industries of the State. He says the most rigorous
remedies will he used to break up theollicial
peculation which ha - prevailed so long under
the rule of the carpet-baggers, lie says
hat he lias appointed and will still continue to
niiv.tiilil ( pnlartiil t?n?i t<\ #!?**
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best interest of ilie Strife warrant it. lie will
do what lie can to discourage idleness and encourage
honest labor. lie don't believe in men
lounging around taverns, cutting sticks, drinking
whiskey and bemoaning their bad luck, when
they should be at work, and this applies just as
much to the white man as to the black man.?
Uovcrnor Hampton says that he now looks confidently
to the day when the bonds of South
Carolina will command a premium, lie thinks
the time will soon come when it will he more
difficult to find a man with a pistol or bowieknife
in South Carolina than in the streets of
any of the large Northern cities.? Hnllimorc Sun.
. .
Kuthcrford, having a great many crippled and
diseased brethren in bis happy family, will very
appropriately run the Hot Springs in Arkansas
is a part of his Administration. These celcbracd
waters arc famed for the cures they have
wrought in ca?es of rheumatism, gout, palsy,
paralysis, and other maladies from which num>ers
of this happy family may be said metaphorically
to he great sufferers in 'lie present crisis,
rbeir shocked and starring constitutions need
oning up. Three of the sufferers, Stearns, Crarin,
mid Coburn, representing three gieat geographical
divisions of the country, will rccupente
their physical and financial health l?y enmiromising
matters with squatters on the outlyng
tracts of the reservation: hut the main tract,
m which the health-giving waters come to the
urfuce, will he retained. The great philosopher
iml practical experimenter in political hygiene,
'url Schuvz, will have charge of this splendid
rater cure, ami will doubtless prescribe beiicli ent
civil service rules for the government of paienls
resorting thereto, lie will at least appoint
i superintendent, who, among ( tlicr things, will
>e authorized to "fix a special tax on water taken
'rom the springs,siillieient to pay for the protoe- j
ion and necessary iunirovctneut of the same." I
>iit of iIk- revenues tlms derived, it is liinte^
larkly that free cottages and free use of tlie wacrs,
with advice gratis from Dr. Carl Schurz,
vill he provided for tin Hurley, Chamberlain,
Madison Wells, a:t l numerous other invalids !
vhosc health has I eon impaired by too great zeal \
or Rutherford and his predecessor. Advertising
circulars will give as special references
' ".veil Clayton and Oliver Morton, who visited :
he water cure together in tin summer of 1871,
:id fo11nd that it proluecd an uniuistahuhly
r'trlei and seemingly rose-colored efTet t unon
lolities for a time, which, however, fadel hs- j
anlly before November. - .V. }'* Sun.
?he I'lnion (T fifes.
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Hj)r Re?. J. S. Bailey will pretch nl Mt. Tabor
next Sabbath.
JkjT Northorn capitalists are already preparing
to come to this State to make investments.
Jp-JA-Otir 1'ucolet correspondent's contribution
caine too late for this week.
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mu Albert Chalmers TotUl, son of ci:r c.ld
and esteemed friend, Samuel K. Todd, of l.aurani
sltail kiuliUtilv lii?( wool/
Bk^f" Wc had a delightful time at the third
A11 mi ill Concert of tho Spartanburg Hand, last
Tuesday. We v. ill make a full report next
week.
An election for Intendeut and Wardens
for the Town of Jonesvillc was held last Monday
ntid resulted In the Triumph of tW^-Vei
ticket" by one majority.
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ser a mad dog was killed in the City of
tlrcenvillc Inst Monday. He had bitten a number
of other dogs before he was shot and the
yews very properly advises that all the bitten
dogs be killed.
?&" A Greenville negro, who had been sentenced
to the Penitentiary for two years, escaped
from tlint institution the other da^ because bo
did not recognize the Hampton government.?
That's one reason why Chamberlain intends to
hold on.
