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W HIT Tillies < tSTF.XMAL HVM\. s?t?u 1m Thoinn*' Chorus of Eight Voifi't at the Opening o the F.xhihitiou. ?v, frther*' from mit vhosf I in ml Tlw .vntnrl^ toll llko er*ins of snad. V\V ? > >1*y, united, fro.?. As*.J t>n?ur land and tlioc, T.? f.lv*nk lh* for the cm done, v?.? trn?t lh.^ tor tho opftniiiE one. Me?v. wh*re of tt'.il. By'irvy uchik". The iMh?"tf *|v*ko tkatv<rd of thluo, Wu.w eoho Ik the clad rOfrniB Of rended bolt* and falling oh*in. T?? cr*?v our ftntul time fro in all TU<? zones of earth our guests we'CiUi. P.e with in wlillethe bow world gm*s The old world, thronging ulMts strei<?. In veiling all the triumphs won f*v itrt nr toil beneath the *un. And ikuo owumim good ordalu This rlvalsbip of hn.no -anti brain. Th< a who ha^l here Ui'ronrord furled The war of tt-gntfceml -world, lleneatb our wnfttenrsMefr-fitlflll Tim Orient'* mission of good will. And. frolrhted wltntove'a gold fleece, Send bock the Argonauts of pence. Fartvrt and labor met-.in trow;, For bvauty made the bride of use. We thank thee, while withal we crave The austere vlrlues string to save, Th? honor proof to ptaee or pold. The manhood nevef bought or sold! <"ih make thou us. .through centuries long, I n poacr secure and >u*ti?c strong; Around our gift of Irfedoin draw Tho B&f6KUArd& or :tUy righteous luw, And. ea*t In some'di nner mold. Let the uew cycle -shamf the old! 1I0W 2XDirc? CTflK MEAT AND 'UKES8 SKINS. "When her lord has killed a buffalo : the woman's .work begins, She has to i j skin it, the meat to secure, and all to . pack upen ponies or mules, and carry to camp, where the meat must be { cured. This is done by cutting it into \ thin sheets, and hanging It over pole3 i in the &ot sunshine, whore it is soon J dried thoroughly; then it is packed 1 fresh m packages of about one hun- J rtred pounds eacn, and mciosea in a nico ^folding sack of thick buffalo skin, r prepared especially for the pur pose. This Js not dressed down thin after' being fleshed, but well tanned, and>*t>f the full thickness of the skin; tl?e hair side nicely ornamentod with T?aift.f, -for the outside of the sack. This iis cut out like a huge envelope, eo Ibbat the ends and sides will fold over \whatever is put In them, and se cured :by strong buckskin strings. By being thick it retains Its form, and is very - useful for carrying other things besides meat and tallow. After the meat: is taken care of the skin must be looked after. Those taken at this season .of the yen.r are mostly dressed lor; lodges. *rney are nrst staKea op a smooth spot of ground, and water put upon them, when they are roady ton fleshing. This consists in remov ing the flesh with an instrument made of i a straight bar of iron, about a foot in' length, flatte ned at one end and lilKkto an edge. This being gras}>ed intake hand, and a succession of quick [ ^ btows given, tlie work slowly pro- j1 cecils. The skin Is then dried, after j which the hair is removed io a dry j ? state, and tho skin reduced to the U prpvw thickness by dressing down on v the ;ha.ir side. This is done with an f insfemioent made by firmly tying a a flatpioce of steel, filed to a beveled edge at one end, and with the corners rounded, to a large prong of a deer's horn. This is so trimmed, in oonnec with the body of the horn, as to form nn. -elbow, and is used a little as a car penter uses his adze. This work is usually done in the cool of the morn ing. The brains oftho animal, hav- " Ing been properly taken care of for ? the purpose, are now goakod and ; s squeezed by the hand until reduced to ; j a paste, and applied to both sides of; t tlio skin, which is afterward worked o and rubbed until flexible. The pre- s p*ration of robes is from winter c 6kins, and differs from the foregoing a only in being dressed down on the j liesh side, so as to leave the wool and r hair upon the robe, and Is more thor- c o*ighly worked, and scoured by means a o?i u sharp-gritted atone.?Battty. |? wuebk~u6xuood comes from.? j J S*o;t everyone Is aware that the. j wood used by engravers is the growth j t of; those far away regions around tho|? and 'Caspian Seas, the very j ( nemos of the ports from which it is ! i shipped being unfamiliar. Very few' t who consider themselves trood creocra--! i pliers have ever heard of Poti, or Ab- j8 luissia, or Tzaritsin, and yet these are j1 nourishing commercial towns, reached '. by the way of the Golden Horn of Con stantinople. t For all fine engravings, Turkey box- j wood is used, and as its quality c varies much, somo skill is necessary a tofa good selection. The best is of a t d^lkate yellow color, clear and free 8 from spots; It cuts smoothly and 1 evenly, with no crumbling nor j* tearing, but every line cut will be j ^ l^cfcot. j E It is to The use of this wood by our v artists that the superiority of their dc-1 r signs and wood-engravings must in a! c grtjat measure be attributed. In con-1 ti sequence of its scarcity and high' v I'rioOj many substitutes have been re- F sorted to; maple, apple, p^tr, mahog- f3 any have been experimented upon; f but hitherto bo wood, metal, or com position has been discovered that pos sesses the requisite qualities. j, In addition to engraving, boxwood \ in .us**] for scales, rules, eanerintr rods s is made; and there are factories iu Connecticut that consume hundreds of tons annually for this purpose alone. A^y one that has ever held a carpen ter's rule In his hand knows what box wood is like. It differs in color a^ texture from all other wood, and it is somewhat remarkable that it>c cc?nes to perfection only in a eom-j^ passively limited region of country in j8 tHjs viMnlft Spa Tf iroltrha If about seventy-fire pounds to the cubic \ fuyt, and varies in price to land it in Bgston from $75 to $250 a ton, GOT ALL HE 1*AI1> ?C>K. & gentleman went to New York the other day to -order some frames for several pictures he had at home. Se lecting the moulding he wished the frames made from, he gave the nec essary directions, and while so doing the length of moulding required came into dispute, when the gentleman learned that allowance must be made for oorners In cutting framoa, Not understanding the whole matter, how ever, and thinking thte teave a number of pieces that, as toe paid for them all, he might as well fc&ve him self, he directed the