The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, October 18, 1876, Image 2

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? ^ ,re$3&iui Burner.! - ^ VfiilutfSiiay. Oct. tG, 1876. j ??? | PEMOlTvATIC TICKET. Fur f'rt xidt rit. JS.VMI Kl. J. TIL DEN, of New York, j / W Vice- Prrsidrnt. TllOS. A. IILIN DKU'KS, of Indiana, j Fitr K!c'tor?, State at Large, SAM'I. MiKJOW AN, of Aldiuvi lie. j T. O. JiAliKKU, of Chaik^ton. Fi>r ftlrctor from Third JiintrUt. j WM. WALLACE, of Itichland, j m + Fcr Governor. W.\T)E HAMPTON, of Riehland.J F\>r Lieutenant Governor. \V. D. SIMPSON, of Lttimrus. For A ttorncy-Qeir rat. ifAMES CONNER, of Charleston. For Comptroller-General. JOHNSON HAGOOD, of Barnwell, t For State. Treasurer. S. L. LEAPHART.of Richland. For Secretary of State. R. M. SIMS, of York. Fur In*peetnr-GeneraL 11. \V. MOISE, of Sumtor. Stipcrinferidcnt of Education. 1 H, S. THOMPSON, V>f Riphianil. :7:t>r Cqagrees. Third Distl iet. X). W. \IKEN, of Abbeville, Solicitor, Eighth Circn.it. J. S. COT EI RAN, of AbbeyilR ?\jr'thu Scn<tte. 'J. C. MAXWELL, Ilonfc of Itcprtucntutives. h. k. iieMphill. W.4C. BRADLEYJ. A. CONN Kit. ^ -WILLIAM HOOD, ' <T> L. MOORE. lv?*n c'/? <7* JL*U/M ' tjr J. Y. JONES, 'j For Softool Commissioner,. J. A. WIER. j For Cleric of the Court. M. G. ZEIGLER. For Probate Judge, J. FULLER LYON, For County Commissioner*, * ROBERT JONES. ; G. M. MADISON. 11. A. McCASLAN. For Coroner. S. \V. COCHRAN, | fleeting on Monday-Oar Prospects.! Pttrsuaut to an adjournment the I County Dernociiitic club met in the,1 . Court House at li o'clock, ull the clubs, being represented. In view of the Re-1 publican meeting appointed to takej place in ibis town on NVendeaday, (to-! dry,( on motion, a committee of; ttveuly-onu was appointed to consider 41... .....tr.tr II.!,! Hint II pj. ji lilail of ac-1 Ciou on our part tor that occasion.j ifTlie Chair 4nade the appoiulmeut, uud tthe committee retired, and after deliberation, made the following report, which was unanimously adopted.; The Committee to whom was referred the matter of the meeting of next Wednesday, j beg leave to report that they have considered the same; i. As the clubs have already been notified t > bo present on that day, and distinguished I sp fibers have been invited, your committee thin* the clubs should be in Abbeville by ? n clock. Wednesday morning; and in jhe I lnt< re: t of po&ce and order, that each member of each c.ud come under wrtten ledge- | 1. To.drink no: one d op of spi its that day. I 2. 'l o . onimit no act of violence. 3. To obey piompt'y every oruer of their I rr^MuC' t iiiat all Democratic clubs which bear I n*mes in any way sou.ifling tike thomi.ltary, j bech .uged, so that ihey may appear What; they aro in tact, mere campaign Organizations. And tbat the President of the County Club hslve' al'l necessary arrangements made, including the mat vr of the division of time, keeping aiwavs in view the promot.ou I *ji the pcu.ee. Uespectfully, b. McUoWAX, Chairman, Duiiug the absence of tUecommittee Coloiiei Cothran made a few remarks in wliich lie counselled the strict ob-j A'-rvaneeof the peace; said we should) W discouraged or allow our aider K.fcl .lumiiunMil even if we did not! w*-. J. - - - g<el a division of Utile; (Ins meeting; team called under tlie act of Cougressl protecting meetings called tor-the di??u?f>ion of national politic*; that liu-| siMfCting liad been called under this act! villi tlie express view of setting a ti^p for us ; we showed our wisdom by u>L running into the net set for us; i; it was a. meeting called for tlie discustviau.of 8late politics we Would inu.st 4ipou a hearing; in this case we -should aet with discretion; the only iw>pe of our enemies now have of caroling the election is through some uainstep of ours; the election, as it a?ow stands, is fairly won by the Dem orrats; it is only necessary for us to Jit-ep the peace, and all will be well with u> in November; it would pain Swim beyond expression if any act ot wiioh-nce was done on Wednesday; he discountenanced the carrying of pisas being more likely to injure us> <irour. friends than our enemies; be i.ur-ii.il fir<>-Mrr?H himself, and .thought peaceabie citizens seldom had aveti of them ; alluded to the great in etiii'venieTit-eji to have a pistol always buckled about one's person; we had done loo much now to lose the elecliuu ; we couldn't afford it; wq need jxorash acl t<? keep up oureuthusiasm ; he felt that there could be no lack ot ikKder froin a people like ours who were struggling for very exis'.auce; he was at Greenville where the Democrats were refused a division of time; kkc hundred Republicans and more than twice that number of Democrats were present; the Republicans were <li*piriled; at night the .Democrats had a glorious meeting to which their Republican speakers had been invited to divide time with us. General MeGowan, he aaid, was the first speaker'introduced ; ho had been curbed in all day ; had become perfectly fuU- ol the subject; was in the best mood for spwikiug;-directed his. whole force ai?d energies against our adversaries and perfectly used them up. Colonel E. \V. M. Mackey followed ainJ umde a speech nearly the full text of which he, ((JoI. C.) was really to endorse; he regarded it almost a Democratic tipcech. Col. Dunn matle a poor speech which jhad no effect. Judire Cooke spokeroran hour and a half, arraigning the Republican government to the delight of a large crowd, and to the mortification of the Republicans present. The Colonel regarded the Republican meeting at Greenville an "a great Democratic triumph; w.ecan make the meeting hereon Wednesday a*great; and*"! can tell you, my friend?the speaker continued, "a few Mich victories will not leave the Republicans the ghost of a chance in November." From statistics in tne hand* of the County club, showing the exact number of white and colored voters it isas-1 csrtained beyond a doubt that we will j be able to carry the election. The I names on the Democratic rolls, including both whites ami blacks lack only ! fifty of giving us a majority of all the; voters in the county. Tins calculation is based on the presumption that everv man. while and colored, will vote in November, while it in safe to] put it down that the Democrats will iiot lose from all causes fifty votes, it; is believed that many Republicans will yet join us, and that hundreds of them will stay away from the poles. If we keep quiet and are true to ourselves, our majority will be one thousand. iu view of the importance of the approaching election, the following resuiution was passed by the club:' Ramlved, That this Cluo recommends the suBjH.-n?ioJi 01 all business on .Monday, the sixth day of November, tlie day bciorc the csectiou. Thk CiieeHvilJe meeting on Saturday is thus spoken of by the Daily Enterprise : This meeting i? a great event in our campaign history. surpassing in enthusin>m, and no doubt iu effect, the Hampton meeting. In it the Radical* were completely captured, and the! gof>d, wtHilesniae and valuable advice given to the colored jK?ople listening) to it, will 1>e reaped iu abundance aiext November, in Uie harvest lor JLLamptoo and What Doks it Mean? ? J'ulge Kecd tails to icsli fy to LLu.- good order CJ iiia cuvuiL llodffck Q i Great Gateini of tie Deicracj J IMPOSING PROCESSION. 1,000 Mounted Men ? 200 Colored | Horseman 2,500 Peopie Present. Spccches by JIou. A. Hurt, Judge i JuUge Cooke, Col, t uihruu, aud lieu. Kcliowmi. A Good Dinner J"or Everybody. I,a>t Thursday a grand Democratic meeting was held ut llodges. The! proceKMOti marcho'J ill admirable order irout a jioinl ubout one mile be-| low the depot. Companies ol'horise-l men, all mounted, came in I'rom ?arj ami near, und ilie brilliant colors, join- j ed wiin ihe waving oi banner*, pre-] sen led aii attracmc appearance, Tlie Abbeville 5?ilvcr (Joi'-n-t'l Jiand lieaucd the proee^um, and eziJi vened tbe proceeding* nil through the day wiili their in?piriti.og music, Alter] the band-wagou came tlie carriages j ? Ji.il OWillt; Ui IUC 5 ?IMV wn*\.io I having come by the train, loo late to join i.ie procession. The 1'uJlowiug | comr.anivs were in ihe proee#?ion t Tne iiarsbal of the day was \V. Z.I McUhoe, and lie performed the duties! of his otliee admirably, lie wan ably assisted by Messrs. J. M.. Moseley, J. S. \4c<jliee, U. S. Connor. \V. Ji. aIuijdjf and li. I>. Ciary. Laureus companies; Capt. John ii Smith, tid men, uniform lied Shirt. Capt. George Moore, 75 men, uniform &ed SJiirC Capt. W'ude Henderson's Waterloo company, Jilue Shirts. 