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VOL. I--NO. 3.1 WINNSBORO, S. C., THURSDAY MORN iNGs OCTOBER 26, 1876. { o-' THE STORY OF ELLENTON. A Hera1d Account of the "Three Days' War." Coitespondonoo Now Yorc Herald. ELLENtoN, AIKEN COUNTY, S. C., October 0-Your correspondent, pursuant to 114tructions, has given a pationt hearin to overy man in Aikon County wik desired to talk about the late confhAt in this county has tediously evolvod"jact or coiL mont from those w1o C( not want to talk, and has visited e(ry battle field of this guerilla war, m)i11 the defile where the first ronconth( took place, past Rouso's Bridge, anA\tho Double Bridge, the Cowdon SwatT), Silverton, where the brace of blacku villains committed the first crime; Crown Milln, the point where the railroad track was torn up: and finds himsolf this morning at Ellenton, the uttermost point of the conflict. A WAR THAT WAS WAGED IN THE DARK. I have been especially careful to sift the truth out of the cloud of rumors that are flying about, and to note nothing as trustworthy that .was not supported by *lie affidavit of a respectable citizen. I doubt if there has ever been a scrious con flict at a point so accessible to the authorities, concerning which so little has been reliably published. There is a mystery about the whole, 'matter that only the most persistent examination has cleared away. The estimates as to the killed and wounded have varied all the way from ton to throo hundred. A prominent Domocratic journalist remarked to me quietly that he was afraid as many as two hundred ne groes bad been killed. A negro, 'who was in thEo skirmishes himself, did not think over three negroes -wero killed. Two United States anarshals and the district attorney avo boon enguged a wook taking testimony, and, when I saw them last, with a double ream of affida vits, could not approximate even so implo a matter as the number of the slahm. They hope to be through in Six or oight days, when they will report officially. The trouble about the matter is that the 6ighting lasted for three days ; that tho bloodiest work was done at night: that the rencontres all took place in or noar imponetrable swamps; that they covered an area of thirty milos, and matters have not settled yet. Add to these difficulties the fact that both races are still very much -,ex cited, and you wi!l see how hard it has boon to got THE rEUTIZ. When the official report is made it must conform essentially to what is written below. The story is a sti ange one. On the 15th of Sop tembor the house of Mr. Alonzo Harley, at Silverton, was tintered by itwo nogroes with hugl.riious intent. Mrs. Harley was sick in bed. Hr son, a little fellow or tender years, was her only conpanion, he' h usbMd being absent. The negroes bo.ldly entered her room and couunnoe t.> rob, at wvhich she protei-tad. The negroes then attacked her' and boat her sevorocly, striking her twice or three times over the upper' 1it o'f the body with a club. Trhe child then~ dttemnpted to floe the house, and was caught by the negroos and severely punished, lhe receiving a blow on the back of the neck which may disable him for life. Mrs. Harley in the meantime had seized her husband's gun, which she drew dowun upon the plunderers and frightonod them ofn, although the gun was not Ipaded.' Shortly afterward her hus band arrived, and, collecting a crowd, sarted in pursuit of the Svillains. A negro, Peter WVilliams, was captured nnder suspicion and brought back to the house. Mr's. Harley at once and fully identified him as one of the burglars. Pond ing her testimony the negro made a sudlden bursb for the, door, reached it, and fled precipitately. Several! of his captors rushed to the doors and windows and fired upon him. Hio fell, and wvas brought back to the house se~vorely, and it was thought, mortally, wvounded. He! then confessed to having comnaittod the robbery and been >rivy to THlE ASSAULT ON Mus.. H A RLEY, which, howvever, lhe claimed was cdmmitted by one Frederick Pope, r solored. He was thon properly taken care of by his captors4 and h is wvounds dressed. Williams did not die, as has hgen reported, "but is now convalescent. Steps were then taken by the friends of Harley and W bin