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P w: H 1 '* . L "J" l1"'. '? LH I juj , _ ..mimijij^. .,^^-?^?=8?0B^?aai?t??cg^~n,|| ill II I nil HHlfH I" 1FF II11 II III I li'll ill'H ll> III! I IP' I mr 1 I Mill r - . ...?. ? . VOL. XL VI. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 80, 1890. ' NO. 1. # f SOUTH CAROLINA AS IT IS SEEN THROUGH- NORTHERN GLASSES. Anarchy Rampant? Credit Impaired?Government Corrupt?White : Supremacy a Failure?The Negro Again. UOT 5>It UciCIUIi deep interest throughout the United States. TL- unfounded, andretract< ed charges of Capt. Tillman have been received as simple truth and the wonderful strides we have made seem to be impeded by the reputation our State has recently acquired, based on the statements of one of our candi' dates for governor. That he ;has given the State such a reputation is a misfortune which every Carolinian i must deplore. mi- - XT V~*.Tr ATo-Il or,,! TVr?reas - JL lit? i.^OV XVJLXX AU.MU WUM says: "The latest advices froin the singular and desperate political campaign in South Carolina make it clear that the time has arrived for the assertion of their constitutional rights by/the colored voters in that State, wlio are decidedly in the majority and who have been so long the victims of the 'white supremacy' doctrine. "They have shown sagacity and ; self control in remaining passive spectators of the Tillman and the antiTiliman struggle, while the white voters have displayed their unfitness to govern by the violence and virulence of a struggle that would bring about an anarchist condition if it continued long enough. The followers of Tillman believe that the government of the State by the white aristo- : cracy since 1S76 has been getting r ' more and more corrupt. They conk* stitute the middle class and the poor white class of voters, and have been gradually getting more and more radical and revolutionary. If their programme was fully carried out, South Carolina would become a bankrupt State, deserted., by capital and by men of large business enterprise. Yet their wrath against the : incompetency and corrupt rule of the aristocracy is absolutely justifiable i " ?-I i -r ana tne very wuuuess ui some ui their schemes shows the desperation i to which that role has goaded them. < "With all that has been published 1 about the crazy schemes of the Far- : mers' Alliance that is in rebellion < r- against the white aristocracy, it is i ' needful, in this connection, 10 state < I briefly what those schemes are. The j Alliance catechism, which they have j thrust in the face of ever\^ g^uiaatei ||| ? f?r--Cgr?3a*?cairrfn'?rr. Stft.tA. is so com- ( plete a compendium of all the finan- { cial hei esies and exploded theories of ' the past century tnat, even n it naa 1i been turned over to the most brilliant 3 krepresentative of New York bar, he < could not have made it more com- i plete or more concise. \ "Thus the South Carolina issues ? between the white voters are between tyrannical and corrupt white aris jracy, on the one hand, and finanMnnacies of the wildest sort on Bother. Has not 'white suprema?own there brought the State chaos and ruin? Could negro , ? ttt?nu ?i. } If D worse.' Huuiuiu uuu w In South Carolina, the State of < litor John C. Calhoun, and where i ellion first showed its ugly front } 'er his malign leadership, the con ting treason of the 'white suprem- , |doctrine has had full sway for j ?* years, the negroes having been binder' or cheated out of their , ft and being the passive sufferers fthe violence, intimidation and ] If 'the supenorrace! J 'ike (results are fully displayed jmpaign that is now so ex- ' ft every district and that attended by great blood- ; Kfor the fact that all the WL in this struggle know Rlisions begin the end be appalling to con tizens of South CaroR-oes, who constitute ^Pthe population, hare ssive spectators of the juggle between their Mhr-f ln-r been the i by the white men 3 ; is at last rebelled i men. They have kg the satisfaction Sural result of the vie that has dis|fciua in a political ?nt for its bitterHp and self-conBd by the whole B I In 1 1 In 11 QBSdB C*I9 Rteir manhood Hies of their LI organized, K campaign. B majority. B^l victims nthe forms mk tyranny Minority. Ks of the HBa-ity in HII Be.' the thing RoverRheld Blest kble Aret ftd fraud that, much longer continued, \dll inevitably provoke a war of races. It would be the most fitting and proper that South Carolina, whose mahgn and treasonable influence and example brought oa the Southeast the terrible punishment of civil war, should be the first to fall under the rule 01 tne negro majority. FLOWER'S CALCULATIONS. He Makes a Democratic Majority of Thirty in the Xext House a Certainty. "Washington, Aug. 14.? Congressman Flower has been spending some weeks in New York studying the political situation, and upon his return to this city submitted to an interview, in which he says: "I have looked the ground over veiy carefully and I am more than ever pleased with the prospect. the next house cannot fail to be Democratic by a handsome majority, and for two years, at least, the country will be secure from such inflictions as have been conceived and earned out by a Republican majority in the Fifty-first Congress. I have revised my figures with some care and have no reason to change the estimate of thirty Democratic majority, which I gave several weeks ago. "I do not think the Farmers' Alii ance will reduce the Democratic majority in the next. House. The Alliance candidates will here and there supplant Republicans as well as Democrats. and those who