0. \V\ Sharp'* Sullivan Tou-nship, company. Abbeville companies; U. M. Hodges, commanding. liutler liitie Club, Suluila Cumjaign Club. jCapt. Anderson's coloix-a company. Marching in splendid older and sending forth ringing cheer arter I elieer, the procession passed through j the square, crowded the railroad track I and entered the ample grove in !r?.ni of Capt. Jas, X, Cochran's house. Here an elegant statid hud been ended for the speakers, festooned with j garland# of evergreens and fiou e.*#, evidently the tasteful work of lair I hands. Il was an uncommonly chilly ! morning, nearly cold enough lor freezing, a bitterly cold North-iCasi winu w:.s blowing persistently. Jiut in spite of the ill-timed Inclemency ol the weather, a vast crowd had assent[liled in front of the stand?beautiful l?die??(for whom (Jukes bury id notedj I ?~..o t li.ifn in liiriru 11 n 111 I u>r?i limit* Itenvd t-y uii d or cold. Cupt, .T. X. | C>chran occupied lite chair on the 01 tension and ably di^oiiargcd the duti.s thereof. Hodge* has reason to he proud < f | thegrand demonstration of last Thursday. It was successful iu every rerespect, was conducted with tlie utmost propriety and perfect good order. The Elections. Georgia has gone Democratic by 75,000 or bO.Ouu majority. Colora<la is Hui<i to have gone Democratic by 5(H) majority. West Virginia has goue Democratic by 1(),(XK) majority. Indiana is Democratic by 2,000 majority. Ohio has gone Republican by 5,C00 majority. The elections in Indiana and Ohio gave no decidcd inajoiity either way, land still leaves the election of Presi dent ainl Vice-President, as doubtful as ever, anil the best in oriued editors of the country admit their inability to foreshadow, with confidence, the I result on the 7th November. The fi^ht now, we presume, will he trans" ? - ? -u . ..tf V. ... \f... 1. icrreu 10 tne treat ruuie ?n i>u\v mik, whore a Herculean contest will be made for the thirty-five votes to which the commonwealth is entitled in the Kieetoral C*dlej.e Until lately our friends have uniformly put down South Carolina lor the Republicans, hut now the Palmetto S ate is placed nmnug the "doubtful," which, to u?ai ivast, is a crumb of comfort. It ha always been a sore thing with us to s;*e our own State carried against us by the iufiuenee of aliens, but we haw hope now of soon seeing South Catoliua placed in Democratic line with her siNter Southern States. The Republican government can only mainlain iUelf here by force of the Uni'ed Stales soldiers aiid the usurpation, by the Governor, of the people's liberties. Chamberlain's Latest Infamy. Since the Inauguration of civil war ami thel f?<tal fire on Fort Sumter, not to speak of the declaration of Gen. (>rant, "Let u? .havej peace," no act of greater turbltude has been perpetrated than Gov. Chamberlain's proela ini'tion. He has. lii.e an"assassin, sought Iris victim on the highway. The incendiary has been encouraged to liuht his torch in the shadows of ntght, the burglar to ply his trade, bestial cneatures to invade female chastity. Daniel II. Chamberlain, of Massachusetts, has Invaded the sacred l ights of freeman to bear arms in defense of homo, ot person, o! wife, of daughter; and henceforth the people of South Carolina are willed upon to yield themselves a prev to the vicious and licentious, and forbidden to use the mcanst accord ed even to worms, lo strike when trouuen upon. Ttie military arm of the United states is commanded by educated gentlemen. The regular soldiery should have no terrors for ji brave aud honest people. They would be a proud deliverance of valient and long-enduring communities, If substituted for carpetbag-robbers and native thieves. Hut the people, if let alone, are abie and willing to redeem themselves and their commonwealth.? Augusta Vc/nstUulivnulisl. The Coudilion of South Carolina. The apparent unblushing effrontery of Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carolina, in suspending the writ habeas corpus, and declaring marii.il law in certain counties, in a time ol profound pence, must have a tremendous influence in favor?if tlio Democratic party?the party of constitutional law and order? throughout the United states. In another part of this paper, in addition to what we published yesterday, we print irrefragable evidence that peace and quiet reigns throughout the entire state, and that in no part of it is there any resistance to the administration of t lie laws. The people of South Carolina can not be expected to prove u negative. Nevertheless they can satisfy the country, if Ih'-y have u fair hearing, that it is impossible that there should be such obstruction of the course of the Judicial proceedings, and such acts of lawlessness and violence, as are set forth in I I..., I'l.UV |t ut.OW tliut no cilly.cn of South Carolina has any knowledge of such obstructions, luwlessaess or violence.?Charlotte Observer. Chamberlain. Governor Chamberlain Is contradicted and convicted by the Judicial offices of the State, j and by the unanimous voice of tlu* Democratic party. Why . Iwu'd we sUty the xlain 1 hut, hour by hour, additional evidence will ] pour in. lJay by day, the proofs will cumulate that the statements of the proclamation | are without foundation in truth, and he who made them shall be doubly disgraced?disgraced with his own party for playing u desperate game without counting the.ri*k in ease of loss; and disgraced with good people everywhere, uk one who, moved by ambition and lust of power, would have overthrown a free government, and indicted upon a whole people evils without number, only that he and his knavish associates might escape the political ruin that November 1ms In store for them.?Xeus and Courier. Lawless Low. The law. so called, has been made n potent Instrument for the overthrow of the rights of person and property. Law means the report of a so-called Attorney-General, (Stone,; of purely partisan and ex parte statements,1 made before a negro Trial Justice, which were ' nftorwards disproved. It means the ravings of a Corbln, who scents another batch of. prosecutions in whl,'li he may draw blood I money. Chamberlain knows that this sort of | legal e%'ldcncecan prove nothing in a court] of fu<tlee, and hence he reserves it for a more summary tribunal,?Columbia Ke<jiiler. The Associate Iteformcd Synod. The recent meeting ot tlie Associate) Reformed brethren seems to luive been a^ pleasant and harmonious one. From an editorial in tlie Pi-cttbytcrian | we make the following extract: KRSKINK COl.LLGE. As usual Erskine c<imu in for ashare of attention. The reports in regard to the Endowment were so discouraging! that it was felt to be a necessity to [ change the plan of raising the balance of the amount needed. Three agents were appointed?one for the First, Virginia and Ohio Presbyteries, one for the Second, and one for the remaining Presbyteries. These agents are to enter the field at once, and raise in cash' or subscript ions the balance t?f the En-] dowmcfit, if possible, the subscriptions to be secured by note. The idea is t > do the work so far as it can l>e done by j an agent within the next twelve) month*}. The details of tlie scheme will be made known al an early day 4(S> We've got to raise h?II somehow with the nigger*? and get tlie troops down there, or the d?d rebels will carry the election in spite of us." That is wbut "Honest John" Patlersoii said i 11 Washington, and the Charleston and Aiken riots are the jniitaof bits bcLume. f * -J. I Campaign in the South. ' THE CftttNtt PARTY FROM AI SOUTHERN STANDPOINT, i Will the North Repent .of Negro Suf-; frage l--Enorniou? Power which it; Gives the South--800,000 Dlack! Vote* Controlled by the Whites in j the Internals oi' the Solid South--, | Views of Wade Ilainj>ton-->iesro! Su If rage a Good Things [ Correspondence, Cincinnati ikuuincrcial. Til XKiT PAKTY. Oct. 2, 1S71).?We ait told that it is always probable that improbable tilings will happen. Certain it is tlun j I hear whisperings in liu* South, and not % > very soft, either, to tlw: ell'eet It a Use next party to -disturb politics !ana d.s.riljulu patronage will arise in (lie .North, and have for its corner |stone the disfranchisement of the I black*. 