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.• 'V % J?t-y , : i r. J8DAY, .niNE'ET, lML w CHI.VW. aiL' tj jj--, j-- -4 -.. ^i-tmw: 'yg»a Wb ate out nup^iwible fot the view# of o«r i pond ra«d, renal I ty and ewiption reign eu- iretne at Wasbingfoh. It M w«ll ■ for ou that tUe govcrnaent of tie fTo|tod u ‘ • he* j^come • hissing and a shinno at hoflft and abroad, and tjpint the of jdstice is paralyzed by the infa my of her chief ihinistcrs—^therwiae you and your delectable brotherhood in crime, your brazen-faced executive committee, from Hale to Hiscook, would boob sec the inside of a pcaitentikry for •tbn Mi attempt at c«Tli4t biaekWil- i',.y k ~ • •• g-.£, ' ' * | ‘ ■ Z. • \ vestigrttion. The action of thc House {ties who little drenm of it now I tried -?-the l#th , #d»lch declared thafit j to “pomp” hinr; but all I could get out lould not hffP a rm|id wMB|th* wir of df hiar>af that be^ad bin . told that < *lJ)cfe-Was a flace** in the penitentiary % persons wli) kept gaming t»ble»,.an<] yrhilabe thounnt it was bad onougb to iseating Halts ariftpgttl^ in ^jildcn, •■rtnd< inni hg. Thiif action, it fe true 1 , was [ jrhilahe thou quiet all agitation upon that subject. I think it would have been much bgUer. Jj. it had been done at first,' but Let to?- late than never. I ttel Assured by it tbrtt I am completely vindteated ip I m m _ Jbiigm'* s* it \VADE HAMPTON*. ,*kv ^o^Weuteoaol-Qlovernor.» ;r W. D. SIMPSON. Fur Secretary of State, t* * err —e . thX For Superlntendrot ot Jkiocatlon, ; ’‘•v t ti^e TH0MPSOM>eeV ^ F^p CpmptrolW.Oen^ fllll I iutant and iDepeotot-Gencral, S;/ E. W. MOISE. » u f.fr.-mepe ii+m *■ t l,TX *L 1 after the 4th peejff ««i ep«N * ► he Democratic 3FT879, Vi now tape Mr. Gorham* aadr hm\jk ikon fhfdnafo«r* , 'fl i or* of 'YbATlCTrMm you mi^ht ndd tha wtatwer trfd^and tnoreoW t I tlmt the dodl^of thieveir and rww HP M, rUn.iyr uccn poim, Wtlv’^AVit K,yM, ffi fcunJ loin ja,to be given io^ DjpporaMO >Ktyi.T?hf 1#h^rhipa and aqurptoM;will mrga tbe temple oLiibe.rty of. the base rafilekors who b%ve so toug disgraced it »y th^rweftec. . U. t» ‘ And “Merk mil be ho ohfMion fit anijf official qwn trr t» tufa voKtnlary ? Hr. Gor- am, as^ Hwltf ^jc&^W'C pig gim tArdy,i)ul tfiough' late, it will hereafter [ gamble at any time, it was perfectly in tolerable to have the Sabbath-respecting portion of fho; community dUturbod by the cracking of billiard bills nnd tbe thump of the J»and on the .card table all day Shoddy.’* I aslpd him' if euch things were bairT^d on. Hp raid it was. blit {hat he intoodod to bring tbe thing toTigl^ and expose tha who^aerew t uq4 sue tho bonds of those who kept such disorderly houses. - lie' talked■'4ika ha t meant it, and .if saeh prsetie* wB flbn- • twy to lsw f t(and if they are not they ought to be^) thcfte people had better'loob’ sbttip dr they will see troubVc. ‘ {le said h<j couM ‘^ot’’ them all nqd tint he wphly tpakc his ry^brt.to the Grand Jury injtyiA.tiiae. I don’t know who they are but-if they,see this they can “bide oat.’’ > j. 1 .> j .. Rawhipc. i raU id tkc Holism iht+.ljtolfy. with PMJiflwi ItamWid 73; as rmehe I’M J* a* ypu Aid contribution.” Trdh for 701 Fpr( Xl»e Artful V>»dfftfr. f .J> T^. • y IniU last !#!<¥>, the Sent inti has tha unblushing assurance to charge us with being personal in the adoainistratiao of thajuftl and wall deserved puuishmout we hare infHefrd’upon: hna. 80 fer from that being tbe dj^fr^defy bifh to point odt any ^rtion of Wr jftiillipics which •wailed him In'anjTq&oV capacity than •s a public journalist. In oontM^m^ ujlfth fbe course’^iid moral lone of KTs ’tune-s^rnug slieet w« tirWe compellod to. idjptify jJm. ?irii >»i».p«>er. “ U w« had given way to tha reteklesa pasiion for private defamation which hes clmractcr iaed thf 0bntMct\ #e might have Jbamft urnpHi dl^fruiw which would have adbflfdod tho pnWIo.