come to Congress from the South may be safely counted upon to vote with the Democrats on all important questions. Upon the record made in this Congress, at well as upon the general platform of the party, the Democrats need have no fear that the farmers vr-ill Pot! V00nfmi70 fTioiv fvionrl 1 AJLA ItiiJUk l/V AVW^?Uit.V vuvu. AiiVMVV? , For the past five or six years the i farmers have complained of their condition, and they fully realize just who is to blame for the present state of things. They are level headed, i shrewd fellows, these fanners, and1 they may be trusted to make no mistakes when the time comes to cast their ballots for men who are to represent them in Congress. "TVhat will be the chief issue in the coming campaign? " "It takes a tremendously strong issue to overshadow the tariff, which, Dwing to its relation to the every day ousiness interests 01 tne country, must always be paramount, but the splendid fight that has been made igainst the passage of the federal elections bill has very nearly forcffd It ahead^tj^4^f^rS^a campaign LSgiJcT^^TIiere is nothing that appeals ;o the people with the force of a plea )f liberty, and that is what this cry igainst the elections bill really means, rhe measure is dangerous in the extptop flnrl irisfp?rl of n^sisHrior r.n purify politics, as all good legislation )n the subject of our elections should, t simply provides additional oppor:unity and temptation for dishonesty tnd fraud." SAVED HUNDREDS OF LIVES1 Woman Prevents a Terrible Railroad Wreck in Xetv Hampshire. . Mrs. Emily Branson is a heroine. 4-V,r\ lit-ac r\-? QAA wocjC!Qr?f?nvo &44VCU. WC ll>CO U1 *j m the Whits Mountain express train yesterday afternoon. Hardly had the a*ain passed the station at North Wakefield, N. H.. at 4:59 o'clock, when ;he engineer saw a woman upon the :rack just ahead of him, frantically waiving a white cloth. Evidently ;here was danger. A push at the throttle shut off the motive power, md a quick pull at the air-brake lever svas instantly responded to by a slackening of speed. The train stopped frith the cow-catcher of the great .ocomotive almost in front of the svoman. "What's the matter?" "'The track around the curve is all covered with trees. I came to svarn I1 o J. Just ahead there was a sharp curve in the shining lines of steel over which the train would have passed had it not been halted by the brave ^ornan. So sharp was the curve that after an obstruction upon it had come into the engineer's view no human power could have prevented an accident, and an accident under such cir-; cumstances means death, to how many human beings no one can tell. Mrs. Emily Branson, from her house near the track, saw the wind hurl several huge trees across the rails. She wa => alone with her two little children, but she knew that the express was due, and that tlie great trucks which had been flung down in its path were on such a curve that they would be hidden from sight until it was too late. "I hated to leave my children alone in the storm,'' said she, Ubut I knew there was nothing else to be done. So I caught up a towel, the first thing that was handy, and ran up to meet the train. I'm glad I got here in time," she added in a quiet tone. It required the use of axes to clear tlie tracK. occasioning an hour's delay. The passengers raised a purse of 8500 and gave it to the plucky little woman. Stenography by Telegraph. The steno-telegraphv. with which people are now experimenting in France, is creating much excitement among news gatherers. By it shorthand reports can be transmitted to tui v iie+ance, just as they come from the desk of the stenographer. The invention also effects a rate of telecnppd either in Ions or short ^ ;hand, never obtainable before. In an [hour, for instance, by means of it, E5.000 stenographed words were rsmsmitted from Paris to Brussels, 9^000 words to Lyons and 15.000 to ftrseilles. Stenographed words can ?sent at the rate of 200 words per Iftwte: ordinary words 100 or 120. nuer experiments are expected to H rtill more astonishing results. HA R|| BL Boy Breaks His Neck. 9 Bmstox, S. C., Aug. 1?.?A nine Ifl Rs son of Samuel Easterly at H St. Phillir) street broke his I morning. He was flying a a kitchen roof and fell a pf twenty-five feet to the kow. Death was instanta ie father was in Savannah |Lmd was telegraphed for. manie from Branchville in I A LAWLESS LAND. |: A KENTUCKY COUNTY WITHOUT A ; CHURCH OR SCHOOL HOUSE. Five Hundred Murders in Seventy Tears, J and Only One Man Punished?Ccurt Held i in a Tent Guarded by Militia. St. Louis, Aug. 13.?A special to < the Republic from Pikesville, Ivy., ^ says: Tour correspondent has just j lvtr nvcn]-\o rwar flm *VWVJ-IVU UvX Is ik/J iiVi V I VA tuv I ^ mountains from Hazard, Perry I ] county, where Circuit Ju J.-:: Lilly is liolding court in a big tent, d'1! ] by several companies of Kentucky militia. Last Saturday the first ] court held in Perry county for two ] years was convened. Several hundred people were present, but were awed by the presence of soldiers. ( Still, it looks as if trouble were brew- j ing, and that the several factions, ; which have been warring so long with ] each other, will combine their forces 4 against the btate troops. Justice j seem to be undecided whether or j not to bring to the gallows many j deep-dyed and cowardly assassins of \ the best citizens of Perry county, j Sheriff Fields walked to the edge of , the tent and announced in a loud \ voice: "Hear ye. hear ye, the court is \ in session and all suen within healing ( of the court are notified that the honorable judge of the circuit court is on his bench. God save the Com- ^ monweaith." ? THE JUDGE BECOMES BOLD. ^ ( At this announcement an increased number of people crowded about the < iud??e. Sixteen men were found who f could act as members of the grand i jury according to the law. Judge Lilly then began his instructions to the grand-jury. He has become somewhat brave with the militia back 3 of him and he was very severe in his instructions. He said: _"Mr. Foreman of the Grand Jury ( and Gentlemen and the People of * Perry County: As you here witness * I am again here to hold court. I i liovii cov/ivnl foviYic t .f niv T -UW ' V KJOVW V I Vi. V?