wife to capture Pope, thme accom.. plico, if not the principal, in the crimo for which Williatus had suffer. od. Tihe proper afldavits were made and Charles Griffin, a colored justice of the peace, issued a warr'ant for the the arrest of Pope. In the meantinmo news had been received, a 'very general and exciting rumor pro.. ,vailing to the effect that a number o f armed colored men had assem bled and were assembling for the purpose of~avonging the murder of Peter Wilhiams who wvas then believed to b)0 dead. Williams was extremely . popular with the negroes, and they p retested at that time (the contrary having bean indubitably proven sine andl nnnfesand on all nidon,) that he was innocent of the crime imputed to hirm and that he had been killed by the whitea through pure wantonness. There are no elected constables in South Carolina, and the justices appoint a constable for the serving of each warrant- they issue. Feeling that thoro would be trouble in making the arrest of Pope, Griffin appointed Mr. Angus P. Brown, a citizen of known cour %go but of prudent good sens, to Darry out his writ of arrest. kID IOnT HERE THE WAR-CLOUD SHOWED ITSELF. Mr. Brown quietly proceeded to surround himself with a small but detorminedl posso. By Saturday night 1he had collected fourteen men, liaving intended to tako only ton. He thon waited for morning, that the search for Pope might be com wenced, keeping his men together diring the night. Early in the morAing he learned that Pope was at Lkose's Bridge, under the pro tection a considerablo number of aned n 1os. He at once sent Messrs. N-athersby and Stallings out as scouts,\to determine if the repoits were tiae, and in the mean time advanced wi*4i his posse toward the bridge, taking te precaution to, carry the negro ju ice with him, that the negroes migh t. b porsuad. ed to give up their 'han without a struggle. When the posse passe I Silverton, the home of Mr. 'farley, it was reinforced by five men;, the news of the gathering at Rouw's I Bidge having been received at Sih. verton several hours before. Con stable Brown's scouts roturned, and confi med, from actual knowledge, that the negroes toward the bridge were terribly excited, armed and defiant. A nogro (Sidney Hanken son) confirmed their report. lie hav ing been at the bridge himself. Mr Brown and his posse-a list of which is in my possession-moved quietly forward. House's Bridge spans a small creek, and is flanked on the left and front by an immenso swamp. It is approached by a deep and narrow nut. Just as the posse emerged from this cut-or, rather, au the first men Dmnrged-they were met with A RAGGED AND SCATTnRINO FIRE rroin a party of negroes, who were digned on the very edge of the iwm.p. No one was injured, a horse only being wounded. The p)osso promptly returnod the fire. It is said that three negroes were wounded by this fire. From con vorsation with two or three of the Aicks ongaged, I can got thIenamne of on ly one wounded man-Henry Campbell, who was shot in the arm. This, I believe, is the only casualty of the firsl Rouso's Bridge fight. A the fire of the whites sove al no groos issued from mthe swamip and liarried to reinforco their frien.ds, who numbored originally about thir'y. The whites, fearing the swamlp was filled with armed no inos. retired precipitately to a neighboring open field, and the first light of the campaign was over. It is pr-ovei by the affidavits of more IIn t dozen men, including the -oored justice, that the nogrees made the first fire, opening upon the soin the defile as is descmibod Llbove. The whites then, instead of returning to tile attack, determined to hold a parley. They procured 'a white flag and sent it by a negro womnan into the swemp, asking for a conerence with the blackp. The wvoman returned shortly afterward saying that the negroes refused to olucd ainy coimmuinicaition with the whites. She was returned to tile swamp~ with a more pressing invi tation for a conference. She did,; not return at all, but a negro camne out uniarmned and si1ttod thaut if the whites would send forivard six meni nam-id in1 a list lie held in his hand, FlIE nLAORS woULD oIVE THEMH A CON PElt ENcE. The whites agreed and the six men1 onltored~ the swampli. This