frame dealer to send the corne* pieces ap with the ! c framew, and thea toojf his departure, i A ifew days ago tfee frames arrived, 1* and attached to each one was a small Ill pAQVape containing the corner pieces, ^ b?t the gentleman was much eur- rj prised at finding them inflnitessimal ? parts, that could be of no use what- t ever. Furthermore, also attached to v each frame was a little paper packet, r upon opening wWch the gentleman i found to contain the sawdust made in t sawing the moulding into the required r nhai?e.? JiinQMtnn Freeman. <j)f the 5,000,000 Jews estimated to bo on -ijhe face of the globe, 120,000 are as signed to America, 46,000 to France, 3(H) to Ireland, 35 to Norway. One out<of every seven inhabitants of Po lived, and one out of evory twenty-flve of'Hamburg, Boumanla, and Austria ftre Hebrews. ft, Carpenter, the artist, says ihikt ,Jt>e was with Suowt ou tfc* even ing ifcwtfoj* JVll?on> fnaygwation as Yloe jBraWwJ:, Wilso# /wljed, ajid said, "Sunmar, can yo# lend me ? hundred dollMf? I havn't got money enough to be inaugurated OA." Stt? juer readily made the loan, , - mm ' 1 Che Press and Banner. W. A.. J.EE, Etlitoi*. Wednesday, July 19, 1876. The Democratic Prospect. The Xetos and Courier makes hii In* j cresting estimate of the chances of| he I>eiuoerats iu the present National! ttriiKK't', based upon the last election I eturns in the several States, and ar rives at very hopeful conclusions. Twelve States" composing Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Ken tucky, Maryland, Missouri, North! r'mviiinn 'iVniifssec. Texas. Virginia, I iiid West Virginia, with one huudred did eleven electoral votes are ranked is Democratic. The States of California, Connecti cut, Illinois, Indiana, Conneotiout, Louisiana, Mississippi, .Nevada, New Jersey, New York and Oregon, with ono hundred and fourteen electoral votes, are put down is doubtful; but they all went Dem cratic at the last olectiou and if they diould do ?o again would give two lundred and twenty-live electoral rotes, or forty-one more than the one lundred and eighty four necessary to i choice. Of these States put down as doubt ul, California gave last full a Demo rratic majority of over 30,000 ; Neva la at the last election gave a pemo ;ratic majority of 3,500; Oregon 1,200, tnd we may safely nut these twelve lectoral votes of the three Paoific Slates to the credit of the Democrats. Connecticut for four years has gone Democratic, and last year polled for r ? t T\ l ? _ i . ! On/1 Lii^einoji i% vciuwiwui; \ uic ui (ai,vw, arger tlmu any Republican vote ever >olled. Illinois, two years ago gave a Majority of 25,000 against the Kepub ieana. Indiana has gone Democratic U every election since 1868, except for President four yearn ago, when 25,000 Democrats refused to vote for Ureeiey. Louisiana, Mississippi and New Jer ley are confident of Democratic suc [es.ses. New York gave Tilden 50,317 major ty for Governor two years ago, and Bigelow, Democrat, for Secretary of state, 14,810 majority last year. Doubtless tbe local dissensions last rear among the Democracy contribu ed largely to tbe reduction of the Democratic majority in the State. Bjgelow's majority in the City of New fork was 13,000 less than Tilden's majority of 1874. There was a ditTer nce of 5,000 in the majority of Tilden ir??l Uliralnur in KillirR. Here 18 a arge part of the falling off from Til lenden's majority of 1874 accounted or. But this year .Tilden is agaip a ?ndidate, the party is united and en husiastic for him, he will call out the ast Democratic vote, and we may lope for his usual majority. Since he war the State of New York has ;one Democratic seven times and Re tublican twice. One of the latter in tanccs was due to the dissatisfaction if thousand* of Democrats with the audidature of Mr. Greeley. To use he wordsofUovernor Seymour: "New fork is naturally a Democratic State." t will be our own fault if we lose it. This estimate leaves out of the eal ulution the States of Pennsylvania. )hio, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and 'iorida, with their seventy electoral otes which with the exoeption of 'lorida, went Democratic two years go. The prospect certainly looks . ell on paper, and with a proper effort n the part of all, and due forbearance specially at the South, may end iu be desired sure* ss. 'he Public Sentiment in the State. The tfewa and Courier has sent a pecial staft' correspondent of the pa ier, R. gleans Davis, Esq., to the up ountry, to learn the prevailing Cou ervative sentiment with regard to the ending political issues, and he finds hat whilst ail honest men are in favor f reform, there is every possible hade of opinion as to the best mode f carrying on the campign. There ire extreme "straight-outs" who are opposed to all affiliation with Repub icans; again there are more moderate nen of the same class, who look upon ^operation as impolitic, but would upport it, if in their view it afforded my assurance of success; again there H tbe class of co-operationists who lrge affiliation not from choice, but in hair view from necessity?prefering n rnlf loaf to the danger of risking all; ind again there is a fourth class who ire disposed to ignore party lines and o sustain Governor Chamberlain, and (Vuiiufnllv uniJ InuHv tllAfA {ft he large class who have not yet made ip their minds, but are waiting to ihape their course by the exigencies of lie future. The correspondent thus conclude* lis Columbia letter: "I have sketched, as nearly as (can, he phases of popular opinion that 1 inve found existing here. Numeri :ally, I should judge, the people are ibout equally divided between the wo policies, with three dillerent hades. In Columbia, the co-opern ionists appear to predominate, while he Straight-outs are stronger in the' ountry; above Columbia and at rrenholm's, lower down, the more noderate counsels would seem to pre ail. But I should say that a large uajoritv of the voters are open to onvictfon, and will labor with the najority in the State. Teach them t"hat will win! That, just now, is the erplexing question. And a few oore weeks must elapse before Rich-. ?nd County may be properly said to lave adopted any well |delined and ositive policy." 8ince writing the above from Co umbia, the correspondent has visited Vinnsboro and Chester and flnds the ame division of sentiment as to the i ?st mode of achieving success. In Chester especially the prevailing sen iment seems to be strongly in favor of , comproniite?