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r-m.?,.JK-U' .'ji.ijjj.j.j.. J. ..I'.'-Wf --. .tKy.v.Mieij.w?m uLt-tf.'-i-.r'im1 m i umw ^ammwu^?! ! in ? ^?^ 3???^ "fl ^ - - - - ^ f I~^H A 13 If ? % H HT\ t 1 ^ The Abbeville Press and Banner. J BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1886. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 18/ ? ?!_ .... Jan-rzrtK?.'.11 il>- ^."-'U1 SECESSION SILL ? ? THE SPOT UPON T/BICJI SECESSION WAS INAUGURATE D--TIL2 PLACE VHEPvE TEE E7E0P.T COLLAPSED. S!(3? I.i'rJjJs EllimsSiiiitinsr SuSjot'ls Which \Vi33 St'vcr <'o::xo to Siiicrli>e <?f Abbeville Co'.inJ.v. A cit'/ca <>f a uistnni St it-semis tlie follow" ing dipping from the .Y< (? VwkSi'it,snnl:i>-ics ' if tlie statements therein made arc cnrroeh ?he rcj>ly to which wi 1 I'm!low below, together with various int-rcstiNg sketches i:? reference to tiu' hill which lias bivomc historic: On a eold drizzlv day in February, isiv>, a trnin drew tip at the depot here \rhli a mysterious car attached. \Vi li it came several Agents, who t>u>i-il them-i'! ves in hiring tea mis lor the transportation of the eont tits of this ran AlttK'Vilh: is ?'>out twenty mil s from . i. *i li!..|i ilii'iiltu Sitetli ..Carolina front (!io:iriii and is the t<? minus ?>1" the hraneh of the ' Vumhia ami tircenvilli' ].'a!ir.i?d that ruin o!i" aiiotit twelve mi:es from Hod ics i> "pot to this village. <'o:imqtienily llic only way to rwtch t!?o Georgia fr >nti<*r Is tiy horse power. J5y Jl> o'clock t int nisrht .enough horse (cants were seemed, and tlicy l.csui Insulins from t't . mysterious oar. The goods rolled out woie in stout Itille keas of phenomenal \vei?h?, a:td tIt>?n*r!i the pickaxe* were small, they ta x- il I he st: engt li of t lie n'de-hodlcd y cjjroes delated f ?r the WovJs. At length the J.-a !|v.sf wrs ncromn'.i-h-il. and nmid the llasli <?f iaii'< ras and ihe cracks of whips and the cries of drivers, the lonu line of senilis pulled ?.ut of the muddy railroad yard up the sloppy liiil, through the villege str-e's. where curious crowds had gathered to watch them pass, and disappeared in the darkness on I he winding ' snake road'' that lends ( > (Scorula. When ihc teams had gone about ton miles, forty or fifty masked men ruslivd upon the *i?t->n!shcd drivers ami care-takers, held them mete under ilic mnKv.l"< of pl?tols, and proceeded to unload ihe waion? of their stout little kegs. A clr.ili was.soread upon !hi* ground, mid iitoiind it a>semli'ed the lim;, Willi tiickfring torches l:c d aloft, w hiiedeft hands stove in til'' heads of the kegs mid poured their conten's into a single heap. Jt was sold?bright, yellow, gli'ti rin-.: sold piws by the thousand! TJ>e kvierry vycs l>- hind s !?: masks gleamed <v3i3> rc.1i*ct< d avarice. Ii \.?s a weird, my< U'J ^'Cuu, i'i\v h 11 -> ?.v I 10.'liioo. The fthys;ii.:l sihnee r,f ilu> first, broken <jnly by tlie re (ring r.n.l of the affrighted t:inb.?, the shiivclijjy riag of ligrtt varying as t lit* fi"clR < were moved id! s.mI fit* t)i?* Ktiri'otimlitig gloom, tlr* aiix'.nti* fatvii of 5li?? nozro drivers, mixing w i'h slat t !< d j < yc< giipiug lip< under il)is faii!u<;i t faele, the oaifercl.'eie of iii*.sks and last, t.'ie *oiid I'iic of sovereigns, -he ceniiv <>1* the' vvln Jj?all f-TUi'-da patio.,la.u which t!.o.-<u'iio.s.itt will never IWr^ct. Wiih all poss.bU* lia-de the cw.cy wu< di-, villi*.I >>> hot we n die masked men. and in 111'- j teen mbuiie* they were g >ao s<> was tne| gold. Nothing rellialaed out, t!)C empty liegs j iridc.npW wagons, and I list c.an-taker.s of (Ms ; last reni-wrilo: ihe t'orfcdcrale treasury sent; t lie team* back to .\hb-.-vi|!e, Willie they tniU 'don t.'i ir way toward" tieorgin. What lucHine of ilie money ami wlio-icf. it remain* I to-d iy a profound secret, and wii) !>:oh.iMy I never l?i learned. My iu,'o:*aiatioii alioi't the' forest Kcene w ts dei ived :rom one of t.io no-) gro ilnv?( rs of Ihe teams to whom a ma-U had ' thrown a tin bucket full ot sold in CAciiamtc j tor h imijihi' di.?u< <! ?' pel big, mid lie sh ?w..d ' the go-Id i.i (n:ii;rinaiiuii of tuest .re. A few days iifie." this, st ay squadsof Wheel-: or'# cavalry bo-aii U? wander through the! town. Sh- rin ill's a my had i>as>cd iltraiglij Ocorgia and i hr.ui- h a p >ri of soatli Carolina si li tie lo.terdo\vii ihan Abbeville, and was' now saf'Jing and burning l.Vdnmbin. 'J'het h.'okeu forces u'nieh opposed Sherman, were taking tiu* haeii truoJt a :it;ie lusher ii;>, and seeking to reach the inn lands of <ieor .1,1. j Dili* evoiiij^r about sun down, Jeficivoii l>a Tis rr iclitvl TMHiovjiie. .nniaii j'. i. 'iijiPiun i was with him I\v<? other sneuihors ??l' his' ValiliK-t, 1 think, hill wlio :l.ey were I do an! j imtf Ab'ievii e is it I"?/, str.-ijr-1 ?:l ii { town, of ojje street, being huilt oil till! | o. est of a hi I, iiiiii! il inmoIii's a point waere it; branches oil into ili*> uj>|>cr or western part. | Jn-t In ill is folk is .situated what. ust.il to 0c i the residence of Arniistc.iil ictt>1, who v. as he-) fore tin* war a Oni .ressttiaii from south Can.-1 lina. Mr. Bart is dea l inw, and the house i> i S.i struijje Infills. The hou c it'scifU as;];,arc,!' st iliil, nujiiriiiivsq-ie thr?e-slory l>ii.l-liii-?', j j.urioiiinlc-1 ny whui ii<? < to be loivly^rnuntls; u id gardens and orchards. JcHois.-ii I'avisj and h^sCahin t p/oceiiled t i the house of Mr., JiiU*!, wlierc s.'iey were hospHahiy rccoi vcd. j Xo pilhtlc d-inon iti.'iM iii w..s made ou the j r-vrivalat ike depot or on ilie l'ubile square j of Abbeville. ox'v-t-j t UiaUwhich was nv.do by t'v:.ic li -If dozen i;irl->.ig!i?J s'<*..l:;:s <.; e!li-! /. -in vrli . Ii :p;>('!K'J t ?be st.iudin. t e.- at * 4? < M : shall II >n*e corner. As t J j I'roideni j vrasdriven near to tiiem lliry rniMti their; fcats *ntl sjhw a sialic cheer for the C-Jiileder- j ct'?cliicfia'.ii, w hose only lecngniiinii <?i the? Saline was Use raising of his own I.at. lli.-j luce belravcd 1 he deep feeling ainl extreme i anxiety which lie fell lor the safely of I lie! (i ivciiilii-lit oil which he h tl p.ace-1 hi? li-art ami f ?r the su<*ce<s of v. hi-h he hat! mi; ?.iii Mostly ih vo ed all the powerful energies of! his great mind. A ."iranat* . omciui'iiw: "n* u ever won ; iiot^l lie lore? I believe not. Ilvrc was aboutj t ' bo performed tlie m?l ollicial ac: >t the ?'on-i fnlunicy, wliilu ha.'diy u .stone's throw iVom J Hie spot 11:11, the jiiove which gave bl: 111 to the war. .Just four years piwi-i ouslv. 1 lii-i ainphilhealiSeal hill, shaded by o.iksaiid other giant trees, was filled wi:h a jii'u of exeited I ace-, a I looking lo'.va:?ls a| sta.ul conKtrucled auainst three tree tuiiil;? a! ii-> l'.o*,iiiid containing the leading nu n >: J lie State. It hh? th? lir-t of I li seeo-Moii MeCilny.s. Speaker alter .-pt-aker dil ted it! g o-.vl:;g terms <.is the neei s-ity "t severing I he l'('l:iti<iOs nf 1 !:c Sbitc u li li the I'liioll, and every word was che-Ted to Iheeeho. At length | life venerable JinUe \Va:dlau\ a mail whose decisions ha 1 ho it (|ti .tc<l through nit the laud, and woo a.-id a j-lae.* in the f.ont ranks ? :' jtiiis'.s. r-iseaml .-oleinnly warned the peo-| p:-ng.ii.') t :Jic ia li >!< ; I hey v.eiv la!:ill-/. | lie I >:d them plainly ih':t liey would l.c j ? . ?!-lied, that tli-.v had not a s!. iijrle ehaiii'e. I itnd that, aside from ar.iimeitts i-liou! lllclrj political righls. il Would In- heller tor Hum toi reliliin in I lie i'liion, with tli.-niivanlagrs. | til.ill to tight : ltd I.:- forced I .ark at ill'- point ' ot sh-- bayonet, with ail Mie evils t iiai vi'ii,' at d ! defivt wii'iM eniail. Jmlgi* Wa;d;a?* was: lil-i-e.l ofl" the plat form. Ti.e peopl;- wiv tie- ( teroiiii -d on iheir course. IIiumk-ii of them j. nn.c Ninvi ve :ire ei.nvinued i?l the "wixioa: of his counsel*. Tlu' almost'Ioso:ted condition of Ahlievi:!;*,! <>n that hlt-ak I'Vliru <rv ?l i.v, when .lelfersiai j i?avis sought the hospitable shelter of Mr. Jiurt's residence. Imiv itittii* but clotjuent \v;t-1 iios to tin* proplie.ie words of .Indue Ward-] J iw. In ?|.?o:i;y loneliness liavis anil liis t a!>.' iiK-l a.ss> in one of the sininjr room:. Tllev held t'lyir last eon?u latum, disi-us.cd jii i lis I !iai wi-fi' il i-cuss. 11 mi !y lo la* aliamloa-' ? :!, si 11 <1 finally decided Unit the end had come :md that they hail !? ! 1 *rtry to escape. 'ilicn I examined such | apers as lhcy hail with j til ."in, :n:i| u hen ilm iiour of lu'clve struck ti.e ash *s of nearly all of those papers wre J ?s i.<>?i111?*rii>ir in tiie ilowimr coals c?f the lii^ woo l Jiiv. The'jtioslinii then eanie up i>s lo] I, ie ilis| of the M ai of the Southern Con-1 federate Slater. 