'NVude Hampton, the king I white m;?u of South Carolina,says that | it will require the united effort of the South to maintain negro suffrage in the future! lie predicts that a powerful purty will arise iu the North, deI tlin disfranchisement of the negroes, because their enfranchisement is giving such j?olitic-al jK?\ver to I the South that she will soon control the National Government. We thinks this will he the next great buttle, and' that the Southern white men must defend black suffrage with all their might, for if it is lost the South will I cut no figure at all in the National Government, having bulabout eightylive electoral votes. Behold what great power negro suffrage lias given the South ! it has increased their representation so largely that, with .the aid of New York, Connecticut and California, Ibr instance, they can control legislation, elect the President and administer the Government machine as they may see fit. The rest of the United Scales can whistle. The solid South and the three Slates named will be the Government in all tint the term applies. The North will not relish this. Indeed, there are sigu.s that they do not rciiih the prospect now, and hence the very great effort to hold New York to the Republican party. The far-seeing men in the South, or those who are esteemed as far-seeing, declare that nothing can prevent the South from having aeontrolling voice In the Government but the disfranchisement of the blacks. And they argue that this will! be the next great question which will agitate the country, the North contending for black disfranchisement, in jor.ler to keep the South from running ! the Government. It is plain, that the blacks will be made subservient to the whites in every Southern dilute, and that so lar ir<n>i etui lit i hit the North to hold the Government. Litis enfranchisement is j having precisely the opposite effect, giving the South so large a nuinher of Congressmen and electoral voles that this section will virtually hereafter be the ruling power Ht Washington. .Look at Georgia. The white population of that State is but little it) excess of double the population of Cincinnati, yttGeorgia has nine Democratic Congressmen, two Democratic Senators and eleven electoral votes! A population but little above twice that of Cincinnati has all these, am! throws them in a solid lump, in the interests of the solid South. So far as the blacks of that State are concerned, they have no more voice in the National Government than so many biack -tumps. The fact that every Seuator and member of Congress from Georgia is a Democrat?and not only a Democrat, but a Southern Democrat, and not only a .Southern Democrat. mil a Georgia-born Democrat ? is evidence that the blacks of that Stale are without voice .at Washingtoi . For all practicable purposes you had as well give every hluck stuuip in Georgia a vote as every negro. The whiles find .t as easy to control one as the other, and consequently are perfectly well satisfied with negro suH'ra^e, as it ^ives them nine Congressmen and eleven electoral votes, which they ihrow in a solid chunk. In fact, they are beginning to love negro suffrage, for it will as surely give the South control of the National Government as the years roll around. ANOTIIKK CHEEltKl'L EXAM PI E. Look at South Carolina. The white population of that State is now almost | precisely the same as Cincinnati. Yet this white minority will surely control the blacks hereafter, and throw I the seven electoral votes with the solid j South. They will yet have all the I Congressmen and both Senators. It is hut a question of time. The wealth, intelligence, property ami moral force of a Slate will as surely control it as ihe sun shines when this agency i> without opposition, except from the negroes?a race that have never been able to stand out against Ihe whites in any particular for any length of time. Disfranchise the blacks and reduce ihe representation down to the while population, ami South Carolina would nave two Congressmen instead of live and four electoral votes instead of seven. And Georgia would have live Congressmen instead of nine, ami seven electoral votes instead of ele en. And Alabama would have four Con ..r grUSMUCII Miniciiw ?? m.u ai.i electoral votes instead of ten. The South might he "solid" then without the least tVar that they could ever control the government or have a voice in its ailaii's amounting to dictati>n. Tiie South sees this now, and they would not give ui> negro suffrage it they could. They will cling to it as they did to slavery, for it will give them a larger voice in the government lliun ever slavery did. Nor will iv interfere with the regulation of their "domestic concerns,'' for they have internal and external control of the [concern* of every Southern State hut i two, and these will come under their sway in time, and probably a very short time. It seems to me strange that any one knowing the history oi the negro race in Africa aud America! would suppose that a black party, no matter wlia' its majority, could stand out for any length of time against a white party. Nature has ordained Otherwise, and when a joint resolution of Congress is set up against a law of nature, we find to our mortification that the legs of the joint resolution (so to speak) are too weak for equal combat. In other worus, nature has i the advantage. It is true that there is a solid South, and that this solid South will eventua ly dictate the policy of the government. lint I do not believe with some tliat great disaster will follow this, or that the debt will be paid, or any attempt made in that direction, or any of the resuhsof the war lost. Solar as negro suffrage is concerned, and that it is justly esteemed a result of the war, you may be sure the South will never interfere with that. It happens to be, as they have found out. and as we arc tlnding out, the very thing they wanted. The stone which lliey tried to reject has become the chief of the corner. There will be 'an uproar against black suffrage some years hence, but it will not come from the South. Without black suffrage the solid South would only control itself. But with the enlarged representation which black suffrage gives, they are in a fair way to control the whole government. Uive yourself no fear about thin "result of the war"?negro suffrage? for the South will never disturd 'UK-..# it flittur n. i nc^v iiiwc iii" m?m t* nn"U. I WIIAT GEN'Kit A L WAUK HA Ml'ION j SAYS ABOUT IT. Saturday Wade Hampton, Demo-J emtio. candidate for Governor of Smith Carol inn, made a speech to the blacks] of Darlington county. This is a very : heavy black county, about two to one, j but we are told that it will go Demo- j era; ic. Please read what General Hampton said in Ills speech there to the blacks. I It in right in the point. Speaking of the fact tiiat he was an early advocate J of negro stiff'-aye, because .it would give the South much power, lie pays ; "Why did I recommci <! that you be permitted to vote ? There are 800,000, colored voters in the South. They mid lo the power and strength of the South. We have more voters in the Presidential contest, and we have i more lU^rcs^nlutives iu Congieafi. i . . I Why should we want to cut oil* one-! third of our voies? Of course we should desire to keep them. We know that if the time litis not come, thai it will come and must come, when blacks tuid whites in the Southern .States will come together." That is, all vote the Democratic ticket, and make a solid South. He continues: We would he, indeed, fools to desire, with 800,000 colored voles and 1,000000 white votes, to cue off one-third of our strength. The North saw it, and/ hence the Mortons and Andrews opposed the move to allow the colored people voles. I was ihc first man in the South who advocated that measure, and 1 have never gone back on it. You will all have lo come together, and I have been waiting lor the time,, and it is not far distant now, when all the colored people will be ready to'jsue the cavalry.' [Applause and laughter.] Do you seethe point. He has