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The Press and Banner. "Wednesday, Oct. 25,1S7S. . DEMOCRATIC TICKET, j For President. SAMl'KL j. TILDKN. of New York. For 1 *?/ ? - J'rrrifh'iif. THOS. A. HI'.N DRICK.S, of I:uli:uui. For Ffrr(r>rs\ State at Lory. SAM'l; McCOWAN, of Abbeville. T. (*. RARIvKR, of Chailestori. For 'Flwtor from Third JXxtrt'-f. \VM. WALLACE, of Richland. P'cr Govrrnor. WADE HAMPTON, of Richland. For /jcutcnant Governor. 11' Tv MUiJAVT ^ f T >> . yj. iiiiurov;n, >?i uiitiucu^. For Attorney-Genrrd. JAMES CONNER, of Charleston. For Comptroller-Gcneraf. JOHNSON HAGOOD, of Uiirnwell. For State Treasurer. S. I,. LEAPHART, of Richland. For Secretary of Slate. R. M. SIMS, of York. For Inspector-GeneraL P.. MOISE, of Sumter. For Sufif r int en dent of Eibtcatii n. 11. S. THOMPSON, of Riehlund. For O/naress , Third District. 3). \V\ AIKEN, of Abbeville. Far Solicitor, Eighth Circuit. J. S. COTHRAN, of Abbeville. For the Senate. J. C. MAXWELL. .For House of Representatives, R. R. HEMPHILL. W. K. BRADLEY. J. A. CONN EH. Wir.T.HM HOOT). t.l". moore! For Sheriff, j. y. JON'KS. For School Commissioner, j. A. wieu. For Clerk of the Court. m. g. zeiglkr. For Probate Judge. J. FULLER LYON. I-or County Commissioners. ROBERT JON IX. (4. M. MADISON. R. A. MfCASLAN. For Coroner. S. W. COCHRAN. The President's "Cut and Dried" Proclamation. I( seems to he well authenticated thiit (hi the evening succeeding the late meeting at Newberry, after the "hold grenadiers'' who attended that meeting had returned to Columbia and had been closeted several hours with tlie uovernor 01 ine c*i;ut*, mat ? lengthy report was telegraphed to Washington ami eariy on the following morning the proclamation of the President was telegraphed to Columbia and was in the hands of the Governor. It is equally apparent that this was part of a concocted and pre concerted scheme and that upon receiving the report of the Newberry meeting the "cut end dried" proclamation was duly issued. It was no .doubt confidently expected that the. good people of Abbeville and Kdge-j field Counties would aggravate the] necessity for the issuance of the pro-j claination and that matters and things! generally would show to the world and : the rest of mankind that these conn-j ties, and especially onrs, were in a! oonititlnn of insurrection. The report of the meeting in Abbe- i ville to be seen elsewhere in onr col-1 umns; anil the brutal assassination : of young Gilmer, and the wounding of Yeldell and Outz by Radical bushwhackers whilst peacefully returning to their homes on the public highway, after the Edgefield meeting, will go far to show, if indeed they do not convince the public judgment of the country that our people "are more . sinned against than sinning." We have been satisfied for the past forty days that the Republican leaders in this State by withholding their nomi-{ nations, by declining the canvass and by refusing to meet our speakers in fair and open discussion, have virtually despaired of carrying the State by . ordinary means; and we are not therefore surprised to witness this miserable resort on their part to State and Fedi.i-A/.loninflnlli! Thp (!nlisf ifllfioil of the United States which the President has sworn to support and within the provisions of which, we presume, lie ought to encamp, provides "that; "the United State# snail guarantee to j 'every State in this Union a liepubli ean form of Government and shall "protect each of them against invasion : and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive, when "the Legislature cannot be convened, "against domestic violence." This is the provision of the Constitution under which the President of! the United States claims to intervene; in our State affairs, for there is no oth-j - er that gives him the pretense of the j right of interference. Conceding to him and to Governor] Chamberlain the right to judge of the impossibility of convening the General Assembly, which, we modestly; suggest, being composed of citizens of the State for the most \ part, (C. P. Leslie, and oth-j en*, being notable exceptions, but' not a majority,) they might be brought I together as speedily as troops could be j brought from Boston Harbor, Oswego, i -and other distant points. We say as speedily, for the President in his proclamation has interpolated the phrase i'iutime.)' It is not used in the section of the Constitution quoted above. "In time" for what? For the election? That was nearly three weeks off. What emergency'required this immediate action on the part of the President? What emergency 80 pressing that the Legislature, ever ready to sit, and always rtjuctant to adjourn, could not have time to reach the capital ? Is it possible that Gov. Chamberlain was unwilling to trust the Legislature in this emergency? Is "it true that he feels that he has forfeited the support of those Democrats of whom he prated to Senator Morton in his open letter, as the supporters of his reform measures and without whose aid lie acknowledges that those brilliant (?) results could not have been achieved ? It looks so. But apart from this matter of "time,and even of the distrust of the Legislature, let us recur again to the word* of the Constitution cited above: "The United Slates shall guarantee," &c. Jt is a'bold bald assumption of power by the President of the United States to issue such proclamation. Js he the Uuited State*? Louis the XIV, a monarch and a tyrant, claiin, ed sanction for his usurpations of authority by saying, "I am the State." But what American citizen is willing in this the Centennial year of the Country's Independence to allow this servant of the people the right to say, I am Hie United Statea! Such an assertion give* credence to the rumor that Hayes is to be taken down even vet and L'lyses the I put up. Our condition is such that these things do not so much atl'ectus. South Curolina is in such a case that any * -I f a hor ?<1 \r<\ iitmn. I -change wouiu i>c w not so however with her more prosperous sisters and it is from them that we look for an indignant and overwhelming uprising against this monstrous and unlawful assumption of power by the Chief Executive. The precedent must be fearful to their contemplation and this bitter eup of which we are compelled to <lrink may anon be commended to their lips. Jiut we are full of hope. The proclamation is like an Indian boomerang will return to those who have issued it. Tilden and Hendricks, illustrating the emjseof Reform and Constitutional Government in the Union will gain thousandu of voles by this j>roelamatjon ; and the cry of JJauj/) ?'*frj>ttjrpirfvy wr.r ivmjm'jntiw*- awj i'jhu iwia*'' I ton and I-Iomc Utile will echo and reecho with redoubled volume through-', out the entire State?even with the en-! ergv inspired l?y the hope ot deliver j mice long defeired. Using the Military to Perpetuate I Radical Rule in South Carolina. It seems that the whole military' and civil power of the Uovernmcnt, j hoth State and Federal, is unlawfully j I tinned ngaiiir-t the white people of; [South Carolina. The President of ; the United States and the Governor of' j South Carolina have each proclaimed j |a state of insurrection in this State,; }and the Secretary of War has ordered! jail the troops in the Atlantic States! j to rendezvous at Columbia, subject to| ' the command of (Jen. linger, who will' ! distribute them over the State. All j i this merely because the white people [of the State have organized themselves | I into Democratic clubs. Only this and i | nothing more. Was there ever soj ; mean an advantage taken of a political! ; opponent ? j The IStTi Regiment U. S. infantry j 1 and several companies of artillery are! already in the Slate, and on the isth of 1 lliis month 17 companies of artil-j ] tillerv, armed as infantry, left several j j garrisons for Columbia. Batteries ij land L left Boston harbor, and a bat-1 : tery from Portland, are on their way! I to Columbia. Company F, Third Ar! tillerv, stationed at Fort Ontario, has; ! been ordered to South Carolina, andj j left that station, for this Slate, on j ; Uie 19th. A company had previously ; been ordered from Fortress Monroe. * I The only business these soldiers can j I possibly have here is to assist Chant j beriain in 'e-eiecuug niiuseii uovern-j j or'of the Stale. ( ft is useless to say that the Governor: i has represented the political organize- j 1 tions of this State to he organizations; iof men armed to resist the laws of the; j State, lie knows that he has in-i Jjured us, while he and the l'resi-l I dent have each exceeded his author-j | ity in using the military of the Unit-1 j ed States to intimidate political adver-! Isaries, and to advance the interests of jtheirown political party. : The Legislature alone are authorizj ed to call upon tiie President for j troops, unless in case of rebellion : when the members of the Legislature are prevented fiom assembling in conI frequence of the armed intervention of j the people. There is now nothing | nor ever has been anything to prevent [the Legislature from assembling at any time upon the call of the (Jovern: or.' He knows that every single mem Uam 1 nnriolntlirn m li J lw? i f? ( nt\m I J lumbitt witliin three days after a uroj clamation to assemble. The truth is, [Governor Chaniherlain has usurped unwarranted powers and trampled 011 j our liberties and slandered the people j I whose good name lie should protect, i He knows there were no circumstances j !