was it about 5 o'clock on Sunday. The whites showed their warran tof ar rest and demanded thle noegro Pope. The blacks replied thlat P'ope was' not with them, and had not been. The whites upni aig hsaro ~thatey would~n .di isand god oe fthe nlogroes wvould do the samno thing. This was arranged and tihe qonforence terminated. The whitos at once dispersed and started hmomue, Mr. Brown riding off by him loi, Mr. Sta'lingy'ond Mr. JjIhn Williamns taking another road, and thirteen members of the posse riding in scattered groups toward Double Bridge, whore they expected to cross. These thirteon unten were scattered along the road, 'Messrs. Ashley and two others riding some three hundred yards , in advance. Whewn these gentlemen ap~proachedl the bridge, wading through a dense swamp, about a score of armed negroes 'umped up and seized Ashley. ?lhree or four guns were r'aised towvard him, wvhen Bryant Consel, a captain of the nego com pknocked the guns down with ssword, crying "Don't shoot .the man- -don't shoot I" lie succeeded for a moment, and then cried to Ashley, "YOU WILL HAVE TO SAVE YOURSELF, SIR ; I OAN'T SAVE YOU!" Ashley at once put spurs to his horso and rushed off. He was fi red em hvinveal negroes and struck in the back by BovQral small shot, His companions followed, one of them losing his gun and another having his trowser's log torn off by a negro, who attempted to pull him from his horse. In the meantime the whites behind Ashley, hearing the firing, galloped sharply forward. As they entered the swamp, eleven in num her, they were met with a brisk vlley, and Jim Bush, James Coch ran, D. W. Crossland and Sid Han kerson were wounded. Five of the whites stood firm and levelled their guns. The negroes rushed on them, Basil Bryant and Wilkins Hamilton leading the charge. The whitos fired steadily, and Basil Bryant fell dead and Wilkins fell sharply wounded. The whites then hastily retreated, each one plunging into the swamp at separate points. Just one-half hour later-this, rencontre occurring at about 6 n'clock on Sunday-the negroes oponed the ball in another direction, some five miles distant, near Silver ton. Mr. John Williams and Stall ings, two members of the dispersed posso, who were quietly riding home, woro fired on' by three no groes who were lying down under a large tree. John Williams fell dead :m the instant, mnd Mr. Stndling's Liorso was killed. Ho leaped ofl' and sprung into the woods and made his scap. At just about this time the skies were reddened in the direction :f Ellenton DY HEAVY AND vAnIOUs FIRES, saused by the burning of a mill, gin bouso and barn on the place of Dr. Niley. These had been fired by the 'groes. Every point of the abovais supported by the fullest aflidavits from both - whites and blacks. It appears that the negroos after agreeing to a treaty of dispor sal, which thom whites observed in perfect faith, broke the peace in three particulars. First, by the fir ing on the eleven men at Double Bridge, and wounding four of them; second, by the firing on Williams anCd Stallings, by which the former was killed; third, by the burning of the Bailey outhouses. It must be ro mnembored that these events occurred within two hours of each other. They covered an area of twelve miles, proving conclusively that several bands of negroen were at work with murderous intent. Oc 3.irring in the night tima as ih3y did, scattered members oftthe.-p)se believed that the whole negro race of the county wore in arms and bout m murder, rapine and arson. They - p(d in dia'erent directions, rallying tme white peoplc and calling for aid. This movemont commenced at 11 1clock. By 2 o'clock possibly two bmndred mounted white men were hurrying t ward Silverton, whore they were massed about daylight. Cul. A. P. Butler and Col. G. W. Croft were at the head of affairs. At daylight Monday morning tho whito column conimenced moving briskly toward Ellenton. As they were passing through the Cowden plantat.ion they were met by a very excited courier, who announced that the negroes had wrocked the train on the Port Royal RaVilroad hard by and were around the wvreck in groat numbors. They charged down uponI the point of the wreck, being cov ered by a high grass