* WVAAAAW VA ?J court in your county, and for reasons * better known to myself, I was satis- ( iied that a court could not be held, c and, having my life threatened, had ( every reason to believe I would be c assinated if I came to F .ry. Now it 5 all lies with you. Do you want a * court, that you may bring offenders * to justice? I know the remtaiig^rfit *PI I ~ft vi / ! TTT^An 4-l^/s vnaawI A 1 ^srcxij ?c??, UULII ?nt;ix pcupic learn that a man's life is more valua- c ble than that of a horse, men will be ? punished more severely for murder * than for horse-stealing." r The people seemed to be amazed ? at the judge's stem remarks, for he * had never before talked so plainly. But he was backed by the militia. * Several tough-looking characters j; walked hurriedly out of the-tent as if * anxious to inform some faction that ' Judge Lilly was getting too severe. * But continuing, Judge Lilly said: s A BLOODY RECORD. C f "T now turn to a nacre in the stat- , utes of Kentucky which defines the 1 word murder and the law upon that , subject. It seems tlrnt the people of * Perry do not know that there is such * a word. "Why, gentlemen, this county is over 70 years old, ana but one man i in all that time has been convicted of , murder, and he for a small term of years in the penitentiary, though 500 j; 1 *VM-iv/-lAVArJ rn I Hit;!! LLH \ C Wtruu -UJ UJ. LlCi tia. J.J_L LAJ.C wuuuj . -i This is appallling, and I again ask ! you, do you want justice? The re- , cords show you these things. I have r called this extra term of court to give ' you one more opportunity to show 1 that you want it. Now, do your duty. 1 I will be frank to say that if this court amounts to nothing that there will be no use of ever again trying to hold t in Perry. My life is in danger. I t want you to dilligently search and inquire into all crimes in Perry county ( and bring criminals to justice. Ren- ? rlor frno If murder. Rfiv SO: t don't say manslaughter. Yes, and < arson. There stands the ruins of your } courthouse. . It speaks for itself. I \ I want you to find out who burned it. < It is a matter which comes home to ( you and reaches your pocket-books, f Set an example.'' c A BENIGHTED REGION. ( Nearly two hours were taken up ( with instructing the granc^ jury, and ( after so me few preliminaries court ad- 1 joumed over until Tuesday. As 1 Monday is election day no court win be held. The sellers of rum and "moonshiners" are hiding in the mountains, almost within a stone's throw of where court is being held. Judge Lilly will order Capt. Gaither to seize all whiskey in Hazard and destroy it. A building used by a saloonkeeper was taken charge of by the troops to be used for storing away goods belonging to the commissary department. A citizen walked into the door shortly after it had been ! broken open and made some remarks 1 about the brandy left tlereby the ! fleeing saloonist. Lieut. "Walcott ordered him hustled out at the point of a bayonet, which was done. HONEST CITIZENS COWED. The social situation in Perry among men is not exaggerated. Many honest citizens are afraid to make a move toward indicting outlaws for fear of the consequ. nces after the troops are away. For the great number of peol.-illo/I rrifVn-n flip r>nsi fpw vPftrs not one lias ever been punished. Few, if any. have ever been arrested. Social lines have been so drawn through political rnsans and otherwise that outlawry reigns unmanageable. There is not a church in Perry county nor a schoolhouse. Rev. J. J. Dickey of Jackson was at Hazard when Joe Eversole was killed and offered a prayer at the grave when he was buried. This action of Rev. Mr. T\* ?.. /y?? av\ o -n rj -LAlCiit.) iiicejuscu. iioiw LJ-LCJL xa.vlMAS.l-i.. uliu his life was threatened. He never has been in Perry since. A superintendent of schools was to be elected 3Ionday, but I do not see to what use this county can put such an official. A CANVAS COURTHOUSE. On account of the burning of the . courthouse, Judge Lilly was coin -rwoiio/l f.n Arc!.- r built a tent in which to hold court. It is loosely corti structed of light canvas, and behind . it sits the 4,Sage of Estill," who has i engendered the wrath of the mountain outlaws, who have more than' once threatened his life. Some r boards neatly laid across small boxes i.i,? . : 1 i? J* >* JLLCx C LJLLC jJUUHO ?t??.LCU5 LiiU lit W j-ers occupying chairs in front of the judge. The grand jury lias not yet secured quarters, but was not to again assemble till Tuesday. If a "J heavy rain comes before court is over it is almost certain to destroy all chances of holding court other than t in the open an. which will be impossible. Judge Lilly informed me that LIC licXU. -LLC \ CI 11CIU. LULU U U-LillCi. OUtU iliscouraging circumstances. He is keeping very quiet outside tlie court. { Women and children liave not only been threatened, but shot at, and ^ 'vo in daily dread of their lives, and t too, within 100 miles of the I beautiful blue grass-region of proud 1 Kentucky. I A JUDGE SHOT IN BEP. , The little dab of militia that gen- s jrallv goes to the mouatains has only 1 ;emporary effect upon the outlaws. 