<>f the public peace demanding the*j j proclamation, and no one knows better than he does, that the Legislature : j would not endorse his aet in issuing i ir. This is tho oul.v reason ho does I not assemble the Legislature. There never was a time in the his! torv of this people, that their rulers ' traduced them, until this Radical car- ' I pet-bag Governor came from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Since 1 I he has removed the mask our people I are aide to see him in all his de- 1 i formity. Let every lover of his coun-;' j try redouble his energy in the effort to | free the State from the hand of the rulers who would rob and traduce us. We do not deserve the name of South Carolinians if we allow this alien to remain in power. We are ready for any sacrifice; wej! are ready for any deeds of daring for, our country's sake. We mean no war!1 with the authority of the State or of| the United States, but vie mean to H cfrct 11010 men to ojficc in South Caro- j: Una. Our people are determined; upon this and all the soldiers of the ' Union will not divert us from our fixed purpose. Mr. Chamberlain may j call this treason if he chooses, but the ' truth and the fact remain. Governor Chamberlain who has so long Controlled his negro unionleagues, and by them has so often riddon into power in South Carolina would now call the soldiers of thu Union to prevent the respectable white people of the commonwealth of South Caro!!..? 1.1 nmrniil'/inir rmlitirvil fllllw >1111 I.v.... .......... ~ in the interest of democracy. Is this I not a despotism greater than any ever I before attempted upon any people on j the face of the globe? ! Governor Chamberlain has virtually proclaimed that it is treason for the citizens of South Carolina to organize j Democratic clubs. Does he deny the allegation? We have the proof. The people of Abbeville County will, with greater energy, with more determination, and at greater hazards I titan ever before, work to oust this j tyrant from office, that we may place . a*t the helm a standard-bearer worthy of the Palmetto State. I ? Abbeville Democratic by n Majority of One Thousand. Our Democratic cluba now have the j immes of seven hundred and forty colored men, as shown by the report's | of the various clubs to the President of the County Club, which is enough to give us the election. That we will yet make accessions to our ranks from the Republican party, and that there will be many colored Republicans who will stay away from the polls no one doubts, and without some great revolution in public sentiment between now and the 7th of November, the Democratic majority in this County will be at least one thousand. We are no enthusiast, but have made the calculation from what may be regardj ed as unquestionable facts. There are j in Abbeville County 2,1)00 white voters | and 4,175 colored voters. The colored I majority being 1 ,-75. Take from the colored vote, 4175, the 740 colored men | who have joined our ranks and tlmt I will leave them 3,435. Add the 740 colored Democrats to the white list and you have 3,040, which will give the Democrats a majority of 205. Jt is safe to say that 400 or 500 more of collored men will join yet us, which will jgive us a mujority of one thousand or i more. Of course no man can tell with certainty what will be the result of an (election in these times, but if our people still maintain their enthusiasm iuiid their determination, Abbeville ! may be safely set down us Democratic jby'one thousand majority. All of lUrant'H and Chamberiain's bayonets {cannot prevent the colored people from voting with lis. Many of them i are determined 011 it and will not be intimidated. *<? Cotton and VVak. ?The ominous i war cloud that is treatening to burst i over European Turkey bodes 110 good I for the cotton States. Jf Britain, ! Russia and the other powers of Kuj i;ope become involved in the gigantic j war that seems unavoidable, the ef: feet will be very damaging lo Southi ern interests while the commerce of the I North, in manufactures, boadstnil's, 'munitions of war and ocean eiurvinir, will be greatly benefitted. War inj Kurope means silence in the loom-1 ."hops of Lancashire, and a confceiqueut lowering of the price of cotton :! I?Another reason for sowing oats and: (other small grain. Old King cotton j i must abdicate. I It is very gratifying to every true Carolinian to observe the interest) : which the friends of justiceand liberty j j every where take in the redemtion ofj j .South Carolina. Prominent ainonyj j the sympathisers of South Carolina! are the Sew York llcrald and the! ?Vwrt. and hundreds of other newspa-j . ners of smaller pretensions. The! Ij-Icrn/d is certainly doing great pood, | by the able end fearless editorials in j : our beluilf'. | Catching It.?The Northern pa-! pers are giving Gov. Chamberlain I some hard licks on account of the un-j just and slanderous nature of his proclamation and the course he is pursuing. Every Judge In the Slate lias put a black spot over Daniel's eyes, and now he sings the plaintive air: "I fool like one who trevris r.lono I Some bunijuet hull dcHurtwl," ! k Bulls BM ftm tie OiMfleJ' I Sads on the Stumi3. I Speeches by Auditor W. X. Tal't, Hon. j Ij. Cass Carpenter, i'rol". it. T. i ( reencr, Hon. J. II. Tolbert. The Republican meeting on! Wednesday is regarded l>v the Uepub-! licans as a good meeting. About1 two thousand colored men, wo- i men and children were in at-j tendance, quiet and orderly in ev- j wry respscct. MY. T. X. Tolbert was I chairman of the meeting, which was j held at the colored Fair grounds. j Mr. T. N. Tolbert, after a few re- j marks congratulatory for the privi-j lege of meeting so many of his fellow i citizens to discuss with freedom the J greit political topics of the day, in- ! troduced \\\ X. Taft, white, County j Auditor for Charleston. v.