^ We have not, afid the Bentinri man may think hit God that mercy, with |ui Atj least, still tempers justice. The very (petj that his course rendered it necessary fur us, In our last te d#t a qnesuou of privilege most convince every un- licad mind that the &ntii*t is f.bf tl|e very offense with which he imjaidently cWgasus, and tbe accusa- tions of oarpet-baggiim nnd non-pay- meat oflaxes-fB Htmijftos Govern u recklessly assorto tbat whish be does not KntW to W ttwrH M guilty or inlsonooa as be who BHevti to be' true that whfdh he knows to be false. ^^ % t>f • j Convicted out df , 6i Olhi.Wmt&' baj^ fled hi his attacks upon the editorial in- tegrity of this journal, yet longing for the flesh pots of £gypt he ostentatiously cells upon us for the $>&*£,'(£ holder*. Fpr what? 'Pfathe maygrat- ifr his revengeful spirit, by pcogqpsl »U tacks upon private ebaraetcr, and so ease tho pain of the financial famine which is piotkfag his totJf'afcd making him for*‘grease**1a fHs^gbny 6f h>g sj iOkd^r|A^Uej^^^j|y|||ft gentle- an in the While Houss, when he first pst his JogJ^heroin.^waa selsod with s lirtuoua horror for sjioh voluntary (God isve the mark!) c^nb^mtiant, and when, the fit was ou him be might have kicked his drivers over the dasl^-bdar8—bht •las! as you drove him up Pennsylvania Avenue through the mud, so you are determined to keep t^m in tbe gutter till you all land in soot* political cesspool. 1 H ut jj|t !*k (iprbap*? i‘t4< jltst ion Vo/ a Democratic Jlivieo/JkprtwuUb- •f ftfitt would preeijntate upon thr fatntiy M dtmgerJtte agitation* which would in*' eritdbtg add to prrwnt drSffCMe#” •we arekt n loss to Understand, uWfSryou lisisr Isyou^own disttcsscs and those of yotfr brother banditti—and there you ‘are^mdouWellly oqrresl, Mr. Gorhsm, Sift. Kr-uoS.:' noh•‘Wfrjifoot-note to ^.last weeks, JeUeHiiiQftfDb i« cd.to serve youT>s» like a diah of. hash/- what I saWrtio'l hfcnjd thsts*. ^ « V*-;:,*-.; \vH*r mV AfrTVifffr ‘**h ; <1# nLAtkvri'ttf. That w my post pfcce aiid T did not know hot that somebody nhglit want to tftjagwjf I thy Doassito l>* used ns a candidate ih* koina' ’saAh office in the approacluny campsigti, and if I were to date my let ter at Center Pond or Muddy Run or Racoon Springs, why nobody would know^wh^fe 1 £ot piV mltil-matfer, nnd I might djo in utfer ignorance of the dia» tinguyhqd honor tpat sosxebody maybe is itcuieg to confer upon_ina^-ai.d thus go down to my grave witliout. a single Sweet eonvenir in the shape of political billet dmx of the kind mentioned to hand down to the little Rawhides as heir looms for fdtnre generations, Tin; fcOMlXf. FOtfM'* ' . , ■ - - . • ^ ••= ♦#. . ~t I jicard much talk in toyp about tbe Hart’s Ratt^ry rcuoioB wlyeh is .to. take <. ■\T — 1 nt; 11 Vf 4»At:'>e toiiia Ailvisc y« »«d yaw,^^ to bo present. Quite n large fyiyuds <0, emigrate to Callao 9^ some w g: vd ls e ^ ec[ci to U there to see nnd njthsr warm climate before tint great and eventful chango in our political destiny, tha very thought of which is enough to give you a Tertian ague. Again, when you Bay that foremost among I>em6c?atic schemes is their in. tontion l, to atlcmjit {hr revolutionary cx- u ptdtipn of the President from of, Vfcc,’’, wo fear that instead of giving your <hjs aad sights to th* study of Ad« mont are aggrnvafrd by tbeir utter tm- J jdlsoo,As recomiuended by Samuel John truthfulness. It isj we submi^jlM^ *U\yo»»g men- I eoaHtfr his efforts to bolster" 'their English, you his falling cause and conceal his awn d]s-1 over the pages of confiture to make the cliargc ugainst us of indulgence ip personal jnvoctivc, of which bo alouo Itae been guil^. Hu who ckiessly tssorti that wbiol son to young men for the p<»rfi«etion of have f Koch pouring pages of Baron Munchausen UBtij you don’t kno# the differonce bc- twdtth fact and fiction. If it foe on^ con- gdatioh^tp, you, Mr. t^prham^ iu the ,audit of your ''fu-ctt'yt. diuretic*” Wf can Assure you that your Republioan Ercsi- 'flint is likely to bang on tbe-offiee hooks :r the le^s* with his bftl iflown,tufdis» ♦urbed by Democrats, Autocrats, aristo crats', acrobat* or any -fttber. bats, nhfll ha drops offin due season, like a coc!:- pieifl^nt in the English inarket," by sheer decomposition. Adicul Mr. George C- w Gorham, note this fact, tliat South Caroli nians dpu’t eat their gauM^uiffcea it b<5 iCrgeh. . M ' fmraas of ths . ) ***** ^ ONOlttSSlONATi