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WINNSORO S. S C. 'Tucsday, June 26, : : : 1877. R. MIDANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. S. REYNOLDS, Associato Editor. The nomination, made by tto St. Louis 'Glob' - Danoc: a , of ILndricks and Hampton for the nutional ticket in 1880, would ho one of great strongth. If the distinguished gen tlonen wish -to run li this c4oillec tion, the party can we'rll aIfford to run them. Is Party Allegiance Dlependeni on Public Pap ? It is a matter of surprise and deep regret that the Democratic par ty of the State, which last fall mani fested sucl rare unan niity, should now evinco certain signs of dis'eun sion and possible weakness. Still more is it to bo deplored that this discord arises not from any differ once of opinion on matters of vital importance to tIhe party, but from the manner of distribution of public patronage, its if the 1)rim)e object of cur malgnificent Sti uggle last 1o. voml)r was merely to secure posses ion of the public ) pap. Suh 1 a con dition would be mortifying to the last degree. 'le ioivrtent in Novemher iast was an upheaval of the people in ther majesty to wrest the State from tihe hands of thieves and aliens, and to restore hwr to her self. It was not p petty and degriad - ing scramble between the "ins" and the "outs." The possession of the public olliees and the dispensation of public )atr.nlgo were blmt a small -incident. And yet it, now seems that in corttin counties the whole 1)emo cratic party is by t he ears over 5ome0 trifling atppointmilent- or nom11inlation for a county oiiec. Williamnshurg, at last accounts. was rent in twain, and the contending parties, )emno crats it? good standing, were indulg ing in Iho 1hitterest personalities. .'ho casus bhlb appe ars to htave arisen over the selectior, of some person as county treasurer. Thus for the sake of one smail olico the whole prospects of the people are permitted to b seriously damaged, if not irretrievably ruined. In Georgetown a great deal of feeling has been manifested over te appointient also of treasurer. Governor IHlamp ton having selected sote ot her per son1 tha~n the one nominated by thie county e'xcent ivo comittee. There, in a county in whinch the bldacks have so enormious a1 maijority, the taxpatyer~s should he glad eniough to have their oflices tilled by ainy de - cent men, whoever they may be,. instead of quarreling overi the par tieular individual to bo selected. Our neighboring county of hershaw appeiars also( to hiave anl element dis - itected for the hIame cause. NowJ, whilo aniy personi hats his -preferenee, andl enjoys the right, to eixorcise it, still no oneo shiouild suiffer individual feeling to interfere w ithi his s3olemln duties as5 a' mtember of the party ; espeiAlhly dluring tis transi (ion stato of politics. It is impiios &ible to pleaso every one. And at the present tim, as the political condition of aill the counties and the popularity of renpectivo indi vidIuals aro not familiar to thie Ex. centive, he is liable to make some miistatkes. These are of little i p)ortanleo, relatively, so long as meon of good charact er are selectedl. If Smtith and Brmowm are equally honest and egnally compet ent, t ho (choice of either one or' the other to fill some position that is a mere app~anago of the party, gires no excuse for hick -oring aind recri miation, nor for Jlukoiwarmnecss to the interests of thie Demttocracy. fThis course w~oodd airgueo that the uliterior obj ect of thet orgainizatioui is igntored, andi that what was a mtag nilleent Lconitest for pined(~lo, for the trium ph of right over overoi wrong, hats dlegonoeratud inti a scramtJblo for five loavesu and two( smuall fishes. The people muist decide wvhi-.