*. N. TAFT was glad to speak to the Abbe-j ville people; was highly pleased to j sco so many here ; wished to see mem i prosperous and happy; was no advoeute of violence or race feeling; if| they don't know how to vote in ten I years, they ought not to he free; said! tins and he meant it; denied that] Democrat* were better friends to the j colored people than llepumicans; Democrats say that you pay the tax-; es; then why should they complain ?i know you are willing to pay the tax- { es; Chamberlain deprecated the necessity of sending for troops; he bears the fault when Democrats are to blame; the Governor was loth to have the soldiers here; last year the Dem-j ocrats besieged the Governor's otfice;| a colored man couldn't get in but things are different now; the colored man has a chance; Chamberlain had tried to give good Government to South Carolina but the Democrats wouldn't let him; it was cheek in Colonel Haskell to offer the rifle clubs to the Governor to maintain the iK>net>; the Democrats held their con vcntlon with closed doors; nobody! knew what they did in secret session ; i the Republican convention was hc-ld | with open doors: Col. Haskell wuthere; telegraphs and rilles began to J click; Democrats took courage; E!li-j ott fought Chamberlain; Democrats) were to get the benefit; the nominations have been made; he commended the ticket for the choice and wisdom of the convention ; was here for that purpose. The chairman next introduced Hon. L.Cass Carpenter, candidate for congress, from Litis District. L. CASS CAItPENTElt said it had been his misfortune heretofore to be at assemblages where they were forced to divide time; he had been compelled to speak to Democrats instead of Republicans; to-day would speak only to Republicans, unless others chose to listen respectfully; fair chance all he asked ; he wanted to ; speak when there was no one to intimidate or to make afraid; all free and equal; wanted nobody to dictate j to him with a pistol. He had lately mingled with the peo-j pie of the North ; Republicans would carry every Northern Slate because they believed we could not have a fair j election; they wanted free speech, j free prost, free ballot; if any! colored man desired to vote Dein-j ncratic ticket, it was all right with him; if anybody expected him to use bitter epithets against Democrats ho was mistaken; he wouldn't foul his mouth with such i words as he had heard from political) opponents; if he couldn't win by a J leeent use of English he would* be I beaten: he had no disposition to excite angry passions, but would appeal to fair argument ,* he was a lie-) publican because It was the party of: progress and liberty; that Hag protects though oceans intervene; that! government also reaches down here, j lie called attention to what took place eight years; homestead law, >">U0 of personal property exempted j from sale ; Democrats say the country | is going to ruin; this isn't true; he; had information from Col. Dodamead to the ellect that 37,000 more bales of I'ottou were shipped over the (i. (J. It. It. last year than ever before; is this prosperity or bankruptcy? sees * : .. '.'.r. Kn.l ?li*f tlI I Ii() fiiai'Y J hi; lUCl"* IlVlf, HUM iiwv nvi-n them; saw faces whoowned IiuhI and homes, who never owned them before; it is true also that some men are poorer now, but thousands are better oti". Referred to the high encomiums passed a year agon poll Governor Chamberlain by the Abbeville papers and the iV'evs and Courier; they tried to keep the Democratic party from nominating Hampton; they then preferred Chamberlain ; why this sudden change of front si nee the nomination of Hampton? Why this bitter abuse of the man whom they praised so highly a few months ago? Has Indole anything to merit it? [A voice from the crowd "they Want us to vote [ for Hampton."] The apparent change of sentiment is not real; we want no pistols to change your votes on the 7th of November. The speaker gave Gen. Hampton; credit for trying to keep the peace; wished he coulu say as much for many others who should have been equally ! > "fti'so (if iio.'iff said lie groes didn't vote in Georgia because Democrats wouldn't let them; they didn't vole at all; do you call that freedom? he didn't; in South Curolina different; they voted here as they pleased. Mr. T. N. Tolhert said the time lmd come when every man could express whatever political opinions lie might hold, without fear, and he said he took "great pleasure in introducing to you a distinguished representative of the colored race, the talented ami educated Professor II. T. Greener of the South Carolina University." II. T. GRKKXrcn come forward and said he felt thank-: ful for the liberal feelings of the North, for the privilege of being here;! they were liberal in their feelings to all men ; beloved that lla?r before it gave him protection ; he was no politi-j cian, however, but bad laid aside his J books and taken leave of the school room for a week to contribute what! little was in his power to the great cause of liberty and republicanism in So'ith Carolina ; this meeting was dif-1 ferent from fcooie meetings he had attended in the low country, where the Democrats had insisted upon a division of time; the Democrats surprise oil im l>v the unexnected anoearauce of their cavalry and speakers at our meeting at Hopkins'; we were hacked there; hut at Gadsden the Democrats fared differently; every Republican speaker that day whipped liis man in argument, facts, and kindness; he was not afraid of joint discussion when done calmly and with the courtesy common nuion^ gentlemen ; he knew that he was on the right side and his Republican friends had the ability to present their cause before any meeting; the Republican doctrine was like the Bible; no matter when or where you opened it, you would find something new?the Democracy was the same old story; the negro curried his politics in his face ; you know it by the crimp of his hair; you have to ask a white man what he is ; lie could not see how a negro could he a Democrat, and did not believe j that any negro was a Democrat. He was opposed to the Democratic party (irst, last, and all the time; he had no words of censure for the mis guided men who fought in the rebellion ; he had the highest respect for their greatest leader, General Lee, whose character commanded the admiration of all the American people; President Davis was a second class] leader and it was through his contracted ideas, his contrariness and his narrow-mindedness more than to the force of Federal arms that the Southern Confederacy failed of success. it was cnaracrerisuc 01 tne .democrats to put up men whom we can hit every time; they had agood chance to nominate good men for President and j Vice-President, but they made a mistake as usual; Samuel j. Tilden is cor-J rupt; he helped to saddle a debt of; $100,000,000on the State of New York; lie was Secretary for Tweed in his big! steals and knew all ahout the swiu-i dling rings in New York; he had' irntlon rich liy corruption; shared! willi Tweed in his plunder until he] was ritrh, and now he had concluded! to become resectable by'turning iu-j former; he despised that character; j the Democrats taunt us with Grant-: hi?i ; we can taunt them with Tweed-! ism ; the Democrats have a great way | of assuming to themselves credit fori all honest acts, whether performed i by themselves or not; to bring the; matter closer home, spoke of the arro-i jounce or' ex-Governor Perry in his let-; ter to Governor Chamberlain. i Hampton was as much a Missisip-j pian as a Carolinian; his property! was in Mississippi. lie respected Wade Hampton as a1 gentleman and a soldier, hut he did not believe Hampton was willing to give the negroes their rights; lie denied the truth of his statements thatj he soon after the war was willing toi accord the right to vote to the negro ;! he contradicted Hampton's statement! upon the authority of Beverly Nushi who went to the General soon after] the war and offered him otTlee, but he j wouldn't have "anything to do with: thib rotten government." He said Tilden and Hendricks en-j tcrtaineil entirely different views on the money question and didn't see; how the Democrats reconciled the two ; extremes unless it was because they! were all ri??ht on the subject of the j carpet-bagge.