CoK. ] v m WaMikotoH, D. Cm May 97th, 1878. i Bib: 1 hts Gommlttee, Charred wittvl*- Republican tbe eloe- wtth place at Blaekville on the glorious fourth. From what I-could learn, I think I can safbly predict n very pleasant time for those who have bffen honored with invl T'X- ■« , m - %w.tdence upon you,- as a Republican, for comnussipu of any and every act {hat sAh a eontrtbntion In monwr as von wotlld in tU- »Hglrto^W ****** **** tAat to show o^iwlfe ^c'bcst. weaken tha SAfi^guards Hist protect ths bit be Ices | ^perted ‘oryiy the excrei.sos of the. day. Among the distinguished guests that are invited to he, present and take part in the fes. tivitjes ei Jibe occasion, we heard the names of (.av. Hampton, Gens. Connor, llagood, Moise, Islarand 8tokes, Jod-ies Aldrich and Maher and several others that I frif !i<Vtv to call to blind. Gen. Connor 1s tha regular ora tot? <l ! the day and will, as he. never jails to cia, give his hearers fcoiiiething worth list-Bnig to.' The ‘Washington^Artillery^ commanded by Capt.,^, A. Smythc, ^*(l be prp^ont with their pieces and will fire a salute. Then there will be a wine collation at night where ths surrivrrs jvill f{rink, toast and feast to their (Hart's) « heart’s content.^ »•• '» ■ Tift rtOKDoy VOIXNTF.BRS. Captain Lartigue is endeavoring to get the Gordons in ‘ fine trim for the r j i i' + ^ T fourth. I hear that they are looking for their new uniforms from Baltimore ond that the-ladies of Blaekville are going to present to them a beautiful fiig. With their new uniforms aud flag tho Gor dons will no doubt d^ credit to thera- sdltes. I did not see the Gordons drjll- ^* ■ ‘ Jk- Jll *''* ’ t A *• ■_ ■ | ing on Saturday but understand that they arc rapidly coming up to 4 hc mark unijer the. mauipujaUon of Capt. Lar Lartigue. Capt. Dodenhofi’s company was there drilling oa Saturday. I saiy them. The b<Jys lookwl wolt and tho (’Aptain was putting them through right. This company - will soon be in condition Tt is com- in ' liidffloYe'M ' I do an. i . ufpspeFwae got up, as you say ft wuh.io do,"good t‘9 the people,, what makes ypu publish them Buck- Bkig letters ? I heard of a maq wunce tha( .^heh he got tfrpd of his .wife aud wqnfed to another, would tickle ’em til they’d lalf theirselves to death. And I /gst believe that you npd ; fluck- skin Ig botjj^Radikills, Af.d that them, letters Is writ to tickle Dimocrafs to detb, and that then Lessly will be the Rad]kill There is sum brung back to leetrlfy cbfps luto life and oflls. of ua that kin see what you apd Buck skin is aft$£' Buck staid with roe last ulte, and v?Ay In the d^d hours I heard him * catllp njf , n abd when 1 got to him 1 be aajdjie vrns in orful misery, and sgkpd rheef I bad cny red way’s raddy releef, (Ijat I conlfl give bitn a dostr» be was In such suit' rln: “No,” ses I, Buck, “I halnt, and ^ 1 sarvln you right. You ^nd the -dftar of The ifaS^beoa Irjlit v'lVfe "rest of us Bpasums nnd.now you are the furst tliat’s cot Va.’’ Is j ; ou bad ’em yet, Mr. E-litiir? .Well If you niqj,. you will. Now I’me going to see if you're asredJy to publish what’s agin you, as you is what’s fur you. * . KlDOLOVJi — ♦ <aev» — -•—y.— r Thfe iLust I.rgJslaiurc. They stood faithfully and unflinchingty to the postof dufy, TheyAeVer quailed before the i^pn hand « r the military nor were they drived by tbe mm-hination# of their-ei.jtuies, ! Surrdundel by the ready mipipus of the army afid day After day in imminent danger of their lives and environed with a passionate mob of the fiercest and most lawless of Radical hirelings no one faltered or shrunk from his patriotic,duty. It was not go bard qpon the younger men of the body who hsd experience in flic calamities and hor rors pf Woody war, but. the aider men deserve the highest, pratse.. That man must tak base indeed tvho pan sfieak or think lightly ot Messrs, Bradley and fkmhftV 6f this ffounty‘And jnen of their year* frtm otlibr pbHions- Af the^.J?tHte wbo kept watch and wa rd tfrcr tlic safcfy I An^e jjeppTe for (he five weary tight? ih^y S?i rn tho ^ Mackey itouse in dan- ^ir.evory inament qf ton) assassination. Does ppt-such service deserve the thanks and cot JUie.reproath of the people? Where were tfie “best men” t!