-l view they will adopt--whether they will maintain their organization intact at the sacritico of privaito inl torests or individual prejudice, oi wvhethor they wvill be divided on -every tr'ivial question thb. Anay l< Is party paramount to office, or shall the procuring of an ofice for ine's self or one's friend be the price dlemuanded for party fealty ? If tho latter ais sump1tion be ('olrrect then al'e we no bettcr t hiin t he Ralials. W-o do 1nt 1)elie've the people are wr01g at heart'. Sober scondi thoighit will Convince themii of their dutty, and1( whCH i crisis ar'ise's, we0 trust the.y will be as eane'st 1and atrd(ent in Support of the right as they have heretofore proven th emi selves to be. POLI'ICAI, NOTES. ''he St. l oti (,'//tnlbef) m,'ovrcr'at suggests eundricks and Hamupton for 1880. lRe'presentative BHlaekhnrn, of Ken-. t.icky, it, is ollicially announced, has not yet decided to run for tho speak ership. Mr. Z. Chandler's persona. organ, the )etroit 'ost, has followed that profane )lt illustrious patriot into retiremeiint. 11epui 1ica1n organs in South Caro lina, 'from ciretstances beyond )url c'1ntro((," are no0w sulspendtinlg. Thier is no more State patronage. M[r. Rcdtield wAes' that tho Ohio Dh'iemr)t dosn1't know how re smt11111ion cal he re'ac'hed, only lie "k now it. c'anit); be reached by conlt rae'thcn." P's"ident Haves is represCnte(d as havia expressed himself as satistied witI his title (/e/ j)ure. 1his, of courso. is a very groat consolation in the face of the facts. Stillwell, vihe man;(1 who cold not get an 4(lice hecau1se his wif'e was Mrs. i ayes' f:tvorito cousin, has got the oliec for another man and grot tile other mnani to appoint him a The Spr'ingfie'ld _1Icpubllic-anl wvish es it coutld helieve that Mrl(. Tilden had 1' ille'(l hiiself piolitically 111d buie'd04 th1)enemocratie party "by lis,, pil'niiit iveC speech( at the Man hat tan Club." David A. Wells told the Prcsident the other day that ten per ('un. of the lal)orers of the countitry were out of emnploymeit, and1(1 that, "unless the adlmilistratiol shall soon manage to bring about a diflerent state of things neairly everybody would go into the opposition." Tlhe l)nocratij Xeocut-ivo col lmitte(e of Mississippi mneltt Jackson, on the 201 hI to mimiune a time for hold ing the State Convention. The ('mivass for the guberllattorial 110111 nation is a very spirited one. Gon (ral Ilium)ph1'eys is the most proni nelt candidate. When we soo the stalteient made that MiaeiVi:eiglh anl 3utler are both ort hodox Repullicans the onviction is forceed that Republ1]icanI orthodloxy is a mne~oh more1 lhel(d and com1oreU hensive thug no0w thani it has sjme timeis been.1 Col. .Jamnes IF. Paine', of Geor'giai, soni of Bishop Paoine, of the Methodiiist (linrehl Soill |1, a bro'ttier-inll-lw of Suttor Gordon, classmiate of Sena. tor' Lu~tnar, is gointg to ma~ke a light oif the H ouse of Repriisenitative's. If the 1r1)port t hat the S-outhtern memi bers5 iV~ have concilded to demand this this oflic'e is trne, Colonel Paine wvill probably get it. A Watshini'In telegramLn states thaot (Governor TJilen's spJeecht is re'gardedl at thle (Capital as "1indiea ting nnumistakably' his pulrose to PI.residen t IHayes if the period sh ouhld ever arrivye whuen suichi con test (enn bie ('onducitted onl the broad groundil of the mier'its of the case aind deOcided outside of any par'ti san 01' personal influences.' This is the manner in which Po'stmraster Gen~erat Ieyt wrTote to the A hansii postail agent, who didn't seeml to know his business :"You were not appoint ed to organize and build upl ani adininistration partlty in your. State ori elselwherle. Yon were app)ointed to do the work of the Post -ofile D~epartm!ent. You ser'vo youri party best by doing that work, andit 1 shltl take great pleaisure in removing an1 algent an1( d edn'ing tho force when'1 1 discover thait he hasi timio to ait tend( to party or'ganization hamvo 110 greater force than is neces sar'y to dto the post--olieo wor'k. 'The coutrty will take off its hat tc Mr. Koy. At tho lato lire in Union, it is said that a numbei' (If bloxes of Conl federate arcives, left lby Mr. Daivis whien pamssing thriouigi that toiwn, on. his hurried trip slouthi, were (des str'oyed. TIhaey had been (inrefulh pr1Osor'ved by Colonel Young, 1lli werie abhoutL being sonit to the Southern Hlistorical Society ir Richmf~ond(. The Aiken C'ourier-Jurnal r~e joicos in the p)ossesioni of a fonlct r'ail which was cut, split and latit ninety-fv-enyi' vago.n SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ?Tad dogs are causing a panic in Picken s. TIhe Yorkville M~ethodlists hav-e had a successful festival. Sheriff Doby, of Kershaw, has gone oil' and got married. Senator Cochran has resigned his position in the town couniicil of An An exchange calt:; Chamberlain a h.pocrite and spells it. 