hedge, until' they woero fairly upon the negroes. They fired in upon the armed meon standing aroundl the train and killod one negro, wounding none. The niegroes lired a few panicky shots and scatter ed. Noews then camne that the wreckers bad retired on~ Ellenton, where they had been met by a company of Barunwcll negroes under Simon Coker, and were in full'and dangerous possession of the towvn. Upon reaching the towvn they found that the negroes had just le ft, one0 party going~ towarid Rouse's Bridge and the othecr, undicer Cohor, going toward Penn Branch Swamp, wvhere they EXP'EcTED~ TO AMDJUsH wHTE DEINFoiIcE MEIFNTs that were coming from Barnwell County under comnmnrnd of Gon. Hlagood. The wites-.-it then be ing about 4 o'clock on Mondlay pusihied oit4o Ro0yso's Bride. They had not proceeded far s when their scouts woro fired on by'aiX negroes, who wore fortified in a little house b~y the roadside. The main body rushing up, the neogroes fled. David Malloy (colored) was shot dead in the house. Sam Brown was killed* while running, gun in hand. WVar ron Kalsoy wvas wvounded and fol. The whites rushed upon him. Mir. Jim Bush exclaimed, "Don't: shoot him, boys, his daddy is a good old negro." A wvhite man reaching down in the grass, lifted Kosloy's head and eried, "By God I lie's got a gun in his hand, right now I" At this a dozen shots were fire'd and lie fell back 'dead. Couriers then roeheg the whites and implored them to return and camp in Ellen ton during the night, as the negroes had threatened to return and 'burn the town. They did so anid wont into camp on Monday night at Ellenton. Up to this time the whites had one man killed and four wounded. The negroes had five killed and' two wounded. During the night and evening at Ellenton John 1(elsey (colored) was killed while running through a field, armed. Wilkins Hamilton (ooloredl) who hnd been wondead at TUnion Brldge, was brought tQ Ellenton and was either killed while a prison or or died of his wounds roooivod at the bridge. Ho was reportod dead in the torning. Abram Hanmnond (colored) was killed at Silverton during the evening. How, I am unable to learn. He was quito an old man and was very o)lnoxious to the whitos. I shall now leive the Aiken Cointy whites in Campl) at Ellonton on Tuosday moIrning (hiv ing lost one white man with four wounded, and having kil od eight no groes and wounded two) to describo the fighting done by the Barnwell County men, who, under the loader I ship of Gon. Hagood, and Shoriff Patterson (colored) of. Barnwell woro marching toward the sceno. It will be remombored that Simon Coker's company, armed with Win chester rifles, had left Ellenton on Monday evening for Pop Branch Swamp, where they intended to ambush the white reinotrceents. Before reaching the swamp the Barnwoll whites were fired upon from an ambush, and the Sicei, Jamnes Patterson (colored), wal sevoroly wounded. Upon reaching the swamp the advanco guard of lvbitos were confronted suddenly by A1DOUT SEVENTY AIRMED NEOROEs who poured a direct fire into them. Robert Williams, white, wits liled At the first flash, Saitiuel Dunbar was shot in the hand and breast, J. I.1 Killingsworth wits shot in the leg, and Mike Heyeas in the neck. Tho whites returned the liro, killing Ed. W. Bush, colored, Roundroo, col ored, and two negroea. named "Paris" and "Henry." Tho' negroes then plungcdI into tile swamp, leav ing Simon Coker, their captain, in bhe hands of the whitos. The whites then pushed on toward Ellon. bWn, carrying Coker with them. En route to Ellenton the whitos killed Georgo'Turner, colored, and Wil. liam Tutt, colored. I am informed th rt these negroOs were seen with guns in their hands, and were fired u apon and shot down. Arriviihg at Ellenton, Simon Coker, lh isoner, who had been the instigattor and leader of the negr6es.it was.allogod, was killed by his captors. The B-trniwell men then killed s'on no groes in the march to illenton, losing one man killed and thyeo wounded. The casualties then stood flftoon negroes killed, in both counties, and two worluded ; whites, t.vo killed and eight wounded. THE MARCH ON ROUSE'S BRIDoE. On Tuesday morning the Aiken County whites, who were encamped at Ellenton, started for - Rouso's Brilgo, where