-the acceptance of Gov rnor Chamberlain as a measure of >olicy and a division of the County ffleea. The prospects of * compromise in Chester are at present very good. A ommitteeof the Conservatives met a ommittee of Republicans a few day* in.ce, and the latter offered a member f tjoe House, the sheriff, a county ommissioner aud the selection of a olicjtor for the Sixth circuit. The Joj**crvatives demanded two ^mem iera of the Legislature instead of one, iut will refer the proposition to the ouuty meeting in August. Each ts own candidates, and exercise no -nice whatever in selecting the notn nees of the other party. The whole matter will be determin d by the Democratic county meeting rhlch will be held on the first Mon ay of August, when a definite policy < fill be determined. i The Hamburg Affair. Our Southern exchanges generally iiiite in condemning the hasty resort i u mob-law in Hamburg and especial y tbe killing of defenceless prisoners, rheu they were at the mercy of the aptors. There seems to bare been nothing in he first offence, nor in the later mili ary display, to have called forth so xtreme a measure, as the attempt toji isarm the colored military company.; i 'hev wero not threatenincr the lives:; r property of the good citizens of the own, us once before was done to the i vhite people of Edgefield, and which ! nade a resort to arn..s one of tiie first ; I nstiuctsof self preservation. Two or I hree hundred armed whites after! naking an easy capture of the blacks, j I hot a number of the unarmed prison- il >rs, without provocation and without j . xcuse. The execution of the?e pris >ners had none of the elements of ret- I Ibutive justice, which provoked if it 1 lid not justify tjjje execution of the i tfarmon murderers, It was a bloody ragedy without puliation and with out excuse, (t was a great crime, md besides, a great blunder, which vill bring any amount upon the Dem- i >cratic party and upon t&e8outh. ' The July nuffitber of ?he Rural Car- I Union is now before us and we find it < tiled with interfiling and instructive < eading matter for our Careers. Its < ubscription price places wjijtfiin the t each of every farmer and ?&)u)d not i here fore be fou nd frvn any I otsebtP-d. 1 WhippCr and the Charleston Judge ship. Itis roj>orted that Whipper has qual ified as Judge of the first Circuit, and has gone on to Washington. The original commission of Judge Reed, for the unexpired teiuiof Judge Graham, would have expired at mid night ou August 25th next, and it is al that time that YVhipper's term of foui years, as lie claims, will begin. Bui JudgeJleed has been duly commission ed as judge, under the constitution or tour years iruui ijecemuer 11, tlie day of his election, aud will bi sustained by the whole power of tht State Government and the strong arir of her white citizeus. At least then Is no doubt of the determination o the latter; and as Governor Chamber lain has refused to commission Whip per on the ground that Ids election ii unconstitutional and void, we may ex peet him to sustain his decision witl the whole force of the State militii and if need be to call for aid from tin United States army, Whipper is boh and pertinacious, but lie can no achieve muoh success in a coutest witl the State Government. Gen. Butler's Letter. Gen. Butler has written a publishe* letter in which he denies that he is a all responsible for the collision be tween the white and blacks at Ham burg, or that he had anything to d< wnti me Killing 01 me prisoners. m states that ho attended to the case be fore the Trial Justice, in a professiona capacity, and that his efforts through out the affair were in the interests o peace; that he took no control ove the armed whites, and that lie wai out of town when the prisoners wen killed. Governor Tilden's Acceptance o the Democratic Nomination. New York, July 12.?The commit tee appointed by the St. Louis Con vention waited on Governor Tilden to-day. Gen. McOlernard addressed the Governor, outlining the work 01 the Convention, and the Hon. W. B, Hauna, of Indiana, also addressed Governor Tilden, pledging him the united support of the Indiana Democ racy. The following reDlv wob then made by Governor Tilden Gen. McClcrnard, and Gentleman oj the Committee: I shall at my earliest convenience prepare and transmit tc you a formal acceptance of the nomi nation which you now tender me, in behalf of the Democratic Rational Convention, and I do not desire on this occasion to anticipate any topic which might be appropriate to that communication. It may, however, be permitted to me to say that my nomi nation was not a mere personal prefer ence between eminent citizens of this Republic, who might very well have been chosen for so distinguished an honor and so august a duty. It was rather a declaration of that illustrious tjody, in whose behalf you speak, in favor of administrative reform with which events had associated me in the public view. The strength, the uni versality and the efficiency of the de mand for administrative reform in all governments, and especially in the ad ministration of the Federal Govern ment. with which the Democratic masses everywhere were instinct, have ed to a series of surprises in the pop ular assemblages, and, perhaps, in tne Convention itself. It "would be un natural, gentlemen, if a popular gov ernment, so genuine and so powerful should stop with 3.500,000 of Demo crats ; that it should not extend bj contagion to that large mass of indo peudapt voters, who stand betweer parties iu our country, and even to tht moderate portion of the party undei whose administration the evils to b( jorrected have grown up; and perhaps in what we have witnessed there rnaj L>e an augury in respect to what w< may witness in the election about t< lake place throughout our country At least let us hope *o, and believe so I am not without experience of th< difficulty and the labor of effecting ad ministrative reform, when it require* a revolution in policies and in meas ures long established in the govern uient. If I were to judge by the yea and and a half in which I have beei iu the State Government, I should sa^ that the routine duties of the trust J have had imposed on me are a smal burden