1 Fudge "William Hurst has not been c jack here since he was shot until ( ;his term of court. He has beet> em- j cloyed by Mrs. Eversole to assist in I wringing to justice the the murders of t ler husband. He was shot while in s 3ed at night with an explosive ball, jut fortunately for him the ball had t ;r>*vnt its fniv?p bftfnvA it. rpn.fboH bis t 'X ' ? w ? ~ ~ ' )ody. The next clay he received a c etter from Fulton French, the leader t >f the French faction, saying: c "Yes, git?and that quick-" r Capt. Hurst was a brave soldier in ( ;lie civil war and lost an eye at Mis- t don Ridge, but he knew what French's ? varning meant and he left Hazard at a mce. c It is evident that scouts from the )utlaws come from and daily return r ;o the mountain fastnesses and make t eports to their chiefs. c PiSTOL AND* STICKv s'ew Elements in the Abbeville Casu?)2is:n? ^ A Lively Personal DilHcwlty at a Meeting. ^ Green-wood, Aug. 13.?The county 7 sampaign still rages liotly. Although ;he August convention is in session, ^ ;he interest manifested in it is not so v jreat in the county's affairs. The ^ people are certain as to the result of x :he convention, but still have a spark ? )f hope for the count}'. There was .a ;amcai?m meeting atNinetv-SixMon- c ilay, at -which the majority of county ? candidates addressed the people. The r specchoL vvere said to be the same as ;1 jlsewhere, and the only deviation ? Tom the routine- was an unfortunate fersEIuu-"altercation, inwliicli tlie" )rincipals were Hon. C. A. C. Waller, ;andidate for the Senate, and a son j. ?f Hon. James N. King, candidate ^ or re-election to the Legislature. As n Lear as the cause of the altercation u :an be learned, it is this: In a speech n the county, Captain King spoke of Jr. Waller as being bribed. To this u ili\ "Waller gave Captain King the p ie. Captain King explained that he <lad not meant bribed but influenced. ? Jr. Waller told him that he was un ortunate in his use of words and it ? eemed as if the affair should have ^ mded there, but young King took ex- ^ :eption to Mr. Wallers remark to his ^ ather, and sought personal satisfac- i ion. It is said that young King Irew a pistol and at temple.I to shoot ^ tfr. Waller, but the piece failed to ^ jo off. Mr. Waller, it is said, used a itick, but before any damage was j lone the parties were separated and he affair ended. The affair was ex- ^ remely unfortunate. Mr. Waller, of ? - 1. L * jourse, expresses nimseu as regxt'Ling it greatly. Captain King has not >een seen by this correspondent, but le is a thoughtful man, and is doubt- ^ ess grieved himself at the occurrence, [here was a large crowd at the meet- . ng. Ninety-Six is an anti-Tillman , ?recinct.?Cor. Greenville News. Kansas Crops Seriously Injured. c The following is the crop report of ii ;iie iiansas State .tfoarci 01 Agnciu- v. utg for July: ? Reports received from about 500 q iorrespondents of the board, repre- 1 senting every county in the State, t. :learly indicate that the growing I ;rops in every portion of the State t lave been seriously injured. The se- C ,rere drought, intense heat and occa- I iional hot winds prevailing through- o >ut the State generally have been g ,he cause of this falling off of the 1< :om prospects. Its condition, which a >ne month ago was reported 90 per ;ent., is now reported at only 93 per 3 sent. of an average crop. This de- I AI'ATV AViofc IV* J rasmuiuii ui uac C.VIOKO JULL VTVIJ portion of the State, but tliat portion ( )f the State between the 97th and C 100th meridian has suffered severely, f jray and Riley counties report a x practical failure of the crop. Seven- 1: :y-five counties in Eastern Kansas, I Bight counties west of the 100th me- ^ ridian, report 50 or 30 per cent, of a ( irop. It is safe to say that the corn 3 jrop this year will csceed 75,000.000 1 bushels. The yield of wheat is found I r/v 4-lio-n ir<io ovnor^orl ] jyj U\s UJUCHU tl CV.J v<^vwvv% ? thirty to forty busliels per aero. The aggregate wheat product will be about 23,000,000 bushels. The flax area has been greatly increased, and the crop is a very good one. The aggregate wheat product will be about 23,000,000 bushels. The flax area has been greatly increased, and the crop is a very good one. The 1 i i - r -1 J?: oats crop, aitnougii snort, is yieiuuig better than was expected, a yield of i from forty to seventy bushels per c acre is reported from a number of counties. The following is a summary compared with a full condition: Com, 32; barley, GO: flax, 84: broom corn, 57: sorghum, G2: millet, 50: tame 1 grass, 57; potatoes, 40: prairie grass, ( 55; apples, 53: peaches, 10: grapes, : 6i. The month has been the dryest 1 and hottest July in twenty years. 1 Chinch bugs are reported in many < counties, but they have done no great damage. The Seventh District Radicals. The Seventh Distx-ict Radical con- 3 vention met at Lincolnville, Tuesday. 