it was understood tie negroes were massed in largo num ibors. Upon reaching tho bridge it was discovored that the negroe had crossed the crook, torn up the bridgo and entrenched thomselves in the swamp. Tile deciivo moment had now como. The mnain hody of the whites, isoie three hundred in number, wvero preparing to ehlrg on the swamp in which woro ambushed the main body of the negroes, numbers unknown, but possiblyV as 1-trge as file whites. TJhe wVhite's were delayed at tihe torn b~ridge, amid spenlt half an hour in arrangYing? to cross thle stream. A few strag~ gling shots were fir'ed on both sides, without damage to (either. A 1 longth tile stremn wats eros :ed and tile whlites wVere stifleninig themii selves in tile saddle for a charge, whou a yell thlat b~roke from tile depths of thle swamp~ conused them to hesitatoe. A dozen guns were att the shoulder to) fire on the body13 of muon whwr (?v.1 lently aipproaeinifg the edge of the swamnp, whenf Capt. Croft struck them down and shout ed: "rijoiE ARE wHITE MEN COMINo TJIROUoH[ THlE swAMP." In a moment they broke thrnough thle edge of the swaml;p, and( dir covered that it was a b)ody of United States troop~s. The soldiers cetmon walking rap~idly forward, totally unarmed, many withl phoir coats off, and many of them swinging their hats in the air'. A comiittco of three wvhites, headed b~y Croft, advanced to imoet Capt. Lloyd, in command of the troops. After saluting, Capt. Croft seil "We arc bero', sir', for the purpoIxse of en forcing order. Have you any orders for us ? If so, they shall be obeyed."' "I have none, sir'." "Under wvhat insltrulctionsl ar'e y'ou here, thoen, sir ?" "Simply to I'prolrve the peCaco." "Have you any advice to offer?" "I advise you to disperse your1 men." "Will you force the negroes to disperse ?" "I cannot force thorm. I fool as.. suredi, hlowever', that the advico I shall give thomn will result in their prompjt dispersion, particularly if you will dispeirse your men now." This was perlfectly satisfactory to Capt. Croft .nd his colleagues, and in twenty minutes the column of whlites, saluting the soldiers pleas, anmtly as8 they passed, tiled beyond' the soldiers, and in two hours it was completely dispersed. The negroes committod no more depredations and thus the throe days' war was ended. (hro folonwsa n.liskt f tilleA and wounded. The loss of th whites is put down at two killo o and oight woundod. That of the negroes is ostimated at fifteen killed and three wounded ;-all vf those afterwards diod from their in juries.] WHY THE DEATH ROLL 'i SMALL. It apparl rem lriblo, when we consi(er the number of men on gaged and the timo of the confliet, tht the death roll is so sml:l. The truth is there was enough ferocity and d(e0r1jinatiol in the conflict to have caused the deaths of a thou sand mon. If the whites had struck tho ingroos oH Moiidai.y mnoriling at Elleniton there would have beon turriblo slaughter. If tho United States troops had boon half an hour later at Rhouse's Bridlge Hwallp scores would have fallon riglit there. The main bodios: of whites and blaeks never colli led. The blacks at the first fire would bury thom selves in the swimps, whither the whitos were afraid to follow them. The negroes lacked anunnition and propr arms. There werve, proba bly, thirty Winchester rifles in the swamps. All else woro shot-guns, old imisket, &. Tlie negroes loaded their gums With half charges. Wilkins K1.unilton, colorel, pulled down his shotgun on Jim Bush, at, lboit forty paces. A spoonful. of bird shot pattered against Bush's thick coat al fell back fromI his ihirt bosom. Half the wounds re 3oived by the wh tes were, from imall shot. Whorovi the Winchos. 