compared with that created bj the attempt to change the policy o the government of which I have beei the executive head. Especially iB thii so when the reform is to be worke< out with more or less of the co-opera tion of public officers who either lmvi been tainted with the evils to be re dressed, or who have been incapacita leu uy me nuuit ui luitrjuuug un wrongs to be corrected, and to whicl they nave been consenting witnesses [, therefore, if your choice should hi ratified by the people at the election .should enter upon the great dutie: which would fall upon me not as : holiday, but very much in that spiri of consecration in which the soldie enters battle. [Applause.] But let ui believe, as I do believe, that we nov see the dawn of a better day for on country, and that difficult as is thi work to which the Democratic party with many allies formerly members o other parties, has addressed itself, tlx republic is yet to be renovated to llv? in all the future, and to be transmitte< to succeeding generations as Jeflereor contributed to form it in his day, am as it has been ever since until a recen period?a blessing to the whole peopli and to all mankind. [Applause.] Geutlemen, I thank you forthe ven kind terms in which you have mad* your communication, and 1 extend t< you collectively and individually i most cordial greeting. The commttee and their frlendi then entered into a social convcrsatiot as to the prospects of the comtnj canvass, and remained a short time it the hospitable mansion of the Gover nor. Letter of Governor Hayes. The letter of Governor Hayes ac cepting the nomination of the Ilepub I lean party for the Presidency will b< read with interest. It is a fair, dis creet document, and shows that tin Governor is well advised. In this let ter the Governor takes positive groum on oivil service?meaning permanent in office and non-interference of Con gressmen iu patronage, which is tin only way iu which there can be civi service. He speaks emphatically ii i?ai? Af o n Aorlir roanmnf imi nt' an^ii 1U V W? Mi t?M V>#?y V. '{'l.v.' payments, aud, while conciliatory to wards the South, intimates that tlx shot gun will not be allowed to taki the place of the rifle. These is a dis tinct, manly, riuging recognition o one term for the Presidency, whicl Khows statesmanship, and is in all re spects a noble utterance, aud a bid foi religious support on the school ques tion, which is demagoguery and un worthy of a candidate for the Presi deucy. The one-term idea is the weat point in what otherwise is a fair, coin menbable, statesmanlike letter.?Nev York Herald. The Gallant McGovta, Our sprightly contemporary, the Cc Ivmbia Phoenix, presents the name o Gen. Samuel McGowan, of Abbeville as its candidate for the Democrats nominaiion for Governor. We think it wiser not to nominate anybody ts i Democratic candidate for Governor but if the Convention shall decide U nmto ? nomination, thera is no om whom the Hews and Courier wili more gladly follow than the hero of t hundred tights, the gallant Mt-Gowan, No candidate more fully than h? w ill bring out the white vote, and South Carolina cannot honor to< highly a son so distinguished in wm and in peace.?Charleston News ana Courier. The report of Attorney General Stone has been published, and 1h more moderate and less partisan in tone than might have been expected in u iocument which derived its facts from the testimony of Prince Rivers and ithers. The whole affair is bad enough, and we suppose the Attorney Gteneral thought there was no occa lion for exaggeration. The killing oi .inarmed prisoners, is an admitted 'aot which admits of neither exagger ation, excuse nor apology. Serenade to Gen. McGowan AN ABLE AND ELOQUENT DIS COURSE. The Abbeville Silver Cornet Band, on last "Wednesday night, gave a com plimentary serenade to our distin guished townsman, Gen. McGowan, upon his return from the St. Louis Convention, which called forth one of the General's happiest efforts, occu pyiug Borne half hour In the delivery. He said he was grateful to his neigh bors and friends for the oompliraeut of a i serenade. After struggling through the duat and heat incident to a ride of fifteen hundred miles in this "hot term," it was delightful to reach home, and that delight was greatly enhanced by this kiud reception. He would rather have the respect and love of his neighbors than any office in the gift of the people. After going round the world he was pleased to feel that "there is no place like home." He said he thought the St. Louis Convention was the finest body of men that ever assembled on this continent. There were representatives there from every State and territory of this broad land?from the lakes to the gulf, and from ocean to ocean. As the area represented was large, so the pur* r^uoa u-prn Mthnlin and Datriotic. That r assembly represented the better half of ? the whole nation, he thought the nu *' merical majority, but certaiuly the bet ter half of it, as to correctness of prin ciple, honesty and justice to their un fortunate fellow-citizens of the South. They were there, not rich in the spoils " of office, not dripping with "crooked , whiskey," nor rolling in the ill-gotten I wealth of peculation and plunder, but f as simple citizens, animated only by : one common DurDOse to rescue the country from impending ruin and to hurl from power the most incompetent, arrogant and corrupt administration which has ever in God's providence afflicted this fair land. Alarmed for the safety, indeed, the very existence, of our institutions, these good men mus tered at St. Louis. As the purpose was noble so the place was appropriate?a magnificent city on the western bank of the father of waters, and about the centre of the greatest valley of the world. As the telegraph informed you the Conven tion adopted a platform of principles the burden of which is Reform ! Reform! ! Reform !!! And with the utmost har mouy and enthusiasm placed upon it as our standard-bearers, Samuel J. Tiiden, of New York, [Cheers] and Thomas A. Hendricks, Qf Indiana, [Renewed Cheering] and with them, under Provi dence. we hope to sweep the country with a whirlwind qf resistless success ! After these preliminary remarks Gen eral JtfcGowau spo^e jo stibstance as follows: My fellow-citizens, the skies are heightening. The day is breaking qfter a long, dark and dreary