>en, of whom v-e hear so much tow 7 Did they ■ ■ . ,.-i , * .... - i appear upoii the scene , it Rns supreme moment' oY di^re distress ancr bare their bosoms to the impending storm, or did they remain at home apd (ct matters Uko their course? Wore they not will ing to leave the fate of this State in the hands of the men of the people’s choice in those trying hotrt-s? .For all that ap peared at the seat of trouble the “Lest men” were content to let the representa tives of {lie.pep pip die by the hands of a mob of assassins without extending a helping band to them when eut off in tlwt slaughter house. ^TBui it is not this alone that rleserves fhe gratitude of the people. All their" legislation was directed solely to the good of the people by reform iug the abuses of tbe Radical government. They were hindered by the fact of liaVmg » consti< tutiou to work under w hich looked to an expensive system of government. Not withstanding this they did wonders. citing that the Forty-Fourth Goo- grew, lo Joint meeting declared that R B. Hayfee and Win. A Wheeler reA- pectlvely ’ President and VIoe PreeG- dent, and declaring that there is no pofrftrTn'a’fty subsequent Congtrea to reverse tbat d^iaratloD, nor? osn any sudb power be exercised by thaCJonrts of thp Unlbed Hutes, or-by any trlbu- naf that Congress can Create finder tbe Constitution.'-^ . ,• .r, ’ Ttre resolution was adopted, yeas 264, nays 14.- • •' rJi ’ “ The Rotter, committee was in secret session.tp-day heating the report, of the Riih-coauuitta from Florida. ..'Dt9.. comralttee bas not summoned Col. Ruike, of New Orleans, or ex-Governr or Packard, of. Cpl ' Burke is summoned.Lt will be at tha instance pf the minotity. The comtulttee exanjioed Brewster, t ho swears that he signed all tbe Loo* i iana credecUals', to eome of which ^Levesce swears hi* name was forged. Judge Harris, chairman-of tbe House electfdn •FoAfeittAe, ctpects to call up Richardson vs. Rainey to-day of to morrow, ■ • . pubheafis ^ L; tajpren s^ite.%Ks: p-rorfi** ^ . n So .Kn-A —I,,, tlu'ir nflptiii '• il hiLo n nridr in lhai 1 ffe ^publish snefitlfroVl^e jh Jiubligan Congre#sional C<w»inittee; Waihiagtoun D. C» The doounaent has been wot* to »H Federal office holders throughout the linitod States, even to Ofir local postmasters 111 SoutTr* Carolina, titore diigrfftefbl publication ho^‘ ’ emanated from any political ling the semblance bf respcc- ft'lsnuk with the odor of sin, ^to Iteaven‘ in all its ghastly of yneiitated corruption ami It is rs^olcutrof black-uudiing Gotham, what do you want tKis tBoney for? I* it to pay the Wwgrt of another let of Republican flunkies Of Ipe of Anderson, TfocLjn and Ld or to meet sight drawls drawn on treasury by wrl^salfi, mjury and fotgeia H e inform those who 'ederalemploy that'tbsre will tie flo objrctten in afty offlofar^fiax^r fio such .vulafitacy jjgfitJibuUon. Th^lmpofUnoeuf tfie ponding struggle oisjly be b5a«fl'eratod. That the Is'lo btbcm* ■ Of ifiTVi* weryiteariy a certaintj-. In vi*w ol this, the alectioa of a Pemooatto House of Repreaentatives would precipi tate upon tbe eo mi try dangerous agUa- ttona.'wbicli would fnevitebiy addrfl prop' ent distl schemes, iteir InioAtion to attenspttherevolutiona- wyexpuhOou of Uio Presideutfrom hla of- If, br tl^e presentation of three candi date* for thh Presidency In Wtit, the people should fail tofihebse, the House must elect —each Stale (Megatknt casting one vhte. FruifkjWliat ls aofiknown,. a«d with the growing dlsfonilons in the camp t el thp: enemy, th§ Oomnalttce have good reason vftttXffidus and s'pbrn ^ WftA# siffl wHh ieh God their attcail.ipra^.il.uke apridc in tlwir organiagtrar " , ^ , y .p: dr»tu *: t* . I dybwfrta-at: ifttfchsaid on this sub ject. Tbe folks seemed absorbed in the of July busineife. What little I- Id gather in; ounted . tp 4^qut this i that aJUa{f /awerybody arc xqK\y. and wikiing -to work [AWiCvnle JfU-dinin.J -.