1 There xras a running riot, delegates < freely and constantly calling each other " white livered " and hammering each other's heads. < Ostendorff and Green, two Berkeley delegates who voted for and elected the Miller nominee for chairman would have been mobbed had not Marshal Cunningham commanded the peace. The marshal's authority was, however, denied and he w.is j roundly abused. Revolvers were abundant and freely displayed. The j chances appear to favor Brayton's nomination. HIE STATE CONVENTION j \ WRANGLE OVER THE PRELIMINARY ( ORGANIZATION- i ? i LUU n ^uiuujua w 1 *?V4*- I cally Nothing?Mr. Tallbert of Edgefield ] Made Chairman? Other Proceedings. JrceuVllle News. i Columbia. S. C., Aug. 13.?There < vcro rtormy times in the State Con- < ren^ion to-day. The antis realized j hat everythiLg was against them fc ^ hey bent theii' strongest energies in * he shape of dilatory motions and ex- i >ert parliamentary tactics towards i >affling the majority. But it was to 1 io purpose. After nearly an hour of 1 igliting the Tillmanifces carried their ( joint, which was the election of TV. J. * [albert temporary chairman instead 1 >f allowing one to be named by State i Chairman Hoyt. Colonel Hoyt was )laced in a very trying position, but < le ruled fairly at every juncture, ' hp ugh it was in opposition to his i ide of tlie house. 1 Colonel Hoyt called the convention 1 o order at noon and after the call < ras read he stated that it became his Iut3y to name a tempory chairman for he purpose of forming a permanent organization. He would therefore * tame the Hon. G. Lamb Buist, of ^ Charleston, as temporary chairman of ^ he convention. This brought on the * ight and Dr. Sampson Pope nomin- < ,ted W. J. Talbert for temporary ] hairman. 1 Chairman Ho}*t then explained that ' t had been customary for the Execu- J ive Committee to name the temporary 1 ! xuiirmuii. Dr. Pope said he did not care what ras customary; that the majority * ranted Mr. TaJbert for chairman and 1 hey proposed to make him such re- j :ardless of the wish of the Executive < Committee. i Several delegates called attention o the provisions of the constitution, thereby the convention should elect he temporary president. Chairman I loyt adrqittcd that, but said the cus- ' om had been otherwise. Dr. Pope insisted upon his motion. 1 Jcnator Sinythe then made the point * hat there was no organization and hat Chairman Hoyt had no rigut to i ,ssume the powers of chairman of the ( onvention so far as to call for the ui^inuiioi: of a chairman. ( Cban^pr- Hoyt looked perplexed nd confWon reigned. Colonel H-Zs-'f. ell of RfcjJancl:rosejto^ajpgait of \ rder, clanmngTIiawis the body was ot an organized one the chair could ot recognize any delegate save by ersonal acquaintance. ' . Dr Pope still insisted upon his >' omination and called upon Chairman c loyt to put the question. Senator c Imythc asked for a yea and nay vote. I Jliairman Hoyt ruled that a yea and $ ' * "? i -? 1_ 1_ . '.1 TV.. 1 ay voce couia not ue na-1. xjl. jt vyc isistcd that there was "!>ut one nom- 1 lation "before the convention, that of c Ir. Talbert. J. L. M. Irby then loved that Mr. Talber., be elected y acclamation. This motion was ut and decided in favor of the ?illmanites amid vigorous pro- ! ests from the antis. Senator Smytlie and Col. John C. 0 laskell succeeded in prolonging the * gony by ingenious technical points, tr. Talbert was elected by a.vote of 1 30 to 76. ^ Af+ov Mr Tnllicrf bn.d taken the a hair, Mr. J. Adger Smythe, of J Charleston, on behalf of the minority, .lied a protest against the temporary ]; rganization as being illagal, there eing no presiding officer authorized ? o submit an}- motion, no organiza- ? ion that could vote on it, and on ac . ount of the arbitrary and illegal rulags of the chairman of the Executive ? Committee in refusing the 'demands or the yeas and nays on the several uestions. Some one nominated W. I \ Russell, of Charleston, for one of 2 he temporary secretaries, bu' "Mr. * Suist arose and indignantly denied T here was any such man on the Charleston delegation. Mr. J. T. c )uncan, of Newberry, Mr. J. B. Bean, 1 >f Edgefield, were elected. The dele- A ;ates were then enrolled and the fol3 wing committee on credentials was ^ ppointed: Abbeville, J. H. McCalla: Aiken, F. j I. Green; Anderson, J. M. Glenn: { Samwell, G. D. Bellinger; Beaufort, K i "D Elliot,t: Berkeley, F. M. Harvey; Charleston, Hon. John F. Ficken: * Chester, Dr. "W. H. Heath? Chesterield, "W. C. McCreight; Clarendon, E. ' L Tindal; Colleton, Mr. Cooper; Dar- 1 ington, W. H. Lawrence; Edgefield, 1 I. H. Townes; Florence, B. B. 31ciVhirter; Georgetown,Yv'alter Hazard; 1 xreenville, 31. L. "West; Hampton, A. ^ "Vnrnnflns. HrYlTV. T. W. DaSTSTett: 1 vershaw, T. J. Kirkland: Lancaster, ra B. Jones: Lacirens. J. L. M. Irby: ( jexington. H. J. Seibels; Marion, D. v >V. McLaurin; Marlboro', W. D. . Avails: Newberry, Sampson Pope: )conee, S. J. McElroy: Orangeburg. 1 jrcorge W. Fairer; Pickens, W. T. ' field; Richland, J. C. Haskell; Spar- , anburg, E. C. Allen: Sumter, J. D. 1 31andiiig: Union. T. C. Duncan: TViliamsburg, J. P. Gambrel: York, J. vV. Neil. Pending the report of the com" ' 1 J.1 . 1: mttee on credentials uic co.uYe.uuuu >ok a recess until 7 p. m. Afternoon Scssior. (Krom the Augusta Chronicle ) The committee made three reoorts 011 the Fairfield delegation: a 1 aajority report favoring the Tillman ' lelegatiou: a minority report favor- i ng the Bratton delegation: a second ninority seating neither delegation ] md ordering a reorganization of the ; Democratic party in Fairfield county. Hon. Sampson Pope, of Newberry. ; idvocated the majority report: Hon. J. C. Haskell advocated the first miaority report? and the second minori- ; by providing for seating neither delegation. was indefinitely postponed. AX EXCITING INCIDENT occurred during the speech of Dr. Pope, when Maj. Thomas W. Wood ward arose arose and declared that what he stated in reference to the Fairfield case was <;a plain, bold and palpable lie." Cheers followed from the anti-' Tillinanites in the convention, and. among tlie