'vith at "i" and tw c "p's." Judgi Reed l'as appointed MEr. \. St. J. Jervey solicitor pro tem. of the 1irst judicial circuit. The count , commissioners of York have red'ced the county tax from three to two and a lalf mills. ''ie Cheraw and Chester Railroad Company has purchased an engine and is beginning work again. The United States Signal Corps has established al observatory on King'.; Mountain. Gen. James Chesnut and Gen. J. D. Kennedy have resumed the prac tieO of law in Camden. Buttz having been kicked out of the solicitorship, some curiosity is felt as to what he will do next. Mr. E. H. S;tr-obel of Chester, formerly of Charleston, has taken one of the highest honors at Yale College. The charter of the town of Chiesnut Grove. Chestor, has been abolished. Too few inhabitaiits and too many liquor shops. Ther Kersiaw (Tahett man thinks cotton will bring IiIt een cents a pound this fall. He takes a cheerful view of things. Governor Hampton, on his way to Anlnrn, N Y., declined to be interviewed by reporters, and avoid ed all public demaonstrations. There was thirty-five deaths in Charlestonfor the week ending the 16th--wliites eight, colored twenty Thirteen townships in Anderson htve petitioned for a vote oil the fence law. Three are yet to be heard from. E'x-Lieutenant-Gov. Gleaves has been appointed by Governor 1Iamp ton one of the trial justices for Beaufort county. Ion. C. G. Memninger of Charleston has declined both the )emnocrat~i' and the Radical nomina tion for the Legislature. Reulber 'Toiulinson, who ran againist. :Moses for governor, is anl aspirant for the Collectorshiip of tho port of Charleston. Mrs. \fary Zurcher, wife of tfhe lat. J. C. Zircher of Yorkvil.e, former'ly of WXinnsboro, hais gone to Switzerlanid to visit heri relatives. In several counties of the St ate, steps have already been1 taken to submflit tihe fence question to the taxpayers. Capt. H. S. Lobby, who kille .1 Mr. J. C. Blulow, formerly of Fairtield, at Siunnnoervillo inl Oct.ber last, was tried on Thursday and acquitted. Mr. J. S. Burch, of D~arlington, sheared a Cotswoi l shee recentfly, the fleeco of which weighted thir teen pounds and thireo q1uarter's. A swarm of bees passed over the State Hiouse. on Thuirsdaiy. In the dauys of ancient Rome it would have bieen conlsideredi an omienl of busy' times. to como1. The Baptist Theological Seminary is to 1)e removed fro Gr1(~ieenville, S. C., to Louisville, Ky., and the Greenville peoplec are, as a conse, quence0, dissatisfied. The Methodist District Confer ence will meet at Ninety-six, on July 12 Lh. Rev. J. A. Clif ton will preachi the openinig sermnon, and.~ Bishop Wightmnan will preside. On Saturday before last Mr. H. A. Canuble, of Greenv~illo, accidental, ly let fall a navy revolver which lhe 1was hiandlling, and caused an explo 51ion, ~end (inlg a baull thrioughi bothl legs. ('orni, cottonl, pieas anid vegetables in Lexington county areo growing rapidly. Farmercis t hink a full ero will lhe made1 if the seasons bo fav- - orale fromi thi iis 'ime11. Mr. John Rothwell w'llhol 111( convent) ion under~l then auspices of the Young Men's CJhristian Associa ftion in Darlington, beginning on T~lhurlsday the 28th inistanit. TIwo niegroes, D~avo Pier'(' uand and senttencedi to (loath in C~hark'ls ton, foi: the mrder'(l o)f Mrf. Ed'ings wvhile on111 hsway~ to pay off phlos~ phiato hainds, last May. Last week a son of John Oarvin, of Rock Grove township, Aiken county, wvhiilo riding a muo to the field, prop retory to goin~g to work, .was thlrow of and so injured about the head thiat lock-jaw ensned, and Atnh was thn rnan1L T. J. Darby, of Chester, has boon trrestod upon the charge of forging his mother's 1a110 to a choek wherel)y he drewv one hundred dol Lars from the National Bank of Chester. A .c )lored man having the Radicul lickets for