11 was plain that it oust t I"' li-.* destroyed; hut how could llieydoit? 'l ime pressed, 'lli -y should he on tli-ir weary llisiht j tin' safety even no w. There was an old eo\ei-i ed Well In Mr. Burt's yard, and into this Mr. i Benjamin threw thescil. Il has .since caved j in and lilted up, and now I In- se.il (if |he late ! t'otif -d' nicy is safe nuder titty feet of ground, j:n I exactly in what spot there probably lives: lo II 111 11 Willi Clt'l te. I. The sequ-1 is known. A week or so after t :i? meeting Mr. l>avis w-sscnpiirod i:i (ieor-i r i. Mr. lieiijiiinin e.-caped to Ksijriai'd.??%"<? ; y<jrk Huii. I EH. DAVIS IN ABBEVILLE. I J> jsso! Views of Hip Southern <'?nfpi!?i'!i<'v...'ri!(l <'o;i!<cil of V.'ur Sffm'?.'lr. K.ivN <'o:iii:iups IJis Kolrrat?<)!!icr ters. Mnny <>f th'1 faot< stated in (he above paraX aphs :?r-- tni". Tif-y are iiiaccnraie in miiu? tiii:ini.<>]'( I:t 5r!l<-u ars. iliim?li the liiaeeur iete< ate more of omission than of cwnnnN hi-tll. T<? a majority of (ho white citizens of Abhcvi 11 county ihut ifrovc( !' while oaks, to the Ka4 til ii>.( r;iilr.?;'d <l> pot, must forever rehi in sie:cd nmund. No spot of earth within ! ail t ie ii:ir;!cr< of the who!!* Southern ('onfedt-riK-.v is as?orinted with as many events aff.rtiinf the history of the country. It was on litis spot that Use Revolution was inaugurated. It'was within a few hundred ysird<ofthe homewh<'re live:] the authorof theOrdinance; t>f Sec ssioa. If wa< with'.n a stone's throw of this iiil! wtiere lived the tirst Confederate soldier who JiM his life in the war. It was i? full view of the splendid oaks Which a~ol'U and beautify thai ground that L , r-"j V - rtrrI I t!io T'rrslilont of tlx- Southern Confederacy i held the In-1 council of war, | It was in*:c th:it :ii.? failure of llu-Confwlcrj ;u* arms was formal :y ucUtiowloriueil. I I! was hen* that tin.* Confederal!* governi ' mi-nt < *?!and tin1 ivmninim: ollicers 1 ami men were reie ised from mi itary duly, li was here Ill-it was inaugurated the niovej iiiciiI wliii-li slice-eded ill wresting llic "ovj eminent of the stale of South ("aro'ina from ! t !i" hands of I lie lieiiro and the alii n. ' It was on l liis spot of yrroiunl that the aliens i acknowledged lhcjrdof(>at,<|Uit the campaign, ;t 'oii refuse in I lie Slate capital at Columbia, and sought personal protect ion at the hands , I of Federal bayonets against the just indi'jna, lion of an outraged people, whose rliihts tlie.v j bad usurped, and whose property, under the ; forms of law, was lieins confiscated by venal Ie tr^ct-baggers and ignorant negro law-mak' ! ers. ! Willi aU these historic facts connected Willi Secession mi-, n is no wouccr i n<u tun i>?-i !>.<: i remember tuo place with special interest, imr [ is il strange it the remembrance of these no11:in I exeit lug scenes sikmihi till ! lie nil ml Willi tl:o iimhI profound ihniiL'hts,or excite ill tlx* patriotic breast tin- deepest emotions tlint <mii warm and animate (lie Itmiinn he-il. I!nt we have digressed. I.et us tin n our attention tosoii'ic of the particulars: ( Mr 1 >avis, the i're?i.lent of the Sontliern ; '"onfeileraey in his reft eat aero-s the country Iaf'er the :n!l or tMchnioml arrived in Ahlie-1 J villi* ahont the l>! day o!' May, 1 <* ">, silMe.it in j A. M., ami left- at<onl 1'.'M. li" h id with | iiiin tivo of iiis Cabinet officers, (ten. ISrceseiiI ridge. Air. Ilcnjamin. Mr. Malleroy. Mr. l'ea:gan,nn.l i.'eneial l.e.wton. Mr. I?ivis was erj tei'Niincd by Hon. Arin-tead Hurt- whom he I had known as a Congressman i:i Washington. ! (ieiicrai l.uwloti was ciitcriained hy Judge j Monroe, a refugee from Kentucky^ The otln-r four members of Iiis Cabinet were entertained i in the llonscof Hon.Thomas I'errin. The, l last, Cabinet meeting wa? not held in Mr. l'errin's house, hnt a eon net I of war was held in j t he house of Mr. Mart. At this meeting Mr. | li.nvis who had with liiin t wo brigades of imvalrv eoininaiuh (1 hy (Jencrais Vaitghun and I 1 ni!co?- urged tiiat a Maiul should tie made at ! this point, that a reorganization of the army , j might he attempted, ami the Confedetacy lioi * entirely al-U'id->ncd, at h as: until such terms might lie se -ured troni the I'niied St-ites <!ov| ernment a? would protect the life and proper-j l.v of theMipportcis of the Southern I'onfeder-! aey. lie was, however, own lllo.l by the ichh.cSI afier fjee lon-nltation. (icniTal Itreekcnridgi! occupied the library of Mr. > i J'e.Tin's house a> hi* oillee. atid was engaged J i ti n til a late hour of the ni.h; in preparing and j signing disel'a'gcs fur such soldiers as apj lied , ; for them, and they were many. [ This incident is related of the in* eting: Mr. Ii ivts, aPor *ta!i:'g his views, asked (ieticral j Dukes if h!s t e- ?au:d ie!:edon I? a stand at or near Abbeville. (ioneial I'like.i! replied that lie feared not. The same ?|tii*s- [ tion w.ts asked of (ieiurals Vanghati and I5;"iigg, mid the same reply w is received Irom j each. Mr. liavis then rested his head against 1 .,.,.1 ..,.,...,....1 |,i^ with his unfolded h uidkcrehief. Mr. Hint wu-o, took Mr. Mavis by the arm, aiul condeeted ll'.l:! t<> li:S chain!)(.')'. A'n>U! IWclWj o'clock el' ;he s-anie night the Presidential! p.irty ivHiiK'ii iiifir retreat. Ueachinj the house of itev. .1. O. i<!ii'.si.v, H M., near Ml. \ l".<r;nel, Mr. Mavis found Mrs. Davis who had preceded him liiat ftrand wh?? was wailing' for hiin. Mr. and Mr*. Mavis d'';ink a cup <>i coll" o wiih Mr. and Mr*, Lindsay. hcforc t.ik- j if-r their dc|>a<tore, and so Mr. Mavis loo!; his i last meal in Abbeville county with Mr. Lind-S say.just before ttie crossed ihe fixer int~>', (icor. in. Secession Hi!l, where it seem* t!i" policy of.1 the stale l<> >cecde was d<-finitcl,v lixed, is' l?s- i than a half mile IY0111 am! in sight of buili of the a hove mentioned houses. lictwt cn l!ie-? hoi:*i s and secession Iiill : l;veil i ha:les Henry Allen's family, in what was known as tin; Alston hanse. I!is sen, i laim-s Clark Allen, was the tlr.*t nia:i t ? h>s , his liic in ti>e war. ilurriediv |>a-sin.r from one rou-n to anoih''!'in theirharia.de> in the Moultrie iloc.se on Sail:\au'? 1*1 -.mi, Kchrua- < ry l.'i, ltii, he ran against the point of a comrudcs bayonet, which <?iil?*r.-*l his eye and pierced his hrain. S > tins tiist dead soldier i; was lir-ai^'ht home and lay a corpse i:i his la-' ih-'i's house in si^lit of Syce sion Hill and j within view of the house in whic i the Coll-j fed-rate cibine! and their (ienerals fiest ac UnowU'dii'i! their inatiiiily to further tally > ! heir remaining soldiers lor res!*!- nice to the ': Cuioii forces, ami to iitiln lor Southern indci?'i!dcnee. The "Alston llonse" then slued oil the corner where the New Jlotel now i snails, the old !>t:i:(1 ihit having been rolled lo : the rear, is still a niouuaie.it.'and reminder ' of the Stirl ing scenes of ls;!> and ls.'ii in which , j it Was so clo-e'y coiim-clcd. The members of the Cabinet, oxecpt Mr. Iti iijainin w*'iv Very mnc'i d.-jecb-d. but lie,' with a to d btiaior which never l'or?oo:< him, took jf oat Interest in lue (lowers aiul straw- j i b -rrk's, a'ld di.*eiissed their beauties and exeellence, witii tiie i t its of the hulls? in a f:cc ,' and cli'-erful s;i inner. I < Mr. llet.J inim a-lt- d Mr. PorPln (P. f'.t for a J ililic'if7 10 <" : ice uk* v.oiiiviieiiuc a<.ni. t'vy ',\vro pro.'i.rin^ to le.ivo for \\"us!iingi.i!:, tin., and nil w.i? confusion mr. lvrrin su rest-; i that in- would soon cnw< tin- s <\aniinli itiv??r and in c iinniit it to the river's ke*.-pinir. to which he assented. the seal was not tbrown 1 s into all o'd w^ll in mr. mori's yard and could i ] not have wen, because tin-re is not and never, i has heeti any other vv?-ii micro than the one 11 at oi' which lhe family now tel. waler. jnji 'his a memlier ot the family now thing in h.' hou-e concurs. mr. t. c*. lvrrin w.s chairman ol' the deicsiatfon to t!;<* f-'ece?sion <'on%i'iitioti front ashevilic canity, and as ; such; t-ise county beitm urd nlphu'-elicaliy, he.i -i-tned his nam" to ihe ordinance of i-scce^sion sirs! a lt r linn. i). f. .j.unl-oa the i'rcsiiunt of ti?" convention. none of the i'n'.ted s:a:cs soldiers entered i a'dieville vi:lai<! ilariim the imrsiiit of l'r< sid ntlal party. after the oo-ifi derate a' loy j wii'idisbanded, a co:ii| a ty oi' negro soldiers) wi fe located here. i ions-' of '{'. ivrrln was accidentally lurued on the l.'itii of february, l.s".". i! i:i:vol urio.x /.v.i ua ujia ted. j, i1 <ii;r.\t mass mf.ktinfs novum !1ki< 1 v('.0? ti:k t'kofi.t; c;i:::.