certainly made it very plain. Speaking of the fact that he was the very first while man iu Scuilh Carolina to advocate negro suffrage, he says: "I made the proposition at several public meetings iu Columbia, and I took the ground thai they had been made citizens, and that they should not lie excluded from the right to vote. And I recoiVii.iiendcd then (andat that time none but whites had the right to vote), I whom your leader* tell you am a re'.iel, that 1 am an unreconstructed lire-eater, they will tell you the Lord only knows what about me, ami yot I repeat that J was the first man in youth Carolina who recommended that the right to vote should be given to the colored people. [Applause). Go to Nash, Edwards and others, and tusk them if what I have told you is not true. When I was taking that ground in South Carolina, Governor Morton, your choice for the Presidency, the man who, waving the bloody siiirt and digging into the very graves of our dead, made speeches at the North, in which he said your people were not tit to vote, and recommended that the franchise should not be granted them for twenty years. I have the spewch of Governor Morton, and any of you can see it if you wish. My speeches were also published, and you can see them if you desire. Governor Andrew, al-o another of ,vour Iicpublican friends, took the sume giouml as Morton, and I have his speeches also. fn..ic Unit oatitiMt lii> rlisnn ted. They are printed documents and are now among the archives of Massachusetts and'of Congress. These are the men who profess now to be your warmest friends?these men who would have put their feet upon your liberties for all time." He was in favor of black suffrage, because it would give toe South n prepondering weight in National affairs. At the same time, Morton, in Indiana, made a very clear and argumentative speech anainst negro suffrage, copies of which Hampton reads to his black auditors, and distributes among them for their edification. It is now in order for some reformer, who thinks the South isoecupylng too much space in affairs, to start a party having for its cardinal principle the graceful takingof the negro outof politics by way of a counter-acting constitutional amendment. Jiut you may be sure no Tilden reformer will start thai party. They have got too good a thing of it. If the Democracy capture the nation it will he through the preponderating weight which negro suffrage has given the Solid South. They virtually have a gift of the representation arising from eight hundred thousand votes to begin with. This, of itself, is a fair start toward Washington. H. V. R. The Prc9b)tcry of South Carolina. Editor PrcH8 and Banner: The recent meeting at Ninety Six in this County was small, not more than forty-five members being present. The opening sermon was preached by llev. Ferdinand Jacobs, l). D.. the retiring Moderator, from Heb. i: 8?9. Iiev. W. C. Smith \?as elected Moderator, Rev. A. L. Miller, Assistant Clerk. Rev. John B. Adger, D.D., was requested to deliver a discourse on "The Scriptural office of the Fvangelist," bt fore the Presbytery at its next meeting. By a vote (22 affirmative and 19 negative) the Presbytery determined to request the .Synod to re-adjust our Presbyterial boundaries. That in the i-<?-uilinstment the following Counties constitute the .South Carolina Presbytery, viz: Oconee, Andersyn, Abbeville, Laurens, Newberry and Ed gofield. The paper on Charades and Tableaux was disposed of by referring tho matter to each Session. Permission was granted "Walhalla church to employ Rev. S. Leslie Morris. Mount Zioti church to employ Rev. John R. Adger, D.D; Hopewell, ( P.) and Midway churches, to employ Rev. W. C. (Smith ; Ninety-Six and Varenneschurches to employ Rev. J. O. Lindsay. Calls from Providence, Rocky River and Little Mountain ehurcl.es,*ami an invitation from C?ood Hope church for Rev. R. <J. Lijio.i, were placed in his hand#. The call from Providence church and the invitation from (Jood Hope were accepted; the calls from Rocky River and Little Mountain churches were declined. The following arrangements were made for the ordination and installation of Rev. R. C. Ligon as pastor of Providence ehuree, viz* Trial sermon, Rom. viii: 1 Rev. A. P. Nicholson, to preside, preach the opening ternion, and propound the constitutional questions, itev. J). E, Frierson, his alternate, Rev. W. F. Pearson to charge the pastor, Rev. J. F. (Jibert, his alternate; Rev. J. L. Martin to ci.arge the |>eopie, Rev. J. O. Lindsay, his alternate: the meeting to be^in at Lowudesville on Friday before the 3d Sabbatlf in v 11 ...i, u ,,, HWVtUIUCl, <41/ 11 \' vn/vu I?M 'I lie pastoral relation between Rev. A. L. Miller and Hopewell and Willingtun chuiches, was diesolved. "The Book of Church Older" sen! down by tlie General Assembly, for the action of the Presbyteries, was unanimously adopted. The Executive Committee of Domestic Minions was' instructed to make an appointment for preaching at Edgefield u. H., once in every two months until the next, meeting ot Presbytery. Also to makesome other arrangements looking to the cultivation of {hut Held. The 126th of October was appointed to be observed as a day of tasting, humiliation and prayer in behalf of outState and country. The closing exercises of the meeting was observed as a time of special prayer for God's blessing to rest upon our State and country. The churches were instructed to send to Rev. Ferdinand Jacobs, D.]J. Cokesbu'ry, S. 0., the contributions taken up Cor Education of Candidates on the first Sabbath in November. The next stated meeting of Presbytery will be held at Greenwood on Wednesday before the "d Sabbath in April at U o'clock P. M. X. + ' Marshal Wallace Intehview*:d Auaix.?In an interview with a reportc for ttie Journal of Commerce, United Stales Maohal Wallace gave the following information regarding the appointment of Supervisors of Election in the upper Counties of the State. lie (the Marshal) has no right to appoint Supervisors of Election; these will be chosen by ine Judge, from a list of candidates sent him by the County Chairman of each party. Each polling precinct is entitled to one (Supervisor from each party, and ^ach County to as many for each putty us there' are polling precincts in that County. Mr. Wallace further states, that lie is not invested with the autlioriiy to remove any troops out of the County in which they are stationed ; nor ran he remove them to any point in that County, except in case of an appeal from llie citizens for aid in quelling a riot, and preserving the prace. He cannot even notice an appeal for troops made by citizens apnre* bending a riot, however good their reason for apprehension may be. Evkkyafternoon the "boys in blue1' are culled out for drill and present <juile a handtome appearance, Big Day in Due West. SPEECHES BY COL. THOMSON, GEN. JtfcGOWAN, JUDGE COOS, DEMAXWELL, COL. CONNOR, MAJ. W. K. BRADLEY,. K. R. HEMPHILL. Esq Great Enthusiasm. Torch-Light Procession -- Transparencies--II laminations. T.n.st Tlmr.sdnv evenifljr, Gon. McUowan. Coi. F. A. Connor, Judge | Cooke, W. C. llenet, Esq., and the editor of the- Press and Banner J arrived at Due West and accepted the elegant hospitality of Professor and Mrs. Hood, where each of us lnid a pleasant home and kind treatment ay long as we remained in town. A visit to Due WesL never fails to inspire feelings which we never experience in going anywhere el.ie. We lelt the parental roof more than twenty-five years ago when a little boy of tender years to lake a place as "PRINTER'S DEVIL," in the office of the Erskine J/isccllany, then the organ of the Associate lieformed Presbyterian church in the South, which was edited by the Rev. J. O. Lindsay, a young ami talented minister of the gospel. During our sojourn, which was nearly live years, we became firmly attached to the place and the citizens, and as young people never forget their first friendships and their first loves, we have always felt a lively interest in the place, and when upon the soil of Due West, feel that we are among friends and that McGregor is on his native heath. A number of the old citizens who were there twenty-five years ago are not there now, but their places have been filled by the boys, as our places will in turn le filled, twenty-five y? ars hence,! by the boys of the present day. There is NO BETTER COMMUNITY in the world than Due West, and no community of citizens live more harmoniously among themselves than the good people of this town, which is so well-known a*? being the site of such line colleges, affording the best educational facilities. Whatever these people enter into they act in it as a unit and work at with a will, as evinced by the grand success of the torch-light procession on Thursday night ami the mass meeting on Friday morning, which surpassed any meeting of the kind that has taken place since the commencement of the piesent campaign. Till-: TOItCH-IilGHT PROCESSION, ----J - ?' .1 ,.f A f I in tci Ir.lui UllUfl (111- V'WIIllliailM Wl iUUioim.