\ These gentlemen were! certainly on opposite sides of the fence on the money question. The Democrats had tried everything to get iu power; tirst liberal Conservatism; second, lie form ;' third, Democracy; they had shifted i back to first principles; anyother name] would suit him better, as Democrats! " 1..J nn UHMJglU llt'giuca iiuu mi ngi.ra white men were bound to respect. The o Ulcers of the State have been without pay for six months because! the Republicans were magnanimous enough to receive from white Democrats two hundred thousand dollars of the bilis of the bank of the State in payment of taxes. The university of South Carolina had been open for two years for the admission of students of both races; when a boy cotues there the Professors do not look at him as a white man or a black man, but as the prospective man; they came in the rough state but leave polished and tilted for the highest duties of life; the standard of scholarship is more rigorous and much harder Jto attain now than it was twenty yearH ago; in the "good old times" lots of follows scraped through without learning much ; they couldn't do it now: he iiad heard Wade Hampton say he was willing for the schools to remain as they are, but lie hadn't heard him say lie wished the University to remain as it is; he had been listening to hear it; his ears were pricked ; he was not one to make the issue of mixed education ; he was educated in itie rsorcn; sai on me smn? son, uuu the soil of Hie grout Democratic headlight George II. Pendleton, was at school with Uroesbeck's son and a sod of Charles Francis Adams; his contact wllli them never injured them or detracted from his own learning; he was the first negro that graduated at Harvard College ; claimed tliat the negro boys were equal iu intellect to the white boys. Proscription is a two-edged .word ; was surprised at the imprudence of Democrats to nay they would not give employment to Republicans, and he was astonished that they even printed it; he denied in the most positive terms that this means of intimidation is used in the North except perhaps in a v e ry fe w ins ta n ces. He paid his respects to the Judges who had gone back on the party; was glad liiey had lel't the party; if they have not faith in the party he wished them elsewhere ; he didn't like political traitors; if we are to go down, Jet us go like men. Judge Cooke was the first man to bring Klliott forward as a candidate for Attorney-General. He went to Klliolt's house early one morning before lie was out oi ueu, anu urged him to become a candidate; told JClliott lie owed it to his race to take the olllce, as be wus a aepresentati ve mail of bis race. The colored race was not without record; the colored people unuided had achieved their liberty in Hayii and San Domingo. Mr Isaac White colored then introduced Hon. John It. Tolbert, nominee for Superintendent of Education. JOHN it. TOLltKUT was on bis native heath. We met in the sunlight of liberty with equal rights before the law; was a native scalawag and was not ashamed of the cognomen ; he welcomed this great assembly to this great meeting or "political love-feast," as the Democratic leader called it; he laid been rather badly treated by some of his Democratic friends and his feelings had been trampled upon but he had no animosity to anybody; he proposed to advocate the election of Hayes and Wheeler, he advocated their election because he thought them the best men, and the heat interests of the country would bo promoted by their elevation to oltice; he hud followed (Jen. Hampton to the "jumping off place;" he would do so no more; would follow Daniel il. Chamberlain to the "jumping oil' place," and then, if necessary, jump oil' with him; Gen. McGowau is a gentleman, a scholar and a liberal Democrat; he was a man that all could respect; Republicans us well as Democrats, honored him?the country honored him. Mr. Tolbert said ho had met Republicans in the gullies,, swamps and bypaths at night, by dim lights; he thanked God he could meet them today in the sunlight of heaven. He knew General lJutler; would walk twenty yards to shake hands with him now, he was the Raid "Eagle" of South Carolina Democracy. | He had gicat respect for that liag and the next time he went "fooling J around" it would be under the stars laud stripes; it meant peace?meekeyed peace; ho was a Republican I from conviction ; he couldn't lie anything else; he was a friend to tbe country and hud tried to get white nten to build up the party, but they wouldn't go with us. He advised the ipeoplc to pick out the best men in the t Republican party to fill the offices. | Democratic Conventions met in secret session ; their leaders' hopes realal.ized full fruition ; Hampton was called ; became; he only wanted a place to lay his bones on the soil of South Carolina; the elements struck fire in three weeks after the nomination ; the ajr became pregnant with Democratic fervor; it hasn't rained since; until the nomination of Hampton, Chamberlain was the people's choice; he respected Hampton personally; he was i liiu filil (?u>immirlur Mr. Tolbert said that lie had 1 ivo<? here forty years, ami intended to live here until he saw South Carolina thoroughly .Republican ized ; the best elements rallied to his support two years ago, and voted for him ; they wouldn't speak to hitu now; why the change? The Democrats had a good deal to say about Wins Arnold ; he was not a Democrat, but a good Republican, <&e; the Democrats said all Republicans | were dishonest; lie followed the Dem|oerats ten years, until he lost all he | had ; he was going to do so no longer. | Democrats hated Republicans because they had the manhood to express ' (lw.il. ll'.lu Vtflllillir tl 1 jlllV'll WLI > 1ULMMJO | V* ?*rj >' Jiiiu^ v\? \AI ! vide time" every day ; can answer ail j their arguments; wanted fair discussion; knew his rights beneath the United States flag: you're going to vote tiie Radical ticket or die. Did you always do it? Didn't you do it '(iH. Are the Democrats transformed angels? they took up Carpenter; afterwards tried Green; now they have gobbled up horn, hoof, hide ami all; took it all to themselves and put no colored man on their ticket; what's the use of talking to yon about voting that tieket ? 1 know you wont do it; 1 Jove Abbeville county; you've got material in the Republican party to Jill all the offices ; you can put up a ticket that can beat, this Democratic O ITutiirni^oiif ? hueii llui T knhi/un'ulc tv/\t money enough to buy a hundred votes; we are poor; but we can't be bought; you were worth a thousand dollars to your masters before the war ; are you not now worth n* much to your families? Let us work together ; shoulder to shoulder; put the best men in office, whether carpet-bagger or not. The Grime at Cainlioy. ISEOCKING DETAILS OP THE BAR-j; BARITY OF THE NEGROES. l! Fnrtlicr Accounts from t'uc Scene of the Attack. It will bo remembered, as was slated in yesterday's paper, that it had been agreed that neither party should carry ;;uns or rilli's to the place of meeting. "Thewhites kept their faith, and the negroes apparently did likewise, but only apparently, as the sequel showed. The riot began while McKinlay was speaking. The negroes had not kept faith | with the whites. They had brought their inuskets to the meeting and had secreted them in the swamp unci in an nw ouiijoumu i near the church, leaving a guard over thorn. It seems clear that the negroes intended to create a riot when Colonel Delanv should attempt to speak. They probably mistook Mclvinlay for Delany, and, as soon as he started to speak, began to carry out their programme. A company of armed blacks immediately marched out of the swamp with their arms and opened lire upon the whites, who were unarmed, and a portion of whom at once made a rush for the old frame building, in which about forty muskets were piled. Then the rest of the negroes retreated to the swamp, where their guns were eorcealcd, and, seizing them opened a brisk and indiscriminate lire upon the whites. Bowen attempted, or affected to attempt, to interfere and preserve the peace, but was told by his black henchman, Cyrus Gaillard, to stand out of the way; that! they intended to get the damned white moil now. Both Bowen and Mclvinlay J disappeared soon after, Bowen telling the white men that tlioy would have to look out for themselves, and that he was powerless to preserve the peace. j In the meantime Colonel Delany, Mr. ! Win. K. Simmons and several other aged white men had taken refuge in the brick I house adjoining the church. Under the I rapid tire poured into them the whites had retreated to the graveyard west of the church, such of them as bad pistols returning the lire. The negro militia (charged out of the swamp, surrounded the | brick house ami attempted to batter down tho door. Failing in tills they broke open I tho windows and pointed their muskets at. the occupants who started to retreat. . All of them escaped except Mr. Simmons, an old, ctipplcd and silver-haired man, who upon emerging from tho door, was knockj ed down by tho black savages and literally boaten to death. Not satisfied with this they fired it load of buck shot into his prostrate body. After the fight" commenced tho whites retreated toward* me vuu^v. jv stuuu was made anions the tombstones and another about half way to the village among piies of cut wood. When the party arrived at the village about six men were missing, Three of these were brought in | in tiio evening about 8 o'clock by a cou| pic of colored Democrats who visited the i scene. The dead body of Mr. SimmoiiH j was horridly mutilated, j Mr. Win.