\tj.v ai:orsi:n?ftttsr ( kk.s01.l't.'on ai?oj*ti-:? i.ookini; to til k [ s.:c::ssion or tiik statk ? j>ki.::?;atk.s : nominati;r> to tj1k statk convlntton. In con iu>e? Ion witli tills. It iniiv not In-tni.-.v ' Id l't'l>!li>iisti tl:o account of that historical event,::s it appeared ill the Abbeville I'rest of ( November:it. being the next day after the !!? ? ! intr which oivani/.cd tin.' ({evolution and which phniired Ihi' country into a war, j* thai was fol!owed with ail its terrihic and ilis-1: astruus consequent; s. That account is as !ol- j iuws: ' ?nur of the laritost and most enthusiastic) meetings over held in our l?.strict, euivencd j in our vill jmj on yesterday. Companies of j Minute Men w.'i'i' present f"otn Culiivli'.ifv, | i ircii'.viMM!, Ni!ii'!,w<ix, ISrailey. hue West. : J) ma:dsvi;ie, \\ if I; !l!I"s, ('a I boon's M .IN ; I he | i tld Artillery < 'oinp iiiy, the Southern K!<;lit<! DiaToon-'. anil an immense concourse from eveiy siction iii our l>istriet. Manners wiTi"; 11 y i i?ir in all directions and I Ik* hooniin^ of cannon ail it-.l to the siem-ial excitement. ' At s: n eiir'y hutir t lie inocc-sion was |i.run il under i In-direct ion of uciicral A. M. Smith, tiia'sliiil of ihc day. and Col. \V. *d. lingers : and J. I". I^'vini:sl.ii?,jr., assistant ntaMials,i< nod repaired to the grove near the depot,1 where a stand had heen erected, and where various s; eaker.-. were expected to at'ilros tl.e nice' ing. 'I'lw nf'is. I * P.n'rin i. nrnvltlfiil ? ?'.?<? ! I>y I'll- i'ullnwiiv; Yiec I*f? sid.cts's: .1 mI . I.*. Y\*iri!l iw,?" il. JiiIiii A Ciiliiomi. 1)r. J. ilcarst. John i;r.>\\ nice, J>r. J< }>>i II. I.oism. "Afteran :iji>?ri>)>rist e juayci from iSic IJt?v. j Mr. Nor;li. and a \\<-lI-1i11>?.-<t ami i'll'crl'.vi' spe.vlt IVoni the fr*-suli-sil, JA. <i. M ?trrath, of ("hnrie.-lon, v.as introduced l<> llie IIIH'I illil, and lllillll'OlK' of t!l<* lllOSt. C'llH jllClll mid si!rrii;'js| coclns in l><-li:iir of Mutes !ii^l:l-iiixl Southern Independence, that i! !i is ever liceu our pleasure to liritr. ilc nrucd the iii'ci s-ilv i>r ;>ioiii| t action. and liisappial awaUened ii response in o\ crv Irisoni. ' * Jfliclal lioltictl'.i followed in li's n<n:il aide and cl<H|iic!it >tyl and \va:? ior.dl.v chcere I. Tin* tniii' for compromise, in* said, was past, and lie wis now r< a 'y for inimeilin.'e action, iie lirotislit <di.' ! ?is;; new troin ?rhcr sections and upon tlie i;ti<?tii'ii <f immediate si ces. sion. lie (nought tin' tin- ptsMie sc- timeiit ot I lit" St ni I? Wl'S lit Ill'? -Jlllll illlll-ctl tlii't the ('-itloii Siiilfs vvoiilil iiiI fit opfiiiii* ill I Ik* jTi'Oilt luoVt'iiK'ilt. The spcfcli \v:is well ivri'l\ci|, iiiwl :it tllP ins!;illi\' of (i.'||>t;i! m<*. Oownii. Ilifi'f rhot'is tor niir !!i-j?r?'.si'??tiitivo were jrivrii Willi irI riiiltiiMn-m. "ivl\v:ii\l Nul'l'', K q.. ;n:ririiu*i'tt ihe luliuwin?-:iiiiu;u < '!'i' t ii'siiiu;iicis, uliU-ll wcl't: lill* :ini;ni'U?-ly :?tt??; :? ?!. ' /{>ffih'i-ii. Th:ii in ilu> opinion of tho pcoplo <>t* Ai-tM'Villi' lii-tric', tin* fprllon <> ' Ai'inhunt I.iiii'iiin ]'ri'si?li'iit of (lie t'nitcil Stnto:?, a ?t I n| iiiiniiiilcil Hamlin us \"n-e I'ivs. ill: mi. upon ?ju.'tiiiirs ili'siriictivr of llu' rights iimj inlcrrs's, tlic I'liiialiiy iist'l snirty nj' the SiilltlliTIl Stilt: * IIV till' faction* illlil Ki't'l it ill.'15 Vt?t?'< t.r our Nnrili' i'ii riiiiU'tlcivili-s, ntl?;: |y |km vim t* the spirit of llH'<:tiiii|i:u't limnm! Iiy t!u? 1'i'itfiMl fiisi'-tiliiliuii: linil it must l?i* promptly nml sternly ivsisti'il t>y tJs'* Sssit ??f South ''.irttiiiiii. :iimI tli:ii tlit'Sffo*sion oi tho Sliit!.1 t rtjiu I ho Ki'tli-l'jil Unl ill is I til: proper inotlo o:* resistance." "i?, ! '. Junes ?>><;., moved appointment of Y w. 1^1 _ ,VT . r. uvr ~ i i j Committer of Twenty-One to nominate dele-! miles to SI ill i! ('.in vein ion. '('ininniltt'i'?M::?<rs. I>. F. Jimfs, I>r. J. J. | Wardlnw, John II. Wilson, James S. Cothiiin, ' U'?i.ert A Fair, Samuel Hester. Charles T. II:;ski-|i, J. M Latimer, Joel J. Cunnlns'hnin, J. II. Wi.lcmiin, K. \V. I .ins, 1\ II. I'.rmlley, .1. ('. Willard..1. U. Wilson, Samuel Donald, M. Hcrudon, W. T Jones, 10. K. I'allioun, J. W. j Koo*!ie. lVlcr MrKvlb-r, C. W. Spin ill. I "(Hiring Hie absence nf tin' committee, Miej median wasaddressed by General McG.twan, James X.Cothran. Ksi|. Owing to their In- J 'disposition W.J. Lninax, K-q.,and Col. II. II.: Harper were detained sit iiome. "The committee of Twenty-i >ne upon their j I relurn, reported to the meeting l!?e nomination of t)ie following named persons n'toI were endorsed .sniutiin: Kdwaid Xohle, : TlioinasC. I'errin, Jidin A. falbnnti, Thomas I Thomson, John A. Wil-on, 1). Ij. Wardlaw. j "The delegates nominated were then each, j before the vote was taken, called upon for an ; i exprcssjon of t heir sentiments, ami all, with- i out exception, endorsed the action of the tiierimsr "At night there Was :i grand display of tire* [ works, ami our public Miuare blazed will) bonfires and illuminations. An imposing 11 torchllirhi procession was lortned, ami afterii making a brilliant demons:ration in ourh streets, hailed in front of the Marshall House, [ where t he ciilhusiastic crowd were addressed i i-y 11 succession of speakers, wlnist over and i anon, thcstrains oi >piril-.-tirrin* music, an I Ine shouts of ilia multitude made the welkin lii-ir. i Mml .:o Mijrrath, .Tudi'e Ward law, Hon. M. I 1/. lionhnin. Kdwfcrd Noble, Thomas C. l'errin, < .lolm A. ('.dhoun, Thdiuas Tlionison, It. A. I Fair. A. M.smith, II. II. Harper,s.McGowau, an ) \V. 1 lav is, successively addressed (lie ' niee'ing, andoilieis are speaking as we go to 1 press. I "Itiit one srniimi'iit pervades the meeting, I and Irom the mountains to the seaboard, the ( c.v is echoed back : "Ke-istanec to tyrants is > obedience to God' i ' 'i'l.e ladies in largo numbers len t to the pro- I eeedingsof this eventful day, llieir presence . and sympathy, and at night from tlie win- i ?iows ami baleon es of the bouses, with wav- i ii:g of handkerchiefs, mid with smiles of en- I c Hirugcnicnt, hailed the advent of the llcvo- ( Union which we are now Inaugurating." ' i * I JUDC2 WARDLAVS KEKCSASLr 3PSZCH. J o -? ! The 5Vo;??e S'orololil of Danger Iitt'Siiecil Ce? Tit?!j- I!:is5i Acl-.-K.v filin,? Sfi'af-?A Se?'C!ssi<?t:sKi'? S?r:?? jinsv;! ZSoi'c of R<K;K>fd:i2 of jJio War Which Was >'ev cp Cnrrii'd Out. Tho render will observe. In the nbove ro p iried account of that day's proceedings, that no mention lit all is made of perhaps thc| mosi ijot ibleevent of the day, namely: The speech v,hie'i Judge Wardlaw made, and the indi'.'iiily to which lv? was subjected. It was l hen I lie policy of the press of Soul h Carolina, j as ii .-coins to he the policy of the newspapers! in theSlali' of Georgia to-day. to suppress ' everything that did not fully Willi the J desires and p-'litioal inlere-lsof the party to which the publisher was allied. While a 1I but Issaid of Hie hurrah mid ex- . I'iletiicn1 of thai entire titty is absolutely true, i j yet it Wii? a fact that there worn present on I j that occasion some men amongst us wltti had | (| llielr leitrs and misgivings as to the cxpedlcn- j v [ y of Secession. No mention, however, was j, M.ah'cf tIn-ill fir litis fact. It was desired., liuit the lirst meeting in tiie great movement!, should appear t<i tlie outside world as entiie'y I s ii:it-iiio:iioits a'i-.i enthusiastic, because of t lie! ? i-li'ect suc'i a fact won I I have on oilier por- J, tlnnsot ilieSt;,te, iiu.l hence ilie account as pithiishc l next day, was rather of a partisan |. nature than oi a ihirana impartial .statement nf ai: theactual fids. IJi-siilcs J mitre Wardi'iw's avowed opposi-j K lion to separate Slate action in ih proposed secession movement, it was well known that ? I.e was supported in these views, in a. large 11, mea ure, bv Ii is distinguished fellow-towns-1 s man, the Hon. Thomas Thomson. It was, at," I In* !.e-inirn^ of i he Secession movement. the I., policy oi the lenders to endetvor to enli- t the | J, sympathies of the lukewarm hy elevating!,, (hem to oliicc. it was lor this reason that | Alexander Stephens was made Vice-President j r if f.ie ('"iifcderhte States. So it. was tlioti:ht j that it. was with a view to committing Mr, riiomsoii to tile Secession cause, more t-.'ian to | , uny ?ic-irc to reward any zeal in its lichttT, |v Ill-it he was nominated hy the Committee >i j . Fwcnty-One sis a delegate to the state Con-1 vention, which wa? loearry us out of the Union, and, it prtivetl. whoae act was to provoke i v lite bnale hlast to war. In the dciibcintions of the Committee of Fweiily-t me, which was held in llic railroe.d I, :lep:ii, it was ascertained that eleven ol thcL I wenty-otie nteiiiheisol that commlttcc would !? vote against the nomination of Judge Ward! \v. Ilr.