^ E. Brownlee, Sam'l Aguew, J. NV. Haddou und R. L. Pratt, was indescribably grand in its effects, and tin* beautiful illuminations of nearly every residence, lent an additional charm to the occasion. We will be pardoned j if we mention the mansions of Prof, i Hood ami Dr. Bonner, and the litera-i ry halls in the college campus, as being perfectly splendid, while the! thousands of lights threw their rays into the darkness of the night. In the procession were MANY TRANSPARENCIES and the lights within reflected appropriate and telling mottoes. For this great.success the citizcus are largely indebted to J. W. Pi addon, Esq.,j whose aeal in the causeisonlyequalled; by his efficiency in accomplishing the| desired result. Arriving at TIIK STAND I all were delighted with its beautiful! and attractive appearance. During j imr life we have seen many stands! prepared for the speakers on public occasions but this one surpassed them all. The top was neatly covered with plank, and ceiled with bleached linen, I and from the edge#of which covering, ! hung rich scarlet curtains, pleasingly] scalloped, and in another color, mostl tastelully fringed; on top in the cen-| tie of the front of the canopy whs placed a beautiful representation ot'i the Palmetto tree, which was arched by the motto of the State iu beautiful I letters, the white posts were entwined by the lovely wreaths which were ornamented with beautiful flowers, gracefully wound around theui; the garlands and festoons hung from post to post with a delightful effect, while the richly carpeted floor, the ornamented plank, in front at the speakers feet, and the beautifully covered table, made the whole complete. The speakers were highly deliyhted at this mark of attention from THK EADIKS OF DUE WEST, all of whom, we believe, took an active part in its preparation. We mention only a few of the names: Miss | McQuerns, Mrs. Lindsay, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. liabb; Mrs. I'olhill, Mrs. Agnew, Mrs. Cot*limn, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Lowry, Miss Kennedy, Mrs. Jane Young, Misses Miller, Miss Lindsay, Miss Morse, Miss True, Misses Henry, Miss Sharp, Misses Hood, Misses Kabb, Miss Christ inn, Miss Lee, Miss Edwards, Miss Haddon, Miss Ellis. The young gentlemen of the College and the town lent willing hands in I hauling evergreens, tieing, twining, tacking, and waiting on the' ladies generally. Professor Hood the chairman, in a few aporopiate remarks introduced the distinguished JUDGR COOK 13 who made one of the good speeches for which he is noted, at the conclusion of which theehuirnian introduced OKNKUAL M1 GO WAN asone whom Due West has always delighted to honor. The General began to speak but was interrupted by a shower of lain which broke up the meeting for Thursday night. FRIDAY MORNING. The clouds of the evening before had disappeared and the day was a beautiful one. Early in the morning an endless train of buggies, carrying men, women and children were driv-| en down tne street to the college campus and an innumerable host# of mounted led shifted men rode pas't in the opposite direction to Winbushville, where the procession was to form under the direction of Marshals J. E. Brownlee, R. L. JPratt, VV.j E. Barmore, W. (J. Armstrong, J. N. J Robinson, B. (_'. DuPre. At ten o'clock the speakers, iu elegant open carriages, drawn by line horses,I drove through the open ranks, as they i were cheered again and again, undj on their return ine column t-iusi-u uuu followed, making THK l'H0CES8I0N the grandest ever seen in Due West. The very horses seemed to catch the inspiration of the day, as they pranced and proudly bore their tinkling hells on their arched necks. The Abbeville colored band had not arrived when the procession moved. It h>id remained behind to accompany tw > of the speakers, Hon. Thomas Thomson and R. R. Hemphill, Kmj., and the democratic clubs from lhe Court House. When this band, these speakers am) cluUt, the colored headed by! Captain Henderson., ami the white by I J. l'ownes Robinson, inet the procc^-j sion and wheeled into line, the airwasj literally rent with shouts. The procession moved in the following older: "Due West Baud, Carriages. First carriage?Judge Cooke, accora-i panied by Prof. J. P. Kennedy j Dr. J. L. Miller. | Second carriage?General McGowan.j accompanied by Dr. Henry ami j the editor of the Press ami Banner. Third carriage?Col. F. A. Connor,! i... w /< n,.,...! I uuuum|j?iiicu wjr y? . v . ncuvi, Esq., mid 1'rof. Ilorxl. Fourth carriage?Mnj. \V. Iv. Bradley,! Dr. J. C. Maxwell, accompli- ; nied by the Rev. Dr. J Joyce. Thofl. Young's Lbwndesvillt Colored Club. E. Henderson's Abbeville colored club. Neil Richey's Due West colored club. Abbeville Colored Rnnd. James (Jibert'fc Lebanon Yellow Jackets. R.S.Beckham's Lowndesville Club. Jas. Pratt's Due West Cothrau Campaign Club. !John E. Brown Ice's Antreville McGownii Campaign Club, commanded by ('apt. Will. Niann. P. Armstrong's Level Land Yellow 1 Jacket*. . .. - S. M. Tribble's company. t \V. I?. Barmore's DonnaldsviJIe Blue ' JacKela, commanded by Capt. j J. B. Cowan. < Abbeville Silver Cornet Bamd. Saui'l Pressiy's Long Cane Club. , A. Bequesi's Abbeville Colluan Cam- i paign club. j The Ci'ayton Club, of Anderson Coon- , ty. commanded by Capt. Parker. > The Martin Township company, An- ' derson County, commanded , by Capt. Cliukscales. ? A noticeable and a pleasant feature j of the procession was the excellent SINGING OK SoMK STIRRING SONGS by tbe colored men. The singing had [ aii excellent efl'eet and we hope to i bear our colored friends again ? to-day. The singing on this oc- j casioit was as impressive an incident as occurred on (he march from Winbushville to the college campus. A^t 1 tbe stand Prof. Hood, the chairman, called the meeting to order and re- ! quested the audience to uncover while j the Rev. Dr. Boyce would make an j uppu-i to the Throne of Grace in our i i ? ^ ii? ueuiwi. iuu PRAYER ( by Dr. Boyco was an earnest invnca- j lion of the Divine blessing upon this ' meeting which was in ten tied to pro- \ mole pence anil happiness of this sorely j ly oppressed people he prayed that our ' speakers might be guided aright, and J lhat the exercises of the day might be acceptable to llie Supreme ltuler of the universe who was high above all ( the nations of the earth. Prof. Ilood, in terms worthy of the occasion and the orator, introduced Col. Thos. Thomson, as tho first speaker: ' COLONEL THOMSON came to the front of the stand and was received with cheers. He spoke of tho many ties that hound him to tho town and people of Due West. It was very gratifying lo him to meet with so kind a greeting aficr a separation from them of several years duration; and he assured thoni that the fofpnus inspired by the occasion wore thoseof the liveliest gratitude and truest friendship. He ha t in former years addressed tue people of Due West on many and important subjects, but never, during tlin ItitnmnnKo onH apnll.iintllTICa of mailV j'ears, had he come before them to speak to them on a subject of importance so great, interest so intense, or ditliculty so overwhelming, as the one of which he proposed to speak to the ljirge assemblage that were gathered around him then. ALWAYS A "STAIOHT-OUT." He spoke of tho great pleasure he felt in having an opportunity so auspicious to express his opinions on the vital questions of the day. IIo had always been a I "straight-out" democrat?hail been so, long befoi-e the term "straight-out" had been coined; he had