nightT We have reached a turning point in our po litical condition. It is now more than ten years since the war ended, and that decide has undoubtedly been the most disgraceful in rf>ur nistory. Perhaps it was to be expected. After the priva tipfts and excitements of civil war, there is always a re-action ; a period of love of | ease, love of wealth and of luxury, and: thesp bring in their train demoraliza tion. During the last ten years the vices Byways incident to a restoration, arrogance, injustice, oppression, vain glory, revenge, extravagance and cor ruption, have flourished and grown rank! The administration of the gov ernment has been exclusively in the hands of those who considered them selves, par exccllencc, the saviours of the country. They had rendered more or less service in crushing what was called the rebellion, and like the minis > ters of Charles II, after the old restora tion, they seemed to think that as a re ' ward for their services, they were en ? titled to steal all they could lay their ' hands on from that country which they 1 claim to have saved! MacCaulay's ac couut of the corrupt Court of the Merry I Monarch nflght stand as a picture of our own administration since tbe war: e "Politics was regarded not as a science, ' of which the object is the happiuess of ~ mankind, but as an exciting game of L> mixed chance and skill at which a dex 1 trous and lucky player may win. Ambition, which in good times and in - good minds is half a virtue, now dis joined from every elevated sentiment u _ -.Ifl.L 1.4X4? 1U4l> 1 uecoioeb a seiusu uupiun,^ ume ie&a * ignoble than avarice itself." Do you t uot recognize the picture? Offices have r been sought and won not for merit aud s virtue, but by loud professions of DEVOTION TO PARTY, r f and when got used only to enrich the lucky aspirants and all their kith aud f kin, lineal and collateral. This spirit ? of making of public office private prop e erty and of covering roguery under the j mantle of patriotism, has permeated the j great masd of officials from the highest j to the lowest. The case of the late Sec t retary of War is not exceptional. Others j. are believed to be even worse than Bel knap. The leprosy is epidemic. Offi f cial corruption is rank aud rampant. ? An immense host of officers and office j nuoters cover iae earm as uie waiers i cover the bosom of the great deep. Like dwarrns of locusts in Egypt, or grass 9 hoppers in the West, consuming, olast , ing and withering every thing on the r face of God's green earth: l "Innumerable! as when the potent rod . Of Amraiu's son, in Egypt's evil day Waived round th? coast. up culled a pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on tbo eastern wind That o'er the rualm of Impious Pharaoh hung Like night, and darkened all the land of Nile." All tliis state of things, bad as it is, has been aggravated ten-fold in the - States of the South. This can be under ^ stood when to the general demoraliza tion isaddedthe painful but well-knowu - fact that as a general rule in the South em States the o fll c i a 1 s have 1 been ignorant and incompetent, and - actually inimical to the people whom they pretend to govern, but in fact rob - and oppress! As far as the poor South I is concerned, the whole thing has been 1 regarded as something like a "pious ? fraud," allowable, indeed praiseworthy, " as against "those lately in rebellion." - The administration of public affairs in ' this poor State, with rare exceptions, has - been one long f PROFLIGATE BEVEL OF A MONGREL 1 CREW r of all colors "from snowy white to - sootysatyrs, mountebanks, buffoons, - and political Gorillas, worse eveu than /vuav>uai0lt3|&viw?? VI vuv * wuvn J.vv V v?u tion. We have bod a hideous night mare of vulgarity, injustice, extortion, bribery and corruption. What a rich field for the political bummers and gleaners was attbrded by the plains of the poor, prostrate South. Everything in confusion from the recent overthrow in the war?the property of late rebels lying around loose and a victorious party fo cover and back everything done in its name!! STEALING IN THE NAME OF REPUBLI CANISM. More stealing has been done in the South in the name of Republicanism than should damn an hundred parties. When protest was made it was smoth ered, by the eternal cry of "Republican ism !" "Republicanism !!" The good people in their anguish have often been compelled to cry aloud in the words of Madame Rotund on her way to the guillotine, "Oh, liberty, how many crimes have been committed in thy name!" The people of the United States have been tolerant, patient and long-suffer ing to a fault. They did not compre hend the thing in all its hideous dimen sions. The facte, which neither hypoc racies nor the cry of republicanism can longer cover, are now being exposed to f>ublic view and X say, with the most ntense earnestness, that if there Is In telligence, virtue and patriotism enough left in the country, the masses prill rise in their majesty and overcrow this gi gantic incubus. They will in self defence, expel from office t?is motley horde, who have speculated iu loud professions of patriotism, and mean while, fattened upon their substance. A decade of sacK and plunder should suffice! By the help of heaven and the great democratic party it must end!! THE HOUR OK DOOM has struck !!! The Goths and Vandals must be hurled from office. The time for a happy change has come in tlris Centennial Year of our Lord 157G, which makes its advent over the trou bled waters like the white-winged dove of peace and rest. As the blessed hours pass they should constantly remind us of the honesty a,:id official integrity a? I well as the heroism of the patriots of the revolution, and should be brimfull of fraternity, fellowship, good feeling and all the higher sentiments which properly belong to a grand national re union { Good omens are in the air. The day -r,.i (Ho hour for n. ureal nod crowninir auu D1IV MVH. ? ?? W3 w success of the democratic party hasj come. He invoked the country to achieve success in this election. He invoked it by all the memories of the past aud all the hopes of the future. In the name of the country and of our whole couotry, in the name of our iui perriiled institutions, and of our chil dren and children's children he invoked all to make a long pull, a strong; pull aud a pull altogether!!! Our