-y were not. satisfied Willi him he- , U lU-Jv' Ol It's W( I it IIOM II lt]>|>t?l|IW LI llll.H' J whs then known aa;l .si"1"'! "Sepa at* Stall!'.. A<sInn.'' It was, however, ihrfti.h tin* pjr-1 social iiillucncj ol' Judge Colli rail Willi liis' , I'rie.ul and kinsman, ('. \V. Sinowl, uli mi he I *v Induced in change his vote, tiiat Ju l^*.i Ward-1 () hiw received 11??; nomination, c\eu by a bare .. majority ?ti' ilie* committee. il To ln.'tiiT understand the situation at. the ? time of the mass meeting at Secession Iu 1 ii! 1 lii November, 1 -<?*>. toe reader slior.lt rc*| incinbt-r that it was held just alter the ek'e-! lion of Abram Lincoln, 111? Kcpub iran noini-1 live tor I*io.-sitlt-nr. The people in alt ' pal t< ol' the South wore greatly alarmed at l!ie prospect of having a ltciuihlicaii l'res;ti-nt. Their tears were cxeilt <1 in tliecxpecnlion that llie abolitionists Would free tisu lie* i:rocs, and everybody was uneasy ill the idea i hat emissaries might be sent secretly among I In; negroes toexcile them to deeds of vio loiiee. .\s a eoliset|Ueaee of this Mite of atI lips, Vigilant i'iiiiniii:tees" were lormcd in uvepy neighborhood. and :> 11 suspicious per- '2 <oiis were ordered lo lease tlie country iinuielii.Uely. Com; siiiies of "Minute Men" were u.iviaiy oruaiiixi d in every populous in ighi> i*;inod in the country. l!usiiic>s pursuits kv? re ncKlccUsi, si lit I all thoughts were turned lo t lie great |iol:t ic.il isMies of llie day, ami' lmcIi ii'-i'-lil>*trliood vied with every oilier neighborhood in demonstrations of loyalty d lo the Slate, anil in expressions of deteMiiina- lion to resist I lie "tyrant." " in this excited condition of tli:; public e mind, even speakers of ordinary calibre, \\ ho j ' their audicuces with gicut ease. It was tli??i* j ' no wonder that I In- jisijilf should be curried: c captive under the power and eloquence of all1 man like .Jisiljjr Majjralh, who exericil hisjh wlc-i" cuenry in itisi!< my appeals u> the pro-1 Indices, the pus.*ions, and llui patrmtiKui of :i) t people who iiial ho just couccption of thejli Kt'eat issues lo result limn their act. ami who I knew not what it .was to ;;o to war. Cutler ' sneh circumstances it was not struune that | v tin; people, whose fears hail ho'il cX-dled hy I; the success of a hitter political foe, ami I uhose minds had hoeii loliamed liy II such powers of oratory, should l>e unwill- |J inn to listen lo the i:oii?oiv?tive wisdom and j o sound judgment of even a man lil:c Judue II Wardlaw whose words were, on Ihnloecasiosi. u if p.i'sihle, more lliau a prophecy. Although |' lie was fie.illy resp? personally hocsiti?e, uf his mueji leai'iiiny, his area! ahiiiiy, his uii-! iforiu correct. 11 ml honest deportment tiirouyh !?' ; loin; and iiselul I He, when he alteiupled lo ! c speak lie Wiisjeered end hissed. Tin' mani-ll festal ion was mil intemh'd as personal disrc-|S speet, lillt tile act was evidence of tile excited e condition of II.e country, when the people|e won <1 not listen to reason. Tin; crowd wasiii 111nii' 111 11 -, end the Venerable ol<l mall who ' v was wiser Mian the rest, seemed IoI'eed to sue-1 ii [ unit). At lust, as it in a supreme moment, t with tears in eyes that were hot accustom- c eii to Weep, and Willi the emotions of a heart i U which fell more ih.in could be expressed, lie w ( am: i?? "ilasit <,(.iiie to lliis my neighbors ami I v friends, 111:11 I who was h?rn among > mi, ami N have I vvd xvitli you lor all Ili?*>c* yci.rs, am to I1 bo denied ll'e riuln lo .speak loyou?'' j u Kvi-r.v licarl w/is thrilled. Tin* people Mood upon tin-liciniie-, ami crowdcd around 111 <* 11 speaker's stand. In llie eoiniuolioii Pro!'. !'at-j loll, wIiom* voice pel li ipe liail li.il liccll heard io in a puiilie assembly since tin* day In* (( liver-; e id li is gradual ion speech, and wlio was so n well known as the loos! modest and una.-siilii- h in; mail in I he connly. Iieeaiueso excited that j u he elbowed h'S way tlirou.'li the crowd |i>-! u ward I he speaker's stand, ami, with tiro and (1 ; in1111 a ion, with jfcsiure mid vehemciKv, s which could mil he iie?c. ilied, and ill a Voice e which was distinctly hoard uiiovu llie din and l> (.-<>iil:i~i<>ti. s.?id: "Jmljie \Vardlaw shall Iio heard." a The ulleraiice and i!i:-ae! ua-like an p'oe-ia 11 ic shock, ijuioiwas restored for a inoineiil. * (luring the temporary lull 'Jr. Noble, who p was a leeoiiui/.ed leader ill the Secession " movement, iipju-aitd to the audicucc to hear, t the ,i Slil;!C. (>wlet hejiiir still further restored, Jndye e W.irdlaw | roeecip.-d With his speoc , ami in h end-avorinu' to impress the force of his wor.is I1 said: I up pose S mill Carolina should secede < ahaie, and the I'llilcil Stales government, C shoitid send a frijja'e to < 'barl-ston and hiock- a ai'e yottr li'I'lie;-. Wiiat would you do? " Voice from the crowd?"WVd wade in, ami '1 sink her. e At ahont i his point a fi re-eat in jt secessionist 1, (Mine upon the pliillorui, pressed to Hi* fr? nt, <" and coininenred speaking, .hi'l-.e Wardia.v e slopped ami stood 11:.111 he had lilllsl e I. e When his tire-eating friend, who could not <i wait his turn to sp- jtk, had litiisUixl Jlldjjo u Wnrdlaw continued, anil spoke somewlmt as fol lows: "/ 'rlhiw Citizrvx; A fc.v more words, nml I shall have finished. I repeat, wllhmU tho cooperation ot other Soul hern States 1 think It. wrong for Soil!h Carolina to secede from tile 1'n1011. If we can be assured that at least lour other States will co-operate with us, I am willing for Secession, hut i am opposed losepurate Slate action. The secession of ihe stale will bring war, and South Carolina alone cannot, maintain iter independence out of the Union. I should he sorry to see her act. so rashly as to secede from the Union, but if a majority of her people shall so determine, I will go hearii!y with tliotn. All that I am, and all that I expect, is bound up in this people, and In the State of South Carolina, and so hel:i me God, I hope never to be false to either. All I ask is, if secession comes, and the hour of danger and peril should follow, I hat those who are so anxious to bring about an event which will bring war and its consei|iient. evils, may be as true to tlie country as I will be."' Judge \Vard;aw was true to his promise.and tli^ events which followed fill 1 v proved the wisdom of hiseounscl. Ho subordinated his nvii supei ior judgment to the will ami clamor of an Impassioned people whoso reason in; could not control. His fidelity to I lie country was never questioned. lie we.it to the state Secession ('onven;ion. with other lelegnlcs. It was determined to submit. an "Ordinance of Secession.'' He was chosen to write that document,! I he adoption of whU-h made it an his-j loric paper, which will ever remain, and be [ onnccti'd with, ami a part of, the history of j the war between the States. A ft it the adjournment of the Secession Contention, J in lire Wardlaw returned to liisj liorne In Abbeville. Although lie was strongly opposed to Secession, and although he had ; icen Jeered and lilsSed because of thai srrcat r wisdom and con rase, which induced liim to ?ay that lie should be sorry to see the Stale let so rashly as to srceile from the Union. yet ic went heartily with her when she sod ded, | ind deeply sympathized with the people in ill their struggles. He was past the age when | men take an active part in the privations and ; inrdship* <if war, but hy his counsel and wis-! lom he was a most tceful citizen in war as I roll as in peace. Under Hinlical Hee -nstrnc-j ion lie was depiived of tne otliee to which be t utd been elected under a life tenure. lie was j 'or several years President of the Savings {.ink al Abbeville. where lie continued to live I in 111 his dcatli, with the increased vcneia-; ion and love of the ;>coplc. I WAY THE BLOCKADING SQUADRON. WAS KS7SS RUIilC. !ho Secessionist Who AOcmenril T.pri'iipiI 'Mint it Was Xot I'is l'aliiax to y,<> I>oun to (lie Ken in Nhiiix, Thoug-Ii He was Faithful on j liiuii'., AprojMis, of the incident which called on 'rof. Patton to deiend Judge Wardlaw upon j he occasion above referred to we have heard j 'udgc Cothran relate the following: When the I'egiiuent to which lie belonged t'as allcrwiiril Mrauded on Sullivan's Island, lie olllce <* ' Company 15, of which lit'was one, lail Iht'lr <jiiiirt,'is in one of tin* houses ironing on the lje.ich from which I lie vessels then ilocUiulinic ilie port of Charleston were in full iew. Very often in (lie afternoons some of iu iimn hi Company I! anil of Company*/,' Iso mi AliheviileConijiany, would nx-euiblc 1 in the piazza anil on toe steps to discuss the tii ring events of tin; linn s. On one occasion , Iter a pause in the conversation, West Hobrl.