never placed auy j conlideuce in theso-ealled "fusion" policy, and had never voted for any republican nominee whose name had been honored by juxta-position even with the democrats, lie then adverted to thfl long ante bellutn struggle between the North and South which had culminated in tho four years ! civil war, remarking that tho issues in J that struggle had been submitted to tho [arbitrament of the sword; that thesword, as the final arbiter of right, had cut the Gordian knot, as did the blade of Alexander the Great. The cause for wliich we j had all fought and bled was now, even by ourselves the losers, called "The Lost I Cause." The sword had returned a verdict against us, and we had submitted to it. At this stage in his remarks, Col. Thomson paid a touching tribute to the [ cause for which the Soutnern Confederacy was formed and fell. THK NORTH'S TKUK TOLICY. He then proceeded to show that the North had not finished its work when it reccivod our swords at Appomattox, It still nau a great and noble work before it, work a that would have in its accomplishment conferred infinitely greater honor and | more lasting renown upon the North I than did the surrender of the armies under Gen. Lee. Wo had lost our cause? | we were to be won over to theirs; wo had been overwhelmed by numbers?we I might then have been overpowered by kindness; ar.d we could have been subdued by generosity. The page of history ndght have taught the Northern people many a valuable lesson and given them many a loud warning. KKCONSTnt'CTION. But, blind to theao lessons and deaf to these warnings, the North had imposed upon the South burdens grievous to be borne; bad enacted the Reconstruction statutes, and forced upon us Northern I laws, alien to our institution, and introduI cing chaotic confusion into the courts and customs of the South. Instead of doing I tho noble work "which an over-ruling i Providence had given them to do, tho I Northern government had never ceased | in their efforts to irritato, to alienate, and i in effect to expatriate us. What was the result? What could wo do? In this bowildering change of laws, the very men most capable of guiding us with their counsels, were incapatiated by those Heconstruction Acts, and, by so-called political disabilities were rendered unable to serve their country. Thon was there opened up a way for the carpet-baggers. Tho advent of this creaturo was the inevitable and natural, perhaps tho intended of Kiii-hhostile legislation. TJfK C'A NI'KT-BAGGKit AN D 11 IS DOINOS. Col. Thomson then described in graphic language this political abortion?the carpet-bagger, calling hiin, among other tilings, the unsightly scab that had formed on the national sore. He then proceeded to speak of the work done by the carpet-bagger during his eight years.' reign over us. This miserable creatnro had inspired the colored men with hatred of his former master; where he had found childlike and simple trust and confidence on the one hand, and paternal kindness and (are on the other, ho had introduced, encouraged, and cherished the* bitterest feelings of enmity, distrust and fear in the hearts of the colored peoplo against those towards whom, but for the carpetbagger, feelings of friendship, trust and kinduess would alone have been entertained. Thus had the carpet-bagger obtained complete control of the colored voters, and most shamelessly and selfishly had he made use of the power he had acquLo J. By this rtieans he had imposed on us new and untried laws, subverting all the Jcherishud institutions and customs of our courts. The Code and all the interminable legislation that flows from it h id thus been forced upon us. i'HE CABPET-BAGOKR HAS UOUItED US MOKAJ.I.Y. Then again, the carpet-baggers had injured us morally. The eloquent speaker then proved that the tendency of tills alien and novel legislation was to destroy morals, and as instances ho mentioned the growing and alarming carelessness ofj human life now-a-days evinced by our I people, the deplorable prevalerce of larceny in all its degrees?the unnatural unconcern with which all violations of law and morals were regarded. All this ho hud at the door of the new system or legislation imposed on us eij?ht yours ago, remarking truthfully that our morals are shown by our laws. Not only had the carpet-bagger done us moral injury, but he had ruined us financially. Col. Thomson went on to tell how our State was ! without credit, her bonds were wastej paper and valueless, her taxes so burdenI some and grievous that general poverty j and distress had ovor-spread the country. THL CABPET-BAGOER HAS RUINED ffc j POLITICALLY. Thd carpot-bsgger had also ruined us politically. We are, as a people, powerless ; the name of our State, once so honored in the roll of nations, was now a stench and a bye-word: the people who once had influenced and oftentimes led the councils of this great republic, were now weak, and without inlluence, and ignored by those who formerly were proud to do them reverence. It was with groat feeling.and true pathos that he adverted to the times when the historic names of Ilayne, Calhoun, McDuftie, Hamilton, Miller ,Wardlaw, Preston, mado South Carolina a proud State among her peers: and then with righteous indignation said iipcouid hardly allow himself to tell how thoir sacred places had been desecrated and usurped by such creatures as' Elliot, Patterson, Moses, "W'hittemore, j anil others of that class?a pack of adinw.ru. rnyues. nlunderers, cadet-] ship-sellers, without credit, without name, without character?nay, more, creatures who were ml i.*;?mee even to the party to which thoy licl-mired. WHITE AND COI.ulCKD HAVE BEEN DELUDED AND MISLED. The speaker referred to the specious claims of pairioti>m made by the carpetbag crew, nml to the nromi*e.-i and acts by which they had deluded and mi-h d even the whites, instancing the IJluc lJid^o llonds, the many Kallroud schemes, l:ii:.1 schemes, phosphate hills, (lie frauds in connection with the .Stale Hank. lit! described the means by which the colored man had been deceived also?alluding to the "forty acres and a mule," the} promise of "land for no'htng"?the attractive promise of ofllcf?and showed how all these promises had failed. J THE CAKl'ET-UAUOElt H HAKD TO PATCH, j When Col. Thomson came to speak of the I ri'fllcultles lhat lie in our way when we at-1 tempt to detect and convict the official | rogues, lie made use of a wonderfully felicitous simile. He compared the carpet-bagger to a mole, only to l>c traced by the dirt lie' raises?hard to catch?working in the dark?, crossing tracks?and when unearthed, he seems so meek and harmless, so sleek and j Innocent, we feel half-Inclined to believe I him when he assures ns we have caught the wrong mole, and lays all the blame ou others. MISPLACED CONFIDENCE. After stating that, all the mischief done by the earpetbag-iroveniment had'been accomplished solely by the aid of the colored vote, the speaker turned to the lame company of colored citizens who wcro collected at the, right of the sUind, and proceedod to addreai % hem more partlcu'ft.ly. He forgave them! fur their misplaced coniideiice in tlio j _ Sorthcrn people?said It was natural thHtthe [ I 'reedmen should trust those who had claim- , d, however falsely, to be the liberatorsof the L Soni hern slaves. iiut he thought t;:cy ought r not to disregard the bitter experience of J??ht years, which had resulted in the almost total ruin of both races. The whites, he said, p ire nearly ruined. They can scarcely nay e taxes; their farms are in decay; and they i-vn lmrdly get goods on lien either themselves or for you; you are an agricultural I ;lass,; you make your living by tilling the _ ;round, und you will always continue to do so, for you are tlio proper laborers of this c igricultural country. All efforts at immigration will never succeed in supplanting C you. OCR PATIENCE IS EXHAUSTED. t The patience of the exasperated whites is nearly worn out; many of them arc neither * ible nor willingto support, feed and nourish iheir enemies?to strengthen the hand thatis fl ilways striking them they rightly think j eight years of misrule and delusion o^ough oopeu tho eyes of the; colored people. THE COLORKD MORAL CODE. ? Col. Thomson made some well-timed and J impressive remarks to his colored hearers in \ regard to their lax moral code t ? sanctity 3f tho marriage law and tho observa ice of the Sabbath?asserting that these we.factors In < the formation or #nclcty find elements in f politics, and that *o oog as they were dlsre- , jarded by thein. the colored people could not i.r isper its a raco or as individuals. H REFORM MEANS CHANGE OF PRINCIPLE. 