--r, - Ilerctcforu ve have refrained front commentiny np'jn the lost Lefrisiature. We were content td let its good works stand as a preof of services, bnt as so much fault h.i# of late been found with it porlrftps a few wbrdinow may not be inopportune. The men who were hon ored bv the people with-’ scats in that -f- # *4 ' body -and during, the trying scene.} of that eventful period ,in our hivtory Are ppoken of with terms of reproach by a certois lbud-ninjrtliol class of our citi zens, ns if they bad been gailty of some grent CriiMvin accepting the f.oiiots con- ferred'upon them by fheirffclldw-cit zons. Tliev are called ’“candidates” in the of- - • f - ■ » fensive sense and are Jcnned “office- .seekers as if they through unworthy motives sought their positions from sel fish euds. * Let us look at tho matter in the light of truth nod jristice and in a spirit of fairness to every one. It is but a short time back and our deplorable condition thcn>an Certain!^ be rememberod with distinctness by every ore. Persons in the county who^rcelly office were enticed j>y the bopg of big pay and easy position to aspfre Ip the . county offices and tbe struggle Wa* for them. The peo- plo cast about fufr those who wore willing to raerifiee tbetnsclves iii what vtas ’fri garded by man^in the countj is almost beyond lyfgislntivc . - * V attached to this v. • cd to be less probability of success. six men were, solcctcd fiqai Gio^qoupty for the saerifieg, who submitted them- Taka the figures and you will find that the reduction of annual expenses reaches nearly the enormous sum of $2,000,000. Is not this scmAthing to be gratbfiii for ? They first commenced the wo^k of re trenchment by reducing tbeir own pay about ond half, end with .a .truly patri otic spirit gave up hundreds and thous ands of dollars to which they .were en titled by the constitution and laws of the $tsfe5p» lighten the burden O't *!.e tax- •pnj’efs. Age In, what bad lo- (lid they enact? Is not Governor li.^ipton re-, garded by aiarly nil CaroHuoiMAS the p it feet itm of ,ft p i trio! ? Jlfmi improper act . ha‘1- passed the Cmural Assembly would he not hnre vetoed it?/ In oniy tho Foliiary instanro of the “chain gang” ‘ y ~c + , . k ' *» nCt did he s e prtipar Or '•xercise the pdwef of vefo, and then, as we under stood, not because of his opposition to the policy but on account of a;i uucon stitutionul feature which escaped |he eye of tha Legislature. So ho stated in Jbis message to the General Assembly, When did a Legislature and a Governor net in such harmonious concord? Suppose Governor Hampton had been surround ed by such a Legis’aturb as Chamber- lain had, where would bo tbe prosperity of the State now ? Imagine for a mo ment such a state of affairs anl. decide if the country was .not bcnefitteib-even if tbe so caUrd ‘-be.-t .nun*'’ did nnt outer into the c impaign of ld76, and took no part in the great reform movement which delivered the people from i^iticnl dditth. We wflll have more to say in Atroftittr ortfcle—-not to«hsrupioB ony one but • ^ * t • r ■ to save a number of worthy men from un-, generous treatment which has perhaps hud its origin in* spirit of thoughtful- iica ;.V :-t\ . C • lea -* j..r • -J K . . —**Wi. •<>» ,. { <.,f ‘ Tb** Jlouor ConfiriiniM Mr Ilajew* Tide Gy a ISoAble Tote. .vi-1 .« . • ■ . - ' ' Washixotok, Jtirtfe fT—In the Senate Mr. • WatHelg^; of ; Ne^ HartipeHire, !(om the cotiwtdftfi* »x>n privileges •elyes to the will inf tic people and w**t elections, reported adversely on into th* mefc~vitth all their hearts. If as^din* of tbeib poll’titet! tkrl office H is VDkncfln fd t#. (Whet^mlght hive been Foremost among their «»<! work wfo gM-Wllt an ^ wiUon olreauy announce a tiokfit is put out ihfit will ttmmaad t^ 0 r T , C,!den Ai ao ^^“:!? tIjey. CtW|e^ •MaAbtikofieroluttoBad snd^'Bfidetffkbf-tft pooplb.' ^dq.or die with fhf pi^pl- in Giva them S straighf-bat Hdcct of men of *tair supreme sttijgcle to Uirow pff Lhe undmtffiftd MtegrTty artd’fha^^irf fie no w^oh lor yenn, hud breaks iii the democrttlt? ranks'In this crushed thoir, hopes sad. despoiled them seetioo.. Ooico or ty-jc^ ^ring . the day I saw a follow, i^^ging about oo the streets like aa •qtiv'eAraisitive verb re- [|{«rdl«to-tfit ttkb