-on, a member of Company (!, who had. cell most vociferous in advising.Iuilge W'artliw how lotfCl rid of I lie blockading squad* on as related ahove, said : 1 urn Kctiiu^ powerful ii.e.1 of seei 112 them ittiey shipsn i itiinyoul there beyond llie b ir. liieuleiiai'i Coihian?Kobertson,do >011 reiieinher a tittle ineid>'iu that oecurri d i.t A bcvilie Coiii'L House 011 the day of the sect'sion nieetiiiK, wiieu u good old man and a liseone, aMcmp;ed to remonstrate with the: leopieand poiii! out to them some of the (litcuiii'S thai migiit-he ex peeled if Hie iiiml nurse then insisted on was insisted on? liobi rison?Ves. I do; the old men was inlge Wardiaw, and they trea'.ed hi 111 shameully. I. leu tenant Colhmn?Do you remember liien he said that iii ease of war this pat foiiltl lie sealed up by the presence of a. I'. S. rigid"? Kobertson ? Ves. I.it uteiiant Colli ran?Do yon rembembpr rhen the Jiid^c asUcd what we would tlo bout 11. the rep y he received and by whom ? ltobertson?Ves, I tlo, and I was the I ml hut cried out to liini, "We'll wade in anil inlc her." I had never seen these.a then, nor sl.ip, or I don't reckon I would have s.iid j /hat. I did. t ine thing certain, 1 don't feel | car as much like doing it now as I did then, 1 nil I reckon there arc others pretty much iu sy tlx. ! ol.l West r.nvor ?unl{ a ship, liit as a faith Hi soUlier lie t:-uu.(.'u imui.v u weary muc ill) (Ji-nornl Lee over the Old Dominion- all l' Ills exploits heinsr confined strictly to : crises upon land, lie became fully sailslied lint lie was mistaken and that it was not his ailing to ?o down to the sea, either In ships r alter them. :BI3 TUESDAY" 01 SECESSION HILL.! I EL RADICAL LEADERS ROUTED, /ND SENT EOKS, AUGUST 22, 1876. 'he "Hiiwisslpiiii EMail"" CnptnrcH llsc Slatiii'itl mill Victory for Clones* Ciovermnent ma!1 Efiuine I2r.Sc. Then* is another day in the history of 'Soeisioh Hill-' that will nui Ik- for^otien. That u.v lias bo il called "15.? Tue-day"?Au;a>t :, 1 7i">. i m that day J.>. it. (.'huiiiiieriaiii and l iter Kcpubliciiit nominees on the state tiekt had made arrangement* to speak. Clianicr.aiii and his crowd had had rough days in ( Mjreiie d and New'-?oi ry. Ahhevtiie was their Itiaii iipiiiiiiitniciii, but they litnl kejil their i inning a pi olOnit'l secret front the white pen-! ilc of iikcomity, though it was known pel iips l<> every negro in llie enmity. 'In iiali/.-j (liesanation, and lu account rot' ! lu* intense lecHim between the races, it will j j iii-ci-Siiry for the render lu remember Hint' lie Kepubiieans iiinl been in power fur nearly ighl .vears, mid liiul ill thai time they had j 1.dated all our ideas of jnstiee, liail gradual- I increased I lie taxes, and had raised the usosmeiti of our propcrly,-.to such an extent1 liat our people were real.y unable longer toj .iy them. To add flirt her (o llie indignation f our people llie Republican l.egi.-liituie contused l.irgely of e I'niield negi' tesanil aliens,' i.at I'lerl.'ii a proliiguic negro to the olliee 01 iietiii Judge, 'xlie antagonism of races, was elng iitlciisHicd daily, lie.sides arming and iliiippiug companies of lieu rues in every i.ttllly ol IheSiale, llie licpuldicail ollloials : l iinlr.-|;nely shipped arms and aiiiunilioii lo lie in-jjroes in various towns in the Stale, I line iioxes of which were marked "shneniakr's tools." lihmily riots were of weekly oi-j uri'i'iice and lh? loreli of the ineeuiliury did is destructive wm I; at the bidding ol Mean tlute men. Tla: people Were, if possible, nne excited ami indignant, ami determined ban in I li t. 'J hey had organized in every iiuniy in !le* state Willi the driermiiinlioii 10 iteei and overthrow the corrupt ti iiaiits who fere, under lite lorms ot law, riiuiiing riot ver t he Stale, and who as organized mobs, re.-e sheddinjr Mood and destroyingproperty. Villi this condition of al'airs the while pco-j ie were compelled In keep secret their movi n-lits. and each ]>e:noeral tell in l.onorj oiiiiil n.-t lo divulge to the negroes any eon L-iti|>i;tic<I movement of ilie p >rty. I'luler the-e eirenins:anci s i lie Doiikktjic.V | f this ciitiiily was organl/.cd under tins j rsliip of Col. !.**. ('iitiiran, Willi hundreds ol' it'll. ready ill a moim'tu's notice to tin his iddni-'. iluneivds oi' old xfldieis who had mlt'iKoiic ltic hardships and iralniii;: of wart .cictvaily to obey me wishes of Inui in ,liosc judgment they had explicit confidence. 0 completely wic ihc people aroused ntul so suspended were they at I it* iiiitiunit'cs that j id ticcn 11. 1 M'l I tlpo-i I Item that these brave Ked shirts' would have put I'liatiilierlain L lid his ei'ew to tieath, If l"ol. I'olhrail had so) tvised. t air people lirtd let* rued to regard | 'hiiinhei la::i ami his associates somewhat a*-1 iihiit* eiiemii s, ami it rcijuii'cd wise eo'.iiceis | ii the | art oi our leader* to piovent violence i ti t lieln. it wassusptvla d tiiat Chamberlain would i onie to Abbeville a..n every i ar was open to; ie.il'tile 111st li'catli ot a veriiiealion of tliej eilel. Arrangements had been made with ! he telegraph operators atonsj the Mm' <>f tie tiffiivilic tt.id t'ohimliia Railroad to Inform , '.il, Cothraii il t'l.aaib.'rlain should lie on j ny train : ( niinir this way. Ahi-nt. midday i 1 Monday, August il. |.-,ti, the news w;.s lashed overllie ?ir.'s 111 it Iw till 1 his nsso-; iat's Were colli ng. C.'oi. ('ottii'aii imiiiiiii.tlc i y sent his couriers in tveiy cor. cr i f tliej onnly wiih the liitfllijrciii'uol Ciiamhrrlai'i's .niilnj:, and with the icjiu-st that the p:o-1 nceot every ll>;d Shirt (red shirt licim; syn-j liynious with licmocrat) ill the county was' lecd-.tl at AUlj'.'vHlc Court House by uluu ^ - . o'clock next morr.lne, Tuesday. August 22. IS70. The newspaper report next day estimated that two thousand mourned lied Shirts were, at the appointed hour, quartered In the outskirts of the village, ready to move at a moment's notice. Excitement was Intense, and each side marshaled the full force of his following. Col.Cothran had his headquarters In Law Range. Governor Cimmbcrtain had his nt Senator Ilolllnushead's house. After consultation and holdin r a council as to the host | and most advisable mode of procedure, U was determined to demand a division of time with the Republican speakers in their discussion of tl:e issues of the day. Cant. I,. \V. White. Col. Kugcnc H. Gary. Cnpt, J. X. King, A. II. Wurdluw, II. W. Barnwell, U. M.Sanders, J. 1*. Phillips were appoint ed commissioners to hear the request to Chainhcrialn with the further instruction, if refitsI ed, to demand the right, and to inform him that we would Insist upon a division of time. I with force, if necessary. The request for di I vision of time was finally granted. At ten o'clock the Democrats and Republicans re1 s| e-'lively formed processions, eacli being preccicd by a band of mesh; and flying banners. The Democrats were mounted. The negroes moved first, marched defiantly to tlie stand, took position in front of the speakers' stand. Dnmediati ly afterwards the Democrats murchcd thrnuuli the streets to martial music, with up-Iitted banners. The immense columns of determined men which extended further than the eye could see formed an imposing scene for the immense throng of ladies, Old men. and children that crowed every balcony and window on the public square and along the entire route of the procession, which was formed, in part, as follows: Foremost among them was the ''Dark Corner" club of Kdgelield, commanded by Capt. J. G. Blackwell, with a banner carried by Mr. Ii. W. Lyon?on 0110 side of wbich was the name of tli e club, and 011 the reverse side "Bloody Shirt." Other clubs followed: The Due West eiub, by Cnpt. Samuel Ague w. The Greenwood club, by Capt. C. A. C. Waller. The Cokesbury club, by Capt. M G. ^eigler. The Midway dub, by Capt. Willie Bradley. The Bordeaux club, by Capt. J. Ii. Holloway. The Bradley's .Mills club, by Capt. Dora Jay. The Lebanon club, by Capt. J. S. Gihcrt. Tl:e .Magnolia club, by Capt. C. A. MeClung. The Ninety Six club, by Capt. Luther Broaddus. To say nothing of the hundreds of Red Shirts that came from all parts of I lie county without oigam/alion, but joined the procession, all of whom were well mounted, and 111a lea