*,Daly, a young white Charlcs; Ionian, was also brought in dead, lie j was shot through the neck, received tliirI ty-three buck shot in his breast and was } fearfully cut up by a hatchotor axe. ! Mr. Thomas Whitakcr was brought in | in a dying condition. J lis right arm was fearfully shattered by a load of buckshot, evidently fired at short range. After he j fell he was evidently set upon by the crowd and beaten over the head and body ; with clubs and hatchets. He lived until j '2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Before dyj ing he dictated the following letter to his aged mother, who lives in tiiis city: My Dear Mother?1 am very seriously wounded. They took oil' my shoes and cursed me for a d?d Democrat, saving that I came here to raise a row. I told Jthcmldid no such thing; that 1 only j came hero to hear the speaking. I send I my love. I wish I could come to see you, | and 1 will do so if I am ever able. 1 am i trvinir to nut mv trust in the Lord, and I hope to be foigiven my sins and meet you in heaven. Thomas Witarkr. j" The forty won who had been loft to j>ro: teet the women and children at the village i won; found encamped around the resiI donee of the Rev. E. C. Logan, where all j the ladies and children of the village had I been collected. The wounded were lying j in the chape! attached to the residence, j and every ore of them had not only been horridly mutilated, hut they as well as the ! dead, had been robbed of their clothing. | Hats, shoes, stockings, coats and vests j were taken, and every one's pockets wore j rilled. Mr. Simmons'leg was smashed so that when the men who carried his body to the boat attempted to lift him, (ho j leg benlover above the knee. He had no j arms with him at the time of the riot. | The ladies in the house bestowed every atteution upon the wounded, who were laid upon mi.ttresscs in the chapel, the j cushions from the altar being used fortlie |purpo.se. The mattresses were literally soaked in bltod. Mr. A'exander McNeill and Mr. John Kinur, thoformer wounded in the groin, and the latter in the abdomen, have sinee died from the effects of their wounds. The following is a lull list of the i white mi:x killed: Mr. Wm. E. Simmons,Mr. Alexander M. XeiM, Mr. Win. JVly, Mr. Thomas Whitakcr, Mr. J. King and Mr. Walter j Graddick. The households in which the dead and wounded lay yesterday presented sad .spectacles, indeed. Wives were weeping over husbands, mothers over sons, and brothers and sisters over brothers. tilk wounded whttek. Mr. Alexander McNeill, the very wori thy shoemaker who lived in King street, was shot in the groin and badly beaten, then robbed of his shoes, coat aiid watch. His brief recital of his sufferings and the > long and toilsome journey he had to make. | after the blacks had shot and beat him, to lifl "Iinlfl ffftl li-m : | n\U'U a |i'Miu i>nuiu. iiu porlation to the city, was really heart| rending. He died last evening, leaving a family very scantily provided for as, lie was a* poor Jian dependent on his daily earnings. (.'apt. 0. Carroll White, the well known pilot, was in hod yesterday with a wound in theshoulder, and was in so ninch pain > that heconllonly bo relieved with opiates. The ball could not he found when the wound was probed. The wound will probably keep the Captain in bed and at homo for several weeks. Mr. Sam L. Bennetti> suffering from [ inllamationof the foot. Ilis son, A. <1. I Bennett, is also suduring much from the ! buckshot wounds ho received. } Messrs. Ir. J'. Crouch, Win. Smith, K. A. Cobia, Klmoro Dukes and J. Larissey [ were doing well, and will soon bo all ! right. i Mr. Lowis .Tows was confined to bed, ' and hemorrhage was feared during the j day. It did not occur, however. M r. J. King, who was shot in the stomach, and brought to the city, lingered until hist night and died. The deceased was a carpenter l:v trade, a native of Massachusetts, ainfhad lived in this city for a ! number of years. He was nearly 50years of age. Mr. V.". Hampton Smith was suffering from the painful wound he got in thearm. ; I low lie escaped deatli is wonderful, conisiderincthe manner in which his coat j whs riddled. j Mr. W. St. Jullen .Terve.v's wound proved slight, !i!i(l beyond the tcmornry pain it caus! ed him will not. trouble* ldin. , Mr. David Pregnall is badly Injured, und I will lie laid up lor some time. The remain!) of Mr. Walter Graddiek were | hrouuht to the city hist night. Jle died o( i wounds and the severe heating lie received. Up to last night there had been in all six deaths and sixteen persons were injured on ; tin: Iicmoeritie side OiilNO TO THE Sl'ENK OF THE FIOIIT. At sunrise the party from the city full in and started out for the mvu?' of the light. In the swamp about a mile *!:-!=inI from the church the pickets found a yoium man named Walter Graddiek, who, like tin. rest of the I wounded, was fearfully beaten, and. of i course, stripped of his clothing and robbed ot every! hi in: he had 011 his person, lie was ii.Isensible, having lain In tlseswainpali ni. lit. 1 His right eye was coinplety gouged out an! 1 lie h:ul received several terrib'e gashes 0:1 hiI head. lie was brought to ilie city on the I steamer which left the city about 0 o'clock. I and has Kinre died. itKArniNn Tin-: wi;nk. The detail under the command of Major ' IJuist reached the I'.riek ( hureh (about S o'clock Tuesday mornin;;. Un every side | were to be seen Mat'Vvidejiecs of'llic ti?jht o( j the day previous. *A dozen wagons and bus| a?tes overturned and smashed up, a dead j mule, shot through the lireast, Imllet lioles in I the trees and buildings, all proved how >evero liad been the lire of the black militia. ONK DEAD NKUUO was seen. He was an old man, apparently ajred aboait 70 years, amd was lyini; in the road quite dead, with & load of oiackxhot in I his breast. His name is John J-nehiotte. I Mr. J. \V. C'unnon, who wa< present at the atI tack. states that tilts was the fellow who shot Mr. Wliituker, and that In: was immediately shot down, but whether by the whites or one 1 ,.r a*it fnl/m- 11 u*iir ininossible to tell. A significant fact is Hint llic negroes bad evi-n j robbed this old num. His coat and pants I wore not worth taking,but they had cnrrled | off his siioes and hat, :uid had rifled his poekjelsnndleft his body lyinson the road along j side of the body ol' a dead mule. lU'RTIXCI Tit K NKORO. About 3 o'clock n body of flfieen armed negroes cinnc up and asked permission to remove the body and bury it. They were allowed to do so. These fifteen negroes were the only ones seen durini; tin; day. The force of white citizens, after reaching the scene of attack, were divided into sqniuis and scattered through the parish In search of Mr. J'regnall, who wus missing. The mission was a fruitless one. They only learned that Mr l'reirnall, after belir; badly wounded, was rescued from the mob ly a colored man and carried to the eity In a pinall boat. It was subsequently learned thill Mr. rregnell had eached the city'. The attack upon the whites was DELIIJBRA.TELY PLANNED. Mr. .Tcfiords, whrt lives nt Calnlioy, told the j i reporter that sis far back as ten days ago a ne- j ;ro named Ceorge IJrady told him that lie illd not want to see any of his (Mr. Jellbrd's; family hurt, and that there would be trouble when this meeting took place. Mr. Jetlbrdsl further says that Tie came to the city upon 1 the receiptor this Information and endeavor- j ed to see some of the Democratic Kxccutlve I Committee, but failed to tind them. AFFIDAVITS. The following ailldavlts were made yesterday by gentlemen wiio were on tin* field and saw the commencement and end of the Jight: Geo. Hi vers Walker, who, being duly i > worn says: "I lirst saw the negroes firing with muskets into unarmed whites, or men with pocket pistols only. I saw Abraml Smith, Trial Justice, (colored,) tiring three shots at running men, who appeared unarmed. After the tirst volley there was a cessasion for a short while. C. U. Howen, Kepuhiican, ottered to go witli any white man among the negroes and pacify