1 He maintained that truo reform moans a i shange of principle and consequently of 1 practice. Tho reform promised by tho republican party is only a change of men?not one lot or tiitioof their prineipio Doing given up jr changed. Chamberlain holds on to his prinolpleH intolo. mid says that men will reform. and In ssiying this lie )s simply singing the old vampire song, licform Ik a practical thing, and In our present condition means? 1. No appropriations for public Improve- , monts that all prove illusory; 2. The appointment of only good men to office: 8. The reduction of Exorbitant salaries; 4. The appointment of good men to ofllce. How can such reform conic from a party whoso only bond of cohesion In t)ils State is plunder? ' Reform in such a party means self-aiwiihiiiition, and wiien attempted, disbands them. The Colonel coucluded his speech by a stir- i ring appeal to all citizens, white and colored, to redeem South Carolina, to remember her * past glory?to remember that sho for a century held the foremost rank amohg the States?to try to restore her, and at least to j S'ace her In line with lior Southern sisters, e quoted the words of Lord Nelson,-"Eng- i land expects every man to do his duty," and assured his hearers that South Carolina ex- 1 pcctcd the same of her sons. I After the conclusion of Mr. Thomson's reninrks, Gen. McGowan, Jugde Cooke, Dr. J. C. Maxwell, Col. F. A. Conner, Maj. Bradley and R. R. Hemphill, E^q., madeeloquentand effective speeches, but owing to our want <Tf space we are unable to give even a synopsis or mem. After Doctor concluded his remarks, and before Col. Connor spokk, on special call, Aaron Mitchell was introduced ami made some good licks for the cause of Democracy. A? soon as Judge Cooke had finished his remarks, he and Gen. Mi-Guwan left the meeting to take the train at Doualdsville for Greenville. They were escorted through town by the Due West Band and about one hundred of th- cavalry. Prof. Hood, the Chairman of the day, in DISMISSING THB SIKKTING, when the sun was nearly down, gracefully said: "Lamjw: The success and unparellelled triumphs of this day are largely due to your presence and smiles of approval You have with urrcat patience encouraged, yea, hold up our hand through the labors of this glorious day now closing. One voice cannot speak the thanks we owe you. I do not speak as one man, bat am commissioned to oiler you the gushing thanks of a thousand hearts; yea, the five thousand that have encircled you today and shared your sympathy in this contest for honest home government. This we do in full recognition of the fact that it is the influence'of woman, her smiles, her approbation, her woras of cheer, her words of hope, that have in all ages nerved man to the performance of his highest duty, and those noble achievements that illuminate the pages of history, and in which he works for the honor and happiness of posterity. LflONITAUIKS ON THE STAND. Among the prominent gentlemen present, who were seated on the stand, were: A. C. Hawthorn, Esq., Rev. Dr. Bonner, of Due West; Mr. J. H. Vance and Capt. J. N. Cochran, of Hodges; W. C. Benet, Esq., of Abbeville ; Dr. 11.S. Beckham, of Lowndesvi lie. .. THE COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS made good provision for the newspaper jeporters, to whom we extend our thanks for polite attention. . On this Committee were: Dr. J. A. Robinson, chairman, J. B. Kay, li. W. Haddon, Dr. J. L. Miller. R. L. Pratt, C. M. Armstrong, J. M. Carwile, Chris Ellis, J. L. Robinson, Dr. 0. B. Hawthorn. SPECIAL COMMITTEE to provide a dinner for the colored nu.rwi*.l.uta. w11itu?i'nnt. H. M. John-1 hod, chairman, li. W. Haddon, J. B. Kay, J. L. Robinson, A. C. Clinkscales, F. V. Pruit, Rotit. Brownlee, T. L. Haddonj Cliris Ellis, Samuel Pressly, S. W. Tribble, Wm. M. Alewine. Colored?Sam bo Haddon, Wm. Pruit, Sam'i Pressly, Neil Richey, Beverly Lindsay. An kxceiiknt dinner was furnished to all the .Democratic colored people present. The crowd was estimated at from 2,-500 to 3,000 persons. The youth and beauty of Due West and the surrounding country wereout in fullforee. The attractive face. were lovely in the sightof bachelors with hungering hearts, and no doubt inspired the wish, if not the hope, that they might be able to make conquest^, from the ranks of such charming patriotic ladies. _ Tint: MEETING. In its enthusiasm the whole meeting wus perfectly sublime, and was a great success in ev^ry respect. Every heart in Due Wesjt was iuterested and our readers know that nothing they undertake will fail. In this instance they surprised themselves and < very body else. If there are lioubtiug Thomases ns to our enthusiasm, they should have been on hand. the AKTIIjLKKY. The anvil battery at proper intervals pealed forth its thunders a hundred ' Al l... / fl. Unit's during uil* iihj. j/a?c v,icim-.i3 and Charlie Hawthorn, two patriotic colored men managed the battery with credit to themselves and satisfaction to the managers of the meeting. THK JUNIOK It 1 FLIC CI.UB, of Due West, under command of Ciipt. Poihill, consisting of about twenty little boys, dressed in beautiful uniforms of blue, (Mr. Chamberlain need not be seared, they bad no guns,) were the observed of all observers. In the morning they marched to the stand hi a body and listened all day to the speeches. At night they were so nuich "enthused,* tnai they procured torches and went on a lorch-light procession. At Prof. Hood's they halted and gave "three cheers for Mr. iienet and Mr. Hood." Mr. Iienet made a few appropriate remarks to the hoys, ami was followed by some timely suggestions by Prof. Hood. We were then called upon and after responding, the young soldiers gave three hearty cheers foi the Frens and Banner. The race in Greenville County is entirely too soft a thing. We honestly wish our candidates had some opposition?enough to make them work all the time?work early and late. We will lose hundreds of votes in Greenville County that can be secured for the asking ; and we must be up and doing if we would poll our full strength. Wehaveset our pegs for 2,500 majority, and will not be satisfied with less than that number for Ham ptou.?Greenville News. DIED, at the residenceof her grandfather, in Greenville countv, K. C., on the 2(i dav of August. 1876" little MARY STUART SHUMATE, only child of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Shumate, aged fifteen months and six days. At nhilri tlltlt niOSl I inert-sung jicii.m. ........ hood when the tiny feet have just learned to walk and the lips are beginning to prattle, this little one was torn away from her loving parents. The home where once she played, is darkened and the hearts she once gladdened are sorrowful now; but we take comfort from the thought that she is "Safe in the nrins of Jesus, Safe in his gentle breast." Like a meteor, which brightens our pathway with its mellow light for a moment and then disappears, so she came and vanished. God gave her and God took her. Free from the pains and burdens, the toils and the ills of life, sheawaits her loved ones on the shining shores of glory, whither some have already gone to join her. God help us who yet linger behind, to prepare to meet her in the home aboye where parting is unknown ! October 10,1870. L. B. I At a meeting of the Doncahlsvill v temocratie Club, Saturday eveuing. | )ct. 7, 187G, the following preamble and < esoluiious were adopted by the club : t Whkbeas the Great Disposer of all t vents has seen fit, in the dispensation of ? lis wise Providence, to remove from t is by death our friend Larkiu Barmore, 1 diowas from the firstan active member c ifourCluband onewho wasdevotinghis " nergies for the redemptldb of our peo>le from radioal misrule therefore be it Resolved, 1. That, in the death of 'jarkiu Barmore, this Club has lost one | fits most ardent supporters and the Democratic party one of its fast friends. 