brilliant display. Arriving at the stand the Democrat* found the phce densely packed by a great cloud of .iig.oos v.'ViOoccupied the seats. As the column 01 Bcmoitats, wlio were 011 horseback, came near the crowd of negroes, they opened ranks, one side going to the right and the other to the left, and completely surrounded the stand and Hie negroes by u cordon of as determined horsemen as ever met ail uriny. Upon the stand were seated: tm tlie Republican side: Governor D. TI. iu.,x I.11.IM TTnirn fctfllP superintendent of Education s. J. J ill.son. Un the Democratic side: Hon. D. Wyntt Aiken, General 8. McUowau, Colonel J. 8. (Jul Ill'ilJI. Above the speakers Honied the United Slates Hsijr, and the various Dcmnci atic ban-j lieis. The Abbeville sliver Cornet Hand and the Due West liquid on hphalf ??f tne Uciiio- | erats, ami Ihc Al>bevi;le colored Rand on behalf ol the Republicans, furnished tnusie, each hand being sea ted in a separate wagon, which had been prepared for the occasion. Colonel Cothran, the Democratic Comity Chairman, in behalf of the Republican speakers, invoked perfect order and a fair hearing, pledging the ability of Ills friends to answer their argument-!. During the d;iy lite crowd a; various times man 1 tested impatience at Ihc speeches of the Republicans and each time Colonel Cot'inui spoke lo them in such n way as to restore riuiet. Mr. T. X. Tolhert, the Republican County Chairman called the meeting to order, and introduced Governor Chumlieriuiii, tiie llrst speaker. His speech was conservative and temperate. During its dell very, tin Edgefield | man stood on the seal of I ho platform lichlnd j whereCh.inibcrliln was standing, and con-] stant'y answered the jeets of the horsemen i with a vvlioop and the wave of a great bludgeon which he (Hissed above his head, and so near to his scalp that the stray hairs on liis bald head were waved ny the air current. A tier Govei nor t 'haioberlain laid consumed his hour, the (Ion. D. W.vaU Aiken who had ! been appointed to reply to liltn, was iutroduc-1 ed by Col. Coihr.iii '"as the coining member of I Congress.'' This was the most memorable and ihc mo>t effect I ve speech of his life. In tile plainest English and in the most forcible manner, lie exposed the sophistries of Governor C; >a 111 her lain, and reel lei I the evil which Chainlierlain and liis party had inflicted upon th-Stale. lie endor ed everything that had lieen said in favor of free .speech and a quiet campaign, tint said if the Republicans wanted to inaugurate violence, we were ready for them. These Red Shirts, who were forbidden to organize military companies while the >( :?te iciihla was entirely in thehandsof the negroes, had organized Democratic clubs, which would lie about as effective as if they had been allowed to organize military companies. lie alluded to the treachery of the Republicans in the recent assignment of public arms to Newberry, labelled, "Agricultural Implements," and denounced tlie net nsshowing the spirit with which the Republicans ivere entering upon the campaign. Colonel Aiken made a scathing review of Governor Chamberlain's administration, charging him with hypocrisy in his course respecting the Hamburg mutter,imd in liis latter to Prt-si dent Urant, :iii<1 arraigning Ills ad mi hist raliou for imbecility ami corruption In the discharge of hi> high tittst, allegingand sustaining his assertions by tlio recital of facts in refen-nee to various speculations. Colonel Colli ran next Iiitmdueed "t!ic gallant and i:cucrous McUowan," who followed in an aide and > laborate argument, allowing t lie corruption of the Itcpuulican party; the necessity lor the government to change hands occasionally; and especially lor the reason that the Republicans losicre-l and encouraged j sectional hatred and animosity between Lhe | North and.South, while it entered to race pre- j judice in the Southern Stater. J. K. .litis m wts next Introduced. He was ! In a bad luiinor, and bandied epithets with | Ids Democratic hearers for awhile, and finally j concluded his speech without much of an im* | prosio i one way or the other. General Metiowan next Introduced Colonel! C'othrau as the ' organizer of vlelory." aiiu his words were prophetic. Col. Cotlirail's eloipienee in appealing to the manliood of the I county, met with a hearty response Iroin the i people, and the neurocs became so much dis-; ill-ted with tils recital of Uadicai misdoing ! that ijuite a number of them made a j move to go away. To this the lied Shirts do-1 niurrcd. Drawing their pistols, they ordered! litem buck, say in l' that "Colonel Cothianj wanted to give tlicm some pood medicine, which they needed and wliicii they should I laivLV IIHS I'llllMUi'tl urm; I'liiinii, *-?j Hum, and Colonel Coll; run gave them "good medicine" throughout, and promised hisj Democratic friendsa peaceful and triumphant victory in No vein tier. Alter Colonel Cothran's speech, Mr. T. X. [ Toibcrt. made a speech, during which lime the ruling spirit* ol the day Messrs. Mcliowaii, I Colli ran and Aiken, hud taken leave ol' Hie j grounds, and greater confusion and had Itlood j was apparent. At the Una! breaking up ol" the meeting, the colored Hag-hearers were advised to roll up their Hags, and cease to doany ! further act toslir up strife. This ihcy refused j to do. t'n the iv.iy to the public square their ti.ig was waved delimitly, accompanied by irritating words. This was replied toliyn volley of pistol shots. The lla,r-hearer ran for his life and escaped with one or two wounds, i for half an hour afterward there was much, tiring in the air, which caused a general stain- ] peilc. Connected with the blood-curdling tragedy | there is olieti a laughable torce. andso, to conclude I he exciting scenes of a day which was' destined to become historic, there was a ludi- j crou> side of that picture. As has been stated, antagonisms had sprung up between the white man and the negro. The negro held the government, but Wasjoaioiis of the pow cr and vaiorof his white neighbor. The white man beJieved that the rule of ilie alien an-1 the negro was not only oppressive, but insulting and offensive to his pride and patriotism, lie felt that he lull been, wroiigiully deprived of thelamlof his lathers, and which belonged to him by just inlierl lance. i in* uover:.iiicih iii iiienncii mm organized iIn* Sinii* tr >"i's from tin* ranks of the colored people, wliili- the white man was forbidden to nriiaitizc military coiiipsmlos. The iitvro miliiary companies were a enlistsnt menace, W'hllo llir wliili* moil wotilii violate no law of the country hy ursraiii/.in^ military companies, yet they hail a perfect rii'ht toor . aiii/.e Democratic clubs, and I Ijeseel'.ilw hill the l ixhl-lo elect Captains, and tlien-was in) law M^iinsl carrying flie-atl.is. Kvery ni'-niln-r tit' every Democratie club had a pistol. and every e!iil> In.d a I *a plain, and a 11 were inotin:i d ??n hniseliaek. weai intr red shirts, and,as a whole, wi re more terrible tnllje ltndieals than n:i army with haiiners. There was priveni on that, day much hot blond on the side of the whites, while on the side of tliij iienrnes there was a hiMVailo aiu1. all exhibit ion of self sullieieney whieh was ir? i ilalinir. Persons who realized the siunitmn wete in eons!tint re ir thai some r i-li ae! might i precipitate a eonlhet <if races, and inaugurate! a scene of violence ami bloodshed, \\ ben the liudical Jlag-bearcr wa< flrcd up on, the people thought the ilcath'fiti'ugRle had com men ceil. Hundreds of pistol shots succeeded each other in rapid succession, being discharged in tlie air overhead, merely as fl sort of safety-valve for those whose Indignation knew no bounds. The people were panic stricken, and the seene which followed beg' Stars description, and It Is unnecessary to say that a majority of the Radical portion of the I crowd, as well as the greater number of those | Democrats with guilty consciences, adjourned In great haste to their respective homes. [There were at the time acres of men and horses on the square. Some sought hiding j places. Great numbers left hurriedly In all directions. The negroes went by road or open I Held, and did not stand back on the order ol their going. Many horsemen went out. of I town by every road at the swiftest speed. The j news spread abroad in tlie county that a great battle was being founht at Abbeville. One I ninn imnnml mi hU linrwo inn! lit nnpe nut | spurs to him, having forgotten to unhitch the j aniniitl from the rack, one man, toseek safety and shelter from the flying shot and the storm of leaden hull, ran up tne mouth of the j