iX»*H»nl|s to thp Pffiise btekd prom fit and favorable re* smaller parts of speeeb, and I at nocc set (tnoQM to tiiiS .’otter, tad roadt at onoe, by .draft or iw^l money ©tfU*. to "aWiiey F. A'i-'JicA.Aii - "''At-- lihgton, Araeric D.C. By order N« him down as a candifrit* and made dor mm^Thinhiirg siiffi*hfi^Nkttf# talk pefities and tpB ne tartv the thing was, htrt l»1ieti ; tr-"—lACfiKHLAM* *Jtk.rfQt&£y. — ■ ^ rh ?psa^i IS OA I oangut him and tried him I found out i a «f rig 1 ’ 1 hecause. < was right re- was awfully mistaken. My blun- ^ g’-wdlfcss offifoseqaeoefr. _ \ der wilted him down terribly wliculc Tta peo^e pdttfimrd*vr. :nrh T«|y On Sunday MM, a reporter of People chanced to be in Augusta, Hsfcta. ith Buoy others called fipon the Hon*, " "* phens, who was on his way j Srashingjbn, Mr..Stephens ConsMitAd |o bejtoterviawed sad raply toMMMhqW Ml* rffitatt, his Upon the Ptvtter Investigation of tbaiiiresonTces and their righfSj’ Bnt men who had been hwlied up ten guides and directors drfcre lukewAnti ahd with held tHeir nnmes and Influence fr6m the uncerffiiifVeafrire and threw on thlTwthe. people t0 fa - l9C no ' ion '* of , ox - pediegjpy aud policy an^^arudto pursue liiitl Uktn for^coa- ite, and wherever l saw him after. •3 (♦tteABpoBfinls of fheif wishes add io- tenfio# and ^God wks wflMPlfHP wav^ he^BS walking slowly kn^ ipeck- * They were elected, have they c^me ff dhouf like soojetbdy that waated ,ld 1 tip thh nienlflwf of .lAsIr dad^i, and dWti^cfwouldn't find * doctor. I am t ^ e P C0 I^ e ’ t 41 ^ ust ^ ' V ‘ WfV ^Shndarand »'iil/wiw> HI wtiud thk everythl«§p^^^i utter confiMaoa, at the the j ilnt resolution proponing an nme»dniQnt|o tbe Constkntoa of the United Slates/firoffittltlQg the several State* from disfranchising persons on account of sex; ftod also gave notice that the rep<g| of. tbh tninorty of the cummltteelo- farot of tbe proposad amend meat would be submitted by Mr Hoar of MassaChuaftts. Tt was order ed that the reports be prioted, and the Joint re^oi^tioh bd.plaoed on the cal endar w^th tho adverse rtport - : .t Mr.Wiaton introduced a resolution to extend the seasiou to noou on fTbursdsy^adlt was.laid. over. ■ Mr. V Wlftdau expresned ihft opinion that it was impossible for Congress to adjourn on Monday.i vv * n fi • Mr. Bur chard, of Illinois, moved to auapend th e rules and adopt a reso lution, reciting tbat the Forty-Forth jo, jrfigt .meeting,< hid Bl R. He who rr-gjii and staggers moat Jo the journey of life takes the straight- est cut to tbe devil. Clrcnlitr >o, a. Rooms Dem. Cj. CnAtKMAx, h iBtACTtVilJ.|. 8. C., June 17 fi ’78. j .. 1. The election to determine the will of the parly as to the manner of nomi nating candidates having terminated in iavor of the. convention system, a conven tion of the party, will be bold at barn- wc’d C, II. on the third Monday in July, being the'15th,diiy of tbe tuonth, at two o’clock, lor the purpose of electing dels ^ gates to the. State and Conuresslonal Conventions tb be held in Columbia on the first day’ of August-, and for suclt other ptirposcV as may be necessary for the wclfinc of the party. _ ^ 2. In tins convention tbe cluts wi’l be entitled to repre-enlatipn, 4ipon the ba«, sis of one delegate for each club and one for every twenty-five members thereof, fractions of twenty-five not being en titled to ropresentatioo. 3. A convention to nominate camti. dates tor county officers nnd the Legisla ture will be held later, after the State Convention tliall have adjourned. 4' By resolution of fhe County Ex ecutive Committee it has been left to the local clubs to determine whether the same delegates shall r'-preserst them in the nominating convention fis in that to be held on the Ifith erf July. 5. Chairmen of delegations fire re quested to meet the Secretary at Barn well at nine o’clock on the morning of the convention, prcpaied to furnisl' him with credent i- c for their rojpoctive de'e> gations, in.r der that they may* be made re»lr for the convention. G. B. Jj.‘.ATTr;rF, f :* County ChaLtnan J XO. It. Brtt.1X0KB, Conespondnig Secretary. — i' —?