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X^3>'" ('apt. Kirklnnd, Deputy Revenue Collector,
for tlie sub-district of Spartanburg Union,
York and Chester, arrested at Gafi'ncy City, on
Tuesday last, Mr. Adulphus Wood,/or a violation
of the Revenue law in selling Tobacco.
y, " Tim buildin" on the open lei below the
Hotel, occupied hy^flr. j. ^ u#p,cty
store, was broken into on Wednesday night
l ist, and about worth of goods stolen.?
I-our or five colored persons have been attested
under strong suspicious circumstances. V
1 here are a number of idle nmrmoc
.Willi..?
about town, without any visible means of support,
anil the Town Council would do the town
great service l?.v putting the vagrant law in force.
- ? ? - ? .
Two weeks ago we did injustice to Judge
L. C. Northrop by slating that he had gone to
Washington in the interest of Chamberlain.?
We were not willing to believe it at the time,
but t ic report was so general in this community
and apparently so direct that it was generally
believed and regretted l.y orr citizens. We
would not do Judge Northrop or any one else,
a wrong, intentionally, .and we regret being the
medium of spreading a false iinpresion about him.
While we published a complete refutation of the
charge in our h**t issue, in what he said in
Washington, we think it is just to oneself as well
? 1. ?...?. r;a"
has been, since the election, strongly in favor of
Governor Hampton, and he has done nothing to
aid the Chamberlain usurpation.
Iletween 3 and I o'clock, last Friday
morning, Richard Hasten, a colored man sleeping
in Mr. Nicholson's odScc, was aroused by
the glare of tire through the window. On looking
out he discovered that the cotton on the
Railroad l'latform was on fire. Richard immediately
raised the alarm and aroused some employees
of llto road. Fortunately there were
only a few bales on the platform. The cotton
on fire?1 bales?belonged to Mr. II. L. floss,
our Intendent, and was standing alone some distance
from the otlier cotton. l>y great exertion
the fire was extinguished, but not. until at least
one and a half Imles were entirely consumed
and the remiMiiilin* if ?! ? f->""
w, . ? Ii.v IV/KI uiuva I l/l ^ IJilll l\
damaged.
Vi'c are confident it was set on fire, for there
had hcen no tire near it all tlie day before, and
the smell of Kerosene was rcc??'..',<WrJ by persons
during the burning, and who examined the
cotton afterwards.
lVc arc in favor of decorating the limbs of tl.e
nearest tree by suspending from them the bodies
of every incendiary caught. It is tlie only
way to stop such villainy.
?
Fiiedbergor's New Spring Goods.
If you want to see the new styles of Spring
and Slimmer Dress (ioods, or wish to purchase
anything else, either in Dry Goods, Grocery,
Hardware, Crockery, notions, &c., just drop in
to Mr. Friedbergcr's store and examine the qualities
and prices o? the large stock lie is now
receiving. Mr. St rouse is always there and will
take pleasure in showing and selling.
?
Booth of LIrs. C. It. Roberscn.
Willi sincere regret we announce the death of
this exoellent lady, the wife of Mr. Columbus It.
Kobcrson, and eldest daughter of Mr. (J|?_Gugc,
of this town, which occurred about 5 o'clock,
Wednesday evening last.
Mrs. R. bad been a great siiflercr for some
weeks. The sympathies of the whole coniinunity
g?> out to the bercnvi d husband in his great
loss. May lie who "tempers the wind to the
shorn lamb," he the comfort and stay of the
family in this great ntl!iction.
"The President lias tohl the Secretary of War,
who lias told General Sherman, who has told
General Hancock, and now General Hancock
will tell General linger to order the Colonel commanding
to direct tlie Captain to command the
Sergeant to have his Corporal take those tro< ps
out of the State House at Columbia."
And then (lie order got to Columbia, and was
enforced at 1U o'clock, M., last Monday. It bad
a hard time winding up so much red tape; but
it did it.
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To the Law.
r or ine imorniniioh oi our rcSpccleU correspondent,
"Kn<|uircr," nntl nil others ^yho may
entertain any doubt upon (lie subject, we refer
lliem to page i?7S, of lite Laws passed nl the
regulut session of (lie Legislature of 1872-".?