covered gutter which drains the public square, j One excited citizen, In order to protect hlm| self from the deadly bullets. Jumped into a hogshead which was standing on end in rear of a store. The stable loft, on one of the lots I In town was crowded. It is said that one ex! cited Individual) while In the only way to reach I lie place of supposed safety, in tide sev* era 1 ineffectual attempts to ascend. Finally, it was demanded that he should stand aside to give a chance to others who could get up. Many persons ran Into private homes without ceremony or reserve. Ho in itch frightened was one of the Radical speakers that he feared togo to the depot to j take the train, but walked out of town, and boarded the cars, many miles from here. It it said that some of the Radical speakers said that they had served In the Union army during the war1 but that they never thought their lives in greater danger than on "Big Tuesday" when speakiug to the excited crowd. j The meeting was held under Republican a' spices, bu? it was the occasion of a Demoj cratie victory. The Democrats were exultant, and were inspired with the belief that | the day for the restoration of their rights had c.ime, while the Republicans were corrspondingly dejected, and were strangely Impressed the consciousness that their defeat was inevitable. j No greater victory ever crowned any mnn's ( efforts than were achieved by Colonel Collij rail's wise, sagacious, conservative, but determined conduct of that campaign, and bl? name is indelllbly fixed with Aiken's and McGowan s on that Important day, the re suit of which fixed the policy of the State and ! secured tlie election of Democratic officers, ! who have given South Carolina good and lion'est government, and whose Just administration of the laws has brought reconciliation, fraternal feelings, and peace between all races and conditions of people. All strife has ; ceased, and perfcct harmony prevails. SECESSION HILL NO LONGER THE SCENE OF FIERCE POLITICAL CONTESTS. The Choicest Fruits mid the Most Luscious Grope .Surround the Crest on Which .Stauds a Lovely Cottage, With all the Comforts Which a Pleasant Home anil Pleasant Surroundings Can Give. "Secession Hill" Is no longer used as a place to liolil public meetings. It grounds have been enclosed by a fence, and a new street laid out through 11. The Northern slope Is still covered with a forest of white oaks, ami on ihe summit Sheriff DuPre has hnd erected a neat one-story cottage, where ho r??slde8. On the Southern slope are now 250 flourishing grai e vines, (of variety) whose luscious fiult I made many children glad the past summer, while on the Kn>-t and North is a small orchard of choice fruits,and intermixed with the grapes and trees grow iho finest vegetables, besides strawberries, raspberries, figs, fit bert-:, melons and flowers. The range of the thermometer three times a day, and the rainfall has been kept every day since December, ict>5. PENCIL POINTS FROM STONY POINT. "DnlcloV Valuable Contribution to This Week's Budget or Xews. Stony Point, 8. C., Nov. 8,18?6. Earthquakes and Icc. but no rain. We.wore on the point of quoting Bryant's lines, "The melancholy days, &c., but we see in one of our papers that It has already been quoted lKI9,0i?9 times this season,so we forbear. Col. Law leaves to morrow for Darlington The patrons of the school at this place, have been so fortunate as to secyre the service of the former teacher, Mr. T. A. Graham, who Is one of the finest teachers in Abbeville. Mr. J. II. O'Xcall will remain in Florida but n sho t wliiic this winter. Madam Rumor says he is KOing to brlns back some orange blossoms with which to deck the brow of a certain sweet Carolinian. Messrs. J. II. Vance and F. M. Godbold, of Uokesbury, spent.Sunday iu town. Mr. Masters, of Laurens, was the guest of Col. Law a day or two past. Mi.-s Stacy, aft^r a protracted visit to friends in I'ickens, is at home. Miss Smith, of Laurens, and Miss McCnllough, of Greenville, have bceu on a visit to M r.' Ca Id well'? fa m 11 y. Miss Lidle Robinson, of Easley, is the guest of Miss Staeey. Mr. James Caldwell expects to leave this State in a short while for a home in the "far \YVst." There seems lo be an unusually large number of peddlers, lightning rod men, and machine agents through the country. We hear of several sewing machine agents ti'lm .1 ro <r/iin<r nhnnf frvin?' ShikI ill Ki-vornl instance* succeeding) to give In exchange, new ma'-hints lor old ones. As lor ourselves, we remembered the experience of "Alladdin" in sucli tin instance, aud let the gentlemen pa?s. Mrs. B. F. King and children, of Greenville, nrc 011 n visit to Mrs. King's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O'Neal I. Willi numerous carpenters, masons and a good painter, Col. Law Is rapidly eradicating all traces of the ruin and desolation wlucii was wrought upon his resldeuce and premises by the lire fiend lust spring. Mr. O'Xea I Is building a mod?d store house and cellar in which to keep his rapidly fhcr casing vintage. In less than two years, the grape crop in this place will far exceed in vaiue that of the cotton. Col. Law made the first venture with the vine nearly twelve years since, and his iitic Iwiun vi> irrf>nt Mm I. ni'iirlv cverv person 111 Stony Point has a young vineyard of greater or less extent. We hope i'i our next communication to give to t he readers of I he Press anil Banner a kittle of Stony Point's history. Several persons from town will attend the Slate Fair. Oar thanks to Stony Point's fair young belle, Miss Minnie Plnsoti, for several interesting items In this weeks notes. The hour of I he Sabbath scl ooi exercises at this place is II a. in. with the exception of the fourth Sahhath, when they wl'l he held at 3 p. in. Visitors always made welcome. Dl'LCIO. The State Hnr Association. Columbia Register. The Executive Committee of the South Carolina Par Association met yesterday and appointed the following Committer of Arrangements: Messrs. S. P. Hamilton, \V. K. Ilaehiiihn, John T. Sloan, Jr, J. Ancrum Simons, John P. Thomas, Jr. Committee of Reception: Messrs. James II, Marie, A. C. Haskell, Edward McCrady, Jr.. I). S. Henderson. Knox Livingston. John J. Hemphill, Y. J. Pope, j. H. Ileyward. The annual meeting heains Wednesday, Decern her 1st, at S P. M. The annul dinner on Tliur>day at Hotel Jerome. Hon. Tlmniax M. I t'ooley. lat?! of the Supreme I'ouit of Michigan. will deliver Hie annual addre.s. He Is a assilimulslieil lawyer, jiulue. text writer and aulliorot' the standard on constitutional limitations. Month Carolina (lull. At the annual meet held last night- tin* following ollleers were re-elected for the ensuing yeer. President?W. C. ficnet. Vice President.*?Wilia Jones, .Samuel G. Stotiey, 1). A. P. Jordan. W. A. Melts, Julius 11. Walker. N. <?. Kvans, Hrl~ht Williamson. Secretary?J. T. I.'amn. Treasurer?Walter t\ Robertson. AVe lind this paragraph in the CrcenvtUc Xrwx: 'Vol. .las. Kit ward Calhoun, of Abbeville c nnty, recently raid tixes on about forty thousand acres ol mount.iin land in Oconee and Pickens counties. Where th s land is Incited is a mystery, since the land upon which tlio Colonel Is paying tuxes 1ms long Miiec been settled, and vary nearly the whole Is held by parties who iio?v have a legal title by adverse possession." Ttkv. 11. K. MiT.LRit of Smithvllle,'mas on our streets last Saturday. - THE CHARLESTON FACTOR M ' , - WAY IMPECUNIOUS COUHTEY QUDGSOJTfEIBUTE TO HIS WEALTH. The People Greatly Pleased Willi tftV J "Pre** and Banner" Tor fllrowinif, Light Upon a Ruinous Praeiiee^ ^ ''F.mmnfV A hi a I)?fon?i> A f TkLi XcwNpnper. Editor Pre** and Banner : I have read with feelings of scorn and diggu?l. the unwarranted and uncalled for attack -..4 of the ;Veics and Courier upon your paper and lis articles and exposures concerning the xfl Ciinrle-ton cotton factors. Every man, aye ev? , cry woman,(and many aone to her sorrow) lit . Abbeville county, knows that you wrote the I simple, honest, unvarnished truih. And eV- ^Si j eiy man (and every woman, too,) In Abbeville ' 3 county, except indeed those who do Vva business for tne cotton factors, thanked you ;3? from the bottom of their heart* foryour bray or outspoken words. I wish, Mr. Kdllor, thafc your articles had seen the light two years ago,;, .-gj for k friend of mlhe. lost oh ? trifling debfcj ^ (something over one thousand) eight hundred:dollars in one year through a lack of bnotft'* s edge of the cott,on.fpctore devices and m?r. nam vers. I am a j'oy rig lafinor Just starting in iife, and I thank God that these c*porttitei< - "-Stf nave been made, for-1 might have been in-.duced to"walk into their parlor'' and thereby i ' =j| ruined my prospecU for life. The Aewt una Courier snys "the Aohevllle farmers Bre neiri ther babies nor Idiots,", NO) we are not, ana-- , by the same token we do not propose to havfc.