spectators, and immediately there was a rush into the vacant space in front of the speaker's desk. For five minutes the greatest , X'' confusion ensued, the chairman rapDing in vain for order. The first moment that silence was )btained, Col. J. C. Haskell said that n speaking under excitement men I UliXiXC ULLill/U IUL U.LC O LatCJ-UUiitC. jut from ten years' acquaintance with Dr. Pope "I-don't believe he is capable of intentionally stating what is :alse." [Cheers from Tillmanites.] At length order was restored, and several speeches were made on each iide, the^speech of C. A. Douglass, p nember of the Bratton delegation Tom Fairfield, being the best one nude. Jrie received quite an ovation it its conclusion, after which a vote vas entered upon, and tlie majority /eport, seating the Tillman delegates, idopted by the convention on a yea md nay vote. The vote rejecting the Bratton delegation from Fairfield was 238 to 70. md the delegation filed out of the lall leaving the Tillman delegation ;riumphant. The protest against the Berkeley lelegation was laid on the table, rhis completed the action upon the eport of the committee and the contention was permanently organized 3y the election of the temporary offilers as permanent officers. PERMANENT ORGANIZATION. Mr. Pope nominated Mr. Talbert ;or permanent president, and Mr. Easkell nominated Mr. George Lamb Buist. Mr. Pope proceeded to put ;he name of Chairman Talbert. and leclared him elected without even putting the name of Mr. Buist. UllCCIO} qIUUII; tU.J.11 mooca XUIIUIIVU. tnd on the pretest of Col. J. C. Etaskell the name of Mr. Buist was out before the convention by Mr. Pope and voted down. President Talbert then thanked ;he convention for the honor confer ed. and emphasized the great importance of this convention advo ating peace and harmony in the anks of the party. CONFUSION AT MIDNIGHT. At 12.55 a resolution was passed to proceed until the work of the contention was transacted. The committees on resolutions and ilatform, and on the constitution reared to the ante room. Various motions for recess and to idjoum were voted down, and the jonv-ention is in great^onfusion. . _ President To]^eri lias called on the ;rowd to "V5nut up" and "sit down." 'shuj^'ora- mouths and peep quiet." ~Xt 1 o'clock the convention ie still n noisy session awaiting business rom the committees. THE STATE 1>E1>T. Aftor o r>f mi V?nnr fViA inn ority report on the resolution delaring the State debt of South Carina to be a public obligation of >riinary importance, and shall revive in the future, as in the past, the osteiing care of the State government, has just been adopted at 2 >'cloelc. The Split Occurs. (Srooiul Telegram to the Herai-d.) Columbia, S. C.. Aug. 14.?The exacted split in the Democratic party ias materialized. It was brought ,bout by the attempt of the Till aanites to pass an amended conati ution giving them power to elect a Lew executive committee, and prodding a primary for 1872. and thereafter. The antis had previously ? 1 11 J <* xl. . j.* esoivea mat ic me coHveiiuuu 'amend the constitution or otherwise isurp power not delegated to it"! hey would not submit. When the :ommittee on constitution reported, here was a minority report from the Ton- LeRoy F. Youmaus declarin hat the changing of the constitution vas not in the scope of the convenion's power. Youmans, Brawley, Buist, Smythe tnd Haskell made fruitless appeals, tnd when the question was demandid, the minority report was report vas rejected, 252 to 53. Irby then announced, "We have vf?!ovo/1 o /v\mmw?rii<SA? lift. VP efused it, and now we will have the vhole hog or none." John Haskell said his delegation :ould not participate in voting for ;he new constitution, at 2:21 this norning Richland withdrew, followed )y the delegations fromgCliarleston, Sumter, Beaufort and Georgetown. The convention then elected a new executive committee as follows: First Congressional district?H. 1. Meetze. Lexington: 0. R. Lownan, Orangeburg. Second?D. C. Jordan, Aiken: G. D. Bellinger, Barnwell. Third?W. A. Neal, Anderson, A. \Y. Jones, Abbe\ille. Fourth?J. L. M. Irby, Laurens: 0. \Y. Buchanan. Fairfield. Fifth?Ira B. Jones, Lancaster: W. 3. McCreight, Chesterfield. Sixth?T. E. Early, Darlington: II. 3. Gallichat, Clarendon Seventh?E. A. Wunams, D. E. Keels. First Judicial district?T. TV. Stanland. Second?A. M. Youmans. Tliml?L. S. Bisrham. Fourth?T. TV. Daggett. Fifth--H. H. Tonnes. Sixth?G. W. Gage. Seventh?"R. A. Lancaster. Eighth?H. 13. Burit. Irby was elected chairman and G. Duncan Bellinger secretary. A resolution was passed rejecting the primary this year, and at 5;26 this msming the convention adiourned. "When the antis left the convention they organized by the election of G. Lamb Buisfc chairman, and Jl. J. Brennen secretary. J. C. Haskell. J. "W. Barnwell. J. D. Blanding. Walter Hazard and W. J. Yerdiei were appointed a committee to issue an address. The Seceeders held another ses sion today. It is understood thai the preliminary steps for electing delegates for a convention Septembei 10, have been taken, in which ease there will be two conventions thai The anti-Tillraanites met. at II m an J appointed an advisory commit tee. The purpose is to call anothei convention of anti-Tillmanites in ? few weeks. The Alliance ~6en?resgional Con vention made no nomination for Con gressman. but will propound certaii questions to candidate*. I | STARTLING ROMANCE. AN ILLUSTRATION TJ^T TSUTH IS STRANCER THAT FICTION. A Duchess and Her Daughter, A Confederate Soldier, a Stolen Baby and a Villain ilic VClHItki X w Ceicago, Aug. 13.?An