ruling sentiment is the UNION OF ALL HONEST 31 EN in this Centennial year for the purpose of healing the wouuda of the past, for the expulsion from office of all charla tans aud rogues, for the reformation of the rank abuses of government, and the restoration of the good old-time eleva tion, purity, simplicity and dignity in the administration of public affairs. He gave in conclusion TILDEN AND HENDRICKS ! DELIVER ANCE AND LIBERTY ! ! .A CARD. Metar*. Editors .?In Justice to L. D. Bowie, clcrk of the court, I wish to correct an Impres sion that was put out at the radical powwow the other day by ex-school commissioner Win. Pressly, who was Indicted at the last court for "arson.'' The ?harge made by Prcssly was "that they, the negroes, had put Bowie In office and tlmi he had engaged tbo most extreme young democrat In the county to do business for him; that the negroes who went Into his offioe on business were not treated right, that they went In with fear and trembling and got out as quick as possible." Men do not act with out motives. *The reason why this ex-school commissioner made Jheso false statements was at the last term of the court three negroes were ordered from the court room and Pressly was among the number. The facta which led to the peremptory ordering of the three negroes from the court room qt the May tenn were as fol lows: No. 1 was Pressly. He came around to f,he . . '? > - a i-? ~ UaU,,,,! .. ? CierK'H UIDIO U11U uhkcu lur a nuivcb uuiunKu h to one of his school boys. ThoJudue had Ju?i passed the sentences. I was recording tho sen tence of Coleman. I told him to call Into In the evening as I could n'qt stop recording sentence* to All out tlckots ijnlesn the party lived out of town. Ho remarked "I want to know why the devil you can't wait on me; you wnlt on white people." I told him to ? hut up and th?tl would glVB him two minutes ? tret out cf the room and ho went out. The next morning ho came up and clvljly asked for the ticket and cot It. That evening the father of the boy came In the olllce and inquired the "amount the ticket that Pressly gq? for his boy called for." I told him three dollars; he said "my boy only received tw? dollars." Ho went out and I suppose I'rees ly paid hiiri the other dollar. Compient is un necessary." No. 2, ex-member of the legislature, E. Cain, who was Indicted a few months ago for rapo anil assault and battery with Intent to kill. Tne question was raised by ub as to whether o, per son could receive pay as a witness and Juror tho same day. I referred the matter to Judge Car penter and ho decide^ that the Stale paid the party SI M a day to act ay Juror, and If she wished to put him on tho st^nd or send hlin before the grand Jury she had a right to do so without paying lilm extra. About the tlmo the oartv who was contending that he had a fight lo double pay the Judge wine In. 1 rpmariceu : Here Judgo Is the man who complains or in justice. Ttc Judge deliberately walked up to him and said "you can take your ohoieq; you cau have 8-1-00 per day as a witness or you can have 81 JO per day as ajuror, but you can't have both," and looking at him in his peculiar way remarked: "My friend, judging by your looks, it will take you all the time toTOake a compe tent Juror." This brought down the house. Cain heard of these questions being raised and came up as a cnamplon for his race, giving us to understand we had no rielit to ventilate nny such qapstlons cutting tho negroes out of their moncj% We told him, although to had acted in tho capacity ofa law-maker, he did not know anything about tho law in regard to the clerk paying out money aud tliat he had our pennls sion to leave the room. No. 3, Virgil Madden, who was sentenced to the penitentiary for ton years by Judge Orr for highway robbery and pardoned by our young native robber Governor F.J. Moses, Jr., would act as guardian to the groen horn jurors aud witnesses from the country; he would show them where to get their tickets; he would show thom Mr. Blythe to approve it; he would show them Mr. Jones to get It checked; be would show them Mr. Tolbcrt to get it cashed; he would show them the ben place to trade, what they paid hlfli fqr bis trouDie i neuncr kuow or i cure. I only know In piloting one olu woman around he insinuated that I was trying to cheat I her out of hor ticket, and lie was given to un-1 derstand that court could be curried on without his help and to leave. J. Y. JONES.t THE HAMBURG ROW. Public Opinion in Augusta. When we wrote the article on the troubles in Hamburg, which appeared Sunday miorning, we had not heard of of the fate of the prisoners, or we should have condemned in fitting phrase their cruel and unnecessary murder. There is some excuse to be made forlthose who, in hot blood and in the midst of battle, shot down the men who had killed their comrade.l But that comrade's death had been amply and bloodily avenged. There is no extenuation of the butchery of unarmed and helpless captives. In real war such a deed would receive the execration of all civilized nations. How much more should it be reproba ted when no state of war exists; when a fight between two raees; has been precipitated, and when the vic tors have gained all for which they fought. The company had been at tacked, demoralized and dispersed. Many of the guns had been captured and mauy of its members made pris oners. Two of them had been kill ed and one of the lieutenants mortally wounded. Was not this enough? What more was to be accomplished by killing frightened anu aeienceiess cap tives? The knowledge that some of thoye killed were not ?ven members of the company deepen's the darkness of the picture.?AuguBta Chronicle and Sentinel. The First Echo From the North. The negroes and whites are having another emeute in the South, this time at Hamburg, opposite Augusta, Oa. It seems a silly thing to drag a lot of negroes before a court for obstructing the roads when they were merely playing soldier on the Fourth of July, and it is thoroughly reprehensible that armed whites should support the un asked power of the magistrate while the cause was on trial. The negroes cannot be justified in their petty war fare auy more than the whites; but the affair seems to indicate that in parts of the South there is one line of con .4.