- '-?g itx opinions rammed down our throats. The,, -/.:gl farmers of South Carolina are sick and tired, " ot the Kens and Courier's try-to bo*K-thenl ~ " <J9 airs. If an editor any where in jtbe State,- -SM dnres to throw the "tierce white llyht" of crit. icism upon any public question, the Newt and.- -M Courier assumes the right to read and tongue-, -.,?jg , lash that editor out of the Democratic party.- | Farmers, remember one thing and that li- HSS this, that some of these abused editors were- . Democrats before the versatile editor of tbe tJzSB | Xcwsand Courier ever *aw the shores of South Ca rol I n a! pride. Our home editors fought through the civil war and were maimed and lamed, theil -V;(g ; come home and fought I bo long war of Rlglit '3? against Might In thedark day* of misruieund ' corruption, and came out with clean hand*? -$H handy tlial scorned to touch "Radical eo.ip" or "Republican boodle!" Can every editor 1 show this record? Perhnps the ifaenn Tele graph can enlighten us benighted Carolinian* >59 on this subject. Open the books! f . ^| The Neve* and Courier speaks of the "mar*' .VSM velous assertions" of the Press and Damns?t '3? Its obliquity of vision, and talks about' - $ "Jokes" and tries to ridicule and laugh awaR, ;l5j the terribly truthful indictment that th? Prats and Banner makes against the Charles-. ton cotton factor. If the Heiot and Courier yjU feels Itself to be in the right, why does it find, -'JSj It necessary to resort to ridicule to defend iU?, position? Why not apply Its '-deadly parol' vs^SJ lei lines?" But, my farmer friends, this Would; only further betray the hollow rottenness&nd instability of lt?defence. Itgnrblfs the truth,,' I L e. the statements of the Press and Banner Ift . an outrageous manner, so much so that I -fS think I will apply its "deadly parallel liaes" J myself. The News and CoU'\ The Press and Ban* tier says: l?icr suys: "The Press and Ban-1 "If it was not for ner, for instance, asks^Charleston's influence, -ti, whether it was not at does anybody doubt the instance of Char-lthat there would be a. - ^ leston that the rate oflaw on our statate< v/s interest was raised books which wonid ' from 7 to 10 per cent.,[prevent the Charleston^ and asserts thathut for factor from charging 10.? Charleston's influence percent, for the use of, ^ there would be a lawjhls money, and at the ~-c' on the statute book;*?wje time binding the , ivhlnh vnnlil nrov?<nt 4*\ m "K the Charleston factor contract whereby' he Iroin charging 10 per would pny 20 or 80 per cent for the use of Uls cent, additional." money." I _ mjaPM Even tbe A'cim and Courier, with all Its ku? --Ja per abundant "cheek." did not possess the -VggB hardihood to print the Pre** and Banner'* aj statement, but looped off the moflt "damn* '.a log part." Who objects to the Charleston far- - -:-Jn tor charging 10 per cent, for his money T If Abbeville farmers and Abbeville merchants could get Charleston cotton factor's money at Vsj ten per cent, straight, every merchant and evit Ji cry furmer In Abbeville county could get p?n^ & with the world In less than five years. iCia. the 20 or 30 per rent, additional that Is ruiningthecounty. But there isalways a ray of hope.. In the darkest nlsrl.t, and It Is some consola- ' J^?3 tlor to know that Charleston has about killed the goose that laid the golden egg. I keep my eyes and ears open as I pass through town or.- '* country, and from what I see and hear tbe condition of the factorage business" will steadily decline?the "mill of God grinds slowly but it erind*ex<-ccdlngly fine." Iseeatthe different depots throughout the county that. ?S seven care are shipped westward for one to ;-t Charleston, whereas the situation formerly.- * was that It was seven to one in favor <?U., >3 Charleston. This means slmuly this: tbiv iS rtn f f.irmorc /n rwi moPiihnnla\ hulnrr o a thA* '23 yews and Oourirr says, "neither babies or id- _ lots" have come to the deliberate and hlghlylo-be-eoramended conclusion that it is better f >r them to pay to the ublgultous Andrew Jackson ShylocK & Son, cotton factors, their ,."7>? Iniquitous usury, or In other words, to pay* their so-called forfeit of S1.50 per bale, aud sell their cotton?at home. History repents Itself. In ye olden time la 1 s Scotland the Highlands levied Just such a tax off the Lowlands, and It was called black-.. mall: but the situation is now reversed?the^. Charleston KWHinps levy a rich tribute of tbofrultful fields of our Piedmont Highlands. It,; "'-S wrings my heart to think of the widows and orphans made houseless and homeless on last 3 Saleday. Their property sold under a 'factor's mortgage, and bought In by the factor for one-, ^ half its value, and In one case for one-fourtb^ , ,3 i ita value; and yet the yetotand Courier ?ays- -J j that, "scores of factors have failed, because of I the inability of the farmers, in hard times, to . repay the money advanced to them." "who ever heard ot a cotton factor who failed to I amply secure himself. They always put.j themselves, so to speak, abovo "high water.. . r:i j mark." They require a man's house to be In-. surtd for almost the amount loaned?they fasten their fangs on the wife's dower, and over I and above this, lake a mortgage for four tlrnen J ! the value ol the money loaned. Farmers, J | does not this remind you of "the pound of flesh nearest the heart?" Shakspere is dead, butShylock lives, and lives in Charleston ! j I have heard it stated that It was the extortions of a cotton factor that openeu tbe.^ "month of the dumb*' in the caso of Uiftt Brand leader of the larmer's movement, Capt.' Ben. Tillman. If so, we farmers ouglit to be grateful to the factors for this boon. In his i speech delivered at the Farmer's Convention, , S | In Columbia, on April 2511 h. Capt TiHfpan, al-, I luding to debt says: "I have been In that ; Hast lie myself. I have felt the waters rising. 1 | higher and higher, aud looked forward without hope, as failure after failure in the cotton j crop left nothing with which, even to pay in-. I tercst. I had to yell some land, which I had bought and p:<id for, to ease thQ tailingyofcej' but the probation through which I have passed has opened my eyes." This reads like a cotton factor "had him," any way. Mr. Editor, I have talked to a number of people since yourariicles appeared, and even* one, (except a lawyer, engaged in the busl-;" ness,) admired and approved your utterance* In rigard to factor's extortions. I think, sir,,'. Mini \ou ure iiscuuiuuciia me uciuui um hour." , . i . r In conclusion, I will present a subject fory the fanners to deliberate on. Ah ft livery, probable that the Hon. W. H. Parker will buf elected Judge. I t hlhk it is our duty to select as a successor, a lawyer, who has never profiti d by the ruin of his fellow-citizens, that Is r? b.v acting as attorney for a cotton factor. I am old enouith to vote in the next election audi have sworn never to vote lor a luwyer who has thus helped "To shut the gates of mercy on mankind < And wade through slaughter to ? a,fortune." Yours respectfully,' EMMKT. All Idea that there Is danger to the Democratic party because of thequest lon of temperlance is a uilstiike. The u-ni| erance people | are true Democrats, and will remain so. Wo licllcve that those citizens who favor license ! are not I '?> true to tiie best int-resta ot the Stat'*. We need a law which will authorize the people to vote upon I lie question, and wo need a law which will Inflict such tines an?l luin.ilil.ifi nuxt'HI nui!:n if. rirmirprnna tn v*liv fate it. The matter of Jugs needs thoughtful consideration. No express messenger on any railroad sl-.ouid be allowed to set aside tho the statute of :Jie State to deal in the whiskey which the local' citizen is denied tho right to sell. Quinine Is Vnj'd t?S be n sure nnd speedy euro ' for distemper in mules and horses. Give in fifteen grain doses, two.or throe times a day,ns the severity of the disease inay. require,. Put the quinine In ii spoon,draw..out the aJilnial's tongue and tiprn the qoiulne on it us v far back as possible. Tliere was a'person.il altercation betwoea Commission) r'of Agriculture Butler and B. H.Tillman at the depot at Columbia on Thursday. Col. Hotter refused to reti.ru Mr. Till- " man's salute and used very hur.sh langiii'geto liltn. - G'rcmvUle Xewa. . h ' I. M .I. .1