thein. I volunteered. We went among them; Howen told them to 'stop this.' There was no tiring at this time. Cyrus GaiHard ran past Howen and myself, and urged and incitcd the negroes to begin tiring again. They did so, and began sifier a few shots to Are at me though I had gone.among them at the invitation of their leader, C. C. Jtowen, as a peacemaker.: How I escaped in safety, dodging among the trees, is more than h misteryto me. The whites, being almost unarmed, made little or no resistance. I saw the. wounded men brought In, hacked so that most of them must die, with a hatchet or some blunt instrument, while left on the field." J. C. Royce, being (list duly sworn, testified as follows: "I saw the first shot fired at the Brick Church, St. Thomas and St. Dennis, on [ the 19th of October, 1K70. I am positive it was ilreil by the negroes. Xo gun was seized by the Butler Guards until the negroes, with cocked muskets, were advacniug on the whites." William R. Venning, Jr., being duly sworn, deposes ns follows: "On the lttthday of October, A. D. 1S7.1, 1 was at the Brick Clinch. St. Thomas and St. Dennis; it was before tho arrival of the Democrats. C. C. Bowen had arrived in advance of them. The negroes had almost all arrived, aud were mostly armed with muskets. ] heard the negroes say: 'If Delany speaks we'll have a row and take hlin down.' C. C. Bowen said distinctly in my hearing: 'Conceal your muskets.' They (tfie negroes) at once did so until the row begun, when they Jerked I them out and bejran 11 rinil 011 the whites, who were mostly unarmed, and those who were arined only with pocket pistols. I saw the row begin. The negroes suddenly run for (heir arms and be^an charging the whites | with muskets at full cock before a shot was i Hired. And I solemnly state that it is my firm belief that they tired tin* first shot. 1 was in a position to see the contrary had It occurred, and I am sure the negroes Ilred first; but even were I wrong, no white man fired until th? negroes were advancing on tlieni with muskets presented as aforesaid.' When the reporter left Cainhoy last night, the white citizens who had left for Cainhoy on Monday night had returned to the city, having been relieved by a body of about seventy-five gentlemen from the city, who remained there ail night to guard the women and children. Dr. ilorlbeck remained at the village: l.?r. Simmons returned to the city. Up to the hour of the departure of the steamer. no noirrocs were seen In the neighborhood. It was supposed timt tlicy hud nil Collected at Daniel's Island, some ten miles from the vilIcce, where they were under arms.?AVuv* mirl Courier, W/i. nRATEN BV HIS OWN r.YKBYDick Williams, a colored man, a reputed mom her of the ilunkidori Club, and a | prominent ward rallier l'or the Radical I party, went to Cain hoy on the boat on Monday. Ho returned on Tuesday morning with a broken head. lie stated yesterday to a reporter that he was beaten by tin; negro barbarians, ami when asked why thoy had beaten hitn, said that they took him for a Democrat; that some oY them said that all mulattoes were Democrats, and they started to kill him, and would have done so, had lie not made his political status known. This is a confirmation of the fact that the row was started by the negroes, who evidently mistook McKinlay for Col. Delany; and it is strong confirmation of the 'statement which lias been already made in this paper, that the settled purpose of the ignorant masses ol Radical negroes is, if the opportunity occurs, to kill all of their race who have the i manhood to think and act for themselves. TIT" KITK.'.T OS THE XEJr.OiiS. The negroes in the city were jubilant yesterday, ami even the colored women shared the feeling. Ata Republican ineet; ins u* a ''all in Queen street, cheers were : given for Cainhoy. It is due to the more I respectable portion of the colored people, i however, to say that, realizing the evil j consequences of occurrences, they earnestj ly condemn tiie conduct of the black men I who have brought such trouble upon the , city. TUK WOI.F TOT,D TO T.AKK CACE OF THE I. A M lis. Governor Chamberlain on Tuesday sent the following dispatch to Sheriff Bowen: ('OJjfMI'iA, S. C., Oct. 17, I'J::50, I?. M. . Hon. (!. C. Jiowcn, Sheriff: I have no details of the Cainhoy affair, but whatever they are you must arrest and bring to justice at once every man engaged in the' killing, without regard to race or parly. See that the trial justices do their duly, or report them to me. Warrants must be issued immediately. Call on every eye-witness or person having knowledge to make allidavits. D. H. Chamberlain, < Jovernor. The following was Sheriff Ho wen's of j neiai account 01 mu "general row at (.'aiulioy: To Governor I). II. Chamberlain, Columbia, S. C.: A light, during joint discussion at Cainhoy, wasoccasioned by a portion oJ' the Democrats from the city attacking the meeting and killing an old colored man. This was the first shot fired; afterwards a general row enaucd. C. C. Bowcn, Shoritr. ; UNITED STATUS TROOPS ON THE GROUND* | C'iiari.hston, October 10.?A company j of the 18th United States infantry proceed o?l to Cainhoy ami encamped at the village, relieving the guard from Charleston, who have remained Ui$re night and day .since Monday last. ' ' /> Cameron's Order. I C'amkkox, Secretary of War, under I dato of Oct. 17, issues the following order to (Jen. snkhman : j "Sin?In view oi' the existing condition of affairs in South Carolina, tiiere is a possibility that the proclamation of the President of this date may he disregarded. To provide against such a contingency, von will immediately order all the available force in tiie military division of the I Atlantic to report to General Knger, coinj inanding at Columbia, S. O., and instruct that otlicer to station his troops in such localities that they may most speedily and | effectually be used in case iff resistance to ! the authority of the United States. It is ! hoped that a collision may thus be avoidjed, but you will instruct General Kugcr to let it be known that it is the tixed purpose of the government to carry out lully the s|*i it of the proclamation, and to sustain it by the niUitary force of the general government, supplemented, if necessary, by the militia of the various States." This order, of course, is all for effect. Cam iohon knows, as well as he known his own name, that the President's proclainaj lion will not be disregarded if there be | any necessity for obedience to its mandates; but we flcny that there exists any ["unlawful and insurrectionary proceeding" on the part of the people of South J Carolina. ! Programme for a Grand JUass Meeting at .Ninety-Six Court. NIXETY-SIX, S. r\, Oct. II, 1.470. I At n mooting ??f tloleifntos from DemountLir ' Clubs iii the Counties of Abbeville, Kdgorleld i Newberry and Laurens. hold at Xincty-Six i lo-diiy. 10. S. Hale was called to the Chair I ami 'l'hos. I,. Moore requested to act as Secetary. Itrsolvr.d, 1st. Thut wo have a Mass Mooting ! of iho Democracy of the four counties at the "Old Ninety-Six Fort" on the :(lst day oi j October. I :;d. Thiil the following named gentlemen he Invited to address tlie meeting: Judge* ! Cooke and Maekey, J. 1*. Moore, Fsq., lien, ! .las. Connor. Hugh S. Thomson, Ksq., witli ! (Jen. Mo'Sowau and Col. Cothrati. of Al/oej ville; Uen. M. C. Hutlerand .1. C. Shoppard j Esq., of Kdgcllcld; A. W. Moore and Is". (J. j .1 ionics, J'lsq., 1.aureus; (.'ol. J. N. Llpsoomfc ! una Y. .1. l'opo, Ksq., of Newberry. And thai ,j allof the candidates of the four Counties an ' invited andexpeeted to he present. ' ::d. That foe following named gentlemen be ! appointed a Committee to collect funds l'roin their several ciubs for defraying the expense? mi the meeting: Abbeville?.1. T. Parks,.I. W. Green, O. M J iodises. 