Camp Grond precinet, ltichland, in the recent election, fell into ia creek On the wily oant and lost the tickets in saving a whiskey bottle lie had with him. Sensible :irkey. Mr. Frederick W'u.z, who I: been an engineer on the Charlotte, Loluimnbia ind Augusta Railroad, lied at. his homo in Colum-. bit on Monday mo rn'ng, if .er two or Lliree weeks of illness. He leaves a Widow and two children. Prelinimiary steps are soon to ho ttkeni for building a railroad from Union to Chester. A public meet~ ing was recently hold at Union, at which the building of theo proposed railroad was ent hiusiastically advoca ted. The matter will be considered it a meeting to be called in Chester very soon. Te110 Repulhhician party of Darling ton county met in solonri conven tion last W\ednesdity, and adjourned wiIbout nuitking anly lomiation for Whhit.tilore's stuccessor. A few of the "gyred hots" got t >gether after W~ar5ds, mind set up Mr. I)elerry Ellis, the old stage agent, to be knocked over by ( 'oluel Coker, the Democratic nloiinte NEWS OF TH1E1 DAY. New Jersey has two dozen politi cians who waint to ho goverinor. Ten Mollie M iguires were hanged in Pennsylvania on Friday. Mr. W. r. Withers of C'mden, (lied on the 14th inst., after a pain ful illness. lfKathlcel M ivourneen" was Fo successfully rendered in Camden as t) receive an encore. The New York cotton (exchange wants to take thlree days 1 oliday about the fourth of July. While Russia is getting away with Turkey, tie Turks are giving the Mlontenegrins the deuce. A detective has been aiong the internal revenue collectors of North Carolinam, and those who are no't ar rested have mostly fled the State. The city of St. Jolns, Now Bruns wick, has been nearly destroyed by fire. Fifteen thousand people are homeless The Turks were Ib:dly defeaited in a battle at ) :lchab-1 isi, A"t Minor, on the 16th inst. The British minister lias counseledl the sultaun to make p)eo. The TIdians in Montimn. muiiuher ing about lifteen 11111dried warriors, have risen, massacre't m any whites andl~ defented the trooIps sent against them. Thoe settlers are fleeing in every direction. Col. George P. Kane has becen nonmated 1by the Democrats for mayor of Baltimore. Hie was a Southern symp~ath izer duiring the war, and was incarcerated in Forts Lafayetto and Warren. Four lumps of gold, which eggre gated the weight of eight onnees, have been found in the purie state on the plantation of Mr. Jesse Smitlherman, neaitr Troy, Mi ontIgomoe ry county, North Carolina.* Bcher and the Plymonth con. gregati~on are log-rolling for the retention, as collector of .Brooklyn, of C1llector IFreeland, wvho wo s an imnpor tant witness for IBeechor in his trial. Gon. B. F. Butler delivered a Ie tuire oni "The Irish Soldier" in Nowv Yerk a few evenings since in aid1 of St. Cecilia's Parish. Charles A. Dana of the Lin presidled. A catse of the lion and the lamb. TJh~e Troy, N. Y., M~oulders Union, one of the strongest in thec coun try, resolved Friday nmght to allow menmbers to work in any shopi on siuy terms-a virtual dissolution of thoe union. This action ends1 S strike of eight months' duration. eeuing last week Itho revenue offi, earsin enneseeraided illicit (1is Itillerirs in svrlmuti on ties, nnd broke up fourteen dis. tilleries ; got into ai light and killeil an illicit distiller, badly wounidot two andu captuirod1 twelve. A Mrs. Ronmm, living about ff teen miles east of Maron, Ill., hi just given buirth to four boys ; Mrs (Iathirie, residing near Mrs. inRomm to three girls, and Mrs. Kressler living only a few mtiles from ti latter, to two girls and1( a bocy. The( threc mnothers and ten, babies are al doing wvell. OBITUARY. DIED), In Fairfildk counity, Juno 91, InIT, r fthrash, LUCY B., Infant, (inughter of Th'Ioma L.. anti Miaggio A. Powell, agetd 8ix mnenths. ('i EST your Job Printing done at the UXNF.wSa e HmRALn OIFIC NE1WSANfl HERALD WEEKLY EDITION, 3k 1 ULUUIII) EEV'ElY WEDNESDAY AT WINNSBORO, S. C. BY THIO WINNSBORO PUBLISHING CO. 1'' CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF T1F; LEA)IN( E'ENT'S OF ' TIlE DAY. 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