aiiouyDious . letter: written in French was delivered on Tuesday last to Mr. Claude Rosaire, a young genlleman of twentyseven, residing in handsome apartments on the west side in this city, and its contents revealed to him his parentage and mysterous circumstances connected with his life, matters which has been previously a hidden secret to him. Afv. Rnsnivp lifts for several years been a resident of Chicago, and recently graduated from the school of elocution in connection with the Chicago Athenaeum. He has for several years held a position on the board of trade. His story is a peculiar one, in which sorrow and happiness are mingled. From the earliest date in his life of which he has recollection, he lived in a small town in southeastern Michigan, and was brought up to believe that he was a child of the American family with whom he lived. He was treated in every way as such, until as loffm* ix-V>ifnl- I J-LiU. 1 illtu #XJ_L *vw WVAJ ?' ?? lows below, his supposed father in a gt of anger declared thai; he was^? unnatural son, an announcement which so keonlv affected his sensitive disposition that he left home never to return. That as in his twentythird year. His life from that moi ment until the receipt of the letter last week was full of miserable uncertainty, which he succeeded in cov, ering from the notice of his acquaintances by a persistent attention to the work and study which he had un U.CI taa.cja. No satisfactory explanation, indeed . no explanation whatever, of the vague charge made against him by his foster-father came to clear the mystery in which it enveloped him until the letter made the story of his life less an enigma than-it had been. . ^ This is a literal translation of the physiciansayslc-au^t 'live more than ^ two months. ;*Ttvo years ago you recited at the Hospital Si. Luke. I was in the au dience. i recognized ;ou az once, but although I had been looking for you for three years I was not satisfied to find j-ou again. Besides, I had been cured of my sickness; people like myself do not suffer with remorse, only in the valley of the darkness of death. "First you are legitimate and the child of marriage. I cannot keep the secret, because I cannot retain life much longer, and because all human vengeance seems useless. I can review Almost your entire life. You think 110 one in your present life knows, anything about you but yourself, and you have shut them in the bottom of your heart. To make sure that the things I am about to tell you are true, listen: "'Until the Cth of October, 1884, you believed yourself the son of .George Latham, of L , !Mich. In a moment of great anger he told you that you were an unnatural son. That night you left, and you have never spoken one to the other since. They believe you dead. George Latham, I am sure, believes you to be what he has said, but he regrets bitterly that he has betrayed the confidence of his sister. "'I am going to tell you about your family. Your grandmother, the mnflipv of vour mother, was the duchess de St. Allize, of Normandy. Her marriage was very miserable, the duke de St. Allize being Treli known. After having spent the fortune of your grandmother he commenced against her a suit of divorce. Having lost love and courage the duchess fled to America, taking with her her only child, a baby?your mother, Victoria de St. Allize. " 'But a little while after hv r ar' - '*? "? "1 A. J I rival in America tne aucness eutereu the convent of the Ursulines at New Orleans, where she died five years later. Her child, Victoria, remained in the care of the Sisters until the age of eighteen, when her great talent for music caused the mother superior to have her choose between the world and the convent. During her probation she mec and loved a Confederate soldier by the name of Claude Hector Rosaire. This man (your father) was of French blood from his great-grandfather, who was a Creole. The 6th of October, 1363, they were married, as you will see by the inclosed certificate. Immediately they tied to Canada. "'Now this man Rosaire was not the only man that loved Victoria de St. Allize, but he was the only man she loved. I never pardoned them, and followed them as a hunting dog would. In May of the next year you were bom in Quebec. Three weeks after your birth I stole you from 1-atit rim-sp find cnrried vou to the south of Ontario, among a colony of Canadian Quakers. Marguerite be; came your foster-mother. No mati ter how, some women love strangely. 'Then I returned to Qn- bec to see my revenge. I received bat little l satisfaction. Yotr father, crazed . with grief at your loss, threw himself . from the head of the fort. I was , waning lor yiCLuiiii t.u i\juvvi uat, , but she was made of iron. She came and went with a face of iron, and then : suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. I never found trace of her. - She must have entered a convent, for ; only those walls could elude my ven; geance. ?I cannot write more because I ; will not- I hate you as I hated her. ;! I have greatly enjoyed to see you struggle, knowing that it was useless . for my maledictions to rest on the - fruit of their marriage. : '"I; am foolish to talk of the stain t that is on you, but a man has too''natures and ,1 cannot resist my better - nature, which compels me to try to l Hio n-iwncf rlrvnp vmv if if. is - |JLCJJ(AJJl CXXV, J ? | i! possible. Besides there are moments 1 when I am really and profoundly pen itent, and it is such moments I write this. " Youwiilinever be able to discover " me. You have no possible means of identifying me. However, your mother