At the bottom of the page they will find the following
:
An Art to emend Section 17 of Chapter XLV
of the General Statutes of the Stntc.
lie it enacted l>y the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Carolina,
now met and sitting in (Jtncrnl Assembly, nnd
by the authority of the same. That Section 17,
Chapter XLV, of the General Statutes of the :
State. Le amended b^ striking out the words j
i'oiiy five" and inserting in lieu thereof the
words Fifty-five."
Approved February U2, 187d. '
HajpjiLon in Uio Siato House.
TIic newa we publish from Columbia leaves no
doubt that Gov. liauiptou is now in Aill possession
of tbe Stole House ard oil tbe necessary
records, papers, &c., belonging to the Executive
office. Chomberloin's last pronunciamonto, oo
lie leaves the office be has disgraced, is in keeping
with bis whole conduct since the last camPgign
opened. U is full of falsehoods and ihceiftiiary
luifehings. He dies hard, and in his
lost throes of political life in this State sends j
forili a stream of venom anil vituperation more
malicious?and more damning to him, because it
was written on his death-bed?than all his other
infamous acts.
It is evident to us that in his fall he strives to
incite those ignorant and deluded partisans who
havo followed and sustained him in his disgraceful
trail, to deeds of violence, arson at d base revenge.
Perhaps not'iing would be more pleas
ing to him when be leaves South Carolina, for
South Carolina's good, than to look back and
see the whole State, from the mountains to the
seaboard, in ono solid blaze of incendiary fire,
and the demons he has pampered dancing around,
rejoicing in the havoc it was making of the
property of the patriotic people of the State.?
We believe him so heartless that ho would
gloat over such a scouc with serene satisfaction.
With the news that Gov. Hampton A at actual
postestion of the State government, \vc shall bcltosA
iW mir victory iAj-.onujlete. but until then
there are many ways, kuown only to unprincipled
Republicans, to delay, evade and destroy
an houoaable contract.
.
In answer o our notice last week of the invidious
remarks of the Spartanburg JItrald, upon
the unjust freight discriminations, that paper
says :
"The people of Union have to blame themselves
principally for their condition. Tht
freights, we suppose, are about 4he same to
Union pro rota that they used to be to Spnrtnnburg,
until another railroad was built to this
point. Why don't they build another railroad
and break down the monopoly, or move up tc
Spartanburg, where we have competition in rail
roads and all kinds of business, and where wc
have cheap freights, cheap newspnpets and
cheap everything.''
Hie first paragraph bus some very ungenerous
and ungrateful truth in it. IIail I ho people o
Uuion put the $150,000 they subscribed to tin
Spurtauburg and Abbeville road into a narrov
guage road to Chester, they would soon have luu
a competing line and reasonable freights, am
built up their own County town instead o.* aid
ing so materially in building up Spartanburg
whose people, speaking through their press, thus
ungratefully insult litem after securing the hen
cfit of their liberality. We can inform the Kdl
tor of the Ilerntil that the freights "used to ho'
just what we arc asking now, pro ruin, and n<
unjust discrimination was ever made to built
up Unieb to the ruin of Spartanburg.
Now, If Spartanburg 'will bo as liberal t<
Union as our people have bees to Spat tnnburg
by subscribing $150,000 to a road from liere t<
Chester we will go to work "and build nnothci
railroad."
When the S; nrtauburg and Union road was
first built Union subscribed to it $75,000 nior*
than Spartanburg did.
In suggesting that the people of Union movt
up to Spartanburg, tbc I-Mitor displays consid
, arable of"tho dog in the .jnnnger" feeling??
reeling not reciprocated by us* we'oiilynsk fot
a fair fight for business, ami with that wo would
ask no odds from Spartanburg...
From all parties Union is now receiving mosl
unjust and ungenerous treatment ? particularly
so from those to whom she has oeen most liberal,
and for whose benefit she has sacrificed most.
Statu Furss Association.?The third Annual
meeting of the South Carolina Statu I'rcss Association
will be held in the city of Charleston,
beginning on Wednesday morning, Inh day ol
May proximo. The Annual Address will be delivered
by l)r. 0. W. Bagby, of Hiclituotid, Va.