-*** <Vm. tftvA klnolro nnnf fnr thn I UUUt ll'l HJiU umunn UIIU tinvviivi <V? Caucasians.?New York Herald. Bloodshed in the South?How to Elect Hayes aad Wheeler. We have a series of dispatches from Augusta, Ga., describing a conflict be tween a militia composed of negroes and a white company, which accord ing to the report, assembled for the purpose of compelling this negro com pany to respect the decision of a ne gro judge. The reasons leading to this collision are given with that vague ness which generally characterizes de spatches from the South detailing any quarrel between blacks and whites, a vagueness which may be attributed in most cases to the fact that the whites write the narratives, while the negroes' are killed. The practical point in this South Carolina quarrel is that the militia negro company was dispersed with canister; that at two in the morning "fpur prisoners wore shot" and the resit released ; that the full ex tent of casualties are unattainable, but that our correspondent "counted one white man and six negroes dead." "One white man and six negroes dead" is||about the fair average^in these disturbances. Is it any wonder that Senators like Morton raise the bloody shirt? Is it any wonder that peaceful men in the North mourn over this bloodshed and ask if there can be law and order where public opinion justifies those outbreaks? We await with deep interest the full details of this new contest. So far aB the report now goes it looks as if these Southern white madmen had resolved to elect Hayes and Wheeler. They are doing yeoman's service in Augusta. One or two Hamburg riots will settle the bu siness.? New York Herald. The Right Man in the Right Place.?The rumor that Sitting Bull proposes to run as the conservative candidate for Mayor in Hamburg, S. C., Is in no degree rendered improba ble by'the news ^of the recent riot, which we print tbfs morning,?New York Herald. CONGAREE IS WORKS Columbia, 8. O. JOHN Mill PROPRIETOR MANUFACTURER OF STEAM PMflTNUQ ANT) BftTTPOC 1J11U111JJU OilV ilUAUliUU) Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions made to Ordor. 0 I "WAS awarded the first premium eastings at the State Agricultural anc Mechanical Society Fairs, held in Colum bin, November, 1871, '72 and '73. Circular Saw Mills or all sizes. Also took tho FIRST PREMIUM a Stalo Fairs held November, 1871, '72, '73 , Manufacturer of GRIST MILL IRONS of all slzes.J For Sale, Oil} Gearing of the following sizes : 9 feet wheel and pinion 830 0 10 " 44 32 0 11 44 44 44 35 0 12 4 4 44 - 4 45 0 14 w 44 44 50 0 With "Bolts 10.50 Extra for e^'h Het. nlnfna nnrl Tlnilo fnr fYiftrvi Pres*j $10.00 and $12.01 per sot. D. B. SMITE, Agent, Abbeville, S. C. Dep. 10, 187.r>, 35-tf EMPORIUM 7 OF FASHION CARPENTRY. The undfjpiffned hereby gives notic thnt he is prepared to do all kinds of Carpenters Work and Building. He also repairs Cotton Gina, Thrasher and Fans. A full supply of Gin Materia always on hand. Farmora ?rp requisto to bring their Gins up early in thV, seaso to allow time to have them properly. pr< pared. Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gi? tlie Brooks Cotton Press, and all kinds c Kubber and Leather Belting. D. B. SMITH, Abbeville C. //., S. C. Barnwell &Co Are daily receivinc; ai ditioiis to their Stock, consist ing of STAPLE DRY GOODS Hats and Clothing, BOOTS AJSD SHOES! they keep constantly 02 hand, also, a FULL line of Groceries, Bacon and Lard, Meal and Flour, n - jCC. j lionee uuu augmi Bagging and Ties, Molasses and Syrup A FINE LOT OF SUGAR CURED HAMS I! Oct, 5,1875 26-tf The Columbia Register, PUBLISHED DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY A WEEKLY The Only Democratic Paper at th< Capital. Terms, In advance: Daily, six months $3 T>< Tri-weekly, six months 2 5< Weekly, aix months 1 0< Cheapest Book and Job Printing CKBc< in the State. 3W5- Address all eomiriunications, o whatevor character, to Manager Register Pnblisliiiig Co., Columbia, 8. C. S. B. NORRELL, Harness and Saddle Maker, AT HIS OLD STAND Over Parker & Perriu's Drug Store, Han a supply of Northern Harness Leath er and other materia) for Making and Re pairing Saddles and Harness. PARASOLS, TN SILKS. GINGHAMS AND COT Jl TON, all prices and colors, clieapoi than ever offered, at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. May 3, 1876. Dissolution. THE copartnership herotofore existing between the undersigned, under the tirm name of DuPre, GambrelUfc Co., ha* been dissolved by mutual consent. J. F. C. DitPHK, JOHN M. GAMBRELL. May 12, 1876-tf White Lawns, ANOTHER lot pf these handsome goods, plain and striped, from '& cts. to eta., jugi received, at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. June 14', 1876, tf ? Centennial Transportation Arrangements OF TIIE Great Atlantic COASTLINE, FOB THE Accommodation, of Vis itors to all Points South. The Railways and Steamship Companies between Augusta, Ga., and Philadelphia, compris ing the ATLANTIC COAST LINE, will during the progress of the Centennial Exhibition OF THE UNITED STATES present for the patronage of the citizens of the South, routes of transportation and forma of tick ets upon which to reach Philadel phia, that will immeasurably ex eel all other lines in point of Direct Daily Movement, Comfortable Accommodation Variability of Transit, Economy of Expenditure. To enable this to be done, the combined resources of the RAIL WAY LINES SOUTH OF NORFOLK, together with those of the BALTIMORE STEAM PACKET COMPANY and the OLD DOMINION STEAM SHIP COMPANY will be em ployed and the individual tourist, the social party of ten, twenty or more, or the civic or military or ganization of 100 to 300, can each be cared for in a manner that will satisfy their desires. Price Lists, Time Cards, and all needful information are now in the hands of all Agents At lantic Coast Line. It will be to the interest of ev ery individual and each organiza a ! a. ? 