—^ . . n>'Mi-;.XE.vr.. » v * * . , '• Married',, We toeMay eveajng. the 10th inst., bv the fe»v. A, J OfcithwiK at th-- M*t!i<>rttvt Chiit-'-h,. irhiekvitl-*, tlfor.r.BT. Ato Mt-s aanif t,. Buscm ■— T--X »- ,, .....w Boor, If months <ild. ftold fo ' 1f a'dt—sountf kind—w^lffhB S75 pouu.,» BeffUtC stock. Ho was brought from one of T teat- st«M x fftiWis In Kentucky. **>«*’**•■ Johs B. Hint. June y)-lt . . . : F.lko. H. 0, South Carolina-—Burtwell Coumy. • i. IK THK PUpB ATE COUHT. A. J. Canthen, Admtntatratof V<. John H.' (’autlien et si.- PetiUon for sale of Beal E-ttUf . Bv virtue and in pursuance c4 At* order ^ of tho probate,ootuT heroin, dated the 5th day of JunaTiplkl will offer f r s«l». on the first Monday In Jtfl', It tyfinr saleaday,, ■ totba h Ur Rest bidd-r, durtmr the usual hiutiaiftf jaie. ths tuthiWlng doaorlked £fM eoU'e. the rropertw oT the sbove named ndmlidet rater’s Inteat it*‘, to wit: A ot r- t ain lot or parcel of land, 8tt n ate In the tow n oftliahama. I" the said county of ornweU. having a front of u*fl hundred apd five feet on Church street; ►*nd ninBinw KBClf three hurvd'ed ,tnd fifteen/ei t, and bound- od on the north and east ny lands of Z. Graham: on Mie west by Church stm't and -eiaUioyuu'h by , atyl oolitalntBfc ■three.To-irtna of an acre, more or lev#. Terms of sale: Cash. Purchaser to pay for pepew, Ze-‘,,dm . Prolntte onl-'e, .Tnne 8th/ 1R73. •TAB. 51.11YAN, Judge of Probate.... ^ pmei3-8t , . !' v / Murtjprgrc’s Sale. * l ' V o - • *' ’•v, , ' t WILL OFFER FOR SALE TO THE l hlirhest bidder, for ea«h. on salesday In .described real estate: . 1 OnehupdreU and eighty-eightoeboa of land, situate in flate county, and boundM as follows! Hylands of estate of F.F. Dunbar, on other eldea by William Ashley xnd lands’ of G. Mefi. Nelson, now th* propert y of J. K Coch t’an. b*hd sold unde* a mortgage wi li’jforertoeing power Incorporated therein.’ Mor‘g-tgegi-'Cn by G. McD. Nelson to P. K. Dunbar, and by Dunbar assigned to J. ii^lochr&u, the y preeent owner arta holder. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. W. LANCASTER, ~ Agent for J. F- CoCHRAK. Barnwell C. H., 8. C., June 4tR, 1878. . - JunfAfttn * — X" "T-V A’A'IC ADIEHTISBMEHTS. Su?Hm Enffine and ti&>r for Sale. a repovd nAxr> six iigrre power V Eugino, in goo<t e- nditiim, f.*r rfkle low by J. A. Kv-'K/BMimc Jufie27-4t Blackv lie, ft. ft ’ - • HIGH SCHOOL- - ! THE UNnERStGNF.D WILL Opfex’X Orivnunar ft«it ool In Wllliston July J, 1878. • /'.RMS L*RH Qt AUTKftOP TWKftVS WEEKS. itin, Greek, ft^lend^, Ac . ,$io 00 rsmmar; 'Arithmetic Geography, Hirtory, Ac...,., 8 00 ftpdlltng. Reading, Writing, Ac 6 00 'I hose who will plea Re meet 8 a. m, July 1st Dr* Henry X . Mouzon, q> .f '- - v., ; * Surgepii Dentist* •A arid rwpeet- »rvices to the Has Jam ted at r „ fullv offers his profensbifbd aef eitiEens "f Harr wtjll and adjoining'coun ties: Office at reJblenm* of M. Keel-r, fcsq. References —Rev W. D. McMtllan, Meesrs, Dibble A ftslar, BUekvt.le: Msjor J J. lirabhani, Barnwell C. ti ; Kev. w. P. Mou- Kon, Bamberg. JunelS-Rin J. H- T Jt LHOUSE, DENTIST. Will be at Blaekville Moedays and' Tuesdays. Offi -e at Omrt Hertfle hutldi itlg. Will at'.tn 1 Otlts tbrtngbou Barnwell and a^J tc ot emtntiea. n)ai21^3m • '. ’ B J. Quaitlebnaro, lUCXTimT, Willistoa.fl.C. R.R.« , yy ’ . t ' . Will attend cdU Uuraofhuul B/tnawoU aaH adjacent counties. * mayU-thn *" f —— •** 1 ■‘s* ■ A New anti luteqs ins Feafiire. . -r-OF THE— Edgefield Advertiser. 4 » ' Socth Carolina's ’ '’avei son* in Pliotognipli And Bio.* .mfiy. Many C.'ort Itv name, and uobh lives rea. cued from oblivion^ _ t . ,. About the f.rst of Jujy the Adeertiner will begin thc.publieatuin ofa series of Biiigrspliical ftketcbeii^giving, in ftynnp- fti*. t he'll vet of mapy prominent and dis- tinguished son, dead aad living, of ... . South Carolina. In-.