,\ tu 11 attendance of members is earnestly requested,
urn! journalists who are not members
are invited to unite with the Association. Any
lid it or or Proprietor of u newspaper or other
periodical in this Stnto is clliptible to membership,
and Applications are to be made in writing,
accompanied by the initiation fee of five dollars.
JAMKS A. JIOYT,
President.
We hope that all journalists connected with
the Press of the State, who can, will respond to
tlie call of the President of the Association, and
those who arc not members will become so.?
Kvery F.di.'or and Proprietor of ajournalin this
Slate should feel it a privilege as well as duly
to contribute his share to the success of the Association.
The fact that one of a firm, or one
connected with a periodical, is a member is no
reason why all connected with that periodical
should not become members. All arc alike interested.
The difficulty with us, and perhaps others, is
how and where to raise (he money to defray the
expense of such a trip. Put few of us have
twenty dollars to spare for such a luxury.
A Wiiiskkt Drink ComTBtt.?lite Mofictt
whiskey bill, to collect a tax on whiskey drinks
by means of an instrument something like a car
bell-punch, passed the General Assembly of Virginia
on Thursday last. It w^ll be put up in
every bar-room. The tax on lager beer per
drink is half a cent, and alcoholic liquors two
and a half cents. If strictly enforced it is estimated
tlint in a few years the Slate of Virginia.
will l>c able to cxIiiigtiish its own and (he national
debt. ami it is stated in some of tlie impels
that if continued indefinitely and drinking
keeps on and the drinkers pay for their tipple
like honest men, the State of Virginia will
eventually take in all the money in creation. '
Now, if some one would invent an attachment
that would record the name of every person that
takes a drink, the machine would be complete
for all legal and temperance purposes. Hut
then no General Assembly would allow the attachment
to be used, during the sessions of the
Legislature, any bow.
.?.
A lloniuitt.r. Piutk.?Chief llndcliffc receit ed
a despatch from Newberry yesterday, requesting
him to look tut for a mulatto by the iiuhm* of
\\ ingfield Itobcrlson, who was chnrged with
having committed a hideous crime in that county
on a girl seven years of age. In one hour after
the Chief received the notice. Policeman Council
had the fellow in custody. 11 o will be forwarded
to Ncwberrv 011 Mondiiv?f.'/./u
Uri/inter.
That is the same fellow win was so imminent,
just before the election, in stirring up strife between
the races in this section, lie then went
by thu name <>f Scott lloherlson, hut lie was
known in Charlotte as Winliehl Itohortson, ami,
wc thiak, left that city in a hurry, to get out of
the way of the officers of the law, who were af
ter him for some eriinc he committed there.?
While here it was reported thai he had committed
an outrage upon a girl in Newberry.
Tit: thief, Jerry Valley, and this fellow llohertson,
are fair specimens of the iim-t ardent
supporters of Chamberlain.
Ktur tho TUihm. I
LSITSE FfiOM CHARLESTON.
The last week was quite a gala week amongst
the City juvenile*. All the schools were engaged
in Examinations, Receptions and Exhibi- ,
lions. Tbe Public schools are mammoth concerns
and very well couducted.
It was eur good fortune to drop in at the 'Reception"
ef the "Charleston Female Seminary"
?Mise Kelly's school?and we were veiy much
pleased with the performance of tbe pupils. Dr.
Junkin, who happened to be present, made a
few very sensible, impromptu remarks. He
thanked the Teachers for the gratification it had
afforded him to witness the admirable performance
of their pupils. There was an evidence of
system and thoroughness pervading every de
partuieut thai was truly encouraging, tie was
glad to see that physical culture had not been
lost sight of, while tho demonstrations en tho
Black-board offered conclusive evidence that the
mental training had been efficieut. He congratulated
the people of Charleston upon having
so ml mi ruble an institution, and to the young
ladies lie would suy "neglect not the go'.Jen opportunity
here otfored to you, improve it."?