1_? iL ! _ uon proposing 10 ihukb iuih irip to communicate with the under signed. A Centennial Exhibition Guide Book as authorized by the Com mission will be given to the pur chaser of each Centennial Ticket, c ii Call on or address either of the following named agents. J. H. WHITE, Macon, 6a. W. J. WALKER, Montgome ry Ala. H. V. TOMPKINS, Atlanta. A. L. REED, Savannah 6a. M. J. DIVINE, Macon 6a. A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. May 1,18T6, 4-4m mm, 1876 l/TDONAIMHAM 4re now receiving their Stock Spring Goods consisting mainly of )omestic Goods, Notions, &c a larger stock of SHOES AND H4.TS. han they have ever kept pefore. Always on hand the ehoicestcof FAMILY GROCERIES Confectioneries, &c, 3IGARS! CIGARS! eW keep the finest and cheapest ai ortraent of CIGARS in town. Grei nducements to cash buyers?offere >y ffcDonald & Haddou April 10, 1876, 52-tf Insurance Notice. [HAVE accepted the ageucy for never SOLVENT FIRE I2iSURA.SC COMPANIES, as follows: Old North State. Royal Cananian, Merchants and Mechanic md Commercial of St. Lonii ind will insure at the lowest rates co listent with a sounft business. Patronage of the public is solicited. Office at the Lpw Gfllce of Messrs. Pe in ACothruil. W, PEIUUN, Agent. April 12, 1870,52-ly ro THE LADIES - # [AM now prepared to exhibit tl latest novelties in MILLINERY and invite my friends and the publ to an examination of the wune. Fe< ing assured they will find it to tlu Interest to call before purchasing eh where, as, owing to the scarcity money, I intend to sell very low i L'ASH. The rv r\ 1\A Lfi ess-iuaiiiijg ueparuiioj is still under the supervision of MISS JANE RAMEY, svho will be pleased to receive yo orders, aud will endeavor to give sat taction. Very respectfully, MRS. M. M. WHIT! April 5, 187G, 51-tf STEAK Planine" Mill u COLUMBIA. S. C. F.W. WIWJ, Proprietc MANUFACTURER OF * Sash, Blinds, Doori window Aj\D door frame; Inside Pivot Blinds aid Me PILASTERS. Mantelpieces, MOLDINGS, BRACKET! Handrails, Newels, Balnsteri Scroll fort of all Descriptiu All Work Guaranteed a No. L May 28,1875, lyr. BLANKS ^ ? mrrw AOm \ D U T) A TT T? J jT I XX JCi 1U VOl -a x x xk v t -u FOKMS, FOR SALE, AT THE Press & Banner Officc Rent Lien*, Liens on Crops, Lien on Crop and Bill of Sole. Mortgage of Personnl Property, Mortgage of Ileal Estate, Title Deeds, Trial Justice's Blanks. ?Sub. Ticket*. Sub. Writs. fUiinmouH for Money Demand. Copy Summons for Money Demai Plie State of South Carolim ABBEVILLE COUNTY. 'rotate Cburl-Ctfal ion/or Letters of AdnUni.it' iy THOS. -B. MILLFORD, Esquin Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Peter McKellar. hi nude suit to me, to grant him Lettei f Administration of the Estate an fleets of Miss Mary McKellar, late < Abbeville County, deceased. These are therefore to ci^e and at nonish all and singular the kindre nd creditors of the said Miss Mar ilcKcllar, that they be and appea efore me, in the Court of Probate, I o held at Abbeville C. H., on Yhur lay, the 15th day of July, after publ ation hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fori iooii, to show cause, if any they ha\ vhy the said administration shoul lot be granted. fiven under my band and seal, tb irst day of July, in the year of 01 iord one thousand eight hundred an eventy-six And in the one huudredt ear of American Independence. Published on the 5th day of Jul; 876, in the J*rcss and Banner, an n the Court House door for the tiu: equired by law. THOS. B. MILLFORD, Judge of Probate. July 5,1876, 2t DEWING MACHINE NEEDLE! 3 and other attachments nt J. D. CHALMERS dt CO. March 1, 1875. CHAIRS ! CHAIRS I 8 do?en ehal received to-day. Rattan Seat plendld article, sold at low figures. J. D. CHALMERS & CO. [3ARLOR FRENCH LOOKIN L GLASSES, at J. D. CHALMERS <fc CO.'S. CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON have received their L. V JL4 f y FV4L vi *?". ? which they are selling at low prices. Call apd see them. March 29, J87C, 5Q?tf Cash Bayers WILL as usual And oar prioe* as low as the lowest, and our Stock this reason having been pur chased with special carec we are sure can convince them more than ever to how much greater advantage a little money can be invested npon the CASH basis. Cilve us a loon oeior? purchasing aud we will satisfy jtott at the emporium: op fashion Maroh 89,1876, 30-tt NEW Beautiful 0TQf SPRING STYLES, AT Qaarles ft Perrin's. Maroh 29. 1875. 50-tf lie CORN! CORN!! BED OATS! WHEAT BltAZST, FOR SALE BY . BARNWELL & CO Jan. 26,1876 42-tf MASONIC DIRECTORY. Clinton LoSgre Me. 3. A. F. M. VV. H. PARKER, W.\ M.\ J. C. W03MANSKY, Secretary. Meets 2d Monday in every month. l{ Hesperian Chapter No. 17. B.IM J. F. C. DuPKE, M.\ P.*. J. D. CHALMERS, Recorder. Meets 3d Friday night in every month. E OeSanssure ConncilKo. 161&S.H J. F. C. DuPRE, T.\ Ill.\ M.\ J. M. GAMBRELL, Recorder. ? Meets l?t Tuesday night in every Jt mouth. - Goods at Cost All descriptions of Goods, embracing % fiTiintf it nm MMNmil ttMJII-OAUIS tiLUiaifltt, Boots, Shoei, Hats, - >r HOSIERY, NOTIONS, AND ? DRY GOODS, AT COST FOR CASH, ' AT Qnariss & Ftrria*i. Feb. 1,187G, 48-tf '" X T n T\ r\ *W TT r. I TV UJNE DOLLAK WILL GET THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION POSTAGE FREE,TILL January 1st, 1877. ris the Lending Paper of the South. Red hot Presidential and 6aberno~ tional Campaign# opening. EveHM3eor gian should take the 'vPEOPLES PA PER." Several Serial Stories. by di# tinguishod authors, rtfanipg all the time. The getter up of A- CLUB OP TEX will receive the PAPER FREE. Daity, 810 per annum; $5 30 for 6 mo#.; oo iur o iiiuiiiits. a Send in your subscription for this groat Political and Family Journal. Published at the Capital W. A. HEMPHILL <t CO., Publishers. April 26, tf.] Atlanta, Georgia. 1,000 POTS. Choice Green and Hot-House Plants. CONSISTING in part of Single and Doublo Geraniums, Single and Double Fuchsias, Red and White Bego nias, Heliotropes, Century plants, Nigh* Blooming Cerebs, Cactuses, Ice, Air and : Wax plants, Vines, Sedum and Basket plants. Japonicas, Pine Apple, Bananas and fifty other varieties of plants Mosses Ac grown from seeds and plant* obtained from the most celebrated Flor ists in the United States. Plants ten inch* es to two feet high in four inch sod si* inch pots, 15 cents to 25 cents each. Lar ger plants and ix>ts in proportion. De* livered free on board the cars. J. F. C. DUPRR. CUNNINGHAM AND TEMPLETON Have received and open ed their large Stook of alfkluda i- j of goods. Dry Goods, Clothing, ' ' Boots, Shoes, Caps, Hats, d Hardware, Crockery, Saddlery, &c. CALL AND SEE FOR YOUR SELVES. j Oct. 6, 1875 26-tf EUGENE B. GABY, Attorney at law, Abbeville O. H., S. C. Special attention to the collection of claims. [Feb. 9, ly Gi A new LOT of Oil Window Shades just received, with ?ood fixtures. J. I). CHALMERS & CO. Oct. 27, 1S75 tt