guesses this?yes, she must know. .Perhaps her ctnid can find heirh spite of all, but then it -will be too late for your .vengeance/" The letter is unsigned. With it was the original document certifying to the marriagaof Eosaire's mother and father. * ^ }Ir. Rosaire wilfiSlSEe effort to find his mother, and will search all Catholic convents through the country. His interest in the authorship of thjs letter is overshadowed by his desire ' * ?1 -1 1 A- 1 to learn tne wnereaoouis ox mother a~d of the resting place of his dead father. * ~i ANALYSIS OF AN ABOMINATION- J The Force BUI and What it Means and Wonld Do. "We print elsewhere a carefui^ummary of the Federal election bill which has passed the United State House of Representatives and is now pend- . ing in the Senate. The object is to furnish the The Sun's readers with a clear and succinct exposition of its features, with an explanation of the practical effect of the provisions^^^j which are more obviously designe^gj secure to the Republican paai^ South. It musj^^tfj one aftej>?eacliiig of ^feebill that no 8 'Stfught to be attainedV^x machinery for this purp<.'% x> carefully and ingeniously is necessarily complicated ancH^ is evidence throughout the measured. j~. of an anxious desire on the part of its framers to leave no loophole by means of which its purpose might be frustrated. Briefly stated, the effect of the bill is to put the control of the elections for members of the House of Representatives into the . hands of Federal supervisors, supported uy an army oj deputy marshals, who may be reinforced by any number of assistant marshals, summoned under guise of a posse coimtatus, and also, if the President should so order, by United State troops or by militia organizations, which might include armed,, negroes, names shall be placed on the list. They are uUo empowered to make a hoase-to-house canvass in cities, ostensibly to detect registrytion and naturalization frauds, but in X reality, it is to be feared, as ' election party. On election day they must see that tlie ballot box is marked and located in a certain way, must assist the local officers to count the?vote,? and must make their own returns, which form the basis on which the result is finally determined by the federal returning board, from whose decision there may be an appeal to the United States Circuit Court, which is to settle all contests. If there is delay by the local election ? officers in opening the polls, the supervisors may hold the election themselves. Should there be more votes in the ballot box than the number of persons who have voted, the /* election must be determined by a snecies of lotterv?the excess of votes being drawn by blindfolded persons and deducted from the total number of votes cast for the candidates. A man's seat in' Congress might depend upon mere chance or upon trickery in ' working" the lottery scheme. A long list of offences under the law are specified and heavy penalties in fines and imprisonment are provided. State laws inconsistent with the provisions of the bill are annulled and State sovereignty is trampled upon in all directions. A pretense of fairness is furnished i.i t.? ? 41^ ill tut; piuviaiuix iux cj-lluj. umg uuc iavv wherever application is made under certain specified conditions, but in view of the fact that its declared object is to secure "a free ballot and a fair count" at the South, which would mean, of course, the counting of the negroes en masse for the Republican candidates, this apparently general applicability of the law is seen to be a mere sham. Good care, of course, would be taken to enforce it only where its enforcement would do the party good, and the real field of its operations would be the Southern States. In that section the result could hardly fail to be disastrously / . Race conflicts at almost ev^y^oUiiig place would be almost inevitable and a condition of unrest and excitement would be created which might prove fatal to the industrial progress of the South, so marked in receix^^j^^^j? Sectional prejudice would be IB embittered and the whole 9 would feel the disturbing efie^yPa law which would at once an'^ the two races and the two great secuons against each other. Business men fully realise this and the most effective opposition to the bill is coming from that quarter. The sincere friends of the negro also recognize the fact that no legislation more injurious to 1- - 1 1 _ -L -L- 13 11 "L ^ J ms Dest interests couiu wen ut; uevised, and Republican leaders all over the South are protesting against it most earnestly as being a certain means of wiping out the white Republican vote in that section. It is possible that these formidable sources of opposition will prove effectual in the Senate, but the necessities of the clique of high-tariff interests which now controls both houses of Congress are so great that it is not at all unlikely that the voice of reason and patriotism will be stifled in the mad rush to reach, if possible, the point of absolute con- j trol and dictation of the political A destinies of the country.?Baltimore Sub. It is expected in Kentucky that the constitutional convention which is to assemble in September will incorporate the Australian ballot system in the new constitution which it is to make. It worked like a charm in Chattanooga. * < Tfc r? t* *n i _ n A course 01 jr. r. jr. win osmsii an ad feeli ngs. and restore your health to perfect condition. Its curative powers are marvelous. If out of sorts and in bad humor with yourself and the world, take P. P. P., and be1 come healthy and rational. ^ k A ,