The moments spent in these halls are golden moments
and none should be wasted. You may
rest assured that the restoration of the South?
the laud wo love morally and intellectually?depends
upon Iter women. Tho South is too poor
to educate her sons, they must go to work to
"'earn a living. 'J'o her uaugnters rhc must wo*
for restoration, audit is lo Southern institutions
we must look for the development of Southern
tone and Southern instincts. The North has
her Harvard and Yale and Cornell's, all grand
schools in their way, but they have not the
Southern atmosphere nl?ou| thorn?they are not
adapted to our wants, or in sympathy with our
instincts, and it is not tothc "Common School,"
which is well enough in its place, but to tho select
School wo must look for redemption. I do
not say this in any invidious scusc; by the Select
School I mean a school where the Teacher
and the pupil uud the parents recognize the responsibility
of their position?where they are in
sympathy with each other and feel a proud satisfaction
in sending forth from their halls the
1 highest specimen of humanity, a refined culti'
vntcd woman, with the religious instincts and
! the home inline nee so firmly implanted that she
' could not fail to make her mark for good
* wherever her lot might be cost,
HA 11.HO A ii nniEVAxnca.
Wc nre glad to soo that tho merchants of
? Union liavc taken steps looking toward reform
5 in ltnilroad grievances. They liave certainly
' exhibited a great deal of patience iu being si"
lent so long. The memorial is a very clear, forcible
paper, and if pressed upon the Legislature
> must lead to reform. The Legislature is mainly
^ composed of farmers and businessmen, who, wc
lake it. will be much more apt to be interested
' in such reforms as will rest ire our prosperi; v,
? than in creating now offices, publishing political
' manifestoes and grinding axes for every seedy
r J office-seeker who thinks the salvation of the
| State depends apon his being provided for.
3 The people have been abused by these Knil!
road Corporations quite long enough. The
Grangers have demonstrated that there is a way
5 to put on :Itc Brakes,** and the sooner we do
' it. tlio better. A Charleston merchant told us a
1 few dnvs azo that lie naid 4q centaJxuizht otpti
box via 11. II. from Pittsburg to Charleston and
' j it c<>st him '-> cents to send the same box to
i Blackville.
' | The merchants here all protest against these
I discriminations between through ami way sta>
tions, which arc enforced in (lie Wharfage rates
as well us It. it., but they say they can do nothing.
They are powerless, so far as making any
I impression upon the It. It. Corporations.
Were y.in surprised at the cold shoulder l;c|-1
in * given to the memorial by the Charleston pai
pets? 1 utt need not be. Few things arc here
I deemed worthy of note which does not originate
! in Charleston. 2nd. The Press hero docs not
j open its mouth against the Charleston llailronds
j ?est ecially the S. C. Hail Koad. That is still
a close Corporation, an 1 although the shares
have run down to $2.GO and the concern can't i
pny iiii! interest on us .icbt ami evcryboJj abu- I
ses ils management, we venture to say, nt the i
coming 11. R. Convention one of the most satis- i
factory exhibits of its management will bo made
ami the Charleston Press will congratulate the
country upon the possession of such an admirable
institution. 'v..
Apropos : Wc hoard an old merchant from
the country a few days ago say that he had many
a tinio had lift^WfTdn brought ttrCharleston for
less money and for less stealage and his goods
sent home for lc.-s money too. and many times
with as much despatch.
Will the I.egislaturo be able to resist the pressure
of the Railroad Rings?
NOUS VERROS8.
For flic Times.
LETTER FROM BIO HOLLOW.
April 10, 1877:k ;
Mi;. En rol:-1 am glad to see that yon have
woke up a correspondent in the dark coj'ncr of
North l'acolet. Ry the way, that North Pncolct
region used to be one of the best farming rogions
of the County. They grew about all their
provisions, went very little in debt and bad
money to lend. Ante helium, no part of the
Conply stood higher.
It is very strange to mc that you should find
it so hard to get correspondents in any part of
the County where you have mail facilities.
' What is the iisc t f keeping up a County paper ,
unless you can get the County news? Horace
Greely built up the Trihyiit by his correspondents.
The news from all parts of the country,
conveying nil sorts of information, was always
acceptable. Nor is Ibis all. If you want the |
County filled up by settlers tlie best way to do |
it is to bring out in the papers every nook and i
corner of it?its advantages nnil resources, &c.