1 L4r whistlod there was., trouble in the ttir. THIE MEANING oF THlIE CONFLICT. I scenothing in this ierrible Con flict beyond a hint as to the heat of tho canvass and of the inllmmuable iature of things here. The nogroos wor imprudent aind wanton in two Lospects. I can hardly blame them for ralying at first to protoA:t Lrederick Pope. They believe(d that Willi:m;, their faLorito, liad .)coi lyncheld and that Popo wis beilg hunted down. They very Iaturally thought of protelting him. l'h.y were wrong in violating the breaty they made, by killing" Wil liais, by aibulhinig the party at Doublo Bridge and by firing the lailey ontlIonses. They wore wrong in tea-ring up the railroad track and cutting the telegraph wires, in broaking open and i upln d1oriig W4:.V sly's tole,,.in, driving Lattl, into tho swaips Inld 'hiflhig tihem, inl throatoning Ellenton. T1he whites Were 11101h Imiore prudent and corrot. Indood it is hard to soe how the whtes wore so easily coun trolled as th6y wero. They are con tin ually nervous about the ra -o question anyhow, as the blacks out number them ten to one. Now let us consider the condition of mind those m)1on1 Who were amiibihlled at Doublo Bilge Oil Sunday night m1,ust have been in. They wor openly attackod by a largo nminber of am..ed negrous iu the night. Af ter they scattered, wounded amid ex. haustd; they discovered that an otior party of negroos had killed Willi:uns and shot Stalling's horse. While they were receiVinlg this ne(ws theoy saw the skies reddening with t wo or th)ree incondiar'y fires, cvi dontly tihe work of another pairty of 1ngroo!s. Thcy flti ertatin, so mlany of tihim informeid mel, tha;t there had been1 a genera'Il priing of the i ne groes for the~ pulrpa~s( of rape and~ miurder and ars'onl. Thir coo)less in1 disp)ersing so promptly at their caiptalin's; call is remairkable. IE wRlE.CKlNo OF Trri TR) UN. It has beeni sauid by 8uen:tor ,Johnu Palttersonl that the white people wrecked the train on the Port Royal Rt ilroad for* the purpos1)e of robbery, beliieving~ that a tUn ited States pav miaster with $5t0,000 was onk board. Tlhis can hlardly hem so, a1s the trainl that was wrcked was the way freight trinf onl whieb'h no passon gorsi (mnoh less a Uni ted Stte paym)aster) ever travet. Besides this theo telegrap1h wires were ou't in throc placees On tile night before tile train was duo-a hardly likely p~ro coeoding if robbiery was tho objoet. I hlave FOOn) tile atfhdeit of Tennan t, the engineer, inl which 1ho :ays that the fldh in front of th~e place where the engine wasI1 wreoked was full of armed nlegroos. The imupression is antd it is sh!ared bly all, that the niegroes feared tihe train would brn~g 1h011 from Augusta and they determJ~ined to wreok it. A P'll ,TTY PICTURIE OF PE.\cE~ I ami con)fvinced thait to great masses of negroes inl South Caroinai as well as elsewhore, are poCrfootly peaccalo~~l and h~armlossR. It is only when thesir leadlers stir their pak sions and appoal to thtoir prejudices thait they are vicious or dangerons. I was at (Capt. Croft' house1W inl Aihen at nline( o'clock at Inighlt, exnminingv some) aflidavitm, whenl two ladies who had b)een visitin~g imi passed out, and gettmng into their buggy drove off' alone in the moonlight, living nearly two miles away. I was struck with this pr' etical tribute jo the quliet and inoffensivo disposition of the negro when lie is in his normn al state. NMyroly the ladies of tewv Counties will so trust tihe mausos50 of their peoplo as to go out riding. alone at night. There is no better peasantry on earth than the negro when he is not. l1 off by diing men. I waR descanting upon this incident of the, night iI, Aikon the day after it. happen(d1 and putting the interpretation oin it noted above. A hirsuto citizon of Aiken remarked to me, "You hain't struck tho gist of that thing yet." "Why?" I asked. "Woll, thomle women was safo, be. causo we've taught the nigger down hero that our women is one thing they can't totch. It's sartain death to a nigger to put his hanj~d onto a woman." Now my hairy. friend may b right after all. Vo! iti il, Throauoning Aspect of Affaira In South Carolina. Columbia Correspondenco Now York herald. JUDGE CAIPEXTER's OPINION. "I'm a Republican,. but I can't vote for Chamnberlin. Neither will I vote for General Hampton, becauso h reprosonts opinions at war with my wholo life. Personally, I like General linapton ; personally, I do not like Governor Cihaiberlain. A man of his character is not fit to dilchargo the d-iti.aof tLe Executive of the State He is liko a skilful forgor, who would bo more success, ful in making forgerios than a burg lar. This was the voluntary expression of Judge Carpenter, of this judicial circuit, in my presonce, a few days Lr(o, and I give it as