-ennueclion with • these, there will appear iu our columns cvch week » port relt of the individual r whose litr. is > Hketchcd, done in the high- ret style j»f modern photographic art. From tlic great and good men of the past such selections have been made. John C.Calhoun,. Coorge McDuffie, Judgi A.p. Butler, Chancellor F. H. Wardlaw Governors Pickens, father and son, Governor p. M. Butler, Colonel of the Palmetto regt- ibent. Senator Louis T. W’igfall, Judge O’Xea', General Waddy Thompson, General James Jane*. Edmund Bacon, Esq., mliat “Ned f f.A. i:,of tha ‘Georgia Scenes,” Ma jor .Ihck )pier, Hon. Preston Brooks, Gov ernor S. D. Mifler.and others Whose nathes ' we fiaXe riot space to mention just now. Later we will tske up such men as tbe TToa. J. PTCarrell, Governor M. I*. Bonham. Gen- mm INSURANCE The St. Paul . -AND- ic Insuranoe Company CAPITAL $1,704,889 tHE SAFEST COMPANY IN THE *- UNITED STATES: • tf : . * • ■ ■'* ' ■W,,! underwrite alt kinds of property, real and personal, iti Barnwell conuty, in cluding gras, gin-honsesi, mills and machin cry. cotton ginned and unginned at the low est current rates. , - . . ^ *; ' : m m. tiigMTson, ■ •* 'v’ Local Agent, Wilh*t*n. f 8, C. N. B. Polieies issued in best English Fire Companies if preferred, confined to dwell. ingnou«es, stores and obntents. -* jw«e27-tf *. .*js « v; apr aaf« flaeod! €i jjosepn Ah <mel Anbi daol^red naye«, and Wop- A. Applicalioii for Fiul Discharge. rrHE’*wflerttcnO<l gives notion*!bath's will •k npplytothe Judge of Probate for Barn- well P«>unty on. Katurday. tbe aoth daypf July, 4878.' at if) bVPmk a. m.. tortiflr al dls- cba*gess administrator of John’DalBell. jun^V J. W.OaiiVi*. Iligood and Be«. Colonel Thomas G. Culonel Thomas G. Lstflar, Colonel Abney, Colonel W. C. Moragne, CoL cl Arthur Simkins, Speaker John C. Shep pard, General James Ctiesnnt, Hon. W. D. Simpson and others whose names shall occur 1 to un in the future. , ftufiecrTpffcn price,' $2.75() ptl* atinum, In so ranee, Address: , . | „ ADVERTISE ft, i Edgefield, 8. C. >--->■•■■ OS | Magnolia Passenger Route. POftT ROYAL RAILROAD, 1 Acoum, Ga„ June 1, 1878. / Hie following p issenger schedule will be operated on and after Jnne 2nd: - s Niopr FAssrxon TRAnr., , , Going south -JIo. 1, Dally. Leave Augusta via P R Railroad 10 00 p m- Arm* at ‘Yemassee via P R HR 2A0am Leave Yemassee vte 8 & C »R 8 20 a m Arrive Charleston via 8 & C ft R 820am Arrive fiavannalryis 8 & (JR ft 8 00 a m Lenrc ftavannah 4 10 p m Arrive Jacksonville vi Fla,Chnt’I 9 55am, Leave Yemassee via P R Railroad 8 86 a m Arrive Beaufort via PR K.ITrbad 4 68 a m Arrive Pert Royal via P R R . 6 15pm Going North -No- 2> Daily Leave Port Heyal via P R R Leave Beaufort via P R R R Arriye^^masape vis P R R R ■ u learn .froBt it often fig. j 6 Olive f JgQRD IN TIMr. mi nlxt t^e moaH throw camp of oome-poft tUk W# Vf€te OB-tt» and that a drendful aad on wftl taking iano-and gntbering streogth and our ctviitaatton was in the tek of fiisoolution • *r, ; ■: A t*- .* .V TTlh reaolutioo id Modr mohi- j lSt pq, 15- g ftffiOrtoB Jcreaidenb, aad decJarlog that oo aubeequeat Cqpgresa or ELcuusa bad any power to revioe Lfcat action, and that nay attetftpt bp ato'dd or^dia- jegard that apt ion fe revolutionary aod if hereby disapproved by the was adopted, yeae Mr. Hartrtdgr, of Georgia, fronj the Judlcl 7 committee, euhoaiu 11 an ad- elcctefl Were verse topen on the ?Tbe . , Te porY cop cl u <frts Executloft Sale. : • ■, , '' \ sV l 0. F. Winters agi]nflt John Boatock. , ■RY virtue of nn execution to mo directed, ,• h y brabhi « : . Fsq., Clerk of the < ourt of Common Plosa fcy Barnwell coun ty, fttat« of ftouth Carolina, I wilt offer for nssss: -su.o'iitoort wjj""« lowing described peraoual property.'to- <>epot to aH prinerpat part* of ths <dty- wltt • ^ } ’ ^ Baggage ebsektethrougbr --*7 • One lot of general merchandise, levied jar Th ar-s « ^ u ' k -— 'VLei+ks'O.m,^ •• i] ' r« s iuwac-t'j ySpwAnAft j. a W 11 00 pm ' 1 23 p m 1 00 a ai ‘ IstefeHStiiBWi Tla Fla. Cent’! 4 Iff p Rf- Arrive bavannah via A and G R /f 6 40 a'm . Leave Savannah Via 8 and C R H 8 10 p tt. Arms \ emassee via 8 aatfiC R £ 1 20 a m I<evrfl Yemassee vig P R Railroad 2 00 a i Arrive Augusta vfa P R Railroad 8 40*t Elegant Lucas Sleeping Cars betwoan gusuand Savsnr-iH withsatchangfl. Special attentiori invited to conn* this lonte between Augusta imuI Chal1fcSto*i Passengers arc lahdid” h* the cent \y;i, fi