If a man don't blow his own horn now-a-dnys
lie will be sure to bo left out in the cold.
We art} going ahead in Big ifollow, now that
the TrQoptjnro sent to their barracks, and expect
to be liappy and prosperous under Hampton
and Homo little ?fewer offices and lighter
taxes. ( ' ""llooi'KK!
For tlio Times.
Mn. rniTou :? Allow inc, through your columns,
to ask the County Commissioners where |
they find the law to compel men between the '
I ages of IK and *) "> years to do lioad duty. 1
! cannot find such a law, except a Special Act for |
1 lirccnvillc bounty, passed February 12, 1S7 ?. i
p. <">4, of Acts of tlmt year. The only persons,
1 in iny opinion, liable for road duty arc those beI
twecn the apes of IS and l"? years.
IBM>. If yon owe the riintcr anything, pay j
him at once, lie wants it.
rhe Evacuation of
the State Capitol.
rilE TROOPS MARCH OUT WITH ALL
. THB HONORS OF WAR!
THE FACES OF THE SOLDIERS ,
WREATHED IN SMILES.
THE USURPER CAPITULATES!
Co una si a, S. C.. April 10.
Precisely at 12 o'clock?just as the sleepy sentinel
who tolls the City Hall bell struck the bell
the tenth time in making up his score of twelve
.1 _ u i r ii.^
?*l U? OUUUI uuur ui iiiu uuiiuiu^ujiuiicu
wfdo, and a ca;dain of llio United State* Army,
commanding about thirty men, filed out or the
building. As the order ' Column left, march,"
(which order turned the ftrces of the "boys in
blue" towards the bnrmoks) wns given, a smile
might hare been seen upon the fucc of every
man in the command. If the people were joyous
over the event, for various reasons the troops
had occusion to Ik; glad ulso.
There was no demonstration of any kind upon
the part of the people. About one hundred and
fifty men, a majority of whom were colored,
were standing around tho I uiiding, who witnessed
the departure of the troops. Heyond
this there was no indication that any thing ninro
than the usual guard had bocu relieved from
duty lor the day.
loiter in the day the buncombe farewell address
of ex-Governor Chamberlain, uuiiuuucing
his abdication, was promulgated. ,
The following correspondence, which explains
itself, was also had between Mr. Chamberlain
and Gov. Hampton :
Statu or South Carolina. 1
executive ClIAMIIKR, I
Culumuia, S. C., April 10, 1878.
Sin: (laving learned that yon now purposo
to turn over to me the Executive Chamber, with
the reenrds and papers belonging to the Executive
ullicc now in your possession, 1 beg to inform
you that 1 will scud a proper officer to receive
the same at any hour you may indicate a?
most convenient to yourself. 1 am, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
(Signed) Wadk 11 ampton,
Govtrnor.
HON. L>. 11. rii.VMURKi.AiN.
State or South Carolina, )
EXKCITIVK CllAMIIF.lt, f
CoLVMniA. y. C , April 10, 1877.
Sin : Replying lo your nolo of thin date, I
have to say that my private Secretary will meet
such officer as you may designate at 12 meridian \
to-morrow, at tlie Executive Chamber, for the
purpose indicated in your note. Very respectfully.
(Signed) D. H. Ciiamiikbi.ain,
Governor of South Carolina.
Hon. Wauh Hampton.
- Fanaticism
in M AssAciu'sr.rrK. Huston,
April I.?The New England Conference of tho
Methodist Episcopal Church opened tliis morning
at [.vim. Hesolutions on the Southern question
were presented by llev. W. F. Mttllaficu, If.
1?., of lloslou, and upon being rend were received
with great applause, and by nvoteo( the
Conference they were referred In a special committee
of five to bo appointed by the Chair.?
The Preamble to the Hesolutions reviews the
blighting elicits of slavery,*ami the two final
resolutions are in substance as fallows:
Resolved," That we arc alarmed and filled with
apprehensions for the future when we contemplate
the practical sale of one of the great political
parties of the republic by two politicians
of that parly, who have held and hold now very
intimate relations to the 1'icm lent, thus sacrificing
principhs and party, and righteousness for
the sake of temporary success.