asamplo qf what you can hoar at any tiio coming from the averago Republican of any respoetahilhity or social standing. The diffcrenco between Carponter and his associates is that, whilo quite it number of thom frooly announce their intention of voting for Hamp ton, few of then disagree ati to their stinmat of Chamberlain. Blows fall thick and heavy from all sides on that gentloman's dovoted head. He is oponly donounced by R1epub licans as well as Democrats as one of the most coirupt and unscrupu lous leadors of the Republican party in this State, not excepting Franklin J. MAoses, who was dubbed by the N0w *York Times a "The 1 obler Governor." ARMs I N THE HANDS OF THE NEOROE5: Considcr, too, that they have, as 16onizazhdi t hiiiiif tlehe Cho Sta o.-: 40,000 stafids of' arns and an' 6 '!quato supply of anninition to te n uskeLs distributed among them, :nd it will be soon1 that the 90,000 ner:gro voto:s of Soiti Carolina are quitito a formidablo body. To make the matter siill worso thsO armjs are not where they should be, in the t'ianaories ad arsenals of the State. They are in the hands of the nogrooe. Hardly a cabin Call he found without its old anny iilsket or now breoch loader. and thoso other favorite wa.spons of the nigro, the razor and the fo:-ch, are aboard in ondless pmintiity. With all those warlike appliancos, and with their passions inallad by un incipled a-nd dan geouls load1(ers, w~ho hesitato at noth ing. not even at having the negroes btcheed11l to acecomnplish thir ends, it cani casily bei 5oon thmat ini ani o cited political contest like the presen1t there is amlo ground for thle aplproh ansion and alarim among the whtitot. ,And in this lies the origin and (explaniation of the rifle (lub an ~id the sabre clubs. iiAM'ToiN's rMEETINos aro. the inmt enthusiastic and order 1)y of any political meetings in tho tinttir1 Ol ontry, and the Republi cans and their speakers are* inivited to oiver'y one of them, to hoar' and to hao heard. But it is ii this that the Republicans "don') tote fair." They' will not hold tuotmngs of their own, nioriwill they accept the division of tim tendered th em at Hampton's 1meetfing~fs for thei r speaklers. Their' poliiy is to keep thme negroes as imiuch as p)ossiblo fromu the temnpta. tioni of the winning ways and seduc tive bl-mdishmuents. of H~amplton's speakers. It is the first time since 1C)icontuctioni thait thme Democrats of South Carolina have "stooped to conlquor." anid it is amazing, coniid orinag the menacing attitude of the parties, to sno hiow keenly anid well they are bieginning tO alpprociatO the houmago (duo to the new sovereign in Anmncan c!itizonmship wvhen his vote is wvanited. T~hey do not hiully, pat romz~o or argue with the American African, but they coax and court him, nmd often succeed in gaininag his piolitical affections. G*o to any meeting of Hampljtoni's and yon cant now see negroos b)y thme hundreds, mounted and mixed with the whites, weairing Hampton badges and cheer ing lustily for that candidato of reformn and hone08t govern mont, CIHAMDERJ.AIN wEAKEcs. It is strongly sm'mised-and this surmise is wvarrantod by the eircumn stances sm'rounding the Bopublican canvass here-that Governior Chamn berVlaiin is heartily siek and tired of it ; and that, if he could, withon6 being charged with political cowvard,~ ice, hao wouldi withdrawv. Hoe has tacitly confessed that the present governmient (of the State is a die, grae and a sham;i that he, as the Executive, has not the poweor to on fore the law, and that the existing pNca. d good order is solely due to the law abiding character of tho' very people he chargos with boing. in a stat. of iisurrection. Many. hero firmly belivo that Chamberlainx does not desire a re- election, but that he is forced to make the outra e campaign that lie is engaged in or. the benefit of the party in the nation al contest at the North. Yet Re publicans pay that with'5,000 troops( in the Statobthamberlain will carry it by a largo majority. From my. observation, howayer, Iam inclined to beliovo that the majority will bei largely oq thlv other side. It is odd to hear of the implicit reliance thq Republicans place on the presenca of troops and the indifforence of the whites as to