2. That we bow in humble submls- j ion to this dispensation of Divine Providence and heartily sympathize J vith the bereaved family in their lost), t 3. That a page of our record book be ] ledicated to the memory of our deceased t riend and a copy of these resolutions be 8 ient to the family of the deceased and t ilso io the Press and Banner and t Medium with a request that they be ? published. , G. M. M/TTI80N, c President, a J. W. Mattison, Secretary. r a Grand Jury Presentment. j To hia Honor, T. H. Cooke, Presiding Judge': In making'this our 3rd and lost pre- r entment we congratulate you and the ? jounty on our present comparatively , prosperous condition. Our cereal crops , ire larger than tbey have been for years j c ?and our great staple crop will be an iverage one. Our people are gloomy iud despondent at the present unre- | menerative prices they are compelled to < fake for their cotton, but we think we see the hand of Providence in this, and ( would say be of gcod cheer, all things ( work together for good, and this we i trust will work in us the peueeable fruits of righteousness. We find the various county offices as we did in the past in a , Very fair condition. The jail is well kept and the wants of the prisoners cared for. The Poor House is still un-' ier dbe same management aud its con"iltlnn anH mM.ii?(ram??n& reflects credit upon the county commissioners and the superintendent. Our roads are in good condition with one or two exceptions and our county commissioners hold themselves responsible should auy complaint ariue in that direction in the luture. The Grand Jury beg leave further to present that0whilest they [ have reason to rejoice iu the fact, that I notwithstanding exciting the political i campaign that is- being carried on in tlx* State, a state of feeling between the two parties in this county of unusual peace and goodorderhas prevailed, they feel constrained, however, to say that they condemn iu the strongest terms tlie conduct of Trial Justice Bruce at a public meeting of the citizens on last Tuesday night in front of the Abbeville Hotel. That this officer whose duty it is to promote aud preserve the peace, in utter disregard of his official duty was present atth s said meeting, attempting disturb ttie same, and acting in a manner well calculated to br^ak that peace he has sworn to preserve, as well as to exact from others The Grand J ury refer to this matter Ai'fofAtTIAnt Tow Total Value of Taxable Personal Proper * " " Keal 1- suae, Firty-fieven Does <250 cents eiich, 77 'omuiutations for street duty, Collected on income*, Licenses oollectcd? John Knox, Christian A Co., Christian & Wilson, A. liequest, A. M.-HilJ, L. H. Russell, } orker & Perrin, G. A. Douglass & Co., A. Bfoticut, bal. due for A.M. BUI, " Amount collected for line*, penalties and other * CREI Collected per assessment of property, " per License, fines, <fcc., By Executions issued, v By commutation for street duty worked Abatements, Uncollected, note issued upon, Statement Tov Total Value of Taxable pemonal proper " " '* Real Ksuno. Sixty-nine Dopi at W cents eacn, 181 Commutations for Street duty. Collected on Incomes, Llconscs collected? G. A. Douglass 4 Co., A. Requeue, John Knox, C'lirlntlan A Wilson, A. M. Hill, * J. W. Trowbridge, i?u;jh WIl.sou. (Billiard: Pai fcor ? Perrln, (Drugi J. II. Cobb;* From all other sources, CRE1 OollocTc<I per assessment of property. Received on llcensc* and flues Tax executions issued. Commutations worked out on the Street Uncollected, N. B., Abateuiuuis, BALANCE I Aicouut collected 1K75, 1876, Less Commission, I C By amount expended In 1875 a see copy tiled in Clerk's oft Cash on hu.jd to balance, Estab^he DART & Rj (A. A. ;D. Builde] LIGHT CI NEW HAYI o]^5aNUFACTURE work expressly fc from Jong experience are thoroug mentsof the country. The work itself i own recommendation, and renders a detc We also manufacture the CELEBRAT DEXTER now on exhibilion at the Centennial. ' vehicle in existence. For circulars, &c., apply as above. 'W 1 IQTrt ftm UWl. if WIW| V.M Dr. H. D. 1 DENT ABBEVI] OFFICE OVER TH] Sept. 2?, 1375,-tf ficuregret auu uw ju <k> ? olitar> exception tothe law-abiding and tw preserving conduct of the other .nai J ustices f the county. And they hus bring it promiuently to the Court, hat the conduct of this oilicer of justice o reprehensible may be corrected and bat others may -not be encouraged by lis example toio likewise. To his ionor tiie-vPresiding Judge and the Solicitor we return our than Ks for favors bown all of which is respectfully tubnitted. i Jobst C. Chiles, Foreman. 'resentment of the Grand J iry of AbbeviJle Connty, No. 2. fb the Hon. Thompson H. Cooke : The graud jury, in response to your lonoi'SjCharget delivered to them at blsadjdurued tetm of the court, beg* eave respectfully to say that they leartlly concur in the regrets expresed by your Honor, called forth by the mexpected and alarming attitude of he Chief Executive of the State in lis recent proclamation, and they earlestly deprecate the threat on his part if further "action which must inflict veal temporary injury upon the mate* ial interests of the State.'.' Coming as they dev/rom *U sections tnd portions of this county, they feel wrfectly assured that they can truthully make the following statements: There has come within the knowledge of the grand jury since the last egular term of the court, in May, one ingle instance of homicide-rthe tiling of Wiuston Arnold/ of Greencolored man. who U\/VMf M , vas killed iu an affray by oue of bli iwn color. In no single instance have they aeard of the refusal of auy person charged with critniual offense of any siiid tosubrait to arrest by the officers if the law. They most emphatically aver that it lias been at ail times aud still is practicable to enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings the laws uf the State within this county ^ That there are no organizations or combinations of men hi this county engaged in promoting illegal objects unil in comtmttiuir ODen acts of law leBsness and violence. That there are two rifle clube-ia the county, which they have been;Informed, have the sanction of the Chief Executive, and of one of which he in an i.ouorury member. That there are other organizations, styled "sabre clubs," but they uelther drill nor have sabres, and in no instance have they known or heard of any violation of tiie peace by these or any of them. The grand jury have no reason, therefore, to question or doubt the efficiency or suffl.iiencyjof the [aw as administered for the complete protection of life, liberty and property : andrelying upon this, au.l tnis alone, they have ucard with much satisfaction the purpose expressed by your Honor of holding an extra term of this court, beginning on the fifth Monday of the present mouth, i, Complaint has reached us about' one Williamson, who lias been acting as Trial Justice without a commission. His name does not appear upon the register in the clerk's office, as does not several other Trial Justices. We request that the vagrant laws be enforced as to one Joe Brown. Brooks. In conclusion, the grand jury humbly invoke the blessings of God upon the oounty and State; that our rulers may he endued with wisdom, and our people enjoy the blessings or peace. All of which we respectfully subrait. JOHNC. CHILES, Foreman. October 11,1876. n Taxes, 1873. ty, $110,361 @ $2 M. $252 52 ' 2^,:cn^82M. 458.? @ $3 631 00 8 80-Sl^M.M $304 44 / 120 6H 1*0 00 M0 (JO 16i) 00 ' . IS) 00 a> no Ibooo 71, 23 00 - ??. 25 <? ourccs, 72 SO SV?20, )ITS. 9 HW 13 1,'SiU !?. ... m ft*. i out, 1?3 81' aj oo 44 06 "$2,552 47 rn Taxes 1876. ty, 8 89,537 @ 82 M. 51T9 .W 231 045 " " 46* <# < 34 50 r n> $3 54S 00 - -' * l 40-31,227 ? gifW oo . 180 00 180 00 MO 00 IK) 00 140 93 ?.) :? ^Ibtfl,) 87 50 40 00 73 75 " ?$1,225 SI 50 OITS. $ 7-V)70 1.125 SI 101 41 18. 172 oa 125? , 17 73 / $2*^352 56 . SHEET?DR. $2 1?4 02 1,870 21 $4,070 23 101 75 $3,968 48 K. tvi 1870, ice, $3,983 91 4 57 $3,965 48 djSM; EYNOLDS, A.RT.) rs of. iRRIAGES 5N, CONN. >r the SOUTHERN MARKET, and ;hly conversant with the rajulrejsed in every Sou 'hern State is its tiled description unnecessary, ED . AGON, * The best, easiest and most durable I WILSON, I S.T , L.LE, S. C. EJPOST OITICE. . Tfa