Resolved, 'lhat wo protest most earnestly
against the action of the new luiiuiuistiatioti in
niauiog terms with ttiC chief or the Ku Klux,
instigator of the Hamburg massacre, M. C. Rutler;
and still inure earnestly do v.e protest
against the official recognition by the administration
of lhat arch-enemy of the republic, who
j long since ought to have been hung for treason,
i N\ ndc Hampton, of South Carolina, ami who now,
i by threats ami intimidation under the very roof
I of lie White House, as we'll as on railroad plat
.... . ... ..II UI.III I IHP.IV I ...ll ', lli'l l'S II1U
power ? ' l!ic government :m<l bullies i!.e Frisid-Mt
j:11o compliance witli It's trailer.us and
wicked usiii pal ion.
Could downright falsehood and fanaticism bo s
I carried to tv greater extreme? It would be a
useless waste of time and ink 10 attempt to ex[
press the mingled pity ar.d contempt which
| must be felt by all true American citizens and
honest cliri liana, for the ignorance and iuulicov
of uu ecclesiastical body who can applaud the
above undignified, unchristian and barbarous
resolutions.
Since the above was set in type wc have received
the following, which is not only a merited
rebuke to the author and applaudcis of the resolutions
first introduced, but certainly shows a
better christian spirit;
"To-day the Conference adopted the follow ing
declaration as a substitute for the resolutions,
which were referred to the Committee :
First. TluU the warm and practical sympathy
of this Conference for the oppressed of our land
is a history of too long standing, and too outspoken
to uecd to be rcalfirincd by us at tho
present time, and now that legalized slavery lias '
I been forever abandoned in this countrj-, wo feel^ ""t
equally desirous that they, who. having been ^
victims of the oppression, were deprived of
their civil rights and means for intellectual and
moral culture, may have secured to them all the
rights and privileges that their changed relations
| to the country, and thuir consequently increased
v Qtl JllinnPtllivnlw ?
? " ' "v ,ur
. ^ccortdlj. That we are glad to recognize in
tlie Inaugural address of our present Chief
Magistrate, and in other words and acts of his,
a clearly defined purpose on his part so to administer
the Government of these United States
as to secure to all classes of our citizens the full
ami free exercise of all their rights and privileges;
and we pledge to him in the execution of
this purpose our hearty sympathy and support,
and wc will earnestly pray that (Sod may give to
him and his advisers the wisdom to guide them
in their important and dillicuit work; and wo
sincerely hope that our too long disturbed country
may again enjoy an era of good feeling,
pence and prosperity.
The adoption of the substitute report was received
with applause."
o
Twenty throe States hive Democratic Governors.
There is a Democratic majority in tho
House. The Senate is nearly equally divided,
and iu two years will he controlled by the Democrats.
There is a while majority of more
than a million Democrats in the United States,
and an absolute majority of a quarter of a million.
A llepublijan who was not elected President
holds the otlieo through fraud. A hundred
thousand Uepuhlicnns hold the minor Pcdernl
offices through the same fraud. This is the no
liticnl situation in a nutshell, and it i* well to
remember the leading fact".?AVir )'ork
Hun.
\V? learn that in tlioubsencc of Itob Iiigcrsol),
the regular chaplain of the While House, Zacli
('handler olliciates. 'I he court jonrmil nnnonncts
that "on Sunday afternoon the President
I lis* ? urn i" mill ino 11 oil. Allcll ' handler
iiixl Secretary Sherman." I( is evident from
ll.r?e |dons associations ami Sunday afternoon
drives, iin*I Hayes is striving to reform Ins evil
courses, and lie ought to lie encouraged. Stun1
-v "Inttiiews breakfasted with liitu mi Sunday,
I't ; t. .veiling hy express to Washington,
v.hiih is uti'.iher cheerful sign of moral imtiroveinenl.
Still, I.either Newman, consilience
I cejier to the late Adminh'lruti n, is not hn|>|iy.
lie would I.he thai I lie cnitver.-ii n should he
done :it Ihe .Metro])o|ilaii t'hurch, with the
chimes attached.? A". ?Vm?.