whether they are hero or not. I askod a Republican : NVlat good can the troops do you P "Olx they can do us lots of good,% "In what way ?" "I will toll you that privately. When the troops come the party runners will be instructed to circu lato it secretly among the negroos that the soldiers wert sont here by Qenorim1 Grant to sco thatthey voted the wholo Rel)ublican 'tickt.' Thiscandid admission of the use of troops for the purpose of a moral intimidation of the nogroes against voting for Hampton was very ro freshing, and though related privatq ly by my informant I think too good not to publplj. Thore can be no ground for Itopublican complaint on this scoro, as troops are epmiing to the Stato every day and are being ifigaod to distritAs wheia their prosenoe will havo the groatost mor al and political offect as rapidly as they arrive. In making arrots they are also required by the United States deplity marshals to accon pany thom in squads; and to thiq constab)ulary duty some officors very BtrQnugly object, ARMY OFFroERs DISOUSTED. One of the army oflicors, whe wife is a nioco of Mrs. H air i*t n Fish, not long ago wrote an indig. nint letter to that lady protesting agaist the dirty, petty politiegJl work the army was put to do down hero, aid requesting her to uso hoex influenco to have him assigned to soime other duty out of t-h South, and statinqg that if she did not suc coed he would bo forced to rosign. I a few days after ho was ordered to Now Yorl on recruiting sorvice for two yqars, nch to the giutinoa3 tion of himself and friends, Judge Mackey In New Y9, . In Now York on Wodnesday even, ng Mr. Parke Godwin delivered an ddross at the Coopor Union to an mmonso aldionco on the issues of the present campaign and in advo cacy of the elootion of Tildon and Hendricks. At the close of his ad dross Judge Thomas J. Mackey, of South Carolina, was introduced. Iuq met with a very warmn reception, After spoaking *ht great length on the past and the present condition of South Carolina, he said that tho people of the State were dotormined to throw off the oppressive yoke wvhich they had borno for the paist eight years. [Choecrs.] "WVo are carrying -the lag of the Union and weo consider ourselves good ainy4 loyal American citi,ens, [Choers.] We mean to stand Airm in our otort to free oursolves from the abuuon heapod upon tna by corrupt rul>, but we mean to accomplish this by tho ballot and not by the sword, [Cheers ] Sijnce the closo of then war we bave greatly suffered from the prosent pornicious government. At that timeothe popu lation of South Carolina was 700,000, composed of about 400,000 blacks and 279,000 wvhitos. In July, 1868, the debt of the State was $5,000,000, and in six years itlhadinoesed to $20,000,000. Tihe public printing alone one year cost $300, 000 The wvhole taxablo property did not amount to oyeor $18,000,000, from which the flopub liocans extracted $2,000,000 yearly, All theo work of the Legislaturo could ')0 completed in thirty days, bult thme session is extended Oor onQ hmn-, dred days, costing each year $612, 000. The system of taxatjicn in the State amounted to nothing short of confiscation of property, ("Shamo h"] Columbia the capital of the State has a tax of.5g por cents while the bank rate of interest is irom 18 to 80 per cent., owing to the great risk of making any kind of investment. We cannot draw capital from the groat North in exchangeofor the pro. ducts of the Slate, now wasting for the want of a proper market. There are out of 10,000,000) acres of arablo land only 8,000,000 acrea under cub tivation, owing to tko high rate of interest and the vicious system of government. Tho only class of per sons wvho have done wveil in South Carolina areithe earpet-baggers and the o0fice-oders-the latter growv richer as the governmnt 'grows. more corrupt [laughtor] Atyd. are likely to do so until th&ey are wipoed out at the coming elction. (Ap,~ plauso.] The speaker then refero to the nomination of Gin. Wadq Hampton for G.overnor of South carolina, who, ho said, wvas fa from political tainit, as wvere the other Denmocraticocandidates for office. They intend to o their duty and had dared to face their Iapub loan enemios oven in spite of~h buyonet." [0heers