1'. II. Adams, \\\ Tell Henderson and ; i . I.. .Voore. lli'rcSiold?Wr. I/. Durst, Vm. Ilaltiwnnger I K. M. Whatloy, \V. L. Stevens, F. U. Martin, ! |)i. 1 i::s amis. A. Crawford. i t\ewiii sry?D. V. Scurry and J. R. Irwin. ' I.aur<*its - Hugh Lcnmn.T. U. Anderson, J. C. Coul; ;i'I !!. D. Cunningham. ] And thai <!. T. Jackson be requested to acl i as Trcasiiri v. i lth. That rapt. J. N. King be appointed [ Chief Mar:-liai. with f'apt..!. T. Parks,of Abbeville, Capt. Scott sheppard, of F.dgeticld, ! ('apt..I. II. And- rson, of Laurens, ami ('apt. ' W. \V. W allace, of Newberry, Assistant ar; shals. The following gentlemen are appointed ' AUIs-de-Canip to the Chief Marshal, and are requested to rcp>rt at Ninety-Six at 8 o'clock 'A. M. on the.'tlst: v. Cunningham, J. K. i Iturst, italph llozoman and 11. ! '. Fuller. | fith. The silver < ornet ltaml and the Color| cd lirass Hand, of Abbeville are invited to furnish music lor the occasion. (ith. Tin* < lubs from Abbeville. I,aureus IIIMI .M'WIK'ri J l. I'll II1 irn ?lll iqmivak .'inr^ six ill ! o'clock A. M. on (tic :ilst. and the ; flulls ironi KdKOilold County will report at , Cuinhririue Creek at the same hour. j "tli. Tliiitf\'f. \ hiiily, white and colored, in i the four Counties are respectt'ul'y invited to I be present. The ladles are especially invited. K. S. HAL1-J, Chairman, j Thos. L. Moore, Secretary. Trip i?rpfitpst livine orator in Abbe I ville county is William Holland, our j member of the Legislature from Nine! ty-Six. We heard him speak on Monday night in the Court House. Don't forget the' big meeting at 'Ninety-Six ou the ."1st. Northern Public Opinion, t t COMMENTS OF THE PRESS ON o GRANT'S EXTAORDINARY i . PROCLAMATION. y \ The Democrats Earnestly Advised to Persevere in their Self-Restraint. [From the New York Herald.] ] We hope the Democratic leaders will J command the peace, for it depends upon , thoni. Governor Chamberlain evidently | has no intention to look after good order < in the State, and the Federal government i takes his view of the situation. The only J course to be pursued then is to afford no pretence for the use of the troops and to let all violence come from those who are loudest in demanding protection. The boot will thus bo completely transferred to the other leg. It is better l'or the Democrats to suiler now and sho^self restraint by avoiding retaliation, than to meet disorder and lawlessness with similar conflm*. Violence has no nlace in the Demo cratic plan, and, in fact, would only mar and derange it. The Democrats cannot retort to violence without Hinging the negro voters into Chamberlain's arms; They must prevail by argument, by impressivo speeches and by such iiulucej merits as the colored voter, and not ho on4y, but the ignorant voter everywhere, is amendable to. To give man a day's work on election day with the object of keeping him from the polls is not ah unknown device in Northern States. It is only when it becomes common that it attracts general attention. Such devices, it is true, are not very honorable to the "independent voter" who is intiuenced by them, nor are they particularly creditable to those who employ them; but they aftord no ground for Feuerel interference, and nobody, North or South, will care much how far these practices ex end if the peace is preserved and if tlio privileges ol all who have the will to exorcise them are protected. The War Upon South Carolina. [From the rhilndelphia Times] In sheer desperation the administration has met tiie demands of the most desper! ate of Southern Republicans by an Executive proclamation preliminary to a declaration of martial law in South Carolina. This action of the President, wiili the advice and consent of the Cabinet, is revolutionary and worse?it is madness. The ' state of affairs portrayed in the preamble does not exist. No insurrection or domestic violence prevails in South Carolina other than that brought on designedly and maliciously by the men whom this proclamation protects, The rifle clubs, socalled, which are charged with "riding up and down, by day and by night, murdering peaceable citizens and intimidating others," are lawful organizations, whose only purpose is tosecuro good government by peaceful methods, and whose counterparts are found in every country in the L nitcd States. Their crime is that they are opposed to the election 01 uovernor Chamberlain. Every Judjje in the | State?every one being Republican?has certified that the peace of his circuit has not been disturbed by these clubs, and the members havo shown their lawabiding disposition by calmly obeying an order which they knew to bo unjust, and surrendering the right to boar arms giuiranteed every citizen by the constitntion of tho United States. Moreover, there is absolutely no reason to believe that there is in all South Carolina any combination for resistance to either State or Federal laws. Weeks of plotting on the part of the Republican leaders, followed by the most persistent efforts to provoke riotous deJmonstration, have been unavailing. The 'jStato is at peace, and none know it bottor j or regret it more tlum Goverhor Chamberj lain and Senator Patterson, at whose in| stance the President has taken his despor jute stop. I Partisan exigency is, therefore, the only ' excuse for the proclamation given to the world this morning. The design is to in, | sure the re-election ofGovernor Chamber, | Iain and secure the electoral vote of South j Carolina for Hayes, a result which was alj most certain without it. An ulterior desipi, no doubt, was the creation of a false | estimate of Southern aftkirs in the minds of the Northern people. The idea was to I show, by h brazen misrepresentation of j facts through olticial channels, that the : South is still turbulent and rebellious, and that the chief end and employment of the Southern whites is tho extermination of i tho Southern blacks. But tho shameless I political tricksters in Columbia and in j Washington have again counted without their host. In their frenzy they have for, gotten their cunning. The cry of "wolf" heard so often on trivial occasions has lost , its efficacy. The peoble understand the tactics of tiie administration, and, dist rusting them, will answer now as they did in 1S74. They want peace; they mean to liivr> if juul tliev know that the only ob staele to pence is the unholy ambition oi the inon who now control the Federal government and would stoop to any j means to perpetuate their power. President Grant cannot place Governor Hayes in the White House by putting any portion of the country under martial law. J This crusade against the South may make the voteof South Carolina doubly sure for ! Hayes, but it is more likely, as Mr. Cameron will ctiscovcr, to keep New York at her Democrat!;) moorings and place Pennsylvania on the lengthening list of States j whose votes will bo cast for Tilden and ! Hendricks. | The Day of Deliverance is at Hand. ; j/Yowi the Xcir York Sun.] "We urge 011 the wronged people of [South Carolina to so promptly obey the ! demands of this electioneering proclamation ti.at their enemies shall have no excuse for following it up with tho threatJened bayonet law. Thev have borne grievous'wrongs longand patiently. ut through all this is hard to bear, let the outraged people of South Carolina make no ! movement except at the ballot box. They have tho sympathies of the majority of the North, who are not deceived by the I flaming appeals of Chamberlain for" Fed! oral aid to elect him for their Governor, ! and the day of their deliverance is at hand, i The attempt to overawe tho vote of South Carolina by Grant's soldiers will react against the'party in whose behalf it is j made. j The American People will Answer the { Proclamation at the Polls in Novcin| bcr. [From ttw New York World,] | It is to bo hoped and we are glad to bci licve that it is to be expected, that thecitj izensof South Carolina who have borne i themselves so patiently and so bravely un| der the atrocious wrongs and injurice heaped upon them by their local oppressors, will not fail in their duty to themselves and to their country now. The monstrous proclamation issued to-day by ' President Grant and the order accompanying it, which practically declares war ' against a State at piece within the Union, ; is a blow struck, indeed, directly at the people of South Carolina struggling to emancipate themselves from a despotism i j of rogues and rufiians. ut it is a blow j aimed at the people of the whole eountrv J who are on the point of making all such j usurpations and outrages at once and for, j ever impossible by driving from place and j power the unscrupulous and lawless adI ministration by favor and in aid of which , j they have planned and perpetrated. The ' j proclamation of President Grant and the : j onier 01 jus secretary 01 war give puuu '! warning to thoughtiul and conservative ! men of nil parties throughout the North ,land the West that nothing whatever, I] neither the lives and liberties of Amerifj can citizens, nor the principles of the constitution, nor the explicit law of the land, ' nor the decisions of the great tribunal ' which stands between all the interests ol i; A nicrican society and a worse than South American anarchy, will be for one ino. j ment weighed in the balance by the men who rule tins country to-day against the , | perpetuation of their power. It is to all ?j intents and purposes, and in the strictest j meaning of the phrase, an incendiary ' proclamation. It is an attack upon the J credit of the nation, and an open an' j noun cement to the world of the failure of , our institutions. To meet and rebel this I attack is the instant duty of every good J citizen in every State of the Union; and ' I the way to this tintv lies open peacefully ' before every good citizen to-day. There is iio need of words in such a ease. Words will como indeed, hot and strong, to the lips of all freemen who ' I know their rights and understand tlieten[ j lire and conditions by which alone they ! hold them. But the'true, final and over' j whelming answer to this brazen defiance of liberty and of the law must be given at j ihc polls on the seventh day of November .next, and to this end it behooves every | citizen of New York who reads this proclamation this morning to see to it that his i name is registered duly and exactly on the i voting lists of the metropolis before the sun goes down to-night. Let the citizens | of South Carolina possess their souls vet a j little while in patience, we repeat, and the ! uiirisin^ of the North will bring to them ! and to till the land ere h month has passed i such n deliverance as the sword never yet j wrought out lor any people, and upon ! their enemies and tlio enemies of 1'epub| Mean freedom, sueh a chastisement as the sword never yet indicted. The Politicians mul the Army. [From tho A'ric York Journal of itrm merer.] The hosts which are summoned tc ini vade South Carolina are harmless until a commander is found of kindred "spirit" to the author of the orders. It would he gross injustice to suppose any such thing of Gen. Kuger, who is in command at Co-1 Jumbianow; and we do not believe tha ven Mr. Cameron has enough of thccoeur jger to embody in an explicit orderJust what lie administration wants. So long as the roopH aim only to preserve the peace; they an only promote the wishes of those citizens f South Carolina who are struggling to reeem her from her present ruin and disgrace, f the military operations aim at anything Ise, we doubt whether even then they will lelp the administration In Its pending canass lialf as much aa they will hurt it. The Effect on New York and Pennsylvania. [From the Philadelphia Times.] Presldeut Grant cannot place Governor Hayes In the White House cy putting any portion of the country under martial law. l'hls crusade against theSouth may make the rate of South Carolina doubly sure for Hayes, jut It is more likely, as Mr. Cameron will discover, to keep New York at her Democratic moorings, and place Pennsylvania on the lengthening list of States whose electoral votes will ue cast for 'filden and Hendricks. LOOK FOR THE Big; Watch. Watch Shop and Photograph Gallery. o THE undersigned beg leave to inform the people of Abbeville and vicinity that they are prepared to repair Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Ac., at short notice and low price*. Also all kinds of pictures taken in tlio latest style, finest art and exceeding low prices. CaUat WILSON'S GALLERY and boo. ueese & xriDDie. Oct. 18, 1870, tf Barnwell &Co. Are daily receiving, additions to their Stock, consibtiug of STAPLE DRY GOODS, Hats and Clothing, BOOTS m SHOES!! they keep constantly on hand, also, a full line of Groceries, Bacon and Lard, Meal and Flour, Coffee afid Sugar, Bagging and Ties, Molasses and Syrup, a fine lot of SUGAR CURED I1MS!! Oct, 5,1876 20-tf caepentryT The undersigned hereby gives notics that he is prepared to do all kinds of * Carpenter's "Work and Building. lie also repairs Cotton Gins, Thrasher and Fans. A full nupplyof Gin Materia always on hand. Farmers are re<jufste< to bring their Gins up early in the seasoi to allow time to have them "properly pre pared. Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton, Gin the Brooks Cotton Press, and all kinds o Rubber and Leather Belting. D. B. SMITH, Abbeville C. //., S. C. m. aoravsMiTir. p. kind Goldsmith & Kind, Founders And Machinists (PHCENIX IRON WORKS), COLUMBIA, S. C. Manufacturers of Steam Engines of al sizes: Horse powers, Circular and Mulej Saw Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Mills Flour Mills, Ornamental House and Ston Fronts, Iron Railings, Agricultural Im plements, etc. Brass and Iron Castings of all kinds made to order on short notice and on the mo3t reasonable terms. Also manufacturers of Cotton Presses. Insurance Notice. I HAVE accepted the agenev for scvera SOLVENT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES, as follows: Old North State. Royal Cananian, Merchants and Mechanics and Commercial of St. Louis and will insure at the lowest rates con sistcnt with a sound business. Patronage of the public is solicited. Office at the Law Office of Messrs. Per rin & Cothran. L. W, PERRIN, Agent. April 12, 1S7G, f>2-ly THE ALSTON HOUSE, 1876. The misses cater stili keep "THE ALSTON HOUSE' open for both permanent and tranbien Boarders. Thankful for past patron age, they hope, by renewed en erg; and application to business, to merit i good share of patronage. Jan. 5, 187g 4'j-tf Establisl DART & I ; (A. A. Build LIGHT C NEW HA\ i tm1 i inn ? wtt a ntttnir wnrlr exnressl1 .\1WJSL f\.N ur/^i .-r j from king experience are tlion ; mcnts of the country. The work itso own recommendation, and renders a d We also manufacture the C'ELEBR. DEXTEB I now on exhibition at the Centennial. vehicle in existence. For circulars, Ac., apply as above. Oct. 1, 1S7G, 6m DtTHTDT D E jST "] ABBBVI I OFFICE OVER T] 1 Sopt. 28, 1875,-tf CONGARtt m Columbia, S. O. fiR UM I PROPRIETOR. I MANUFACTURER OF S T E A. M H ENGINES AND B0ILE?Sf Iron and Brass Castings I of all description)! made to Order. ?o? RH I WAS awarded the first premium |HH castings at the State Agricultural an Mechanical Society Fairs, held in Colu m bia, November, 1871, '72 and '73. Circular Saw Mills H of all sizes. Also took tho FIRST PREMIUM at SH 1W71 >79. '73 ouuu roi? uv&u vi?7UiWAf avi ?| -- ? Manufacturer of HflM GRIST MILL IRONS of all sizesj SB For Sale. I Gin Gearing of tlio following sizes : j^O 9 feet wheel and pinion- $30 00 9EH 10 " 32 00 HH 11 " .. 35 00 ,12 " ? - 45.00 ?< 14 ?" 50 00 Willi T^nlt.s 96.50 Extra for each set. Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cotton Bfl Press $10.00 ana $12.00 per set. ^0 D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville, S. C'. BBB Dec. 10, 1875, 35-tf H STEAM 9 Planing- Mill, I COLUMBIA. S. C. F.W. WIflG, Proprietor- I MANUFACTURER OF H 1 T)aAV0 m I OilSii) iliUUUD) i/VVlD) Hj 1 WINDOW AND I DOOR FRAMES, I ' Inside Pint Blinds anil Slitters I . PILASTERS, I H \ Mantelpieces, B | MOLDINGS, BRACKETS, I Handrails, B Newels, 1 Balusters. B 1 Scroll fori of all Descripticii. I All Work Guaranteed a No. L I ! May 23,1875, lyr. ; rnTJTnvaTTAm 1 VWAIM <k*1 AND 8 TEMPIETON Have received and opencd their large Stock of all kiuds I ot goods. Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, 5 Shoes, , Caps, . Hats, Hardware, Crockery, Saddlery, &c. CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. j Oct. 6, 1870 26-tf IDE. JOHN S. THOMPSON, DENTIST; ? t Offers his professional services to the cit. izens of Abbeville and the surrounding ^ country. a Office?Over Citizens' Savings Bank, ABBEVILLE, S. C. led 1856. IEYNOLDS, iDART.) lers of ARRIAGES EN, CONN. 0 p for the SOUTHERN MARKET, and aughly conversant with the requireIf used in every Sou hern State is ita etailed descriptiou unnecessary. \TED WAGON, The best, easiest and most durabl* WILSON, nsT, LL.E, 8.C. IE POST OFFICE.